a.midnight.clear 片名:战火赤子心
It's too hot. 热死了
When I get back,I'm gonna put it... 等我回去后，我会把他放好...
Mother? 老妈?
Mother's the oldest in our squad. "老妈"是我们这个班里年纪最大的
He just had his 26th birthday, and two days later his baby was born dead. 他才刚满二十六岁，隔两天后, 刚出世的小孩就死了
We call him Mother... Wilkins... 他是威尔金，我们把他叫做"老妈"
because he's always hounding us for being sloppy, bugging us... 是因为他经常唠唠叨叨的，说我们很散漫
about leaving things around. 把东西丢得到处都是
They're a little bent. 还你 有一点折到 不过...
You want me to turn you in, Vance? 需不需要我往上举报 凡斯?
Between the stuff you did and the stuff I make up... 把你现在所做的事再稍为加油添醋一下
I could at least get you to a psychiatrist in some hospital. 至少可以把你调去看心理医生
Couldn't fool anybody. 应该骗不了人吧?
Wouldn't let me do all this shit. 我才不会做出这他妈的屁事
Only you were here. 要不是只有你在这儿
Doesn't really count. 而且这算小意思吧?
You sure fooled me, Mother. I'll tell you that. 老妈 老实讲 我还真被你骗了
You also broke a squad rule. 反正你也违反班规了
What rule? 什么班规?
Well, you said "shit." 你说了"他妈的屁"
What would Father say? 你想"老爹"会怎样讲你呢?
Father Mundy invented our squad "no obscenity"rule. "老爹"蒙迪规定班里面不能讲脏话
We wanna make it clear we're not actually part of this army. 先澄清一点 我们实际上并不属于这里的驻军
Yes, we have a squad father too. 没错 我们这个班里也有一个"老爹"
Mother Wilkins, Father Mundy. "老妈"威尔金和"老爹"蒙迪
Father Mundy was gonna be a priest, but never made it through the seminary. "老爹"(与"神父"同义)蒙迪一直很想当神父 但连神学院都毕不了业
The next guard was taken by Bud Miller, our mad mechanical genius... 接下来这位班兵是巴德米勒 他是一个机械天才
and resident wit... 也是我们班最风趣的
and Stan Shutzer, our avengingJewish angel. 还有史丹舒哲 我们的犹太籍复仇天使
They're supposed to be 12 in Intelligence and Reconnaissance squads. 原本一个情报侦察班在编制上应该有十二个人
Ours is down to six. 我们却只剩下六个人
Mel Avakian, our best remaining soldier... 梅尔阿瓦健是我们剩下来的人里最优秀的军人
became corporal to our squad at the same time I made sergeant. 他当了我们班的下士 而我则升到上士
It wasn't for anything we did. 升官倒不是因为我们有什么战功
Except stay alive. 而是因为我们没死在战场上
He hasn't sewn on his stripes either. 他的军衔也还没缝上
Our regimental commander is Major Griffin. 军团指挥是葛里芬少校
Griffin was a mortician in civilian life. 他没当兵前是在殡仪馆工作
His main passion now seems to be generating business... 他现在大概都把热情
for his army counterparts. 投入在军中的丧葬事务上
It's thanks to Griffin and his military mortuary skills... 也多亏了葛里芬和他的"找死"天赋
that I've made my recent headlong leap to three stripes. 让我最近升到上士
We lost half our squad, attempting one of his map-inspired, ill-conceived... 他只凭地图 想都没想清楚就派给我们一个侦察任务去执行
recon patrols. 就这样 我们失去了半个班
When I say "lost," I mean "killed." 我说"失去"的意思就是"被宰了"
Nobody in the army ever admits that someone on our side is killed. 在部队里没人敢说我们班中的人被宰了
They're either lost, like Christopher Robin... 关于他们的死法, 要嘛就是这么死的: 比如像 罗宾
hit, as in a batter hit by a pitched ball... 中弹 就好像棒球的打击者被球打中一样
or they get "it" like in hide-and-go-seek. 要不然就像是在捉迷藏中被逮到 射死
Or maybe they get it as with an ambiguous joke. 或者是其它可以拿来比喻成笑话的死法
Not one of the six killed had an army intelligence score... 死掉的六个人 没有一个人的智商...
of less than 150. 低于150
We gained a few miles of European real estate... 我们也不过才在欧洲推进个几哩
and lost the beginnings to untold generations of very bright people. 却让原本可能生出无数优秀后代的人绝种
I think the army considered this a good deal. 也许军方觉得这个交易很值得吧
So now we've been moved north into the Ardennes Forest... 我们被调到北边的比利时亚耳登森林
to await replacements. 等候补充兵员
It's become a kind of frontline halfway house... 这里变成了一个前线休息站
for straightening out our nerves. 好让我们松弛一下紧张的神经
I'm not sure I can be straightened out. 我不晓得我是不是可以因而放轻松
I'm scared all the time now. 我一直都觉得很害怕
It's mid-December, 1944. 现在是1944年12月中
My family name is Knott. K-N-O-T-T. 我叫纳特 K—N—O—T—T
My parents named me William. 我的父母叫我威廉
By the third grade, I was Will Knott. 在小学三年级时 我开始叫做威尔纳特(谐音:Will Not)
I've learned to live with it. 我已经习惯被叫做Will Not了
What I wasn't prepared for were the guys of the I & R platoon... 不过有一点我还不习惯的是侦察班的弟兄
who decided I was to be known as "Won't." 叫我WONT(Will not=Won't, Wont另义:习惯于某事)
Let's go, Knott! 走吧 纳特
Back in Camp Shelby before we shipped out... 之前在Shelby军营里(新兵训练营)我们正要出征之前
Lieutenant Ware was told that Intelligence was doing a lousy job. 有人对维尔中尉说 我们的侦察班很逊
He figured if he filled the squad with intelligent soldiers... 他认为如果换上比较聪明的士兵
he'd get better Intelligence. 情报应该会搜集的更好
He searched the regimental records for the soldiers with the highest scores... 所以他根据团中的智力测验纪录
on the intelligence test... 找出分数最高的人
and requisitioned us as a squad. 把我们组成了一个班
Of course, six of us are dead. 当然啰 有六个人被搞死了
So what's intelligence? 还称得上情报班(与"聪明"同音)吗?
Jesus Christ, Knott. 天啊 纳特
Haven't you got them fucking sergeant stripes sewn on yet? 你他妈还没缝好士官章喔
The supply sergeant says they're all out. They're waiting on a new shipment. 后勤的士官说徽章用完了 他们在等一批新的
Well, get some staff sergeant stripes and cut 'em down. 啊 你是不会剪几个中士章来挡一下喔?
