{"language": "en", "segments": [{"text": " [...]", "start": 0.0, "stop": 1.76, "id": 0}, {"text": " [...]", "start": 53.44, "stop": 53.88, "id": 1}, {"text": " And so came that early April morning at an air base in Colorado.", "start": 54.1, "stop": 56.92, "id": 2}, {"text": " Forty flying portresses lined the apron.", "start": 57.8, "stop": 59.56, "id": 3}, {"text": " Four thousand men march out for a final inspection.", "start": 60.0, "stop": 62.6, "id": 4}, {"text": " They've trained long and hard with these ships.", "start": 63.5, "stop": 65.08, "id": 5}, {"text": " The four hundred men who fly them and the thirty six hundred who work to keep", "start": 65.66, "stop": 69.14, "id": 6}, {"text": " them flying. Now the three fifty first bombardment group is ready", "start": 69.14, "stop": 72.74, "id": 7}, {"text": " by the dawn's early light.", "start": 72.74, "stop": 74.5, "id": 8}, {"text": " It assembles for overseas combat.", "start": 74.96, "stop": 76.58, "id": 9}, {"text": " You're on your way Joe. This is it.", "start": 77.52, "stop": 79.52, "id": 10}, {"text": " With his staff Colonel William A.", "start": 82.6, "stop": 84.0, "id": 11}, {"text": " Hatchey Jr. looks over his four squadrons.", "start": 84.14, "stop": 86.04, "id": 12}, {"text": " You feel the old man is proud of you.", "start": 86.76, "stop": 88.46, "id": 13}, {"text": " He finds no fault with you today nor you with him.", "start": 88.46, "stop": 92.14, "id": 14}, {"text": " You'd fly his wing to Helen Gaughton.", "start": 92.22, "stop": 94.88, "id": 15}, {"text": " Sergeant Philip J. Hall's top turret gunner from Springfield Missouri.", "start": 96.0, "stop": 98.68, "id": 16}, {"text": " He feels that way.", "start": 99.16, "stop": 99.88, "id": 17}, {"text": " So does his pal Kenny.", "start": 100.5, "stop": 101.42, "id": 18}, {"text": " Sergeant Kenneth L. Hall's ball turret gunner from Perkins, Oklahoma.", "start": 101.9, "stop": 104.72, "id": 19}, {"text": " Related? No.", "start": 105.54, "stop": 106.88, "id": 20}, {"text": " They think they might have been several generations ago back in Germany.", "start": 107.5, "stop": 110.36, "id": 21}, {"text": " But now just two guys with the same uncle Sam.", "start": 110.88, "stop": 114.02, "id": 22}, {"text": " Meet their pilot Lieutenant Theodore.", "start": 115.52, "stop": 117.28, "id": 23}, {"text": " Our Geropoulos of Reading California.", "start": 117.32, "stop": 119.06, "id": 24}, {"text": " Our brothers in the Air Corps to their dad was born in Greece.", "start": 119.86, "stop": 123.52, "id": 25}, {"text": " Yes the Greeks have a word for it.", "start": 124.5, "stop": 126.4, "id": 26}, {"text": " Fight.", "start": 126.74, "stop": 126.94, "id": 27}, {"text": " Their bombardier Lieutenant Daniel F. Stevens of Chicago.", "start": 128.14, "stop": 131.2, "id": 28}, {"text": " He can bet a thousand with an art and bomb site.", "start": 132.28, "stop": 134.06, "id": 29}, {"text": " Sergeant Paul J. Posty Paul Terry Connor.", "start": 135.6, "stop": 137.44, "id": 30}, {"text": " His dad came from Italy.", "start": 138.14, "stop": 139.24, "id": 31}, {"text": " Paul was formerly a pastry cook.", "start": 139.9, "stop": 141.34, "id": 32}, {"text": " He's got one brother in the Navy.", "start": 141.96, "stop": 143.18, "id": 33}, {"text": " [...] a Marine missing in action.", "start": 143.98, "stop": 146.24, "id": 34}, {"text": " Here's Sergeant Tim Touchit tail gunner from Mariana Lake, New Mexico.", "start": 147.44, "stop": 150.34, "id": 35}, {"text": " On the reservation they named him Pock Key.", "start": 151.12, "stop": 153.16, "id": 36}, {"text": " That means boy in Navajo.", "start": 153.76, "stop": 154.98, "id": 37}, {"text": " Uncle Sam's boy too.", "start": 155.98, "stop": 157.12, "id": 