 proudly we hail New York City where the American stage begins here is another problem 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 United States Air Force our story is entitled conquered the future proudly we hail the missile men of the United States Air Force the men who have in reality conquered the future our first act curtain will rise in just one moment but first high potential what do those two words mean to you to a young man concerned with his future well they can mean success in his chosen field because the young man with the high potential in today's specialized world is the one with specialized training now you can get that training as an airman in the United States Air Force today Air Force schools all over America are graduating skill specialists in literally hundreds of jobs previously unskilled men are now highly qualified x-ray technicians aircraft repairmen and intelligence specialists and these are only a few of the wonderful assignments open to ambitious young men there's a job to suit every aptitude and interest so if you're of military age well now is the time for you to decide on your future and your Air Force offer some of the finest specialized training to be found anywhere yes the young man with the high potential for success is the one with the good training so start building your future today by becoming an airman in the United States Air Force the friendly people at your local Air Force recruiting station will be only too glad to talk it over with you give you complete information so see them soon and now your Air Force presents the proudly we hail production conquered the future the Matador guided missile has been added to the long line of perfected weapons developed by the US Air Force to assist in the defense of the nation from enemy attack but although no pilot guides this deadly craft to a pinpoint target hundreds of men skilled technicians are needed to get the Matador into the air and then to read the complicated instruments which tell where the missile is going maneuvering the dials with a delicate touch guiding it to its destinations and finally pushing the magic button when the target is reached these men are trained for their jobs at Air Force schools trained in electronics mathematics mechanics and other sciences to do a job in which one mistake could cause death or injury to hundreds or thousands of innocent people the courses are stiff but the results are worthwhile ours is the tactical missile squad and tactical missile squadrons are divided into four sections the assembly and checkout section maintenance launching and guidance one important as the other and indispensable to the squadron operation the missiles are received at the assembly point created and here they are put together and checked out now this may sound like a routine job but it is important to remember the Matador is not a bomb it more nearly resembles a fighter plane and is powered by a turbojet engine it has nearly as many moving parts as any aircraft sometimes more after special recording equipment has been installed for test runs well assembly and checkout is my section we keep a pretty tight schedule even under normal conditions but somehow conditions are never quite normal but let's hear the story of one of my men who as they say fly the Matador I was at my desk one morning assembly Captain Davis yes sir yes yes I do no sir I haven't received that yet I see I see yes I think it can be worked out Colonel yes right the sergeant Stevens in the shop right no don't call him to the phone ask him to come over to the office right away that's right thanks evens arrived at the office a few minutes later he'd only been with us a few months but when my assembly chief left he had recommended him as his replacement I had interviewed Bill Stevens at that time and although he was young and relatively inexperienced he certainly seemed to know what he was doing so I gave him the job it remained to be seen what he would do with the assignment I was about to give him you sent for me sir yes sit down Steven thank you sir I just got a telephone call from Colonel Burns and you're aware of course that we're scheduled to move from our temporary quarters to the new assembly hangar at the end of this month yes sir we have a plan here that was prepared in anticipation of this move I'd like you to go over that with me a little later and see if there are any suggestions you'd care to make all right sir now in addition to this move Colonel Burns has just informed me that these tests which are scheduled for the first part of next month are going to require some brand new telemetering equipment installed in the missile I see sir yes now I haven't received anything official on this as yet Colonel Burns says it's coming through now and he'll send it along but from what he says it's going to require a highly experienced crew and will add considerable time to the normal assembly procedure I see sir now a colonel wanted to know whether we wanted to postpone the move until after the tests and I told him I didn't think so that we could handle both jobs I think we can sir we'll make much better time than you hang your sir floor plan is so much better range we'll have so much more space mm-hmm okay that's what I wanted to know and you report back here this afternoon after Chow and we'll go over those plans and by that time we should have some data on this new equipment as well yes sir oh and by the way Stevens do you have any plans for this evening no sir well you've been working rather hard there's a dance in town at the high school for the airman here at Patrick why don't you uh Doris this is Bill Stevens Bill Doris young how do you do nice to know your bill Doris is just your speed bill brainy yes she's a teacher imagine this cute number of teeth here only for three I'm bigger than they are the bill bill and I was telling you about Doris we'll smart oh now if you too will excuse me I'll go get us all some punch um what do you think about Florida web I like it warm yes yes it's warm it's nice though you like teaching yes yes it's interesting I guess it would be do you like your work oh gee yes it's just fascinating to I mean yes well I'm sorry the trouble is that we don't get a chance to talk shop much oh you have any hobby no not exactly unless you call fishing a hobby of course do you like fishing living here in Florida all my life of course I do of course it's most likely quite different where you come from well I've never done any ocean fishing at all I've been too busy since I've been here and to tell you the truth this is the first time in my life I've ever seen an ocean really imagine that sure like to try some deep sea fishing on my next leave though would you my brother has a boat charter oh gee that's nice oh I could never afford I mean I that is he wouldn't mind if I brought someone along sometime gee well sometime I mean maybe you love to have you come that's great well I'll