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[wind gusting]
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[airplanes whirring]
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[dramatic music playing]
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- All right, move out!
- [bullet whooshes]
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[gunfire]
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[panting]
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[men shouting]
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- [music continues]
- [gunfire continues]
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[groans]
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Let's go! Move it out!
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[gunfire continues]
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[men shouting]
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[grunting, panting]
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[music continues]
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He's dead! He's dead!
Leave him! Come on, let's go!
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[music fades]
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[somber music playing]
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[sniffling]
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[woman 1] Dear Billy,
I'm so worried about you.
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I miss you so much.
Why haven't you written me back?
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[woman 2] I don't know
if this letter will get to you.
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Praying for your safe return.
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[man 1] I miss you so much.
Why haven't you written me back?
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[woman 3] Dear William, come back soon.
Is everything okay?
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[man 2] I've been overseas in this war
for over a year now.
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[girl] Dear Daddy, I miss you so much.
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[woman 4] My dearest Michael,
I am praying for your safe return.
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[man 3] I think of you,
and that is every day.
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I miss you so very much.
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- [woman 5] Lately, it's been a long...
- [man 4] Here we are a short distance...
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[woman 6] I've written two
or three times recently...
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[man 5] Lately, it's been a long time...
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[woman 7] I'm so worried about you.
Why haven't you written to me?
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[indistinct chatter]
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[music fades]
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{\an8}[upbeat jazz music playing]
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{\an8}Abram David, you must stop making
a spectacle of yourself
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{\an8}by parading around with the likes--
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{\an8}Mary Kathryn, don't you dare.
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{\an8}[Mary Kathryn] It's not proper.
Quite frankly--
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{\an8}[Abram] Get out of her way.
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{\an8}[Mary Kathryn] I will not.
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{\an8}Okay. Well, fine.
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{\an8}Lena, German U-boat, twelve o'clock low,
vector six niner, niner west.
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{\an8}[grunting]
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{\an8}Go!
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{\an8}[music continues]
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{\an8}Look out!
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{\an8}[car honking]
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{\an8}Don't you worry, Miss Lena Derriecott,
nothing will harm you on my plane.
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{\an8}Pull back on the stick!
German plane, three o'clock!
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{\an8}Whoa!
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{\an8}- Madam.
- Thank you.
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{\an8}Abram David, you're gonna get me
in a world of trouble.
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{\an8}- Oh, I'm sorry, but--
- I'm sure my mother is watching.
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{\an8}Sorry, but we were on a combat mission.
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{\an8}- We had to get away from the enemy.
- Mary Kathryn is no Hitler.
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{\an8}Are you sure? [chuckles]
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{\an8}That's not funny.
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{\an8}You heard Edward R. Murrow
just like I did.
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{\an8}He said Hitler is a monster.
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{\an8}And that is exactly why
I'm going into the battle.
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{\an8}Don't give me the long face.
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{\an8}Just gonna miss you, that's all.
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{\an8}- Can't believe you're going to the Army.
- Don't worry.
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{\an8}You see how well I drive
this old Chevrolet?
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{\an8}Getting my practice
for when I'm in the cockpit.
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{\an8}Abram, this is serious.
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{\an8}- I know you know that--
- Is this out of concern for my well-being?
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{\an8}Or because we won't be able to make
Mary Kathryn and her friends
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{\an8}turn green with envy every day?
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{\an8}[both laughing]
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{\an8}But, like, here's my thing...
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{\an8}[Abram laughing]
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{\an8}[Lena] It's true.
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{\an8}Come along now, Lena.
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{\an8}Yes, ma'am.
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{\an8}- Hi, Mrs. Derriecott. Have a great day.
- You do the same, Abram.
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{\an8}Don't you worry, Miss Lena.
I will write you every chance I get.
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{\an8}I see that boy done dropped you off again.
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{\an8}You mighty close to him.
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{\an8}Something you wanna tell us?
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{\an8}- Auntie, we are just friends.
- That better be all it is.
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{\an8}Oh, Emma, she's soon to be 18.
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{\an8}Going off to the university.
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{\an8}There'll be a lot more boys there.
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{\an8}Don't rush into nothing
like your mama did.
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{\an8}Go on and get washed up.
We need you to help us tonight.
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{\an8}Yes, ma'am.
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{\an8}Lena?
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{\an8}- Mm.
- You got the best attitude.
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{\an8}Your mama here wants me to make
all the kosher meals and serve 'em too.
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{\an8}[Lena] Oh.
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{\an8}And you'll be happy to know
that Mr. David has hired me
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{\an8}to cater your boyfriend's party.
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{\an8}He's not my boyfriend.
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{\an8}Then why is you smiling?
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{\an8}[laughing]
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{\an8}I wish you wouldn't fill her head
with that talk.
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{\an8}That boy is Jewish.
That can't bit-mo be, and you know it.
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{\an8}Oh, Emma, she just having fun.
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{\an8}Well, she need to have fun
with a Negro boy.
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{\an8}And on top of that, you talking schooling.
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{\an8}You know we ain't got the money
to send her to that school.
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{\an8}Well, we gonna get all the money we need
to send that girl to the university.
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{\an8}Well, I sure would like
to see you do it, Susie.
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{\an8}[huffs]
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[instrumental music playing]
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[man] Well, Rabbi Wise got an audience
with President Roosevelt.
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We must do something
to help with the rescue.
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Hitler has murdered two million Jews,
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and I'm told women and children
are in that number.
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So we can't just sit idly by.
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We're leaning on every official we can
to get a humanitarian effort underway.
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It's a horror
the imagination cannot grasp.
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There were concentration camps.
Now there are extermination camps.
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What a brave boy your Abram is.
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Excuse me.
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No, thank you, Lena.
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Indeed, he is.
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His desire was to be a Ritchie Boy,
but he's not fluent in German.
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[music continues]
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Finally. The place where you belong.
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I can't stay long. This party is for you.
You should be in there.
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Some going-away party.
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All they're talking about
is how bad the war is.
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Well... it is.
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Right now,
I'd rather be out here with you.
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I'm gonna miss you, Lena.
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I'm gonna miss you too.
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But...
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But I better be going.
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If my mother knew I was here,
I'd be as good as dead.
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Well, at least you won't kill
Mary Kathryn.
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[music continues]
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She is a horrible person
for treating you that way
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because of the color of your skin.
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It's not the only reason.
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She likes you.
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[sighs]
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She thinks we're courting,
even though we're not.
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We're just...
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friends.
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[soft music playing]
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Well, you tell that story
enough to others.
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Maybe we started to believe it ourselves.
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Kiss me.
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[scoffs, exhales]
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I am not kissing you.
What are you saying--
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♪ You made me love you ♪
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♪ I didn't wanna do it
I didn't wanna do it ♪
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You have the worst voice.
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♪ You made me want you
And all the time you knew it... ♪
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Stop it.
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Stop it!
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Gosh.
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When you kiss me.
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[music continues]
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[both giggle]
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Lena Derriecott,
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I'm in love with you.
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And I know you feel the same way.
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I'm gonna fight in this war, and...
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I want you to wear this ring as a promise
that you will wait for me to return
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so that we can start to acknowledge
what we have both denied for far too long.
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You know this is not right
in the eyes of many people.
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The only eyes that matter are ours.
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- Lena.
- [gasps]
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Ain't you supposed to be working?
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Yes, ma'am.
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The tray.
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Yes, ma'am.
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Yes, ma'am.
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Hi, Mrs. Derriecott.
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If you wanna court my daughter,
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you show up at my house
like a proper gentleman
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and ask me and her father.
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Do you understand me?
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Yes, ma'am.
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And when I return from the war,
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that'll be my first mission.
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- Anything from my boys?
- I'm sorry, ma'am.
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[soft music playing]
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- [Susie] Where you get that ring?
- Cracker Jack box.
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- [yelps]
- Little girl!
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Sorry, Mama.
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He ain't been gone
no more than a few months.
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Your husband been gone longer than that
with no word of where he is.
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You watch yourself.
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[music continues]
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I guess she didn't get no mail.
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And when they start putting rings
in Cracker Jack boxes?
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[man on radio] Thousands of WACs,
trained and disciplined the Army way,
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are now on duty
all over this country and overseas.
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But thousands more are needed.
Women from all walks of life.
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Salesgirls,
industrial workers, librarians,
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housewives, entertainers...
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- Put that away and pay attention, Lena.
- Yes, ma'am.
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[man] ...all creeds,
for the next big step in their new life.
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Ready to serve with the Army,
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to do the jobs
the Army thinks they do best.
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Some do officers' training school...
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[soft music playing]
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Excuse me?
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Oh!
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Sorry.
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Mama?
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Was that Mr. David's car?
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Uh, come and sit.
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Mr. David brought this by for you.
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[music continues]
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[Lena sighs]
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[crying]
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- Mama!
- I know, baby, I know.
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[crying continues]
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[music fades]
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[Emma] She ain't talk much
at all for weeks.
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[Susie] Yeah, I know.
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She just closed off.
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That poor boy.
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They've been knowing one another
since they were little.
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Seemed like he just got there. Mm.
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Well, I sure hope Lionel comes back
with money for her schooling.
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At least we can give her that.
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- Has he ever come back with any money?
- Don't do that.
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Shh.
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Thought you was sleeping.
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Probably couldn't, huh?
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Mama, I made a decision.
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Okay.
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After I graduate...
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I'm going to join the Army.
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I wanna fight Hitler.
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Look at me, baby.
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I know you are hurtin' about Abram.
We all are.
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But that ain't no reason
for you to go to no Army.
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And from what I hear tell,
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ain't no Negro woman
doing nothing in no Army
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but cooking and cleaning
for the white folks.
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Hell, you can stay right here and do that.
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You is going to that university.
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With what money?
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I'm going to join the Army...
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as soon as I graduate.
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00:18:35,948 --> 00:18:37,199
That's what I'm gonna do.
248
00:18:38,242 --> 00:18:41,494
- I don't have time, Mama.
- [Emma] You have plenty of time.
249
00:18:41,495 --> 00:18:44,455
[Susie] Stop fussing, Emma.
You're fussy, fussy, fussy.
250
00:18:44,456 --> 00:18:47,375
- Well, I think this is me.
- Is that--?
251
00:18:47,376 --> 00:18:51,254
[chuckles] Here. You take this.
And you be sure to eat, you hear?
252
00:18:51,255 --> 00:18:54,298
Susie, she already said
that she can only have one suitcase,
253
00:18:54,299 --> 00:18:56,259
and you've already put food in it.
254
00:18:56,260 --> 00:18:59,220
You gonna have her clothes
smelling like pork and beans.
255
00:18:59,221 --> 00:19:02,558
[man 1] "Betty-Ann Morris. Susanne Jones."
256
00:19:03,225 --> 00:19:04,308
"Lena Derriecott."
257
00:19:04,309 --> 00:19:06,602
- Yes, sir. That's me.
- [man 1] It's time to board.
258
00:19:06,603 --> 00:19:09,355
- We gonna miss you.
- I'm gonna miss you too.
259
00:19:09,356 --> 00:19:10,815
We love you.
260
00:19:10,816 --> 00:19:12,567
- I love you too.
- I love you.
261
00:19:12,568 --> 00:19:14,068
[soft music playing]
262
00:19:14,069 --> 00:19:15,570
- I'll write.
- Write me.
263
00:19:15,571 --> 00:19:16,613
- Promise.
- Okay.
264
00:19:17,823 --> 00:19:18,866
- Bye.
- Bye.
265
00:19:20,117 --> 00:19:21,201
- Bye.
- Bye.
266
00:19:25,247 --> 00:19:27,249
[train whistle blowing]
267
00:19:32,671 --> 00:19:34,422
I hope she's gonna be safe.
268
00:19:34,423 --> 00:19:35,506
[Susie] She will.
269
00:19:35,507 --> 00:19:37,383
[man 2] All aboard!
270
00:19:37,384 --> 00:19:40,012
Emma? You crying?
271
00:19:40,929 --> 00:19:45,350
They ain't gonna let no Negro women
near Europe, let alone Hitler.
272
00:19:45,934 --> 00:19:50,022
So you dry your eyes and come on.
She ain't going nowhere but to Georgia.
273
00:19:51,315 --> 00:19:53,275
[man 2] I need you all to come with me.
274
00:19:54,943 --> 00:19:55,944
No, not you all.
275
00:19:57,613 --> 00:19:59,781
You over there, let's go.
276
00:20:00,407 --> 00:20:01,324
Are you coming?
277
00:20:01,325 --> 00:20:04,036
Well, I'm assuming
you're separating the white women.
278
00:20:04,870 --> 00:20:05,829
I am a Negro.
279
00:20:11,501 --> 00:20:14,463
Well, we must done crossed
the Mason-Dixon Line.
280
00:20:15,172 --> 00:20:17,215
Welcome to the South, ladies.
281
00:20:17,216 --> 00:20:19,885
Segregation is just
in them crackers' blood.
282
00:20:22,679 --> 00:20:25,264
You ain't said nothin'
since we been on this train.
283
00:20:25,265 --> 00:20:26,307
What's your name?
284
00:20:26,308 --> 00:20:28,852
Lena Derriecott. I'm from Philadelphia.
285
00:20:29,436 --> 00:20:31,521
Johnnie Mae Burton, mine. You?
286
00:20:32,022 --> 00:20:34,149
Bernice Baker. I'm from New York.
287
00:20:35,609 --> 00:20:37,276
And what about you, Miss Mulatto?
288
00:20:37,277 --> 00:20:39,028
She is not mulatto.
289
00:20:39,029 --> 00:20:42,698
Her mother is Mexican,
and her father is a Negro.
290
00:20:42,699 --> 00:20:45,326
He was my uncle. You are so rude.
291
00:20:45,327 --> 00:20:47,411
I didn't mean no harm.
292
00:20:47,412 --> 00:20:48,872
Sounded like that to me.
293
00:20:49,373 --> 00:20:52,500
I'm Dolores Washington.
This is my cousin, Elaine White.
294
00:20:52,501 --> 00:20:53,417
How do you do?
295
00:20:53,418 --> 00:20:54,336
Fine.
296
00:20:55,337 --> 00:20:56,838
Well, I'm just a little tired.
297
00:20:57,339 --> 00:21:00,758
Had to come up North and stay with my aunt
and her nine children in one room
298
00:21:00,759 --> 00:21:02,218
just to get in the Army.
299
00:21:02,219 --> 00:21:04,053
They wouldn't send me nowhere
in the South.
300
00:21:04,054 --> 00:21:06,722
Elaine, myself,
and four other Negro women took the test.
301
00:21:06,723 --> 00:21:08,057
We were told we all failed.
302
00:21:08,058 --> 00:21:11,186
I have spent three years
at Spelman College, and--
303
00:21:12,187 --> 00:21:14,647
And Dolores here is a whiz
who loves history.
304
00:21:14,648 --> 00:21:17,359
So I knew that couldn't be.
So you know what she did?
305
00:21:17,901 --> 00:21:21,446
She wrote a letter
directly to Mary McLeod Bethune.
306
00:21:21,947 --> 00:21:23,740
The Mary McLeod Bethune?
307
00:21:24,241 --> 00:21:25,366
Who is that?
308
00:21:25,367 --> 00:21:27,911
Oh Lord. Where you from?
309
00:21:29,579 --> 00:21:30,663
The country.
310
00:21:30,664 --> 00:21:34,250
Mary McLeod Bethune is head
of the National Council of Negro Women.
311
00:21:34,251 --> 00:21:36,127
She's on the president's Black cabinet,
312
00:21:36,128 --> 00:21:39,589
and she's close personal friends
with Eleanor Roosevelt herself.
313
00:21:40,090 --> 00:21:42,216
How am I supposed to know about a McLoud?
314
00:21:42,217 --> 00:21:44,011
[Bernice] It's McLeod.
315
00:21:44,803 --> 00:21:46,263
Y'all keep making fun of me.
316
00:21:46,847 --> 00:21:48,222
Worse than my husband.
317
00:21:48,223 --> 00:21:49,558
{\an8}[uplifting music playing]
318
00:22:16,376 --> 00:22:18,503
[women chattering, giggling]
319
00:22:24,343 --> 00:22:25,385
[music fades]
320
00:22:26,762 --> 00:22:30,265
What are y'all waiting on?
Hurry up and get down from there.
321
00:22:31,433 --> 00:22:34,810
You mean to tell me I left home to deal
with the same bullshit in the Army?
322
00:22:34,811 --> 00:22:37,438
- How the hell we gonna get down?
- Come on.
323
00:22:37,439 --> 00:22:38,398
We'll help you.
324
00:22:38,899 --> 00:22:41,942
Ooh, I'm gonna like it here.
325
00:22:41,943 --> 00:22:42,944
I'll help you.
326
00:22:43,945 --> 00:22:45,947
[soft music playing]
327
00:22:49,868 --> 00:22:50,827
[grunts]
328
00:22:53,705 --> 00:22:55,582
Hi. I'm Hugh Bell.
329
00:22:56,083 --> 00:22:57,084
Lena Derriecott.
330
00:22:58,335 --> 00:23:01,880
Welcome. If you need anything at all,
I've been here a year.
331
00:23:02,381 --> 00:23:04,591
I know a lot, and I could show you around.
332
00:23:05,217 --> 00:23:09,053
You just gonna show her around?
We all wanna be showed around.
333
00:23:09,054 --> 00:23:10,138
[women chuckling]
334
00:23:10,806 --> 00:23:11,640
[man] Ma'am.
335
00:23:12,724 --> 00:23:14,475
All right, let's go. Ladies.
336
00:23:14,476 --> 00:23:17,478
Lord, you can help me anytime, shit.
337
00:23:17,479 --> 00:23:19,688
[gasping, sighing]
338
00:23:19,689 --> 00:23:24,111
Johnnie Mae!
You should not use that language.
339
00:23:24,611 --> 00:23:25,861
What, you a preacher?
340
00:23:25,862 --> 00:23:27,114
My father is.
341
00:23:27,614 --> 00:23:30,116
Hm. Lord, I just got out of hell
to come to another hell.
342
00:23:30,117 --> 00:23:32,326
She trying to put me in a third hell.
343
00:23:32,327 --> 00:23:35,038
- We're just--
- She gonna cover her ears up.
344
00:23:36,039 --> 00:23:39,042
Make sure you have
your birth certificates in hand.
