- Operation K, the reconnaissance flight to Pearl Harbor, has been canceled.
- Canceled? Why?
- Our scout planes could not be refueled. There was an enemy vessel at the rendezvous point.
12 seconds sound clip from the Midway (1976) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:52:41.956 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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[...]
- Look, Jessop thought he was doing both of us a favor.
- I did all I could, and a hell of a lot more than I should've.
- You better shape up, tiger, or some hot-shot Jap pilot's gonna flame your ass!
- Just received this message, sir.
- Operation K, the reconnaissance flight to Pearl Harbor, has been canceled.
- Our scout planes could not be refueled. There was an enemy vessel at the rendezvous point.
- Sir, Admiral Nagumo's carrier force should be warned immediately.
- Admiral Nagumo must have picked up the transmission at the same time we did.
- And that is where our latest intelligence reports place them.
- No, sir.
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