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Navy Log is an American television drama anthology series created by Samuel Gallu that presented stories from the history of the United States Navy.
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00:00These were the unholy three, the world's public enemies number one.
00:17You know how they got theirs.
00:19But how about this boy? Do you remember him?
00:22Well, here's a hint.
00:22This is Pearl Harbor.
00:31He was in overall command of the attack, Japan's triple threat to the United States.
00:36This is why intelligence quoted him, Dillinger.
00:40And this is the man whose decisions stopped him cold, Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz.
00:48To get the real story, Sam Galloo went to his home in Berkeley, California,
00:52and talked with the Admiral.
00:54Admiral, I came here to talk with you about the key figure in our story tonight,
01:00Admiral Isokuro Yamamoto.
01:04Admiral, why did you decide to intercept and destroy Yamamoto and his staff?
01:12Because Admiral Yamamoto was the leading naval officer in the Japanese Navy,
01:17being credited with being a very excellent organizer, strategist, and tactician.
01:23And we felt that if we could eliminate him and the principal members of his staff,
01:28we would be striking a powerful blow for our side.
01:33Admiral, I thank you very much, and I certainly do appreciate your talking with me.
01:37It's a pleasure.
01:37Just outside the window of the dining nook in which Admiral Nimitz and Sam Galloo talked,
01:43there's a bird station.
01:45This man, Admiral Nimitz, whose hands today feed these birds,
01:49is the same man who put his hand to a piece of paper
01:52that destroyed one of Japan's top warlords.
01:55Time, 16 April, 1943.
02:03Place, Office of the Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet.
02:07Duty, study an intelligence report made up of a lot of little pieces,
02:11but adding up to something big.
02:13And then, make a decision.
02:16Well, sir, what do you think about that bit of information for the first thing in the morning?
02:20Very interesting timetable.
02:22Let's have a look.
02:31April 14th, Formosa.
02:34April 15th, Lusanne.
02:36April 16th, Malakwari.
02:38April 17th, Rabot.
02:40April 18th, Bougainville.
02:43You're positively sure?
02:45Yes, sir.
02:46We've cross-checked in every which way before putting it on your desk.
02:52Strange that Japan's master strategist and expert of deception
02:56is now himself a wide-open target.
03:02He's fair game, Admiral.
03:04Right smack in the combat zone.
03:06There's no question about that.
03:08The big problem is how to pull it off without tipping our hand.
03:12If we miss, they'll suspect it was planned, which means they'll try to find the leaks.
03:18Now, this could hurt us in the future.
03:20What we've got to do is to get everything worked out so as we just happen to be there looking for a fight.
03:27Since he's traveling with a good fighter escort group, a good dogfight could cover up our intentions.
03:34That's right.
03:36But there won't be any dogfight if we show up too early or too late.
03:41Showing up early means they'll divert him.
03:44If we're late, he'll be in a bomb shelter.
03:47And you can bet that the rest of his schedule will be changed.
03:51Sir, in checking these distances, I think our fighter's range may be a little short.
03:58How about Army P-38s?
04:00Possibly, sir.
04:01Good.
04:13It's worth a try.
04:15If we can get him and his staff, the whole Japanese Navy will be in an uproar.
04:21It'll be like cutting out one big section of their heart.
04:26That whole naval operation revolves around him.
04:29If he goes, they'll have the devil's own time filling up such a gap.
04:34Now, let's see.
04:37Bill Halsey is up with MacArthur.
04:40Our man is Pete Mitchell.
04:42Spruance?
04:42Yes, sir.
04:43Draft me a dispatch to Admiral Mitchell.
04:46Ask him to arrange an appropriate reception and escort for the visiting dignitaries.
04:52Yes, sir.
04:52Thank you, Admiral.
04:53Thank you, sir.
05:03He was the one who made the decision.
05:08And these were the Army Air Corps men on Guadalcanal who did the job.
05:11Soon he gets back, this PRO asked him, how was it?
05:15Milk run, he says.
05:16Just another milk run.
05:18Six months later, he gets a clipping from his hometown paper.
05:21Headline.
05:23Local boy bombs Jap dairy.
05:25Come on, Smitty, deal.
05:27Okay, ante one, boy.
05:29Major Weatherby and Captain Smith report to intelligence.
05:33What do you say, Smitty?
05:34Where are you going?
05:35I'm behind.
05:36Come on, Smitty.
05:38Oh, okay.
