Carter's Army (1970) - full transcript
A racist officer is put in charge of a squad of black troops charged with taking an important bridge from the Germans.
[BELL]
-Captain Carter.
The General is
expecting you, Sir.
This way, Sir.
-Glory be, you a soldier, boy?
I mean, you in the army?
-Yes, Sir.
-What's this?
-Well, my uniform, Sir.
-Your uniform?
-Yes, Sir.
You see, I'm detailed
to General Auden, Sir.
-Glory be.
-I'm glad you
could come, Carter.
-I never say no to a general.
-Kings and counts used
to dine on this terrace.
-You should feel right at home.
-Captain, I have a job for you.
-I appreciate the
hospitality, General,
but I'll walk to Berlin
before I mix drinks for you.
-Captain, we have people
to do that in the army.
No, I want you for
something else.
I want you to save a dam.
There's a dam on the
Aufgang Lake, right.
Here Our man force is more
than 50 miles away, here.
If the Gerries know we're
coming, they'll blow it up.
And if they do, they'll
stall our advance
for at least two days
and flood the valley.
What we want to do to is
surprise them from the south.
Now, the nearest unit is
B Company, 3rd Regiment.
-So send them in.
-Carter, I'm afraid
you miss the point.
We've got two days
to save the dam.
This mission requires the
experience of a commando,
and you were available.
You'll be flown to B
Company and dropped.
Oh, the code name
is London Bridge.
From there on
you're on your own.
You'll be behind
German lines the minute
you step out of camp.
28 miles down this
road is a farmhouse
with a friendly
contact and the radio.
You'll spend the night there.
12 more miles down the
road is an abandoned winery
that will be your
base of operation
for the actual assault.
I'll uh, see that
you get a promotion.
Wouldn't it be nice to wake
up in a few days, a major?
-Mmph.
-If I was a German,
you'd be dead by now.
Can you talk, boy?
-Jonathan Crunk, Private,
B Company, US Army.
-B Company.
-First Platoon.
-London Bridge.
London Bridge!
-Hickory Creek, Georgia.
-Don't you know the password?
Where are the flares?
-What flares?
-You were supposed
to light a flare
at 0100 hours and bring me in.
-What time is it now?
-Can't you tell
the time, Soldier?
-I can tell ordinary time.
I'm not very good
at army time, yet.
-Oh, you're in trouble, Private.
I never seen no one
stand guard like that.
Yes, sir.
Big trouble.
Where's the outfit?
-Down the road a piece.
-Take me to it.
And move, boy.
Your helmet.
-Hah hah hah.
Mate.
-I'm a first class fool.
You know, I should
have seen that.
-You're learning
fast, Lieutenant.
You'll be beating me
regularly in no time.
-Let's call it a
day, huh George?
Hey, I hear the boys have
some action in the mess tent.
-I've never been
lucky at gambling.
Not that I have
anything worth losing.
But there's nothing worth
winning around here, either.
-I'll tell you what.
You teach me how to
play chess, and I'll
tell you how to cheat at craps.
You can win yourself a few buck.
-Thank you.
But I'm going to have
to beg off this time.
An old man needs his sleep
more than a craps festival.
You know, you play a
good game for an officer.
See you in the morning.
-Hey George, it says
here you can change
places between the
king and the rook.
Now you never told me that.
-Maybe it's cause
I'm not George.
-You sure ain't.
What can I do for you?
-You can salute, boy.
-And who would I be
saluting, if I saluted?
-Captain Carter.
And I'll break your
arm if you don't.
-And if I do?
-What do you mean, if?
Are you drunk, man?
-A little, I suppose.
Wine does that.
Uh, wait a minute.
It's over here somewhere.
Just a second, Captain.
Oh, here we are.
Lieutenant.
-Who's is it?
-Mine.
Just a little dirty, that's all.
I used it to cook some
stew in yesterday.
-Where's your C.O.?
-Wallace.
Edward B. Would you
like a drink, Captain?
Genuine French wine.
Vin Francais.
-What's the matter
with you, Wallace?
I've had men court martialed
for your kind of lip.
-I guess I'm in shock.
We don't see too many
white folks around here.
-You don't see
many... white folks?
Well, how many of you uh,
people are there here?
-People?
You mean, how many black
men in this company?
Here they are, Captain.
B Company, proudly
serving their country.
Can I introduce you?
I'm sure they'd
love to meet you.
Well, if you'll excuse me,
I think I'll join the game.
-Hey, boss, you
gotta stake me man,
it's going to hit this time.
-All right.
I'll give you a million.
For half the take.
-What?
-Half.
-Hey, you found yourself
some luck tonight, huh?
But you still owe me 3,200,000.
-I'll get it, I'll get it.
Just give me some time.
-Hey, Wallace.
Would you like a warm beer?
-Sure.
-Fuzzy?
Hey, Fuzzy?
-Man, you ain't no good.
You didn't have shit to
do just because he's deaf.
-He's getting a beer, ain't he?
All he's good for is
sleeping up the place.
-Good thing we ain't in combat,
cause he'd never hear the shot.
I don't know how he
got in the army anyway.
-Because he couldn't hear
the man when the man told him
he was 4-F.
-Hey, Crunk.
Yes, Sir?
-Aren't you supposed to
be on guard duty, man?
-Yes, Sir.
But I brought the man in.
-Yeah, well get
on back out there.
I'll send somebody to relieve
you in a couple of hours.
[GAMBLING NOISE]
-Wallace?
General Auden sent me here.
-You mean you need
20 men to wipe
spit from the General's chin.
-Give me your radio.
-No chance.
-Watch your mouth, sonny.
-The radio's been
broken for three weeks,
and we don't have
the parts to fix it.
-Well, there's one where
we're going, so forget it.
-What would I need
a radio for, anyway?
They'll tell us when to move.
-I'm telling you now.
-We've been in this stinking
war for three years.
We get our orders
from General Smythe.
We're the first to arrive
and the last to leave.
And we don't have orders yet.
-You do now, mister.
-Pheww, you got to be kidding.
What time do you
want to move out?
-0700.
-0700.
Good night, Captain.
Eeeee up!
All right, soldiers.
Up at it.
Up and at em.
Come on, boys.
All right it's time to go.
Come on.
Get up.
All right.
Come on.
Get up out of there.
Come on, soldiers.
Everybody up.
Formation.
Fall in.
Time is now, Come on, let's go.
