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Raymond Gallardo, the Sea Tiger's native cook who is on board illegally
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01:00As we docked at Kus Sing on the morning of July 9th for a brief respite from the Japanese, little did we know that another enemy was lying in wait for us. Captain Milgram, Mr. Warmth of the Pacific, had been trying to get something on us for months and evidently his snooping had finally paid off.
01:16Joanie! The Sea Tiger finally wrote its own epitaph.
01:22We have a problem, Captain. My unimpeachable source tells me...
01:27Another one of your wave contacts?
01:30Yes, sir. She tells me that Captain Milgram is going to pull a sneak inspection on us.
01:35What'd you liberate this time? His jockey shorts while he was still in them?
01:39I'm not guilty. It's not me. I'm afraid it's Gallardo he's after, sir.
01:43You've got to help me, Captain.
01:44How'd he find out about Gallardo?
01:45Well, he hasn't yet, sir, but he knows we've got somebody illegal on board. He's been checking over all our supply requisitions.
01:51You see, our official roster lists 38, and we've been ordering 39 of everything.
01:57I told you back in Manila that it was against Riggs to smuggle Gallardo aboard.
02:04More sugar.
02:05He's unauthorized, illegal, and illegitimate.
02:07I am not.
02:08Watson, I only stowed Ramon away so that he wouldn't be put in a detention camp.
02:15I want to clearly state it on the record that I had absolutely nothing to do with it.
02:22Mmm. I said more sugar.
02:25Well, we don't have much time, so we'd better...
02:27Captain, control. Captain Milgram is aboard.
02:30Correction, we don't have any time.
02:33Quick, guard.
02:33Hide, hide.
02:34No, no, no, not there.
02:36Over here, up and over.
02:37Over, over.
02:39Now, there you are, Sherman.
02:42Welcome aboard, Captain.
02:43Hello, sir.
02:44Would you like a cup of coffee, sir?
02:45I don't mind if I do.
02:46Anything with it?
02:47Yes, some sugar and some explanations.
02:51What kind of explanation would you like, sir?
02:53You've been ordering rations for 39, uniforms for 39, everything for 39,
02:58and you're only supposed to have 38 on the boat.
03:01Can you explain this?
03:02It's my fault, sir.
03:03You see, 39 is my lucky number.
03:06I just automatically put it down on everything.
03:09You know, roulette, bingo, requisitions.
03:12It's also my suit size.
03:14Oh, feathers.
03:15I'd say you have somebody on board illegally.
03:18Well, you've already got five nurses on board.
03:19Who did you add?
03:21Some little hula girl?
03:22Tondalea Rose?
03:23You have a very fertile imagination, sir.
03:25That's one for the book.
03:26What do you know about the book?
03:28You fellas threw that away long ago.
03:29Oh, not me, sir.
03:31Oh, no.
03:31I have mine right here.
03:34Now, Sherman, I'm sure there must be some explanation for this.
03:39Okay, let's hear it.
03:40Are you trying to poison me?
03:43What kind of coffee is this?
03:44Who is your cook?
03:44Where is he?
03:45Oh, our cook?
03:47Well, sir, we're temporarily shorthanded, and our cook is indisposed,
03:51so Lieutenant Crandall has kindly volunteered to help out.
03:54That's right, sir.
03:55She's our acting cook.
03:56She's not a very good actor.
03:58She's a very good nurse, sir.
04:00And that helps after you've tasted her cooking.
04:02Lieutenant, let's brew up another pot of coffee,
04:07and you better start dinner for $38.
04:10Yes, sir, right away.
04:12What is this?
04:14Oh, that's our dessert for tonight.
04:16Pineapple surprise.
04:17She just whipped it up.
04:19All right, Sherman, enough of this razzle-dazzle.
04:21Let's get on the business at hand.
04:23I think there's somebody on boat who doesn't belong here,
04:25and I'm going to find out who it is, be it him, her, or it.
04:29Sir, you're welcome to look around.
04:30Thanks.
