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02 WAKEE , WAKEE . $
RISE AND SHINE . $
YOU 'VE GOT COMPANY . $
FULL . $
WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT ! $
02 IT 'S ALL RIGHT . $
I WON'T TAKE MORE THAN MY SHARE . $
THERE YOU ARE . $
SEE ? $
YOU WERE FAST ASLEEP , WEREN'T YOU ? $
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HERE ? $
WHEN DID THIS LOT BREW UP ? $
LAST WEEK'S PATROL ? $
WHAT 'S YOUR OUTFIT ? $
NOW JUST WHAT 'S WRONG WITH YOU , COCK ? $
LOST YOUR VOICE ? $
SHOCK OR SOMETHING ? $
OR DON'T YOU TAKE TO MY FACE ? $
FOR CHRIST'S SAKE SAY SOMETHING - $
IF IT 'S ONLY TO TELL ME TO PISS OFF . $
TRUST ME . $
TRUST MY LUCK ... $
I 'M LOST FOR THREE DAYS WITHOUT SEEING EVEN A BLESSED JERRI
CAN . $
THEN I SPOT A TANK . $
A CRUSADER TANK . $
ONE OF OURS . $
AND THE MAN THAT 'S ASLEEP BESIDE IT TURNS OUT TO BE A KRAUT
 ... $
WHERE 'S THE REST OF YOUR CREW ? $
01 OVER THERE . $
02 SO YOU SPEAK ENGLISH , DO YOU ? $
01 STAND . $
02 ALL RIGHT . $
DON'T GET EXCITED . $
01 I AM NOT EXITED . $
BUT I AM TAKING YOU PRISONER . $
WHERE 'S YOUR GUN ? $
01 BACK IN MY TANK . $
BREWED UP WITH THE REST OF IT . $
01 YOU ARE ALONE ? $
02 LOOKS LIKE IT , DOESN'T IT ? $
01 I ASK YOU - ARE YOU ALONE ? $
02 YES . $
01 YOUR NAME , RANK AND NUMBER . $
02 PRESTON . $
TROOPER . $
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01 YOUR REGIMENT ? $
02 I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT . $
ONLY MY NAME , RANK AND NUMBER . $
01 YOU WERE IN TANKS ? $
02 I DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THAT ONE EITHER . $
BUT SINCE I DON'T SUPPOSE IT 'LL HELP HITLER TO WIN THE WAR
, MUCH . $
YES . $
01 WHERE ARE THE REST OF YOUR CREW ? $
02 DEAD ... $
WHERE ARE YOURS ? $
01 BACK THERE . $
02 NO , THEY 'RE NOT . $
01 YES ... $
THEY ARE BELOW THE RIDGE . $
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02 SO THIS IS ONE OF THE CRUSADERS YOU JERRIES TOOK OVER IN
THE WINTER CAMPAIGN ? $
01 YES . $
02 WHEN DID IT BREW UP ? $
WHEN WAS THE TANK DESTROYED . $
01 LAST WEEK . $
02 NO IT WASN'T . $
THIS TANK HASN'T SEEN CTION FOR AT LEAST A MONTH . $
LOOK AT THE TRACKS . $
THEY 'RE QUITE RUSTY ... $
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU FOUGHT IN THIS TANK ... $
I DON'T BELIEVE YOUR CREW ARE BELOW THE RIDGE . $
01 STAND . $
02 YOU CAN'T SHOOT A PRISONER . $
I THOUGHT EVERY ONE OF ROMMEL'S SOLDIERS KNEW THAT . $
01 YOU CAN SHOOT - IF A PRISONER TRIES TO ESCAPE . $
02 YES . $
BUT I 'M NOT TRYING TO ESCAPE . $
BESIDES WHERE IS THERE TO ESCAPE TO ? $
01 STAND . $
I FOUND TWO GRAVES BELOW THE RIDGE . $
02 AND THE REST OF YOUR CREW ? $
THE OTHER TWO ? $
01 I DON'T KNOW . $
02 DROP IT ! $
YOU MURDERING BASTARD . $
YOU KILLED THEM . $
YOU CREPT UP AT NIGHT AND KILLED THEM , DIDN'T YOU ? $
01 NO . $
02 YOU KILLED THEM . $
THIS TANK WASN'T CAPTURED IN THE WINTER CAMPAIGN . $
IT 'S THE NEW-MODEL CRUSADER . $
ITS CREW WEREN'T JERRIES . $
THEY WERE ENGLISH , WEREN'T THEY ? $
WEREN'T THEY ? $
01 YES . $
THEY WERE ENGLISH . $
02 AND YOU KILLED THEM . $
01 I NEVER SAW THE MEN OF THE CREW . $
THE TANK WAS ALREADY ABANDONED WHEN I FOUND IT . $
02 LIAR . $
YOU SAID THE REST OF YOUR CREW WERE BELOW THE RIDGE . $
BUT THEY 'RE NOT , ARE THEY ? $
01 NO . $
02 YOU 'RE ALONE HERE ? $
01 YES . $
02 HOW COME ? $
01 WHY SHOULD I TELL YOU ? $
02 YOUR NAME ? $
NAME ? $
01 PAUL SEIDLER ... $
GEMEINER PANZER SOLDAT ... $
ZWEI HUNDERT FUNF UND VIERZIG . $
ACHT VIER SECHS SIEBEN . $
02 HEIL HITLER ! $
01 BESTIMMT . $
HEIL HITLER . $
02 TWENTY-FIRST PANZER DIVISION ? $
01 JAWOHL . $
02 TANK CREW ? $
01 YES . $
02 WHAT ? $
01 GUNNER . $
02 WHAT KIND OF TANK ? $
01 MARK THREE . $
02 IT 'S ALL DRIED UP NOW . $
BUT IT 'S BLOOD IN THAT TURRET . $
ALL ROUND IT . $
01 YES . $
02 BUT THE TURRET HASN'T BEEN PENETRATED FROM THE SIDE . $
01 I KNOW . $
LOOK AT IT AGAIN , AND YOU 'LL SEE THAT THE SHELL LANDED FRO
M ABOVE . $
THE TANK MAY HAVE BEEN STOPPED FROM THE GROUND . $
BUT IT WAS KNOCKED OUT FROM THE AIR . $
02 YOUR DIVISION 'S UP NORTH BY GAZALA - AT LEAST IT WAS FOU
R DAYS AGO . $
WHAT ARE YOU DOING DOWN HERE ? $
01 OUR TROOP WAS SENT DOWN SOUTH ON PATROL . $
WE RAN INTO A FORCE OF BRITISH TANKS . $
TWO OF OUR MARK THREES ESCAPED . $
BUT OUR SERGEANT'S TANK - THE TANK I WAS IN - GOT STUCK IN S
OFT SAND . $
02 YES . $
01 OUR SERGEANT GAVE THE ORDER TO ABANDON TANK AND RUN FOR I
T ... $
WHEN I JUMPED OUT OF THE TURRET , I FELL . $
THAT SAVED ME , I THINK . $
BECAUSE THE OTHERS WERE KILLED BY MACHINE-GUN FIRE . $