345
00:23:39,876 --> 00:23:41,460
You all, come with me.
346
00:23:41,461 --> 00:23:43,046
[uplifting music playing]
347
00:23:44,297 --> 00:23:45,340
Right through there.
348
00:23:46,341 --> 00:23:47,551
Right through that door.
349
00:23:49,761 --> 00:23:50,637
Thank you.
350
00:23:53,974 --> 00:23:54,933
[grunts]
351
00:23:57,394 --> 00:23:59,645
One more meal,
and you'll be over the weight limit.
352
00:23:59,646 --> 00:24:01,898
Roll up your sleeve
and get ready for your shot.
353
00:24:03,442 --> 00:24:04,317
Next.
354
00:24:06,945 --> 00:24:07,778
[groans]
355
00:24:07,779 --> 00:24:09,781
Damn, how long you gonna stick me?
356
00:24:20,167 --> 00:24:24,004
How is this supposed to fit us?
I can't get my titties in this.
357
00:24:24,588 --> 00:24:28,549
They are called breasts, Johnnie Mae.
Have some class.
358
00:24:28,550 --> 00:24:31,260
Them little things you got
is called breasts.
359
00:24:31,261 --> 00:24:33,387
This is Martha, this is Mary.
360
00:24:33,388 --> 00:24:35,389
These are titties.
361
00:24:35,390 --> 00:24:37,684
And they ain't going in this uniform.
362
00:24:39,936 --> 00:24:41,353
[all chattering]
363
00:24:41,354 --> 00:24:42,897
Well, this ain't much.
364
00:24:42,898 --> 00:24:46,193
Ah. Where'd you think you were going?
The Waldorf?
365
00:24:46,902 --> 00:24:48,695
She gonna leave me alone.
366
00:24:51,615 --> 00:24:53,450
Attention!
367
00:24:59,956 --> 00:25:01,458
You will hear that a lot.
368
00:25:02,834 --> 00:25:03,835
When you do,
369
00:25:04,836 --> 00:25:06,546
line up in front of a bunk,
370
00:25:07,422 --> 00:25:08,589
looking straight ahead.
371
00:25:08,590 --> 00:25:10,842
Do it now! Let's go!
372
00:25:11,426 --> 00:25:12,969
Attention!
373
00:25:30,362 --> 00:25:31,571
Soldiers,
374
00:25:32,614 --> 00:25:35,366
I am Captain Charity Adams,
375
00:25:35,367 --> 00:25:38,285
and I will be your commanding officer.
376
00:25:38,286 --> 00:25:42,706
What that means
is when I say "do it," you get it done.
377
00:25:42,707 --> 00:25:46,835
There are rules for the Army,
and they must be abided.
378
00:25:46,836 --> 00:25:48,338
And they are strict.
379
00:25:48,838 --> 00:25:53,677
I expect you to follow them to the letter.
No exceptions. None will be tolerated.
380
00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:59,306
We start training at 0630.
You have to be here at reveille.
381
00:25:59,307 --> 00:26:02,601
If you are on time, you are late,
so you must be early.
382
00:26:02,602 --> 00:26:04,187
[dramatic music playing]
383
00:26:05,105 --> 00:26:07,606
Each of you has a locker and a trunk.
384
00:26:07,607 --> 00:26:10,818
Everything you own
must fit inside those two items.
385
00:26:10,819 --> 00:26:13,737
You will not wear complicated makeup.
386
00:26:13,738 --> 00:26:15,281
You have to shave your legs.
387
00:26:15,282 --> 00:26:19,493
You must use deodorant,
and you must shower at least once a day.
388
00:26:19,494 --> 00:26:22,914
And if you do not know
how to use a tampon, we will teach you.
389
00:26:25,083 --> 00:26:27,168
You have to stand up straight.
390
00:26:28,587 --> 00:26:30,422
Posture is important.
391
00:26:31,506 --> 00:26:33,925
We walk with our head up,
392
00:26:34,509 --> 00:26:37,386
our back straight, and our butt in.
393
00:26:37,387 --> 00:26:39,013
That is how we walk.
394
00:26:39,014 --> 00:26:40,431
Your uniform must be perfect.
395
00:26:40,432 --> 00:26:43,268
Lieutenant Campbell will teach you
how to make them perfect.
396
00:26:45,395 --> 00:26:48,063
These uniforms were designed
for the pencil figure of a white woman,
397
00:26:48,064 --> 00:26:49,690
not the curves of a Negro.
398
00:26:49,691 --> 00:26:51,442
But I am sure that more than a few of us
399
00:26:51,443 --> 00:26:53,485
know how to make use
of a needle and thread,
400
00:26:53,486 --> 00:26:56,196
and so we will make them perfect.
401
00:26:56,197 --> 00:26:58,240
They must be perfect.
402
00:26:58,241 --> 00:26:59,491
No exceptions.
403
00:26:59,492 --> 00:27:01,619
You are not only in the Army,
404
00:27:01,620 --> 00:27:04,663
you are women, and you are Negroes.
405
00:27:04,664 --> 00:27:06,248
Because you are Negroes and women,
406
00:27:06,249 --> 00:27:09,501
you do not have the luxury
to be as good as the white soldiers.
407
00:27:09,502 --> 00:27:11,630
You have the burden to be better.
408
00:27:12,339 --> 00:27:14,256
You are not only representing America,
409
00:27:14,257 --> 00:27:17,968
you are representing
the Negroes of America.
410
00:27:17,969 --> 00:27:19,429
[music continues]
411
00:27:20,305 --> 00:27:22,057
Welcome to the Women's Army Corps.
412
00:27:57,634 --> 00:27:58,968
[music fades]
413
00:28:02,305 --> 00:28:04,099
- Mrs. Roosevelt.
- Hello, George.
414
00:28:04,599 --> 00:28:05,892
Where's my husband?
415
00:28:06,643 --> 00:28:09,396
- He's in the Oval, in a meeting, ma'am.
- Very well.
416
00:28:10,188 --> 00:28:12,272
George, who's that woman by the gates?
417
00:28:12,273 --> 00:28:15,401
I'm not sure, ma'am.
She's been there for two days now.
418
00:28:15,402 --> 00:28:16,403
Really?
419
00:28:17,278 --> 00:28:18,862
What does she want?
420
00:28:18,863 --> 00:28:21,408
I'm not sure.
Would you like me to find out, ma'am?
421
00:28:22,492 --> 00:28:23,868
Yes, George. Thank you.
422
00:28:31,126 --> 00:28:33,128
[all chattering]
423
00:28:47,392 --> 00:28:49,310
[men shouting]
424
00:28:54,441 --> 00:28:56,860
[playing reveille]
425
00:29:13,293 --> 00:29:14,127
[music ends]
426
00:29:18,339 --> 00:29:20,592
Look alive, ladies!
427
00:29:21,384 --> 00:29:24,595
There are photographers around
at all times,
428
00:29:24,596 --> 00:29:26,972
taking photos of you,
429
00:29:26,973 --> 00:29:30,184
watching you, reportin' on you.
430
00:29:30,185 --> 00:29:33,479
A lot of people do not want us to succeed.
431
00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:36,065
A lot of people do not want us here.
432
00:29:37,609 --> 00:29:39,569
Private, your hat is too high.
433
00:29:40,403 --> 00:29:42,530
Unlike some other folks here,
434
00:29:43,573 --> 00:29:46,075
we have the most to prove.
435
00:29:46,659 --> 00:29:51,039
Now... now is where you show the proof.
436
00:29:51,748 --> 00:29:55,585
I will not tolerate
fighting and bickering among you.
437
00:29:56,169 --> 00:29:58,630
I will not tolerate disrespect.
438
00:30:00,507 --> 00:30:02,549
I will not lie to you,
439
00:30:02,550 --> 00:30:07,388
and you will not lie to me
without extreme consequences.
440
00:30:09,641 --> 00:30:11,476
Get your arms up, Private!
441
00:30:13,353 --> 00:30:17,565
Now, if you are thinking that
I am being hard on you, you are correct.
442
00:30:18,066 --> 00:30:21,902
But that is because
I am giving you my best,
443
00:30:21,903 --> 00:30:23,821
and you will give me yours.
444
00:30:23,822 --> 00:30:26,281
I don't think that's your best, Private.
445
00:30:26,282 --> 00:30:27,825
Get moving.
446
00:30:27,826 --> 00:30:29,159
[panting]
447
00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:30,203
Stop!
448
00:30:31,663 --> 00:30:32,497
You three.
449
00:30:33,331 --> 00:30:35,333
You, you, and you, come here.
450
00:30:42,173 --> 00:30:45,968
I need women soldiers
who know what it feels like to struggle.
451
00:30:45,969 --> 00:30:49,012
Who, from the moment they were born,
have had to fight to survive.
452
00:30:49,013 --> 00:30:50,889
This is your first strike.
453
00:30:50,890 --> 00:30:52,767
Three, and you are out of here.
454
00:30:53,643 --> 00:30:54,561
Am I clear?
455
00:30:55,812 --> 00:30:56,980
Understand?
456
00:30:57,564 --> 00:30:58,438
Yes, Captain.
457
00:30:58,439 --> 00:30:59,607
Fall in line.
458
00:31:02,527 --> 00:31:05,113
Let's go, ladies! Let's try this again!
459
00:31:06,447 --> 00:31:07,574
Arms up!
460
00:31:09,033 --> 00:31:11,577
Show me you have some fight in you!
461
00:31:11,578 --> 00:31:13,787
- [dramatic music playing]
- [women panting]
462
00:31:13,788 --> 00:31:17,833
[Adams] Come on, ladies!
Are you at war, or are you taking a nap?
463
00:31:17,834 --> 00:31:19,918
- [Campbell] To the top!
- [Adams] Let's go!
464
00:31:19,919 --> 00:31:22,046
[Campbell] Let's go! Pick up the pace!
465
00:31:22,630 --> 00:31:23,463
Pick it up!
466
00:31:23,464 --> 00:31:27,134
[Adams] Seven, eight, nine, ten!
467
00:31:27,135 --> 00:31:30,305
Let's go! Let's go! Pick up the pace!
468
00:31:30,972 --> 00:31:32,431
Keep your heads down!
469
00:31:32,432 --> 00:31:34,099
[women groaning]
470
00:31:34,100 --> 00:31:35,934
[Adams] Let's go, ladies!
471
00:31:35,935 --> 00:31:37,353
Pick up the pace!
472
00:31:38,104 --> 00:31:39,229
[woman] Move, move, move!
473
00:31:39,230 --> 00:31:40,939
- This is not a tea party!
- Let's go!
474
00:31:40,940 --> 00:31:42,482
- Heads down!
- [Adams] Come on!
475
00:31:42,483 --> 00:31:45,360
- I wanna see your best!
- Girl, move!
476
00:31:45,361 --> 00:31:47,446
I don't wanna be looking up your tail!
477
00:31:47,447 --> 00:31:50,575
You trying to get shot too?
I ain't going home 'cause of you.
478
00:31:51,075 --> 00:31:54,328
Let's go! Let's go! Pick up the pace!
479
00:31:54,329 --> 00:31:55,871
Come on, Lena, you can do this.
480
00:31:55,872 --> 00:31:58,081
- [Adams] Let's go, ladies, let's go!
- Come on!
481
00:31:58,082 --> 00:31:59,374
[Adams] Come on!
482
00:31:59,375 --> 00:32:01,335
Come on, ladies, give me your best!
483
00:32:01,336 --> 00:32:02,419
Let's go!
484
00:32:02,420 --> 00:32:04,505
[women shouting]
485
00:32:06,716 --> 00:32:08,718
[women groaning, panting]
486
00:32:09,636 --> 00:32:10,928
[Adams] Let's go, ladies!
487
00:32:10,929 --> 00:32:13,640
[soft music playing]
488
00:32:32,825 --> 00:32:35,703
[Eleanor] George,
she's out there in the rain.
489
00:32:38,998 --> 00:32:41,083
Did we find out what she wants?
490
00:32:41,084 --> 00:32:43,836
She said she's been waiting
to see you, ma'am.
491
00:32:47,632 --> 00:32:50,009
- Get me an umbrella, please.
- Yes, ma'am.
492
00:32:57,767 --> 00:33:00,269
- George, cover her with your umbrella.
- Yes, ma'am.
493
00:33:02,230 --> 00:33:03,147
Thank you, sir.
494
00:33:05,024 --> 00:33:08,694
Hello. You are going to catch
a terrible cold out here.
495
00:33:08,695 --> 00:33:11,905
- You've been out here for days.
- I was wanting to see you.
496
00:33:11,906 --> 00:33:13,866
This must be very important.
497
00:33:14,659 --> 00:33:15,742
I'm from West Virginia.
498
00:33:15,743 --> 00:33:21,039
My husband is a coal miner,
and I know we're nobodies in this world.
499
00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:23,083
No, everybody is somebody.
500
00:33:23,084 --> 00:33:25,460
Well, I just don't know what else to do.
501
00:33:25,461 --> 00:33:31,466
This is a photograph
of my son Vernon and his brother Elmer.
502
00:33:31,467 --> 00:33:33,927
- [Eleanor] Oh, beautiful.
- [woman] Thank you, ma'am.
503
00:33:33,928 --> 00:33:36,096
They left to fight in the war
three years ago,
504
00:33:36,097 --> 00:33:38,932
and I haven't heard from them since.
505
00:33:38,933 --> 00:33:40,017
[crying]
506
00:33:40,018 --> 00:33:43,145
I don't know what to do.
I'm just worried out of my mind.
507
00:33:43,146 --> 00:33:45,355
Well, you should write to them.
508
00:33:45,356 --> 00:33:48,817
I write all the time,
but I never hear back.
509
00:33:48,818 --> 00:33:50,111
No letters, nothing.
510
00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:52,446
Why is that?
511
00:33:52,447 --> 00:33:56,200
Mrs. Roosevelt,
this is happening all over the country.
512
00:33:56,701 --> 00:34:00,329
We are not hearing from
or able to get word to them.
513
00:34:02,415 --> 00:34:03,916
Well, this can't be.
514
00:34:05,168 --> 00:34:07,753
Come on inside and tell me all about it.
515
00:34:07,754 --> 00:34:10,131
Thank you, ma'am. Thank you.
516
00:34:24,312 --> 00:34:25,187
What the hell?
517
00:34:25,188 --> 00:34:27,439
Girl, what have you done to your breasts?
518
00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:30,400
I bound them. That's the only way
they're gonna fit in this uniform.
519
00:34:30,401 --> 00:34:33,445
Elaine, you can sew real well.
Can you fix it for her?
520
00:34:33,446 --> 00:34:36,491
Uh-uh. I don't want her
doing nothing for me.
521
00:34:38,117 --> 00:34:39,869
You hush. Give me the shirt.
522
00:34:41,204 --> 00:34:44,873
My feet hurt so bad.
It's worse than working in a cotton mill.
523
00:34:44,874 --> 00:34:47,542
I thought coming here
would be a little change from that.
524
00:34:47,543 --> 00:34:48,960
Is that why you came?
525
00:34:48,961 --> 00:34:52,673
That, and that nigga hit me
one too many time.
526
00:34:53,257 --> 00:34:54,717
Language!
527
00:34:55,426 --> 00:34:57,553
[scoffs] Why did you come?
528
00:34:58,137 --> 00:35:00,890
I wanna go to school
and at the same time help our country.
529
00:35:01,641 --> 00:35:04,267
Same.
I'd like to get my master's in history.
530
00:35:04,268 --> 00:35:07,438
I don't know about helping no country
that treat us like shit.
531
00:35:09,607 --> 00:35:11,650
You got to lighten up,
preacher's daughter.
532
00:35:11,651 --> 00:35:15,238
Johnnie Mae,
I have always been a proper young lady.
533
00:35:15,822 --> 00:35:18,658
You should try it.
You shouldn't be using that language.
534
00:35:20,201 --> 00:35:23,036
Well, you go on and be
who the preacher taught you to be.
535
00:35:23,037 --> 00:35:24,539
I'm gonna be Johnnie Mae.
536
00:35:25,206 --> 00:35:27,374
If you're angry with your country,
why be here?
537
00:35:27,375 --> 00:35:30,418
Ain't no jobs for me
but working in a field, cotton mill,
538
00:35:30,419 --> 00:35:31,879
or some white folk kitchen.
539
00:35:32,380 --> 00:35:34,256
So I said I might as well.
540
00:35:34,257 --> 00:35:36,634
- Lena. Why did you come?
- Hm?
541
00:35:38,678 --> 00:35:40,638
I wanna help my country too.
542
00:35:41,597 --> 00:35:42,849
I wanna fight Hitler.
543
00:35:43,599 --> 00:35:47,353
Lord, chile,
I don't believe that, not one bit.
544
00:35:48,521 --> 00:35:49,605
What?
545
00:35:50,273 --> 00:35:54,025
Hey, ladies, why did y'all come here?
546
00:35:54,026 --> 00:35:56,987
- Draft was gonna take my fiancé.
- [woman 1] Fight for my country.
547
00:35:56,988 --> 00:36:00,240
[woman 2] Girl, shoot, I'm trying to bring
my husband home soon.
548
00:36:00,241 --> 00:36:03,577
- [woman 3] Wasn't nothing for me in Texas.
- [woman 4] I wanted to go to school.
549
00:36:03,578 --> 00:36:06,037
- [woman 5] Me too.
- [woman 6] I wanted to travel the world.
550
00:36:06,038 --> 00:36:09,708
Good luck with that.
Y'all made it to Georgia.
551
00:36:09,709 --> 00:36:11,001
[all laughing]
552
00:36:11,002 --> 00:36:14,463
Now, while some of y'all lying,
553
00:36:15,256 --> 00:36:18,717
I'm gonna tell y'all
the real reason why I came.
554
00:36:18,718 --> 00:36:19,634
[all] Why?
555
00:36:19,635 --> 00:36:22,429
For the men.
556
00:36:22,430 --> 00:36:23,806
[all laughing]
557
00:36:25,183 --> 00:36:27,185
[men shouting]
558
00:36:33,065 --> 00:36:37,319
They are sending
another white unit to Europe?
559
00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:39,030
Yes, I can see that, Lieutenant.
560
00:36:40,072 --> 00:36:42,490
And you know
they are not half as qualified.
561
00:36:42,491 --> 00:36:43,742
I know.
