USS Sunfish 'The Sunfish's Cook'

[@ElmoUnk1953]

FINALLY! I thought he’d never interview an Enlisted Sailor. Way To Go Cookie! 👨‍🍳😁🇺🇸😁

[@johncook1885]

Good work Cookie and God bless you.

[@CaptainQueue]

As a kid I was fascinated by this show and I actually remember some of these episodes 40+ years later. Even though the production standards can't compare to today's TV medium, this was great entertainment. I appreciate the show's ability to sustain with obviously very low budget, and lack of actual submarine footage. Undoubtedly 30 episodes would be filmed in maybe a couple of weeks or less like other series at the time. As a series, it worked.

[@jnstonbely5215]

Your wonderful comments very certainly ring true. This show was an unsung hero at its time, - but today holds a sterling position as a true and historical landmark series by showing everyone how our gallant Submarine Corps did its job and made a big contribution towards our winning the war in the Pacific .

[@dks13827]

These shows are way better than watching the current crxp !!!!

[@servicarrider]

Those sub cooks whipped up some miracle meals under the conditions with which they had to contend. Best food in the service, or so they said. Every man and woman that served in that war was a hero in my eyes.

[@edwaggonersr.7446]

Every man who served deserves our respect.

[@donaldhill3823]

A good Cook on a sub even today is like gold. You treat them well and they will treat you better.

[@pilotnelson4507]

They treat you "batter!" lol

[@howardfortyfive9676]

@Big Bill O'Reilly No women on a Sub.

[@tonyfeuerhelm]

...I'm not always a God fearing man but I'll thank him and you for posting these films. The quality preserved is truly...Amazing !...A.C.Feuerhelm

[@johnmcmahon5967]

That Klaxon sound always gets to me!

[@accousticdecay]

Good ol boy from my home state - good ol Tennessee YEE HAAA

[@alaskanharleyman7468]

Dad was on the Sunfish. Met many of the Sunfishers in 1970.

[@badrulzamansamsudin4298]

Alaskan Harley Man yr dad was not the cook isn it?

[@brians2818]

Your Dad might have rescued my Dad. Mine was in B-29's, ditched in the Pacific, was rescued by the Sunfish. Picked up within an hour of going into the drink.

[@alaskanharleyman7468]

@@badrulzamansamsudin4298 No, he was a Signalman 1/C

[@alaskanharleyman7468]

@@brians2818 I think that day was the day a zero tried to kamikazi them and almost did!

[@RivetGardener]

Cookie looks just like a VERY young Van Johnson. Excelllent show!

[@richardroddenberry2079]

Fun, watching these Silent Service shows makes this old retired USAF First Sgt feel really good about our military men of the greatest Generation. RR

[@paulwillson8887]

cooks the true morale maintainers in most vessels

[@dennismeno4830]

God bless you and thank you for your service

[@larrycrawford1666]

Epps #49 and #50 are probably the best of the series as #50 picks-up soon (12 hours of sleep later. And if you can't imagine anyone needing 12 hours of sleep, that's just because you ain't never been that tired!).These two episodes are probably the first example of a two-part episode in Hollywood history.

[@rodfirefighter8341]

We used to do 72 hours on a regular basis. Side effect, still have problems sleeping for more than two or three hours at a time.

[@dysfunctional_vet]

i was just behind the main invasion in to iraq. for the next 45 to 50 days, myself, the CO (may God let him died soon), and the XO and my assistant (SFC E), lived on next to no sleep, catnapping for minutes at at time. i'm betting these men did the same, and i mean all of them, and it does take wear and tear. Rod noted that he still has sleep problems. as do i. all these years later. ROD, FIREFIGHTER, thank you for carrying the baton!

[@kaptainkaos1202]

I’ve sailed on many small research vessels during my career. After I went of watch I’d always head down to the galley and hang out. I’d offer to prep foods, scrub pots, whatever they’d let me do. I learned how to decorate cakes in Prudhoe Bay, I baked pies on a UNC vessel and helped do a crew barbecue. I love cooking. Oh and Cookie scares the hell out of me! NOT someone I’d want on my team.

[@180mph9]

Aldrich, a credit to the USN 👍🏼

[@davidcarmichael8394]

Thanks for your service, Cookie.