BUT I LAY DOWN IN THE SOFT SAND ... $
THE BULLETS WERE COMING OVER ME ... $
IT WAS LATE . $
BEFORE THE CRUSADERS RETURNED TO MY TANK I HAD GOT AWAY INTO
 THE DARKNESS . $
02 WHEN WAS THAT ? $
01 FIVE NIGHTS AGO ... $
FOR 2 DAYS I WALKED LOOKING FOR OUR LINES OF COURSE ... THEN
 I SAW THIS TANK . $
THE CANS OF WATER ARE STILL FULL . $
THERE ARE TINS OF BISCUITS AND TINS OF MEAT . $
SO I DECIDED I SHOULD STAY HERE . $
AT LEAST I HAVE FOOD AND WATER AND SHELTER , AND A WARM BED
TO LIE IN AT NIGHT . $
SOON , WHEN WE ADVANCE AGAIN , THEY WILL FIND ME . $
AND I SHALL BE SAFE . $
02 WHAT MAKES YOU SO SURE THAT ROMMEL WILL ADVANCE ? $
01 IT IS CERTAIN . $
WITHIN A MONTH WE SHALL TAKE TOBRUK . $
WITHIN TWO MONTHS WE SHALL BE IN CAIRO . $
02 YOU WON'T EVEN GET AS FAR AS TOBRUK . $
01 YOU CANNOT STOP US . $
NOTHING CAN . $
02 BOLLOCKS . $
01 WAIT AND SEE . $
02 HOW DO YOU COME TO SPEAK ENGLISH SO WELL ? $
01 WELL , I STUDIED ENGLISH AT SCHOOL . $
SO I HAD THE GROUNDINGS OF IT ALREADY . $
AND THEN I HAVE LIVED IN ENGLAND FOR TWO YEARS BEFORE THE WA
R . $
02 DOING WHAT ? $
01 I WAS IN ENGLAND TO STUDY THE HOTEL BUSINESS . $
MY FATHER IS THE MANAGER OF A HOTEL IN THE COUNTRY NEAR TO B
ERLIN . $
02 FREE NOSH AND BOOZE , I SUPPOSE . $
FREE FOOD AND FREE DRINK ? $
01 SOMETIMES . $
02 WHERE ARE ALL THESE TINS YOU TALK ABOUT ? $
01 THERE ARE SOME IN THE BIVOUAC . $
02 THEN GET THEM OUT . $
I 'M HUNGRY . $
01 GET THEM YOURSELF . $
02 CHRIST ! $
THERE 'S ENOUGH STUFF HERE TO LAST FOR A WEEK . $
01 STAND . $
02 EH ! $
01 PUT DOWN THAT TIN . $
02 WHY ? $
01 YOU ARE MY PRISONER . $
YOU WILL EAT WHEN I SAY YOU CAN EAT . $
02 BOLLOCKS . $
01 PUT IT DOWN . $
02 YOU CAN'T MAKE ME . $
01 BUT I CAN . $
MOST EASILY . $
02 YOU CAN'T SHOOT YOUR PRISONER WHILE HE 'S HAVING HIS AFTE
RNOON GRUB . $
IT SAYS SO IN THE GENEVA CONVENTION . $
01 I MIGHT GET SO ANGRY I WOULD FORGET THE CONVENTION . $
02 YOU MIGHT . $
BUT IT WOULDN'T DO YOU ANY GOOD . $
01 NOR YOU - WITH A BULLET IN YOUR MIDDLE . $
02 I WOULDN'T BE TOO SURE ABOUT THE BULLET . $
01 YOU ARE STILL MY PRISONER . $
02 ALL RIGHT . $
I 'LL PROMISE TO BE YOUR PRISONER ALL DAY . $
WILL THAT PLEASE YOU ? $
01 AND TONIGHT ALSO . $
02 NO . $
I CAN'T BE YOUR PRISONER TONIGHT . $
01 WHY NOT ? $
02 WHILE I WAS ASLEEP YOU MIGHT CUT MY KNACKERS OFF . $
BE A GOOD BOY AND GET YOUR PRISONER A KNIFE OR A FORK . $
I 'M GETTING MY FINGERS ALL GREASY . $
THANK YOU . $
01 GIVE ME A TIN . $
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DANKE ... $
02 DANKE ! $
01 BISCUITS . $
02 GOOD OLD ARMY BISCUITS . $
AS SOLID AS THE ROCK OF GIBRALTAR ... AND TWICE AS HARD . $
01 I LIKE THEM . $
02 YOU CAN HAVE 'EM . $
WHAT ELSE HAVE YOU FOUND IN THE TANK ? $
01 CLOTHES . $
FULL EQUIPMENT NEARLY . $
02 WHAT DO YOU THINK HAPPENED TO THE CREW ? $
01 TWO WERE KILLED WHEN THE TURRET WAS HIT . $
THE OTHER TWO GOT OUT . $
PERHAPS IT WAS THEY WHO BURIED THEIR FRIENDS . $
02 I SAW THE TWO GRAVES AS I ARRIVED HERE ... $
POOR BUGGERS . $
THAT 'S WHY IT 'S SUCH A MESS . $
I DON'T KNOW WHICH IS WORSE - BEING SHOT UP FROM THE AIR OR
BEING SHELLED ... $
OUR TANK WAS HIT BY A SHELL , AND THAT WAS AN END OF IT . $
01 BUT YOU WERE ... $
02 THE SHELL LANDED ON THE TURRET . $
I 'M A DRIVER . $
I WAS RIGHT DOWN THERE IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT . $
I WASN'T EVEN GRAZED . $
THE THREE OF THEM IN THE TURRET ... $
AT LEAST IT MUST HAVE BEEN QUICK . $
WHEN I GOT OUT , THERE WERE STILL SOME MARK FOURS MILLING AR
OUND TO THE NORTH . $
SO I HEADED SOUTH FOR A BIT . $
I INTENDED TO GO SOUTH AND THEN HEAD BACK EAST ... $
BUT I GOT LOST . $
I 'VE BEEN LOST FOR TWO DAYS ... $
WHEN I WOKE THIS MORNING AND LOOKED AROUND ... $
I SAW NOTHING BUT DESERT FOR MILES AND MILES ... $
I THOUGHT I 'D HAD IT ... $
THIS STRETCH OF DESERT , I THOUGHT TO MYSELF , WILL SEE THE
END OF KENNETH GEORGE PRESTON OF NUMBER ELEVEN OAKRIDGE ROAD
 , FULHAM . $
IT WAS A NASTY MOMENT , I DON'T MIND TELLING YOU ... $
I COULD EVEN SEE THE OBITUARY NOTICE IN THE LOCAL PAPER - WI
TH A BLACK BORDER ALL ROUND IT ... $
' HE DIES WITHOUT AN ENEMY IN ALL THE WORLD ' - EXCEPT FOR T
HE BLEEDING JERRIES , OF COURSE , SAVING YOUR PRESENCE . $
' HE WILL BE MOURNED BY HIS MANY FRIENDS IN FULHAM ' - NOT T
O MENTION HAMMERSMITH AND PUTNEY - ' LAMENTED BY HIS COMRADE
S IN THE HARTLAND YEOMANRY ' - THERE NOW , I 'VE TOLD YOU TH
E NAME OF MY REGIMENT AND HELPED HITLER WIN THE WAR - ' LAME
NTED BY HIS COMRADES IN ARMS ' - EXCEPT PERHAPS FOR THE R.S.