That'd be destruction of government property, sir. 那算毁损公物吧 长官
Well, I just hope to hell that son of a bitch Griffin doesn't see it. 好吧 我只希望"葛你娘芬"没注意你的臂章
It's amazing how much profanity goes on in the army... 你会发现军中的脏话竟然这么多...
when you're tuned to hear it. 如果你特别留意去听的话
Yeah, at ease, gentlemen. 嗨 稍息吧 各位先生
Well done. And, Corporal, if we could... 做得很好 下士 如果可以的话
I'd like the water a little warmer tomorrow. 明天的水请帮我再弄热一点
Give that razor a fighting chance up there against the whiskers. 然后让我这剃刀有机会和这些胡子好好厮杀一番
Okay. Lieutenant Ware, Sergeant Knott. 来吧 维尔中尉 纳特上士
Gentlemen, I'd like you to disregard... 各位 我希望你们不要理会
all the rumors you've been hearing around camp lately... 最近所听到的谣言...
because now there's talk of a imminent all-out enemy offensive. 因为现在有谣言说敌军马上就要发动总攻击了
Of course, the natural route for any such offensive in this sector... 当然啦 就算是要发动总攻击 在这一区最重要的动线
would obviously be up these two roads... 很明显就是这两条路
and through this path in the forest. 以及这条森林小径
With that in mind, three days ago, I sent out a patrol. 因为这样 三天前我已经派出了一个巡逻兵
Now, that patrol has not returned... 但是他到现在还没回来
and, unfortunately, they have not reported back. 而且 很不幸的是还没有人跟我回报状况
Accordingly, I've made the following decisions. 所以 我打算这么做
Sergeant Knott... 纳特上士...
at this particular clearing in the forest... 在这个森林空地
is a house. 有一间屋子
I'd like you to move into that house with your reduced squad. 我希望你以剩下的班兵进驻这间屋子
Take yourself two jeeps and a week's rations. 你带两部吉普车和一个星期的干粮
And from that house... 以那房子为监听站
you're to report on any and all enemy activity within that sector. 回报这个区域内所有敌军的动静
Lieutenant Ware... 维尔中尉
you're to maintain constant radio contact with Sergeant Knott. 你得一直用无线电与纳特上士保持联系
- Is that clear, gentlemen? - Yes, sir. -这样清楚吗? -听清楚了 长官
Sir, is there any evidence of enemy occupation at that house? 长官 敌军有没有可能占领了那个房子?
Well, now, Sergeant Knott... 嗯 纳特上士
that's something you're just gonna have to find out, isn't it? 那就是你得搞清楚的 对吧?
Right, sir. 是的 长官
We drive for hours through the snow. 我们在雪地上开了几小时的车
Mother and I haven't talked about our cross-country jaunt through the woods. 老妈跟我都没有谈到之前在森林中所发生的事
He just acts as if it never happened. 他表现得若无其事
That's all right. Just thinking about something like that scares me. 那样也好 也许只是他想吓吓我而已...
What's going on, Mother? 怎么了 老妈?
I don't know. There's something up the road. 我不知道 前面有状况
- What is it? - You can't see it from here. -什么状况? -从这个角度看不到
All right, stay here. 好吧 你留在这里
What is it? 那是什么东西?
Miller. 米勒
Check it out. 快过去查一下
Why do I always have to check it out? 为什么每次都叫我去?
Jimmy Brunowski from Griffin's patrol. 吉米 布鲁诺斯基 他是葛里芬少校派出来的那名巡逻兵
Looks like he finally found a date. 喔 原来他是找到人约会了
I don't get it. 我搞不懂
What's going on? 到底发生了什么事?
Those filthy, Nazi... 那些肮脏的纳粹党
Kraut-headed motherfucking bastards! 妈的 酸菜脑 狗杂种...
Give me a hand. 过来帮我一下
May God have mercy on your souls. 愿主使你的灵魂安息
I don't see anything. No smoke, no movement. 我什么也没看到 没有烟也没有动静
What do you think? Head on up with the jeeps? 你觉得怎样? 要继续把吉普车往前开吗?
Actually, I thought maybe shoot through an eye. 事实上，我想也许通过眼睛拍摄
We head down the road a ways, circle around the back... 也许可以沿路而下 绕到后面
then come down the front of the road and check for mines. 然后回到前面这条路 看看有没有地雷
Is that okay with you? 你觉得这样可行吗?
- Yeah. We'll cover you. - Great. 很好 我们会掩护你
If Mel hadn't gotten trench foot, he'd sure as hell be squad leader. 要不是梅尔得了战壕脚 他一定可以当班长
And that's the way it should be. 一定没问题的
Or maybe he'd be dead. 不过他很可能会因此而阵亡也说不定...
I'm not exactly sure what country we're in. 我搞不太清楚我现在是在哪个国家
It could be Belgium, Luxembourg, France or even Germany. 有可能是比利时 卢森堡 法国 或甚至是德国
I don't know what day it is. I have no watch, so I don't know what time it is. 我也不知道是今天是几月几号 我没有手表 不知道现在是几点
I'm not even sure of my name. 我甚至连自己叫什么名字都没法确定
The next thing you know, they'll be making me a general. 如果我不知道的事再多一些 说不定他们会升我当将军
We find four mattresses and satin-quilted covers... 我们发现了四个床垫和一些丝质的被套
along with some wine and cases of sardines. 还有一些酒和沙丁鱼
The I & Rplatoon, or what's left of it... 嗯 这个侦查班或者说残存份子
will be living in luxury for a few days. 看来是有几天的福可以享了
Wow. Sheets and pillows. I haven't had that since home. 天哪 床单与枕头 我从离开家后就没摸过了
Mel, come on. Show 'em how we did it for the old USO. 梅尔 来吧 表演一下他们是怎么劳军的
USO, huh? 劳军啊?
They call it theJersey Bounce (这个叫做泽--西舞曲)
The rhythm that really counts (舞曲节奏非--常活泼)
The temperature always mounts (若想气氛变--得热络)
Whenever they play that crazy rhythm they play (只需热情打--起节奏)
It started onJournal Square (此曲源自爵--诺广场)
Somebody heard it there (舞曲节奏易--学难忘)
They put it right on the air (绕梁乐声自此--飘扬)
And now you hear it everywhere (而今此曲广--传四方)
Uptown 住宅区
Back at Camp Shelby, when we finally realized... 以前在雪比训练营时(Shelby) 我们终于确定
they really were going to ship us overseas... 他们是真的要把我们送至外国去打仗
we went into a mild state of panic. 我们那时心里有点恐慌
The thing that bothered us most was that... 我们心里最关切的是...
with the exception of Mother Wilkins, we were all eleven virgins. 除了"老妈"威尔金外 其余的十一个人都是处男
I don't know if this was normal... 我不晓得这是否正常
or if there's some sort of correlation between a lack of sexual precocity... 也许性经验的早晚
and what is known as intelligence. 代表了智力的高低
I think Shutzer came up with the idea. Or maybe it was Eddie. 好像舒哲先提的 也或许是艾迪
Eddie was the youngest of all of us. 艾迪是我们之中最年轻的
Four of us managed a weekend pass and headed into town... 我们四人准备了一张通行证 去城里嫖妓
to find a nice, complacent whore who could put us out of our misery. 以免死到临头 还没有做过那档事 那可真是惨绝人鬟
We kept it to four. We figured any more would be some kind of gang bang. 我们只找四个人 因为再多一点人的话会看起来像大锅炒
And, well, we had more romantic aspirations. 而且四个人感觉上也比较浪漫
We had fifty dollars. We spent ten on the room... 我们有五十块钱 十块钱当房租
and left the rest for the investment. 其余的就花在玩乐上
There was much discussion as to the kind of woman. 我们讨论了很久 要找怎样的女人
I think we were all scared that we'd end up with a real woman... 我想我们都怕找上一个货真价实的女人
and not be able to manage it. 却无法驾御她
And the "B"girls in the bars were out. 我们不要酒吧里的女人
We were well-conditioned by the army VD films. 因为性病防治倡导影片把我们给制约了
Avakian and Shutzer were to handle the search. 梅尔和舒哲负责找女孩子
Eddie and I waited. 艾迪和我就等着
What time is it? 几点了?
