3 months later, Hawaii 1942
The plane is starting its decent to onto Honolulu*s airport, there is Evelyn looking up the sky, waiting with Sandra and Barbara for the boys to arrive back home. Finally the aircraft lands, the doors open, Rafe walks out, behind him Goose and Red, the last one is Danny on crutches smiling at her.
Evelyn: Danny, Danny
Evelyn hugs him until he is out of breath
Evelyn: You survived, you really survived this mission.
Danny: Yes, I promised to come back and I did, didn't I. Here I am, not in perfect condition but its getting better every day.
Rafe joins them and gets a big hug from Evelyn as well.
Rafe: Evelyn its
Evelyn: Thank you for saving is life, thank you for staying alive, o my goodness its good wonderful to have you back as well.
Evelyn kisses softly on his lips after she did the same thing with Danny earning a strange look from all of their friends who are wondering what is going on here. With Evelyn on his right and Rafe to his left Danny walks down the runway.
Rafe: Told you they already talk, didn't you tell anybody what we are about to do? Not even Sandra or Barbara? I thought you girls talk all the time.
Evelyn: No, just told them I wanted a house with many bedrooms and I found one.
Rafe: You did not, really?
Evelyn: I did, it's on the beach, big patio, terrace and with 12 bedrooms in the main house, living room, kitchen and so on.
Rafe: Evelyn that must have cost a fortune to rent, why did you do that?
Evelyn: Well we have to do a bit of renovation but now that you are back you have some time on your hand I hope.
Danny: It will be wonderful, just wonderful.
Rafe: Danny don't give in that is madness.
Danny: She already told me as I had to authorize the bank transfer, it was expensive but it's a good investment and Evelyn is planning to stay here in Hawaii after the war and I like that idea.
Rafe: Why did you have to, man you are crazy.
Evelyn: Because I didn't rent the house, I bought it.
Rafe: How could you, that why Danny you
Evelyn: Rafe, anywhere else nobody would understand our living arrangements and I have the feeling that here people are more open, relaxed, its an island after all and I already made plans for it after the war, the war will end soon, you made sure of that. I believe that we are going to win this war.
Rafe: So do I but you don't know how long the war will go on and if it will really end, it could go on for many more years.
Danny: I am staying here, my injuries will take a long time to heal and you know that, Doolittle told me he offered you to go back to Europe, I heard that, I cannot go but you could, I hope you don't, you cannot be that desperate to die, I don't think, Evelyn, he...
Evelyn: You can't do this Rafe, not again. Please don't go nobody is that lucky, stay
Rafe: I
Evelyn: You promised me to stay, you promised it Rafe. You promised to come back and stay with me.
Rafe: Doolittle said that for Danny and me there is also the Washington option.
Danny: He offered you too?
Evelyn: What does he mean by that?
Rafe: It means Danny, Goose, Red and I could stay here with you and the girls together with Doolittle to plan the attacks against our enemies. Work out strategies; try them in training here and than train pilots who go over and fight.
Danny: It's a commission that the president would like to establish, people with experience that are brave enough to try new things in training and have the courage well we would try certain maneuvers which could be dangerous but at least we would be here with a lot of help and we wouldn't have to go back to war.
Rafe: Because we did this mission its kind of a gift but I am a pilot, I belong to this war. It's my chance, you don't understand, I am not that bright and I can even read properly and
Evelyn: Do I have to go to Doolittle personally or do you have it to do it yourself?
Danny smiles: Oh I already said yes don't worry.
Rafe: So did Red and Goose wants to surf again, for him this experience was too much. He wants to have a normal life again and he is not the only one but its different for me.
Evelyn: And you hesitated, Rafe McCawley?
Rafe is helping Danny into the car and Evelyn starts driving them to their new home.
Rafe: When did you learn how to drive Evelyn?
Evelyn: My father told me how to drive back home, I didn't have to here in Hawaii but you didn't answer my question, why did you hesitate and thought risking your life again?
