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Heat.

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Mean you requested this? My brother's

here. Brother or no brother, this is a

pretty tough outfit to transfer into.

One lousy grenade. A Jerry with a

machine gun hanging from a tree. And

your mother's got no sons. Well, no

mother's going to miss us. I met him at

an orphanage.

Whenever any prospective parents would

show up, we'd do our best to act like

stinkers. That way, nobody ever picked

us. What happened? Graduation.

Thanks.

for bravery above and beyond the call.

Therefore, the decision that Private

John Cade 3227539

be awarded the Bronze Star.

Wade, you've certainly had your share of

frontline duty.

If we weren't short-handed, I'd have

sent you back long before this. Won't be

long though before you're sipping

lemonade or playing ping pong with some

mommy nurse. Congratulations. Wait.

Thank you, sir.

Johnny. Johnny,

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what are you doing here? Well, I I saw

your name on a roster and I got a friend

of mine to pull a few wires. I'm one of

your replacements.

Hey, where you been? A Halloween party?

No. No. It's a real thing. I'm a hero.

Oh, where can we talk? Do you like

sidewalk dining? It's a perfect day for

it. Uh, would you be my guest?

Delighted.

Reporting, sir. Eddie's Rance. What's on

your mind? What's about getting my

stripes back, major? Now, Rance, let's

not waste your time or mine. You're a

good soldier, but you've been broken

three times already. Promoting you is

just kind of useless. I know, sir. But I

did lead that patrol that Private Wade

got his medal for. I figured that ought

to be worth something. Sergeant, the

fact that you led the patrol has got

nothing at all to do with it. Private

Johnny Wade got his decoration because I

thought he earned it. Many of guys had

it tougher than Wade never got any

credit for it. I'm proud of you, Johnny.

I'm proud of your work. I'm proud of

your medal.

Maybe brother's a soldier with a medal

now.

Well, I don't have any metal. Sitting

behind a quartermaster desk, sleeping

every night with a king-sized pile of

blankets. What made you give it up?

I pulled you through too many scrapes to

let any war catch up with you. It's not

a kid. Oh, nothing.

Just seems like we're always eating in

mesh halls or chow tins.

Always a long wooden table.

You know, the first thing I'm going to

buy when this war is over is a small

round table. Maybe the top will be made

out of a unborn calf or something.

Same old Johnny still letting his dreams

get him into trouble.

Say, do you still jump under a bed every

time you see someone with a sheet over

his head? And then you threw a bucket of

water all over him.

That orphanage had the wetest ghost in

town. Come on, let's go for a walk. A

walk? Nobody goes for a walk. Oh man,

that orphanage was right smack in the

middle of the city. The only thing

growing out of the streets were fire

hydrants and lamp posts. I want to walk

in the country. All right, we walk.

Rance, you know the ground north of us

pretty well.

Somewhere around this graveyard, the

Germans have an ammo dump. Division

wants to know exactly where it is so the

fly boys can knock it out. You think you

can find it? Yes, sir. I can find it.

Excellent. Now, you'll be moving pretty

fast, so take two or three men. And you

better not count on using Wade. Way's

the best shot we got, sir. I hate to

waste him. I can appreciate that, Rants,

but I think he's about due for arrest.

Maybe some decent chow if that's

possible. For dinner lately? What?

Steaks. Steaks. Chops. Chops. Veno and

Champagne by the Carlo.

Man, it's been lousy. Lousy? Are you

kidding? No. Veno and Champagne are all

right, but not for breakfast every

morning.

There's not one bottle of milk in that

whole stinking supply depot. Maybe you

can take that powdered stuff. But not

me. No. Hey,

you remember the passion I used to have

for milk? You used to bury the empty

bottles in the garden and then the old

gals wondered why the [ __ ] willows

wouldn't grow. I was sure we'd get it

that time.

What is it, Jerry? What is it? A goat? A

goat?

And it's a man goat. You mean there's

more than one kind? Didn't I teach you

the facts of life once before? Not about

goats. Well, that baby is going to give

us some milk. Are you kidding? Who ever

heard of getting milk from a goat? You

got no sense of agriculture.

Go around to the right. Stay down and

don't frighten her.

Hey, why do I have to do all this? What

do you mean? Why? What am I going to do?

