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Down scope.

See any more of those Japanese fly-boys, Skipper?

No. But, we will.

They've got this Philippine Coast pretty well covered.

How are our passengers, Len?

Closer than kissin' cousins.

The Army isn't used to such tight quarters.

Beats Corregidor, eh?

Yeah. They aren't complaining.

It's just that a couple of the higher brass isn't used

to such close proximity to the enlisted man.

Mmm-hmm. I'm sure they don't mind the enlisted man.

Aye-aye, sir.

Up scope.

Len, take a look. Okay.

Must be off an American ship.

I hope there's another one around to pick them up.

There is. Where?

Here.

Down scope.

Prepare to surface. All right, sir.

Skipper. Those fly-boys might be back any minute.

We wouldn't stand a prayer against them.

Neither would the men in that raft.

Well, this is just plain suicide. We're gonna surface.

Relax, Len. You never know, there might be some nurses on that raft.

Enemy aircraft bearing 165, Position angle three, sir!

Clear the decks! Get those men below!

Dive! Dive!

That was a pretty close call.

Yeah, we've been having our share of them here lately.

It's not the first for you though, huh, Major?

Skipper, the General would like to know our exact time of arrival.

Yeah? Well, would you inform the General

that our timetable hasn't been too exact here lately,

but, our estimated time of arrival is about two-and-a-half days.

Lieutenant, it just seems to me

that if the Navy would've wanted a periscope camera,

why, they would have invented one long ago.

Well, Franklin, you didn't enjoy the distinction

of serving in the peacetime Navy, like I did.

In those days, the Navy had all the time in the world, but no money.

Now, they've got all the money, but no time.

Say that again.

With this baby, you can scour airstrips, shipping... Anything.

And prove that you saw it all.

Problem, Bates?

Well, no, sir. Uh, I mean, yes, sir.

I mean, it can wait, sir.

It must be something terribly important. What is it?

Oh, well... No, I'd rather not now, sir. You're busy...

Bates, what's your problem?

Well, sir, somebody hid my bubble gum!

What again?

My whole supply. And I got a sneakin' hunch who it is.

Halliday, can you clear up this big mystery?

Yes, sir. I hid it.

Why doesn't he buy his own bubble gum?

Maybe you can explain this?

Begging your pardon, sir, maybe Bates can explain this?

I tell you, this sub'll never sink.

It's lined with Bates' bubble gum.

Those charts are ready on the bridge, Lieutenant.

Okay, thanks.

Halliday, you and Frank come with me.

Bates, keep an eye on that camera.

Aye, sir. I'll watch it like a hawk.

Halliday will see you get your bubble gum back.

If your mother knew the trouble this caused, she'd never send it to you.

I think I'll send her a letter.

"Dear Mrs. Bates, will you kindly stop sending your son that bubble gum?"

It's just a bunch of...

Wow, I think I've died and gone to heaven.

Is something wrong? Come here.

Give me a buck. A dollar? What for?

If you don't like what you see, you get your money back.

Whoa!

Come in.

Sit down, Conway.

I read your report.

You saved three men from almost certain drowning.

My compliments.

Thank you, sir.

And in doing so, you risked your entire crew,

a top Army General, and a United States submarine!

I thought I had a fair chance to save those men, sir.

Conway, under the circumstances,

any skipper in the Submarine Service

would have done the same thing.

But when you're charged with the responsibility

of carrying a Four-Star General on a top priority mission,

you've got to play it by the book.

This is a war we're having, not fleet maneuvers off San Diego!

A fair chance isn't good enough.

I understand, sir.

I hope you do, because I'm sending you on a mission

where there isn't any leeway for mistakes.

Does that worry you?

Yes, sir. Good.

These flags show the known enemy bases, and naval installations.

There are a great many others we don't know about.

Look how they're patterned, like a bow, with the arrow going straight through here.

Oh, the Coral Sea, huh?

Intelligence is positive.

Through the Coral Sea, to New Guinea and Australia.

And we're badly outnumbered, but we're going to put a task force

in front of them somehow.

