"sarge." "I'll trade you a nice cold glass of milk for those clean sheets you carry in your pack." "I'm not in the mood." "You will be when you hear the good news." "What good news." "We're getting 3 new men." "replacements?" "Kirby went to get them." "Well it's about time.." "replacements." "the war will be over in a week We got replacements here." "come on in." "boys." "uh Straighten up there." "come to you directly from two years of real restaurant duty in England." "an officer's mess cook." "And this fella is a calisthenics instructor." "he is a radio announcer from the AFRS." "Sergeant." "at ease." "You can take off your helmets if you want." "Just take 'em off." "What's your name?" "Joe Gainsborough." "or just plain Private Joe Gainsborough." "Just plain Private Joe Gainsborough." "Serial number?" "uh." "uh." "uh." "I don't know." "What's this called?" "Gun." "This is a rifle." "rifle?" "rifle." "How much does it weigh?" "Uh" "What do you weigh?" "205 205 huh" "What'd you weigh when you were drafted?" "160" "(laughter)" "I been a cook for two years." "What's the final projective line?" "The main line of resistance?" "Uh." "Do you know?" "Sir." "I'm a sergeant." "What's your name?" "serial number 3141210." "What do you put in that rifle?" "bullets." "Caliber?" "30." "How many to a clip?" "six." "You're wrong." "Do you know?" "eight." "Are you sure?" "US rifle M1 is a gas operated semi automatic shoulder weapon that takes a clip of 8 cartridges." "now we're getting somewhere." "82.667)}(a wolf whistle is heard) or is that all you know." "no less." "Taught where?" "Infantry refresher training class." "I had 2 weeks." "Two weeks {\alphaHFF}And learned?" "Two weeks And learned?" "military customs and courtesies." "serial number 43." "private." "Have any of you seen any action?" "Any special military training of any kind?" "that one over there was a fry cook for two years." "And this one a calisthenics instructor." "And this one here was with the radio service overseas." "we didn't ask to be sent here." "what did you do before the war?" "I was a used car salesman." "(laughter)" "You?" "I was a physical education student." "I saw his records." "He was in ballet." "(hoots)" "Knock it off now." "Let's try to give him a chance huh." "phys-ed or ballet." "Ballet." "maybe." "Mister radio announcer." "What'd you do before the war?" "I was a radio announcer I was a disk jockey in Cincinnati." "And I'll be one again too the day I get out of here." "boy." "let alone 1980." "Only a clerical goof that sent me down here in the first place." "I'll be back in London in 2 weeks." "Or in a grave." "like a direct hit in the head." "Replacements!" "Lieutenant." "Did you see the replacements they sent me?" "Alright." "Lets have it." "it's no joke." "These guys won't last a week." "I'm worried about it." "So am I What do you want me to do about it." "Send them back to London." "And get what in exchange." "Soldiers." "quartermaster." "Now lets get down to business." "You've got a detail tomorrow afternoon." "including yourself." "my squad is pooped." "My men are breathing from habit." "let alone go on." "make it 3 men plus the three replacements." "Lieutenant!" "Are you kidding They'll get us all killed." "They don't know a patrol from a picnic." "Teach 'em the difference" "Teach them the difference." "Alright lets try another one." "Down." "Pull pin." "Prepare to throw." "Throw!" "Alright." "You and Gainsborough go back to the barracks where Kirby is and work on your hand and obs signals." "Yup." "you're next." "Down in here." "Down." "Pull pin." "Pull pin." "throw." "Not my first time around." "good for you." "Pull pin!" "Prepare to throw!" "Throw!" "I'm gonna to tear you apart." "Why?" "Cause I dropped your grenade?" "Wasn't my fault." "It slipped out of my hand." "Alright." "It was an accident." "What're you getting so sore about?" "Why did you run?" "Why didn't you pick that grenade up first and throw it away." "I told you to do that before if it ever happened." "What would happen if there were a dozen men down there'" "How many do you think would get out alive because you ran." "will ya." "Look." "You fight your war and I'll fight mine." "You want to get to Berlin." "I want to get to Cincinnati." "Sergeant." "Sergeant." "All clear?" "All clear." "dere.." "Lieutenant wants you on the double." "What for?" "What does