Saints and Soldiers: The Void Page #2

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something for my brother to

prove I was here.

You know they are never going to

let you bring that home.

Never say never.

Did you find any more treasures?

Back at the guards' barracks,

they ditched all kinds of stuff

before they high tailed

it out of here.

Talking about treasures-

Found some of those

dime novels you love,

I want your cigarettes.

Here you go.

Seriously, how was that

a fair trade?

He doesn't smoke he reads,

what's the problem?

You ever heard of a highway

robbery, that stack a toilet

paper you got there is

maybe worth one pack.

Those are hard to find.

It's okay what I'm I going

to do with smokes?

See its all copacetic.

Thanks Danny Boy.

Don't call me that.

- It's your nickname.

- I don't want a nickname.

Everyone's got a nickname,

Nelson is Ping Pong,

Simms is Judy-

- Hold on Judy?

Yeah your first name is Carey,

Carey Grant.

I'm sorry I'm not

following this at all.

Judy! Judy! Judy!

He said it in

"Bringing Up Baby".

No! No! No! You are getting that

confused with Larry Storch the

comedian who does the impression

of Carey Grant with Judy Garland

in the stage show.

Susan! Susan! Susan!

That's what Carey Grant

said in "Bringing Up Baby".

Exactly.

Thank you.

Okay I'm fine with

calling him Susan.

Ping Pong, you are being

promoted to loader on Max's team

until we find a replacement for

Kelly; get a good system worked

out with your gunner, alright?

No problem Sarge.

We'll show you how a real

gun team works.

Oh yeah, you do that Max,

alright.

Alright everybody McConkie needs

his Hellcats up in Brownlog.

Brownlog? It's a Braunlage,

Braunlage.

You done?

We are not fighting the German

language or the people,

we are fighting the Nazis.

So we need to persuade the

Germans to come out with

their hands up.

We got a lot of work to do.

Lets load up.

Mitchell, I need another two

rounds of armor piercing

- for the ready rack.

- You got it.

Danny!

Get down here!

You want to dig a fox

hole for fun?

No why would I want to do that?

Because you are a numbskull,

I told you yesterday,

"don't smoke around the ammo".

I know I'm sorry I forgot.

You forgot?

He forgot.

How do you forget, you're the loader,

you handle ammo more than

anybody on this crew?

I don't know why I forget,

I just-

Keep it up, and you'll be digging a fox hole

for each man on this team, you got me?

Yes Sarge.

Sometimes I wonder about you.

You don't have to wonder

anymore, it's been confirmed,

Barlow's IQ test results

came back negative.

Here you go Danny Boy.

Sorry for the delay gentlemen but

we are going to finally get you out of here.

Lieutenant, you feeling okay?

I'm fine, just a

little knackered.

So what happened out there?

What did Shonbeck do to you?

Well, that is a long story.

I don't know where he came from,

but he caught us coming up

past a farm of Quedlinburg.

Shonbeck took us

out into the woods,

I was sure he was

going to kill us.

Lieutenant Goss, 12 kilometers

is quite far on foot,

I'm surprised you were not

caught sooner.

Your stolen uniform however

do help I have to admit.

Shall we take a walk gentlemen.

You see the dilemma here is that

there are strict orders to shoot

any enemy soldiers who disguise

themselves as Germans.

Stop here.

Turn around,

kneel down.

My favorite pistol, my father

took it from a British officer

he killed in the great war,

it's much better than

our 9mm Luger.

Do you know why the British

changed from the 455 Webley to

the standard issue Enfield?

Do you lieutenant?

You're British,

perhaps some insight.

No? Neither do I.

It just seem odd to use

the Enfield over the Webley,

such a waste.

There is a game we liked to play

on the Russian front;

whomever is the last

man standing,

well he can be on his

way and run off

into the woods,

whatever he pleases.

It seems like a rather generous

offer considering the

seriousness of your crime.

It's very simple you just put it

to your head, pull the trigger

and then of course if you are

still alive you pass it on.

Go on take it.

I certainly don't want

to be the one to choose

that wouldn't be fair.

Simple.

Now if you don't want to

consider my offer, I can kill

you all now then get back to

more pressing matters.

Very good.

All right Mitchell, move us out.

Mitchell, lets go.

Shhhh, I'm saying a prayer.

Amen Sarge.

Amen.

What's going on?

German blew a hydro dam last

night flood the whole area.

We got the engineers up there

looking for needed repairs.

So what about the rest

of our trucks?

We let them risk it all but the

last track that crossed.

It got caught up in something

tipped over the

bridge into the river,

luckily no one died.

It is going to take most of the

day to repair that bridge.

So what do we do?

You, you need to take

520 to St. Andreasberg,

they got a bailey

bridge up there where

you can cross.

And how far is that?

20 miles, take you an hour.

A lot better than

waiting around here

for who knows how long.

Thanks.

Hey what's the hold up.

We are going to take

the alternate route

through St. Andreasberg

so into the void we go.

Sorry gentlemen MPs are telling

us the bridge is out so we got

to take a detour.

I don't mind the drive it's

rather pleasant actually.

Lieutenant Goss here on the

other hand I'm not so sure he

likes the potholes.

You can ride upfront if

you want sir.

Lieutenant Goss.

Sergeant Jesse Owens nice to

meet you lieutenant

Jesse Owens as in Olympic gold

medalist Jesse Owens.

You got it.

Well it can't be to shabby being

confused with him I dare say.

He seems like an all right guy.

All right.

The man won three gold medals.

Four gold medals sir.

Four gold medals and he broke a

world record made the Germans

look like a bunch of

old pansies.

I could lap him, let's go.

Danny Boy got any gum?

Not if you are no going

to call me that.

I told you it's your nickname.

I told you I don't

want a nickname.

Tough, that's your nickname you

know like the song,

Oh Danny Boy the pipes,

the pipes are calling

from glen to glen,

and down the mountain side.

The summer's gone,

and all the flowers are dying.

That's an Irish song.

'Tis you, 'tis you must go

and I must bide.

I'm not Irish and neither

are my ancestors.

Come on give me a piece.

Thanks.

'Tis I'll be here in

sunshine or in shadow.

Oh Danny Boy,

oh Danny Boy,

I love you so.

Feeling any better sir?

Now that I can see where we

are going, much.

Well since you could see allow

me to give you the grand tour,

welcome to the Void 100 miles of

debris and carnage after our

troops crossed the Rhine they

advanced over 15 miles a day.

These are the leftovers, yeah we

get to go home and the people of

this country get to stand around

and stare at this.

You like driving trucks?

As they say it is better than

riding at the back of the bus

Sorry I'm not familiar

with that saying.

It's what bus drivers said to us,

colored folks back home in America.

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