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1 00:01:36 All right, move out!
2 00:02:06 Let's go! Move it out!
3 00:02:51 He's dead! He's dead!Leave him! Come on, let's go!
4 00:03:40 Dear Billy,I'm so worried about you.
5 00:03:42 I miss you so much.Why haven't you written me back?
6 00:03:45 I don't knowif this letter will get to you.
7 00:03:47 Praying for your safe return.
8 00:03:49 I miss you so much.Why haven't you written me back?
9 00:03:51 Dear William, come back soon.Is everything okay?
10 00:03:55 I've been overseas in this warfor over a year now.
11 00:03:58 Dear Daddy, I miss you so much.
12 00:03:59 My dearest Michael,I am praying for your safe return.
13 00:04:02 I think of you,and that is every day.
14 00:04:05 I miss you so very much.
15 00:04:07 - Lately, it's been a long...- Here we are a short distance...
16 00:04:11 I've written twoor three times recently...
17 00:04:13 Lately, it's been a long time...
18 00:04:15 I'm so worried about you.Why haven't you written to me?
19 00:04:53 Abram David, you must stop makinga spectacle of yourself
20 00:04:56 by parading around with the likes--
21 00:04:58 Mary Kathryn, don't you dare.
22 00:04:59 It's not proper.Quite frankly--
23 00:05:01 Get out of her way.
24 00:05:03 I will not.
25 00:05:04 Okay. Well, fine.
26 00:05:07 Lena, German U-boat, twelve o'clock low,vector six niner, niner west.
27 00:05:18 Go!
28 00:05:32 Look out!
29 00:05:39 Don't you worry, Miss Lena Derriecott,nothing will harm you on my plane.
30 00:05:43 Pull back on the stick!German plane, three o'clock!
31 00:05:45 Whoa!
32 00:06:02 - Madam.- Thank you.
33 00:06:05 Abram David, you're gonna get mein a world of trouble.
34 00:06:07 - Oh, I'm sorry, but--- I'm sure my mother is watching.
35 00:06:10 Sorry, but we were on a combat mission.
36 00:06:12 - We had to get away from the enemy.- Mary Kathryn is no Hitler.
37 00:06:15 Are you sure?
38 00:06:16 That's not funny.
39 00:06:18 You heard Edward R. Murrowjust like I did.
40 00:06:20 He said Hitler is a monster.
41 00:06:22 And that is exactly whyI'm going into the battle.
42 00:06:27 Don't give me the long face.
43 00:06:29 Just gonna miss you, that's all.
44 00:06:32 - Can't believe you're going to the Army.- Don't worry.
45 00:06:34 You see how well I drivethis old Chevrolet?
46 00:06:37 Getting my practicefor when I'm in the cockpit.
47 00:06:40 Abram, this is serious.
48 00:06:41 - I know you know that--- Is this out of concern for my well-being?
49 00:06:44 Or because we won't be able to makeMary Kathryn and her friends
50 00:06:47 turn green with envy every day?
51 00:06:54 But, like, here's my thing...
52 00:06:58 It's true.
53 00:07:00 Come along now, Lena.
54 00:07:01 Yes, ma'am.
55 00:07:04 - Hi, Mrs. Derriecott. Have a great day.- You do the same, Abram.
56 00:07:07 Don't you worry, Miss Lena.I will write you every chance I get.
57 00:07:21 I see that boy done dropped you off again.
58 00:07:25 You mighty close to him.
59 00:07:28 Something you wanna tell us?
60 00:07:30 - Auntie, we are just friends.- That better be all it is.
61 00:07:33 Oh, Emma, she's soon to be 18.
62 00:07:36 Going off to the university.
63 00:07:38 There'll be a lot more boys there.
64 00:07:41 Don't rush into nothinglike your mama did.
65 00:07:45 Go on and get washed up.We need you to help us tonight.
66 00:07:48 Yes, ma'am.
67 00:07:50 Lena?
68 00:07:50 - Mm.- You got the best attitude.
69 00:07:52 Your mama here wants me to makeall the kosher meals and serve 'em too.
70 00:07:56 Oh.
71 00:07:57 And you'll be happy to knowthat Mr. David has hired me
72 00:08:00 to cater your boyfriend's party.
73 00:08:04 He's not my boyfriend.
74 00:08:06 Then why is you smiling?
75 00:08:16 I wish you wouldn't fill her headwith that talk.
76 00:08:19 That boy is Jewish.That can't bit-mo be, and you know it.
77 00:08:23 Oh, Emma, she just having fun.
78 00:08:26 Well, she need to have funwith a Negro boy.
79 00:08:29 And on top of that, you talking schooling.
80 00:08:33 You know we ain't got the moneyto send her to that school.
81 00:08:36 Well, we gonna get all the money we needto send that girl to the university.
82 00:08:41 Well, I sure would liketo see you do it, Susie.
83 00:08:55 Well, Rabbi Wise got an audiencewith President Roosevelt.
84 00:08:59 We must do somethingto help with the rescue.
85 00:09:01 Hitler has murdered two million Jews,
86 00:09:04 and I'm told women and childrenare in that number.
87 00:09:09 So we can't just sit idly by.
88 00:09:10 We're leaning on every official we canto get a humanitarian effort underway.
89 00:09:15 It's a horrorthe imagination cannot grasp.
90 00:09:19 There were concentration camps.Now there are extermination camps.
91 00:09:24 What a brave boy your Abram is.
92 00:09:28 Excuse me.
93 00:09:30 No, thank you, Lena.
94 00:09:32 Indeed, he is.
95 00:09:34 His desire was to be a Ritchie Boy,but he's not fluent in German.
96 00:09:46 Finally. The place where you belong.
97 00:10:06 I can't stay long. This party is for you.You should be in there.
98 00:10:09 Some going-away party.
99 00:10:12 All they're talking aboutis how bad the war is.
100 00:10:19 Well... it is.
101 00:10:22 Right now,I'd rather be out here with you.
102 00:10:28 I'm gonna miss you, Lena.
103 00:10:30 I'm gonna miss you too.
104 00:10:34 But...
105 00:10:36 But I better be going.
106 00:10:40 If my mother knew I was here,I'd be as good as dead.
107 00:10:43 Well, at least you won't killMary Kathryn.
108 00:10:49 She is a horrible personfor treating you that way
109 00:10:51 because of the color of your skin.
110 00:10:53 It's not the only reason.
111 00:10:56 She likes you.
112 00:11:00 She thinks we're courting,even though we're not.
113 00:11:02 We're just...
114 00:11:05 friends.
115 00:11:09 Well, you tell that storyenough to others.
116 00:11:13 Maybe we started to believe it ourselves.
117 00:11:20 Kiss me.
118 00:11:24 I am not kissing you.What are you saying--
119 00:11:26 ♪ You made me love you ♪
120 00:11:28 ♪ I didn't wanna do itI didn't wanna do it ♪
121 00:11:31 You have the worst voice.
122 00:11:33 ♪ You made me want youAnd all the time you knew it... ♪
123 00:11:37 Stop it.
124 00:11:38 Stop it!
125 00:11:40 Gosh.
126 00:11:41 When you kiss me.
127 00:11:52 Lena Derriecott,
128 00:11:55 I'm in love with you.
129 00:11:58 And I know you feel the same way.
130 00:12:01 I'm gonna fight in this war, and...
131 00:12:07 I want you to wear this ring as a promisethat you will wait for me to return
132 00:12:11 so that we can start to acknowledgewhat we have both denied for far too long.
133 00:12:16 You know this is not rightin the eyes of many people.
134 00:12:21 The only eyes that matter are ours.
135 00:12:27 Lena.
136 00:12:29 Ain't you supposed to be working?
137 00:12:32 Yes, ma'am.
138 00:12:33 The tray.
139 00:12:35 Yes, ma'am.
140 00:12:37 Yes, ma'am.
141 00:12:41 Hi, Mrs. Derriecott.
142 00:12:44 If you wanna court my daughter,
143 00:12:47 you show up at my houselike a proper gentleman
144 00:12:50 and ask me and her father.
145 00:12:53 Do you understand me?
146 00:12:55 Yes, ma'am.
147 00:12:58 And when I return from the war,
148 00:13:01 that'll be my first mission.
149 00:13:19 - Anything from my boys?- I'm sorry, ma'am.
150 00:13:48 - Where you get that ring?- Cracker Jack box.
151 00:13:57 Little girl!
152 00:13:58 Sorry, Mama.
153 00:14:03 He ain't been goneno more than a few months.
154 00:14:06 Your husband been gone longer than thatwith no word of where he is.
155 00:14:11 You watch yourself.
156 00:14:20 I guess she didn't get no mail.
157 00:14:22 And when they start putting ringsin Cracker Jack boxes?
158 00:14:27 Thousands of WACs,trained and disciplined the Army way,
159 00:14:30 are now on dutyall over this country and overseas.
160 00:14:34 But thousands more are needed.Women from all walks of life.
161 00:14:38 Salesgirls,industrial workers, librarians,
162 00:14:41 housewives, entertainers...
163 00:14:43 - Put that away and pay attention, Lena.- Yes, ma'am.
164 00:14:46 ...all creeds,for the next big step in their new life.
165 00:14:48 Ready to serve with the Army,
166 00:14:50 to do the jobsthe Army thinks they do best.
167 00:14:53 Some do officers' training school...
168 00:15:20 Excuse me?
169 00:15:23 Oh!
170 00:15:24 Sorry.
171 00:15:32 Mama?
172 00:15:37 Was that Mr. David's car?
173 00:15:39 Uh, come and sit.
174 00:15:46 Mr. David brought this by for you.
175 00:16:12 - Mama!- I know, baby, I know.
176 00:16:49 She ain't talk muchat all for weeks.
177 00:16:53 Yeah, I know.
178 00:16:56 She just closed off.
179 00:16:58 That poor boy.
180 00:17:01 They've been knowing one anothersince they were little.
181 00:17:05 Seemed like he just got there. Mm.
182 00:17:09 Well, I sure hope Lionel comes backwith money for her schooling.
183 00:17:14 At least we can give her that.
184 00:17:17 - Has he ever come back with any money?- Don't do that.
185 00:17:23 Shh.
186 00:17:25 Thought you was sleeping.
187 00:17:27 Probably couldn't, huh?
188 00:17:33 Mama, I made a decision.
189 00:17:36 Okay.
190 00:17:40 After I graduate...
191 00:17:44 I'm going to join the Army.
192 00:17:48 I wanna fight Hitler.
193 00:17:56 Look at me, baby.
194 00:17:58 I know you are hurtin' about Abram.We all are.
195 00:18:03 But that ain't no reasonfor you to go to no Army.
196 00:18:08 And from what I hear tell,
197 00:18:10 ain't no Negro womandoing nothing in no Army
198 00:18:13 but cooking and cleaningfor the white folks.
199 00:18:16 Hell, you can stay right here and do that.
200 00:18:18 You is going to that university.
201 00:18:22 With what money?
202 00:18:28 I'm going to join the Army...
203 00:18:32 as soon as I graduate.