Rafe: I
Danny: Rafe, being a pilot is one thing but risking your life again after you had so much luck already is crazy you survived two missions. Most of the guys out there do things that are less dangerous, they don't survive, they don't come home. You didn't survive one but two missions of a caliber that others only dream about, you had your portion of luck don't risk it again.
Rafe: But I am a pilot and I want to fly and try new things, I want to help and be in the air where I am free, I want to win this war. I can do nothing more but flying an airplane, don't you understand me?
Danny: Than stay, in Europe you loose people that became your friends' every day nobody can change that at the moment. Here you can help them in finding a strategy that helps them to survive and win this war.
Evelyn: Please, you are part of this now.
Danny: Rafe you are my best friend stay.
Rafe: You and Danny you are unbelievable I thought that through and I think its for the best if I leave.
Evelyn stops the car, leans over and kisses Rafe passionately.
Evelyn: We are a family that includes you!
Danny: Say yes, she won't let go. Do it for me Rafe, please, for the sake of our friendship.
Rafe: People will
Danny: People will always talk about things they shouldn't, and back than you didn't really give a thing about what they were saying…
Rafe: I am going back and fight if this is not going to work out and if I think there is a better place for me then
Evelyn: So you stay voluntarily?
Rafe: Yes, I ll call Doolittle as soon as I find a phone.
Evelyn: Than do it right now as this is our new home.
She stops in front of a wooden mansion that saw better days but Danny's eyes are lighting as he sees the hidden beauty.
Danny: That's wonderful, even more beautiful than I expected Evelyn you really have a sense for investing money that's incredible help me out of the car.
Rafe: Wow! That is an amazing house. You really bought that one?
Evelyn: Yes, there is a lot to do but there are the weekends and evenings and we have friends. I also bought the neighboring 100 acres with only 2 little wooden houses on it.
Rafe: Are you crazy? Why do did you do that for?
Danny: You can listen to her "after the war plans" later, she sold her Grandma`s old farm in Kentucky as she wants to stay here and not in that conservative area where everybody would probably not be happy to accept our living arrangements.
Evelyn: What do you have to loose Rafe? Reputation? Believe me in days like this reputation is lost everywhere, there are winners and losers and we have already lost enough.
Danny: She is right Rafe!
Rafe: You two are, lets go inside and have a look around. Maybe we can make something out of it, it is big and has a lot of character.
Evelyn: That's the Rafe I know.
Evelyn helps Danny out of the car.
Evelyn: Sandra already helped me to decorate the nursery, its yellow like the sun and will do for both.
Danny: I hope it's a girl
Rafe: And I hope it's a boy, we need men.
Evelyn: Why?
Rafe: Maybe the war goes on for longer than you think.
Evelyn: I am not giving birth to a child that I might loose to such a crazy war, how can you say something like that?
Rafe: You might not have a chance Evelyn.
Rafe goes down to the beach
Evelyn: Danny where did he get this miserable?
Danny: He saw a lot in Europe he didn't tell you and we saw a lot where we were, he is thinking a lot and gives himself a lot of trouble that he lost you.
Evelyn: But he didn't loose me.
Danny: He wishes this child would be his.
Evelyn: Danny, you know that I am happy that it's yours
Danny: Really?
Evelyn kisses him instantly
Evelyn: Yes, I love you so much Danny, more than you know and I told you that before you went on this crazy mission. You are a wonderful man, loving and caring and I am having your child.
Danny: Maybe that's what Rafe is afraid of, that we are closer than you two ever were and that he might loose when all this is over, when the
Evelyn: We have to help him, please I love but I love him also in a different way. I never imagined this would happen to me but it has and this is a chance for us to be happy, so please help me to help him if this makes sense.
Danny: Hey that is what I do all the time, he is my best friend, he needs his confidence back, that is important right now and we have to give it to him.
Evelyn: The baby will give it to him as well, Doolittle needs you and I have to work at the hospital he will be like you a full time father.
Danny: Do you have a name? I mean we never talked about it but I am fine with everything, really, I just want it to be healthy.
Evelyn: For a boy Daniel Raphael and for a girl Deborah Raphaela.
Danny: Wow, these sound pretty good to me.
