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00:00:00The End
00:00:30The first time I saw her
00:00:59was at the Naval Air Station
00:01:00in Alameda, California
00:01:02on a morning in February 1945.
00:01:06It had never known to look at her
00:01:07that she was a battle-scarred veteran
00:01:09who had fought bravely in the Philippines Sea
00:01:11and had practically been destroyed.
00:01:14When I thought of what this carrier had been through,
00:01:16how she'd fought with flying colors,
00:01:19I was proud to be assigned to her.
00:01:22I'd heard a lot about her captain, too.
00:01:24I was very anxious to meet him,
00:01:26maybe a little nervous even,
00:01:27because he was supposed to be
00:01:29as tough as the ship.
00:01:30He was reputed to be one of the toughest men
00:01:32in the Navy to serve under.
00:01:34Whether he was a fair man, too,
00:01:37or just tough, time would tell.
00:01:40In a little while now, I'd meet him.
00:01:42Lieutenant Commander McIntyre reporting aboard.
00:01:44Of course, Father McIntyre.
00:01:45Welcome aboard, Lieutenant Hanson.
00:01:47I'm glad to be here, Lieutenant.
00:01:49We didn't expect you until Pearl.
00:01:51I couldn't wait.
00:01:52I caught a ride on a plane.
00:01:53Father McIntyre,
00:01:55I'm John Moody, Protestant chaplain aboard.
00:01:57Well, I'm glad to know you, John.
00:01:58Good to know you, too, Father.
00:02:00You should have a lot to talk about.
00:02:01Being we're in the same business, huh?
00:02:03Chaplain, would you show the Father his stateroom?
00:02:05Zero, one, two, eight.
00:02:07Be glad to.
00:02:08Come this way, Father?
00:02:09Surely.
00:02:09Hope you find your stateroom comfortable, Father.
00:02:11Thanks.
00:02:11Thanks a lot.
00:02:14Have you ever been aboard a carrier before, Father?
00:02:16No, never.
00:02:17I want to know this one from stem to stern.
00:02:20I want to know all of her people.
00:02:22Well, that'll take a lot of knowing.
00:02:24We have over 3,200 men aboard this ship.
00:02:27Well, that should be enough for both of us.
00:02:29Are many Protestants?
00:02:31Quite a few.
00:02:33How is your turnout?
00:02:35Oh, it could be better.
00:02:37Well, maybe I can be of some help.
00:02:38What?
00:02:41Oh, I promise not to steal any of your customers.
00:02:44Padre!
00:02:46Remember me?
00:02:48Pete Kelly!
00:02:50Wow!
00:02:51The last time I saw you was in a hospital bed in Pensacola.
00:02:55He ditched his training plane and nearly drowned himself.
00:02:58That was a close call.
00:02:59Close enough.
00:03:00I remember a pretty girl that used to visit you in the hospital.
00:03:03Mary, uh...
00:03:05What was her name?
00:03:06Mary Carney.
00:03:07Oh, yes, of course.
00:03:09And, uh, what became of Mary Carney?
00:03:11She's, uh, Mrs. Pete Kelly now, Father.
00:03:13Oh, good for you, boy.
00:03:14Good for you.
00:03:15Any little Kellys?
00:03:17Not yet, but soon, I hope.
00:03:18Soon, I hope.
00:03:20Well, this will be your first experience of combat duty, eh, Pete?
00:03:23That's right, Father.
00:03:24We had our final training at Santa Rosa.
00:03:26All right, you swamp jockeys.
00:03:29Get the lead out and get back to your working parties on the double.
00:03:33Why, this ship has got to be polluted with a mess of skinheads like you guys.
00:03:37There's more than I can figure out.
00:03:39But I'm stuck with you and I've got to make the best of it.
00:03:42And I don't want no billy again either.
00:03:44That gear ain't stowed by the time dinner is piped down.
00:03:47We'll work around the clock.
00:03:48Many of you guys don't like the way you're getting treated.
00:03:50Tell your troubles to Chaplain Moody.
00:03:52Right?
00:03:53Right.
00:03:58Buck, our new chaplain, Father McIntyre, our chief boatswain, Buck Fitzpatrick.
00:04:02We're proud to have you aboard, Father.
00:04:04How are you, Buck?
00:04:05All right, boys.
00:04:06Get back to your working parties before I lose my temper.
00:04:08Not that I ever do.
00:04:11Buck, the chaplain said he'd like to see the ship, and you know her better than we do.
00:04:14Oh, you just leave them to me, sir.
00:04:16You'll be in good hands.
00:04:17Buck's been with her ever since she was launched.
00:04:19I'll take your bags and your orders back to your stateroom if you'd like.
00:04:22Oh, that's very good of you, John.
00:04:24Thank you very much.
00:04:25Father.
00:04:25See you, Pete.
00:04:27Been in the Navy long, Father?
00:04:29Oh, about a year, but never served on a carrier before.
00:04:32This is a lot of ship.
00:04:34About 30,000 tons.
00:04:49It's a good band.
00:04:53And a good leader.
00:04:54Eddie Everett.
00:04:55Used to be a radio headliner.
00:04:57You've probably heard of him.
00:04:59Yeah, I think I have.
00:05:10All right, Eddie, pick up the tempo.
00:05:12Well, let's have a little feed in there.
00:05:26Shall we go?
00:05:27Now to you.
00:05:28These are some of our bad boys being mustered, Father.
00:05:41The prisoners at large and restricted men.
00:05:44For their sins, sir.
00:05:45Oh, nothing serious.
00:05:48Just fighting, coming aboard, crock.
00:05:50You know, the usual.
00:05:51But you take that one guy at the end, Chris Jordan.
00:05:54There's a case for you.
00:05:55Tough guy?
00:05:57I mean, just in trouble all the time.
00:05:59Nothing serious.
00:06:00Just, uh, just stubborn.
00:06:02Maybe he needs a little help from my department.
00:06:05Well, I don't know, Father.
00:06:06Maybe he doesn't want to go to heaven.
00:06:11Hey, man, we got a lot of things we shouldn't do.
00:06:13Let's go.
00:06:21Look, you want to go ashore tonight?
00:06:27Might be our last chance.
00:06:29Are you nuts?
00:06:30Look, I got a spot where we can have a real ball.
00:06:32I've got it all doped out.
00:06:33When the guys break for dinner, we hide out.
00:06:34When it gets dark, we come back, we slip out, we go ashore.
00:06:37No, sir, I'll have no part of it.
00:06:39When they ask you about me, what are you going to say?
00:06:41My name, rate, and serial number.
00:06:44Very clever.
00:06:44Very clever.
00:06:51We're going topside now, Father.
00:07:15Well, there it is.
00:07:16This is what most people have in mind when they speak of a flat top, a flight deck to
00:07:22the planes landing and taking off.
00:07:25What they don't know is that the main part of a carrier is down below.
00:07:28That's where her heart is.
00:07:31Our ship is as long as three football fields if you stretched them out end to end.
00:07:36Below decks, we've got everything you'd find in the average American town.
00:07:40And we also have the best barbershop in the Navy.
00:07:43You with the new air group?
00:07:45Yeah.
00:07:45I'm turret gunner on Ensign Pete Kelly's plane.
00:07:48My name's Halsey.
00:07:49William.
00:07:51Come again?
00:07:52William Halsey.
00:07:54Yeah.
00:07:54Okay, Admiral.
00:07:57Address and there is the camp.
00:07:58What do you want that for?
00:08:00Nothing's going to happen to me.
00:08:01I hope.
00:08:03Oh, yes, there is.
00:08:04After the war.
00:08:06Look, son.
00:08:07Do you realize hundreds and thousands of kids have come west to fight this war?
00:08:11Kids who've never been away from home before.
00:08:13And what do you think gives them the biggest kick?
00:08:15California.
00:08:16And when the war's over and them same lonesome kids come back, where do you think they'll be heading?
00:08:21California.
00:08:22What do you think they'll be looking for?
00:08:24Dames.
00:08:24Right.
00:08:25What does that lead to?
00:08:27Marriage.
00:08:28What happens as a direct result?
00:08:30Babies.
00:08:31That's what can happen to you, Admiral.
00:08:33No kidding.
00:08:34If you pray your cards right.
00:08:36Hey, give me some of that foo-foo, will you?
00:08:39See, kid, in my business, I sort of got nature working for me.
00:08:43I'm in real estate.
00:08:44I'll put a roof over your head.
00:08:46Where do you think you're going to want it?
00:08:48Where else but in California?
00:08:50Say, you must be from California.
00:08:53Hey, this kid's pretty smart.
00:08:54This is your new chaplain, boys, Father McIntyre.
00:09:01Howdy.
00:09:01Hi, Father.