04:31That's very kind of you.
04:33I'll be coming back with an MP detachment
04:34and search this tub from stem to stern.
04:37And if I find what I'm looking for, Commander,
04:39you'll be bucking instantly.
04:46As you were.
04:47Not on your life.
04:50As you can see, sir, we have nothing to hide.
04:57Skipper, we've got to take off before Milgram gets back
04:59or we're going to lose Gallardo.
05:00No, we can't.
05:01We don't have orders.
05:02Ah, that's right.
05:03The only way we could leave the harbor
05:04would be in case of enemy air attack.
05:06Of course.
05:07As everyone knows,
05:08a submarine's only protection
05:10is to submerge during an air attack.
05:12It's too vulnerable on the surface.
05:13Bless you, Mr. Watson.
05:14Very good.
05:16Keep it up.
05:20Captain, enemy plane at 5 o'clock.
05:22Let's get out of here.
05:23Let's get out of here.
05:24Passed off all lines.
05:25It takes a time.
05:26Passed off all lines.
05:29All right, off the brow, soldier.
05:30It's an air raid.
05:31Let's go.
05:31Come on, hurry it up, Nick.
05:33I don't see any plane.
05:34You're blind right there.
05:35See?
05:36Where?
05:37Oh, you ducked behind those clouds.
05:38What clouds?
05:39What?
05:40What, are you blind?
05:41What, first you don't see the planes,
05:42now you don't see the clouds?
05:43What's the matter with you?
05:44I suppose you don't hear the air raid siren either.
05:45Come on, Nick.
05:46We're sitting ducks.
05:49Right now, you and you alone
05:50are putting the lives of 38,
05:52tell them 38 men and women,
05:54in possible jeopardy
05:55only because you are too vain
05:56to wear glasses and a hearing aid.
05:58I can't believe it.
05:59Nick, the plane!
06:00Come on!
06:0238.
06:05All right, get out of here.
06:06Listen, if it's not an air raid,
06:08we'll be right back.
06:12Let's go!
06:15We made it!
06:22Peace go, Captain.
06:23Congratulations, Mr. Watson.
06:24Mr. Watson deserves all the credit.
06:26Oh, no, sir.
06:27If you notice,
06:27I had absolutely nothing to do with that.
06:29You had everything to do with it.
06:30It was completely your idea, remember?
06:32And that's what goes on the record, Mr. Watson.
06:34Thank you, sir.
06:39When we return
06:40and Captain Milgram inspects the boat,
06:42you can't be on it.
06:44I have to return you to your home island.
06:47But I want to be with you
06:48and Mr. Holden and the guys.
06:51Just think, Ramon,
06:52you'll get to see your family.
06:53You've become my family.
06:55Ramon, I don't have any choice.
06:59See, if Milgram finds you on the boat,
07:01you could be sent to a detention camp
07:03or prison.
07:04Yeah, and the captain and I
07:05would be in the adjoining cell.
07:07At least we'd all be together.
07:08Captain,
07:09from Captain Milgram,
07:10orders to return to base immediately.
07:13Well, you send Captain Milgram a message.
07:15Our engines are out
07:16and we'll be delayed.
07:17Set course for Waku Island.
07:20Now.
07:21All right, Stove.
07:37We'll take her up.
07:37Aye, aye, sir.
07:39Well, Galardo,
07:41you're home.
07:43Mm-hmm.
07:43Come on, pal.
07:44It's not that bad.
07:45You're going to see your whole family,
07:46your mother,
07:47your grandfather,
07:48your sister,
07:48after everybody
07:49and they're going to be thrilled to see you.
07:51Oh, no, they won't.
07:52Why not?
07:54Well, you see,
07:55when I wrote them that,
07:58you won't be mad, Captain Sherman.
08:00Of course not.
08:02I wrote them that
08:03I was the captain.
08:07You, uh,
08:08were the captain?
08:12Of what?
08:14The sea tiger.
08:18Well, you were
08:21the second choice.
