1 00:01:42,181 --> 00:01:45,742 Thirty six hours ago, an American B-52 bomber... 2 00:01:45,818 --> 00:01:48,588 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea. 3 00:01:48,721 --> 00:01:50,882 Moments before impact, the bomber's crew... 4 00:01:50,957 --> 00:01:54,654 jettisoned a 50-megaton nuclear warhead. 5 00:01:54,727 --> 00:01:58,926 The bomb, capable of leveling a major city, has been lost at sea. 6 00:01:58,999 --> 00:02:02,833 Underway at this hour is the greatest naval search in human history. 7 00:02:02,903 --> 00:02:05,133 What do you think, Sunday? It should be you out there. 8 00:02:05,205 --> 00:02:08,936 Why not? I'm the best goddamn diver in the whole U.S. Navy. 9 00:02:09,009 --> 00:02:11,020 Well, you ain't in the Navy. You are a damn deserter. 10 00:02:11,020 --> 00:02:12,612 Well, you ain't in the Navy. You are a damn deserter. 11 00:02:12,688 --> 00:02:14,987 AWOL. AWOL. 12 00:02:15,058 --> 00:02:17,253 Twenty years ago, a man'd go on a bender like that, 13 00:02:17,327 --> 00:02:20,091 they'd pin a medal on his chest and take him down town for a blow job. 14 00:02:22,165 --> 00:02:25,794 Instead, you got your ass kicked by a couple of Marines. 15 00:02:27,869 --> 00:02:30,135 Ornery son of a bitch. 16 00:02:32,807 --> 00:02:34,440 Friend of yours? 17 00:02:34,512 --> 00:02:37,913 Well, it looks like Chief here is a goddamn nigger lover. 18 00:02:40,351 --> 00:02:43,582 All right, asshole. Now you're gonna start addressing me as Master Chief... 19 00:02:43,654 --> 00:02:46,316 or I'm gonna snap your goddamn wrist, do you read me? 20 00:02:46,390 --> 00:02:48,255 You ain't a Master Chief no more. 21 00:02:48,326 --> 00:02:51,091 You triflin' me, motherfucker? You triflin' me, motherfucker? 22 00:02:51,163 --> 00:02:53,495 - Sorry, Master Chief! - Thank you! 23 00:02:57,703 --> 00:02:58,637 Carl. 24 00:03:50,458 --> 00:03:53,427 Come on, Carl. 25 00:03:53,495 --> 00:03:56,726 Turn off Daddy's radio and get ready for school. 26 00:04:12,915 --> 00:04:15,406 Whoa, John. 27 00:04:15,484 --> 00:04:20,282 Come on there. Get a hold, John. 28 00:04:20,415 --> 00:04:23,441 Get a hold, John. 29 00:04:23,518 --> 00:04:26,146 Come on. Come on. Get up there, Jane. 30 00:04:26,221 --> 00:04:28,815 Come on. Come on. Good girl. 31 00:04:37,065 --> 00:04:39,000 Whoa, John. 32 00:04:39,068 --> 00:04:41,002 Come here, Jane. 33 00:04:41,070 --> 00:04:44,005 Come here. 34 00:04:44,073 --> 00:04:46,598 Best come in now. 35 00:04:46,676 --> 00:04:50,237 I told Doc Maddox I'd be done by Friday, and I will. 36 00:04:51,514 --> 00:04:55,109 - Daddy, you actin' like... - This was my farm? 37 00:04:55,184 --> 00:05:00,521 No, son. No matter how hard I work, I ain't ever gonna own this land. 38 00:05:00,591 --> 00:05:03,685 I heard you and Mama talkin'. 39 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:07,218 You gonna lose the farm if this wheat ain't in on time. 40 00:05:07,297 --> 00:05:10,960 Doc Maddox is gonna bring in another family, where the kids work too. 41 00:05:17,375 --> 00:05:20,242 My kids go to school. 42 00:05:20,311 --> 00:05:22,677 Now, go on 'fore you're late. 43 00:05:32,725 --> 00:05:37,059 I'm not going to school, Daddy. Not today. 44 00:05:37,129 --> 00:05:39,597 Not till this field is done. 45 00:05:39,665 --> 00:05:42,395 This field ain't ever gonna be done. 46 00:05:46,071 --> 00:05:49,063 Daddy. 47 00:05:49,141 --> 00:05:52,634 Today is Friday. 48 00:05:52,712 --> 00:05:55,146 Come on, Tye. Come on, Jill. There you go. 49 00:05:55,215 --> 00:05:57,911 Come on. Good boy, good girl. 50 00:05:57,984 --> 00:06:01,476 There you go. There you go. 51 00:06:01,555 --> 00:06:04,922 - Make me a promise. - Sir? 52 00:06:07,661 --> 00:06:10,324 Don't end up like me. 53 00:06:20,308 --> 00:06:23,471 All right. 54 00:06:23,544 --> 00:06:25,478 We best get movin'. 55 00:06:25,546 --> 00:06:28,675 Rain comin' in. 56 00:06:28,750 --> 00:06:31,150 We best get movin'. Ready Jane, John. 57 00:06:31,220 --> 00:06:34,121 Get up there! Come on! 58 00:06:34,189 --> 00:06:37,181 Stay low, John. Get the hoe, John. 59 00:06:37,259 --> 00:06:41,195 - Get the hoe! Come on. Get up there! - Get that hoe. 60 00:06:41,263 --> 00:06:43,925 - Get the hoe, John. - Yeah, get that hoe, Jane. 61 00:06:48,972 --> 00:06:50,906 Get that hoe, Jane. 62 00:06:51,974 --> 00:06:54,034 Get that hoe, Jane! 63 00:06:54,110 --> 00:06:57,204 Gee, Jane! Get up there! 64 00:06:58,948 --> 00:07:00,914 Get up there! Come on! 65 00:07:00,984 --> 00:07:04,086 Get up there! Get up there! 66 00:07:04,455 --> 00:07:06,514 Get up there! 67 00:07:06,590 --> 00:07:08,751 Come on, Carl. You'll miss the bus. 68 00:07:22,474 --> 00:07:25,932 Let's go, son. Your father's waitin' on us. 69 00:07:27,479 --> 00:07:30,482 U.S. Navy's a big opportunity for a young man. 70 00:07:30,482 --> 00:07:31,005 U.S. Navy's a big opportunity for a young man. 71 00:07:31,082 --> 00:07:34,483 You got the hot showers. You got the three squares a day. 72 00:07:34,552 --> 00:07:36,884 - And unlike the Army... - All about the Navy. It's right here in this book. 73 00:07:36,955 --> 00:07:40,050 And this is mine. I can keep this. They're just giving it to me. 74 00:07:40,126 --> 00:07:42,890 - No fox holes in the U.S. Navy. - I wish I knew what I was gonna be. 75 00:07:42,962 --> 00:07:46,557 Knowing you, it's gonna be something big. 76 00:07:46,632 --> 00:07:48,862 It don't stop there. 77 00:07:48,934 --> 00:07:51,459 He ain't said one word since we met the recruiter. 78 00:07:51,537 --> 00:07:53,596 He's just real scared for you. 79 00:07:53,673 --> 00:07:57,439 - Coloreds now. - First uniform is paid for by Uncle Sam. 80 00:07:57,511 --> 00:08:00,173 - I love you, Mama. - I love you. 81 00:08:00,247 --> 00:08:03,808 You'll be all right, son. 82 00:08:03,884 --> 00:08:06,978 You got a $75 pay check just waiting for you. 83 00:08:07,054 --> 00:08:09,420 Recruiter say first leave come in September. 84 00:08:09,489 --> 00:08:12,981 I wouldn't believe everything that recruiter says. 85 00:08:13,060 --> 00:08:17,088 Put it away for a rainy day or send it home to Mom and Pop. 86 00:08:17,165 --> 00:08:19,497 I'll come back, help mow the hay. 87 00:08:19,567 --> 00:08:22,764 Don't. Don't ever come back here. 88 00:08:24,672 --> 00:08:26,640 You get in there and fight, Carl. 89 00:08:26,708 --> 00:08:29,677 Don't take promises. 90 00:08:29,744 --> 00:08:32,440 Bust their old rules if you have to. 91 00:08:33,648 --> 00:08:35,947 And when it gets hard... 92 00:08:37,419 --> 00:08:39,353 and it will... 93 00:08:40,422 --> 00:08:42,356 don't quit on me. 94 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:46,419 Ever. 95 00:08:47,896 --> 00:08:50,262 Now, go on. 96 00:08:50,332 --> 00:08:52,824 Don't come back here. 97 00:08:52,902 --> 00:08:55,097 Not for a long time. 98 00:09:17,128 --> 00:09:20,393 Charge it when you get where you're going. 99 00:09:30,308 --> 00:09:32,902 A.S.N.F. 100 00:09:32,978 --> 00:09:34,912 What's that supposed to mean? 101 00:09:40,485 --> 00:09:43,181 Come on, boy. 102 00:09:43,255 --> 00:09:45,655 You got a big future... 103 00:09:45,724 --> 00:09:48,558 in the U.S. Navy. 104 00:09:48,628 --> 00:09:51,654 A big future! 105 00:09:53,666 --> 00:09:57,602 Look here. I advise the next time you see this Navy recruiter, 106 00:09:57,670 --> 00:09:59,934 tell him to take whatever crystal ball he's lookin' through... 107 00:10:00,006 --> 00:10:02,065 and shove it directly up his ass. 108 00:10:02,141 --> 00:10:04,337 I just got back from fightin' a war, 109 00:10:04,411 --> 00:10:07,346 makin' the whole world free for democracy. 110 00:10:07,414 --> 00:10:10,941 They still got me standin' here, slavin' over a hot grill next to you. 111 00:10:11,018 --> 00:10:14,454 There's only three choices a colored man's got in the U.S. Navy. 112 00:10:14,521 --> 00:10:16,853 - What's that, Chief? - Bein' a cook... 113 00:10:16,924 --> 00:10:21,054 Officer's valet or gettin' the fuck out of the Navy. 114 00:10:21,128 --> 00:10:23,324 Big future. 115 00:10:23,398 --> 00:10:25,958 - Big future, I'll be doggoned. - It'll be all right, Carl. 116 00:10:26,034 --> 00:10:29,526 That's it. That's it. 117 00:10:32,173 --> 00:10:34,300 Ooh, hot, hot, hot. 118 00:10:36,211 --> 00:10:39,476 Hell ain't got nothin' on the South Pacific. 119 00:10:39,547 --> 00:10:41,482 Damn! 120 00:10:55,297 --> 00:10:57,492 Geronimo! 121 00:11:10,046 --> 00:11:12,571 Hold that. 122 00:11:12,649 --> 00:11:15,117 Carl, what the hell are you doing? 123 00:11:15,185 --> 00:11:17,120 Reckon I'm gonna take a swim. 124 00:11:17,188 --> 00:11:20,419 Nigger, you crazy. Tuesday is colored swim call on this boat. 125 00:11:20,491 --> 00:11:22,425 Well, I'm hot on Friday. 126 00:11:22,493 --> 00:11:24,927 Carl, crackers see that nappy, they... 127 00:11:24,996 --> 00:11:28,329 What are they gonna do, make me wash more dishes? 128 00:11:31,035 --> 00:11:33,265 Wait a minute now. Someone's all confused. 129 00:11:33,337 --> 00:11:35,272 Better get your ass off this deck! 130 00:11:35,340 --> 00:11:37,865 It is not Tuesday, son. 131 00:11:37,943 --> 00:11:39,877 What the hell are you doing, boy? 132 00:11:39,945 --> 00:11:43,472 - You can't do that, boy! - You're in some deep shit! 133 00:11:45,918 --> 00:11:48,819 Wrong day, asshole! 134 00:11:51,990 --> 00:11:53,982 All right. Make way! 135 00:11:58,364 --> 00:12:01,891 Captain wants your ass back on the boat right now. 136 00:12:16,050 --> 00:12:18,348 - He'll beat you! - Go, Carl! 137 00:12:19,987 --> 00:12:23,184 Keep goin'! Go, Carl! 138 00:12:31,733 --> 00:12:34,395 Let's go, Carl! 139 00:12:41,610 --> 00:12:44,477 Beat him by a mile! 140 00:13:14,711 --> 00:13:16,975 You got anything to say for yourself? 141 00:13:25,156 --> 00:13:27,090 Your response is noted. 142 00:13:33,464 --> 00:13:36,160 You ever hear of the Search and Rescue swimmers? 143 00:13:36,234 --> 00:13:40,170 - You know, sailor falls overboard, these men... - Dive in and save 'em. Yes, Sir. 144 00:13:44,510 --> 00:13:48,947 You just became one. I'm transferring you to their unit. 145 00:13:50,983 --> 00:13:53,713 You're the fastest damn swimmer on this ship, 146 00:13:53,786 --> 00:13:56,186 and you have got the balls to back it up. 147 00:13:57,756 --> 00:14:01,352 Thank you, sir. I'll pack up and report to the deck department... 148 00:14:01,428 --> 00:14:04,329 You're just there to swim. Nothing else. 149 00:14:04,397 --> 00:14:06,831 Stay with the stewards. 150 00:14:06,900 --> 00:14:09,300 Let him out. 151 00:14:09,369 --> 00:14:12,770 Hey, Carl. You know, the only reason your ass ain't in the brig... 152 00:14:12,839 --> 00:14:15,307 is 'cause you high yellow, boy. 153 00:14:15,375 --> 00:14:17,309 - Damn! - Search and Rescue Squad. 154 00:14:17,377 --> 00:14:19,642 Boy, you in good with Captain Pullman now. 155 00:14:19,714 --> 00:14:22,342 Put in a good word for me, they might let me drive the boat. 156 00:14:22,416 --> 00:14:24,509 You're never gonna believe it, but yesterday... 