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-Yes, but-- -The moment we'd attack that village... 344 00:31:46,287 --> 00:31:48,585 the whole countryside would be on the alert. 345 00:31:48,656 --> 00:31:51,284 I'm thinking of 70,000 men on Bataan. 346 00:31:52,827 --> 00:31:55,227 How do you fellows feel about it? 347 00:31:56,130 --> 00:31:57,563 We think you're right. 348 00:31:57,632 --> 00:32:00,499 Are you proposing to leave this crime unavenged? 349 00:32:00,568 --> 00:32:03,560 We fight for the Philippines, not for revenge. 350 00:32:03,638 --> 00:32:04,935 -Bernessa? -Yes, sir? 351 00:32:05,006 --> 00:32:07,497 -We're moving out immediately. -Yes, sir. 352 00:32:07,575 --> 00:32:11,443 You stay here with Miss Barnes. You'll find food and blankets in the lean-to. 353 00:32:11,512 --> 00:32:14,709 -Take good care of her till we get back. -Take care of her, indeed. 354 00:32:14,782 --> 00:32:18,445 -Do you think I'd stay here for a moment? -You can't go back to the village. 355 00:32:18,519 --> 00:32:20,817 Furthermore, young man, I am not accustomed... 356 00:32:20,888 --> 00:32:23,823 to being ordered about by every young popinjay in uniform. 357 00:32:23,891 --> 00:32:26,951 -The men are ready, sir. -Goodbye, Miss Barnes. 358 00:32:27,395 --> 00:32:28,726 Colonel... 359 00:32:29,731 --> 00:32:32,632 you really are not returning to the village? 360 00:32:32,734 --> 00:32:34,133 Really not. 361 00:32:34,569 --> 00:32:37,834 Then I shall give you Buenaventura Bello's epitaph. 362 00:32:37,905 --> 00:32:41,602 Someday you may come back into the village of Balintawak again... 363 00:32:41,676 --> 00:32:43,735 and put it over his grave. 364 00:32:45,146 --> 00:32:49,742 "The place matters not- cypress or laurel or lily white 365 00:32:50,551 --> 00:32:52,678 "Scaffold or open plain 366 00:32:53,187 --> 00:32:55,519 "combat or martyrdom's plight" 367 00:32:56,791 --> 00:33:00,488 Those words were written by José Rizal, the Philippines' greatest hero... 368 00:33:00,561 --> 00:33:03,758 on the night before he was executed by the Spaniards. 369 00:33:04,499 --> 00:33:07,957 Remember those words. Carry them in your heart... 370 00:33:08,236 --> 00:33:12,172 so that wherever men fight for freedom, there it may be said: 371 00:33:12,473 --> 00:33:15,169 "Here lies Buenaventura Bello... 372 00:33:15,710 --> 00:33:17,905 "schoolteacher of Balintawak." 373 00:33:28,389 --> 00:33:29,788 -Colonel? -Yes? 374 00:33:29,857 --> 00:33:31,848 What would you think our chances are now? 375 00:33:31,926 --> 00:33:34,224 -Good. -Funny thing. So would I. 376 00:34:01,122 --> 00:34:04,182 Hold it up. There's Mt. Mariveles ahead. 377 00:34:04,392 --> 00:34:06,622 We ought to be about two hours from the airfield. 378 00:34:06,694 --> 00:34:09,288 We better split up. Check your watch. 379 00:34:15,203 --> 00:34:18,434 -That is Mt. Mariveles, isn't it? -Yes, sir. 380 00:34:18,506 --> 00:34:20,736 We should be hearing gunfire from Bataan. 381 00:34:20,808 --> 00:34:22,070 Yes, sir. 382 00:34:23,811 --> 00:34:25,335 -Cruz? -Yes, sir. 383 00:34:25,646 --> 00:34:28,080 Hold this group here, and keep them under cover. 384 00:34:28,149 --> 00:34:31,050 Bring along four men. We'll take a look-see. 385 00:35:49,630 --> 00:35:50,858 Scouts. 386 00:36:18,526 --> 00:36:20,050 Give me a hand. 387 00:36:30,872 --> 00:36:32,271 -Bernessa. -Yes, sir? 388 00:36:32,340 --> 00:36:33,967 -Post some guards. -Yes, sir. 389 00:36:39,413 --> 00:36:41,608 -What happened? -Bataan has fallen. 390 00:36:43,718 --> 00:36:46,516 Seventy thousand men. How could it happen? 391 00:36:46,621 --> 00:36:48,316 -We're beaten. -The Japs have beaten us. 392 00:36:48,389 --> 00:36:50,550 Hunger and sickness beat us, not the Japs. 393 00:36:50,625 --> 00:36:54,721 Then why didn't America send food and medicine? Why didn't America help? 394 00:36:57,632 --> 00:37:00,726 Maybe you can still get away, sir. There is no more army here. 395 00:37:00,801 --> 00:37:03,668 Now the fighting will be done in Australia. 396 00:37:04,772 --> 00:37:07,206 Maybe there will be fighting here. 397 00:37:07,375 --> 00:37:10,833 -Maybe the people will wanna fight. -Sure. The people will fight. 398 00:37:10,912 --> 00:37:13,642 Against thousands of Japs, after they've beaten our armies? 399 00:37:13,714 --> 00:37:16,444 We have fought that way before. We've never been conquered. 400 00:37:16,550 --> 00:37:18,484 With bolos against machine guns? 401 00:37:18,552 --> 00:37:21,077 If a schoolteacher can die for the American flag... 402 00:37:21,155 --> 00:37:23,020 we can fight for the Philippines. 403 00:37:23,090 --> 00:37:26,184 We must have a hope. We cannot die for nothing. 404 00:37:26,994 --> 00:37:29,224 You remember the name Andrés Bonifacio? 405 00:37:29,297 --> 00:37:30,696 Every Filipino does. 4