Oh, if you're thinking that you and the Dragonfish

are going to join this task force right away, you're wrong.

I've got a more important job for you to do first.

More important than, uh...

Yes. A scouting mission to locate the Japanese fleet.

We've got to have more data on their strength and their positions.

Especially the carriers.

We'll be operating the radio silence, Admiral. Right?

Yes. Any radio transmission between the task force and the Dragonfish

will alert the Japanese.

When you accumulate your data,

you will rendezvous with our ships,

give them the information by blinker.

You leave here at 0400 tomorrow.

Your recognition signal and the rendezvous point are in these sealed orders.

Open them on the eighth day, proceed accordingly.

Now remember this.

If you have trouble, any trouble,

your responsibility is to those orders.

The Japanese must not know our rendezvous point.

If you have to scuttle yourself and sacrifice every man on board to prevent it,

you'll do it.

That's all.

Good luck.

Thank you.

Oh, Admiral, um, my Executive Officer's been

working on a periscope camera.

He has confidence in it, and he'd like your permission to use it.

Certainly. If it works, it could be very valuable on this mission.

Keep the line moving! Two bucks to see the thrill of your life.

Shorty said it only cost him a dollar.

What's the matter? Didn't you ever hear of the law of supply and demand?

Ah! Oh!

Okay, Mac, that's all. Next!

Come on, let's hurry up. We got to go. Come on.

Come on, we've got a whole crew behind us. Let's go.

- Come on, let's go! - Come on.

Bates! Yes, sir.

Mind if I have a look through my camera?

Oh, no, no, sir.

No charge, sir. I mean, uh...

Here's my contribution to the Recreation and Welfare Fund.

Len, take a look.

Do you stand behind that camera of yours?

It'll work, Captain. Go ahead.

That should do it, Captain. Good.

Put this through the scope and see what happens.

Come on.

Perfect. Absolutely perfect.

What about that, Franklin?

I think Uncle Petrie would be proud of you, sir.

Come on.

Carl who made this coffee anyhow?

I don't know, but it tastes like battery acid to me.

Here you go!

Oh, beautiful, Len! Beautiful, beautiful!

You know how important this is, don't you, Len?

Sure. Now we can give the Admiral a picture

of every Japanese coastal installation from here to the rendezvous point.

Fancy Free.

Fancy Free.

- Len? - Yeah?

Give me the carrier identification book.

Okay.

It's nice. What type?

Shoho, I think.

Here, take a look.

Yeah, here we are. Shoho Class, 30,000 tons.

Holy, sweet suffering sukiyaki.

You can say that again.

Holy, sweet suffering sukiyaki.

Put down the scope.

You know what you were looking at, don't you?

The whole carrier division of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

Probably the Pearl Harbor boys. Hmm.

Shall we call battle stations?

No. The only thing we're going to shoot this trip is that camera of yours.

Well, I'll go get it.

No, we're not going in yet.

How come we don't have to, Skipper?

I can get that whole rogues' gallery right from here.

No. The only thing I want you to do now is plot the positions

of those channel buoys.

Afterwards, we'll go out, surface, charge our batteries,

come back for a closer look in the morning.

But, Skipper, there might be controlled mine fields in there.

Right. Yeah. And if we go down below periscope depth,

well, those currents might send us into one of those mine fields.

That's a chance we have to take.

What's the matter, Len, didn't you ever hear of a close-up?

Captain? Captain? Hmm?

It's 0400, sir.

Thanks, Chief. Tell the Conning Officer I'll be right up.

Aye-aye, sir.

This is the Captain. It is now 0415.

We're about to enter a minefield.

I want every man as quiet as possible

so we can get our information and get out of here.

Rig ship for silent running.

All compartments rigged for silent running.

Bring it up to five, eight feet.

Five, eight, nine.

Left ten degrees rudder. All ahead, one third.

Left ten degrees rudder. All ahead, one third.

All answer, I had one third. Rudder is left ten. Very well.

That line of channel buoys is dead ahead, sir.

Rudder amidships. Steady as she goes.

Rudder amidships. Steady and cars 250.

