Saints and Soldiers: The Void Page #3

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"Negros have to ride in the back of

the bus even if the bus is empty."

What kind of rubbish is that, it

hardly seems fair?

I would say so sir.

Back it up!

Back it up!

Gotta move, let's go, lets go.

Take this through

St. Andreasberg.

Sankt Andreasberg.

And then you turn right

along this road here.

Okay got it.

Simms you look forward

to going home?

You know what I'm looking

forward to, nice clean pair of

pajamas, it's going to be nice not

to have to sleep in this anymore.

That does sound good.

I'm worried about etiquette.

I'm going to say or do something

wrong I know it, like forget how

to use a glass and end up drinking straight

out of the milk bottle or something.

The thing you remember when you

get home is that, these are

ladies they ain't like these

French apples so you can't just

walk up to them and say, "how

much?" Try something like,

"lovely day won't you agree?"

Or, "pardon me but have you ever

"seen the Eiffel Tower?"

Yeah then you can ask

them how much?

Is that you?

You stink I'm not joking

It's the K-rations

Well don't eat the K-rations,

the C-rations are safer.

I don't like meat that comes in

a tin, K-rations have this bar

of chocolate in them and it's

cheap and waxy probably

what does it to me.

Then don't eat it.

Maybe it's the D-bars.

You've been eating

D-bars as well?

No wonder you smell like that.

I like sweets.

Well you know what you don't

smell sweet, you better climb in

your fart sack and sleep it off

tonight, no more

K-rations and no D-bars.

He's got a point.

Yeah and so does the end

of my finger...

pull the pin.

Barlow!

The Hellcats weighs like

35,000 pounds.

You should be able to

cross there.

That bailey bridge will hold the

weight of your Hellcats.

All right thanks, good.

Hey Mack, can I buy a bottle

of soda from you?

Sure.

It's quarter.

What?

It's a nickel back at the CP.

Out here, it's a quarter.

I don't think they are

following us anymore.

Cheers.

That's east right?

Yeah.

So if we head that way.

Yeah it will take us back

to the main road.

Yeah.

All right boys listen up, we are

going to take the scenic route.

So we are going to head up to

520 through St. Andreasberg

Sankt Andreasberg.

You just won't leave it alone,

will you Max?

Up through Sankt Andreasberg...

and then we are going

to cross at the river

Lieutenant come look at this.

Let's go up in that tower and

see where we're at right?

Yeah, let's go.

Max, why don't you come up here

and practice your German.

He and his family are their way

to their uncle's farm house.

Simms, search him.

Arms up.

He said, the farmhouse is about

eight kilometers this direction.

Up at the next turn and then

down the little Canyon Road.

It looks like his name is

Frederick Kardoff.

Ask him about the car.

We drove over a big hole a

couple of times-

Something happened and now the

car won't start,

he doesn't know.

See if this matches up.

It was loaded.

Look at his boots, those

are military issue,

he must be deserter,

ditched his uniform

I'm guessing.

- Mitchell?

- Yeah.

Come look at the car; see if you

can get it to work.

I'm a coming.

Who's the girl?

It's his wife Gerta.

His daughter Aunna.

I need some wire,

just give me a second.

- Danny.

- Yeah.

Bring me some K-rations.

What about the 10 and ones?

No, the K-rations, I'm sure

you've got some tucked in

there somewhere.

Yeah, I think I got it.

It's just the linkage

arm to the carburetor,

a little bolt fell off,

that should hold,

have him start it.

This looks fine.

Let him go.

Sergeant, we should report him.

Corporal, I'm letting him go.

Now let's help these

people and be on our way,

Barlow give the

rations to the lady.

Owens.

- Keep an eye on this window.

- Okay.

I'm going to go and

check this room.

Owens, I found a way out.

Come on.

We can get out this way.

Yeah, that's good.

Yeah, help me grab this.

Alright.

Not too heavy.

Shh-shh.

All right you go first.

Owens.

What?

Can you hear that?

Yeah, that's armor coming.

No, don't, don't...

No, no, don't shoot.

Don't move.

You saw us this morning

at the stalag.

Criss-cross.

Shoe lace, the counter

sign is shoe lace.

What are you doing out here?

MPs redirected us up

this road...

we got ambushed, they took out

our trucks with artillery fire,

we lost everybody.

This is Lieutenant Goss and I'm

Sergeant Owens with the 514th.

Let's check it out.

Danny, give the

lieutenant a weapon.

Okay, will do.

Simms, take a 50.

Here you go sir, you've

got a full clip.

Where are these Germans exactly?

They are dug in.

A few kilometers from here.

All right.

Lead the way lieutenant.

No sign of any Germans...

There's another place

we should check.

Well, they're not leaving

any time soon.

It's a tank.

It's about 30 meters up from a couple

of rocks on the west side of the road.

It's a Panzer, dug in deep,

it's in firing position.

And there is the

commanding officer.

Klaus Shonbeck he is a

retired tank commander.

He teaches at the Tank Corp

Training School.

Well, apparently he's come

out of retirement.

Hey Mitchell is everything okay?

No, she is just leaking

a little.

You know what they say;

Hellcats don't leak oil.

Yeah, they just mark

their territory.

- That's right, you know Hellcats.

- Oh yeah.

Did almost two years of

trainings in maneuvers at Camp

Hood with the 827th and came

here and saw action in November.

827th, really?

That's part of the

12th division.

Yeah, you got it.

So where did you guys get

these Hellcats?

I don't really know, they just

showed up in March.

March?

We were in tow guns

for most of the war,

and then they

switch us over the M18s.

Only two weeks of training

and maneuvers, why?

It's just that they took

our Hellcats in February

and I'm looking at this registration number

and it looks awfully familiar.

Really?

Hey Simms.

What?

Do you think he is

telling the truth?

Which part?

Do you think these Hellcats used to

belong to a bunch of colored boys?

No, he's lying.

No wonder I don't like

riding in them.

Hey, were you the one who

assaulted the officer

with an axe?

You know, I knew a couple of the white

officers assigned to your battalion.

Heard all kinds of

crazy stories.

Said you were always leaving

your Hellcats unguarded,

wandering off, looking for

places to sleep, hide,

disobeying direct orders.

Not in my gun team.

They said you were untrained,

undisciplined and substandard.

But hey,

what do you expect from a bunch

of boys with low AGCT scores?

We've got a panzer dug in,

it's about two kilometers

up this road.

They've got at least a dozen

foot soldiers with them.

Simms, get the CP on the horn.

On it.

Arctic Forward, this is Hellcat

#2, are you there?

Over. Arctic Forward, this is

Hellcat #2, do you copy?

Over.

Hellcat #1, this is

Hellcat #2, do you hear me?

I read you, go ahead.

Ping Pong how does that

signal sound, over.

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