But if you're wrong, Admiral, if you send our carriers into a Japanese ambush, the entire West Coast and Hawaiian Islands will be wide open for invasion.
9 seconds sound clip from the Midway (1976) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:27:29.156 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Admiral, these enemy radio intercepts that your intelligence unit has been accumulating...
- Do you remember what happened just before December 7th?
- The Japanese flooded the airways with fake messages.
- Yes, these could be carbon copies.
- Well, then, sir, how can you still insist...
- Because it's my judgment this information is factual.
- I am convinced Yamamoto's target is Midway.
- I'm fully aware of that, Captain. You're saying the safe play is to defend the home folks first.
- With respects, Admiral, it's the smart play.
- Captain Maddox, is Washington ordering me to defend against an attack here or the West Coast?
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