Come on, Big Jim.
Everybody up.
Come on, soldiers.
Hey Lewis.
What's happening, George?
All right, soldiers.
Come on, get up out of there.
Fuzzy!
Where's Fuzzy.
All right, soldiers.
Fall in!
Gentleman, this
is Captain Carter.
He's got a few words
he wants to say to you.
-Lieutenant, can I
see you in you tent?
-At your pleasure, Captain.
-My pleasure is right now.
Sit down, Wallace.
-No thanks.
-This isn't a company.
It's a circus.
They isn't one man out
there with a uniform.
Only half of them has guns.
The half has a goatee.
They won't even
stand up straight.
How in mother's
memory am I supposed
to get those men 40 miles
into enemy territory?
-They can do it.
-How do you figure?
They aren't even soldiers.
-They are soldiers, Captain.
Bona fide members of the Armed
Forces of the United States.
-A soldier fights.
-A soldier does what
he is ordered to do.
Everyone of those men
volunteered to fight,
to die for his country.
They've been here
three years, Captain.
Three years waiting
to face a gun.
You know what their
orders have been?
This is a service
company, Carter.
Sanitation detail, mess
detail, burial detail.
Did you ever wonder what
happened to those trenches
once you leave, huh?
Those stinking trenches
that you can't stand
to go near because
they make you vomit?
B Company fills them
up with lye and mud
and then goes someplace
else to dig another.
Don't tell me
they're not soldiers
because they don't fight.
-Take a look.
Come on, take a look.
Take me again they're soldiers.
-They are.
-Hah hah hah.
They're black men doing
what they know how to do.
The army just gave
them a job doing it.
-Well then, Mister
Carter, you and that dam
are in pretty big trouble.
-I need seven men.
You and six volunteers.
-You want me to
choose six of my men
so's you can get them killed?
-I want six volunteers.
You want to ask
them, or shall I?
-I'll ask them.
But just for the record, I
hope the first bullet hits you
right between your
big blue eyes.
One, two, three.
One, two, three.
One, two, three.
One, two, three.
One, two, three.
One, two, three.
All right, all
threes step forward.
You soldiers in the
rear can fall out.
The rest of you,
we've got a job to do.
-Hey, Crunk.
Where we going, man.
-Boss said something
about a dam.
-Who's the white fella?
-Says he's a captain.
Him and the boss was
giving it to each other
a few minutes ago.
-What kind of dam?
-Oh, man.
Why don't you two shut up?
Ain't going to be no dam.
Just going be some
more latrines.
-I've seen Italian
latrines, French latrines,
and Belgium latrines.
German latrines ain't going to
be no different, right Crunk?
-Yeah, but we don't need no
white man to tell us that.
-We don't need no
white man at all.
Hey, uh, Brightman,
gimme a cigarette.
-A what?
-A cigarette, man.
-Sure, sure.
-You still writing
in that diary thing?
-Uh-huh.
Only it's not a diary, it's
more like a journal, about us.
-Let me see.
-No.
-You said it was about us.
-It is.
-I want to see what you're
saying about me, man.
-Let him be, Lewis.
-Shut up, fat man.
-Hey, man.
I know what is says,
without even looking.
Uh, it says, Private Lewis,
A-1 soldier in the US Army,
single handedly wore
his 35 dirty t-shirts
without once holding his nose.
-You ain't gonna
have no nose to hold.
-Hold it!
All right, that's enough.
Get your gear together.
We move out in five minutes.
-Hey, Doc.
You want to keep this for me?
It'll be safer with you.
-Sure, I'll keep it.
-When I want to write some
more, I'll get it from you.
-OK.
-Boss says we move out
in about five minutes.
I Think we'll get to see
some action this time?
-Well, it had to
happen sooner or later.
BRIGHTMAN (VOICEOVER):
July 23rd, 1944.
We encountered
heavy action today.
Lost three men to
enemy artillery.
The company fought
magnificently,
killing 23 of the enemy before
taking a machine gun nest.
Lieutenant Wallace
cited three men,
myself included, for
bravery under fire.
I am continually awed by
the heroism of this company
under the severest
of conditions.
I will receive
the medal of honor
at a ceremony when
we reach Berlin.
WALLACE (OFFSCREEN): Fall in!
Ok, let's move out.
-Hey, soldier.
Join the ranks.
-Sorry, Captain.
My mind is quicker than my body.
-Your mind don't do
the walking, soldier.
-Yes, sir.
Hah hah hah.
-Something amusing you, mister?
-Three years ago, I
would have laughed anyone
in the face who said I'd
be in the army today.
-Then why'd you join?
-Oh, a number of things.
Duty, patriotism, stupidity.
I thought I could be useful.
-Do you find your too hard, boy?
-Oh, no, Sir.
I love every minute of it.
-What do you do?
-What do I do, Sir?
-What's your work?
-I am a cook, Sir.
A first class cook.
-The army needs cooks.
-Evidently.
-What's his name, Wallace?
-Whose name?
-The soldier I was talking to.
-Hayes.
Private Hayes.
-Seems to be smarter than
the average foot soldier,
don't you think?
-He's a teacher.
-That a fact?
-Mm-hmm.
-What's he teach, arithmetic?
-No, physics.
-What?
-Physics.
-Where?
-Howard University.
-University?
Hee!
Don't that beat all?
Know how to use that thing?
-I've used it before.
-In combat?
-Yeah.
I was in combat before
I joined the army.
I'm 34th Street division.
That's in Harlem, baby.
If you'd a come near me
then, I'd a used it on you.
-Throw it.
-Where?
-That tree.
[THUNK]
-Send them down the road.
-We should stay on
the high ground,
use the trees for cover.
-We're going to
stay on the road.
Farmhouse isn't far ahead.
-I don't like it, Captain.
-We save an hour this way.
OK.
Down!
Down!
[AIRPLANE ENGINES]
-Everybody get down.
Down!
-Get down, you crazy fool!
-He can't hear you.
-He's deaf.
-Where is everybody?
Captain Carter?
-Fuzzy!
-We saved an hour, Captain.
Come on, help me bury him.
-There isn't time.
-Would there be time
if he was white?
Hmm?
So long, buddy.
Well, stop looking at him.
He's just as dead if
we bury him or not.
C'mon, let's go.
-That's gotta be the place.
Follow me.
I'll take a look.
[GUN COCKING]
-London Bridge.
