- Pearl Harbor in '32 and '33, Jocko Clark's squadrons proved that Pearl Harbor could be attacked successfully from the air.
- And Admiral Logan Ramsey said, predicted, it would happen in detail.
- When was that?
- In 1937, pal.
— Commander Carl Jessop (Cliff Robertson)
14 seconds sound clip from the Midway (1976) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:45:05.731 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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[...]
- We just haven't any future, Tom.
- I figured that's what it was.
- I wish you'd go now. I don't love you anymore. It was a mistake.
- Say it to my face. Say it to my face, God damn it!
- You mean like at Pearl Harbor?
- And Admiral Logan Ramsey said, predicted, it would happen in detail.
- Wait and see. We waited. December the 7th, we saw.
- The wait-and-seers will bust your ass every time.
- How long you been down here?
- Long enough to hear your lecture, buddy. You ought to go on the radio.
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