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Amen.

Bye.

Boy, you almost got it.

Who are you?

Adam.

Not Adam.

Stocks Company, 47.

47. That's 48 Division, eh?

Yeah.

You're a long way from home. It must be 10 miles north of here.

Yeah, that guy's really caught it.

I got separated. Couldn't find him again.

So I bumped into you guys. I figured I'd give you a hand.

Why don't you stick with me?

We ought to run in the squad leader before long.

Go take that building out and I'll give you cover.

Starring Vic Morrow.

And Rick Jason.

Guest star, Mark Hulgwit.

Everything's clear over in that area.

Picked up a straggler here.

Adams, 487.

Where's McDevitt?

He's dead, back there.

That makes four.

Kirby, you keep an eye out for the others. We'll sit up in here for a

while. Right.

Ah, you guys must have really been catching it from the looks of you.

Yeah, eight straight days.

Us too.

We're glad to have you. We can use the extra help.

Thanks, Kirby.

Sure thing.

Hey, Sarge.

Here come the rest of the guys.

No crowds out that way.

That's my replacement?

Oh, Adams, this is Little John, Cage, and Johnson there. Hi.

Hi. Hi, how are you? All right, we'll set up inside. Little John, security.

Set the radio up over there.

Hey, Adams.

Yes, Sarge.

Doctor. Serial number?

99474653.

653. What's your outfit?

Fox Company, 47th Regiment.

What's all this for, Sarge?

I have to call it in and try to locate your unit.

But Kirby said I could stay with you guys.

When we pick up the straggler, he only stays with us until we locate his unit.

Well, I'm in no hurry to get back, Sarge.

The last I saw, our guys were really catching it.

Sarge.

Checkmate King 2, this is White Rock, over.

Checkmate King 2, over.

Formerly objective secured.

We took four casualties, over.

Roger. Can you handle secondary mission, over?

Affirmative. We picked up a straggler named Arthur Adams.

He's a private.

Serial number 99474653.

Claims to be from number two regiment of division on our north flank.

Lieutenant, I'd like to keep him until secondary mission accomplished, over.

Roger, I'll check him out. Maybe we can send him back tonight.

S2 reports quite a bit of enemy patrol activity in the vicinity of secondary

objective, over.

Roger. Out.

Adams, how long have you been on the line?

Oh, don't worry about me, Sarge. I've had a little.

Yeah, but how long?

Four months.

Good, we can use it.

All right, gather around.

This is our objective.

It's crossroads.

The battalion wants us to take it and secure it. If we meet any crowds on the

way, we don't pick a fight.

Our objective is to take the crossroads and hold it. That clear?

Right. All right, leave your packs here. We'll take the radio and the mines.

from 487, right?

That's right.

Well, you must know a friend of mine. He's from Louisiana. His name is

Collins. He's in the 487.

Well, there's lots of guys in the 487 I don't know.

He's in Fox Company. Same outfit as you.

I don't think I've ever met him.

Hey, where's Kirby?

Hey,

Kirby, you really think we might run into some Germans out there?

But my luck, it's a lead pipe cinch.

All right, we're pulling out.

Cage, point.

Warcraft coming this way.

Okay, no noise. Remember, we don't pick a fight. Take cover and let them pass.

What are you trying to do, tip off every crowd in the area?

Well, he was looking right at me, Sarge. He saw me.

Didn't look that way to me.

Did you see it?

I thought I did.

From now on, you stay in line, you follow orders.

But, Sarge! Just keep your mouth shut!

Any crowds in the area, they probably heard us and know where we are.

All right, keep your eyes open.

Especially you, Adams.

He can really jump on you, can't he?

Sarge?

He's about the world's number one jumper on her.

Of course, that's his job, though.

Well, he's pretty good at it.

If I had a nickel for every time he crawled all over me, I'd be pretty rich

by now.

Thanks, Kirby.

Now, just take it easy, huh?

Hey, no kidding. That German saw me. He looked straight at me. I didn't say he

didn't believe you.

Just take it easy, huh?

It's quiet.

Yeah, maybe too quiet.

That's the crossroads.

You think there might be some Germans down there, Sarge?

Maybe, if that crop patrol ran into us coming from this direction.

Leave the radio in the mines here. We'll move in on two flanks.

Cage and Kirby, move in on the right.

Right. Johnson, you're on me. We'll move in from the left.

Adams and Little John, take a position further down the hill. In case we drop

fire, you give us cover.

Okay, let's go.

Hey, Little John.

Hey, I've got an idea.

Hey, you see that tree down there?

Yeah. A fast man could get behind it, maybe get a grenade in the house.

Maybe.

And maybe tip off a crouch, too, if there are any.

I could do it, Little John. I've got a good arm.

Forget it. You heard what the sergeant said. We stay put in case he needs a

cover fire.

Let's go, Kate.

Hey, Kate!

I

think

it worked.

How bad?

It's just a nick.

Kirby, take him inside. Put a bandage on him.

Come on.

Cage,

if any crowds come along, they'll probably use that road. Take Johnson and

plant some mines.

All right.

Let's go.

You want me to help him, Sides?

Inside.

What did I tell you to do?

Well, Sarge, I just thought... I gave you an order. You disobeyed a little,

John got shot.