-Is fallen down.
-Into the barn in the
back of the house.
-Place ain't much, but at least
it's softer than the ground.
-It ain't for sleeping,
Big Jim, it's for eating.
-Why do we have to
spend all day here?
This place stinks.
-(GERMAN ACCENT): Would you
rather spend it outside?
You can wave to the German
patrols when they come by.
There are many of
them in this area.
-This is Frau Renvic.
Frau Renvic, B Company.
-Gentlemen.
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
-You speak that German
stuff pretty good, Doc.
-German, Crunk, is the
language of physics.
And cooking, Captain.
-(GERMAN ACCENT): The
transmission will be at 1300,
but if you need me,
I'll be in the house.
I hope you have a
pleasant rest, gentlemen.
-Thank you.
We better check on the radio.
Come on.
-I'll show it to you.
-Uh, Captain?
You still haven't told
us where we're going.
-You go on.
I'll be right there.
-B Company is to proceed
to the Aufgang Dam,
5 kilometers north
of the town Ofsted,
and secure said dam until
the arrival of Allied forces.
-Is anyone guarding
this here dam?
-Yep.
-We going to have any help?
-No.
We can't make radio
contact for another hour.
Get some rest.
-Uh, Captain Carter, Sir?
How we going to do it?
-I don't know, soldier.
-(GERMAN ACCENT): You will
have to pretend this is tea.
I made it from some roots.
-I'd never know the difference.
-(GERMAN ACCENT): You don't
want to rest like the others?
-The others don't
know what I know.
-(GERMAN ACCENT):
What do you know?
-That we'll all
be dead tomorrow.
-(GERMAN ACCENT):
Why do you say that?
-Because he's right.
It is a company of clowns.
Never even got through
basic training.
Never even fired at
anything except tin cans.
And they're supposed to
capture a heavily guided dam?
Suicide.
-(GERMAN ACCENT):
No, I don't think so.
I watched my brother
put on a uniform
and march off to the war.
Then he got to the barn and
he turned around and he waved,
but there was no smile.
And I had no smile either.
Then I watched him go.
Do you know why?
Because I knew he
was going to die.
-How?
I mean, how did you know it?
-(GERMAN ACCENT): Because he
was fighting for the wrong side.
And so, I look at you
now, and I can tell.
-Then tell me.
-(GERMAN ACCENT): You can
smile when you wave goodbye.
-Earlier today, I
watched a man die.
He was on the right side.
-(GERMAN ACCENT): I
don't know about him.
I just know about you.
-No, you don't about me, and
you don't know about my men.
I wish to God I could
believe that righteousness
could save our lives, but--
-(GERMAN ACCENT): Do you
doubt your men, or yourself?
-I don't know.
There was a time
when I knew, but--
-(GERMAN ACCENT): You know,
I think that you are a strong
man, but that
you've let something
make you doubt yourself.
But if you believe it, then
you will be dead tomorrow.
-Do you believe that?
-(GERMAN ACCENT): Yes.
-Thank you.
-Get away from her, Wallace.
What do you think you're doing?
Don't ever let me see you touch
a white woman, or so help--
[SMACK]
-(GERMAN ACCENT): You're
in my house, Captain.
Even if there's a war outside,
you're a guest in here.
-Your incredible, Carter.
The lives of seven
men are on the line,
and you spend your time
protecting the virtue
of white women who get
too close to black man.
I feel sorry for you, man.
-Uh, I was thinking.
-You're not in Georgia,
anymore, Carter.
-I know.
-Do you?
Or are things over here supposed
to stay the way you like them,
everybody in his place?
-I didn't ask for this mission.
-Oh, that makes me feel better.
You didn't ask.
That changes everything.
-I didn't ask, but
I expected soldiers.
I don't want to kill these men.
-Well, you are.
Little by little, a word
here, a shove there,
and you make a man feel small.
Well, you think on that,
when one shot from a friend
can save you, and that
one shot doesn't come.
-This is London Bridge,
come in Blue Nose.
GENERAL AUDEN (ON RADIO):
This is Blue Nose,
go ahead London Bridge.
Over.
-Auden?
First, I want to thank
you for this mission.
You couldn't have
picked a better outfit.
GENERAL AUDEN (ON RADIO):
Did you take the dam.
-We're on our way, General.
GENERAL AUDEN (ON
RADIO): I'm coming
in tomorrow 3rd Regiment.
That dam better be there.
-Tomorrow?
GENERAL AUDEN (ON RADIO): Roger.
Carter, we need that dam.
[TRUCK ENGINES]
-Captain?
GENERAL AUDEN (ON RADIO):
Carter, did you hear me?
I said we're coming in.
Carter, did you hear me?
Carter?
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
-Guten tag, Fraulein.
-Guten tag. [SPEAKING GERMAN]
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
-Only five of them,
and seven of us.
If we open up on
them now, they'll
never know what hit them.
-No.
If they don't report in,
there will be a search.
We don't want the whole German
army snooping around here.
Let's just wait a few
minutes and see what happens.
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
-Anna.
[SPEAKING GERMAN] ,
-Well, what are
they doing in there?
-Shut up.
-They could be coming
around behind us.
-Lewis, I said shut up.
-Man, we are like
sitting ducks in here.
-Come on, boss, let's split.
-No, not yet.
-Oh, leave him in there.
Let them have him.
-I ain't dying for no
hillbilly, honky officer.
-Where are you going, soldier?
-Far away from here, baby.
-That's desertion.
-What side are you on, man,
that cracker's, or ours?
-You make one step toward
that door, and I'll kill you.
-Boss, we could leave.
-Is that what you waited
three years to do, huh?
Run when the going gets rough?
You leave now, you deserve to
dig holes for people like him.
Now, who wants to make a move.
-Let's get out of here.
We have a long night.
-Look!
More trees up ahead.
-That's what woods are made of.
-Yeah, good hiding places.
-Don't get cold feet us.
-I know we ain't
going to make it.
With the trees looking
at us, I can feel it.
-Stay waiting.
We'll find out soon enough.
-I don't want to die, Big Jim.
-Hey man, ain't nothing to it.
-I don't want the pain.
-Just curl up inside yourself.
-Look!
-Where?
-I see one.
-See what?
-Up in the trees.
[GUNFIRE]
-Get them under cover
around the bend.
[GUNFIRE]
-Captain, they're over there!
-Stop it!
You'll get us all killed.
