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Lucky we didn't go over the edge.

Boy, that tire's sharp.

Yeah, it's had it.

Man, what a mess!

Hey, watch it, you're stepping on my stick!

Hey, get off the truck, will ya?

I'm gonna take a look around.

Go ahead.

Somebody's gonna pay for this. Careful, man, don't... Come on, get out of there!

Look at this. Give me your drum.

You guys really mess things up.

Well, somebody's gonna pay Bernie Wallace for a 200-buck trombone if I

gotta go to the Pentagon.

You guys stick close to the truck. I don't want anybody wandering off. Are

you kidding, man?

What, we gonna take these for a walk?

You just do what I tell you. I'm responsible.

Yeah.

And you're doing a great job.

So what? They shouldn't have tried to move us by truck in the first place. Oh,

that's all they had, Bernie.

Baloney, if I was Tommy Dorsey, you can bet your sweet face I'd have a plane

just waiting to take us to the front.

How much further we got to go?

Who knows?

Ask the driver.

He's the one who got us lost.

We're not lost. We had to come this way because the bridge was washed out.

Hey, Bernie.

I'm still playing.

How about you, Hank?

Hey, knock it off, you guys.

You heard what the sergeant said.

Okay, soldier.

Now, wait a minute.

We're civilians, see?

Volunteer entertainers.

We got officer status.

You guys want to play?

Play.

Here, give me that.

Little stupid.

Passed off.

Did you have him there?

Nah. Go back and join the squirrels.

Give me the binoculars.

What the heck do they think they're doing?

Scrawl patrol moving in.

I'm gonna have to flank them. Let's go.

Combat Starring Rick Morrow

And

Rick Jason

Guest star, Dan Duryea.

What are you doing?

Look what they did.

They got nothing but my sticks left now.

You're lucky it wasn't you.

He's dead?

Yeah.

Did you see them, Bernie? They were shooting right at my fiddle. Look.

Hey, you.

Yeah, you.

Come here.

You in charge here?

No, Sarge is. Well, get him over here.

What are you guys doing up here, anyway?

That's what I want to know.

The Army's got no rights sending us this close to the front. We could have got

killed.

USO, huh?

That's right, Mac, and I want some protection for my men. I didn't bring

them out here to get shot up this way.

Somebody's gonna pay.

Somebody already did.

Where do you think you are? Coney Island? We heard you half a mile back,

and so did the Krauts.

If we weren't blowing your brains out that we'd have passed you by, nobody

would have got hit.

Now, look, soldier.

You just keep your mouth shut.

What are we going to do with them, Sarge?

I don't know. We can't leave them here.

We're just going to have to take them.

All right, you come with us, and if you want to stay alive, you do what I tell

you, and you do it fast.

Where are you taking us?

Gonna check out an area up ahead.

Okay, let's go.

Forget it, sweetheart.

You just got a new assignment.

What'd you say?

Well, um... Look, Sarge, this means that we got officer rank.

We want to go back to our own lines now.

We'll take you back to our lines as soon as we finish our mission.

Kirby, move him out.

Go on. You heard the size. Let's go.

Hey, what do you think you're going to do with that thing?

Taking it with me. Don't worry. I can carry it.

What's the matter?

I got hit.

Hey, Sarge!

Come on, guys, let's give him a little room, huh?

Right, man.

What happened?

He got hit.

Why don't you tell us?

I didn't want to cause you more trouble.

All right, Doc, we'll take five. See what you can do for him.

He needs a real doctor.

Now you've got to take us back.

I'm holding you responsible, Sarge.

You're endangering civilian lives.

We'll take five.

Crossroads should be right around the bend. Check it out, huh? Right.

You okay, Hank?

I'll be fine, Bernie.

Don't worry.

I worry.

That's my job.

That dumb dogface don't care what happens to us, but I do.

Look, mister.

Wallace.

Bernie Wallace.

Look, he's doing what he has to do. Now, why don't you lay off?

Because I'm tired of being pushed around.

Now, let me tell you something, soldier.

Nobody pushes Bernie Wallace.

