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Get out of here.

God's good.

Clark and Marshall are dead.

All right, give me my rifle.

I told you you're Kirby and Little John. I told you to do it my way.

Clark and Marshall are dead, Stevens.

And you're responsible.

Starring Rick Jason and

Vic Morrow.

Any word from Saunders yet? He called in a little while ago, sir.

He said they're on their way home in Soundgood.

Like what?

Saunders has Stevens under arrest.

Are you sure he said Stevens?

Yes, sir. Stevens.

The boy with all the medals in the one-man army.

Any details?

No, sir.

And I want to talk to you alone.

What's going on here with Clark and Marshall?

Clark and Marshall are dead.

He's responsible.

You know, we're going to make that stick.

I'll make it stick.

I see him.

Saunders inside.

Doc.

This is Stevens' rifle I took away from him.

Preferring charges.

All right, now, one thing at a time.

How did Clark and Marshall get it? What happened out there?

The Germans killed him.

That's what happened.

It was your fault, Stevens.

That's your story.

Look, Lieutenant.

Lieutenant, I better change that bandage. It won't take very long.

I'll take him in hand, Doc.

Sit down there.

You want to loosen your belt?

thing confuses me.

Stephen's been decorated for bravery twice in action.

Just why are you preferring charges?

Disobeying a direct order.

In what way?

Lieutenant, I like him here face to face when I give you the details, so there's

no misunderstanding.

How you doing, Doc?

Come along, sir. Just be a few minutes.

You knew Stephen's before he joined the outfit this morning.

Yes, sir. I did It was DJ

I don't know

about him. I've got to

help him.

I said move!

Let go of me.

He's my buddy. I've got to get him out of there. You try to make it back there,

those trusses are going to chop you down.

Look, he's pinned under that jeep. He needs my help.

Well, you can't give it to him.

That's why you have to knock out the machine gun so the medics can get to

him. He's bleeding.

Where's that machine gun?

Now you listen to me.

You keep him busy. Keep your heads down. I'm going to crawl up close and try to

get him a grenade.

I can't.

Look, he needs my help.

Then kill Krauts.

Keep firing. Keep moving.

Now, give me color.

Maddox got you, buddy.

Learn pretty fast.

So long, Sergeant.

He caught on quick.

Was that the only time you'd seen him before this morning?

No, it was a couple of months later.

It was before we moved through a village by the name of... What was it? It was...

It was Buzan.

A village by the name of Buzan.

The whole place was a mess.

Heavy casualties.

We were leaving the 3rd Platoon. I was looking for company headquarters.

Can you tell me where company headquarters is?

Yeah, it's right over there.

What do you mean?

You hit the bitch at Omaha?

Yeah.

Hey, you've come a long way. You made sergeant, huh?

Oh, yeah.

I got my first strike right after I saw you.

A bunch of us were surprised by a tank and...

I ran up and dumped a grenade down there. Sure, the CO was really

impressed.

How'd you get the other two?

Pillbox, night at Tsai.

Hey, come on, I'll show you a headquarters.

My name is Saunders. Oh, Stevens.

Guess you're a squad leader now, huh?

Yeah, well, I had a squad.

Half of them were killed and the rest were sent back wounded.

You lost your whole squad?

Uh, yeah.

Well, I tried to teach them a little poem I learned at Omaha.

The only way to keep alive is to kill crowds. Keep firing, keep moving.

I tried to beat it into them, but they were all kids, you know.

They get confused, auto-hesitate.

He was in command of the Germans here.

We're taking him back for interrogation.

Hey! Let go!

Let go! Let go!

What's going on here?

You out of your mind, Sergeant?

Captain, this is Sergeant. He just lost all his men when he... He's in prison

over there. He got a little rattled. I can... I can take care of him.

All right, Sergeant.

I think we'd better settle him down.

What's the

matter

with you?

Lousy, stinking crowd. You should have let me kill him.

What are you talking about? He's a prisoner.

Well, we got rules now, huh?

