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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We have two of your men in here," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Here I am, Jack, and Bill Witt is right with me," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Hurrah!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We are very happy to be your prisoners, under the circumstances," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I thank you for rescuing my men, said McClure." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Sorry I can't take you aboard, but I'll tow you to the Dutch coast or transfer ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Bill and I thought we were done for, said Ted between gulps of coffee." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We had just about given up for good. We tried to swim, but our clothes and the life-belts weighed us down, and our legs and arms were so cramped we couldn't make any...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Twins" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But we don't want them," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Holland doesn't seem to be so fond of Germans, does she?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can't much blame them, Ted replied soberly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "They have enough mouths...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Auf Wiedersehen and thank you, sir," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Some difference between where I am now and where I was a year ago this time!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "From the way that fellow is hugging the coast I wouldn't be surprised if he is a Hun raider poking along on a little reconnaissance," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, we never lose an opportunity to do our duty, be the enemy large or small fry," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "She seems to have changed her course, announced Smith after listening intently at both port and starboard microphones." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "As near as I can calculate she has turned off abruptly to port and is running due east toward the coast." }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Where do you suppose she is heading for?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There probably is a canal near at hand that the Germans have dug out since their occupation of Belgium, and which they now are using as a retreat for their light draft vessels---possibly a submar...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A big destroyer, he announced." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I can make out her four funnels." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Reckon we have gone as far as we can," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Reverse the engine! shouted McClure." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We must have run upon a sandy shoal." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Great Scott, we've run aground!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Looks as though we were stuck, all right," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Jonah had nothing on us," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This ship is no fish," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, it's a whale of a submarine, isn't it?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What's the next move?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You've got me, chum; I don't know what they will try next," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Propeller blades free, aren't they?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Working free and easy or else the shafts wouldn't turn," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We ought to get away now if we are to get off at all, Jack overheard Lieutenant McClure say to Cleary after mess kits had been stowed and preparations were under way for the" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Back away!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Looks as though we were up against it," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A very serious situation," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Make yourselves as comfortable as possible; we are not done for yet---not by a jugful," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Little Mack" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Remember first, last, and always that you are Americans and members of the United States Navy, continued their commanding officer." }, { "from": "human", "value": "We have air supply in the reserve tanks sufficie...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Little Mack" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Whirr-r-r!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Quick! Listen here!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Ship approaching from the southwest, said Smith hurriedly." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Coming up the coast and apparently about two miles away." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Little Mack"...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There is one thing we might do, spoke up Jack Hammond." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Lieutenant, I have a plan to suggest. We seem to be in a desperate situation that demands some prompt action. That vessel up there may be an American or British destroyer. It is up ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You are a brave boy, Jack, said Mcclure finally, springing forward and grasping the hand of his aide." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If you are willing I'll let you do it, for, under the circumstances, we are forced to resort to some heroic measures. God bless you, l...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "So longs Ted!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Good luck to you, old man!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "All ready now!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Are you all ready, Mr. Hammond?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "All ready, sir," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Might as well find out what's doing here," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That's where I go from here," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Might be one of the secret passageways used by the undersea boats," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A secret wireless station! exclaimed Jack to himself." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Undoubtedly in the hands of the Germans and being used by them in the direction of their U-boat fleets in the North Sea!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Z-z-z-z-z-z!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But where in the world are you sending your radio message from?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "In a German wireless station on the Belgian coast just about six miles south-----" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I hope he made it all right, sighed Ted after a long period of silence that had followed the discharge of the" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He's a good swimmer; he proved that when he plucked 'Little Mack' out of the sea the day we ran afoul of that floating German ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There don't appear to be anything doing up above," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Guess not, faltered Ted." }, { "from": "human", "value": "We seem to be right up against it." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It ees ze veery hard thing to breathe back there," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Little Mack" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Men of the _Dewey_, he began, in slow even tones," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I want first of all to thank every man here for the splendid work he has done since we left God's country. We have established a record that, whether we live or die, will become an essen...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Joe Sampson," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But where is your name?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Little Mack" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Little Mack" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am the captain of this ship and take orders, from no man, he announced bravely." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "One man has to stay behind and I reserve that honor for myself." }, { "from": "human", "value": "The first man will go out at three o'clock to...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Old Black Joe, he sang, and all the old familiar home songs. And then, while some of the braver spirits were singing he swung into" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The Star Spangled Banner." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Where do we go from here, boys?