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Submarine Command
Lux Radio Theatre · November 17, 1952 · 59 min · 8,596 words
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From Hollywood, the Hollywood Radio Theater, hiring William Holden and Alexis Smith in submarine command. Ladies and gentlemen, your producer, Mr. Irving Cummings. Leading from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen, we are all aware of the perils of the submarine service, and can therefore sympathize with the officer, who has command over the lives of men aboard his ship.
His faithful decisions are often subjected to my neat scrutiny, and even his own men may stand in judgment against him, such is the dramatic situation in tonight's play, Submarine Command. And starring in his original role in this exciting Paramount picture, we have William Holden, and as his co-star, lovely Alexis Smith.
Now, submarine command, starring William Holden as Kenneth White, and Alexis Smith as Carol. To have obtained the Santhreat this week, you may have seen the United States Navy Yard at Merr Island. When the war ended, scores of submarines, battle scarred veterans of the Pacific, tied up at Merr Island, and became part of our North Pole fleet, the submarine reserve.
This story is about one of those ships, the USS Tiger Shop, and one of them in, Amanda Kenneth White. About a year ago, Commander White had reason for wanting to see his ship again. It was a century on the dock, but the ship was deserted, except for memories that refused to die.
Well, you wanted to see her again, what are you hesitating for? Go on. Look around if you have to, but it won't make any difference. It's over. You finally know that. It was over that day six years ago.
Look around and remember, she was never your ship anyway. She was just your ship. She always will be. It's funny how things can start with nothing and then pile up so fast. fast it's hard to remember them in any kind of order. I've turned and twisted them a thousand times looking for an answer that never comes. That afternoon, that 13th of August 1945,
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