562
00:36:43,743 --> 00:36:45,494
I've been asking for orders.
563
00:36:46,412 --> 00:36:48,079
We can't be doing all this in vain,
564
00:36:48,080 --> 00:36:51,751
but I don't know what else to do
to show them we are ready.
565
00:36:54,587 --> 00:36:56,589
- [door opens]
- [metal clanking]
566
00:36:59,217 --> 00:37:01,218
[all groaning]
567
00:37:01,219 --> 00:37:03,304
[dramatic music playing]
568
00:37:04,555 --> 00:37:05,765
[women coughing]
569
00:37:16,025 --> 00:37:17,109
[coughing]
570
00:37:19,028 --> 00:37:20,821
This right here is not helping.
571
00:37:21,489 --> 00:37:22,698
[gasping]
572
00:37:25,117 --> 00:37:26,409
[Adams] Get up on your feet!
573
00:37:26,410 --> 00:37:29,663
[Abram] Now, Miss Lena.
This is no way to get to fight Hitler.
574
00:37:29,664 --> 00:37:31,831
You have to be strong.
575
00:37:31,832 --> 00:37:33,583
- Come on, you can do it.
- Get up!
576
00:37:33,584 --> 00:37:35,168
- I'm trying.
- Not...
577
00:37:35,169 --> 00:37:36,254
... hard enough!
578
00:37:38,464 --> 00:37:39,506
[gasps, coughs]
579
00:37:39,507 --> 00:37:42,217
You are embarrassing your entire race.
580
00:37:42,218 --> 00:37:44,261
They are already of the opinion
581
00:37:44,262 --> 00:37:47,806
that the Negro woman
is dumb, inferior, and lazy.
582
00:37:47,807 --> 00:37:51,559
And I'll be damned if I allow a woman
in my unit to prove them correct.
583
00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:55,272
Now you answer my question.
Are you dumb or inferior or lazy?
584
00:37:55,273 --> 00:37:56,439
No, ma'am.
585
00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:59,442
Well then, do you just wanna go home?
586
00:37:59,443 --> 00:38:01,903
- No, ma'am. I have to stay here.
- Why?
587
00:38:01,904 --> 00:38:03,196
[panting]
588
00:38:03,197 --> 00:38:05,074
I wanna fight for my country.
589
00:38:05,574 --> 00:38:06,993
You wanna fight?
590
00:38:07,785 --> 00:38:10,036
You don't look like a fighter
down on this ground.
591
00:38:10,037 --> 00:38:12,247
You look like a child
who doesn't have what it takes
592
00:38:12,248 --> 00:38:15,250
to be in a unit
full of strong women soldiers.
593
00:38:15,251 --> 00:38:17,252
This is your second strike.
594
00:38:17,253 --> 00:38:20,046
Now, you get on up,
or you are out of here today.
595
00:38:20,047 --> 00:38:22,257
Hey, Lena, does she remind you of anybody?
596
00:38:22,258 --> 00:38:24,343
- [soft music plays]
- [pants]
597
00:38:24,969 --> 00:38:25,885
Mary Kathryn.
598
00:38:25,886 --> 00:38:28,054
And we know what to do with her.
599
00:38:28,055 --> 00:38:29,890
[chuckles] Vector.
600
00:38:31,225 --> 00:38:32,226
Niner.
601
00:38:33,436 --> 00:38:34,853
Niner west.
602
00:38:34,854 --> 00:38:36,105
Get on up, soldier.
603
00:38:36,605 --> 00:38:38,983
- [dramatic music playing]
- [crying]
604
00:38:48,159 --> 00:38:49,493
[music fades]
605
00:38:51,954 --> 00:38:54,415
You better eat.
You're gonna need your strength.
606
00:38:54,999 --> 00:38:56,083
She's right, Lena.
607
00:38:56,959 --> 00:39:00,795
[scoffs] She should just go on and quit.
Captain Adams don't like her anyway.
608
00:39:00,796 --> 00:39:04,467
- Why would you say that to her?
- It's true. She don't.
609
00:39:05,676 --> 00:39:08,720
- You are not a nice person at all.
- I'm honest.
610
00:39:08,721 --> 00:39:12,224
Don't you listen to her.
You're gonna make it. You will.
611
00:39:12,975 --> 00:39:15,019
And he always looking at you.
612
00:39:15,770 --> 00:39:17,979
Johnnie Mae, are you jealous of her?
613
00:39:17,980 --> 00:39:20,983
Girl, hush.
If I wanted him, I could have him.
614
00:39:21,817 --> 00:39:25,362
I ain't jealous of her skinny tail.
She ain't worried about him no way.
615
00:39:25,363 --> 00:39:28,366
Only thing she think about is that Abram.
616
00:39:32,453 --> 00:39:33,537
What did you say?
617
00:39:35,581 --> 00:39:38,500
I bunk next to you.
You call his name every night.
618
00:39:38,501 --> 00:39:40,251
Hell, I can't get no sleep.
619
00:39:40,252 --> 00:39:41,836
Abram this, Abram that.
620
00:39:41,837 --> 00:39:44,547
"Where are you, Abram? Abram, where are--"
621
00:39:44,548 --> 00:39:47,134
Don't you dare mention his name again.
622
00:39:49,053 --> 00:39:53,515
Now, I have let you push me around
and say all kinds of things,
623
00:39:53,516 --> 00:39:55,518
but don't you dare say his name.
624
00:40:01,649 --> 00:40:03,525
- You deserved that.
- [Bernice] Mm-hmm.
625
00:40:03,526 --> 00:40:05,611
[bugle music playing]
626
00:40:08,489 --> 00:40:10,491
[phone ringing]
627
00:40:11,283 --> 00:40:14,077
This is the office of Colonel Davenport.
May I take a message?
628
00:40:14,078 --> 00:40:15,870
[man] ...jobs the Army way now begins.
629
00:40:15,871 --> 00:40:18,623
WACs, fit, alert, proud of their corps,
630
00:40:18,624 --> 00:40:21,042
prepared for the next big step
in their new life.
631
00:40:21,043 --> 00:40:23,420
Replacing soldiers at switchboards.
632
00:40:23,421 --> 00:40:26,256
Serving as dispatchers
for various branches of the Army.
633
00:40:26,257 --> 00:40:28,842
Motor transport,
where women have proved their ability
634
00:40:28,843 --> 00:40:30,760
to maintain and repair cars and trucks.
635
00:40:30,761 --> 00:40:32,846
They're good drivers and mechanics.
636
00:40:32,847 --> 00:40:34,305
In Army motor pools.
637
00:40:34,306 --> 00:40:38,184
In these and many other fields,
taking over important jobs for the Army.
638
00:40:38,185 --> 00:40:42,231
Through these replacements,
playing a vital role in winning the war.
639
00:40:47,987 --> 00:40:48,946
[music ends]
640
00:40:50,072 --> 00:40:50,906
At ease.
641
00:40:59,540 --> 00:41:01,500
- You wanted to see me, Adams?
- Yes, sir.
642
00:41:02,418 --> 00:41:03,794
I know you are persistent.
643
00:41:05,880 --> 00:41:07,922
If this has anything to do
with you having orders--
644
00:41:07,923 --> 00:41:09,133
It does, sir.
645
00:41:10,134 --> 00:41:12,093
I have graduated hundreds of women,
646
00:41:12,094 --> 00:41:14,888
and this month,
another 38 are about to do the same.
647
00:41:14,889 --> 00:41:19,435
As you know, I have a 97% success rate.
We are ready to be called to duty, sir.
648
00:41:20,853 --> 00:41:22,688
[officer] Are you sure about that?
649
00:41:24,857 --> 00:41:26,817
I don't think you're ready
for an assignment.
650
00:41:27,651 --> 00:41:30,570
Sir, with all due respect,
the white women--
651
00:41:30,571 --> 00:41:31,739
They're more qualified.
652
00:41:33,532 --> 00:41:35,534
Now, if you'll excuse me,
I have a meeting.
653
00:41:36,243 --> 00:41:38,078
- Sir, I--
- I have a meeting.
654
00:41:39,622 --> 00:41:40,456
Yes, sir.
655
00:41:49,757 --> 00:41:50,590
She is--
656
00:41:50,591 --> 00:41:51,675
[groaning]
657
00:41:52,510 --> 00:41:55,221
Gentlemen, you know my wife.
658
00:41:55,888 --> 00:41:58,724
And this is Mary McLeod Bethune.
659
00:41:59,225 --> 00:42:00,351
Please be seated.
660
00:42:00,935 --> 00:42:02,352
I'll get right down to it.
661
00:42:02,353 --> 00:42:03,561
Over the past few weeks,
662
00:42:03,562 --> 00:42:08,608
my wife and I have been talking about
the problems we are having with the mail
663
00:42:08,609 --> 00:42:11,320
and our soldiers' morale.
664
00:42:12,947 --> 00:42:13,821
Care to explain?
665
00:42:13,822 --> 00:42:17,033
There has been
a serious blockage in the mail,
666
00:42:17,034 --> 00:42:20,703
simply because we have needed
every available vehicle
667
00:42:20,704 --> 00:42:23,082
to bring supplies to the front lines.
668
00:42:23,582 --> 00:42:27,043
General Halt here can speak
to the magnitude of the issue.
669
00:42:27,044 --> 00:42:29,087
- General?
- [Halt] Uh, yes, sir.
670
00:42:29,088 --> 00:42:33,676
Now, Mr. President, helping our soldiers
win the war is our priority.
671
00:42:34,510 --> 00:42:35,677
Um...
672
00:42:35,678 --> 00:42:40,056
The mail had to take
a lesser rank of importance.
673
00:42:40,057 --> 00:42:41,724
I understand that.
674
00:42:41,725 --> 00:42:45,228
What I don't understand
is how anyone in this room
675
00:42:45,229 --> 00:42:50,149
cannot see the importance of something
as simple as a letter from home
676
00:42:50,150 --> 00:42:52,360
and what it can do for morale.
677
00:42:52,361 --> 00:42:55,989
This is the only way they can communicate
outside of the battle.
678
00:42:55,990 --> 00:42:59,285
But the orders at hand
are the most important ones,
679
00:42:59,785 --> 00:43:01,828
for the supplies for the front lines.
680
00:43:01,829 --> 00:43:04,164
So are you saying to me
681
00:43:04,832 --> 00:43:08,502
that there is no way
to get the mail to these men?
682
00:43:09,587 --> 00:43:11,755
That is unacceptable.
683
00:43:13,340 --> 00:43:14,216
Mary.
684
00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:16,594
As I travel the country,
685
00:43:17,636 --> 00:43:21,223
these are the same stories
I hear everywhere.
686
00:43:21,849 --> 00:43:24,768
Worried parents, wives,
687
00:43:25,519 --> 00:43:27,478
children, loved ones,
688
00:43:27,479 --> 00:43:31,149
all wondering
why they haven't received any mail.
689
00:43:31,150 --> 00:43:34,360
Not one letter or so much as a postcard
690
00:43:34,361 --> 00:43:37,030
from the men
who've been fighting for our country--
691
00:43:37,031 --> 00:43:38,656
Mr. President, I can assure you
692
00:43:38,657 --> 00:43:43,286
that we have, uh, put many companies
on this assignment,
693
00:43:43,287 --> 00:43:46,581
but it has proven to be
a logistical nightmare at this point.
694
00:43:46,582 --> 00:43:47,790
[scoffs]
695
00:43:47,791 --> 00:43:50,294
We even tried the Women's Army Corps.
696
00:43:51,170 --> 00:43:54,548
You mean the white Women's Army Corps?
697
00:43:55,049 --> 00:43:56,091
[soft music playing]
698
00:43:57,217 --> 00:43:58,594
Well, is there another?
699
00:44:04,725 --> 00:44:06,810
Are you not aware, General,
700
00:44:07,311 --> 00:44:11,440
there are Negro women serving
in the Women's Army Corps?
701
00:44:13,400 --> 00:44:15,569
But this mail situation is complicated.
702
00:44:16,070 --> 00:44:19,406
Not as simple as just dropping
some letters in the mailbox.
703
00:44:20,115 --> 00:44:23,660
There are reasons
for the backlog that are there.
704
00:44:23,661 --> 00:44:27,706
Well, it'd require a great deal of skill
705
00:44:28,207 --> 00:44:30,292
to be able to sort it all out.
706
00:44:30,793 --> 00:44:32,753
With all due respect, General,
707
00:44:33,462 --> 00:44:39,343
the Negro women of the Women's Army Corps
are very smart women,
708
00:44:39,968 --> 00:44:43,013
being led by a remarkable Negro woman,
709
00:44:43,514 --> 00:44:46,015
Captain Charity Adams.
710
00:44:46,016 --> 00:44:47,475
She's brilliant.
711
00:44:47,476 --> 00:44:51,897
She has a triple major
in physics, mathematics, Latin.
712
00:44:52,398 --> 00:44:54,774
So I assure you, Mr. President,
713
00:44:54,775 --> 00:44:57,568
the Negro women of the WAC unit
714
00:44:57,569 --> 00:45:01,448
possess the skills and the leadership
715
00:45:02,658 --> 00:45:04,785
to get this mail delivered.
716
00:45:05,828 --> 00:45:06,954
[music continues]
717
00:45:09,498 --> 00:45:10,374
[scoffs]
718
00:45:14,837 --> 00:45:15,670
There he is!
719
00:45:15,671 --> 00:45:18,506
[Dolores] Ooh.
You go on, we'll hold you a seat.
720
00:45:18,507 --> 00:45:19,675
Do you like him?
721
00:45:20,467 --> 00:45:21,634
Seems nice enough.
722
00:45:21,635 --> 00:45:24,095
She like him.
But he ain't that boy back home.
723
00:45:24,096 --> 00:45:26,139
- Don't you say his name.
- I ain't.
724
00:45:26,140 --> 00:45:27,766
Go on, talk to him.
725
00:45:30,185 --> 00:45:31,853
[all] Hey, Private.
726
00:45:31,854 --> 00:45:33,105
Hello, ladies.
727
00:45:34,982 --> 00:45:35,816
Hi.
728
00:45:36,692 --> 00:45:38,693
Good to see you come out
and have some fun.
729
00:45:38,694 --> 00:45:40,695
I've been hoping
to see you here for weeks.
730
00:45:40,696 --> 00:45:43,448
And congratulations on making it through.
731
00:45:43,449 --> 00:45:46,577
Barely. I'm still not as good
as the other ladies.
732
00:45:47,077 --> 00:45:48,996
I think you're stronger than you know.
733
00:45:50,289 --> 00:45:51,123
Thank you.
734
00:45:52,040 --> 00:45:53,541
But you don't know me.
735
00:45:53,542 --> 00:45:56,170
- I know your name is Lena Derriecott.
- Mm.
736
00:45:56,795 --> 00:45:59,047
Came from a town outside Philadelphia.
737
00:46:00,215 --> 00:46:03,218
You like jasmine perfume,
and you don't like milk.
738
00:46:03,886 --> 00:46:06,262
You add up the pounds of fuel
really fast on the airplane,
739
00:46:06,263 --> 00:46:07,848
and you know a lot about them.
740
00:46:08,724 --> 00:46:11,894
And you are here to prove something
to more than just yourself.
741
00:46:14,396 --> 00:46:16,189
How do you know all of that?
742
00:46:16,190 --> 00:46:17,107
It's just...
743
00:46:18,567 --> 00:46:20,109
when a man like me sees a woman
744
00:46:20,110 --> 00:46:22,738
who makes him question
his next big decisions,
745
00:46:23,655 --> 00:46:24,948
I wanna find out why.
746
00:46:26,283 --> 00:46:27,659
What are you talking about?
747
00:46:28,994 --> 00:46:30,537
This is gonna sound crazy,
748
00:46:31,663 --> 00:46:33,748
but I'm supposed to get married
next weekend.
749
00:46:33,749 --> 00:46:36,043
I wasn't sure about it at all,
750
00:46:36,543 --> 00:46:38,836
and then I saw you.
Now I'm really not sure.
751
00:46:38,837 --> 00:46:42,340
My mother and my aunt told me
about men like you, smooth talkers.
752
00:46:42,341 --> 00:46:43,884
- Excuse me.
- [splutters]
753
00:46:44,760 --> 00:46:48,096
I promise I'm telling you
the truth, Miss Lena.
754
00:46:49,097 --> 00:46:50,724
Can we sit together inside?
755
00:46:56,480 --> 00:46:57,898
{\an8}[fanfare playing]
756
00:46:58,690 --> 00:47:00,526
Now, what are y'all doing here?
757
00:47:01,401 --> 00:47:04,654
Well, it looks to me
like we are about to watch a movie.
758
00:47:04,655 --> 00:47:05,989
Not from these seats.
759
00:47:06,949 --> 00:47:08,407
They can all go to the back.
760
00:47:08,408 --> 00:47:13,329
Well now, I am an officer,
and I chose these seats.
761
00:47:13,330 --> 00:47:15,957
My ladies are not moving,
Captain Matthews.
762
00:47:15,958 --> 00:47:18,084
Mm. I heard about you.
763
00:47:18,085 --> 00:47:20,379
- Mm.
- You're the troublemaker.
764
00:47:21,964 --> 00:47:23,674
Always trying to find a fight.
765
00:47:24,299 --> 00:47:26,342
Always ready for one.
766
00:47:26,343 --> 00:47:27,718
Hm. [chuckles]
767
00:47:27,719 --> 00:47:29,011
[dramatic music playing]
768
00:47:29,012 --> 00:47:31,639
We are not moving.
You all can sit in the back.
769
00:47:31,640 --> 00:47:35,018
We don't need to listen
to the likes of you, nigger.
770
00:47:35,602 --> 00:47:37,688
You son of a bitch! I will--
771
00:47:38,188 --> 00:47:39,940
You will do nothing.
772
00:47:40,691 --> 00:47:42,692
[film narrator] ...of which Germany
gambled everything.
773
00:47:42,693 --> 00:47:43,651
Sit down.
774
00:47:43,652 --> 00:47:45,945
[man] Come on, boys.
Let's leave these coons.
775
00:47:45,946 --> 00:47:50,157
No. I don't know who you think you are,
but this is the United States Army.
776
00:47:50,158 --> 00:47:52,410
I will not have this disrespect.
Give me your name!