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'll do it, I'll do it," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If you please, sir, Ted began," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I've been hatching a crazy kind of a notion in my mind. I'd like to offer it in the way of a suggestion, if you don't mind, sir." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Go ahead, lad, said" }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What's up?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Wait a moment and you'll see," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Reverse and back away at full speed," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We're off; we're off," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hurrah, hurrah!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Where come you from?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Sit down in that chair," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "B-z-z-z-z," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Who are you?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "How did you get here?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Search him!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Take him away---we'll go into his record later. He's only a boy anyhow, and boy spies are not worth b...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If I ever get out of this mess, he resolved to himself," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'll put Uncle Sam wise to this rat hole." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Shoot the wireless man who fell asleep, he drawled." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Lock up the boy for the present. I'm not in the mood to cross examine a young spy." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Little Mack" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Am I dreaming? Jack asked himself incredulously," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Crack---crack----crack!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Drop that rope!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Now get aboard as fast as you can," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Close that hatch as you go down and keep it closed, ordered Jack." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And if there are any more below deck tell them to stay right where they are. If anybody shows head above deck I'll blow out his brains." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Don't fire! yelled Jack." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm Jack Hammond of the U.S.S. _Dewey_." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Hurrah, hurrah for Jack Hammond!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We've heard all about you---how you escaped from the U-boat and called for help from the German wireless station. Bully for you, Jack Hammond; Uncle Sam can be proud of you," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Jack!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Ted!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Gee, chum, I never expected to see you again!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Nor I you, either, said Jack." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Tell me, what happened to the _Dewey_? How did you get out? Where is McClure and all the rest of the crew? How did ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The German guns are all in action now," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Are you Mr. Jack Hammond of the U.S.S. _Dewey_?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I am Lieutenant-commander Davis of the U.S.S. _Tallahassee_, replied the officer." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You are the man we came after, and now that we have found you...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We shall certainly try and take that U-boat along with us. I am going to detail twenty of my men to the U-boat under command of Lieutenant Bridwell I should like you and Mr. Wainwright to assist Lieutenant Bridwell in getting the U-boat out to sea. We shall retire overland to ou...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Put one of our men over each of the chaps and tell them to shoot at the first sign of any funny business," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You understand English?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Then listen to me, went on the American commander." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Either you assist us to get out to sea or forfeit your life. I don't...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Little Mack," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Your men need a bit of play after their hazardous experience, was the message flashed to the _Dewey_ from the Tallahassee's commander as he bade" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Little Mack" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hearty congratulations. We knew you would make good, and we are proud of you._" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What do you suppose they will do with our prize? asked Jack one afternoon about a week after they had returned from their adventurous voyage. He was talking to" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Little Mack," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I reckon they'll t...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "And now I have a surprise for you, smiled" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Little Mack," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "And our friend Wainwright is to be with us, too," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You mean Ted Wainwright?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, he will be my aide and relieve the wireless operator at times, explained" }, { "from": "gpt", "value...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What are they going to call our new Kaiser-buster?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "So far as the Germans are concerned she is still the U-91, said the little captain." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You notice that we haven't changed the outside dress of ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Pretty good record to live up to," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And you bet we'll do it," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Looks like an undersea cargo boat," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The Germans aren't trading with cross-atlantic nations any more, said" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Little Mack with a grim smile." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Most likely ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Tell him the U-108 out of Zeebrugge," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That chap over there is the _Bergerhof_, mother ship of the German U-boat fleet with supplies of fuel and food for our enemy's submarines. She is keeping a tryst here with her children and expects them at this rendezvous within the next two hours. After which the well-filled chi...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If we do we will disclose our identity and it will be all off, said" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Little Mack" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Tell them we are having some trouble with our diving rudders and will be along shortly," }, { "from": "...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Here is our answer," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Seems like a pity to put them out of business, don't it?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We sure did get them," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Probably a half dozen men were out on deck when we hit them, said McClure." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Suppose we get right up close and see whether we can fish a few of them out of the water." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There's one poor chap directly off the port bow," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We thought you were friends and not enemies," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Sorry, but we had to sink you," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If they start any funny business in here, they'll find themselves worse off than if they had gone down with 'mother' to the bottom of the deep blue sea," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We'll stick to the coast for the next six hours, said the _Monitor's_ captain to his executive officer," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What's up now?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Destroyer right ahead, sir," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We might as well run up a bit closer and take a shot at her anyway," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We'll take one shot and then dive, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The coast is studded with guns everywhere here and we are too close to them to loiter around long." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "And now down we go," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Guess we had better turn now and make for the open sea," } ]