All language subtitles for Combat! S02E23 - A Silent Cry en

It's right over there, Sarge.

Kirby, scrounge
yourself a place to sleep.

We're probably going
to be here for awhile.

That's the best order
you gave all week!

[train whistling]

You wanted to see
me, Lieutenant?

Yeah, sit down.

This is Sgt. Perkins of
communication center.

- How do you do?
- Hi, sergeant.

I hope you and your
men haven't settled in yet.

Well, we're hoping to.

Kirby's out now looking
for a place to sleep.

You better explain
it to him, sergeant.

You're being sent with
two of my men to deliver

field radios to a group
of French partisans,

who will support us and act as
observers as we go into the sector.

What's a matter with air
reconnaissance, Lieutenant?

The terrain is pretty rugged.

Deep valleys, trees,
etc. No chance.

Well, field radios, they don't
have a long enough range.

Oh, so you're an expert on
radio transmissions, Sergeant?

No, I'm no expert
but I read the manual.

Well, I helped write it.

Of course, Sgt. Saunders is right
about the limited range of field radios.

However the field radio people
will be feeding bits and pieces

of information to a main radio
hidden away in a country house.

The owner will coordinate
and transmit to us.

Now, you'll deliver your field
radios to a man named Fontaine.

Intelligence doesn't want the Krauts
smelling out the location of the main radio

so they're arranged the rendezvous
point away from the house.

The equipment is all ready to go,
you can leave immediately, Sergeant.

In broad daylight, Lieutenant?

Well, we're lagging
behind Division.

We've got to pull up the line, keep
the Krauts from taking advantage.

[radio buzzing]

The equipment that
you'll be carrying is critical

so you'll have to be
very careful with it.

Well, I'll do my best to make sure
that nothing happens to the equipment.

Right, out.

Perkins, your C.O just
called. One of the men

supposed to go out on
the mission can't make it.

You'll be taking his place.

Well, that doesn't
make sense, sir.

I'm not worth
anything in the field.

My job is at Comm. center.

Well, your C.O will fill
you in on the details.

But you better get ready
because you will be going.

Yes, sir.

You ready to move out?

Yes and no, Lieutenant.

I don't think I know
what you mean.

This Sgt. Perkins, I don't like
the idea of going out with him.

Well, we can't always choose our
companions in this war, Saunders.

I know that, Lieutenant.

But what I'm trying to say is, I don't
like putting my squad on the line with him.

Sounds to me like
you got problems.

I got a few problems.

You see this map? I've been
staring at it for the past two days.

It's not just a map,
it's a jigsaw puzzle.

Unless I can put the pieces
together, there's going to

be a lot more lives on the
line than just your squads.

Look, Lieutenant, I don't
know about this jigsaw puzzle.

But I do know I'll be
taking unnecessary risk

if I send my men out
with a man like Perkins.

Well, Perkins and this jigsaw
puzzle are pretty closely related,

so you better try to understand.

Now, I'll put it as
simple for you as I can.

If the Krauts knew
how weak we were,

they could knock us a
week from next Sunday.

We can't move ahead because
we don't have enough information,

we can't move back because it
will show them just how weak we are.

So we're stuck with
a man like Perkins?

Comms center says he's the only man that
can do the job and I believe Comms center!

So I guess you're
stuck with Sgt. Perkins.

We're now blowing
a bunch of civilians.

That's some way to run a war.

Yeah, some way to run a war.

Look, I'll be standing
here waiting to hear

from the Frenchman's
radio at the chateau,

just as soon as his men
report in from the field.

Now, as for Perkins.

Our staying alive may depend
on your keeping Perkin's alive.

Saunders.

Good luck.

How far we gotta
carry this stuff?

- About three more miles.
- I think I'm getting hungry.

Hey.

- Oh, sorry, Sarge.
- What are you trying to do, blind me?

- It's an accident, I'm sorry.
- Well, look out where you're going.

He said, he was
sorry so let's forget it.

Let's not, Sergeant.

I read your manual too.

Look out for
low-hanging branches.

Boy, oh boy. We sure
got a live one this trip.

He's a little nervous.
It's his first combat patrol.

Are you kidding?

Hey, Sarge? Did you know that?

Let's say I had an idea.

Three stripes and
this is his first time out!

Can't blame him, he's only
been in the Army nine months.

Well, that explains it.

