Decision Before Dawn Page #3

This way.

Seems like a decent kid.

What do you think, Pete?

Yeah, quite unusual

in this racket.

As a matter of fact, he looks like

one of the few Krauts we can trust.

How about you, Rennick?

I'm a signal officer, sir. I'm sorry, I...

really have no opinion about any of them.

That didn't seem to be

the case a moment ago.

The way you talked to this kid sounded as

if you had a pretty definite point of view.

- What is it?

- Well, if you want to know, sir, l-

I think they're all

a bunch of lice.

If I had to make a choice, I'd go along with

this guy from the circus. He's a crook...

but at least he doesn't kid himself

about why he's workin' for us.

I think you're wrong

about the boy, Rennick.

There are all kinds of traitors.

I have no more sympathy with 'em than you.

But our personal feelings are unimportant

as long as these men are serving our cause.

That's why from now on, when you're

on the job, you'll have only one opinion-

and that's the right one

for the job.

- Everything set for tonight?

- Yes. 0200 hours. Tiger and Freddy.

Be sure and check their briefing

before you take them through.

It's their first time.

Oh, and Pete, I want Lieutenant Rennick

to go along. It may do you some good.

That's all. See you later.

0200 hours. Apiece of no-man's-land...

was indicated by Division G2 as a spot

where two of our agents,

known as Tiger and Freddy...

were to be smuggled

through enemy lines.

They were to secure information

on S.S. and elite troops in this sector.

It was... a so-called

"tourist"mission.

- Minefield. Wait here.

- Minefield. Wait.

- Mines.

Remember, the most important thing

is exact map coordinates for your report.

No report at all is better than one

in which you're not 100% sure.

- That's simple. What I want to know is-

- Just let me do the talkin'.

Tiger, what I was tryin'

to say is sometimes, out of ambition...

you're apt to exaggerate-

report things you haven't seen.

- Me? I never lie.

- That's exactly what I meant.

You may not lie,

but you certainly exaggerate.

- Okay. We can go now. Single file.

- Come on. Single file.

The captain said he'd give us

a short artillery barrage just for cover.

It should start

at any moment now.

That's it.

Better get them ready, Lieutenant.

- Okay?

- Freddy, you first.

Don't forget, your danger

signal's a group of five "D's."

Time of transmission- 2400.

- I want to ask a question.

- What is it?

- Who is the captain of the team?

Who is in command?

- Quiet!

- You are, Tiger. And you're

responsible for your teammate.

- All right. As long as I know.

- Okay. Good luck to both of you.

- Go ahead. I'll follow you.

Okay. But remember, from now on

I'm giving orders. Let's go.

North. Just keep to your left.

We'll stop 'em in just a moment.

The German lines are

about 300 yards over there.

One, two, three, four.

One, two, three, four.

One, two, three, four.

- Dede, take over.

- Hey, Lang, here's a new guest for your hotel.

Yeah.

I know all about him. Over here.

Ready? Exercise.

One, two, three, four. One, two-

Monique. Hey, Monique.

This is the man we got the file

on this morning. Code name's "Happy."

Yes, sir. I'll- I'll put him in

with Tiger and Fritz.

- Well, lotsa luck. You're in good hands now.

- Follow me, please.

The cot near the window.

You make your own bed here.

All personal belongings will be turned over

to me, and you will get a receipt for them.

And what about my wallet?

They took it away from me.

I had a couple of photographs

of my mother and father. I would

like to keep them if possible.

All your personal documents

will be kept in the headquarters' safe

until the war is over.

- You have been told

your code name is "Happy"?

- Yes.

As you will see by this list of regulations,

under no circumstances...

will you reveal your true name

or identity to anyone.

Remember that.

All right now, Happy.

Ho-o-old it.

Good.

- Father's name?

- Friedrich Maurer.

- Profession?

- A doctor. He's a surgeon.

- When did you last see him?

- Uh, about a year ago in Berlin.

He was in charge

of the hospital there.

I thought in America

only criminals were fingerprinted.

Come on, boys.

Come on. Come on.

Over here.

Over here.

Come on.

Let's go. Hurry up.

Here is an example

of the Wehrmacht blacklist.

It's the greatest single danger

that confronts an agent in the Reich.

It carries the names of all suspects.

It's brought up to date

by a weekly supplement...

which carries the number

of the week on its cover.

- Hey, what's the matter, Happy?

- Move it out.

Come on. Stay on your feet.

Don't let that chute drag you.

No. Pull hard

on the bottom line.

- Rennick! Rennick-

- Yes, sir.

- Rennick! Rennick-

- Yes, sir.

- When was our last radio contact with Freddy?

- About four nights ago.

- Did he send his danger signal?

- No. He came in on schedule-

stayed on the air for about 20 minutes,

from midnight on.

According to your notes, wasn't that

the evening he said he last saw him?

Yes, sir-

at approximately 9:00.

What do you want me to assume-

Lieutenant Rennick is lying

and you're telling the truth?

- I don't know I... may have made

a mistake. I'm sorry.

- You may have made a mistake.

We warned you before you left

that you were responsible for

the safety of your teammate.

You show up with a story. He was

picked up by the Wehrmacht

and shipped to the eastern front.

I'm telling the truth. I warned him not

to go out at night, but he wouldn't listen.

- How do you know they shipped him

to the eastern front?

- I had friends in Mannheim.

- One of them checked on it.

- Wait a minute. Didn't you say before...

you couldn't get along with Freddy-

you had some kind of an argument?

- Were you lyin' then or now?

- I am not lying, sir.

Yes, we had an argument. I got mad and

hit him. And he- he ran out in the street.

- Why didn't you tell us that before?

- I did.

I just didn't say it was the same night.

I... was frightened, that's all.

You know as well as I do,

before summer is over we'll be in

Germany, in every city and town.

If you've betrayed us, double agent

or plain crook you'll wind

up in front of a firing squad.

I have nothing to worry about.

I haven't been disloyal, sir. I haven't-

- Get him out of here. Watkins.

- Yes, sir. Come on.!

- Give me a chance to prove

what I've said is true.

- Get out!

Got a cigarette, Rennick?

- Not the best liar I've heard,

but certainly the biggest.

- Wonder how much Krauts paid him.

Pete, I want him sent back to theJoe house

and treated as if nothing had happened.

- Siebert, get C.I.C. on it right

away, and tell 'em it's urgent.

- Yes, sir.

Hello. Get me Captain

Hendrickson, 708 Cadet Forward, please.

I know it sounds crazy,

but he may be telling the truth.

He's too smart a liar

to lie that badly.

Well, what's new

in Company "D"?

Say, you know what

the "D" stands for?

"The damned."

That's what we are.

Here, Moniquechen. If anyone

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