00:09:02Oh, no, carry on, fellas.
00:09:04The best way for us to get acquainted is at services.
00:09:06Well, Father, that's about the end of the 50-cent tour.
00:09:09You want to go further?
00:09:11Yeah, let's keep going, as long as my legs hold out.
00:09:15Well, see you in church.
00:09:17So long, Father.
00:09:17So long, boys.
00:09:19Where was I?
00:09:21California.
00:09:22Oh, yeah, yeah.
00:09:24See, kid, my old man's got a 60-acre orange grove right in the heart of San Fernando Valley.
00:09:28When I get back, I'm going to rip up them trees, and I'm going to build homes for vets.
00:09:33When them guys come pouring off them ships into the arms of their ever-loving babes,
00:09:38the little lovin' us are going to be ready and waiting for them.
00:09:41Four bedrooms, two heads, no money down, move right in.
00:09:49Now we're in the after-engine room, Father.
00:09:51This is well below the waterline.
00:09:53This is one of the four engines that will drive the ship through the water at almost 40 miles an hour.
00:09:58Big, huh?
00:09:59Oh.
00:10:02Commander?
00:10:03Good afternoon, Buck.
00:10:04I'd like to have you meet our new chopper, Father McIntyre, Commander Glasson.
00:10:08Glad to know you, Father.
00:10:09Welcome aboard.
00:10:10Well, that's about the end of the tour.
00:10:12Has the father seen steering aft yet, Boats?
00:10:16No, sir.
00:10:17Of course, you wouldn't want to see that.
00:10:18That's a way, way aft.
00:10:20You've got to go way down.
00:10:22You...
00:10:22Yes, I'd like to.
00:10:25If you're not too tired.
00:10:26Oh, no, I'm feeling fine.
00:10:27I was thinking that maybe you might be getting a little...
00:10:29No.
00:10:30No, no, no, no.
00:10:32Steering aft.
00:10:33Thank you, Commander.
00:10:36Steering aft, he wants to see.
00:10:38There's nothing back there he's got to see.
00:10:39More stairs to climb.
00:10:45After you, Father.
00:10:46Go ahead.
00:10:47Go ahead.
00:10:47Go ahead.
00:11:16Well, this is it, Father.
00:11:21Steering aft.
00:11:23Very interesting.
00:11:26Well, this is your new chaplain, boys.
00:11:27He wants to see what goes on down here.
00:11:29We heard you were aboard, Father.
00:11:31I'm Marty Brennan.
00:11:32Marty, how are you?
00:11:33This is Archie Golder.
00:11:34Hello, Archie.
00:11:35Tom Short.
00:11:36Tom?
00:11:39Well, so this is where the ship can be steered by hand, huh?
00:11:42Yes, sir, in case the main controls in the pilot house are damaged or shot away.
00:11:46How is it done?
00:11:48Well, in an emergency, we unclutch the steering engine.
00:11:53We use this hand crank.
00:11:56We get our direction from the pilot house over the sound power phone.
00:12:00It takes 70 turns of this crank to turn the rudder one degree.
00:12:04And this is your battle station?
00:12:06Yes, Father.
00:12:07This is our battle station.
00:12:09Well, thanks, boys.
00:12:11Hey, boatswain.
00:12:11Chris Jordan is still playing tricks, huh?
00:12:13Yeah, what'd he do now?
00:12:14He's out hiding somewhere on this ship, and they've got search parties out looking for him.
00:12:18You see what did I tell you, Father?
00:12:20Oh, that guy.
00:12:21So long, Father.
00:12:22Come on, fellas.
00:12:23Bye, sir.
00:12:24So long, boys.
00:12:26You make it, Father?
00:12:28Just barely.
00:12:29Coming up.
00:12:29Bye, sir.
00:12:47I'm ready to board up from all the air.
00:12:52All we can report much.
00:12:55This way, Father.
00:13:12Where was he hiding?
00:13:14In a storeroom.
00:13:15He probably had something better to do ashore.
00:13:17No telling what this guy might do, sir.
00:13:19Let's go, Jordan.
00:13:25What's the matter, Joey?
00:13:28Well, he was due for a promotion to Chief Bowson's mate, and he didn't get it.
00:13:32He blames everybody but himself.
00:13:34I'd like to have a talk with him, Buck.
00:13:36Go ahead, Father, but I'm afraid you're wasting your time.
00:13:38I'll wait for you on the hangar deck.
00:13:46I'm Father McIntyre, the new chaplain.
00:13:49I'd like to speak to this man alone.
00:13:51All right, sir.
00:13:55Howdy.
00:13:57Hello, sir.
00:13:59Sit down.
00:14:04Well, first you can forgive my curiosity, and then you can tell me what's wrong with you.
00:14:12Physically or spiritually?
00:14:14Mentally?
00:14:15I'm 100% sound, and I got a brain like a steel trap.
00:14:18And you're stuck with it.
00:14:21I can understand your disappointment when you weren't promoted.
00:14:23Who told you about that?
00:14:25Buck.
00:14:27Bless his dear little heart.
00:14:29But I can't understand the fuss you make about it.
00:14:32Got a raw deal.
00:14:34They promoted a guy with half my experience.
00:14:36I've got more sense than a lot of those dopes wearing chief's hats.
00:14:39I'm a high school graduate.
00:14:41Oh, a high school man.
00:14:45But, uh, by your behavior, you're proving they were right.
00:14:51I got a sneak an idea they were wrong.
00:14:54Wouldn't be trying to sell me a bill of goods, would you, Father?
00:14:56Like religion, for instance?
00:14:57Well, religion is my job.
00:15:01Sooner or later, I get around to it.
00:15:03But right now, all I'm trying to do is straighten out a fellow who's headed the wrong way.
00:15:09Your hatred doesn't hurt anybody but yourself.
00:15:11I don't hate anybody, Father.
00:15:14I like everybody on this ship, especially dear old Buck.
00:15:17I just want to get as far away from them as possible.
00:15:20That's all.
00:15:22You requested a transfer?
00:15:23Naturally, but they ignore it.
00:15:25And I don't like being ignored.
00:15:27So I get in their hair, and one day they'll get tired of looking at me and kiss me goodbye.
00:15:32Anything else?
00:15:33Well, I guess not.
00:15:40But you're here for me again.
00:15:41Thank you, sir.
00:15:48If you were a betting man, Father, I'd let you tend to warn you didn't get the first base.
00:15:52No, I didn't.
00:15:54But I'll be up at bat again.
00:15:57And if I were a betting man, I'd be inclined to take your bet.
00:16:00Father McIntyre?
00:16:03I've been looking all over for you.
00:16:07Heard you were aboard.
00:16:08I'm Commander Matthews.
00:16:09Well, how do you do, Commander?
00:16:10Our executive officer, Father.
00:16:11He's been with the ship ever since she was commissioned.
00:16:14Welcome aboard.
00:16:15Thank you, Commander.
00:16:16Commander Matthews, report from the captain's cabin.
00:16:19Come along, Father, and meet the captain.
00:16:21Oh, I'll be glad to.
00:16:24Well, Buck, thanks for everything.
00:16:26Okay, Father.
00:16:27Be seeing you.
00:16:28More coffee, Father?
00:16:34Yes, thanks.
00:16:37Just a drop.
00:16:39That's enough.
00:16:40That's enough.
00:16:40Well, I've heard some great things about your ship, Captain.
00:16:46You got a lot of battle stars.
00:16:47I wasn't with her when she got them.
00:16:49They gave her to me after she was hit by a Jap suicide plane, and I brought her back for repairs.
00:16:54She's my first big command.
00:16:55He forgot to tell you, Father.
00:16:57The captain took a demotion in order to take over command of this ship.
00:17:01Well, that demotion wasn't much of a sacrifice.
00:17:03I was a fighter pilot for years, flew off the old Langley.
00:17:06I always wanted to command a carrier.
00:17:09I've done just about everything in this Navy, even swabbed decks.
00:17:14You see, Father, I started as an enlisted man.
00:17:16I'm what they call a Mustang.
00:17:18And the fact that I began at the bottom has always been a kind of a challenge.
00:17:22Yes, I can understand that.
00:17:23That's my wife and daughter, Leslie.
00:17:24Leslie is 16.
00:17:26She graduates from high school this year.
00:17:28I hope I'll be there to see it.
00:17:30She looks more like my wife than she does like me.
00:17:34I'd like to be a break for Leslie.
00:17:38It is.
00:17:42We'll be the flagship of a task group dedicated to a difficult, dangerous mission.
00:17:47We've got a great crew.
00:17:48But during the session in dry dock, with so much leave, the usual thing happened.
00:17:51They slacked off.
00:17:52The men have been getting a little out of hand, Captain.