He's a genius, at least that's what
they say at the communications center.

They promoted him rea l fast.

Okay, let's pick
it up. Pick it up.

Take five.

Five.

What are we stopping for?

There's no percentage
in wearing ourselves out.

If we run into Krauts, I'd
like to have some wind left.

Marks has been telling me you've
only been in about nine months.

Oh, I've become the
object of conversation?

Perkins, look, this
is your first time out.

You better learn how to relax.

I've never relaxed before in my life,
Sergeant, this isn't the place to start.

You know...

who's on the
lookout for Germans?

We all are.

You know, Saunders, you seem so
casual about the prospect of dying.

I wonder why.

Perhaps life is
meaningless to you.

You take a lot for granted.

He may be a genius at
communications center,

but I peg him for a washout
if things get rough out here.

- He'll shape up.
- Oh. Sure, he will.

You're just saying that
because we're stuck with him.

I never saw you take
that much lip off anybody.

Well, like you said, Kirby.

We're stuck with him.

The army really operates on the
effort and reward theory, doesn't it?

They put me in communications to clear
up the mess and where do they send me?

Here.

That reward might
save a few lives.

Or lose a few.

[vehicle approaching]

Never get through them.

We'll go around them.

Can't risk that.

I said, we'll go around them!

After you, Sergeant.

There's more of them.

It's just a couple of
rear guard, come on.

Get him out of here.

Come on, let's go.

- Let's go.
- Come on!

Told you it wouldn't work.

[indistinct], Perkins.

This is my first mission.

You should have
taken that into account.

Everybody up here had a first
mission. You were trained for it.

- Caje, how is he?
- He can walk.

Okay, let's get out of here.

Better wait until it gets
dark before we head back.

We're not quitting, Perkins.
We're going to deliver those radios.

Are you serious?

The Germans know we're here.

I'm injured.

Marks is laying back there with all of
our extra equipment in his knapsack.

There's no reason
for us to go on.

All right, you had your say.

Caje, take the point.

All right, Saunders.

You're taking my life
in your hands now.

That's right.

And our lives are in your
hands and don't you forget it.

Now move out.

I believe you are
looking for me, Sergeant.

If you're looking for radios, I'm
looking for you. What's your name?

- Fontaine.
- I'm looking for you.

Come on.

All right, take off
your equipment.

Caje and Kirby. Lookout
across the bridge.

This is Sgt. Perkins. He'll
tell you all about this stuff.

- You are wounded, Sergeant?
- Astute observation.

We ran into the Krauts
a little ways back.

My men do not speak English.

If you explain the operation of the
radios to me, I will translate for you.

I speak French. I
speak four languages.

[exclaims]

[speaking French]

I do not appreciate my men to be
referred to as 'clumsy fools', Sergeant.

Perkins, you watch what you say
in all four languages, you got it?

[speaking French]

Got a prisoner, I
almost shot him.

The main radio in the
house is not working.

- What's wrong with it?
- I'm not sure, Sergeant.

Grandpère hopes one of
you can come and look at it.

Without the main radio,
all of this is useless.

- How far is it to your house?
- A few minutes.

We're supposed to stay
away from that house.

We were told to deliver the
field radios to feed the main radio.

This whole patrol is a waste of
time if that main radio isn't' working.

What makes you so
sure that I can fix it?

You're the expert. You
wrote the manual, remember?

All right, move out.
Stay apart and no firing.

Hey.

We'll be there soon.

My grandfather's house.

It was a fine house once.

That's open ground out
there so watch yourselves.

What kind of vehicle is it?

I don't know what
kind of vehicle it is.

But I'll tell you
what's inside it.

A radio direction finder.

It shows where the radio is.

Have the Germans been to your
house before looking for the radio?

No.

Perkins, how does that radio
tracking equipment work?

Very accurately.

They pick up a radio transmission, they
find out what direction it's coming from.

They go to another point
and do the same thing.

Then they triangulate
both directions,

and where they intersect,

that's where the radio is.

Maybe they took a fix on
that radio before it went dead.

They didn't finish
their tracking.

They could be guessing.
Canvassing the area, asking questions.

Or they could be in there
now, destroying the radio.

Either way, we're going to
have to wait here and find out.

Look, Saunders, even if
they're just asking questions,

Why don't we leave
well enough alone?

Let's go to a new location
and set up a new radio.

