bill brockman, a great man. okay, chief. take it away. >> yeah, please. is hank kudzig. >> chief. >> and i come from bethlehem, pennsylvania. during world war ii, i spent all my time on two submarines. we fwhoe thknow that midway was conflict. so what was a submarine doing there? december 17 completely changed my life. i was 16-year-old kid. dinlt know what to do with my life coming up. so when the nap knees bombed pearl harbor, two days after christmas in 1941, i went to the recruiting office. i didn't lie. i didn't lie. i told them i was 16. but i had a birthday coming up. i had a recruiter, he said we'll go through the preliminaries and you put up your hand and say i do or what it takes to -- he said, son, you're in the navy. no mention of a submarine. i didn't know what a submarine looked like. i couldn't tell the difference between a baby stroller and a submarine. i want to go to war but submarine wasn't in the plans. but anyway, those things happened in those days. i didn't go to school whatsoever from boot camp which was real quick to the west coas

bill brockman, great man.okay? my name is hank cudsick. i -- and i come from bethlehem, pennsylvania. during world war ii, i spent all my time on two submarines. i made 14 war patrols, beginning with the battle of midway. we all know midway was an air conflict, so what was a submarine doing there? december 7th changed completely my life. i was 16-year-old kid. didn't know what to do with my life coming up, so when the japanese bombed pearl harbor, two days after christmas in 1941, i went to the recruiting office. i didn't lie. i didn't lie. i told them i was 16, but i had a birthday coming up. i got a recruiter who listened to me and he said we'll go through it all, the preliminaries, and get you signed up. all you have to do, son, is put up your hand and say -- i do, or what it takes. he said, son, you're in the navy. no mention of a submarine. i didn't even know what a submarine looked like. i couldn't tell the difference between a baby stroller and a submarine. that's how -- i want to go to war, but submari