204 00:18:35 That's what I'm gonna do.
205 00:18:38 - I don't have time, Mama.- You have plenty of time.
206 00:18:41 Stop fussing, Emma.You're fussy, fussy, fussy.
207 00:18:44 - Well, I think this is me.- Is that--?
208 00:18:47 Here. You take this.And you be sure to eat, you hear?
209 00:18:51 Susie, she already saidthat she can only have one suitcase,
210 00:18:54 and you've already put food in it.
211 00:18:56 You gonna have her clothessmelling like pork and beans.
212 00:18:59 "Betty-Ann Morris. Susanne Jones."
213 00:19:03 "Lena Derriecott."
214 00:19:04 - Yes, sir. That's me.- It's time to board.
215 00:19:06 - We gonna miss you.- I'm gonna miss you too.
216 00:19:09 We love you.
217 00:19:10 - I love you too.- I love you.
218 00:19:14 - I'll write.- Write me.
219 00:19:15 - Promise.- Okay.
220 00:19:17 - Bye.- Bye.
221 00:19:20 - Bye.- Bye.
222 00:19:32 I hope she's gonna be safe.
223 00:19:34 She will.
224 00:19:35 All aboard!
225 00:19:37 Emma? You crying?
226 00:19:40 They ain't gonna let no Negro womennear Europe, let alone Hitler.
227 00:19:45 So you dry your eyes and come on.She ain't going nowhere but to Georgia.
228 00:19:51 I need you all to come with me.
229 00:19:54 No, not you all.
230 00:19:57 You over there, let's go.
231 00:20:00 Are you coming?
232 00:20:01 Well, I'm assumingyou're separating the white women.
233 00:20:04 I am a Negro.
234 00:20:11 Well, we must done crossedthe Mason-Dixon Line.
235 00:20:15 Welcome to the South, ladies.
236 00:20:17 Segregation is justin them crackers' blood.
237 00:20:22 You ain't said nothin'since we been on this train.
238 00:20:25 What's your name?
239 00:20:26 Lena Derriecott. I'm from Philadelphia.
240 00:20:29 Johnnie Mae Burton, mine. You?
241 00:20:32 Bernice Baker. I'm from New York.
242 00:20:35 And what about you, Miss Mulatto?
243 00:20:37 She is not mulatto.
244 00:20:39 Her mother is Mexican,and her father is a Negro.
245 00:20:42 He was my uncle. You are so rude.
246 00:20:45 I didn't mean no harm.
247 00:20:47 Sounded like that to me.
248 00:20:49 I'm Dolores Washington.This is my cousin, Elaine White.
249 00:20:52 How do you do?
250 00:20:53 Fine.
251 00:20:55 Well, I'm just a little tired.
252 00:20:57 Had to come up North and stay with my auntand her nine children in one room
253 00:21:00 just to get in the Army.
254 00:21:02 They wouldn't send me nowherein the South.
255 00:21:04 Elaine, myself,and four other Negro women took the test.
256 00:21:06 We were told we all failed.
257 00:21:08 I have spent three yearsat Spelman College, and--
258 00:21:12 And Dolores here is a whizwho loves history.
259 00:21:14 So I knew that couldn't be.So you know what she did?
260 00:21:17 She wrote a letterdirectly to Mary McLeod Bethune.
261 00:21:21 The Mary McLeod Bethune?
262 00:21:24 Who is that?
263 00:21:25 Oh Lord. Where you from?
264 00:21:29 The country.
265 00:21:30 Mary McLeod Bethune is headof the National Council of Negro Women.
266 00:21:34 She's on the president's Black cabinet,
267 00:21:36 and she's close personal friendswith Eleanor Roosevelt herself.
268 00:21:40 How am I supposed to know about a McLoud?
269 00:21:42 It's McLeod.
270 00:21:44 Y'all keep making fun of me.
271 00:21:46 Worse than my husband.
272 00:22:26 What are y'all waiting on?Hurry up and get down from there.
273 00:22:31 You mean to tell me I left home to dealwith the same bullshit in the Army?
274 00:22:34 - How the hell we gonna get down?- Come on.
275 00:22:37 We'll help you.
276 00:22:38 Ooh, I'm gonna like it here.
277 00:22:41 I'll help you.
278 00:22:53 Hi. I'm Hugh Bell.
279 00:22:56 Lena Derriecott.
280 00:22:58 Welcome. If you need anything at all,I've been here a year.
281 00:23:02 I know a lot, and I could show you around.
282 00:23:05 You just gonna show her around?We all wanna be showed around.
283 00:23:10 Ma'am.
284 00:23:12 All right, let's go. Ladies.
285 00:23:14 Lord, you can help me anytime, shit.
286 00:23:19 Johnnie Mae!You should not use that language.
287 00:23:24 What, you a preacher?
288 00:23:25 My father is.
289 00:23:27 Hm. Lord, I just got out of hellto come to another hell.
290 00:23:30 She trying to put me in a third hell.
291 00:23:32 - We're just--- She gonna cover her ears up.
292 00:23:36 Make sure you haveyour birth certificates in hand.
293 00:23:39 You all, come with me.
294 00:23:44 Right through there.
295 00:23:46 Right through that door.
296 00:23:49 Thank you.
297 00:23:57 One more meal,and you'll be over the weight limit.
298 00:23:59 Roll up your sleeveand get ready for your shot.
299 00:24:03 Next.
300 00:24:07 Damn, how long you gonna stick me?
301 00:24:20 How is this supposed to fit us?I can't get my titties in this.
302 00:24:24 They are called breasts, Johnnie Mae.Have some class.
303 00:24:28 Them little things you gotis called breasts.
304 00:24:31 This is Martha, this is Mary.
305 00:24:33 These are titties.
306 00:24:35 And they ain't going in this uniform.
307 00:24:41 Well, this ain't much.
308 00:24:42 Ah. Where'd you think you were going?The Waldorf?
309 00:24:46 She gonna leave me alone.
310 00:24:51 Attention!
311 00:24:59 You will hear that a lot.
312 00:25:02 When you do,
313 00:25:04 line up in front of a bunk,
314 00:25:07 looking straight ahead.
315 00:25:08 Do it now! Let's go!
316 00:25:11 Attention!
317 00:25:30 Soldiers,
318 00:25:32 I am Captain Charity Adams,
319 00:25:35 and I will be your commanding officer.
320 00:25:38 What that meansis when I say "do it," you get it done.
321 00:25:42 There are rules for the Army,and they must be abided.
322 00:25:46 And they are strict.
323 00:25:48 I expect you to follow them to the letter.No exceptions. None will be tolerated.
324 00:25:55 We start training at 0630.You have to be here at reveille.
325 00:25:59 If you are on time, you are late,so you must be early.
326 00:26:05 Each of you has a locker and a trunk.
327 00:26:07 Everything you ownmust fit inside those two items.
328 00:26:10 You will not wear complicated makeup.
329 00:26:13 You have to shave your legs.
330 00:26:15 You must use deodorant,and you must shower at least once a day.
331 00:26:19 And if you do not knowhow to use a tampon, we will teach you.
332 00:26:25 You have to stand up straight.
333 00:26:28 Posture is important.
334 00:26:31 We walk with our head up,
335 00:26:34 our back straight, and our butt in.
336 00:26:37 That is how we walk.
337 00:26:39 Your uniform must be perfect.
338 00:26:40 Lieutenant Campbell will teach youhow to make them perfect.
339 00:26:45 These uniforms were designedfor the pencil figure of a white woman,
340 00:26:48 not the curves of a Negro.
341 00:26:49 But I am sure that more than a few of us
342 00:26:51 know how to make useof a needle and thread,
343 00:26:53 and so we will make them perfect.
344 00:26:56 They must be perfect.
345 00:26:58 No exceptions.
346 00:26:59 You are not only in the Army,
347 00:27:01 you are women, and you are Negroes.
348 00:27:04 Because you are Negroes and women,
349 00:27:06 you do not have the luxuryto be as good as the white soldiers.
350 00:27:09 You have the burden to be better.
351 00:27:12 You are not only representing America,
352 00:27:14 you are representingthe Negroes of America.
353 00:27:20 Welcome to the Women's Army Corps.
354 00:28:02 - Mrs. Roosevelt.- Hello, George.
355 00:28:04 Where's my husband?
356 00:28:06 - He's in the Oval, in a meeting, ma'am.- Very well.
357 00:28:10 George, who's that woman by the gates?
358 00:28:12 I'm not sure, ma'am.She's been there for two days now.
359 00:28:15 Really?
360 00:28:17 What does she want?
361 00:28:18 I'm not sure.Would you like me to find out, ma'am?
362 00:28:22 Yes, George. Thank you.
363 00:29:18 Look alive, ladies!
364 00:29:21 There are photographers aroundat all times,
365 00:29:24 taking photos of you,
366 00:29:26 watching you, reportin' on you.
367 00:29:30 A lot of people do not want us to succeed.
368 00:29:33 A lot of people do not want us here.
369 00:29:37 Private, your hat is too high.
370 00:29:40 Unlike some other folks here,
371 00:29:43 we have the most to prove.
372 00:29:46 Now... now is where you show the proof.
373 00:29:51 I will not toleratefighting and bickering among you.
374 00:29:56 I will not tolerate disrespect.
375 00:30:00 I will not lie to you,
376 00:30:02 and you will not lie to mewithout extreme consequences.
377 00:30:09 Get your arms up, Private!
378 00:30:13 Now, if you are thinking thatI am being hard on you, you are correct.
379 00:30:18 But that is becauseI am giving you my best,
380 00:30:21 and you will give me yours.
381 00:30:23 I don't think that's your best, Private.
382 00:30:26 Get moving.
383 00:30:29 Stop!
384 00:30:31 You three.
385 00:30:33 You, you, and you, come here.
386 00:30:42 I need women soldierswho know what it feels like to struggle.
387 00:30:45 Who, from the moment they were born,have had to fight to survive.
388 00:30:49 This is your first strike.
389 00:30:50 Three, and you are out of here.
390 00:30:53 Am I clear?
391 00:30:55 Understand?
392 00:30:57 Yes, Captain.
393 00:30:58 Fall in line.
394 00:31:02 Let's go, ladies! Let's try this again!
395 00:31:06 Arms up!
396 00:31:09 Show me you have some fight in you!
397 00:31:13 Come on, ladies!Are you at war, or are you taking a nap?
398 00:31:17 - To the top!- Let's go!
399 00:31:19 Let's go! Pick up the pace!
400 00:31:22 Pick it up!
401 00:31:23 Seven, eight, nine, ten!
402 00:31:27 Let's go! Let's go! Pick up the pace!
403 00:31:30 Keep your heads down!
404 00:31:34 Let's go, ladies!
405 00:31:35 Pick up the pace!
406 00:31:38 Move, move, move!
407 00:31:39 - This is not a tea party!- Let's go!
408 00:31:40 - Heads down!- Come on!
409 00:31:42 - I wanna see your best!- Girl, move!
410 00:31:45 I don't wanna be looking up your tail!
411 00:31:47 You trying to get shot too?I ain't going home 'cause of you.