That might take more
time than we can afford.

We wait.

The Sergeant has no choice.

The Sergeant and I are
different kinds of men.

We stand for different things.

I don't think you stand
for anything, Perkins.

I don't think you
believe in anything.

I believe in myself.
My mind, my body.

That I can count on.

- A real machine?
- Call it what you like.

I spent a lifetime
developing this mechanism.

Giving it all I got.

You think I want to destroy you?

I didn't send you on
this mission, Perkins.

I was sent by someone like you.

There's no sanity in
the world, Saunders.

Just ignorance and violence.

I believe everybody has a
right to prosper, to live, grow.

That's why I hate
violence and violent people.

By destroying the world,
they're trying to destroy me.

So, you see. This mechanism,
as you say, that I'm trying to save,

has more worth and more dignity,

than blind animal courage.

Sergeant! The house.

Grandpère!

Sergeant, my grandfather Andre
LeClair. My grandmother, Renee LeClair.

[continues in French]

Enchante, madame.
Enchante, monsieur.

- Tu parle français?
- Oui.

- Ask him why the Krauts were here.
- I just did.

The Germans know there's a radio
around here. They don't know exactly where.

They've been asking questions.

The radio is in the cellar.

You can only reach it
through here. I'll show you.

Caje, Kirby. Keep a
lookout out those windows.

Okay.

- Check the power supply.
- Nothing's wrong there.

I already checked the
converter. It's perfect.

Let's see.

Seems to be in order.

I think the main trouble
in in the buffer tube.

I think I have some buffer
tubes in my bag, take a look.

Find a DT-221.

Here it is.

Good.

How do you know
all about this, boy?

I learned all I could about the
theory of radio transmission.

You see?

Here it explains buffer stage.

Where did you get
all those books?

Some I bought,
others I borrowed.

Some I stole from the Germans.

These are my favorite.

Philosophy of the
Western World, Gerta.

Oh, Midsummer Night's Dream!

You read all these?

At least three times.

I read while I watch the
radio for my Grandpère.

How did you get
interested in them?

Before the war, I went
to school for five years.

The rest I taught myself.

And do you understand
everything you read?

No, not completely.

But what I don't
understand, I feel inside.

I know that someday,
it will be all clear.

The eye of man hath not heard,

the ear hath not seen,

the hand is not able to
taste, his tongue to conceive.

Nor the heart report
what my dream was.

And you fight Germans too?

We do what we must, Sergeant.

Yeah. Well...

See what we got here.

Keep staring out there, one
of you gonna strain an eyeball.

- It's a screwy setup, ain't it?
- Yup.

Here we are standing right
in the middle of Kraut territory.

Sgt. Fauntleroy down there in
the basement playing with his radio.

Well, it may turn out to
be something important.

Or we could get killed.
That's very important.

A coward dies a thousand
times. The brave, only once.

That's about all
it takes, ain't it?

You were right.

It was the buffer tube.

Now there's something
wrong with the receiver.

I got to work on it.

Well, while you're doing that, I
can get us some bread and cheese.

Yeah, that'll be
fine. Thank you.

How's it going?

I think the Sergeant and
I will work well together.

[speaks French]

Your grandmother's
worrying about you, Jaques?

Yes.

You don't scare easy, do you?

The trick is to hide the fear.

I found out what was wrong.

It's called the IF alignment.

Why didn't I think of that?

What would you
have done if you had?

I'm not completely sure.

Here, let me show you.

Put this here.

Now, watching the meter,

You can tune back and forth
and get maximum voltage.

I see.

There.

Now you're going to
do just fine, Jaques.

Sergeant!

- Are they finished down there?
- Not yet, but they're coming along.

He said, the Germans are
moving into the wooded area.

How many?

A great many!
Troops, tanks, artillery.

They are coming through
an old mine tunnel.

That means our rear observers
won't be able to see them.

We won't know how
large a force they have.

- How far is Lemonte?
- About half a mile.

Look, why don't we take
that field radio and see if

we can make it back within
range of our own lines?

Because it will take too long. The
odds are better if we transmit from here.

Better for who?

For a couple thousand of our
boys who might be wiped out

if the Krauts pull a
surprise attack. That's who!

Sergeant!

The radio is fixed.

[speaking French]

Checkmate King-Two,
this is White Rook.

Checkmate King-Two,
this is White Rook, over?

