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2. You unlock this door
with the key of imagination.Copy !req
3. Beyond it is another dimension-Copy !req
4. a dimension of sound,Copy !req
5. a dimension of sight,Copy !req
6. a dimension of mind.Copy !req
7. You're moving into a land
of both shadow and substance,Copy !req
8. of things and ideas.Copy !req
9. You've just crossed over
into the twilight zone.Copy !req
10. Mr. Smith-Copy !req
11. what's your present
course and speed?Copy !req
12. Setting on course
2-6-0 degrees through.Copy !req
13. Speed, 10 knots,
sir.Copy !req
14. Come right
to new course 2-7-0Copy !req
15. and navigate turns
for 15 knots.Copy !req
16. Aye, aye, sir.Copy !req
17. Come right to
new course 2-7-0.Copy !req
18. Aye, sir.Copy !req
19. Coming right to
new course, 2-7-0.Copy !req
20. All engines
ahead standardCopy !req
21. indicate 1-2-6,
turns for 15 knots.Copy !req
22. Aye, sir.Copy !req
23. All engines ahead
standard.Copy !req
24. 1-2-6 turns
for 15 knots.Copy !req
25. Engine room answers.Copy !req
26. All engines ahead
standard,Copy !req
27. 1-2-6 turns
for 15 knots, sir.Copy !req
28. Very well.Copy !req
29. Steady on new course 2-7-0, sir.Copy !req
30. Very well.Copy !req
31. Damage report, sir,Copy !req
32. on the motor
whale boat.Copy !req
33. Let's hear it.Copy !req
34. It's completely
filled with water.Copy !req
35. It took a licking
in that storm.Copy !req
36. It was a corker
of a swell, sir.Copy !req
37. I'm aware of the
storm, mr. Marmer.Copy !req
38. I'm also aware
of the swell,Copy !req
39. and I'm aware that
that boat was not
properly securedCopy !req
40. for heavy weather.Copy !req
41. A 13-year-old sea scout
would've rigged inCopy !req
42. and secured that
boat properly.Copy !req
43. Yes, sir.Copy !req
44. Tell the chief
boatswain's mateCopy !req
45. I want to see him
in my cabin.Copy !req
46. Aye, aye, sir.Copy !req
47. On the double!Copy !req
48. Chief boatswain's mate bell
reporting as ordered, sir.Copy !req
49. At ease, chief.Copy !req
50. That shouldn't be
too difficult for you,Copy !req
51. should it?Copy !req
52. Sir?Copy !req
53. The state of
being at ease.Copy !req
54. You're the champion
of the fleet,Copy !req
55. when it comes
to being at ease, bell.Copy !req
56. I don't understand, sir.Copy !req
57. You're the chief
boatswain's mate.Copy !req
58. You run the deck division,Copy !req
59. handle the boat's rigging
in and out,Copy !req
60. supervise the heavy equipmentCopy !req
61. and eight or ten other cardinal
duties you're responsible for,Copy !req
62. not the least of which,
chief boatswain's mate bell,Copy !req
63. is the proper securing
of the whale boat!Copy !req
64. Now, last night,
we had a bad swell.Copy !req
65. That boat should've
been rigged in.Copy !req
66. Instead it was
left swung out,Copy !req
67. and as a result,
she's 80% damagedCopy !req
68. and filled up
like a pool.Copy !req
69. Where were you?Copy !req
70. Begging the captain's
pardon, I...Copy !req
71. don't beg
my pardon!Copy !req
72. Just tell me,
in a brief explanatory way,Copy !req
73. why you couldn't handle
the initiativesCopy !req
74. of a chief
boatswain's mate,Copy !req
75. and why the efficiency
of this ship suffered.Copy !req
76. We had nine
hours' warningCopy !req
77. of that storm,
bell.Copy !req
78. This ship should've
been 100% prepared.Copy !req
79. Instead it wasn't,
and I want to know why!Copy !req
80. I did the best I could, sir.Copy !req
81. I...Copy !req
82. I haven't been feeling
up to par.Copy !req
83. Well, did you report
to sick bay?Copy !req
84. No, sir, I didn't
report to, um...Copy !req
85. to, uh, to sick bay, sir.Copy !req
86. Now, look, chief,Copy !req
87. I'm not in business
to pistol-whip my crew.Copy !req
88. I want a tight ship,
that's true-Copy !req
89. but I happen to care very muchCopy !req
90. if one of my sailors
has a problemCopy !req
91. and can't function
because of it.Copy !req
92. You've rated
4-0Copy !req
93. all the way
down the lineCopy !req
94. for as long as you've
served on this ship.Copy !req
95. Suddenly,
in the last three days,Copy !req
96. you've stowed away
your seamanship in the trunkCopy !req
97. and come up with some dumbhead
boners I wouldn't expectCopy !req
98. from a
17-year-old boot.Copy !req
99. Bell, what is the problem?Copy !req
100. There is
a problem, then.Copy !req
101. No, sir, no problem, sir.Copy !req
102. I...Copy !req
103. I'll watch it
in the future, sir.Copy !req
104. All right.Copy !req
105. We'll leave it that way, then.Copy !req
106. If you want to bend my ear,
you know where my cabin is.Copy !req
107. Aye, sir.Copy !req
108. Chief?Copy !req
109. Hey, chief,
you all right?Copy !req
110. You okay, chief?Copy !req
111. You look a little
woozy there.Copy !req
112. Yeah.Copy !req
113. Yeah, I'm okay.Copy !req
114. Sir, contact
bearing 2-8-0.Copy !req
115. 1,100 yards.Copy !req
