WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:10.680 Auto Light and its 98,000 dealers bring you Mr. William Holden in tonight's presentation 00:10.680 --> 00:13.680 of Suspense. 00:13.680 --> 00:22.760 Tonight, Auto Light presents a true story taken from Captain Walter Kerrig's Battle 00:22.760 --> 00:27.720 Report Korea, the facts concerning the United States Navy's mine clearing operations in 00:27.720 --> 00:35.760 Wonsan Harbor in October 1951, Needle in the Haystack, our star, Mr. William Holden. 00:35.760 --> 00:42.120 Hi, Hap, will you have a cigarette? 00:42.120 --> 00:44.560 Oh, no thanks, Harlow, prefer my own brand. 00:44.560 --> 00:48.280 Hey, did you ever think about all the people who feel like you do about cigarettes, but 00:48.280 --> 00:51.940 on something that has to do with the safety and performance of their car, they take a 00:51.940 --> 00:53.800 substitute and don't know the difference? 00:53.800 --> 00:55.080 What do you mean, Harlow? 00:55.080 --> 00:59.000 Well, for example, many makes of cars have Auto Light electrical systems as original 00:59.000 --> 01:00.000 equipment, right? 01:00.000 --> 01:01.000 Right. 01:01.000 --> 01:05.320 But if replacements are needed, do the owners of those Auto Light equipped cars insist on 01:05.320 --> 01:10.520 Auto Light original service parts exactly the same as those specified by the car manufacturer? 01:10.520 --> 01:11.960 Well, I sure would, Harlow. 01:11.960 --> 01:16.060 I wouldn't take a chance on any part not designed to do the job right. 01:16.060 --> 01:17.640 And you're wise, Hap. 01:17.640 --> 01:22.240 Friends, selecting a cigarette is a matter of taste, but selecting a replacement part 01:22.240 --> 01:26.080 for your car's electrical system is a matter of safety and performance. 01:26.080 --> 01:31.300 So for safe, smooth, efficient operation, insist on Auto Light original service parts 01:31.300 --> 01:33.400 for your Auto Light equipped car. 01:33.400 --> 01:38.000 They're available at your car dealers or nearest authorized Auto Light service station. 01:38.000 --> 01:43.040 And remember, from bumper to tail light, you're always right with Auto Light. 01:43.040 --> 01:47.640 And now, Auto Light presents, transcribed the true story of the United States Navy's 01:47.640 --> 01:54.720 actions in Wonsan Harbor in October 1951, Needle in the Haystack, starring Mr. William 01:54.720 --> 02:08.760 Holden, hoping once again to keep you in suspense. 02:08.760 --> 02:14.160 During the last war, we never tried to sweep even a small harbor with less than 30 sweepers. 02:14.160 --> 02:16.720 At Okinawa, for instance, we used 100. 02:16.720 --> 02:18.880 At Normandy, 300. 02:18.880 --> 02:32.360 And at good old Wonsan, as big or bigger than any of them, we started in with 10. 02:32.360 --> 02:34.320 Attention men, Captain Spofford. 02:34.320 --> 02:39.000 Carry on, smoking lamps lit. 02:39.000 --> 02:40.800 Make yourselves comfortable. 02:40.800 --> 02:45.880 The correspondents are beginning to call those ships out there, the fleet that came to stay 02:45.880 --> 02:48.880 and stay and stay at sea. 02:48.880 --> 02:52.840 Well, I agree with you, it isn't a very good joke. 02:52.840 --> 02:58.600 Nothing funny about 250 ships steaming around in circles waiting to get into Wonsan Harbor. 02:58.600 --> 03:01.440 Our job is to make sure they do get in. 03:01.440 --> 03:02.920 Oh, Commander the map. 03:02.920 --> 03:03.920 Yes, sir. 03:03.920 --> 03:08.960 You men on the port want to get in closer. 03:08.960 --> 03:14.560 Now here, between the fleet and the shore, mines. 03:14.560 --> 03:18.080 We don't know what kind of mines, but we do know that all of these anchorages and approaches 03:18.080 --> 03:20.080 will have to be swept clear. 