05:41Hey, you guys.
05:43Something's cooking.
05:44I hear a Navy intelligence guy is going to do the briefing this time.
05:47Well, that's all right, boy.
05:48We don't mind a little competition.
05:50Play a little gin.
05:52Come on, Smitty.
06:06Major Weatherby, Captain Smith, Lieutenant McDougal's Navy.
06:09Lieutenant?
06:09Oh.
06:10You said?
06:11McDougal's got a job for us.
06:13I don't know any more about it than you do, except that'll take the 38s.
06:17That's right.
06:18Our Navy fighters haven't got the range.
06:20Fighting job, that's good.
06:21Will we take our briefing from you, Luton?
06:23Subject to your best operational judgment, yes.
06:26Your orders come from my boss, Sink Pack.
06:28Here's the dope.
06:31Top secret.
06:32Man, I thought that stuff was only for the big brass.
06:35Take a look at that Hancock at the bottom.
06:37Nimitz.
06:40Looks like an itinerary.
06:42A ball, Bougainville?
06:44Interception job?
06:45A ball, Bougainville.
06:46That's right.
06:49Anybody special, Lieutenant?
06:51Very special.
06:53I can't tell you any more about it, except that it'll be at Bougainville tomorrow morning
06:56at 945.
06:58Right here at Cahili.
07:02945, huh?
07:04Why Cahili?
07:05He's inspecting forces in the harbor there.
07:08He'll travel in a gunboat.
07:09You're E-class.
07:14We figure you can plaster him here in Shortland Harbor.
07:17Uh-huh.
07:18Cahili, that'd be about, uh, 400 miles.
07:21That's right.
07:23And he's got about the same from a ball.
07:25It's, it's gotta be a case of this.
07:27Uh, if he shows, he'll be there.
07:30How do you know that?
07:30We've been studying this boy.
07:33He has three major qualities.
07:35Hate, for us.
07:37Skill, as a poker player.
07:40And the third quality, which is the one that's going to kill him, punctuality.
07:47945, huh?
07:50I can give you examples.
07:52It's his orders that the Tokyo Express comes down the slot at exactly the same time every night.
07:56Right here at Henderson Field, when we were trying to take it, he made Kamaguchi stick to his timetable, even though the Marines had fouled it up on him.
08:05Pretty stubborn boy.
08:06For your information, Major, the Navy broke this thing yesterday, uh, at this time.
08:12Between then and the, uh, time this order went out, they did a complete workup on the boy.
08:18We're convinced he'll be there.
08:20His group will consist of two bombers and a cover of zeros.
08:25All right.
08:26We're with you.
08:29How much you want to put up on this job, Bill?
08:31Whatever you need.
08:33Well, I've only got 18 38s available.
08:39Let me talk to Smitty a minute.
08:41Sure.
08:46What's the word, Tommy?
08:47Oh, I don't like it.
08:48Neither do I.
08:49Can you identify a Jap gunboat Uri class?
08:51Couldn't have one from the side of a barn.
08:53Neither could I.
08:54Or anybody else in the squadron.
08:57Or by me.
08:58These Shortland Harbor ideas for the birds.
09:02I think I've got an idea.
09:04Now, you play dumb.
09:06As soon as you catch on, pitch in.
09:08Okay.
09:08Any ideas?
09:13Yes, sir.
09:13We'd like to change things a bit.
09:15Well, these orders...
09:16We're thought out by Navy men.
09:17But we can't guarantee to identify a gunboat La Mesa Harbor shipping.
09:20Well, that's true.
09:24Well, we suggest an air interception right here.
09:31Now, your boys do here at 945, right?
09:33Mm-hmm.
09:34We can intercept him here.
09:3735 miles short of his destination.
09:39What about the time element?
09:40Well, we can estimate that he'll be flying at about three and a half to four miles a minute.
09:47That would make him 11 minutes short of 945.
09:51We guarantee to rendezvous with him at 934.
09:55Go on.
09:57I say he's a big shot with the staff.
09:59Chances are, that close to where he's going, he'll be cruising at about 10,000.
10:05How'd you dope that out?
10:07Well, I don't care who he is, he can't talk to the staff with his oxygen mask on.
10:11He'll stay at 10 or under, so it's not to have to use him.
10:14Fair figuring.
10:16Well, given the importance of this fella, and I understand from Lieutenant McDougall that Navy intelligence calls him Dillinger,
10:23what do you think they'll send out in the way of cover for his approaching landing?