Evelyn laughs: Named after the two men I love most in the whole wide world and by the way, I will list your name on the birth certificate so that the little one inside gets your last name. Agreed?
Danny: Of course, would you ever consider marrying me?
Evelyn: That wasn't very romantic but yes I would if Rafe gets better and maybe later if its necessary, why?
Danny: Just so!
Rafe looks up from the beach seeing his best friend together with the woman he loves more than everything else in the world but has to share now. "Stupid war" he mutters to himself.
Evelyn looks at Danny: Come on inside, I ll show you around
They wander from room to room, Danny is fascinated by everything Evelyn is saying and from the picture she is painting of the future.
Danny: A lot of work but the bedrooms, kitchen and nursery are in a good condition.
Evelyn: Miller helped me before he had to go to Europe, haven't heard from him since, I don't know if something happened to him, nobody knows.
Danny: That's why you insisted we all
Evelyn: I knew you had to do the mission in Japan, after all that happened to us that day after all the people that we lost, close friends, neighbors. Going back to Europe now wouldn't make any sense. I know the war is not over but you can do better in staying here, training the man, trying things without risking your life.
Rafe is walking up from the beach
Evelyn: Hey come in!
Rafe: Coming!
Evelyn: Do you like it? Do you like what we have done with this place so far?
Rafe: It needs work, this is far from finished you know that.
Evelyn looks at Rafe, this isn't the man she fell in love with, the glowing optimist that made everything work, knowing that only one thing will bring him back to her she leans towards him and starts kissing him for minutes until she realizes his grin.
Evelyn: Better? Are you feeling it now?
Rafe smiles: Yes!
Danny: You are so typical, you have to share her with me but she is yours too. She is our woman, ok? That includes you, got that finally Lt?
Rafe: Yes, I know but didn't we share everything? Don't you think it's a bit much? I mean back there we shared a bed, food, cigarettes and when we were children we shared food and toys and before Evelyn we
Danny laughs: Well yes we share a lot, always have been.
Rafe: See
Danny: Good than that s agreed because I am not giving her up and I don't want to fight you for her.
Rafe: True, I really hate hitting you. You learned so much from me.
Danny laughs:
Rafe: Why did you buy a house that big Evelyn if its only the 3 of us? Or do you expect
Evelyn: Well I hope that you don't expect that we only have one child.
Rafe blushes: No
Evelyn: See and because I am thinking about the possibility of opening a hotel after the war, with guest houses. Goose would make a really good surf instructor and you could fly people around to show them the islands together with maybe opening an airline that operates daily flights from LA San Francisco to Hawaii. This land is so beautiful, I think more people should come here to see it. Don't you think?
Rafe: That is a really fantastic idea. You really thought, when wow Evelyn you think like a man.
Danny: Do you like her plans?
Rafe: Yes, when the war is over, I could still be a pilot and I wouldn't have to worry about not being cool and handsome, I could still fly, I would still wear a sexy uniform this could be great.
Danny: You will never be an outsider again as part of this family, you are a pilot and you stay a pilot only that after the war it will be more fun to fly people from one end to another, give them a good time and you have a certain charm to entertain them you always had that. It will come back, believe me.
Rafe: Well, I certainly do.
Evelyn is switching on the Radio
Radio: News, Americans landed on the French Coast of the Normandy, Germans backed down…
Evelyn: Did you hear that?
Danny: Yes! Yes, its happening!
Rafe: We have a chance, now we really have a chance and the war could be over soon. My god its really working, I cant believe it.
Evelyn: Oh yes we have and you do need to make a call, you promised that before I haven't forgotten that you are not going back.
Rafe: But I
Danny: You promised Rafe!
Evelyn kisses him again whispering
Evelyn: Do it for me and the child, the next one could be yours my darling.
Rafe is taking the phone
- Doolittle
- Sir this is Lt Rafe McCauley calling, I just wanted to say
- Yes, I am listening
- I am thanking you for your generous offer to stay here and train men like me that you personally chose to fight but, I mean and what I am saying is that
- You are accepting my offer or do you want to go back to Europe?
