Battleground (2004)
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Ken Curtis as Captain Howard W. Gilmore (archive footage)
Episodes 1
The Growler Story
February 14, 2005
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One of the famed acts of individual heroism during World War II, when Commander Gilmore, fatally wounded, for the last time from the battle-scarred bridge, commanded, "Take 'er down," bringing about the birth of one of Navy's great traditions. A short film originally directed by John Ford for the Chief of Naval Operations, starring Ward Bond and Ken Curtis, and narrated by Dan Dailey.
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