00:17:55Well, now it's time to take in the slack.
00:17:58Father, it's great to have you aboard.
00:18:00It's great to be aboard.
00:18:01Attention, all hands.
00:18:20Attention, all hands.
00:18:22This is an order from the captain.
00:18:23A message has just been received which orders our ship to sail tomorrow instead of the day after.
00:18:30For this reason, he regrets to announce that all leave and liberty must be canceled, effective immediately.
00:18:37That is all.
00:18:38Ain't the skipper got no place to go?
00:18:40Wait till my old lady hears about this.
00:18:42Fix up a standard.
00:18:43They ought to call this ship the Alcatraz.
00:18:45All right, you guys, cut the chatter.
00:18:46You know we never get liberty the last night in port.
00:18:51Leave your quarters.
00:18:58Now the smoking lamp is out throughout the ship while taking aboard aviation gasoline and fuel oil.
00:19:04Oh, hello, Mr. Kelly.
00:19:11I didn't know you were standing there in the dark.
00:19:13Hi, Admiral.
00:19:14Sit down.
00:19:18I've never been so low in all my life.
00:19:21I wired Dad and Mom telling them I'd talk to them on long distance tonight.
00:19:24Then I had to go send another wire calling it off on account of no liberty.
00:19:29My Dad's a great old guy.
00:19:31But he's been very sick lately.
00:19:34It's tough, Admiral.
00:19:38I'll bet you were glad to see your wife when she came in yesterday.
00:19:41Yeah, I met her at the airport.
00:19:43I thought we were going to be together tonight.
00:19:44Today's her birthday, but we couldn't make it.
00:19:47I said goodbye to her on the phone.
00:19:50She had some news she was saving for me.
00:19:54We're going to have a baby.
00:19:56Oh, that's tough.
00:19:57Hmm?
00:19:58Oh, I don't mean about the baby.
00:19:59That's swell, but...
00:20:01Well, I mean not being with her when she told you.
00:20:03That's terrible.
00:20:04Now look, Mr. Kelly.
00:20:06It's all going to be okay.
00:20:07They'll be waiting for you on the dock when you get back in.
00:20:10You just keep your chin up, huh?
00:20:12Huh, that's it.
00:20:14Just think.
00:20:16A baby.
00:20:17And I'm your turret gunner.
00:20:19Oh, golly, am I proud.
00:20:21Tell me, how can they do this to me?
00:20:27I promised to meet this doll tonight.
00:20:29Don't worry, somebody will meet her.
00:20:31That's what I'm afraid of.
00:20:32Let me ask you something.
00:20:34What are we fighting this stinking war for?
00:20:36For life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
00:20:39So now comes the skipper and says we ain't got no liberty.
00:20:41We ain't got no right to pursue nothing.
00:20:43Now look, I don't mind fighting and bleeding.
00:20:45When did you ever bleed, squawk?
00:20:47Don't my nose bleed every time them five inches go off?
00:20:50That's your psychological reaction to gunfire.
00:20:53What's your language, fella?
00:20:55Every time it goes off, it scares the pants off you.
00:20:58You should crack about being scared.
00:21:00Why'd you want to go ashore the other night?
00:21:01I had a date.
00:21:03You mean you were trying to ditch a date?
00:21:04The same date we all got in the battle area.
00:21:06I've been on his bucket ever since she made her first strike,
00:21:08and I should have got my liberty tonight.
00:21:10All you got to do is tell the captain.
00:21:11There's no problem.
00:21:12Just tell the captain.
00:21:13I'd like to tell the captain.
00:21:17Shh.
00:21:18Quiet, Meyer.
00:21:19If they find out you snuck Meyer aboard the ship,
00:21:22they'll throw you both overboard.
00:21:24Don't worry about Meyer.
00:21:26He knows rank.
00:21:27You let a guy with stripes on his arms come in,
00:21:29and vump, right under the bunk goes Meyer.
00:21:32Say, I keep hearing about this guy, Buck.
00:21:34Buck'll do this, and Buck'll do that.
00:21:37Who's Buck?
00:21:38Buck's the Chief Paulson.
00:21:40You'll know him when you hear him.
00:21:41Never speaks above a whisper.
00:21:43Carry on, you guys.
00:21:45Carry on.
00:21:48This is just a social visit.
00:21:51I'm making a round to see that everything's buttoned up.
00:21:54Everybody present and accounted for?
00:21:56Yeah, we got our full count, Warden.
00:22:01You must have done time someplace, huh, Jordan?
00:22:04I'm doing my time now.
00:22:05Hey, how come these guys don't have liberty tonight?
00:22:07What difference does it make to you?
00:22:09You wouldn't have gotten one anyway.
00:22:10Oh, I'm not thinking of myself.
00:22:11I'm only thinking of my shipmates, my buddies.
00:22:14Who do you think you're a kid?
00:22:16You don't give a hoot about anybody but yourself.
00:22:18Look, I'm getting sore about this,
00:22:19and when we dock back at Pearl,
00:22:20I'm going to go to the captain and demand a transfer.
00:22:22Well, if you do, I'll okay it.
00:22:24I'll recommend that you could transfer to the waves.
00:22:27Can't you see he's just stringing you?
00:22:30This last night belongs to the ship.
00:22:33She's your dame now.
00:22:34You're married to her.
00:22:35And she don't want any of you guys cheating on her.
00:22:37You may be married to her,
00:22:38but I got big news for you.
00:22:40I'm getting a divorce.
00:22:44Look, Jordan,
00:22:45there's one thing you've got to learn.
00:22:47There's only three things important to a sailor.
00:22:49his wife, his kids, and his ship.
00:23:06Oh, so you imitate dogs, huh?
00:23:11Yes, sir.
00:23:13You imitate any other animals?
00:23:14No, sir, just dogs.
00:23:16Well, go ahead, do a dog.
00:23:17Imitation of a dog with a can tied to its tail.
00:23:27Ah, he's also a ventriloquist.
00:23:30Oh.
00:23:30Yes, sir.
00:23:31Imitation of a dog on the flight deck.
00:23:34Okay, kid, save it.
00:23:36Save it.
00:23:39Golder,
00:23:39when you asked for permission to bring a dog on this ship,
00:23:46I said, no, no mascots.
00:23:48Where is he?
00:23:53Come out, Maya.
00:23:54Come on.
00:24:00Please don't make me give him up, sir.
00:24:01You know the regulations.
00:24:03If Weida had to leave,
00:24:04I was going to take him ashore and find a home for him.
00:24:07It's no use, Golder.
00:24:08If I let you guys have your own way,
00:24:10you'd make a floating zoo out of this ship.
00:24:11I've got to have discipline.
00:24:33All right, pooch, you beat it.
00:24:35You don't belong on this ship.
00:24:36I don't like those kids trying to pull the wool
00:24:45over these old navy eyes, huh?
00:24:47Tried to bring the pooch aboard, huh, boats?
00:24:49Tried to.
00:24:49He did.
00:24:50The kid had it in his bunk.
00:24:51I heard the dog barking when I walked over.
00:24:54One of his buddies tried to make believe
00:24:55he was a ventriloquist.
00:24:56Is that an old one or is that an old one?
00:24:58It's got a beard, boat.
00:24:59A beard?
00:25:00It's got whiskers.
00:25:01Good night, Lieutenant.
00:25:12Good night, boats.
00:25:26Maya.
00:25:31On the morning of February 7th, 1945,
00:25:42the ship was ready to leave
00:25:43from the anchorage in Alameda.
00:25:45As we headed for the Golden Gate,
00:25:47the shores of our homeland
00:25:48seemed more beautiful than ever.
00:25:51The desire to keep them so
00:25:52clearly etched that picture in my memory.
00:25:55On the way to Pearl Harbor,
00:26:07intensive training was the order of the day.
00:26:09There was a big job ahead of us
00:26:11and everyone had to be ready.
00:26:12Torpedo defense.
00:26:13Torpedo defense.
00:26:14General quarters.
00:26:15General quarters.
00:26:16All hands ban your battle stations.
00:26:19All hands ban your gun stations.
00:26:21Torpedo attack.
00:26:41Nine Bettys coming in from dead ahead.
00:26:44Distance, 20,000 yards.
00:26:45All 40-millimeter mounts ready.
00:27:02All 5-inch mounts ready.
00:27:05All guns ready to commence firing.
00:27:09Combat information center ready.
00:27:11Distance, 10,000 yards.
00:27:17Commence firing.
00:27:19Commence firing.
00:27:20Commence firing.
00:27:20Damage control reports condition yoke
00:27:42is set throughout the ship.
00:27:44Main control reports all boilers
00:27:46on the line for full power.
00:27:47Cease firing.
00:27:50Cease firing.
00:27:59Three minutes to commence firing.
