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On behalf of the president
of the United States
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and the commandant
of the Marine Corps,
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I have the honour
of returning the remains
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of Private First Class
Jimmy Blackhorse
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to his family for burial.
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Ain't him. He had the spirit of light.
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This one is in darkness.
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- Ma'am, with all due respect...
- This is not him.
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Following in his father's footsteps
as a Naval aviator,
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Lieutenant Commander
Harmon Rabb Jr.
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Suffered a crash while landing
his Tomcat
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on a storm-tossed carrier at sea.
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Diagnosed with night blindness,
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Harm transferred to the Navy's
Judge Advocate General Corps,
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which investigates, defends
and prosecutes the law of the sea.
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There, with fellow JAG lawyer
Major Sarah MacKenzie,
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he now fights in and out
of the courtroom
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with the same daring and tenacity
that made him a top gun in the air.
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Excuse me.
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Hey.
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I gave up cigars last night.
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Any words of encouragement?
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Don't get fat.
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Good point, sir.
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- Excuse me, gentlemen, ma'am.
- What is it, lieutenant?
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- Is this a bad time, sir?
- What?
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We were hoping that you could settle
a disagreement that we're having.
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As you know,
we're having a full military wedding...
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He wants me to wear my uniform
instead of my dress.
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Good God, Roberts.
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Let the woman wear a dress
to her own wedding.
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Yes, sir.
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And while we're at it,
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might we get your position
on the bunny hop, sir?
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No.
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Well, it looks like
we have a quorum, sir.
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Something you'd like to tell us?
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I overheard you talking
with Petty Officer Tiner
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about the dispute over the remains
of that Navajo code talker.
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Oh, yeah. I just got off the phone
with Admiral Drake.
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What's a code talker?
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Navajo field-radio operators
communicated with each other
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in their native language during
the Pacific campaign during WWll.
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Japanese intelligence
was never able to crack it.
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March of '43,
a PFC, Jimmy Blackhorse,
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disappeared while on R and R
in New Zealand,
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one week before he was to be
awarded the Navy Cross for valour.
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Bones showed up two months ago.
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Press jumped all over it,
politicos climbed on board.
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Now his family's disputing the ID
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made by the Central Identification
Laboratory in Hawaii.
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As if CILHI needed
any more bad publicity
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after the Vietnam-Unknown-Soldier
case.
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Thus the problem.
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The Pentagon's got a vested interest
in defending the lab's rep,
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especially since it helped an Arizona
congressman push through a bill
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naming a new Austin-class
amphibious transport
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after Private Blackhorse.
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Egg on the face, sir.
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And we are the towel.
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- I want you to ride herd on this.
- Yes, sir.
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Bones are in safekeeping
in Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma.
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Bear in mind, Navajo code talkers
are held in great reverence.
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Be respectful.
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Yes, sir.
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- Bud, you'll be my liaison with CILHI.
- Aye, aye, sir.
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You can go as well, ensign.
You can assist the major.
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- Me, sir?
- Please.
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Yes, sir.
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- Let's get to work.
- Yes, sir.
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- Excuse me.
- Bud?
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Sewer workers
in Wellington Bay, New Zealand
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found the remains
at the bottom of a ravine.
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PFC Jimmy Blackhorse
was stationed nearby
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at Camp McKay
with the Fighting Six Marines.
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They were resting up after
their engagement on Guadalcanal.
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Eighteen bones and four teeth
were discovered.
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All of them are identified
as being Native American in origin.
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- Navajo?
- They weren't that specific, ma'am.
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But the teeth did match
Private Blackhorse's dental record.
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Also uncovered
was a Marine-issue belt buckle
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and a watch with an inscription that,
when translated from the Navajo, read:
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"Jimmy Blackhorse, warrior."
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When we were children,
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I used to steal Jimmy's pants
while he was swimming
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and tie them
to the tail of his horse.
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He never got mad.
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No matter how many times I did it,
it would always make him laugh.
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Those bones
belong to someone else.
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But the watch?
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Whoever it is could have found it,
stolen it.
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Maybe won it in a card game.
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As for the teeth,
that's four out of 32.
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Ma'am, we understand you are the
medicine woman in the community
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and we mean no disrespect,
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but CILHI would not have made the ID
if they hadn't been sure.
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"Unknown Soldier identification
procedure considered suspect."
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You have already shown disrespect
by disturbing the remains of this man.
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You must bury those bones.
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Unfortunately,
that's not gonna happen, ma'am,
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until both sides are satisfied.
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We cannot be satisfied
with your methods.
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Records indicate that
Jimmy Blackhorse has a living twin.
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He's my husband.
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Could we speak to him?
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She says I'm not in harmony
with my environment.
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Mr. Blackhorse,
if this is not a good time, sir, we...
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I hear they found a watch.
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Yes, sir.
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It was a gift from me.
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I couldn't pass the physical,
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so my brother enlisted by himself.
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I wanted him to know...
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...there wasn't a minute that passed
when I wasn't thinking of him.
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I got TB when I was 7.
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He used to carry me around.
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Protect me.
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Never complained.
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Margaret says...
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...it's not him.
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What do you think, sir?
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He trusts my judgement.
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I know what your scientists don't.
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Spirit can't be killed.
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We are to do
the Beauty Way ceremony.
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Ma'am, in order for
the Pentagon to accept
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that these are not the bones
of Jimmy Blackhorse,
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they need scientific proof.
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And Johnny needs to be alone.
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We have to invite him.
He's my uncle.
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- I thought you said he was the devil.
- He's still my uncle.
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Hey, Mac.
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Is it too much to ask
for a little company that's breathing?
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Don't tell me dead bodies
make you uncomfortable.
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Only when they move.
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So you finally gave up the habit?
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Yeah.
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Why?
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Well, it...
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It was becoming an addiction.
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Until, well...
You know, I had to wrestle with it.
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I mean, I was rushing my meals
to get to the smoke.
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I was counting my stash, forgetting
my keys, remembering cigars.
