The FBI Story Page #10

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Because you're one of the best students.

That's why you were up there

on that stage.

Do you think I care what

you tell people...

...about perseverance and honor

as long as you have them yourself?

Now, you just remember that,

my fine old friend.

Yes, sir.

After this thing's over, aren't we supposed

to have a tea dance or something?

- Oh, Daddy, I couldn't.

- Come on, come on.

- Please, I just couldn't.

- Right in here.

You're gonna dance with me.

You know, I didn't buy that gardenia

just to see it wilt...

...in a puddle of tears.

Now, here, fix yourself up...

...and we'll go in

and we'll do the Big Apple.

We interrupt this broadcast

for a bulletin...

...from the NBC newsroom,

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Here today, at 7:55 local time...

...units of the Japanese air force bombarded

American Army and Naval installations.

Bombs were still falling

on Pearl Harbor...

...when Director Hoover and the top aides

were on their way into headquarters.

By 7 p.m. Washington time,

2602 agents had been alerted.

Immediate roundup of all enemy aliens

was ordered.

These were enemy aliens,

not law-abiding citizens...

...of German and Japanese ancestry.

Within 72 hours, we took into custody

3846 enemy aliens.

When the war started, the bureau

had a little over 2500 agents.

To handle the new volume of work...

...the force had to be increased

to more than 5000.

Ready on the right.

The new men were sent

to the FBI training center...

...at the Marine base at Quantico, Virginia.

- Ready on the firing line.

One of them

was Sam Crandall's son George.

You're looking at the most expensive

piece of equipment in the entire FBI.

It was paid for with the lives

of a dozen agents.

Their deaths have taught us a lot.

We have cataloged

all of the mistakes...

...all of the slip-ups

that you can possibly make...

...and this piece of equipment

is the result.

It is known as Hogan's Alley.

It might be a street in Passaic,

or one in Fresno.

Here are the photographs

of five wanted criminals.

Study them well.

You will walk down this street.

Be prepared to see any of these men.

Be prepared to kill or be killed.

Exercise your judgment,

but be sure before you fire.

Crandall, you'll lead off.

The rest of you men

proceed to the next range...

...and stay there until you're sent for.

How's young Crandall doing?

Good in some things, slow in others.

Crandall, with six rounds,

load and holster.

He has a lot to live up to.

He sure has.

Start walking.

Very good, Crandall.

No, you just shot the barber.

Granted, there might be a gun

under that towel.

You should have held this man at gunpoint

and had him identify himself.

That's one of the armed fugitives,

Crandall.

While you're standing there thinking

about it, this man just took your life.

You are right in firing.

However, you should fire at the head

rather than the stomach...

...because it's obvious that

this man is wearing body armor.

You should have fired

at the man with the shotgun first...

...because his weapon

makes him more dangerous.

You just shot an FBI agent, Crandall,

searching the premises.

Unload and holster your weapon.

Send us the next man

for Hogan's Alley.

- Hi, George.

- Hello, Mr. Hardesty.

- Hello, Mr. Sloan.

- Hello, George.

- I'll see you later, Hank.

- Okay, sir.

Well, how's it going?

If they turn me loose,

I'll do away with the whole FBI.

We're barbecuing a couple of steaks

over at the house tonight.

- Thought you might like to drop over.

- Yes, sir.

How's Anne?

And Mrs. Hardesty, of course?

They're fine. Fine.

The truth is, Mr. Hardesty...

...you may not want me to come over

to the house. When you hear, at least.

I don't wanna continue with the FBI.

No? Well, that's very interesting.

I don't wanna continue...

...and I'd appreciate if you wouldn't

try to talk me into it.

No, I won't.

As a matter of fact, the last person

I remember tried a thing like that...

...was Sam Crandall, your father.

Seven o'clock be all right?

Fine.

Very good.

Keep the fire low, Daddy.

You always burn things.

Oh, thank you, dear. Thank you.

I'll try and manage.

Now, you take care of the music.

I'll take care of burning things.

You think that fire's low enough?

You always burn things, you know.

- Wonder what's keeping Mike.

- Probably a late class.

You want a pickle? Here, give me that.

Hey, have you noticed

Anne and George?

You think that's serious?

He's been in love with her

since he was 10.

- Would you call that serious?

- Well, it's stubborn, anyway.

I don't know why

you can't be an FBI man.

I just have no respect for you.

No respect at all.

If you had a reason,

just one good reason.

I've been trying to explain.

I'm not as good as my father.

I never will be.

Suit yourself.

I just have no respect for you.

I want you to hear

a real piece of music.

Michael Hardesty,

United States Marine Corps.

I signed up today.

What do you mean, you signed up?

Well, I guess he means

he signed the papers.

But he has school to finish.

There's no reason.

- Please, Mother.

- He wasn't even called.

Being called is one thing,

rushing out and signing up is another.

- What has that got to do with it?

- Well, everything.

You should have talked to us.

It was cruel and wrong.

You should have said something.

Well, he did, Lucy.

He talked to me.

And you said nothing?

Not one word about my son?

Well, I didn't know

he was going right out and sign up.

How dare you.

Look at him. Look how young he is.

How could you have done such a thing?

I don't know what else

I could have done, Lucy.

My son came to me and said

that he wanted to defend his country.

It was just as plain as that.

And I couldn't think

of a reason why not.

If I could have,

I'd have been ashamed of myself.

Well, there was no reason

to encourage him.

Look at him. He's just a boy.

Well, that's the trouble, Lucy.

Most soldiers are boys.

For a while it seemed we would

spend the rest of our lives...

...in railroad stations.

Early that year,

Jennie went off to nursing school.

And somebody

must have talked to George...

...because he finished his bureau training

and was sent out on assignment.

Mike shipped out that March

for the central Pacific.

In time for Saipan and Iwo Jima,

we heard later.

In the meantime, the bureau

was involved in a new activity.

A number of South American countries

remained neutral.

German espionage agents

were operating freely.

The FBI was asked to move in.

A special intelligence service

was created...

...and within 90 days, we had men

operating in 15 different countries.

They were all undercover...

...posing as American businessmen,

writers, technicians, salesmen.

Our men did a little of everything.

They intercepted German transmissions

on our ship movements.

They spotted submarine-refueling spots.

However, things weren't going

so well in one of the countries.

Federal police were arresting our men.

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