- One. - You're kidding. -一点 -真的还假的?
We got company, guys. 我们找到人了
Oh, shit. 天哪
I know right then I won't be able to do it. I'm glad I'm third. 我知道我一定没办法带头搞 我很高兴是排第三个
So we'd just about given up... 本来我们都准备要放弃了
when we see this girl down by the bus station. 却看到这个女孩在公车站旁
Just sitting there on one of those wooden benches. 坐在木椅上
Anyway, we got around to talking about what we'd been doing all night. 我们过去跟她说明我们的想法
And right then, out of the blue... 就在那时 突然间
she just volunteered to come back here with us. 她说愿意跟我们过来
I thought she was kidding, but she's serious. 我以为她开玩笑的 但她却是认真的
Well, I got an extra rubber you can use if you want, Stan. 史丹 我有一个保险套 如果你需要的话...
I got my own rubbers. 我自己有准备
You've gotten as bad as Mother Wilkins. 你怎么也学起"老妈"那套了
Actually, I can use one. 其实，我可以用一个
I should have known Edward was gonna take forever. 我早该想到艾迪会一直搞个不停...
What the fuck are they doing in there? 妈的 他们在干什么?
Watch your language, Stan. What would Father Mundy think? -讲话小心点, 史丹 -"老爹"蒙迪会怎么想?
Fuck Father Mundy. 你还他妈的神父蒙迪咧
Hey, Eddie, how you doing in there, huh? 喂! 艾迪 你在搞什么啊?
Maybe she rolled him or something. 该不会是被摆平了吧
Knockout drops or a blackjack. 还是被下药迷昏或被敲昏了?
Would you at least say something? 喂 你好歹出个声吧?
Her name's Janice. 她的名字叫贾尼丝
She was engaged to a boy named Matt. 刚和一个叫麦特的男人订了婚
She found out last week that he was killed in the invasion of Sicily. 但上星期她被通知未婚夫在西西里战役阵亡了
She came down to Shelby to get his stuff... 她来雪比营区取回他的遗物
and decided to kill herself. 同时想自杀
But she couldn't work up the nerve. 但她实在提不起勇气
All she has now is a bus ticket back home to Pittsburgh. 她只有一张匹兹堡的回程车票
Janice has only made love to one boy, Matt, just before he left. 她只和前男友麦特做过爱 在他离开之前
Now she's volunteering herself to all of us... 她现在自愿向我们献身
insisting it's what she wants to do. 强调她是完全自愿
Of course we're so guilty and scared... 当然我们感到很惭愧
we end up subjecting this simple, lovely idea... 我们不再把这再单纯不过的欲求
to every kind of spurious rationale. 赋上各种冠冕堂皇的理由
We wind down before dawn and sleep. 我们一直聊到天快亮才睡
Then just before the morning, Janice comes quietly... 早上 贾尼丝悄悄的过来
privately to each of us. 私底下 个别地
We pass through the mythical barrier... 让我们每个人都穿越了那道幻想中的界线
between boys and men... 从小男孩变成男人
men and death. 由生到死的感受
Janice takes us with her. 贾尼丝一直带着我们
After a luxurious mass breakfast in bed... 在床上享受了一顿豪华早餐后
we walk Janice to her bus. 我们陪贾尼丝去搭公交车
None of us talk about what happened. 没有人讲出发生了什么事
And I think I'll always feel strange about my first sexual experience... 我总是觉得我的第一次很怪
masquerading as a dead boy named Matt. 因为我好像是在扮演她死去的男友麦特
- Knott. - Yeah. -纳特? -嗯?
I'll cook lunch if you can get me some wood for the fireplace. 如果你能找些木柴来的话 我可以煮点饭
No, Mother. All we need is a bunch of smoke... 不好 老妈 我们只要生出一点点烟
to let the Germans know we're here. 就会被德国人发现了
Will, if we don't light a fire, we're gonna freeze our butts off. 威尔 如果我们不生火 我们就会被冻伤
And it's very hard to kill Germans with a frozen butt. 到时想靠结冰的屁股杀德国人 恐怕有点困难
All right. 好吧
The smoke's bad, but not as bad as I thought. 那些烟很对我们很不利 但似乎不如想象中那么危险
You're taking a little long putting that back together, aren't you, Bud? 巴德 你组回去的时间会不会久了一点啊?
I'm not working for speed right now. 现在又不必要求快
This wine tastes like sardines. 这酒喝起来有沙丁鱼的味道 史丹
Well, here. The sardines taste sort of like wine. 这鱼吃起来也有酒味啊
I sit here trying to work out four bridge hands. 我在这边想弄出一套特别的四人桥玩法
Miller invented the game, calling it "compact, cardless, duplicate bridge." 其实这是米勒发明的 他把这称做"免牌迷你桥"
When we lost half the squad, we also lost our only deck of cards. 当我们失去了一半的班兵时 也失去了最后一副扑克牌
They were on Eddie. 它在艾迪的手里
He died in the field hospital. 他死在野战医院内
With his left arm gone and his face the way it was... 他的左臂断了 整个人也面目全非
I don't think he tried very hard to stay on. 或许他也不想再这么苟延残喘下去
Hi, Bud. 巴德
Did Mother and Avakian set up all right down there? 老妈和梅尔他们在下面还好吧?
They seemed fine to me. 我看来是还好 上士
Good. Listen. You have got to be more careful lighting cigarettes, all right? 很好 记住 你们在抽烟时要小心一点
Some German could sneak up from behind you, pop one in your head... 德军可能会从后面偷袭你
while you're pretending to be Walt Whitman. 当你在吟诗时
I think my eyeball's frozen. 我的眼珠子好像结冰了
- Yeah? - Is that you, Will? 威尔 是你吗?
- Yeah. What's going on? - I don't know. I think I saw something. -怎么了? -我不知道 我好像看到什么东西
- What did you see, Mother? - I'm not sure, Will. -你看到什么，老妈? -不确定 威尔
I don't know. I think I saw something move on the hill across from us. 我好像看到有东西在山的那边移动
Did Avakian see it? 那阿瓦健有看到吗?
No. Just me. 没有 只有我看到
All right, Mother, hang tight. I'll call up top. 好吧 老妈 小心一点 我向基地回报
Oh, shit. 妈的...
- Father? - Yeah? -老爹? -怎么了?
Yeah. Mother says he saw something on the opposite hill there. 老妈说他看到对面山丘上有东西在动
- Did you see anything? - No. Nothing. -你有没有看到? -没有
Wilkins must have eyes like an owl. I can't see my hand in front of my face. 他可真有双猫头鹰眼啊 我连眼前的双手都看不见了
All right. Could be he's only jumpy. 嗯 那大概是他神经过敏吧
Just keep an eye on their backs, all right? 好好看好他们背后的状况吧
Okay, Will. 没问题 威尔
Hey, Bud. Relax. Relax. 巴德 别紧张
Mother's pretty nervous. It's probably nothing. 老妈看来是紧张了些 说不定根本没事
Probably nothing? That's real reassuring, Will. 没事? 那可真令人安心啊, 威尔
Well, what do you think? 嗯 那么你觉得如何?
