- 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!

9 seconds sound clip from the Midway (1976) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:06:36.321 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

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- 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.

- Why so grim, Matt? My God, I should think that Doolittle attack would have you CINCPAC people dancing in the streets.

- Not by a long shot. That damn raid could boomerang on us.

- The fleet's still crippled. We only got four carriers in the whole Pacific. We need time to rebuild.

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