Sir, time to turn. We cleared the first leg.

Make your course 270.

Right down the slot. 270.

Steady. 270. Very well.

According to my plot, we're almost out of the minefield.

We're through it. Bring it up 60 feet.

Six-oh, aye.

If I knew a prayer...

Never mind, boy, I'll say an extra one for you.

Out scope.

Go to work now.

Got 'em all.

Down scope. Nine-oh feet.

Nine-of feet, aye.

Right full rudder. All ahead full!

Right full rudder. All ahead full!

It didn't go off.

It must be a controlled mine.

I think we've cleared the mine field.

We're out of the channel.

Rudder to midships.

All stop!

Rudder to midships.

Engines all stop, sir.

Very well.

Ease her down and set her on the bottom.

Set her on the bottom. Aye, aye, Captain.

Rig for depth charge. Torpedo Room, stand by.

We may have to use 'em yet.

Torpedo Room.

Having trouble with that leak again.

Captain, Torpedo Room is having trouble with that leak again, sir.

Report damage.

All departments report damage.

Main power's still out, sir.

Forward Torpedo Room flooding.

Rudder's jammed.

Leak in the Aft Torpedo Room, but under control, sir.

One more pattern will bust her hull.

They've stopped.

They're right on top of us. Just sitting there.

Waiting for us to make a break and run.

So, we wait.

Twelve hours, sir.

The air's gonna start to get foul.

Sir, that Aft Torpedo Room is having trouble

with that leak again.

Very well.

What are they doing up there?

All right. All right. Don't lose your bubble, kid.

Attention! There are two depth charges fastened to your hull!

You have five minutes to surrender!

But the Submarine Commander shall remain onboard for inspection.

Knock it off!

Schechter, tap out an answer.

Tell 'em we got their message and stand by for reply.

Len... Aye-aye, sir.

Go down and get the burn basket take it to the Ward Room.

Burn all that stuff too, Len.

You can't burn this.

This film will just poison the air. It's foul enough already.

All right, we'll just have to take a chance and blow it through the after tubes.

Put it in here. Use that camera to weight it down.

This is the Captain speaking.

Have Bates and Connors report to the Ward Room right away.

Remember, Len, don't do anything till I give you the signal.

Jeff...

You mean, you're going to surrender?

We're going to surrender, not the ship.

Bates, can you build up enough impulse pressure to fire those after tubes?

Yes, sir. But the tubes are in bad shape after that last ash can.

I can't put a fish through it.

All right. Pull one out, build up enough impulse pressure

to fire a water slug.

Aye, sir.

Connors.

Rig up a demolition charge

with the wire leading to a manual detonator on the bridge.

Aye aye, sir.

Jeff...

We've only got their word that depth charges are fastened to the hull.

I know.

We haven't got anything left to fight with.

Hurry up, we haven't got much time.

Schechter, tap out a message.

Tell 'em we're ready to surface and surrender.

Aye-aye, sir.

Stand by to surface.

Stand by to surface, aye, sir.

Depth 142 feet. Very well.

Demolition charges all rigged, sir. Okay, chief.

Aft Torpedo Room. Tell Lieutenant Ross to stand by.

Standing by, sir.

I hope we've got enough pressure to clear the tube, sir.

So do I.

The air man a full rig? The air man a full rig, sir.

Very well.

Commence blowing main ballast.

Fire! Fire!

If you'll ever see that bag again, sir.

All hands, this is the Captain speaking.

Our batteries are flat,

the main motors are flooded,

we are unable to fire our torpedoes.

Therefore, the crew of this ship, we're going to surrender.

Now keep calm.

You've been a good crew.

We've surfaced, sir.

May I introduce myself? I am Commander Nagano, Imperial Japanese Navy.

Lieutenant-Commander Jefferson Conway, United States Navy.

We followed your orders, Commander.

Very sensible.

I asked you to remain here as an insurance against accidents.

There won't be any accidents. Good.

Then we'll begin our inspection.

You've got about 30 seconds to get off this boat, Commander.

So long, old girl.