-Captain, shoot them.
Shoot them.
(CRYING) Shoot them.
Shoot them.
-Get out of that hole, mister.
-Captain?
-Shut up.
I'll give you 'til three.
-I don't want to die.
-One--
-Please, Sir.
-Two.
Three.
-Let me talk to him, Sir.
-You got two minutes.
-Shoot, guys, shoot.
-There ain't nobody
there, buddy.
-What?
-Just us chickens.
-Don't make don't difference.
Gonna shoot me and I can't move.
-Man, ain't nobody
gonna hurt you.
-I'm scared, Big Jim.
-Yeah, I know.
I'm scared, too.
-Not like me, Jim.
I can't even walk.
-Sure you can.
Just get up on out of there.
-I can't.
-Anybody can be scared.
It's what you do
when you're scared
makes you a something
or a nothing.
-I always been a nothing.
-Maybe.
But now you got a choice.
All right.
I'll leave you.
And I'll tell Carter to
come back with his pistol,
and he can tell all
his white friends,
man, I knew them niggers
couldn't cut the mustard.
They just curl up in a hole and
let me shoot them in the head.
And 100 years from
now, black men
will be cleaning latrines
just like you and me.
So long buddy.
-Been a while since
they made any wine here.
-Coulda saved some for us.
-Take one of your boys
and check inside there.
-Lewis.
That one's all clear.
Crunk, you and Big Jim
check the others, huh?
-Hey Doc, can I get
my notebook from you?
-Keep writing, kid.
-Hey, Jokester.
-What?
-Can you get in there?
-Yeah, hah.
-Go on.
-Last one in is a wino.
-Hey, Lewis.
We need a volunteer.
-You got a lot to choose from.
-We want you.
-Any special reason?
-You can use a knife.
You may have to.
-We want you to scout the dam.
Pick somebody else
to go with you.
-Got it.
-What do you think?
-He'll be just fine.
-I want you to get as close
as you can to the dam.
You'll have to skirt the
lake to get to the other end.
That's where the
detonators will be.
Make a drawing of where
the charges are placed
and get back here 1200 hours.
[LADDER CREAKING]
-From my foxhole, I can hear
the sounds of artillery fire
less than 100 yards away.
We are waiting for orders
to advance to the front.
The pressure of
constant fighting
is beginning to tell on
the faces of the men.
And we hope for a day or two
of rest after the coming fight.
-Find anything?
-Nothing, boss.
-Couple old bottles.
-Good.
All of you fall in over there.
All three of you, come on.
I didn't think we'd make it
this far, but we've been lucky.
You boys don't know
how lucky we've been.
But it's just
starting to warm up.
We've got to have
that dam by nightfall,
or it's not going to be
luck that gets us through,
do you understand?
-Mm-hmm.
-Open it.
What are you going
to use for bullets?
Your rifle.
Oil it.
Better tuck those
inside, soldier,
you want to save your hide.
-Yes, Sir.
-I'm going outside to join Lt.
Wallace, and when I get back you
better be in shape, you hear?
[LAUGHTER]
-Now soldier, shine
up those boots
or I'll knock your eyes out.
-Spit on them.
Oil up that rifle,
and burn that uniform.
Smells like gasoline.
-Yassuh.
[LAUGHTER]
-Straighen up that cap, soldier.
-You got it.
-You about through, soldier?
[GUNSHOT]
-Wallace!
-Big Jim!
Oh, god.
Jim.
-Must be up on that
roof over there.
You go to the right,
I'll go to the left.
-Don't die, Big Jim.
-It's easy, Jokester.
All you got--
-Hmm?
Jim?
Jim?
[GUNSHOT]
-I don't believe it.
I think we've been had.
-What?
-We don't have a chance.
-We come this far.
I ain't going back
without doing something.
-Here, take a look.
-What are they doing?
-Setting the charge.
I got a feeling we don't have
as much time as we think.
We better get back.
-Well, what about the drawing?
-We can remember.
Come on.
-Come on, come on.
So?
Where are they?
-You know as much
as I do, Captain.
-I know more than you do,
and I know they better
get their bodies here
in five more minutes.
-If they don't come back?
-They've got their
nose in a sling.
-I was thinking
about us, Captain.
-We go in without them.
Unless you or somebody
else has a better idea.
-Lieutenant, it's Hayes.
-Ahh.
Look, you don't have much time.
They're setting the charge.
-Where's Lewis?
-Hit a mine.
He's dead.
-Where's the drawing?
-Never got it.
But I remember.
-Tell us.
-Where's the charge?
-There's eight of them,
next to the water.
But the plunger is on the far
side, in the back of a truck.
-Let's go.
-No.
Wait, wait.
You take it easy, we'll
came back for you.
-Thank you, soldier.
-You'll be all right, Doc.
-You gonna be all right, Hayes?
Then goodbye.
-Hey, where's Crunk?
-Now if Hayes is
right, we should
be able to see it
from that hill.
-Seeing it's one thing.
Saving it's another.
-Yeah, one thing
at a time, Wallace.
Come on.
-It's still there.
-Yeah, but not for long.
Look.
We got to get closer than this.
-Maybe we can rush them.
-And the first thing they do
is connect the wires and foom.
-All this time and
we can just watch.
-You take the man
nearest the box.
We can make it hard
to get near the thing.
We'll wait til most
of them have left.
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
-What's going on?
-Looks like the farmer is
giving them a hard time.
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
-It's far gone, you ready?
-Hey!
It's Crunk.
[GUNFIRE]
-Cover me.
(VOICEOVER): July 25.
We've been assured by
Major Wallace there will be
a rest for us when
we reach Berlin.
The fighting has been hard.
The strain almost unbearable.
I will receive the medal of
honor from General Eisenhower,
but the heroism of B
Company will be preserved
by the men who have
seen us fight and die.
-Get his tags.
I have to keep a record.
What's in the book?
-Just some notes.
-Better keep that, too.
Send it to his folks.
-How's Crunk?
-Uh-huh.
-Hey, man.
-Hey.
Phew.
I was going to be far
away from here, baby.
Then I say that hay
wagon, and I had
to decide if I was going to
be a something or a nothing.
And I had to do it.
-You done good.
-I had to do it.
-Can you walk?
-I don't know.
It hurts pretty bad.
-Come on.
-Ow.
-Easy now.
Easy.
Easy.
-Hey boy, what you
standing there for?