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Lieutenant Commander Coulter,
Lieutenant Commander Rabb.
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Major Mackenzie,
Lieutenant J.G. Roberts, Ensign Sims.
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- Thanks for flying in.
- Thank the Armed Forces DNA lab.
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I didn't wanna come.
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My godson is playing King Arthur in
his high-school production of Camelot.
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One performance only.
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Reservist.
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Been out for six years
working as a forensic pathologist
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for the Memphis Police Department.
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I consult with AFDIL
on a per-case basis.
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- They must think a lot of you.
- I have a way with the dead.
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A body reveals more about itself
on a slab than when it was alive.
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You can see the shape of the spine,
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and whether a person stood tall
or crawled through life.
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The wrinkles in the face tell you
if a person was scared or happy.
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Legs and feet show you if they
jumped or stumbled over obstacles.
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This was a stumbler.
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Both the left tibia and femur
are shattered.
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And there's considerable damage
to the ilium.
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Man in question fell from
a great height, landed on his side.
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These findings
consistent with CILHI?
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CILHI has overreached,
in my opinion.
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As we thought,
we're gonna have to do an RFLP.
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A DNA-matching procedure.
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Dental records aren't enough for you,
commander?
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The evidence in general
is legally vulnerable.
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The records are 57 years old.
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There are only two molars
and one of them is cracked.
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If this is your boat,
you better start bailing.
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The mother provides
the most conclusive DNA match.
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Children will work.
Father, sometimes.
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The parents are long gone and there
are no children that we know of.
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- What about a twin brother?
- There's a twin?
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Doesn't get any better than that.
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Listen, why don't we
grab some lunch.
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We can ride in one vehicle
and you can talk us through it.
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Commander Coulter.
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Just missed you at the morgue.
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Paul Begay.
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- I'll be representing The People in this.
- What people?
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That's the term the Navajo use
to describe themselves.
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We are Diné, The People.
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I'm Lieutenant Commander Rabb,
Navy Judge Advocate General Corps.
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Can you clarify what you mean
by represent?
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The tribal council in Window Rock
has secured my services
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in response to the claims
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the military has refused to recognise
the judgement of The People.
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Mr. Begay, the military
is only interested in determining
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the positive identification
of 55-year-old remains.
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That's why I wanted to speak with
Commander Coulter.
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Commander, how do you plan
to make that determination?
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- You don't have to...
- With a DNA match.
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That's unacceptable.
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It's a sacrilege to tamper
with the remains of the dead.
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Counsellor, be reasonable.
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How can you expect us
to prove anything with our hands tied?
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I don't.
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The proof has already been provided
by The People themselves.
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Those are not the remains
of Jimmy Blackhorse.
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They belong to someone else.
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I don't understand.
This is the first ship in its class
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to be named after a Navajo.
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Isn't that an honour?
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The People don't need the white world
to affirm our status in the cosmos.
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Well, it looks like the white world's
done well by you, counsellor.
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Would you be more comfortable
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if I painted my face
and wore a flap over my privates?
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Just making an observation.
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Cornell Law.
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Third in my class
and damn proud of it.
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And well you should be.
You live on the reservation?
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You know I don't.
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- Where exactly?
- Marin County.
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Look, there was
more than one code talker.
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Why doesn't the Navy
just pick another name?
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This name's already been approved.
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So you're asking my people
to be flexible where you're not?
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We're asking for a fair chance.
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You've got some
Native American blood in you, major.
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- Cherokee.
- I'm surprised you're not getting this.
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Mr. Begay,
according to my understanding
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of the history of Native America,
the Navajo were an adaptable people.
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The Cherokee had to be forced
onto reservations.
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Your instincts should be to accept,
mine to resist.
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I'm surprised you're not getting that.
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The People were forced to adapt
to the physical world,
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but the beyond is controlled
by the spirits.
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The Navajo Nation Tribal Council
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supports the medicine woman's
position in this matter.
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But you're asking us
to take her word for it.
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Isn't that what
the Navy is doing with you?
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I have proven scientific methods
to support my claims.
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And I have the creator
to support mine.
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Good day.
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Paul Begay is a Silicon Valley attorney
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with a speciality in software liability.
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I knew that "my people" stuff
was a load.
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I'll wager this is the first time
his people have seen him
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since he left the reservation.
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He is in our way, commander.
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Admiral Drake has seen the news.
He likes the PR angle.
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Popular war, Native American hero.
He wants to stay with it.
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00:16:30,006 --> 00:16:32,757
Sir, have you explained
the downside to his PR angle?
247
00:16:32,925 --> 00:16:34,918
He expects you to make it go away.
248
00:16:35,094 --> 00:16:37,929
I don't think that's gonna happen
through negotiations, sir.
249
00:16:38,097 --> 00:16:42,925
Despite Navajo beliefs, the Navy
has a justifiable interest in identifying
250
00:16:43,102 --> 00:16:46,767
what appears to be the remains
of a deceased military member.
251
00:16:46,939 --> 00:16:49,311
Can you hang on a second, admiral?
252
00:16:49,483 --> 00:16:52,567
Lieutenant, is there a problem?
253
00:16:54,029 --> 00:16:55,654
Sit-down or buffet, sir?
254
00:16:55,823 --> 00:16:58,111
Buffet. Save your money.
255
00:17:01,537 --> 00:17:03,446
All right. You were saying, sir?
256
00:17:03,622 --> 00:17:05,164
Go ahead with the DNA procedure.
257
00:17:05,332 --> 00:17:06,826
Make it their move.
258
00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:10,251
I believe the Navajo Nation
has a tribal court.
259
00:17:10,420 --> 00:17:14,464
Once you get your match, you can
petition them for official sanction.
260
00:17:14,632 --> 00:17:16,541
- Yes, sir.
- Keep me in the mix.
261
00:17:16,717 --> 00:17:18,212
Aye, sir.
262
00:17:22,682 --> 00:17:24,888
Commander, think you could
come back with us?
263
00:17:25,059 --> 00:17:26,138
How far did you say it was?