I'm Commander Mori of the Japanese Intelligence Department.

I'm happy to tell you that your Skipper is okay.

In fact, he should be here in a moment.

Skipper! How are ya? Skipper!

I'm glad to see you, sir.

Hi, you're all right? I'm fine. How are you?

Good. Oh, we're good.

Now!

All your names, ranks and serial numbers are on this list.

The rest of the crew is below decks and well cared for.

It's going to be a long war, gentlemen.

You should be glad you're out of it.

This is sake, rice wine.

To your continued good health, gentlemen.

Ah!

Well, we have a lot to talk over.

We've got nothing to talk over, Commander.

You've got all the information you're entitled to

under the terms of the Geneva Convention. You know that.

We are not concerned with that foolishness, Commander.

And we have a little more information than you think.

Our divers have been busy, as you can see.

And you have the thanks of the Japanese Navy,

for shooting our ships with the cameras instead of torpedoes.

All we'd like to know is, why?

That's just a hobby.

We're gonna enter 'em in the "best photo of the year" contest.

I'm sorry, but we have to find out all about your mission.

I don't have to tell you there are many methods of doing this,

and we know them all.

Like I said, it's going to be a long war.

Help yourself, it's on the house.

I don't get it, Skipper. Why all the hospitality?

Len, tell us about your Uncle Petrie.

My uncle? Yeah, your Uncle Petrie.

Oh, well...

Uncle Petrie had one bad habit, liquor.

- An uncle of yours, sir? - Hard to believe.

You know how some people save string?

Well, Uncle Petrie saved corks!

Amazing, sir!

Yeah. I mean...

He drank so much that at the end of 26 years, he had enough corks

saved up to build a fishing boat.

A boat made out of corks! Genius, Lieutenant, sheer genius!

Yeah. Well, that's nothing.

Wait till I tell ya how he used to catch fish.

How did he do that?

Well, the ocean was so soaked up with all that liquor from those corks,

that the fish didn't wait to be caught,

they just jumped in that boat, dead drunk!

And that, my friends, is how Uncle Petrie invented pickled herring.

Good morning. Everyone in good shape?

Commander, when am I gonna get to see my men?

Oh, they're on their way to a regular prison camp, Commander.

But we have something special for you five.

Your new home.

Welcome to the Interrogation Camp Number Seven.

The torpedo boat will be picking us up.

The Island's about three miles wide and five long, if you're curious.

And if you're wondering,

it would even be possible to escape,

for anybody who can swim two hundred miles.

Follow me.

Well, welcome to the Question and Answer Camp.

I'm Jammy Harris, late of the Australian Air Force.

Jeff Conway, United States Navy.

This is Lieutenant Peg Whitcomb, Australian Nursing Corps.

She's our medical staff.

Lieutenant, nice meeting you.

How's the war coming, Yank?

Oh, no better. No worse.

Ah, it'll get worse, though.

They've pulled over half their troops out of here.

That's very true. They are shorthanded.

Yeah. There's a big build-up going on.

We heard that before we left Australia.

Listen, you don't think they're going to...

Oh, wait a minute!

Who's the girl?

An interpreter, among other things.

She's a great and good friend of the Japanese.

And the officer?

Captain Yamazaki, head of the camp guard.

Is he as tough as he looks?

He doesn't have to be.

There's no escape from this place.

I'm speaking for Captain Yamazaki.

Prisoners will obey all orders instantly.

Any disobedience or infraction will be severely punished.

You are prisoners of war, and will be shot if you attempt to escape.

Well, he's a man of few words.

Who's the Camp Commander?

We haven't had one for several weeks.

We used to have a Colonel named Takahishi.

Yeah. And you Yanks had better pray he doesn't come back.

I've got a bit of a sample of his work.

Which one of you is Commander Conway?

I am.

My name is Karen Philips.

I'm the interpreter for the Captain of the guard.

I'll bet you got the best job on this whole island.

Oh. Len Ross, Lieutenant, U.S. Navy, ma'am. Your enemy. Unfortunately.

All right.

What do you want?

