00:01:42,836 --> 00:01:46,THE HIGH-WATER MARK
OF NAZI CONQUEST.

00:01:46,207 --> 00:01:49,HITLER'S ARMIES HAMMERED AT
THE GATEWAY TO THE NEAR EAST.

00:01:49,843 --> 00:01:52,THEIR JAPANESE ALLIES
POURED ACROSS ASIA,

00:01:52,780 --> 00:01:55,AN IRRESISTIBLE FLOOD
OF MEN AND WEAPONS

00:01:55,516 --> 00:01:58,DRIVING TO LINK UP
WITH THE GERMANS TO THE WEST,

00:01:58,419 --> 00:02:01,CRUSHING THE WORLD
BETWEEN THEM.

00:02:01,889 --> 00:02:03,SWEEPING INTO BURMA,

00:02:03,524 --> 00:02:06,THEY CAPTURED
THE VITAL AIR BASE AT MYITKYINA

00:02:06,494 --> 00:02:08,AND CUT THE BURMA ROAD.

00:02:08,862 --> 00:02:11,OUR FORCES,
PITIFULLY WEAK,

00:02:11,399 --> 00:02:13,RETREATED
ALONG ELEPHANT TRAILS,

00:02:13,701 --> 00:02:16,THROUGH JUNGLES,
ACROSS RIVERS AND MOUNTAINS

00:02:16,804 --> 00:02:19,TO THE TEMPORARY REFUGE
OF INDIA.

00:02:19,973 --> 00:02:24,GENERAL JOSEPH STILWELL SAID
THE LAST WORD ON THE CAMPAIGN.

00:02:24,212 --> 00:02:26,I CLAIM WE G***T
A HELL OF A BEATING.

00:02:26,814 --> 00:02:30,WE G***T RUN OUT OF BURMA,
AND IT'S HUMILIATING AS HELL.

00:02:30,984 --> 00:02:33,I THINK WE OUGHT TO FIND OUT
WHAT CAUSED IT,

00:02:33,787 --> 00:02:37,GO BACK,
AND RETAKE THE PLACE.

00:02:37,558 --> 00:02:39,MEETING IN QUEBEC,

00:02:39,159 --> 00:02:41,PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
AND PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL

00:02:41,962 --> 00:02:43,GATHER THEIR STRENGTH.

00:02:43,664 --> 00:02:46,TO INDIA, THEY SENT OUR MEN --

00:02:46,434 --> 00:02:48,IRISH, ENGLISH,

00:02:48,202 --> 00:02:49,SCOT AND WELSH,

00:02:49,237 --> 00:02:51,AUSTRALIAN, NEW ZEALANDER,

00:02:51,305 --> 00:02:52,GURKHA, SIKH...

00:02:52,873 --> 00:02:57,AND FROM THE UNITED STATES
CAME 3,000 VOLUNTEERS --

00:02:57,845 --> 00:03:00,SEASONED JUNGLE FIGHTERS,
VETERANS OF GUADALCANAL,

00:03:00,881 --> 00:03:03,NEW GUINEA,
BOUGAINVILLE --

00:03:03,651 --> 00:03:07,MEN WHO RESPONDED TO A CALL
FOR ONE DANGEROUS

00:03:07,321 --> 00:03:10,AND HAZARDOUS OPERATION
SOMEWHERE.

00:03:10,991 --> 00:03:15,ORGANIZED AS THE 5307th
COMPOSITE UNIT PROVISIONAL

00:03:15,996 --> 00:03:17,AND PLACED UNDER THE COMMAND

00:03:17,898 --> 00:03:20,OF BRIGADIER GENERAL
FRANK D. MERRILL,

00:03:20,301 --> 00:03:22,THEY BECAME
A PART OF THE FORCES

00:03:22,270 --> 00:03:24,WHICH SOUGHT TO REGAIN BURMA.

00:03:24,872 --> 00:03:29,ON JANUARY 4, 1944,
THE INVASION WAS LAUNCHED.

00:03:29,977 --> 00:03:33,MERRILL'S MISSION --
TO SNEAK BEHIND ENEMY LINES,

00:03:34,047 --> 00:03:37,SURPRISE, AND DESTROY
THE MAIN JAPANESE SUPPLY BASE

00:03:37,184 --> 00:03:40,IN NORTH BURMA -- WALAWBUM.

00:03:41,021 --> 00:03:42,MOVING IN THREE COLUMNS,

00:03:42,856 --> 00:03:45,SPEARHEADED
BY AN ADVANCE PLATOON --

00:03:45,326 --> 00:03:46,ITS POINT --

00:03:46,860 --> 00:03:49,THEY SUCCEEDED
IN MAKING THEIR WAY UNDETECTED

00:03:49,563 --> 00:03:54,THROUGH 200 MILES
OF JAPANESE TERRITORY.

00:03:54,201 --> 00:03:57,AFTER THREE MONTHS IN
THE CRUELEST JUNGLE ON EARTH,

00:03:57,971 --> 00:04:02,THE POINT
WAS CLOSE TO ITS GOAL.