157 00:14:24,585 --> 00:14:26,985 I made Seaman, which is Navy for a glorified deck hand. 158 00:14:27,054 --> 00:14:30,182 I'm still not sure what I'm gonna be, but I'll make you proud of me yet. 159 00:14:30,257 --> 00:14:33,954 Anyway, Dad, sounds like the mail chopper's here, so I better get topside. 160 00:14:34,028 --> 00:14:37,260 Give Mom a big hug for me. Your loving son, Carl. 161 00:14:42,537 --> 00:14:46,633 Good afternoon, Chief. 162 00:14:46,708 --> 00:14:48,903 What the... 163 00:14:55,002 --> 00:14:58,062 Mail chopper clipped a radio mast! He's down! He's down! 164 00:15:02,576 --> 00:15:07,809 Splash a diver, now! Men on that chopper. I want 'em up alive. 165 00:15:11,084 --> 00:15:13,485 Diver's coming up. 166 00:15:14,556 --> 00:15:18,219 Bring it up. Bring it up! 167 00:15:20,562 --> 00:15:22,587 Come on! Faster! Pull him up! Come on, Vince. Pull him up! 168 00:15:22,664 --> 00:15:26,225 - Come on! Faster, faster! - Brashear, get on that steadying line. 169 00:15:26,301 --> 00:15:29,532 Keep it up! Lay back into that! Keep it steady! 170 00:15:29,604 --> 00:15:32,665 Keep it steady! Keep it steady! 171 00:15:38,848 --> 00:15:41,339 Bring him in! Coming down! 172 00:15:45,421 --> 00:15:47,548 Bring him down! 173 00:15:49,326 --> 00:15:52,193 Sailors, get him up! On the hatch. Ready? 174 00:15:52,262 --> 00:15:53,889 Come on. 175 00:15:56,600 --> 00:15:58,534 Face down! 176 00:16:18,189 --> 00:16:19,884 - No. - Goddamn! 177 00:16:19,957 --> 00:16:23,256 If I'd just been a couple of minutes earlier, he'd be breathin' now! 178 00:16:23,327 --> 00:16:25,262 You did your best, Chief Sunday. Lieutenant Hanks. 179 00:16:25,330 --> 00:16:27,298 Sir. 180 00:16:27,366 --> 00:16:30,130 - Complete the diving operation. - Yes, sir. 181 00:16:30,202 --> 00:16:32,261 The copilot is still in the water. 182 00:16:32,337 --> 00:16:35,500 Caughlin, it's your turn over the side. Bring that man home. Hat him. 183 00:16:35,574 --> 00:16:38,839 Take Chief Sunday to the chamber for decompression. 184 00:16:45,151 --> 00:16:47,813 Lay back on him. On the side! 185 00:16:47,887 --> 00:16:50,788 Diver comin' up and over! 186 00:17:02,536 --> 00:17:05,027 - Chief? - Drop the goddamn weight! 187 00:17:05,105 --> 00:17:06,800 Drop the weight! 188 00:17:19,854 --> 00:17:21,845 - Man overboard! - Stand by divers, you're in! 189 00:17:21,923 --> 00:17:23,857 What the hell's going on? 190 00:17:23,925 --> 00:17:27,190 Master Chief, we just lost Caughlin, sir. 191 00:17:27,262 --> 00:17:30,254 - We got a standby diver going... - He can't wait that long. 192 00:17:30,332 --> 00:17:32,596 Tell me what you're doing? I got a man on. 193 00:17:32,667 --> 00:17:34,999 Gonna bounce dive, put him on a rescue line and yank him out. 194 00:17:35,070 --> 00:17:38,040 - Bounce dive? - Bounce back before the nitrogen builds in my system. 195 00:17:38,107 --> 00:17:41,304 He's too deep already, and you will call me sir. 196 00:17:41,377 --> 00:17:43,368 Goddamn it, I got a man dyin' down there, sir! 197 00:17:43,446 --> 00:17:47,644 Give me a wrench! Give me that spare life line and air hose! 198 00:17:47,717 --> 00:17:49,947 I've lost two men on my watch. 199 00:17:50,019 --> 00:17:52,544 I've got another drowning, and I'm not about to let you commit suicide. 200 00:17:52,622 --> 00:17:55,250 - You will stand fast! - He'll be dead before you get to him! 201 00:17:55,324 --> 00:17:58,419 - The air hose! - Stand off! I'll take you to the captain's mast, 202 00:17:58,495 --> 00:18:01,362 and you will lose if you touch that water, do you hear me? 203 00:18:01,431 --> 00:18:03,558 Yes, sir! 204 00:18:06,803 --> 00:18:08,896 Goddamn it! 205 00:18:28,426 --> 00:18:33,524 Master Chief Sunday, you've sustained a serious embolism. 206 00:18:33,599 --> 00:18:37,968 - Embolism? - Both lobes of the lungs were severely scarred. 207 00:18:38,037 --> 00:18:40,301 Can't cheat the laws of nature forever, can you, Doc? 208 00:18:40,372 --> 00:18:43,307 I'm afraid the condition's totally inoperable. 209 00:18:43,375 --> 00:18:45,935 Ain't that a bitch? 210 00:18:49,281 --> 00:18:52,718 So what happens next time I go diving? I start taking on bottom pressure? 211 00:18:52,786 --> 00:18:56,153 Any increased pressure at all will kill you, instantly. 212 00:18:56,222 --> 00:19:00,784 Kill me. Goddamn, for a minute there I thought this was serious. 213 00:19:00,860 --> 00:19:03,385 - If you could keep your voice down. - Hell, no. 214 00:19:03,463 --> 00:19:05,761 Goddamn, I feel like singin', man. 215 00:19:05,832 --> 00:19:09,462 - Ah, fuck! - Where are you going? 216 00:19:09,537 --> 00:19:13,064 Get me a drink. Celebrate. You had me going. I thought I couldn't go diving no more. 217 00:19:13,140 --> 00:19:16,109 - Chief Sunday, you're scaring the patients. - How about me? 218 00:19:16,177 --> 00:19:20,238 Goddamn. Hey, I got an idea. Maybe you can use me around here. 219 00:19:20,314 --> 00:19:23,306 Hell, I'm lookin' to make a career move. 220 00:19:23,384 --> 00:19:27,082 Maybe, maybe you can get someone to change the bed pans! 221 00:19:27,155 --> 00:19:30,989 - Change the fuckin' bed pans! - Chief! 222 00:19:31,059 --> 00:19:33,789 - Change the fuckin' bed pans! - Hey! Hey! Hey! 223 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:42,434 Master Chief Sunday, given your current physical condition... 224 00:19:42,504 --> 00:19:46,771 and the far graver issue... 225 00:19:46,843 --> 00:19:49,004 of your recent acts of misconduct, 226 00:19:49,078 --> 00:19:52,104 you will be medically disqualified from diving, 227 00:19:52,181 --> 00:19:54,706 fined one-half month's pay for three months... 228 00:19:54,784 --> 00:19:57,048 and reassigned to a training position, 229 00:19:57,120 --> 00:19:59,850 where it is my greatest wish... 230 00:19:59,922 --> 00:20:03,222 that you will embrace a new found respect for authority. 231 00:20:07,264 --> 00:20:09,198 This hearing is concluded. 232 00:20:43,102 --> 00:20:46,765 - That's what I want to be, sir. - A Navy Master Diver? 233 00:20:46,839 --> 00:20:50,104 - Yes, sir. - Last week, you were a cook. 234 00:20:50,176 --> 00:20:54,840 - Well, the man I just saw... - The man you saw is a Master Chief. 235 00:20:54,914 --> 00:20:57,748 That's the highest rank an enlisted man can achieve in the U.S. Navy. 236 00:20:57,818 --> 00:21:01,413 A lot of good men spend a career trying to get there and fail. 237 00:21:01,488 --> 00:21:04,082 Besides, 238 00:21:04,157 --> 00:21:06,682 they are not gonna take a colored at diving school. 239 00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:11,254 - It's as simple as that. - What if you we're to give me a recommendation, sir? 240 00:21:11,331 --> 00:21:16,269 I just made you a deck seaman three days ago. 241 00:21:16,337 --> 00:21:19,135 What else do I owe you? 242 00:21:19,207 --> 00:21:23,644 The way I see it, I owe you, sir. 243 00:21:31,185 --> 00:21:34,451 I'll endorse your request, 244 00:21:34,523 --> 00:21:36,957 but it ain't gonna work. 245 00:22:12,413 --> 00:22:14,176 Wait outside. 246 00:22:22,156 --> 00:22:27,595 - Mr. Pappy, Boatswain's Mate Brashear's reporting for duty. - Don't let him in, sailor. 247 00:22:36,004 --> 00:22:39,462 I'll be waiting on the hilltop 248 00:22:39,541 --> 00:22:43,477 Where the wild red roses grow 249 00:22:43,545 --> 00:22:48,108 Yeah. Well, look at Mr. Navy. 250 00:22:48,184 --> 00:22:50,812 Bell-bottoms bleached. 251 00:22:50,887 --> 00:22:52,878 Shoes all shined up. 252 00:22:52,955 --> 00:22:55,219 Now alls we need is an organ grinder. 253 00:22:55,291 --> 00:22:58,818 Welcome to Bayonne, New Jersey. Pimple on God's ass. 254 00:22:58,895 --> 00:23:01,557 Chief Sunday, we never met, but I served with you on the Hoist. 255 00:23:03,266 --> 00:23:06,168 U.S.S. Hoist. I 'spect I 'member you now. 256 00:23:07,237 --> 00:23:09,171 So what's for chow, cookie? 257 00:23:09,239 --> 00:23:12,208 I wouldn't know, Chief. I'm reporting for diving school. 258 00:23:12,276 --> 00:23:14,767 Oh, yeah, that's right. 259 00:23:14,845 --> 00:23:17,871 They say you wrote over 100 letters requesting admission to this school. 260 00:23:17,948 --> 00:23:19,882 You got you some grit in you, huh? 261 00:23:19,950 --> 00:23:24,718 - Yes, sir. - Well, it's gonna be a hot one today. 262 00:23:30,628 --> 00:23:33,927 Sure hope you're better than the last cook. That man's food could kill your dog. 263 00:23:36,334 --> 00:23:38,894 Chief. 264 00:23:54,186 --> 00:23:56,120 - Thank you. - All righteous. 265 00:23:56,188 --> 00:23:58,123 There you go. 266 00:24:21,048 --> 00:24:23,778 Had yourself anything to drink today? 267 00:24:23,851 --> 00:24:26,149 No, sir, Chief. 268 00:24:26,220 --> 00:24:28,882 What say we go on into town and get us a nice cold one? 269 00:24:28,956 --> 00:24:31,754 I can't do that, Chief. I haven't reported for duty. 270 00:24:31,826 --> 00:24:35,763 I tell you what. I'll buy you a tall one over there. 271 00:24:35,831 --> 00:24:40,325 A bus ticket too, so you can go back to whatever burg you sprang from. 272 00:24:40,402 --> 00:24:43,132 What do you say? 273 00:24:43,205 --> 00:24:45,366 Sir, I am a Navy man. 274 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:47,704 Where I come from, there are no oceans. 275 00:24:47,776 --> 00:24:50,904 Only dirt farms and ornery mules. 276 00:24:52,715 --> 00:24:57,277 And no self-respecting Navy man makes a living driving mules. 277 00:25:02,825 --> 00:25:05,453 Sir. 278 00:25:13,937 --> 00:25:15,871 You know what the Chinese say, cookie? 279 00:25:18,809 --> 00:25:21,334 Beware what you wish for. 280 00:25:24,114 --> 00:25:27,015 - I stole a pie! I stole a pie! - Let him in. 281 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:32,014 I stole a pie! I stole a pie! 282 00:25:32,090 --> 00:25:35,787 I stole a pie! I stole a pie! 283 00:25:35,860 --> 00:25:39,193 I stole a pie! I stole a pie! 284 00:25:42,300 --> 00:25:46,361 Get in there. Go on. Hoist away. 285 00:26:02,755 --> 00:26:05,452 Do... Don't stare at him. 286 00:26:05,525 --> 00:26:08,050 - Who is he? - The commanding officer, 287 00:26:08,128 --> 00:26:11,894 but everyone calls him Mr. Pappy. 288 00:26:11,965 --> 00:26:13,865 - He's a war hero. - Here. 289 00:26:13,934 --> 00:26:16,300 They, they were gonna make him an admiral up in D.C. 290 00:26:16,369 --> 00:26:20,738 'fore they, they found out he's got more, more screws loose than a Studebaker. 291 00:26:20,807 --> 00:26:26,337 So they sent him here. Better salute him or you'll be spending your first night in the brig. 292 00:26:28,749 --> 00:26:30,683 I stole a pie! 293 00:26:33,354 --> 00:26:36,255 Come on. I'll show you the barracks. 294 00:27:01,718 --> 00:27:03,379 Attention on deck! 295 00:27:12,028 --> 00:27:15,122 Gentlemen, in 1948, 296 00:27:15,198 --> 00:27:18,498 President Harry S. Truman had the courage and forward-thinking and enlightenment... 297 00:27:18,569 --> 00:27:21,163 to desegregate the United States military. 