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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.
00:20The dramas you see each week on Navy Log are from official U.S. Navy files.
00:25They tell of ships and planes and those who manned them,
00:29recorded through the years in Navy Log.
00:40Guam, next on the Japanese timetable.
00:44This is the true story of an American naval officer stationed there.
00:49Time, 1300, December 9th, 1941.
00:55U.S. Naval Hospital, Guam.
00:58Emergency Operation Casualty.
01:02Lieutenant Commander Vance Crawford.
01:06He missed that. He missed that.
01:19The island of Guam is now under Japanese authority.
01:23Anyone countermanding that authority will be shot.
01:26Who is in command here?
01:28I am Chief Surgeon here.
01:29Your name and rank?
01:31Lieutenant Commander Vance Crawford.
01:33Come with me.
01:34I'm sorry, you'll have to wait.
01:36I said, come with me!
01:38Sucher.
01:40I'm Chief.
01:41I'm Chief!
01:42Time, 1600.
01:43Vessel, prison ship, the Argentine Maru.
01:49Cargo, U.S. Naval personnel, Guam.
01:51Time 1600. Vessel, prison ship, the Argentine Maru. Cargo, U.S. Naval Personnel, Guam. Destination, Nitsuzi Prison on the island of Shikoku, Japan. No country club.
02:17Halt!
02:21Gentlemen, welcome to Nitsuzi Prison. I am General Naoki Hashimoto, Commandant here. I deeply regret the necessities of war
02:47that have brought you here as, shall we say, our unwilling guests. However, you may be comforted
02:55to know that your tenure will not be for long, since the Japanese Navy has virtually destroyed
03:00the United States fleet, and your country is on a verge of surrender. Now, I must inform
03:08you, gentlemen, that this is considered one of the Japanese Army's model prisons. I propose
03:14to keep it so. You will not find me hard to deal with, providing you observe the rules
03:19and regulations. Are there any questions?
03:24Farewell. Who is your spokesman?
03:31Your name and rank?
03:33Lieutenant Commander Vance Crawford, United States Navy, Metal Corps.
03:37Ah, yes, Commander Crawford. Your fame has traveled from Guam. I hope you will be comfortable
03:44here.
03:46Now, a few general instructions, Commander. Later on tonight, you and I will have a more
03:52personal talk. Those of your men who are put to work will be paid 50 yen a month. If there
03:58are any complaints among your men, you are to bring them to me. I shall, of course, hold
04:03you responsible for their general conduct and behavior. I tell you now, that the more cooperative
04:10they are, the more cooperative I shall be. Is that clear? Very good. That is all. Sir
04:20you have to get it.
04:21Attention! Follow me. This your baron? Your bed? Stove? Boy, home was never like this.
04:46Hey, Tojo. My name is Sergeant Duatanabe. Okay. Where's the thermostat? Thermostat?
04:53Yeah. We want to turn up the heat. It's freezing in here. Forstove, rations for week. Thanks
05:07for nothing. All right, take it easy, boy. Take it easy. Let's get this fire started.
05:16All right, man. Find yourself a bunk. Get him. Socky Joe. Yeah. He looks like trouble. Plenty.
05:23I'm just one thing to do. Maybe the only way we can stay alive. I'm just one thing to do.
05:41Maybe the only way we can stay alive. Just stay out of his way.
05:48Oh, Commander Crawford. So glad to see you. Please, sit down. Drink? No thanks. Cigarette?
05:56Tell me, Commander. Do you have a family? A wife? I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.
06:03Four children. Good. I'm a family man myself, Commander. This is my oldest son.
06:10Teiji. He's a squadron leader in the Japanese Air Force. But tell me, where's your family now?
06:17Denver. Ah, yes. Denver. A fine city, Commander. But I know California.
06:23A wife, four children.
06:27Good, I'm a family man myself, Commander.
06:30This is my oldest son, Teiji.
06:34He's a squadron leader in the Japanese Air Force.
06:37But tell me, where's your family now?
06:42Denver.
06:43Ah, yes, Denver.
06:44A fine city, Commander.
06:46But I know California better.
06:49It may interest you to know that I was a student at Southern Cal.
06:53Oh, so that's where you learned the language.
06:56A beautiful state, California.
07:00Someday, in the very near future,
07:02I hope to return as a, shall we say, as a tourist.
07:07I think you'll wait a long time.
07:09I think not, Commander.
07:11After all, you don't have much left with which to stop us.
07:14Not after Pearl Harbor.
07:17You changed the rules of war at Pearl, General.
07:20Well, someday, I think Japan will regret it.
07:24War is always a regrettable situation.
07:28One that I know we both deplore.
07:30We must make the best of it.
07:33Now then, Commander, any complaints?
07:36A few.
07:37Well, by all means, let us have them.
07:40This guard, Sergeant Watanabe.
07:43Yes.
07:44What about him?
07:45He has shown, uh, what I consider to be excessive brutality.
07:50Ah, an unfortunate word, Commander.
07:52Let us call it, uh, enthusiasm.
07:55He simply hates Americans.
07:56One can understand that.