You're to report to Commander Mori.

Please follow me.

What's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?

This Island, Commander Conway, has been in my family for almost 200 years.

Before the war it was a plantation.

How nice of 'em to lend it to the Japanese.

While they're here, I intend to cooperate with them.

But I'm neutral.

In my book, anybody who cooperates with my enemies isn't neutral.

But you're neutralized yourself now, Commander.

You're out of the war, and you should be glad.

That's where you're wrong, lady.

I'm not out of it till I'm dead or it's over, whichever one comes first.

Be sensible, Mr. Conway.

The Japanese are not unpleasant if you cooperate with them.

You cooperate with them all you want.

Just don't waste your breath trying to convert me.

Don't you understand that nothing can stop them?

How many more ships and men do you have to lose

to convince you that you're beaten?

I understand one thing and one thing...

Please, Commander Mori's in there.

Come in.

What do you think of our tropical resort?

Delightful. I'll take Miami Beach.

I'm glad to see you still have your irrepressible American sense of humor.

Get to the point, Commander. You're wasting time.

I hope not. I sincerely hope not.

Cigarette?

No thanks, I'll smoke this.

I don't blame you.

There is really no smoke like an American cigarette, is there?

We have a storage of fine Virginia tobacco at the moment.

I hope it doesn't last too long.

Conway, I don't like this war any more than you do.

Probably less, as a matter of fact.

I spent a good many years in your country and I have a great respect for your people.

Nobody will be happier than I when these hostilities are over.

You must believe that.

All right. I believe it.

I wonder how long that will be?

As long as it takes us to win it.

Are all your countrymen that confident?

Of course.

Why is that?

You say you lived in America. You should know why.

There's only one way this war can end, Commander.

I also know Japan quite well, Mr. Conway.

We, too, are most ambitious and industrious people.

There are important differences, however.

For instance, you Americans have a lot of physical courage,

but up here you're vulnerable.

So much so that it amazes me how you won all the other wars.

Maybe we're lucky, Commander.

Always with the jokes, eh?

This war you are not going to win

for many reasons.

One of them is the one ability I spoke of.

You make mistakes.

For example,

why didn't you blow up your sub with all your men?

We Japanese would have done that.

I figure we can do you more harm alive than dead, Commander.

You think so?

I'm going to prove you wrong.

You have the information we need,

and I'm going to get it from you.

By the way, please don't be alarmed

at the sight of any punishment devices around the camp.

My predecessor here, Colonel Takahishi employed these medieval methods.

Personally, I don't believe in them.

There are other means.

Is that all, Commander?

Yes. We'll talk again.

And think carefully about what I have said.

I'm thinking all the time, Commander.

Mr. Conway, I must have that information.

It's entirely up to you whether I get it now, or later.

A rather old-fashioned method of irrigation, I'll admit,

but my countrymen have used it for several thousand years

and it still works fine.

You are in charge of the work detail, Commander.

In charge, you understand?

You merely supervise, you do not work.

I prefer not to take any chances with your health.

You are important to us.

Commander, my men change shifts every hour.

I suggest your men do the same.

Uh, by the way,

fresh water is scarce on this island,

so I'll have to insist that you don't drink any,

except what is furnished at the mealtimes.

Mr. Bates, Mr. Ross, you take the first shift.

Come on, let's go.

You see? We are not unreasonable.

We wouldn't ask you to do anything we don't do ourselves.

Besides, the exercise will give your men a healthy appetite.

For what? Chop Suey? I never liked it.

Oh, that's Chinese, isn't it? So sorry, old man.

Hour's up, Skipper.

I'll take it, Len. I said, I'll take it. No...

Why, you...

I'm all right, Jeff!

Lord! I joined the Navy because I hated marching!

You Tennessee pea-picker, you didn't wear shoes until you went into Annapolis!

I guess he got a cold out there, huh?

He's got no cold. He's got pneumonia.

Is there anything we can do?

There's something you can do.

What?

Tell them whatever it is they want to know.

That is, if you care at all about the lives of your men.

The Japanese must not know our rendezvous point.

