Download or read book The Day I Fired Alan Ladd and Other World War II Adventures written by A. E. Hotchner and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He eventually went to Officer Candidate School and was assigned to the Anti-Submarine Command as a lieutenant adjutant, but just before his squadron's departure for North Africa he was detached and, despite knowing nothing about moviemaking, ordered to make a film that glorified the Anti-Submarine Command's role in combating U-boats."