An imaginative reconstruction based on Combined Operations follows a British soldier who volunteers for commando service, survives punishing training and joins a raid on the German-held French coast. The raiders demolish military installations while suffering heavy losses, and a delayed explosive charge aboard the HMS Campbeltown later destroys the dock area and kills German personnel examining the ship. The narrator frames the raid as preparation for the larger assault on Hitler's occupied Europe and as a tribute to the men who died gaining that experience.
This Words at War broadcast aired on June 24, 1943. It is listed as episode 1 in the archive. NBC Radio Network carried the broadcast. The cast includes Les Damon, Jackson Beck, Victor Beecroft, Walter Kinsella, and Roger De Koven. Other credited names include Joseph Losey as director, Richard McDonagh as radio adaptor, and Hillary St. George Sanders as host.
The surviving recording runs about 29 minutes.
This version dramatizes Combined Operations. Hillary St. George Sanders is credited as author and Richard McDonagh adapted it for radio.
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