412 00:31:51 Let's go! Let's go! Pick up the pace!
413 00:31:54 Come on, Lena, you can do this.
414 00:31:55 - Let's go, ladies, let's go!- Come on!
415 00:31:58 Come on!
416 00:31:59 Come on, ladies, give me your best!
417 00:32:01 Let's go!
418 00:32:09 Let's go, ladies!
419 00:32:32 George,she's out there in the rain.
420 00:32:38 Did we find out what she wants?
421 00:32:41 She said she's been waitingto see you, ma'am.
422 00:32:47 - Get me an umbrella, please.- Yes, ma'am.
423 00:32:57 - George, cover her with your umbrella.- Yes, ma'am.
424 00:33:02 Thank you, sir.
425 00:33:05 Hello. You are going to catcha terrible cold out here.
426 00:33:08 - You've been out here for days.- I was wanting to see you.
427 00:33:11 This must be very important.
428 00:33:14 I'm from West Virginia.
429 00:33:15 My husband is a coal miner,and I know we're nobodies in this world.
430 00:33:21 No, everybody is somebody.
431 00:33:23 Well, I just don't know what else to do.
432 00:33:25 This is a photographof my son Vernon and his brother Elmer.
433 00:33:31 - Oh, beautiful.- Thank you, ma'am.
434 00:33:33 They left to fight in the warthree years ago,
435 00:33:36 and I haven't heard from them since.
436 00:33:40 I don't know what to do.I'm just worried out of my mind.
437 00:33:43 Well, you should write to them.
438 00:33:45 I write all the time,but I never hear back.
439 00:33:48 No letters, nothing.
440 00:33:51 Why is that?
441 00:33:52 Mrs. Roosevelt,this is happening all over the country.
442 00:33:56 We are not hearing fromor able to get word to them.
443 00:34:02 Well, this can't be.
444 00:34:05 Come on inside and tell me all about it.
445 00:34:07 Thank you, ma'am. Thank you.
446 00:34:24 What the hell?
447 00:34:25 Girl, what have you done to your breasts?
448 00:34:27 I bound them. That's the only waythey're gonna fit in this uniform.
449 00:34:30 Elaine, you can sew real well.Can you fix it for her?
450 00:34:33 Uh-uh. I don't want herdoing nothing for me.
451 00:34:38 You hush. Give me the shirt.
452 00:34:41 My feet hurt so bad.It's worse than working in a cotton mill.
453 00:34:44 I thought coming herewould be a little change from that.
454 00:34:47 Is that why you came?
455 00:34:48 That, and that nigga hit meone too many time.
456 00:34:53 Language!
457 00:34:55 Why did you come?
458 00:34:58 I wanna go to schooland at the same time help our country.
459 00:35:01 Same.I'd like to get my master's in history.
460 00:35:04 I don't know about helping no countrythat treat us like shit.
461 00:35:09 You got to lighten up,preacher's daughter.
462 00:35:11 Johnnie Mae,I have always been a proper young lady.
463 00:35:15 You should try it.You shouldn't be using that language.
464 00:35:20 Well, you go on and bewho the preacher taught you to be.
465 00:35:23 I'm gonna be Johnnie Mae.
466 00:35:25 If you're angry with your country,why be here?
467 00:35:27 Ain't no jobs for mebut working in a field, cotton mill,
468 00:35:30 or some white folk kitchen.
469 00:35:32 So I said I might as well.
470 00:35:34 - Lena. Why did you come?- Hm?
471 00:35:38 I wanna help my country too.
472 00:35:41 I wanna fight Hitler.
473 00:35:43 Lord, chile,I don't believe that, not one bit.
474 00:35:48 What?
475 00:35:50 Hey, ladies, why did y'all come here?
476 00:35:54 - Draft was gonna take my fiancé.- Fight for my country.
477 00:35:56 Girl, shoot, I'm trying to bringmy husband home soon.
478 00:36:00 - Wasn't nothing for me in Texas.- I wanted to go to school.
479 00:36:03 - Me too.- I wanted to travel the world.
480 00:36:06 Good luck with that.Y'all made it to Georgia.
481 00:36:11 Now, while some of y'all lying,
482 00:36:15 I'm gonna tell y'allthe real reason why I came.
483 00:36:18 Why?
484 00:36:19 For the men.
485 00:36:33 They are sendinganother white unit to Europe?
486 00:36:37 Yes, I can see that, Lieutenant.
487 00:36:40 And you knowthey are not half as qualified.
488 00:36:42 I know.
489 00:36:43 I've been asking for orders.
490 00:36:46 We can't be doing all this in vain,
491 00:36:48 but I don't know what else to doto show them we are ready.
492 00:37:19 This right here is not helping.
493 00:37:25 Get up on your feet!
494 00:37:26 Now, Miss Lena.This is no way to get to fight Hitler.
495 00:37:29 You have to be strong.
496 00:37:31 - Come on, you can do it.- Get up!
497 00:37:33 - I'm trying.- Not...
498 00:37:35 ... hard enough!
499 00:37:39 You are embarrassing your entire race.
500 00:37:42 They are already of the opinion
501 00:37:44 that the Negro womanis dumb, inferior, and lazy.
502 00:37:47 And I'll be damned if I allow a womanin my unit to prove them correct.
503 00:37:51 Now you answer my question.Are you dumb or inferior or lazy?
504 00:37:55 No, ma'am.
505 00:37:56 Well then, do you just wanna go home?
506 00:37:59 - No, ma'am. I have to stay here.- Why?
507 00:38:03 I wanna fight for my country.
508 00:38:05 You wanna fight?
509 00:38:07 You don't look like a fighterdown on this ground.
510 00:38:10 You look like a childwho doesn't have what it takes
511 00:38:12 to be in a unitfull of strong women soldiers.
512 00:38:15 This is your second strike.
513 00:38:17 Now, you get on up,or you are out of here today.
514 00:38:20 Hey, Lena, does she remind you of anybody?
515 00:38:24 Mary Kathryn.
516 00:38:25 And we know what to do with her.
517 00:38:28 Vector.
518 00:38:31 Niner.
519 00:38:33 Niner west.
520 00:38:34 Get on up, soldier.
521 00:38:51 You better eat.You're gonna need your strength.
522 00:38:54 She's right, Lena.
523 00:38:56 She should just go on and quit.Captain Adams don't like her anyway.
524 00:39:00 - Why would you say that to her?- It's true. She don't.
525 00:39:05 - You are not a nice person at all.- I'm honest.
526 00:39:08 Don't you listen to her.You're gonna make it. You will.
527 00:39:12 And he always looking at you.
528 00:39:15 Johnnie Mae, are you jealous of her?
529 00:39:17 Girl, hush.If I wanted him, I could have him.
530 00:39:21 I ain't jealous of her skinny tail.She ain't worried about him no way.
531 00:39:25 Only thing she think about is that Abram.
532 00:39:32 What did you say?
533 00:39:35 I bunk next to you.You call his name every night.
534 00:39:38 Hell, I can't get no sleep.
535 00:39:40 Abram this, Abram that.
536 00:39:41 "Where are you, Abram? Abram, where are--"
537 00:39:44 Don't you dare mention his name again.
538 00:39:49 Now, I have let you push me aroundand say all kinds of things,
539 00:39:53 but don't you dare say his name.
540 00:40:01 - You deserved that.- Mm-hmm.
541 00:40:11 This is the office of Colonel Davenport.May I take a message?
542 00:40:14 ...jobs the Army way now begins.
543 00:40:15 WACs, fit, alert, proud of their corps,
544 00:40:18 prepared for the next big stepin their new life.
545 00:40:21 Replacing soldiers at switchboards.
546 00:40:23 Serving as dispatchersfor various branches of the Army.
547 00:40:26 Motor transport,where women have proved their ability
548 00:40:28 to maintain and repair cars and trucks.
549 00:40:30 They're good drivers and mechanics.
550 00:40:32 In Army motor pools.
551 00:40:34 In these and many other fields,taking over important jobs for the Army.
552 00:40:38 Through these replacements,playing a vital role in winning the war.
553 00:40:50 At ease.
554 00:40:59 - You wanted to see me, Adams?- Yes, sir.
555 00:41:02 I know you are persistent.
556 00:41:05 If this has anything to dowith you having orders--
557 00:41:07 It does, sir.
558 00:41:10 I have graduated hundreds of women,
559 00:41:12 and this month,another 38 are about to do the same.
560 00:41:14 As you know, I have a 97% success rate.We are ready to be called to duty, sir.
561 00:41:20 Are you sure about that?
562 00:41:24 I don't think you're readyfor an assignment.
563 00:41:27 Sir, with all due respect,the white women--
564 00:41:30 They're more qualified.
565 00:41:33 Now, if you'll excuse me,I have a meeting.
566 00:41:36 - Sir, I--- I have a meeting.
567 00:41:39 Yes, sir.
568 00:41:49 She is--
569 00:41:52 Gentlemen, you know my wife.
570 00:41:55 And this is Mary McLeod Bethune.
571 00:41:59 Please be seated.
572 00:42:00 I'll get right down to it.
573 00:42:02 Over the past few weeks,
574 00:42:03 my wife and I have been talking aboutthe problems we are having with the mail
575 00:42:08 and our soldiers' morale.
576 00:42:12 Care to explain?
577 00:42:13 There has beena serious blockage in the mail,
578 00:42:17 simply because we have neededevery available vehicle
579 00:42:20 to bring supplies to the front lines.
580 00:42:23 General Halt here can speakto the magnitude of the issue.
581 00:42:27 - General?- Uh, yes, sir.
582 00:42:29 Now, Mr. President, helping our soldierswin the war is our priority.
583 00:42:34 Um...
584 00:42:35 The mail had to takea lesser rank of importance.
585 00:42:40 I understand that.
586 00:42:41 What I don't understandis how anyone in this room
587 00:42:45 cannot see the importance of somethingas simple as a letter from home
588 00:42:50 and what it can do for morale.
589 00:42:52 This is the only way they can communicateoutside of the battle.
590 00:42:55 But the orders at handare the most important ones,
591 00:42:59 for the supplies for the front lines.
592 00:43:01 So are you saying to me
593 00:43:04 that there is no wayto get the mail to these men?
594 00:43:09 That is unacceptable.
595 00:43:13 Mary.
596 00:43:14 As I travel the country,
597 00:43:17 these are the same storiesI hear everywhere.
598 00:43:21 Worried parents, wives,
599 00:43:25 children, loved ones,
600 00:43:27 all wonderingwhy they haven't received any mail.
601 00:43:31 Not one letter or so much as a postcard
602 00:43:34 from the menwho've been fighting for our country--
603 00:43:37 Mr. President, I can assure you
604 00:43:38 that we have, uh, put many companieson this assignment,
605 00:43:43 but it has proven to bea logistical nightmare at this point.
606 00:43:47 We even tried the Women's Army Corps.
607 00:43:51 You mean the white Women's Army Corps?
608 00:43:57 Well, is there another?
609 00:44:04 Are you not aware, General,
610 00:44:07 there are Negro women servingin the Women's Army Corps?
