THE SILENT SERVICE "The Gar Story" 1957
This is the 28th episode of the U.S. war series, "The Silent Service". The series was about the exploits of the U.S. Navy's submarine fleet. Each episode is a stand-alone tale of the actions of a particular submarine. Most of the stories are about actions against the Japanese Navy and merchant fleet in the Pacific. There is also the odd tale from the Korean conflict. The series ran for 78 episodes during 1957 and 1958. The stories were all based on actual events. Some pretty good attention to detail here with the U.S Navy allowing filming on several WW 2 era Gato class subs.
Each episode started and ended with retired Real Admiral Thomas M. Dykers giving a breakdown of the action. Dykers became a writer, producer and technical adviser after leaving the service. He worked on films such as, TORPEDO ALLEY, FLAT TOP, THE FROGMEN, HELL AND HIGH WATER and SUBMARINE COMMAND.
This episode is about the U.S.S. "Gar". The "Gar"was commissioned in 1941 and saw a total of 15 wartime patrols sinking at least 10 Japanese ships. She was kept in service as a training vessel until decommissioned and sold for scrap in 1959. This episode is about the 14th patrol of the submarine.
It is Oct 1944 and the "Gar" has been assigned to deliver men and supplies to an underground group on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. The Navy is not sure if the group has been infiltrated by the Japanese as the previous submarine sent out, the "Seawolf" had disappeared.
The "Gar" makes contact with the guerrillas and finds that the unit is commanded by several American officers left behind in 1942. One of the men, Russell Johnson was a classmate of the "Gar" commander, De Forrest Kelly. The submarine is offloaded and the guerrilla types return to the jungle to continue the fight against the Japanese.
Also in the cast is Bing Russell, the father of actor Kurt Russell.
There is nothing special here at all as this one is a real slow mover with no action involved.
This is the 28th episode of the U.S. war series, "The Silent Service". The series was about the exploits of the U.S. Navy's submarine fleet. Each episode is a stand-alone tale of the actions of a particular submarine. Most of the stories are about actions against the Japanese Navy and merchant fleet in the Pacific. There is also the odd tale from the Korean conflict. The series ran for 78 episodes during 1957 and 1958. The stories were all based on actual events. Some pretty good attention to detail here with the U.S Navy allowing filming on several WW 2 era Gato class subs.
Each episode started and ended with retired Real Admiral Thomas M. Dykers giving a breakdown of the action. Dykers became a writer, producer and technical adviser after leaving the service. He worked on films such as, TORPEDO ALLEY, FLAT TOP, THE FROGMEN, HELL AND HIGH WATER and SUBMARINE COMMAND.
This episode is about the U.S.S. "Gar". The "Gar"was commissioned in 1941 and saw a total of 15 wartime patrols sinking at least 10 Japanese ships. She was kept in service as a training vessel until decommissioned and sold for scrap in 1959. This episode is about the 14th patrol of the submarine.
It is Oct 1944 and the "Gar" has been assigned to deliver men and supplies to an underground group on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. The Navy is not sure if the group has been infiltrated by the Japanese as the previous submarine sent out, the "Seawolf" had disappeared.
The "Gar" makes contact with the guerrillas and finds that the unit is commanded by several American officers left behind in 1942. One of the men, Russell Johnson was a classmate of the "Gar" commander, De Forrest Kelly. The submarine is offloaded and the guerrilla types return to the jungle to continue the fight against the Japanese.
Also in the cast is Bing Russell, the father of actor Kurt Russell.
There is nothing special here at all as this one is a real slow mover with no action involved.