00:28:01Six minutes for damage control
00:28:02to secure watertight integrity.
00:28:04Not bad on gun stations.
00:28:06Yeah, but six minutes is too long
00:28:07for damage control to button up the ship.
00:28:09If we're not secure below decks,
00:28:10we go down like a ton of bricks.
00:28:12Continue the drills,
00:28:13particularly damage control.
00:28:15Simulate everything that may come up
00:28:16in the combat zone.
00:28:17Aye, aye, Captain.
00:28:18Keep him out of, Joe.
00:28:20When we go into battle,
00:28:21every man aboard this ship
00:28:22should do his job automatically.
00:28:24I don't want one man to die
00:28:25or cause the death of anyone else
00:28:27for lack of training.
00:28:29That's all, Joe.
00:28:30Thanks.
00:28:31Yes, sir.
00:28:31Some of you guys seem to think we won a war
00:28:35in the first round.
00:28:37But that ain't the case.
00:28:39We got a long way to go before the final bell
00:28:42and it's going to get tougher every minute.
00:28:44You guys get all thoughts of the beach,
00:28:47dames, and liberty out of your mind for keeps.
00:28:52There just ain't no such thing where we're going.
00:28:55And thinking about them only files up the work
00:28:58that's cut out for us.
00:28:59And another thing.
00:29:01On the way to Pearl,
00:29:02we're going to drill around the clock.
00:29:05And you go to these drills on the double.
00:29:08But from now on,
00:29:09on the double means
00:29:10you've got to move faster than sound.
00:29:24General quarters.
00:29:25General quarters.
00:29:26All hands.
00:29:27Man, your battle stations.
00:29:29General quarters.
00:29:30General quarters.
00:29:31All hands.
00:29:32Man, your battle stations.
00:29:33General quarters.
00:29:34General quarters.
00:29:35All hands.
00:29:36It's ready to get out of the tank.
00:29:39Get on the water. Get on the water.
00:29:43Four minutes and 50 seconds. That's still not good enough.
00:29:46Men have had a tough day, Captain, and they're all fagged out.
00:29:49Under battle conditions, they may not see their bunks for 72 hours at a time.
00:29:53One more drill for damage control, and then we'll secure.
00:29:58Damage control will be our salvation if a kamikaze ever gets through our combat air patrol or any aircraft barrage.
00:30:04Aye, aye, sir.
00:30:06Let's get out of the lights, man. It's hard at all.
00:30:16I'm a ball, man.
00:30:25Get him, man. Get some rubber in that shot.
00:30:27Get him, man. You don't know what I mean.
00:30:36Come on, man. See this, man.
00:30:41How are you talking about your time?
00:30:43No, no, no.
00:30:45How are you?
00:30:46Oh, no.
00:30:48Mama, come get your baby more.
00:30:50Hey, you guys, wait till you hear this good one I finally found on the shower room floor.
00:30:54It's from Squawk's girl.
00:30:56Dear sweetie pie, I sleep every night with a picture you sent me under my pillow,
00:31:00and every morning I kiss your big blue eyes.
00:31:03Hey, give me that.
00:31:04Blue eyes.
00:31:05It's fooled me to hear how you shot down an enemy plane single-handed.
00:31:08Give me that hair.
00:31:08And saved your ship from home to your ever-loving plum cake.
00:31:12All right, wise guy.
00:31:12All right, wise guy.
00:31:19Come on, Jordan.
00:31:21What's coming off here?
00:31:23Squawk, I told you.
00:31:24You know, when you throw a left, you've got to keep your guard up.
00:31:26Otherwise, you're wide open for a right.
00:31:27You know, I've told you this.
00:31:29All right, knock it off.
00:31:31You're both on report.
00:31:32We're fighting.
00:31:33Fighting?
00:31:34Me fight with my old pal, Squawk?
00:31:36We're playmates.
00:31:37I was just giving him a couple of lessons in the manly art of self-defense.
00:31:40If you don't believe me, ask anybody.
00:31:45Ask Father Joe.
00:31:55Yeah, I think it was a sparring match.
00:31:58Okay, Father.
00:31:59But you guys watch it.
00:32:01We've got enough trouble on the ship the way it is.
00:32:07May I be forgiven for that white lie?
00:32:11Maybe your boys are a little over-trained.
00:32:14A little over-trained?
00:32:15Are you kidding, Father?
00:32:16This is the first night we've had without a drill.
00:32:18Well, you better make the most of it.
00:32:20Get yourself a good night's rest.
00:32:25So long, Father.
00:32:25Thanks, Father.
00:32:26Good night, fellas.
00:32:27Good night, Father.
00:32:27Good night, Father.
00:32:27Good night, Father.
00:32:30Good night, Father.
00:32:30Good night, Father.
00:32:31Good night, Father.
00:32:31Good night, Father.
00:32:31Good night, Father.
00:32:31Good night, Father.
00:32:32Good night, Father.
00:32:32Good night, Father.
00:32:33Good night, Father.
00:32:33Good night, Father.
00:32:34Good night, Father.
00:32:34Good night, Father.
00:32:35Good night, Father.
00:32:35Good night, Father.
00:32:36Good night, Father.
00:32:37Good night, Father.
00:32:38Good night, Father.
00:32:39Good night, Father.
00:32:40Good night, Father.
00:32:41Good night, Father.
00:32:42Good night, Father.
00:32:43Good night, Father.
00:32:44Good night, Father.
00:32:45Good night, Father.
00:32:46Good night, Father.
00:32:47Good night, Father.
00:32:48Good night, Father.
00:32:49Good night, Father.
00:32:50Good night, Father.
00:32:51Good night, Father.
00:32:52Good night, Father.
00:32:53General Quarter, General Quarter, I'll have to back your battle station.
00:33:08General Quarter, General Quarter, I'll have to back your battle station.
00:33:14No, not again.
00:33:15Watch that wingtip, you! What are you trying to do, rip her off?
00:33:29More training?
00:33:31We've got some night fighters out. We're respotting the deck. We'll need more room to take them aboard when they come back.
00:33:37This is the last one, kids!
00:33:45I'm glad that's over. I'm dying on my feet.
00:33:49Now, there's an idea.
00:33:50We'll all day long and get called out of your bunks in the middle of the night.
00:33:53Don't you quit your beefing, Jordan.
00:33:56Captain?
00:33:57Good.
00:33:58The flight deck has been respotted.
00:34:00Due to the number of planes we got on the flight deck, we're unable to get that last barrier up.
00:34:04Request permission to let the flight deck crew go below until half an hour before the night fighters land aboard.
00:34:09If I bring aircraft aboard with that last barrier down, it's too big a risk.
00:34:13You can't get the barrier up because your spot's too loose.
00:34:15Respot the deck.
00:34:16All right, sir.
00:34:18Respot the flight deck.
00:34:20Is this guy kidding? How much does he think we can take?
00:34:22Okay, boys, you heard what the captain said. We've got to respot the flight deck. Get moving.
00:34:27On the double, boys. Come on. Get going.
00:34:30I've seen some tough skippers in my life, but this guy's the champ.
00:34:32Move that front line forward so we can close up what's in back of it.
00:34:36The only thing we have to respot, buddy, is the guy up on the bridge.
00:34:39Come back here, Jordan.
00:34:42What are we going to do, sweetheart?
00:34:43Hold so little.
00:34:44Come on over here. I want to talk to you.
00:34:52You know better than a sound off like that.
00:34:55The captain knows what he's doing, and he's right.
00:34:57He's your tin god. You should have married him.
00:34:59I ought to kick you over the side.
00:35:01And I would, too, if it wasn't against regulations.
00:35:03You can get rid of me, big shot. Use your influence. Get me a transfer.
00:35:06Stop acting like a juvenile. Get some sense in your head.
00:35:08Maybe you're right. I guess I've been acting like a first-class chump.
00:35:13Third class.
00:35:14All right, I'll play it your way.
00:35:21You mean that?
00:35:21Maybe that'll get me a transfer.
00:35:30Get below.
00:35:32Oh, just Fitzpatrick.
00:35:45Report to the captain on the bridge.
00:35:47Captain.
00:35:59What am I down there, Buck?
00:36:00Nothing, sir. I just sent one of the men below, that's all.
00:36:03A little trouble?
00:36:04I wouldn't say that, sir.
00:36:07Buck, you know this crew better than anybody.
00:36:08What's going on below decks?
00:36:09Well, if you must know, Captain, the men are a little steamed up on account of these extra drills.
00:36:16Aren't we all?
00:36:17You see, Father, when this ship took a bomb hit in the Philippine Sea, the Japs reported her sunk.
00:36:23They still believe that.
00:36:25When they find out she's alive, they'll make every effort to send her to the bottom.