-Hey boys, you better
get some latrines dug.
-Hey, Medic!
-Captain Carter.
The General is
expecting you, Sir.
This way, Sir.
-Glory be, you a soldier, boy?
I mean, you in the army?
-Yes, Sir.
-What's this?
-Well, my uniform, Sir.
-Your uniform?
-Yes, Sir.
You see, I'm detailed
to General Auden, Sir.
-Glory be.
-I'm glad you
could come, Carter.
-I never say no to a general.
-Kings and counts used
to dine on this terrace.
-You should feel right at home.
-Captain, I have a job for you.
-I appreciate the
hospitality, General,
but I'll walk to Berlin
before I mix drinks for you.
-Captain, we have people
to do that in the army.
No, I want you for
something else.
I want you to save a dam.
There's a dam on the
Aufgang Lake, right.
Here Our man force is more
than 50 miles away, here.
If the Gerries know we're
coming, they'll blow it up.
And if they do, they'll
stall our advance
for at least two days
and flood the valley.
What we want to do to is
surprise them from the south.
Now, the nearest unit is
B Company, 3rd Regiment.
-So send them in.
-Carter, I'm afraid
you miss the point.
We've got two days
to save the dam.
This mission requires the
experience of a commando,
and you were available.
You'll be flown to B
Company and dropped.
Oh, the code name
is London Bridge.
From there on
you're on your own.
You'll be behind
German lines the minute
you step out of camp.
28 miles down this
road is a farmhouse
with a friendly
contact and the radio.
You'll spend the night there.
12 more miles down the
road is an abandoned winery
that will be your
base of operation
for the actual assault.
I'll uh, see that
you get a promotion.
Wouldn't it be nice to wake
up in a few days, a major?
-Mmph.
-If I was a German,
you'd be dead by now.
Can you talk, boy?
-Jonathan Crunk, Private,
B Company, US Army.
-B Company.
-First Platoon.
-London Bridge.
London Bridge!
-Hickory Creek, Georgia.
-Don't you know the password?
Where are the flares?
-What flares?
-You were supposed
to light a flare
at 0100 hours and bring me in.
-What time is it now?
-Can't you tell
the time, Soldier?
-I can tell ordinary time.
I'm not very good
at army time, yet.
-Oh, you're in trouble, Private.
I never seen no one
stand guard like that.
Yes, sir.
Big trouble.
Where's the outfit?
-Down the road a piece.
-Take me to it.
And move, boy.
Your helmet.
-Hah hah hah.
Mate.
-I'm a first class fool.
You know, I should
have seen that.
-You're learning
fast, Lieutenant.
You'll be beating me
regularly in no time.
-Let's call it a
day, huh George?
Hey, I hear the boys have
some action in the mess tent.
-I've never been
lucky at gambling.
Not that I have
anything worth losing.
But there's nothing worth
winning around here, either.
-I'll tell you what.
You teach me how to
play chess, and I'll
tell you how to cheat at craps.
You can win yourself a few buck.
-Thank you.
But I'm going to have
to beg off this time.
An old man needs his sleep
more than a craps festival.
You know, you play a
good game for an officer.
See you in the morning.
-Hey George, it says
here you can change
places between the
king and the rook.
Now you never told me that.
-Maybe it's cause
I'm not George.
-You sure ain't.
What can I do for you?
-You can salute, boy.
-And who would I be
saluting, if I saluted?
-Captain Carter.
And I'll break your
arm if you don't.
-And if I do?
-What do you mean, if?
Are you drunk, man?
-A little, I suppose.
Wine does that.
Uh, wait a minute.
It's over here somewhere.
Just a second, Captain.
Oh, here we are.
Lieutenant.
-Who's is it?
-Mine.
Just a little dirty, that's all.
I used it to cook some
stew in yesterday.
-Where's your C.O.?
-Wallace.
Edward B. Would you
like a drink, Captain?
Genuine French wine.
Vin Francais.
-What's the matter
with you, Wallace?
I've had men court martialed
for your kind of lip.
-I guess I'm in shock.
We don't see too many
white folks around here.
-You don't see
many... white folks?
Well, how many of you uh,
people are there here?
-People?
You mean, how many black
men in this company?
Here they are, Captain.
B Company, proudly
serving their country.
Can I introduce you?
I'm sure they'd
love to meet you.
Well, if you'll excuse me,
I think I'll join the game.
-Hey, boss, you
gotta stake me man,
it's going to hit this time.
-All right.
I'll give you a million.
For half the take.
-What?
-Half.
-Hey, you found yourself
some luck tonight, huh?
But you still owe me 3,200,000.
-I'll get it, I'll get it.
Just give me some time.
-Hey, Wallace.
Would you like a warm beer?
-Sure.
-Fuzzy?
Hey, Fuzzy?
-Man, you ain't no good.
You didn't have shit to
do just because he's deaf.
-He's getting a beer, ain't he?
All he's good for is
sleeping up the place.
-Good thing we ain't in combat,
cause he'd never hear the shot.
I don't know how he
got in the army anyway.
-Because he couldn't hear
the man when the man told him
he was 4-F.
-Hey, Crunk.
Yes, Sir?
-Aren't you supposed to
be on guard duty, man?
-Yes, Sir.
But I brought the man in.
-Yeah, well get
on back out there.
I'll send somebody to relieve
you in a couple of hours.
[GAMBLING NOISE]
-Wallace?
General Auden sent me here.
-You mean you need
20 men to wipe
spit from the General's chin.
-Give me your radio.
-No chance.
-Watch your mouth, sonny.
-The radio's been
broken for three weeks,
and we don't have
the parts to fix it.
-Well, there's one where
we're going, so forget it.
-What would I need
a radio for, anyway?
They'll tell us when to move.
-I'm telling you now.
-We've been in this stinking
war for three years.
We get our orders
from General Smythe.
We're the first to arrive
and the last to leave.
And we don't have orders yet.
-You do now, mister.
-Pheww, you got to be kidding.
What time do you
want to move out?
-0700.
-0700.
Good night, Captain.
Eeeee up!
All right, soldiers.
Up at it.
Up and at em.
Come on, boys.
All right it's time to go.
Come on.
Get up.
All right.
Come on.
Get up out of there.
Come on, soldiers.
Everybody up.
Formation.
Fall in.
Time is now, Come on, let's go.
Come on, Big Jim.
Everybody up.
Come on, soldiers.
