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Four guys to escort one captain. We don't even know where we're going.

We don't need to know.

Ah. These guys from Intelligence always gotta make everything a big secret.

(shots are fired)

You're Americans.

Yeah, and this is American territory. What you shooting at?

What are you doing out here? Who you with?

One of the GI's sir.

Larson.

It's okay. Come on.

Lieutenant Hanley.

I know you.

You're from Company L.

Alright, let's have it. What are you doing out here?

We're chasing a kraut captain.

He might be an important prisoner sir. He speaks perfect English.

A real superman type.

Our jeep skidded off the road and he got away.

And where is your jeep?

It's about 50 yards down the road sir.

Well, at least we don't have to walk back.

-Caje. Littlejohn.

-Yes.

-Kirby.

Go help them with the jeep.

Unh. Ah.

Too bad your mission was washed out Captain.

Just me Lieutenant. Not the mission.

You're working for G-2 now.

Aired Dec. 24, 1964

Now there's a chateau right here.

The Germans set up a planning headquarters in it about 36 hours ago.

They're using it in the daytime only.

Their night time security is minimal.

How minimal?

2 or 3 guards.

And you gotta get in there and out, without anybody knowing you were there.

If the Germans find out you were there,

They just change their plans and the photos you'll be taking will be useless.

These uh, 3 experts we're supposed to meet at the mill,

uh, they know the whole setup,

In G-2 you only tell your men what they need to know each step of the way.

Anybody gets captured, you get more security.

Now, there's a wing out on back of the chateau.

The map room's in there, up in the 2nd level.

Sergeant Walker will get you inside. He's a locksmith.

Sergeant Morgan is a cartographer.

He'll select the most valuable maps to show the kraut division placements.

Lieutenant Tracy will be doing the actual photography.

He's a good man.

The best with infrared equipment I have ever met.

What about the other two?

I never worked with them, but I told them to give me the best men available.

Any other questions?

Yeah, one.

Why don't we just go back and get another G-2 officer to head up this mission.

No time.

The krauts move these planning headquarters all around.

I know where this one is today, tomorrow we won't be sure.

Jeeps on the road, sir.

Watch it. Watch it. Unh.

Oh mother.

Ahh!

Alright Kirby, out.

We're not going.

Good luck Hanley.

Thanks sir.

-Lieutenant, how come we're not..

-Follow me. Over here.

Where are we going Lieutenant?

Here, hold the light.

We're gonna rendezvous with 3 men.

Right here. At this mill.

Who are they?

There's a Lieutenant Tracy. He's a photographer.

Sergeant Walker.

He's an uh, expert lock picker.

And Sergeant Morgan.

He's a cartographer.

Oh?

That's a map maker.

-But I know it.

-Huh.

A lock picker,

map maker, photographer? What kind of mission is this anyway, Lieutenant?

This is G-2.

Not even the men we're picking up know anything about it yet.

Alright. Now after we pick up our specialists,

We're going into kraut territory, through this minefield.

Now there's a gap through it right there.

Now let's go.

Oh yeah.

Sign and countersign. Hot dogs and beans. Got it?

Hot dogs and beans.

(wind is starting to howl)

Halt.

Advance and be recognized.

Halt.

Hot dogs.

Beans.

Advance.

I'm Lieutenant Tracy.

Lieutenant Hanley.

Captain Roberts had an accident. He won't be here.

Let's go inside.

Cage. You and Kirby, take a look around.

Littlejohn.

Check the perimeter of the minefield. See if you can find the gap.

-Are you Morgan?

-Yes sir

I'm Walker sir.

You better fill us in Lieutenant.

I wasn't told anything except take my equipment and meet Captain Roberts here.

Same here.

The Captain's instructions were to brief you when we reach our objective .

Now we head straight north through here.

There's a minefield....Just before we reach kraut territory.

Here's the map. And the gap through it.

Memorize it, in case we get separated.

When you got it down I'm gonna destroy the overlay.

In the meantime, I'll check with my men.

-Anything?

-No sir. Not on this side.

Lieutenant!

Kraut captain.

He must have gotten it right in the back of his head with a rock.

French partisan must have, come along at the right time.

Maybe.

Hey.

Now wait a minute...

Hey Lieutenant.

Hey, this is no kraut. He's an American.

-An American?

-Sure. I know him.