M. AND THAT BASTARD CAPTAIN BALDOCK ... $
' THE WORLD WILL BE A POORER PLACE WITHOUT KEN PRESTON . $
A POORER PLACE WITHOUT HIM . ' $
AND SO IT WOULD HAVE BEEN . $
A POORER PLACE ... $
BUT AS IT IS ... WELL , YOU CAN PASS ME THE WATER-BOTTLE . $
02 DANKE . $
01 CIGARETTE ? $
02 CIGARETTE ! $
CHRIST ! $
WHAT IS THIS ? $
THE RITZ HOTEL . $
HOW MANY HAVE WE GOT ? $
01 I HAVE GOT FIVE PACKETS . $
02 WHICH YOU NICKED OFF THE TANK . $
01 WHICH I REMOVED FROM THE TANK WHEN I FOUND IT HERE AND CA
PTURED IT . $
02 SO NOW YOU 'VE CAPTURED THE TANK . $
01 I HAVE CAPTURED THE TANK , AND I HAVE CAPTURED YOU . $
02 WHAT A BLOODY LIE ! $
01 YOU ARE MY PRISONER . $
02 ONLY TILL TONIGHT , REMEMBER . $
TONIGHT I MAY ESCAPE . $
OR I MAY TAKE YOU PRISONER . $
I HAVEN'T DECIDED YET . $
IT DEPENDS HOW THE MOOD TAKES ME . $
01 YOU WON'T LEAVE THIS TANK . $
AND YOU KNOW SO . $
02 DON'T BE TOO SURE . $
I MIGHT EVEN TAKE YOU WITH ME . $
AT PISTOL-POINT , OF COURSE . $
01 BOLLICKS ! $
02 WELL , I NEVER THOUGHT I 'D HEAR A KRAUT SAY THAT . $
BUT IT 'S NOT ' BOLLICKS ' , IT 'S BOLLOCKS . $
01 BOLLOCKS . $
02 AND THE SAME TO YOU . $
WHERE DO YOU LIVE IN KRAUTLAND ? $
WHERE DO YOU LIVE IN GERMANY ? $
01 I TOLD YOU . $
IN THE COUNTRY . $
NEAR TO BERLIN . $
02 MARRIED . $
01 NOT YET . $
ARE YOU ? $
02 NOT SO THE PADRE WOULD NOTICE IT . $
BUT THERE 'S A GIRL IN PUTNEY WHO 'S MY WIFE - ALL BUT . $
01 ALL BUT ? $
02 ALL BUT THE RING . $
01 YOUR PARENTS ? $
DO THEY LIVE ? $
02 AFTER A FASHION , YES . $
I SUPPOSE YOU COULD SAY THEY LIVE . $
MY DAD WORKS IN A BANK , POOR BASTARD . $
I WOULDN'T BE A CLERK IN A BANK FOR ANYTHING . $
AND MY MUM WORKS HALF THE DAY IN THE KITCHEN AND THE OTHER H
ALF IN THE BACK GARDEN . $
AND THAT 'S ALL THE PAIR OF THEM DO . $
WORK , WORK , WORK , WITHOUT CEASE - AND WORRY ABOUT ME . $
THEY DESERVE BETTER THINGS . $
THAT 'S THE TRUTH OF IT . $
01 BEFORE THE WAR - WHAT DID YOU DO ? $
02 WELL , I DIDN'T DO MUCH - TO TELL YOU THE HONEST TRUTH .
$
I 'D SET MY HEART ON BEING A RACING-DRIVER . $
SO AFTER I LEFT SCHOOL , I GOT A JOB AS APPRENTICE-MECHANIC
IN THE LOCAL GARAGE . $
BUT THE MAN THAT OWNED THE GARAGE AND ME DIDN'T SEE EYE TO E
YE OVER WORKING HOURS . $
SO AFTER SIX MONTHS OF ARGY-BARGY I TOLD HIM TO STUFF HIS SP
ANNER UP HIS WORKS , AND I WALKED OUT . $
THEN I HUNG AROUND HOME FOR A FEW MONTHS , DOING SWEET F.A.
$
01 SWEET F ... $
02 SWEET NOTHING . $
AND WHEN I COULDN'T BEAR THOSE REPROACHFUL GLANCES OVER THE
BREAKFAST TABLE AN INSTANT MORE , I TOOK A JOB DRIVING A GRO
CER'S VAN . $
THEN HERR HITLER WENT TOO FAR . $
SO NOW I DRIVE A ROTTEN TANK . $
WHAT ABOUT YOU ? $
01 I AM VERY WELL THANK YOU . $
02 NO , I MEAN THIS HOTEL BUSINESS . $
01 MY FATHER IS THE MANAGER IN A HOTEL IN RIESBACH . $
I DECIDED TO DO MY TRAINING IN ENGLAND . $
02 WHY ENGLAND OF ALL PLACES ? $
01 YOU HAVE DIFFERENT METHODS THERE . $
02 I 'LL SAY WE HAVE . $
EVER HAD A MEAL IN TUNBRIDGE WELLS ? $
01 I WORKED IN LONDON . $
02 HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT TRAINING ? $
WATCH THE BARMAN IN THE COCKTAIL LOUNGE FIDDLING THE TILL ?