777
00:47:52,411 --> 00:47:54,705
Who the hell do you think you are?
778
00:47:55,372 --> 00:47:59,584
I am Captain Charity Adams,
779
00:47:59,585 --> 00:48:02,963
and you will salute me.
780
00:48:03,797 --> 00:48:05,966
That ain't never gonna happen.
781
00:48:08,719 --> 00:48:10,512
[music continues]
782
00:48:12,180 --> 00:48:13,265
Get my hat.
783
00:48:14,141 --> 00:48:15,058
You!
784
00:48:17,352 --> 00:48:19,103
I'm sorry, Captain Adams.
785
00:48:19,104 --> 00:48:22,690
It's just when them crackers
be coming at me, I just see red.
786
00:48:22,691 --> 00:48:25,234
You don't think
we all feel that way sometimes?
787
00:48:25,235 --> 00:48:28,696
I don't care what they do.
You don't let them bait you.
788
00:48:28,697 --> 00:48:32,200
Because you in this uniform,
you must behave!
789
00:48:32,910 --> 00:48:34,911
They will be court-martialed,
790
00:48:34,912 --> 00:48:38,165
but you can never ever give them
what they want.
791
00:48:40,334 --> 00:48:41,918
[music fades]
792
00:48:41,919 --> 00:48:43,502
Adams. What is it?
793
00:48:43,503 --> 00:48:45,463
Sir, my ladies were harassed
794
00:48:45,464 --> 00:48:47,798
and asked to move from their seats
at the theater.
795
00:48:47,799 --> 00:48:50,176
Several white soldiers,
including Captain Matthews,
796
00:48:50,177 --> 00:48:52,428
were insulting and disrespectful.
797
00:48:52,429 --> 00:48:54,138
I will not stand for this bigotry.
798
00:48:54,139 --> 00:48:56,223
We have the same rights
as any white soldier.
799
00:48:56,224 --> 00:48:59,645
- Anything less is inexcusable.
- Can you give it a rest?
800
00:49:01,730 --> 00:49:03,940
Sir, with all due respect,
we are treated like--
801
00:49:03,941 --> 00:49:04,982
I have orders for you.
802
00:49:04,983 --> 00:49:07,526
You and the Six Triple Eight Battalion
are headed to Europe.
803
00:49:07,527 --> 00:49:09,111
You'll head out tomorrow by plane,
804
00:49:09,112 --> 00:49:11,614
and your troops
will arrive by boat on the 11th.
805
00:49:11,615 --> 00:49:12,908
Here are your orders.
806
00:49:13,408 --> 00:49:17,454
You are not to open this until you are
on the plane and over the Atlantic.
807
00:49:19,873 --> 00:49:20,749
Dismissed.
808
00:49:21,291 --> 00:49:23,168
[uplifting music playing]
809
00:49:24,795 --> 00:49:25,671
Susie!
810
00:49:29,716 --> 00:49:31,425
- You lied to me.
- What?
811
00:49:31,426 --> 00:49:33,678
They are shipping Lena to Europe.
812
00:49:33,679 --> 00:49:34,596
What?
813
00:49:35,222 --> 00:49:36,306
- There.
- [gasps]
814
00:49:38,308 --> 00:49:40,310
[music intensifies]
815
00:49:46,858 --> 00:49:48,652
It's a lot of water.
816
00:49:52,030 --> 00:49:53,031
[sighs]
817
00:49:54,032 --> 00:49:56,367
How are you so calm? You been drinking?
818
00:49:56,368 --> 00:49:57,327
No.
819
00:49:57,869 --> 00:50:00,538
[chuckles]
I was about to say, "Give me some."
820
00:50:00,539 --> 00:50:02,624
[both laughing]
821
00:50:04,668 --> 00:50:05,919
Should you open it?
822
00:50:07,212 --> 00:50:09,089
Well, I don't wanna be the first one.
823
00:50:10,632 --> 00:50:13,635
And all of them have two envelopes,
but we only have one.
824
00:50:14,136 --> 00:50:16,263
I can't figure out
what the other one says.
825
00:50:20,600 --> 00:50:22,143
One's from the Army...
826
00:50:22,144 --> 00:50:23,103
Abbie.
827
00:50:24,021 --> 00:50:25,855
...one's from the War Department.
828
00:50:25,856 --> 00:50:26,898
[exhales]
829
00:50:27,733 --> 00:50:30,819
They're sending us without proper orders
from the War Department?
830
00:50:33,780 --> 00:50:34,739
Looks that way to me.
831
00:50:34,740 --> 00:50:36,699
You can't command troops unless you have--
832
00:50:36,700 --> 00:50:38,326
War Department orders. I know.
833
00:50:40,037 --> 00:50:41,079
[sighs]
834
00:50:41,997 --> 00:50:42,831
There.
835
00:50:51,423 --> 00:50:53,215
The Postal Battalion?
836
00:50:53,216 --> 00:50:54,675
[sighs]
837
00:50:54,676 --> 00:50:58,221
They think the only thing we good for
is deliver some damn mail.
838
00:50:59,139 --> 00:51:00,515
[clicking tongue] Shit.
839
00:51:01,558 --> 00:51:05,312
So they have a Negro at the Oval Office,
840
00:51:06,605 --> 00:51:09,523
telling me these women
could do this job. [scoffs]
841
00:51:09,524 --> 00:51:14,820
I tell you, took all I had
to keep myself together.
842
00:51:14,821 --> 00:51:16,156
[piano music playing]
843
00:51:17,115 --> 00:51:21,369
[Halt] I mean, they think a bunch
of Negro women can do this job?
844
00:51:23,663 --> 00:51:25,832
They have to be reasonably intelligent.
845
00:51:26,374 --> 00:51:27,250
Reasonably.
846
00:51:28,627 --> 00:51:32,089
And I never seen a smart Negro,
847
00:51:32,923 --> 00:51:34,299
let alone a woman one.
848
00:51:36,009 --> 00:51:37,719
Well, they have arrived, sir.
849
00:51:38,970 --> 00:51:40,221
Oh well, go get 'em.
850
00:51:40,222 --> 00:51:42,473
It's your idea to give them a reception.
851
00:51:42,474 --> 00:51:44,642
Anything that can get me drinking.
852
00:51:44,643 --> 00:51:47,186
General, this is Major Charity Adams.
853
00:51:47,187 --> 00:51:48,146
At ease.
854
00:51:49,689 --> 00:51:50,565
So...
855
00:51:52,359 --> 00:51:54,945
you're the infamous Adams.
856
00:51:56,029 --> 00:51:57,905
I don't know about infamous, sir.
857
00:51:57,906 --> 00:51:59,199
Oh no.
858
00:52:00,075 --> 00:52:04,537
I heard about your antics
at the base around, uh, integration,
859
00:52:04,538 --> 00:52:06,288
drinking at white fountains,
860
00:52:06,289 --> 00:52:08,707
the thing at the Post Theater, and so on.
861
00:52:08,708 --> 00:52:11,418
Now they promoted you to major.
862
00:52:11,419 --> 00:52:14,046
- So do you know why you're here?
- Yes, sir.
863
00:52:14,047 --> 00:52:16,882
Although I still have not gotten orders
from the War Department, sir.
864
00:52:16,883 --> 00:52:20,469
No, never mind that. They'll come.
I was talking about the assignment.
865
00:52:20,470 --> 00:52:24,474
Yes, sir. We were told we are here
to redirect the mail, sir?
866
00:52:24,975 --> 00:52:27,601
And y'all are confident
that, uh, you can do the job
867
00:52:27,602 --> 00:52:31,481
in the short six months we've allotted?
868
00:52:31,982 --> 00:52:35,652
Six months seems generous, sir,
so yes, I believe we can.
869
00:52:36,153 --> 00:52:37,736
Well, you hear that, gentlemen?
870
00:52:37,737 --> 00:52:38,696
[all laughing]
871
00:52:38,697 --> 00:52:39,864
They can do it.
872
00:52:39,865 --> 00:52:42,324
Six months is generous.
873
00:52:42,325 --> 00:52:44,910
And your troops are, uh, on the way.
874
00:52:44,911 --> 00:52:49,623
They're on the Île de France,
so they're comfortable.
875
00:52:49,624 --> 00:52:51,084
It's a very nice ship.
876
00:52:52,210 --> 00:52:54,504
It can, uh, turn on a dime
877
00:52:55,005 --> 00:52:57,840
if a German U-boat was in the area,
or any other danger.
878
00:52:57,841 --> 00:52:58,924
- Yes, sir.
- Yeah.
879
00:52:58,925 --> 00:53:01,636
And it can outmaneuver, quickly,
880
00:53:02,554 --> 00:53:04,306
an incoming torpedo.
881
00:53:04,973 --> 00:53:08,101
Well, sir, I'm sure between that
and their escorts,
882
00:53:08,602 --> 00:53:10,352
I'm sure they will get here safely.
883
00:53:10,353 --> 00:53:11,563
There's no escorts.
884
00:53:12,147 --> 00:53:16,192
And unfortunately, the, uh, place
where your troops were to be housed
885
00:53:16,193 --> 00:53:18,694
was, uh, bombed just before your arrival.
886
00:53:18,695 --> 00:53:19,778
But don't you worry,
887
00:53:19,779 --> 00:53:22,323
I personally approved accommodations
888
00:53:22,324 --> 00:53:26,493
that I'm sure you gonna find appropriate.
889
00:53:26,494 --> 00:53:27,661
Thank you, sir.
890
00:53:27,662 --> 00:53:29,663
[soft music playing]
891
00:53:29,664 --> 00:53:30,998
Can the troops march?
892
00:53:30,999 --> 00:53:32,291
Yes, sir.
893
00:53:32,292 --> 00:53:35,462
I have the best marching troop
you have ever seen, sir.
894
00:53:38,840 --> 00:53:41,843
Your troops will be marching off the ship
upon their arrival.
895
00:53:45,722 --> 00:53:46,723
[Halt] Come on, Lee.
896
00:53:53,188 --> 00:53:55,190
- [music fades]
- [people chattering]
897
00:53:57,025 --> 00:53:57,859
[exhales deeply]
898
00:53:58,652 --> 00:54:00,654
[thunder, waves crashing]
899
00:54:11,164 --> 00:54:12,706
[ship creaking]
900
00:54:12,707 --> 00:54:14,793
[soft music playing]
901
00:54:17,254 --> 00:54:18,712
[Lena gasps]
902
00:54:18,713 --> 00:54:21,424
What does all this tossing and turning
remind you of?
903
00:54:23,093 --> 00:54:24,010
You,
904
00:54:24,970 --> 00:54:27,514
driving me in the back
of that rumble seat.
905
00:54:28,265 --> 00:54:30,267
We had so much fun. [chuckles]
906
00:54:31,893 --> 00:54:33,645
I knew you'd make it through.
907
00:54:35,105 --> 00:54:36,940
I also knew you'd come to find me.
908
00:54:38,358 --> 00:54:41,486
You can be determined when you want to,
Miss Lena Derriecott.
909
00:54:42,404 --> 00:54:43,280
[exhales]
910
00:54:43,905 --> 00:54:46,074
I miss you so much, Abram. [gasps]
911
00:54:48,827 --> 00:54:51,246
[Bernice] Hey, Lena,
hurry up with those towels.
912
00:54:54,916 --> 00:54:56,918
- [women groaning]
- [ship creaking]
913
00:55:06,720 --> 00:55:08,054
[ship alarm blaring]
914
00:55:09,973 --> 00:55:11,433
[all screaming]
915
00:55:17,605 --> 00:55:18,565
Oh my God!
916
00:55:24,195 --> 00:55:27,990
[Adams] We have 855 women
on a civilian ship,
917
00:55:27,991 --> 00:55:30,868
no military escort,
zigzagging across the ocean,
918
00:55:30,869 --> 00:55:33,246
and he wants them to march right off?
919
00:55:33,788 --> 00:55:35,622
Lord Jesus.
920
00:55:35,623 --> 00:55:38,042
Noel, I asked for a mission.
921
00:55:38,043 --> 00:55:40,377
Well, it don't seem like
we ever gonna get a chance...
922
00:55:40,378 --> 00:55:41,587
Mm.
923
00:55:41,588 --> 00:55:42,963
...to prove 'em wrong.
924
00:55:42,964 --> 00:55:47,385
Especially not with something
as easy as delivering mail.
925
00:55:47,886 --> 00:55:50,179
And giving us six months to do it.
926
00:55:50,180 --> 00:55:52,473
That's because
they don't believe we can do it.
927
00:55:52,474 --> 00:55:53,891
These white men.
928
00:55:53,892 --> 00:55:55,392
Negro men too.
929
00:55:55,393 --> 00:55:56,727
Like Howard.
930
00:55:56,728 --> 00:55:58,520
Oh, please don't mention him.
931
00:55:58,521 --> 00:56:02,107
- I'm trying to forget him.
- Oh, girl, don't mention him.
932
00:56:02,108 --> 00:56:06,195
He was the worst mistake
I ever made in my life.
933
00:56:06,196 --> 00:56:07,363
[both chuckling]
934
00:56:07,364 --> 00:56:08,907
What we looked like,
935
00:56:09,741 --> 00:56:14,995
sneaking out of the barracks
to catch him at the movies with...
936
00:56:14,996 --> 00:56:19,750
Norma Jean. Your nemesis. [laughing]
937
00:56:19,751 --> 00:56:22,796
She was such a tramp.
938
00:56:23,755 --> 00:56:25,756
You were so mad when you saw him.
939
00:56:25,757 --> 00:56:29,593
I looked at the back of your head,
you still had a roller in it. [laughs]
940
00:56:29,594 --> 00:56:31,012
See...
941
00:56:32,722 --> 00:56:34,474
[both laughing]
942
00:56:35,183 --> 00:56:39,562
Charity, you know those generals
were laughing for a reason, right?
943
00:56:40,063 --> 00:56:42,356
Mm-hm. Showing his whole hand.
944
00:56:42,357 --> 00:56:45,944
- And six months to seem generous?
- Mm.
945
00:56:47,654 --> 00:56:48,487
Yeah.
946
00:56:48,488 --> 00:56:50,448
- Noel.
Hm?
947
00:56:51,908 --> 00:56:54,660
Oh, Noel,
where did they say that mail was?
948
00:56:54,661 --> 00:56:56,287
[music ends]
949
00:57:00,041 --> 00:57:03,086
- Good evening, soldiers.
- Can I help you, ma'am?
950
00:57:09,300 --> 00:57:10,677
You will salute.
951
00:57:12,846 --> 00:57:13,972
Sorry, ma'am.
952
00:57:15,723 --> 00:57:17,100
So where's this mail?
953
00:57:17,892 --> 00:57:19,102
There's some in here.
954
00:57:22,355 --> 00:57:23,731
Well, soldiers, open the door.
955
00:57:31,906 --> 00:57:33,908
[soft music playing]
956
00:57:36,286 --> 00:57:38,162
[man] Would you like to see
all the hangars?
957
00:57:38,163 --> 00:57:39,414
They are all this full.
958
00:57:40,373 --> 00:57:41,624
How many are there?
959
00:57:43,126 --> 00:57:44,043
[man] All of them.
960
00:57:49,007 --> 00:57:50,091
Oh my God.
961
00:58:08,276 --> 00:58:09,944
[Campbell] You trained them well.
962
00:58:11,613 --> 00:58:12,697
Fall in!
963
00:58:17,827 --> 00:58:19,078
[music continues]
964
00:58:21,164 --> 00:58:23,124
Six Triple Eight Battalion!
965
00:58:24,834 --> 00:58:26,419
Dress right, dress!
966
00:58:32,217 --> 00:58:33,885
Ready, two.
967
00:58:35,386 --> 00:58:36,304
Cover!
968
00:58:39,724 --> 00:58:41,392
Ready, two!
969
00:58:45,313 --> 00:58:48,066
Now, I know you had a hard way over...
970
00:58:51,027 --> 00:58:52,529
and I know you're cold.
971
00:58:54,239 --> 00:58:56,407
Truth is, it will be cold.
972
00:58:59,369 --> 00:59:01,787
But we need to put all of that
out of our minds
973
00:59:01,788 --> 00:59:08,086
because we have been given an order
by General Halt to march today.
974
00:59:09,754 --> 00:59:11,130
Right now.
975
00:59:14,259 --> 00:59:16,176
And march we shall.
976
00:59:16,177 --> 00:59:17,387
Captain!
977
00:59:18,638 --> 00:59:20,056
[music continues]
978
00:59:32,402 --> 00:59:35,321
Forward march!
979
00:59:47,417 --> 00:59:49,419
[music intensifies]
980
01:00:34,547 --> 01:00:36,549
Company, halt!
981
01:00:42,472 --> 01:00:45,224
Battalion, eyes right!
982
01:00:46,476 --> 01:00:48,061
Present arm!
983
01:00:48,561 --> 01:00:50,146
[music continues]
984
01:00:53,775 --> 01:00:55,068
Ready, two!
985
01:00:55,860 --> 01:00:58,738
Battalion, forward march!
986
01:01:17,215 --> 01:01:18,132
[groans]
987
01:01:34,315 --> 01:01:36,025
[Adams panting]
988
01:01:37,860 --> 01:01:39,862
[music fades]
989
01:01:42,281 --> 01:01:47,412
This mail has been sitting here
for over ten months.
990
01:01:49,288 --> 01:01:51,624
And not just in this airplane hangar,
991
01:01:52,667 --> 01:01:54,209
in all of them.
992
01:01:54,210 --> 01:01:57,797
Every single hangar is full of mail.
993
01:01:58,381 --> 01:02:02,593
The soldiers who are fighting this war
have not heard from their loved ones,
994
01:02:03,886 --> 01:02:06,347
and their loved ones
have not heard from them.
995
01:02:08,558 --> 01:02:12,060
Now, the War Department
is getting thousands of complaints,
996
01:02:12,061 --> 01:02:15,397
and the morale of our soldiers
is at an all-time low.
997
01:02:15,398 --> 01:02:19,235
And if our soldiers have low morale,
they have no fight.
998
01:02:20,820 --> 01:02:26,659
Ladies, we have been ordered
to provide hope
999
01:02:27,243 --> 01:02:28,703
and communication
1000
01:02:29,704 --> 01:02:31,497
and care packages
1001
01:02:32,081 --> 01:02:35,959
to our exhausted soldiers
on the front lines
1002
01:02:35,960 --> 01:02:40,131
and to let their families back home
know if they are safe.