611 00:44:13 But this mail situation is complicated.
612 00:44:16 Not as simple as just droppingsome letters in the mailbox.
613 00:44:20 There are reasonsfor the backlog that are there.
614 00:44:23 Well, it'd require a great deal of skill
615 00:44:28 to be able to sort it all out.
616 00:44:30 With all due respect, General,
617 00:44:33 the Negro women of the Women's Army Corpsare very smart women,
618 00:44:39 being led by a remarkable Negro woman,
619 00:44:43 Captain Charity Adams.
620 00:44:46 She's brilliant.
621 00:44:47 She has a triple majorin physics, mathematics, Latin.
622 00:44:52 So I assure you, Mr. President,
623 00:44:54 the Negro women of the WAC unit
624 00:44:57 possess the skills and the leadership
625 00:45:02 to get this mail delivered.
626 00:45:14 There he is!
627 00:45:15 Ooh.You go on, we'll hold you a seat.
628 00:45:18 Do you like him?
629 00:45:20 Seems nice enough.
630 00:45:21 She like him.But he ain't that boy back home.
631 00:45:24 - Don't you say his name.- I ain't.
632 00:45:26 Go on, talk to him.
633 00:45:30 Hey, Private.
634 00:45:31 Hello, ladies.
635 00:45:34 Hi.
636 00:45:36 Good to see you come outand have some fun.
637 00:45:38 I've been hopingto see you here for weeks.
638 00:45:40 And congratulations on making it through.
639 00:45:43 Barely. I'm still not as goodas the other ladies.
640 00:45:47 I think you're stronger than you know.
641 00:45:50 Thank you.
642 00:45:52 But you don't know me.
643 00:45:53 - I know your name is Lena Derriecott.- Mm.
644 00:45:56 Came from a town outside Philadelphia.
645 00:46:00 You like jasmine perfume,and you don't like milk.
646 00:46:03 You add up the pounds of fuelreally fast on the airplane,
647 00:46:06 and you know a lot about them.
648 00:46:08 And you are here to prove somethingto more than just yourself.
649 00:46:14 How do you know all of that?
650 00:46:16 It's just...
651 00:46:18 when a man like me sees a woman
652 00:46:20 who makes him questionhis next big decisions,
653 00:46:23 I wanna find out why.
654 00:46:26 What are you talking about?
655 00:46:28 This is gonna sound crazy,
656 00:46:31 but I'm supposed to get marriednext weekend.
657 00:46:33 I wasn't sure about it at all,
658 00:46:36 and then I saw you.Now I'm really not sure.
659 00:46:38 My mother and my aunt told meabout men like you, smooth talkers.
660 00:46:42 Excuse me.
661 00:46:44 I promise I'm telling youthe truth, Miss Lena.
662 00:46:49 Can we sit together inside?
663 00:46:58 Now, what are y'all doing here?
664 00:47:01 Well, it looks to melike we are about to watch a movie.
665 00:47:04 Not from these seats.
666 00:47:06 They can all go to the back.
667 00:47:08 Well now, I am an officer,and I chose these seats.
668 00:47:13 My ladies are not moving,Captain Matthews.
669 00:47:15 Mm. I heard about you.
670 00:47:18 - Mm.- You're the troublemaker.
671 00:47:21 Always trying to find a fight.
672 00:47:24 Always ready for one.
673 00:47:26 Hm.
674 00:47:29 We are not moving.You all can sit in the back.
675 00:47:31 We don't need to listento the likes of you, nigger.
676 00:47:35 You son of a bitch! I will--
677 00:47:38 You will do nothing.
678 00:47:40 ...of which Germanygambled everything.
679 00:47:42 Sit down.
680 00:47:43 Come on, boys.Let's leave these coons.
681 00:47:45 No. I don't know who you think you are,but this is the United States Army.
682 00:47:50 I will not have this disrespect.Give me your name!
683 00:47:52 Who the hell do you think you are?
684 00:47:55 I am Captain Charity Adams,
685 00:47:59 and you will salute me.
686 00:48:03 That ain't never gonna happen.
687 00:48:12 Get my hat.
688 00:48:14 You!
689 00:48:17 I'm sorry, Captain Adams.
690 00:48:19 It's just when them crackersbe coming at me, I just see red.
691 00:48:22 You don't thinkwe all feel that way sometimes?
692 00:48:25 I don't care what they do.You don't let them bait you.
693 00:48:28 Because you in this uniform,you must behave!
694 00:48:32 They will be court-martialed,
695 00:48:34 but you can never ever give themwhat they want.
696 00:48:42 Adams. What is it?
697 00:48:43 Sir, my ladies were harassed
698 00:48:45 and asked to move from their seatsat the theater.
699 00:48:47 Several white soldiers,including Captain Matthews,
700 00:48:50 were insulting and disrespectful.
701 00:48:52 I will not stand for this bigotry.
702 00:48:54 We have the same rightsas any white soldier.
703 00:48:56 - Anything less is inexcusable.- Can you give it a rest?
704 00:49:01 Sir, with all due respect,we are treated like--
705 00:49:03 I have orders for you.
706 00:49:04 You and the Six Triple Eight Battalionare headed to Europe.
707 00:49:07 You'll head out tomorrow by plane,
708 00:49:09 and your troopswill arrive by boat on the 11th.
709 00:49:11 Here are your orders.
710 00:49:13 You are not to open this until you areon the plane and over the Atlantic.
711 00:49:19 Dismissed.
712 00:49:24 Susie!
713 00:49:29 - You lied to me.- What?
714 00:49:31 They are shipping Lena to Europe.
715 00:49:33 What?
716 00:49:35 There.
717 00:49:46 It's a lot of water.
718 00:49:54 How are you so calm? You been drinking?
719 00:49:56 No.
720 00:49:57 I was about to say, "Give me some."
721 00:50:04 Should you open it?
722 00:50:07 Well, I don't wanna be the first one.
723 00:50:10 And all of them have two envelopes,but we only have one.
724 00:50:14 I can't figure outwhat the other one says.
725 00:50:20 One's from the Army...
726 00:50:22 Abbie.
727 00:50:24 ...one's from the War Department.
728 00:50:27 They're sending us without proper ordersfrom the War Department?
729 00:50:33 Looks that way to me.
730 00:50:34 You can't command troops unless you have--
731 00:50:36 War Department orders. I know.
732 00:50:41 There.
733 00:50:51 The Postal Battalion?
734 00:50:54 They think the only thing we good foris deliver some damn mail.
735 00:50:59 Shit.
736 00:51:01 So they have a Negro at the Oval Office,
737 00:51:06 telling me these womencould do this job.
738 00:51:09 I tell you, took all I hadto keep myself together.
739 00:51:17 I mean, they think a bunchof Negro women can do this job?
740 00:51:23 They have to be reasonably intelligent.
741 00:51:26 Reasonably.
742 00:51:28 And I never seen a smart Negro,
743 00:51:32 let alone a woman one.
744 00:51:36 Well, they have arrived, sir.
745 00:51:38 Oh well, go get 'em.
746 00:51:40 It's your idea to give them a reception.
747 00:51:42 Anything that can get me drinking.
748 00:51:44 General, this is Major Charity Adams.
749 00:51:47 At ease.
750 00:51:49 So...
751 00:51:52 you're the infamous Adams.
752 00:51:56 I don't know about infamous, sir.
753 00:51:57 Oh no.
754 00:52:00 I heard about your anticsat the base around, uh, integration,
755 00:52:04 drinking at white fountains,
756 00:52:06 the thing at the Post Theater, and so on.
757 00:52:08 Now they promoted you to major.
758 00:52:11 - So do you know why you're here?- Yes, sir.
759 00:52:14 Although I still have not gotten ordersfrom the War Department, sir.
760 00:52:16 No, never mind that. They'll come.I was talking about the assignment.
761 00:52:20 Yes, sir. We were told we are hereto redirect the mail, sir?
762 00:52:24 And y'all are confidentthat, uh, you can do the job
763 00:52:27 in the short six months we've allotted?
764 00:52:31 Six months seems generous, sir,so yes, I believe we can.
765 00:52:36 Well, you hear that, gentlemen?
766 00:52:38 They can do it.
767 00:52:39 Six months is generous.
768 00:52:42 And your troops are, uh, on the way.
769 00:52:44 They're on the Île de France,so they're comfortable.
770 00:52:49 It's a very nice ship.
771 00:52:52 It can, uh, turn on a dime
772 00:52:55 if a German U-boat was in the area,or any other danger.
773 00:52:57 - Yes, sir.- Yeah.
774 00:52:58 And it can outmaneuver, quickly,
775 00:53:02 an incoming torpedo.
776 00:53:04 Well, sir, I'm sure between thatand their escorts,
777 00:53:08 I'm sure they will get here safely.
778 00:53:10 There's no escorts.
779 00:53:12 And unfortunately, the, uh, placewhere your troops were to be housed
780 00:53:16 was, uh, bombed just before your arrival.
781 00:53:18 But don't you worry,
782 00:53:19 I personally approved accommodations
783 00:53:22 that I'm sure you gonna find appropriate.
784 00:53:26 Thank you, sir.
785 00:53:29 Can the troops march?
786 00:53:30 Yes, sir.
787 00:53:32 I have the best marching troopyou have ever seen, sir.
788 00:53:38 Your troops will be marching off the shipupon their arrival.
789 00:53:45 Come on, Lee.
790 00:54:18 What does all this tossing and turningremind you of?
791 00:54:23 You,
792 00:54:24 driving me in the backof that rumble seat.
793 00:54:28 We had so much fun.
794 00:54:31 I knew you'd make it through.
795 00:54:35 I also knew you'd come to find me.
796 00:54:38 You can be determined when you want to,Miss Lena Derriecott.
797 00:54:43 I miss you so much, Abram.
798 00:54:48 Hey, Lena,hurry up with those towels.
799 00:55:17 Oh my God!
800 00:55:24 We have 855 womenon a civilian ship,
801 00:55:27 no military escort,zigzagging across the ocean,
802 00:55:30 and he wants them to march right off?
803 00:55:33 Lord Jesus.
804 00:55:35 Noel, I asked for a mission.
805 00:55:38 Well, it don't seem likewe ever gonna get a chance...
806 00:55:40 Mm.
807 00:55:41 ...to prove 'em wrong.
808 00:55:42 Especially not with somethingas easy as delivering mail.
809 00:55:47 And giving us six months to do it.
810 00:55:50 That's becausethey don't believe we can do it.
811 00:55:52 These white men.
812 00:55:53 Negro men too.
813 00:55:55 Like Howard.
814 00:55:56 Oh, please don't mention him.
815 00:55:58 - I'm trying to forget him.- Oh, girl, don't mention him.
816 00:56:02 He was the worst mistakeI ever made in my life.
817 00:56:07 What we looked like,
818 00:56:09 sneaking out of the barracksto catch him at the movies with...
819 00:56:14 Norma Jean. Your nemesis.
820 00:56:19 She was such a tramp.
821 00:56:23 You were so mad when you saw him.