$
01 ONE WORKS IN THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OF A HOTEL . $
I WAS WORKING AS A WAITER IN A RESTAURANT IN KENSINGTON . $
THEN - WHEN THE FATHERLAND NEEDED ME - I CAME BACK TO GERMAN
Y AND I WAS CALLED UP . $
I WAS SO GLAD . $
02 GLAD ? $
01 WEREN'T YOU GLAD WHEN YOU WERE ASKED TO JOIN . $
GLAD TO BE AWAY FROM YOUR SLUMS AND POVERTY . $
AWAY FROM DIRT AND FILTH . $
AWAY FROM ALL THE STRUGGLES TO EARN MONEY . $
02 GLAD TO BE IN THIS BLEEDING DESERT - GLAD FOR THE SHELLS
AND STUKAS ? $
GLAD TO HAVE NEARLY DIED OF THIRST . $
YOU MUST BE POTTY . $
01 BITTE ? $
02 YOU MUST BE LUNATIC , INSANE , MAD . $
01 VIELLEICHT . $
PERHAPS I AM MAD . $
BUT WHEN I HEARD THAT WE WERE SAILING FOR BENGHAZI TO JOIN T
HE AFRIKA CORPS UNDER GENERAL ROMMEL , I KNEW THAT AT LAST I
 WOULD HAVE THE CHANCE TO DO SOMETHING WORTH THE WHILE . $
02 LIKE SHOOTING ME - FOR INSTANCE . $
01 LIKE SHOOTING YOUR TANK . $
LIKE TAKING YOU PRISONER . $
02 WELL , YOU 'VE TAKEN ME PRISONER - TILL SUNSET AT LEAST -
 SO I HOPE YOU 'RE HAPPY . $
01 YES , I AM HAPPY . $
02 YOU 'RE NOT SERIOUS ? $
01 I AM SERIOUS . $
I 'M HAPPY . $
02 BUT WHY FOR CHRIST'S SAKE ? $
WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO BE HAPPY ABOUT ? $
01 I HAVE FOUGHT AGAINST THE ENEMY . $
I HAVE PROVED MYSELF . $
02 PROVED YOURSELF WHAT ? $
01 PROVED MYSELF A MAN . $
02 OH , GREAT AUNTIE MAUDE ! $
01 BUT I HAVE . $
INDEED I HAVE . $
02 SO YOUR DEAR FATHERLAND HAS TO SEND OUT VAST CONVOYS OF S
HIPS LADEN WITH THOUSANDS OF TANKS AND LORRIES AND CRAMMED W
ITH SOLDIERS LIKE SARDINES , PROTECTED BY UMBRELLAS OF FIGHT
ERS AND BOMBERS , ALL THE WAY TO THIS SODDING STRETCH OF SAN
D , AND MY DEAR MOTHERLAND HAS TO PRODUCE AN EQUAL AMOUNT OF
 TROOPS AND IRONMONGERY - JUST IN ORDER TO PROVE TO FRITZ VO
N WHATEVER YOUR NAME IS OF RIESBACH THAT HE 'S A MAN ? $
WOULDN'T IT HAVE SAVED A LOT OF BOTHER IF YOU 'D JUST TAKEN
A LOOK BETWEEN YOUR LEGS ? $
NOW WHERE ARE YOU GOING ? ... $
YOU CAN'T LEAVE ME ... $
I 'M YOUR PRISONER . $
I HAVE TO BE GUARDED . $
ERWIN ROMMEL SAID SO ... $
COME BACK . $
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OR I 'LL REPORT YOU TO ERWIN . $
01 YOU 'RE NO LONGER MY PRISONER . $
YOU CAN GO . $
02 THANKS . $
01 YOU CAN GO . $
02 I HEARD YOU . $
01 GUT . $
02 NOW WHY DID YOU HAVE TO DO THAT ? $
TO PROVE YOURSELF A MAN AGAIN ? $
01 NO . $
TO TEACH YOU NOT TO LAUGH AT ME . $
02 YOU MUSTN'T DO IT . $
I MIGHT HIT BACK ... $
AND I 'M STRONGER THAN YOU . $
OR AT LEAST I THINK I AM . $
AND THAT 'S WHAT MATTERS - SO THEY TELL ME . $
01 THEN DON'T LAUGH AT ME . $
02 I WON'T TALK AT ALL - IF YOU 'D PREFER . $
01 NO . $
YOU MAY TALK . $
02 BUT NOT LAUGH ? $
01 NOT LAUGH AT ME . $
02 OH , STUFF IT ... $
01 WHAT WAS THAT ? $
02 NOTHING . $
01 YOU WILL FIND A LOT OF EQUIPMENT ... $
THERE IS EVEN A SPARE BEDROLL OF BLANKETS . $
02 I 'LL STAY THE NIGHT HERE . $
KRAUT OR NO KRAUT . $
01 AND THEN ? $
TOMORROW ? $
02 I 'M STIFF FROM WALKING . $
I MAY DECIDE TO LAY UP HERE FOR A DAY OR TWO . $
01 I SHALL REMAIN HERE TOO . $
02 THAT 'S INTERESTING NEWS . $
01 I 'M BETTER OFF HERE THAN GETTING LOST IN THE DESERT AGAI
N . $
BESIDES , WE ARE BOUND TO ADVANCE SOON AND THEY WILL FIND ME
 . $
02 BUT WE MIGHT ADVANCE . $
WE DO SOMETIMES , YOU KNOW . $
01 I WILL RISK IT . $
02 PLEASE YOURSELF . $
01 IF I PLEASE MYSELF , AT LEAST I PLEASE SOMEONE . $
02 YOU HAVE A POINT THERE . $
I 'VE FOUND SOME TEA AND SUGAR . $
SO I SHALL PLEASE MYSELF BY HAVING A CUP OF CHAR WITH MY SUP
PER . $
01 YOU 'VE ONLY JUST HAD LUNCH . $
MY FATHER EATS VERY MUCH . $
I SAID MY FATHER EATS VERY MUCH . $
HE IS VERY GREEDY . $
02 REALLY . $
01 HE WAS ALWAYS SET THICK ABOUT THE SHOULDERS . $
BUT AROUND THE WAIST HE WAS SLIM . $
NOW HE IS FAT LIKE AN OX . $
02 IS HE NOW . $
01 HE IS QUITE AN IMPORTANT MEMBER OF THE PARTY IN RIESBACH
. $
02 HOW INTERESTING . $
01 HE HAS EVEN MET THE FUHRER . $
02 NICE FOR HIM . $
01 HE WAS ONE OF THE RECEPTION COMMITTEE - WHEN THE FUHRER C
AME TO OPEN THE NEW BAHNHOF IN RIESBACH - THE NEW STATION .
