Thermopolae

inside the Greek encampment at the mountain pass near Thermopylae. Here for two steaming summer days, a small force of Greek soldiers has held firm against the tremendous army of invading Persians led by their kings or seas.

Today the fate of all Greece may hang in the balance because if this pass is lost, then all Greece lies exposed to the invader. The question how much longer the past can be held grows more urgent all the time.

this third day may tell the story it's no secret that the auditor king of part of lead the greek here at the mop pley has less than seven thousand soldiers in his command including his three hundred picked part in war well it's generally known that there are more than half a million Persian invaders

under search the fighting yesterday and the day before however yes takes you back twenty four hundred and thirty years to the battle of the in the crucial struggle between the Persian Empire and the Greek city-states.

All things are, as they were then, except for one thing. With all the modern facilities of radio present and CBS Newsmen reporting from the scene, you are there. You are there, is based on historical fact and quotation.

And now... Behind and behind, the closures are conceding nothing to the Persian invaders. Our CBS microphone has been set up on a knoll inside the Greek camp. And I have a clear view straight down the path to the spot where yesterday and the day before the fighting was pierced.

Actually, the Greek War Council couldn't have selected a better position to defend. As I look toward the Persian camp, on my right is the sea, and on my left is the steep wall of Mount Eta.