264
00:17:26,310 --> 00:17:28,137
It's about four hours.
265
00:17:28,312 --> 00:17:29,723
Well...
266
00:17:29,980 --> 00:17:31,807
...if I have to.
267
00:17:33,484 --> 00:17:35,144
Let's go.
268
00:18:00,843 --> 00:18:04,342
- You're looking stronger, Johnny.
- Thank you.
269
00:18:05,806 --> 00:18:08,297
These are our neighbours,
Sammy and Adele Wheeler.
270
00:18:08,476 --> 00:18:11,430
- Hi, this is Juliette Na Na Bah.
- Oh, she's so cute.
271
00:18:11,604 --> 00:18:14,474
- How old is she?
- Three months.
272
00:18:14,648 --> 00:18:16,059
You must be Dried Corn Stalk.
273
00:18:16,233 --> 00:18:18,985
- I beg your pardon?
- That's what Margaret calls you.
274
00:18:19,153 --> 00:18:21,192
Must be your height in the uniform.
275
00:18:22,615 --> 00:18:25,450
Johnny, this is Lieutenant Commander
Theresa Coulter.
276
00:18:25,618 --> 00:18:28,453
The commander
is a forensic pathologist.
277
00:18:28,871 --> 00:18:31,575
Those words are too big
to hold in my mouth.
278
00:18:32,166 --> 00:18:35,617
I investigate how people die,
how they lived, who they were.
279
00:18:36,795 --> 00:18:38,918
Can you tell that from these bones?
280
00:18:39,089 --> 00:18:40,204
Yes.
281
00:18:40,382 --> 00:18:41,579
How?
282
00:18:41,757 --> 00:18:42,920
Johnny...
283
00:18:44,218 --> 00:18:47,053
You ever heard of DNA testing?
284
00:18:47,638 --> 00:18:48,967
Bloody glove, Johnny.
285
00:18:49,140 --> 00:18:53,184
They wanna take stuff
from the inside of those bones.
286
00:18:53,352 --> 00:18:54,763
Don't let them do that.
287
00:18:56,355 --> 00:18:58,182
Are they right?
288
00:18:58,357 --> 00:19:01,144
Do you have to take something
from these bones?
289
00:19:01,777 --> 00:19:02,975
A marrow sample.
290
00:19:04,989 --> 00:19:06,068
That's not good.
291
00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:10,072
What about closure, Johnny?
Closure for you and your brother.
292
00:19:11,161 --> 00:19:13,154
I don't know.
293
00:19:13,622 --> 00:19:15,449
I'll have to think about it.
294
00:19:15,624 --> 00:19:17,498
If there are any questions
I can answer...
295
00:19:19,753 --> 00:19:23,039
- What do you think of insects?
- Not much.
296
00:19:23,215 --> 00:19:26,251
Then you better kick that scorpion
off your shoe.
297
00:19:34,350 --> 00:19:35,892
You find this funny?
298
00:19:36,310 --> 00:19:38,303
No, she does.
299
00:19:38,479 --> 00:19:40,103
This is the first time she's laughed.
300
00:19:40,689 --> 00:19:41,804
Navajos have a tradition.
301
00:19:41,982 --> 00:19:43,774
Whoever is the first
to make a child laugh
302
00:19:43,943 --> 00:19:46,019
must throw a feast in their honour.
303
00:19:46,195 --> 00:19:47,440
You could use our place.
304
00:19:48,489 --> 00:19:50,031
When am I supposed to do this?
305
00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:52,611
Today's cool.
306
00:20:27,776 --> 00:20:29,271
Well, here we go.
307
00:20:29,445 --> 00:20:31,272
Yeah, that will be great.
308
00:20:31,447 --> 00:20:33,274
Okay, hang on. I just...
309
00:20:41,665 --> 00:20:44,239
- Oh, what did you do?
- I cut my thumb.
310
00:20:44,418 --> 00:20:46,327
Let me look.
311
00:20:47,463 --> 00:20:50,167
- It's a wonder you didn't cut it off.
- Yeah.
312
00:20:50,340 --> 00:20:52,132
You're a very jittery person,
you know.
313
00:20:53,218 --> 00:20:54,297
Not usually.
314
00:20:54,678 --> 00:20:57,464
- Lot on your mind?
- I quit smoking cigars.
315
00:20:58,306 --> 00:21:01,556
Oh, I'm sorry.
You should have said something.
316
00:21:02,685 --> 00:21:05,805
Well, at the time, it seemed to be
the challenge I needed.
317
00:21:05,980 --> 00:21:08,649
Besides, I didn't figure you
to be all that sympathetic.
318
00:21:08,816 --> 00:21:11,817
- Is that the impression I give?
- You want an honest answer?
319
00:21:11,986 --> 00:21:14,393
- Sure.
- You bet.
320
00:21:16,782 --> 00:21:19,107
- Why not?
- Because it would be embarrassing.
321
00:21:19,285 --> 00:21:21,158
- That's why.
- My sister had eight bridesmaids.
322
00:21:21,328 --> 00:21:22,739
- All I'm asking for is four.
- Yeah.
323
00:21:22,913 --> 00:21:25,949
And they're all gonna be wearing these
dresses with the big pouffy shoulders.
324
00:21:26,125 --> 00:21:30,169
- You don't like those?
- They look like flotation devices.
325
00:21:31,713 --> 00:21:32,745
Hey.
326
00:21:34,216 --> 00:21:36,090
Hello, Margaret.
327
00:21:36,843 --> 00:21:39,251
You cannot do the test.
328
00:21:40,180 --> 00:21:42,053
Is that Johnny's decision,
Mrs. Blackhorse?
329
00:21:42,223 --> 00:21:43,966
It's against our faith.
330
00:21:44,141 --> 00:21:45,766
I'd like to talk to Johnny.
331
00:21:45,935 --> 00:21:47,892
Johnny's sick.
332
00:21:48,062 --> 00:21:49,556
Are you the scientist?