298 00:27:21,238 --> 00:27:26,403 Now I want y'all to welcome the Bayonne Diving School's first colored trainee, 299 00:27:26,477 --> 00:27:29,275 Bosun's Mate Second Class Carl Brashear. 300 00:27:34,051 --> 00:27:37,317 I don't hear anyone welcomin' Bosun's Mate Brashear. 301 00:27:42,727 --> 00:27:46,561 Master Chief, no disrespect to the president, 302 00:27:47,632 --> 00:27:49,623 but I don't bunk with niggers. 303 00:29:03,345 --> 00:29:07,214 - Aren't you gonna go too? - No. 304 00:29:08,485 --> 00:29:10,851 I'm from Wisconsin. 305 00:29:12,622 --> 00:29:14,556 Never been there. 306 00:29:20,930 --> 00:29:23,398 Haily gets a fast ball low and inside for strike three, 307 00:29:23,466 --> 00:29:25,867 and Jackie Robinson strikes out. 308 00:29:32,176 --> 00:29:36,374 And the score as we had it Brooklyn, one, Milwaukee, one. 309 00:29:44,289 --> 00:29:47,053 Rise and shine, cookie. Time for trainin'. 310 00:29:52,531 --> 00:29:55,830 Are you familiar with the principle of Boyle's Law? 311 00:29:55,901 --> 00:29:57,630 The what? 312 00:29:57,703 --> 00:30:00,400 I didn't hear your answer. 313 00:30:03,786 --> 00:30:06,016 Come on, cookie. Get up. 314 00:30:06,088 --> 00:30:09,251 Boyle's Law states that, at a constant temperature, 315 00:30:09,325 --> 00:30:14,262 the volume of a confined ideal gas varies inversely with its pressure! 316 00:30:14,330 --> 00:30:17,925 - Now why is this law important in divin'? - I don't know, Chief! 317 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:21,266 You ain't never gonna know, 'cause you're just some dumb dirt nigger from Podunk! 318 00:30:21,338 --> 00:30:25,604 I know you. Your sweet smell hung in every bunk and goddamn shack I ever lived in. 319 00:30:25,676 --> 00:30:29,237 Your nigger face stared at me every time we had to leave... 320 00:30:29,313 --> 00:30:31,645 'cause your daddy could farm it cheaper than mine. 321 00:30:31,715 --> 00:30:35,207 Mine drank himself into a $7 casket, but that ain't gonna happen to me... 322 00:30:35,285 --> 00:30:37,481 because I'm a Master Diver! 323 00:30:37,555 --> 00:30:41,958 Maybe you'll remember that next time you imply we got anything in common! 324 00:30:42,026 --> 00:30:43,994 You read me, cookie? 325 00:30:46,464 --> 00:30:48,796 - What? - Get your goddamn Wisconsin ass... 326 00:30:48,867 --> 00:30:51,597 back to bed, Snowhill! 327 00:31:21,535 --> 00:31:25,665 The men you are watching are going to be Navy divers. 328 00:31:25,739 --> 00:31:29,106 You bottom suckers are not fit to observe them. 329 00:31:29,175 --> 00:31:31,303 Avert your eyes! 330 00:31:31,379 --> 00:31:34,212 My name is Master Chief Billy Sunday. 331 00:31:34,282 --> 00:31:37,547 There's a preacher by the same name cleaned up Chicago... 332 00:31:37,618 --> 00:31:41,349 of all the whorin' spics, drunken wops and motherfuckin' niggers... 333 00:31:41,422 --> 00:31:45,722 that was makin' that place unfit for decent white folks to live. 334 00:31:45,793 --> 00:31:48,957 The only difference between me and that old preacher... 335 00:31:49,031 --> 00:31:52,523 is that he worked for God and I am God! 336 00:31:55,637 --> 00:31:59,801 Now, why don't the first ten of you Girl Scouts step forward? 337 00:31:59,875 --> 00:32:02,343 Come on! Drop your dicks! Let's go! 338 00:32:04,446 --> 00:32:06,641 Three quarters of you standing here today... 339 00:32:06,715 --> 00:32:09,276 will fail to become Navy divers. 340 00:32:09,352 --> 00:32:12,321 Three from the first row, step forward. Step forward! 341 00:32:16,259 --> 00:32:18,420 Of those unfortunates that do pass, 342 00:32:18,494 --> 00:32:21,054 only three of you will live to reach retirement... 343 00:32:21,130 --> 00:32:24,224 'cause divin' is the most dangerous job in the Navy. 344 00:32:25,803 --> 00:32:28,237 So who wants to quit? 345 00:32:28,305 --> 00:32:30,330 Say it now, who wants to quit? 346 00:32:30,407 --> 00:32:33,740 You got somethin' to offer, huh? 347 00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:42,079 Who wants to save me the sweat of training your sorry ass? 348 00:32:42,152 --> 00:32:44,883 You? You? 349 00:32:44,956 --> 00:32:46,890 Cookie? 350 00:32:51,029 --> 00:32:53,964 You? 351 00:32:54,032 --> 00:32:56,899 You gonna look me in the eye, son, huh? 352 00:32:58,103 --> 00:33:00,799 What are you, some kind of broke-dick Popeye? 353 00:33:02,475 --> 00:33:05,638 Huh? Let me guess. 354 00:33:05,711 --> 00:33:07,770 You were captain of the swim team, weren't you? 355 00:33:07,847 --> 00:33:11,783 You and your girlfriend used to practice the breast stroke! 356 00:33:16,489 --> 00:33:18,480 Say it like you got a pair! 357 00:33:18,557 --> 00:33:21,391 - My w... wife. - Oh, that's right. 358 00:33:21,461 --> 00:33:24,953 It's in your record. You knocked her up sophomore year. 359 00:33:25,032 --> 00:33:28,524 Well, maybe you can bring the little w... woman down one night... 360 00:33:28,602 --> 00:33:32,197 and all the boys can practice the b... breast stroke. 361 00:33:34,675 --> 00:33:38,908 I heard you were a hell of a swimmer, Snowhill. State champ? 362 00:33:38,980 --> 00:33:41,847 Yes, yes, Master Chief. 363 00:33:45,687 --> 00:33:48,315 Snowhill, please step forward. 364 00:33:48,389 --> 00:33:50,323 Come on. 365 00:33:51,392 --> 00:33:53,326 About face. 366 00:33:57,199 --> 00:33:59,861 You let go before I relieve you, 367 00:33:59,935 --> 00:34:03,166 you fail my course right now, got it, swim champ? 368 00:34:10,446 --> 00:34:14,816 Swimmin' don't got dick shit to do with deep-sea divin'. 369 00:34:14,884 --> 00:34:16,909 If Johnny fuckin' Weismuller were in the soup... 370 00:34:16,986 --> 00:34:19,546 wearin' a 200-pound Mark Five divin' rig, 371 00:34:19,622 --> 00:34:21,556 he couldn't swim to fuck Esther Williams... 372 00:34:21,624 --> 00:34:24,320 if she was three feet in front of him buck naked. 373 00:34:24,394 --> 00:34:26,988 The only way to survive is to trust each other, 374 00:34:27,063 --> 00:34:29,190 'cause underwater all you got is the man next to you. 375 00:34:29,265 --> 00:34:32,360 And that is why the only men that get through my course... 376 00:34:32,436 --> 00:34:34,495 are the very, very best. 377 00:34:34,572 --> 00:34:36,506 Now get out of my sight. 378 00:34:38,075 --> 00:34:40,305 Boy, I don't know. 379 00:34:47,785 --> 00:34:49,844 Permission to relieve the man below, Master Chief. 380 00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:53,254 What are you, cookie, some kind of goddamn hero? 381 00:34:53,325 --> 00:34:56,192 I got no room in my class for heroes or stutterin' swim champs... 382 00:34:56,261 --> 00:34:58,855 with a wife and kids to worry about, do you read me? 383 00:34:58,930 --> 00:35:02,491 If you wanna flunk me, flunk me, but don't punish him for being decent to me. 384 00:35:02,567 --> 00:35:06,435 I don't have to flunk you. You're gonna do that all on your own. He had half a chance. 385 00:35:06,505 --> 00:35:09,168 He still does. Permission to relieve him. 386 00:35:09,242 --> 00:35:12,871 Claims he can hold his breath over four minutes. Hell, it ain't even been two. 387 00:35:12,945 --> 00:35:16,847 I believe Gunner's Mate Snowhill's a liar! 388 00:35:16,916 --> 00:35:20,079 Now we're men of honor, ain't we, cookie? We don't abide liars. 389 00:35:20,153 --> 00:35:22,747 You're out of my program, Snowhill. 390 00:35:22,822 --> 00:35:25,450 Bosun's Mate Brashear, you have the barracks to yourself. 391 00:35:28,362 --> 00:35:30,762 Damn! 392 00:35:30,831 --> 00:35:32,765 The Navy diver is not a fighting man. 393 00:35:32,833 --> 00:35:36,098 He is a salvage expert. If it's lost underwater, he finds it. 394 00:35:36,170 --> 00:35:39,401 If it's sunk, he brings it up. If it's in the way, he moves it. 395 00:35:39,473 --> 00:35:42,772 If he's lucky, he'll die young 200 feet beneath the waves... 396 00:35:42,843 --> 00:35:45,108 for that is the closest he will ever get to being a hero. 397 00:35:45,180 --> 00:35:48,581 Hell, I don't know why anybody'd want to be a Navy diver. 398 00:35:48,650 --> 00:35:52,051 Good flange work, Rourke. Almost there. 399 00:35:52,120 --> 00:35:54,054 Thank you, Master Chief. 400 00:36:01,930 --> 00:36:04,328 Machinist's Mate Rourke, 91. 401 00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:08,632 Bosun's Mate Brashear, 37. 402 00:36:08,704 --> 00:36:12,367 - If you fail the next test, you're out of the program. - Yes, sir. 403 00:36:12,441 --> 00:36:16,673 There are seats of learning beyond the walls and control of this camp. 404 00:36:22,886 --> 00:36:26,344 Ladies, this is weekend liberty. 405 00:36:26,423 --> 00:36:31,759 Anyone's ass that ain't back here on time will have to answer to me personally. 406 00:36:31,828 --> 00:36:35,389 And remember, ladies, one-night stands may be over by mornin', 407 00:36:35,465 --> 00:36:38,161 but syphilis lasts a lifetime. 408 00:36:38,235 --> 00:36:41,569 Dismissed! 409 00:36:47,044 --> 00:36:51,481 Watch out. 410 00:36:56,220 --> 00:36:58,155 - Have fun, baby. - Flowers! 411 00:36:58,223 --> 00:37:01,818 Flowers! Hey, how about some flowers for your young lady, huh? 412 00:37:18,044 --> 00:37:20,137 What's the hitch? 413 00:37:24,150 --> 00:37:27,142 - You're the one who called. - Yes, ma'am. 414 00:37:27,220 --> 00:37:31,122 I told you. We're a public library, 415 00:37:31,190 --> 00:37:33,887 not a tutoring service. 416 00:37:33,961 --> 00:37:38,591 Now, if you don't mind, there is a Mr. Biddle at home. 417 00:37:38,666 --> 00:37:41,157 In fact, he's probably brought flowers. 418 00:37:55,450 --> 00:37:58,977 Have a wonderful weekend. And lock up, would you? 419 00:37:59,854 --> 00:38:02,888 And be sure to kick him out. 420 00:38:04,025 --> 00:38:08,294 - Hello. - We're closed. 421 00:38:08,427 --> 00:38:13,058 Not for three minutes. You studying on nursin'? 422 00:38:13,133 --> 00:38:16,261 A person doesn't study on anything, Bosun's Mate. 423 00:38:19,172 --> 00:38:22,835 You know your rates and ranks. Did you get that from one of these books? 424 00:38:25,445 --> 00:38:28,381 Look, I'm not here to flirt with you. 425 00:38:28,449 --> 00:38:31,247 I'm in diving school across the river. 426 00:38:31,319 --> 00:38:35,085 I'm not just good at it. I was born for it. 427 00:38:35,156 --> 00:38:38,216 But the joke is, I'm gonna wash out if I don't pass my next exam. 428 00:38:38,292 --> 00:38:40,726 What was the last grade you completed in school? 429 00:38:40,795 --> 00:38:43,787 - Seventh. - I can't help you. 430 00:38:43,865 --> 00:38:47,063 - Why not? - Because it took me four years work at places like this... 431 00:38:47,136 --> 00:38:49,070 to get through med school. 432 00:38:49,138 --> 00:38:52,630 Now I have six weeks to study for my exam. I pass, I become an intern, 433 00:38:52,708 --> 00:38:54,869 and maybe some day become a doctor. 434 00:38:54,943 --> 00:38:58,902 You're too far behind, and I don't have the time. 435 00:38:58,981 --> 00:39:02,109 Okay. Go on. Walk around reading to yourself. 