Yeah, this is the guy. He's a dealer.. He's a sergeant.

What are you talking about, Kirby?

Look. You remember when I was in the hospital a couple of weeks after D-Day.

This guy come in the morning I left. Now...

They, they call him Red.

Look at him. Look at his hair.

Well, there's red haired krauts too, you know.

Lieutenant. I know it's the guy. Now I helped the medics put him in bed.

He had a scar, he had a bayonet wound right on his arm it went clean through his Sergeant stripes.

I know it's him.

What outfit was he with?

I don't know. I don't remember that.

But, what would your red headed Sergeant be doing way out here?

Unless...

Unless,

he was one of the specialists, assigned to this mission.

What are you saying? One of those two Sergeants in there is...

Lieutenant, that's a real nervous idea you're talking about.

What other reason would there be to switch uniforms.

Well that kraut must have heard when you briefed us back there.

Yeah, he could have heard everything.

The sign, the countersign.

And knew we were here, at the mill.

The mine field?

Sure.

All he has to do was hightail it out here.

Kill Red and switch places.

The only thing he wouldn't try on his own,

would be to cross that mine field.

He's probably in there right now, laughing up his sleeve.

Just waiting for us to show him the way home.

Yeah.

But which one.

Hey Lieutenant.

Why don't you call off the whole mission.

Bring them all back to HQ.

And then right in G-2's lap.

No we can't. The job's gotta be done tonight.

Look. We'll keep this...

keep this among ourselves.

Kirby, you stay out here.

Tip off Littlejohn when he gets back.

Caje. You come back inside with me.

I'll do the talking.

You keep your rifle handy.

Ready to go, Lieutenant?

A couple minutes.

Have to wait 'till my men finish checking the perimeter of the mine field.

You memorize this map?

-Yeah.

-Yes sir.

Attend a bene strike hoven.

You practicing up on your kraut talk, Lieutenant.

Why not?

Your accent's pretty bad sir.

Didn't know you spoke German, Morgan.

Speak it like a native.

Captain Roberts didn't tell me about any of you speaking German.

Well I'm a cartographer sir.

Sometimes I have to read the legends in German maps.

Nice lighter. It's a Panzer Crest, isn't it?

Yes sir. Solid gold.

Where'd you get it?

The guy I won it from took it off a dead kraut.

Does it really matter where he got it, Lieutenant?

No I guess not.

Is it about time we took off Lieutenant?

I told you we have to wait fo my men to check the perimeter.

Hey, what outfit you with Walker?

201st ordnance sir.

Who's your CO.

Captain Wheeler, why?

Oh, I knew a few platoon leaders there.

Lieutenant Korday and Lieutenant Gunnelson. You know 'em?

No sir. Never heard of them.

Who taught you to pick locks?

I worked for a safe company back in the states.

Why all these questions sir?

I don't know.

What is the reason, Lieutenant?

Oh, just playing it safe.

Let me see your dog tags.

Come on. Give them to me.

What's your blood type?

A. Uh... No, O.

Now come on. What is it? What's on the tag?

Not sure.

Oh, I...

I forget. I don't know. I'll bet a lot of guys don't know.

Well Lieutenant, uh. Every soldier's supposed to know his blood type isn't he?

Every soldier should. Mine's AB.

Mine's A.

So is mine.

Look. I've never been wounded. I've never even been in a hospital.

I just don't remember. Now that's reasonable, isn't it?

I guess so.

"O".

You really are playing it safe, Lieutenant.

Maybe I am.

Captain Roberts told me not to take any chances.

I guess I'm overdoing it a little.

Hey Lieutenant.

That kraut captain that those soldiers were chasing.

I found him outside. He's dead.

What kraut captain?

Did you see Kirby? Isn't Kirby outside?

No sir. He's not there.

Lieutenant Hanley.

Now what's this about a dead kraut captain?

He's an escaped prisoner. Headed this way.

You stay here. I'll find Kirby.

Just a minute. You knew that body was out there.

I knew.

Well, how come you didn't say anything?

Because the body out there is not a kraut.

He's an American Sergeant.

One of my men made a positive identification.

Who ever killed him put him in a kraut uniform.

So that's why all the questions.

You think one of us is that kraut captain, huh Lieutenant?

It's a possibility.

But I didn't want to say anything.

I thought I could find out for myself.

