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and more per month. Again, thank you so much for your support. Now it's time for this week's

episode of The Silent Men. The original air date is December the 16th, 1951, and this one is The

Bogus GI. Now The Silent Men bring you thrilling listening on NBC.

Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in The Silent Men.

The National Broadcasting Company proudly presents Douglas Fairbanks' production of The Silent Men,

transcribed stories of the undercover operations of the special agents of every branch of our

federal government and their relentless fight against crime. And our here is Douglas Fairbanks.

In the main, a special agent's work is based on scientific fact and cold calculation.

Seldom may an agent permit himself the luxury of personal emotions where a case is concerned.

However, in tonight's story, it was with a great deal of personal satisfaction that special

agent Fred Thompson helped apprehend and convict the Bogus service man Sam Taylor. For of all the

criminals who infest this great land of ours, none is as vicious as those who prey on the grief

and suffering of families who have lost loved ones in the armed services of our country.

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