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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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00:00This is Navy Log.
00:21The dramas you see each week on Navy Log are from official U.S. Navy files.
00:27They tell of ships and planes and those who manned them, recorded through the years in Navy Log.
00:40This is a destroyer, the U.S.S. Hollister.
00:43Man of war, full of men at war.
00:47Time, 9 August, 1950.
00:50Duty, act as reference point for airstrikes above 38 parallel.
00:58Men of war, at play.
01:03Backgammon to landlubbers, to sailors, A.C. Ducey.
01:07And this, it's called Rock Breaks Scissors.
01:18It can get rough.
01:19Watch.
01:26Sort of odds and evens with hair on its chest.
01:29Remember this game.
01:30It saved a man's life.
01:32This story, and it's true, tells how Rock Breaks Scissors.
01:39Time, the same.
01:40Place, the flagship, floating headquarters of Task Force 77, off Korea.
01:46Duty, final briefing on airstrike above parallel 38.
01:51Army aides got their backs to sea at the Puzan perimeter here.
01:54Getting smaller and smaller all the time.
01:56So, the more roads and trains and airfields we can clobber up here,
02:00the sooner we can take the heat off.
02:02Army eight.
02:03And let's make it all out.
02:04I want everything you've got that can fly up there raising cane,
02:08except what we need back here for fleet cover.
02:11The scheduling, the details, work them out yourselves.
02:14Just tell your boys to beat up the bushes good and proper,
02:16taking all targets of opportunity on the way home.
02:19Now, as for sea support for the airstrike,
02:23string me ships along the entire coast.
02:26Clear up to here.
02:27Spot them every hundred miles for reference points for the planes.
02:30Give me the destroyers.
02:32We'll see.
02:33Osborne.
02:34Bryce.
02:36Hollister.
02:44Time, 10 August, 1950.
02:46Place, destroyer Hollister.
02:48Duty, offshore patrol.
02:50Routine, back and forth, back and forth.
02:55Okay, okay, 14.30 on the nose.
02:58The old man put her into a turn.
03:0014.30.
03:01Who had 14.30?
03:02Or closest to 14.30?
03:04Hey, 14.25!
03:06Hey, butts!
03:08Okay, kid, you win the carton of cigarettes.
03:11All right, who's next?
03:12Who wants to get in the next pool, huh?
03:14Come on, pick your time, fellas.
03:16What's the next time the old man's gonna put her about?
03:201,800?
03:211,830?
03:22Hey, I'll take 1,900.
03:23You've got it back, kid.
03:25What do you want, Mac?
03:28Time the same.
03:31Place on the bridge.
03:33Duty, standing by for decode on signal from the flag.
03:37Here we go, Captain.
03:39Hollister will take station 5 miles off North Korean coast in Hungnam vicinity,
03:46serving as reference point for airstrikes on Wonsan-Hungnam area.
03:50Provide early warning for Task Force 7-7 in case of enemy air attack.
03:54Arrive on station daybreak 27 August.
03:58Bill set me a course in speed for latitude 39.50 North, 127.52 East.
04:05I want to be on station at daybreak tomorrow.
04:07Let's have General Porter's drill in the meantime.
04:10Aye, aye, Captain.
04:11Aye, aye, Captain.
04:24Holy cats!
04:25He did it again!
04:27All right.
04:28Oh, add 1440 or closer.
04:30Now hear this.
04:31This is a drill.
04:32All men, man your battle stations.
04:34I repeat, this is a drill.
04:37All right, come on.
04:38Let's go, you guys.
04:41This is what goes into General Porter's.
05:07Five-inch batteries, manned and ready.
05:1040 millimeters, manned and ready.
05:1220 millimeters, manned and ready.
05:15Ash cans, K guns, manned and ready.
05:19USS Hollister, manned and ready.
05:22Or anything.
05:24What's the matter, you chicken already?
05:27I'll take you.
05:28All right, let's go.
05:29Yes, sir.
05:30Yes, sir.
05:31Yes, sir.
05:32Yes, sir.
05:33Yes, sir.
05:34Well, what do you men call that?
05:36Well, it's a kind of a switch in odds and even, sir.
05:38I learned it from the submariners.
05:40Let's see it.
05:41Okay.
05:42One, two, three.
05:44How's it work?
05:48Well, sir.
05:49This is rock.
05:50This is paper.
05:51And this is scissors.
05:52Now, rock, sir, that breaks scissors and I get to clip them.