$
02 WAS HE NOW . $
01 IT WAS IN THE RIESBACH ZEITUNG . $
MY MOTHER SENT ME A CLIPPING . $
I CAN SHOW IT TO YOU . $
02 DON'T BOTHER . $
01 HERE IT IS . $
LOOK . $
02 IS YOUR FATHER THE ONE WITH THE GREAT POT-BELLY ? $
01 YES . $
02 WELL I NEVER . $
01 CIGARETTE ? $
02 THANK YOU . $
01 I 'M SORRY I HIT YOU . $
02 YOU 'LL BE SORRIER STILL IF YOU TRY IT AGAIN . $
01 THAT WAS THE GIRL I HAD IN NAPLES BEFORE WE EMBARKED ...
$
THAT 'S ME WITH HER . $
02 GIRL ? $
THIRTY-FIVE IF SHE 'S A DAY ... $
AND WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO TO THE POOR TART ? $
EAT HER ? $
01 I WENT BACK TO HER ROOM THAT VERY NIGHT . $
02 FROM THE APPEARANCE OF THINGS , I 'D SAY YOU NEEDED TO GO
 BACK TO HER ROOM THAT VERY INSTANT . $
01 HAVE YOU A PHOTO OF YOUR GIRL ? $
02 I LOST ALL MY CLOBBER WHEN THE TANK BREWED UP . $
01 IT GETS COLD AS SOON AS THE SUN BEGINS TO GO DOWN . $
02 DOES THE PRIMUS STOVE WORK ? $
01 YES . $
AND THERE ARE TWO OIL-LAMPS . $
FOOD , WATER , TEA , SUGAR - I 'VE GOT EVERYTHING READY FOR
US . $
02 YOU SOUND AS IF YOU WERE EXPECTING COMPANY . $
01 ACTUALLY SINCE I CAME HERE THREE DAYS AGO , I HAVE HAD A
FEELING THAT SOMEONE MIGHT APPEAR FROM ACROSS THE DESERT . $
02 BUT NOT A BLOODY ENGLANDER . $
01 NO . $
NOT AN ENGLANDER ... $
02 AN ITI PERHAPS ? $
01 NO . $
NOT AN ITI . $
02 DON'T YOU LIKE THE ITIS ? $
01 NOT SO MUCH . $
02 WHY ? $
01 BECAUSE THEY ARE CONCEITED , AND OFTEN SMELL OF GARLIC .
$
02 DON'T ENGLANDERS SMELL ? $
01 OH YES BUT I DON'T MIND IT . $
I DON'T KNOW WHY . $
YOU SMELL . $
BUT I DON'T MIND IT . $
02 MEMO . $
WASH PITS AND PARTS IF WE CAN SPARE THE WATER . $
HOW MUCH WATER IS THERE ? $
01 SEVEN CANS - APART FROM THE WATER IN THE TANK ITSELF . $
02 THEN I 'LL WASH BEFORE TURNING IN . $
01 REALLY I CANNOT UNDERSTAND YOU ENGLISH ... WIRKLICH . $
YOU DON'T HATE US REALLY , AND YET YOU MUST FIGHT AGAINST US
 . $
BUT YOU SHOULD BE FIGHTING ON OUR SIDE . $
YOU SHOULD JOIN US - SO THAT WE COULD FIGHT SIDE BY SIDE AS
FRIENDS AGAINST THE NATIONS WHO THREATEN US . $
YOU SHOULD BE FIGHTING WITH US AGAINST THE RUSSIANS . $
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02 IF I WERE GIVEN THE CHOICE - IN FACT , I DON'T THINK I 'D
 WANT TO FIGHT AGAINST ANYONE . $
01 THEN WHY DO YOU FIGHT AGAINST US ? $
BECAUSE YOU 'RE HYPOCRITES . $
YOU PRETEND TO BE SHOCKED WHEN WE INVADE A COUNTRY . $
YET WHEN ENGLAND WAS STRONG SHE INVADED LANDS ALL OVER THE W
ORLD . $
YOU RAISE YOUR HANDS IN HORROR WHEN WE HAVE TO KILL A FEW TO
 SAVE THE MANY . $
YET WHEN ENGLAND IS STRONG AND HER AIR POWER ALLOWS IT SHE S
LAUGHTERS WOMEN AND CHILDREN . $
02 WHAT 'S THAT ? $
01 YOU MUST KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN THE RAID ON HANOVER ? $
THE RAID WAS A MASS MURDER OF INNOCENT PEOPLE ... $
FOR INSTANCE , WHAT HAD MY GRANDMOTHER DONE TO HARM YOU ? $
SHE WAS AN INVALID WHO COULDN'T EVEN MOVE . $
THERE WERE HUNDREDS KILLED LIKE HER . $
AND SHE ALWAYS USED TO SAY SHE LIKED THE ENGLISH . $
DAS IST SEHR KOMISCH , NICHT WAHR ? $
SHE LIKED YOU , AND YOU KILLED HER . $
02 IF MY GRANDMOTHER HAD HER WAY , EVERY KRAUT WOULD BE COLL
ECTED FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD AND PUT ON TO A GREAT BIG ISLA
ND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ATLANTIC . $
AND WHEN SHE 'D GOT THE LAST KRAUT THERE , MY GRANDMOTHER WO
ULD BLOW THE WHOLE PLACE UP AND WATCH IT SINK . $
SHE LOATHES THE LOT OF YOU , MY GRANNIE DOES . $
BUT THAT 'S NOT GOING TO MAKE IT ANY DIFFERENT FOR HER IF A
STRAY BOMB FINDS ITS WAY TO NUMBER SEVENTEEN CAMELOT GROVE ,
 WIMBLEDON . $
I 'M SORRY ABOUT YOUR GRANDMOTHER . $
BUT WHEN I HEAR THERE 'S BEEN A RAID ON LONDON I 'M APPREHEN
SIVE ABOUT MINE . $
01 BUT ... $
02 SO WHY DON'T WE GIVE GRANNIES A MISS FOR THIS EVENING AND
 WATCH THE SUNSET ? $
01 IF I COULD SPEAK ENGLISH REALLY WELL , THERE ARE SO MANY
THINGS I COULD SAY . $
02 SUCH AS ? $
01 YOU FIND LIFE KOMISCH . $
YOU FIND IT COMICAL ... $
02 OH YES ... $
01 BECAUSE ALWAYS IN YOUR LIFE YOU HAVE BEEN SAFE . $
NEVER HAVE YOU BEEN HURT . $
02 I WOULDN'T QUITE AGREE . $
01 ES IST DOCH WAHR , MENSCH . $
I CAN SEE IT IN YOUR FACE . $
AT HOME YOU WERE LOVED BY YOUR PARENTS . $
YOU WERE ALWAYS SECURE . $
YOU WERE NEVER TEMPTED ... $
I CAN SEE IT FOR CERTAIN . $
02 ALL RIGHT THEN . $
WHAT PROBLEMS DID YOU HAVE ? $
01 I LEFT HOME WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG . $
I LEFT MY COUNTRY . $
YES , I HAD PROBLEMS . $
02 STUDYING THE HOTEL BUSINESS ? $
WHEN YOU COULD ALWAYS GO BACK TO DADDY ? $
01 I HAD PROBLEMS . $
02 FEW DON'T . $
01 VIELLEICHT . $
02 DON'T TELL ME YOU 'VE BEEN USING THIS EACH MORNING - ALL
BY YOURSELF ? $
01 WARUM NICHT ? $
02 TRUST A JERRY TO OBEY ARMY ORDERS WHEN HIS NEAREST OFFICE
R 'S PROBABLY A HUNDRED MILES AWAY . $
01 IF YOU DON'T DIG DEEP , YOU GET FLIES . $
I THOUGHT EVERYONE EXCEPT BEGINNERS - KNEW THAT . $
02 HOW LONG DO YOU EXPECT TO BE HERE - FOR GOD'S SAKE ? $
A MONTH ? $
01 HOW CAN I TELL . $
02 WELL , I 'M NOT STAYING HERE FOR MORE THAN A DAY OR TWO A
ND I MAKE NO SECRET OF THE FACT . $
NOW LOOK WHAT I 'VE FOUND . $
01 THAT 'S MINE . $
02 PINCHED OFF THE TANK . $
01 NO . $
IT 'S MINE . $
LOOK AT THE MAKE . $
IT 'S MADE IN GERMANY . $
IT 'S MINE I TELL YOU . $
02 ALL RIGHT . $
DON'T GET EXCITED . $
01 STOP . $
02 NOW WHAT IS IT ? $
01 NO ONE MUST PLAY IT EXCEPT MYSELF . $
IT 'S MINE . $
I 'VE HAD IT FOR FIVE YEARS . $
02 ALRIGHT I BELIEVE YOU . $
YOU 'RE SUPPOSED TO SEE A GREEN FLASH WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN
 . $
BUT YOU NEVER DO . $
COME TO THE DESERT THEY SAY . $
SEE THE GREEN FLASH . $
YOU COME AND WHAT DO YOU GET . $
FLIES UP YOUR NOSTRILS , SAND UP YOUR ARSEHOLE AND YOUR HEAD
 SHOT OFF . $
SOMEDAY SOMEBODY 'S GOING TO COMPLAIN . $
COLD ? $
01 WHEN YOU 'RE DOWN THERE INSIDE THE TANK ... THEY BEGIN TO
 GET YOUR RANGE ... $
02 THE FITTINGS BEGIN CRASHING BACK ON YOU ... $
01 YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU 'RE HIT ... $
02 YOU 'RE TRAPPED ... $
01 IN THE TURRET , YOU 'RE PRESSED SO TIGHT YOU CAN HARDLY M
OVE , AND THE CRACK OF THE GUN IS SO LOUD WHEN IT FIRES IT S
EEMS TO BREAK YOUR EARS . $
02 GIVE ME THE PIER AT BRIGHTON - WITHOUT THE RIFLE-RANGE .
$
01 DO YOU THINK ... $
02 DO I THINK WHAT ? $
01 IF THEY GET YOU - IF YOU 'RE KILLED , DO YOU THINK THERE
'S ANYTHING ? $
02 TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH - I 'VE NEVER BEEN SURE ... $
BUT WHEN YOU SEE THE DEAD LYING AROUND IN THIS DESERT - THEY
 CERTAINLY DO LOOK VERY DEAD . $
BUT WE 'RE ALIVE ... $
SO WHAT 'S THE POINT OF THINKING ABOUT IT . $
01 WE 'VE BEEN LUCKY . $
02 THAT 'S ONE WAY OF CONSIDERING IT . $
WELL , GO ON . $
PLAY THE THING . $
THAT 'S NICE . $
FUNNY HOW THAT SONG 'S CAUGHT ON WITH BOTH SIDES . $
01 NOT REALLY SO . $
BECAUSE IT 'S A SOLDIER'S SONG . $
IT WAS WRITTEN BY A GERMAN SOLDIER IN THE LAST WAR . $
02 IT 'S STILL ODD HOW IT 'S CAUGHT ON . $
01 WITH US , I KNOW WHY . $
AT LEAST I THINK I DO ... $
02 WHY , THEN ? $
01 BECAUSE ... BECAUSE ... $
IT TELLS US THAT IT 'S PROBABLY HOPELESS . $
BUT WE MUST GO ON - BECAUSE WE CAN NEVER STOP . $
WE MUST GO ON LONGING FOR EVER . $
02 FOR GOD'S SAKE ... LONGING FOR WHAT ? $
01 I DON'T KNOW QUITE ... $
IT IS MORE LIKE ... JUST ... LONGING ... $
02 WHAT 'VE YOU GOT TO LONG FOR ? $
01 PERHAPS I 'LL TELL YOU ONE DAY . $
02 KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ASTROLOGY ? $
01 GAR NICHTS . $
SWEET NOTHING - AS YOU SAY . $
02 WELL , IF YOU WERE ON THE STAR I 'VE BEEN STARING UP AT ,
 AND YOU LOOKED BACK , YOU 'D SEE THE GIPPOS BUILDING THE PY
RAMIDS - AND YOU 'D SEE KING PHARAOH AND QUEEN NEFERTITI A-N
ECKING IN THE BULLRUSHES . $
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01 PHARAOH AND NEFERTITI WEREN'T IN THE BULLRUSHES . $
THAT WAS MOSES . $
02 WELL , SOMEONE MUST HAVE BEEN A-DOING IT IN THE BULLRUSHE
S FOR MOSES TO HAVE GOT THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE . $
01 IN A SCIENCE MAGAZINE I ONCE READ , IT SAYS THAT BEFORE T
HE END OF THIS CENTURY MEN WILL HAVE REACHED THE MOON . $
02 POOR MOON ... $
WHAT 'S THAT LARGE BOOK YOU 'RE READING ? $
01 I FOUND IT ON THE TANK . $
IT 'S CALLED ' THE CRIMSON MOLL ' . $
02 THE CRIMSON WHAT ? $
01 THE CRIMSON MOLL . $
M.O.L.L. $
WHAT IS A MOLL ? $
02 YOU 'VE BEEN READING THAT BOOK FOR THE LAST THREE DAYS .
$
SURELY YOU 'VE FOUND OUT BY NOW ? $
01 IS IT PART OF A WOMAN'S BODY ? $
02 OH LEAVE OFF , DON'T BE DAFT . $
IT 'S AMERICAN FOR A TART ... $
A KEPT WOMAN , A PAINTED LADY , A WHORE OF BABYLON , WITH GR
EAT TITS . $
01 YOU SPEAK SO WELL I WONDER YOU 'RE NOT AN OFFICER . $
02 I WONDERED FOR QUITE A TIME MYSELF . $
BUT THE SELECTION BOARD DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER TO WONDER . $
THEY TOOK ONE LOOK AT PRESTON , KENNETH GEORGE - AND THEY GA
VE THEIR VERDICT . $
' PRESTON , ' THEY SAID , ' WE 'VE EXAMINED YOUR QUALIFICATI
ONS MOST CAREFULLY . $
WE NOTE THAT YOU HAVE PROVED A PROFICIENT TANK DRIVER AND AN
 EXEMPLARY SOLDIER . ' $
THEY USE LONG WORDS LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT COVERS UP THEIR IGN
ORANCE - $
' WE ALSO NOTE , ' THEY CONTINUED , ' THAT YOU WEREN'T AT A
PUBLIC SCHOOL , YOU HAVEN'T A PRIVATE INCOME , AND YOU DON'T
 PLAY POLO - WHICH DISQUALIFIES YOU FROM ENTERING ANY REGIME
NT OF LANCERS OR HUSSARS . $
WE FURTHER OBSERVE FROM YOUR RECORD THAT YOU 'VE HAD YOUR CO
LLAR FELT - WHICH PUTS THE FINAL KYBOSH ON YOUR GETTING COMM
ISSIONED IN THE TANK CORPS . $
SO YOU 'LL STAY IN THE RANKS , TROOPER PRESTON , AND YOU 'D
BETTER LEARN TO LIKE IT - BECAUSE THAT 'S YOUR LOT . ' $
01 WHAT DOES IT MEAN - TO HAVE YOUR COLLAR FELT ? $
02 OH , THAT 'S JUST AN EXPRESSION ... $
01 BUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN ? $
02 OH , IT MEANS TO HAVE BEEN - TO HAVE BEEN AT A STATE SCHO
OL . $
WHAT 'S THAT BOOK OF YOURS LIKE ? $
01 VERY HOT STUFF . $
02 THEN GIVE . $
READ US SOME . $
01 ' UNWILLINGLY SHE UNFASTENED HER BLOUSE , WHILE HIS DARK
EYES WERE FIXED ON HER GLOATINGLY . ' $
02 ON HER WHAT ? $
01 GLOATINGLY . $
' WITH A SIGH , CLOSE TO DESPAIR , SHE REMOVED HER BRASSIERE
 . $
HER BREASTS WERE LIKE SMALL WATER-MELONS ... ' $
02 VERY TASTY . $
01 ' HER SKIN WAS TAUT AND SMOOTH . $
SHE GLARED AT HIM DEFIANTLY . $
AND AT THAT MOMENT HE PRODUCED HIS WEAPON . ' $
02 HIS WHAT ? $
01 'AT THAT MOMENT HE PRODUCED HIS WEAPON . ' $
02 I DON'T BELIEVE YOU . $
' AT THAT MOMENT HE PRODUCED HIS WEAPON - A SMALL LUGER ...