1003
01:02:41,716 --> 01:02:42,550
Or...
1004
01:02:44,177 --> 01:02:46,387
Or if they have died in battle.
1005
01:02:49,056 --> 01:02:51,392
Now, I'm told
1006
01:02:52,143 --> 01:02:56,481
that a few have tried
to unravel this situation.
1007
01:02:58,524 --> 01:03:00,026
But they could not do it...
1008
01:03:02,111 --> 01:03:03,488
so they sent us.
1009
01:03:04,071 --> 01:03:08,242
But make no mistake, ladies,
1010
01:03:09,619 --> 01:03:13,663
they did not send us
because they thought we could do it.
1011
01:03:13,664 --> 01:03:18,294
We are here
because they are sure we cannot.
1012
01:03:19,295 --> 01:03:23,757
They have only given us
a six-month ticking clock.
1013
01:03:23,758 --> 01:03:25,550
And I thought that was a long time
1014
01:03:25,551 --> 01:03:29,972
until I realized
the magnitude of this situation.
1015
01:03:30,473 --> 01:03:34,392
When there is no mail,
there is low morale.
1016
01:03:34,393 --> 01:03:36,311
But all that said...
1017
01:03:36,312 --> 01:03:37,647
[soft music playing]
1018
01:03:38,689 --> 01:03:42,568
...this is our mission,
1019
01:03:43,986 --> 01:03:46,030
and we will not fail.
1020
01:03:46,823 --> 01:03:49,574
[Adams] Here's how
we will accomplish our mission.
1021
01:03:49,575 --> 01:03:51,868
Our drivers will come here to the hangar.
1022
01:03:51,869 --> 01:03:54,162
They will pick up the mail
and load it onto the trucks
1023
01:03:54,163 --> 01:03:55,956
according to Army number.
1024
01:03:55,957 --> 01:03:58,708
It will then be delivered
to our home base,
1025
01:03:58,709 --> 01:04:00,919
which is the King Edward School.
1026
01:04:00,920 --> 01:04:02,546
I wanna warn you,
1027
01:04:02,547 --> 01:04:06,591
there's no need to complain
because I know about the vermin.
1028
01:04:06,592 --> 01:04:09,512
I know that it is cold. There is no heat.
1029
01:04:10,221 --> 01:04:12,597
But I also know that we are at war,
1030
01:04:12,598 --> 01:04:15,643
and when you are at war, you make do.
1031
01:04:18,104 --> 01:04:21,274
We are no strangers
to making a shack a home.
1032
01:04:22,275 --> 01:04:24,818
Most of our mothers
have had to do it as well.
1033
01:04:24,819 --> 01:04:29,615
So we will start by organizing a system
by which we process all this mail.
1034
01:04:31,117 --> 01:04:32,994
And this is where we gonna do it.
1035
01:04:33,578 --> 01:04:37,581
["Air Mail Special" by Ella Fitzgerald
featuring The Ray Charles Singers playing]
1036
01:04:37,582 --> 01:04:39,041
[scatting]
1037
01:05:28,007 --> 01:05:31,009
Now, as drivers,
you never ever leave this route.
1038
01:05:31,010 --> 01:05:33,094
This is your way to and from the airfield.
1039
01:05:33,095 --> 01:05:34,889
[music, scatting continues]
1040
01:06:04,543 --> 01:06:07,087
"It is hereby known
that Major Charity Adams
1041
01:06:07,088 --> 01:06:10,298
is in full command
of the Six Triple Eight Battalion."
1042
01:06:10,299 --> 01:06:14,177
- You finally got the orders?
- No. I got to thinking.
1043
01:06:14,178 --> 01:06:17,347
They don't wanna give me orders
'cause they want us to be chaotic.
1044
01:06:17,348 --> 01:06:20,850
I'm not waiting for them to tell me.
I'm telling them I took command.
1045
01:06:20,851 --> 01:06:22,477
I wrote it myself.
1046
01:06:22,478 --> 01:06:23,813
Send it in, Captain.
1047
01:06:25,064 --> 01:06:26,023
Yes, ma'am.
1048
01:06:26,524 --> 01:06:30,860
♪ This is the name of this song
It's called "Air Mail Special" ♪
1049
01:06:30,861 --> 01:06:35,156
♪ Get on, get on
The special cargo air mail ♪
1050
01:06:35,157 --> 01:06:37,326
[scatting]
1051
01:06:56,637 --> 01:06:57,930
Bring it in!
1052
01:06:58,931 --> 01:06:59,890
Let's go!
1053
01:07:04,812 --> 01:07:08,899
You know you're still calling that name
I'm not allowed to say again.
1054
01:07:14,488 --> 01:07:17,700
I know some of you think
that this is impossible,
1055
01:07:19,160 --> 01:07:22,329
but there is only one way
to eat an elephant,
1056
01:07:23,497 --> 01:07:26,708
and that is one bite at a time.
1057
01:07:26,709 --> 01:07:28,794
[music, scatting continues]
1058
01:07:52,443 --> 01:07:53,693
[music ends]
1059
01:07:53,694 --> 01:07:56,196
Lena, you don't have to read
every name, you know.
1060
01:07:56,197 --> 01:07:59,033
Look at the numbers.
That's the best way to get it organized.
1061
01:08:01,202 --> 01:08:02,161
[Johnnie] Oh.
1062
01:08:05,831 --> 01:08:06,957
[metal clanging]
1063
01:08:13,756 --> 01:08:14,632
Hey!
1064
01:08:15,883 --> 01:08:17,635
You don't do that.
1065
01:08:21,847 --> 01:08:25,059
You don't just throw them over there.
1066
01:08:26,268 --> 01:08:28,646
Those people have died! [panting]
1067
01:08:30,064 --> 01:08:32,525
They need to be shown some respect.
1068
01:08:35,277 --> 01:08:36,153
[exhales]
1069
01:08:48,124 --> 01:08:49,666
I'm sorry, Major Adams.
1070
01:08:49,667 --> 01:08:51,919
May I please go to the latrine?
1071
01:08:53,671 --> 01:08:54,547
You may.
1072
01:08:58,175 --> 01:09:00,177
Back to work, ladies.
1073
01:09:06,267 --> 01:09:08,602
I told you she was crazy.
1074
01:09:09,186 --> 01:09:12,981
Been quiet as a mouse this whole time,
and now she wants to start screaming?
1075
01:09:12,982 --> 01:09:15,234
She ain't gonna be hollering
at Johnnie Mae.
1076
01:09:15,901 --> 01:09:16,986
You know what? I...
1077
01:09:17,862 --> 01:09:19,613
I think I need to use the bathroom.
1078
01:09:24,910 --> 01:09:26,703
Well, y'all gonna get in trouble.
1079
01:09:26,704 --> 01:09:29,247
I ain't following that crazy tail
to the bathroom.
1080
01:09:29,248 --> 01:09:30,624
[crying]
1081
01:09:41,802 --> 01:09:43,052
- Lena?
- Ah.
1082
01:09:43,053 --> 01:09:44,013
I'm all right.
1083
01:09:44,763 --> 01:09:46,557
Doesn't look that way to me.
1084
01:09:47,141 --> 01:09:48,601
Dry your eyes.
1085
01:09:52,897 --> 01:09:53,772
I have to pee.
1086
01:09:55,232 --> 01:09:56,567
You sure you're all right?
1087
01:09:57,151 --> 01:09:58,902
No. It's that man.
1088
01:09:58,903 --> 01:10:01,613
What'd he do? Break your heart
like my husband broke mine?
1089
01:10:01,614 --> 01:10:03,199
Will you stop it?
1090
01:10:04,825 --> 01:10:06,160
He's dead.
1091
01:10:08,454 --> 01:10:09,288
[clicks tongue]
1092
01:10:11,624 --> 01:10:12,833
He was, uh...
1093
01:10:14,835 --> 01:10:16,253
shot down
1094
01:10:17,338 --> 01:10:19,340
not long after he got here.
1095
01:10:23,719 --> 01:10:25,638
[inhales] He was a soldier...
1096
01:10:29,183 --> 01:10:32,227
and he asked me
to wait for him to come home.
1097
01:10:32,228 --> 01:10:33,229
[crying continues]
1098
01:10:36,482 --> 01:10:37,650
I am so sorry.
1099
01:10:38,943 --> 01:10:42,863
Oh God, I feel like a clock
that nobody can wind.
1100
01:10:45,241 --> 01:10:48,994
I mean, he promised me
that he would write,
1101
01:10:49,954 --> 01:10:52,039
and I never got any letters.
1102
01:10:52,998 --> 01:10:54,415
[soft music playing]
1103
01:10:54,416 --> 01:10:55,626
I know he did.
1104
01:11:00,005 --> 01:11:03,300
I wonder if his letters to me
are in one of these bags.
1105
01:11:04,802 --> 01:11:07,929
But I didn't know
we were gonna be doing all this.
1106
01:11:07,930 --> 01:11:09,181
[crying continues]
1107
01:11:14,937 --> 01:11:17,481
Oh, Lena. I'm so sorry.
1108
01:11:18,482 --> 01:11:20,067
I wanna thank y'all.
1109
01:11:22,528 --> 01:11:25,739
I know you didn't know, but thank you...
1110
01:11:27,241 --> 01:11:28,951
for helping me through this.
1111
01:11:29,702 --> 01:11:31,077
Honey, you listen here.
1112
01:11:31,078 --> 01:11:34,581
If there is a letter from him,
we will find it.
1113
01:11:39,086 --> 01:11:41,964
We will all be looking
for anything addressed to you.
1114
01:11:43,882 --> 01:11:47,093
It ain't no damn way
all these letters-- I'm so--
1115
01:11:47,094 --> 01:11:49,263
You all had to go at the same time?
1116
01:11:50,055 --> 01:11:52,016
- Sorry, Major Adams.
- [Adams] Mm-hmm.
1117
01:11:54,643 --> 01:11:55,519
Not you.
1118
01:11:59,398 --> 01:12:00,274
I know...
1119
01:12:03,319 --> 01:12:05,195
that you don't like me...
1120
01:12:07,323 --> 01:12:09,116
'cause I embarrass the unit.
1121
01:12:12,077 --> 01:12:13,370
But I promise you...
1122
01:12:15,664 --> 01:12:17,708
I will do a great job with this.
1123
01:12:21,920 --> 01:12:24,256
I know what these families
are going through.
1124
01:12:25,132 --> 01:12:27,176
There's nothing worse than not knowing.
1125
01:12:29,178 --> 01:12:31,846
- You're wrong.
- I promise you, I will--
1126
01:12:31,847 --> 01:12:33,640
About me not liking you.
1127
01:12:36,477 --> 01:12:37,561
I like you.
1128
01:12:38,604 --> 01:12:39,897
And I respect you.
1129
01:12:41,023 --> 01:12:42,483
Now, in the beginning,
1130
01:12:43,609 --> 01:12:45,361
I did worry about you.
1131
01:12:45,986 --> 01:12:47,987
I wondered if you would make it through.
1132
01:12:47,988 --> 01:12:50,573
But, Lena,
right when you were about to break,
1133
01:12:50,574 --> 01:12:53,243
something showed up and took you further.
1134
01:12:53,744 --> 01:12:55,328
[soft music playing]
1135
01:12:55,329 --> 01:12:57,498
And now I see what that was.
1136
01:12:59,625 --> 01:13:02,795
Lena, you are a soldier.
1137
01:13:06,632 --> 01:13:08,217
Now, Private,
1138
01:13:09,134 --> 01:13:12,136
I take seriously every order
I have ever gotten in the Army,
1139
01:13:12,137 --> 01:13:13,471
including this one,
1140
01:13:13,472 --> 01:13:15,431
but I will admit to you
1141
01:13:15,432 --> 01:13:17,850
that I was insulted at first
1142
01:13:17,851 --> 01:13:20,145
that they would only let us
handle the mail.
1143
01:13:22,523 --> 01:13:25,317
But I understand now.
1144
01:13:28,695 --> 01:13:34,367
Because I knew that it was important
for our soldiers and their families,
1145
01:13:34,368 --> 01:13:38,872
but nothing has put a face on this for me...
1146
01:13:40,416 --> 01:13:42,834
like you have with what you shared today.
1147
01:13:42,835 --> 01:13:44,211
[music continues]
1148
01:13:47,714 --> 01:13:48,549
Thank you.
1149
01:13:52,261 --> 01:13:53,970
- Now get back to work.
- Yes, Major.
1150
01:13:53,971 --> 01:13:54,888
Mm-hmm.
1151
01:13:58,475 --> 01:14:00,476
[breathing deeply]
1152
01:14:00,477 --> 01:14:01,562
[music ends]
1153
01:14:03,355 --> 01:14:07,108
"We are two months
into our six-month clock."
1154
01:14:07,109 --> 01:14:10,653
"Major Adams, I do not need to tell you
how important this mission is."
1155
01:14:10,654 --> 01:14:13,906
"There are a lot of people
counting on you and these women."
1156
01:14:13,907 --> 01:14:16,075
"For what it's worth,
I know you can do this."
1157
01:14:16,076 --> 01:14:19,620
"But this is not--" In all capitals.
1158
01:14:19,621 --> 01:14:20,621
"Not the way."
1159
01:14:20,622 --> 01:14:22,623
"General Halt was delighted to hear
1160
01:14:22,624 --> 01:14:25,209
that every piece of mail
you have gotten out in the past few weeks
1161
01:14:25,210 --> 01:14:27,963
has been returned as undeliverable."
[scoffs]
1162
01:14:30,132 --> 01:14:33,217
"He is sending telegrams
to the White House every day
1163
01:14:33,218 --> 01:14:36,012
on your progress or lack thereof."
1164
01:14:36,013 --> 01:14:37,305
Shit.
1165
01:14:37,306 --> 01:14:39,765
I'm sure he is, General Halt.
1166
01:14:39,766 --> 01:14:42,977
We sent out 57,000 pieces of mail.
1167
01:14:42,978 --> 01:14:45,397
Yes, and all of them undeliverable.
1168
01:14:46,815 --> 01:14:50,860
But, Charity, the soldiers
are moving around a lot in these battles.
1169
01:14:50,861 --> 01:14:53,280
You think they gave us bad locator cards?
1170
01:14:54,281 --> 01:14:56,575
Well, I know
they're not trying to help us.
1171
01:15:00,078 --> 01:15:03,498
For just once, I'd like to play
on an even playing field
1172
01:15:03,499 --> 01:15:04,874
where everything is fair.
1173
01:15:04,875 --> 01:15:08,169
No tricks from white folks, just fairness.
Is fair too much to ask for?
1174
01:15:08,170 --> 01:15:09,838
No, it is not.
1175
01:15:11,089 --> 01:15:14,592
But you and I both know
it ain't gonna change no time soon.
1176
01:15:14,593 --> 01:15:17,637
This is part of making that change.
1177
01:15:17,638 --> 01:15:19,639
Did you see this last sentence?
1178
01:15:19,640 --> 01:15:21,182
"I reluctantly need to tell you
1179
01:15:21,183 --> 01:15:24,602
that he also wants you to host
the Negro soldiers on the weekends."
1180
01:15:24,603 --> 01:15:26,271
[scoffs]
1181
01:15:26,855 --> 01:15:28,606
I look like a hostess to you?
1182
01:15:28,607 --> 01:15:30,317
[jazz music playing]
1183
01:15:45,457 --> 01:15:47,042
[all giggling]
1184
01:15:55,551 --> 01:15:56,843
[chattering excitedly]
1185
01:15:58,178 --> 01:16:00,639
- [music intensifies]
- [screaming excitedly]
1186
01:16:05,894 --> 01:16:07,479
[all clapping to rhythm]
1187
01:16:20,867 --> 01:16:22,869
[all cheering]
1188
01:16:39,970 --> 01:16:41,345
Wow, how does she do that?
1189
01:16:41,346 --> 01:16:43,723
She was a Whitney Lenny stepper in Harlem.
1190
01:16:43,724 --> 01:16:45,099
Look at her go!
1191
01:16:45,100 --> 01:16:47,143
- [music continues]
- [clapping continues]
1192
01:16:47,144 --> 01:16:48,353
[all cheering]
1193
01:16:54,276 --> 01:16:55,569
Hey, okay!
1194
01:17:04,494 --> 01:17:06,663
Lord, I need me some of this fun.
1195
01:17:07,789 --> 01:17:08,624
[Lena] Johnnie Mae!
1196
01:17:20,719 --> 01:17:23,513
- She is incorrigible.
- She is quite confident.
1197
01:17:24,014 --> 01:17:27,058
I was gonna say a mess. I'm tired.
1198
01:17:27,059 --> 01:17:28,559
You're amazing.
1199
01:17:28,560 --> 01:17:29,894
- So good.
- Thank you.
1200
01:17:29,895 --> 01:17:31,480
Come on, I want a drink.
1201
01:17:32,064 --> 01:17:35,024
- Come on, Lena.
- Well, I've never had a drink.
1202
01:17:35,025 --> 01:17:36,192
Neither have I.
1203
01:17:36,193 --> 01:17:38,527
And I didn't join the Army
to lose my dignity.
1204
01:17:38,528 --> 01:17:40,112
That is the devil's brew.
1205
01:17:40,113 --> 01:17:41,364
Looks like tonight...
1206
01:17:41,365 --> 01:17:43,324
- Yes!
- ...we're all gonna get some of that brew.
1207
01:17:43,325 --> 01:17:44,450
Come on, it'll be fun!
1208
01:17:44,451 --> 01:17:45,702
[music continues]
1209
01:17:49,915 --> 01:17:51,166
[women laughing]
1210
01:17:56,838 --> 01:17:59,131
- I'mma get you a drink.
- I don't know if I should.
1211
01:17:59,132 --> 01:18:02,678
Oh come on, you need to relax.
You can't sit in your office all day.
1212
01:18:04,346 --> 01:18:08,057
- There's some soldiers over there.
- Yeah, but I outrank them all.
1213
01:18:08,058 --> 01:18:10,268
Not all of them.
You're looking the wrong way.
1214
01:18:12,104 --> 01:18:14,981
Come on. He's a lieutenant colonel.
1215
01:18:17,901 --> 01:18:19,068
- Hi.
- Hi.