Shoot her or something? No. If she comes

after you, uh, grab at her. Okay.

Hey, but she'll hit me with her horns or

something. Nanny, goats don't have

horns. What did you get that medal for

anyway? Not for catching goats. Go on

now.

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All right. Milker. Milker.

Not me.

Not going to milk any goat.

What do I do anyway?

Well, you see the milk bag hanging down

there in the back.

You mean the pink thing? Yeah, I mean

the pink thing.

And the things hanging down from that

are the utters. Now, just squeeze the

milk out of one of them.

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Which one?

Either one of them.

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Hey, it's warm.

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Of course it's warm,

Gil. Somehow this just doesn't seem

right.

That's enough for now.

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here.

Oh man, that's delicious.

Here. Not for me. I think powdered milk

is pretty good stuff. Oh.

Man, it's nice here.

Oh,

it's almost like a picnic.

You know, this war is going to be fun

now that you're here, girl. One more

routine patrol shouldn't hurt a hero

like Wade. I mean, I really would like

to use him.

All right, who else you taking? Well,

Pratt is u a good man on patrol, and I

might as well give Ellen some

experience. Who? For Private Evans. He's

the new replacement. Okay, that should

do it.

Now, Rance, I don't promise anything,

but you find that ammo dump and just

maybe I'll talk to your CO about that

promotion. Thank you, sir. Actually, for

the most part, you shouldn't have any

problems, but there's a hot spot.

Watch yourself when you get near that

graveyard.

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been so frozen.

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It's about 200 yds past that second

hill. I seem to remember some machine

gun nests around here. So keep your eyes

open. That bob wire is something new. So

must have plenty of ammo up there by

now. Pratt, you're first through the

wires. Then continue to the crest of

that second hill and get an iPhone.

Wade, you cover Pratt. Evans, you're

third and I'll cover you. Okay,

remember, keep a good distance apart and

watch out for machine gun nest. Okay,

let's go.

These things always get in my way.

Hey, what's wrong, kid? Nothing. I'm

fine. You better wipe the sweat off your

brow so you can line up your sights. I'm

all right, I said. Why don't you leave

me alone for a while? I can take care of

myself.

Okay.

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Ah!

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Ah!

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Cover him, Johnny. Cover him.

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You gutless on a bucket. What are you

doing? It's cowardice in the face of the

enemy. For God's sakes, can't you see

he's sick?

Come on, Johnny. Just hold on to me.

I'll get you out.

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I've got your company commander report

on Private Wade's breakdown.

Now, I want your versions. Did either of

you notice anything strange about Wade

prior to the action? No, sir.

What did you notice, Evans? Well,

he was shaking and persspiring ever

since the Jerry's almost jumped us at

the graveyard. It was obvious he was

sick. And you didn't notice any of this,

Sergeant? No, sir, I didn't. If he asked

me, waved his plain scared. That's a

lie. Let us down. At ease. Now, we'll

have no more of that.

Rance, if I'm not mistaken, you were

once assigned to an army hospital. Yes,

sir. Orderly in a mental ward, wasn't

it? Yes, sir.

Well, it seems to me that you ought to

be able to recognize whether or not a

man is about to crack up. Well, most of

the men in that hospital were fake and

just like Wade. Just because he gets a

medal, he thinks the war is over. Rance,

I'm telling you, I'm going to take you

and I set it ease. Well, Major, what

about Johnny? I'll send Wade back to the

regimenal aid station first thing in the

morning. You mean there'll be no charges

brought against him, sir? For God's

sakes, Ranch. Johnny's sick faking.

Sergeant,

now we'll let the doctors decide whether

or not he's faking it.

That's all. You're dismissed.

Major, I'd like to talk to you on a

personal matter. What is it, Rance? It's

about my promotion.

No recommendation from your company,

Commander. I know, sir, but I have

reason to believe that my captain is

prejudiced against me. I know I don't

deserve a medal of this last patrol, but

I still think I deserve my stripes back.

Now, don't you think I'd look kind of

silly promoting anyone on the basis of

that patrol? One man killed, another man

cracks up. And to top it off, you never

did find that ammo dump. Just because

Pratt got killed didn't ruin the patrol.