10:30Well, what's the latest proof in what they've got it?
10:38We make it 100 zeros.
10:40Then they'll send 100 zeros.
10:42Major, what are you taking along for the job?
10:45Just what we've got, 18 P-38s.
10:50Well, I'll have one section to attack, one to cover.
10:53Now, my section will attack, and Smith will cover.
10:58Time, that night.
11:10All right, Mac.
11:11Pull up the chair, Smith.
11:13Thanks.
11:17How about a shot of Joe, huh?
11:19Yeah.
11:19Yeah.
11:22Here it is.
11:23How's it going, Bill?
11:30Well, I'm putting in the time.
11:33I'll let you know tomorrow at 9.34.
11:35If it works.
11:39Oh, Mag.
11:41Level with me, will you?
11:42Who's in this deal?
11:45Dillinger.
11:46Yeah.
11:46I just dropped by to bring you some dope.
11:55One of our submarines picked up.
11:58Also, a message from the old man.
12:03When are you brief?
12:046.30 tomorrow morning.
12:07Takeoff, 7.25.
12:09I've got 40 pilots available.
12:11Smitty's picking 18.
12:13Why?
12:15Where I've underlined.
12:16Make sure they get there.
12:19Your mission is to destroy the target at any cost.
12:23And break off and return to base.
12:27Evading all further action.
12:31Nimitz.
12:33Will do.
12:34But you fellas said we'll go.
12:36No, no, no.
12:37We leave that to you Navy boys.
12:40We'll go.
12:42I'll pick up the weather in the morning on the way over to the briefing check.
12:45Good deal.
12:47Good night.
12:48Good night.
12:48Oh, Bill.
12:53Yeah.
12:54Good luck.
12:56Thanks.
13:01Destroy the target.
13:02Who is he?
13:03What do you care?
13:05If he shows, you'll be there.
13:08Time, 0630, 18 April, 1943.
13:20Place, Henderson Field, Guadalcanal.
13:22Duty, brief and re-brief.
13:25Now, we're flying 435 miles to make 400 or less.
13:32To get around the Japakak at Munda, Rendova, Vela Lavella, and shortly.
13:38A wave skimming will keep us under any radar.
13:41Yeah.
13:42When do we start climbing?
13:43The cover group, that is.
13:45Well, you'll have to take it from Smitty on a wigwag.
13:47We're maintaining radio silence all the way in.
13:51All right, now.
13:53The important thing is the rendezvous.
13:569.34.
13:57No sooner, no later.
13:59Now, the whole job depends on that.
14:039.34.
14:05All right, you got it?
14:09Major?
14:10Yeah.
14:10I got you with it.
14:11How's it look?
14:12Clear, cloudless, and windless.
14:14Ceiling and visibility unlimited.
14:16There you are, boys.
14:17It's with us.
14:19Box lunches?
14:23English shillings for trade with the Solomon Islanders.
14:25If you get crash, you'll get shot down.
14:27For two months, the Eagle doesn't scream.
14:29And when it does, shillings.
14:30Okay, hotshots.
14:32On the airfield in five minutes.
14:35Oh, uh, yeah.
14:37One thing more.
14:39Now, this job is hush-hush, as you know.
14:41So we button our lips.
14:44I read you the word from Sink Pack.
14:47Your mission is to destroy the target at any cost.
14:51And break off and return to base.
14:53Evading all further action.
14:55Signed, Nimitz.
14:59Okay, that's all.
15:01Boss.
15:01Yeah?
15:03Be a good guy.
15:04Tell us, who's in that plane?
15:09Still injured.
15:16Okay, boys.
15:17Come and get them.
15:17Time, 0725.
15:2618 April, 1943.
15:29Place, Henderson Airfield.
15:31Duty, take it off.
15:33Remember the P-38, the Lightning?
15:59Speed 400 plus.
16:01Free jet was the P-38.
16:03Armament, four machine guns and a 37-millimeter cannon.
16:07Free rocket and napalm was the Lightning.
16:10The sweet ship.
16:12Ask the men who flew it.
16:14Number one ace of the Solomons to date.
16:16Now you're on your own.
16:18Army, under Navy orders, but still on your own.
16:22Boss, this is Moore, attack crew.
16:25Come in, Moore.
16:27McClanahan blew a tire on a taxiway.
16:29He won't be with us, boss.
16:30Okay, take his position.
16:34That leaves you and Barbara and me for the attack.