Not even the generals.

I got a lot of friends, see?

I'm sure you do.

But right now you're here, and you could make it a lot easier... Hey, man, no

lectures, huh? Just do your job.

Take care of my buddy here.

And I'll put in a good word for you when I get back.

Now, you take it easy, Hank.

I mean, I got no other trumpet.

Sure, Bernie.

This ain't gonna be all right, man?

Yeah.

How's the fiddle?

Not so good. I think maybe I can fix the bridge, but how am I gonna fix these

strings?

Look at all these holes. Those dirty krauts really tried to ruin me.

It's not gonna happen again.

You see?

Next time, old Woody's gonna protect himself.

Where'd you get that?

Picked it up back there.

Well, throw it away.

Come on, Bernie, I found it.

Besides, I'm a pretty good shot.

We ain't supposed to carry arms. Get rid of it.

I'll take that.

I don't want to catch any of your boys playing soldier, you got it? Don't

worry, neither do I.

We got more important things to do.

to liven up a dull mission.

Remember little John, I'm from New Orleans.

I've been around Jasmine all my life.

All they think about is their music.

They live in their own private little world.

Okay, that ought to hold you for a little while.

Thanks, Doc.

27 years blowing the horn and all I ever got was a split lip.

That's a long time.

Hank Davis has been around a long time.

I played in some of the top bands, you know. No kidding.

How old are you?

42.

Well, a little more, maybe.

See, it must be kind of rough on you out here.

Why do you do it?

It's important to me.

I had a boy.

He...

13 years old when he was killed at Omaha Beach.

It seems like about the only thing I can do for him now is keep on blowing that

horn.

Crossroads up ahead there. There's a bombed-out building near it, too.

Okay, let's go.

I'd still like to get me a couple of krauts. Will you cut it out, Woody?

Let the soldiers do the fighting. The world's full of them.

There's only one Woody Jones on the base.

All we gotta do is stay cool.

No movement.

Nobody seems to be around.

Curb your own meal. We'll check it out.

The rest of you stay put.

But is that thing anyway?

Who knows?

Yeah, it's just like a Sunday date in Philly, man.

I'll clear this end, Sarge.

All right, get the others in here and take security outside.

Okay, let's go.

Little John.

Radio.

This is some hotel, man.

It reminds me of that flea bag we played in Pittsburgh last year.

Yeah, it smells like it, too.

Over here.

Easy.

You all right?

I'm kind of faint.

Here, wait a minute.

Take a little drink of this.

Why didn't you pick up the violin?

Well, it's a little late now.

How come you brought that with you?

What do you mean?

The Germans would give a lot to get their hands on a good fiddle like this.

Roger, we'll hold until we're relieved, over.

Who are you talking to?

Can you send us a personnel carry, over?

How long will that be, over?

What's he say?

He say again, how long will that be, over?

What's his answer?

Will you keep your mouth shut?

Roger.

Roger, will do. Out.

Did you tell them about us?

What'd they say?

Battalion changed our orders. We're supposed to stay here and hold.

What about us?

Don't worry about it. Battalion wants you to stay put.

Gonna send transportation over to pick you up.

Well, that's more like it.

Gage.

Tell Little John and Kirby our order's been changed. Battalion wants us to stay

and hold.

Okay.

I don't know if Bernie'll get you out of here.

Bernie, can you give me a hand?

Yeah.

What's the matter?

I must have been dreaming, I guess.

I thought I heard Charlie calling me.

Who's Charlie?

It's his kid, man.

It's awful hot in here, ain't it?

Smoke, Sarge?

No, thanks.

Don't mind Bernie.

He yells a lot, but he ain't so bad.

Sometimes he just can't help himself.

He's used to giving orders, that's all.

You know, ten years ago, you had one of the biggest bands in the country.

Couldn't do.

There was 33 of us, now there's only five.

Wouldn't be the only ones with them all the way.

It's hard on them not having the big crowds anymore.

You know, when we first came over here, we were supposed to tour with some

swinging cats.

Only it didn't work out.