We could still have got that ammo dump

if Wade hadn't chickened out. That's

something we'll never know, Sergeant.

Now, the next time you want to see me on

a personal matter, you go through normal

channels. Understood? Yes, sir. That's

all, Sergeant.

Hi. Hi.

I'm a new member of your little group. I

just hiked in all the way from

regimental headquarters. What's your

name?

Gil Evans. Mine's Wrigley. Sergeant

Wrigley. I'm a sergeant because I know

how to conjugate a verb. Ask me to do

the manual of arms and I'm lost.

These advanced patrols, they're uh

they're pretty tough, aren't they? I

mean, uh they're getting a reputation

for needing a lot of replacements,

huh? Oh, yeah. I guess so. Everybody

guesses around here,

huh? When a man knows he's in danger,

guess he doesn't like to think too much

about it.

Ego gives way to his self-preservation.

Oh, that's hopeful. You got a headache

or something? I got some aspirin. No,

it's my brother. Well, I mean my friend

I mean my friend who's like a brother.

Oh, he's the one that cracked. Huh? How

did you know? Well, there's only about

16 guys in the whole outfit. Word

travels around. Oh,

you like the army, Gil?

No, I don't like the army.

What I think about it, I could be shot.

I'm a conscientious objector like a

Quaker

only. I have no religion. For that, they

said I wouldn't make a very good

officer. You know, I bet I'd have made a

lousy officer.

I wonder what's going on that orphanage

head of his. I think he's really sick.

He don't eat or talk and he don't even

blink his eyes.

Heat.

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What are you doing? Yeah, take the shoes

off. kind of discourages him from

running away suddenlike. He'd have some

fancy explaining to do if he were to. Do

you read the regulations about things

like that? Well, not all of them. You

just better not let him get away.

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We'd better behave, crackpot, or you're

going to find yourself in real tough

trouble.

You'd like to get me, wouldn't you?

You'd like to be free for a second,

Sunny Boy. I don't know whether you can

hear me or not, but I'm going to give

you that chance to hear me

free.

I'm going to set you free.

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Johnny.

Johnny.

Look here.

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You'll have to fly out of here now.

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Nothing more you can do for Johnny now.

He'll be all right.

It's just that I've always taken care of

him. He's never been alone in a spot

like this before.

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Good

morning. Heat. Heat.

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Johnny.

Hey, Johnny.

Johnny.

Johnny.

Heat.

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You'll be all right, kid. He'll be all

right, Captain. It's not that bad. He

wasn't too lonely. They couldn't figure

out a way to get a knife.

All right, Rance. You and Wrigley go out

and bring him back. Take Evans with you.

I want him back alive if possible. Yes,

sir.

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If we see him, we'll call once or twice

for him to halt. And if he doesn't, we

shoot. We can't go more than 3 miles

from camp.

Wiggly, you'll keep checking back with

the captain with that thing. Boy, Ranch,

you're really going. Let's go.

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I spotted the company down the road

headed towards the camp. They'll be

there in a minute or so. You better call

the captain quick.

Nestic, this is night owl. Nestic, this

is night. Come in.

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Hello.

Hello.

Everything seems to be dead.

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We'll spend one day looking for Wade. If

we don't find him, then we'll make our

way back to the American lines. Who made

you out of this outfit? The captain. The

captain's dead.

I got one more strike from you, Gil. I

think we better let Johnny take his

chances with the jury. You'll never make

it.

Not too far from the shoreline. If luck,

we can hit the beach by dawn. Then we'll

follow it south, hoping to find the

American lines. Let's go.

Let's go.

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We'll keep close to the rocks. Let's go.

Heat.

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up

here.

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Hey, that's American music. Come on.

Wait,

let's look from up there.

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NS.

It's Johnny. Yeah, the hero. Looks like

the bush broke his leg. One, two, three.

There's another one inside that shack.

We miss the game for uphold.

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to see clim

and even build this creas.

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Got to be quiet or they might shoot

Johnny. Well, I say we open fire. We're

going down there and we're going to get

Johnny. Maybe you are. No, wait a

minute. He's got a point there. Okay,

Rants. You stay here and cover the

operation.

Gil and I will try and keep it down to a

quiet nightmare. Now, if trouble really

happens, then start shooting at Germans.