00:36:28That's why I want this crew on the ball.
00:36:31I want to bring them home, and I want to bring this ship home.
00:36:34I understand, Captain.
00:36:36Good night, Buck.
00:36:37Good night, Captain.
00:36:39Oh, oh, by the way, Captain, one thing I would like to know.
00:36:43I heard a crack below that you were about as tough as this Captain Bly.
00:36:47Captain Bly?
00:36:49Yeah, it seems that he's a CO who had a mutiny on his hands.
00:36:52Do we have a ship in our Navy called the Bounty?
00:36:56Captain Bly is a character in fiction.
00:36:58Oh?
00:37:00Oh.
00:37:04Then, good night, Captain.
00:37:09Hey, Father.
00:37:13Hello, Chris.
00:37:15Ah, this is one time I'm really glad to see you.
00:37:17Oh?
00:37:18Well, what brought this about?
00:37:19Well, I'll be leaving the ship right after Pearl, and now's as good a time as any to say goodbye.
00:37:23Oh, you mean your transfer came through?
00:37:25Not yet, but it will.
00:37:26What makes you so sure?
00:37:29Confidentially, I took a poke at Buck.
00:37:31Oh, so that's what you did.
00:37:33You took a poke at him, huh?
00:37:35He's probably up reporting me right now to the old man.
00:37:37They may give me the works, but at least I'll get a transfer off this ship.
00:37:41Well, it's been nice knowing you, Father.
00:37:43Father, Chris, you and I are going to see a lot of each other.
00:37:48Not after Pearl.
00:37:49Oh, yes.
00:37:51After Pearl.
00:37:52After Pearl?
00:37:54Mm-hmm.
00:37:55Because, you see, I was there when Buck reported to the captain, and he didn't say a word about
00:38:00you taking a poke at him.
00:38:02You don't realize what a good friend of yours, Buck, is?
00:38:04A friend of mine?
00:38:05You must be crazy, Father.
00:38:07Well, he proved he has your interests at heart.
00:38:09You should learn to appreciate him.
00:38:11Well, so long, Chris.
00:38:15Life is full of surprises, huh?
00:38:21Dirty double-crosser.
00:38:30There was more to prepare for than battle stations.
00:38:34And on the day after we left Pearl Harbor, our planes were having target practice
00:38:38and learning to land safely on the ship while it was in motion.
00:38:43And when this was over...
00:38:44Mr. Jensby?
00:38:46Yes, sir.
00:38:47Tell the captain that last division of torpedo planes is down to 40 gallons of gas.
00:38:50We'll expedite getting them aboard.
00:38:52Aye, aye, sir.
00:38:52Who's the pilot of that last plane?
00:39:19Uh, Kelly, sir.
00:39:24Your young friend from Pensacola.
00:39:28How much gas we got left, Pete?
00:39:31Practically none.
00:39:375-18 to Dixie.
00:39:39This is Dixie.
00:39:40Over.
00:39:41I'm almost out of fuel.
00:39:42Less than 10 gallons.
00:39:44That's not enough for control.
00:39:45The ship's pitching and rolling.
00:39:47You'd better take a wave off.
00:39:48Pete, they're giving you a wave off.
00:39:57Pete, take the wave off.
00:39:58You'll kill somebody.
00:39:59I'll die before we ever ditch again.
00:40:03Brace yourself, Admiral.
00:40:05We're landing.
00:40:05Tell the air officer to have the pilot of that plane report to the bridge.
00:40:23Aye, aye, sir.
00:40:24The captain wants the pilot of 5-Tare 18 to report to the bridge, sir.
00:40:28Very well.
00:40:28Hey, you're on a butt!
00:40:33What are you trying to do?
00:40:35Kill us!
00:40:35Power 5-Tare 18, report to the bridge.
00:40:38Power 5-Tare 18, report to the bridge.
00:40:41All right, you heard him.
00:40:42The captain wants to see you.
00:40:44Get noise!
00:40:46Move!
00:40:50Mr. Kelly!
00:40:51Now, I got it coming to me.
00:41:00Ensign Kelly, Captain.
00:41:01Torpedo Squadron 5.
00:41:03Didn't you recognize the wave off signal the LSO gave you?
00:41:05I was almost out of gas, sir.
00:41:06Afraid to ditch?
00:41:07No, sir.
00:41:08But the plane...
00:41:08Only a miracle kept you from crashing into those other planes, killing a number of people,
00:41:12including you and your crew.
00:41:14Think of that?
00:41:15Yes, sir.
00:41:16Gasoline systems open for refueling.
00:41:18A fire could spread to other parts of the ship.
00:41:20A wave off from the LSO is mandatory.
00:41:23It must be obeyed.
00:41:24But, Captain, if you...
00:41:24You're at attention, Mr. Kelly.
00:41:27If you go wrong on a simple training problem like this, what are you going to do in a real fight?
00:41:30You won't have any time to think, then.
00:41:32Your reactions will have to be instinctive.
00:41:34If they're not, you'll get yourself killed, and you'll kill a lot of other people we can't afford to lose.
00:41:42Many of the men aboard this ship were with her in her worst hours of trial.
00:41:46They faced death many times to keep her afloat.
00:41:49And I'm not going to let any second-guesser follow them up.
00:41:52Is that clear?
00:41:53Yes, sir.
00:41:54Mr. Kelly, you're relieved of any further duties involving flying.
00:41:58That's all.
00:42:00Yes, sir.
00:42:04It was the morning of March 13th, and we were approaching our rendezvous with Task Force 58 at the anchorage at Ulippi.
00:42:21Task Force 58, Joe.
00:42:23Isn't that something to look at?
00:42:26Yes, sir.
00:42:27There's the Intrepid, Enterprise, the Hancock.
00:42:37I see the Pittsburgh, the Santa Fe.
00:42:41There's our escort to Guam.
00:42:43Just dropping her hook.
00:42:44You think we'll get liberty tonight?
00:42:46Liberty?
00:42:47What would you do with it?
00:42:48Well, this is a South Sea island.
00:42:49There must be dames on it.
00:42:50Dames?
00:42:51Not now.
00:42:52They got rid of all the broads.
00:42:53Are you kidding?
00:42:54Who done that?
00:42:55Some wise guy in Washington.
00:42:56Hey, Pops.
00:42:59Yeah?
00:43:00How many ships you figure there are?
00:43:02I don't know.
00:43:03Must be a thousand.
00:43:04A thousand?
00:43:06Man, I'll bet there are a lot of prospective customers for my housing project on them ships.
00:43:20Fail, Paul.
00:43:21Fail, Paul.
00:43:22Fail, Paul.
00:43:26Fail, Paul.
00:43:37Hey, listen, you guys.
00:43:39It says here if I don't show up in person on or before the 15th and explain why I didn't report for jury duty, I'm in contempt of court.
00:43:46Well, tomorrow's the 15th.
00:43:47Yeah, that's right. I can't make it.
00:44:00I've seen you do that a half a dozen times, Buck. How come you don't open them?
00:44:04These are from my dead past.
00:44:06Huh? A doll?
00:44:08A Jezebel. I married her.
00:44:11So?
00:44:11She sued me for divorce. Named the Navy as correspondent.
00:44:15She claimed I loved the Navy more than I did her.
00:44:17How about that?
00:44:19She got it?
00:44:20Nah. The judge said love of the Navy was no infidelity and threw the case out of court.
00:44:24I haven't seen her in over two years now.
00:44:27She gets part of my page. She keeps writing to me. When I'm done, I'm done.
00:44:31Here. Take them back.
00:44:33Take them back.
00:44:33Take them back.
00:44:37I'm sorry, Father.
00:44:38Father, how do you pronounce that?
00:44:43Scudithrips citri. That's a citrus disease.
00:44:46Very destructive.
00:44:48Oh, is that right?
00:44:49That's wonderful news.
00:44:50That's what my old man's trees have got. The whole 60 acres.
00:44:53My dream's coming true.
00:44:55Oh, the homes for vets?
00:44:57Yeah. Can't fail, Father.
00:44:58California climate's perfect for it.
00:45:00What a picture.
00:45:0160 acres of diapers blown in the breeze.
00:45:05Since you went away, sweetheart, I haven't gone anywhere, not even to dances.
00:45:10But your best friend, Louie, is home on furlough, and he's sorry for me, and comes to see me every night.
00:45:19Hey, Chris.
00:45:20Yeah?
00:45:21Here's a letter. I got it mixed up with one mine.
00:45:23Hey, thanks, Judd.
00:45:24Excuse me, Father.
00:45:28Excuse me, Father.
00:45:28Excuse me, Father.
00:45:54I'm going to have twins.
00:45:56What?
00:45:57I'm going to have twins!
