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Operation Petticoat |
| Year |
1959 |
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Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman:
I don't want to bore you with the problems of command, Mr. Holden, because I doubt you'll ever have one. It's inconsistent with that philosophy of yours - every man for himself.
Lt. Nicholas Holden:
Dog eat dog.
Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman:
Exactly. The unfortunate thing about command, though, Mr. Holden, is that the responsibilities outweigh the privileges. Now if it was just myself I was concerned with, I'd tell you what to do with that list. But my responsibility is this boat, and to get her out of here I'd even make a pact with the devil.
Lt. Nicholas Holden:
That's where I come in.
Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman:
That's right.
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Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman:
Subject, Toilet paper. One: on 6 June 1941, this vessel submitted a requisition for 150 rolls of toilet paper. On 16 December 1941 the requisition was returned with stamped notation, 'Cannot identify material required.' Two: the commanding officer of the USS SeaTiger cannot help but wonder what is being used at the Caviti Supply Depot as a substitute for this unidentifiable material once so well known to this command.
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[Lt. Barbara Duran climbing down a ships ladder]
Lt. Barbara Duran, RN:
Am I uh, going down right?
Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman:
Is she going down right?
Lt. Watson:
She sure is.
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Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman:
When a girl is under 21, she's protected by law. When she's over 65, she's protected by nature. Anywhere in between, she's fair game. Look out.
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Chief Mechanic's Mate Sam Tostin:
A woman just shouldn't mess around with a man's machinery.
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[finding water all over the floor]
Lt. Nicholas Holden:
Excuse me, sir, is this normal, or should I be nervous again?
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Lt. Cmdr Matt T. Serman:
Sir, Sea Tiger was built to fight. She deserves a better epitaph than 'Commissioned 1940, sunk 1941, engagements none, shots fired none.' Now, you can't let it go that way. That's like a beautiful woman dying an old maid, if you know what I mean by old maid.
Capt. J.B. Henderson:
Did you ever sell used cars?
lt. Cmdr. Matt T.Sherman:
No, Sir.
Capt. J.B. Henderson:
I've got a hunch you missed your calling.
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Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman:
Have you ever been to sea?
Lt. Nicholas Holden:
Yes, Sir. Destroyer duty.
Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman:
How did you find time for it?
Lt. Nicholas Holden:
It was a mistake, Sir. About a week after I left Honolulu, they got it straightened out.
Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman:
Who? The Admiral or the Admiral's wife? She must be awfully upset with you stranded out here. That will probably cost her the rumba championship this year!
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Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman:
We sunk a truck! Let's get the hell out of here!
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Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman:
It's like watching a strip tease. Don't ask how it's done, just enjoy what's coming off.
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[part of the corrugated iron wall of the Admiral's office has vanished]
Capt. J.B. Henderson:
Mr. Sherman, I want my wall back!
Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman:
I'm not sure that we have it, Sir!
Capt. J.B. Henderson:
You must have it! You've got everything else!
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Lt. Nicholas Holden:
When I was a kid, I was the victim of the most vicious propaganda. People told me that money wasn't everything and I believed it. Then I found out that the people that were telling me that money wasn't everything were the people who had a lot of money. Now there are two ways you can get money. You can steal it, or you can marry it.
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Lt. Nicholas Holden:
Let me go shopping, sir, and see what's left at the market.
Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman:
You, Mr. Holden? You'd ruin your manicure.
Lt. Nicholas Holden:
Don't let the manicure fool you, sir. I grew up in a neighborhood called 'Noah's Ark'; If you didn't travel in pairs, you just didn't travel.
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Lt. Nicholas Holden:
[Seeing Lt. Crandell and Sherman come out of the shower together] Good morning, that's a clever shower schedule you've worked out. Conserves water too.
Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman:
Look, Lt. Crandell was having trouble with the shower head.
Lt. Nicholas Holden:
It's your boat, sir.
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Chief Mechanic's Mate Sam Tostin:
I'm a religious man, Captain, and I believe we'll get through if the Good Lord puts His mind to it. Of course, He'll have to give us His undivided attention
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Lt. Nicholas Holden:
The scuttlebutt is that we're going to try to submerge at daybreak, and I figured if you've got to go, you might as well go big.
Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman:
Mr. Holden, it's past daybreak, and we are submerged.
Lt. Nicholas Holden:
We are?
Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman:
We are.
Lt. Nicholas Holden:
You mean, we're under?
Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman:
Yes.
Lt. Nicholas Holden:
Well, it isn't a permanent situation, er... What I'm trying to say is, I mean, we can come up if we like to.
Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman:
Well, I like to think we can, but then, I'm an incurable optimist.
Lt. Nicholas Holden:
What happens, sir, if we, er... What happens if we can't...?
[he motions upward]
Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman:
Oh, well, if we can't, er...
[he motions upward]
Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman:
, then, we, er...
[he motions downward]
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Fox:
[the collision alarm goes off] Collision, sir! Collision! Collision!
Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman:
Whoa, whoa, whoa. We're not even moving.
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Filipino farmer:
[seeing Holden's shoes] Oh! Zappatos!
Lt. Nicholas Holden:
Oh no! Not my zappatos.
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