333
00:21:49,730 --> 00:21:51,557
Yes.
334
00:21:59,323 --> 00:22:01,066
It's an owl.
335
00:22:01,242 --> 00:22:05,785
Owls are bad luck, commander.
She means to keep you away.
336
00:22:23,472 --> 00:22:26,556
- Thank you.
- What a sweet baby.
337
00:22:27,558 --> 00:22:28,756
Thank you.
338
00:22:29,727 --> 00:22:31,269
It's to teach her sharing.
339
00:22:31,729 --> 00:22:37,269
Just rock salt and bits of food,
but rituals like this promote unity.
340
00:22:37,443 --> 00:22:41,061
In my house, if you reach for food,
you got a fork stuck in your hand.
341
00:23:19,024 --> 00:23:21,978
- Commander, piece of cake?
- No, thanks.
342
00:23:22,153 --> 00:23:25,486
I'll put it here if you change your mind.
You mind if I sit down?
343
00:23:28,158 --> 00:23:30,828
I'm gonna take a bus
back to the base in the morning.
344
00:23:30,995 --> 00:23:32,655
Without a blood sample
from Johnny,
345
00:23:32,830 --> 00:23:36,530
I can't make a conclusive ID
on the remains of his twin brother.
346
00:23:38,043 --> 00:23:41,993
Commander, what do you think
Johnny is suffering from?
347
00:23:42,172 --> 00:23:43,999
Well, asthma would be my guess.
348
00:23:44,174 --> 00:23:47,009
TB. He's had it his whole life.
349
00:23:47,177 --> 00:23:51,175
Lungs are shot.
He's probably coughing up blood.
350
00:23:52,683 --> 00:23:55,719
Great. We can rifle through
his garbage for used tissues.
351
00:23:58,437 --> 00:24:00,477
Just trying to find an angle,
commander.
352
00:24:01,023 --> 00:24:02,186
How important is this to you?
353
00:24:02,358 --> 00:24:05,359
Well, it's important to the Navy.
We're her representatives.
354
00:24:05,528 --> 00:24:06,856
But what's your opinion?
355
00:24:07,029 --> 00:24:09,235
Like you,
I believe in tangible evidence.
356
00:24:09,698 --> 00:24:13,613
It's all about evidence.
We believe it when we see it.
357
00:24:14,036 --> 00:24:16,159
Do you know what I've noticed?
358
00:24:16,330 --> 00:24:18,619
These people think differently.
359
00:24:19,249 --> 00:24:20,957
They rely more on faith.
360
00:24:21,126 --> 00:24:24,163
They trust in the universe
and its mysteries.
361
00:24:24,338 --> 00:24:26,544
They see it when they believe it.
362
00:24:27,132 --> 00:24:31,082
And you and I,
we rely on order and discipline.
363
00:24:33,639 --> 00:24:35,880
Well, I loosen up a little
when I go home.
364
00:24:36,058 --> 00:24:38,383
I do have a life outside the military.
365
00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:40,932
I bet your apartment is immaculate.
366
00:24:41,104 --> 00:24:43,938
Yeah, it might be.
367
00:24:44,106 --> 00:24:45,850
So is mine.
368
00:24:48,402 --> 00:24:50,893
So do you come from
a broken family?
369
00:24:51,405 --> 00:24:54,739
Well, I'm from a different home.
370
00:24:55,075 --> 00:24:58,195
Haven't seen my father
since I was a kid.
371
00:24:58,871 --> 00:25:00,744
Wish that were my story.
372
00:25:00,914 --> 00:25:04,248
My dad's in the eighth year of a
life sentence for murdering my mother.
373
00:25:05,919 --> 00:25:07,746
I have reasons
for being the way I am.
374
00:25:08,130 --> 00:25:10,288
You don't owe me any explanations,
commander.
375
00:25:10,465 --> 00:25:12,458
I have not passed judgement on you.
376
00:25:13,218 --> 00:25:16,421
I have. It killed my marriage.
377
00:25:17,764 --> 00:25:19,140
Look at them.
378
00:25:20,183 --> 00:25:23,268
They don't have a lot,
but what they've got is good.
379
00:25:23,437 --> 00:25:26,935
Racial pride, self-esteem...
380
00:25:27,106 --> 00:25:28,600
...each other.
381
00:25:55,425 --> 00:25:57,299
Think we should have a band
or a DJ?
382
00:25:57,469 --> 00:25:58,584
I don't care.
383
00:25:58,762 --> 00:26:01,300
Because, you know, my college
roommate was an Elvis impersonator.
384
00:26:01,473 --> 00:26:04,427
Whatever. I just don't wanna fight
about it anymore, that's all.
385
00:26:04,601 --> 00:26:07,804
You know, actually, there's no rule
saying we have to have music at all.
386
00:26:07,979 --> 00:26:10,055
- Or a wedding.
- What?
387
00:26:10,232 --> 00:26:12,104
I didn't say a marriage.
I said a wedding.
388
00:26:12,274 --> 00:26:14,350
Well, what are you saying?
389
00:26:15,027 --> 00:26:17,779
How far is Las Vegas from here?
390
00:26:18,239 --> 00:26:20,148
Vegas?
391
00:26:31,293 --> 00:26:33,784
I've got a question for you, major.
392
00:26:34,588 --> 00:26:37,161
What do you think of the two-step?
393
00:26:38,592 --> 00:26:41,047
Too many steps.
394
00:26:44,389 --> 00:26:45,848
Sir?
395
00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:48,676
Since we really haven't been
needed for anything,
396
00:26:48,852 --> 00:26:52,055
Harriet and I were wondering if
we could get a day of leave tomorrow.
397
00:26:54,566 --> 00:26:57,566
- Permission granted.
- Thank you, sir.
398
00:27:01,447 --> 00:27:03,274
Hi, Johnny.
399
00:27:03,782 --> 00:27:07,365
Come to my house.
You can use my blood.
400
00:27:07,536 --> 00:27:09,908
And my wife
has nothing to say about it.
