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I wish I could play poker for the rest of the war.

Maybe you will.

What's eating him?

Oh, it's those replacement. They should have been here by now.

I sure hope we get some guys with some experience this time.

The last ones look like they weren't even old enough to leave home.

How many, Gage?

One.

Kirby? Give me five.

Four? Oh, come on, Kirby. You know we play three cards limit.

You need ten to make a hand out of this mess you gave me.

Sergeant Saunders?

Right.

Where are the replacements?

I'd report him.

Bye, Neil.

Clawson, 30-second Charlie coming.

What's the matter with your leg?

Oh. I wish somebody could tell me.

You want a medic to look at it?

Nah, they never find anything.

It comes and goes.

Hey, I could use me a leg like that.

Promote a little rest and recreation now and then.

Where's it, Sonny?

I got the snail and the casserole pass back in 42, and I've only been out of

action one time since.

Yeah, I didn't mean nothing by it.

It was just a little stiff riding in the Jeep. That's all. It'll loosen up when I

start walking.

Okay, this is Cage, Fisher, and Kirby.

Aye. We'll be pulling out soon so you can loosen your packs up.

Okay.

Well, still think they're not old enough to leave home?

I wasn't talking about the old folks' home.

Hey, what's that, a picture of your girl?

My wife and kids.

Oh.

Get beat.

Aerial photographs show that the Germans are digging in, but S2 has some

questions. Would you like to know what their strength is, what their armor is?

And what the units are.

So if possible, we ought to get ourselves a prisoner.

Any questions?

Todd?

You been up to the front before?

No.

Well, until we get close to the enemy, we don't fix bayonets.

I'm afraid our leader will have to stay.

What about the picture?

There's no identification of it.

No, the picture's fine.

My family.

Gage, move him out.

All right, let's go.

One homesick, one limping, and one green.

They're tired out already, Sarge.

The replacement depot must have goofed. Those guys don't belong up here.

Who does?

Combat.

Starring Rick Morrow.

And Rick Jason.

Death Star, Simon Oakland.

What are we batting here for?

You kidding? The old warriors.

Take five.

How's the leg?

Don't worry about it. I'll be all right.

Must be rough, huh?

No.

You let the whole war hinge down my creaky knee.

It'll hold up.

Hey, Sarge.

I thought you said this run was going to take four or five hours.

Looks more like four or five weeks to me.

I don't think these old guys can cut it.

worry about yourself, Cage.

I can cut anything you can.

Look, I just don't like having to creep along so you guys can keep up, that's

all.

And her name is Kirby William G. That's Cage over there.

Kirby, Cage, who cares?

Neither one of you would qualify for KP in my old outfit. We'd make her look

sick.

Let's move out.

Hey, Sarge.

I need a little fresh air. How about me taking point?

Go ahead.

Hey, look at that.

Looks like a Veterans Day parade.

You okay, Todd?

Hey, Todd!

Carson!

Hold her up!

Why the... What race? What's Lawson trying to prove?

He's running our legs off to prove he can take it, that's all.

Well, maybe he can, but the other two can't.

Todd's already had it, he's pooped.

We'll take a break. Case, take him in over there.

Well, like I said, Sarge, comes and goes.

Once it loosens up... Okay, Clawson, you win.

Come on, we're taking a break.

Ditch, take a look up ahead.

I'll take it easy.

The only exercise I ever got back home was shaking hands.

Shaking hands?

I was in politics.

An alderman.

No kidding.

You were in the army.

Uh, you going back into politics?

I want to be state senator.

Almost made it last time.

Uh, Pepe, uh... Yeah.

Hope you make it next time.

What do you think?

I don't know.

Don't see anything moving.

Kirby. Over there.

There might be dummy positions there. Recon says they've been putting them in

all over the place.

We better get a closer look.

Kirby, keep us covered.

What if it isn't a dummy position?

Well, Sergeant, that other guy will be blown to bits.

Then we'll open up, and we'll be blown to bits.