03:20.080 --> 03:21.080 Sir? 03:21.080 --> 03:24.280 Well, yesterday would have been a good time to have the job finished. 03:24.280 --> 03:29.000 We have 20,000 troops packed into space and it would be close quarters for half as many. 03:29.000 --> 03:31.400 That kind of thing isn't very good on the nerves. 03:31.400 --> 03:36.720 Matter of fact, those Marines who are calling this Operation Yo-Yo, they may have something 03:36.720 --> 03:37.720 of that. 03:37.720 --> 03:42.200 Right now, they're as effectively out of combat as if they were still training in North Carolina. 03:42.200 --> 03:55.960 Well, gentlemen, our assault sweep into Wonsan Harbor will commence at 0630. 03:55.960 --> 03:58.040 And that's the way it started. 03:58.040 --> 03:59.040 Assault sweep. 03:59.040 --> 04:00.040 Definition? 04:00.040 --> 04:05.240 An assault sweep is just a polite, official gobbledygook for busting through a minefield 04:05.240 --> 04:07.320 in spite of anything. 04:07.320 --> 04:09.080 Few notes here about mines. 04:09.080 --> 04:10.280 They're different kinds. 04:10.280 --> 04:15.480 A contact mine floats on top of the water and explodes when it touches a ship. 04:15.480 --> 04:18.600 And there's another kind that just sits on the bottom and gets triggered by a ship's 04:18.600 --> 04:19.600 magnetic field. 04:19.600 --> 04:20.600 Magnetic mine. 04:20.600 --> 04:25.720 And if you don't like those, try yourself an acoustic mine. 04:25.720 --> 04:26.720 Dandy. 04:26.720 --> 04:29.240 Detonates from a ship's vibration. 04:29.240 --> 04:33.120 Or there's a pressure mine that just goes off when a ship passes above it. 04:33.120 --> 04:37.200 And if you aren't satisfied with the way they blow up, there just might be a couple of guys 04:37.200 --> 04:40.840 on the beach controlling all of them with an electric cable. 04:40.840 --> 04:42.400 Oh yeah. 04:42.400 --> 04:43.400 One more thing. 04:43.400 --> 04:48.280 For every kind of mine, there's a different sweeping operation. 04:48.280 --> 04:51.760 So go sweep mines. 04:51.760 --> 04:58.920 Fire away! 04:58.920 --> 04:59.920 What's the count? 04:59.920 --> 05:01.400 We've set 21 mines so far, sir. 05:01.400 --> 05:02.400 No casualties. 05:02.400 --> 05:03.400 That's encouraging. 05:03.400 --> 05:04.400 Now let's see. 05:04.400 --> 05:05.400 We're in here. 05:05.400 --> 05:10.400 That means we've already cleared a channel 3,000 yards wide. 05:10.400 --> 05:15.040 From the 100 fathom curve to the 30 fathom curve. 05:15.040 --> 05:17.720 We may get those Marines in action sooner than we expected. 05:17.720 --> 05:18.720 This keeps up. 05:18.720 --> 05:20.080 Helicopters are a big help, sir. 05:20.080 --> 05:22.040 Well, it's something new in mine sweeping. 05:22.040 --> 05:23.640 Flying low ahead of the lead sweep. 05:23.640 --> 05:24.640 Sir? 05:24.640 --> 05:25.640 Yeah. 05:25.640 --> 05:26.640 It's the pilot's radio, sir. 05:26.640 --> 05:27.640 I think he spotted something. 05:27.640 --> 05:28.640 Give me those phones. 05:28.640 --> 05:29.640 Yes, sir. 05:29.640 --> 05:34.920 Sharply angled mine line directly ahead of lead sweep. 05:34.920 --> 05:36.880 Another line just beyond that. 05:36.880 --> 05:37.880 Another. 05:37.880 --> 05:38.880 Another. 05:38.880 --> 05:40.880 Order that lead sweep to come about. 05:40.880 --> 05:45.880 Aye, aye, sir. 05:45.880 --> 05:52.360 The pilot had found five mine lines inside the 30 fathom curve. 05:52.360 --> 05:57.640 And with only ten sweepers working, that was a little more than we'd bargained for. 05:57.640 --> 06:01.800 We didn't lose any shipping that first day, but we didn't get an inch closer to Wonsan 06:01.800 --> 06:02.800 Harbor. 