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public service, is the tale of the war on the Pacific and its meaning to us and to the generations to come. Will you kill Ireland? Yes, sir. Miss Okinawa, below us. On the left.

Yes, sir. It's a long, skinny island, ain't it? Will be over our target in a couple of minutes, you ready? I'm your man, sir. I could feel my throat getting dry. The muscles in my stomach tightening up as we flew over Okinawa.

That island down there and all the other islands of the Ryu-Q's around it... were full of Japanese. Hey, Jo. They're opening up with anti-agmapped down there. Yeah. We've got an idea. We're going to see some enemy fighters pretty soon.

Now, what do you get, Joe? You're the best gunner in the squadron. He was, too. But I knew as well as he did that we were getting over the hotspot of Okinawa. We had a bundle of bad news in the shape of a bomb in our belly.

And our job was to take it down and lay it on an oil tank. Lieutenant, they're getting close to us, sir. Have we got, Joe? We're going in. Call them off. Yes, sir. Five thousand.

Four thousand. Okay. The aircraft first equipped to somewhere in the stern section back where Joe was. Joe, Joe, you're right.