401
00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:11,361
Are you sure, Johnny?
402
00:27:11,540 --> 00:27:14,375
Because if we're forcing you
to go against your beliefs...
403
00:27:14,877 --> 00:27:17,118
I don't wanna go to my grave
404
00:27:17,296 --> 00:27:20,332
without knowing
what happened to my brother.
405
00:27:20,507 --> 00:27:23,627
He is the other half of my soul.
406
00:27:23,802 --> 00:27:26,008
Then you must pray.
407
00:27:26,179 --> 00:27:30,806
We must all pray,
because it is wrong.
408
00:27:35,564 --> 00:27:37,640
Respect the dead!
Preserve the sacred!
409
00:27:37,816 --> 00:27:40,603
Respect the dead!
Preserve the sacred!
410
00:27:40,777 --> 00:27:42,235
Respect the dead!
411
00:27:43,070 --> 00:27:44,944
How many do you think
are out there?
412
00:27:45,114 --> 00:27:48,530
I don't know.
I wouldn't let it bother you, though.
413
00:27:48,701 --> 00:27:50,278
It's all too spooky for me.
414
00:27:50,452 --> 00:27:51,863
Yeah.
415
00:27:52,037 --> 00:27:54,279
So how does this work, anyway?
416
00:27:54,456 --> 00:27:57,243
- In simple terms?
- Please.
417
00:27:57,418 --> 00:27:59,291
Well...
418
00:27:59,461 --> 00:28:02,332
First you use one of these
to scoop out a sample.
419
00:28:03,715 --> 00:28:06,882
Then I form a supernatant of cells.
420
00:28:08,095 --> 00:28:10,383
I extract the DNA.
421
00:28:12,808 --> 00:28:14,966
Then I alter the temperature
422
00:28:15,143 --> 00:28:18,595
to separate the double helix
into single strands.
423
00:28:18,772 --> 00:28:21,441
An enzyme breaks it down.
424
00:28:22,275 --> 00:28:24,980
They're polarised through a process
called...
425
00:28:25,153 --> 00:28:27,939
...electrophoresis.
426
00:28:28,113 --> 00:28:32,526
The gene probes
locate their complements and...
427
00:28:32,701 --> 00:28:35,239
And I...
428
00:28:35,412 --> 00:28:38,247
I wish I wasn't
so attracted to you.
429
00:28:39,833 --> 00:28:41,458
Excuse me?
430
00:28:41,627 --> 00:28:43,121
It's influencing me.
431
00:28:43,295 --> 00:28:46,462
I'm less comfortable than you
with what we're doing here.
432
00:28:46,632 --> 00:28:50,464
Well, I'm sorry, commander. L...
433
00:28:50,636 --> 00:28:51,916
I didn't know.
434
00:28:52,095 --> 00:28:55,381
I mean, I had no idea how you felt
about me or this case.
435
00:28:55,557 --> 00:28:59,092
It's okay.
I can tell you don't feel the same way.
436
00:29:01,104 --> 00:29:05,316
I just need you to back away
so that I can think clearly.
437
00:29:06,109 --> 00:29:07,651
All right.
438
00:29:09,654 --> 00:29:10,817
You gonna be okay?
439
00:29:12,907 --> 00:29:17,118
I've done dozens of these procedures.
This is the first time it hasn't felt right.
440
00:29:17,286 --> 00:29:19,658
Well, you have
the donor's permission.
441
00:29:19,830 --> 00:29:23,199
- Yeah, but are his reasons good?
- Well, he thinks so.
442
00:29:23,375 --> 00:29:24,834
Do it for Johnny.
443
00:29:29,548 --> 00:29:31,291
Can I help in any way?
444
00:29:33,260 --> 00:29:34,540
Don't breathe on my neck.
445
00:30:47,956 --> 00:30:49,783
Jimmy.
446
00:30:51,835 --> 00:30:54,457
Oh, my God.
I can't believe I did that.
447
00:30:54,630 --> 00:30:56,254
Can you still use these?
448
00:30:56,423 --> 00:30:58,665
They're all contaminated now.
449
00:30:58,842 --> 00:31:01,214
That means we'll have to go back
and do it again.
450
00:31:03,263 --> 00:31:04,757
It wasn't on purpose.
451
00:31:05,932 --> 00:31:07,427
You have any cigars?
452
00:31:11,271 --> 00:31:12,813
I'll get the car.
453
00:31:31,498 --> 00:31:33,621
Let me see what's up.
454
00:32:04,531 --> 00:32:06,820
Sammy, where's Johnny?
455
00:32:29,346 --> 00:32:31,006
I must admit I feel relief.
456
00:32:31,181 --> 00:32:35,428
Not that I wanted him to die,
but this just seems right somehow.
457
00:32:35,602 --> 00:32:39,267
We were messing with something
much bigger than the Navy or politics.
458
00:32:39,439 --> 00:32:41,764
And don't even think
about exhumation.
459
00:32:41,942 --> 00:32:43,270
I won't get involved with that.
460
00:32:43,443 --> 00:32:45,685
Neither will we, commander.
461
00:32:47,531 --> 00:32:51,362
We just got back, sir.
Sammy filled us in.
462
00:32:51,534 --> 00:32:52,697
What happened to you two?
463
00:32:54,496 --> 00:32:57,200
Well, sir, we've been arguing
so much about the wedding
464
00:32:57,373 --> 00:32:59,780
that we felt that it was gonna ruin
our relationship.
465
00:32:59,958 --> 00:33:02,663
So we just went
to Las Vegas to elope.
466
00:33:03,212 --> 00:33:05,204
- You're married?
- No, major.
467
00:33:05,798 --> 00:33:09,213
As we were walking up to the altar
at the Blue Hawaii Chapel,
468
00:33:09,384 --> 00:33:11,543
the eternal flame exploded.
469
00:33:11,720 --> 00:33:13,547
It was a gas leak.
470
00:33:13,722 --> 00:33:15,845
So we're just gonna go ahead
with the regular wedding.
