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Lt. Joe Rossi:
These nights are killers, aren't they? Cadet Robert Parker:
Yeah, I lie in my bunk with my clothes on and try to sleep, but every time that engine slows, my heart speeds up. In time, I think I can train myself to have an iron nerve, like you have. Lt. Joe Rossi:
Yeah, let me tell you something about my "iron nerve," son. It's made of rubber just like everybody else's, so it'll stretch when you need it. People got a funny idea that being brave is not being scared. I don't know, I always figured, you weren't scared, there's nothing to be brave about. The trick is, how much scaring can you take? I got an idea you can take plenty
These nights are killers, aren't they? Cadet Robert Parker:
Yeah, I lie in my bunk with my clothes on and try to sleep, but every time that engine slows, my heart speeds up. In time, I think I can train myself to have an iron nerve, like you have. Lt. Joe Rossi:
Yeah, let me tell you something about my "iron nerve," son. It's made of rubber just like everybody else's, so it'll stretch when you need it. People got a funny idea that being brave is not being scared. I don't know, I always figured, you weren't scared, there's nothing to be brave about. The trick is, how much scaring can you take? I got an idea you can take plenty
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Now these nights are killers aren't they
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Yeah I lie in my bunk with my clothes on and try to sleep
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but every time that engine slows down my heart speeds up
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In time I think I can train myself to have an iron nerve like you have
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Let me tell you something about my iron nerve son
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It's made of rubber just like everybody else's
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so it'll stretch when you need it
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You know people got a funny idea that being brave is not being scared
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But I don't know I always figured
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that if you weren't scared there was nothing to be brave about
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The trick is how much scaring you can take
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I got an idea you can take plenty I hope so
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Movie Summary
An American tanker is sunk by a German U-boat, and the survivors spend 11 days at sea on a raft. Their next assignment - bound for Murmansk through the sub-stalked N. Atlantic.