- Yes Sir, yes I do accept the offer to stay here if you really want me to otherwise, I am at your service Sir.
- Good so noted and I really want you to stay McCawley, you are an excellent pilot and the men will look up to you.
- Thank you Sir.
- Is Evelyn anywhere near you?
- Yes Sir!
- May I speak to her?
- Yes Sir!
Evelyn takes the phone
- James Doolittle its so nice to talk to you again. I hope you are well.
- Evelyn, its good to talk to you and yes I am well.
- You did an excellent job over there protecting the two men I love most in this world.
- Thank you, I did what I could, I hope that I will see you in our offices too.
- Me? Sir, I am not a soldier I am just a nurse.
- From what, Major Jackson told me you are a brave woman with good ideas and a strong sense for other people, we both agreed that your ideas might be very valuable in order to win this war so I hope you accept my offer to come over and have a look at some documents.
- Thank you, Sir I will do that.
- Evi, is dinner ready yet? I am about to starve
- Yes, in about 30 minutes.
- I ll be home in about an hour, get the barbeque ready.
- James, we will do our best.
Evelyn hangs up the phone and both men stare at her.
Rafe: Why is Doolittle asking about dinner and why are you calling him James?
Danny: You did not tell him about our arrangement, or did you?
Evelyn: I did invite him to stay with us, he lost his wife in Britain didn't you know that?
Rafe: What? No, he never said anything to me about that.
Evelyn: The reason why he did send you to Britain was that he wasn't allowed to go, his wife British and didn't want to get evacuated to America, she stayed with the children at her parent's house. Apparently it was hit by a German bomb and everybody inside was killed. He hasn't heard from her and the officials say that they are not able to confirm who died in that house but they think it's highly likely that his wife, his two kids and his parents in law were in there at the time.
Danny: Oh my god that is so horrible. Why didn't he tell us?
Rafe: Evelyn, why did he tell you and not us? Do you have an explanation for that?
Evelyn: I am a woman and a nurse, he told me once, I am also a very good listener. I renovated one of the wooden houses for him together with Miller during the time you guys were away. See that little cottage down at the beach? He needs a family, he really does need a family, we all do in times like this, stick together and comfort each other when we need it the most.
Danny: You are a wonderful woman Evelyn Johnson, I always knew that.
Evelyn: Thank you but I thought that I owe that to him, he took good care of both of you, you are still here and alive. And he is a really nice guy, charming and pleasant, it will be nice having him around.
Rafe: He is nice but now he is living here and we still have to work with him and
Evelyn: Technically yes he is living here but he is ok with it.
Danny: He is not (nervous)
Evelyn: No he is not I just said that, he thinks that these are special circumstances and he thinks highly of both of you.
Danny: Oh good, I am relieved to hear that, lets lit the barbeque.
Rafe: By the way when is your
Evelyn: Oh you mean when our baby will be born?
Danny: Yes, that's what he means.
Evelyn: Anytime soon!
Rafe: And you are not at the hospital, why the hell, are you not down there?
Evelyn: I have you two now and I am working at the hospital during the day but you could do me a favor and lit the grill, set the table and I am going into the kitchen to make some salad. Steaks are in the fridge, corn in the cellar with other things. Get whatever you like I think I stocked quite generously.
Danny: You should sit down.
Rafe: He is right 100 percent.
Evelyn: Hey, I am pregnant not ill don't you treat me that way only because you came home. Danny so something useful and cut the potatoes, carrots and onions, after that the pineapples and coconuts.
Danny: But I am still
Evelyn: You might not be good on your feet but your hands are working fine and you did want to help me a minute ago.
Evelyn slaps Rafe and then kisses him again and again until he is out of breath.
Rafe: Evelyn, what did you do that for?
Evelyn: I love you Rafe McCawley and you will be a great father together with Danny and now snap in, I want the Rafe that I fell in love with not the over cautious, insecure, offended, jealous guy. Got that? Or what else do I have to do?
Rafe smiles: Yes, sorry!