00:04:08,081 --> 00:04:09,BEND IN THE TRAIL.

00:04:09,783 --> 00:04:12,WE BETTER SEE
WHAT'S AROUND THE OTHER END.

00:04:12,219 --> 00:04:14,COME ON, WHEELER.

00:04:32,306 --> 00:04:33,A FEW MILES TO THE REAR,

00:04:34,041 --> 00:04:39,THE MAIN BODY REACHED THE LAST
PHYSICAL BARRIER TO WALAWBUM --

00:04:39,179 --> 00:04:41,THE TANGE GA RIVER.

00:04:51,359 --> 00:04:56,[ AIRCRAFT APPROACHING ]

00:05:08,742 --> 00:05:11,PRIVATE DRISCOLL,
TAKE COVER!

00:05:31,932 --> 00:05:34,YOU THINK
THAT JAPANESE PLANE SAW US?

00:05:34,935 --> 00:05:38,LET'S PRAY TO GOD
HE DIDN'T.

00:05:46,714 --> 00:05:49,SNEAKING 3,000 MEN
THROUGH THIS D***N JUNGLE'S

00:05:49,483 --> 00:05:51,GOING TO DRIVE ME NUTS.

00:05:54,021 --> 00:05:55,COME ON, LET'S GO.

00:06:14,374 --> 00:06:15,PRIVATE DRISCOLL.

00:06:15,142 --> 00:06:15,YES, SIR?

00:06:16,043 --> 00:06:17,WHAT HAPPENED OUT THERE?

00:06:17,578 --> 00:06:19,DON'T YOU KNOW THAT PLANE
COULD HAVE SPOTTED YOU?

00:06:19,112 --> 00:06:20,I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S
EATIN' ME, GENERAL.

00:06:20,781 --> 00:06:24,GOING THROUGH THIS JUNGLE'S
DRIVING ME NUTS.

00:06:24,284 --> 00:06:26,GET MOVING.

00:06:29,056 --> 00:06:33,I G***T 3,000 NERVOUS WRECKS
ON MY HANDS, DOC.

00:06:33,427 --> 00:06:34,90 DAYS AND 90 NIGHTS

00:06:34,995 --> 00:06:38,BELLYING
BEHIND JAPANESE LINES,

00:06:38,365 --> 00:06:41,AFRAID TO TALK,
AFRAID TO BREATHE.

00:06:41,401 --> 00:06:43,WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?

00:06:47,340 --> 00:06:49,LEFT GUARD,
THIS IS QUARTERBACK.

00:06:49,543 --> 00:06:51,COME IN, LEFT GUARD.

00:06:51,178 --> 00:06:52,LEFT GUARD TO QUARTERBACK.
COME IN, QUARTERBACK.

00:06:53,013 --> 00:06:55,DO YOU THINK THAT PLANE
SPOTTED ANY OF YOUR MEN?

00:06:55,248 --> 00:06:57,NO, SIR. WE HAVE GOOD COVER
HERE FROM THE AIR.

00:06:57,451 --> 00:06:58,Well, what's
your situation?

00:06:58,886 --> 00:07:02,SCOUTS REPORT 3,000 ENEMY
IN VILLAGE OF TANGE GA.

00:07:02,222 --> 00:07:04,TELL YOUR PATROLS
TO STEER CLEAR OF THEM

00:07:04,157 --> 00:07:06,AND STAY OUT OF SIGHT.

00:07:06,460 --> 00:07:08,YES, SIR.

00:07:08,829 --> 00:07:10,RIGHT GUARD,
THIS IS QUARTERBACK.

00:07:10,664 --> 00:07:12,COME IN, RIGHT GUARD.

00:07:12,099 --> 00:07:14,RIGHT GUARD TO QUARTERBACK.
COME IN, QUARTERBACK.

00:07:14,468 --> 00:07:16,LEFT GUARD IS
CROSSING THE RIVER NOW.

00:07:16,369 --> 00:07:17,WHEN YOU REACH IT, MOVE.

00:07:17,605 --> 00:07:19,THAT PLANE'S
LIABLE TO COME BACK.

00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:21,WHAT'S YOUR PICTURE?

00:07:21,308 --> 00:07:22,PATROLS REPORT
SMALL ENEMY FORCE

00:07:23,010 --> 00:07:25,MOVING WEST
ALONG RIVER BANK.

00:07:25,746 --> 00:07:28,DON'T TOUCH THEM. HOLD WHERE
YOU ARE UNTIL THEY PASS.

00:07:28,081 --> 00:07:29,YES, SIR.

00:07:29,249 --> 00:07:32,ADVISE POINT THAT
WE'RE MOVING OUT AGAIN.

00:07:38,592 --> 00:07:41,ANOTHER BEND IN THE ROAD.

00:07:41,895 --> 00:07:44,WONDER WHAT'S
AROUND THIS ONE.