116. Echo quality
is sharp.Copy !req
117. Evaluate as
possible submarineCopy !req
118. but not moving.Copy !req
119. Plotting dead
in the water.Copy !req
120. D.I.w.?Copy !req
121. Ship to listen.Copy !req
122. Sounds like...Copy !req
123. sounds like
hammering or
something, sir.Copy !req
124. Bridge, sonar.Copy !req
125. Bridge on.Copy !req
126. I have sonar contact
bearing 2-8-0 degreesCopy !req
127. true range 1,100 yards.Copy !req
128. Sounds like
a metal object.Copy !req
129. Bearing clear.Copy !req
130. What kind of
object, sonar?Copy !req
131. We can't tell, sir.Copy !req
132. From its appearance
on the scope,Copy !req
133. it's some kind
of large object.Copy !req
134. It could be a submarine.Copy !req
135. Bridge, aye.Copy !req
136. Sonar puts
a contact, captain.Copy !req
137. 2-8-0, 1,100 yards.Copy !req
138. Evaluation,
a possible submarine.Copy !req
139. Possible submarine?Copy !req
140. Stay on course.Copy !req
141. I want to check
the scope.Copy !req
142. Incident 100 miles off
the coast of guadalcanal.Copy !req
143. Time, the present.Copy !req
144. The united states naval
destroyer on what has beenCopy !req
145. a most uneventful cruise.Copy !req
146. In a moment, they're going
to send a man down 30 fathomsCopy !req
147. and check on a noisemaker-Copy !req
148. someone or something
tapping on metal.Copy !req
149. You may or may not read
the results in a naval reportCopy !req
150. because captain beecham and
his crew have just set a courseCopy !req
151. that will lead this ship
and everyone on itCopy !req
152. into the twilight zone.Copy !req
153. How long have you been
in contact?Copy !req
154. About three
minutes, sir.Copy !req
155. It's a funny one.Copy !req
156. Sure sounds like
tapping on metal.Copy !req
157. That's what
I think, sir.Copy !req
158. Bridge, change course to 0-3-0
and reduce speed to five knots.Copy !req
159. Bridge, aye.Copy !req
160. Try making contact
by underwater telephone.Copy !req
161. I've already
tried.Copy !req
162. No response,
sir.Copy !req
163. It stopped now.Copy !req
164. But sonar still
has a contact.Copy !req
165. Stay on it.Copy !req
166. I'll be
on the bridge.Copy !req
167. Steady on course,
0-3-0.Copy !req
168. All engines ahead,
one-third,Copy !req
169. 5-0 rpms for
five knots, sir.Copy !req
170. Very well.Copy !req
171. We're directly over the object.Copy !req
172. All engines stop.Copy !req
173. Aye, sir.Copy !req
174. All engines stop.Copy !req
175. All engines stop, sir.Copy !req
176. Very well.Copy !req
177. Do you hear it, sir?Copy !req
178. Hold it.Copy !req
179. I want dead quiet.Copy !req
180. Ain't that a kick
in the head.Copy !req
181. What do you
suppose it is?Copy !req
182. Ghosts, man, ghosts.Copy !req
183. What do you think
it is, chief?Copy !req
184. I never heard anything
like that before.Copy !req
185. Stow it!Copy !req
186. Let's keep it quiet
down there.Copy !req
187. You okay, now, chief?Copy !req
188. Yes.Copy !req
189. I'm okay.Copy !req
190. You blacked out
up on the deck, chief.Copy !req
191. I'm all right.Copy !req
192. Yeah, now, I think
you better lie flatCopy !req
193. for a little while.Copy !req
194. I'll be all right.Copy !req
195. Yeah, I wouldn't
doubt it, chief, but...Copy !req
196. right now you look like
a class-a shipwreck.Copy !req
197. We still stopped?Copy !req
198. Yeah, we're
still stopped.Copy !req
199. We're all curiousCopy !req
200. about what's making
that noise.Copy !req
201. What's the trouble,
chief, hmm?Copy !req
202. Oh, boy.Copy !req
203. Oh, boy, that's
a funny feeling.Copy !req
204. What kind of feeling?Copy !req
205. I, uh...Copy !req
206. I can't describe it.Copy !req
207. What do you suppose
that is down there?Copy !req
208. Don't you worry about it,
whatever it is.Copy !req
209. Just get some rest.Copy !req
210. Mr. Smith?Copy !req
211. Captain?Copy !req
212. I want you to stay grafted
to me, lieutenant.Copy !req
213. I may have to be
turning in a reportCopy !req
214. that'll stick me
on a garbage barge.Copy !req
215. Or in the navy hospital.Copy !req
216. I want 15 witnesses
at my hearingCopy !req
217. and all on my side.Copy !req
218. Could be a sub, sir,Copy !req
219. and we could
be hearing it.Copy !req
220. It's only about
30 fathoms.Copy !req
221. Sure, it could be
a sub, mister.Copy !req
222. That's probably what it is.Copy !req
223. But what about this sub-Copy !req
224. has it got two arms
and a fist?Copy !req
225. Somebody's making
that noise down that.Copy !req
226. Lieutenant, do we have
a diver on board?Copy !req
227. Yes, sir- mcclure,
first division.Copy !req
228. Have him report up
here on the double.Copy !req
229. We'll send him
down thereCopy !req
230. and have him knock
on the door.Copy !req
231. And then what, sir?Copy !req
232. We'll see who
invites him in!Copy !req
233. Boatswain's
mate mcclure
reporting, sir.Copy !req
234. You're the diver,
right?Copy !req