For the first time since he left for Europe, he kisses and then he storms away with a big smile on his face.
Danny: You got him back, that's the guy I knew back home. That is Rafe, my best friend.
Evelyn: Yes that is him, are you jealous?
Danny: No, but do I really have to cut these?
Evelyn: Oh yes but as you are outside you can show Rafe how to lit on the grill?
Danny: Can't do.
Evelyn: Why?
Danny: He showed me back when we were kids.
Evelyn laughs and starts making salad for the crew, pouring fresh juice into jugs, admiring the view out of her kitchen window.
On the porch
Rafe comes back from the forest, his arms full of wood for the barbeque.
Rafe: She loves me, she really loves me and she loves you and the baby and
Danny: She does, are you happy that you are not going back to Europe?
Rafe: Yes, yes I am most definitely and I have ideas what if some of your pilots don't carry bombs but leaflets and parcels with groceries?
Danny: You mean for the people that are
Rafe: Yes, I have been rescued by a French fisherman; he was a nice guy and told me that most of the French fight on our side. They hate Hitler as much as we do but you already knew that.
Danny: Ok but
Rafe: Let me finish, know that we need to keep their spirits up and help wherever we can, we need to assure them that we will be there, we will help them free France and end the war. We need their help not only to rescue us when we have no contact to our troops but, Danny he told me that they are always blowing up little things, like ammunition depots and train tracks. These parcels, we could back all kinds of things into them. After 3 long years of fighting the people that still believe in their country, the people that never gave up we need them.
Danny: I agree and think we should talk to Doolittle about it.
Rafe: Yes, in England I talked to a guy from Prague and he told me that he knows Germans that plan an attack on Hitler. I couldn't believe it but he told me its true, these people are high ranking officers and they see that what he is doing is insane. The guy also told me that many are just too afraid to stand up against the system because everyone is spying on everybody, you cannot be sure who to trust anymore. So in the end everybody only tries to survive they know it's wrong we need to give them something, we need to give them hope, we need to pack those parcels with books, food, medicine and letters.
Danny: We have to talk to Doolittle, we really have to talk to Doolittle because when the war ends we have to build up a new country and we can only do that if they trust us, if they knew we were never against them personally.
Rafe: Yes and we have to convince the president.
Danny: Yes the sooner they know that we are there to help them and fight for them the better. Hitler s propaganda wont do a thing to them and they might do things we need them to do in order to get results faster if they believe us.
Rafe: The sooner this war is over, the sooner we can start doing business and work for ourselves. This could be a real success and I really love Hawaii it's never cold and its smells wonderful, it's a great place to live and don't you love that you don't need winter coats?
Danny: Yes
Rafe: And I know I shouldn't say that but all the women are beautiful, its like an ongoing summer dream, its
Danny: Lit the grill Rafe!
Rafe: Aye, aye Lt Walker
Danny goes back inside, smiling knowing that Rafe is back, his best friend is back and will never go away. He starts cutting everything until
Danny: Evelyn, I am ready
Evelyn: Good, coming
Evelyn comes out of the pantry balancing a huge tablet.
Danny: Evelyn don't
Rafe runs inside taking it away from her
Rafe: Evelyn you should not do things like that, what about the baby?
Evelyn: I know this might be a bit too heavy, it's kicking me.
Both men are touching her belly.
Rafe: Wow I can feel it.
Danny: Wow, maybe Rafe is right and you will give birth to a new football hero.
Rafe laughs
Danny: Evelyn, Rafe is right, please be careful and ask us for help if you need it.
Evelyn: Ok, you set the table and start putting meat on the grill I just pick up the cooler from the kitchen to put some beer in it.
Rafe: Beer?
Evelyn: Beer for you guys and pina colada for me and the girls
Danny. What is
Evelyn: Oh its coconut, pineapple juice and rum but because I am pregnant I am not using rum but fresh orange juice and a bit of lime and then I am going to change into something nicer.
Rafe: Some things never change and that
Danny: That's good, don't you think that she is the most stunning girl you have ever seen even if she is pregnant?
