Navigator Monk Hauser Quotes in Air Force (1943)

Assistant Crew Chief Weinberg: [looking at map] Is this here Wake Island?

Navigator Monk Hauser: Yeah.

Assistant Crew Chief Weinberg: How far is it?

Navigator Monk Hauser: Oh, it's about 2300 miles from Honolulu.

Assistant Crew Chief Weinberg: [whistles] And we're gonna land on that dot?

Navigator Monk Hauser: Yeah, it's not very big, is it?

Assistant Crew Chief Weinberg: Like trying to find a buckshot in Central Park. Gee, I wish there were some traffic signs around.

Navigator Monk Hauser: There are, but you can't see them.

Assistant Crew Chief Weinberg: I mean like numbers and streets.

Navigator Monk Hauser: Yeah, but they call them latitudes and longitudes.

Assistant Crew Chief Weinberg: Oh, and they're just like signs, hunh?

Navigator Monk Hauser: Yeah, if the wind doesn't change them.