' $
YOU CRAFTY BLEEDING KRAUT , TRYING TO MISLEAD AN INNOCENT EN
GLANDER ! $
YOU TREACHEROUS BASTARD ! $
01 YOU DIRTY ENGLANDER ! $
02 I 'M NOT DIRTY . $
I WASHED MYSELF ALL OVER THIS AFTERNOON - AS YOU CERTAINLY W
ITNESSED . $
01 DIRTY IN THE MIND . $
02 AH WELL , THAT 'S DIFFERENT . $
READ US SOME MORE ... $
01 ' TAKE OFF ALL YOUR CLOTHES , ' HE SAID . $
' I WANT YOU WHOLLY NAKED . ' $
02 THE WICKED OLD MAN . $
01 ' WITH TREMBLING FINGERS SHE UNZIPPED HER SKIRT . $
HER THIGHS GLEAMED WHITE AS IVORY . $
THEN SHE REMOVED ... ' $
02 STOP . $
ENOUGH . $
I CAN'T STAND IT . $
YOU 'RE GETTING ME ALL WORKED UP . $
AND I HAVEN'T HAD A BINT FOR OVER THREE MONTHS . $
FUCK . $
FUCK THE WESTERN DESERT . $
FUCK ROMMEL . $
FUCK THE KRAUTS - BAR YOURSELF OF COURSE . $
FUCK THE EIGHT ARMY , FUCK THE WHOLE BLEEDING WAR ... I 'M H
EADING BACK FOR OUR LINES . $
THEN I SHALL GO SICK ... $
PROBABLY BY THEN I 'LL BE SICK ANYHOW ... $
MENTAL FATIGUE AND SEXUAL STARVATION - ' WHAT AILS YOU , PRE
STON , MY MAN ? ' $
' I THINK , SIR , I MUST HAVE GOT LARYNGITIS ... ' $
' OPEN YOUR MOUTH , MY MAN . $
AND SAY " AH " ... ' $
' AAAH ! ' $
' NOT SO LOUD , MY MAN . $
AND NOT SO STRONG . $
YOU DON'T KNOW THE STRENGTH OF YOUR OWN BREATH ... ' $
' NO , SIR , I DON'T . $
THAT 'S THE TRUTH OF IT . $
SINCE MY CONCUSSION I DON'T KNOW NOTHING ... ' $
' CONCUSSION ? $
... OH WELL , NEVER MIND ... $
A FEW MONTHS' SICK-LEAVE IN ALEX WILL SOON PUT YOU TO RIGHTS
 ... ' $
' CAN'T I STAY WITH MY REGIMENT , SIR ? $
IT WOULD JUST BREAK MY HEART TO LEAVE MY COMRADES ... ' $
' CORPORAL DOAKES ... ' $
' SAH ' ... $
' CORPORAL DOAKES , THIS MAN IS SERIOUSLY ILL . $
QUITE DERANGED IN FACT . $
PUT HIM DOWN FOR THREE MONTHS' SICK-LEAVE , AND SEE HE GETS
A PLACE ON THE NEXT CONVOY BACK TO THE DELTA ... ' $
' SAH ! ... ' $
' THANK YOU , CORPORAL . ' $
' SAH ! ... ' $
' THANK YOU , CORPORAL ... ' $
' ARBUTHNOT ... ' $
' THE NAME 'S PRESTON ... ' $
' VERY GOOD , PRESTON . $
TRY NOT TO FRET TOO MUCH ... ' $
' RIGHT SIR , I 'LL DO MY BEST . $
GOODBYE SIR ... ' $
' GOODBYE , PEMBERTON ... $
NEXT MAN ! ' $
01 FABELHAFT ! $
02 I SHALL LEAVE THIS ENCHANTING SPOT TOMORROW . $
01 YOU SAID THAT YESTERDAY . $
BUT I KNOW YOU DON'T MEAN IT - GOTT SEI DANK . $
02 I SHALL BID YOU ADIEU . $
AND I SHALL PISS OFF EAST TO REJOIN OUR LINES . $
COMPASS OR NO COMPASS . $
01 BUT I WOULDN'T BE TOO SURE OF REACHING THE DELTA . $
02 WHY NOT ? $
01 ERWIN MIGHT GET THERE FIRST . $
02 WHY WASN'T ROMMEL BORN ENGLISH ? $
01 DON'T YOU HAVE ANY GENERALS ? $
02 OH YES , SCORES OF THEM . $
THEY SWARM ABOUT G.H.Q. IN CAIRO LIKE WASPS ROUND A JAM-JAR
. $
THEY DRAWS LOTS TO SEE WHICH ONE IS TO BE ALLOWED TO WAGE TH
E NEXT BATTLE . $
THE WINNING GENERAL GOES WHIZZING UP DESERT ROAD TO ALEX , C
HANGES ALL THE LAST ONE'S ORDERS , HAS ALL THE TANKS AND LOR
RIES PAINTED A DIFFERENT COLOUR - OR DECIDES TO DISGUISE ALL
 THE TANKS AS LORRIES AND ALL THE LORRIES AS TANKS - JUST SO
 AS TO CONFUSE THE ENEMY AND HIS OWN SIDE . $
THEN - WHEN HE 'S GOT EVERYONE SO MIXED UP THEY DON'T KNOW W
HETHER THEY 'RE COMING OR GOING - THE NEW GENERAL LAUNCHES H
IS ATTACK ... $
HE ADVANCES TWO HUNDRED MILES AND GETS A KNIGHTHOOD . $
THEN HE WITHDRAWS THREE HUNDRED MILES AND GETS THE SACK ...
$
THEN THEY ALL MEET AT G.H.Q. TO DRAW LOTS AGAIN . $
AND ANOTHER GENERAL LOOMS UP THE DESERT ROAD TO TAKE COMMAND
 ... $
YOU CAN HAVE THE DELTA . $
BUT JUST GIVE US ROMMEL . $
01 CIGARETTE ? $
02 TA . $
DO YOU KNOW , WE CAPTURED A GERMAN STAFF CAR THE OTHER DAY W
ITH ROMMEL'S ' APPRECIATION ' OF THE ALLIED FORCES IN THE DE
SERT . $
' THE BRITISH TOMMY FIGHTS WITH COURAGE AND TENACITY . ' $
ROMMEL SAYS . $
' THE BRITISH JUNIOR OFFICER SHOWS FINE INITIATIVE . $
BUT THE BRITISH HIGH COMMAND IS UNWIELDY AND CUMBERSOME . '
$
HE MIGHT HAVE ADDED , ' AND TOTALLY BRAINLESS ' . $
BECAUSE WHOEVER THOUGHT UP LAST WEEK'S ' PATROL IN FORCE ' O
UGHT TO HAVE HIS KNACKERS KNICKED . $
01 THE ITALIANS HAVE BAD GENERALS TOO . $
02 BUT THEY 'VE GOT MOBILE BROTHELS TO MAKE UP FOR IT . $
01 I NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU 'RE SERIOUS AND WHEN YOU 'RE NOT SE
RIOUS . $
02 NOR DO I ... $
BY THE WAY - AM I THE PRISONER TODAY - OR IS IT YOUR TURN ?
