Nothing, but stay out of B-29s, Frank, my boy
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Doc:
That's mostly what makes physical heroism - opportunity. It's a Reflex. I think that seventy-five out of a hundred young males have that Reflex. You take any one of them. Say even Frank Thurlowe Pulver, here. Put him into a B-29 over Japan, and you know what You'd have? Lt. j.g. Douglas A. Roberts:
No I don't, Doctor. Doc:
You'd have Pulver, the Congressional Medal of Honor winner. Pulver, who single-handed shot down twenty-three attacking Zeros. Pulver who, with his bare hands, held together the severed wing struts of his plane, and with his bare feet successfully landed his mortally wounded plane on his home field. Reflex. It's like the knee jerk. Strike the patella tendon in any human being, you produce the knee jerk. Look. [Doc hits Pulver in the knee and nothing happens] Ensign Frank Thurlowe Pulver:
What's the matter, Doc? Doc:
Nothing, but stay out of B-29s, Frank, my boy
That's mostly what makes physical heroism - opportunity. It's a Reflex. I think that seventy-five out of a hundred young males have that Reflex. You take any one of them. Say even Frank Thurlowe Pulver, here. Put him into a B-29 over Japan, and you know what You'd have? Lt. j.g. Douglas A. Roberts:
No I don't, Doctor. Doc:
You'd have Pulver, the Congressional Medal of Honor winner. Pulver, who single-handed shot down twenty-three attacking Zeros. Pulver who, with his bare hands, held together the severed wing struts of his plane, and with his bare feet successfully landed his mortally wounded plane on his home field. Reflex. It's like the knee jerk. Strike the patella tendon in any human being, you produce the knee jerk. Look. [Doc hits Pulver in the knee and nothing happens] Ensign Frank Thurlowe Pulver:
What's the matter, Doc? Doc:
Nothing, but stay out of B-29s, Frank, my boy
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That's mostly what makes physical heroism
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Opportunity
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It's a reflex
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I think that 75 out of 100 young males have that reflex
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You take any one of them
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say even Frank Thurlowe Pulver here
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put him into a B 29 over Japan
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and you know what you'd have
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No I don't Doctor
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You'd have Pulver the Congressional Medal of Honor winner
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Pulver who single handed shot down 23 attacking Zeroes
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Pulver who with his bare hands
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held together the severed wing struts of his plane
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and with his bare feet
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successfully landed his mortally wounded plane
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on his home field
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It's reflex
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It's like the knee jerk
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Strike the patella tendon in any human being
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and you produce a knee jerk
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Look
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What's the matter Doc
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Nothing but uh
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stay out of B 29s Frank my boy
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Movie Summary
In the waning days of World War II, the cargo officer of a Navy supply ship chafes at its role far from the action in the Pacific's backwater areas, his frustration rising when its captain denies the crew liberty over petty irrita...
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