471
00:33:16,016 --> 00:33:21,556
Yeah, everything's gonna be fine.
And I got Mr. Tom Jones' autograph.
472
00:33:23,940 --> 00:33:25,933
- Did you do the test?
- No, Margaret.
473
00:33:26,109 --> 00:33:28,565
We had an accident
with the blood samples.
474
00:33:29,196 --> 00:33:30,606
We'll suggest that the Marine Corps
475
00:33:30,780 --> 00:33:32,856
inter the remains
in a national cemetery.
476
00:33:35,118 --> 00:33:38,950
We buried Johnny
with the watch he gave Jimmy.
477
00:33:39,122 --> 00:33:41,364
He had put it in a cigar box.
478
00:33:42,583 --> 00:33:47,209
Inside was a package of old letters.
479
00:33:47,755 --> 00:33:50,376
I think you'll want to look at them.
480
00:33:52,759 --> 00:33:53,839
Listen to this:
481
00:33:54,011 --> 00:33:55,837
"It's funny, Johnny.
She keeps calling me Yank,
482
00:33:56,013 --> 00:33:58,301
not Injun or Red Face
or Crazy Horse.
483
00:33:58,473 --> 00:33:59,802
I like that about Frances.
484
00:33:59,975 --> 00:34:02,051
She just thinks of me
as an American.
485
00:34:02,227 --> 00:34:04,552
She's a good woman,
too good for me.
486
00:34:04,730 --> 00:34:06,769
Till next time, Jimmy."
487
00:34:06,940 --> 00:34:09,265
Sounds like Jimmy Blackhorse
didn't like himself very much.
488
00:34:09,443 --> 00:34:10,723
He was drinking.
489
00:34:10,902 --> 00:34:12,978
- He wrote that?
- No, he didn't have to.
490
00:34:13,155 --> 00:34:14,613
Sir, according to this letter,
491
00:34:14,781 --> 00:34:18,197
they were seeing each other
for about two and a half months.
492
00:34:19,202 --> 00:34:21,242
"Frances Roland."
493
00:34:21,413 --> 00:34:23,121
Anyone find out how old she was?
494
00:34:23,289 --> 00:34:26,125
She was 20 in 1943.
495
00:34:26,292 --> 00:34:29,495
That would make her, what, 74?
She could still be alive.
496
00:34:29,670 --> 00:34:31,627
You're not thinking about
looking for this woman?
497
00:34:31,797 --> 00:34:33,291
What's in your letter, commander?
498
00:34:34,550 --> 00:34:36,258
I think we should stop here.
499
00:34:36,802 --> 00:34:38,000
You didn't answer my question.
500
00:34:38,595 --> 00:34:41,798
What difference does it make whether
a ship is named after this man or not?
501
00:34:41,974 --> 00:34:44,678
It's not our place to make
those judgements. This is our job.
502
00:34:44,851 --> 00:34:48,137
Is it your job to contradict
thousands of years of tribal wisdom?
503
00:34:48,313 --> 00:34:51,931
Excuse me, commander, but isn't your
field of expertise forensic pathology?
504
00:34:52,109 --> 00:34:55,560
You trying to tell us that science is less
important to the species than tradition?
505
00:34:55,737 --> 00:34:56,768
Maybe.
506
00:34:56,947 --> 00:34:58,820
These people are more comfortable
in their skin
507
00:34:58,990 --> 00:35:00,947
than any of us standing here,
including me.
508
00:35:01,117 --> 00:35:02,612
Do you have an address
in that letter?
509
00:35:05,121 --> 00:35:06,995
Commander,
finding Frances Roland
510
00:35:07,165 --> 00:35:08,992
could help us answer
all these questions
511
00:35:09,167 --> 00:35:11,325
without us having
to defile the sacred.
512
00:35:12,170 --> 00:35:13,544
What if we do find her
513
00:35:13,712 --> 00:35:16,120
and it turns out that Margaret
was wrong about the bones?
514
00:35:16,298 --> 00:35:17,840
She'll lose her credibility.
515
00:35:18,008 --> 00:35:20,333
You're still tampering
with the faith of these people.
516
00:35:20,510 --> 00:35:22,503
You see that woman over there?
517
00:35:23,513 --> 00:35:26,218
She prescribed a chant
to help heal Johnny.
518
00:35:26,725 --> 00:35:29,512
You don't see anybody
blaming her for his death, do you?
519
00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:32,560
Now, I don't know much
about the Navajo people,
520
00:35:32,731 --> 00:35:34,439
but I can't believe
they consider themselves
521
00:35:34,608 --> 00:35:36,351
any less fallible than the rest of us.
522
00:36:17,858 --> 00:36:19,400
Ma'am?
523
00:36:22,737 --> 00:36:24,445
Excuse me.
524
00:36:24,948 --> 00:36:27,071
Excuse me, ma'am,
are you Frances Roland?
525
00:36:27,242 --> 00:36:28,736
Used to be, mate.
526
00:36:30,745 --> 00:36:34,161
She hasn't spoken
for three and a half years.
527
00:36:34,332 --> 00:36:35,743
Encephalitis.
528
00:36:36,793 --> 00:36:38,501
Sir,
I'm Lieutenant Commander Rabb.
529
00:36:38,795 --> 00:36:42,413
My colleague and I are from the United
States Judge Advocate General Corps.
530
00:36:42,881 --> 00:36:45,799
Please excuse this intrusion.
We tried to reach you by phone, but...
531
00:36:45,968 --> 00:36:46,999
I don't have one.
532
00:36:47,177 --> 00:36:49,134
Same goes for TV, radio, the like.
533
00:36:49,304 --> 00:36:52,507
- Are you Frances Roland's caregiver?
- I'm her son.
534
00:36:52,683 --> 00:36:55,553
Do you know anything about
a man named Jimmy Blackhorse?
535
00:36:55,727 --> 00:36:58,099
I'd better. I'm Jimmy Blackhorse.