436 00:39:02,184 --> 00:39:04,813 - Don't give me another thought. Just go on. - Don't you get it? 437 00:39:04,888 --> 00:39:08,221 Whether I help you or not doesn't matter. You're gonna fail anyway. 438 00:39:08,291 --> 00:39:12,785 I won't. I can't. 439 00:39:15,231 --> 00:39:17,290 Why do you want this so badly? 440 00:39:17,367 --> 00:39:19,665 Because they said I couldn't have it. 441 00:39:39,958 --> 00:39:42,791 I may know a professor at City... 442 00:40:29,042 --> 00:40:34,743 Boyle's Law describes the behavior of gases under varying amounts of atmospheric pressure. 443 00:40:34,816 --> 00:40:38,650 It states that if a diver holds his breath at 100 feet, 444 00:40:38,720 --> 00:40:40,984 continues holding while rising to ten feet, 445 00:40:41,055 --> 00:40:44,354 then the gases in his lungs increase four times. 446 00:40:44,425 --> 00:40:46,359 Now why is this important to a diver? 447 00:40:46,427 --> 00:40:48,759 Forget to exhale on the way up, and your lungs explode. 448 00:40:52,300 --> 00:40:56,294 I can work with you, but my time is precious. 449 00:40:56,372 --> 00:41:00,001 So the first time you go out drinking and fighting... 450 00:41:00,075 --> 00:41:03,044 and leave me waiting here, our arrangement ends. 451 00:41:08,017 --> 00:41:10,417 Good morning. 452 00:41:19,963 --> 00:41:25,230 I have to open up. 453 00:41:25,302 --> 00:41:27,964 Now are you gonna tell me your name, or is it still a secret? 454 00:41:28,038 --> 00:41:30,974 My name is Jo. 455 00:41:32,443 --> 00:41:35,071 My father always wanted a boy. 456 00:41:36,213 --> 00:41:38,773 He was in the Navy too. 457 00:41:38,849 --> 00:41:43,218 - Is he still active? - I haven't seen him since I was nine. 458 00:41:58,469 --> 00:41:59,903 Like this. 459 00:42:06,946 --> 00:42:09,073 - Good night. - Good night. 460 00:42:10,750 --> 00:42:13,241 Fire Controlman Mellegrano, 91. 461 00:42:13,319 --> 00:42:17,119 Mate DuBoyce, 85. Engineman Crofoot, 69. 462 00:42:17,190 --> 00:42:21,286 Bosun's Mate Carl Brashear, 463 00:42:21,361 --> 00:42:23,296 76. 464 00:42:32,906 --> 00:42:35,136 Boots, cookie, tear yourselves away, ladies. 465 00:42:35,209 --> 00:42:38,406 You're next in the water. You're gonna go down to the training vessel, 466 00:42:38,479 --> 00:42:42,541 patch a hole so we can pump her full of air and raise her to the surface. 467 00:42:42,617 --> 00:42:45,950 Then we're gonna sink her and do it again. 468 00:42:46,020 --> 00:42:50,855 Because underwater, all you've got is the man next to you! 469 00:42:50,925 --> 00:42:53,291 Chief, what the hell's goin' on down there? 470 00:42:53,361 --> 00:42:55,886 That boy stays down there any longer, he's gonna start gettin' mail. 471 00:43:04,907 --> 00:43:07,671 Isert, come on. Finish torching that hole. 472 00:43:07,743 --> 00:43:09,711 I'm tryin' but this thing's real awkward. 473 00:43:11,347 --> 00:43:13,747 - How's it look? - Looks like hell. 474 00:43:13,816 --> 00:43:16,250 Green Diver, this is Master Chief Sunday. 475 00:43:16,318 --> 00:43:20,653 You have three minutes to get your patch hot and hung before the next team comes down. 476 00:43:20,724 --> 00:43:22,851 Now, come on, Isert! Move your raggedy ass! 477 00:43:22,926 --> 00:43:24,894 - Red Diver? - Yes, Master Chief. 478 00:43:24,961 --> 00:43:28,089 God damn it, Rourke, I've had girlfriends that could weld faster than that. 479 00:43:28,165 --> 00:43:30,725 Now move him along. 480 00:43:30,801 --> 00:43:34,362 - Come on, Isert. Now hang your patch. - Yeah, okay, Rourke. I'm trying. 481 00:43:41,479 --> 00:43:44,846 - Hey, Isert, you feel that? - Do I feel what? 482 00:43:46,150 --> 00:43:48,618 What the hell? 483 00:43:48,686 --> 00:43:52,588 Topside, this wreck is moving! 484 00:43:52,657 --> 00:43:54,853 She's limping, Chief! We're sliding down! 485 00:43:54,927 --> 00:43:57,691 Somebody tell me what just happened? 486 00:43:57,763 --> 00:44:00,027 - Topside! - Get it! Grab that hose! 487 00:44:14,814 --> 00:44:18,750 - Red Diver, what's your situation? - The ship just dropped 50 feet. 488 00:44:18,818 --> 00:44:22,310 - We landed on something. - Better bring those boys home till we figure this out. 489 00:44:22,388 --> 00:44:26,552 - Square yourselves away. You're coming home. - Negative on the come home. 490 00:44:26,626 --> 00:44:28,992 Isert's got his air hose tangled. 491 00:44:29,062 --> 00:44:32,692 - My air hose is stuck! - Fouled. Now get it unfouled. 492 00:44:36,570 --> 00:44:38,936 Rourke, what's wrong? Why are we movin'? 493 00:44:39,006 --> 00:44:41,474 - We slipped partway down the channel bank. - Rourke! 494 00:44:45,312 --> 00:44:49,249 - This wreck is live! - You get this off! 495 00:44:49,317 --> 00:44:51,808 - I'm gonna have to change out his lifeline and air hose. - Listen, Rourke. 496 00:44:51,887 --> 00:44:55,118 He's your buddy. You follow his line back, unfoul it and get him out of there. 497 00:44:55,190 --> 00:44:57,681 I'm trying, but it's just too tight. Send down a line! 498 00:44:59,561 --> 00:45:01,654 Help! 499 00:45:01,730 --> 00:45:03,857 - I need help down here. - Help's on the way. 500 00:45:03,932 --> 00:45:06,333 - I'm ready, Master Chief. - Dennis, undress him. 501 00:45:06,402 --> 00:45:10,930 - You can't go down there. - Better not be talking to me. I won't have your familiar tone. 502 00:45:12,174 --> 00:45:15,666 You can't dive that deep. I'm ready. Let me go. 503 00:45:23,710 --> 00:45:26,578 Master Chief, it looks like the ship slid down... 504 00:45:26,647 --> 00:45:29,878 on some discharge pipes coming from that factory. 505 00:45:29,950 --> 00:45:34,046 They give out, and this whole ship's going right to the bottom. 506 00:45:34,121 --> 00:45:37,784 You don't worry about that boat. Just get that hose to Rourke. 507 00:45:44,432 --> 00:45:46,832 For God's sake! 508 00:45:46,902 --> 00:45:50,360 - What the hell was that, cookie? - Look! 509 00:45:50,438 --> 00:45:52,633 The ship's weight is crushing those pipes, Chief. 510 00:45:52,707 --> 00:45:55,505 Gotta get him on a fresh hose and out of here fast! 511 00:45:55,577 --> 00:46:00,014 Topside, Blue Diver's here. He's gota fresh line. 512 00:46:00,081 --> 00:46:03,347 All right, Isert. Rourke's gonna change you out, and you're gonna be walking out of there. 513 00:46:03,419 --> 00:46:07,082 - Okay. - That boy's got five minutes of air if he don't panic. 514 00:46:07,156 --> 00:46:09,522 You screw up the change out, and that boy's dead, read me? 515 00:46:09,592 --> 00:46:12,993 - Yes, Master Chief. - Isert, we're not gonna be able to talk for a few minutes. 516 00:46:13,062 --> 00:46:15,826 I want you to think of your favorite song, and I want you to sing it. 517 00:46:15,898 --> 00:46:19,733 - I don't know any songs. - You got to slow your respiration. Breathe easy. 518 00:46:19,803 --> 00:46:23,603 - Just breathe easy. - Please. I wasn't made for this. 519 00:46:23,674 --> 00:46:27,371 I want to go home now! I want to go home now! 520 00:46:27,444 --> 00:46:29,378 Would you let me come home now? 521 00:46:29,446 --> 00:46:33,746 I want to quit! I want to quit! I really want to quit! 522 00:46:33,817 --> 00:46:36,753 - I want to quit! - Change him out now! 523 00:46:39,958 --> 00:46:43,121 - She's movin', Chief! - Come on, Rourke! I got him! 524 00:46:48,199 --> 00:46:51,726 Topside, Isert's off air. 525 00:46:55,207 --> 00:46:57,698 - What's going on down there? - She's gonna roll over! 526 00:46:57,776 --> 00:47:01,303 I 'spect so. You stay down there, and you change that boy out, hear me? 527 00:47:03,015 --> 00:47:06,416 - Rourke! - I'm out of here! 528 00:47:06,485 --> 00:47:08,419 I gotta get out of here! She's going down! 529 00:47:08,487 --> 00:47:10,580 - Rourke, come back here! - Rourke! 530 00:47:10,656 --> 00:47:13,251 - Rourke, get back here! - I ain't dying! 531 00:47:13,326 --> 00:47:15,260 - Rourke! - I'm out of here. 532 00:47:15,328 --> 00:47:18,297 Don't leave! Carl, don't leave me! 533 00:47:18,365 --> 00:47:22,358 I need my air hose! I can't breathe, Carl! 534 00:47:22,435 --> 00:47:24,369 I'm getting dizzy! 535 00:47:50,766 --> 00:47:53,166 I can't breathe. 536 00:48:07,583 --> 00:48:11,212 - Topside, he's blacking out! - Goddamn it, hook him up! 537 00:48:13,289 --> 00:48:16,725 I got it! 538 00:48:36,080 --> 00:48:39,811 - We're coming home, Chief. - Never doubted it. 539 00:49:09,748 --> 00:49:12,876 Machinist Mate First Class Rourke, front and center! 540 00:49:25,398 --> 00:49:28,196 The president of the United States of America... 541 00:49:28,268 --> 00:49:31,863 takes great pleasure in presenting the Navy and Marine Corps Medal of Heroism... 542 00:49:31,938 --> 00:49:35,032 to Machinist Mate First Class Dylan Rourke, 543 00:49:35,108 --> 00:49:38,772 whereby Petty Officer Rourke on the 22nd of September... 544 00:49:38,846 --> 00:49:41,076 of the year 1952, 545 00:49:41,149 --> 00:49:43,083 with apparent disregard for his own life, 546 00:49:43,151 --> 00:49:47,485 did, at Bayonne, New Jersey, save the life of Petty Officer Timothy Douglas Isert. 547 00:50:09,244 --> 00:50:11,178 Post. 548 00:50:21,925 --> 00:50:24,155 Class 0252 dismissed. 549 00:50:58,797 --> 00:51:02,255 - Carl? - Hey, I got your telegram. 550 00:51:02,334 --> 00:51:05,462 No, no, no. I got the wire. How's Daddy doing? 551 00:51:05,537 --> 00:51:07,971 Is he up and around again? 552 00:51:21,320 --> 00:51:24,016 Yeah! Yeah! 553 00:52:22,686 --> 00:52:26,053 Hello? Carl? Is that you? 554 00:52:26,122 --> 00:52:29,182 Hey, Jo. Hey, it's me. 555 00:52:29,259 --> 00:52:31,420 Where are you? Are you okay? 556 00:52:31,494 --> 00:52:34,725 No, I'm okay. I'm okay. 557 00:52:35,698 --> 00:52:38,459 Listen... 558 00:52:39,837 --> 00:52:41,771 Could you meet me? 559 00:52:43,941 --> 00:52:47,069 - Goddamn it! - Okay. I'll stay here. 560 00:52:47,144 --> 00:52:52,810 Damn it! The miserable son of a bitch in there drinkin' on my anniversary! 561 00:53:03,228 --> 00:53:05,958 You're the one, aren't you? 562 00:53:09,701 --> 00:53:11,931 Well, I'm Gwen... Sunday. 563 00:53:21,814 --> 00:53:23,839 Sorry to hear that. 564 00:53:32,658 --> 00:53:35,628 You know he's gonna kick you out of the Navy. 565 00:53:40,701 --> 00:53:43,192 He's gonna kick you out of diving. 566 00:53:49,576 --> 00:53:52,842 So what you gonna do about it? 567 00:53:52,914 --> 00:53:56,145 You just gonna let him run you over, just like you do everyone else? 568 00:54:01,790 --> 00:54:04,486 You know, he's in there right now. 569 00:54:06,661 --> 00:54:09,186 He wanted a party, 570 00:54:09,264 --> 00:54:11,597 let's give him one. 571 00:54:16,595 --> 00:54:18,392 She told me... 572 00:54:18,464 --> 00:54:21,194 it was okay to dance with a girl. 573 00:54:28,775 --> 00:54:31,369 Oh, I love this song! 574 00:54:40,754 --> 00:54:44,884 Donny, be a dear lad and get us two scotches. 575 00:54:44,958 --> 00:54:49,623 - We're out. - Lucky for us, you got a whole bar full of bourbon. 