he want me for?" "The patrol." "We're moving out right now." "OK sonny." "School's out." "This mission couldn't be simpler." "If the tie in S2 is right there's little danger." "If they called it wrong could be a lot." "This map is right only in general detail Don't count on the landmarks." "We're here." "The Germans are dug in in force here at Moreaux." "there's a town called Amiele." "We think it's deserted." "The Germans have pulled out completely." "Or maybe that's what they want us to think." "Your job is to find out for sure and report back." "Don't engage the enemy unless you have to." "This is a reconnaissance patrol Any questions?" "Yes sir." "Does S2 have any idea what we might run into Anything at all." "light stuff probably." "But enough to cut our platoon down on the way through if we're not ready for them." "Any more questions?" "You pull out in an hour." "That's all." "Hey soldier." "What'd you say your name was?" "Temple." "will ya." "I'm not." "It's killing other people I'm worried about." "grenades." "Two apiece." "just take 'em with us eh." "grenades." "Two for you." "Caje told me something was bothering you." "I'm alright." "everybody is afraid." "There's nothing wrong with that." "I'm not like everybody Sergeant." "You think..." "Dancers can make good soldiers." "why not." "What about cops." "What about cops?" "cousin..all cops." "what's your point?" "People killing people." "I grew up with it." "or somebody gets shot by the cop." "After awhile it didn't matter to me which was which." "I just wanted to get out." "A million miles away from it." "I don't think I'd make a very good cop either." "How do you like that." "Men in my family couldn't wait to enroll me in the nearest Police Academy." "huh." "It also got me thrown out of the house." "I didn't want you to think that what I feel about people killing and being killed is new to me." "It isn't." "you wanna know why?" "Because you grew up with people killing people all around you You know what it's like." "Take a look at them." "Crowne and Gainsborough..." "all this is brand new to them." "huh You just think...just think of that." "come on you guys." "Lets go fight a war huh." "Get back..." "Caje." "See anything." "Just an empty town." "We'll have to go in closer and get a better look." "All of us?" "All of us." "(noisy goose honking steadily)" "you take junior." "ground heel mark." "We'll circle the perimeter and come in from the other end of town." "Why the other end of town?" "Because this is the way they would expect us to come in." "you take the east side." "you and junior follow 20 yards." "We'll take the west side." "Who covers us?" "We cover each other." "Good luck sarge." "Now we'll meet at that little house right next to the church." "See it?" "Alright." "Move out!" "You cover this street and the other side of this bridge." "I'll take this side." "I thought we always worked in pairs." "We are." "I'll only be a shout away from you." "Now if you see anything you pull back fast and meet right here." "(goose honks loudly)" "(ominous music)" "See anything?" "did you?" "You check the whole street?" "Sure." "All the way down the archway." "that's what you told me to do." "we got a lot more to do all." "didn't we." "Well it seems empty." "Now we got to check it through house by house." "(talking German)" "(German soldiers tend to a litter of noisy kittens)" "You spot anything?" "Nothing but a couple of geeses." "You?" "they must have pull pretty fast." "Alright." "We use this shop as our base of operations." "We'll have to go through this town again house by house." "try to make it back here." "junior." "junior." "Gainsborough." "Come on Gainsborough." "I don't mind telling you I'm scared." "I don't mind telling you that's the way you're supposed to be." "Come on." "Crowne." "you alright" "junior." "Been here over a week." "Come on." "Lets go." "What's the matter with you." "Dead men can't hurt you Don't you know that." "Come on." "Lets go back to the dress shop." "What are you trying to do." "I'm trying." "I'm sorry I'll be more careful." "Another stunt like that one you won't have a chance." "lets go back to the dress shop Come on." "Check this house out I'm gonna go around the corner and I really mean check it." "Upstairs and downstairs." "Be careful what you touch." "This place may be booby trapped." "Booby trapped!" "That's