Ain't nothing going right since we started this gig, that's for sure.

And we're blowing real good, too.

Anyway, I just... I don't tell you why he is like he is, so... So maybe you

could go easy on him, huh?

Look, there are two dead G.I.s back there.

How easy do you want me to be on them?

Get over here on these windows.

The rest of you stay down in that corner.

Hold your fire. Wait till I get closer.

Looks like they have a machine gun.

Come on, let's go.

What do you think you're doing?

We're cutting out of here.

This ain't no contract, baby.

You're not going anyplace.

Man, now I've had it.

They're going to get us all killed.

I told you not to bring us here.

Look, you wouldn't get more than 50 feet out there, any of you.

So get back in that corner and stay down.

He's got no right keeping us here. We ain't his prisoners.

What's going on?

I don't know.

How's he doing, Dad?

Oh, he's okay, Sarge.

Feldwebel and Ludwig.

Get in there and saga in in her house to come in with them Hennenhoff Here they

come

Surrender!

Duke!

I was trying to save everybody's life. We ain't got a chance.

Yeah, we got a great chance now. We just cut down two of their men under your

flag of truce.

They'll do anything they can to blow us out of here and they won't take any

prisoners.

Cage.

Come on now, forget it, huh?

Just keep your eye on him.

Post

1.

Post 1.

Here's Post 1.

Bring your department here.

To the command, Lieutenant. Immediately.

Finish him.

Go on.

Well, what are you staring at?

I only did it for you guys.

Look, we didn't come out here to get killed.

We ain't soldiers. We got a right to surrender.

We ain't like these guys, Will.

We're the best jazz men in the business.

You understand what I mean, don't you?

It wasn't right, Bernie, what you did.

Roger, out.

Good luck, sir.

Send this help as soon as they can.

Kirby, how much ammo you got?

About 20 rounds.

Gage, little John, how much ammo you got?

I got three clips.

Two clips, Todd.

Water.

Go ahead, I'll finish it.

Wait a second. Let me give you a hand with that, huh?

I better get some practice on any of these, huh?

You got a union rule book that comes with this? Just pull the bolt back.

Hey, it's some trombone, huh?

Here.

Slip that in.

Push it down, huh?

Hold it down with your thumb.

Now put the bolt back.

Watch out for your thumb.

I'm gonna try it again.

You should have been in the army.

Yeah.

Want to hear something funny? My chick thinks I am in the army.

I've been riding it from all the army bases that we play.

Zach Fielder has seen all the big battles, man.

Well, what's going to happen when she finds out?

Oh, it's bad news.

You know, the terrible thing is I can't even tell her.

When I got my draft notice, I played the big scene, you know, the crazy goodbye

number and all that.

For folks.

The whole swinging neighborhood, they give me a big party.

Then the army turns me down, right?

I go everywhere.

I look around, you know, even the Coast Guard, man, they don't want any part of

this 4F cat.

So I ran right down and I joined the USO.

Real fast.

Everybody thinks I'm a lieutenant.

Well, just don't try to give me any orders.

You're right.

I had to keep promoting myself.

Funny thing is, I really wanted to marry that chick.

I think he's going into shock.

I gotta help him.

I gotta help him.

Hey, where are you going?

Charlie!

It's your flag!

Oh and it's pretty bad over there.

again as soon as it gets dark.

You'll have a chance then to make it out the back.

We'll give you all the cover we can.

How about you?

Our orders are to stay.

Man, that's suicide.

And he ain't got no more bullets.

We'll get some.

There's a Schmeisser about 20 yards out there to the right. Do you see it?

Yeah. One of them's got some grenades on him, too.

Make it stuck. We'll try and get him.

Sarge.

Why don't you try and get out of here?

Come on, Cage. Take it easy. We're all gonna get out of here.

We've been together a long time.

Well, what are you waiting for?

You know me, Bernie.

I just love to get myself lost.

Yeah, me too.

Gage, take this.

Just in case they spot us.

Here, let's go.

Remember, I've been in all the big battles, man.

He's dead.