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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 action report on the Don Frost really has me puzzled.
00:13It's funny. Here's a captain that wants to recommend somebody for a citation.
00:19Only he can't find out who to recommend.
00:21Strangest thing I've ever run across.
00:24I think I'll sit in on this investigation myself.
00:30Hear, O Father, come to say,
00:40whose arms I'll find the restless way.
00:51Time, September, 1943.
00:55Place, the waters off New Guinea.
00:57Duty, to attack, invade, and hold.
01:09While the main battle is going on,
01:12a lone destroyer picket stands ready if enemy plane action should come.
01:16And come it does.
01:18Hard and heavy.
01:20But not enough to destroy this little ship.
01:22Why?
01:23Because a young seaman refused to die for a few seconds.
01:31Commence firing.
01:33Commence firing.
01:34Commence firing.
01:35Commence firing.
01:35Bandit off the starboard bow.
01:56Right full runner.
01:58Clip runner.
02:09« Ooh.
02:10All right.
02:12Oh.
02:20All right.
02:21của good.''
02:21Bridge, torpedo approaching bow.
02:34Hey, Bridge, acknowledge.
02:38Bridge, do you read me?
02:40Do you read me?
02:51In this kind of operation, men die, many men in many ways.
03:15This was Seaman First Class Donald P. Frost.
03:21We know nothing can bring back your son.
03:28But this nation is grateful for a hero who, although mortally wounded,
03:33saved his ship from certain destruction and died at his station doing it.
03:38And in memory of this extraordinary heroism and valor,
03:41we ask you to accept this on behalf of your son,
03:46the highest award the United States can give, the Medal of Honor.
03:51Your son, Mr. and Mrs. Frost, died in a noble cause.
03:57And his name will never be forgotten.
04:00Soon a new ship will be launched on the ways,
04:03and we want you to know it will be named the Dawn Frost.
04:13Launchings are the same for all ships.
04:15Naming them is different.
04:16Destroyer and destroyer escorts are named for naval heroes.
04:28This is the USS Don Frost.
04:31Time, August 1945.
04:34Place off the west coast of Luzon.
04:36Duty, patrol.
04:38Come in.
04:51You want to see me, Captain?
04:52Sit down, Tom.
04:57You seen this watch, quarter, and station, Bill?
05:00Yes, sir.
05:01Is this the finished product?
05:02Well, Captain, I'll admit it's a little brief.
05:04On the general side...
05:06That's right.
05:07And that's just what I don't want on this ship, Tom.
05:10I don't like paperwork any more than the next man.
05:13But I do want a detailed watch, quarter, and station, Bill.
05:16I want every man to know where he's supposed to be
05:19and what he's supposed to be doing at a particular time in a particular place.
05:23I agree with you, Captain.
05:24It's most important that he knows his duties, Tom, and has this bill to refer to.
05:29And if a man leaves the wrong valve open or hasn't made it secure or misses a watch,
05:35I want to know about it.
05:38We'll be going into action soon,
05:40and the safety of this ship may be dependent upon something just as simple as that.
05:45Yes, sir.
05:46A crew is a funny thing, Tom.
05:47When you're on a routine cruise, you never know.
05:52But when you go into battle, it's quick and sudden.
05:55All of a sudden, the men are separated from the boys.
05:59Come in.
06:04Message from the flag.
06:21Is it bad?
06:23Worse than that.
06:24The Japanese just sank the Indianapolis.
06:27The Indianapolis?
06:29How?
06:31Torpeated by a sub.
06:32How do you like that?
06:35The Indianapolis.
06:36A heavy cruiser.
06:38Boy, would I like to take a crack at the sub that did that.
06:42You may.
06:44What do you mean?
06:45We got orders to rendezvous with a hunter-killer group up on Convoy Alley between Lady and Okinawa.
06:50We've been spotted to run picket station ahead of the main force.
06:54Okay, Tom.
06:56Better break out your charts.
06:58Yes, sir.
07:02Bridge, this is the captain.
07:07Tell the officer of the deck to pass the word that we have just received orders to rendezvous.
07:14Objective to hunt subs and to kill.
07:16Ships of this kind were made for this reason.
07:19This is why they were born.
07:22When you're on picket station, you're scouting up front.
07:25This means you can get it first.
07:28And the important thing is to watch, to see the enemy before he sees you.