00:45:59You sure don't show up, Mr. Kelly.
00:46:01No, no, no, no.
00:46:02Mary and me, my wife.
00:46:04Oh, isn't that great, Father?
00:46:05It's going to be twins.
00:46:06How do you know?
00:46:07Well, the doctor says so.
00:46:08He practically guarantees it.
00:46:10Congratulations.
00:46:10Congratulations.
00:46:12I think so often about you, Dad.
00:46:17Wondering where you are.
00:46:19Praying that you're safe.
00:46:20Please try to be home when I graduate in June.
00:46:24Love, Leslie.
00:46:27She's still a kid.
00:46:28Still puts a row of X's across the bottom of every letter.
00:46:36Yeah.
00:46:37It's been a long cruise, hasn't it?
00:46:45Listen, everybody.
00:46:46I just got such wonderful news, I've got to share it with somebody or bust.
00:46:50What is it, Father Joe?
00:46:51I told you my sister was a nun in Manila.
00:46:54She was captured by the Japanese in 42, and that's the last we heard of her.
00:46:58Well, she's been found.
00:46:59She's alive and well and back on the job.
00:47:01That's wonderful.
00:47:02Isn't that wonderful?
00:47:04Steve, you lived in Manila.
00:47:07You must have heard of the Maryknoll order that my sister belonged to.
00:47:10I did, Father.
00:47:14What's the matter, son?
00:47:16My mother and brother escaped from Manila.
00:47:18They were working with a native underground.
00:47:22My mother was captured.
00:47:24This letter from my brother says that she was executed as a spy.
00:47:28On the 14th, we were at sea again, at General Quarters, when word was passed that the captain was about to speak to all hands.
00:47:44This is the captain.
00:47:48Now that we've left Ulythi, I can tell you that we're about to become part of a task group whose mission is to destroy air and naval installations on the Japanese home islands.
00:47:57When the Japs see this carrier, they'll think she's a ghost ship.
00:48:01They believe she's at the bottom of the sea.
00:48:02They'll soon find out how wrong they are.
00:48:05And when they do, they're going to give us everything they've got in the way of suicide planes and submarine attacks.
00:48:11The mission in which we'll be engaged is most important.
00:48:15We must all be alert for any emergency and do everything in our power to protect this ship.
00:48:20I have full confidence in you.
00:48:21I'm proud of you.
00:48:23That's all.
00:48:24All right, Admiral, I understand your pilot won't be flying anymore.
00:48:40Don't worry about Mr. Kelly.
00:48:41When the first mission comes up, he'll be flying it and I'll be with him.
00:48:45Wolakowski, the captain's orderly, tells me he doesn't stand a chance.
00:48:49Wolakowski, what does he know?
00:48:50He's got big ears.
00:48:51He knows what goes on up there.
00:48:52Well, and he shouldn't blab about it.
00:48:54Mr. Kelly passed up a wave off.
00:48:55That's serious.
00:48:56Well, lots of pilots got grounded in Pensacola, but they're back flying again.
00:49:00This isn't Pensacola.
00:49:01Kelly's case comes up before the trouble board tonight.
00:49:04Why, stop.
00:49:04You should be glad of it.
00:49:05You'll fly with some guy that'll bring you back in one piece.
00:49:08I'm going to go talk to the captain.
00:49:10You're going to what?
00:49:11I'm going to go see him.
00:49:12No enlisted man can get to the captain without permission.
00:49:15You couldn't even get past Wolakowski.
00:49:17Well, I don't see why not.
00:49:18Lots of guys got to talk to Lincoln during the Civil War.
00:49:21I'm going to try it.
00:49:22Hey, I'm going to try it.
00:49:24Lincoln.
00:49:25See what he gets for reading books?
00:49:33Where do you think you're going?
00:49:34Is the captain on the bridge?
00:49:36Yeah.
00:49:37So what?
00:49:38I got to talk to him.
00:49:40You got to what?
00:49:42Talk to the captain.
00:49:43About what?
00:49:45It's personal.
00:49:46Get lost.
00:49:48Get lost or I'll throw you in the booby hatch.
00:49:50Look, I got to talk to the captain.
00:49:52It's important.
00:49:53What's the trouble, Wolakowski?
00:49:55It's an enlisted man, captain.
00:49:57I think he's nuts.
00:49:58I am not.
00:49:59Send him in here.
00:50:01Aye, aye, sir.
00:50:09Well, son?
00:50:10Halsey, captain.
00:50:11WB.
00:50:12Turret gunner with Air Group 5.
00:50:13At ease.
00:50:15You say Halsey?
00:50:17Yes, captain.
00:50:19William Halsey.
00:50:21They call you Admiral?
00:50:22Bull?
00:50:23Yes, sir.
00:50:26Well, son, what's on your mind?
00:50:29Speak up.
00:50:32Well, sir, I...
00:50:33I guess I shouldn't have come up here.
00:50:38Well, it must be important or you wouldn't be here.
00:50:42Here.
00:50:44Relax.
00:50:47Sit down.
00:50:50There?
00:50:53Cigarette?
00:50:59No, thank you, captain.
00:51:00I don't smoke.
00:51:02Mr. Kelly don't want me to.
00:51:04Mr. Kelly?
00:51:05Ensign Kelly.
00:51:07He don't know I'm here.
00:51:09He'll be sorry if he finds out.
00:51:13It's him I came to talk about.
00:51:15He's in a jam.
00:51:17What's on your mind?
00:51:19Well, I've been turret gunner on pizza.
00:51:22Excuse me.
00:51:23On Mr. Kelly's plane ever since the group started forming in Santa Rosa.
00:51:27We get sort of close to our pilot, but with him dependent on us and we dependent on him.
00:51:32You see, Mr. Kelly's got a wife he's crazy about.
00:51:36Now a family's on the way and he's all upset.
00:51:39I guess you'd be kind of upset if you were going to have twins.
00:51:41Well, a little.
00:51:44Well, he had to ditch a plane once at Pensacola and he nearly got drowned.
00:51:50He ain't scared of it, sir.
00:51:53But a guy with his responsibilities wouldn't be blamed for being sort of careful.
00:51:58He should have taken that wave off.
00:51:59But I'll bet even you might have pulled a crazy stunt like that when you were a young pilot.
00:52:04I might have.
00:52:08Well, as far as Kelly's concerned, I can't tell you what my decision will be until I see the findings of the trouble board.
00:52:16Well, couldn't you pull your rank on the board, Captain?
00:52:18You think the captain ought to do that?
00:52:23Well, maybe not.
00:52:27Honest, I hate to keep plugging like this, but couldn't you give me just a little hope?
00:52:33Well, you know my decision will have to be based on what I think is best for the ship.
00:52:37But what you've told me about Mr. Kelly will make my decision easier.
00:52:41I hope I'll be able to restore him to flying duty.
00:52:44You mean that, sir? For real?
00:52:47For real.
00:52:48Oh, gee, Captain, you don't know what this means to me.
00:52:51Maybe I can do something for you someday.
00:52:54I'm sure you can.
00:52:57Yes, sir. I mean, aye, sir.
00:53:01Thank you, Captain.
00:53:02Thank you, Admiral.
00:53:07One of these days, they're going to come and get you with a butterfly net.
00:53:10Get lost, get lost, or I'll throw you in a booby hatch.
00:53:13Why, you?
00:53:14Wolakowski?
00:53:16Yes, sir.
00:53:18During the night, as we steam deeper into enemy waters, our destroyer escort sighted the submarine.
00:53:33Dixie, this is Eagle. Over.
00:53:46Dixie, this is Eagle. Over.
00:53:50Eagle, this is Dixie. Over.
00:53:51I have a submarine contact dead ahead of me, sir.
00:53:54Bearing zero, zero, zero. Over.
00:53:56Roger out.
00:53:59Right-standing rudder.
00:54:00Right-standing rudder, sir.
00:54:01General quarters, general quarters, all in, manual battle station.
00:54:14General quarters, general quarters, all in, manual battle station.
00:54:19Captain, destroyer contact bearing zero, zero, zero, range, 400 yards.
00:54:27Come left, 10 degrees, Mr. Gower.
00:54:29Come left, 10 degrees.
00:54:31Keep setting, Mr. B.
00:54:38Fire one.
00:54:40Fire one.
00:54:40We got him.
00:55:06Dixie, this is Eagle. Over.
00:55:09Eagle, this is Dixie. Over.
00:55:13We got him, sir. We got him.
00:55:15Are you sure?
00:55:16Yes, sir. I have an honest lick and debris on the surface. Over.
00:55:20Well done. Out.
00:55:21Out.
00:55:27On the night of March 18th, our ship closed within 100 miles of the Japanese Empire.