05:55Yeah, but scissors, sir, cuts paper.
05:57So I get to clip him.
05:59Oh!
06:00I get it.
06:01Okay, let's go.
06:02Now, that's not all, sir.
06:03Paper covers rock.
06:05Rock breaks scissors.
06:07Scissors cuts paper.
06:10Paper covers rock.
06:12Well, it's sort of an odd guess the other guy game, eh?
06:15And if you don't, you get hurt.
06:17Hey, that's some game.
06:18Sir, it's the best.
06:20So are you.
06:22Okay, let's go.
06:25One, two, three.
06:28This is what goes into battle by sea.
06:31Ships and men.
06:33This by air.
06:35Ships and men.
06:39Hot shot one to strike control.
06:41What's the word?
06:42Over.
06:43Hello, hot shot one.
06:44This is strike control.
06:46You are dead on potential three.
06:48Over.
06:49That's a wound's hand strike.
06:51On the button.
06:53Pass this on to the Hollister.
06:55Strike on your sector proceeding.
06:57Stinky town, here we come.
06:59How do you want it?
07:00Watch your load, strike chowdy.
07:03Let's see.
07:05Three Sky Raiders carrying 1,000 pound bomb apiece.
07:08Plus two 25 pound fragmentation bombs.
07:11And one full load of ammunition.
07:13Three Sky Raiders, each carrying 1,000 pounders.
07:17Two napalm.
07:19Six 250 pound frag bombs with VT fuses.
07:23Four rockets.
07:24Four rockets.
07:25Stop.
07:26Stop.
07:27What's the matter, strike control?
07:29What are you guys flying?
07:31Destroyers?
07:34This is what goes into action over target.
07:37More bomb power than the B-29.
07:39More punch than the destroyer's broadside.
07:41Time.
07:42Target time.
07:43Plus one.
07:44Target time.
07:45Plus one.
07:46Place.
07:47Wonsang.
07:48What was left of it.
07:49Duty.
07:50Important.
07:51Time.
07:52Target time.
07:53Plus one.
07:54Place.
07:55Once, what was left of it.
07:56Duty.
07:57Then when he was left.
07:58Take a pose.
07:59Time.
08:00Target time.
08:01Plus one.
08:02Place.
08:03What was left of it.
08:05Turn thepack.
08:06One.
08:07Target time.
08:08Plus one.
08:09Place.
08:10Wonsang.
08:11What is left of it.
08:12one sign, what was left of it.
08:15Duty, go home.
08:18But this is what goes into action from below.
08:21It's called flak.
08:27Watch out one to Happy Valley.
08:29I'm heading out of control.
08:31Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!
08:33My coordinates are Greenwood.
08:35Seven Able Five. I'm heading for the drink.
08:38Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!
08:42Captain, we just got a message.
08:58There's a pilot down at Greenwood Seven Able Five.
09:01Where do you make that to be, Bill?
09:03Just outside of One Sound Harbor.
09:06It's about a mile off the coast,
09:08right near this peninsula, Horto Pando.
09:11About 90 miles from here.
09:14Tell the engine room to put four boilers on the line.
09:16Stand by to make full power.
09:18Main engine control bridge.
09:19Put four boilers on the line.
09:20Stand by to make full power.
09:22Steer course 235.
09:24Steer course 235.
09:26Here, let me see that chart.
09:27Wait a minute, Captain.
09:28We have a later one than this.
09:34Uh-oh. What's up?
09:36The whole harbor, mined from hell to breakfast.
09:39Out of that 90 mile run,
09:40at least 60 will eat through mine waters.
09:42Like so.
09:44Time, full tide, high noon.
09:55Place, Wonsan Harbor.
09:58Action, pray.
10:00This is one nobody can decide but you.
10:14What can you do?
10:15It's a rough one, Bill.
10:16It certainly is.
10:17One poor pilot and a drink.
10:18Maybe dead by now.
10:19And 280 live men on this ship.
10:20Rough.
10:2160 miles of mine.
10:22Bill, call combat.
10:23Tell him to fiddle around on various channels.
10:24See if they can raise a mayday.
10:25He may be sending from a rubber raft.
10:26Meantime, put four boilers on the line.
10:27Make all she'll do.
10:28Yes, sir.
10:29Now, wait.
10:30Let's do it.
10:31Come, Bill.
10:32You're back.
10:33Good.
10:34I'm back.
10:35I'm back.
10:36No, I'm back.
10:37I'm back.
10:38I'm back.
10:39I'm back.
