Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)

Spencer Tracy: Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle

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• Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle : [addressing the flight crews assembled in the USS Hornet's briefing room]  Lieut. Jurika has detailed maps and pictures of cities and specified targets. Mr. Jurika spent a great many years in Japan. I think it might be a good idea if he gave you some idea of what kind of people you're going to run up against in case you're forced down. Mr. Jurika.

  Lieut. Jurika : [Lieut. Jurika gets up and addresses the men]  I was assistant Naval attaché at our embassy in Japan, long enough to learn a few things about the Orient.

  Bob Gray : Just what should we do, Mr. Jurika? How should we conduct ourselves, in case we are forced down over Japan?

  Lieut. Jurika : My advice is, see that you're *not* forced down over Japan.

• Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle : [on the phone]  Hello, hello, York? Dolittle. I want you to get twenty-four B-25's and volunteer crews down to Eglin Field as soon as you can. The job'll take 'em out of the country for about three months. Tell 'em it's a secret mission. They won't know where they're going until they get there. Thats's right, volunteers. tell them they're not to talk to anybody. That's an order!