get another pass for months.
I've been counting on this
like a kid counts on Christmas.
But forget it.
Lorene's busy, she's got work to do.
Lorene's sorry.
Stop calling me Lorene! My name's Alma!
- Alma?
- Yes, Alma Burke!
Alma?
Mrs. Kipfer picked Lorene
out of a perfume ad.
She thought it sounded French.
Hey, how did you get away?
I told Mrs. Kipfer I was sick.
- But I bet she doesn't believe it.
- I bet she doesn't.
- What'll you have?
- A Coke, please.
Give her a big Coke.
It's great you meeting me here.
You know, I'm just lucky getting in town.
Top Kick gave me a break.
They still pouring it on?
Holmes and those others,
they really got me on the edge.
- You must hate the Army.
- No, I don't hate the Army.
But look what it's doing to you.
I love the Army.
But it sure doesn't love you.
A man loves a thing,
that don't mean it's got to love him back.
Yeah, but a person can stand just so much.
You love a thing, you've got to be grateful.
I left home when I was 17.
Both my folks is dead.
I didn't belong no place
till I entered the Army.
That's where I learned to bugle.
To bugle?
That's the mouthpiece I used
when I played a taps at Arlington.
They picked me to play a taps
at Arlington Cemetery on Armistice Day.
The President was there.
I play the bugle well.
Hello, citizens!
Hey, where you been?
Hi, pals. I've been in three bars
and I put a dent in all three of them.
Yeah, you look it.
Give me a nail. I'm hungry for a nail.
What you doing in uniform?
I'm thinking of joining the Army.
Or maybe I'll go to Mexico
and become a cowboy.
You want to go with me?
You keep on drinking,
you'll be as much use as a melted candle.
You're absolutely right.
Bartender! Large whisky.
Excuse me. Hey, buddy.
Sam!
Hey, coming out, fellas,
the terror of Gimbels' basement.
Stand back. Here we go.
A seven for Daddy, five deuce.
Seven.
Snake eyes.
The story of my life.
Prew, that's the Royal Hawaiian Hotel
around the corner...
...where all those movie stars stay.
Paisan, you'd better simmer down.
You got a whole weekend ahead of you.
That's what you say, buddy.
What do you mean?
They only gave you an overnight pass?
No pass.
No pass. They put me on guard duty.
But old Angelo, he foxed them.
You walked off guard?
I checked in and I checked right out again.
Get your tail right back to the post.
You're in trouble, you know that.
I got a good idea. Let's go swimming!
We'll go swimming with a movie star.
That's what I'm gonna do.
Listen, Angelo.
Twenty feet tall,
I'm going swimming with a movie star.
You'd better go.
Hey, Angelo.
You jerk, get up. Wake up.
I'm awake. What are you hollering about?
Yeah, you're awake. Put your clothes on.
Give them back to the Indians.
They need the clothes.
All they wear is G-strings.
You ain't drunk. Come on, get up.
I am waiting here for a movie star
to come out of the hotel.
I'm not going until she shows up.
Put your clothes on.
Let's get out of here
before we get in trouble. Okay?
What's the matter with you?
Can't a man get drunk?
Can't a man do nothing?
Can't he put his lousy hands
in his lousy pockets on a lousy street?
A man gotta be hounded all his life?
I'm tired. I ain't no criminal.
I ain't no coward!
Buddy boy, look...
Get dressed, put your clothes on.
- Wait for me? I'll get a cab.
- Yeah, sure.
- Will you wait?
- You get a cab.
Hey, MPs! Come and get me, you guys!
Here I am!
Is that the best you can do?
I bet you guys eat Wheaties!
Any word on Maggio's court-martial yet?
It's on right now.
He'll get the stockade sure.
Maybe he won't get it.
All he did was to get drunk.
It's a soldier's nature.
It's almost a sacred duty once in a while.
But he walked off guard. He went AWOL.
What are you hanging around here for?
Can't a man rest a minute?
What man? You got no work?
Maybe I can scare you up some.
Go shoot some pool.
Any word comes, I'll let you know.
Company G,
First Sergeant