I don't know. 我也不知道
Maybe I should tell them about Mother's run through the woods. 也许我应该告诉他们老妈在森林中抓狂的事
The news of his baby being dead did him in for sure. 他孩子的死一定让他很难过
- Yeah? - We're hearing something down here. -怎么了? -我们听到一点声音
Mother thinks it's the Germans signaling back and forth. 老妈认为是德国人在传讯
All right, Mel, hold on. We'll be right down. 好吧 梅尔 我马上下来
- Bud. Bud, wake up. - What? -巴德 醒醒 -怎么了?
Listen. Mel says he's hearing some noises, all right? 梅尔说他听到一些声音
I want you to call Shutzer, tell him I'm going down to the lower post. 你去把舒哲叫醒 告诉他我要到下一个哨去看看
Then call Mother and Avakian back and remind them not to shoot me, all right? 然后把老妈和艾迪叫回来 提醒他不要对我开枪
Come on. Get up. 喂 起来了
Go! 走!
Did you hear any more? 你还有听到声音吗?
Not since the last one. 从上次之后就没了
It's closer that time. 上次我听到的声音离我们还近呢
Americana. 喂 美国人
Easy, Mother. Easy. 别紧张 老妈
What do you think? Maybe they're gone? 你觉得现在怎样? 也许他们走了
I don't know. 我不知道
Maybe they're just being quiet. 也许他们现在故意不出声
Mel. 梅尔
Let's you and me go check out the road, all right? 我们到路上看一下
Hey, Will, you go if you want. I'm fine right here. 喂 威尔 你自己去吧 我留在这边应该没事
If they're gone, they're gone. 如果他们不在那边 那表示他们走了
If they're not, I'm not walking into an ambush. 如果没走 至少我也不会被他们偷袭
Put that pin back in that grenade. 把手榴弹插硝塞回去吧
- No, it wasn't. - They do shit like this all the time. -这些德国人经常这么恶搞 -嗯 不过这次不像
- I know, but that wasn't the case. - How do you know? -我知道 不过这次看起来好像不一样 -你怎么知道?
Do you think it was five of'em? 你看他们是不是五个人?
- Yeah, yeah. - What the hell is going on? -喂...喂... -发生什么事了?
Mel said they were actually talking to you. What did they say? 梅尔说他们在对你说话 他们在讲什么?
I don't know. First it was, "Hey, Americana." 我不知道 一开始他们说:「Hey！美国人。」
Then when they left, they started saying something like "slap guder." 然后他们离开时 好像是说"晚安""slap gut"这个音
It didn't make any sense. 听来不太合理
Shit, that's Yiddish. It's schlaf gut. 妈咧 那是意第绪语 "shlaf gut"
It's "sleep well." "一夜好眠"的意思
"Sleep well"? "一夜好眠"?
Yeah, Will. "Sleep well." Get it? 对 祝你有个好梦 懂吗?
Holy shit. These fucking Nazis. They're softening us up for the kill. 他妈的这些纳粹 想先来软的 然后再找机会把我们给杀了
Will, wake up. 威尔 醒醒
Ware's on the phone. He doesn't sound real happy. 维尔中尉在打电话 声音听起来好像不太爽的样子
- Is Mother out there alone? - Yeah. -老妈一个人在外面? -是的
- Why? - Why? It's the day. -为什么? -因为现在是白天
You don't need to leave two guys out there during the day. What's the point? 在白天不需要两个人 你的重点是什么?
I don't know, Bud. How about the Germans? 我不知道 巴德 那些德国人现在怎样了?
What do you want, Will? You wanna lose one guy, two guys? 你是想怎样啊 威尔? 你想死一个还是两个?
I'm just really glad we talked about this. I'm glad we could work this out. 我真高兴跟你谈这件事 我很高兴能找出答案
Shit. 妈的...
It's up to you, Bud. Bid or pass? 由你决定 巴德 赌还是不赌?
I pass. 不赌
Able 1 to Able 4. Over. 第一排呼叫第四排
I tell Ware about our nighttime encounter with the Germans. 我跟少校报告我们昨晚碰上了德军 真是失策
Bad idea. 真是的馊主意
Griffin's desperate for information... 葛里芬急着要情报
so Ware orders us out to find their command post. 所以维尔中尉叫我们查出他们的指挥部
We decided to head south down the pass. 我们决定往南走 沿着峡谷
It's as good a guess as any, and that's where their voices seem to come from. 这是最合理的猜测 因为他们的声音是从那边传过来的
Of course that could be seen as a good argument for heading the other way. 当然 敌军在相反的方向也是合理的猜测
I'm having my usual trouble... 我常常都有这个困扰...
noticing how beautiful the world is just when I might be leaving it. 每当我觉得一个地方很美时 往往就是我准备要离开的时候
Just this side of the road. 就在路的这一边
Don't worry. 别担心
I'm just enjoying having a fucking Nazi in my sights. 我正沉浸在纳粹兵成为我枪下目标的兴奋感中
I think I'm getting a hard-on. 兴奋到我老二都硬了
Pow! 碰!(开枪声)
I know we could've killed those three guys and gotten away. 我们昨晚本来可以干掉他们 然后溜掉
I'm also sure they could've done the same thing to us last night. 当然我知道他们昨天晚上也可以这么做
What I don't know in both cases is why it didn't happen. 但是我不懂的是为什么这一切都没有发生
Shit! 妈的!
Fuck! Here we fucking go! 妈的! 你他妈德军来了!
You're gonna get us killed here. You got to relax. 你会害我们全死掉 你放轻松点
I said you got to relax. You gotta shut up. You gotta shut up. 我叫你别紧张 你给我闭嘴...闭嘴...
- Shut up, Stan! - You're gonna get us all killed. -闭嘴 史丹 -你会害死我们
You're gonna get us all killed. You gotta shut up! 你会害我们全死掉 闭嘴...
Stan! You gotta... 史丹 你给我...
Come on! 来吧!
What happened? 发生什么事?
- You find any Germans? - Yeah, we found them all right. -你有看到德军吗? -我们找到了
And they found us. Krauts nearly blew our heads off. 他们也发现我们 他们差一点把我们的头打爆
Oh, shit. 喔 乖乖...
I lost the scope and the map. 我把望远镜和地图给弄掉了
Great. Injury to insult. 帅呆了 雪上加霜
- What happened, Bud? - What happened? -怎么了 巴德? -发生什么了?
Germans found us, had a dead in their sights. 德国人发现我们 在他们射程范围内
They could've killed all of us and they just let us go. 他们本来可以杀掉我们 但他们让我们逃走
- That's what happened. - They had you and then they let you go? -事情就是这样 -你说他们看见你们 然后又放了你们?
What are you complaining about? You should be happy. 你还埋怨什么? 你该感到欣慰
We should be happy? 我们该觉得很爽吗?
Oh, okay, Mundy, we're happy. 好吧 蒙迪 我们觉得好爽喔
We're happy! Yippee! Hooray! 我们爽毙了 喔~ 耶~
You feel better now? 这样你觉得好点了吗？
All right, Stan, come on. 够了吧 史丹 别闹了.
- What the hell is that? - That's just Mother. -这他妈又是什么鬼声音? -是老妈啦
Clumping around in the attic again. It's fine. 在阁楼上东摸西摸 没事啦
- Did you find the stuff? - They must've come back after we left. -你有找到东西吗? -我们走后 他们一定又回来了
There's all kind of tracks. They took the scope and the map. 那边很凌乱 他们把望远镜和地图拿走了
What did you do? Crawl around on your hands and knees looking for it? 那你刚才在那边干麻? 在地上爬来爬去翻找吗?