right." "Go on." "you tell me you checked this house through and I'll kill you where you stand." "You said it might be booby trapped." "And it may be full of Germans." "Now what about that street that you checked when we were alone in town did you cover it all the way?" "Did you check it down to the end!" "Get back to that dress shop." "Move!" "huh." "I think they'll make real great soldier boys." "The cook here's got two big fat left feet." "come over here." "I want you to go to that bridge on the outside of town and stand watch." "I don't want us walking into any flanking patrols when we move out of here." "we're not there by dark." "hightail it for home have you got that?" "Got it." "Alright move out." "you and I gonna have to check this town alone." "and I mean stay here." "what do they expect huh" "You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear you know." "the only Germans in this berg are dead ones." "Ask him." "Temple." "maybe more." "Pretty shot up?" "now thats what I call slop." "huh." "You know it." "Hey." "Joe?" "What is it?" "Kirby?" "Put that fire out." "Get off the rug." "Get off the rug." "ist Rauch." "Jemand drin ist mit einem sandos." "cin nien a tus de mecanique ag esteen...nau." "see if there's res in the front." "Es gibt eine amerikanische wache." "Lockasver." "Yu thinks da seem da cee fen listen." "nein with enough brains to know that fire gives off smoke." "was just a little fire." "You just shut up!" "I've taken all the lip I'm gonna take from you." "Fire!" "Kirby." "Put that helmet on." "Temple." "Put your helmet on!" "Stay down." "Kirby." "give me a hand!" "you get over here and stop that bleeding." "Is he gonna die?" "Just get over there." "His first aid kit is just on his cartridge belt." "knowen de fight des les palm da hes arvy schivel." "dis is his talkanuk." "das bestus wecan en chein en stok." "Why'd they stop firing Sarge." "maybe they're changing their gun position to get a better crack at us." "can you hear me." "Kirby." "What are we gonna do now." "about the krauts I mean." "kill 'em." "you're coming with me." "Where?" "we're gonna get close enough and throw in a couple." "You can't we're pinned down." "I'll go with you sarge." "No thanks." "He got us into this mess and he's gonna help get us out." "Now you stay with Kirby." "Sit es yauf." "Down!" "Was ist des best has ung." "You alright." "I got hit in the leg." "Can you move?" "Why?" "So you could run all the way back home." "I'll bet you wish we could." "Look why am I getting the blame for all this." "Supposing I'd checked that street before right down to the end." "my head blown off." "Better one head than five." "Got a way out of this." "They've got the machine gun pal." "You think they got em." "I don't know." "Could be a whole platoon of krauts out there." "We better get to Saunders." "Wait a minute." "Saunders told us to stay with Kirby." "You stay here with him." "I'm gonna help him." "get back!" "Fire!" "that leaves two of you." "What are you doing here." "I told you to stay with Kirby." "Kirby's OK." "Gainsborough's dead sergeant." "Yeah." "I know." "what can I do." "hahahaha." "Blow up that machine gun nest." "Well." "What do you think you're doing?" "climb along the rooftops go from one to the other." "I think I can get close enough to throw a grenade in the window." "Forget it junior You'll never make it." "I'll make it." "remember." "Cover him." "He'll never make it." "Cover him anyway." "es gibt eine amerikanische auf dem Dach." "Was macht er." "Ich kann ihn nicht sehen." "Chis en vonda." "Cumming from in ist bakrum." "way onta." "Sergeant." "we got 'em." "We got 'em Sergeant." "Alright." "Alright." "Now lets see if you{\alphaHFF} two soldiers can get us{\alphaHFF} back home." "Now lets see if you two soldiers can get us{\alphaHFF} back home." "Now lets see if you two soldiers can get us back home." "Kirby." "Lieutenant." "it sure is not bad." "It's my bottom that hurts." "I think those guys dropped me 12 times coming back in." "Sergeant." "Feel like staying here a month." "they got pills here that let you sleep right through artillery fire." "Got some good news for you." "You're getting five new replacements." "Replacements?" "I could use them." "like Caje." "not Caje." "How about Temple." "or Crowne." "Or Joe Gainsborough if he was still around." "Subtitles by {\fs34.667} Jack T"