08:23When they find out
08:24that I'm just a cook,
08:26well,
08:27I guess I'll live it down.
08:30I'd better go get my things.
08:32Captain,
08:33I was just thinking.
08:33I know what you're thinking.
08:34Oh, come on, sir.
08:35It would just be for a few minutes
08:36and it could mean so much
08:37to a moment.
08:38No, no, no.
08:38Absolutely not.
08:40Not a chance.
08:41I can't believe I did that.
08:46Anything else, Gallardo?
08:51Uh, I don't think so, sir.
08:53Except for the hat.
08:54Hat?
08:55Oh, yeah.
08:55Here's the hat.
08:56There you are.
09:04Captain,
09:05there's just one other thing.
09:07What?
09:07Oh, no, no, no.
09:08I will not,
09:10I will not pretend
09:11to be the cook.
09:13That's not it.
09:13I was just wondering
09:15if it would be possible
09:17if my family came aboard
09:18just for a quick look
09:19and then I'll tell them
09:21I'm retiring.
09:22No, no, no.
09:23I can't,
09:23I can't do that, Gallardo.
09:25We've already had
09:26three urgent messages
09:27from Captain Milgram
09:28to return.
09:29So I,
09:29you know.
09:31It would mean a lot
09:31to my mother.
09:33No, no.
09:33I'm going to be firm, Gallardo.
09:35I have to be firm this time.
09:36I, I,
09:37I really have to be firm.
09:39Rambles!
09:39Rambles!
09:42Please go to her.
09:43Oh, Ramon,
09:45my brother.
09:47You look so different.
09:49Leia, my sister,
09:51you've changed
09:52somewhat yourself.
09:54My son,
09:55the Capitain.
09:57We are all
09:58very proud of you,
10:00Ramon.
10:01Grandpa.
10:03Come,
10:04I'll show you
10:05around the boat.
10:06Think he painted
10:08it big just for me. He knows it's my favorite color. Sir, do you realize that that woman is
10:15pregnant? Yes. Don't worry, Mr. Watson. I'm going to break it to her gently. Hey, this is the cruise
10:26man's mama. Oh, as you were. Carry on. And down here is a torpedo room. Here you are, sir. Oh, thank you,
10:37William. You're welcome, sir. We try to please. You call this coffee? I'll make a fresh pot, sir.
10:44I'm sorry. Sometimes we don't try hard enough, Mrs. Galata. Captain, I just intercepted the message.
10:51Let me see that. You'd better see this, too. The Japanese are landing on the other side of the
11:01island, sir. Is it true, the Japanese? Yes. The rest of the family, boy. They'll be captured.
11:09Ramon, you must save them. We can't. The boat will be in danger. Watson, we don't have any choice.
11:16Please, Ramon. We will. Mr. Sherman, prepare to evacuate the island.
11:20Hi, sir. Captain, the bridge. There's a boatload of refugees alongside, sir.
11:32The captain wants all the refugees taken aboard. On the double.
11:36Yes, sir. Bring them aboard.
11:41Welcome aboard.
11:41And two by two, they came and no were welcome.
11:58This is ridiculous. We never should have brought them.
12:03I hope the animals are submarine, brother.
12:04I hope the chickens, sir. They're great with eggs.
12:17Oh, Skipper, I want you to prepare to get underway.
12:33Uh, good idea, Mr. Sherman.
12:35Yeah.
12:36Okay, men. This is the captain speaking.
12:39I want you to, uh...
12:41Prepare to get underway.
12:47Prepare to get underway.
12:49Take over, Mr. Watson.
12:51Take over, Mr. Watson.
12:52Aye, aye, sir.
12:58Captain, enemy destroyer approaching. Range 5,000 yards.
13:03Engine room, Chief Tarsten. All ahead, full.
13:05It's Farmer, Tarsten.
13:14You will fall, all right.
13:24Helmsman, uh, come left, of course.
13:26Uh, 193.
13:28Mr. Watson, uh, let's take her down.