576 00:55:01,309 --> 00:55:03,334 What the hell are you doing, bringin' him in here? 577 00:55:08,150 --> 00:55:12,246 - Get out. - Well, I'll be goddamned. 578 00:55:12,321 --> 00:55:15,188 It's prom night here at the Moor Bar. 579 00:55:15,257 --> 00:55:18,693 You boys, you have a drink on me. Go ahead. 580 00:55:23,166 --> 00:55:25,396 Hell, I don't know who classes up the joint more... 581 00:55:25,468 --> 00:55:29,234 the fetching young lady in the fur stole or cookie here. 582 00:55:29,305 --> 00:55:34,333 So what'd you two kids come here to do anyway? Dance? 583 00:55:34,410 --> 00:55:38,210 Why not take a turn? It's a free country, mostly. 584 00:55:38,281 --> 00:55:40,750 You made a big mistake, walking in here, cookie. 585 00:55:40,818 --> 00:55:45,084 - Oh, it's my fault. - It's all your fault. 586 00:55:45,155 --> 00:55:49,114 Spoiled little rich girl gets her kicks draggin' stray men in here. 587 00:55:49,193 --> 00:55:54,130 Thinks we're just a bunch of sweaty rednecks she can shake up for the fun of it. 588 00:55:54,198 --> 00:55:59,159 Hey, Donny, be a dear lad and bring the lady a fresh soldier. 589 00:56:00,605 --> 00:56:02,766 Think you deserve a beer, don't you? 590 00:56:02,841 --> 00:56:05,503 Fraternizing among Navy men. 591 00:56:05,577 --> 00:56:08,102 Think you're as good as they are? 592 00:56:08,179 --> 00:56:10,113 How 'bout me, cookie? You better than me? 593 00:56:10,181 --> 00:56:12,011 You're damn right, I am. 594 00:56:18,724 --> 00:56:20,749 You see this pipe? 595 00:56:20,826 --> 00:56:25,525 General MacArthur himself smoked this pipe. 596 00:56:25,598 --> 00:56:27,657 I served with him in Leyte Gulf. 597 00:56:27,733 --> 00:56:29,928 Biggest naval battle in history. 598 00:56:30,002 --> 00:56:33,369 Kamikaze ripped into this escort carrier, name of Saint Lo. 599 00:56:33,439 --> 00:56:38,969 She went down on a shallow reef, trapping me and six boys in the fire room. 600 00:56:39,045 --> 00:56:41,843 - Only one way out. - Flood the compartment and swim up. 601 00:56:41,915 --> 00:56:46,045 Five decks, cookie. Five fuckin' decks. 602 00:56:46,119 --> 00:56:48,349 Locked bulk heads, dead bodies everywhere. 603 00:56:48,422 --> 00:56:52,951 You got to have your balls screwed on tight for that swim. 604 00:56:53,027 --> 00:56:57,020 We still had intercom. Old MacArthur himself came over that squawk box, 605 00:56:57,098 --> 00:56:59,032 Sunday, you cocky son of a bitch, 606 00:56:59,100 --> 00:57:03,332 I bet you can't hold your breath for four minutes and swim out of there. 607 00:57:03,404 --> 00:57:06,032 Know what I said back? 608 00:57:06,107 --> 00:57:10,305 No, Mac, I can't, but I'll bet you your cob pipe... 609 00:57:10,378 --> 00:57:13,712 I can hold it for five, 'cause that's what it's gonna take, motherfucker. 610 00:57:13,782 --> 00:57:16,717 - Carl, this ain't worth... - Get your hands off me. 611 00:57:16,785 --> 00:57:20,482 There's six men still breathin' today, 'cause I led 'em out of that fire room. 612 00:57:20,556 --> 00:57:24,014 And now just 'cause you pulled little Isert's white little fuckin' ass... 613 00:57:24,092 --> 00:57:27,721 out of some row boat sunk in a mud puddle, you think you're better than me? 614 00:57:27,796 --> 00:57:30,027 Well, let's just see. 615 00:57:37,407 --> 00:57:40,899 What's your bet, cookie? 616 00:57:40,977 --> 00:57:44,743 - Put Snowhill back in diving. - What do you owe him? 617 00:57:44,814 --> 00:57:47,215 - Nothing. You owe him. - Oh, yeah? 618 00:57:47,284 --> 00:57:52,119 Fine. If I win, you ship out, tonight. Deal? 619 00:57:55,759 --> 00:57:58,319 Deal. 620 00:57:58,395 --> 00:58:02,164 Show him, Master Chief! 621 00:58:02,998 --> 00:58:05,091 Will you be my tender? 622 00:58:05,167 --> 00:58:07,602 - Yeah. - Let's go. 623 00:58:10,674 --> 00:58:13,871 Come on, baby! 624 00:58:33,964 --> 00:58:35,955 Let's go, baby! 625 00:58:37,802 --> 00:58:40,327 Come on, now. 626 00:58:44,743 --> 00:58:47,234 Come on, Sunday! 627 00:58:50,982 --> 00:58:55,146 - Go! - Come on, Master Chief Sunday! 628 00:59:10,436 --> 00:59:13,462 One minute, fifteen seconds. 629 00:59:39,033 --> 00:59:42,491 Two minutes, twenty-five seconds. 630 00:59:42,570 --> 00:59:46,028 Hey, it's another ten bucks right here! 631 00:59:48,743 --> 00:59:50,711 Sunday, do it! 632 00:59:56,719 --> 01:00:00,314 Three minutes, ten seconds! 633 01:00:12,502 --> 01:00:15,232 Come on. 634 01:00:15,305 --> 01:00:18,172 - Four minutes! - Four minutes! Four! 635 01:00:19,609 --> 01:00:21,543 - Stop it! - No. 636 01:00:21,611 --> 01:00:24,409 - Chief. - Stop it! Stop! 637 01:00:37,361 --> 01:00:41,957 Rourke, stop it! 638 01:00:46,971 --> 01:00:52,604 Carl, you okay? Carl? 639 01:00:52,678 --> 01:00:55,977 - Carl? - Chief Sunday, you all right? 640 01:00:56,048 --> 01:00:58,448 - Hold it! - You all right, Chief Sunday? 641 01:00:58,517 --> 01:01:00,985 - I'm okay. - Hold him up. 642 01:01:01,053 --> 01:01:03,487 - I got it. - Hold it! 643 01:01:03,555 --> 01:01:06,319 - He's all right. - Come on! 644 01:01:06,392 --> 01:01:08,326 Come on, hold him up! 645 01:01:09,394 --> 01:01:11,557 Let's go! 646 01:01:11,631 --> 01:01:15,123 She tried to drive off the pier like a crazy woman! 647 01:01:15,201 --> 01:01:16,695 Get her outta the car! 648 01:01:18,371 --> 01:01:22,569 - Hey, hey. - You know, today's my wedding anniversary. 649 01:01:22,642 --> 01:01:24,941 You're gonna be all right. 650 01:01:25,012 --> 01:01:28,470 Come on, move, move. Come on, babe. 651 01:01:28,549 --> 01:01:33,350 - No, not you, Billy! - Come on, baby, come on. 652 01:01:33,420 --> 01:01:35,354 Bastard! 653 01:01:35,422 --> 01:01:38,585 Come on, baby. Come on. 654 01:01:41,161 --> 01:01:45,326 - Come on, baby, let's go home. - Yeah? 655 01:01:45,400 --> 01:01:48,301 - Come on. - Yeah? 656 01:01:48,370 --> 01:01:51,305 Go on home now. Nothin' to see here. 657 01:01:52,908 --> 01:01:54,842 Jo. 658 01:01:54,910 --> 01:01:56,844 Jo! 659 01:01:59,214 --> 01:02:03,379 I can't do this, Carl. I can't live this life again. 660 01:02:03,452 --> 01:02:07,286 I pulled my father out of more Navy bars than I care to count. 661 01:02:07,356 --> 01:02:10,814 - Jo, you don't know what happened tonight. - Oh, but I do. 662 01:02:15,164 --> 01:02:17,155 I passed my finals. 663 01:02:17,233 --> 01:02:20,567 Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Jo. 664 01:02:20,637 --> 01:02:24,095 The point is, I'm gonna be starting my internship at Bellevue. 665 01:02:24,174 --> 01:02:27,371 - It's gonna be crazy hours. I won't have time to see you. - I made a mistake. 666 01:02:27,444 --> 01:02:30,106 - It won't happen again. - Oh, yes, it will. 667 01:02:30,180 --> 01:02:35,117 You wanted to fight that man. You were just waiting for the moment. 668 01:02:35,185 --> 01:02:40,123 Don't you see... I'm not like you? 669 01:02:40,191 --> 01:02:43,786 The things I want... 670 01:02:46,164 --> 01:02:50,430 The things I want are smaller. 671 01:02:50,501 --> 01:02:53,231 If I just work hard and keep my head down... 672 01:02:53,304 --> 01:02:56,570 Your whole life will pass you by. 673 01:03:03,649 --> 01:03:07,085 Carl, most of what's in those diving books... 674 01:03:07,152 --> 01:03:10,087 you know better than, than me. 675 01:03:10,155 --> 01:03:13,819 You don't need me anymore. You don't need anyone. 676 01:03:13,893 --> 01:03:16,384 I love you. 677 01:03:38,886 --> 01:03:40,820 Jo! 678 01:03:40,888 --> 01:03:43,049 Jo! Jo! 679 01:03:43,124 --> 01:03:46,719 - Jo! Hey, Jo! - What? 680 01:03:46,794 --> 01:03:49,958 Jo! Marry me! 681 01:03:50,032 --> 01:03:52,500 He wants to know if you'll marry him. 682 01:04:23,866 --> 01:04:26,034 Come in. 683 01:04:26,103 --> 01:04:29,266 Watch the door, Chief. Try not to touch anything. 684 01:05:05,111 --> 01:05:08,478 Did you know that ordinary house dust... 685 01:05:08,547 --> 01:05:11,710 is composed primarily of human skin? 686 01:05:13,486 --> 01:05:15,545 No, sir, I didn't know that. 687 01:05:15,621 --> 01:05:20,559 Makes you think twice about who you invite into your home. 688 01:05:31,905 --> 01:05:34,396 Two table spoons of machine oil... 689 01:05:34,474 --> 01:05:37,272 can contaminate... 690 01:05:37,344 --> 01:05:42,180 an entire ship's fresh water supply. 691 01:05:44,352 --> 01:05:47,788 Some things just don't mix. 692 01:05:49,924 --> 01:05:52,757 Do they, Chief? 693 01:05:55,463 --> 01:05:58,024 He's gonna pass. 694 01:05:58,100 --> 01:06:01,627 Yesterday, he scored a 94 on his final. 695 01:06:01,703 --> 01:06:04,035 Sir, he don't have to be that fast tomorrow. 696 01:06:04,106 --> 01:06:06,870 All he's got to do is complete the exercise. 697 01:06:11,914 --> 01:06:14,611 Billy... 698 01:06:19,489 --> 01:06:23,289 there may come a day when a colored diver graduates from this school, 699 01:06:23,359 --> 01:06:27,090 but it won't be tomorrow or as long as I'm here. 700 01:06:29,165 --> 01:06:31,656 You agree with me, of course. 701 01:06:33,204 --> 01:06:37,334 - Don't you, Chief? - Yes, sir. 702 01:07:13,451 --> 01:07:16,045 Baseball season's over, cookie. 703 01:07:17,789 --> 01:07:20,758 I figured Rourke. I never even let myself think... 704 01:07:20,825 --> 01:07:24,283 - Why not? - 'Cause I saw your last dive. 705 01:07:26,364 --> 01:07:30,301 You want to know what I am? I'm the sorry son a bitch put here... 706 01:07:30,369 --> 01:07:34,465 to get through your thick fucking skull that some things do not change. 707 01:07:34,540 --> 01:07:37,168 - I deserve to pass. - Since when does deserving mean anything? 708 01:07:37,243 --> 01:07:39,177 They ain't gonna have a colored diver. 709 01:07:39,245 --> 01:07:42,806 'Cause no matter what you do, in their eyes, you'll never be as good as them. 710 01:07:42,881 --> 01:07:45,180 - So, deserving or otherwise, you're failing. - No, you are. 711 01:07:45,252 --> 01:07:47,277 You think I owe you somethin'? 712 01:07:47,354 --> 01:07:50,221 I don't owe you a goddamn fucking thing. 713 01:07:50,290 --> 01:07:53,851 You or anybody else. You got fucked, cookie. Happens to the best of us. 714 01:07:53,927 --> 01:07:56,760 You were right, Chief. You and I have nothing in common. 715 01:07:56,830 --> 01:08:00,732 I may be some dirt dumb nigger from Podunk, but at least I'm making something of myself. 716 01:08:00,800 --> 01:08:04,202 You, you're the same hateful, little man you started out as. 717 01:08:04,272 --> 01:08:06,570 Without diving, you're nothing... 718 01:08:06,641 --> 01:08:10,077 but a lost, broke-down son of a bitch who used to be something. 719 01:08:26,828 --> 01:08:29,092 Hey! 720 01:08:29,164 --> 01:08:31,997 What did he say to you to make you try so hard? 721 01:08:32,067 --> 01:08:34,399 Be the best. 722 01:08:34,469 --> 01:08:36,562 Well, you are. 723 01:08:38,373 --> 01:08:42,310 Just don't show up tomorrow. Pappy ain't gonna let you pass. 724 01:08:47,550 --> 01:08:49,882 What about you, Chief? 725 01:08:54,123 --> 01:08:57,855 Today will decide which of you will become Navy Divers. 