00:07:44,698 --> 00:07:46,STOCK FROM QUARTERBACK.
STOCK FROM QUARTERBACK.

00:07:46,700 --> 00:07:48,COME IN, STOCK.

00:07:59,613 --> 00:08:02,[ YELLS IN JAPANESE ]

00:08:17,464 --> 00:08:19,QUARTERBACK TO STOCK,

00:08:19,166 --> 00:08:20,KNOCK OUT THAT GUN.

00:08:20,901 --> 00:08:25,QUARTERBACK TO STOCK,
KNOCK OUT THAT GUN.

00:08:53,233 --> 00:08:54,SEE THAT OFFICER?

00:08:55,002 --> 00:08:56,YEAH.

00:08:56,069 --> 00:08:57,HE'S ALL YOURS.

00:09:04,211 --> 00:09:06,BULLSEYE GETS THAT OFFICER,

00:09:06,847 --> 00:09:09,YOU MOVE IN
WITH SMOKE AND FRAG.

00:09:09,282 --> 00:09:10,RIGHT.

00:09:10,283 --> 00:09:11,BULLSEYE.

00:10:29,963 --> 00:10:34,STAY AWAY
FROM MY AMMO.

00:10:37,070 --> 00:10:38,DOSKIS.

00:10:38,371 --> 00:10:39,YEAH?

00:10:39,740 --> 00:10:41,ANY OF THOSE
JAPANESE GET AWAY?

00:10:41,341 --> 00:10:43,NO, SIR.

00:10:46,446 --> 00:10:47,MULEY.

00:10:47,781 --> 00:10:49,YES, SIR?

00:10:49,783 --> 00:10:51,WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?

00:10:51,985 --> 00:10:53,WATCHING OUT
FOR ELEANOR.

00:10:53,620 --> 00:10:56,SHE COULD
HAVE G***T HURT.

00:11:03,630 --> 00:11:06,O'BRIEN MAKE IT ALL RIGHT?

00:11:06,166 --> 00:11:09,NO, NOT WITH
THAT LEG.

00:11:09,369 --> 00:11:11,STOCK, YOU WOULDN'T
LEAVE ME HERE?

00:11:11,471 --> 00:11:13,YOU KNOW WE DON'T
LEAVE ANYBODY, O'BRIEN.

00:11:13,907 --> 00:11:15,I'LL RADIO THE COLUMN
AND HAVE THEM PICK YOU UP.

00:11:15,976 --> 00:11:16,MULEY.

00:11:16,543 --> 00:11:17,YEAH, STOCK.

00:11:17,677 --> 00:11:19,STICK WITH HIM.

00:11:19,346 --> 00:11:20,YES, SIR.

00:11:20,247 --> 00:11:21,ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO.

00:11:21,581 --> 00:11:24,I G***T SOME EXTRA SMOKES
STASHED AWAY IN ELEANOR'S PACK.

00:11:24,818 --> 00:11:27,I'LL DIG THEM UP.

00:11:27,855 --> 00:11:29,WE KNOCKED OUT
TWO GUNS, SIR.

00:11:29,790 --> 00:11:32,WHAT TOOK YOU
SO LONG?

00:11:35,462 --> 00:11:36,I WANT NEWS.

00:11:36,997 --> 00:11:39,HAVE TAGGY TAP INTO THAT LINE
LEADING TO THOSE GUNS.

00:11:39,599 --> 00:11:41,That line's been hit.

00:11:41,468 --> 00:11:42,WELL, FIND ANOTHER ONE.

00:11:42,602 --> 00:11:43,Yes, sir.

00:11:43,370 --> 00:11:45,ALL RIGHT.

00:11:47,607 --> 00:11:49,BARNEY...

00:11:49,176 --> 00:11:52,HAVE MY BATTALION COMMANDERS
COME UP HERE RIGHT AWAY.

00:11:57,684 --> 00:11:58,HEY, TAGGY.

00:11:58,685 --> 00:11:59,YEAH?

00:11:59,853 --> 00:12:01,DO YOU KNOW
ENOUGH JAPANESE

00:12:01,254 --> 00:12:03,TO RUN INTERFERENCE FOR ME
IN A GEISHA HOUSE?

00:12:03,824 --> 00:12:04,WHAT GEISHA HOUSE?

00:12:05,025 --> 00:12:07,IN TOKYO
WHEN WE GET THERE.

00:12:07,460 --> 00:12:09,I'LL TEACH YOU WHAT
I PICKED UP ON BATAAN.

00:12:09,930 --> 00:12:12,FROM THERE ON,
YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN.

00:12:12,665 --> 00:12:15,HEY, THERE'S A WIRE.

00:12:16,136 --> 00:12:17,I BETTER
START CLIMBING

00:12:17,437 --> 00:12:19,AND PICK UP SOME GOSSIP
FOR THE GENERAL.

00:12:19,306 --> 00:12:23,HEY, BULLSEYE,
WHAT'S EATING YOU?

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