 proudly we hail from New York City where the American stage begins here's another program of the cast of outstanding players public service time has been made available by this station to bring you this story as proudly we hail the officers and the men of the United States Army anti-aircraft command our story today is titled the sky sweepers and it's the story of Sergeant Kenneth Walker a member of the anti-aircraft artillery forces that guard the skies over America cities and of a blonde model who made a choice between the success she always dreamed of and the man she loved our first act curtain in just one moment plan ahead to get ahead now that's sound advice for you you high school graduates and here's how you can act on that advice your United States Army is offering a bright future in such interesting technical fields as radio radar electronics mechanics photography and many many others and all there are over 100 courses to choose from now perhaps you're not qualified in any of these urgently needed skills well I get the answer to that one your army through its reserve for you training program will train you in the course of your choice and you pick your own training course before you and live great opportunity your opportunity to plan ahead to get ahead so for full information visit your nearest United States Army recruiting station ask all about the reserve for you training program remember there's no obligation and now the first act curtain of the proudly we held production the sky sweepers on any average day an average of 30 unknown or unidentified aircraft show up on the big plexiglass map deep inside the combat operation center of continental air defense of Colorado Springs when they do con at swings and back then back comes the report a Canadian charter flight is off course and con at goes back to its never-ending vigilance and so it goes day after day what what happens if the aircraft is unfriendly what happens if it strikes at one of our cities are a defense target that's where the job of the anti-aircraft command begins the Army anti-aircraft command with its guided missiles high altitude artillery rapid-fire cannons and deadly machine gun it forms the final barrier that any attacker from the skies must cross the final barrier between a peaceful sleeping city and the attack that signals a war has begun that's why the gun crews and missile units are on their toes that's why the training never stops your name is Kenneth Walker you're a gun sergeant in charge of a crew manning a sky sweeper a twin-mounted automatic radar controlled pair of 75 millimeter cannons that can spot and knock out an enemy aircraft flying at supersonic speed your gun is part of the battery that guards the skies over Florida prepare to fire you're on the firing range today can walk and Atlantic Beach that stretches empty and wife in the brilliant sunshine all around you gun crews are tense waiting for the commands that will send them again into action of a smooth and deadly team then finally you hear the tech through voice of your buddy Sergeant Ed Evans as he calls to the battery commander an archer a radio controlled aircraft target going at targets leave at somewhere up in that bright sunshine you turn to your gun crew Ken Walker you wait at the moment stick fast slowly then the order comes next morning Ken Walker you and your buddy at Evans are standing before battery headquarters looking at the bulletin board when the head says hey how about that I told you B battery had walked off with it are we sure did best score on the annual practice year as far as I can see Davy Crockett couldn't attack that any better my boy great jumping horn toads you know what this means I'm sure we're hot shots every other battery will be gunning for our mark the next time round that's in the future old friend I'm talking about today all right what about the day don't tell me you forgot we're the top gun crew right so that rates us a special 12 hour pass right right what are we waiting for anybody with all that racket you should be standing at a training for not changing when you hear those fine text words back home in Texas yeah tell me something man how did you ever tell yourself away from the lone star state all those pretty sexist cows those oil directs five miles tall those taxis plants despite big enough to use a tent pole that big ranch your family I see you've been trying to finish you while I talk old friend I'll tell you the secret I decided I joined the army and see if there really is anything outside the Texas border oh and why bother to go into town today why not just sit on your radar set and think about Texas and you got the wrong outlook on life those Texas boys have got the means over the other folks that's what my pappy always says otherwise people are getting the notion that we're conceded about our home state and that'd be terrible that's why I'm gonna take in a show and really take the town some mighty nice look the Phillies here in Florida you want to try your luck with me no it's not this trip I think I'll head for the beach and just take it easy and all that high-price sunshine beach hey you you've been