07:58Anything else?
08:00The food.
08:01I knew you'd complain about that.
08:04But we are living in Japan now, Commander, not in the United States.
08:07This food is the ration of the Japanese soldiers.
08:11You are getting what they are getting, no more and no less.
08:14I consider that fair enough, don't you?
08:17Not exactly.
08:18Medically speaking, General,
08:20our men are used to a larger number of calories,
08:23even at minimum.
08:24Otherwise, they may suffer malnutrition.
08:27As a matter of simple equity, Commander,
08:30I cannot cater to your calorie charts,
08:33but I will see that they get the privilege of one egg a month
08:36and all the tea they can drink.
08:43Not at all.
08:44And oh, one more thing.
08:47If you or any of your men are caught dealing in a black market
08:49or trying to bribe one of the guards,
08:52you will be made to regret it.
08:55Anything else?
08:57Nothing else, Commander.
08:59Except I trust you will be as comfortable as possible
09:02under the circumstances.
09:13For POWs, the war never ends.
09:16Not really.
09:18For there are many enemies.
09:20This is only one enemy.
09:27Another is homesickness.
09:32And hunger.
09:34Always hunger.
09:35And cold.
09:37And dirt.
09:38And sickness.
09:40Well, that's it.
09:41What's it?
09:43Abdominal obstruction.
09:44They're cute.
09:46We'll have to operate.
09:48Operate?
09:48But the Japs won't let us use their infirmary.
09:50I know.
09:52We'll do it here.
09:53Here?
09:53How?
09:55I was lucky I brought these things from Guam.
09:59Men.
09:59I'm going to need your help.
10:02Mike, fill that mess pot full of water.
10:04Right.
10:08See how much charcoal we've got left?
10:10Right.
10:12Good to fuck it's done.
10:13I want those sheets really boiled.
10:27Well, here goes the last of our charcoal.
10:29Never did like it too hot around the house.
10:31Makes a guy sleepy.
10:33Now, how about soap?
10:34Soap?
10:36I know it's going to be tough on everybody.
10:37But if infection sets in.
10:41I'll tell you one thing, Doc.
10:42Yeah?
10:43I don't think we can afford another operation.
10:46Something else we're going to have.
10:48Yeah?
10:48What?
10:50Morphine.
10:54Morphine?
10:55No, Commander.
10:56I'm sorry.
10:57But you have supplies available in the dispensary.
11:00Only for Japanese personnel.
11:02General Hashimoto, you don't seem to understand.
11:05This man must have an operation immediately or he'll die.
11:09Without morphine, we can't possibly operate.
11:11In the name of humanity, you...
11:12Yes, the humanity is a very interesting subject, Commander.
11:15I studied all about it at Southern California.
11:19But I also studied another subject.
11:21Logic.
11:22Logic.
11:24Hmm.
11:24One weighs, balances, then chooses realistically.
11:28It so happens, my dear Commander, that we are very short on medical supplies, and notably,
11:33morphine.
11:34I tell you, I've got to have it.
11:36And I tell you, your request is refused.
11:39I am, after all, a Japanese.
11:41If this morphine can save a man, I prefer that it save one of my own countrymen, and not an American.
11:46All the rules of logic give me no choice.
11:50Come, come, my friend.
11:51Do not feel too badly.
11:52The logic of war, alas, is immutable.
11:55Hmm.
11:55Here, have a drink.
11:56Here, have a drink.
11:57Here, have a drink.
12:27Hey, look.
12:38Hold it.
12:47All right, Eddie.
12:48Call him.
12:50Hey, Sergeant!
12:57All right, men.
12:59Over here.
12:59Let's have it.
13:10Listen, Doc.
13:11Why should you take the chance?
13:12It'll be rough on you if the Commandant finds out.
13:15It was my idea.
13:16So it's my responsibility.
13:17Let's go, Willie.
13:21What you want?
13:26Sake.
13:27No, sake.
13:28Against Arruo.
13:29This is all the yen we've got.
13:48No sake, I tell you.
13:50No sake, I tell you.
13:50If General Hashimoto hears up with this,
14:14I kill you.
14:20Mike, start feeding this stuff.
14:22Every drop.
14:22Get him loaded.
14:23Come on, boys.
14:24Let's go.
14:27Time, 1943.
14:29Place, Tarawa.
14:31Result, victory.
14:35Time, 1944.
14:37Place, the Philippines.
14:39Operation, victory.
14:47But at Nitsushi Prison, the time was forever.
14:50The enemy's the same and getting stronger and stronger.
14:55We only knew what was happening on the outside.
14:58How the war's going.
15:01When we're going to get home.
15:04War's going our way.
15:06How do you know that?
15:07We ain't had any news in two years.
15:11The chow's getting worse.
15:12What does that prove?
15:14Proves the Japs are getting tight on food.
15:16Could be we're sinking a lot of their shipping.
15:19Maybe.
15:20Maybe the Jap fleet is sailing into San Francisco right now.
15:23Maybe.
15:25And maybe we're sailing into Tokyo Bay.
15:28You sound just like the Doc, Eddie.