16:40Smitty here.
16:41Anytime you're ready.
16:42All warmed up and ready.
16:44Take the lead.
16:46Here we go.
16:53You're on radio silence now, so you keep watching for wigwag.
16:56And two minutes out of Henderson, you get one.
17:03Joe's trying to tell you something.
17:05He pulls up close.
17:06Too close.
17:07Now you can read his signals.
17:09Belly tanks not feeding his engines.
17:11Can't possibly make target.
17:13Two gone.
17:14Two gone.
17:15Now you're going in with half an attack group.
17:35Timing.
17:35Timing is the thing.
17:37You watch your airspeed and your chronometer.
17:39For two hours under the blazing sun of the Pacific mid-morning.
17:44Two hours?
17:45725-925.
17:48It ought to be soon.
17:49It ought to be now.
17:58Bougainville.
17:59925.
18:01Smitty has charted you a perfect course to Dillinger-san's destination, if not his destiny.
18:05Is he coming, or have you missed him?
18:10Time the same.
18:12Place somewhere on the perimeter of the greater East Asia co-prosperity sphere.
18:17Duty.
18:18Deliver safe and sound.
18:20Kan Tai Kal Gun Tai Sho San.
18:23Translation.
18:24Quote.
18:25Dillinger.
18:26Unquote.
18:27This is the man.
18:29Your target.
18:30The man who said now for Pearl Harbor.
18:33Wake.
18:33Midway.
18:34Manila.
18:34Is he on schedule now, or has he passed you?
18:39Time.
18:4109.33.
18:4318 April, 1943.
18:46Place.
18:46Rendezvous.
18:4735 miles and 11 minutes north by east of Shortland Harbor.
18:52Duty.
18:53Find it.
18:58Bogey.
18:5910 o'clock high.
19:01You see black specks.
19:02Five miles away.
19:03Several thousand feet up.
19:07It's 9.34.
19:09Thank you, Admiral Nimitz.
19:12This is the plan.
19:13Smitty and his cover to climb to 20,000 to decoy off the escorting zeros.
19:17To be sure of only one thing in a dogfight, all hell breaks loose, including radio silence.
19:28Once.
19:34I'll be digamos.
19:39んで back to the neuro.
19:40Guys.
19:41Come back.
19:41Thank you, George.
19:45Come back.
19:47Come back.
19:47See you.
19:47Peace.
19:47Come back.
19:48Look.
19:48When you feel came back.
19:48instructions for me.
19:49Leave me, wamasz sonишь!
19:50Come back.
19:51The belt seems tak holiday.
19:51What's maybe ready?
19:52Come back.
19:53I'll beーム.
19:54Come back.
19:54Go.
19:55Come back.
19:55Come back.
19:55Appears Vous.
19:56Come back.
19:56Come back.
19:56Have you come back.
19:57You stay clear of the dogfight.
20:01You look, you wait, you search hard, and then you find him.
20:15You find him, but a zero finds you at the same time.
20:26Smitty!
20:27Smitty, send down somebody who isn't busy.
20:29I lost the farmer.
20:31Below you.
20:32Below you at right angle, three o'clock low.
20:35He's scooting away.
20:37Okay, he's mine.
20:39That's right.
21:10Okay, okay, let's get out of here, everybody.
21:21Rahein's hit.
21:22Let me chase the zeros that got them.
21:38Are you hurting me, everybody out?
21:40Get going!
21:43Time, 0940.
21:46Place, Bougainville.
21:48Mission accomplished.
21:50Mission accomplished.
21:51Mission accomplished.
22:04Time later.
22:24We interrupt this armed force radio program to bring a late newsflash.
22:28Word has just been released that on April 18th, 1943,
22:32the leading Japanese naval officer, Admiral Isakuro Yamamoto,
22:36was shot down and killed by an Army Air Corps P-38
22:40in a chance encounter 35 miles west of Bougainville.
22:44More detailed reports will be broadcast as they are received.
22:46Your boy.
22:48Well, I'll be.
22:50Come here.
22:54Well, I got mine.
23:02He's got his.
23:18He, United States Army Air Corps fighter pilot,
23:21Wilson Weatherby, got the Navy Cross.
23:23It took a lot of cooperation, Navy intelligence, Army planes,
23:27and the man quoted, quote, Dillinger, unquote.
23:32Translation, Yamamoto.
23:34And finally, come here.
23:38You write all about wind.
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