822 00:56:25 I looked at the back of your head,you still had a roller in it.
823 00:56:29 See...
824 00:56:35 Charity, you know those generalswere laughing for a reason, right?
825 00:56:40 Mm-hm. Showing his whole hand.
826 00:56:42 - And six months to seem generous?- Mm.
827 00:56:47 Yeah.
828 00:56:48 Noel.Hm?
829 00:56:51 Oh, Noel,where did they say that mail was?
830 00:57:00 - Good evening, soldiers.- Can I help you, ma'am?
831 00:57:09 You will salute.
832 00:57:12 Sorry, ma'am.
833 00:57:15 So where's this mail?
834 00:57:17 There's some in here.
835 00:57:22 Well, soldiers, open the door.
836 00:57:36 Would you like to seeall the hangars?
837 00:57:38 They are all this full.
838 00:57:40 How many are there?
839 00:57:43 All of them.
840 00:57:49 Oh my God.
841 00:58:08 You trained them well.
842 00:58:11 Fall in!
843 00:58:21 Six Triple Eight Battalion!
844 00:58:24 Dress right, dress!
845 00:58:32 Ready, two.
846 00:58:35 Cover!
847 00:58:39 Ready, two!
848 00:58:45 Now, I know you had a hard way over...
849 00:58:51 and I know you're cold.
850 00:58:54 Truth is, it will be cold.
851 00:58:59 But we need to put all of thatout of our minds
852 00:59:01 because we have been given an orderby General Halt to march today.
853 00:59:09 Right now.
854 00:59:14 And march we shall.
855 00:59:16 Captain!
856 00:59:32 Forward march!
857 01:00:34 Company, halt!
858 01:00:42 Battalion, eyes right!
859 01:00:46 Present arm!
860 01:00:53 Ready, two!
861 01:00:55 Battalion, forward march!
862 01:01:42 This mail has been sitting herefor over ten months.
863 01:01:49 And not just in this airplane hangar,
864 01:01:52 in all of them.
865 01:01:54 Every single hangar is full of mail.
866 01:01:58 The soldiers who are fighting this warhave not heard from their loved ones,
867 01:02:03 and their loved oneshave not heard from them.
868 01:02:08 Now, the War Departmentis getting thousands of complaints,
869 01:02:12 and the morale of our soldiersis at an all-time low.
870 01:02:15 And if our soldiers have low morale,they have no fight.
871 01:02:20 Ladies, we have been orderedto provide hope
872 01:02:27 and communication
873 01:02:29 and care packages
874 01:02:32 to our exhausted soldierson the front lines
875 01:02:35 and to let their families back homeknow if they are safe.
876 01:02:41 Or...
877 01:02:44 Or if they have died in battle.
878 01:02:49 Now, I'm told
879 01:02:52 that a few have triedto unravel this situation.
880 01:02:58 But they could not do it...
881 01:03:02 so they sent us.
882 01:03:04 But make no mistake, ladies,
883 01:03:09 they did not send usbecause they thought we could do it.
884 01:03:13 We are herebecause they are sure we cannot.
885 01:03:19 They have only given usa six-month ticking clock.
886 01:03:23 And I thought that was a long time
887 01:03:25 until I realizedthe magnitude of this situation.
888 01:03:30 When there is no mail,there is low morale.
889 01:03:34 But all that said...
890 01:03:38 ...this is our mission,
891 01:03:43 and we will not fail.
892 01:03:46 Here's howwe will accomplish our mission.
893 01:03:49 Our drivers will come here to the hangar.
894 01:03:51 They will pick up the mailand load it onto the trucks
895 01:03:54 according to Army number.
896 01:03:55 It will then be deliveredto our home base,
897 01:03:58 which is the King Edward School.
898 01:04:00 I wanna warn you,
899 01:04:02 there's no need to complainbecause I know about the vermin.
900 01:04:06 I know that it is cold. There is no heat.
901 01:04:10 But I also know that we are at war,
902 01:04:12 and when you are at war, you make do.
903 01:04:18 We are no strangersto making a shack a home.
904 01:04:22 Most of our mothershave had to do it as well.
905 01:04:24 So we will start by organizing a systemby which we process all this mail.
906 01:04:31 And this is where we gonna do it.
907 01:05:28 Now, as drivers,you never ever leave this route.
908 01:05:31 This is your way to and from the airfield.
909 01:06:04 "It is hereby knownthat Major Charity Adams
910 01:06:07 is in full commandof the Six Triple Eight Battalion."
911 01:06:10 - You finally got the orders?- No. I got to thinking.
912 01:06:14 They don't wanna give me orders'cause they want us to be chaotic.
913 01:06:17 I'm not waiting for them to tell me.I'm telling them I took command.
914 01:06:20 I wrote it myself.
915 01:06:22 Send it in, Captain.
916 01:06:25 Yes, ma'am.
917 01:06:26 ♪ This is the name of this songIt's called "Air Mail Special" ♪
918 01:06:30 ♪ Get on, get onThe special cargo air mail ♪
919 01:06:56 Bring it in!
920 01:06:58 Let's go!
921 01:07:04 You know you're still calling that nameI'm not allowed to say again.
922 01:07:14 I know some of you thinkthat this is impossible,
923 01:07:19 but there is only one wayto eat an elephant,
924 01:07:23 and that is one bite at a time.
925 01:07:53 Lena, you don't have to readevery name, you know.
926 01:07:56 Look at the numbers.That's the best way to get it organized.
927 01:08:01 Oh.
928 01:08:13 Hey!
929 01:08:15 You don't do that.
930 01:08:21 You don't just throw them over there.
931 01:08:26 Those people have died!
932 01:08:30 They need to be shown some respect.
933 01:08:48 I'm sorry, Major Adams.
934 01:08:49 May I please go to the latrine?
935 01:08:53 You may.
936 01:08:58 Back to work, ladies.
937 01:09:06 I told you she was crazy.
938 01:09:09 Been quiet as a mouse this whole time,and now she wants to start screaming?
939 01:09:12 She ain't gonna be holleringat Johnnie Mae.
940 01:09:15 You know what? I...
941 01:09:17 I think I need to use the bathroom.
942 01:09:24 Well, y'all gonna get in trouble.
943 01:09:26 I ain't following that crazy tailto the bathroom.
944 01:09:41 - Lena?- Ah.
945 01:09:43 I'm all right.
946 01:09:44 Doesn't look that way to me.
947 01:09:47 Dry your eyes.
948 01:09:52 I have to pee.
949 01:09:55 You sure you're all right?
950 01:09:57 No. It's that man.
951 01:09:58 What'd he do? Break your heartlike my husband broke mine?
952 01:10:01 Will you stop it?
953 01:10:04 He's dead.
954 01:10:11 He was, uh...
955 01:10:14 shot down
956 01:10:17 not long after he got here.
957 01:10:23 He was a soldier...
958 01:10:29 and he asked meto wait for him to come home.
959 01:10:36 I am so sorry.
960 01:10:38 Oh God, I feel like a clockthat nobody can wind.
961 01:10:45 I mean, he promised methat he would write,
962 01:10:49 and I never got any letters.
963 01:10:54 I know he did.
964 01:11:00 I wonder if his letters to meare in one of these bags.
965 01:11:04 But I didn't knowwe were gonna be doing all this.
966 01:11:14 Oh, Lena. I'm so sorry.
967 01:11:18 I wanna thank y'all.
968 01:11:22 I know you didn't know, but thank you...
969 01:11:27 for helping me through this.
970 01:11:29 Honey, you listen here.
971 01:11:31 If there is a letter from him,we will find it.
972 01:11:39 We will all be lookingfor anything addressed to you.
973 01:11:43 It ain't no damn wayall these letters-- I'm so--
974 01:11:47 You all had to go at the same time?
975 01:11:50 - Sorry, Major Adams.- Mm-hmm.
976 01:11:54 Not you.
977 01:11:59 I know...
978 01:12:03 that you don't like me...
979 01:12:07 'cause I embarrass the unit.
980 01:12:12 But I promise you...
981 01:12:15 I will do a great job with this.
982 01:12:21 I know what these familiesare going through.
983 01:12:25 There's nothing worse than not knowing.
984 01:12:29 - You're wrong.- I promise you, I will--
985 01:12:31 About me not liking you.
986 01:12:36 I like you.
987 01:12:38 And I respect you.
988 01:12:41 Now, in the beginning,
989 01:12:43 I did worry about you.
990 01:12:45 I wondered if you would make it through.
991 01:12:47 But, Lena,right when you were about to break,
992 01:12:50 something showed up and took you further.
993 01:12:55 And now I see what that was.
994 01:12:59 Lena, you are a soldier.
995 01:13:06 Now, Private,
996 01:13:09 I take seriously every orderI have ever gotten in the Army,
997 01:13:12 including this one,
998 01:13:13 but I will admit to you
999 01:13:15 that I was insulted at first
1000 01:13:17 that they would only let ushandle the mail.
1001 01:13:22 But I understand now.
1002 01:13:28 Because I knew that it was importantfor our soldiers and their families,
1003 01:13:34 but nothing has put a face on this for me...
1004 01:13:40 like you have with what you shared today.
1005 01:13:47 Thank you.
1006 01:13:52 - Now get back to work.- Yes, Major.
1007 01:13:53 Mm-hmm.
1008 01:14:03 "We are two monthsinto our six-month clock."
1009 01:14:07 "Major Adams, I do not need to tell youhow important this mission is."
1010 01:14:10 "There are a lot of peoplecounting on you and these women."
1011 01:14:13 "For what it's worth,I know you can do this."
1012 01:14:16 "But this is not--" In all capitals.
1013 01:14:19 "Not the way."
1014 01:14:20 "General Halt was delighted to hear
1015 01:14:22 that every piece of mailyou have gotten out in the past few weeks
1016 01:14:25 has been returned as undeliverable."
1017 01:14:30 "He is sending telegramsto the White House every day
1018 01:14:33 on your progress or lack thereof."
1019 01:14:36 Shit.
1020 01:14:37 I'm sure he is, General Halt.
1021 01:14:39 We sent out 57,000 pieces of mail.
1022 01:14:42 Yes, and all of them undeliverable.
1023 01:14:46 But, Charity, the soldiersare moving around a lot in these battles.
1024 01:14:50 You think they gave us bad locator cards?
1025 01:14:54 Well, I knowthey're not trying to help us.
1026 01:15:00 For just once, I'd like to playon an even playing field
1027 01:15:03 where everything is fair.
1028 01:15:04 No tricks from white folks, just fairness.Is fair too much to ask for?
1029 01:15:08 No, it is not.
1030 01:15:11 But you and I both knowit ain't gonna change no time soon.
1031 01:15:14 This is part of making that change.
1032 01:15:17 Did you see this last sentence?
1033 01:15:19 "I reluctantly need to tell you
1034 01:15:21 that he also wants you to hostthe Negro soldiers on the weekends."
1035 01:15:26 I look like a hostess to you?
1036 01:16:39 Wow, how does she do that?
1037 01:16:41 She was a Whitney Lenny stepper in Harlem.