I had to bust you wide open.

Sarge, I... Hey, just keep your mouth shut!

You throw a grenade, you let them know we're coming.

Spurdy.

What did you say your name was?

Sarge, for Pete's sake. I said, what's your name?

Arthur Adams.

Give me your serial number.

99474653.

What's your outfit?

I already told you. I asked you something.

Box Company, 47th Regiment, 48th Division.

Who's your CO?

Harrison, Captain Harrison.

Sarge, let me ask you. I'll do the asking. I want to know all about you,

who you are and what you are.

And what are the regiments from the 48th and who's your commanding general?

Sarge, what are you trying to do to me? All right, maybe I made a mistake.

That's right. Now, once but twice, as far as I'm concerned, every guy here

could have been knocked off.

Now, into your pockets.

Check it out.

Sarge, you better take a look at it.

You see, we got a real hero on our hands.

What?

A hero.

All right, give me it. Stay put.

Bronze star, DSC, silver star.

James, tell me.

Tell you what?

Where'd you win the DSC?

I don't want to talk about it.

I asked you a question.

Where'd you win the DSC?

St. Louis.

St. Louis.

I don't remember the 487 being around there.

It was there.

Where?

On the left flank.

What?

You guys remember running across the 487 at St. Louis?

No. I don't know. Too many officers here to remember.

Where did you win the Silver Star?

Papillon. Papillon.

This paper, what is it? Where's it from?

Press Line Times.

What state?

Indiana.

Leave me alone, will you?

Take security upstairs, then.

Okay.

Checkmate, King Two. This is White Rook. Over.

Let me speak to King Two.

I'm trying to hide

something, Adams. You won't get away with it.

Shut up and leave me alone, will you?

I've been trying to help you ever since you got here.

I just don't want to talk to you.

What do you think of this kid, Adams?

I don't know.

Do you figure he's lying?

Yeah. Hey, Sarge, you don't suppose it could be a crowd?

You finished that security over there, huh?

Wardbrook, over.

Out front of you, we're taking no switch, huh?

He's outside. Want me to get him?

Adams, yes, sir. He's still here.

Stand by one.

Who's that?

Lieutenant Hamming. Why?

Hey, Sarge. Lieutenant's on the horn.

Hey, hold it.

Put the rifle down.

Get away from it.

What's going on here?

Trying to get out the window, Sarge.

All right, Kirby. Keep an eye outside.

Checkmate, King Two. This is White Rock, over.

Yes, Lieutenant. Everything's under control.

Yes, sir, he is.

Say again?

Yes, sir, I'll take care of it.

Right.

What you found out?

I found out.

What'd he say?

The 487th never heard of you.

But there's a quartermaster offered in the rear that has. They say it belonged

to them.

They say you're a clerk typist.

Well, I've heard of guys that went over the hill to get away from a battle,

but... But you went the other way.

Why?

Is it because of those medals?

Is it because you want to be a hero so bad you lied about it? I did not lie.

Well, somebody did.

Newspapers don't make up stories like that.

Well, ask my father about him.

Father, what have I got to do with it?

That junk you read in the newspapers, he did it.

He made it all up.

You mean the battles and the medals? Your father made that up, is that what

you're saying?

Yeah.

He wanted to be proud of his son, to brag.

How are you going to brag about a clerk typist?

So he made up a son who wins battles all by himself.

Told everybody.

Including the newspapers in detail.

Very convincing man. When he says something, people believe him.

Go on.

Getting clippings from the neighbors at home.

All about how brave I am and the battles I've fought and the medals I've won.

So that's why I had to go over the hill.

To get to the front to not feel like yours.

So you could win yourself some medals.

I have to face the neighbors back home.

Sarge, I put in for combat duty. They said I was essential as a clerk typist.

What could I do? I had to try.

I had to try something else.

Well, you keep trying this way and you won't have to worry about your neighbors

back home. We'll bury you right here.

Well, maybe you think that's the answer, huh?

No, sir. I want to get home alive.

All right, Adams.

Go back to your outfit and your typewriter.

Hey, Sarge! Trouble!

The guys are coming this way!

Crackling this way.

Get inside. Cover the windows.

Johnson, get upstairs a little, John. Don't fire until I do.

Adams, get over by the window.

There's something I ought to know.

When I was out there before and they're getting shot at, I was scared.

That was before out there. This is here and now.

Get over that window. You can handle it.

Johnson's dead.

We've got to burn this place down. Try to get that machine gun. Flank it on the

left. Hey.

Huh? What do you want me to do? Go with him?

I suppose I should go into it. I don't... Well, you learn to get by that

door and give him some cover.

I don't think this is going to get any better.

Keep busy for a moment, will you? Yeah.

I'll kill you!

Hurry, pal!

Kirby? You should have stayed in the house.

I got shot in the leg.

Congratulations.

Now you got two of us pinned down out here.

I was alone.

I was scared.

I just wanted to do something right for a change.

I know that, dear.

In the nose, I can't bend her.

No.

Get out of here.

Stay put.

This is a good place, isn't it?

No.

AHHHHH!

I got shot.

What do you want, a medal?

Take a look at that.

Doesn't look too bad. You ought to be able to make it.

Come on, let's go.

I didn't look for a medal.

Hero, huh?