00:55:33In the ready room, the squadron commander was briefing his pilots on the job waiting for them the following morning.
00:55:44Their main mission was to destroy any combatant ships in Kobe Harbor.
00:55:47And the happiest man among them was my young friend from Pensacola, Ensign Kelly, who had been reinstated.
00:55:54Tomorrow's the day we've been waiting for, and you guys will really have something to cut your teeth on.
00:56:00And while we're at it, let's give Tokyo Rose something to really talk about.
00:56:04The enemy expects us, and he'll throw everything at us but the geisha girls.
00:56:09Okay. Aircraft assignments on the board. Let's go hit the pads. We're going to need all the rest we can get.
00:56:21During the night of the 18th, there was no rest for those whose battle stations were in combat information center.
00:56:27Unidentified aircraft appeared on the radar screen constantly.
00:56:30We were so close to Japan now, and our force was so large that we had been accurately spotted by the enemy.
00:56:36Any second, we could be blown to pieces.
00:56:39Hey, squad. I wonder what's going on up there.
00:56:43Japs are looking for us. You can depend on that.
00:56:45As we steam nearer to our enemy's homeland, through dangerous waters with enemy planes searching for and making attacks on different units of our force,
00:56:55the night was one of continuous alarms.
00:57:06Japs are looking for us.
00:57:07Japs are looking for us.
00:57:08Japs are looking for us.
00:57:09Japs are looking for us.
00:57:10Japs are looking for us.
00:57:11Japs are looking for us.
00:57:12Japs are looking for us.
00:57:13Japs are looking for us.
00:57:14Japs are looking for us.
00:57:15Japs are looking for us.
00:57:16Japs are looking for us.
00:57:17Japs are looking for us.
00:57:18Japs are looking for us.
00:57:19Japs are looking for us.
00:57:20Japs are looking for us.
00:57:21Japs are looking for us.
00:57:22Japs are looking for us.
00:57:23Japs are looking for us.
00:57:24Japs are looking for us.
00:57:25Japs are looking for us.
00:57:26Japs are looking for us.
00:57:27Japs are looking for us.
00:57:28Japs are looking for us.
00:57:29Japs are looking for us.
00:57:30I hit that one.
00:57:30That's you.
00:57:31Oh, I love him.
00:57:32I want to kiss every stinking son of a gun on every stinking gun they got.
00:57:36Me too.
00:57:39The following morning, we were less than 40 miles off the coast of Japan.
00:57:43At approximately 6.45, we had already launched several groups of fighters and bombers to attack the coast.
00:57:48And we're continuing to launch them all the time.
00:57:52Breakfast had been piped on, and men not on their battle stations were on their way to the mess hall.
00:57:56All right, boys, keep the line.
00:57:57We'll get your chow and get back to the top side in a hurry.
00:58:00We got work to do.
00:58:02All right, skinhead, get down the hatchet.
00:58:05Boys are waiting for their coffee.
00:58:07Speaking of coffee, I could use a cup myself.
00:58:09Excuse me, mister.
00:58:11Go ahead, move.
00:58:14There were 40 planes on the flight deck and 35 on the hangar deck, all gassed and ready to go.
00:58:20And they were being launched and catapulted from the ship as fast as possible.
00:58:30Keep moving, boys.
00:58:34Step lively.
00:58:34Lively now.
00:58:37Hey, you know what I like about sea duty?
00:58:39What?
00:58:40Nothing.
00:58:41How does it feel to be flying again, Pete?
00:58:52Great.
00:58:53I, uh, heard some scandal about you going to see the captain.
00:58:58Who, me?
00:58:59I would dare go see the captain.
00:59:01I couldn't even get past Walachowski.
00:59:05Hey, Patty.
00:59:06Yeah.
00:59:06Remember the little pancake I knew in San Francisco?
00:59:09Flannel?
00:59:10Buckwheat.
00:59:11Yeah, yeah, that's the one.
00:59:12Oh, yeah.
00:59:12She was two-timing me.
00:59:14She already had a boyfriend, a Marine.
00:59:16No kidding.
00:59:17How'd you find out?
00:59:18The guy wrote me a letter about it.
00:59:20He was kind of indignant.
00:59:21Them Marines, they got no sense of you.
00:59:23Nah.
00:59:37CBS message from Hancock, Captain.
00:59:38Hancock reports bogey 350 degrees relative.
00:59:42Distance 15 miles.
00:59:52Captain, combat information center reports radar screen shows no sign of reported bogey.
00:59:59Hello.
01:00:08Captain, the forward lookouts have been alerted to keep a close watch on the low clouds ahead.
01:00:20The wind is moving.
01:00:35The wind is moving.
01:00:36The wind is moving.
01:00:36Unidentified aircraft on Port Beam.
01:01:06Unidentified aircraft on Port Beam.
01:01:36Unidentified aircraft on Port Beam.
01:02:06Unidentified aircraft on Port Beam.
01:02:36Unidentified aircraft on Port Beam.
01:02:38Unidentified aircraft on Port Beam.
01:02:42Unidentified aircraft on Port Beam.
01:02:46Unidentified aircraft on Port Beam.
01:02:56The fire is raging out there.
01:03:00Try the other hatch.
01:03:04It's so hot. I can't touch it.
01:03:12Get the men and ammunition out of those forward five-inch mounts.
01:03:16Open the door. Get the men out of the mount.
01:03:20The captain says the compartment's directly below are on fire.
01:03:26The magazine's going in a minute. Get all the ammunition out of there.
01:03:43Come on, everybody out. It's going.
01:03:50I'm going to play it.
01:03:52Come on.
01:03:53Come on.
01:03:56Come on.
01:03:59Come on.
01:04:04Come on.
01:04:06We're trapped.
01:04:07Yeah, but we ain't givin' up.
01:04:09Come on.
01:04:13Come on.
01:04:15Come on.
01:04:16Come on.
01:04:17Come on.
01:04:18Yeah, but we ain't giving up. They haven't forgotten about us topside.
01:04:22I gotta get out of here! I gotta get out of this, Black! Let me out of here!
01:04:26I gotta get out of here! I gotta get out of here! I gotta get out of here!
01:04:32If we don't get out of here, some of these kids are going nuts.
01:04:37The water lights, the after-main magazine are broken. The magazine has not been flooded.
01:04:42Time to run! Hose is down to...
01:04:44No, we haven't got any pumping pressure.
01:04:47If that magazine goes, it'll blow the bottom out of the ship.
01:04:51Tell him to flood it if he has to use buckets!
01:04:57Tell control to leave the engine set and running in their first condition.
01:05:01That vacate station.
01:05:07Get those men out of the number three five-inch mouth!
01:05:14The ammunition locker. What about it?
01:05:16The fire! That locker's not more than 150 feet away. If that goes, we're done for!
01:05:20Quiet! Some of these kids are ready to crack.
01:05:26I gotta get out of here!
01:05:28I don't want to die!
01:05:31I don't want to die!
01:05:34Somebody!
01:05:36Somebody! You gotta let me out of here!
01:05:38Easy, son.
01:05:41Easy!
01:05:41They haven't forgotten about us!
01:05:43Sure wish the chaplain was here!
01:05:45What for?
01:05:46Well, he could say a few words.
01:05:52Buck, why don't you pray?
01:05:53I am praying.
01:05:54I mean, out loud.
01:05:55Me?
01:05:55Yeah.
01:05:56I think it'll help the guys.
01:05:57All right, fellas.
01:05:58We need help, fellas.
01:05:58We need help, fellas.
01:06:02What I mean is, I guess it's up to God.
01:06:04And I ain't kidding when I say I sure hope he knows how we feel about this.
01:06:18I ain't much on this praying business.
01:06:34When you're scared, the first thing you do is start trying to square things.
01:06:38first thing you do is start trying to square things but all i'm asking is that
01:06:44maybe he'll figure we've done the best we can and let's go at that
01:06:50we didn't ask to get in this spot so maybe he'll give us a break
01:06:55maybe he'll take a chance on us figuring that we'll all try to do better
01:07:04i guess this is a funny kind of praying to you guys but
01:07:08it's what i'm thinking and what i'm asking
01:07:30hey father what about the kids in the mess hall it looks bad they're trapped by fire on both sides
01:07:35we don't get to it when i hurry the suffocating the mess hall that's easy hey jordan where are you
01:07:40going see you later father
01:07:55chris jordan in his previous efforts to hide out of the ship had many times used the ventilator shaft
01:08:01led to the mess hall now for the first time he wasn't using his quick thinking for selfish reasons
01:08:15so
01:08:17i'm
01:08:19so
01:08:21i'm
01:08:23so
01:08:25i'm
01:08:27I don't care.
01:08:57Hey, it's Chris. How did he get here?
01:09:18I'm going to take you topside through the ventilator trunks.