1038 01:16:43 Look at her go!
1039 01:16:54 Hey, okay!
1040 01:17:04 Lord, I need me some of this fun.
1041 01:17:07 Johnnie Mae!
1042 01:17:20 - She is incorrigible.- She is quite confident.
1043 01:17:24 I was gonna say a mess. I'm tired.
1044 01:17:27 You're amazing.
1045 01:17:28 - So good.- Thank you.
1046 01:17:29 Come on, I want a drink.
1047 01:17:32 - Come on, Lena.- Well, I've never had a drink.
1048 01:17:35 Neither have I.
1049 01:17:36 And I didn't join the Armyto lose my dignity.
1050 01:17:38 That is the devil's brew.
1051 01:17:40 Looks like tonight...
1052 01:17:41 - Yes!- ...we're all gonna get some of that brew.
1053 01:17:43 Come on, it'll be fun!
1054 01:17:56 - I'mma get you a drink.- I don't know if I should.
1055 01:17:59 Oh come on, you need to relax.You can't sit in your office all day.
1056 01:18:04 - There's some soldiers over there.- Yeah, but I outrank them all.
1057 01:18:08 Not all of them.You're looking the wrong way.
1058 01:18:12 Come on. He's a lieutenant colonel.
1059 01:18:17 - Hi.- Hi.
1060 01:18:20 Hi.
1061 01:18:23 You don't seem surprised to see me.
1062 01:18:27 Not really.
1063 01:18:29 Well, when I heard about tonight,I had to come keep an eye on my best girl.
1064 01:18:35 Mm. Wouldn't that be your wife at home?
1065 01:18:40 I didn't do it.
1066 01:18:42 You didn't do what?
1067 01:18:44 I didn't marry her.
1068 01:18:45 Why not?
1069 01:18:48 Because I met you.
1070 01:18:51 I'm not falling for this.
1071 01:18:52 Why do you think I'm trying to get youto fall for something?
1072 01:19:00 Can I have this dance?
1073 01:19:35 I love this song.
1074 01:19:39 ♪ You made me love you ♪
1075 01:19:43 ♪ I didn't wanna do it ♪
1076 01:19:45 ♪ I didn't wanna do it... ♪
1077 01:19:47 You have the worst voice.
1078 01:19:48 ♪ You made me... ♪
1079 01:19:49 ♪ ...want-- ♪
1080 01:20:16 Was it something I said?
1081 01:20:19 No, I, uh...
1082 01:20:22 I just, um...
1083 01:20:27 All right, you tell me somethingthat's going on with you,
1084 01:20:31 and I'll tell you somethingthat's going on with me.
1085 01:20:37 Well, the things I've seensince I've been here
1086 01:20:40 have shook me something awful.
1087 01:20:43 You've been to the front lines?
1088 01:20:45 To deliver supplies.
1089 01:20:49 How bad is it?
1090 01:20:55 You can't imagine.
1091 01:20:59 But seeing you here tonight...
1092 01:21:04 you're a sight for sore eyes.
1093 01:21:07 I know I don't know you...
1094 01:21:10 but I'd like to get to know you.
1095 01:21:13 I'd like you to get to know me.
1096 01:21:17 I'm sorry.
1097 01:21:20 And as much asI'd like to get to know you, I...
1098 01:21:27 I'm still so scattered in my headand my heart about somebody that I lost.
1099 01:21:33 So...
1100 01:21:37 I don't thinkI have anything to give to you.
1101 01:21:48 Um...
1102 01:21:50 You can give me friendship.
1103 01:21:54 That I can do.
1104 01:21:58 We sure need that over here.
1105 01:22:04 I'm sorry you're so sad.
1106 01:22:10 And I'm sorry for your loss.
1107 01:22:16 Now, ain't you cold out here?
1108 01:22:19 Yeah, it's cold.
1109 01:22:21 Come on.
1110 01:22:30 Excuse me?
1111 01:22:32 - Yes?- I'm Clemens.
1112 01:22:33 - I'm here to be your chaplain.- My what?
1113 01:22:36 Chaplain. I was sent to help you.
1114 01:22:47 A-ten-hut!
1115 01:22:52 Adams!
1116 01:22:53 Sir, yes, sir. Is there a problem?
1117 01:22:55 One of your girls herehas the initials JMB.
1118 01:22:58 And that JMB returneda very important letter to sender
1119 01:23:02 that I am just now receiving.
1120 01:23:04 The name of the recipienton that envelope is illegible.
1121 01:23:06 I can see my Army numberas clear as day. Can you?
1122 01:23:12 Or maybe you can't read numbers.
1123 01:23:15 It's a damn shame.
1124 01:23:18 I'm only gonna ask youone more time. Who is JMB?
1125 01:23:21 That would be me, sir.
1126 01:23:28 You?
1127 01:23:32 Damn, girl. Are you stupid?
1128 01:23:36 No, sir, I am not.
1129 01:23:38 Then why would you send this letter backafter so much time?
1130 01:23:43 You must be stupid.
1131 01:23:44 All of you must be stupid!
1132 01:23:48 You can't send a little letterto who it belongs to?
1133 01:23:53 - Can you read or write?- Yes, sir, we can.
1134 01:23:55 I'm talking to this gal.
1135 01:23:57 I know, but as her commanding officer,it is my res--
1136 01:23:59 Shut up, Adams!
1137 01:24:03 Can you hear me? Answer the question!
1138 01:24:07 Yes, sir!
1139 01:24:09 I can hear you.
1140 01:24:17 You've been here for two months,and nothing's done.
1141 01:24:20 What the hell kind of operationare you running here?
1142 01:24:23 I'm going straight to General Halt
1143 01:24:25 and telling him to shutthis clown show down right now.
1144 01:24:28 This is ridiculous. What a waste of time.Where do they find these people?
1145 01:24:38 At ease.
1146 01:24:41 Back to work, ladies.
1147 01:24:43 Wait, wait, wait!
1148 01:24:48 Ladies, I don't care what anybody says.
1149 01:24:51 You have been doing a fine job,
1150 01:24:53 even in these circumstances.
1151 01:24:58 But a lot of the mail is being returned,
1152 01:25:02 and that is disappointing.
1153 01:25:04 I've been watching the process.
1154 01:25:06 I have a pretty high-level understandingof what's going on,
1155 01:25:09 but I need you to tell mefrom your point of view.
1156 01:25:16 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
1157 01:25:18 One at a time.
1158 01:25:21 You first.
1159 01:25:23 Ma'am, at last count,we have over 7,500 Robert Smiths.
1160 01:25:26 There are so many locator cards
1161 01:25:28 that we have to try and findthe last one by date.
1162 01:25:30 And sometimes, it's illegible.
1163 01:25:32 Not to mention it's so cold,
1164 01:25:33 and some of ushave to work with these gloves on.
1165 01:25:36 A lot of these care packages are molded.Even the rats are biting through them.
1166 01:25:40 They've even eatenthrough the names on the envelopes.
1167 01:25:43 Sometimes, it's just one or two words.
1168 01:25:45 It's like some kindof crazy crossword puzzle.
1169 01:25:48 Now, Vera, you love a crossword puzzle.
1170 01:25:52 - Yes, ma'am.- Think you could take a look at those?
1171 01:25:54 - See if maybe you can help out with that?- I will.
1172 01:25:57 Dolores, you were at the movie theaterevery weekend watching the newsreel.
1173 01:26:00 If we can make out where it originated,can you tell us what's going on there?
1174 01:26:04 Yes. And if I can see when it was sent,
1175 01:26:06 I might be able to tell youwhere a unit was headed.
1176 01:26:08 Well, that might help.
1177 01:26:10 Some of these lettersare to Joe-Joe or Bubba.
1178 01:26:12 Well, in those cases,just open the envelopes.
1179 01:26:15 See if there's any cluesthat can tell you who they are.
1180 01:26:18 Well, with some of the packages,like clothes and things?
1181 01:26:21 I worked at the Garment Districtin California.
1182 01:26:24 I know fabrics well. I can help with that.
1183 01:26:26 Ma'am? I was a postmasterin North Carolina.
1184 01:26:30 I was a morticianat my daddy's funeral home.
1185 01:26:32 Girl, how's that supposed to help us?
1186 01:26:35 You notice I didn't say my best skill.
1187 01:26:37 Johnnie Mae.
1188 01:27:00 I know this is a solemn time,as we have lost a great man.
1189 01:27:05 President Rooseveltwas a man that led us well,
1190 01:27:09 and leadership is important.
1191 01:27:12 It is my prayer that President Truman
1192 01:27:14 will always showthat same great leadership.
1193 01:27:18 But in order to lead,
1194 01:27:20 you have to be qualified.
1195 01:27:25 In Proverbs 4:14, it reads,
1196 01:27:29 "Enter not into the path of the wicked
1197 01:27:32 and go not the way of evil men."
1198 01:27:36 Well, that word can also be exchanged
1199 01:27:40 for evil women.
1200 01:27:43 As I pray for many of you,I know it's hard.
1201 01:27:47 You are not up to being here,and you are being led by someone
1202 01:27:51 who is not capablein the eyes of the Army,
1203 01:27:54 nor is she qualified morallyin the eyes of the Lord.
1204 01:27:58 It is a shame that on Friday night,
1205 01:28:01 every bulb in this placeis shining brightly,
1206 01:28:04 but on Sunday morning,there is a burnt-out bulb above my head.
1207 01:28:09 That is not the Lord's work.
1208 01:28:12 You have to be carefulwhen you are being led by evil.
1209 01:28:17 It will cause you to missimportant things.
1210 01:28:24 Let us pray.
1211 01:28:38 So he says,
1212 01:28:39 "I know such an assignment is probably notwhat you had in mind, but I guaran--"
1213 01:28:42 Those are my things.
1214 01:28:45 "Dear General Halt,
1215 01:28:47 the women of the Six Triple Eightare horribly wicked."
1216 01:28:50 "They are led by an evil womanwho promotes debauchery,
1217 01:28:53 as she is runningthe King Edward School like a brothel."
1218 01:28:56 - I said those are my things.- Yes, as are those, by your feet.
1219 01:29:00 You will be leaving here today.
1220 01:29:02 I was sent here by General Halt.
1221 01:29:04 I don't careif the good Lord himself sent you.
1222 01:29:07 Now, I don't know if you know this,
1223 01:29:09 but I am the daughter of a preacher.
1224 01:29:12 I know the Bible from Genesisto Revelations and backwards.
1225 01:29:15 I am a woman of faithand tremendous character,
1226 01:29:19 and I lead these women with a stern hand
1227 01:29:23 and the love and understandingthat I would think a chaplain should.
1228 01:29:27 Now, I have had to endurethe hissing and backstabbing
1229 01:29:30 of white men in the military.
1230 01:29:32 I have learned every law in this Army
1231 01:29:35 to defend myselfand to get to where I am now,
1232 01:29:38 so if you think I am afraid of you
1233 01:29:40 or whatever you can writein a letter to anyone,
1234 01:29:43 then you are as wrong as you werein that so-called sermon today.