Well, We'll all be moving out now so you have a right to know.

To protect yourselves.

Don't look at me. I'm no kraut.

No. You're just a poor innocent guy that can't even remember his blood type.

What about you? How come you speak German so good?

Well lots of Americans speak German.

Now look, Lieutenant. If I, if I were really a kraut, especially a kraut officer...

You don't think that I'd admit that I speak German. I mean, how stupid can you get?

An extra smart kraut...

might admit that he spoke German

to throw suspicion off himself.

Okay, Go on. In here. Hurry up.

Who's this?

I heard something over by the minefield. Went to check it out and found this guy.

Said he just escaped from the krauts.

Came through that minefield all by himself.

That's right.

I did.

What's your name and outfit?

Private Henderson, 349th, Engineers.

Like I've been trying to tell this joker sir,

hunting for mines is my job.

I saw this field.

Pulled my way across it.

I can't tell which way he came from Lieutenant.

The wind blew his tracks away. He could've been going either direction.

Hey.

I don't know what's with you guys.

Well, krauts in American uniforms have a lot of tricks for infiltrating our lines.

Do you mind if I take a load off my feet?

I'm bushed...

starved.

What I think Hanley...

I think we oughta go back to Captain Rob Mertson, let him get a positive identification on those 2 sergeants.

Can't. There's a time element.

This mission's got to be accomplished tonight.

Lieutenant.

Take a look at Private Henderson's sleeve.

Got ourselves a third sergeant.

I'm telling you, I am me. Tom Henderson, GI dogface.

I was a sergeant. I got busted.

What's the matter, Lieutenant.

You never heard of a guy gettin busted in this man's army?

Why all the sweat?

Because there's a dead American sergeant lying outside in a kraut captain's uniform.

That means there's a kraut captain running around somewhere

in a sergeant's uniform.

What happened to the three stripes?

There was a brawl in a Bistro night before last.

My C.O. heard about it yesterday morning so now I'm a buck private again.

I tell you sir. That's the truth.

Anybody got a drink?

Yeah.

When, when I came in from my job, I grabbed a bottle.

It's a spooky kind of job , sir, probing for mines.

If you last for 6 months, you're lucky.

Well I beat the percentage.

Been at it for over a year.

But every time I go out into the field...

I know that's gonna be my last time.

So...

Yeah.

I hit the bottle.

When were you taken prisoner Henderson?

Last night, sir.

Where?

Uh, near Dianna.

They took me in. Five other guys behind the lines.

I...got away about 5 hours ago.

I been walking ever since.

Drunk. Busted.

Captured, escaped. All in 36 hours.

You don't believe this fairy tale, do you Lieutenant?

It's no fairy tale. And why are you so anxious to pin it on me.

Because I think you're the lousy kraut.

Knock it off and sit down.

I said sit down!

They could all be on the level.

Maybe that guard captain just, lit out.

Cross our mine field on his own?

Maybe.

Maybe he's still...hanging around somewhere.

Henderson.

We can't afford to leave you here, so you're gonna go with us.

Now the rest of you..

If you're engaged by the enemy,

You shoot only to protect yourselves.

because I want quiet.

Now saddle up.

What are you doing.

You said you were with the 201st.

That's right, I am.

Well this is a 316th. Now what's the matter with you.

Knock it off. I said knock it off.

What's the matter. You never heard of moonlight requisitioning.

Lieutenant. I lost my bag so I glommed onto this.

What's the matter with you. A minute ago you were blaming it on Henderson.

Now you're back onto me.

You know personally I 'm betting it's you.

Now let's move out of here. Caje. Take the point.

Peabody. Bring up the rear.

What do you think, Lieutenant?

I don't know.

Who do you think?

I don't know.

The way they tell it, it could go either way.

A fouled up mission.

According to the map this is the end of the minefield.

Which way now Lieutenant.

Due east.

We head in that direction we'll run right into a German outpost.

I can show you where to get past them.

I don't want to get captured again.

Alright Henderson.

You take the point with me.

Go on.

Lieutenant.

He could deliver us right in the kraut's laps.

Well, for that matter, so could any of them.

Alright.

We'll all stick together.

I don't want anybody getting...uh,

lost.

Well, if Henderson led us to the krauts, at least we know he's on the level.

Maybe he's decided to stick with us until he finds out what the mission is.

