Doolittle looks up from his paperwork for the first time.
His eyes are fierce.
DOOLITTLE:
You won't need any goddamn hula shirts.
EXT. ESTABLISHING EGLIN FIELD, FLORIDA - DAY Eglin Field is on the gulf coast of Florida.
INT. BRIEFING ROOM - EGLIN FIELD - DAY A room full of PILOTS are assembled, with and other CREWMEN.
Danny and Rafe are there; Red and Anthony too.
VOICE:
Attention!
Colonel Doolittle strides into the room as all the men snap to attention.
DOOLITTLE:
Be seated. The mission you've volunteered for is dangerous. How dangerous? Look at the man beside you.
It's a good bet that six weeks from now, either you or he will be dead.
Danny and Rafe whisper to each other --
DANNY:
Sorry you're gonna die -- cause I'm gonna make it.
RAFE:
What color flowers you want me to bring to your funeral?
DOOLITTLE:
In flight school you qualified in single and in multi-engine planes. You'll be flying multi-engines here.
RAFE:
(whispering) Bombers.
DOOLITTLE:
I want to introduce a couple of people.
Doc White is a flight surgeon; he has volunteered for gunnery training so that he can go on the mission, because we can't spare the weight of an extra man.
DANNY:
(whispering) A long range bomber mission.
DOOLITTLE:
...And Ross Greening, who will oversee your equipment. Any questions?
DANNY:
Who'll be the first one in, Colonel? I'd like to volunt -- Rafe elbows his ribs so hard it takes his breath away.
DOOLITTLE:
I thought I'd made it clear, I'm not just putting this mission together -- I'm leading it myself.
RAFE:
I take it back, about the flowers. We're all gonna die.
EXT. EGLIN FIELD - RUNWAY - DAY CLOSE - A B-25 bomber, from different angles.