13:301-5-0.
13:311-5-0, aye, sir. Take her down. 1-5-0.
13:33Why did you let him do all your talking for you?
13:35Uh, it's, uh, he, he's, uh, I'm giving him a test, Mama.
13:39Captain, range 4,000 yards and closing.
13:42I left full, Rudder.
13:43Why did he call him Captain?
13:45Because, uh, because he is the captain, Mama.
13:50He is the captain.
13:52Yes, I made everything up to impress you.
13:55Range 3,500 yards.
14:001-5-0 feet, sir.
14:02But I love you, my son.
14:04You don't have to impress me.
14:06But I was second choice.
14:09Actually, I'm the cook.
14:12What does it matter?
14:15A cook is almost as important as a captain, anyway.
14:19You can say that again.
14:21Mrs. Gallardo, Ramon is a fine young man.
14:24Range 3,000 yards and closing.
14:27Ramon, would you take your mother into the wardroom, please?
14:29Yes, sir, and then I'll fix lunch.
14:31I'll have.
14:31Talk him everything he knows.
14:33We're not hungry.
14:34Range 3,500 yards.
14:35We're in trouble, sir.
14:36They're catching us.
14:37If I've got extra waiter board, sir, there's no way we're going to shake him.
14:40We can't shake him.
14:42We'll try to fake him.
14:43Engine room, uh, chief, all stop.
14:47Now, this is the captain.
14:48Rig for silent running.
14:50We're playing dead.
14:52I want absolute silence.
14:55We're playing dead.
14:57That's one game I hope we don't get too good at.
15:00We're playing dead.
15:30Enemy screws moving off, sir.
15:48I think we fooled them.
15:52This is the captain.
15:54They're moving off.
15:55The destroyer's going away.
15:57We fooled them.
15:57Now, that's what I call something to crow about.
16:05The baby.
16:07Well, lie back.
16:08Oh, lie back.
16:08The excitement must have brought on her labor.
16:13Okay, we better time the contractions.
16:15You know, I never delivered a baby before, but I did an emergency tonsillectomy once.
16:20Well, if it wasn't a nine-pound tonsil, you better just watch this time.
16:22Well, the Japanese have us cut off from Rondavi, so we're going to have to go back to Kusin.
16:32But Captain Milgram would really throw the book at us, sir.
16:34Oh, boy.
16:35We'd be better off if we surrendered.
16:37Like Mr. Holden says, instead of one illegal passenger, now we've got 22.
16:41Make that 23.
16:4123.
16:43Leah's baby?
16:43Any minute now.
16:45Mr. Stolvo, set course for Kusin.
16:46I'll be in my quarters.
16:49We're heading right into a court-martial.
16:51It could mean the end of the Sea Tiger.
16:52Not yet.
16:54A condemned boat always has one radio call.
16:58The Gallon Gallardo.
17:00Now, I want you to send this out to all the news services.
17:03The Sea Tiger has rescued the Gallon Gallardos and is returning to Kusin.
17:09The Gallon Gallardos.
17:10Yeah, I know.
17:11It sounds like a high wire act, but it just might keep us from getting strung up ourselves.
17:18As we return to Kusin to face the music, the sun wasn't shining for the Sea Tiger in more ways than one.
17:24We were about to, and the elements already were, raining on Captain Milgram's parade.
17:28Search the boat, men.
17:30I'm positive we'll find one illegal man aboard.
17:33If we find one, he'll find one every two feet.
17:36Is it important, sir, Sherman?
17:38Oh, permission granted, sir.
17:39Sherman, you left this base without orders.
17:41You deliberately faked and aerated and consistently ignored my instructions to return.
17:46Hasn't been a good day for you, has it, sir?
17:53Too bad, sir.
17:53Looks like your press people didn't make it.
17:56Yeah, I should have told them it was also the opening of a bar.
17:58Sir, look, a jeep.
18:02Good thing I remembered the free eats, eh?
18:04Good thing I wanted to do.
