 The boys realize that one of their friends, Bill Bascom (Bill Ball in real life), was on and resolve to join the Navy to avenge him.Al decides that he cannot go with his brothers, due to his family responsibilities, but when Katherine Mary sees his despondent face, she tells him to go with the others to the recruiting station.The brothers insist that they serve on the same ship, but the recruiting officer, LCDR Robinson (played by Ward Bond), states that the Navy can make no such guarantees.