No. I could see right off the stuff wasn't there. 哪有 我看一眼就知道东西不见了
I got wet working out a little surprise for our Teutonic friends. 我全身弄得湿答答的 只是为了要给那些条顿族朋友一个惊喜
What, a trap? 嗯 你设下一个陷阱吗?
I built a snowman. 我做了一个雪人
Right where we dropped our stuff. 在我们掉东西的地方
I used pine needles for a mustache. 我用松针作了胡子
And then a branch, like an arm giving the Nazi salute. 一根树枝作为手臂 弄得像德军在敬纳粹礼
I even put a few pine branches over one eye. 我甚至还放了几根小树枝 在眼睛上方
- It's not a bad resemblance. - Jesus, Stan. -看来还挺像的 -天哪 史丹
They could've come up from behind, made a few well placed critical comments... 他们也有可能从后面过来批评你个几句
and one more ventilated whiz kid. 然后告诉你: 小鬼 你可以再多加一点东西没关系
Even stamped out a message in front of my snowman. 我甚至还在雪人前面写了几个字
What? 写什么字?
F-U-C-K... 去-你-妈-的-
H-l-T-L-E-R. 希-特-勒-
Made exclamation points with pine branches. 用松树枝当惊叹号 哈哈...
- Where's Mother? - He's upstairs in his attic. -老妈在哪里? -他在楼顶
- What's he doing there? - I have no idea, Will. -他在干麻? -不知道 威尔
Actually, he's been kind of quiet lately. 他近来变得很静
Maybe he hung himself, huh, Father? 也许他上吊了 老爹你说啥?
Are you all right, Mother? 你还好吧, 老妈?
Look at the paintings, Will. 威尔 看这些画
Look. 注意看
See? 看到没?
Somebody cared. 这世上还是有一些有心人
Somebody made something... 有的人付出
probably not even for money. 并不是为了钱
For love. 而是为了爱
Sometimes I didn't believe there was any love left. 不过有时我并不相信现在还有"爱"的存在
Try to remember who the real enemy is, Will. 威尔 想想看你所遇过的敌人他们的所作所为
Christ, I thought we lost both of you up there. 天哪 我以为你们挂了
What did you do, start a family? 你们刚才在干什么呀 讨论结婚吗?
Father, you're on next. 老爹 你轮下一班哨
Unless anyone objects, Bud... 除非有人反对 巴德
I think we should go back to at least two on the lower post for now. 我觉得我们至少该留两个人在下面那个哨守着
All right? 行吗?
It's too weird out there for one guy alone. 那儿只留一个人会很奇怪
Shit! 他妈的...
What the hell's going on? 他妈的怎么了?
The explosion was me throwing a grenade. They haven't fired back yet. 那个爆炸 是因为我丢了颗手榴弹 但是他们到现在还没有还击
Can you hear that? 你听到了吗?
We can hear without the phone. What are they yelling about now? 没有电话我也听得到 他们现在在吵什么?
I think they're yelling "Fuck Hitler" the way your grandmother would say it. 他们好像在大叫操他妈希特勒 就好像你祖母会说的那样
There's this crazy guy in the cemetery, pretending grenades don't hurt. 还有一个被放在坟墓旁的死人 一脸就是不怕手榴弹的表情
Maybe you should send out some straitjackets. 嗯 也许你该送出几件关禁闭的囚衣给他们
Grenade! 手榴弹!
Shit. 妈的
- We're having a snowball fight. - What? -我们玩起雪球来了 -什么?
You don't think maybe the war's over and they're not telling us, do you? 有没有可能是战争已经结束了 但他们没跟我们说?
- I mean, they wouldn't do that. - You sure you're okay down there? -我的意思是，他们不会这样做 -你在下面好吗?
Goddamn it, Shutzer! You're the one that started this "Fuck Hitler" shit. 妈的 舒哲 这个希特勒是你搞出来的吧?
Schlaf gut, Kraut. 酸菜脑 一夜好眠啦!
You got that map? 威廉 你拿回那张地图了?
Yeah. 是呀
I'll be a son of a bitch. 你说我是不是很白烂?
What? 什么?
I've been trying to figure out all this crazy shit that's been going on... 我一直想把最近这里所发生的怪事理出个头绪
for the past couple of days, and only one answer makes sense. 只有一个答案比较合理
Remember the frozen American and the Kraut dancing together? 还记得那天那个结冰的美国人和德国人黏在一起跳舞吗?
See, it's like a message. They wanna get together. 看起来好像是传达了一个讯息 他们想在一起
- It's crude, but remember who they are. - So? -我的说法也许很残酷,但请别忘记对方是什么样的人 -所以?
So then they come around with that schlaf gut bit the first night. 所以当他们过来说"一夜好眠"时
It's like they're saying they know that we're here... 就等于是说他们知道我们在这
but they're not so mad about it. 但他们并没有很紧张
- Yeah. - Well, listen. - 是啊 - 听好
Okay. Just try to think of one reason they didn't mow us down... 好吧 想一下为什么他们没把我们撂倒
or at least take us prisoner. 或者至少把我们抓起来
I think they're telling us that they wanna talk... 也许他们是在表示想跟我们谈谈
maybe even surrender. 或甚至是要向我们投降
- What? - If I'm right... -什么? -如果我没猜错
they want us to meet them in this clearing at 1200 hours. 这大概是希望我们与他们中午十二点在空地相见
What if it's a trap? 假如这是个圈套呢?
If they wanted to kill us, they could've done it a couple of times. 如果他们想杀我们 他们早就可以把我们杀死好几次了
We could've shot them. We didn't. That doesn't mean we wanna surrender. 我们也有机会杀了他们 但我们也没有 这并不表示我们想投降啊
They could be stalling for reinforcements. 他们可能是在等待援军
With a snowball fight? 要等援军的话 还会跟我们玩雪球吗?
A snowball fight doesn't mean surrender. 玩雪球也不代表他们想投降
Yeah, but look at this. 是啊 不过你看看这个
- I'll mention it to Ware. - Come on, Won't. -我会向维尔中尉说明此事 -不要啦! 纳特
We don't wanna get officers involved in this, screwing everything up. 我不希望上级涉入此事 而把事情搞砸
You know, I think we got a chance... 我想我们还是有机会...
to make something good come out of this for everybody... 做一件对每个人都好的事
if we just use our heads. 如果我们用点脑子的话
What do you say we just go out there and see what's going on? 你觉得怎样 我们出去看看情况?
Just the two of us. I'll take all the risks. 就我们两个? 我愿意冒这个险
- I still say I should call Ware first. - What do you think Ware is gonna do? -我们该先跟维尔中尉说一下 -那你觉得他会怎样做?
- He'll tell Griffin. - And you know damn well... -他会告诉葛里芬 -然后你很清楚接下来会怎样
that Griffin is gonna come charging out here and arrange everything... 葛里芬会跑来这里 指挥一切
so he looks like General Patton winning the war single-handed. 像巴顿将军一样 一个人赢得整个战役?