Rafe: She is the one hell of a woman, cheers.
Danny: Cheers!
10 minutes later Doolittle arrives
Doolittle: Hey anybody there? Rafe, Danny?
Rafe: We are at the back on the porch or more like terrace. Barbeque is lit and ready Sir.
Doolittle: Mr McCawley
Rafe: Sir
Danny: Sir, welcome home.
Doolittle: Thank you guys, where is
Evelyn: I am here, where are Red, Goose and the others?
Doolittle: They thought it would be nice to have a night out.
Evelyn: So it's only the four of us. That is ok, I ll take the leftovers to the hospital tomorrow if we have any.
Doolittle: Indeed, marvelous idea.
Evelyn: Good, can I please have your plate and Ill put some salad on it.
Doolittle: Thank you!
Rafe: Beer?
Doolittle: Absolutely!
Danny: Sir.
Doolittle: Thanks, how are you Danny?
Danny: Better Sir, better every day.
Doolittle: Are you coming tomorrow?
Danny: Of course Sir, I will however take a day off when Evelyn
Doolittle: Permission already granted.
Danny: Sir?
Dolittle: Yes?
Danny: Rafe had a good suggestion, I mean we could convince the people living in the war areas in Europe to help us.
Doolittle: I am listing son.
Rafe explains the plan while Evelyn serves the food and sits down herself.
Doolittle: That's a good plan Rafe McCawley.
Rafe: Thank you Sir.
Doolittle: When we are here at home, please call me James Rafe.
Evelyn: James.
Doolittle: Yes, Evelyn, what do you think?
Evelyn: I think it is a great idea and we should do our best to support those who plan attacks against major Nazis or other enemies together with our agents. I have talked to Sandra, she has relatives in France and Russia and she told me that the system works because nobody knows who is good or bad. Neighbors spying at each other because they think if they don't do it others will and they could be spied on and than killed because they may be against this war. Only a few cover for others and help them to hide or leave the country.
Doolittle: So we have to find trustworthy people, convince them that in an emergency we protect them or at least try and that this is all for a good cause.
Danny: Sir I mean James
Doolittle: Yes Danny?
Danny: My father's relatives are Jewish and he told me once that they are living in Britain and the northern part of Germany, do you think they
Doolittle: They are in great danger and what you have heard is true and was confirmed by our agents, the Nazis are killing Jews in camps, from what I have heard is that they are killing not 10s not 100s but 100.000s of Jews. They are killing everybody that is handicapped, homosexual a thief or prisoner. They shoot them, they use gas and the people in camps live like animals, they take everybody and only those survive who can proof that they are of Ayran race or who were able to leave the country before. They also shoot children and kill babies that are only days old.
Danny: That's terrible and unbelievable I am
Doolittle: Some could escape, others are protected by brave people like Evelyn mentioned that are risking their own lives to do the right thing.
Danny: Have you ever been?
Doolittle: Yes, when I was on honeymoon with my wife. Europe is wonderful and as soon as the war is over I ll try to find my family. Italy with all the old buildings and Germany the beer there is even better than in England and the food and castles and baths, Europe has so much to offer it's a shame so many things are getting destroyed now. I guess in the end we just have to rebuild it but it wont be easy.
Rafe: Evelyn told us about your family, maybe they could escape there is always hope. While I was in England some of the guys told me that they brought their families to villages far away in the Scottish Highlands.
Doolittle: I thought about that too and parents in-law, they have a cottage near St. Andrew University, that is near Edinburgh in Scotland. If they were there why haven't I heard from them?
Rafe: Because mail never gets through and they think something might have happened to you.
Evelyn hugs him whispering that in these days all we need is a little bit of hope.
Doolittle: Yes and boys like the two you managed to catch. By the way food is wonderful, so delicious and fresh.
Evelyn: Thank you.
Doolittle: Are you considering marrying one of these guys?
Evelyn: Only when it's absolutely necessary, you are not sending them away any time soon?
Doolittle: No, I intend to keep my promise so does Major Jackson. This task force is intended to end the war as soon as possible, that's why we need you, all of you.