ROAD TO BERLIN

[Music] not say Wolfpack precision instruments of destruction Hitler supreme perhaps his last airport to blast alive supply lines to Europe in the Mediterranean in the tactics of the Sun pact it is not difficult to recognize that deadly pattern of the Panzers underwater slipping from yards in Lorien sand Nazaire keel Endon bill and robin this Wolfpack rendezvous three days before northwest of britain then began to hunt [Music] [Applause] American freighter bound for the target tanks and planes Norwegian trawler on British American tanker British taker again Peters as the wolf pack made its position known by the deaths and desolation it left in its wake army transportation Corps charged with the delivery of fighting men and their equipment overseas behind this assignment lies an incredible network of detail the never-ending job of obtaining ships outfitting them for convoy duty procuring supplies storing them in deep holes located in strategic shipping areas up and down the country routing these supplies to topside on call at any time loading the convoys then dispersing men and materiel to their proper combat stations when the convoys have reached overseas ports of demarcation a mammoth shipping job that will not end until our boys march home again to this office now comes a report of the new Wolf Pack race gentlemen Naval Intelligence has received information on which we can brief their route and destination their submarines are moving due south with orders to get what they can while they're moving but the real business is due to explode here across our Mediterranean supply line our information places them in that area in 14 days 14 days yes sir and he can't voice any from our ECC brought up tomorrow head on in that's how it sizes up sir yes sir what is the final sailing date of that convoy carrying shipment zero zero zero zero we've scheduled at the salient for days I'm sorry but the overseas command is counting on its it they're operating ahead of their timetable now the shipment is needed without delay we're looking the sun's will keep on looking this packing fluid now the thing to do is to beat them to the punch get the ships with the essential supplies through the dangers before the subs can dispose themselves then keep them hanging on until they come within range of our land-based bombers captain your commander of this convoy what is our maximum allowable time to get the convoy out of Port and still outrun the subs past the danger zone approximately 30 hours sir if we receive bomber support later on we'll have a chance so they are if the devil's can get the stuff out on time we're sad the convoy will sail tomorrow at 1400 take all necessary action yes sir [Music] army requests escort protection for convoy na 50 sailing ahead of schedule 1400 tomorrow make the necessary dispositions yes sir maritime hiring-hall Oilers engineers ABS many of these men have been torpedoed two three four times the army requests right-of-way for all troop and supply trains in area d4 and to further notice this is urgent rail routes division traffic is required that's for stealing advanced troops assigned for overseas to proceed the port of embarkation aid at once yes sir Reservoir combat supplies the food and equipment line behind the battle line Army Service forces devil one in the chain of America's vast general stores stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific from the Great Lakes to the gold warehouses storage areas cranes trucks freights handling the goods for total war handling it for only one exclusive customer the American Doughboy goods supplies from mills mines from farms factories forests from Maine Massachusetts Montana turned out by machines by the laboring hands of American men and women in the millions war materials hundreds of thousands of separate items routed here from all sections of the country tested catalogues stored ready to be sent from here whenever and wherever needed by that fighting hope for a decent world to live the American Doughboy this is all for him sometimes he pays for it with his life always he depends on it all he asks is that it reach him in time all he asks is that it leech him in time what do you want deppoh commanding officer sir Shipman zero zero zero zero we're preparing it for ship it out of the depth on 48 hours as arranged you'll have it at the port in three days what's that by tomorrow over the Mon call from the port they want shipment zero zero zero zero moves up fast got to be at the port by tomorrow it gives us approximately 12 hours instead of 48 to prepare it here how do we stand and we got people on up to Hellas rush the night shift is still there sir ask him to stay on use every freight car and truck you can find wish at the last minute stuff by plane get rolling at once I'm telling you do it yes okay I think we can swing right all storage officers change and shipping date on zero zero zero zero this must be out of here by twenty hundred must be out of here by twenty hundred request all personnel to remain request all personnel to remain this is urgent attention all the depot personality we've jump in headed the rut of Kipling zero zero we thought we had 48 hours to get this ship and roll we find now we've got exactly 12 the entire consignment must be out of here by 8 o'clock tonight we can't tell you why this is urgent we can't tell you where it is gone we can't give you any detail some of you have been working all night we want you to stick right on the job those Nazi Serbs didn't ask for a race but that's what they were getting from now on every