Keep moving, keep firing. Remember, Sergeant?

Yeah, yeah, I remember, but you got to take it easy.

Yeah, I'll take it easy.

When I get to Berlin.

Yeah, I'll see you, Sergeant.

Couldn't slow down.

Couldn't get with it.

You okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

He's okay, Lieutenant.

You think you're pretty good, Lieutenant?

Now, Saunders was just filling me in on the background about the time you two

first met.

Sure.

He's got you convinced I'm a murderer, right?

Sit down, soldier.

up on charges, you don't have to say anything.

Matter of fact, when we go through channels, you have a right to demand

defense counsel.

I don't need any counsel, sir, because I didn't do anything.

You go ahead. Go on.

Tell them whatever you want to.

But you're making an awful big mistake.

The only mistake I made was taking you on the mission in the first place. Yeah,

sure. All right, quiet down. Quiet down.

Now let's take it slow and easy.

One at a time.

Saunders.

Yes, sir.

Steven started out wrong from the time he came here this morning.

Only I didn't know how wrong until it was too late.

Perhaps it's out.

Daughters, head on to replacement for your squad.

The other two showed up yet?

I know, sir.

Hey, Stevens. How are you?

Pretty good. How are you, Sons?

You two know each other?

Yes, sir.

How you been?

All right. You?

Okay.

Good. It's a nice surprise, Lieutenant, being in Sonder's squad.

Good.

You boys are going to have to start shaping up.

Battalion tells me Stevens can wear the DSC and the Silver Star.

You've got a real live hero amongst us, huh? Oh, yeah. Lieutenant Handler.

Mr. Clark, this is Marshall for your replacement, sir. Hi.

Been on the line?

Yes, sir. We've had a little experience.

Good. That shall you.

I know, sir.

Better grab some.

You all better get some. We'll be pouring out soon.

Hey, Stevenson.

How many carts do you have to go to get them kind of medals?

I didn't tell him.

Hey, I thought you swapped that off yesterday.

Changed my mind.

What's the big idea?

Don't ever point a gun at me.

It's empty, clown.

Hey, Stevens, come on. You're a little edgy, ain't you?

You want to die?

Let him jam a gun in your back.

All right?

off the head trigger, haven't you?

Well, I figure the side with the most head triggers is going to win the war.

Soldiers.

Here's the area to cover.

Hill 308.

It's heavily wooded.

Air recon hasn't been able to see much. Try and find out where the enemy is dug

in. If you can pinpoint their positions, artillery can soften them up before we

move in.

Yes, sir.

Now remember, this is a recon patrol.

We want the information.

We don't want the enemy to know we have it.

Okay, let's go.

Saddle up.

You stay back with the rest of us. There might be some crowds wandering around in

here. We don't want to spread out too much.

You, uh, get more metals moving up front, Sarge. Didn't you know that?

All right, knock it off, Clark.

Let's go.

Kick your head in.

What's the matter with you?

Who told you to open fire? This is a recon patrol.

We're supposed to avoid a fight if we can.

Look, they're all around us. They're bound to see us sooner or later. So why

kill the Krauts? So what?

I'll make that decision. I'm still running the squad.

When I'm got away, I'll probably alert every Kraut in this area.

The only way to stay alive is to kill Krauts.

Keep firing. Keep moving. Omaha Beach.

D-Day. Remember, Sergeant?

Now, don't you tell me about D-Day.

We had 50 feet of beach and the sea was behind us.

And you were agreeing with me. You're not so agreeing anymore.

That's right.

I'm not green anymore, so I kill Krauts before they kill me, and I'm not

standing around waiting for you guys to make up your minds.

You're gonna stand around and wait until I tell you.

You got it?

You stay close to me.

Real close so I can keep an eye on you.

Take a look.

Right.

Take five.

Look, Stevens, you and I seem to have started off all wrong.

I didn't ask you before how you lost your stripes, but... Maybe it has

something to do with it.

I lost my stripes in a bar brawl over a French girl.

It doesn't make any difference because I don't misswear it. Why?