06:02.800 --> 06:32.760 At zero-nine hundred the following day, we tried something 06:32.760 --> 06:34.800 else that was new in mine sweeping. 06:34.800 --> 06:40.600 A fly-fly boy spaced off at 600-yard intervals and came roaring in at 1,500 feet, loaded 06:40.600 --> 06:42.600 with bombs and rockets. 06:42.600 --> 06:43.600 Object? 06:43.600 --> 06:46.480 To try and blast a channel for the sweepers. 06:46.480 --> 06:47.480 It was quite a sight. 06:47.480 --> 07:00.160 A five-mile column of airplanes dropping their goodies into the water on time signals. 07:00.160 --> 07:11.360 I've just reported that the aerial countermining operation is complete. 07:11.360 --> 07:15.160 It's up to us to find out whether or not it worked the hard way. 07:15.160 --> 07:20.640 Forces two-four-eight, speed eight knots, proceed as planned. 07:20.640 --> 07:22.800 Lieutenant Hyatt aboard the pirate, sir. 07:22.800 --> 07:25.800 We are proceeding as ordered. 07:25.800 --> 07:30.560 The pirate was the lead ship in the formation. 07:30.560 --> 07:34.160 The whole fleet watched as she edged out and headed for the waters that had been raked 07:34.160 --> 07:35.160 by the planes. 07:35.160 --> 07:41.880 Not far behind came the pledge and the incredible and the redhead, all trailing their sweeping 07:41.880 --> 07:45.320 gear, all anxious to get a job done. 07:45.320 --> 07:50.760 One at a time they turned to pass between the islands. 07:50.760 --> 07:52.240 We are now entering unswept waters. 07:52.240 --> 07:53.600 Will it work, sir? 07:53.600 --> 07:54.600 I hope so. 07:54.600 --> 07:58.240 If there are any mines in those waters, the bombs and rockets should have done some good. 07:58.240 --> 07:59.240 Yeah. 07:59.240 --> 08:01.280 Well, we'll know in a minute, son. 08:01.280 --> 08:11.480 Yak,according to Res anthropologist, the 08:11.480 --> 08:35.440 We lost the pirate and the pledge that day. 08:35.440 --> 08:38.040 Aerial countermining had been an experiment. 08:38.040 --> 08:40.880 Another good idea that didn't work. 08:40.880 --> 08:47.880 And learned there's no shortcut to mind sweeping. 08:47.880 --> 08:53.760 Cigarette Don. 08:53.760 --> 08:58.760 Thank you sir. 08:58.760 --> 09:02.640 For the last 20 hours the fleet commander has been asking can we land as scheduled, 09:02.640 --> 09:04.920 can we land tomorrow, if not tomorrow when? 09:04.920 --> 09:05.920 I know sir. 09:05.920 --> 09:09.400 I can't answer him until I get some answers myself. 09:09.400 --> 09:14.320 We know their influence, mines, but we don't know what kind, magnetic contact or what. 09:14.320 --> 09:15.800 Or how many or where they're placed. 09:15.800 --> 09:19.360 We've got to have this information so we'll know how to sweep. 09:19.360 --> 09:22.000 And so I can give the fleet commander an accurate answer. 09:22.000 --> 09:24.640 You all set? 09:24.640 --> 09:25.640 All set sir. 09:25.640 --> 09:26.640 Good luck Don. 09:26.640 --> 09:27.640 Thank you sir. 09:27.640 --> 09:28.640 All right sailors, shove off. 09:28.640 --> 09:29.640 Aye aye sir. 09:29.640 --> 09:41.760 Hold the course. 09:41.760 --> 09:42.760 Holding the course sir. 09:42.760 --> 09:43.760 Beg pardon sir. 09:43.760 --> 09:44.760 Yeah? 09:44.760 --> 09:46.760 How far in can we go sir? 09:46.760 --> 09:49.000 Until we get to the end of those marked lines. 09:49.000 --> 09:50.800 I'll swim it from there. 09:50.800 --> 09:52.800 Does it always go like this? 09:52.800 --> 09:55.600 I mean we've tried about everything to get those ships into the harbor. 09:55.600 --> 09:56.600 Nothing seems to work. 09:56.600 --> 09:57.600 It's that way sometimes. 