10:40I'm back.
10:41I'm back.
10:42I'm back.
10:43I'm back.
10:44I'm back.
10:45I'm back.
10:46I'm back.
10:47I'm back.
10:48I'm back.
10:49That's not too bad.
10:50No, sir. SecNav can't help you.
10:54Pentagon can't tell you what to do.
10:56Not even the flag can order you to risk 280 for one.
11:00Only one man can decide.
11:03You.
11:05Captain, combat couldn't raise a mayday.
11:08That doesn't mean anything, though.
11:10He could still be alive and not have a Gibson girl to crank out a signal.
11:14Yeah.
11:15Combat's still working the channels.
11:20Let's cut this in and see what's going on with the airstrike.
11:28Watch yourself, Pappy.
11:30Bogey at 7 o'clock.
11:32I see him, boss.
11:33Holy cat, it's a yak.
11:35Over Stingville 3 right now.
11:37And Strang, Charlie did a sweet job.
11:39I see fires.
11:41Stingville 3?
11:42That's one, son.
11:43Looks like the marching yards are out for good.
11:45A couple of pretty big oil refineries could use a little more, though.
11:48Wait a minute.
11:50There's a yellow life raft just north of the harbor.
11:52He spotted him.
11:53Looks like one of the Navy boys has had it.
11:56I'm going down for a look-see.
11:58The Navy guy, all right?
11:59Alive and drifting.
12:01What the darn is the coach for those reference points?
12:03Anybody?
12:04Channel Charlie, this is reference point Hollister.
12:07Who are you?
12:09Air Force recon, flying a 29.
12:11Listen, one of your fellows is...
12:12We know.
12:13Are you sure he's alive?
12:15Mr. He's waving at us.
12:16Listen, there's a couple of your F-4 used flying fighter cover for me.
12:19You want us to tell them anything?
12:21Yeah.
12:22Tell them to stand by.
12:23We're coming in.
12:24Tell them to circle for cover over the raft.
12:26We are coming in.
12:28Yes, sir.
12:29Keep in touch.
12:30Reference point Hollister.
12:31Roger.
12:32And out.
12:33Captain.
12:34What's this?
12:35A message I prepared.
12:36Just in case.
12:37From Hollister to Comtask Force 7-7.
12:49Request permission and clearance to enter minefield for purpose of rescue of downed pilot.
12:56Thanks, Bill.
12:57But this is one buck I can't pass.
13:00Now, we're going in.
13:02The question is how?
13:05We should be on the minefield any time now.
13:08Yeah.
13:09Shall I set all hands to watch for floaters?
13:11No, just lookouts.
13:12Tell them to keep a sharp lookout ahead.
13:14Yes, sir.
13:15Let's see.
13:16We're doing 32 knots.
13:18That'd get us there in how long?
13:20Three hours?
13:21Maybe longer?
13:24Suppose I slow down to minimize the possibility of triggering off mines.
13:27How about that?
13:29Six or seven hours.
13:31Hey, Captain.
13:31The Army B-29 just reported again.
13:34Says the raft is drifting toward the beach.
13:36We're going to save them.
13:38We've got to get there in a hurry.
13:39I'll have a course for you shortly, Captain.
13:44Time running out with the tide.
13:46Place outside the minefield coming up fast.
13:50Duty set a course through an uncharted minefield.
13:54Translation?
13:55Possible sudden death.
13:57Rock break scissors.
14:05Rock break scissors.
14:08Bill, do you ever play that little game, rock break scissors?
14:12Some.
14:12The trick is to out-guess the other guy.
14:16Okay.
14:17Here we go.
14:19Now there's Hodo Pondo off the harbor.
14:24There's our boy.
14:26This is the Hollister.
14:29Now, I'm thinking with the enemy's head.
14:32I need a safe channel unmined for my own shipping.
14:37Now watch, Bill.
14:44Now, do I leave the main channel unmined and let the American imperialists come in with the heavy stuff?
14:50Uh-oh.
14:52I mine the main channel.
14:55Wait a minute, sir.
14:56Now, let me finish, Bill.
14:58Now, remember, I'm the enemy.
15:00And I still need a clear channel for my own use.
15:03Now, watch, Bill.
15:05This is south.
15:07I know I'm not going to get any sniping from below the 38th parallel.
15:11It's going to come in from the north.
15:13This way.
15:16And that leaves this channel clear.
15:21You follow me?
15:22So far.
15:24Okay.
15:25Now, let's call this channel rock.