38}, {"text": " A few last minute instructions and we're off.", "start": 158.26, "stop": 160.38, "id": 39}, {"text": " The compass points northeast.", "start": 160.86, "stop": 161.96, "id": 40}, {"text": " Take another look down there.", "start": 165.36, "stop": 167.4, "id": 41}, {"text": " That's your part of the earth.", "start": 167.96, "stop": 169.06, "id": 42}, {"text": " Out of that desert those mountains those fields has", "start": 169.22, "stop": 172.92, "id": 43}, {"text": " grown the American way of life.", "start": 172.92, "stop": 174.42, "id": 44}, {"text": " What you're fighting for.", "start": 174.76, "stop": 176.22, "id": 45}, {"text": " You remember the Colonel's quiet word.", "start": 177.3, "stop": 178.86, "id": 46}, {"text": " Then the enemy has asked for it.", "start": 180.42, "stop": 183.14, "id": 47}, {"text": " Let him have it.", "start": 183.54, "stop": 184.48, "id": 48}, {"text": " Seek no quarter nor give any beyond reason.", "start": 184.98, "stop": 188.02, "id": 49}, {"text": " Be firm.", "start": 189.08, "stop": 189.56, "id": 50}, {"text": " Be just.", "start": 190.4, "stop": 190.98, "id": 51}, {"text": " And Godspeed you all.", "start": 192.02, "stop": 193.06, "id": 52}, {"text": " Eight and a half hours out of Newfoundland and other sunrise.", "start": 194.62, "stop": 197.8, "id": 53}, {"text": " It's rising out of the red of battle.", "start": 199.06, "stop": 200.94, "id": 54}, {"text": " But 40 more B-17 three minutes apart have roared across the Atlantic night.", "start": 202.12, "stop": 208.08, "id": 55}, {"text": " The Irish coast looks up to say top of the morning.", "start": 209.74, "stop": 212.4, "id": 56}, {"text": " And a lake in the Ulster Highlands gives the navigator a checkpoint.", "start": 214.98, "stop": 217.8, "id": 57}, {"text": " Off the Scottish coast Durnia Craig is a signal for right runners south", "start": 218.78, "stop": 222.22, "id": 58}, {"text": " across the English midterms.", "start": 222.22, "stop": 224.36, "id": 59}, {"text": " Pilots are impatient with lack of sleep.", "start": 227.96, "stop": 229.88, "id": 60}, {"text": " That up boy pour on the coal.", "start": 230.92, "stop": 232.5, "id": 61}, {"text": " Let's get there.", "start": 232.74, "stop": 233.74, "id": 62}, {"text": " Yes it must have been a lot different when the wings carried swastikas", "start": 259.68, "stop": 262.88, "id": 63}, {"text": " instead of these big white stars.", "start": 262.88, "stop": 264.5, "id": 64}, {"text": " Don't worry folks.", "start": 265.44, "stop": 266.28, "id": 65}, {"text": " We're dropping nothing today.", "start": 266.92, "stop": 267.92, "id": 66}, {"text": " Just our hats.", "start": 268.06, "stop": 268.74, "id": 67}, {"text": " In the ring.", "start": 269.42, "stop": 269.9, "id": 68}, {"text": " Hello Missy.", "start": 270.8, "stop": 271.66, "id": 69}, {"text": " We brought something for you and brother chewing gum and chocolate bars.", "start": 272.4, "stop": 275.8, "id": 70}, {"text": " And this is creative on the ball turret.", "start": 276.36, "stop": 278.24, "id": 71}, {"text": " Oh there grandpa.", "start": 280.7, "stop": 281.88, "id": 72}, {"text": " We'll be seeing you for at last.", "start": 282.44, "stop": 284.34, "id": 73}, {"text": " There is the base 400 acres of dispersal areas.", "start": 285.18, "stop": 290.0, "id": 74}, {"text": " The RAF is on hand to welcome us.", "start": 292.14, "stop": 296.56, "id": 75}, {"text": " Set her down Colonel.", "start": 299.14, "stop": 300.66, "id": 76}, {"text": " Set her down.", "start": 300.96, "stop": 301.58, "id": 77}, {"text": " The 351st becomes part of the 8th Air Force.", "start": 304.92, "stop": 314.52, "id": 78}, {"text": " We've reached the battlefront.", "start": 315.16, "stop": 316.58, "id": 79}, {"text": " The