reading travel posters didn't you get enough of look at the beach out to firing range I may be so but we were pretty busy with other things out there now this time I want to look down at the sand instead of up in the air him in a towel the beach man how dope an hour later you're walking on the white sand the fresh salt smell in the bright sunshine all around in swim trunks and with a towel slung over a shoulder you scroll past vacation is brown from the sun suddenly you stop and look around you look up there on the top of the lifeguard platform a tall young man is waving you shot back Jimmy Jimmy Stevens what are you doing point stuff there all right just a second what's the scoop right of my dad's got me a job for the season the lifeguard what about you I thought you were in the army and the aircraft artillery I'm here on a pass not much like the old days when we were keeping an eye on the servers at the YMCA camp is it I guess not that beach out at the lake never looked like this and you can say that again acres that I don't wear these sunglasses just because of the sun I know what you mean look why don't I go grab a swim we'll get together later we stay with the other lifeguards over at the reef's hotel hey girl out there trouble just in time for the old rescue right let's go together you and Steven's race across the beach and you're on the beach miss you're okay sure you're all right hey miss you're one of the New York models of sea breeze fashion show and I'm Cindy Taylor and the Taylor oh sure you're one of those gold bathing suit and just like you are now what's your name Max Walker Sergeant Kenneth Walker oh no did you say sorry that's right I'm in an anti aircraft unit station near here what are all the questions for I'm a photographer the paper here cover the beach beat I got a tip there might be a story out here pretty well with a city desk rescue stories always good really not a life well I was one but that was a couple years ago I'm afraid I'm the lifeguard this section but can I your old friends who got to you quicker than I did hey Sarge I've got an idea why don't you take Miss Taylor out to dinner so I can get some more shots you know you in uniform or an evening dress will you make the morning edition with the whole thing no it's not up to me how about it Miss Taylor well come on Miss Taylor give us a break to make a good story publicity for you and I'm sure if I ask all right the charcoal room connection at seven you've got a date I haven't tasted a steak like that for a month yeah quite a dinner and quite a day I still feel pretty silly about being photographed on the beach and just now in this restaurant I wonder if any newspaper would be crazy enough to use them I guess I have the advantage in my job to get used to being photographed oh I forgot you were a model very not very glamorous nice tell me Kent what made you decide on an army career well a lot of things I guess the one thing I have an older brother in the army captain now but it was more than that I figure it's an important job anti-actress any particular army ambition I've applied for admissions in Nike school well it's a ground away a missile named after a goddess and the Greek legend it's pretty complicated but basically it's a rocket you fire at an attacking high altitude bomber it's got its own electronic control inside to steer it and Nike travel so fast it's practically impossible to dodge it and there are Nike launching sites around the big target cities in the company now you know I should think you would have to go to school to learn to operate on rocket like that you sure do the course can run as long as 32 weeks they really pour on the electronics and math out there I've got a good chance of making a top non-comrating or maybe a warrant officer great if I get a point now help it works out for you if you seem to know what you want thanks but I could go on all night what about you Cindy all I know is that you're a New York model and you look wonderful across the dinner table you're good for a working girl who rouse very bad well there's not much to tell really besides I'm not really from New York City I come from Vermont I want a high school beauty contest and decided I wanted a job as a model I don't know how many pairs of shoes I wore out making the rounds of New York photographers are you very famous Cindy say the same as a matter of publicity I've done fashion work and some television commercials but I'm not what you'd call famous not yet at any rate most of the time you can hardly see me because of the advertising the place all the public doesn't know what it's missing you're good from around again I'm I've had a lovely time and I hate to break this up but I've got a passion show to do in the morning back to me but can I walk you back to your hotel I was hoping you'd ask me I was hoping you'd say yes nice night cigarette that's my hotel will I see you again yes it is my night like how about this weekend if I can get a pass I'll try to teach you how to swim I really was a lifeguard once I knew this was too good to laugh another guy I guess it's not really very important not now at any rate let it go