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future and your country's future by a visit to your nearest United States Army recruiting station learn all about the benefits you can have in the United States Army and now the proudly we hail production of the primitive man I've been in the army now for all about 16 years long enough for most of the recruits in my outfit to think of me as an old soldier well I've learned a thing or two about soldiers and the most important thing I learned about soldiers is that they're the same as anyone else veteran soldiers are no different from veteran doctors of bricklayers tea tasters or school teachers veteran soldiers doctors bricklayers tea tasters and school teachers usually get together and bat the breeze about the old days excuse me the good old days and they usually carry on about how the new fellas coming into the field can't hold a candle to the old-timers well when my colleagues start talking like that I usually take a pass I think there's nothing wrong with the new fellas I go further as far as I'm concerned the new group of guys we got coming into the army anyhow are every bit as smart resourceful and dependable as we ever were if not more and all of which is a kind of an introduction to a story I want to tell you which will explain to you why I am going to go down into the history books now you said to yourself what did sergeant first-class James Prescott ever do that entitles him to a paragraph in the history book well you could guess from now to the cows come home so I might as well tell you I am 50% responsible for the witherbee Prescott discovery and what is the great witherbee Prescott discovery you listen and learn believe me I learned it all started a little while before the fighting in Korea I was with an infantry division in training down south I do say so myself I'm pretty good training non-com I guess I just naturally like to teach and I know that I get a kick out over here in the fellas in the outfit say hey that Sergeant Prescott is okay he sure makes that stuff sound interesting yeah nobody falls asleep one of his classes oh hey any a card and as for the classes themselves now we we have the rifle it is termed the grand model one better known as the M1 a semi-automatic caliber 30 hand operated weapon working on a captured gas recoil principle I saw you scratch your head Collins already I'm getting a little bit too technical am I well I did it just to prove how you have to start with the simple and you work your way gradually and by the time we're finished studying this rifle you'll be able to take it apart and put it together blindfolded you'll understand its principle and operation and make up so thoroughly that at this gun didn't exist any one of you would be able to invent it very well all right now here we have the M1 now primitive man did not have a rifle primitive man engaged in a type of warfare much different from our own since primitive man was quite ignorant what's the matter with a bee nothing Sergeant you had a very pained look on your face with a bee I'm sorry Sergeant I wasn't aware of it did I say anything to offend you with a bee truthfully Sergeant you did yeah what was it I'd rather not discuss it I wouldn't take that attitude with a bee you'll find its soldiers create a much better outfit that they put all their cards on the table yes Sergeant I agree that sound basic psychology however the reason I don't think any further discussion on the topic would be germane is that it would certainly create an extremely complicated aggression and although I may have been offended it was nothing personal yeah well to continue now you want to remember that young man's name Edgar Galileo with a bee and but for him there'd be no story well we spent the rest of the day studying the M1 rifle and young mr. with a bee didn't have any more to say as a matter of fact I was about ready to forget him and he was kind of easy to overlook and forget it was about you know a medium height maybe 21 or 2 slim sandy hair nothing about him that it would make you notice him in the crowd well that on that night I was sitting in my room in the barracks writing a letter and there was a knock on the door and of course if you want to guess who it was you'll be right first shot well with a bee come in Sergeant Prescott I wanted to talk to you about this afternoon what about this afternoon oh all this afternoon oh yeah yeah well well Sergeant you were you were absolutely wrong and not about the rifle that's your field you know all about it but you were completely in error when you said primitive man was ignorant primitive man happens to be my field I'm an archaeologist there's no there is no evidence to enable us to conclude that primitive man was ignorant to the country he was at least as intelligent as we are there's not a fact I didn't want to bring this up in front of the rest of the platoon I didn't want to embarrass you well thanks you're an archaeologist and well I've never had one of my outfit before are you the fellas who go around digging up all bones we study ancient civilizations and cultures now as far as primitive man is concerned everything we know today is based on his exploration it was primitive man who discovered fire how to use to all right all right with a beat I apologize I'm not the man to low-rate anybody I just wanted to make my position clear Sergeant with a bee from now on any discussion that this company has about primitive man will be conducted on a very high plane well that was the day we got our nickname from that day on throughout the entire division L company was always referred to as the primitive man well as I say there were times it was a positive pleasure to listen to whether we talk about how there was very little new under the sun but in time they came the day when we all started talking about something else career well soon after the shooting started we were preparing