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Heat. Heat.

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Okay.

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wash his nose.

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Johnny.

Johnny. It's me, Gil.

Johnny, it's me. Everything's going to

be all right now.

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You're not very popular, Evans. Shut up.

Johnny, for God's sakes, don't you

recognize me? Johnny, you all right?

Yeah, he's all right. Hey, maybe we'll

have to tie him up. Just go away, would

you? Please. Sure is psycho, ain't he?

Just go away. Come on.

Come on, Johnny. Take it easy, boy. Come

on now. Calm down, boy. It's all right.

Now, look, Johnny. I'm going to let you

up. I want you to take it easy. Take it

easy, boy.

Come on, boy.

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I thought I'd dump this in the seat.

Wait.

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Looks like there There may still be

somebody around, so watch it.

We're all so tired and jumpy we shoot at

the wind. This place looks abandoned.

I'm sure Johnny could use the rest.

Yeah, we'll stay the night here. Take

turns watching over Johnny. I'll take

the first watch. All right, Lance, you

and I'll check the area some more.

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Poor thing. No telling when she was fed.

Lass

used to always like stray dogs and cats.

You always wanted to bring them around

to the orphanage. You remember? You

remember Johnny?

You'll be all right, kid.

I'll take you to these places we used to

go to. You remember that field with the

with the sand holes in it?

These things will help you to remember,

Johnny.

Come on, kid. Let's rest now.

Come on. Come on.

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Come on, Johnny. You can rest up here.

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Come on. There.

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It's softly lonesome

without you, Johnny.

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Oh, my eyes are burning. I'm so tired. I

got to get some sleep.

He's been like that for a couple hours

now. I think he might sleep through the

night.

Good night.

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I wonder how much you're going to

remember when the fog Clears.

Maybe you're not Looney after all. Maybe

you're smarter than the rest of us.

Maybe you're laughing at us right now.

Do you remember the tent, Johnny?

The knife? The knife? Who gave you the

knife, Johnny?

Don't worry, cuz you ain't getting back.

The first chance I get. American bullet.

German bullet.

Who knows?

But you ain't getting back.

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Maybe I shouldn't stop. What's the

penalty for sleeping on guard during

war? Rants,

take it away.

Tie people like you up, not Johnny. Keep

your sick minds from infecting those

that don't know any better. You sound

like a Green Grenidge Village poet

again. I can't think of any poems now.

I'm back on the streets of Chicago.

Everybody's excited because there's a

rumor of a block fight.

Then the leader of one group stands in

front of the leader of the other group

and shouts dirty remarks about the guy's

mother or sister. It's basic, Rance.

Your mother's got the ugly face of a

bulldog just like you. I'll break your

cardboard ribs.

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Ah,

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no.

Heat. Heat.

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Get

out.

You're remembering, Johnny.

What do you remember?

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Anything wrong? Stop. Anything wrong?

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Johnny got away again. He's another

horse for almost killed us. Prof. You

all right? All right. He went out the

back way. Well, come on. Let's go after

him. Here you go, Gil. You still got

something to look for. I've had it. If

you take my advice, kid, you'll let him

go. He's all right for himself so far.

We'll all be dead and he'll wind up

president of General Motors. All right.

I'll go after him myself. Wait, wait.

The sun will be up in a minute. Wait

till then. I'm not waiting.

It's not that I don't want to find

Johnny. It's just that the odds are too

far against it. Yeah. And you've had it.

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Wait till the sun comes up and we'll

start back. Now you're talking.

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So still now.

Wonder what significance this place has.

No spotlight on it.

No particular star overhead.

Just

just a place.

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Heat.

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Heat.

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Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

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[Applause]

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Heat.

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Americano.

Americano.

Um, Americano.

Maria.

E Maria.

Maria.

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I love you everybody.

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That's it. A

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Oh.

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Heat. Heat.

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Hey.

Heat.

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Heat.

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You married, Ranch?

No. What about your folks? Are they

still alive?

Let's just concentrate on getting back.

Huh?

What this place was when it wasn't used

for war? Maybe it was a writing academy.

Who cares?

Somebody had to own it.

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Heat.

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Heat.

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It was only a kid that shot you.

I got him.

Did you? Is he a good boy? Yeah. Isn't

that a wonderful thing?