combat crews move into English barracks.", "start": 317.92, "stop": 322.54, "id": 80}, {"text": " They give them those simple", "start": 323.4, "stop": 324.6, "id": 81}, {"text": " quiet names for which Americans are able to [...] hands on.", "start": 324.6, "stop": 326.54, "id": 82}, {"text": " The Americans are famous.", "start": 326.54, "stop": 327.58, "id": 83}, {"text": " Two weeks later the ground crews arrive.", "start": 340.08, "stop": 344.7, "id": 84}, {"text": " Hi August.", "start": 345.98, "stop": 346.26, "id": 85}, {"text": " Great boat trip huh?", "start": 346.68, "stop": 347.5, "id": 86}, {"text": " Only seven days and without any escort too.", "start": 347.98, "stop": 350.12, "id": 87}, {"text": " See any submarines?", "start": 350.92, "stop": 352.28, "id": 88}, {"text": " Oh a hundred of them huh?", "start": 353.08, "stop": 354.12, "id": 89}, {"text": " Well I guess you want to know because they tell me you", "start": 354.38, "stop": 356.84, "id": 90}, {"text": " was hanging over the rail all the way.", "start": 356.84, "stop": 358.36, "id": 91}, {"text": " Next day big doings.", "start": 360.08, "stop": 361.44, "id": 92}, {"text": " Class A uniform.", "start": 362.16, "stop": 362.86, "id": 93}, {"text": " Shine those buttons.", "start": 363.58, "stop": 364.3, "id": 94}, {"text": " His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester.", "start": 365.32, "stop": 367.2, "id": 95}, {"text": " Brother to the King of England drops in and is greeted by the old man.", "start": 367.86, "stop": 370.82, "id": 96}, {"text": " What's up?", "start": 372.06, "stop": 372.44, "id": 97}, {"text": " Sergeant Major says the RAF is handing over the field to us.", "start": 373.78, "stop": 376.96, "id": 98}, {"text": " On behalf of the Air Ministry I hand over this aerodrome complete with buildings", "start": 400.4, "stop": 404.98, "id": 99}, {"text": " and equipment for your safekeeping.", "start": 404.98, "stop": 407.26, "id": 100}, {"text": " It gives me great pleasure to accept this station on behalf", "start": 407.9, "stop": 412.04, "id": 101}, {"text": " of the United States Army Air Force.", "start": 412.04, "stop": 413.74, "id": 102}, {"text": " [...]", "start": 434.52, "stop": 435.48, "id": 103}, {"text": " If we can fit your boots, we'll walk it straight brother.", "start": 436.22, "stop": 438.9, "id": 104}, {"text": " Another surprise visitor.", "start": 445.58, "stop": 446.54, "id": 105}, {"text": " General Arnold himself doing a world inspection flight.", "start": 447.2, "stop": 449.64, "id": 106}, {"text": " He tells you you've got a tough assignment.", "start": 450.84, "stop": 452.72, "id": 107}, {"text": " This is one head man who knows and doesn't kid you.", "start": 453.58, "stop": 456.84, "id": 108}, {"text": " We have the privilege to meet General Aker. Commanding General, 8th Air Force.", "start": 458.2, "stop": 462.52, "id": 109}, {"text": " [...]", "start": 463.2, "stop": 463.68, "id": 110}, {"text": " Good to see you.", "start": 464.16, "stop": 465.08, "id": 111}, {"text": " How are you coming to this camera training film of yours?", "start": 465.46, "stop": 467.98, "id": 112}, {"text": " Well it's a little early to tell you it's hurt.", "start": 468.16, "stop": 469.74, "id": 113}, {"text": " But we're turning a camera on everything and everybody.", "start": 470.3, "stop": 472.36, "id": 114}, {"text": " Well I know what General Arnold had in mind", "start": 472.7, "stop": 474.8, "id": 115}, {"text": " in having you make this gunnery picture.", "start": 474.8, "stop": 476.44, "id": 116}, {"text": " Captain Gable our gunners are already the best in the business.", "start": 477.22, "stop": 479.66, "id": 117}, {"text": " But if they were only 10% better it would cost the", "start": 