for overseas shipment and after all the necessary preliminaries were completed we were sent into the line and believe me things were certainly primitive enough I don't think that anybody in the outfit thought that Korea was an exciting place but with a bee was really living we had just pushed the Reds out of some little farming village and digging in against the counterattack I was making the rounds of the fox holes and checking up on my man everybody was present in a counter for except with a bee hey slogan where's with a bee I don't know Sarge what do you mean you don't know is your buddy isn't he yes Sarge but well I don't know what could have happened to him Sarge as a matter of fact I'm getting worried myself I guess he just disappeared that's all how can a man just disappear now wait a minute Sarge look my squad was moving up through that small village about a mile back we didn't run any resistance there what could have happened to him with a bee was bringing up the rear he was supposed to be behind me sniper maybe sniper got him but I didn't hear a shot Sarge impressed we'll dig defense positions along this ridge you check the platoons captain I'm afraid I got one man missing who with a bee how I don't know yet say oh we haven't run into the enemy how could we lose a man slow come here thanks with a bee disappeared as we passed through the village first platoon reported to me that the village was clear yes but we just walked through it we didn't search any of the houses for all we know the Reds may have had a patrol hidden in there and been lying low to pick off a prisoner press got take a squad and go back there find out what's going on in that village while the captain alerted the line that we might have trouble in our rear I took a squad and headed back to the little collection of huts down the road which we saw fit to call a village I don't mind telling you right now we were one nervous out there I wasn't taking any chances I brought a light machine gunner with me and as we approached the houses I found a position for him about 50 yards away where he could cover us I put a BAR man was left in the rifle grenade team on his right and I took the rest of the squad and single file we walked carefully and I mean we wouldn't have broken any egg we stepped on for the first house you policy you keep as close as you can to cover I'm gonna walk into that house to win this faceness make sure no one pokes a rifle out of any of all right there goes nothing open up in there open the door be ready hello sergeant with a bee with a bee you all right am I all right why shouldn't I there's anybody around far as I know the place is deserted I looked in all the houses couldn't see a living soul what happened to you what are you doing here why aren't you with the company come with me Sarge I found something I'll show you outside around the back where to be what did you find it's the most amazing what I couldn't get over it look what is it what is it my man how can you ask isn't it obvious it's a plow a plow where to be did you goof off just to look at a plow sergeant I couldn't just walk here without stopping to study the fascinating implements these villages we're using it's it's why it's like going back 10,000 years oh for crying out loud I was looking at the plow this farmer was using do you realize these people use methods of agriculture that haven't changed since the stone age you don't say this could be a neolithic village socially culturally economically nothing has changed here for thousands of years I look with a bee I don't want you wondering off I'm coming back here when the war is over I must let that's fine you come back here when the fight is over right now the fight is well everybody else Korea was just mountains modern two by four villages but with a bee dies like a kid let loose in the candy still everything to him was exciting significant how the people built their huts how they plowed their fields how they harvested the crops all they could talk about was what a tremendously enriching experience all this was well I'm sure the rest of the guys must have thought he was nuts then came as they say in the novels the fateful night the old man needed a recon patrol we sent out four men on what should have been a routine mission but only three of them came back what happened to with a bee sergeant I look honest sergeant I don't know cut it out slow come he wasn't hit was he no sergeant look if he was do you think we would have left them well was he taken prisoner no sergeant then what happened he he just told us he would be slightly delayed and for us to go on ahead I don't know who's crazy here you me or him boy I think he is sergeant I I'm afraid of sad but I think where the bee has finally jumped the track he's mad so I'd start grape and where did you last see him well sergeant we were we were following that dried up little gully on a map when we kind of stumbled into a cave we took a look inside and and then something seemed to happen the wither what I don't know his eyes seem to light up and his hand started shaking and he started to mutter well anyway me and Drake and Rogan just looked at it when I said come on let's go back he said you fellas go ahead I'll see in a little while we argued with him but he didn't even answer us then we saw it was no use there was nothing we could do with him so we made our way back without I don't know sergeant I don't know did we do wrong but what else could we have done I don't know either how am I gonna handle this what am I gonna tell the captain you're listening to the proudly we hail production of the primitive man and we will return to our second act in just one moment today you young men of America have an excellent opportunity to learn a tray that'll assure your future under the reserve for you training program your army is training young men in such interesting fields as radio radar electronics guided missiles