1216
01:18:19,069 --> 01:18:20,736
[soft music playing]
1217
01:18:20,737 --> 01:18:21,697
Hi.
1218
01:18:23,198 --> 01:18:25,075
You don't seem surprised to see me.
1219
01:18:27,327 --> 01:18:28,161
Not really.
1220
01:18:29,996 --> 01:18:35,167
Well, when I heard about tonight,
I had to come keep an eye on my best girl.
1221
01:18:35,168 --> 01:18:38,171
Mm. Wouldn't that be your wife at home?
1222
01:18:40,382 --> 01:18:41,299
I didn't do it.
1223
01:18:42,718 --> 01:18:43,844
You didn't do what?
1224
01:18:44,469 --> 01:18:45,803
I didn't marry her.
1225
01:18:45,804 --> 01:18:46,722
Why not?
1226
01:18:48,181 --> 01:18:49,265
Because I met you.
1227
01:18:49,266 --> 01:18:51,434
[laughing]
1228
01:18:51,435 --> 01:18:52,977
I'm not falling for this.
1229
01:18:52,978 --> 01:18:56,523
Why do you think I'm trying to get you
to fall for something?
1230
01:19:00,610 --> 01:19:02,027
Can I have this dance?
1231
01:19:02,028 --> 01:19:03,447
[slow jazz music playing]
1232
01:19:35,812 --> 01:19:36,855
I love this song.
1233
01:19:39,274 --> 01:19:43,444
♪ You made me love you ♪
1234
01:19:43,445 --> 01:19:45,863
♪ I didn't wanna do it ♪
1235
01:19:45,864 --> 01:19:47,198
♪ I didn't wanna do it... ♪
1236
01:19:47,199 --> 01:19:48,449
You have the worst voice.
1237
01:19:48,450 --> 01:19:49,366
♪ You made me... ♪
1238
01:19:49,367 --> 01:19:50,368
♪ ...want-- ♪
1239
01:20:06,760 --> 01:20:08,303
[Lena crying]
1240
01:20:16,311 --> 01:20:17,771
Was it something I said?
1241
01:20:19,314 --> 01:20:20,524
No, I, uh...
1242
01:20:22,150 --> 01:20:23,401
I just, um...
1243
01:20:27,197 --> 01:20:30,408
All right, you tell me something
that's going on with you,
1244
01:20:31,284 --> 01:20:33,620
and I'll tell you something
that's going on with me.
1245
01:20:37,040 --> 01:20:39,626
Well, the things I've seen
since I've been here
1246
01:20:40,585 --> 01:20:42,128
have shook me something awful.
1247
01:20:43,004 --> 01:20:44,840
You've been to the front lines?
1248
01:20:45,841 --> 01:20:47,092
To deliver supplies.
1249
01:20:49,761 --> 01:20:51,179
How bad is it?
1250
01:20:55,517 --> 01:20:56,601
You can't imagine.
1251
01:20:57,853 --> 01:20:59,645
[breathing heavily]
1252
01:20:59,646 --> 01:21:01,523
But seeing you here tonight...
1253
01:21:04,067 --> 01:21:05,819
you're a sight for sore eyes.
1254
01:21:07,112 --> 01:21:08,572
I know I don't know you...
1255
01:21:10,282 --> 01:21:11,950
but I'd like to get to know you.
1256
01:21:13,285 --> 01:21:15,120
I'd like you to get to know me.
1257
01:21:17,414 --> 01:21:18,248
I'm sorry.
1258
01:21:20,792 --> 01:21:23,587
And as much as
I'd like to get to know you, I...
1259
01:21:27,215 --> 01:21:31,761
I'm still so scattered in my head
and my heart about somebody that I lost.
1260
01:21:33,889 --> 01:21:34,723
So...
1261
01:21:37,601 --> 01:21:40,228
I don't think
I have anything to give to you.
1262
01:21:43,023 --> 01:21:44,399
[breathing deeply]
1263
01:21:48,320 --> 01:21:49,946
Um... [grunts]
1264
01:21:50,906 --> 01:21:52,324
You can give me friendship.
1265
01:21:54,409 --> 01:21:55,327
That I can do.
1266
01:21:56,620 --> 01:21:58,370
[breathing heavily]
1267
01:21:58,371 --> 01:22:00,123
We sure need that over here.
1268
01:22:04,044 --> 01:22:05,544
I'm sorry you're so sad.
1269
01:22:05,545 --> 01:22:06,796
[Hugh gasps]
1270
01:22:10,008 --> 01:22:11,426
And I'm sorry for your loss.
1271
01:22:14,429 --> 01:22:15,430
[exhaling]
1272
01:22:16,932 --> 01:22:18,391
Now, ain't you cold out here?
1273
01:22:19,184 --> 01:22:20,644
Yeah, it's cold.
1274
01:22:21,353 --> 01:22:22,187
Come on.
1275
01:22:25,440 --> 01:22:27,442
[jazz music playing]
1276
01:22:30,612 --> 01:22:31,655
Excuse me?
1277
01:22:32,238 --> 01:22:33,822
- Yes?
- I'm Clemens.
1278
01:22:33,823 --> 01:22:36,158
- I'm here to be your chaplain.
- My what?
1279
01:22:36,159 --> 01:22:39,245
Chaplain. I was sent to help you.
1280
01:22:43,124 --> 01:22:43,959
[music ends]
1281
01:22:47,587 --> 01:22:49,089
[Collins] A-ten-hut!
1282
01:22:52,133 --> 01:22:53,258
Adams!
1283
01:22:53,259 --> 01:22:55,220
Sir, yes, sir. Is there a problem?
1284
01:22:55,887 --> 01:22:58,806
One of your girls here
has the initials JMB.
1285
01:22:58,807 --> 01:23:02,226
And that JMB returned
a very important letter to sender
1286
01:23:02,227 --> 01:23:04,103
that I am just now receiving.
1287
01:23:04,104 --> 01:23:06,730
The name of the recipient
on that envelope is illegible.
1288
01:23:06,731 --> 01:23:09,901
I can see my Army number
as clear as day. Can you?
1289
01:23:12,445 --> 01:23:14,572
Or maybe you can't read numbers.
1290
01:23:15,657 --> 01:23:16,741
It's a damn shame.
1291
01:23:18,284 --> 01:23:21,996
I'm only gonna ask you
one more time. Who is JMB?
1292
01:23:21,997 --> 01:23:23,665
That would be me, sir.
1293
01:23:28,753 --> 01:23:29,587
You?
1294
01:23:32,424 --> 01:23:34,843
Damn, girl. Are you stupid?
1295
01:23:36,261 --> 01:23:38,971
No, sir, I am not.
1296
01:23:38,972 --> 01:23:42,017
Then why would you send this letter back
after so much time?
1297
01:23:43,059 --> 01:23:44,435
You must be stupid.
1298
01:23:44,436 --> 01:23:46,730
All of you must be stupid!
1299
01:23:48,898 --> 01:23:51,943
You can't send a little letter
to who it belongs to?
1300
01:23:53,028 --> 01:23:55,863
- Can you read or write?
- Yes, sir, we can.
1301
01:23:55,864 --> 01:23:57,197
I'm talking to this gal.
1302
01:23:57,198 --> 01:23:59,408
I know, but as her commanding officer,
it is my res--
1303
01:23:59,409 --> 01:24:00,952
Shut up, Adams!
1304
01:24:03,121 --> 01:24:05,248
Can you hear me? Answer the question!
1305
01:24:07,333 --> 01:24:08,710
Yes, sir!
1306
01:24:09,919 --> 01:24:11,921
I can hear you.
1307
01:24:17,552 --> 01:24:20,721
[Collins] You've been here for two months,
and nothing's done.
1308
01:24:20,722 --> 01:24:23,766
What the hell kind of operation
are you running here?
1309
01:24:23,767 --> 01:24:25,434
I'm going straight to General Halt
1310
01:24:25,435 --> 01:24:28,353
and telling him to shut
this clown show down right now.
1311
01:24:28,354 --> 01:24:32,400
This is ridiculous. What a waste of time.
Where do they find these people?
1312
01:24:38,364 --> 01:24:39,365
At ease.
1313
01:24:41,326 --> 01:24:42,744
Back to work, ladies.
1314
01:24:43,411 --> 01:24:44,829
Wait, wait, wait!
1315
01:24:48,500 --> 01:24:50,960
Ladies, I don't care what anybody says.
1316
01:24:51,795 --> 01:24:53,796
You have been doing a fine job,
1317
01:24:53,797 --> 01:24:56,633
even in these circumstances.
1318
01:24:58,760 --> 01:25:01,387
But a lot of the mail is being returned,
1319
01:25:02,180 --> 01:25:03,722
and that is disappointing.
1320
01:25:03,723 --> 01:25:04,807
[soft music playing]
1321
01:25:04,808 --> 01:25:06,391
I've been watching the process.
1322
01:25:06,392 --> 01:25:09,603
I have a pretty high-level understanding
of what's going on,
1323
01:25:09,604 --> 01:25:12,398
but I need you to tell me
from your point of view.
1324
01:25:12,982 --> 01:25:15,610
[all chattering]
1325
01:25:16,194 --> 01:25:18,195
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
1326
01:25:18,196 --> 01:25:19,614
One at a time.
1327
01:25:21,032 --> 01:25:22,033
You first.
1328
01:25:23,118 --> 01:25:26,537
Ma'am, at last count,
we have over 7,500 Robert Smiths.
1329
01:25:26,538 --> 01:25:28,080
There are so many locator cards
1330
01:25:28,081 --> 01:25:30,249
that we have to try and find
the last one by date.
1331
01:25:30,250 --> 01:25:32,251
And sometimes, it's illegible.
1332
01:25:32,252 --> 01:25:33,961
Not to mention it's so cold,
1333
01:25:33,962 --> 01:25:36,338
and some of us
have to work with these gloves on.
1334
01:25:36,339 --> 01:25:40,217
A lot of these care packages are molded.
Even the rats are biting through them.
1335
01:25:40,218 --> 01:25:42,720
They've even eaten
through the names on the envelopes.
1336
01:25:43,304 --> 01:25:45,597
Sometimes, it's just one or two words.
1337
01:25:45,598 --> 01:25:48,767
It's like some kind
of crazy crossword puzzle.
1338
01:25:48,768 --> 01:25:51,396
Now, Vera, you love a crossword puzzle.
1339
01:25:52,063 --> 01:25:54,773
- Yes, ma'am.
- Think you could take a look at those?
1340
01:25:54,774 --> 01:25:57,151
- See if maybe you can help out with that?
- I will.
1341
01:25:57,152 --> 01:26:00,946
Dolores, you were at the movie theater
every weekend watching the newsreel.
1342
01:26:00,947 --> 01:26:04,366
If we can make out where it originated,
can you tell us what's going on there?
1343
01:26:04,367 --> 01:26:06,243
Yes. And if I can see when it was sent,
1344
01:26:06,244 --> 01:26:08,912
I might be able to tell you
where a unit was headed.
1345
01:26:08,913 --> 01:26:10,622
Well, that might help.
1346
01:26:10,623 --> 01:26:12,916
Some of these letters
are to Joe-Joe or Bubba.
1347
01:26:12,917 --> 01:26:15,627
Well, in those cases,
just open the envelopes.
1348
01:26:15,628 --> 01:26:18,213
See if there's any clues
that can tell you who they are.
1349
01:26:18,214 --> 01:26:21,300
Well, with some of the packages,
like clothes and things?
1350
01:26:21,301 --> 01:26:23,511
I worked at the Garment District
in California.
1351
01:26:24,012 --> 01:26:26,972
I know fabrics well. I can help with that.
1352
01:26:26,973 --> 01:26:30,058
Ma'am? I was a postmaster
in North Carolina.
1353
01:26:30,059 --> 01:26:32,936
I was a mortician
at my daddy's funeral home.
1354
01:26:32,937 --> 01:26:35,063
Girl, how's that supposed to help us?
1355
01:26:35,064 --> 01:26:37,065
You notice I didn't say my best skill.
1356
01:26:37,066 --> 01:26:38,067
Johnnie Mae.
1357
01:26:39,027 --> 01:26:40,904
[organ music playing]
1358
01:26:53,708 --> 01:26:54,959
[music ends]
1359
01:27:00,006 --> 01:27:04,719
[Clemens] I know this is a solemn time,
as we have lost a great man.
1360
01:27:05,511 --> 01:27:09,182
President Roosevelt
was a man that led us well,
1361
01:27:09,766 --> 01:27:12,310
and leadership is important.
1362
01:27:12,810 --> 01:27:14,811
It is my prayer that President Truman
1363
01:27:14,812 --> 01:27:18,023
will always show
that same great leadership.
1364
01:27:18,024 --> 01:27:19,734
But in order to lead,
1365
01:27:20,944 --> 01:27:22,528
you have to be qualified.
1366
01:27:25,949 --> 01:27:29,117
In Proverbs 4:14, it reads,
1367
01:27:29,118 --> 01:27:31,454
"Enter not into the path of the wicked
1368
01:27:32,413 --> 01:27:35,333
and go not the way of evil men."
1369
01:27:36,251 --> 01:27:39,379
Well, that word can also be exchanged
1370
01:27:40,296 --> 01:27:42,006
for evil women.
1371
01:27:43,091 --> 01:27:46,344
As I pray for many of you,
I know it's hard.
1372
01:27:47,387 --> 01:27:51,181
You are not up to being here,
and you are being led by someone
1373
01:27:51,182 --> 01:27:53,977
who is not capable
in the eyes of the Army,
1374
01:27:54,477 --> 01:27:58,438
nor is she qualified morally
in the eyes of the Lord.
1375
01:27:58,439 --> 01:28:01,275
It is a shame that on Friday night,
1376
01:28:01,276 --> 01:28:04,237
every bulb in this place
is shining brightly,
1377
01:28:04,737 --> 01:28:09,158
but on Sunday morning,
there is a burnt-out bulb above my head.
1378
01:28:09,742 --> 01:28:11,786
That is not the Lord's work.
1379
01:28:12,996 --> 01:28:16,666
You have to be careful
when you are being led by evil.
1380
01:28:17,417 --> 01:28:21,003
It will cause you to miss
important things.
1381
01:28:21,004 --> 01:28:22,755
[somber music playing]
1382
01:28:24,841 --> 01:28:25,800
Let us pray.
1383
01:28:33,558 --> 01:28:35,018
[music fades]
1384
01:28:38,021 --> 01:28:39,062
So he says,
1385
01:28:39,063 --> 01:28:42,774
"I know such an assignment is probably not
what you had in mind, but I guaran--"
1386
01:28:42,775 --> 01:28:44,110
Those are my things.
1387
01:28:45,194 --> 01:28:47,029
"Dear General Halt,
1388
01:28:47,030 --> 01:28:50,282
the women of the Six Triple Eight
are horribly wicked."
1389
01:28:50,283 --> 01:28:53,618
"They are led by an evil woman
who promotes debauchery,
1390
01:28:53,619 --> 01:28:56,955
as she is running
the King Edward School like a brothel."
1391
01:28:56,956 --> 01:29:00,084
- I said those are my things.
- Yes, as are those, by your feet.
1392
01:29:00,668 --> 01:29:02,669
You will be leaving here today.
1393
01:29:02,670 --> 01:29:04,838
I was sent here by General Halt.
1394
01:29:04,839 --> 01:29:07,007
I don't care
if the good Lord himself sent you.
1395
01:29:07,008 --> 01:29:09,426
Now, I don't know if you know this,
1396
01:29:09,427 --> 01:29:12,137
but I am the daughter of a preacher.
1397
01:29:12,138 --> 01:29:15,182
I know the Bible from Genesis
to Revelations and backwards.
1398
01:29:15,183 --> 01:29:19,395
I am a woman of faith
and tremendous character,
1399
01:29:19,979 --> 01:29:23,107
and I lead these women with a stern hand
1400
01:29:23,691 --> 01:29:27,444
and the love and understanding
that I would think a chaplain should.
1401
01:29:27,445 --> 01:29:30,906
Now, I have had to endure
the hissing and backstabbing
1402
01:29:30,907 --> 01:29:32,449
of white men in the military.
1403
01:29:32,450 --> 01:29:35,786
I have learned every law in this Army
1404
01:29:35,787 --> 01:29:38,955
to defend myself
and to get to where I am now,
1405
01:29:38,956 --> 01:29:40,874
so if you think I am afraid of you
1406
01:29:40,875 --> 01:29:43,919
or whatever you can write
in a letter to anyone,
1407
01:29:43,920 --> 01:29:47,882
then you are as wrong as you were
in that so-called sermon today.
1408
01:29:49,592 --> 01:29:52,094
This soldier here will take you
wherever you want to go,
1409
01:29:52,095 --> 01:29:54,430
but you will be on your way right now.
1410
01:29:56,641 --> 01:29:58,601
Can she help you with your bags?
1411
01:30:12,657 --> 01:30:14,867
Why would they send a chaplain?
1412
01:30:16,411 --> 01:30:20,163
Well... on the night
that we're hosting the soldiers,
1413
01:30:20,164 --> 01:30:21,707
you know what that is.
1414
01:30:22,959 --> 01:30:24,543
- I think--
- Shh.
1415
01:30:24,544 --> 01:30:26,294
[airplane whirring]
1416
01:30:26,295 --> 01:30:27,380
That's a V-1.
1417
01:30:28,214 --> 01:30:30,216
- [bell ringing]
- [alarm blaring]
1418
01:30:36,722 --> 01:30:38,724
[women chattering excitedly]
1419
01:30:44,856 --> 01:30:45,690
Come on now!
1420
01:30:46,357 --> 01:30:48,400
[bell ringing]
1421
01:30:48,401 --> 01:30:50,153
[whistle blowing]
1422
01:30:54,490 --> 01:30:55,950
Careful, careful! Go, go, go!
1423
01:31:09,672 --> 01:31:10,714
[woman] Get down.
1424
01:31:10,715 --> 01:31:12,800
- [airplanes whirring]
- [alarm continues]
1425
01:31:20,933 --> 01:31:22,935
[bombs exploding in distance]
1426
01:31:30,860 --> 01:31:32,862
[all chattering]
1427
01:31:35,448 --> 01:31:37,450
[soft music playing]
1428
01:31:58,554 --> 01:31:59,554
Major Adams?