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Bestino

Fiori

deal.

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I must be cracking.

Not me.

Not me.

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Heat. Heat.

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I'm an American. Who else is in there?

You are an American.

You are an American. Where are the

others? I said, who else is in there?

Just my little sister. You mean you live

here alone with your little sister? No,

with my uncle. He's out in the barn. Are

you from Brooklyn?

What the hell goes here?

American swing.

You speak good English. How come?

Because I was born in America. Knock it

off. I was I was born in Pennsylvania.

My father brought us here after my

mother died just before the war started.

Where's your father now? You said you

were living here with your uncle. Come

on now. Level with me.

My father is dead.

The Germans took him away for

questioning because he was an American.

He never came back.

You know what? I don't think you are an

American. Where's the chocolate bars and

gum? Hm. And you look so mean.

You look scared. Maybe I got a right to

be. Ha. So, you've seen some battle

action, huh? You've seen your buddies

blown into little pieces. You've been

away from home a long time. So that

gives you the right to go around hating

everyone and everything.

Poor little soldier.

Listen, Kilroy. See that pile of rubble

over there?

That was once a beautiful villa before

your flyers started using it for target

practice every day.

Okay.

So now we live in this rundown place and

I don't like it.

But war can be hell for others too.

Be a son of a Who would have ever

dreamed I'd have found an American girl

in the backwoods of Italy.

Don't tell me you've never seen these

before.

Not in a long time. Now you sound more

like an American. I don't get any bright

ideas. H you wouldn't be so hard to

take. You're not too bad to look at.

What's your name? Rance. Rance? That's a

funny name.

Listen, give me a minute to get dressed

and I'll make you something to eat. Huh?

How'd you like a hamburger? You're

kidding. No, I'm not. Only I'll have to

use lamb.

It'll be a lambburger. Okay.

Okay. Okay.

How about some music? You like to dance?

I used to.

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You have a girl back home.

I used to.

She couldn't wait.

This one's my favorite. It um kind of

does things to me, if you know what I

mean. Are you telling me or asking me?

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Uncle Joe. Uncle Joe. Uncle Joe.

What is it, T? A soldier's at the house

with Gina.

Heat.

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Heat.

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No, no, Uncle Joe. He's a friend. He's

an American.

Americana. French. What's the

difference? They all come to destroy.

They're all the same.

No. Joe, he's different. He's a friend.

In war, all soldiers is the same. They

come to destroy, to take, to rape, to

kill.

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Oh, hold on.

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soldiers. German soldiers are coming

down the road.

All right. All right. All right. Get up.

There's enough killing already. Go.

You're right about war doing strange

things to us. No one knows that better

than I do now. I just hope there's time

enough to do the right thing.

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Heat. Heat.

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Oh.

Oh.

Incuba.

I'm sorry.

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Maria.

Oh Maria.

Maria

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Styles.

May

be careful.

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money.

No, no, no.

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Let's go.

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Johnny. Johnny. It's me, Gil.

Gil. Gil, stay down.

I'll take care of everything. Johnny.

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He spoke.

Johnny, I'm coming in. Cover me.

No, Gil, listen to me now. Listen to me.

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Told you to stay out there. Now you're

useless. Can't even hold a rifle.

Johnny, you're okay. Everything's going

to be all right now, kid. I've been

looking for you all. Just give me your

ammo.

Hey, you got something pretty nice here,

huh? Her name's Maria. Let's just hope

there are only two of them out there.

What are you going to do now, John?

You stay here. John, don't give her the

rifle. Who knows whose side she's on? If

the Germans come in here, it won't make

any difference.

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Heat.

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Heat.

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There's another German over there.

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Heat. Heat.

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[Applause]

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Hallelujah.

Hallelujah.

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Heat. Heat.

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the Allies were bogged down in southern

Italy all through the next winter, but I

spent most of that time in the hospital.

Johnny finally got a nice long rest. We

both got a chance to tour northern Italy

in 1944.

We saw some more action, but nothing to

compare with those routine patrols. As

old Prof. Wrigley might have put it,

when a man's in real danger, well, real

danger will bring out the best in some

guys and the worst in others.

I guess it all depends on the guy.

Heat.

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Heat.

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