09:57.600 --> 10:01.560 How long you been in the Navy son? 10:01.560 --> 10:04.680 Well this is my first time out, about 18 months now sir. 10:04.680 --> 10:06.320 What did you do before that? 10:06.320 --> 10:07.320 High school. 10:07.320 --> 10:10.680 Sir, could I ask how long you've been in the Navy? 10:10.680 --> 10:12.440 Well I started out as a seaman. 10:12.440 --> 10:14.440 Let's see, 20 years now. 10:14.440 --> 10:16.320 That's a good long time sir. 10:16.320 --> 10:17.480 Have you always been looking for things? 10:17.480 --> 10:18.480 I mean minesweeper. 10:18.480 --> 10:19.480 14 years of it. 10:19.480 --> 10:20.480 Okay cut him. 10:20.480 --> 10:21.480 Aye aye sir. 10:21.480 --> 10:28.440 When I'm clear take her back and follow the cans. 10:28.440 --> 10:30.440 Yes sir. 10:30.440 --> 10:32.760 Well, so long. 10:32.760 --> 10:41.520 Good luck sir. 10:41.520 --> 10:44.120 It took me a half an hour to swim the rest of the way. 10:44.120 --> 10:48.280 A couple of times my legs brushed against the mines, moored no more than two feet below 10:48.280 --> 10:49.280 the surface. 10:49.280 --> 10:54.360 When I finally got onto shore there was a welcoming committee waiting for me. 10:54.360 --> 10:57.360 About 12 Korean fishermen. 10:57.360 --> 11:04.320 Aye, aye you there. 11:04.320 --> 11:09.920 Hello, you speak any English? 11:09.920 --> 11:12.360 Do you hear me? 11:12.360 --> 11:14.920 You speak any English? 11:14.920 --> 11:19.600 I say do any of you speak English? 11:19.600 --> 11:22.840 Yankee, Yankee. 11:22.840 --> 11:24.440 That's right I'm a Yankee. 11:24.440 --> 11:26.440 Do you speak English? 11:26.440 --> 11:29.040 Fish, me fish. 11:29.040 --> 11:31.920 Yeah, yeah you're a fisherman. 11:31.920 --> 11:34.360 Then maybe you can help me get the information I need. 11:34.360 --> 11:38.280 I'm from that ship out there, understand? 11:38.280 --> 11:43.400 In order to land all those boats we have to find out what kind of mines are in these waters, 11:43.400 --> 11:47.840 where they're located, how many. 11:47.840 --> 11:50.400 Can you tell me anything about them? 11:50.400 --> 11:52.920 Can you tell me who laid them? 11:52.920 --> 11:59.400 Do you understand? 11:59.400 --> 12:04.240 Men who lay mines in water? 12:04.240 --> 12:05.240 Yeah, yeah that's it. 12:05.240 --> 12:08.320 It took a lot of men and boats to mine that whole area. 12:08.320 --> 12:09.720 The commies had to have help. 12:09.720 --> 12:12.160 Now who helped them? 12:12.160 --> 12:14.560 The Sampan men. 12:14.560 --> 12:18.120 All the Sampan men help. 12:18.120 --> 12:21.480 The soldiers say help. 12:21.480 --> 12:24.000 The soldiers made the Sampan boats help, huh? 12:24.000 --> 12:26.920 Well then a Sampan skipper can tell me what I want to know. 12:26.920 --> 12:27.920 Where can I find one? 12:27.920 --> 12:28.920 For gone. 12:28.920 --> 12:29.920 What? 12:29.920 --> 12:33.920 No tell anything. 12:33.920 --> 12:48.640 I'll tell you, kill all Sampan men. 12:48.640 --> 12:53.600 Auto Light is bringing you Mr. William Holden in Needle in the Haystack, the true story of 12:53.600 --> 12:59.080 the United States Navy's operations in Wonsan Harbor in October 1951. 12:59.080 --> 13:12.520 Tonight's presentation in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 13:12.520 --> 13:17.240 Say Hap, did you ever hear about a person buying cigarettes without asking for a particular 13:17.240 --> 13:18.240 brand? 13:18.240 --> 13:19.240 No, never Harlow. 13:19.240 --> 13:23.600 Well, some of those same folks accept replacement parts for their car's electrical systems 13:23.600 --> 13:25.080 without even asking the name. 13:25.080 --> 13:30.040 You mean they don't insist on parts exactly like those specified by the car manufacturer, 13:30.040 --> 13:31.040 Harlow? 