that's how it whenever you say Cindy you are listening to the proudly we hail production of the sky sweepers and we will return for our second act in just one moment you know the United States Army is now offering you an outstanding opportunity to get free highly specialized training through its reserve for you training program here's how it works you visit your local Army recruiting station make your choice of over a hundred fascinating training courses if you qualify and vacancies exist you'll receive a letter of acceptance guaranteeing you a seat in the course of your choice that's before you enlist then you're all set through the reserve for you program you not only get the finest training in the world but you'll have an excellent opportunity for a satisfying career so at your earliest opportunity get all the facts about the wonderful advantages of an Army career visit your local Army recruiting station and ask about the reserve for you training program and now the second act curtain of the proudly we hail production of the sky sweepers you find yourself very much back in the anti act for after artillery the day begins revelry formation morning an hour of artillery instruction in the latest techniques of anti-aircraft defense anti-aircraft artillery must be ready to meet in a matter of minutes from 08 30 to 09 30 all equipment assigned to each batteries motor section must be checked the jeeps the three-quarter ton trucks the two and a half ton trucks and the big powerful artillery trackers that are the prime movers for gun carriages and ammunition more training every man on duty at a gun site must be skilled not just in his own military occupational specialty but in the jobs of all other members of the gun crew as well in the afternoon to be more artillery training tracking missions loading and firing practice but right now it's messed up and time for an artilleryman to relax that's just what you're doing when your body sergeant Ed Evans comes over to your table well here's the boy hero hero is spouting off about what's behind your back oh just this morning's paper I just thought you might be interested in seeing yourself in the middle of page one what hey give me that there it is page one blonde model rescued by army sergeant at beach there you are coming out of water carrying it boy you really pick a nice one see there's a name is Cindy Taylor and they are again in a restaurant with what do you know me I go to town I wait in line to see a movie I saw last month I tried to date a cute redhead before I realized she's waiting for her husband and three kids almost missed the last bus back to the base do I get in the paper no well I told you to come to the base with me that's just what I mean the beach you pick the most unlikely place in town wind up with this living dog just because she can't she can't swim you get a fancy dinner and you picture in paper how can I ever face my radar scope after that finally the weekend arrives and with the pass for you Sergeant Ken Walker to shine fresh shave uniform press you enter the lobby of the reef's hotel on your way to your date with Cindy Taylor under your arms the small green box from the florist with a corsage in your mind there's a picture of light blonde hair green eyes and the kind of figure that stops traffic you walk to the house phones can and you pick one up and this Taylor please hi this is Ken you ready for a swimming lesson who wouldn't be five minutes no more you sit down and you try to read a magazine but you find you're looking at your watch but you look up as you see a well-tailored tan stranger coming your way excuse me you're Ken Walker aren't you Sergeant Ken Walker now that's right my name is Miller Maury Miller I'm head of Miller Associates publicity I recognize you from that page one photo on the paper oh I guess everybody in town has seen it the guys in my outfit haven't stopped kidding me yet I can imagine listen I just wanted to tell you Ken how grateful we are for helping to make our little sense such a big success well it's nothing really a stunt bit on the beach you know you're rescuing Cindy she's a model in the seed breeze fashion show you know we handle seed breeze the great publicity break for them as well as for her they're one of my biggest account wait a minute mr. Miller let me get something straight but that rescue business Cindy Miss Taylor it was all false we're sure Cindy is the captain of her swimming team in school as much at home in the waters out of it look sergeant I thought she told you all about it no that's something that she didn't tell me publicity stuff figures and sorry if I'm causing any trouble I certainly that's all right for getting you leaving yes or do me a favor will you mr. Miller we're sure anything I give her these really sure to be here any moment happy glad to have flowers yeah an orchid if I'd known I'd have made it water lilies meeting someone here that's a sergeant in horse yes have you seen it I'm afraid I did he left left hi I guess I talked out of turns and I thought he knew you didn't tell him that the rescue stuff was a put up job did you I thought he already knew I'm sorry we're