01:09:21Now, look, we got to climb and crawl in the dark, so stay in contact with each other.
01:09:24Don't lose your heads and don't crowd.
01:09:27Now follow me one at a time.
01:09:29When did you start giving orders?
01:09:31Buck.
01:09:33Okay, guys, you heard what he said.
01:09:35Don't crowd, keep in contact and follow him one at a time.
01:09:38Let's go, kid. Let's go.
01:09:40Move. Come on, move.
01:09:57That's the way I came in.
01:09:58We've got to go someplace.
01:09:59All right, come on, you guys. Let's get going and quit.
01:10:00We'll run through that hatch.
01:10:01Wait a minute.
01:10:02That's the ammunition locker.
01:10:03It's all right. We've got to take that chance. Let's go.
01:10:04Look at the hatch.
01:10:05All right, come on, take it easy.
01:10:06Hurry up.
01:10:07He's up.
01:10:08He's up.
01:10:09Hurry up.
01:10:10He's up.
01:10:11Hurry up.
01:10:12Hurry up.
01:10:13All right, come on, you guys. Let's get going and quit.
01:10:15We'll run through that hatch.
01:10:16Wait a minute.
01:10:17That's the ammunition locker.
01:10:18That's the ammunition locker.
01:10:19It's all right, we've got to take that chance. Let's go.
01:10:29Look at the hatch.
01:10:30All right, come on, take it easy.
01:10:31Hurry up.
01:10:32He's up.
01:10:33He's up.
01:10:34He's up.
01:10:35Hurry up.
01:10:37Hurry up.
01:10:38One more time.
01:10:39Take it easy.
01:10:46Take it easy.
01:10:48Keep down, keep down.
01:10:49Easy, easy.
01:10:50No problem.
01:11:03Make it snappy up there.
01:11:07Close that hatch.
01:11:12Close that hatch.
01:11:13I can't.
01:11:14The door's sprung.
01:11:15Come on, let's get out of here.
01:11:17This place is going on.
01:11:18Close it.
01:11:39Hey, look.
01:11:40There's our chance for a transfer.
01:11:41What transfer?
01:11:42About the cruiser.
01:11:43They'll abandon this bucket.
01:11:44We're not going to abandon her.
01:11:45You're married to her.
01:11:46You don't get your wife because somebody sends her a fire.
01:11:49Now stop being juvenile.
01:11:50Get some sense in your head.
01:11:51All right, let's go.
01:11:52All right, let's go shove it in.
01:11:53Come on.
01:11:54Pull it.
01:11:55Pull it in.
01:11:56Let's go.
01:12:26Let's go.
01:12:56How are you making out?
01:12:58We have everything under control and we can just keep these fires down.
01:13:01Thanks for the air cover, Admiral.
01:13:02Most of them are your own pilots flying from other carriers.
01:13:07We have two boilers lighted.
01:13:08By morning we expect to proceed under our own power.
01:13:11Destroyers will run antisept patrols through the night and screen you tomorrow.
01:13:14Roger.
01:13:22We're going to keep up our necks till morning.
01:13:25One more bomb or torpedo might send us to the bottom.
01:13:27The next day our ship was barely afloat.
01:13:39The enemy bombs had wrecked havoc everywhere.
01:13:42And it was a question whether we'd be able to make it back to Ulythi or not.
01:13:45How are we doing, Captain?
01:13:52Not bad.
01:13:52We got the rest of the boilers lighted during the night.
01:13:54We're making 14 knots.
01:13:56Orderly, cup of coffee for the commander.
01:13:58Aye, aye, sir.
01:13:58The galley's in pretty bad shape.
01:14:02I managed to dig up some sandwiches.
01:14:04Can I get you some?
01:14:05No, thanks.
01:14:06Coffee's all I want.
01:14:07Never tasted better.
01:14:10Well, we're still afloat.
01:14:13Yeah.
01:14:15Pick up speed during the day and the Jap aircraft don't spot us.
01:14:19We ought to make Ulythi by tomorrow morning.
01:14:28Unidentified aircraft on port beam.
01:14:45Hold it.
01:14:46Wait till he gets close.
01:14:58Watch out.
01:15:00Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow.
01:15:09Buck!
01:15:10Buck!
01:15:11Buck!
01:15:12Stand back!
01:15:13Stand back, you guys.
01:15:14Haven't you ever seen a dead man before?
01:15:16I ain't dead, you dumb jerk.
01:15:19Corman!
01:15:19Corman, bear a hand.
01:15:20Bring a stretcher over here.
01:15:21Hurry up!
01:15:22Take it easy with him now.
01:15:24Easy.
01:15:25Hurry up, you guys.
01:15:28Easy with him.
01:15:31Remember, he's not as young as he used to be.
01:15:35Wait till I get on my feet again.
01:15:36I'll show you.
01:15:42On the morning of March 24th, by the grace of God,
01:15:46we limped back into the fleet anchorage.
01:15:50By all the rules of the game,
01:15:52she should be at the bottom of the sea.
01:15:58Here, the job of cleaning up began.
01:16:03We had a crippled ship,
01:16:05but after two tries,
01:16:06the enemy had still not been able
01:16:07to make a ghost ship out of it.
01:16:20What about the men who died here, Father?
01:16:21I wonder if they resent my being alive.
01:16:24If they feel somehow I let them down.
01:16:27I don't think so.
01:16:31How can I plead my case to a jury of dead men?
01:16:34There's no common language.
01:16:37They know, Captain.
01:16:39They know.
01:16:39I suppose when we get home,
01:16:44they'll have a band to meet us.
01:16:49No band will ever play loud enough
01:16:51for those poor kids
01:16:52that missed muster this morning.
01:16:58We were not out of danger yet, however.
01:17:00We still had to take the ship
01:17:02back to the Brooklyn Navy Yard,
01:17:0312,000 miles away.
01:17:06The job seemed almost insurmountable.
01:17:08We had only 700 men
01:17:10out of the original 3,000
01:17:11with whom to take the ship safely home.
01:17:14And there was the possibility
01:17:15every inch of the way
01:17:16of attack by plane or by submarine.
01:17:19Men now had more than home on their minds.
01:17:22They had prayers on their lips.
01:17:25On the way to Hawaii,
01:17:27we held a memorial service
01:17:28for those who had given their lives,
01:17:30our shipmates, our friends.
01:17:34After we had honored the dead,
01:17:35we decorated some of the living.
01:17:38Jordan, Olsen's mate first class.
01:17:41Front and center.
01:17:51Jordan, I've heard a lot about you
01:17:52the last few days.
01:17:54You're out of uniform.
01:17:55Take off that white hat.
01:18:00Try this one on for size.
01:18:01Congratulations, Chief.
01:18:05Thank you, sir.
01:18:20Hey, Chris.
01:18:25That's a nice-looking hat.
01:18:26Thanks, Buck.
01:18:27I still owe you one.
01:18:28When I get back on my feet,
01:18:29I'm going to pull it down over your ears.
01:18:30Oh, take it easy, Pop.
01:18:32Pop!
01:18:34Take me back to sick bay.
01:18:36I just had a relapse.
01:18:37He's out of one already.
01:18:40As we sighted Pearl Harbor,
01:18:42one thought was uppermost in our minds.
01:18:456,000 more miles to go.
01:18:48The possibility of enemy attack
01:18:50was still imminent.
01:18:51We were kept on the alert day and night.
01:18:55Home was only 1,500 miles
01:18:57and a few days away
01:18:58as we steamed through the Panama Canal.
01:19:02Every minute was bringing us closer and closer
01:19:05to our loved ones in our country.
01:19:08Slowly, our war-weary ship
01:19:10made its way up the Atlantic coast
01:19:12to New York Harbor.
01:19:14The five days seemed endless.
01:19:16The Statue of Liberty had never looked so young
01:19:21and beautiful as on that day.
01:19:24She stood for everything we'd fought for,
01:19:27everything we'd hoped for.
01:19:29And none of us would ever forget our captain,
01:19:32whose courage had proved worthy of the ship
01:19:34and worthy of our trust.
01:19:36What was left of our band
01:19:38would express better than words
01:19:40what was in all our hearts.
01:19:42The Statue of Liberty
01:20:12The Statue of Liberty
01:20:42The Statue of Liberty
01:20:44The Statue of Liberty
01:20:46The Statue of Liberty
01:20:48The Statue of Liberty
01:20:49The Statue of Liberty
01:20:50The Statue of Liberty
01:20:51The Statue of Liberty
01:20:52The Statue of Liberty
01:20:53The Statue of Liberty
01:20:54The Statue of Liberty
01:20:55The Statue of Liberty
01:20:56The Statue of Liberty
01:20:57The Statue of Liberty
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