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14:47.520 --> 14:48.520 How many? 14:48.520 --> 14:49.520 Where are they? 14:49.520 --> 14:53.040 All tough questions and tougher to answer. 14:53.040 --> 14:55.520 The Wansan fishermen said there was no such thing. 14:55.520 --> 14:57.800 All the answers had been killed off. 14:57.800 --> 15:07.120 I tried another source, Rock headquarters in the friendly city of Wansan. 15:07.120 --> 15:08.120 Commander De Forest? 15:08.120 --> 15:09.120 Yes. 15:09.120 --> 15:10.120 Lieutenant Ching, sit down please. 15:10.120 --> 15:11.120 Thank you. 15:11.120 --> 15:12.120 Sorry to have kept you waiting. 15:12.120 --> 15:13.120 It has been busy here. 15:13.120 --> 15:14.120 Yes, I noticed. 15:14.120 --> 15:15.120 They leave slowly. 15:15.120 --> 15:16.120 They seem to. 15:16.120 --> 15:17.120 We'd like to speed that up a little bit. 15:17.120 --> 15:21.280 I know. 15:21.280 --> 15:23.360 You want to get those ships in the harbor. 15:23.360 --> 15:24.360 What can I do? 15:24.360 --> 15:28.520 Well, you can find me a Sam Fan boat skipper who knows all about the mine laying job. 15:28.520 --> 15:30.000 You have been to the waterfront? 15:30.000 --> 15:31.000 Yes, I have. 15:31.000 --> 15:34.440 Then you know that all who helped have been killed or taken away. 15:34.440 --> 15:36.040 I thought there might be one someplace. 15:36.040 --> 15:40.360 Twenty-five miles north of here there is supposed to be a mining depot they use. 15:40.360 --> 15:42.640 Well, maybe we can find out something there. 15:42.640 --> 15:44.400 They are still out there. 15:44.400 --> 15:45.400 You realize, huh? 15:45.400 --> 15:46.400 Huh. 15:46.400 --> 15:48.040 Well, I'll have to take that risk. 15:48.040 --> 15:50.240 Can I get some kind of transportation? 15:50.240 --> 15:51.240 We have a jeep. 15:51.240 --> 15:52.240 Good. 15:52.240 --> 15:54.360 Now any chance of borrowing somebody as an interpreter? 15:54.360 --> 15:57.040 I am as anxious as you are to secure this harbor. 15:57.040 --> 16:05.280 I will go with you, Commander. 16:05.280 --> 16:08.160 Ching was dog-tired and nervous and a little trigger-happy. 16:08.160 --> 16:13.160 As we drove over the roughest road in North Korea, he sat with a pistol and a rifle ready 16:13.160 --> 16:15.200 to handle anything. 16:15.200 --> 16:19.400 About fifteen miles out of one sound we came to a village, a place of about a thousand 16:19.400 --> 16:20.880 people or so. 16:20.880 --> 16:24.400 When they heard the sound of our motor, they scattered in all directions. 16:24.400 --> 16:29.080 By the time we pulled to a stop, there wasn't a soul in sight, except a little girl about 16:29.080 --> 16:31.080 five years old. 16:31.080 --> 16:34.680 Well, hey, wait. 16:34.680 --> 16:35.680 Where are you going? 16:35.680 --> 16:36.680 We were questioned. 16:36.680 --> 16:37.680 No, no. 16:37.680 --> 16:40.080 Let's try this little lady with the muddy face first. 16:40.080 --> 16:41.080 It's Charles? 16:41.080 --> 16:43.320 Yeah, kids are the same all over the world. 16:43.320 --> 16:45.320 At least I think they are. 16:45.320 --> 16:47.640 Come on, leave that rifle here. 16:47.640 --> 16:50.640 It is not... 16:50.640 --> 16:52.640 Okay. 16:52.640 --> 16:59.840 Hello there, honey. 16:59.840 --> 17:01.940 What's your name? 17:01.940 --> 17:02.940 You ask her, Singh. 17:02.940 --> 17:03.940 Oh. 17:03.940 --> 17:04.940 Can I take? 17:04.940 --> 17:08.880 I guess she's a little scared. 17:08.880 --> 17:10.320 Can I take? 17:10.320 --> 17:11.640 No, don't ask her anymore. 17:11.640 --> 17:13.960 She's as scared of you as she is of me. 17:13.960 --> 17:17.360 I have something here for you, honey. 