Why don't you shut up, Clausen?

Well, it happened in my outfit one time.

This Sergeant, I forget what his name is.

He figured we were spending too much time sneaking up on this dummy gun.

So he signals us to rush the position.

Well, that gun opens up and wipes out half the squad, maybe four or five of us

left. All scattered.

What did you do?

Well, I looked around and I saw Ryan.

He was behind a tree.

A guy called Glass.

He was hugging a rock.

And I motioned to Glass to fire cover and Ryan to follow me.

Poor Glass.

The Germans figured he was the only one left and they really poured it on him.

But they left themselves wide open for Ryan and me. And we headed up their

right flank and wiped them out.

Well, that's what I've been telling you, Sonny.

All of you.

All right, sit down in your position, all right?

Just enough camouflage to be seen from the air.

Where's your friend Ryan now?

He's finally got it, too.

All right.

Here he comes.

Some crowds around. We saw a truck pull out on the top of the hill.

We get back and report it.

Report what?

What we know as two already knows.

If the Germans want us to think they're stronger than they are, that's

important. We should get back and report it.

I'll make that decision, Bonio.

We go for a prisoner.

You want to get us killed?

You ought to know better than that.

You've got a wife, Sergeant.

Two kids growing up without you.

The business that's gone on the rocks waiting for you to get back?

Do you got any of that to live for?

Not yet.

But I got a lot to live for.

All right, three of us are going out.

Gage, you're on me.

Sarge, how about me?

All right, Clausen, you go.

Where do you think they'll go until we get back?

We're going to move around to the right and keep an eye on them.

Get this one out. When I back you up a lot, we'll put the lieutenant out. Okay,

let's go.

They won't make it.

None of us will make it.

I knew it when they called my name at the replacement depot.

I'll never make it home.

Germans might have something to say about that.

Stay away.

How you doing?

Right behind you, Sarge.

What's your wife's name?

Linda.

Mine's Edith.

We've been married almost seven years.

Just got used to it and you had to leave, huh?

How long since you've seen her?

Almost six months.

Six months.

It's been three years.

36 months since I've seen Linda.

My boy was only nine when I left. Now he's 12.

Bet he's proud of you.

Proud?

He doesn't even know me and I don't know him.

What he likes, what he thinks.

I'm not even sure what he looks like.

My daughter is...

You

got any kids, Todd?

No. Hey, Dad.

Since he was in politics.

How come you couldn't keep all this coming war?

I wanted it, Kirby.

Took all the influence I had to get me up here to the front lines.

Takes all kinds, don't it?

I used all my influence just to keep out of it.

What influence?

That's what my draft board said.

Now, come on, you guys. Keep an eye on that right flank.

Barnhill, come on.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

They didn't see us.

Let's get out of here.

We can't do any good hanging around here.

Shut up. We're not going no place.

We should have gone back before.

Saunders had to go to a prisoner.

Well, you know, you've been around.

We got orders to stay here for an hour. Now, that's what we got to do.

He's alone.

Miller!

Miller!

that work party. Don't do anything unless you stop and get back to this

truck. When you're sick in the cage, you better.

Why don't I stay with you?

I've taken prisoners before.

Move out closer.

I could have taken him.

I didn't need your help.

You weren't supposed to take anybody. We got our prisoner.

Come on. Miller!

Miller!

Miller!

There's only three of them. Our best bet is to stay here and take them.

Clawson, you take him back.

Join the others and wait for us.

Okay.

Move, Ritchie. Move.

What do you do?

What do you think?

Don't.

Come on, now.

Snap out of it.

I can make it.

Did we get them?

Two of them got away.

Come on, let's go. I'll get it out. Come on.

Hey, got one, huh?

Yeah, but he kept his buddies.

Todd and Kate are up there holding them off.

Right away. He knows we've got a prisoner. The rest will be coming after

us. Fisher, give Cage a hand.

Kirby, cover the rear.

Come on, let's go.