726 01:08:57,928 --> 01:09:02,388 The object of this test is to correctly assemble this flange underwater. 727 01:09:02,466 --> 01:09:05,299 The pieces required for assembly await you on the river bottom. 728 01:09:05,369 --> 01:09:09,738 Once you have located your project flange, you will call for your tools. 729 01:09:09,807 --> 01:09:12,401 They will be lowered to you. 730 01:09:12,476 --> 01:09:16,937 You will be timed on your effort and will accrue points for a speedy completion. 731 01:09:17,015 --> 01:09:20,576 However, we'll keep pumping air down to you for as long as you can stand the cold. 732 01:09:20,652 --> 01:09:24,713 So take your time and get it right. 733 01:09:51,517 --> 01:09:54,180 If you do not complete the flange, 734 01:09:54,254 --> 01:09:57,712 you have just wasted six months of your lives. 735 01:10:08,635 --> 01:10:12,970 Divers, square yourselves away and approach the rail. 736 01:10:54,017 --> 01:10:57,145 Topside, I have located my work light. 737 01:11:17,741 --> 01:11:19,675 Topside, Blue Diver. 738 01:11:19,743 --> 01:11:22,941 I have located my project and am requesting my toolbag. 739 01:11:23,014 --> 01:11:27,348 Topside, this is Red Diver. I have located my project flange. 740 01:11:27,419 --> 01:11:31,515 - Requesting my tool bag. - Tenders, lower your tool bags. 741 01:11:55,314 --> 01:11:58,374 Topside, Blue Diver. I'm still waiting on my tool bag. 742 01:12:31,519 --> 01:12:34,818 Blue Diver, your tool bag is on the river bottom. 743 01:12:51,440 --> 01:12:55,935 Chief, start the project time on all divers. 744 01:13:20,738 --> 01:13:24,299 Machinist Mate Rourke, one hour, thirty-seven minutes. 745 01:13:24,375 --> 01:13:27,139 Perfect assembly. 746 01:13:49,135 --> 01:13:53,196 Survey or Second Class Yarmouth, two hours, nineteen minutes. 747 01:13:53,272 --> 01:13:55,900 Perfect assembly. 748 01:14:12,760 --> 01:14:15,024 I never thought I'd live to see it. 749 01:14:15,095 --> 01:14:18,963 Four hours and nine minutes. Better late than never, Engineman Crofoot. 750 01:14:19,033 --> 01:14:22,230 Perfect assembly. How's the water down there? 751 01:14:22,302 --> 01:14:25,238 It's colder than a well digger's ass, Master Chief. 752 01:14:25,306 --> 01:14:27,469 Take it inside. 753 01:15:05,942 --> 01:15:08,206 What do you mean, he's still not up? 754 01:16:01,000 --> 01:16:03,798 Excuse me. 755 01:16:19,353 --> 01:16:21,344 Dive station, Master Diver speaking. 756 01:16:21,422 --> 01:16:24,357 Chief Sunday, we have every cook and shine boy in this camp... 757 01:16:24,425 --> 01:16:26,723 thinking they'll be next to try a stunt like this. 758 01:16:26,794 --> 01:16:28,728 So you listen up. 759 01:16:28,796 --> 01:16:31,288 Don't bring him up till he stops moving. 760 01:16:31,366 --> 01:16:33,300 He's near dead now, sir. 761 01:16:33,368 --> 01:16:35,563 Not till he stops moving, Chief. 762 01:16:42,878 --> 01:16:44,846 Give it up, cookie. 763 01:16:44,913 --> 01:16:47,643 You go into shock down there, you might not wake up. 764 01:16:47,716 --> 01:16:50,584 Come on, now. This ain't worth dyin' for. 765 01:16:50,653 --> 01:16:52,848 My name is... 766 01:16:52,922 --> 01:16:56,688 Bosun's Mate Second Class... 767 01:16:56,759 --> 01:16:59,023 Carl Brashear. 768 01:17:01,230 --> 01:17:03,425 I am a Navy Diver. 769 01:17:28,760 --> 01:17:32,890 Bring him up. Bring him up! 770 01:17:32,964 --> 01:17:34,898 - I got him. - We're bringing him home. 771 01:17:34,966 --> 01:17:38,424 Sailor, disregard that order! 772 01:17:40,004 --> 01:17:42,837 Sailor! Sailor! 773 01:17:42,907 --> 01:17:47,811 Chief Sunday, effective immediately, 774 01:17:47,880 --> 01:17:51,281 I am relieving you of your duties! 775 01:17:51,350 --> 01:17:53,784 Do you hear me, Chief? 776 01:17:56,689 --> 01:17:59,089 Hold the line. Hold that line. 777 01:18:22,016 --> 01:18:25,645 Come on, Brashear. You're almost there. 778 01:18:25,720 --> 01:18:29,053 Just a few more steps. Come on, we'll help you. 779 01:18:31,859 --> 01:18:34,521 A little more. 780 01:18:34,595 --> 01:18:36,529 That's it. 781 01:18:45,407 --> 01:18:47,568 Open it up. 782 01:19:06,095 --> 01:19:08,359 Bosun's Mate Second Class Carl Brashear, 783 01:19:08,431 --> 01:19:10,865 nine hours, thirty-one minutes. 784 01:19:10,934 --> 01:19:13,563 Perfect assembly. 785 01:19:20,778 --> 01:19:22,712 Get him inside. 786 01:19:25,883 --> 01:19:28,511 Help him out! 787 01:19:40,398 --> 01:19:43,196 Carl, did you hear... 788 01:19:43,268 --> 01:19:45,998 - Slow down, Snowhill. - They put me back in the diving program. 789 01:19:46,071 --> 01:19:48,596 - I start training next week. - Congratulations. 790 01:19:48,673 --> 01:19:51,541 Thanks, Carl. 791 01:19:51,611 --> 01:19:54,842 Hey, I almost forgot. You hear about Sunday? 792 01:19:54,914 --> 01:19:59,715 - No. - Mr. Pappy blew a gasket when the son of a bitch passed you. 793 01:19:59,785 --> 01:20:03,016 He busted him down a shred and shipped him out. 794 01:20:03,089 --> 01:20:05,523 I guess that fucker got his in the end, huh? 795 01:20:07,193 --> 01:20:09,594 I guess he did. 796 01:20:15,068 --> 01:20:17,093 Guess he did. 797 01:20:59,581 --> 01:21:03,951 Will you still say 798 01:21:04,020 --> 01:21:07,148 I love you, dear... 799 01:21:22,273 --> 01:21:25,367 From the gentleman. 800 01:21:38,521 --> 01:21:40,457 You hate champagne. 801 01:21:41,525 --> 01:21:43,688 You got a diving assignment. 802 01:21:43,762 --> 01:21:46,253 Brooklyn Navy Yard. Stand by diver. 803 01:21:46,331 --> 01:21:49,300 Brooklyn? Brooklyn! 804 01:21:49,367 --> 01:21:53,064 Oh, baby, we can have dinner like an old married couple. 805 01:21:53,138 --> 01:21:55,800 Oh, well, baby, I didn't take the job. 806 01:21:55,874 --> 01:21:59,038 We've been waiting three years for that slot to open up. 807 01:21:59,112 --> 01:22:01,580 Jo, I don't move up in rank unless I dive. 808 01:22:01,647 --> 01:22:05,048 And I'll never make Master as a stand by diver. I'll find something else. 809 01:22:11,824 --> 01:22:15,352 - I'm three months late. - Late for what? 810 01:22:21,535 --> 01:22:25,164 You're gonna have a real baby? 811 01:22:25,239 --> 01:22:29,005 We're gonna have a baby! We're gonna have a real baby! 812 01:22:29,076 --> 01:22:31,203 We're gonna have a baby. 813 01:22:31,278 --> 01:22:35,976 Ladies, gentlemen, and the rest of you lowdown cats, it's time to ring in the New Year. 814 01:22:36,047 --> 01:22:41,314 - Happy New Year. - Five, four, three, two, one. 815 01:22:41,385 --> 01:22:44,354 - Happy New Year. - Happy New Year! 816 01:22:48,159 --> 01:22:50,650 You'll never know 817 01:22:50,728 --> 01:22:54,256 Just how much I love you 818 01:22:54,333 --> 01:22:58,565 Absolutely. You have to stand them up, being we have 16, 20 years of experience. 819 01:22:58,637 --> 01:23:01,105 You have to get in their face and let them know who's boss. 820 01:23:01,173 --> 01:23:03,903 If you don't, they'll never salute you the rest of your life. 821 01:23:03,976 --> 01:23:06,604 So I'm sitting there... Excuse me. 822 01:23:06,678 --> 01:23:11,116 What'd I tell you, huh? He don't remember me. 823 01:23:14,454 --> 01:23:18,823 Senior Chief Sunday, U.S.S. Hoist. 824 01:23:18,891 --> 01:23:22,793 You ended my diving career, Lieutenant. 825 01:23:22,862 --> 01:23:26,457 Lieutenant Commander Hanks. Pleased to meet you. 826 01:23:26,532 --> 01:23:29,730 That was a long time ago, Chief. 827 01:23:29,803 --> 01:23:32,567 Ancient history. 828 01:23:32,639 --> 01:23:36,336 Well, we just came by to say hey. 829 01:23:36,410 --> 01:23:39,277 - Hey. - Auld lang syne and all. 830 01:23:39,346 --> 01:23:43,476 Auld lang syne. I didn't know you had a daughter. 831 01:23:43,550 --> 01:23:46,418 Right. 832 01:23:46,488 --> 01:23:48,456 She's quite lovely. 833 01:23:48,523 --> 01:23:53,358 Okay, we gotta go now because Billy's gonna dance with me. 834 01:23:53,428 --> 01:23:55,521 Happy New Year. 835 01:23:55,597 --> 01:23:57,792 - Come on, Billy. - Have fun. 836 01:23:57,866 --> 01:24:00,494 - You're gonna dance with your lovely wife, right? - Yeah. 837 01:24:07,109 --> 01:24:10,772 Mmm, you see? Now, wasn't that easy? 838 01:24:10,846 --> 01:24:13,110 Has been. 839 01:24:13,182 --> 01:24:18,779 - Yes. - No. Billy. 840 01:24:18,854 --> 01:24:22,313 - He's the biggest drunk in the Navy is all he is. - Billy! 841 01:24:32,302 --> 01:24:35,100 Are you all right, sir? 842 01:24:38,108 --> 01:24:41,806 Senior Chief Sunday, I find you guilty... 843 01:24:41,879 --> 01:24:44,905 of violating Article 90 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice 844 01:24:44,982 --> 01:24:47,348 assaulting a superior commissioned officer. 845 01:24:47,418 --> 01:24:50,251 Your conduct is completely unacceptable. 846 01:24:50,321 --> 01:24:53,484 You'll be fined one half month's pay for six months, 847 01:24:53,558 --> 01:24:56,618 restricted to the confines of the base for two months... 848 01:24:56,694 --> 01:25:00,756 and are hereby reduced in rank to Chief Petty Officer. 849 01:25:00,833 --> 01:25:01,467 For those just joining us, our top story continues to unfold... 850 01:25:01,467 --> 01:25:04,300 For those just joining us, our top story continues to unfold... 851 01:25:04,369 --> 01:25:07,395 thousands of miles away in the Mediterranean Sea. 852 01:25:07,473 --> 01:25:10,203 Just hours ago, an American B-52 bomber... 853 01:25:10,275 --> 01:25:13,005 flying a routine mission over the coast of Spain... 854 01:25:13,078 --> 01:25:15,603 slammed into the snowy Spanish countryside. 855 01:25:15,681 --> 01:25:20,085 Moments before disappearing off radar, the crew jettisoned their nuclear payload. 856 01:25:20,153 --> 01:25:22,678 Three 50-megaton warheads parachuted to Earth. 857 01:25:22,755 --> 01:25:24,950 Two were immediately recovered. 858 01:25:25,024 --> 01:25:29,051 - However, a third hydrogen bomb remains lost at sea. - You made it. 859 01:25:29,129 --> 01:25:33,293 - United States Navyships have sonar systems to aid them... - Becky, come get your toys. 860 01:25:33,366 --> 01:25:36,803 in their tedious, often frustrating search of the sea floor. 861 01:25:36,871 --> 01:25:39,863 Investigating a deep water find will be the work of Alvin, 862 01:25:39,940 --> 01:25:44,138 a two-man submersible on loan from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. 863 01:25:44,211 --> 01:25:48,511 And yet, even as U.S. Navy ships comb the Mediterranean in search of the warhead, 864 01:25:48,582 --> 01:25:50,550 so do Russian submarines. 865 01:25:50,618 --> 01:25:54,020 According to maritime law, the bomb which disappeared in international waters... 866 01:25:54,089 --> 01:25:56,557 belongs to the first to find it. 867 01:25:56,625 --> 01:25:59,651 Charged with locating and recovering the lost bomb before the Soviets do... 868 01:25:59,728 --> 01:26:02,720 are the elite Navy deep-sea divers pictured here. 869 01:26:02,797 --> 01:26:07,393 Stationed in Norfolk, Virginia, the divers were flown by jet to the scene just hours ago, 870 01:26:07,469 --> 01:26:11,201 many still dressed in the same uniforms they were wearing only this morning. 