235. Right, sir.Copy !req
236. Here's the picture.Copy !req
237. We've got something
below us, mcclure.Copy !req
238. We don't know
what it is.Copy !req
239. It's metal, the
size of a sub hull.Copy !req
240. Get your equipment
and go down there.Copy !req
241. Stay in touch with usCopy !req
242. from the moment
you hit the waterCopy !req
243. till the moment
you reach it.Copy !req
244. Is that understood?Copy !req
245. Yes, sir.Copy !req
246. Whatever the object is,
there's somebody inside,Copy !req
247. or at least something
that's making a noise.Copy !req
248. When you get down there,Copy !req
249. listen to the sound
very closely.Copy !req
250. We may be getting it
distorted up here.Copy !req
251. Aye, aye, sir-
I understand.Copy !req
252. Hop to it.Copy !req
253. Aye, sir.Copy !req
254. It's wild.Copy !req
255. That it is,
lieutenant.Copy !req
256. But if it isn't a sub, sir,
what is it?Copy !req
257. Maybe it's a
spanish galleonCopy !req
258. with a treasure chestCopy !req
259. and a loose lid
that's off its hinges.Copy !req
260. Or maybe it's...Copy !req
261. maybe it's just
our imagination.Copy !req
262. Diver going over
the starboard side.Copy !req
263. Bridge.Copy !req
264. This is the captain.Copy !req
265. I hear you loud and clear.Copy !req
266. Keep talking, mcclure.Copy !req
267. It's a sub, sir.Copy !req
268. No question about that.Copy !req
269. Have you reached her, mcclure?Copy !req
270. I'm standing alongside.Copy !req
271. I don't hear anything, though.Copy !req
272. Mcclure.Copy !req
273. Her bow is buried about
15 feet into the bottom.Copy !req
274. I can't read any identification.Copy !req
275. It's covered up.Copy !req
276. On the side of
the conning tower.Copy !req
277. Can you read a number there?Copy !req
278. No, sir, there's
been damage there.Copy !req
279. The number's been obliterated.Copy !req
280. Do you hear that, mcclure?Copy !req
281. Yes, sir, I do.Copy !req
282. She's coming from amidships.Copy !req
283. I'm moving toward there now.Copy !req
284. Yes, sir, that's where
it's coming from.Copy !req
285. Tap on the hull and see
if you get a response.Copy !req
286. Was that you, mcclure?Copy !req
287. Yes, sir.Copy !req
288. No response, sir.Copy !req
289. I don't hear anything anymore.Copy !req
290. There should be three hatches.Copy !req
291. One on the bow,
one on the conning tower,Copy !req
292. and one on the stern.Copy !req
293. Is the ship upright?Copy !req
294. She's upright, sir,
at about a 30-degree angle.Copy !req
295. Climb up on her deck
and check the hatches.Copy !req
296. See if you can open them.Copy !req
297. The mar hatch is buried, sir.Copy !req
298. I can't get through to that.Copy !req
299. I'll check on the one
over the conning tower.Copy !req
300. Mcclure, what's the condition?Copy !req
301. The conning tower hatch
is all bent, sir.Copy !req
302. I can't move the wheel.Copy !req
303. This whole deck appears
to have been scraped.Copy !req
304. Wait a minute.Copy !req
305. Hatch on the stern
the same way, sir.Copy !req
306. I can't turn her.Copy !req
307. Whoever she is, sir,
she must've really caught it.Copy !req
308. Say it again, mcclure.Copy !req
309. She must've what?Copy !req
310. Caught it, sir.Copy !req
311. The whole deck is pockmarked
with shell damage-Copy !req
312. machine gun damage, too.Copy !req
313. Was that you, mcclure?Copy !req
314. No, sir.Copy !req
315. It's coming
from inside the hull.Copy !req
316. Answer right away.Copy !req
317. Answer right now.Copy !req
318. This is wild.Copy !req
319. There is
somebody inside.Copy !req
320. Can you pinpoint
the sound, mcclure?Copy !req
321. Can you tell precisely
where it's coming from?Copy !req
322. I think...Copy !req
323. I think it's...Copy !req
324. wait a minute.Copy !req
325. Yes, sir.Copy !req
326. Directly amidships.Copy !req
327. Just below the tower.Copy !req
328. Call sonar.Copy !req
329. Try to telephone again.Copy !req
330. Sonar, bridge.Copy !req
331. Try your underwater
telephone again.Copy !req
332. Roger.Copy !req
333. Unknown station,
this is lady. Over.Copy !req
334. Unknown station,
this is lady. Over.Copy !req
335. Bridge, sonar.Copy !req
336. No response, sir,
on the phone.Copy !req
337. No more contact, sir.Copy !req
338. Stay as long as you canCopy !req
339. and then come up
when you're ready.Copy !req
340. Aye, aye, sir.Copy !req
341. Get the com officer-
I want a message.Copy !req
342. "Action to com seventh fleet.Copy !req
343. "Info to cinc pac fleet.Copy !req
344. Appraise him of situation."Copy !req
345. Get on it.Copy !req
346. Radio, bridge.Copy !req
347. Radio, aye.Copy !req
348. Captain wants a message.Copy !req
349. Action to com seventh fleet.Copy !req
350. Info cinc pac fleet.Copy !req
351. Have located sunken sub.Copy !req
352. Position, latitude
0-9-3-0-0-0 south.Copy !req
353. Longitude 1-6-0-4-8-0-0 east.Copy !req
354. Request confirm location of