1429
01:31:59,555 --> 01:32:00,890
What is it, Private?
1430
01:32:02,517 --> 01:32:04,727
Are those the coordinates
where the soldiers are?
1431
01:32:06,229 --> 01:32:09,690
Yes. But understand you're not
supposed to be looking this close.
1432
01:32:10,191 --> 01:32:12,651
That's why they are all redacting them.
1433
01:32:12,652 --> 01:32:14,820
We can't have this get into enemy hands.
1434
01:32:16,239 --> 01:32:17,365
[music intensifies]
1435
01:32:21,786 --> 01:32:22,745
A symbol...
1436
01:32:24,622 --> 01:32:25,915
is drawn on it.
1437
01:32:29,627 --> 01:32:32,922
And... this letter's from a few weeks ago.
1438
01:32:34,924 --> 01:32:36,175
And in this letter...
1439
01:32:37,885 --> 01:32:40,388
it mentions, uh, the Indian head.
1440
01:32:42,306 --> 01:32:44,225
[Campbell] These hand-drawn clues
1441
01:32:45,017 --> 01:32:48,895
are how the soldiers are secretly
letting their families know
1442
01:32:48,896 --> 01:32:50,730
what part of the world they in.
1443
01:32:50,731 --> 01:32:56,361
Private, each one of the divisions
of our soldiers has 16,000 men in it.
1444
01:32:56,362 --> 01:33:00,700
You just located 48,000 of them.
1445
01:33:02,118 --> 01:33:07,581
Ladies, how many of you have seen
hand-drawn symbols on the letters
1446
01:33:07,582 --> 01:33:10,500
that resemble the division patches
of our soldiers?
1447
01:33:10,501 --> 01:33:11,835
Hold up your hands.
1448
01:33:11,836 --> 01:33:12,795
[music continues]
1449
01:33:19,885 --> 01:33:21,929
That's very good work, Private.
1450
01:33:26,142 --> 01:33:26,976
Mm-hm.
1451
01:33:27,977 --> 01:33:29,186
[music fades]
1452
01:33:44,201 --> 01:33:46,703
Johnnie Mae is gonna have a fit
when we get all this mail.
1453
01:33:46,704 --> 01:33:48,539
[giggles] She needs to settle down.
1454
01:33:52,418 --> 01:33:54,170
We don't have time for this!
1455
01:33:55,004 --> 01:33:57,172
- Vera, we have to stay on the route.
- Whoa!
1456
01:33:57,173 --> 01:33:58,757
- And be here all day?
- No!
1457
01:33:58,758 --> 01:34:02,011
We got some good momentum going.
I'm not gonna be the one to break it.
1458
01:34:05,473 --> 01:34:06,723
Stop! No, stop!
1459
01:34:06,724 --> 01:34:07,724
What?
1460
01:34:07,725 --> 01:34:08,892
[gasping]
1461
01:34:08,893 --> 01:34:12,021
I... I think we are over a UXB.
1462
01:34:13,230 --> 01:34:14,064
You sure?
1463
01:34:14,065 --> 01:34:15,774
[dramatic music playing]
1464
01:34:15,775 --> 01:34:17,777
[gasping] Oh my God.
1465
01:34:23,115 --> 01:34:24,784
What do we... What do we do?
1466
01:34:27,453 --> 01:34:29,538
What Major Adams trained us to do.
1467
01:34:30,498 --> 01:34:34,418
We need to evacuate the truck,
but we stick to our training.
1468
01:34:36,462 --> 01:34:37,296
Okay.
1469
01:34:38,297 --> 01:34:41,217
Y'all slowly get off the truck.
1470
01:34:42,551 --> 01:34:44,303
Slowly!
1471
01:34:50,768 --> 01:34:52,060
One.
1472
01:34:52,061 --> 01:34:53,145
- Two.
- Two.
1473
01:34:54,939 --> 01:34:55,898
- Three!
- Three!
1474
01:35:10,621 --> 01:35:11,747
Oh my Lord.
1475
01:35:12,373 --> 01:35:13,207
What is it?
1476
01:35:13,958 --> 01:35:14,791
Look.
1477
01:35:14,792 --> 01:35:16,627
[solemn music playing]
1478
01:35:22,591 --> 01:35:23,467
Lena.
1479
01:35:25,094 --> 01:35:26,846
Y'all better look like you're working.
1480
01:35:28,097 --> 01:35:30,099
Oh, you gonna wanna see this.
1481
01:35:51,495 --> 01:35:54,248
- Are you going to read it?
- Would you give her a second?
1482
01:35:56,542 --> 01:35:57,917
Ladies.
1483
01:35:57,918 --> 01:36:00,129
Major Adams wants to see us.
1484
01:36:01,005 --> 01:36:02,506
There's been an accident.
1485
01:36:15,811 --> 01:36:16,854
[music fades]
1486
01:36:22,777 --> 01:36:25,154
So the Army is not even gonna bury them?
1487
01:36:26,489 --> 01:36:28,115
I was told no.
1488
01:36:30,075 --> 01:36:32,036
I'm so sorry, ladies.
1489
01:36:32,536 --> 01:36:36,372
Now, I will get word back
to the United States to ask for help,
1490
01:36:36,373 --> 01:36:38,833
but in the meantime,
we are taking up this collection
1491
01:36:38,834 --> 01:36:41,419
because we will not allow our soldiers
1492
01:36:41,420 --> 01:36:45,424
to be denied the dignity
of a proper burial.
1493
01:36:53,098 --> 01:36:54,642
♪ Lord ♪
1494
01:36:55,851 --> 01:37:00,439
♪ This is a mean old world ♪
1495
01:37:02,316 --> 01:37:03,484
♪ Folk ♪
1496
01:37:04,193 --> 01:37:06,570
♪ Don't care ♪
1497
01:37:07,238 --> 01:37:12,326
♪ How they treat you ♪
1498
01:37:13,160 --> 01:37:14,745
♪ Lord ♪
1499
01:37:16,330 --> 01:37:21,043
♪ This is a mean old world ♪
1500
01:37:23,087 --> 01:37:25,089
[bugle playing "Taps"]
1501
01:37:45,192 --> 01:37:46,235
[music ends]
1502
01:37:58,455 --> 01:37:59,290
Private.
1503
01:38:03,919 --> 01:38:04,753
Yes, ma'am.
1504
01:38:06,130 --> 01:38:08,757
There are
many American soldiers buried here.
1505
01:38:09,550 --> 01:38:12,511
If you know the day he died
and the unit he was in,
1506
01:38:13,012 --> 01:38:14,346
you can find him here.
1507
01:38:22,271 --> 01:38:24,273
Can he bring you back to base?
1508
01:38:26,609 --> 01:38:27,443
Yes, ma'am.
1509
01:38:31,030 --> 01:38:31,989
Go on then.
1510
01:38:45,002 --> 01:38:46,003
Hey.
1511
01:38:49,673 --> 01:38:50,883
Can you wait for me?
1512
01:38:52,843 --> 01:38:53,677
Sure.
1513
01:38:55,930 --> 01:38:58,307
[solemn music playing]
1514
01:39:11,528 --> 01:39:14,949
[breathing heavily, sniffling]
1515
01:39:36,303 --> 01:39:37,346
[crying]
1516
01:39:48,399 --> 01:39:49,900
[sighing]
1517
01:39:53,904 --> 01:39:56,531
I knew I'd find you. I knew it.
1518
01:39:56,532 --> 01:39:57,574
[music continues]
1519
01:40:29,440 --> 01:40:30,607
[Abram] Dear Miss Lena,
1520
01:40:32,067 --> 01:40:34,695
vector niner, niner here.
1521
01:40:37,197 --> 01:40:39,116
I don't wanna cause you concern,
1522
01:40:40,075 --> 01:40:43,411
but for the first time, I think
that the reality of me not making it home
1523
01:40:43,412 --> 01:40:44,663
may be sinking in.
1524
01:40:46,832 --> 01:40:48,667
I know I asked you to wait for me,
1525
01:40:49,877 --> 01:40:52,796
and knowing you, you will.
1526
01:40:53,672 --> 01:40:54,881
[machine gun firing]
1527
01:40:54,882 --> 01:40:55,799
[Abram] But...
1528
01:40:57,634 --> 01:40:59,094
if I don't make it back,
1529
01:41:00,387 --> 01:41:03,682
please live your life with the laughter
that you had in that rumble seat,
1530
01:41:05,100 --> 01:41:07,060
{\an8}that kind of freedom and fun.
1531
01:41:07,061 --> 01:41:08,729
[gunfire continues]
1532
01:41:10,105 --> 01:41:12,608
[Abram] Promise me
you will live a long life.
1533
01:41:13,484 --> 01:41:15,319
Long enough for the both of us.
1534
01:41:16,820 --> 01:41:19,865
Promise me you will laugh enough
for the both of us.
1535
01:41:20,532 --> 01:41:21,492
[sighs]
1536
01:41:22,451 --> 01:41:24,243
[Abram] I truly love you, Lena Derriecott.
1537
01:41:24,244 --> 01:41:26,496
I love you too, Abram David.
1538
01:41:26,497 --> 01:41:27,498
[Abram] I'm sorry.
1539
01:41:29,124 --> 01:41:32,461
I'm sorry I never had the courage
to say it sooner than that night.
1540
01:41:35,089 --> 01:41:36,590
Look for me in the skies.
1541
01:41:38,759 --> 01:41:39,676
Yours forever...
1542
01:41:41,512 --> 01:41:42,346
Abram.
1543
01:41:44,598 --> 01:41:45,974
[sniffles]
1544
01:41:48,727 --> 01:41:49,645
[exhales deeply]
1545
01:41:58,737 --> 01:42:00,489
[music continues]
1546
01:43:02,384 --> 01:43:04,052
[music fades]
1547
01:43:11,059 --> 01:43:12,018
At ease.
1548
01:43:12,019 --> 01:43:12,978
Morning, sir.
1549
01:43:15,480 --> 01:43:17,941
General Lee tells me
that you're making progress.
1550
01:43:18,525 --> 01:43:19,359
Yes, sir.
1551
01:43:20,110 --> 01:43:22,278
Even though we just lost
two of our soldiers.
1552
01:43:22,279 --> 01:43:24,198
Well, yeah. Well, that happens.
1553
01:43:25,115 --> 01:43:28,035
As for the progress
of the mail, I disagree.
1554
01:43:29,494 --> 01:43:32,915
Not one of my troops
has seen a bit of your progress.
1555
01:43:33,874 --> 01:43:38,085
Well, I'm sorry, sir.
We are working as fast as we can.
1556
01:43:38,086 --> 01:43:39,713
Clearly not fast enough.
1557
01:43:46,595 --> 01:43:48,888
This cannot be your entire battalion.
1558
01:43:48,889 --> 01:43:50,056
No, sir.
1559
01:43:50,057 --> 01:43:53,726
We work 24-hour shifts,
so some of our women are resting.
1560
01:43:53,727 --> 01:43:55,187
- They're resting?
- Yes, sir.
1561
01:43:55,687 --> 01:43:59,024
I'm here to inspect your troops,
and your troop's not here.
1562
01:43:59,524 --> 01:44:00,983
That make sense, Major?
1563
01:44:00,984 --> 01:44:01,985
Well, sir, I--
1564
01:44:26,468 --> 01:44:27,511
A beauty parlor?
1565
01:44:29,763 --> 01:44:30,597
Yes, sir.
1566
01:44:32,849 --> 01:44:35,227
This is no way to spend the Army's money.
1567
01:44:42,526 --> 01:44:44,319
So you are telling me
1568
01:44:44,820 --> 01:44:47,572
that they got time to get their hair done,
1569
01:44:48,949 --> 01:44:53,537
but they do not have time
to be inspected by their general?
1570
01:44:54,454 --> 01:44:55,372
[exhales sharply]
1571
01:44:56,581 --> 01:44:58,000
Oh, no, sir, I'm-- I--
1572
01:44:58,500 --> 01:45:02,253
I'm so sorry, but in there
we have our night-shift women,
1573
01:45:02,254 --> 01:45:03,964
and they are asleep.
1574
01:45:10,178 --> 01:45:14,266
Now, sir, those are our showers,
and my ladies are showering.
1575
01:45:16,143 --> 01:45:17,644
- Lee.
- Yes, sir?
1576
01:45:18,312 --> 01:45:21,981
Did you not tell this woman
that I was coming for an inspection?
1577
01:45:21,982 --> 01:45:22,899
Yes, sir.
1578
01:45:23,900 --> 01:45:26,945
[Halt] And does the major
not understand that inspection
1579
01:45:27,446 --> 01:45:29,405
is whatever I wanna inspect?
1580
01:45:29,406 --> 01:45:31,366
Yes, sir. She does.
1581
01:45:34,119 --> 01:45:35,537
This how you run a company?
1582
01:45:39,624 --> 01:45:40,875
[sighs]
1583
01:45:40,876 --> 01:45:42,085
What about that room?
1584
01:45:42,836 --> 01:45:44,212
May I go in that room?
1585
01:45:45,255 --> 01:45:47,256
Yes, sir. That is our delivery room.
1586
01:45:47,257 --> 01:45:48,508
Well, thank you.
1587
01:45:49,509 --> 01:45:50,427
Of course, sir.
1588
01:45:52,679 --> 01:45:53,972
[women chattering]
1589
01:45:59,353 --> 01:46:01,271
Attention!
1590
01:46:23,418 --> 01:46:24,669
What's this mess?
1591
01:46:25,212 --> 01:46:28,381
Well, sir, some of the packages
were chewed in half by vermin,
1592
01:46:28,382 --> 01:46:29,715
and the contents separated.
1593
01:46:29,716 --> 01:46:31,884
Our soldiers have come up
with a way to figure out
1594
01:46:31,885 --> 01:46:34,471
which item belongs to which by the fabric.
1595
01:46:53,490 --> 01:46:57,410
Now, this here is where
we are able to match the letters
1596
01:46:57,411 --> 01:47:00,330
with the soldiers
that have the same first and last name.
1597
01:47:01,206 --> 01:47:03,791
Now, wouldn't it be simpler
just to use their number?
1598
01:47:03,792 --> 01:47:06,085
Well, yes, sir,
that is what we tried at first.
1599
01:47:06,086 --> 01:47:08,879
Some of them are addressed
to nicknames, so we had to do research
1600
01:47:08,880 --> 01:47:12,008
to make sure that they end up
with the right soldier.
1601
01:47:16,930 --> 01:47:19,306
Wasting more of the Army's money
on perfume?
1602
01:47:19,307 --> 01:47:20,474
No, sir.
1603
01:47:20,475 --> 01:47:24,603
When we couldn't make out the names,
because some of them were smudged, um...
1604
01:47:24,604 --> 01:47:27,648
Some women writing letters
spray them with their favorite perfume,
1605
01:47:27,649 --> 01:47:31,152
and, well, some of our soldiers
were able to recognize those perfumes.
1606
01:47:31,153 --> 01:47:32,069
It was a chore,
1607
01:47:32,070 --> 01:47:35,322
but we were able to match the sender
with the state where that perfume was sold
1608
01:47:35,323 --> 01:47:36,616
and then trace it back.
1609
01:47:42,789 --> 01:47:43,874
Step aside, gal.
1610
01:47:49,796 --> 01:47:52,673
Are you opening and reading this mail?
1611
01:47:52,674 --> 01:47:56,011
Sir, only in the case
where we cannot locate the soldier, sir.
1612
01:47:57,012 --> 01:47:57,971
Are you kidding me?
1613
01:47:59,890 --> 01:48:03,726
Y'all opening and reading
the letters of these white soldiers?
1614
01:48:03,727 --> 01:48:06,270
Sir, sometimes,
that is the only way to get the clues
1615
01:48:06,271 --> 01:48:07,814
to find out where they might be.
1616
01:48:08,899 --> 01:48:10,358
This is private, Major.
1617
01:48:11,985 --> 01:48:14,654
Have you lost
what's little left of your mind?
1618
01:48:17,199 --> 01:48:18,700
Tried to go over my head,
1619
01:48:19,493 --> 01:48:21,660
get soldiers buried that you had killed.
1620
01:48:21,661 --> 01:48:24,539
You got them killed
'cause you did not train them well.
1621
01:48:26,500 --> 01:48:27,334
So now,
1622
01:48:28,919 --> 01:48:30,962
President Roosevelt has died,
1623
01:48:32,339 --> 01:48:35,467
this little experiment
gonna be shut down immediately.
1624
01:48:37,761 --> 01:48:41,348
I think I'm gonna
have you relieved of your duties.
1625
01:48:43,433 --> 01:48:46,060
And I'm gonna bring
a white lieutenant in here
1626
01:48:46,061 --> 01:48:47,812
to show you how to run this unit!
1627
01:48:50,857 --> 01:48:52,484
Over my dead body, sir.
1628
01:49:04,120 --> 01:49:05,163
What did you say?
1629
01:49:07,415 --> 01:49:10,377
Sir, with all due respect,
1630
01:49:10,961 --> 01:49:14,756
my battalion is working day and night
in horrible conditions.
1631
01:49:15,465 --> 01:49:17,551
We have no heat most of the time.
1632
01:49:18,677 --> 01:49:23,055
Gets so cold that the women have to put
the water in helmets to wash themselves.
1633
01:49:23,056 --> 01:49:27,269
You gave us this place to turn into
a barracks with no bed and no help.
1634
01:49:27,811 --> 01:49:30,688
And my women are harassed,
and then they are befriended
1635
01:49:30,689 --> 01:49:34,316
only to be asked if they have
tails under their skirts after midnight
1636
01:49:34,317 --> 01:49:36,777
because of the rumors of white soldiers.
1637
01:49:36,778 --> 01:49:40,823
You sent a chaplain, not to pray,
but to spy on us.
1638
01:49:40,824 --> 01:49:44,910
We just lost two soldiers to a UXB
who were highly trained,
1639
01:49:44,911 --> 01:49:46,787
and I know because I trained them.
1640
01:49:46,788 --> 01:49:51,041
And you wouldn't even give the orders
for them to have a proper burial.
1641
01:49:51,042 --> 01:49:55,337
Now, I know we are fighting a war,
but our war starts with being Negro.
1642
01:49:55,338 --> 01:49:58,048
We are fighting on every front.
1643
01:49:58,049 --> 01:50:03,430
So as I said, sir, over my dead body, sir.