If you'll have to scuttle yourself and sacrifice every man on board

to prevent it, you'll do it.

You'll do it. You'll do it.

You been smoking long?

Yeah.

Kind of rough on you out there today, huh?

If that's the most they can give out, I can take it.

Can you take it for three days?

Why three days?

Because that's the day of rendezvous.

What will happen if we're not there?

They'll leave.

After that I will tell them anything they want to know.

Might even tell 'em the location

of your Uncle Petrie's sour-mash still.

Fellow white-collar workers,

we are about to receive a visit

from that champion of the down-trodden, your friend and mine,

the smiler...

With interpreter.

You all right, Len? Yeah.

Wait there, Bates.

Tell the Captain Lieutenant Ross is too sick to work.

The Captain said he's just following orders.

And reminds the prisoners that they must also follow orders,

or be punished.

But the man can't walk.

He wants to know if you're ready to answer Commander Mori's questions.

Tell him to go to hell.

Hey, Commander? Commander!

What can I do for you, Conway?

Commander, one of my men is sick.

I know. Mr. Ross, isn't it? Sorry.

How are you feeling, though?

What difference does it make how I'm feeling?

I say, how are you feeling?

What do you care how I'm feeling? I'm telling you about one of my men.

I'm concerned about your health.

That is why you're not allowed to walk the wheel.

I want you in good shape when it comes time to vote.

To vote. What are you talking about?

You know all about democracy in America.

You vote on things, majority rules.

Another few days on the water wheel and your men will be ready to vote

on whether you talk, or keep quiet.

If you talk, no more water wheel,

if you don't, Ross might get sicker.

He might even die.

So might the others.

What is it?

Is it the information you think I've got? Is that it?

Well, put me on the wheel, but take Ross off.

Mr. Conway, you don't seem to understand.

Putting you on the wheel would be defeating our own purpose.

What does that mean?

If anything happens to you, we never get the information.

Is he any better? No. He's worse.

If you care at all about Len and the rest of your men,

tell them whatever it is they want to know.

All right. Take it easy. That water wheel's tough enough,

but nobody's going to die from it.

I suppose Mori's given you a guarantee that none of your men will be harmed?

It could be worse.

He's kept his word so far.

Yes, and Mori hasn't produced any results, either.

If his methods continue to fail,

you can rely on Japanese Intelligence to replace him.

This is all rather academic, isn't it?

Sooner or later, you and your men will begin to really suffer.

Is the information you have worth all their lives?

That's my decision to make, Lady Nightingale,

meanwhile, you just keep your mouth out of it!

I've seen enough death!

Peg, please. Peg, please. You're a swine.

I'm sorry.

I notice your men don't have to work very much.

They treat them pretty good. Why is that?

Did you give 'em all the information they wanted to know?

I didn't have the information they thought I had.

I finally convinced Colonel Takahishi of that

after three of my men had been put to death.

As for not working us too hard, I don't know about that.

They were getting ready to transfer us, when you blokes showed up.

Something changed their minds. I've no idea what.

Maybe it's some more of his advanced psychology.

Maybe he figures that your group can soften us up.

You seemed to be doing a pretty good job of it.

Well, it could be, Conway. What do you propose to do about it?

Get out. That's what.

What, escape? Right!

From a Jap-held island, five miles by three,

in the middle of a Japanese ocean?

It's impossible.

It's still called the Pacific Ocean. They don't own it yet.

If we could get that torpedo boat we came in the cove with,

there aren't more than a dozen guards here.

Yes, and they've all got guns.

All right, gentlemen, tea on the after-patio.

Oh, I'm so fed up with all those eggs and bacon.

It's the silver plates I can't stand.

Well, if you gentlemen would like,

I'll take you out for breakfast.

Give my compliments to the Chef, would you?

Left-over old socks this time.

Boy, I love you.

Very funny! You wouldn't be laughing so loud without all those guns around you.

I'll guarantee you that!

Bates!

Would you like me to translate the Sergeant's last remarks for you?

That won't be necessary, Commander.

We've all got a good idea what he meant.