Because stripes mean responsibility for other men's lives. That's why.

You don't want that. No.

Men under me are trying to shape them up.

Trying to tell them what it was all about.

But they got killed anyway.

You add it all up, every man's responsible for his own life. You

understand?

What kind of thinking got you the DSC and the Silver Star?

Saunders, I did everything you told me to do.

I didn't stop. I didn't think even. I just killed Germans as many and as fast

as I could before they killed me.

Now they want to hang medals on me, but I couldn't care less.

Move out.

Hey, you guys see anything?

Looks like they pretty well dug in on this side.

That's a neat trick.

Digging on the other side of the slope makes it hard for the artillery.

Clark, Marshall, move off to your left to see what their strength is.

Mark their positions down on your map and make sure you're accurate.

When battalion calls in for artillery, they'll know exactly where to zero in.

Will do.

Kirby, little John, you move off to the right, you do the same thing. Four of

you rendezvous back here in 20 minutes.

20 minutes.

Cage, you move back. Keep an eye out.

Stevens, we'll mark their positions down from here.

Doc, you stay with us.

Okay, move out.

I like Dave Inglis and what he can do.

What do you see?

A couple of light machine guns.

About 300 yards due east.

All right.

Well, there's a mortar position right down at the bottom of the slope.

Okay. Anything else?

Nothing I can see.

begin back.

This will be fine.

Let me see it.

Grab it tight.

Croc and Marshall.

They're pinned down under the bridge with a mission gun.

Well, how are we going to get them out?

We'll have to pin the Krauts down.

Cage, you and I will flank them from the left.

Stevens, you get Kirby and Lou John, come up the other side. Then you wait.

Cage, you and I will rush them. Nobody fires until I do.

He didn't go after Kirby and Little John like you told him to.

Clark and Marshall are dead.

Marshall was wounded and he told them to run for it.

They didn't have a chance.

All right, give me my rifle.

I told you to Kirby and Little John. I told you to do it my way.

Clark and Marshall at Bed Stevens.

And you're responsible.

That's the way it happened, Lieutenant.

Should have went off without a hitch, but Clock and Marshall are dead.

Do you have anything to add to what Saunders said?

Sure.

See, he didn't tell the whole story.

More Krauts could have arrived while I was out chasing down Little John and

Kirby. Well, I made a decision.

And I charged that machine gun.

There was no way for me to know that Marshal was wounded and couldn't move

fast enough to get out of there. And you couldn't know it either.

That's right, Stevens. I didn't know Marshal was wounded.

But my way, they wouldn't have had to make a run for it.

Words.

Saunders.

Can Cage fill me in on the patrol?

Point out the positions?

Yes, sir.

All right, take my jeep back to Battalion HQ with Stevens.

You can prefer charges there.

Let's go, Stevens.

I think you're all wrong about this.

You're just upset because Clark and Marshall are dead.

Look, you go through with this thing, they're going to nail me to the wall.

You'll get a hearing.

I... Wait a minute. Listen, I... I... I didn't lose my stripes in any bar brawl.

I lost him on the line. One of my men, he hung back during a charge.

Well, I had to knock him around a little.

He was going too slow.

One careful step at a time.

What's wrong with that?

Lieutenant. Take it back, Lieutenant.

Sure thing, sir.

Link it right there. Heisman, right.

King 2, checkmate King 2, this is White Rook, over.

Checkmate King 2, checkmate King 2, this is White Rook, over.

This is King 2, over.

We've been hit by an enemy patrol.

The drive is still at pin down, over.

White Rook, what is your position, over?

About a thousand yards south of you. We can use some help.

Stevens!

What's happening, White Rook?

White Rook, repeat, what is happening? Over.

Why don't you wait, Stevens?

We might have both got out.

Kill crowds.

Keep firing.

Keep moving.

Isn't that what you said?

You know, Lieutenant, I was taking him in to be court-martialed for charging a

gun against orders.

I owe my life to him for fighting this kind of a fight.

How do you figure it?