17:17.360 --> 17:18.360 Here. 17:18.360 --> 17:19.360 Here. 17:19.360 --> 17:20.360 Candy for you. 17:20.360 --> 17:21.360 Go ahead, take it. 17:21.360 --> 17:22.360 Here. 17:22.360 --> 17:23.360 For you, honey. 17:23.360 --> 17:24.360 Well, at least the candy was a hit. 17:24.360 --> 17:25.360 This is no way to handle these people, Commander. 17:25.360 --> 17:26.360 What do you want to do, Singh? 17:26.360 --> 17:27.360 Start pumping bullets into them? 17:27.360 --> 17:29.160 They have no flag above the village. 17:29.160 --> 17:32.160 We do not know whether they are friendly or not. 17:32.160 --> 17:33.160 They are not friendly. 17:33.160 --> 17:34.160 They are not friendly. 17:34.160 --> 17:35.160 They are not friendly. 17:35.160 --> 17:36.160 They are not friendly. 17:36.160 --> 17:37.160 They are not friendly. 17:37.160 --> 17:38.160 They are not friendly. 17:38.160 --> 17:39.160 They are not friendly. 17:39.160 --> 17:40.160 They are not friendly. 17:40.160 --> 17:41.160 They are not friendly. 17:41.160 --> 17:44.640 They are not friendly or not, we are taking unnecessary chance. 17:44.640 --> 17:47.320 We do not like it. 17:47.320 --> 17:49.320 Something should happen pretty soon. 17:49.320 --> 17:50.320 Over there. 17:50.320 --> 17:52.680 Get your hand off that side arm. 17:52.680 --> 17:55.680 Maybe that candy worked. 17:55.680 --> 18:00.760 The old gent's coming over to us. 18:00.760 --> 18:01.760 Singh. 18:01.760 --> 18:02.760 What? 18:02.760 --> 18:04.800 You know how to smile? 18:04.800 --> 18:07.200 We'll do it now. 18:07.200 --> 18:10.980 What does he want us to do? 18:10.980 --> 18:12.680 He wishes us to follow him. 18:12.680 --> 18:13.680 Over there. 18:13.680 --> 18:14.680 The wooden house. 18:14.680 --> 18:17.680 Looks like some kind of meeting hall. 18:17.680 --> 18:19.720 Now, come on. 18:19.720 --> 18:21.240 It might not be advisable. 18:21.240 --> 18:27.840 Nothing's happened to us yet. 18:27.840 --> 18:29.840 Whole place is sure turning out to see what's what. 18:29.840 --> 18:31.840 They see my rifle in Egypt. 18:31.840 --> 18:36.320 Can you get any of that? 18:36.320 --> 18:37.320 Not much. 18:37.320 --> 18:47.960 Something about a stranger. 18:47.960 --> 18:50.480 No guns or swords on the walls. 18:50.480 --> 18:51.480 They must be friendly. 18:51.480 --> 18:54.680 They do not count on it, Commander. 18:54.680 --> 18:55.680 He wants us inside. 18:55.680 --> 19:03.080 Then inside we go. 19:03.080 --> 19:04.080 Now what? 19:04.080 --> 19:06.400 The boss man of the village. 19:06.400 --> 19:07.400 Tell him that we've come here. 19:07.400 --> 19:13.360 My oldest son joined a communist party. 19:13.360 --> 19:21.120 He killed his mother and two sister because they no join. 19:21.120 --> 19:27.360 He tried to kill me, but failed. 19:27.360 --> 19:29.400 What you want? 19:29.400 --> 19:31.800 I'm not here to hurt anyone, sir. 19:31.800 --> 19:36.120 I'm a member of the UN forces that have come to North Korea to help restore this country. 19:36.120 --> 19:39.560 But before that, I need your help, sir. 19:39.560 --> 19:40.560 UN? 19:40.560 --> 19:43.560 Yes, United Nations. 19:43.560 --> 19:47.960 The war has changed many things. 19:47.960 --> 19:53.160 Yesterday it seemed the communists might win. 19:53.160 --> 19:57.640 Today, the UN. 19:57.640 --> 20:02.320 Tomorrow, my people know not. 20:02.320 --> 20:05.160 We must speak before we decide to help. 20:05.160 --> 20:12.080 We must speak before we decide to help. 20:12.080 --> 20:17.080 They had a council meeting and everybody who was anybody in the village got in on it. 20:17.080 --> 20:21.840 They discussed how we'd come in, why we were there, and what we wanted. 