871 01:26:22,185 --> 01:26:24,619 Blue Diver, this is Captain. 872 01:26:28,357 --> 01:26:30,588 Blue Diver, come in. 873 01:26:30,661 --> 01:26:34,495 I'm here, Hart. What do you need? 874 01:26:34,565 --> 01:26:37,728 Carl, I'd appreciate it if you could find my lost nuke for me. 875 01:26:37,801 --> 01:26:40,326 I'd like to make admiral sometime before I die. 876 01:26:40,404 --> 01:26:43,032 I'm doing my best, Hart. 877 01:27:08,067 --> 01:27:10,592 Captain. 878 01:27:10,669 --> 01:27:14,264 Topside, I have an unidentified metal object protruding from the sea bottom. 879 01:27:14,340 --> 01:27:16,672 He's got something. Proceed with extreme caution. 880 01:27:16,742 --> 01:27:18,767 Roger that. 881 01:27:27,654 --> 01:27:30,020 Topside, we have a Coke can. 882 01:27:30,090 --> 01:27:32,581 Goddamn Coke can. 883 01:27:32,659 --> 01:27:35,753 Bring it on up anyway, Chief. I like my ocean clean. 884 01:27:38,965 --> 01:27:43,300 Turn that equipment off. We got a diver down there. 885 01:27:43,371 --> 01:27:46,636 - That's not our sonar. - What are you talking about? 886 01:27:46,707 --> 01:27:50,074 Shit. 887 01:27:50,144 --> 01:27:52,578 Alpha Whiskey, this is Charlie Victor. 888 01:27:52,647 --> 01:27:56,674 I've got an unknown object in my perimeter, classified, probable submarine. 889 01:27:56,751 --> 01:28:01,052 Blue Diver, Blue Diver, we got an unknown contact. Probable Russian submarine... 890 01:28:01,123 --> 01:28:05,992 bearing at two-zero-niner at sixteen knots and headed directly for your position. 891 01:28:06,061 --> 01:28:09,519 Take immediate evasive action. Repeat, immediate evasive action. 892 01:28:09,598 --> 01:28:14,194 Prepare for emergency surface. Blue Diver, do you hear me? Blue Diver, do you hear me? 893 01:28:14,269 --> 01:28:16,203 Blue Diver? 894 01:28:18,908 --> 01:28:20,400 Talk to me, Carl. 895 01:28:50,374 --> 01:28:52,172 Talk to me, Carl. 896 01:29:04,856 --> 01:29:06,983 Come in, Blue Diver. 897 01:29:16,202 --> 01:29:19,399 Quarter master, tell the dive station to supply us a standby. 898 01:29:19,472 --> 01:29:21,406 Come in, Carl. 899 01:29:31,685 --> 01:29:34,654 Come on, Carl. 900 01:29:52,907 --> 01:29:56,775 - Carl, you read me? - I'm here, Captain. 901 01:29:56,844 --> 01:29:59,210 He's there. 902 01:29:59,280 --> 01:30:03,546 - Prepare to surface, Carl. We're bringing you home. - Roger that. 903 01:30:11,693 --> 01:30:16,528 You wanna do me a favor? The next time you scare me, give me a courtesy warning first. 904 01:30:27,644 --> 01:30:30,841 Captain, that sub kicked up half the ocean bottom. 905 01:30:30,914 --> 01:30:34,145 - It found it for us! - You're kidding me. 906 01:30:34,217 --> 01:30:36,742 Oh, yeah! 907 01:30:36,820 --> 01:30:39,687 He thinks he found it. Yeah, you got it. 908 01:30:39,756 --> 01:30:43,124 That's it. You got it. 909 01:30:43,194 --> 01:30:47,563 Steady! Steady! I'm pulling it in! 910 01:30:47,631 --> 01:30:50,998 - Bring it up! - Pull it up here, boys. 911 01:30:51,068 --> 01:30:54,526 Steady! It's coming up to port. 912 01:30:54,605 --> 01:30:58,564 Let's go, boys! We got an A-bomb! 913 01:30:58,642 --> 01:31:01,407 It's coming up, boys! Let's go now! Let's go, boys! 914 01:31:01,480 --> 01:31:05,271 We got a heavy one here. 915 01:31:16,482 --> 01:31:19,680 Move! 916 01:32:21,284 --> 01:32:23,252 Jo? 917 01:32:27,490 --> 01:32:31,450 Baby. Baby. 918 01:32:31,529 --> 01:32:34,498 I was so scared. 919 01:32:34,565 --> 01:32:37,398 I'm sorry. 920 01:32:43,174 --> 01:32:45,267 Oh, shit. 921 01:32:49,514 --> 01:32:52,915 Your leg was nearly severed. 922 01:32:56,288 --> 01:32:58,483 It's gonna take time to heal. 923 01:33:00,692 --> 01:33:04,924 Eventually, you're gonna be able to walk again with a cane. 924 01:33:07,867 --> 01:33:10,165 Can I still dive? 925 01:33:12,638 --> 01:33:14,606 I'm so sorry. 926 01:33:50,645 --> 01:33:52,840 Come home, Carl. 927 01:34:00,488 --> 01:34:04,892 Mrs. Sunday, your husband was found drunk on a public beach. 928 01:34:04,960 --> 01:34:09,192 He's an alcoholic and must remain in detox for 30 days. 929 01:34:09,265 --> 01:34:12,428 If he should stagger, he will not fall! 930 01:34:12,501 --> 01:34:15,800 If he should fall, he will fall in such a manner... 931 01:34:15,871 --> 01:34:20,434 as to cover up his rate so that passersby will think he's an officer. 932 01:34:23,380 --> 01:34:26,543 A chief petty officer shall not drink! 933 01:34:26,616 --> 01:34:30,211 And if he should drink, he shall not get drunk! 934 01:34:30,287 --> 01:34:34,018 If he should get drunk, he shall not stagger! 935 01:34:34,090 --> 01:34:37,457 And if he should stagger, he shall not fall! 936 01:34:37,527 --> 01:34:42,227 And if he should fall, he will fall in such a manner as to cover up his rate... 937 01:34:42,300 --> 01:34:46,066 so that passersby will think he's an officer! 938 01:34:46,137 --> 01:34:49,573 We're all extremely proud of you, Chief Brashear. 939 01:34:49,640 --> 01:34:54,577 Now, get better, so you can go home and enjoy your retirement. 940 01:34:54,645 --> 01:34:57,945 How do you plan to spend your retirement, Chief Brashear? 941 01:34:58,016 --> 01:35:00,416 How does it feel to be a hero? 942 01:35:20,473 --> 01:35:22,407 How are you? 943 01:36:02,117 --> 01:36:04,051 Sweetheart... 944 01:36:08,457 --> 01:36:10,687 you're never gonna dive again. 945 01:36:15,564 --> 01:36:18,465 And what you gotta do now... 946 01:36:18,534 --> 01:36:20,729 I can't help you with. 947 01:36:25,741 --> 01:36:27,835 But when you're ready to leave... 948 01:36:27,911 --> 01:36:30,175 and if you can promise me... 949 01:36:30,247 --> 01:36:33,148 that you'll never take another drink again, 950 01:36:33,216 --> 01:36:36,811 I'll be waiting for you in that car over there. 951 01:36:39,923 --> 01:36:42,084 But if you can't... 952 01:36:48,599 --> 01:36:50,863 then you just walk on by. 953 01:37:34,380 --> 01:37:37,042 Package for you, sir. 954 01:38:00,308 --> 01:38:03,243 I want to come back. 955 01:38:03,311 --> 01:38:05,671 - To where, Chief? - Full diving duty. 956 01:38:05,743 --> 01:38:08,234 I want to dive again. 957 01:38:08,312 --> 01:38:12,043 Carl, I understand, but... 958 01:38:12,116 --> 01:38:15,109 But it's just not possible. 959 01:38:15,187 --> 01:38:19,817 - Good afternoon, Admiral. - Carl, this is Cap... 960 01:38:19,891 --> 01:38:22,291 - Captain Hanks. - Chief Brashear. 961 01:38:22,360 --> 01:38:25,727 Captain Hanks has been assigned as a senior officer... 962 01:38:25,797 --> 01:38:29,255 at the Personnel Policy Control Board at the Pentagon. 963 01:38:29,334 --> 01:38:31,495 He'll be joining us for a few weeks, 964 01:38:31,570 --> 01:38:35,405 meeting some of the men from the front lines, getting a feel for their concerns. 965 01:38:35,474 --> 01:38:37,499 Yes, and to return to the chief's primary concern. 966 01:38:37,577 --> 01:38:42,037 Working as a Navy diver with one good leg and the other... 967 01:38:42,114 --> 01:38:44,844 I'm sorry. It's just not possible. 968 01:38:44,917 --> 01:38:47,408 Cut it off. 969 01:38:49,722 --> 01:38:53,682 Pilots injured in flying accidents have requested amputation of injured limbs. 970 01:38:53,760 --> 01:38:57,093 Fitted with the right prosthesis, several of them have returned to active duty. 971 01:38:59,566 --> 01:39:04,629 Cut off my leg and assemble a full medical review board 12 weeks from today. 972 01:39:04,705 --> 01:39:08,971 It is then that I will demonstrate that I am fit to return to full diving duty. 973 01:39:09,042 --> 01:39:11,534 I want to make Master Chief. 974 01:39:13,414 --> 01:39:18,215 We admire your courage, Chief, however misplaced it may be. 975 01:39:18,286 --> 01:39:22,279 Please excuse us. 976 01:39:30,799 --> 01:39:36,465 I am a doctor, Carl. My opinion might mean something here. 977 01:39:39,775 --> 01:39:45,577 I guess not. How are you gonna come back with one leg? 978 01:39:45,649 --> 01:39:49,050 I could barely read once. I found a way. 979 01:39:49,119 --> 01:39:51,349 Yeah. 980 01:39:51,421 --> 01:39:54,447 I could put up with the months at sea, 981 01:39:54,524 --> 01:39:58,426 the dangerous assignments that you never said no to, but this... 982 01:39:58,495 --> 01:40:01,089 What do you want from me? 983 01:40:01,164 --> 01:40:05,864 Do you want me to come home, mow the lawn, put a wheelchair ramp in? 984 01:40:05,936 --> 01:40:10,202 - How am I gonna look at my own son? - Leave him out of this. 985 01:40:10,274 --> 01:40:14,711 You're not doing this for him or for me. This is about you. 986 01:40:14,779 --> 01:40:17,270 It's always been about you. 987 01:40:17,348 --> 01:40:21,250 Admit it, Carl. 988 01:40:21,319 --> 01:40:24,153 At least give me that much. 989 01:40:33,565 --> 01:40:36,295 Why are you doing this to me? 990 01:40:40,907 --> 01:40:42,898 Answer me, goddamn it! 991 01:40:42,975 --> 01:40:47,275 Or I'm walking out of here, and I am not coming back. 992 01:41:21,616 --> 01:41:23,641 I love you, Jo. 993 01:43:44,399 --> 01:43:46,833 Get away from me! 994 01:43:46,902 --> 01:43:49,336 Piece of shit! 995 01:43:49,404 --> 01:43:51,895 Cookie. 996 01:43:51,973 --> 01:43:55,204 Goddamn! 997 01:43:55,277 --> 01:43:57,905 Looks like I missed one hell of a party. 998 01:44:04,120 --> 01:44:08,079 I've been all over. Trouble, mostly. 999 01:44:08,157 --> 01:44:12,457 Navy gave me this second-class diving school in Little Creek. 1000 01:44:12,528 --> 01:44:14,621 Don't amount to shit. 1001 01:44:18,235 --> 01:44:20,169 I made some calls. 1002 01:44:22,105 --> 01:44:24,198 Come Friday, that Captain Hanks... 1003 01:44:24,274 --> 01:44:27,641 he's gonna convene a medical review board, and he's gonna retire you. 1004 01:44:29,913 --> 01:44:32,882 - He said I had four weeks. - He lied, cookie. 1005 01:44:32,950 --> 01:44:36,546 He don't give a shit how many one-legged push-ups you can do. 1006 01:44:36,621 --> 01:44:39,784 He'd trade you and me and every other old sea dog in the Navy... 1007 01:44:39,857 --> 01:44:42,451 for one glass-eyed electronics technician. 1008 01:44:42,527 --> 01:44:44,552 The man's gonna retire your ass. 1009 01:44:44,629 --> 01:44:46,620 I got my leg back. I ain't done yet. 1010 01:44:46,698 --> 01:44:50,225 You got a stump on a wooden stick and no goddamn chance of beating Hanks, son. 1011 01:44:55,608 --> 01:44:58,406 All I ever wanted to do was to make Master Diver. 1012 01:44:58,477 --> 01:45:01,913 All I ever wanted to do was stay one. 1013 01:45:01,981 --> 01:45:07,351 You want to beat Hanks, you've got to go around him, right to the top. 1014 01:45:07,419 --> 01:45:09,411 Washington. 1015 01:45:10,489 --> 01:45:13,584 - Chief of Naval Personnel. - That's right. 1016 01:45:13,660 --> 01:45:17,721 And they don't like cocky pencil-pushers like Hanks any more than we do. 1017 01:45:20,667 --> 01:45:23,227 I might be able to pull a few strings. 