Soon after the huge ship sets sail, Doolittle finally reveals to the men that they will be conducting the first ever bombing mission on Japan. Although 'The Ruptured Duck' has been having its own minor problems, Ted decides not to say anything about them, for fear that the plane will be grounded. Hornet, a Navy aircraft carrier, Ted learns that another crew has been dismissed from the mission because their plane developed minor mechanical problems. In San Francisco, as the planes are being loaded onto the U.S.S. Ted says a hurried, brave goodbye to Ellen, who promises to write him a letter every day, even though she knows he will never receive them. After ten weeks of training in April, the men are called to a briefing in the middle of the night and are told that they are leaving immediately for the Alameda Naval Air Base near San Francisco. As with all the B-25 crews, Ted and his men, who have named their plane 'The Ruptured Duck,' initially have trouble performing the difficult manuever, but eventually master it. While still keeping the details of the mission secret, Doolittle and naval lieutenant Miller then begin training the crews for short-distance take-offs. A devoted, sympathetic wife, Ellen supports Ted's decision and assures him that she is unafraid of the future. Even after he finds out that his wife Ellen, who shows up unexpectedly at the training camp, is going to have a baby, Ted remains determined to continue the mission. Ted's friend and fellow pilot Bob Gray suggests to Ted that because he has recently married, he has too much to lose, but Ted shrugs off Bob's concerns. During the first of many briefings, Doolittle informs the men that the mission will be tough and dangerous and encourages anyone with doubts to drop out. Lawson and his B-25 crew, co-pilot Dean Davenport, gunner David Thatcher, bombardier Bob Clever and navigator Charles McClure, are sent for training at Eglin Field in Florida, and speculate along with the other crews about the nature of the mission. Ted Lawson is one of many men to offer his services. Doolittle calls for volunteers for a top-secret Army Air Force mission, pilot Lieut. * * * thirty second rest, Music.The synopsis below may give away important plot points. a rest equal in value to a thirty second note. Thirty-second rest - noun : a rest equal in time value to a thirty second note * * * Music. … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (Mus.), the thirty second part of a whole note a demi semiquaver. Being one of thirty two equal parts into which anything is divided. Thirty-second note - Thirty second Thir ty sec ond, a. Similar rules apply to smaller divisions such as sixty-fourth notes. When multiple thirty-second notes or eighth notes (or sixteenth notes, etc.) are next to each other, the flags may be connected with a beam. On stems facing up, the flags start at the top and curve down for downward facing stems, the flags start at the bottom of the stem and curve up. Flags are always on the right side of the stem, and curve to the right. When they are on or above the middle line, they are drawn with stems on the left of the note head, facing down. As with all notes with stems, thirty-second notes are drawn with stems to the right of the notehead, facing up, when they are below the middle line of the musical staff. Thirty-second notes are notated with an oval, filled-in note head and a straight note stem with three flags or beams. It lasts half as long as a sixteenth note (or semiquaver) and twice as long as a sixty-fourth note (or hemidemisemiquaver). In music, a thirty-second note (American or 'German' terminology) or demisemiquaver (British or 'classical' terminology) is a note played for 1/32 of the duration of a whole note (or semibreve).

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