and that's just the name a few actually there are over 150 courses to choose from that's right 150 and you can make your own choice and receive a letter of acceptance which guarantees you a seat in the course before you enlist you can become a qualified technician trained to do a real important job and what's more important to do it right so for full information about a real exciting career you visit your nearest United States Army recruiting station ask all about the reserve for you training program remember there's complete information without obligation of all the men sergeant first-class James Prescott has served within the army well believe me certainly private Edgar Galileo witherby is the most unique witherby is a young student of archaeology a man who is an authority on the cultures of primitive people for all that witherby is likable and a real first-rate soldier the outfit is in Korea and with a bee and three other men were sent on a patrol the other three have returned but witherby has refused to come back when last seen witherby was in a cave just what got into witherby and how to account for his unusual action as a matter of intense speculation to one sergeant press the patrol came back without witherby about an hour before dawn once it became light too late to do anything about witherby that day we spent a long morning and a longer afternoon fighting off a red attack and the end of the day saw our positions unchanged well as soon as it became dark again I approached the captain with the bee with the bee with the bee if it weren't for that witherby yes sir but witherby's a good guy sir he just has his own way oh but this latest thing sergeant it's serious witherby was sent out on a patrol why didn't he come back sure I know witherby's been a well a certain amount of trouble but sometimes I think he's worth it sir at least four guys in this outfit are alive today because witherby personally attended to that red machine gun and how about the time he moved back under fire got us the ammo we needed to hold off an attack let's face it sir he's one of the best men we had I guess he's entitled to be just a little bit crazy the only thing now is I don't know just how to handle it how do I list them missing in action what do you suppose could have happened to him anyhow well sir it's only one way to find out if I told us to anyone who didn't know witherby they'd say it was a case of desertion in the face of the enemy oh no sir not witherby I'm only telling you what it looks like sergeant I don't buy a thing like myself but how am I going to account for him on our record well Slocum said night distinctly remember this he said witherby told him to go on and he'd be alone that was last night where is he I hope he's still in that cave I hope the Reds haven't captured him I hope he's still alive I don't know sir I just hope well a patrol should go out as soon as possible and find out yes like that's a captain for you he knows how I feel about witherby he knows I wanted to go out and look for him but he also knows and so do I that first sergeants as a rule don't go out on patrols I didn't want to put him on his spot by asking for his permission and he didn't want to have to refuse me so instead of saying send out a patrol he said patrol should go out and that made the order ambiguous enough for me to understand it you know if I wanted to well I got a hold of Slocum and he volunteered to guide me to where the cave was after all he was witherby's buddy we started out just before midnight we had something like a mile to cover we had just gotten inside the enemy lines and we're making our way along the gully Slocum had told us about when things started to go wrong hurry they spotted a sergeant they did it's all over maybe one of them thinks he heard something off the right I must think we're headed back you don't figure is to keep going all right I don't like it the whole lines alert now I'm not crazy about it either all right now try not to make a sound keep on your belly lead the way so far they don't see us yeah so far still off to the right who's nervous my teeth always chatter if I'm not asleep by midnight don't tell me that was off to the right I'm gonna get them trigger happy he'd actually seen us he'd be pouring it on and you like the view around here thinking of buying this property maybe building a house here come on keep going we a boy do I get my hands on that witherby they get online where are we almost there Sarge but but what but this isn't how it was last night the Reds were further back they must have dug some new positions there was nobody along here Sarge Sarge maybe they found the cave maybe we'll walk in there right into a bunch of them that case will walk right out oh that witherby how crazy can a guy get with the be still loose you have to get to him right now they know there's something up out here I hear him moving around Sarge the cave it's just around a little bend in that gully okay keep law and keep moving yeah Sarge it's over there you can't see it too well the entrance is hidden behind those rocks okay let me go first case of trouble don't hang around beat it back sergeant in here you witherby come on in come on out slow come and me almost got our heads blown off trying to get here we're not out of it yet sergeant you must come in here and see what I found I'm coming in but it's just gonna be to drag you out slow come come in and keep the entrance covered here I heard firing I was afraid the enemy would come in here I'm not ready to leave yet witherby what's the big idea your lighter all the fluids gone in mind you see I needed like I couldn't keep it burning all the time so I'd keep striking it and shutting it off even so it ran dry your lighter sergeant I don't worry they can't see the light from outside take a look hey what is this place why does it look like sergeant it's a burial place that's fine let's get out of here before it