minute counted 12 hours for a job that would not be easy to handle in 48 hours this shipment identified by the innocent code numbers zero zero zero zero is earmarked for offensive action timed to proceed with its arrival overseas 10,000 Depot workers one out of every four a woman racing the move our supplies and material to a port of embarkation that's several other death holes in this area a similar race is taking place at this moment therefore officers and civilian workers have not been informed of the reason for this urgent change do not know that on their meeting the 12-hour deadline date depends the sailing of a convoy tomorrow 1400 12 hours for a 48 hour job rails cleared ships waiting at dockside yes the ASF deep holes called on the swing into action for this rush job are geared for speed weeks go by routine uneventful suppliers a material arrived our stores are shipped out on schedule the basis at home and overseas then this happens now the months of planning the preparation of storage operations the cataloging indexing assembling of stores the office work the skill training and efficiency of depo workers the smooth functioning of depo equipment now all this becomes vital can the Depot's get the stuff rolling fast enough to make the advanced convoy deadline twelve hours to go and the American Doughboy wants trucks he wants assault bulls barbed wire pill boxes portable bridges to replace those destroyed by the enemy he wants machines for making rolls over battered terrain bulldozers for leveling airfields landing strips therefore workers do not know to what combat zones these shipments are going do not want information the enemy can use it is enough that they know weapons and supplies are going to American fighting men everywhere nine hours six hours to go the job has done and the American Doughboy wants shoes boots para boots he wants sucks blouses shirts underwear mosquito netting tents blankets cars he wants food canned and concentrated fruits soup vegetables for himself for the hungry populations of lands blasted and burned by war he wants coffee sugar tea soul he wants cigarettes chocolate chewing gum he has to have concentrated rations C rations K rations D rations rations to be eaten beside a tank in a truck in a foxhole to the dinner music of machine guns these consignments are going to him all of them now three hours and the American Doughboy wants guns big guns mortars bazookas that can splitter an enemy tank he wants rifles carbines automatic tommy guns he wants bullets bombs he asked for tanks tank parts gasoline oil parachutes gas masks gas to retaliate if the enemy uses its first he wants weapons he wants firepower he wants telephone equipment detection devices walkie talkie radios only one hour left and the American Doughboy wants medical supplies he wants sulfa drugs a debryn penicillin he wants iodine blood plasma all medical supplies hard grinding hours men and women fighting without uniforms the supplies turned over to the railroad to trucks and Express facilities a great American team of engineers firemen switchmen signalman dispatchers truck men cargo plane pilots plane please port of embarkation the jumping-off place troops take their stations equipment loaded aboard are we meeting that deadline sailing days I'd like to remind you again it's imperative that you keep your vessels in positions assigned any question all vessels to rendezvous at fine designator you have your instructions good luck gentlemen 1,400 the deadlines maid transports and freighters proceed to rendezvous with destroyer protection the final - to get men and equipment past the oncoming Wolfpack begins convoy and subs both converging toward the same ocean area a [Music] neck-and-neck race with death holding the odds [Music] to all ships sub pack approaching maintain all possible speed standby to disperse on signal you pick up 11 so faster all this tournament surfacing standing out trying to out up ahead of us my disguise rapped in the mouth [Applause] they can find some more for hours you have land-based bombers support from here and here that'll be the end of this Wolf Pack operator stay glued to those phones that's it yes smooth sailing if those last crucial hours can be passed they destroy your escort races astern yep charges and smokescreen keep the wolfpack problem the convoy [Music] the bomb repeating attention all ships attention all ships [Music] today's b-17 liberators maybe PBY [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] I don't hear that I think that cuts it thumbs gone route cleared all ships to proceed the partisan range of all ships subs gone route clear proceed to port is arranged repeating all ships subs gone route cleared proceed to port is arranged yes shipment zero zero zero zero got through all right got through to the waiting American Doughboy got through for the offensive action he will wage and keep waiting until Hitler and the chips are ground to dust these are the supplies and equipment he wants the tools that the men and women in American Depot's are rolling out to him for every battle he will fight shipment zero zero zero zero shipment zero zero zero zero [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] from Depot's throughout the country weapons and supplies are being shipped up ceaselessly in ever-increasing streams marked and routed for delivery by land by sea by air by every road that leads to Berlin sir Tokyo weapons and supplies that will not stop flowing from our deep holes until the forces of hate intolerance and slavery surrender unconditionally [Music] [Applause] [Music]