536
00:37:04,444 --> 00:37:06,353
The United States Navy
thanks the Navajo Nation
537
00:37:06,530 --> 00:37:09,103
for the privilege
to argue before its tribal court.
538
00:37:09,491 --> 00:37:10,866
Our intent is simple.
539
00:37:11,034 --> 00:37:13,406
We will provide evidence
that will identify the remains
540
00:37:13,578 --> 00:37:15,120
found in Wellington Bay,
New Zealand,
541
00:37:15,288 --> 00:37:19,416
as belonging
to Marine PFC Jimmy Blackhorse.
542
00:37:21,503 --> 00:37:22,783
The community of Blue Canyon
543
00:37:22,962 --> 00:37:26,627
believes this issue has more
to do with integrity than identity.
544
00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:28,625
We ask a simple question:
545
00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:32,466
Does the Navy honestly feel that
a Navajo name on the hull of a ship
546
00:37:32,638 --> 00:37:36,469
means more to The People
than the wisdom of their forefathers?
547
00:37:37,017 --> 00:37:39,638
A question
I'm eager to hear answered.
548
00:37:39,811 --> 00:37:41,009
Thank you.
549
00:37:47,736 --> 00:37:49,479
This is a photograph
of Jimmy Blackhorse
550
00:37:49,654 --> 00:37:53,154
taken just prior
to his tour of duty in 1942.
551
00:37:53,325 --> 00:37:54,487
I ask the court to take note
552
00:37:54,659 --> 00:37:57,150
of the difference in appearance
between the two.
553
00:37:57,329 --> 00:37:59,902
PFC Blackhorse,
like his twin brother Johnny,
554
00:38:00,081 --> 00:38:04,459
had a wide face, dark eyes,
tawny complexion.
555
00:38:04,627 --> 00:38:05,872
The man who claims to be his son
556
00:38:06,045 --> 00:38:09,877
has blue eyes, a thin face,
pink complexion.
557
00:38:10,049 --> 00:38:12,375
He could have been named
after Jimmy Blackhorse,
558
00:38:12,551 --> 00:38:15,505
but conceived by someone else.
559
00:38:16,263 --> 00:38:18,339
Your Honour, the man who claims
to be Jimmy's son
560
00:38:18,515 --> 00:38:20,840
bears the physical features
of his mother.
561
00:38:21,018 --> 00:38:22,595
His father's genetic information
562
00:38:22,769 --> 00:38:24,845
could simply have been recessive
in this case.
563
00:38:25,981 --> 00:38:28,768
If physical similarity is the only basis
for Mr. Begay's thesis,
564
00:38:28,942 --> 00:38:33,319
then I would argue that he himself
is Jimmy Blackhorse's offspring.
565
00:38:36,992 --> 00:38:38,700
Yeah, right.
566
00:38:39,578 --> 00:38:41,985
And how were you able
to make that conclusion?
567
00:38:42,163 --> 00:38:46,457
The spirit of this being
was darkened like ash.
568
00:38:46,626 --> 00:38:49,995
Jimmy Blackhorse's
was the colour of cornmeal.
569
00:38:50,171 --> 00:38:51,452
Thank you.
570
00:38:51,631 --> 00:38:55,545
Margaret Blackhorse is a renowned
practitioner of the Navajo healing art,
571
00:38:55,718 --> 00:38:59,715
whose published journals are presently
archived in the Library of Congress.
572
00:38:59,888 --> 00:39:03,589
This is more than just the testimony
of a medicine woman.
573
00:39:03,767 --> 00:39:07,717
It's the testimony
of an esteemed professional.
574
00:39:13,110 --> 00:39:14,604
Margaret.
575
00:39:17,197 --> 00:39:20,400
Can you show us the difference
between these two souls?
576
00:39:21,368 --> 00:39:23,859
Can you show me your God?
577
00:39:28,416 --> 00:39:29,910
No further questions, Your Honour.
578
00:39:32,420 --> 00:39:35,090
And given that explanation,
what have you determined?
579
00:39:35,256 --> 00:39:38,008
That there is conclusive homology
in the DNA samples.
580
00:39:38,176 --> 00:39:40,133
They are, without question,
father and son.
581
00:39:40,303 --> 00:39:42,177
Thank you, commander.
582
00:39:44,514 --> 00:39:48,726
Commander, have you expressed
any doubt at any time
583
00:39:48,894 --> 00:39:51,349
in what you were sent here to do?
584
00:39:51,813 --> 00:39:52,892
Yes.
585
00:39:53,065 --> 00:39:55,306
Can you tell us
what fuelled your doubt?
586
00:39:55,484 --> 00:39:57,809
I've developed a respect
for the metaphysical world.
587
00:39:59,070 --> 00:40:00,565
Thank you.
588
00:40:02,282 --> 00:40:04,275
And so, might I add,
did Albert Einstein.
589
00:40:06,411 --> 00:40:10,029
We'll take a recess
and return at 3:15.
590
00:40:13,334 --> 00:40:15,576
These are my people, aren't they.
591
00:40:15,754 --> 00:40:17,746
If we win, you could even live here.
592
00:40:17,922 --> 00:40:20,460
- Mom would like that.
- How can you tell, sir?
593
00:40:20,633 --> 00:40:24,298
It's in her eyes.
She's looking for completion.
594
00:40:24,470 --> 00:40:28,337
You see, naming me after my father
was her way of forgiving him.
595
00:40:28,515 --> 00:40:31,184
I don't think
she ever let go of her pain.
596
00:40:32,144 --> 00:40:34,516
Why would she need to forgive him?
597
00:40:35,147 --> 00:40:36,724
Did I say that?
598
00:40:37,149 --> 00:40:41,098
It's funny. I was promising myself,
for her sake, I wouldn't mention it.
599
00:40:43,488 --> 00:40:47,071
She can hear, you know.
Can't react...
600
00:40:47,242 --> 00:40:48,736
...but she can hear.
601
00:40:48,910 --> 00:40:50,321
What's on your mind, Jimmy?
602
00:40:53,832 --> 00:40:56,038
I haven't told you everything.