07:34It gets all hands, this waiting, and there aren't any exceptions.
07:38But the coffee pot is always boiling.
07:44Oh, that's quiet so far.
07:46Quiet as a mouse.
07:48Yes, sir.
07:50Indianapolis went down here.
07:52Yes, sir.
07:53And we're in kamikaze country.
07:57Subcontact, dead ahead.
07:58Captain, look.
08:02You can see him.
08:03He's cutting the wire with his periscope.
08:04Down general quarters.
08:18She's seen us, Captain.
08:20She's starting to dive.
08:21She's too low to nail by gunfire.
08:23Hold her steady.
08:24We're going to ramp.
08:25She's got under us.
08:46Left full rudder.
08:47Left full rudder.
08:51Set depth charges on shallow depth.
08:53Set depth charges on shallow depth.
08:55Come on.
08:55Let's get it.
09:07Repito Franklough's turn, sir.
09:09Right.
09:10Full rudder.
09:10Fire depth charges.
09:25Fire depth charges.
09:40Captain, look.
09:56Well, Tom, scratch one sub.
10:00Sonar contact, sir.
10:02What's the bearing?
10:03Bearing 330.
10:05Left, full rudder.
10:06Left, full rudder.
10:10Fire depth charges.
10:39Fire depth charges.
10:40Far up.
10:41Hold your gun.
10:42Good job.
10:43Good job, Sergeant.
10:44There.
10:45Good job, Sergeant.
10:46Roger.
10:47Good job, Sergeant.
11:02Scratch two.
11:03It's a scratch tube.
11:09Captain, sonar contact.
11:10Well, we must have stirred up a whole nest of them.
11:13Get me a rough bearing.
11:17Bandit off the port bow.
11:19Bandit off the port bow.
11:31Coming in.
11:38Out!
11:39Bridge, torpedo off starboard bow.
12:04Bridge, torpedo off starboard bow.
12:09Bridge, torpedo off starboard bow.
12:12Hey, Bridge, acknowledge.
12:32Bridge, I didn't hear you acknowledge.
12:34I guess you heard me okay.
12:36We sure missed that fish nicely thanks to your smart turn.
12:39I make that torpedo miss 11.05.
12:4211.05 and not a second over.
12:45Bridge, do you read me?
12:47Do you read me?
12:55This is the way it is in the Navy.
12:57You write an action report and it finds its way to the squadron commander.
13:01This is where recommendations are made for citation.
13:05And names are named.
13:07Commander, have you seen this action report on the Don Frost?
13:10No, sir, I haven't.
13:11Take a look.
13:12Particularly at that last paragraph.
13:16That make sense to you?
13:20Funny, here's a skipper who wants to recommend somebody for citation, only he can't find out who to recommend.
13:29You ever seen anything like that before?
13:31No, sir, I haven't.
13:33You know, the more I read this, the stranger it sounds.
13:37If someone committed an act of heroism aboard the Don Frost, I'd like to see that he's duly rewarded.
13:45Tell you what.
13:46How does we conduct an investigation?
13:48Strictly inform when you understand. We can hold it right here in my office.
13:52What?
13:53Ask the captain of the Don Frost and his exec to be here at 0900.
14:05Johnson, I find your report interesting.
14:08Most interesting personally.
14:09Yes, sir.
14:10First, I want to congratulate you on the action.
14:13I'm recommending your ship for a unit citation.
14:15Thank you, sir.
14:16I'll relay that to all hands.
14:18Now the reason for this informal meeting.
14:23Let's call it curiosity more than anything else.
14:26I don't quite understand the way you ended your report.
14:29I don't think anyone can understand it, sir.
14:32All I know is I'll never forget it.
14:35Well, I suppose you tell us the story, Commander.
14:37The way it happened, the events leading up to it.
14:40Well, sir, as you know, we sustained a bomb hit on the bridge.
14:45I was knocked to the deck.
14:47Go ahead.
14:48I think I remember the watch shouting over a warning of that last torpedo.
14:52I then felt the ship swerve.
14:55And I guess I blacked out.
14:57But shortly thereafter, I must have come too.
15:08Get a corpsman up here on the double.
15:10Give me a hand.
15:11Sixth main party, enter the bridge, on the double.
15:14Run the dyke over to the helm till I get a replacement.
15:19Bridge, torpedo on the port beam, sir.