They have captured one of our men.

You ever see a German before?

You better hold on to your weapon, or he'll grab it and kill you.

12 of them got a machine gun.

How close?

Pretty close. They're heading right for us.

You think we can make a run for it?

Not with Cage's leg in. Those other guys are winded already.

Our best bet is to make a stand.

That building.

We'll take cover.

Better get upstairs.

No, nothing left there besides just a shell.

Cage, how's your leg?

I'm all right.

As long as I don't have to run, I can shoot.

Von Hill, take that prisoner inside. Keep him quiet and keep him out of

sight. We want him alive.

Wait a minute, Sarge.

You're going to waste a man with Von Hill's experience on a babysitting job?

Why don't you send Todd with the crowd?

He's not much use to us anyway.

Von Hill, take him inside.

Because the guy moans about his wife and kids.

You've been accusing him from fighting, huh?

Lawson, take a position up there.

Everybody else spread out.

Hey, Todd.

No paying attention to what Croson said.

Don't worry, I won't.

Smart guy like you. You'll get the hang of things in no time.

Thanks.

Because of you, I'm going to die.

Cover me.

What? I'm going to get that gun.

Saunders said to stay right here.

He's not shooting this for me.

Todd!

Cut across him.

We have the machine gun.

You're doing fine, Senator.

Ted!

Go and flag him from your end!

I killed him.

It's not your fault, Todd. You didn't kill him.

I killed him.

You may as well know the truth about me.

You get a hold of yourself. Where's Clawson?

He called me Senator just before.

I didn't know it would be like this.

I didn't want anything this much.

Nothing. Kill a boy.

Now you get a hold of yourself.

Where's Clawson?

You want to get the mistake done?

Had to go out there by himself.

Now he's really pinned.

If we can get that machine gun off, maybe we can get him out of there.

Cage! Only go get his cover!

You too, Todd.

Todd!

You hear me?

They're trying to save you.

They just don't want us to get you back to our lines alive.

My order is to keep you alive.

Right now.

And to be your best friend.

You got him. I'll give you cover.

Hey, you got anything left, Clawson?

You better use it now.

I figured they had me for sure.

Thanks, Cage.

Kirby. Oh, yeah.

Forget it.

It's nothing any of your old buddies wouldn't have done for you.

We're at the firing.

We don't want to lose any more men than we have to.

We're up to something.

Clawson, can you see all right with that wound?

Oh, yeah, I can see all right. Just have a giant-sized headache.

You look at him, get your head blown off.

Go on, keep trying to prove you're an 18-year-old kid and you're going to get

us all killed.

Todd, you take him inside and clean up his wound.

Get Barnhill out of here. We're going to need all the firepower we have.

Go on, get in there.

Sarge, there's something I've got to tell you first.

I'm not here because I'm so patriotic.

Keep going, Todd.

I'm here because I needed a war record to get votes.

The guy who got elected had one.

I'm not that patriotic.

Save it, Todd. We haven't got the time.

You okay?

We're killing him.

All right, Todd.

I couldn't have done better myself.

Come on, let's get him out.

Come on, Barnhill. Get up. We need every gun out there.

The crowd jumped Barnhill.

Todd here saved his hide.

If you would have been on the ball, that crowd would have never jumped you.

Now, you listen to me. If you want to see your wife and kids again, you better

concentrate on fighting.

We're going to have to flank them. Try to get in a couple of grenades.

Kirby, give me all the firepower you got. I'm going to make it alone.

The rest of you spread out and give me some cover.

Sarge.

I'm going with you.

Looks like we'll get back after all.

We'll get back, Barnhill.

Barnhill.

Check him out.

Hey, Cage.

Yeah, Cousin, what do you want?

No, not you, Kirby.

Cage, clean sheets for us casualties tonight, huh?

You said it.

Hey, Sarge, I guess you're right.

I'm not an 18-year-old.

How's your head?

Oh, my head's all right. My leg is killing me.

Come on, let's go.