1235 01:29:49 This soldier here will take youwherever you want to go,
1236 01:29:52 but you will be on your way right now.
1237 01:29:56 Can she help you with your bags?
1238 01:30:12 Why would they send a chaplain?
1239 01:30:16 Well... on the nightthat we're hosting the soldiers,
1240 01:30:20 you know what that is.
1241 01:30:22 - I think--- Shh.
1242 01:30:26 That's a V-1.
1243 01:30:44 Come on now!
1244 01:30:54 Careful, careful! Go, go, go!
1245 01:31:09 Get down.
1246 01:31:58 Major Adams?
1247 01:31:59 What is it, Private?
1248 01:32:02 Are those the coordinateswhere the soldiers are?
1249 01:32:06 Yes. But understand you're notsupposed to be looking this close.
1250 01:32:10 That's why they are all redacting them.
1251 01:32:12 We can't have this get into enemy hands.
1252 01:32:21 A symbol...
1253 01:32:24 is drawn on it.
1254 01:32:29 And... this letter's from a few weeks ago.
1255 01:32:34 And in this letter...
1256 01:32:37 it mentions, uh, the Indian head.
1257 01:32:42 These hand-drawn clues
1258 01:32:45 are how the soldiers are secretlyletting their families know
1259 01:32:48 what part of the world they in.
1260 01:32:50 Private, each one of the divisionsof our soldiers has 16,000 men in it.
1261 01:32:56 You just located 48,000 of them.
1262 01:33:02 Ladies, how many of you have seenhand-drawn symbols on the letters
1263 01:33:07 that resemble the division patchesof our soldiers?
1264 01:33:10 Hold up your hands.
1265 01:33:19 That's very good work, Private.
1266 01:33:26 Mm-hm.
1267 01:33:44 Johnnie Mae is gonna have a fitwhen we get all this mail.
1268 01:33:46 She needs to settle down.
1269 01:33:52 We don't have time for this!
1270 01:33:55 - Vera, we have to stay on the route.- Whoa!
1271 01:33:57 - And be here all day?- No!
1272 01:33:58 We got some good momentum going.I'm not gonna be the one to break it.
1273 01:34:05 Stop! No, stop!
1274 01:34:06 What?
1275 01:34:08 I... I think we are over a UXB.
1276 01:34:13 You sure?
1277 01:34:15 Oh my God.
1278 01:34:23 What do we... What do we do?
1279 01:34:27 What Major Adams trained us to do.
1280 01:34:30 We need to evacuate the truck,but we stick to our training.
1281 01:34:36 Okay.
1282 01:34:38 Y'all slowly get off the truck.
1283 01:34:42 Slowly!
1284 01:34:50 One.
1285 01:34:52 - Two.- Two.
1286 01:34:54 - Three!- Three!
1287 01:35:10 Oh my Lord.
1288 01:35:12 What is it?
1289 01:35:13 Look.
1290 01:35:22 Lena.
1291 01:35:25 Y'all better look like you're working.
1292 01:35:28 Oh, you gonna wanna see this.
1293 01:35:51 - Are you going to read it?- Would you give her a second?
1294 01:35:56 Ladies.
1295 01:35:57 Major Adams wants to see us.
1296 01:36:01 There's been an accident.
1297 01:36:22 So the Army is not even gonna bury them?
1298 01:36:26 I was told no.
1299 01:36:30 I'm so sorry, ladies.
1300 01:36:32 Now, I will get word backto the United States to ask for help,
1301 01:36:36 but in the meantime,we are taking up this collection
1302 01:36:38 because we will not allow our soldiers
1303 01:36:41 to be denied the dignityof a proper burial.
1304 01:36:53 ♪ Lord ♪
1305 01:36:55 ♪ This is a mean old world ♪
1306 01:37:02 ♪ Folk ♪
1307 01:37:04 ♪ Don't care ♪
1308 01:37:07 ♪ How they treat you ♪
1309 01:37:13 ♪ Lord ♪
1310 01:37:16 ♪ This is a mean old world ♪
1311 01:37:58 Private.
1312 01:38:03 Yes, ma'am.
1313 01:38:06 There aremany American soldiers buried here.
1314 01:38:09 If you know the day he diedand the unit he was in,
1315 01:38:13 you can find him here.
1316 01:38:22 Can he bring you back to base?
1317 01:38:26 Yes, ma'am.
1318 01:38:31 Go on then.
1319 01:38:45 Hey.
1320 01:38:49 Can you wait for me?
1321 01:38:52 Sure.
1322 01:39:53 I knew I'd find you. I knew it.
1323 01:40:29 Dear Miss Lena,
1324 01:40:32 vector niner, niner here.
1325 01:40:37 I don't wanna cause you concern,
1326 01:40:40 but for the first time, I thinkthat the reality of me not making it home
1327 01:40:43 may be sinking in.
1328 01:40:46 I know I asked you to wait for me,
1329 01:40:49 and knowing you, you will.
1330 01:40:54 But...
1331 01:40:57 if I don't make it back,
1332 01:41:00 please live your life with the laughterthat you had in that rumble seat,
1333 01:41:05 that kind of freedom and fun.
1334 01:41:10 Promise meyou will live a long life.
1335 01:41:13 Long enough for the both of us.
1336 01:41:16 Promise me you will laugh enoughfor the both of us.
1337 01:41:22 I truly love you, Lena Derriecott.
1338 01:41:24 I love you too, Abram David.
1339 01:41:26 I'm sorry.
1340 01:41:29 I'm sorry I never had the courageto say it sooner than that night.
1341 01:41:35 Look for me in the skies.
1342 01:41:38 Yours forever...
1343 01:41:41 Abram.
1344 01:43:11 At ease.
1345 01:43:12 Morning, sir.
1346 01:43:15 General Lee tells methat you're making progress.
1347 01:43:18 Yes, sir.
1348 01:43:20 Even though we just losttwo of our soldiers.
1349 01:43:22 Well, yeah. Well, that happens.
1350 01:43:25 As for the progressof the mail, I disagree.
1351 01:43:29 Not one of my troopshas seen a bit of your progress.
1352 01:43:33 Well, I'm sorry, sir.We are working as fast as we can.
1353 01:43:38 Clearly not fast enough.
1354 01:43:46 This cannot be your entire battalion.
1355 01:43:48 No, sir.
1356 01:43:50 We work 24-hour shifts,so some of our women are resting.
1357 01:43:53 - They're resting?- Yes, sir.
1358 01:43:55 I'm here to inspect your troops,and your troop's not here.
1359 01:43:59 That make sense, Major?
1360 01:44:00 Well, sir, I--
1361 01:44:26 A beauty parlor?
1362 01:44:29 Yes, sir.
1363 01:44:32 This is no way to spend the Army's money.
1364 01:44:42 So you are telling me
1365 01:44:44 that they got time to get their hair done,
1366 01:44:48 but they do not have timeto be inspected by their general?
1367 01:44:56 Oh, no, sir, I'm-- I--
1368 01:44:58 I'm so sorry, but in therewe have our night-shift women,
1369 01:45:02 and they are asleep.
1370 01:45:10 Now, sir, those are our showers,and my ladies are showering.
1371 01:45:16 - Lee.- Yes, sir?
1372 01:45:18 Did you not tell this womanthat I was coming for an inspection?
1373 01:45:21 Yes, sir.
1374 01:45:23 And does the majornot understand that inspection
1375 01:45:27 is whatever I wanna inspect?
1376 01:45:29 Yes, sir. She does.
1377 01:45:34 This how you run a company?
1378 01:45:40 What about that room?
1379 01:45:42 May I go in that room?
1380 01:45:45 Yes, sir. That is our delivery room.
1381 01:45:47 Well, thank you.
1382 01:45:49 Of course, sir.
1383 01:45:59 Attention!
1384 01:46:23 What's this mess?
1385 01:46:25 Well, sir, some of the packageswere chewed in half by vermin,
1386 01:46:28 and the contents separated.
1387 01:46:29 Our soldiers have come upwith a way to figure out
1388 01:46:31 which item belongs to which by the fabric.
1389 01:46:53 Now, this here is wherewe are able to match the letters
1390 01:46:57 with the soldiersthat have the same first and last name.
1391 01:47:01 Now, wouldn't it be simplerjust to use their number?
1392 01:47:03 Well, yes, sir,that is what we tried at first.
1393 01:47:06 Some of them are addressedto nicknames, so we had to do research
1394 01:47:08 to make sure that they end upwith the right soldier.
1395 01:47:16 Wasting more of the Army's moneyon perfume?
1396 01:47:19 No, sir.
1397 01:47:20 When we couldn't make out the names,because some of them were smudged, um...
1398 01:47:24 Some women writing lettersspray them with their favorite perfume,
1399 01:47:27 and, well, some of our soldierswere able to recognize those perfumes.
1400 01:47:31 It was a chore,
1401 01:47:32 but we were able to match the senderwith the state where that perfume was sold
1402 01:47:35 and then trace it back.
1403 01:47:42 Step aside, gal.
1404 01:47:49 Are you opening and reading this mail?
1405 01:47:52 Sir, only in the casewhere we cannot locate the soldier, sir.
1406 01:47:57 Are you kidding me?
1407 01:47:59 Y'all opening and readingthe letters of these white soldiers?
1408 01:48:03 Sir, sometimes,that is the only way to get the clues
1409 01:48:06 to find out where they might be.
1410 01:48:08 This is private, Major.
1411 01:48:11 Have you lostwhat's little left of your mind?
1412 01:48:17 Tried to go over my head,
1413 01:48:19 get soldiers buried that you had killed.
1414 01:48:21 You got them killed'cause you did not train them well.
1415 01:48:26 So now,
1416 01:48:28 President Roosevelt has died,
1417 01:48:32 this little experimentgonna be shut down immediately.
1418 01:48:37 I think I'm gonnahave you relieved of your duties.
1419 01:48:43 And I'm gonna bringa white lieutenant in here
1420 01:48:46 to show you how to run this unit!
1421 01:48:50 Over my dead body, sir.
1422 01:49:04 What did you say?
1423 01:49:07 Sir, with all due respect,
1424 01:49:10 my battalion is working day and nightin horrible conditions.
1425 01:49:15 We have no heat most of the time.
1426 01:49:18 Gets so cold that the women have to putthe water in helmets to wash themselves.
1427 01:49:23 You gave us this place to turn intoa barracks with no bed and no help.
1428 01:49:27 And my women are harassed,and then they are befriended
1429 01:49:30 only to be asked if they havetails under their skirts after midnight
1430 01:49:34 because of the rumors of white soldiers.
1431 01:49:36 You sent a chaplain, not to pray,but to spy on us.
1432 01:49:40 We just lost two soldiers to a UXBwho were highly trained,
1433 01:49:44 and I know because I trained them.
1434 01:49:46 And you wouldn't even give the ordersfor them to have a proper burial.
1435 01:49:51 Now, I know we are fighting a war,but our war starts with being Negro.
1436 01:49:55 We are fighting on every front.
1437 01:49:58 So as I said, sir, over my dead body, sir.