That's the way it is, Stan. There's nothing we're gonna do about that. 对 就是这样 史丹! 我们根本就没有插手的余地
Suppose that one of us captures all the Germans single-handed, all alone... 嗯 好吧 假如我们其中一人 俘虏了所有的德军...只有一个人
then we build this guy into a second Sergeant York? 那我们就可以把这个人拱成第二个约克上士
It's got to be worth at least a Silver Star. 至少一颗银星勋章
Maybe even a trip home as a returning war hero. 也许还可以以战争英雄的荣衔返乡
- How does that sound? - Sounds like a court-martial. -这主意听来怎样? -好像在军事法庭上一样
How are they ever gonna catch on? 他们会明白这道理吗?
You know, for Mother's sake, I think we should at least try. 为了老妈 也许我们该试试
For Mother? 为了他?
Sure. Who else? 当然啦 不然还为谁?
Oh, boy, that would be perfect. 孩子 好极了
We testify that the Germans had us pinned down... 我们会作供词 说德国人把我们关起来
and Wilkins comes in the nick of time and saves the whole show. 但威尔金及时赶到为我们解围
And we'd have a genuine mob of enemy soldiers to back up our story. 同时我们有一大票敌军可以证明我们的说词
Yeah, okay. For right now we don't tell anybody, okay? 现在我们先不要告诉任何人
It's just the two of us. 就只有我们两个知道?
Look, if it doesn't work, at least we tried. 就算失败 至少我们试过了
Sneaking out is easy. 要溜出去很容易
Mother's back upstairs by himself... 老妈在上面守着
and Father and Miller are asleep. 老爹和米勒在睡觉
We decide we'll have to tell Avakian, who's on guard at the lower post. 但我们得让在底下站哨的阿瓦健知道这事
You're gonna tromp out there, set up an armistice conference... 什么? 你要这么大剌剌的走出去和敌军密谈
and turn Wilkins into a war hero. 然后让威尔金成为一个战争英雄?
What, are you out of your tiny minds? 你是不是疯了?
- I don't think so. - It all makes sense. -我没疯 -而且这还挺合理的
It's a theory. You're gonna get your butt shot off for a theory. 如果密谋不成功 你的屁股会挨枪的
Well, I'm going. 好吧 我要过去了
Will, listen to me. I'm the one guy here who knows... 威尔 听着 我是目前唯一知道的人...
Mel, I said I'm going. 梅尔 我要过去了
Okay, fine. 好吧 随便你
But even if you do pull this off... 不过就算你欺骗得了别人
how are you going to get Mother to go along with it? 又怎能让老妈配合呢?
- We tell him? - No. No, he's right. -我们要告诉他吗 -不行 梅尔说得对
We'll have to draw straws or something and rig it. 我们做假签骗他中选
Wilkins will never accept it if he thinks it's charity. 威尔金如果知道这是施舍 一定不会接受
Plus, you tell him, he's gonna want to tag along. 加上他可能会跟着参与行动
I don't think you want Mother facing any Germans. 我想你并不希望他去面对德军吧
So what do you think, Sarge? 那你的意见是? 上士
It's then I tell them about Mother's run through the forest back at headquarters. 我只好把老妈在森林内狂奔的事抖出来
I don't think we should tell him. 我们不该告诉他
Okay, look, when we go to get the Krauts... 好吧 那这样吧 我会叫老妈
we'll leave Wilkins here to guard the chateau and mind the radio. 看守城堡和无线电
- It's all gonna seem perfectly natural. - What makes you so sure this will work? -这样再自然不过了 -史丹 你怎知道这样会成功?
What makes you so sure it's not? 那你又怎么知道这行不通?
Okay, fine. 好吧
Give two quick shots and one more if you need any help. 如果你需要帮忙的话 先迅速开两枪然后再补一枪
Then what? 然后怎样?
Then I'll miss you. 然后我就会为你上香
Hey, have fun, boys. Don't get killed. 好好玩一趟 别被宰了
-你好 -你好 朋友
-请问贵姓大名? -我叫舒哲
-舒哲? 德国名字 你会说德文?
我..不..会说德文 我会说意第绪语
意第绪语? 意第绪语不是犹太人说的吗? 这小子是犹太人!
Hey, just calm down! 请冷静点
-请你的长官过来 -长官? 好..好
They want to talk to our officer in charge. 他们想跟负责的军官谈
- I don't speak German or Yiddish. - It's okay. I'll translate. -我不会说德文或意第绪语 -没关系, 我可以翻译
I don't have stripes on my arm. They won't believe I'm an officer. 我的肩上没有军阶 他们可能不会相信我是军官
I just don't think they're very happy about surrendering to a Jew, okay? 我只是觉得他们不想向犹太人投降
Did they say they want to surrender? 他们有说要投降吗?
Just stuff about wanting to talk to our officer in charge. 没有 他只说要跟负责的长官谈谈
- What was all the yelling about? - I'm not sure. -他们刚刚说什么? -不知道
- You're not sure? - Look! -你不知道? -听着...
I'm doing the best I can, okay? 拜托! 我已经尽力了
Look, just... Just come over with me. 听好... 跟我来就对了
I'll tell them our officer's back at the chateau. 我会告诉他们 我们的长官在房子里
You look goy enough. Maybe they'll come out more with you around. 你看来很和善 也许他们会投降
Okay? Come on. 这样行吗? 来吧
This is, uh, meine friend. Freund. 这是我的朋友 嗯 叫做..弗罗伊德
He's in the "schtieb," you know? 他来自苏提伯(schtieb)... 你知道我意思吧?
Okay, I think I got it. There's seven of them. 我想我听懂了 他们有七个人
They just got sent back from the Russian front... 刚从俄国前线回来
where it sounds like they got the shit knocked out of'em. 他们好像说他们打输了
He keeps talking about that big offensive south of here... 他说这里南边有支很大的攻击部队
and he doesn't want any part of it. 但他们不想再打仗了
They think the war's almost over and they don't want to get killed... 他们觉得战争应该快要结束了 他们不想在这个时候白白牺牲
in the last few days. 特别是在最后这段日子
I told him we'd bring our leader here tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. 我跟他们说明天十点会带我们的长官来
We're going to bring Ware here? 我们要把维尔中尉带来吗?
Look, just get Mother out on guard duty...
and get the squad together, all right?
What are we gonna do about an officer?
I don't know about this. Why can't Will just do it?
- He's the leader, for Christ's sake. - They've already seen him.
Besides, no Kraut's ever gonna believe that a guy like Will is an officer.
- Take a look at him. - Thank you, thank you.
Then let's let Mel just do it. He's a natural leader type.
Hey, wait a second. I'm not even sure I want to be part of this plan.
Besides, I don't look like an Aryan god.
What is this? Father, it's all stripes and no rocker.
- What's that mean? - It's something new, Miller.
You're our bastard sergeant minor. Besides, we don't have any rockers.
What if it's like some kind of...
"capture the commander" scheme the Krauts have worked out?
You know, put a bullet in my head or something.
Hey, look, Bud, why don't you just try walking now?
- The man walks like a soldier. - Put more pigheaded asshole into it.
- That I can do. - Chest out, chest out.
Yeah, that's it! That'll do just fine.
Just stand there like an SOB and nod occasionally.
You know, you actually do look like an officer.
- I actually feel like an asshole. - That's about the same thing.
Mother gets off post in five minutes.
- Let's not blow his Christmas present. - Sure this is a good idea?
I can't stop worrying.
God, I hope we're doing the right thing.
- Yeah. - Will, listen.
There are five or six of them down here working like crazy.
They got something big with them. Could be a mortar.