all known sinkings this area.Copy !req
355. Will remain this area
until further advised.Copy !req
356. Precedence,
operational immediate.Copy !req
357. Radio, aye.Copy !req
358. Any ideas, captain?Copy !req
359. Oh, an even dozen.Copy !req
360. Only every one
of them nullifiesCopy !req
361. the one ahead of it.Copy !req
362. If it's one of our subs,
we would have a report.Copy !req
363. Even if it's
somebody else's,Copy !req
364. why haven't they gone out
the torpedo tubes?Copy !req
365. There's another
common denominator.Copy !req
366. That sub was hit by shellfire.Copy !req
367. Whatever action took placeCopy !req
368. must've happened
within a period of hoursCopy !req
369. or no one would
still be alive.Copy !req
370. But there's been no actionCopy !req
371. or we'd have seen it
or heard it.Copy !req
372. Now, put all that together
and it spells nothing.Copy !req
373. Mcclure is on his
way back up, sir.Copy !req
374. Have him report
to the sonar shack.Copy !req
375. That's where I'll be.Copy !req
376. Yes, sir.Copy !req
377. How do you
feel now, chief?Copy !req
378. You had
a pretty good sleep.Copy !req
379. Um...Copy !req
380. what's new from down below?Copy !req
381. Nothing much.Copy !req
382. Scuttlebutt is were going
to try and take her in tow.Copy !req
383. Hey, doc.Copy !req
384. Yeah, chief.Copy !req
385. Um...Copy !req
386. I was just wondering
about something.Copy !req
387. Go ahead, chief.Copy !req
388. This feeling
of mine, I...Copy !req
389. what kind of
feeling, chief?Copy !req
390. I can't...Copy !req
391. I... I get
this feeling...Copy !req
392. I can't stay
in one place.Copy !req
393. I got to get up
and go out.Copy !req
394. This crazy feeling
that I'm...Copy !req
395. that you're what,
chief?Copy !req
396. That somebody is
ordering me someplace,Copy !req
397. is pulling me
someplace.Copy !req
398. And if I didn't
stay put,Copy !req
399. if I didn't fight it,Copy !req
400. I'd go up on deck,Copy !req
401. and I'd never
come back.Copy !req
402. Huh?Copy !req
403. Pretty... sound
pretty nuts?Copy !req
404. Don't you worry about
what it sounds like.Copy !req
405. Chief, I think
maybe you betterCopy !req
406. stay down here with
me a little while.Copy !req
407. Come on, now.Copy !req
408. Everything's going
to be all right.Copy !req
409. Just take it easy
and get a little sleep.Copy !req
410. There is somebody
inside her, sir.Copy !req
411. I'll lay odds on that.Copy !req
412. What about the sub itself?Copy !req
413. Could you judge her length?Copy !req
414. Oh, I'd guess her
to be 300 feet, sir,Copy !req
415. with a 25-foot beam.Copy !req
416. She sounds like one of ours.Copy !req
417. She looks like one of ours.Copy !req
418. There were ballast tanks
and flooding portsCopy !req
419. on the underside.Copy !req
420. She's moving, sir.Copy !req
421. That was the other
thing, captain.Copy !req
422. She wasn't stuck in tight.Copy !req
423. Deep, yes, but not tight.Copy !req
424. She seemed to be swaying
when I was down there.Copy !req
425. Are you cold, mcclure?Copy !req
426. I've been warmer, sir.Copy !req
427. And you will
be again,Copy !req
428. but now you'll
get colder.Copy !req
429. Get some coffee,Copy !req
430. and go back down.Copy !req
431. Check her bow.Copy !req
432. She may have
pulled herself loose,Copy !req
433. and you can read the number.Copy !req
434. Sonar, bridge.Copy !req
435. Sonar, aye.Copy !req
436. Radio report
from com seventh fleetCopy !req
437. reports no sinkings of any kind.Copy !req
438. Authorizes us to remain on sceneCopy !req
439. and operate at own discretion
for salvage and rescue.Copy !req
440. Roger.Copy !req
441. No sinkings?Copy !req
442. All right.Copy !req
443. Mcclure, if you can get me
a number off her hull,Copy !req
444. we may be able
to sleep tonight.Copy !req
445. Aye, sir.Copy !req
446. If they're
in there and aliveCopy !req
447. and can't use
the torpedo tubes,Copy !req
448. how do we get them out?Copy !req
449. Bridge, this is mcclure.Copy !req
450. Go ahead, mcclure.Copy !req
451. This is
the captain.Copy !req
452. She's pulled herself out, sir.Copy !req
453. Here's your number, captain.Copy !req
454. 7-1-4.Copy !req
455. 7-1-4?Copy !req
456. She's one of ours.Copy !req
457. Come on up here, mcclure,Copy !req
458. and get yourself
a broiled steak on me.Copy !req
459. Get that book
with the hull numbers.Copy !req
460. 7-1-4.Copy !req
461. 7-1...Copy !req
462. here it is,
7-1-4.Copy !req
463. "Commissioned
december, 1941.Copy !req
464. "Sunk in actionCopy !req
465. "first battle
of the solomons,Copy !req
466. august 7, 1942."Copy !req
467. August 7, 1942.Copy !req
468. Well, that was 20 years ago.Copy !req
469. Captain beecham,
who's down there?Copy !req
470. Who's inside that sub?Copy !req
471. Somebody who dies damn hard.Copy !req
472. Twilight zonewill continue
after station identification.Copy !req
473. Who is it?Copy !req