Hey Lewis.
What's happening, George?
All right, soldiers.
Come on, get up out of there.
Fuzzy!
Where's Fuzzy.
All right, soldiers.
Fall in!
Gentleman, this
is Captain Carter.
He's got a few words
he wants to say to you.
-Lieutenant, can I
see you in you tent?
-At your pleasure, Captain.
-My pleasure is right now.
Sit down, Wallace.
-No thanks.
-This isn't a company.
It's a circus.
They isn't one man out
there with a uniform.
Only half of them has guns.
The half has a goatee.
They won't even
stand up straight.
How in mother's
memory am I supposed
to get those men 40 miles
into enemy territory?
-They can do it.
-How do you figure?
They aren't even soldiers.
-They are soldiers, Captain.
Bona fide members of the Armed
Forces of the United States.
-A soldier fights.
-A soldier does what
he is ordered to do.
Everyone of those men
volunteered to fight,
to die for his country.
They've been here
three years, Captain.
Three years waiting
to face a gun.
You know what their
orders have been?
This is a service
company, Carter.
Sanitation detail, mess
detail, burial detail.
Did you ever wonder what
happened to those trenches
once you leave, huh?
Those stinking trenches
that you can't stand
to go near because
they make you vomit?
B Company fills them
up with lye and mud
and then goes someplace
else to dig another.
Don't tell me
they're not soldiers
because they don't fight.
-Take a look.
Come on, take a look.
Take me again they're soldiers.
-They are.
-Hah hah hah.
They're black men doing
what they know how to do.
The army just gave
them a job doing it.
-Well then, Mister
Carter, you and that dam
are in pretty big trouble.
-I need seven men.
You and six volunteers.
-You want me to
choose six of my men
so's you can get them killed?
-I want six volunteers.
You want to ask
them, or shall I?
-I'll ask them.
But just for the record, I
hope the first bullet hits you
right between your
big blue eyes.
One, two, three.
One, two, three.
One, two, three.
One, two, three.
One, two, three.
One, two, three.
All right, all
threes step forward.
You soldiers in the
rear can fall out.
The rest of you,
we've got a job to do.
-Hey, Crunk.
Where we going, man.
-Boss said something
about a dam.
-Who's the white fella?
-Says he's a captain.
Him and the boss was
giving it to each other
a few minutes ago.
-What kind of dam?
-Oh, man.
Why don't you two shut up?
Ain't going to be no dam.
Just going be some
more latrines.
-I've seen Italian
latrines, French latrines,
and Belgium latrines.
German latrines ain't going to
be no different, right Crunk?
-Yeah, but we don't need no
white man to tell us that.
-We don't need no
white man at all.
Hey, uh, Brightman,
gimme a cigarette.
-A what?
-A cigarette, man.
-Sure, sure.
-You still writing
in that diary thing?
-Uh-huh.
Only it's not a diary, it's
more like a journal, about us.
-Let me see.
-No.
-You said it was about us.
-It is.
-I want to see what you're
saying about me, man.
-Let him be, Lewis.
-Shut up, fat man.
-Hey, man.
I know what is says,
without even looking.
Uh, it says, Private Lewis,
A-1 soldier in the US Army,
single handedly wore
his 35 dirty t-shirts
without once holding his nose.
-You ain't gonna
have no nose to hold.
-Hold it!
All right, that's enough.
Get your gear together.
We move out in five minutes.
-Hey, Doc.
You want to keep this for me?
It'll be safer with you.
-Sure, I'll keep it.
-When I want to write some
more, I'll get it from you.
-OK.
-Boss says we move out
in about five minutes.
I Think we'll get to see
some action this time?
-Well, it had to
happen sooner or later.
BRIGHTMAN (VOICEOVER):
July 23rd, 1944.
We encountered
heavy action today.
Lost three men to
enemy artillery.
The company fought
magnificently,
killing 23 of the enemy before
taking a machine gun nest.
Lieutenant Wallace
cited three men,
myself included, for
bravery under fire.
I am continually awed by
the heroism of this company
under the severest
of conditions.
I will receive
the medal of honor
at a ceremony when
we reach Berlin.
WALLACE (OFFSCREEN): Fall in!
Ok, let's move out.
-Hey, soldier.
Join the ranks.
-Sorry, Captain.
My mind is quicker than my body.
-Your mind don't do
the walking, soldier.
-Yes, sir.
Hah hah hah.
-Something amusing you, mister?
-Three years ago, I
would have laughed anyone
in the face who said I'd
be in the army today.
-Then why'd you join?
-Oh, a number of things.
Duty, patriotism, stupidity.
I thought I could be useful.
-Do you find your too hard, boy?
-Oh, no, Sir.
I love every minute of it.
-What do you do?
-What do I do, Sir?
-What's your work?
-I am a cook, Sir.
A first class cook.
-The army needs cooks.
-Evidently.
-What's his name, Wallace?
-Whose name?
-The soldier I was talking to.
-Hayes.
Private Hayes.
-Seems to be smarter than
the average foot soldier,
don't you think?
-He's a teacher.
-That a fact?
-Mm-hmm.
-What's he teach, arithmetic?
-No, physics.
-What?
-Physics.
-Where?
-Howard University.
-University?
Hee!
Don't that beat all?
Know how to use that thing?
-I've used it before.
-In combat?
-Yeah.
I was in combat before
I joined the army.
I'm 34th Street division.
That's in Harlem, baby.
If you'd a come near me
then, I'd a used it on you.
-Throw it.
-Where?
-That tree.
[THUNK]
-Send them down the road.
-We should stay on
the high ground,
use the trees for cover.
-We're going to
stay on the road.
Farmhouse isn't far ahead.
-I don't like it, Captain.
-We save an hour this way.
OK.
Down!
Down!
[AIRPLANE ENGINES]
-Everybody get down.
Down!
-Get down, you crazy fool!
-He can't hear you.
-He's deaf.
-Where is everybody?
Captain Carter?
-Fuzzy!
-We saved an hour, Captain.
Come on, help me bury him.
-There isn't time.
-Would there be time
if he was white?
Hmm?
So long, buddy.
Well, stop looking at him.
He's just as dead if
we bury him or not.
C'mon, let's go.
-That's gotta be the place.
Follow me.
I'll take a look.
[GUN COCKING]
-London Bridge.
-Is fallen down.
-Into the barn in the
back of the house.