20:21.840 --> 20:25.760 And most of all, the candy bar I had given to the little girl. 20:25.760 --> 20:27.920 In the end, the candy bar won. 20:27.920 --> 20:31.320 The old man with his black robe and white beard said that they would give us any help 20:31.320 --> 20:32.320 that we needed. 20:32.320 --> 20:37.320 Then he gave another order and a few minutes later a group of men brought in a tall, rangy 20:37.320 --> 20:43.540 looking character who didn't like it one bit. 20:43.540 --> 20:44.540 What's all this? 20:44.540 --> 20:45.540 I do not know. 20:45.540 --> 20:46.540 The man's name is Sandhee. 20:46.540 --> 20:57.540 Well, why all the fuss? 20:57.540 --> 20:58.540 What's the matter, sir? 20:58.540 --> 21:02.480 He is telling the man he will not be harmed. 21:02.480 --> 21:05.480 He's giving him his word. 21:05.480 --> 21:08.160 That's pretty scary. 21:08.160 --> 21:11.920 You talk to Sandhee. 21:11.920 --> 21:14.920 The only one left alive. 21:14.920 --> 21:17.300 He escaped. 21:17.300 --> 21:19.560 Is this Sandhee, sir? 21:19.560 --> 21:20.640 Yes. 21:20.640 --> 21:25.880 He helped Russian plant mine, make mine. 21:25.880 --> 21:26.880 What's that? 21:26.880 --> 21:31.640 Sandhee, him, Sam Fan Man. 21:31.640 --> 21:41.440 So, I told the old man, I will not be harmed. 21:41.440 --> 21:43.960 I will not be harmed. 21:43.960 --> 21:46.480 I will not be harmed. 21:46.480 --> 21:49.480 I will not be harmed. 21:49.480 --> 21:53.480 I will not be harmed. 21:53.480 --> 21:57.200 I will not be harmed. 21:57.200 --> 22:00.200 I will not be harmed. 22:00.200 --> 22:04.600 I will not be harmed. 22:04.600 --> 22:08.400 The poor junk pulled the Sam fans loaded with mine. 22:08.400 --> 22:11.520 Sometimes the junk laid their mine in a curve. 22:11.520 --> 22:14.520 When that happened, the Sam fans keeper was shot. 22:14.520 --> 22:17.520 Ask him how he got away. 22:17.520 --> 22:26.160 He jumped from his ship and swam ashore. 22:26.160 --> 22:30.960 He's quite a boy, isn't he? 22:30.960 --> 22:33.960 How many junks did they use? 22:33.960 --> 22:34.960 32. 22:34.960 --> 22:39.960 Does he know how many mines? 22:39.960 --> 22:48.520 He says 3,000. 22:48.520 --> 23:01.960 He knows where they are. 23:01.960 --> 23:02.960 He will show you. 23:02.960 --> 23:03.960 Well, good. 23:03.960 --> 23:05.440 We'll take you up on that, old boy. 23:05.440 --> 23:09.120 Where do you get your first ride in a helicopter over the harbor? 23:09.120 --> 23:11.640 Now for the $64 question, Saint. 23:11.640 --> 23:12.640 What kind of mines? 23:12.640 --> 23:13.640 Magnetic contact or what? 23:13.640 --> 23:14.640 Doesn't he know? 23:14.640 --> 23:15.640 Mine is a mine to him. 23:15.640 --> 23:16.640 He knew everything else. 23:16.640 --> 23:44.760 That information is vital. 23:44.760 --> 23:48.280 We've got to know what kind so we know how to sweep. 23:48.280 --> 23:49.280 Cigarette? 23:49.280 --> 23:50.280 Cigarette? 23:50.280 --> 23:51.280 Yonkey cigarette? 23:51.280 --> 23:56.120 Here, have a smoke buster. 23:56.120 --> 23:58.080 You were great while you lasted. 23:58.080 --> 23:59.080 Donkey. 23:59.080 --> 24:00.080 Donkey. 24:00.080 --> 24:01.080 What now? 24:01.080 --> 24:03.880 Tell him to wait here. 24:03.880 --> 24:06.440 We're going to find that mining depot who you were talking about and we're going to 24:06.440 --> 24:16.680 find out what kind of mines they used. 24:16.680 --> 24:20.800 The road to the abandoned mine depot followed a narrow gauge railroad. 24:20.800 --> 24:25.200 All along the way there were bunkers and barricades indicating that the area had been heavily 24:25.200 --> 24:26.200 guarded. 