Written by Paul Peters. Stars Frank Lovejoy and Everett Sloane. Music by Don Voorhees. Announcer Roland Winters. Cmcl Salesman Ted Pearson. Taken from the book of the same name, the story of how a crew of American soldiers captures and boards a Japanese destroyer and sailed undetected into a Japanese convoy.
An overview of pre-war life before the Vietnam War alongside a summary of Mr. Tim Brady’s actions on the USS Hugh Purvis, DD-709, which was stationed off of the coast of North Vietnam in the Gulf of Tonkin. Mr. Tim Brady is a Rockville, Maryland native who enlisted in the Navy right out of high school. He was stationed in the Gulf of Tonkin from 1968 until 1969. Interview conducted virtually via TheirStory.