480.18, "stop": 482.6, "id": 118}, {"text": " Germans another 100 fighters a month.", "start": 482.6, "stop": 484.3, "id": 119}, {"text": " So fire away gunners.", "start": 485.52, "stop": 487.0, "id": 120}, {"text": " Plenty more practice before that first mission.", "start": 487.58, "stop": 489.74, "id": 121}, {"text": " A sleeve is a fork-wool.", "start": 490.7, "stop": 491.82, "id": 122}, {"text": " Track him.", "start": 492.88, "stop": 493.36, "id": 123}, {"text": " If you don't he might get you and you might have to bail out.", "start": 494.56, "stop": 497.48, "id": 124}, {"text": " Over the channel perhaps.", "start": 497.98, "stop": 499.1, "id": 125}, {"text": " But if you do a spitfire of the Air Sea Rescue Service is bound to spot you.", "start": 499.82, "stop": 504.84, "id": 126}, {"text": " A stubborn, tough gang this outfit.", "start": 505.6, "stop": 507.74, "id": 127}, {"text": " They'll go after you anytime, any place.", "start": 508.4, "stop": 510.98, "id": 128}, {"text": " They picked up men three miles off the French coast with high defense batteries", "start": 512.02, "stop": 515.8, "id": 129}, {"text": " screaming, No you don't.", "start": 515.8, "stop": 517.7, "id": 130}, {"text": " Their answer is always, Sorry old boy, we will.", "start": 518.64, "stop": 522.9, "id": 131}, {"text": " You work on your identification of aircraft.", "start": 539.38, "stop": 541.86, "id": 132}, {"text": " Over here it's with a real McCoy, such as this captured Ju-88.", "start": 542.32, "stop": 546.26, "id": 133}, {"text": " There it is.", "start": 550.64, "stop": 552.54, "id": 134}, {"text": " Everything up forward, punched under the nose.", "start": 552.92, "stop": 555.08, "id": 135}, {"text": " But the Canadian pilot says it's a sweet flying ship.", "start": 555.84, "stop": 558.66, "id": 136}, {"text": " Yes sir, a dangerous all-purpose aircraft.", "start": 559.1, "stop": 562.14, "id": 137}, {"text": " Or the Heikl 111K.", "start": 564.1, "stop": 565.7, "id": 138}, {"text": " Here he's a bad ombre, but he makes good aeroplane gentlemen.", "start": 569.02, "stop": 572.24, "id": 139}, {"text": " These will be a happy sight in days to come.", "start": 575.92, "stop": 578.14, "id": 140}, {"text": " Your fighter escort.", "start": 578.52, "stop": 579.44, "id": 141}, {"text": " That big barrel nose job, circled in white.", "start": 580.16, "stop": 582.64, "id": 142}, {"text": " Your own American P-47, the Thunderbolt.", "start": 583.0, "stop": 585.52, "id": 143}, {"text": " Side by side with a graceful spit.", "start": 586.34, "stop": 587.94, "id": 144}, {"text": " These are what you don't shoot at.", "start": 588.14, "stop": 590.36, "id": 145}, {"text": " You hear daily lectures on security given by Major Scott, your", "start": 593.36, "stop": 597.96, "id": 146}, {"text": " Scotch-born intelligence officer.", "start": 597.96, "stop": 599.56, "id": 147}, {"text": " Let's stop kidding ourselves.", "start": 600.32, "stop": 601.88, "id": 148}, {"text": " This flying field is only 20 minutes from the battlefront.", "start": 602.98, "stop": 607.2, "id": 149}, {"text": " The dumb spies have all been shot.", "start": 608.94, "stop": 610.68, "id": 150}, {"text": " The smart ones are still living.", "start": 612.56, "stop": 614.86, "id": 151}, {"text": " And you may run into one of them tonight at the Red Lion Pub.", "start": 615.42, "stop": 619.6, "id": 152}, {"text": " And if you go to the pub?", "start": 621.06, "stop": 622.42, "id": 153}, {"text": " Remember, one pound is not one dollar, but four dollars.", "start": 623.42, "stop": 627.76, "id": 154}, {"text": " And that equals 20 shillings.", "start": 628.64, "stop": 630.74, "id": 155}, {"text": " One shilling equals 12 pennies, which equals 20 cents.", "start": 631.92, "stop": 