1644
01:50:36,588 --> 01:50:37,505
[inhales sharply]
1645
01:50:45,305 --> 01:50:47,098
He's gonna court-martial me.
1646
01:50:50,060 --> 01:50:52,770
I... I... I feel like such a hypocrite
1647
01:50:52,771 --> 01:50:56,941
telling these women to maintain
their dignity and decorum. [splutters]
1648
01:50:59,027 --> 01:51:00,986
I don't know what came over me.
1649
01:51:00,987 --> 01:51:02,989
You was thinking you were right.
1650
01:51:03,490 --> 01:51:06,242
He was rude,
acting like we haven't done a thing.
1651
01:51:06,743 --> 01:51:10,246
But he is my superior officer.
I know better than that.
1652
01:51:11,122 --> 01:51:13,582
Ma'am. I'm sorry, but we have a problem.
1653
01:51:13,583 --> 01:51:15,501
The women have stopped working.
1654
01:51:15,502 --> 01:51:16,544
Why?
1655
01:51:17,212 --> 01:51:18,088
I don't know.
1656
01:51:22,634 --> 01:51:24,386
Back to work, ladies!
1657
01:51:27,097 --> 01:51:28,598
Get to work!
1658
01:51:54,457 --> 01:51:56,459
Get to work!
1659
01:51:58,753 --> 01:52:00,255
[all applauding]
1660
01:52:06,177 --> 01:52:07,386
[all cheering]
1661
01:52:07,387 --> 01:52:09,180
[inspirational music playing]
1662
01:52:29,492 --> 01:52:32,995
I know that Roosevelt
was a sympathizer and all,
1663
01:52:32,996 --> 01:52:36,166
but I need you to talk to Truman.
I mean, nothing's been done.
1664
01:52:36,791 --> 01:52:37,875
[vehicle approaching]
1665
01:52:37,876 --> 01:52:41,795
You will tell the president
that this is the worst mistake.
1666
01:52:41,796 --> 01:52:42,756
[vehicle honks]
1667
01:52:45,091 --> 01:52:48,761
[splutters] And that Adams gal? Yeah.
1668
01:52:48,762 --> 01:52:50,471
I want her court-martialed.
1669
01:52:50,472 --> 01:52:52,014
[men shouting]
1670
01:52:52,015 --> 01:52:55,350
Oh, she said it, Marshal.
She said it to my face!
1671
01:52:55,351 --> 01:52:57,227
[soft music playing]
1672
01:52:57,228 --> 01:52:59,856
And them reading the white soldiers' mail...
1673
01:53:00,815 --> 01:53:01,649
[scoffs]
1674
01:53:03,902 --> 01:53:07,070
Just a second. What's going on out there?
1675
01:53:07,071 --> 01:53:09,407
The men are receiving their mail, sir.
1676
01:53:17,207 --> 01:53:19,041
- [man] Morgan!
- Yeah! Yes, sir!
1677
01:53:19,042 --> 01:53:20,293
- Vesper!
- Yes, sir!
1678
01:53:21,127 --> 01:53:22,377
Montgrey!
1679
01:53:22,378 --> 01:53:23,420
Carl!
1680
01:53:23,421 --> 01:53:24,714
[all chattering]
1681
01:53:31,095 --> 01:53:32,055
[man] Vincent!
1682
01:53:33,056 --> 01:53:33,973
Vaughn!
1683
01:53:36,726 --> 01:53:38,269
[music swells]
1684
01:53:46,194 --> 01:53:47,904
Mail call!
1685
01:53:48,488 --> 01:53:51,199
Malone! Nielson!
1686
01:53:51,741 --> 01:53:52,825
Incoming!
1687
01:53:52,826 --> 01:53:53,910
Viranelli!
1688
01:53:54,702 --> 01:53:55,829
Alexander!
1689
01:53:56,830 --> 01:53:57,831
Vincent!
1690
01:53:59,123 --> 01:54:00,124
Montgrey!
1691
01:54:01,376 --> 01:54:02,835
- Frank!
- Yes, sir, here!
1692
01:54:02,836 --> 01:54:04,127
Mail for Troutman!
1693
01:54:04,128 --> 01:54:05,629
- Troutman!
- Yeah!
1694
01:54:05,630 --> 01:54:07,173
[all chattering]
1695
01:54:20,019 --> 01:54:20,895
Here you go.
1696
01:54:28,695 --> 01:54:30,697
[crying]
1697
01:54:35,869 --> 01:54:37,871
[music continues]
1698
01:54:40,164 --> 01:54:40,999
Honey!
1699
01:54:41,791 --> 01:54:43,793
[laughing joyfully]
1700
01:54:56,848 --> 01:54:59,308
"I had the best day known to man."
1701
01:54:59,309 --> 01:55:01,394
[indistinct chattering]
1702
01:55:20,288 --> 01:55:21,289
[man] Hey!
1703
01:55:24,959 --> 01:55:27,462
Ma'am, are you
the Six Triple Eight, ma'am?
1704
01:55:30,340 --> 01:55:31,674
Yes, we are.
1705
01:55:33,009 --> 01:55:34,552
It's the Six Triple Eight!
1706
01:55:36,846 --> 01:55:37,847
[music intensifies]
1707
01:56:07,210 --> 01:56:09,003
At ease, soldiers!
1708
01:56:10,755 --> 01:56:13,340
[all applauding, cheering]
1709
01:56:13,341 --> 01:56:15,092
["The Journey" by H.E.R. playing]
1710
01:56:15,093 --> 01:56:18,470
♪ All the times you thought
You'd never make it through ♪
1711
01:56:18,471 --> 01:56:22,182
♪ Felt just like the world
Just turned its back on you ♪
1712
01:56:22,183 --> 01:56:25,435
♪ Didn't stop you ♪
1713
01:56:25,436 --> 01:56:29,856
♪ All the times you could've given in
And given up... ♪
1714
01:56:29,857 --> 01:56:33,944
[real Lena] "The Six Triple Eight
Postal Battalion Directory
1715
01:56:33,945 --> 01:56:37,698
was the only all-Black
and women of color battalion
1716
01:56:37,699 --> 01:56:41,285
in Europe during World War II."
1717
01:56:41,828 --> 01:56:44,037
"After completing that backlog
1718
01:56:44,038 --> 01:56:48,959
of over 17 million pieces of mail
in 90 days,
1719
01:56:48,960 --> 01:56:52,587
our performance
impressed leadership so much,
1720
01:56:52,588 --> 01:56:55,298
they sent us on to Rouen, France,
1721
01:56:55,299 --> 01:56:58,928
{\an8}where we cleared another backlog
in record time."
1722
01:56:59,554 --> 01:57:02,973
{\an8}"It was a lot of work, a lot of sadness."
1723
01:57:02,974 --> 01:57:05,851
"No one thanked us for our service
1724
01:57:05,852 --> 01:57:09,063
or included us in the ticker-tape parade."
1725
01:57:09,772 --> 01:57:15,319
"Our hard work and selfless service
was not recognized."
1726
01:57:15,903 --> 01:57:18,031
"We were treated better in Europe
1727
01:57:19,198 --> 01:57:22,952
than we were when we returned back
to the United States."
1728
01:57:23,578 --> 01:57:25,579
{\an8}"That is, until now."
1729
01:57:25,580 --> 01:57:29,333
{\an8}"People are starting to recognize us
and what we did."
1730
01:57:29,917 --> 01:57:33,378
{\an8}"We were even given
the Congressional Gold Medal
1731
01:57:33,379 --> 01:57:34,589
{\an8}for our service."
1732
01:57:35,715 --> 01:57:37,507
{\an8}"Isn't that something?"
1733
01:57:37,508 --> 01:57:39,594
{\an8}[music continues]
1734
01:57:45,558 --> 01:57:47,477
[real Lena] Lord, the memories.
1735
01:57:49,520 --> 01:57:53,566
And yes, I did marry Hugh
when we returned home.
1736
01:57:57,862 --> 01:58:01,865
♪ All the times you could've given in
And given up ♪
1737
01:58:01,866 --> 01:58:05,410
{\an8}♪ Times you didn't know
If you were strong enough ♪
1738
01:58:05,411 --> 01:58:08,664
{\an8}♪ Still you got through ♪
1739
01:58:09,248 --> 01:58:15,420
{\an8}♪ Somehow it's all part of the plan ♪
1740
01:58:15,421 --> 01:58:26,599
{\an8}♪ The journey ♪
1741
01:58:29,560 --> 01:58:33,146
{\an8}♪ It's the journey ♪
1742
01:58:33,147 --> 01:58:39,946
{\an8}♪ It's the getting there
To where you're going to ♪
1743
01:58:40,738 --> 01:58:45,075
{\an8}♪ Going through hell
But still you're gonna make it through... ♪
1744
01:58:45,076 --> 01:58:47,869
[Michelle Obama] And then we move
to the 20th century,
1745
01:58:47,870 --> 01:58:51,540
where women became full-fledged members
of the United States military.
1746
01:58:51,541 --> 01:58:54,417
And we are joined here today, uh,
1747
01:58:54,418 --> 01:58:56,461
by two amazing women.
1748
01:58:56,462 --> 01:59:00,006
Uh, they gave me their ages,
but there's no reason to know,
1749
01:59:00,007 --> 01:59:02,218
'cause they look about 30, 40 to me.
1750
01:59:03,010 --> 01:59:05,554
Mary Ragland and Alyce Dixon,
1751
01:59:05,555 --> 01:59:08,306
uh, who served in the Six Triple Eight,
1752
01:59:08,307 --> 01:59:12,310
the only unit of African-American women
in the Women's Army Corps
1753
01:59:12,311 --> 01:59:15,189
to serve overseas during World War II.
1754
01:59:15,773 --> 01:59:17,899
Let's please give them
a round of applause.
1755
01:59:17,900 --> 01:59:19,986
[people applauding]
1756
01:59:20,736 --> 01:59:23,488
[Michelle] Again, I wanna thank you all
for your service,
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for your courage,
for your dedication, for your commitment,
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and may God bless you all,
and God bless America.
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[music continues]
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♪ Journey ♪
1761
01:59:43,426 --> 01:59:47,012
♪ It's the journey ♪
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01:59:47,013 --> 01:59:52,977
{\an8}♪ It's the getting there
To where you're going to ♪
1763
01:59:54,520 --> 02:00:00,443
{\an8}♪ Going through hell, but still,
You're gonna make it through ♪
1764
02:00:01,903 --> 02:00:07,658
{\an8}♪ It's the fire that they
Can't put out inside ♪
1765
02:00:09,118 --> 02:00:12,622
{\an8}♪ It's a hell of a ride ♪
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02:00:13,372 --> 02:00:16,918
{\an8}♪ It's the journey ♪
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02:00:20,004 --> 02:00:23,591
♪ Oh, it's the journey ♪
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[music fades]
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{\an8}["Sort It Out"
by The Clark Sisters playing]
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♪ You said you had faith
Where has it went? ♪
1771
02:00:54,664 --> 02:00:58,501
♪ The way you're moving
I'm not convinced ♪
1772
02:00:59,001 --> 02:01:02,003
♪ So if that's the story
I got a message for ya ♪
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02:01:02,004 --> 02:01:04,381
♪ Ooh, yeah ♪
1774
02:01:04,382 --> 02:01:06,258
♪ 'Cause He deliver 100% ♪
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02:01:06,259 --> 02:01:09,928
♪ So you know you gotta
Go and praise much louder ♪
1776
02:01:09,929 --> 02:01:12,597
♪ Something He can hear ♪
1777
02:01:12,598 --> 02:01:14,599
♪ And go and work much harder ♪
1778
02:01:14,600 --> 02:01:17,602
♪ 'Cause faith without works is dead
And that ain't real ♪
1779
02:01:17,603 --> 02:01:20,188
♪ 'Cause your destiny's ordained ♪
1780
02:01:20,189 --> 02:01:22,816
♪ It was already signed and sealed ♪
1781
02:01:22,817 --> 02:01:25,360
♪ So I suggest you praise much louder ♪
1782
02:01:25,361 --> 02:01:27,362
♪ Give 'em something that He can hear ♪
1783
02:01:27,363 --> 02:01:30,156
♪ We'll be at attention ♪
1784
02:01:30,157 --> 02:01:32,784
♪ We're gonna get it done ♪
1785
02:01:32,785 --> 02:01:35,495
♪ We'll be the only ones ♪
1786
02:01:35,496 --> 02:01:37,998
♪ You can depend on rain or shine ♪
1787
02:01:37,999 --> 02:01:40,542
♪ At attention ♪
1788
02:01:40,543 --> 02:01:43,211
♪ We don't need no guns ♪
1789
02:01:43,212 --> 02:01:45,797
♪ Give us a shot, and we'll come ♪
1790
02:01:45,798 --> 02:01:49,592
♪ 'Cause it's the female soldier's time ♪
1791
02:01:49,593 --> 02:01:52,220
- ♪ Well, you know what He's got to do is ♪
- ♪ Sort it out ♪
1792
02:01:52,221 --> 02:01:54,723
♪ 'Cause that's who He is
And what He does ♪
1793
02:01:54,724 --> 02:01:57,434
- ♪ Well, you know what He's got to do is ♪
- ♪ Sort it out ♪
1794
02:01:57,435 --> 02:02:00,020
♪ 'Cause that's who He is
And what He does ♪
1795
02:02:00,021 --> 02:02:02,772
- ♪ Well, you know what He's got to do is ♪
- ♪ Got to do is ♪
1796
02:02:02,773 --> 02:02:05,150
♪ 'Cause that's who He is
And what He does ♪
1797
02:02:05,151 --> 02:02:07,944
- ♪ Well, you know what He's got to do is ♪
- ♪ Sort it out ♪
1798
02:02:07,945 --> 02:02:10,196
♪ 'Cause that's who He is
And what He does ♪
1799
02:02:10,197 --> 02:02:13,325
♪ Sort it out ♪
1800
02:02:13,326 --> 02:02:15,744
♪ 'Cause that's who He is
And what He does ♪
1801
02:02:15,745 --> 02:02:17,495
♪ Right on time ♪
1802
02:02:17,496 --> 02:02:18,496
♪ Sort it out ♪
1803
02:02:18,497 --> 02:02:20,749
♪ 'Cause that's who He is
And what He does ♪
1804
02:02:20,750 --> 02:02:23,335
♪ Sometimes you get distracted ♪
1805
02:02:23,336 --> 02:02:26,046
♪ In the everyday madness ♪
1806
02:02:26,047 --> 02:02:28,256
♪ Don't get caught up in traffic ♪
1807
02:02:28,257 --> 02:02:31,343
♪ You wanted to have it
Too much to manage ♪
1808
02:02:31,344 --> 02:02:33,762
♪ Before you know you're captive ♪
1809
02:02:33,763 --> 02:02:36,348
♪ You'll feel no longer active ♪
1810
02:02:36,349 --> 02:02:38,683
♪ Can't figure out what's lacking ♪
1811
02:02:38,684 --> 02:02:41,478
♪ You lost your passion
The devil's laughing ♪
1812
02:02:41,479 --> 02:02:43,563
♪ Go and praise much louder ♪
1813
02:02:43,564 --> 02:02:46,566
♪ Oh, and make sure He can hear ♪
1814
02:02:46,567 --> 02:02:48,443
♪ And go and work much harder ♪
1815
02:02:48,444 --> 02:02:51,529
♪ 'Cause faith without works is dead
And that ain't real ♪
1816
02:02:51,530 --> 02:02:54,032
♪ 'Cause your destiny's ordained ♪
1817
02:02:54,033 --> 02:02:56,785
♪ And it's already signed and sealed ♪
1818
02:02:56,786 --> 02:02:59,287
♪ So I suggest you praise much louder ♪
1819
02:02:59,288 --> 02:03:01,539
♪ Give 'em something that He can hear ♪
1820
02:03:01,540 --> 02:03:04,209
♪ We'll be at attention ♪
1821
02:03:04,210 --> 02:03:06,628
♪ We're gonna get it done ♪
1822
02:03:06,629 --> 02:03:09,255
♪ We'll be the only ones ♪
1823
02:03:09,256 --> 02:03:12,050
♪ You can depend on rain or shine ♪
1824
02:03:12,051 --> 02:03:14,511
♪ At attention ♪
1825
02:03:14,512 --> 02:03:17,138
♪ We don't need no guns ♪
1826
02:03:17,139 --> 02:03:19,724
♪ Give us a shot, and we'll come ♪
1827
02:03:19,725 --> 02:03:22,352
♪ 'Cause it's the female soldier's time ♪
1828
02:03:22,353 --> 02:03:23,478
♪ Oh, well, you know ♪
1829
02:03:23,479 --> 02:03:26,356
- ♪ Well, you know what He's got to do is ♪
- ♪ Sort it out ♪
1830
02:03:26,357 --> 02:03:28,691
♪ 'Cause that's who He is
And what He does ♪
1831
02:03:28,692 --> 02:03:31,528
- ♪ Well, you know what He's got to do is ♪
- ♪ Sort it out ♪
1832
02:03:31,529 --> 02:03:33,947
♪ 'Cause that's who He is
And what He does ♪
1833
02:03:33,948 --> 02:03:36,783
- ♪ Well, you know what He's got to do is ♪
- ♪ Got to do is ♪
1834
02:03:36,784 --> 02:03:39,119
♪ 'Cause that's who He is
And what He does ♪
1835
02:03:39,120 --> 02:03:41,788
- ♪ Well, you know what He's got to do is ♪
- ♪ Sort it out ♪
1836
02:03:41,789 --> 02:03:44,207
♪ 'Cause that's who He is
And what He does ♪
1837
02:03:44,208 --> 02:03:47,335
♪ Sort it out ♪
1838
02:03:47,336 --> 02:03:49,421
♪ 'Cause that's who He is
And what He does ♪
1839
02:03:49,422 --> 02:03:51,506
♪ Right on time ♪
1840
02:03:51,507 --> 02:03:52,424
♪ Sort it out ♪
1841
02:03:52,425 --> 02:03:55,136
♪ 'Cause that's who He is
And what He does ♪
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02:03:57,680 --> 02:03:59,682
[solemn music playing]
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[music continues]
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[music continues]
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02:06:57,568 --> 02:06:59,570
[music continues]
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02:07:11,832 --> 02:07:13,834
[music fades]