Men of Honor Page #6

diver. I'll find something else.

- I'm three months late.

- Late for what?

You're gonna have--

A real... baby?

We're gonna have a baby!

We're gonna have a real baby!

We're gonna have a baby.

Ladies, gentlemen,

and the rest of you lowdown cats,

it's time to ring in the New Year.

Ladies, gentlemen,

and the rest of you lowdown cats,

it's time to ring in the New Year.

- Happy New Year.

- Five, four, three, two, one.

- Happy New Year.

- Happy New Year!

You'll never know

Just how much I love you

Absolutely. You have to

stand them up, being we have

16, 20 years of experience.

You have to get in their face

and let them know who's boss.

If you don't, they'll never

salute you the rest of your life.

So I'm sitting there--

Excuse me.

- What'd I tell you, huh?

He don't remember me.

Senior Chief Sunday,

U.S.S. Hoist.

You ended my diving

career, Lieutenant.

Lieutenant Commander Hanks.

Pleased to meet you.

That was a long time ago, Chief.

Ancient History.

Well, we just came by

to say, "Hey."

- Hey.

- Auld lang syne and all.

Auld lang syne. I didn't

know you had a daughter.

Right.

She's quite lovely.

Okay, we gotta gonow... because

Billy's gonna dance with me.

Happy New Year.

- Come on, Billy.

- Have fun.

- You're gonna dance

with your lovely wife, right?

- Yeah.

Mmm, you see?

Now, wasn't that easy?

Has-been.

- Yes.

- No. Billy.

- He's the biggest drunk

in the Navy is all heis.

- Billy!

Are you all right, sir?

Senior Chief Sunday,

I find you guilty...

of violating Article 90 of

assaulting a superior

commissioned officer.

Your conduct

is completely unacceptable.

You'll be fined one half

month's pay for six months,

restricted to the confines

of the base for two months...

and are hereby reduced in rank

to Chief Petty Officer.

For those just joining

us, our top story continues to unfold...

For those just joining

us, our top story continues to unfold...

thousands of miles away

in the Mediterranean Sea.

Just hours ago,

an American B-52 bomber...

flying a routine mission

over the coast of Spain...

slammed into the snowy

Spanish countryside.

Moments before disappearing off radar,

the crew jettisoned

their nuclear payload.

Three 50-megaton warheads

parachuted to Earth.

Two were immediately recovered.

- However, a third hydrogen bomb

remains lost at sea.

- You made it.

- United States Navyships have

sonar systems to aid them...

- Becky, come get your toys.

in their tedious, often frustrating

search of the sea floor.

Investigating a deep water find

will be the work of Alvin,

a two-man submersible on loan from

the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.

And yet, even as U.S. Navy ships

comb the Mediterranean

in search of the warhead,

so do Russian submarines.

According to maritime law,

the bomb which disappeared

in international waters...

belongs to the first

to find it.

Charged with locating and recovering

the lost bomb before the Soviets do...

are the elite Navy deep-sea

divers pictured here.

Stationed in Norfolk, Virginia,

the divers were flown by jet

to the scene just hours ago,

many still dressedin the same uniforms

they were wearing only this morning.

Blue Diver,

this is Captain.

Blue Diver, come in.

I'm here, Hart.

What do you need?

Carl, I'd appreciate it if you

could find my lost nuke for me.

I'd like to make admiral

sometime before Idie.

I'm doing my best, Hart.

Captain.

Topside, I have an unidentified metal

object protruding from the sea bottom.

He's got something.

Proceed with extreme caution.

Roger that.

Topside, we have a Coke can.

Goddamn Coke can.

Bring it on up anyway, Chief.

I like my ocean clean.

- Turn that equipment off.

We got a diver down there.

- That's not our sonar.

- What are you talking about?

Sh*t.

Alpha Whiskey,

this is Charlie Victor.

I've got an unknown object

in my perimeter--

classified, probable submarine.

Blue Diver, Blue Diver,

we got an unknown contact.

Probable Russian submarine...

bearing at two-zero-niner

at sixteen knots and headed

directly for your position.

Take immediate evasive action.

Repeat, immediate evasive action.

Prepare for emergency surface.

Blue Diver, do you hear me?

Blue Diver, do you hear me?

Blue Diver?

Talk to me, Carl.

Talk to me, Carl.

Come in, Blue Diver.

Quarter master, tell the dive station

to supply us a standby.

Comein, Carl.

Come on, Carl.

- Carl, youread me?

- I'm here, Captain.

He's there.

- Prepare to surface, Carl.

We're bringing you home.

- Roger that.

You wanna do me a favor?

The next time you scare me,

give me a courtesy warning first.

Captain, that sub kicked up

half the ocean bottom.

- It found it for us!

- You're kidding me.

Oh, yeah!

He thinks he found it.

Yeah, you got it.

That's it. You got it.

Steady! Steady!

I'm pulling it in!

- Bring it up!

- Pull it up here, boys.

Steady!

It's coming up toport.

Let's go, boys! We got an A-bomb!

It's coming up, boys!

Let's go now! Let's go, boys!

We got a heavy one here.

Move!

Jo?

Baby. Baby.

I was so scared.

I'm sorry.

Oh, sh*t.

Your leg...

was nearly severed.

It's gonna take time to heal.

Eventually, you're gonna be able

to walk again w-w-with a cane.

Can I still dive?

I'm so sorry.

Come home, Carl.

- Mrs. Sunday, your husband was

found drunk on a public beach.

He's an alcoholic and must

remain in detox for 30 days.

- If he should stagger,

he will not fall!

If he should fall, he will

fall in such a manner...

as to coverup his rate so that

passersby will think he's an officer.

A chief petty officer

shall not drink!

And if he should drink,

he shall not get drunk!

If he should get drunk,

he shall not stagger!

And if he should stagger,

he shall not fall!

And if he should fall, he will fall in

such a manner as to cover up his rate...

so that passersby

will think he's an officer!

We're all extremely

proud of you, Chief Brashear.

Now, get better, so you can go home

and enjoy your retirement.

How do you plan to spend

your retirement, Chief Brashear?

Howdoes it feel to be a hero?

How are you?

Sweetheart...

you're never gonna dive again.

And what you gotta do now...

I can't help you with.

But when you're

ready to leave...

and if you can promise me...

that you'll never

take another drink again,

I'll be waiting for you

in that car over there.

But if you can't...

then you just walk on by.

Package for you, sir.

I want to comeback.

- To where, Chief?

- Full diving duty.

- To where, Chief?

- Full diving duty.

I want to dive again.

Carl, I understand, but, uh--

But it's just not possible.

- Good afternoon, Admiral.

- Carl, this is Cap--

- Captain Hanks.

- Chief Brashear.

Captain Hanks has been assigned

as a senior officer...

at the Personnel Policy

Control Board at the Pentagon.

He'll be joining us

for a few weeks,

meeting some of the men

from the front lines,

getting a feel for their concerns.

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