15:31Speaking of the Doc,
15:32why do you suppose Hashimoto sent for Doc Van?
15:34Maybe he needed a fourth for bridge.
15:42It seems, Commander,
15:44that Sergeant Watanabe,
15:45my personal driver,
15:46indulged in a little too much sake.
15:49Unfortunately, upon returning from the village,
15:51he smashes vehicle into a wall.
15:53I'm afraid he's seriously hurt right here.
15:56X-ray will motor koi.
15:57Go, go, go, go.
16:27Multiple fracture of the hip.
16:29Tricky.
16:31Precisely.
16:32My young surgeons here are too inexperienced to handle that properly.
16:36What do you want me to do?
16:38Operate.
16:39Well, that wouldn't be logical, General.
16:42After all, I'm an American.
16:43Why should I be concerned whether a Japanese undergoes a successful operation or not?
16:48Remember, your own argument.
16:51True.
16:52But you are an American and therefore a humanitarian by your own definition.
16:57Moreover, you're a doctor.
16:59And this man is suffering.
17:02Well, Commander?
17:10Where do I scrub?
17:21Time, March 16th, 1945.
17:24Place, Iwo Jima.
17:28Result, victory.
17:32Time, June 21, 1945.
17:36Place, Okinawa.
17:38Result, victory.
17:40But at Nitsushi Prison, life went on.
17:46As usual.
17:49That's it.
17:51His malaria is acting up again.
17:53He's got it bad.
17:54He has to have quinine.
17:55One thing's sure.
17:57Old Droopy ain't gonna hand any out.
17:58We've gotta get it somewhere.
18:00I wish I had the answer.
18:02I guess the only place to get it is on the black market.
18:05It's curtains that Hashimoto finds out.
18:06We can't let this man suffer.
18:10You know, Louis on the black market.
18:12Sergeant, this man has...
18:13No talk, please.
18:14Come with me.
18:14You want a quinine, yes?
18:34Yeah.
18:34I get it for you.
18:35Meet me in the dispensary tonight, after the lights go out.
18:38Oh, Sergeant, how can you...
18:39No talk, no.
18:40Go.
18:41Go back to your barrack.
18:43Go.
18:43Non-historica.
19:09Report to my office in half an hour.
19:19As I understand it, Commander, you wanted this quinine for one of your men.
19:33That's right, General.
19:34So you bribed Sergeant Watanabe to steal it for you.
19:37You're wrong.
19:38Am I?
19:39Sergeant Watanabe volunteered to get it himself.
19:42I see.
19:44Humanitarianism over logic again, eh, Commander?
19:46That's a rather strange behavior for a Japanese, wouldn't you say?
19:50You admit the Japanese are human, General?
19:53Of course.
19:55Then gratitude is human.
19:56Very well put, indeed.
19:59Very well put, indeed.
20:01Tell me, uh, what will happen to Sergeant Watanabe?
20:05Yesterday I would have executed Sergeant Watanabe.
20:07Today, well, what difference does it make?
20:12Here.
20:12General, I, I don't understand.
20:17Take it.
20:17It's yours.
20:18The world is yours if you want it.
20:22Some time ago you said we Japanese were changing the rules of war, Commander.
20:26Remember?
20:27Well, you Americans have changed the entire concept of war.
20:33How?
20:34Hiroshima.
20:35Hiroshima?
20:36Oh, of course.
20:36You wouldn't have heard.
20:38Hiroshima is a city in Japan, Commander.
20:40It was just bombed by your Air Force.
20:43One bomb.
20:45The atom bomb, they call it.
20:48A city of nearly 350,000, and it killed nearly 80,000 people.
20:54So, you see, it is almost over.
20:59For me, personally, and as a Japanese,
21:04a few days ago I heard that my son was killed in a kamikaze squadron.
21:09Now, there are rumors in Tokyo that the Emperor is suing for peace.
21:16I am a Japanese, Commander.
21:19But, strange as it may seem to you now, I, I am also human.
21:24I thought war was a glorious thing.
21:27But now I know that it is ashes.
21:29That it is tragedy, waste, useless.
21:33Your atom bomb may have more than just changed the nature of war.
21:37It may have changed the values of man.
21:39We used to think war was logical, to win the fruits of life.
21:43But perhaps we were wrong, and you were right.
21:48Perhaps humanity is the only hope left.
21:52I am sorry about your son.
22:00I am only grateful that the rest of my family survived.
22:03The rest of your family?
22:04You see, I never told you this, Commander, but my home happens to be Hiroshima.
22:10And, fortunately, my family was saved by an accident of fate.
22:14How?
22:15The day before it happened, my family went to visit my brother in a city called Nagasaki.
22:21First, Hiroshima.
22:50What?
22:51No.
22:53Nagasaki.
22:53I'll talk to you.
23:23Time to September 1945.
23:52Place, Tokyo Bay.
23:54Result, final victory.
24:03Ketsuji Prison.
24:05Number of prisoners, 749.
24:08POW deaths, 10.
24:11Commendations, Lieutenant Commander Vance Crawford,
24:15Medical Corps, United States Navy.
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