15:21Left, full runner.
15:34As you know by the report, sir, the third Japanese sub came to the surface.
15:38And after that, we destroyed her by gunfire.
15:43The next thing I did was to account for all hands and damage done.
15:47I began to get a general picture of what happened.
15:49All except for one thing.
15:51Well, Tom, it looks like history has just repeated itself.
15:52What do you mean?
15:53Why, Murphy here, spinning us out of the way of that torpedo before he got it.
15:58Yeah?
15:59That's what I thought at first.
16:00What do you mean?
16:01It wasn't Murphy who pulled us out of it, Captain.
16:02It had to be.
16:03He was at the wheel.
16:04Yeah, that's the funny part of it.
16:05You know, I'd like to say it was a hero but he wasn't.
16:06I mean, not in the way you think.
16:07You're talking riddles, Tom.
16:08Maybe I am.
16:09But the fact is, Murphy was dead before that torpedo was ever fired.
16:11And it was just repeated itself.
16:12It just repeated itself.
16:13What do you mean?
16:14Why, Murphy here, spinning us out of the way of that torpedo before he got it.
16:16Yeah?
16:17That's what I thought at first.
16:18What do you mean?
16:19It wasn't Murphy who pulled us out of it, Captain.
16:20It had to be.
16:21He was at the wheel.
16:22Yeah, that's the funny part of it.
16:23You know, I'd like to say it was a hero but he wasn't.
16:25I mean, not in the way you think.
16:27You're talking riddles, Tom.
16:29Maybe I am.
16:30But the fact is, Murphy was dead before that torpedo was ever fired.
16:34How do you read that?
16:35Take a good look.
16:38This poor kid must have been killed instantly when that bomb hit.
16:44And we got hit at 11.04.
16:47Tom, what are you driving at?
16:49All right, look, Captain, I'll show you.
16:51Now, here's the log.
16:54The time that last torpedo was sighted reads 11.05.
16:58Who logged it?
16:59The quartermaster on watch.
17:01But as I remember, he was also out like a light.
17:03Now, you admit that, sir.
17:05But he said he remembered vaguely hearing something on the phones about the torpedo missing us at 11.05.
17:11He might have been hearing things.
17:13That's exactly what I thought, sir.
17:15But he wasn't.
17:16How do you know that?
17:17Well, sir, he told me that he checked with the stern lookout
17:21and he found out that he was the one who passed the word about the torpedo in 11.05 time.
17:26In fact, some of the boys stationed near the lookout station actually heard him pass the word to the bridge.
17:32And what you're saying is that the watch sighted that torpedo a minute after Murphy was dead.
17:39That Murphy never saw or even knew about it.
17:42That's right, sir.
17:44Well, somebody grabbed that wheel and spun it.
17:47It wasn't Murphy.
17:48It had to be somebody.
17:50Somebody on the bridge here.
17:52Uh-huh.
17:53And I know I wasn't the hero.
17:55And I wasn't.
17:56You're positive it wasn't any of the other men?
18:00Yes, sir.
18:01I checked all hands.
18:05I wonder if it was still Murphy.
18:08Well...
18:09How do you figure, sir?
18:11All right.
18:13He was dead.
18:14But he had his weight on the wheel.
18:17Maybe that's what spun it.
18:19Well, that's a good try, Captain.
18:21But it just doesn't add up.
18:22How do you mean?
18:24We found Murphy dead with his head leaning over this way.
18:27But the wheel was turned right full rudder.
18:30In other words, it couldn't have done that unless somebody had grabbed it.
18:34Somebody?
18:36But who?
18:37Carry on here, Tom.
18:39I'm going to see two of the injured boys who are on the bridge with us.
18:43Hello?
18:44This is the captain.
18:45Yes, sir.
18:46I just want to get something straight.
18:47Yes, sir.
18:48Do you remember anybody grabbing the wheel after we got that torpedo warning from the watch?
19:04No, sir.
19:05You're sure?
19:06I'm sure, sir.
19:08How do you feel, Williams?
19:10I'll be all right, Captain.
19:12Sure you will.
19:13Sure you will.
19:14We had us a little fun there for a while, didn't we?
19:16Yes, Bill.
19:17Sure did.
19:18Williams.
19:19From your position on the starboard side of the bridge.
19:21What do you remember after that bomb exploded?
19:23Not much, sir.