This way.

Alright. This looks like a good place to get some sleep before we move in on target.

What is the target Lieutenant?

I'll let you know in plenty of time.

Alright Caje. You come with me.

Lieutenant. We're gonna recon.

Make sure everything's the way Captain Roberts expected it to be.

Littlejohn. Keep watch back there.

Kirby, come along. You can watch out from where we are.

Right, let's move out, now.

Don't any of you move around.

Some of my men may mistake you for krauts.

I don't want any uh, accidents.

Let's go.

Well Lieutenant.

Now which one of us do you think it is.

I have a hunch we'll find out soon enough Henderson.

You know, for my dough we don't have to do any more wondering.

You gonna confess Morgan.

Wise guy.

We all just saw that minefield. Nobody could get through that without a map.

I did.

You believe me don't you boy.

Sure baby. I believe everybody.

Know what I think?

I think Lieutenant Hanley hit it right on the nose.

That kraut got away.

Wake me up when the boys get back.

Everything's quiet here Lieutenant. How's it look back there?

Not bad.

There are 2 guards.

One in front and one circling the building we have to get into.

Two. Well that's okay if all we have to worry about is two krauts.

Don't forget about this one in there.

I think it's Morgan.

I don't know.

Walker didn't remember the two guys the Lieutenant mentioned were in his outfit.

That's a plus for him.

I made up those names.

(sniff, sniff)

Smoke!

This could bring every kraut in the neighborhood down on us.

Who did it? Who did it?

Alright Lieutenant. What happened.

I don't know. I was asleep.

Where's Henderson?

He's over here.

Hey Henderson. Get up.

He's dead.

Looks like he got it the same way Red did.

With a rock.

Now we know that kraut officer didn't get away.

That's for sure.

Whoever set the fire

Henderson must have seen him.

Well it wasn't me.

Well don't look at me Lieutenant.

Alright, that's enough.

We'll be moving up now. I want to say something.

Whichever of you two it is...

My men and I are gonna be watching you every second.

Whoever the phony is..

He makes one move to report to krauts, he's had it.

Alright. Lieutenant, you and I are gonna take the point.

Caje, Kirby. Bring up the rear.

Let's move out.

Planning room.

It's first door. Top of the stairs.

-Walker.

-Yes sir.

Your job is to open that door and any locks inside.

So that's our mission Hanley. I'm to photograph their maps.

Morgan will pick out the right ones.

We want the location and disposition of all enemy units shown.

Any questions?

What about sentries?

There are two.

One in front.

One circles the building every two and a half minutes.

You're sure there aren't any others?

I'm sure.

You go with me.

Kirby.

You bring Morgan across after the door's open.

Caje. You can come across with Lieutenant Tracy.

Littlejohn.

You stay here.

We may need some cover coming out.

Let's go.

Come on. What's holding it up.

I'm going as fast as I can.

I never ran into a lock like this before.

Come on. You're supposed to be one of the best.

I am.

Now.

Come on. Hurry up. Hurry up.

Lieutenant. Sentry.

Let's try it.

(creaks open)

This ought to do for openers.

How do we know he's picking the right maps.

You'll just have to take my word for it Lieutenant.

Unless somebody else around here can speak German.

Let's not take all night. Come on.

Got these notations on the border. They're important.

That was a dud.

(Pffft)

Another dud.

There's something wrong with this flash gun.

Each of the one of them could have damaged it.

They both had the opportunity.

I never touched it.

I never did either.

If I'm gonna get any pictures,

You're gonna have to turn on the lights.

Captain Roberts told me you were the best infrared man he'd ever worked with.

Infrared.

You shoot in the dark.

Maybe the Wehrmacht forgot to give you photography lessons.

Lieutenant Hanley.

It's the sergeant that was killed. You just said so.

Sentry!

We thought he had to be a sergeant.

Forgot he could have gotten a battle field commission since Kirby met him.

We'll get some pictures if we have to play this camera all over the dial.

Are you glad to be back on American real estate Captain.

Don't forget Lieutenant. A prisoner of war has protection under the Geneva Convention.

Oh, you'll get it Captain.

You were caught in an American uniform.

According to the Convention that's a spy charge.

I wouldn't pick him a ride on the road huh Lieutenant.

I don't think so, Littlejohn. How would we know who we're riding with.

Let's go.