474. Uh, chief matthews, sir.Copy !req
475. Come on in, doc.Copy !req
476. Stand easy, chief.
Oh, thank you, captain.Copy !req
477. What is it?Copy !req
478. Captain, I'd like
to talk to youCopy !req
479. about one of the men.Copy !req
480. Sure, sit down.Copy !req
481. Thank you, sir.Copy !req
482. Go ahead.Copy !req
483. What do you know
about chief bell?Copy !req
484. I know his ratingCopy !req
485. and his service
record.Copy !req
486. What else am I
supposed to know?Copy !req
487. He's down in sick bay.Copy !req
488. I know that-
what's the trouble?Copy !req
489. It's an illusion
or a psychosis or whatever.Copy !req
490. I don't know.Copy !req
491. That's a little out
of my line, captain.Copy !req
492. I do know, though, that he
needs help- psychiatric help.Copy !req
493. I'm sorry to hear that, doc.Copy !req
494. Funny.Copy !req
495. Captain?Copy !req
496. Funny about some men.Copy !req
497. Bell, for instance...
21 years navy.Copy !req
498. Served in everything
from a scow to a carrierCopy !req
499. and all of a sudden he cracks up
like a dinghy in a storm.Copy !req
500. I never figuredCopy !req
501. a man like bell
would crack up.Copy !req
502. Would you, doc?Copy !req
503. I can't say, captain.Copy !req
504. But as for cracking up,
that's what he's doing.Copy !req
505. He has a look about
him I can't describeCopy !req
506. but it's not a look
you see very often.Copy !req
507. Usually it's an hour
after a battleCopy !req
508. when the eyes
face outwardCopy !req
509. but you know they're
really looking inside.Copy !req
510. Well, that's what
he looks like-Copy !req
511. like a man who's
just been picked upCopy !req
512. off a raft
full of dead men.Copy !req
513. That's what he
looks like, captain.Copy !req
514. All right.Copy !req
515. Keep him down there.Copy !req
516. When we put back
to port,Copy !req
517. I'll recommend
hospitalization
for himCopy !req
518. and some examinations.Copy !req
519. Thanks for
coming in, doc.Copy !req
520. Aye, aye, captain.Copy !req
521. Quiet, huh?Copy !req
522. Yeah. Yeah, it's too quiet.Copy !req
523. How long has it been now?Copy !req
524. About three hours.Copy !req
525. Is he going to send mcclure
down there again?Copy !req
526. Beats me.Copy !req
527. All I know is, there's
a boiler tender secondCopy !req
528. who's making book in
the crew's quartersCopy !req
529. that that thing below usCopy !req
530. is a sea monster
with three heads,Copy !req
531. and we're all living
on borrowed time.Copy !req
532. Captain.Copy !req
533. I don't know what
scares me more:Copy !req
534. When they pound
or when they shut up.Copy !req
535. I don't know whatCopy !req
536. A 20-year-old sub
with somebody alive insideCopy !req
537. or what the commander
of the pacific fleetCopy !req
538. will say when I tell him
there's a 20-year-old subCopy !req
539. with somebody alive inside.Copy !req
540. Coffee, captain?Copy !req
541. Please.Copy !req
542. Furthermore,
I've got a chief
boatswain's mateCopy !req
543. who has something
eating at him.Copy !req
544. Bell?Copy !req
545. Mm-hmm, bell.Copy !req
546. What made him
black out?Copy !req
547. Well, that's part
of the problem.Copy !req
548. Could be he's
dredging upCopy !req
549. a couple of
memories.Copy !req
550. What do you mean,
memories?Copy !req
551. Well, this is world war ii
revisited for him.Copy !req
552. He was picked up here
after a sinking.Copy !req
553. A sinking?Copy !req
554. Sit down, marmer.Copy !req
555. That's the way I hear it.Copy !req
556. He was on a ship that was hit-
the only survivor.Copy !req
557. They pulled him out
of the water.Copy !req
558. He had a pretty rough time.Copy !req
559. Maybe he is
dredging up memories.Copy !req
560. Here we go again.Copy !req
561. I'll be in the sonar shack.Copy !req
562. Still coming from
down below, captain?Copy !req
563. Yeah.Copy !req
564. How's the patient?Copy !req
565. Well, he's asleep.Copy !req
566. I'm just going to
get some coffee.Copy !req
567. Well, you keep me
posted, will you?Copy !req
568. Aye, aye, sir.Copy !req
569. What's the matter,
chief, what happened?Copy !req
570. I was looking
in the mirror,Copy !req
571. and I saw
faces that...Copy !req
572. they were
staring at me.Copy !req
573. They were
pointing at me.Copy !req
574. Now, I know
this sounds crazy,Copy !req
575. but they were there.Copy !req
576. It was as if they
were ordering meCopy !req
577. into the mirror,
pulling me in...Copy !req
578. doc?Copy !req
579. You, uh, see me
in the mirror?Copy !req
580. Huh?Copy !req
581. Yeah, I see you.Copy !req
582. Now, I see you
just fine, chief.Copy !req
583. Now, you remember
that, huh?Copy !req
584. I see you fine.Copy !req
585. Now, nobody is ordering
you anywhere,Copy !req
586. and you're not
going anyplace.Copy !req
587. We're going to whip this,
I promise you.Copy !req
588. We're going
to whip this!Copy !req
