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My orders came through. My squadron ships out tomorrow. We're bombing the storage depots at Daiquiri at 1800 hours. We're coming in from the north, below their radar.
— Airplane! • 1980
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker reports orders and a departure, then supplies a target, time and approach for a bombing mission. The specificity gives the speech the shape of an operational briefing. The words establish the plan as the speaker describes it, without revealing the listener's reaction or the eventual outcome.
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