I think maybe you better have somebody man that upper post to cover us.
Shit. Mel, you and Mother go up to the upper post.
Stan says they're setting up a mortar.
All right. Listen. Mother and Avakian are going to the upper post.
You want me down there?
- Father? - Yeah, Will.
Get your butt down here. You of all people shouldn't miss this.
Bethlehem
Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas.
For you. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas Happy New Year.
Thank you. Merry Christmas.
Holy night
All is calm
All is bright
Round yon virgin
Mother and child
Holy infant
- So tender and mild - Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas.
Sleep in heavenly peace
O come ye O come ye
To Bethlehem
Hey, Father, they teach you German in the seminary?
What the hell were you two talking about?
I just kept saying "Merry Christmas" and "Happy New Year."
I said it maybe 50 times.
- What did he say to you? - Well...
he said something that sounded like...
"Throw me a why not."
And then, when he tried to hand me his gun, he said...
"Why not go shrink."
"Frohlich Weihnachten" is "Merry Christmas..."
and "Weihnachtsgeschenk" is "Christmas present."
I wonder what the Germans thought Father was saying.
What's going on?
Couldn't get anybody to answer the phone.
Oh, my God. Mother, I'm sorry.
I forgot all about you up there.
I...
I heard singing.
- Everything okay? - Yeah.
The Germans just wanted to spread a little holiday cheer.
Father even did some present exchanging.
They gave us sausages, Vance.
- Is that what happened, Will? - Yeah, that's it.
This particular branch of the German army...
seems to believe in turning off the war every once in a while.
I don't know if I can take this kind of war.
I'd rather we kept out of each other's way, except when we have to fight.
Oh, shit.
This is meine kommandier.
Hey, Will, come over here.
Okay. Okay, they do want to surrender.
As soon as possible. Today. They...
He's convinced that this German push is coming through here any time now.
There's a kicker.
It's a big kicker.
The young ones are scared shitless that if the Germans come through here...
and it looks like they surrendered without a struggle...
it's gonna be taken out on their families.
Everything is nuts back home and they don't want their parents to get shot...
or put in camps because their sons were cowards.
Well, do they have a suggestion?
Yeah.
They want us to take 'em in a fake skirmish.
What?
Just make some noise, leave some spent cartridges, grenade fragments.
No. No, absolutely not.
- Will... - No! It doesn't make any sense.
Just calm down. Now you're gonna blow the whole operation here.
- It's crazy! - Be quiet! Quiet!
- Shut up! - You wanna get us killed?
We're not gonna do it! And don't tell me to shut up!
Will, I know it sounds nuts, I know, but...
I think it's the only way they're gonna go for it.
They're just kids. They're just scared.
They're just scared kids. Look at 'em.
I don't know.
You trust these fuckin' Nazis, Stan?
- What does that mean? - He said they're not Nazis.
They're just regular German army. They're regular army like we are.
I say we do it.
What if it's a trap?
It's not much of a trap, having us both come fully armed to a skirmish.
I mean, at best, it's just mutual suicide, right?
What if they're using the noise to bring in reinforcements?
No. If they wanted to do that, they could've done that the first night.
He's right, Will, he's right. And take a look at 'em.
Things must be bad in the vaterland to have an army of old men and boys.
- Okay, what do we do? - Just give a little nod.
We agree to come this afternoon...
make a lot of noise with rifles and grenades and take them in.
Able 1 to Able 4, over. Able 1 to Able 4, over.
Yeah, you got anything yet, over?
Yes, sir, I think we're gonna be able to take a prisoner, sir.
We found some tracks. Our plan is to hit their outpost...
around 3:00 this afternoon.
- Over. - Good. Do it.
I'll come out. Maybe Griffin too. We'll bring the prisoner back. Over.
No, sir, I don't think that's necessary, sir.
Tell Major Griffin that...
No sense in him taking the risk coming all the way out here.
We'll have the jeeps ready with the chains...
and we'll get that prisoner to you, sir, over.
- I'll tell him. - Over and out.
Over and out.
I tell Mother we're going out to try for a prisoner.
I tell him if we're not back in two hours to call Ware at the base.
He's obviously glad not to be on the patrol.
We hide Miller's officer outfit under his snow poncho.
Now what? Walk down there and knock on the door?
Well...
here I go.
I'm not sure what to do so they don't shoot me.
- Try yelling "comrade." - Is that it?
Well, Stan, you could wave a white flag.
Then it would look like the wrong group was surrendering.
We're right here covering you. Good luck.
Oh, boy.
We wait. There's nothing else to do.
- What's going on? Everything all right? - Yeah.
He wanted to talk to our officer "Herr Muller" here.
You know, I'm sure it's because I'm a Jew.
All right, you nick-prickJew-type, take me to my Aryan friends.
All right, if they're really giving up...
why are they putting a guy on post?
Who are they guarding themselves from?
Maybe other Germans.
They probably have a Major Griffin of their own.
Ubergruppenfuhrer Griftoch or something.
Don't worry.
Come on.
- That's nice. - Okay, here's how it's gonna work.
They'll wind up in front of the cabin. Miller and I will stay as protection.
All right, now, you go on out with the rest of the squad.
When old Shickelgruber here and I signal, we all start firing.
When we signal again, we all stop.
Then you guys come down the hill, we disarm them and take them in.
All we need is a nod from Miller and they'll get their stuff together.
Dismiss me. I'll go inform Father and Mel.
- What? - Dismiss me.
Will, why don't you get up on that hill and go inform Father and Will... Mel.
Mother! Hold your fire!
Go check on Shutzer and Miller.
Hang in there, Father.
We're gonna get you wrapped up and get you outta here.
You warm enough?
Anybody else hit?
Everybody's fine, Father.
- Are the Germans dead? - Don't worry about that.
You all right?
God have mercy on those poor Germans.
God have mercy on us.
- Don't... Don't tell Mother. - I won't.
- Don't tell Mother. - I won't.
Don't tell... Don't tell Mother.
Promise me.
I won't.
Is he dead?
I think so, Vance.
He ran out to warn me.
Why?
I don't understand.
I had a perfect position.
I don't get it.
He's stupid, Vance.
He does stupid things.
What a mess.
Shit! It looked so easy.
Looks like our friend here got a million-dollar wound.
The one guy who wants to fight these bastards...
and I get the million-dollar wound?
Isn't it the way?
How's Mundy?
He's dead. He died fast. There was nothing I could do.
What a fuckup.
Father said don't tell Mother.
That's what we'll do.
We were pinned down, and he saved us.
That's the plan.
Mother tells us why he came out after us.
Ware and Griffin are at the chateau, looking for their prisoner.
Well, we've got one, if he stays alive.
It's hard to look at Father.
I keep waiting for his eyes to open...
waiting for him to tell me it'll be all right if I just have faith.
Sergeant Knott.
- Yes, sir. - Get some men out on post.
The enemy camp may have heard that skirmish and sent out a patrol.
Well, sir, before the prisoner went into shock...
he told Shutzer that an enemy attack was expected at any time.
Well, now, holy shit, soldier!
Just when the fuck were you gonna tell us that?
I thought this was an I & R platoon, for Christ's sake!
Lieutenant, get me Regiment on the horn immediately.
Whiz kids, my ass!
Able 1 to Able 4, over.
- Able 1 to Able 4, over. - Corporal Leary here, over.
Son, this is Major Griffin. You take down this message...
and get it to Regimental Command on the double-quick, over.