589. It's some equipment down there.Copy !req
590. Something loose that's
swinging back and forth,Copy !req
591. hitting the bulkhead.Copy !req
592. It's possible.Copy !req
593. It's the only
explanation.Copy !req
594. A 20-year-old sub in
the deep six since the war?Copy !req
595. Well, whoever it is,
whatever it is,Copy !req
596. it's losing steam.Copy !req
597. I wouldn't
make book on this,Copy !req
598. but I've got a hunch
that if we don't get inside,Copy !req
599. and I mean quick,
we're going to miss the boat.Copy !req
600. So we go down again.Copy !req
601. Like you told the o.d.,
we knock on the door.Copy !req
602. We don't knock on
the door this time.Copy !req
603. Now we kick
the door open!Copy !req
604. If you break
in that way,Copy !req
605. it's a sure bet
the pressureCopy !req
606. will kill whatever's
alive down there.Copy !req
607. Then we do it
the one other way we've got.Copy !req
608. Send a message to com sub pac.Copy !req
609. Tell them we're
going to needCopy !req
610. a sub rescue
ship here.Copy !req
611. Tell them to report to scene
for rescue attempt.Copy !req
612. Airlock chamber, huh?Copy !req
613. That's all
we've got left.Copy !req
614. Get on it right
away, will you?Copy !req
615. I'll be
on the bridge.Copy !req
616. Radio, sonar.Copy !req
617. To com sub pac,
emergency precedence.Copy !req
618. Where are you
going, chief?Copy !req
619. Doc, who's outside?Copy !req
620. What?Copy !req
621. Who's outside
in the passageway?Copy !req
622. There's nobody
out thereCopy !req
623. who shouldn't be.Copy !req
624. Let me tell you
something, chief.Copy !req
625. You can talk yourself into
any kind of nightmare you want.Copy !req
626. You just have to let
the gates down a bit,Copy !req
627. and that stuff seeps in.Copy !req
628. Only there's nobody blowing
it from the other side.Copy !req
629. It's you, yourself.Copy !req
630. Now, there's nobody out there.Copy !req
631. Nobody at all.Copy !req
632. Now, who did you think
was out there?Copy !req
633. I don't know.Copy !req
634. You're wound up
tight, chief,Copy !req
635. and I think you're doing
most of this to yourself,Copy !req
636. because there's nothing out
there on that passagewayCopy !req
637. except a long stretch
of deck and steel.Copy !req
638. Nothing else.Copy !req
639. You want to
take a look?Copy !req
640. Doc, what's
happening to me?Copy !req
641. Doc, no, please tell me
what's happening to me.Copy !req
642. You've got to grab
hold of yourself.Copy !req
643. You're going
to talk yourselfCopy !req
644. into a straightjacket.Copy !req
645. You're going to build
so many nightmaresCopy !req
646. into that brain
of yours...Copy !req
647. the same feeling?Copy !req
648. It's the same thing.Copy !req
649. It's just as if
somebody out thereCopy !req
650. was waiting for me.Copy !req
651. Just as if something out
there's pulling me.Copy !req
652. Hey, doc?Copy !req
653. What, chief?Copy !req
654. Doc, I'm scared
to open the door.Copy !req
655. Well, then don't.Copy !req
656. I told you
there's nobody out there.Copy !req
657. Doc, I'm scared to open
this door, but I got to.Copy !req
658. Oh, my dear god
in heaven.Copy !req
659. Did you see them, doc?Copy !req
660. Did you see them?Copy !req
661. Men...Copy !req
662. men looking at me.Copy !req
663. They were... they were wet,Copy !req
664. they were dripping wet,
and they were not alive!Copy !req
665. No, I didn't see
anything, chief.Copy !req
666. Neither did you.Copy !req
667. Now, did you hear me?Copy !req
668. You didn't see a thing.Copy !req
669. Not a bloody
worshipping thing.Copy !req
670. All you saw was what your
scare-brain told you to see.Copy !req
671. That's all that it was.Copy !req
672. What you talked yourself
into wanting to see!Copy !req
673. Seaweed.Copy !req
674. That about does it,
mcclure.Copy !req
675. Go down, and see
if you can get another response.Copy !req
676. It'll be a great help
to the sub rescue outfitCopy !req
677. if you can confirm
a specific location.Copy !req
678. How will they
get in, sir?Copy !req
679. Through the forward torpedo
compartment of the stern.Copy !req
680. They'll have to blowCopy !req
681. each of the six other
compartments between themCopy !req
682. before they can enter
any part.Copy !req
683. Well, what if I
don't get an answer?Copy !req
684. We haven't heard from them
in almost a half hour.Copy !req
685. If you can't get an answer,
come on back up.Copy !req
686. The a.s.r. Team
will pick it up from here.Copy !req
687. No survivors then, sir-Copy !req
688. is that what it'll mean?Copy !req
689. That's what it'll mean-
no survivors.Copy !req
690. Okay, mcclure,
hop to it.Copy !req
691. Aye, sir.Copy !req
692. I've reached the sub, sir.Copy !req
693. The next noise you hear,
that'll be me.Copy !req
694. Go ahead, pound away.Copy !req
695. What about it, mcclure,
any response?Copy !req
696. No response, sir.Copy !req