let you know of course it'll be a little while yet before I can go tell me when you can and I'll call Ralph that's my brother so he won't get another charter and we'll introduce you to fishing as it ought to be morning Captain Davis anything special you want to see sir how those telemetering devices doing giving you a lot of trouble Sergeant Stevens is working on him sir he never seems to stop he's over there and back if you want to talk to him sir oh yes I see him thanks Stevens how are you coming along they tell me you've got everything rolling anyhow just about oh it's you captain some job what did you say sir I said you're doing a fine job thank you sir you think we'll get under the wire yes sir I think so okay stick with it personal example with seven such as I had never seen before of course everyone was anxious to make the move we've been operating for a long time in inadequate space but the extra work involved was tremendous and this in itself often acts as a dampener of enthusiasm however in this case it was the reverse several times the men work 16 hour shifts to complete the operation and only quit when I ordered them off the job but no matter how long the others worked Stevens was always there a little longer I told him what I thought of money said to me come on forget it there's a good movie on at the base theater come on let's go anyone see Bill Stevens over in his bunk asleep and all his racket they came in with the rest of us after work been sleeping ever since Bill Bill hey Bill wake up what's the matter what's the matter with you six o'clock on a Friday night and you're sleeping yeah I just dropped off you're working too hard listen though I got something hot the squadron's been transferred to tack tactical air command yeah hey that's great darn right think of what it means it means that the Matador is out of the experimental phase we're a combat outfit now it's right you think we'll be transferred not right away anyhow we're going to be right here with the missile test center I see and that we will be getting the benefit from the test being conducted here we'll probably hold our launching in conjunction with the tests right oh that's great hey hey fellas you hear that we've been transferred to tack transfer the technical air command was well planned but the squadron holding their launchings from Cape Condeviral result was an economical and efficient operation progressive refinements on squadron techniques were to be merged into a finally integrated weapons system and Matador was on its way as a tactical weapon you're listening to the proudly we hail production conquered the future and we will return to our second act in just one moment are you a service veteran well if you are then listen real carefully because this message is just for you you may be qualified to enlist in the United States Air Force in a grade 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miss young my first name is Doris if you'd like to yes I would Doris mine's Bill I enjoyed talking to you last time I guess I talked too much no no it was very interesting I love fishing it's so unusual for a girl I mean oh would you care for some punch yes it'd be wonderful that was when you should have asked to see your home I never thought of it you didn't think you didn't think some other guy's gonna beat your time if you don't start thinking yeah but we hardly know each other and at this rate you never will you get her out on the terrace real romantic like and what do you do start talking about some old fish that got away he didn't get away that was the point but oh oh I see what you mean hey I did make a date with her a date for what to go fishing fishing but she likes to fish I can get a pass the end of next week I think so we're going out with her brother fishing well it's something no I don't know fishing now Stevens come in I want to talk to you about something yes sir I've been over the week's reports since we've completed the installation of these telemetering devices also understand that today is our first official day in the new shop yeah that's right sir and we've made our deadline and better well everyone seemed to understand how important it was they all sure pitched in well it was a fine job and I want to give you full credit for your partner thank you sir now I have another project for you do you think Finley can take over for you for a few weeks I think so sir good the guidance section is very short-handed for the installation of some new equipment I think it'll be a good opportunity for whoever gets the assignment so I told them I'd send over one of the best technicians I've got yes sir that's you sergeant Stevens me sir well thanks right you got a report to guidance tomorrow morning they'll have some orders for you I hope I'll be able to make good your recommendation now I'm not a bit worried where is the equipment to be installed sir if I may ask Grand Bahama Island that's a short hop from here that's wonderful that is something wrong I sort of thought you'd like it I do sir I've been anxious to see this set up on one of the downrange basis but I just never dreamed I'd be able to go well as you know the launchings will be starting in about 10 days from now you will still be there then so maybe you'll have a chance to get in on the picture from the other end for change see what happens to the missiles we fire that would be terrific you understand the security regulations on this now sir with the firings coming up they tighten up on everything of course and your trip down there can't be divulged to unauthorized personnel of course you have in the family here so you have no problem on that score no no sir well good luck thank you sir dick yeah hey dick come here oh Phil sure I'm glad I ran into you I've got some news and I've got a problem yeah I'm going to Grand Bahama in the morning Grand Bahama what for I'm loaned a guidance temporarily I'm going down to install some new tracking equipment oh how long you've gone I guess about two weeks the captain said I'd be there for the test gee that's great yeah oh what's wrong you got a grand sans seed in the biggest show yeah yeah yeah but this is the weekend that I had that date with Doris to go fishing we'll call her up and tell her you're going away and make it for later in the month that's just it I can't captain says I can't tell any unauthorized person I'm going no kidding it makes it more complicated oh yeah if I just tell her I can't make it she'll probably think I don't want to go she'll get sore yeah yeah I see what you mean but you'll just have to try anyhow oh she's not that kind it'll take it the wrong way oh gee Doris I'm looking all over for you I've got to talk about Bill I don't want to hear I've got to explain it won't take very long all right no matter what you say I'm not going to change my mind well okay but but just just listen he he's got cold feet you see he's in love with you so much in love with me that I