I doubt that. It was a challenge, Mr. Bates.

In effect, he said if you weren't a prisoner,

he would take you apart.

Yeah? Well you tell that son of a... Knock it off, Bates!

Shall I tell him his challenge is not accepted?

Skipper, I can handle that big, fat slob.

Let me take a crack at him, will you?

Frankly, I wouldn't advise you to try.

The Sergeant's very good at the art of wrestling,

as are all Japanese soldiers.

Skipper, I know something about that Japanese-style wrestling.

I've been in the Navy for 15 years and spent most of my time in the Far East.

I've flattened my share of these characters.

Bates can take him, Skipper. I've seen him in action.

Well, Commander?

Go ahead, Bates.

Give em' room, fellas.

Get that rice picker, Bates.

Jump on him, boy.

Get up, Bates. Get up, Bates. Watch him. Come on, Bates.

Get up, boy, come on! Get up!

Get him. Get him!

Get him!

Come on! Get up on your feet! Watch out, Bates!

Get him! Get on your feet! Hold him, Bates, get him!

Come on! Break it up. That's it!

Stop it! Stop it!

Now, simmer down!

All right.

Sit down, Commander. I'll stand.

I don't suppose an apology from me would mean anything?

Not a damn thing.

It was my intention to demonstrate the superiority of the Japanese soldier.

The psychological approach, again.

And it backfired.

You mean, that fight was your idea?

Yes. Oshikawa was acting under my orders when he challenged your man.

And when he picked up a rifle and killed him, whose orders were those?

You know better than to ask that, Commander.

I am truly sorry.

I never would have suggested the contest if I had had any idea that...

It's quite obvious now that my psychological methods are not going to work now.

None of your methods are going to work. Not now or ever.

Possibly not.

In any case, I have been given another assignment.

I am being relieved by my predecessor, Colonel Takahishi.

As you know, his ways of obtaining information are different from mine.

I heard.

I'm speaking now as one human being to another, not as one enemy to another.

You may all be killed at Colonel Takahishi's orders

if you continue your silence.

More psychology, Commander?

No, the facts.

Again. I'm very sorry about this morning.

I'm sorrier about what I know is going to happen to you.

I believe in this war, Conway.

And I believe in striking the enemy and killing him if he resists.

But I don't believe in murder.

They're sending a boat for me, and I'm leaving this evening.

Goodbye, Commander.

Mr. Conway.

Yeah?

I thought you might like to have this Bible.

Thanks.

I'll give it back in the morning.

Please keep it.

I thought it might help comfort you and your friends.

Aid and comfort to the enemy, Miss Philips?

I'm not your enemy.

Whose are you?

I told you, I'm neutral.

Still, huh?

No. Not anymore.

Will you help us?

We need weapons.

I can't possibly do that.

That's what I figured.

You can't escape. You'll only get killed trying.

I couldn't bring any guns, maybe some knife blades.

Get 'em.

There's your lady friend.

So early in the morning, too.

Huh?

Miss Japanese Interrogation Camp of 1942.

Yeah.

I wonder what she's doing around here.

Oh, come on, Jeff.

You don't really think she's going to help us, do you?

Huh?

Come on, Peg, let's take a walk.

Now, what did you forget? Be casual, Peg. Casual.

Miss Whitcomb, come over here. Get angry at me.

And when you hit me, grab my hat. Come on, hurry up.

Go ahead, Peg.

Miserable wench! You no-good, treacherous female!

Grab my hat! Hurry up!

Go inside and rip it apart. Go on, rip it apart. Go on!

Where'd you get that?

Hey!

Oh, they're like razors. Knife blades.

Without a handle, Len.

It's a cinch.

It's hardwood.

Peg? Yeah.

Have you got any thread?

Uh, well, only a little.

Well, will you unravel a blanket or some clothes?

Sure. I'm gonna bind the handles with thread.

I don't know if I ever told you, but my Uncle Petrie's part Seminole Indian.

And boy, did he ever teach me...

Jeff! Jeff!

Yeah.

Like I said, look...

This is hardwood. Yeah.