697. No response anywhere.Copy !req
698. Keep trying a few minutes.Copy !req
699. Yes, sir.Copy !req
700. Mcclure?Copy !req
701. I've found something.Copy !req
702. Wait a minute.Copy !req
703. It's a pair of dog tags.Copy !req
704. What about response, mcclure?Copy !req
705. Can you hear anything?Copy !req
706. No, sir, I don't hear a thing.Copy !req
707. Well, give them
a few more minutes,Copy !req
708. and then come on back up.Copy !req
709. Yes, sir.Copy !req
710. No soap, I guess.Copy !req
711. No soap.Copy !req
712. That frosts,
that really frosts.Copy !req
713. To get so close to those
poor devils and then...Copy !req
714. that sub rescue ship
is due here about 0300.Copy !req
715. Keep your eye peeled.Copy !req
716. I'm going aft.Copy !req
717. Aye, sir.Copy !req
718. This is what
I found, sir.Copy !req
719. Thanks, mcclure,
good job.Copy !req
720. Go get yourself
some coffee.Copy !req
721. But I will need you
one more time.Copy !req
722. When the a.s.r.
Team gets here,Copy !req
723. you'll have to go
down with them as pathfinder,Copy !req
724. give them
all the help they need.Copy !req
725. Excuse me, sir, but...Copy !req
726. well, you better look
at those tags.Copy !req
727. They're yours,
aren't they?Copy !req
728. Mcclure found themCopy !req
729. on the deck of
the sub down there.Copy !req
730. When did you
lose them, boats?Copy !req
731. That was a...Copy !req
732. long time ago, sir.Copy !req
733. When?Copy !req
734. Um...Copy !req
735. oh, uh...Copy !req
736. 20... 20 years
ago, sir.Copy !req
737. 20 years ago.Copy !req
738. Sit down, boats.Copy !req
739. Go ahead, sit down.Copy !req
740. Go on.Copy !req
741. I was, uh...Copy !req
742. aboard ship, sir.Copy !req
743. What ship?Copy !req
744. Submarine.Copy !req
745. Sir, that... that one
down below us, that...Copy !req
746. that was my boat.Copy !req
747. What's making the noise
down there, boats?Copy !req
748. Do you know?Copy !req
749. What's it
all about?Copy !req
750. We were on the surface.Copy !req
751. It... it was night.Copy !req
752. I was, uh...Copy !req
753. I was a signalman then.Copy !req
754. I was supposed to put
an infrared filter on the, uh...Copy !req
755. on the, uh, signal light,Copy !req
756. otherwise, the japs
would have seen us.Copy !req
757. They would have seen the light.Copy !req
758. They would have found us.Copy !req
759. I understand.Copy !req
760. I don't know...Copy !req
761. I don't know
what happened.Copy !req
762. I, uh...Copy !req
763. l-I dropped
the, uh, signal light.Copy !req
764. The infrared filter fell off.Copy !req
765. They were waiting for us out
there, the jap destroyers.Copy !req
766. They saw
our light.Copy !req
767. They let us have it.Copy !req
768. They straddled us
with their first salvo.Copy !req
769. The, uh, captain took the sub
down, but it was too late.Copy !req
770. They unloaded depth charges.Copy !req
771. That sub wasn't ever going to be
able to come up again.Copy !req
772. What about you, boats?Copy !req
773. I got flung over the side
when that first salvo hit.Copy !req
774. Mm-hmm.Copy !req
775. And, uh...Copy !req
776. all the time I...Copy !req
777. I was in
the water there,Copy !req
778. I could,
I could...Copy !req
779. you could what?Copy !req
780. I could, uh...Copy !req
781. I could
hear the, uh...Copy !req
782. I could
hear the, um...Copy !req
783. I could hear the
voices of our guys.Copy !req
784. They were, uh...Copy !req
785. they were screaming!Copy !req
786. All right, boats!Copy !req
787. Boats, sit down!Copy !req
788. All right,
all right now.Copy !req
789. I know what it was.Copy !req
790. This thing has
been bugging me.Copy !req
791. I know,
I know what it is.Copy !req
792. All right,
what is it?Copy !req
793. I got out, see?Copy !req
794. One guy in our whole
crew- I got out.Copy !req
795. Oh, I got picked up later
by one of our destroyers.Copy !req
796. I got out.Copy !req
797. You understand
that, captain?Copy !req
798. I... I sunk
that sub, right?Copy !req
799. I was responsible.Copy !req
800. Yes.Copy !req
801. I got out.Copy !req
802. I want you to
listen to me now.Copy !req
803. Yeah, that's what this
thing... this thing...Copy !req
804. see, them guys...Copy !req
805. them guys down
there in that sub,Copy !req
806. they know I'm up here.Copy !req
807. Bell, I want you
to hear me out now.Copy !req
808. Yeah, that's what this
thing has been, see?Copy !req
809. I should be down
there with them.Copy !req
810. Now, bell...Copy !req
811. I should be
down in that sub.Copy !req
812. I should be dead.Copy !req
813. Bell!Copy !req
814. See? And all this
noise, see-Copy !req
815. this pounding,
this clanging-Copy !req
816. that's them guys
down there.Copy !req
817. They're calling
muster on me.Copy !req
818. Bell, I want you
to hear me out now.Copy !req
819. Bell, bell, I want you
to hear me out!Copy !req
820. Bell!
Captain, shh! Shh!Copy !req