[@garybalanesi610]

To be able to cook for 60 men or more, and under those conditions was Hard. But they have to know alot more to help keep the ship running. Fire, damage control, etc.

[@charlesgoodspeed3474]

I used to watch this with my Dad!

[@seansky2721]

These are great stories! Some of which are in books. Others not so much. Oh, there's some Hollywood cheese in them, but well told and good viewing. I thought Aldrich sounded like The Wolf's voice from Droopy cartoons. He isn't Daws Butler, but Close! Eugene Aldrich in person! Sierra Hotel, Adm. Dykers, sir!

[@AndrewVelonis]

I have a coffee pot exactly like the one in the scene in the officer's mess.

[@dysfunctional_vet]

what an amazing humble man. a H E R O

[@pilotnelson4507]

Water is on the boil, and so is cookie's BAR!!!

[@23draft7]

Cookie the cook can be a member 🤠 of our crew any day.

[@wanderingwade8877]

When I got to see the real cook at the end my first thought was they didn't try at all in their casting choice for this episode. It is great that these men were able to be celebrated with this t.v. series.

[@rodfirefighter8341]

Non of the actors look like the real person. It's not FDR or Stalin you know!

[@Danny_Boel]

Such good stuff like this should be remade or colorized at least

[@matrox]

Cookie sounds like Huckleberry Hound Dog.

[@howardfortyfive9676]

Cookie *did LOVE his BAR didn't he tho?*

[@gerryjames9720]

Love to have that BAR!

[@howardfortyfive9676]

@@gerryjames9720 Anyone who remembers Charlton Heston's famous few words years ago at an NRA convention, *"From My Cold Dead Hands"* may be pleased to hear this. At one time there were pictures of the *Charlton Heston GUN COLLECTION.* Among them he had *crew served weapons like a .50cal air cooled Browning and .50cal water cooled machine gun.* Among guns on the wall he had *13 BROWNING AUTOMATIC RIFLES.* 11.14.2019 1302

[@lindycorgey2743]

I got to handle the semi-auto version of the BAR a few year ago. I know how the Cook feels.

[@davidcurran8788]

I wish they would have stated which medal he was awarded?

[@MrBobthebird]

To Stand On An Open Deck With No Or Very Little Cover He Should Have Got Every Medal Going, True Guts. Wish I Knew What He Got ???

[@anthonyreisner7647]

He got the bronze star

[@MrBobthebird]

@@anthonyreisner7647 Thanks.I Like To finish A Great Story.

[@giaferentino3545]

Silver Star in lieu of Gallentry and Gold star under Second Silver Star

[@MrBobthebird]

@@giaferentino3545 Thank You,Great To Know,Cheers,

[@marksimpson2451]

Holy robot batman!

[@johnrogan9420]

Coffee and hot cinnamon buns in exchange for an armed weapon.

[@donbrassco301]

Now U Know Where Steven Seagal Under Siege Come From😈

[@averageduke6834]

lol

[@buddylight2191]

Fate: Sold for scrap, 15 December 1960

[@ltcajh]

“Get some, get some!”

[@davidfrobel7582]

my granpapy was on a RN supply boat that courght a u boat that had broken down..the guys gave them selves up not a shot fired,,but they had to lock them up in the hold as prisoners of war and give them beer to save water,,,,hahaha

[@gerryjames9720]

Beer instead of water? Please don’t throw me in that there briar patch!

[@rodfirefighter8341]

Yes, POW S received beer not water. Less food given that way. Water was needed for the cook and crew!

[@johnrogan9420]

Caught

[@deepred5461]

They certainly look so much cleaner and better groomed then guys in "Das Boot".

[@geraldmiller5260]

US subs were air conditioned. Not the German ones.

[@tomservo5347]

@@geraldmiller5260 US subs were deluxe compared to their German counterparts. IMHO it shows the two different mindsets-one of caring about the comfort and survival of the crew the other totalitarian view of delivering weapons first, comfort as an afterthought. One of my Navy Silent Service veterans I work with always said the air conditioning was primarily to prevent condensation on electronics not comfort.

[@jimobara2652]

Dumb question. I know submarines was an all volunteer service. Did the cooks receive any special training as to how to cook for an 80 man crew or was it all on the job training?

[@chrisduke3251]

Looked like they were getting attacked by a fleet of SS Minnow's. Too bad they didn't have the Professor in this reenactment. Would of let Gilligan off the hook!

