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The Yangtze C

The Pacific Story · February 18, 1945 · 29 min · 3,904 words

The transcript of “The Yangtze C”, an episode of The Pacific Story first broadcast February 18, 1945. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). The Pacific Story plays The Pacific Story free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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The National Broadcasting Company and its affiliated stations present the Pacific story. In the mounting theory of world conflict, the 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 place to speak.

The drama of the people whose destiny is a stake in the Pacific war. Here is another public service is the tale of the war in the Pacific and its meaning to us and to the generations to come So yang, please The river was the color of red bread

The size of the color of the bed Every timber of my junk strained against the terror of the current. In all my years on the river never had I seen it so savage. We were coming down the river, down from Shung King, with a cargo of steam and sesame oil and cow bones.

A thousand miles and more above Shung King, the mountain snows had nothing, and the waters came raging down to the end stage. We could see the river rising. The current sets us along like a leaf.

We will soon be to Oushan Gorge, my mother. Yes, my son. Until we get through the 24 miles of the gorge without even gas to pieces like an eggshell against the boulder, the river was carrying us down into the gorge.

We will try to hold on long until high water goes down, yes, my mother. The current sundered against the sides of the jump as the anchor took hold. All of the anchor chain is paid out, old one.

Now we must pay that the king will not pass. The water's arising. If the cargo's secure... The cargo is secure, but the crew is uneasy. Have the crew stand by. All night? All night? Yes, old one.

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