-Place ain't much, but at least
it's softer than the ground.
-It ain't for sleeping,
Big Jim, it's for eating.
-Why do we have to
spend all day here?
This place stinks.
-(GERMAN ACCENT): Would you
rather spend it outside?
You can wave to the German
patrols when they come by.
There are many of
them in this area.
-This is Frau Renvic.
Frau Renvic, B Company.
-Gentlemen.
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
-You speak that German
stuff pretty good, Doc.
-German, Crunk, is the
language of physics.
And cooking, Captain.
-(GERMAN ACCENT): The
transmission will be at 1300,
but if you need me,
I'll be in the house.
I hope you have a
pleasant rest, gentlemen.
-Thank you.
We better check on the radio.
Come on.
-I'll show it to you.
-Uh, Captain?
You still haven't told
us where we're going.
-You go on.
I'll be right there.
-B Company is to proceed
to the Aufgang Dam,
5 kilometers north
of the town Ofsted,
and secure said dam until
the arrival of Allied forces.
-Is anyone guarding
this here dam?
-Yep.
-We going to have any help?
-No.
We can't make radio
contact for another hour.
Get some rest.
-Uh, Captain Carter, Sir?
How we going to do it?
-I don't know, soldier.
-(GERMAN ACCENT): You will
have to pretend this is tea.
I made it from some roots.
-I'd never know the difference.
-(GERMAN ACCENT): You don't
want to rest like the others?
-The others don't
know what I know.
-(GERMAN ACCENT):
What do you know?
-That we'll all
be dead tomorrow.
-(GERMAN ACCENT):
Why do you say that?
-Because he's right.
It is a company of clowns.
Never even got through
basic training.
Never even fired at
anything except tin cans.
And they're supposed to
capture a heavily guided dam?
Suicide.
-(GERMAN ACCENT):
No, I don't think so.
I watched my brother
put on a uniform
and march off to the war.
Then he got to the barn and
he turned around and he waved,
but there was no smile.
And I had no smile either.
Then I watched him go.
Do you know why?
Because I knew he
was going to die.
-How?
I mean, how did you know it?
-(GERMAN ACCENT): Because he
was fighting for the wrong side.
And so, I look at you
now, and I can tell.
-Then tell me.
-(GERMAN ACCENT): You can
smile when you wave goodbye.
-Earlier today, I
watched a man die.
He was on the right side.
-(GERMAN ACCENT): I
don't know about him.
I just know about you.
-No, you don't about me, and
you don't know about my men.
I wish to God I could
believe that righteousness
could save our lives, but--
-(GERMAN ACCENT): Do you
doubt your men, or yourself?
-I don't know.
There was a time
when I knew, but--
-(GERMAN ACCENT): You know,
I think that you are a strong
man, but that
you've let something
make you doubt yourself.
But if you believe it, then
you will be dead tomorrow.
-Do you believe that?
-(GERMAN ACCENT): Yes.
-Thank you.
-Get away from her, Wallace.
What do you think you're doing?
Don't ever let me see you touch
a white woman, or so help--
[SMACK]
-(GERMAN ACCENT): You're
in my house, Captain.
Even if there's a war outside,
you're a guest in here.
-Your incredible, Carter.
The lives of seven
men are on the line,
and you spend your time
protecting the virtue
of white women who get
too close to black man.
I feel sorry for you, man.
-Uh, I was thinking.
-You're not in Georgia,
anymore, Carter.
-I know.
-Do you?
Or are things over here supposed
to stay the way you like them,
everybody in his place?
-I didn't ask for this mission.
-Oh, that makes me feel better.
You didn't ask.
That changes everything.
-I didn't ask, but
I expected soldiers.
I don't want to kill these men.
-Well, you are.
Little by little, a word
here, a shove there,
and you make a man feel small.
Well, you think on that,
when one shot from a friend
can save you, and that
one shot doesn't come.
-This is London Bridge,
come in Blue Nose.
GENERAL AUDEN (ON RADIO):
This is Blue Nose,
go ahead London Bridge.
Over.
-Auden?
First, I want to thank
you for this mission.
You couldn't have
picked a better outfit.
GENERAL AUDEN (ON RADIO):
Did you take the dam.
-We're on our way, General.
GENERAL AUDEN (ON
RADIO): I'm coming
in tomorrow 3rd Regiment.
That dam better be there.
-Tomorrow?
GENERAL AUDEN (ON RADIO): Roger.
Carter, we need that dam.
[TRUCK ENGINES]
-Captain?
GENERAL AUDEN (ON RADIO):
Carter, did you hear me?
I said we're coming in.
Carter, did you hear me?
Carter?
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
-Guten tag, Fraulein.
-Guten tag. [SPEAKING GERMAN]
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
-Only five of them,
and seven of us.
If we open up on
them now, they'll
never know what hit them.
-No.
If they don't report in,
there will be a search.
We don't want the whole German
army snooping around here.
Let's just wait a few
minutes and see what happens.
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
-Anna.
[SPEAKING GERMAN] ,
-Well, what are
they doing in there?
-Shut up.
-They could be coming
around behind us.
-Lewis, I said shut up.
-Man, we are like
sitting ducks in here.
-Come on, boss, let's split.
-No, not yet.
-Oh, leave him in there.
Let them have him.
-I ain't dying for no
hillbilly, honky officer.
-Where are you going, soldier?
-Far away from here, baby.
-That's desertion.
-What side are you on, man,
that cracker's, or ours?
-You make one step toward
that door, and I'll kill you.
-Boss, we could leave.
-Is that what you waited
three years to do, huh?
Run when the going gets rough?
You leave now, you deserve to
dig holes for people like him.
Now, who wants to make a move.
-Let's get out of here.
We have a long night.
-Look!
More trees up ahead.
-That's what woods are made of.
-Yeah, good hiding places.
-Don't get cold feet us.
-I know we ain't
going to make it.
With the trees looking
at us, I can feel it.
-Stay waiting.
We'll find out soon enough.
-I don't want to die, Big Jim.
-Hey man, ain't nothing to it.
-I don't want the pain.
-Just curl up inside yourself.
-Look!
-Where?
-I see one.
-See what?
-Up in the trees.
[GUNFIRE]
-Get them under cover
around the bend.
[GUNFIRE]
-Captain, they're over there!
-Stop it!
You'll get us all killed.
-Captain, shoot them.
Shoot them.
(CRYING) Shoot them.