24:26.200 --> 24:30.800 Now and then we passed campsites where communist guerrillas had recently been. 24:30.800 --> 24:35.080 Snipers fired at us from both sides of the road, but we didn't make any stops until we 24:35.080 --> 24:37.440 got to the abandoned mine depot. 24:37.440 --> 24:41.240 When we stopped in front of the thick concrete entrances, I forgot all about the trouble 24:41.240 --> 24:45.800 we'd had in getting there and ran for the nearest one. 24:45.800 --> 24:50.320 Oh no. 24:50.320 --> 24:52.320 Flooded. 24:52.320 --> 24:54.320 Yeah. 24:54.320 --> 25:00.920 They must have flooded it before they left. 25:00.920 --> 25:06.240 Then there's no way to find any parts, any plans that will tell you what kind of mines 25:06.240 --> 25:07.240 were assembled here. 25:07.240 --> 25:08.240 Nothing. 25:08.240 --> 25:09.840 The whole thing's a bust. 25:09.840 --> 25:14.200 Trying to find anything in that water would be like trying to find a needle in that pile 25:14.200 --> 25:15.600 of hay over there. 25:15.600 --> 25:19.960 Now what would a pile of dry hay be doing on this upper level? 25:19.960 --> 25:20.960 Why, I... 25:20.960 --> 25:22.120 To pack things in. 25:22.120 --> 25:28.080 To pack cartons of coils, detonating parts. 25:28.080 --> 25:33.200 Well, what do you know? 25:33.200 --> 25:34.200 Mine? 25:34.200 --> 25:35.200 You bet your life. 25:35.200 --> 25:39.640 The eye and nose of an 1800 pound magnetic mine. 25:39.640 --> 25:40.640 Magnetic? 25:40.640 --> 25:41.640 Yeah. 25:41.640 --> 25:54.200 Seeing you can tell your friends that we found a needle in a haystack. 25:54.200 --> 25:58.720 The landing was held up to allow the minesweepers to clear all channels. 25:58.720 --> 26:03.640 The beach was finally turned over to the troops and 22,000 men went ashore in two days with 26:03.640 --> 26:04.640 no losses. 26:04.640 --> 26:10.080 Before the end of the week, the 10th Corps was ashore with 50,000 men. 26:10.080 --> 26:11.960 Operation Yo-Yo was over. 26:11.960 --> 26:20.840 The long march to the Yalu had begun. 26:20.840 --> 26:24.800 Suspense. 26:24.800 --> 26:38.720 Presented by Auto Light, the night star, Mr. William Holden. 26:38.720 --> 26:43.120 This is Harlow Wilcox speaking for Auto Light, the world's largest independent manufacturer 26:43.120 --> 26:45.320 of automotive electrical equipment. 26:45.320 --> 26:51.000 In 28 plants from coast to coast, Auto Light makes over 400 products for cars, trucks, 26:51.000 --> 26:53.320 tractors, planes, boats, and industry. 26:53.320 --> 26:58.120 These products include bumpers, speedometers, batteries, such as the famous Auto Light Stay 26:58.120 --> 27:03.160 Full, ignition engineered Auto Light spark plugs, both standard and resistor types, voltage 27:03.160 --> 27:09.200 regulators, wire and battery cable, Auto Light bullseye sealed beam units, and Auto Light 27:09.200 --> 27:13.520 original service parts for all Auto Light electrical systems. 27:13.520 --> 27:17.560 Auto Light is proud to serve the greatest names in the industry. 27:17.560 --> 27:28.060 So from bumper to tail light, you're always right with Auto Light. 27:28.060 --> 27:32.280 Next week, it will be our pleasure to present part one of the first detective story ever 27:32.280 --> 27:36.920 written, a tale considered by many to be the greatest ever written. 27:36.920 --> 27:47.960 Ricky Collins, the Moonstone, our star, Mr. Peter Lawford, that's next week on Suspense. 27:47.960 --> 27:52.120 Suspense is transcribed and directed by Elliot Lewis, the music composed by Lucian Morawick 27:52.120 --> 27:54.240 and conducted by Lutte Gluskin. 27:54.240 --> 27:59.120 Needle in the Haystack was adapted for Suspense by E. 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