603
00:40:56,668 --> 00:40:59,123
Jimmy, according to
your mother's account of her relation...
604
00:40:59,295 --> 00:41:00,540
Objection. Hearsay.
605
00:41:00,713 --> 00:41:02,587
Your Honour,
aren't tribal legends hearsay?
606
00:41:02,757 --> 00:41:04,714
I don't see anybody
doubting their veracity.
607
00:41:05,718 --> 00:41:08,672
- Continue.
- Thank you.
608
00:41:08,846 --> 00:41:10,389
Jimmy.
609
00:41:10,557 --> 00:41:12,679
Will you share with the court
what your mother told you
610
00:41:12,849 --> 00:41:16,514
about her relationship
with PFC Jimmy Blackhorse?
611
00:41:17,187 --> 00:41:20,686
The campaign on Guadalcanal
had been hard on him.
612
00:41:20,857 --> 00:41:24,522
He was shell-shocked.
He'd lost most of his hearing.
613
00:41:24,694 --> 00:41:29,440
He couldn't sleep
and this made him glum and weary.
614
00:41:29,616 --> 00:41:34,527
But Mom saw a happy spirit
buried within him.
615
00:41:34,704 --> 00:41:37,575
She loved him to her very being.
616
00:41:39,334 --> 00:41:41,907
She wouldn't bed him
unless he married her first.
617
00:41:43,338 --> 00:41:45,414
He resisted this
and he kept on telling her
618
00:41:45,590 --> 00:41:48,507
that she could do better than him.
619
00:41:49,427 --> 00:41:52,179
What happened the night
he disappeared, Jimmy?
620
00:41:53,806 --> 00:41:55,301
He was pickled on ale.
621
00:41:55,475 --> 00:42:00,266
Mom was trying to sober him up
and he went for her.
622
00:42:01,772 --> 00:42:06,766
She said it was combination
of the alcohol on his brain
623
00:42:06,943 --> 00:42:08,486
and the pain in his heart.
624
00:42:08,653 --> 00:42:10,480
He left soon after.
625
00:42:10,655 --> 00:42:15,898
That ravine was nearby, and, well,
he was still drunk and it was dark.
626
00:42:16,077 --> 00:42:18,200
Are you the product of that night,
Jimmy?
627
00:42:19,706 --> 00:42:21,200
Yeah.
628
00:42:33,344 --> 00:42:36,014
I feel Jimmy in him.
629
00:42:36,723 --> 00:42:39,095
The Jimmy I remember.
630
00:42:47,524 --> 00:42:50,145
Your Honour,
I think you have your evidence,
631
00:42:50,318 --> 00:42:53,106
both spiritual and scientific.
632
00:42:53,655 --> 00:42:58,281
And, as it turns out, both
were necessary in revealing the truth.
633
00:42:58,702 --> 00:43:02,949
But not only do the remains
belong to PFC Jimmy Blackhorse,
634
00:43:03,123 --> 00:43:05,661
but they reflect
the spirit of a different man.
635
00:43:05,834 --> 00:43:10,792
A man whose bright essence was
turned to ashes by the violence of war.
636
00:43:11,881 --> 00:43:13,755
And only...
637
00:43:14,342 --> 00:43:17,177
Only in his son
does his true spirit live.
638
00:43:17,345 --> 00:43:18,625
The community of Blue Canyon
639
00:43:18,805 --> 00:43:23,514
deeply resents these portrayals
of code talkers as rapists and drunks.
640
00:43:23,685 --> 00:43:26,258
Haven't we heard enough
of these tired and offensive clichés?
641
00:43:26,437 --> 00:43:31,182
Your Honour, I don't think Jimmy
Blackhorse was a drunk or a rapist.
642
00:43:31,358 --> 00:43:33,315
I think he was a human being
in crisis.
643
00:43:35,737 --> 00:43:39,438
Sir, in light of these findings...
644
00:43:39,991 --> 00:43:41,485
...I propose a change.
645
00:43:42,911 --> 00:43:44,738
With your blessing,
646
00:43:44,913 --> 00:43:48,827
I will suggest that the Navy
name its ship after Arsenio Price,
647
00:43:49,000 --> 00:43:50,993
Jimmy's code-talking partner.
648
00:43:51,169 --> 00:43:55,546
Mr. Price, a bronze-star recipient,
died three years ago.
649
00:43:55,715 --> 00:43:57,838
Sir, we think that his proud spirit
650
00:43:58,009 --> 00:44:02,007
would bless the officers and crew
of the Navy's newest vessel,
651
00:44:02,639 --> 00:44:06,968
while the spirit of Jimmy Blackhorse
be allowed to finally find peace
652
00:44:07,143 --> 00:44:09,716
in a resting place
of his family's choosing.
653
00:44:13,106 --> 00:44:15,478
How does
opposing counsel respond?
654
00:44:29,164 --> 00:44:31,737
The community of Blue Canyon
accepts this offer.
655
00:44:33,209 --> 00:44:36,709
Mr. Blackhorse,
do we have your approval?
656
00:44:38,506 --> 00:44:40,214
I'll build a casket, sir.
657
00:44:41,885 --> 00:44:44,292
We welcome you
to the Navajo Nation.
658
00:44:44,470 --> 00:44:46,297
You are our brother.
659
00:44:46,472 --> 00:44:48,216
And we are adjourned.
660
00:44:53,062 --> 00:44:54,521
- Cool words, sir.
- Thanks, Bud.
661
00:44:57,525 --> 00:44:59,398
Welcome home.
662
00:44:59,568 --> 00:45:01,726
- Welcome home.
- Welcome home with us.
663
00:45:01,903 --> 00:45:03,279
You did the right thing.
664
00:45:03,446 --> 00:45:05,522
As long as I have your approval,
commander.
665
00:45:06,157 --> 00:45:08,067
You have my congratulations.
666
00:45:14,416 --> 00:45:15,744
Harm, don't.
667
00:45:20,422 --> 00:45:22,081
Chocolate.