[@geraldmiller5260]

A weapons locker that is unlocked is unacceptable.

[@drmayeda1930]

@jacktheripped If it was reported.

[@thekingsilverado3266]

U.S. Navy directive number one when ship board or otherwise never piss off the cook....

[@bernarda658]

Cookie is a dangerous man to his crew mates. He is really trigger happy which could've resulted killing a crew member or at worse sinking the sub. Always wanted to handle the B.A.R. He even chambered a round inside the barrel. I understand that this clips do dramatics. With that on mind, he is a dangerous man not only to him but to his crew members and the sub. Cookie wasn't even firing the B.A.R. properly. I know this is a reenactment of what actually happened. Now Cookie needs to clean the gun as he first said in the movie. Get that gun cleaned Cookie! I'm just saying of this according to this clip. I'm sure the real Cookie wasn't as dangerous as this movie actor.

[@wanderingwade8877]

I'm certain it was nothing like the depiction beyond the facts of there was a good cook who partook in fire fight at sea and won a medal because of his valor. All the rest was added Hollywood cheese.

[@bernarda658]

@@wanderingwade8877 I know this film was. The real man is probably 180 degrees different. Hollywood movies even old ones do dramatics. The only movies I've watched in the past 20 years of my age was about 10 and the were documentaries not real movies at all.

[@robashton8606]

Did somebody slip Teddy the Cook a mickey before his interview? He sounds like he's been on a steady diet of Mogadon and Quaaludes since the war ended.

[@ARC_30-06]

I watch/have watched most all of the episodes in this series. All of the guests and the host as well, are reading from que-cards, you can even see their eyes following the words as the read the cards that someone is holding up for them off-screen, if you look closely.... I see PPL mention how odd the guest talk. I don't understand why it's so difficult to realize they're reading off que-cards, just like so many politicians and news reporters and commercial actors do to this day even

[@willfriar8054]

you would think that they would want to have some target practice! I've been told the target practice is really good for morale. I guess so

[@randyhodder8186]

Semper Fi

[@matrox]

Why do all the guest all was talk like doped up zombies?

[@matrox]

+matrox all was = always

[@supergeek1418]

Because they were reciting memorized lines, and they weren't trained actors.

[@howardfortyfive9676]

You should have learned how to *proofread you imbecile.* Before you throw some punches you should know how to fight!

[@kenolsen1845]

All because they are.

[@rodfirefighter8341]

The Camera turns them into that! If you don't know by now, you never will.

[@diamonddog257]

toughest job in the military ......

[@mickeymet6973]

I don't know. . . Being a Waist Gunner in a B-17 wasn't a piece of cake either. . .

[@johncox2865]

He was a country boy. Of course he could shoot !

[@johnrogan9420]

Teddy Eugene Aldrich

[@recon209]

I wouldn't give a weapon to a guy like that.

[@rodfirefighter8341]

Hell, he's from Tennessee. You know he can shoot!!

[@johnrogan9420]

14 fishing trwaulers. . VS cookie Aldrich the wannabe Marine.

[@billb2479]

He's not even aiming!

[@normandoty6133]

you don't aim a "bar" its called a spray & pray weapon. if put to shoulder and fired after a full mag you have a messed up shoulder and your vision is blurry from vibration. even at full auto vibration is pretty bad, remember the bar is a full auto 30-06 rifle.

[@Dardrum]

16 pounds of bad ass trouble lol

[@blackiechong4344]

"I used a bar in the Navy and you can aim it on single action. We were trained for firing 3 round burst to help keep it cool. I was proficient in its use. Knock on wood

[@howardfortyfive9676]

It's called *shooting from the hip* Bill B.

[@rodfirefighter8341]

Aim the first, but if it's three rounds/fast the second and third would most likely be in the neighborhood. Unless you've got it nailed down, its gonna move!!

[@robscott8296]

GQ 8:48 17:09

[@blcdad]

I'll teach Cookie how to aim his BAR if he wants!

[@nonyadamnbusiness9887]

Ever rapid fire a 30-06? Not much point in aiming.

[@stephenfarthing3819]

Crumbs ! Don't insult the cook - not this one at any rate!

[@rogerkomula8057]

Brave cook shooting fishing boats.

[@marksimpson100]

So he sunk how many ships with a308?