I could make a bow out of that.

A bow? Sure.

And bowstrings you can make out of twill thread.

You know, out of uniforms, anything.

Oh, and arrows are simple to carve out of anything.

Arrowheads are easy. I used to make 'em out of tin cans.

We can make 'em out of these. I used to be a pretty fair archer.

You know, if we can knock over just one guard and get his gun,

we might have a chance.

Hmm. About one in 50.

With those floodlights on every second, it's not going to be easy.

Yeah.

Hide the stuff! Here comes the brass!

The Captain orders you to line up in front of your bunks while he speaks.

He says your leg was not stiff yesterday.

Oh, well...

Tell him that I have a very rare American disease. It's extremely contagious.

Commander Mori will be replaced tomorrow by Colonel Takahishi.

Tomorrow?

That means we've got to break out of here tonight.

Is there a shortcut to the boat? A stream?

He says Colonel Takahishi will kill you if you do not answer directly

every question he asks.

Do you know where the generator is?

Wreck it at four o'clock. We'll meet you at the boat.

Oh, uh, tell him we appreciate his advice,

and we'll give it careful consideration.

He wants you to stand at attention when he leaves.

Attention!

I hope this thing works!

You hit 'em with that, they're going to make a noise like a bag of squashed cats.

Taki?

Taki? Taki?

Come on. Come on! Let's get out of here!

Jamie!

Jamie!

Sorry, Peg, I don't think I can make it.

You'll have to go on without me.

What happened to Len?

I'm afraid...

I'm afraid he bolted.

But we got some of the others, though.

Come on, Peg.

Is he dead?

Yeah.

What about Len?

Him too, sir.

Can you make it all right?

Yeah, it's all right.

Look, Jeff, we're going to have to shoot our way down to that boat.

Guards downstream?

Yeah. I don't know how many, though.

Can't be more than one or two. We've killed everybody else.

Wait here.

What happened?

Everything's okay.

Any sign of Karen?

No.

Skipper, we're running out of time!

It'll be light pretty soon. You go back to the boat.

If I'm not there in a half-an-hour, you go without me.

Oh, look, Jeff... I said, take off!

Halliday. Yeah.

Think we ought to shove off?

We'll take five more minutes.

Prepare to shove off.

I'll take over now, sir, if you want some rest.

Steer 235. That's as good a course as any.

Two-three-five, aye, sir.

Karen, Karen! Brake! Brake! Hey, come on. Come on.

Hey! Look at that!

Can you read them? Something Conway, U.S.N.

And "Fancy Free"!

Fancy Free?

I'm gonna set down alongside of them. Tell the crew to stand by!

Right.

Co-Pilot to crew. We're going to set down by that torpedo boat. Stand by.

We trailed them on a South easterly course at about 5,000 yards.

When we last saw them, they were here.

We moved in to get a closer look and that's when we ran into their minefield.

Did you recognize any of their ships?

Yes, there was three carriers of the Shoho class.

I'm certain they were part of Admiral Hara's Fifth Carrier Division.

That makes sense.

They're in the Coral Sea now if they haven't changed direction.

There's no reason why they should.

They're headed for Port Moresby.

If our Intelligence is correct, they'll hit it in exactly three days.

Unless we locate them first.

We'll find them.

Every plane we can spare will be put in that part of the Coral Sea immediately.

CIC two unidentified planes, in bound at 20 miles...

If you're thinking of the ship you lost, that some of your men died for nothing, don't.

Think of the lives you saved by getting us the information we wanted,

when we wanted it. Think of that, Jeff. Think of that.

On the 7th of May, 1942,

the Battle of the Coral Sea took place.

When it was over, the Fifth Carrier Division of the Imperial Japanese Navy

had been stopped.

Australia was saved.

All three of the largest enemy carriers were destroyed or disabled.

The United States' greatest loss in the battle was the Carrier Lexington,

the Fighting Lady.

It was the greatest naval engagement in history,

and the victory laid the groundwork for the even greater sea victory

at Midway, where the back of the Imperial Japanese Navy was broken.