becomes our burial place witherby are you nuts I made calculations this is a prehistoric burial ground these people they're not the same race that lives in this country today I've examined the skulls do you know what this means I know we'll be lucky to get out of here and back to our outfit what are these people doing here which people skeletons there's at least a hundred of the men women children from their artifacts their knives tools weapons I would place them in the early bronze age are they how did they get here witherby you and I and slogan we're going back to the outfit this minute that's an order just a minute sergeant don't just a minute me will it be I'll say it this way sergeant you wouldn't give that order if you knew just what all this means to science I'll tell you one of the reasons I am listed later witherby later oh no now sergeant I don't know all the details in the specific problems of what it's all about but in a general way I do know that our side is interested in freedom and knowledge and their side isn't I'm sure there's more to it than that but even this much is good enough for me I don't know exactly what I've run into here but I do know it's a discovery that would interest our scientists we have to protect it because it's going to add to our knowledge of our world I think I hear somebody coming what are we going to do I don't think we can move and not be spotted you might be able to get out sergeant I've explored this cave there's a tunnel that leads to another exit further down the gully okay we'll take a chance late away no sergeant listen one man can hold the entrance of this cave against the whole regiment for a while anyhow you know yourself we're due to attack any hour now sergeant I can always try to make it through the tunnel later if I can't hold out what's doing out there slow them seems to be a bunch of them out there somewhere maybe they'll spot the entrance maybe they won't all right come back here whether be where's that tunnel and back of those rocks all right whether be now I'll stay here you follow the tunnel see the exit brings you out in the clear slow come the ground is lined on either side with pottery it could be a great scientific value try not to break any tell the captain to set up you see we're ready to launch the attack tell him we can sneak a whole platoon in here the way you came out then we can move out to the entrance and take the reds by surprise provided of course none of them spots the entrance to the cave a move fast okay sergeant now whether be that you and I get up close the entrance and hope none of the reds are inquisitive as we were sergeant you have struck a noble blow for science do you realize the value of this discovery sure and I also realize the value of this place is a military position he's looking straight at us he's got to see the entrance he just got to yeah yeah he thinks he sees over now not just pray he takes it in his head to investigate this himself just pray he doesn't call out to any of his buddies I'm praying sergeant yeah he comes he must have had a sergeant like you press get a sergeant who taught him how to be curious all right let him come in no noise now nice work you know for an archie geologist you're swinging pretty good rifle butt was he alone no it's not like a couple of Monday all for our boy nobody else come stumbling around here I would say we got this good chance I sure hope the captain can send a platoon through that tunnel in a hurry he got a cigarette hey hey will be wake up will you what are you dreaming about oh yeah yeah yeah here you are oh sergeant I think I'm in a cold sweat these knives buried here with these people I've never seen any quite like them made out of bronze but you need tin and copper to make bronze no tin around this part of the country now how do they do it and the design the way the knives are curved and how they taper outward how were these people sergeant and what became of them I can't place them in any known group why have we never heard of them before doesn't it make you wonder sergeant people step onto the stage of history play their brief part and and and just vanish where there be to tell you the truth I'm scared stiff scared sergeant man alive all these bones you realize what this is a graveyard it gives me the willies just before dawn the captain sent the first platoon through the tunnel and into the cave when the attack started the company hit the enemy in front and we poured out of the cave and broke them up from the rear was all over in half an hour everybody came to look at the cave there was a whole business with pictures and reports and later some scientists came from the States and far as I know they're still classifying and arguing having a hot time over just exactly what it means on one thing everyone is agreed on it's a great discovery as a matter of fact they wanted to call it the witherby discovery but witherby insists that without my cooperation the whole thing might have fallen into enemy hands so he wasn't happy until they agreed to call it the witherby Prescott discovery and so there you are if it should turn out as big as everyone thinks it will I James Prescott sergeant first class we'll go down in the history books as a man who made a great discovery in the field of archaeology young ladies between the ages of 20 and 33 who are college graduates you are eligible for an executive career in the United States Army if you can qualify for a direct commission in the women's Army Corps you will have many career fields from which to choose personnel and administration legal legislative civil affairs military government and many many others you ask your local Army recruiter about how to start your career on the right side of the desk the executive side this has been another program on proudly we hail present a 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 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