821. Bell, I want you to quiet
down and hear me outCopy !req
822. and listen to a little logic
now and a little reason.Copy !req
823. Bell, listen to me!Copy !req
824. Now you listen to me.Copy !req
825. They're calling
muster on me.Copy !req
826. Bell, listen to me!Copy !req
827. Just listen to a little
logic, a little reason!Copy !req
828. One man
does not sink a sub,Copy !req
829. and one lousy circumstance
does not decide a battle,Copy !req
830. and one case
of sudden fearCopy !req
831. does not add up
to a coward.Copy !req
832. You've been taking
a dirty rap for 20 years.Copy !req
833. You've slept with it,
you've hung it around your neck,Copy !req
834. you've let it dig deep down
inside and tear you to pieces.Copy !req
835. Let me tell you something, bell.Copy !req
836. It's not deserved,
it's not right.Copy !req
837. It's a dead weight guiltCopy !req
838. that you've blown way out
of proportion to the facts.Copy !req
839. And do you know
what the facts are, bell?Copy !req
840. The facts are that that sub
was dead in the waterCopy !req
841. and surrounded by enemy craft.Copy !req
842. That was a crew that was doomed,
do you understand that?Copy !req
843. A frightened
sailorCopy !req
844. didn't destroy
that shipCopy !req
845. or kill off
that crew.Copy !req
846. Bell!Copy !req
847. You've got
to understand.Copy !req
848. A war did!Copy !req
849. A set
of circumstances did!Copy !req
850. Now, bell,
you've got to believe me.Copy !req
851. All you should put in your
seabag is a regret, not a guilt.Copy !req
852. Do you understand,
bell?Copy !req
853. Not a guilt!Copy !req
854. By your leave, sir.Copy !req
855. They're calling
muster on me.Copy !req
856. Bell!Copy !req
857. They're calling muster on me!Copy !req
858. They're calling muster on me!Copy !req
859. Man overboard,
starboard side!Copy !req
860. Man overboard,
starboard side.Copy !req
861. Pass the word,
man overboard, starboard side.Copy !req
862. We've been searching
for ten hours, sir.Copy !req
863. It's no use.Copy !req
864. We can't find
the body.Copy !req
865. The rescue team ought to
be in that sub by now.Copy !req
866. Yeah.Copy !req
867. You got in.Copy !req
868. Yes, sir.Copy !req
869. It was a wreck
inside, sir.Copy !req
870. Nobody had a chance.Copy !req
871. Nobody?Copy !req
872. Nobody, sir.Copy !req
873. The periscope shears
had been cut in half,Copy !req
874. and one whole sectionCopy !req
875. was just hanging there
swinging back and forth.Copy !req
876. That was making the noise then.Copy !req
877. Thatwasmaking the noise,
wasn't it?Copy !req
878. I guess so, sir.Copy !req
879. But...Copy !req
880. but what?Copy !req
881. There were eight men
in the control room.Copy !req
882. Eight men, or what
was left of them, and...Copy !req
883. one of them...Copy !req
884. one of them
had a hammer in his hand.Copy !req
885. Mcclure...Copy !req
886. let's just say that
that's part of the storyCopy !req
887. you tell your grandchildren,
that you make up yourself.Copy !req
888. Tell them anything you like.Copy !req
889. Aye, sir.Copy !req
890. Funny thing, how long it
takes some men to dieCopy !req
891. or to find any
peace at all.Copy !req
892. Sometimes I think that's the
worst thing there is about war-Copy !req
893. not just what it does
to the bodies...Copy !req
894. but what it does to the minds.Copy !req
895. So rest in peace, chief bell.Copy !req
896. I think it's your due now.Copy !req
897. Small naval engagement,
the month of april, 1963.Copy !req
898. Not to be found
in any historical annals.Copy !req
899. Look for this one filed
under "h" for "haunting"Copy !req
900. in the twilight zone.Copy !req
901. Next ontwilight zone,Copy !req
902. a marvelously exciting excursion
into a very strange placeCopy !req
903. called "valley of the shadow."Copy !req
904. It comes from the probing mind
of mr. Charles beaumont,Copy !req
905. and whether
you're a science fiction buff,Copy !req
906. a fantasy lover
or just needful of some escape,Copy !req
907. this one should fill
most of your requirements.Copy !req
908. I thought you told meCopy !req
909. my car was going
to be repaired.Copy !req
910. Please sit down.Copy !req
911. I don't want
to sit down.Copy !req
912. I want to know why
nothing's been done
to my car.Copy !req
913. Why it's just
sitting out there.Copy !req
914. Primarily because
you won't be needing it anymore.Copy !req
915. Oh, no? Well, why?Copy !req
916. Because you are never going
to leave peaceful valley.Copy !req
917. Wait a minute.Copy !req
918. Yeah, I think I got
this thing figured out.Copy !req
919. Oh?
Well, sure.Copy !req
920. Peaceful valley
is a town full of lunatics,Copy !req
921. and you guys
head the list.Copy !req
922. Now what do you mean
I'm not everCopy !req
923. going to be able
to leave here?Copy !req
924. 'Cause, mr. Redfield,
you stumbled uponCopy !req
925. the best kept secret
in the world.Copy !req