1438 01:50:45 He's gonna court-martial me.
1439 01:50:50 I... I... I feel like such a hypocrite
1440 01:50:52 telling these women to maintaintheir dignity and decorum.
1441 01:50:59 I don't know what came over me.
1442 01:51:00 You was thinking you were right.
1443 01:51:03 He was rude,acting like we haven't done a thing.
1444 01:51:06 But he is my superior officer.I know better than that.
1445 01:51:11 Ma'am. I'm sorry, but we have a problem.
1446 01:51:13 The women have stopped working.
1447 01:51:15 Why?
1448 01:51:17 I don't know.
1449 01:51:22 Back to work, ladies!
1450 01:51:27 Get to work!
1451 01:51:54 Get to work!
1452 01:52:29 I know that Rooseveltwas a sympathizer and all,
1453 01:52:32 but I need you to talk to Truman.I mean, nothing's been done.
1454 01:52:37 You will tell the presidentthat this is the worst mistake.
1455 01:52:45 And that Adams gal? Yeah.
1456 01:52:48 I want her court-martialed.
1457 01:52:52 Oh, she said it, Marshal.She said it to my face!
1458 01:52:57 And them reading the white soldiers' mail...
1459 01:53:03 Just a second. What's going on out there?
1460 01:53:07 The men are receiving their mail, sir.
1461 01:53:17 - Morgan!- Yeah! Yes, sir!
1462 01:53:19 - Vesper!- Yes, sir!
1463 01:53:21 Montgrey!
1464 01:53:22 Carl!
1465 01:53:31 Vincent!
1466 01:53:33 Vaughn!
1467 01:53:46 Mail call!
1468 01:53:48 Malone! Nielson!
1469 01:53:51 Incoming!
1470 01:53:52 Viranelli!
1471 01:53:54 Alexander!
1472 01:53:56 Vincent!
1473 01:53:59 Montgrey!
1474 01:54:01 - Frank!- Yes, sir, here!
1475 01:54:02 Mail for Troutman!
1476 01:54:04 - Troutman!- Yeah!
1477 01:54:20 Here you go.
1478 01:54:40 Honey!
1479 01:54:56 "I had the best day known to man."
1480 01:55:20 Hey!
1481 01:55:24 Ma'am, are youthe Six Triple Eight, ma'am?
1482 01:55:30 Yes, we are.
1483 01:55:33 It's the Six Triple Eight!
1484 01:56:07 At ease, soldiers!
1485 01:56:15 ♪ All the times you thoughtYou'd never make it through ♪
1486 01:56:18 ♪ Felt just like the worldJust turned its back on you ♪
1487 01:56:22 ♪ Didn't stop you ♪
1488 01:56:25 ♪ All the times you could've given inAnd given up... ♪
1489 01:56:29 "The Six Triple EightPostal Battalion Directory
1490 01:56:33 was the only all-Blackand women of color battalion
1491 01:56:37 in Europe during World War II."
1492 01:56:41 "After completing that backlog
1493 01:56:44 of over 17 million pieces of mailin 90 days,
1494 01:56:48 our performanceimpressed leadership so much,
1495 01:56:52 they sent us on to Rouen, France,
1496 01:56:55 where we cleared another backlogin record time."
1497 01:56:59 "It was a lot of work, a lot of sadness."
1498 01:57:02 "No one thanked us for our service
1499 01:57:05 or included us in the ticker-tape parade."
1500 01:57:09 "Our hard work and selfless servicewas not recognized."
1501 01:57:15 "We were treated better in Europe
1502 01:57:19 than we were when we returned backto the United States."
1503 01:57:23 "That is, until now."
1504 01:57:25 "People are starting to recognize usand what we did."
1505 01:57:29 "We were even giventhe Congressional Gold Medal
1506 01:57:33 for our service."
1507 01:57:35 "Isn't that something?"
1508 01:57:45 Lord, the memories.
1509 01:57:49 And yes, I did marry Hughwhen we returned home.
1510 01:57:57 ♪ All the times you could've given inAnd given up ♪
1511 01:58:01 ♪ Times you didn't knowIf you were strong enough ♪
1512 01:58:05 ♪ Still you got through ♪
1513 01:58:09 ♪ Somehow it's all part of the plan ♪
1514 01:58:15 ♪ The journey ♪
1515 01:58:29 ♪ It's the journey ♪
1516 01:58:33 ♪ It's the getting thereTo where you're going to ♪
1517 01:58:40 ♪ Going through hellBut still you're gonna make it through... ♪
1518 01:58:45 And then we moveto the 20th century,
1519 01:58:47 where women became full-fledged membersof the United States military.
1520 01:58:51 And we are joined here today, uh,
1521 01:58:54 by two amazing women.
1522 01:58:56 Uh, they gave me their ages,but there's no reason to know,
1523 01:59:00 'cause they look about 30, 40 to me.
1524 01:59:03 Mary Ragland and Alyce Dixon,
1525 01:59:05 uh, who served in the Six Triple Eight,
1526 01:59:08 the only unit of African-American womenin the Women's Army Corps
1527 01:59:12 to serve overseas during World War II.
1528 01:59:15 Let's please give thema round of applause.
1529 01:59:20 Again, I wanna thank you allfor your service,
1530 01:59:23 for your courage,for your dedication, for your commitment,
1531 01:59:27 and may God bless you all,and God bless America.
1532 01:59:36 ♪ Journey ♪
1533 01:59:43 ♪ It's the journey ♪
1534 01:59:47 ♪ It's the getting thereTo where you're going to ♪
1535 01:59:54 ♪ Going through hell, but still,You're gonna make it through ♪
1536 02:00:01 ♪ It's the fire that theyCan't put out inside ♪
1537 02:00:09 ♪ It's a hell of a ride ♪
1538 02:00:13 ♪ It's the journey ♪
1539 02:00:20 ♪ Oh, it's the journey ♪
1540 02:00:49 ♪ You said you had faithWhere has it went? ♪
1541 02:00:54 ♪ The way you're movingI'm not convinced ♪
1542 02:00:59 ♪ So if that's the storyI got a message for ya ♪
1543 02:01:02 ♪ Ooh, yeah ♪
1544 02:01:04 ♪ 'Cause He deliver 100% ♪
1545 02:01:06 ♪ So you know you gottaGo and praise much louder ♪
1546 02:01:09 ♪ Something He can hear ♪
1547 02:01:12 ♪ And go and work much harder ♪
1548 02:01:14 ♪ 'Cause faith without works is deadAnd that ain't real ♪
1549 02:01:17 ♪ 'Cause your destiny's ordained ♪
1550 02:01:20 ♪ It was already signed and sealed ♪
1551 02:01:22 ♪ So I suggest you praise much louder ♪
1552 02:01:25 ♪ Give 'em something that He can hear ♪
1553 02:01:27 ♪ We'll be at attention ♪
1554 02:01:30 ♪ We're gonna get it done ♪
1555 02:01:32 ♪ We'll be the only ones ♪
1556 02:01:35 ♪ You can depend on rain or shine ♪
1557 02:01:37 ♪ At attention ♪
1558 02:01:40 ♪ We don't need no guns ♪
1559 02:01:43 ♪ Give us a shot, and we'll come ♪
1560 02:01:45 ♪ 'Cause it's the female soldier's time ♪
1561 02:01:49 - ♪ Well, you know what He's got to do is ♪- ♪ Sort it out ♪
1562 02:01:52 ♪ 'Cause that's who He isAnd what He does ♪
1563 02:01:54 - ♪ Well, you know what He's got to do is ♪- ♪ Sort it out ♪
1564 02:01:57 ♪ 'Cause that's who He isAnd what He does ♪
1565 02:02:00 - ♪ Well, you know what He's got to do is ♪- ♪ Got to do is ♪
1566 02:02:02 ♪ 'Cause that's who He isAnd what He does ♪
1567 02:02:05 - ♪ Well, you know what He's got to do is ♪- ♪ Sort it out ♪
1568 02:02:07 ♪ 'Cause that's who He isAnd what He does ♪
1569 02:02:10 ♪ Sort it out ♪
1570 02:02:13 ♪ 'Cause that's who He isAnd what He does ♪
1571 02:02:15 ♪ Right on time ♪
1572 02:02:17 ♪ Sort it out ♪
1573 02:02:18 ♪ 'Cause that's who He isAnd what He does ♪
1574 02:02:20 ♪ Sometimes you get distracted ♪
1575 02:02:23 ♪ In the everyday madness ♪
1576 02:02:26 ♪ Don't get caught up in traffic ♪
1577 02:02:28 ♪ You wanted to have itToo much to manage ♪
1578 02:02:31 ♪ Before you know you're captive ♪
1579 02:02:33 ♪ You'll feel no longer active ♪
1580 02:02:36 ♪ Can't figure out what's lacking ♪
1581 02:02:38 ♪ You lost your passionThe devil's laughing ♪
1582 02:02:41 ♪ Go and praise much louder ♪
1583 02:02:43 ♪ Oh, and make sure He can hear ♪
1584 02:02:46 ♪ And go and work much harder ♪
1585 02:02:48 ♪ 'Cause faith without works is deadAnd that ain't real ♪
1586 02:02:51 ♪ 'Cause your destiny's ordained ♪
1587 02:02:54 ♪ And it's already signed and sealed ♪
1588 02:02:56 ♪ So I suggest you praise much louder ♪
1589 02:02:59 ♪ Give 'em something that He can hear ♪
1590 02:03:01 ♪ We'll be at attention ♪
1591 02:03:04 ♪ We're gonna get it done ♪
1592 02:03:06 ♪ We'll be the only ones ♪
1593 02:03:09 ♪ You can depend on rain or shine ♪
1594 02:03:12 ♪ At attention ♪
1595 02:03:14 ♪ We don't need no guns ♪
1596 02:03:17 ♪ Give us a shot, and we'll come ♪
1597 02:03:19 ♪ 'Cause it's the female soldier's time ♪
1598 02:03:22 ♪ Oh, well, you know ♪
1599 02:03:23 - ♪ Well, you know what He's got to do is ♪- ♪ Sort it out ♪
1600 02:03:26 ♪ 'Cause that's who He isAnd what He does ♪
1601 02:03:28 - ♪ Well, you know what He's got to do is ♪- ♪ Sort it out ♪
1602 02:03:31 ♪ 'Cause that's who He isAnd what He does ♪
1603 02:03:33 - ♪ Well, you know what He's got to do is ♪- ♪ Got to do is ♪
1604 02:03:36 ♪ 'Cause that's who He isAnd what He does ♪
1605 02:03:39 - ♪ Well, you know what He's got to do is ♪- ♪ Sort it out ♪
1606 02:03:41 ♪ 'Cause that's who He isAnd what He does ♪
1607 02:03:44 ♪ Sort it out ♪
1608 02:03:47 ♪ 'Cause that's who He isAnd what He does ♪
1609 02:03:49 ♪ Right on time ♪
1610 02:03:51 ♪ Sort it out ♪
1611 02:03:52 ♪ 'Cause that's who He isAnd what He does ♪