Wilco, sir. Over.
"Have contacted enemy and taken prisoner.
Have suffered casualties. One dead, one wounded.
Have destroyed enemy outpost.
Prisoner claims impending enemy attack through this sector at any moment.
Repeating. Prisoner claims impending enemy attack at any moment.
Am leaving immediately with prisoner and wounded for base. Signed, Major Griffin."
- Get that to the regimental commander. - He ain't gonna make it.
Over and out. Let's go.
Sergeant Knott...
have your men transfer the chains from your jeep to my vehicle.
We have a long way to go, and the road's gonna be very rough.
- Yes, sir. - Son...
I am shocked by the conditions of these quarters.
This is private property.
The United States government is responsible for it.
It was in bad shape when they moved in, Major.
Are you finished, Lieutenant?
Because there is ample evidence to indicate a dereliction of duty...
and conduct not becoming an American combat troop.
I'll be dead honest with you here, son.
I wonder if your fucking men even know there's a war going on outside.
Were it not for extreme extenuating circumstances...
I would see that this soldier, as noncom in charge...
were brought before a military review board and severely disciplined.
And where the fuck are your stripes?
I'll be goddamned if you haven't had enough time to sew them on.
Yes, sir.
- I'll get on it. - No! You know what you'll do?
You will march your ass outside...
and transfer those chains from your jeep to my vehicle on the double-time.
Now!
Lieutenant...
do not ever contradict me in front of the men again.
All right, buddy, you're almost home.
What do you think, Mel? Is he gonna be all right?
Yeah, Shutzer's strong. He'll be okay.
They won't fall out if you're careful, sir.
It's a rough trip, but it'd help if you'd loosen the tourniquets...
every once in a while.
- We'll do the best we can, Knott. - Thank you, sir.
Don't worry, Knott. You done a good job.
I don't think so, sir.
Knott, Major Griffin wants you to keep the squad here...
until the Krauts attack.
Stay here, sir?
What do we do when the attack comes?
You contact us by radio. We'll give you our position...
then you get the hell out, understood?
- Understood, Knott? - Yes, sir.
Lieutenant Ware, goddamn it!
Are you going to baby-sit or drive this fucking jeep?
- Be right there, sir, on the double. - Get your ass in here!
Good luck, Knott.
Did you ever think about how many dead people there must be?
Looks like Father just joined the great majority.
Father told me he still wanted to be a priest.
He just didn't think he was pure enough.
You know, I've been thinking maybe Father's the lucky one.
I mean, is this whole world run by shits like Griffin?
If we get through this, is that the way it's gonna be?
What's the tree for? You gonna burn it?
Vance thought a little Christmas cheer...
would pick things up around here a little bit.
Thought we could roast some chestnuts and stuff ourselves with turkey.
You first, Will.
You aren't the rankest, but...
you do have rank on us.
It's a...
It's a Christmas present.
We try to turn off the war. We don't even keep a guard on.
We figure when the attack starts, we'll hear it.
I asked Ware to put you in for a citation.
I hope that's okay.
I think Father or Stan should get it.
No. You should.
The Germans had us pinned down, and you saved our asses.
I only shot twice.
After Father went down, l... I didn't shoot anymore.
My glasses were all fogged up.
- I don't even know if I hit anybody. - It doesn't matter.
Just stick with the story.
You shot them all. That's what I told Ware.
Maybe if you get decorated, we can get you pulled out of here.
Two-thirds of the squad is gone now. I don't see how we're gonna make it.
I'll make you a bet, Vance.
I'll bet you that in six months...
you're back with Linda, and she's pregnant...
and this will all be something you hardly remember.
I doubt that.
I'll bet you $100.
Who has $100?
You can pay me off a bit at a time.
We'll start New Year's Day, 1946.
- It's a bet. - Yeah.
Able 1 to Able 4, over.
- Able 1 to anybody, over. - Will, we got to go.
Pull up the phones and the wires.
Miller, if anybody can get through on this thing you can.
Just keep trying, all right? Let's get Father out to the jeep.
- Come on. - Able 1 in.
Able 4, come on. Able 1 to Able 4.
- Come on! - Come on, Will! Let's go!
Shit!
Come on, Will, move it! Move it!
Fuckin' Griffin took the chains off the jeep!
Christ! There they are!
- Oh, fuck! - You all right?
- I think so. - Father got some.
Another 100 yards and we'll be out of range!
- Straighten out. - I can't! It's not doing anything!
Straighten out! Jesus Christ!
- You guys all right? - Hold it! We're about to slide over.
Put some weight on the back, Mother, on the back!
Let's go. Let's go.
- All right? - Let's get Father and get out of here!
Well, Sergeant Knott, what the fuck do we do now?
I can't believe they'd just leave.
Mel, what do you think?
I don't know, but we'd better keep moving.
- I have no idea where we are. - Just go.
- We could be heading for Berlin. - Just go!
We're out of gas.
We'll probably have to surrender any time now.
Miller insisted on rigging up the.30 caliber.
But without a real mount...
it probably wouldn't sit still long enough to hit anything.
We can't stay here long, and the jeep is dead.
I wish Shutzer were here. He might know what to do.
I'm through playing soldier.
Did you see those markings? That was honest-to-shit SS.
What do we do now, Will?
We stay away from them.
What, you think they were advancing or retreating?
I wonder what they'll think?
Maybe this will convince them I am over the edge.
We'll have a mutiny.
I'll join it.
- Thirty caliber? - We'll bury it.
- Radio? - Bury it.
- Rifles too? - There's no other way.
Even if we pull this off and get back, what are we going to say?
We'll say we were captured and they took our weapons and then we escaped.
But I'm thinking with all this confusion going on...
there's not gonna be too many questions.
We do it together or nothing.
If anybody has any objections, any at all, speak up now.
Well, for what it's worth, I say we do it.
Yeah, me too.
I mean, the idea's so wild, I'd be sorry for the rest of my life if I didn't try.
Of course, the rest of my life could be today.
Mother, don't let us pressure you. You make up your own mind.
I already have. I was only waiting on the other guys...
so I wouldn't put pressure on them.
This could be the deepest finesse in squad history.
I've never seen a better smile.
It's the smile I need to make myself do what we're gonna do.
All right.
Bleacher!
Bleacher, goddamn it!
We don't know the counter. We're from another sector.
Stay where you are.
We're Americans.
Is that blood?
We give him our escape story.
They tell us to take Father to the grave registrar.
They drive us back to our own regiment.
I'm sent straight to Ware, and I tell him our story.
I wander into the kitchen tent...
and curl up to sleep behind the warm pots of hot water.
Just wanted to let you know it's all settled.
Since you weren't in a POW compound, you won't have to go through clearance.
You can go right back out in the field.
I'm gonna fill out your platoon with an antitank group they broke up.
I put in for a Bronze Star for Wilkins.
Had him reassigned to the motor pool. He's gonna be okay.
Thank you, sir.
Just wanted you to know I did my best to radio you before we pulled out...
but Griffin said there wasn't any time.
How's Shutzer doing?
Real tough shit. He was dead before we even got back.
Kraut was dead too. Didn't even have time to interrogate him.
Before I go, you're gonna have to fill out a statement of charges...
for the jeep, radio and phones.
We'll be moving out soon.
Gonna push those fucking Kraut bastards all the way back to Berlin.
Merry Christmas, Knott.