Is it just me that thinks some stories from The Lloyd Bridges Show had a propaganda element.
The show was made in the height of the Cold war, things like the Cuban missile crisis.
This story involves post war Japan. Adam Shepherd is on a ship and comes across a newspaper headlines that is a few days old. Ann allegation made by Communists about local farmers being displaced by the American air force.
The farmers are being asked to move as the Americans need to build a runway for their planes. They will suitably compensated but the villagers do not want shift. They also do not trust the Americans.
Sergeant Keefer has been entrusted to help out the farmers. Specifically bring water to the fields.
This is a comedic episode with Keefer and his men do not inspire much confidence.
Still I found the end a little too jingoistic considering what will soon take place in Vietnam.