Shoot them.
-Get out of that hole, mister.
-Captain?
-Shut up.
I'll give you 'til three.
-I don't want to die.
-One--
-Please, Sir.
-Two.
Three.
-Let me talk to him, Sir.
-You got two minutes.
-Shoot, guys, shoot.
-There ain't nobody
there, buddy.
-What?
-Just us chickens.
-Don't make don't difference.
Gonna shoot me and I can't move.
-Man, ain't nobody
gonna hurt you.
-I'm scared, Big Jim.
-Yeah, I know.
I'm scared, too.
-Not like me, Jim.
I can't even walk.
-Sure you can.
Just get up on out of there.
-I can't.
-Anybody can be scared.
It's what you do
when you're scared
makes you a something
or a nothing.
-I always been a nothing.
-Maybe.
But now you got a choice.
All right.
I'll leave you.
And I'll tell Carter to
come back with his pistol,
and he can tell all
his white friends,
man, I knew them niggers
couldn't cut the mustard.
They just curl up in a hole and
let me shoot them in the head.
And 100 years from
now, black men
will be cleaning latrines
just like you and me.
So long buddy.
-Been a while since
they made any wine here.
-Coulda saved some for us.
-Take one of your boys
and check inside there.
-Lewis.
That one's all clear.
Crunk, you and Big Jim
check the others, huh?
-Hey Doc, can I get
my notebook from you?
-Keep writing, kid.
-Hey, Jokester.
-What?
-Can you get in there?
-Yeah, hah.
-Go on.
-Last one in is a wino.
-Hey, Lewis.
We need a volunteer.
-You got a lot to choose from.
-We want you.
-Any special reason?
-You can use a knife.
You may have to.
-We want you to scout the dam.
Pick somebody else
to go with you.
-Got it.
-What do you think?
-He'll be just fine.
-I want you to get as close
as you can to the dam.
You'll have to skirt the
lake to get to the other end.
That's where the
detonators will be.
Make a drawing of where
the charges are placed
and get back here 1200 hours.
[LADDER CREAKING]
-From my foxhole, I can hear
the sounds of artillery fire
less than 100 yards away.
We are waiting for orders
to advance to the front.
The pressure of
constant fighting
is beginning to tell on
the faces of the men.
And we hope for a day or two
of rest after the coming fight.
-Find anything?
-Nothing, boss.
-Couple old bottles.
-Good.
All of you fall in over there.
All three of you, come on.
I didn't think we'd make it
this far, but we've been lucky.
You boys don't know
how lucky we've been.
But it's just
starting to warm up.
We've got to have
that dam by nightfall,
or it's not going to be
luck that gets us through,
do you understand?
-Mm-hmm.
-Open it.
What are you going
to use for bullets?
Your rifle.
Oil it.
Better tuck those
inside, soldier,
you want to save your hide.
-Yes, Sir.
-I'm going outside to join Lt.
Wallace, and when I get back you
better be in shape, you hear?
[LAUGHTER]
-Now soldier, shine
up those boots
or I'll knock your eyes out.
-Spit on them.
Oil up that rifle,
and burn that uniform.
Smells like gasoline.
-Yassuh.
[LAUGHTER]
-Straighen up that cap, soldier.
-You got it.
-You about through, soldier?
[GUNSHOT]
-Wallace!
-Big Jim!
Oh, god.
Jim.
-Must be up on that
roof over there.
You go to the right,
I'll go to the left.
-Don't die, Big Jim.
-It's easy, Jokester.
All you got--
-Hmm?
Jim?
Jim?
[GUNSHOT]
-I don't believe it.
I think we've been had.
-What?
-We don't have a chance.
-We come this far.
I ain't going back
without doing something.
-Here, take a look.
-What are they doing?
-Setting the charge.
I got a feeling we don't have
as much time as we think.
We better get back.
-Well, what about the drawing?
-We can remember.
Come on.
-Come on, come on.
So?
Where are they?
-You know as much
as I do, Captain.
-I know more than you do,
and I know they better
get their bodies here
in five more minutes.
-If they don't come back?
-They've got their
nose in a sling.
-I was thinking
about us, Captain.
-We go in without them.
Unless you or somebody
else has a better idea.
-Lieutenant, it's Hayes.
-Ahh.
Look, you don't have much time.
They're setting the charge.
-Where's Lewis?
-Hit a mine.
He's dead.
-Where's the drawing?
-Never got it.
But I remember.
-Tell us.
-Where's the charge?
-There's eight of them,
next to the water.
But the plunger is on the far
side, in the back of a truck.
-Let's go.
-No.
Wait, wait.
You take it easy, we'll
came back for you.
-Thank you, soldier.
-You'll be all right, Doc.
-You gonna be all right, Hayes?
Then goodbye.
-Hey, where's Crunk?
-Now if Hayes is
right, we should
be able to see it
from that hill.
-Seeing it's one thing.
Saving it's another.
-Yeah, one thing
at a time, Wallace.
Come on.
-It's still there.
-Yeah, but not for long.
Look.
We got to get closer than this.
-Maybe we can rush them.
-And the first thing they do
is connect the wires and foom.
-All this time and
we can just watch.
-You take the man
nearest the box.
We can make it hard
to get near the thing.
We'll wait til most
of them have left.
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
-What's going on?
-Looks like the farmer is
giving them a hard time.
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
-It's far gone, you ready?
-Hey!
It's Crunk.
[GUNFIRE]
-Cover me.
(VOICEOVER): July 25.
We've been assured by
Major Wallace there will be
a rest for us when
we reach Berlin.
The fighting has been hard.
The strain almost unbearable.
I will receive the medal of
honor from General Eisenhower,
but the heroism of B
Company will be preserved
by the men who have
seen us fight and die.
-Get his tags.
I have to keep a record.
What's in the book?
-Just some notes.
-Better keep that, too.
Send it to his folks.
-How's Crunk?
-Uh-huh.
-Hey, man.
-Hey.
Phew.
I was going to be far
away from here, baby.
Then I say that hay
wagon, and I had
to decide if I was going to
be a something or a nothing.
And I had to do it.
-You done good.
-I had to do it.
-Can you walk?
-I don't know.
It hurts pretty bad.
-Come on.
-Ow.
-Easy now.
Easy.
Easy.
-Hey boy, what you
standing there for?
-Hey boys, you better
get some latrines dug.
-Hey, Medic!