19:24But I'm sure glad that Bill Murphy was at the helm and spun us around in time.
19:26If it wasn't for him, we would have got it, sure.
19:27That's right, Captain.
19:28Yes.
19:29I guess that's right.
19:30I guess that's right.
19:31I guess that's right.
19:32Oh, you're right.
19:33I'll be all right.
19:34I'll be all right, Captain.
19:35Sure you will.
19:36Sure you will.
19:37We had us a little fun there for a while, didn't we?
19:38Yes, Bill, we sure did.
19:39Williams, on your position on the starboard side of the bridge.
19:40What do you remember after that bomb exploded?
19:42Not much, sir.
19:43But I'm sure glad that Bill Murphy was at the helm and spun us around in time.
19:45If it wasn't for him, we would have got it, sure.
19:47That's right, Captain.
19:50Yes.
19:51I guess that's right.
20:01Tom, I tell you, that wheel didn't turn by itself.
20:04Somebody must have grabbed it.
20:06Somebody.
20:07Sure, but who?
20:08Well, maybe it was Malloy.
20:10You know how it is.
20:12A man's badly hit.
20:13Sometimes he doesn't remember.
20:15Sometimes he does things by instinct.
20:17The way Malloy was hit?
20:20Captain, he couldn't have moved three feet.
20:22Well, Williams then.
20:24I doubt it.
20:25Williams wasn't that much odd.
20:27He's remembered.
20:28Yes.
20:30The same token.
20:31Maybe it could have been you or I.
20:33I know I never got close to that wheel.
20:36Neither did I.
20:40Look, Tom.
20:41We've run an inquiry on everyone who was on the bridge at the time.
20:44Of course, I couldn't talk to Murphy.
20:47Murphy's dead.
20:48But we know it couldn't be Murphy.
20:50That's right.
20:51We know that for sure already.
20:53Wait a minute.
20:54Wait a minute.
20:55What is it?
20:57We forgot somebody, Tom.
20:59Somebody was on the bridge.
21:01Yeah?
21:02Who?
21:03Pedro.
21:05Mess boy.
21:07Remember?
21:08He just brought the coffee up when we got it.
21:19Hello, Pedro.
21:20Oh, Captain, sir.
21:22Pedro, I didn't know you were such a modest man.
21:25Modest?
21:26I do not know what this means, Captain.
21:29Pedro, you were near the bridge when that bomb went off, weren't you?
21:32Yes, sir.
21:33Spill all my coffee.
21:35Well, I'm putting you in for a citation.
21:39Citation?
21:40But what for, sir?
21:42Oh, nothing much.
21:44Just for saving the entire ship from a torpedo hit, that's all.
21:48Just for running back and grabbing that wheel when you did and steering us clear.
21:52Wheel?
21:53I did not take wheel, Captain.
21:56Now, look, Pedro, you can tell the truth.
21:59You don't have to worry about breaking any regulations here.
22:03I'm not down here on any disciplinary matter.
22:06I just want to congratulate you upon your quick thinking.
22:09But the truth is, Captain, I never touched the wheel.
22:14Right after the bomb hit, I came down here to Galley to make more coffee.
22:19You're sure?
22:20Yes, sir.
22:21I am sure.
22:23Come on.
22:51Does it ever occur to you, Commander,
22:53That wheel might have spun through some sudden action of the sea or wind.
22:58Yes, sir, it did occur to me, of course.
23:01Maybe that's the way it was.
23:04But I keep asking myself, why, if it were the wind or some wave or current,
23:11why, at just that split second,
23:14why, just the moment before that torpedo was about to hit us?
23:19I don't know.
23:21My only answer is in that report.
23:23And it is my opinion upon due and exhausted investigation
23:29that no human hand was responsible for saving my ship.
23:34It can only be my conclusion that if it were not an act of wind or wave,
23:39then some act of providence directed my ship to safety.
23:49The war is over.
23:51Scores of ships of the United States Navy move over vast seas.
23:56Yet, who can say that the men who sailed them and died do not ride with them still?
24:03Who can say in the quiet of the night that they do not stand at watch on the ships they loved and knew?
24:09Ask the men of the Navy.
24:12There are those who will tell you it's true.
24:14The war is over.
24:15The war is over.
24:16The war is about to the right to the enemy.
24:16The war is nietzé—®.
24:16None is about to die.
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