638.16, "id": 156}, {"text": " One English penny equals two American pennies.", "start": 639.6, "stop": 644.5, "id": 157}, {"text": " And don't throw your pennies around.", "start": 645.2, "stop": 647.04, "id": 158}, {"text": " Major, it seems to me the paper in this pound is not very durable.", "start": 647.9, "stop": 652.44, "id": 159}, {"text": " What do you mean durable? I've had this one for 20 years.", "start": 653.06, "stop": 655.74, "id": 160}, {"text": " What is it, Fred?", "start": 659.14, "stop": 664.76, "id": 161}, {"text": " What is it?", "start": 666.52, "stop": 667.18, "id": 162}, {"text": " One of those bitter lessons you learn in training.", "start": 668.16, "stop": 670.2, "id": 163}, {"text": " Flying close formation in rough air at low altitude is no good, gentlemen.", "start": 670.64, "stop": 674.84, "id": 164}, {"text": " Save that for high altitude when you're headed for the target.", "start": 675.82, "stop": 678.66, "id": 165}, {"text": " Next morning we crawl out of the", "start": 690.12, "stop": 697.04, "id": 166}, {"text": " sack to find Britishers on the field again.", "start": 697.04, "stop": 698.96, "id": 167}, {"text": " Big Halifax bombers that have plastered Berlin during the night.", "start": 699.44, "stop": 702.66, "id": 168}, {"text": " Their own fields closed in by weather, so they drop in on us for breakfast.", "start": 703.32, "stop": 707.0, "id": 169}, {"text": " Say, Percy, how's the ACAC over there? Rough?", "start": 708.64, "stop": 711.94, "id": 170}, {"text": " Well, not half bad, yay.", "start": 712.96, "stop": 714.18, "id": 171}, {"text": " Well, chineo lads, thanks to the M&A's.", "start": 715.26, "stop": 717.84, "id": 172}, {"text": " So long, Percy, old boy. We'll be finding out for ourselves one of these days.", "start": 718.88, "stop": 722.74, "id": 173}, {"text": " That day arrives. The order comes over the teletime.", "start": 729.82, "stop": 733.58, "id": 174}, {"text": " The communications clerk carries it to Colonel Milton, operations officer.", "start": 737.5, "stop": 742.42, "id": 175}, {"text": " Colonel Burns, deputy commander. The old man is on the phone.", "start": 743.24, "stop": 747.2, "id": 176}, {"text": " Then in the briefing room...", "start": 749.0, "stop": 750.92, "id": 177}, {"text": " When summarizing, remember you're rude in to this DR point, where you go", "start": 750.92, "stop": 755.5, "id": 178}, {"text": " northeast to avoid this black area.", "start": 755.5, "stop": 757.66, "id": 179}, {"text": " P-47s will escort you to about this point on the way in, and Spit 9s will meet", "start": 758.68, "stop": 765.18, "id": 180}, {"text": " you about here on the way out and escort you all the way home.", "start": 765.18, "stop": 768.98, "id": 181}, {"text": " And now the weather officer. Weather's plenty important.", "start": 769.5, "stop": 772.1, "id": 182}, {"text": " You'll probably have to go over and above the altitude that you're scheduled to", "start": 772.6, "stop": 777.74, "id": 183}, {"text": " fly 23,000 feet.", "start": 777.74, "stop": 779.4, "id": 184}, {"text": " From the ID to the target, the winds will be very strong tailwinds, and your", "start": 780.24, "stop": 786.24, "id": 185}, {"text": " ground speed should be well above 250, 260 miles an hour.", "start": 786.24, "stop": 790.56, "id": 186}, {"text": " The visibility is good everywhere east of that cold front, and the temperature at", "start": 791.48, "stop": 797.88, "id": 187}, {"text": " the target should be comparatively warm, minus 25 degrees centigrade.", "start": 797.88, "stop": 802.38, "id": 188}, {"text": " Today is your baptism of fire.", "start": 804.24, "stop": 809.58, "id": 189}, {"text": " If Lieutenant R. Joropoulos...", "start": 810.4, "stop": 811.52, "id": 190}]}