[radio static and whining]

Checkmate King-Two, this is
White Rook. Do you read me?

Do you read me, over?

White Rook, your transmission
is weak. Do you read me, over?

[faint transmission]

Checkmate King-Two,
do you read me, over?

White Rook, your transmission
is weak, acknowledge.

[speaking German]

- Herr Hauptmann?
- Ja

[faint voice over radio]

[faintly] Checkmate,
do you read me, over?

Checkmate King-Two,
this is White Rook.

Checkmate King-Two,
this is White Rook, over.

King-Two, this is White Rook. Do
you read me? Do you read me? Over.

Checkmate King-Two, this is
White Rook. Do you read me, over?

[faintly] White Rook,
this is King-Two, over.

Perkins.

This is White Rook,
do you read me, over?

[faintly] White Rook, do you read
me? Your transmission is weak, over.

Try it again.

Checkmate King-Two, come in.

Checkmate King-TWo,
come in please, over?

I read you weak,
White Rook, over.

Kirby, they're back!

Sarge! Krauts are back!

We can't get through yet.

You must keep your men
down there until you are finished.

Go ahead, Sarge. We'll
take care of the Germans.

All right, you two
come on down here.

You going to allow
that boy to go up there?

You keep working on that radio!

Bounjour, Capitan.

[speaking German]

Checkmate King-Two,
you're coming in weak, over.

Checkmate King-Two,
you're coming in weak, over.

Checkmate King-Two, come in!

Checkmate King-Two,
come in, over.

- Sergeant, I gotta help that boy.
- No, Sergeant!

- You must not interfere.
- Interfere?

They're going to kill
them and the boy!

They knew the risks they were
taking. We cannot help them.

They would not want
us to die uselessly.

Checkmate King-Two,
please come in, over.

Checkmate King-Two, I have vital
information. Please acknowledge, over!

They going to kill them.
They're going to kill that boy too!

Checkmate King-Two, I have vital
information. Please acknowledge, over!

Saunders, will you
please listen to me?

Checkmate King-Two,
come in, over!

Checkmate King-Two, this is White
Rook. Please acknowledge, over.

God, will you forget
that thing for a moment?

Checkmate King-Two, this is White
Rook. Please acknowledge, over.

Where's all that blind
courage when you need it?

All of a sudden you want
to join the human race?

Those three people up there?
They joined a long time ago.

They do their job, we do ours.

You think it's easier for me to
stay down here than it is for you?

You get on that radio
and you make it work!

Checkmate King-Two,
this is White Rook, over.

Checkmate King-Two,
this is White Rook, over.

Checkmate King-Two,
this is White Rook, over.

Checkmate King-Two,
this is White Rook, come in!

Checkmate King-Two,
this is White Rook, over.

[over radio] White Rook, we got you
loud and clear! Send your message.

There's a large concentration of
cups and saucers moving into sector C.

Do you read me, over?

Sir, this is Lt. Hanley.

I'm getting a transmission
from one of my patrols.

They report a heavy concentration
of German troops and vehicles

moving through the
wooded area of sector C.

I recommend we lay in a
barrage immediately, sir.

Yes, sir!

Checkmate King-Two,
do you acknowledge?

Checkmate King-Two, did you
acknowledge my last transmission?

White Rook, this is
Checkmate King-Two, over.

Feuer!

Come on, let's go.

[door creaks]

Jaques, will you tell your
grandmother that we have to leave?

We'll get rid of the Germans.

Tell her we're sorry but we haven't
got the time to stay behind and help.

I understand, Sergeant.

If the rest of the Americans
fight as well as you have,

We will meet again very soon.

Tell your officers that our radio will
be working as long as they need it.

- Bye, Jaques.
- Au revoir, Sergeant.

Maybe someday we will talk
about the books again, Sergeant?

You can count on it.

Now all we have to do is
make it back to our lines.

Anything you say, Sergeant.
After all, you're the expert.

That's right, Perkins.

Helped write the manual.

Nice to have you back, Sergeant.

Looks like
everybody's pulling out.

Yeah. The Krauts got a taste
of our artillery and took off.

You got that jigsaw puzzle
put together, Lieutenant?

Thanks to you and Sgt. Perkins.

Yeah, Perkins.

Guess it takes all kinds.

Yep. All kinds.

Close up shop, soldier.

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