12 seconds sound clip from the Midway (1976) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:06:15.926 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle led the raid with a force of 16 B-25s and an all-volunteer crew of airmen.
- Most of the planes carrying three 500 pound demolition bombs and single incendiary clusters which were dropped on oil stores, factory areas and on some of the military installations of Tokyo.
- A few planes went on to make minor strikes on Kobe, Yokohama and Nagoya, with one bomb hitting the Japanese aircraft carrier Ryujo.
- News of the raid has had a most heartening effect on American morale and the morale of our allies, while at the same time constituting a blow to the prestige of the Japanese.
- Yes, sir.
- At his press conference today, President Roosevelt was asked the following questions, quote, Mr. President, couldn't you tell us about that bombing? Where did those planes start from and go to?
- He replied, Yes, the time has now come to tell you. They came from our new secret base at Shangri-La. Unquote.
- Well, my God, it's Captain Garth! I was expecting some junior intelligence officer. Not air ops himself. Well, this is an unexpected honor.
- Yeah, like hell it is, Joe!
- Admiral Nimitz sent me over here...
- To chew out my ass, huh?
- Officially, Joe, I'm supposed to question that estimate of Japanese intentions you sent over.
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