15:30And this one, scissors.
15:34Okay, Bill, now it really gets complicated.
15:37Remember, I'm still thinking with the enemy's mind.
15:41And this is the way he thinks.
15:43American very smart.
15:46American nobody's jerk.
15:47American figure I not mine northern supply channel, so I have clear root.
15:54So I outsmart American.
15:57I mine northern supply channel he think is unmined.
16:00So he tried to sneak in through my channel and bluey.
16:05Imperialess pig all gone.
16:08Bill, the enemy's no dope.
16:12He knows we're going to try and outguess him.
16:15He knows any war-wise skipper would figure channel scissors is mine.
16:18He wants us to think it's mine.
16:20So we'll avoid it and take channel rock.
16:23Straight down the middle.
16:24So he'll mine that too.
16:25Right.
16:26And he's got his coming and going.
16:28Rock mine, scissors mine.
16:30What does that leave for his own channel?
16:32What channel does he save for himself?
16:35What channel does he leave unmined so he can move in his own heavy stuff?
16:38Look at your soundings, Bill.
16:42He needs channel rock.
16:44If there's a clear channel anywhere, it's not the shallow waters.
16:47It's not channel scissors.
16:49It's right bang down the middle.
16:52Captain, air support just checked in.
16:54Should be overhead shortly.
16:56There's your course, Bill.
16:59Channel rock.
17:01Steer course 235.
17:03To intercept the drift of the raft.
17:06Well, according to the way we have it figured,
17:08we still have a few minutes before we reach a minefield.
17:11We'll hold firm on our course.
17:14Rock breaks scissors.
17:18I hope.
17:26There's a B-29 now.
17:34Good.
17:35He's got us in sight.
17:385,000 yards to go off that circular's making us around our buoy.
17:42There's our fighter cover.
17:46So far, so good.
17:48So far.
17:52What do you suppose has gone on?
17:54We've been at GQ a long time.
17:56Beats me.
17:57Longest morning GQ I ever saw.
18:00Is that guy up there on our side?
18:01I don't know.
18:02Maybe it's maneuvers.
18:04Some kind of exercise.
18:08This is the executive officer.
18:10All hands will make a thorough check of plain jackets and helmets.
18:14Maneuvers, huh?
18:21All right.
18:22Who's in the pool?
18:23Who wants to guess the exact time the old man puts her about, huh?
18:26What do you say, fellas?
18:26Who wants to win a carton of cigarettes?
18:29Mine off the starboard bow!
18:31Mine off the starboard bow!
18:34All bets off!
18:35All bets off!
18:41No turns, Skipper, please.
18:44No turns.
18:44One pilot downstairs, one Air Force four-prop job upstairs.
19:00Two fighters protected.
19:02One ship with 280 men.
19:05One mine, one of dozens or scores or hundreds.
19:09Nobody knows.
19:10Now things tighten up.
19:13Captain, your target is dead ahead.
19:14You slow down.
19:16Your gun crews are ready if an unwanted nose pops up.
19:19You ease up to the boy in the raft.
19:22Folks, stand by with your heaving line.
19:24All engines back, pull.
19:27All engines back, pull.
19:36Heave the line.
19:38All engines stop.
19:39All engines stop.
19:41Come on, grab that line.
19:51We've got to get out of here.
19:53Why doesn't he grab the line?
20:00My God, his hands are burnt.
20:02He can't.
20:02You've got the enemy in your sights, but you don't fire.
20:21Why?
20:21You don't want to hit any of your air support.
20:27Vauxhall, put a man over the side to help him.
20:29Vauxhall, put a man over the side.
22:29Whatever the risk, a man is worth it.
22:32Time, 25 October, 1950.
22:43Three months later.
22:45Place, sanctum of the new planning officer for 7th Fleet.
22:49Sir, here's a final overlay on the Wonsan approaches.
22:54We think we've located all the minefields.
22:57We think they begin about here and extend all the way down to about here.
23:03Mm-hmm.
23:05Holy cow.
23:15Hmm.
23:16Well, what's your problem?
23:18I, uh, I don't understand this rock and scissors designation.
23:22What code is that?
23:24Well, it's mine.
23:26You see, it all started when I, when I heard about a game called Rock Breaks Scissors.
23:31Did you ever play it?
23:32Yes, sir.
23:33Okay, let's go.
23:3525 October, 1950.
23:49All mines in Wonsan Harbor clear.
23:52Amphibious operations proceeding according to plan.
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