haven't seen him in over a week well that's just it yeah yeah he he he wants to marry you and and he's afraid that you don't like him yeah and well he doesn't want to see anymore because it makes him feel so bad that you might not feel the same way he does yeah yeah that's it why on earth doesn't he ask me how I feel oh well he can't he it get well they would make him feel too bad if you turned him down I mean you wouldn't know that is he asked me dick what dick something awful has happened you've got to help me well sure sure what I wrote a letter a letter yes I was so mad when he broke our date well not mad but well I guess I didn't think he could be very interested so so I wrote him and told him I'm glad he couldn't come because I told him I was gonna marry somebody else oh gee what did you do that I don't know but the important thing is he mustn't get that letter gee I don't know how gosh you see each other every day don't you get your mail together well sometimes make it a point to go with him tell him anything just tell him it was a letter I wrote to a girlfriend and I got it in the wrong on below well I don't know you've got to do it it is midnight early morning firings are the preferred one that keep kind of around the weather at the impact site is better as a result work has begun at midnight by the men of the launching and guidance sections and often they work around the clock hey Davis what are you doing up this hour of the night this is sort of out of your line isn't it yeah sort of I'm an observer got some new gimmicks on this series and we had a slight flap getting them installed so I thought I'd come around and take a look it's plenty to look at there is there is there's a central control central control calling Clambake to come in Clambake to Clambake to here how do you read me five by how about you only about three by how's that loud and clear what was the trouble all bad court I'll use another pair right I'm talking to Grand Bahama only I can get through the bill everything I think of gets things more mixed up this one might just be the one to un-mix Captain Davis yes sergeant are you busy sir there's something I'd like to ask you about what is it well sir it's about Sergeant Stevens Bill Stevens now go ahead we've got a few minutes yet he told me the whole story and I promised that I'd think about what I might do and I went back to work again the sergeant had a problem all right but by that time the preparations were in full swing and there was nothing I could do about solving it for the moment through the periscope and the blockhouse the Matadors are visible this time there were three of them noses pointing skyward to where the first rocket thrust would shoot them until they would level off as the turbo jets took hold the Matador is painted a brilliant red for easy visibility it's not for artistic reason as they get their scarlet coats but as they stand silhouetted against the first rosy rays of dawn the brilliant blue sky behind them and the white sand and concrete beneath they make an inspiring and colorful sight the time is x-minus 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 2 the end of the countdown this is it check with a chase plane right away yes sir central control the cross be one central control the cross be one seven come in cross be one come in cross be one cross be one here right sir yes sir I think cross be twos coming in now sir okay yes cross be come in cross be two right there sergeant over Roger a 7 6 5 2 with them off one to go each Matador has a different target each is tracked carefully to it and then finally pointed into the sea and destroyed today the Matador and the men who yes fly it have been placed in the defense service of the nation as an integrated weapons system the future is conquered and will continue to be there was one more piece of business on the morning's agenda at least for sergeant Keating in me sergeant Keating if you're not too busy now will you get me clam baked to on the line yes sir clam baked to come in please sorry to be so long getting to the control room this is Captain Davis sergeant oh yes sir I want you to listen carefully yes sergeant there are times in the man's life when Davis sir the letter it didn't get mailed return no stand just a moment I'll be able to talk to you later never mind Bill thanks I'll see you when you get in here yes right Keating what the devil now she gave it to her little brother and he got so interested in the stamp that he kept it for his collection and dumped the envelope into the mailbox without it what a relief oh sir I I don't know how to thank you anyway that's all right sergeant that's a pretty good man who wants to help a buddy out as much as you didn't you know sergeant I think we might help things along if we had that miss young here the morning he comes in and reports to me but you catch him before and do a little orientation swell he'll be there that'll be easy after what I've been struggling over everything worked out perfectly sir yes it did I mean good we'll go into that in a minute now first I have a little news I recommended you for another stripe and I just got word on it you better get over to a tailor right away and get it sewn on oh yes sir seems to me a technical sergeant or to be able to support a wife and pretty good style him if he had a wife sir well as sergeant Keating tells me if a fellow was to ask the question he could be pretty sure of an affirmative answer that's what he told me too sir that's well if you'd step into the next office I think you might find the girl Doris that's right yes sir let me know how it all comes out yes sir or as peace power and today the United States Air Force is seeking alert and ambitious young men become airmen and help safeguard the peace of our country while serving their country today's airmen are attending the world's finest specialized schools there they're learning such interesting and rewarding skills as photomapping guided missiles aircraft electronics and gee many many others and upon graduation they're highly skilled specialists ready for interesting and good-paying assignments in the United States and in many fascinating countries around the world so if you're a young man of service age well then you owe it to yourself to investigate the amazing career opportunities open to you as an airman and in addition to an outstanding career while you'll enjoy educational and travel benefits that are second to none you'll wear the smartly styled blue Air Force uniform and you'll enjoy the respect and prestige that goes with being a member of the world's finest Air Force visit your local Air Force recruiting station talk it over with the friendly people there they'll tell you how you can qualify as an airman in the United States Air Force this has been another program on proudly we hail presented transcribed in cooperation with this radio station proudly we 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