1018 01:45:29,977 --> 01:45:32,070 Why are you doing this, Sunday? 1019 01:45:35,516 --> 01:45:37,450 Piss people off. 1020 01:45:37,518 --> 01:45:41,887 Chief Decker, you are the Chief Master at Arms of this hospital, are you not? 1021 01:45:41,956 --> 01:45:44,584 Yes, sir. 1022 01:45:44,659 --> 01:45:49,597 Then why is it you don't know where Chief Brashear is? 1023 01:45:49,665 --> 01:45:52,225 He shouldn't be too hard to spot. 1024 01:45:52,301 --> 01:45:55,828 He is the only Negro diver in the Navy, 1025 01:45:55,904 --> 01:45:57,895 and he's got one leg. 1026 01:45:57,973 --> 01:46:02,307 It seems that the chief has transferred, sir. 1027 01:46:02,377 --> 01:46:04,709 To where? 1028 01:46:04,780 --> 01:46:08,273 - On whose orders? - He signed his own orders, sir. 1029 01:46:08,351 --> 01:46:12,082 - Call the Shore Patrol. - Relax, Cap. We just wanna talk. 1030 01:46:13,690 --> 01:46:17,649 Wait, wait, wait, wait. You know where Chief Brashear is. Where? 1031 01:46:20,330 --> 01:46:23,766 I see. Fine. Chief Brashear is AWOL. 1032 01:46:23,833 --> 01:46:25,995 I want him found and arrested now. 1033 01:46:26,070 --> 01:46:30,131 - You ain't gonna find him. - What do you want from me, Chief? 1034 01:46:30,207 --> 01:46:33,108 Four weeks to train him, then a full readiness evaluation... 1035 01:46:33,177 --> 01:46:35,907 and reinstatement hearing with the Chief of Naval Personnel. 1036 01:46:35,979 --> 01:46:37,708 The chief of... 1037 01:46:37,781 --> 01:46:40,147 - Yes, sir. - At the Navy Yard in Washington? 1038 01:46:40,217 --> 01:46:42,082 - That's right. - Forget it. 1039 01:46:47,359 --> 01:46:51,693 Will the diver be allowed to be reinstated? 1040 01:46:51,763 --> 01:46:56,632 Seems Chief Brashear losing his leg for his country sort of makes him a hero, sir. 1041 01:46:56,701 --> 01:46:58,635 Fine. 1042 01:47:03,242 --> 01:47:07,542 I will grant you your hearing on one condition, hmm? 1043 01:47:07,613 --> 01:47:11,549 When he fails, you retire. 1044 01:47:11,617 --> 01:47:14,314 He ain't gonna fail. 1045 01:47:57,933 --> 01:48:00,458 Minute, five faster. 1046 01:48:04,506 --> 01:48:07,236 See you in court. 1047 01:49:42,523 --> 01:49:45,084 Captain Hanks has ordered you to remain here, Chief. 1048 01:50:11,888 --> 01:50:14,254 Please be seated, Senior Chief Brashear. 1049 01:50:20,030 --> 01:50:23,466 Only the Army salutes indoors, Senior Chief. 1050 01:50:23,534 --> 01:50:26,799 Sir, in the Navy I grew up in, a salute is warranted... 1051 01:50:26,871 --> 01:50:29,431 given the gravity of this occasion, sir. 1052 01:50:29,507 --> 01:50:32,635 Well, we're in a new Navy now, Senior Chief. 1053 01:50:37,681 --> 01:50:40,446 Shall we begin? 1054 01:50:41,620 --> 01:50:43,554 Senior Chief Brashear, 1055 01:50:43,622 --> 01:50:46,523 one day the life of another diver may depend on you. 1056 01:50:46,591 --> 01:50:50,652 Do you honestly feel that as a man... 1057 01:50:52,364 --> 01:50:56,096 You're almost 40. You have one leg. 1058 01:50:56,169 --> 01:50:59,866 Can you really keep up with healthy divers half your age? 1059 01:50:59,939 --> 01:51:04,501 The question is, sir, can they keep up with me? 1060 01:51:07,113 --> 01:51:09,547 - Bring the suit. - Yes, sir. 1061 01:51:11,050 --> 01:51:13,382 No smoking out here, Chief. 1062 01:51:25,666 --> 01:51:30,194 Studies of the Navy's experimental diving unit... 1063 01:51:30,270 --> 01:51:34,537 indicate that if the subject were to become unconscious... 1064 01:51:34,609 --> 01:51:38,841 or deceased, the disparity between the buoyancy characteristics... 1065 01:51:38,913 --> 01:51:43,714 of a prosthetic and a limb would hinder him in a free dive mode. 1066 01:51:43,785 --> 01:51:47,516 You mean if he drowned, he wouldn't float right, yes? 1067 01:51:47,589 --> 01:51:50,559 - Yes, sir. - Sir, I promise, 1068 01:51:50,626 --> 01:51:55,120 if I am killed at sea, I will make every effort to die like a Navy man. 1069 01:52:21,191 --> 01:52:24,319 I just thought you should see the future of Navy deep sea diving. 1070 01:52:24,394 --> 01:52:26,989 This is the latest HEO-2 mixed gas rig. 1071 01:52:27,064 --> 01:52:29,897 It weighs 290 pounds, and the men who want to use it, 1072 01:52:29,967 --> 01:52:32,492 before they can even begin the diving qualifications, 1073 01:52:32,570 --> 01:52:35,903 will be required to walk 12 steps, unassisted. 1074 01:52:38,209 --> 01:52:41,269 Could you do that, Senior Chief Brashear? 1075 01:52:48,387 --> 01:52:50,753 Yes, sir, I could. 1076 01:52:50,822 --> 01:52:53,518 Well, I see. 1077 01:52:53,592 --> 01:52:56,755 As much as I hate to prolong this another day, 1078 01:52:56,828 --> 01:52:58,819 I will, in the interests of thoroughness, 1079 01:52:58,897 --> 01:53:01,457 make arrangements for you to demonstrate your contention. 1080 01:53:01,533 --> 01:53:04,435 Here, sir. Now. 1081 01:53:04,504 --> 01:53:08,440 Son, step aside, or I'll have to crack you right in the jaw. 1082 01:53:11,244 --> 01:53:14,213 Senior Chief Brashear, I hardly think this is the appropriate... 1083 01:53:14,280 --> 01:53:19,616 - I want them all to see, sir. - Captain Hanks, sir, I concur with your assessment. 1084 01:53:23,757 --> 01:53:27,056 These slippery floors alone prohibit such a demonstration, sir. 1085 01:53:27,127 --> 01:53:31,860 Chief Sunday, haven't you had enough trouble in your career? Your advice is unwelcome. 1086 01:53:31,932 --> 01:53:35,197 - Who is this man? - Chief Leslie W. Sunday, sir. 1087 01:53:35,269 --> 01:53:39,798 You swam out of the Saint Lo at Leyte Gulf. 1088 01:53:41,409 --> 01:53:45,038 You held your breath for four minutes. 1089 01:53:45,113 --> 01:53:47,206 Five, sir. 1090 01:53:48,817 --> 01:53:50,808 He can stay. 1091 01:53:53,254 --> 01:53:56,314 Fine. Irrelevant. 1092 01:53:56,391 --> 01:54:00,055 Gentlemen, sirs, returning to the issue at hand. 1093 01:54:00,129 --> 01:54:04,190 This is not the time or place for Senior Chief Brashear... 1094 01:54:06,335 --> 01:54:09,463 Excuse me, Senior Chief, is there a problem? 1095 01:54:12,742 --> 01:54:18,613 Captain Hanks, I have spent most of my life in the Navy trying only to succeed. 1096 01:54:18,682 --> 01:54:22,584 However, my quest has come at a great personal loss to those who love me. 1097 01:54:22,653 --> 01:54:25,281 They, too, have made sacrifices. 1098 01:54:25,355 --> 01:54:28,552 They, too, have endured great pains to support me. 1099 01:54:28,625 --> 01:54:33,859 If I walk these 12 steps today, reinstate me to active duty. 1100 01:54:33,931 --> 01:54:35,956 Give me my career back. 1101 01:54:36,034 --> 01:54:40,130 Let me finish it and go home in peace. 1102 01:54:42,707 --> 01:54:46,143 Senior Chief Brashear, the business of the modern Navy... 1103 01:54:46,210 --> 01:54:50,237 Forgive me, sir. But to me, the Navy is not a business. 1104 01:54:50,314 --> 01:54:54,251 We have many traditions. In my career, I have experienced most of them. 1105 01:54:54,319 --> 01:54:56,913 Some good, some bad. 1106 01:54:56,989 --> 01:55:00,948 However, I wouldn't be here today if it weren't for our greatest tradition of all. 1107 01:55:01,026 --> 01:55:03,756 And which one is that? 1108 01:55:03,829 --> 01:55:06,559 Honor, sir. 1109 01:55:15,341 --> 01:55:18,242 Get on with it, Senior Chief. 1110 01:55:20,914 --> 01:55:22,848 Leslie? 1111 01:55:24,584 --> 01:55:26,745 What leg you got on? 1112 01:55:26,820 --> 01:55:29,619 My walkin' leg, Leslie. 1113 01:55:29,690 --> 01:55:32,215 It was my dad's name. You got a problem with that? 1114 01:55:32,293 --> 01:55:35,023 Oh, no. No problem at all. 1115 01:55:40,835 --> 01:55:44,202 That thing's light duty. Gonna snap like a match stick. 1116 01:55:44,271 --> 01:55:46,740 Not if I keep my weight on my good leg. 1117 01:55:46,808 --> 01:55:50,869 Two hundred and ninety pounds on one leg? You'll be passed out by the sixth step. 1118 01:55:52,447 --> 01:55:55,416 Tenders, hat the diver. 1119 01:56:44,652 --> 01:56:46,643 Navy Diver, stand up. 1120 01:56:48,356 --> 01:56:50,483 Leave him. 1121 01:56:50,558 --> 01:56:54,085 Captain, if I recall the Navy regulation manual correctly, 1122 01:56:54,161 --> 01:56:56,789 the diver may be helped to his feet. 1123 01:56:56,864 --> 01:56:59,698 This is a lot of brass to sling up from a seated position, sir. 1124 01:56:59,768 --> 01:57:03,636 It's spun copper, Chief. We haven't used brass in a decade. 1125 01:57:03,705 --> 01:57:07,471 And the new manual states the diver must rise unassisted. 1126 01:57:07,542 --> 01:57:11,137 That's what it says in the new book, sir? 1127 01:57:11,213 --> 01:57:14,512 If I may ask, Captain, how would you know? 1128 01:57:14,583 --> 01:57:16,346 I wrote it. 1129 01:57:19,289 --> 01:57:21,280 Yes, sir. 1130 01:57:27,230 --> 01:57:29,892 Navy Diver, stand up. 1131 01:57:39,476 --> 01:57:42,570 Square that rig and approach the rail. 1132 01:58:03,034 --> 01:58:04,558 One. 1133 01:58:06,671 --> 01:58:08,070 Two. 1134 01:58:10,709 --> 01:58:12,234 Three. 1135 01:58:15,781 --> 01:58:17,271 Four. 1136 01:58:20,219 --> 01:58:21,652 Five. 1137 01:58:24,357 --> 01:58:25,756 Six. 1138 01:58:27,159 --> 01:58:28,456 Seven. 1139 01:58:29,997 --> 01:58:32,591 Eight. 1140 01:58:38,305 --> 01:58:40,773 Gentlemen, his leg. 1141 01:58:40,841 --> 01:58:43,776 Please. Gentlemen. 1142 01:58:46,313 --> 01:58:49,340 - Navy Diver, stand down. - Diver, you will disregard. 1143 01:58:49,417 --> 01:58:52,250 - This is my detail. - Admiral. 1144 01:58:52,320 --> 01:58:57,314 Goddamnit, cookie, move your ass! I want my 12! 1145 01:59:09,271 --> 01:59:11,796 Nine. The Navy diver is not a fighting man. 1146 01:59:11,874 --> 01:59:15,640 He is a salvage expert. Ten. 1147 01:59:15,711 --> 01:59:19,306 If it's lost underwater, he finds it. If it's sunk, he brings it up. 1148 01:59:19,381 --> 01:59:22,544 If it's in the way, he moves it! 1149 01:59:22,618 --> 01:59:27,249 Eleven. If he's lucky, he will die young 200 feet beneath the waves, 1150 01:59:27,323 --> 01:59:30,315 for that is the closest he will ever get to being a hero! 1151 01:59:30,393 --> 01:59:33,726 Hell, I don't know why anybody would want to be a Navy diver. 1152 01:59:33,797 --> 01:59:36,630 Now, you report to this line, cookie! 1153 01:59:40,370 --> 01:59:43,397 At ease. 1154 01:59:54,218 --> 01:59:58,154 Tenders, unhat that diver. 1155 02:00:20,346 --> 02:00:23,509 The United States Navy proudly reinstates... 1156 02:00:23,583 --> 02:00:27,713 Senior Chief and Diver Carl Brashear... 1157 02:00:27,787 --> 02:00:30,620 to full, active duty. 1158 02:00:37,197 --> 02:00:39,688 Thank you. 1159 02:00:48,142 --> 02:00:50,576 Congratulations, Captain. 1160 02:00:50,644 --> 02:00:52,771 Thank you. 1161 02:01:06,494 --> 02:01:08,394 I can quit. 1162 02:01:08,463 --> 02:01:12,059 The man I married never quit anything a day in his life. 1163 02:01:17,106 --> 02:01:19,040 I love you. 1164 02:01:19,108 --> 02:01:23,408 I love you too, baby. I love you too. 1165 02:01:39,229 --> 02:01:41,663 Well done, Chief.