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The Chinese Communists C
The Pacific Story · July 23, 1944 · 30 min · 3,816 words
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The National Broadcasting Company and its affiliated stations present the Pacific story. In the mounting story of world conflict, events in the Pacific are taking on ever greater importance. Here is the story of the Pacific and the millions of people who live around this greatest sea.
The drama of the people whose destiny is mistaken with the Pacific War. Here is the tale of the war in the Pacific and its meaning to us and to the generations to come. The Pacific story comes to you as another public service with drama of the past and present and commentary by Agnes Metley, noted traveler and author of the Battle of China.
The Chinese Communist. Muffled coffee. The slightest noise could cut us away.
Do you think the Japanese are close enough to hear us? Major can. They are all around us. The only protection we have is good on. And that man has a bad cold. are going to get if we cover the 20 miles or four down one of the men cannot
see he's lost in the column night blindness yes I will direct him back that he's answering you yes this will show him where we are back in the column again major change tricky business is operating behind the Japanese lines yes Sergeant? Yes, sir. We will hope for arrest. Give the order. Whisper down the line.
Ethical. Yes, sir. Tell him. Call him. Call him. Call him. Call him. The order faded out in whispers along the column. I could hear the machine gunners grumped and sigh with relief as they put down their heavy weapons.
We arrested standing or squatting. The mud was angled steep and there was no place to sit down. The only sound was a drizzling rain and the intermittent sound of the men moving around in the mud.
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