18:05Go on.
18:09Excuse me.
18:10No.
18:10You're not.
18:11You're not.
18:11You're not.
18:12No!
18:12No, no.
18:12What's your name?
18:13I'm...
18:13No, I'm...
18:14I'm going to pray for you, man.
18:15No, no, no, no.
18:16Yeah, I'm going to pray for you.
18:17No, no, there's no.
18:18No, I'm going to pray for you.
18:18No, I'm going to pray for you.
18:19You're not.
18:20No, I'm going to pray for you.
18:21I love to pray for you, and the other.
18:22Sir, besides all these folks, there's a whole menagerie in the engine lane, and a woman
18:45is giving birth in the nurse's quarters, sir.
18:47Sherman, what do you think you're running in here?
18:50Oh, sir, I wish I knew.
18:52Okay, right this way, gentlemen, excuse me.
19:01Can we get through here?
19:02Excuse me.
19:03Captain Milgram, if you don't mind, I'd like to introduce you to two of our leading war
19:07correspondents here, and probably the number one press photographer in the entire South
19:11Pacific.
19:11What are they doing here?
19:13Well, sir, I felt that after all you've done for these gallant gallardos, that it should
19:16not go unnoticed.
19:17The gallant gallardos?
19:19I'll tell you how this modest man allowed a sunbeam of humanity to shine through the
19:26dark clouds of war.
19:27Hold on.
19:28Please, sir, let me just tell him.
19:30Yeah, let him tell it.
19:31Let me tell him.
19:32Let me tell you how this great man sent the Sea Tiger on a mission of mercy to rescue the
19:38gallant gallardos.
19:39Sherman.
19:40Notes, if you like.
19:41Sorry, sir.
19:41The news had to get out.
19:43And when the safety of this courageous family, the gallant gallardos, was in jeopardy, this
19:49family who volunteered at great risk to serve as coast watchers for the forces of democracy,
19:53when their safety was in jeopardy, it was this man, Captain Maurice B. Milgram, who personally
19:58conceived the daring rescue plan that snatched them from the very jaws of death.
20:01Now, wait a minute.
20:03Milgram, is that with one L or two, sir?
20:05One.
20:06M-I-L-G-R-I-N.
20:08Oh, thank you, sir.
20:10The baby.
20:11It's him.
20:13Ha, ha, ha.
20:15Another gallant gallardo.
20:18Now, that's with two L's.
20:21Captain, it's a boy.
20:27Well, will you look at that.
20:29All right, everyone.
20:30Say hello to Franklin, Delano, Jesus, Milgram, Gallardo.
20:41You want to throw in Churchill and pull in the English press?
20:43No, that'd be too much.
20:45With this, we'll make the front page.
20:47Well, how about a picture of me and the baby and some of the gallant gallardo?
20:56Well, gentlemen, I think that will be all.
20:59Well, thank you, sir.
20:59Thank you very much.
21:00Captain, there's just one more thing.
21:02One of the gallant gallardos would like very much to join our U.S. Navy.
21:06All you have to do is swear him in.
21:08Well, I don't know.
21:08This is highly irregular.
21:10It's also highly newsworthy, sir, front page material.
21:13It would be a nice touch.
21:15Well, who is this brave young man?
21:19Ramon Gallardo, please step forward.
21:20Here you are, sir.
21:22There he is, sir.
21:23Do you, Ramon Gallardo, swear to uphold the laws of the United States
21:27and to serve in its armed forces faithfully and to the best of your ability?
21:31I do, sir.
21:32Welcome to the Navy, Seaman Gallardo.
21:35Thank you, sir.
21:35Congratulations.
21:43All right, Sherman.
21:46Yes.
21:46Tell me the truth.
21:47Truth?
21:47Who was the extra person on board the boat?
21:50The extra...
21:51Malumfrey.
21:51He ate for two.
21:54Sorry, chief.
21:55I had to tell him.
21:56I get hungry.
21:57Who was the extra person on board the boat?
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