going to tell him myself nice the nerve to tell him before somehow they're all arranged with a lifeguards that's why I tipped off the press how could you know we'd get there first yes I'll get on with it in the next few weeks you concentrate on your job as a gun sergeant Ken Walker and you try to forget Cindy Taylor to chalk it up to experience there are plenty of other girls you tell yourself but somehow it doesn't sound very convincing even from you then one afternoon you get a letter with a New York postman really ashamed that we made you look foolish it's certainly not the way I would have wanted it again can't well what's this miss oh nothing just a letter for my sister your sister wouldn't be a blonde named Cindy with me whatever gave you that idea I'm just kidding I'm sorry fella I thought you'd gotten over her I did it's just family male good well boy shine up your shoes a bit straight and you try the captain wants to see us over at battery head for why what's up I don't know I know a good way to find out how the captain wants to see us so we'll go see the captain letting him tell us. Addies man Walker you and Evans both applied for transfer to Nike school a while back yes sir and I think I've got some good news for you you both got excellent records I recommend you both been accepted to be shipping out of here in a few days as soon as your orders are ready on it's great thank you I must admit I'll be sorry to lose you to and a fine job here and you won't be too easy to replace but I'm glad to see that you're going to get missile training there's a big job to be done there. Thanks very much and one thing more Evans sir you'll be glad to know you're going to the school of Fort Bliss Fort Bliss Texas or that's right well that's right sir give me a chance to show Sergeant Walker around sometimes I get the feeling that he doesn't believe all the things I've been telling him about Texas. Can't hear the orders day after tomorrow which of all fine I'm all set I wrote my path we were due to come out to Texas and he's promised us a barbecue out at our place first pass we get good deal I could use one right now you sound hungry I am hungry I'd like to tie into a nice thick steak with a baked potato big green salad apple pie with all right cut it out it's an hour time it could use a steak right right we're fine I'll tell you what we'll do let's go to the beach tonight and celebrate I know a restaurant where the state is this big enough lead me to it. I didn't know you meant the charcoal room but stakes in town anything wrong with it no no I suppose you never been here before and once just once oh yeah let's not talk about it okay Roger hey what time exactly 7.25 oh really well excuse me a minute that I'll be right back I gotta make phone call yeah I'll order you something long and tall Cindy what are you doing here I flew down last night since I got the telegram what telegram the one Ed Ed what is all this it wired me that you were being transferred to the night school oh he did I know that is pretty handy with a telegraph blank I wanted to tell you myself how happy I am I know how much you wanted pretty nice of you Cindy but you suddenly didn't have to come down here to do it in person I didn't want to write I wasn't sure that you got my last letter I got it all right Cindy I'm sorry I was carrying a chip on my shoulder and I don't think if you want the truth I'm tickled silly you're here I even forgive all Ed for putting his big Texas nose in my business hey what about your modeling job I told Maury Miller I don't want to commit myself and you wouldn't by any chance I'd like to spend the honeymoon in Texas with you did I hear somebody mention Texas Ed I ought to wrap a gun barrel around your neck you can't it wouldn't be fair no why not you might at least wait until I've had a chance to kiss a bride well I suppose all of us at one time or another have seen the principle of strength through unity demonstrated by a handful of sticks singly they can be broken very easily but when bound together well then it's practically impossible to break them and so it is with our America working together as a team we can be certain that our democratic way of life will never be broken one of the most important members of democracy's team is our United States Army a highly spirited organization that offers unequal opportunities to modern young men and women today the army has a new career program in operation one that permits you to choose your own course of training and the skill at best suits your aptitudes and interests so we can't suggest you find out about it real soon how do you do that go down to your local United States Army recruiting station and talk it over with the real friendly folks down there remember fellas team up with the army and you team up with success this has been another program on proudly we have presented transcribed in cooperation with this radio station proudly we hail is produced by the recruiting publicity center in New York for the United States Army and this is Richard Hayes speaking inviting you to tune in the same station next week for another interesting story on proudly we hail