Hell Is for Heroes Page #2

Clean now.

I said he was busy.

Now, drop it.

Too busy?

Homer not go States?

[Whistling]

Hey, Corby.

Can't you forget

about that loot?

You're in a church.

This ain't a church

no more, Sergeant.

Even if it was, so what?

You ought to have respect

for things

that used to be.

What, are you bucking for

chaplain or something?

I got respect,

Sergeant, plenty.

But it's not

for somebody I can't see.

Corby.

Yeah, kid.

Corby, you...

you plenty smart.

You figure out the way

Homer go to States

with squad, huh?

I'm sorry, kid.

I wish I had

some room in the bag.

You new man.

Maybe you got

new ideas, huh?

Huh?

I Polish D.P.

No place go.

Get out of here.

All right, you boys

get it outside.

Okay, let's go.

Squad leaders,

draw ammo outside.

Ammo?

Why, if we're

going home?

We're going back

on the line.

Now, get the lead out.

Snap it up, Morgan.

Get your men rolling.

They could have told us.

Yeah, they let us think

we're going home.

Like fattening up a turkey

for Thanksgiving.

Be good soldier.

Make Captain Loomis say okay.

No, Homer, you can't go!

I good fighter.

I come up to line.

Show up on the line,

I'll blow your head off.

Fall in outside.

Come on, shake it up.

Shake it up.

What's that?

A butcher knife.

Okay, let's go.

Move it along.

Captain Loomis?

Yeah, that's right.

Captain Mays.

Hope your troops are fresh.

We got a week's rest.

We'll need replacements.

We're a third short.

We've been cut to half,

and we only got

our foot in the door.

God forbid we'll

replace you in a week.

God willing,

we'll get both feet

in the door by then.

I'll brief you.

1 st Squad, peel off.

Fill up those foxholes.

Let's go, Larkin.

2nd Squad,

cover this pillbox area.

Let's go, Thomas.

3rd Squad, follow me.

All right, come on,

fill in these holes.

Why don't I take

this pillbox?

It would be a great place

for storage.

Come on, move.

Corby, you have room

in that foxhole for you, too?

If I need any help

with the plumbing,

I'll call you.

Command post,

Company "L."

Captain Loomis needs

six more trucks for "L" company.

You send for me, Captain?

We're pulling out, Pike.

Tonight, sir?

We've been ordered north

to stand in battalion reserve.

They expect a German

counterattack tomorrow.

They want backup from us.

What about replacements?

There won't be

replacements.

We're going to leave

this entire section open?

I can leave one platoon.

Yes, sir.

You'll have to spread

your squads over an area

that requires a company.

We'll move out before

dawn through the woods.

If we're lucky,

the Germans won't spot us

and realize

how thin you are.

Yes, sir.

If we're lucky.

That's all, Pike.

Larkin.

You hear anything

about a move?

What are you

talking about?

We're open on both ends.

1 st Squad.

1 st Squad.

Yo.

Hey, Sarge, what is this?

Where did everybody go?

There was 100 guys here

last night. What happened?

I saw Pike moving out

the 1 st Squad last night.

Larkin, what is this?

Cumberly, get a blanket

and toss it in the air.

That box has got us

nailed down tight.

The Krauts

must be dug in

behind that row of trees.

Look at the smoke.

Breakfast time.

You guys

are covered here,

but walk carefully

beyond this point.

Walk? Are you crazy?

I'm going to dig

a subway.

Did you see that blanket?

Hey, Sergeant, what gives?

Where's the company?

What's going on, Pike?

The company went north

for a day, maybe two.

It depends

on what develops.

The hell with the north.

What happens here?

The six of us have

to hold this section?

That's about it.

Any more good news?

The 3rd Squad's

a half mile that way.

1 st Squad's

the same distance north.

You'll have to cover

this area.

You're spread thin,

but put two men on each flank

and try plugging up

the middle.

Little thin?

Kolinsky, Henshaw,

take the left flank.

Fill in by that tree.

Corby, you get Cumberly

and take the right.

This side of the bend.

Okay, Sergeant.

That's a good spot

for Reese.

You'd better take

the other side of the box.

Right.

On the level, Pike,

what do you think?

It's hard to say.

The Krauts probably heard

our company move in last night.

Let's hope they didn't

hear them pull out.

It's pretty quiet

down there.

Yeah.

Any movement?

Belts from the pillbox.

What are they using?

9 millimeter, light.

Chances are they got

a couple of listening posts

down in those ravines.

They're going to think

we're a quiet company.

Pike, if they make a push...

we're dead.

Yeah.

What about these guys?

They've all had experience.

Larkin?

He can take and give orders.

He's a good man.

He'd better be.

[Humming]

Cumberly, are you sure

you feel all right?

Never felt better.

Now I know

you're cracking.

When things seem bad,

I concentrate on

something worse in the past.

You should try it.

Not me.

You have no imagination.

I got too much.

I can imagine

what's going to happen

when those Krauts discover

there ain't nobody here

but us Camp Fire girls.

Do you think

maybe they heard us?

They just want

to say good morning.

It shouldn't last long.

Hiya, fellas!

Man, who in the hell

are you?

Uh, uh, Driscoll.

J-James, E.

Sergeant, which way is it

to division headquarters?

I couldn't say,

but it ain't that way.

It's supposed to be

in Thionville.

Never heard of it.

Well, I'll show you

on... on the map here.

What are you doing here?

Huh? Oh, l... I was in Metz

to requisition

these typewriters.

H-here it is.

Now, if you show me

where we are.

Well, we just happen to be

here on the Siegfried line,

my dear.

We are?

[Distant Artillery Fire]

Well, then the division

must be 20, 30 miles away.

That's right.

Only, which way?

See, l... I'm due back

by 5:
00, and...

A jeep like this

might come in handy.

Yeah. It sure would.

We have this major,

and he makes us

stand reveille every morning,

rain or shine,

which just

gives you an idea.

We could make it sound

like lots of jeeps.

Run it in low,

it sounds like a truck.

Henshaw could rig it

to backfire like a tank.

I'll send Henshaw

down here.

Sergeant.

Right.

Sergeant!

Wait a minute, Sergeant.

Uh, sorry, Driscoll,

we're taking your jeep.

The jeep?

Yeah. For a day or two.

This is Major Winston's jeep.

Combat emergency

has priority over everything.

If you take it,

how do I get back

to division...

You don't.

Corby!

Oh, Sergeant...

Come here.

Sergeant, wait.

Don't worry

about Major Winston.

He'll be happy when he hears

you volunteered for combat.

You don't understand.

I went to typist school.

That's all I've ever

done in the army.

We're going to give you

on-the-job training.

What's up, Sergeant?

Take this man to

that foxhole next to Reese

and teach him

how to shoot.

With this?

It might get dirty.

Move.

You heard him. Move!

Here. Audition for me.

If you're going

to hold a gun that way,

make sure

the safety is on.

Safety?

That lever. Just pull it.

Not the tri...

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