$
01 YOU ARE MY PRISONER . $
02 I ONLY ASK BECAUSE THESE LAMPS MUST SHINE FOR MILES AROUN
D IN THE DESERT , AND IT WOULD LOOK A BIT ODD IF A CONVOY TU
RNED UP AND THERE WE WERE , SITTING SIDE BY SIDE , SMOKING F
AGS , NOT KNOWING WHICH ONE WAS THE PRISONER . $
01 IT WILL ALSO LOOK ODD IF THEY FIND THAT I HAVE THE REVOLV
ER , AND YOU HAVE THE BULLETS . $
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02 WHERE 'S THE REVOLVER ? $
01 I BEGIN TO WONDER IF A CONVOY WILL EVER FIND US . $
02 DAYS WILL GO BY ... $
WE 'LL BE ALL RIGHT FOR WATER - LOOK AT THE RAIN WE CAUGHT I
N THE TARPAULIN LAST NIGHT . $
BUT WHEN WE RUN OUT OF FOOD , THERE 'LL BE NOTHING FOR IT -
I SHALL HAVE TO EAT YOU . $
I WONDER WHAT ROAST KRAUT TASTES LIKE . $
01 BETTER THAN FRIED ENGLANDER ... $
SAGEN SIE MIR ETWAS . $
02 EH ? $
01 TELL ME SOMETHING , KEN . $
02 ANYTHING YOU LIKE . $
01 WHY DID YOU HAVE YOUR COLLAR FELT ? $
02 SO YOU DO KNOW WHAT IT MEANS . $
01 I GUESSED ... $
BUT WHY WERE YOU IN PRISON ? $
02 WHO SAYS I WAS IN PRISON ? $
01 BUT YOU WERE , WEREN'T YOU ? $
02 SKIP IT . $
01 I WANT TO KNOW . $
02 WHY DO YOU ? $
01 BECAUSE I TRY TO UNDERSTAND YOU . $
02 IT 'S NOT VERY DIFFICULT . $
01 WHY WERE YOU SENTENCED TO PRISON ? $
02 FORGET IT . $
01 ABER WARUM ? $
WHY KEN ? $
02 IT 'S NOT ' VY , KEN ? ' $
IT 'S ' WHY , KEN ? ' $
01 THEN WHY , KEN . $
02 I FELL IN LOVE . $
I FELL IN LOVE AND I 'VE REGRETTED IT EVER SINCE . $
01 WHAT DID YOU REGRET ? $
02 THE SIX MONTHS IN THE NICK FOR A START . $
01 WHAT DID YOU DO ? $
02 ALRIGHT , IF IT GIVES YOU ANY PLEASURE . $
PLACE - WIMBLEDON COMMON . $
WHERE ME GRANNY LIVES . $
TIME - FOUR YEARS AGO . $
A SUNNY SUMMER AFTERNOON AND I WAS OUT WALKING . $
MY MOTORBIKE WAS OUT OF ACTION AND I WANTED A BREATH OF AIR
. $
SO THERE I WAS OUT ON THE COMMON WHEN A GIRL COMES CANTERING
 ALONG ON A PONY . $
THE GIRL WAS VERY FAIR AND THE PONY WAS VERY BLACK . $
IT WAS THE CONTRAST THAT FIRST INTERESTED ME . $
SHE WAS THE LOVELIEST LITTLE THING YOU 'VE EVER SEEN WITH FA
IR HAIR , BLUE EYES , WIDE MOUTH . $
WELL , I OUGHT TO HAVE SAID ' GOOD AFTERNOON ' OR SOMETHING
, BUT I JUST STOOD THERE GAPING AT HER . $
AND SHE RODE PAST . $
01 OH ... BUT THAT 'S NOT ... DANGEROUS . $
02 AH WELL , THERE WAS THE BUS STOP . $
01 BUS STOP ? $
02 YEA . $
ONE DAY I WAS WALKING ALONG THE STREET - AND THERE SHE WAS ,
 STANDING AT A BUS STOP . $
01 WHAT DID YOU DO ? $
02 I TALKED TO HER NATURALLY . $
01 WHAT NAME HAD SHE ? $
02 SHIRLEY . $
01 HOW OLD ? $
02 THAT WAS THE TROUBLE , FIFTEEN . $
SO I 'D MAKE UP MY MIND IT WAS NO GO . $
WELL , A WEEK OR SO LATER I TOOK HER TO THE CINEMA . $
SHE 'D TOLD HER MUM THAT SHE WAS GOING OUT WITH A GIRLFRIEND
 FROM SCHOOL AND SHE 'D MADE UP SOME STORY ABOUT GOING BACK
TO THIS GIRL'S HOUSE FOR SUPPER AFTER , SO SHE DIDN'T HAVE T
O BE BACK TILL TEN . $
WELL , IT WAS A HOT NIGHT , SO WE WENT FOR A WALK ... $
THERE WAS THIS WOOD , YOU SEE , ON THE COMMON . $
WE STOPPED AND SHE LAY DOWN . $
I LOOKED DOWN AT THE KID SPRAWLED OUT BESIDE ME , ALL LEGS A
ND ARMS . $
AND HER EXPRESSION WAS OF COMPLETE TRUST AND INNOCENCE . $
AND AT THAT INSTANT ... FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE ... FO
R THE ONLY TIME IN MY LIFE , I SUPPOSE I FELT I KNEW WHAT PE
OPLE MEAN WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT ' PURE LOVE ' . $
I WOULDN'T HAVE TOUCHED HER FOR THE WORLD . $
THAT WAS THE MOMENT . $
01 WHAT CHANGED IT ? $
02 SHE DID . $
SHE TOLD ME ABOUT THIS MAN . $
01 WHAT MAN ? $
02 OH , A FRIEND OF HER MUM'S OWNED SOME STABLES , DOESN'T M
ATTER . $
ANYWAY , THE SAME BIT OF GRASS I WAS SITTING ON ... THAT 'S
WHERE HE HAD HER . $
01 HAD HER ? $
02 YES , HAD HER . $
I KNEW WHAT SHE WANTED . $
I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT . $
THEN SHE LOOKED UP AT ME . $
WELL , THAT WAS IT . $
ONCE I STARTED I COULDN'T HAVE ENOUGH , I HAD TO SEE HER EVE
RY DAY . $
WE WERE BOUND TO BE NOTICED ... GOING TO THE WOOD OR LEAVING
 IT . $
BUT I DIDN'T CARE . $
NOR DID SHE , COME TO THAT . $
I OUGHT TO HAVE REALISED . $
ONE EVENING WE WERE FOLLOWED ... $
THE KID WAS ALRIGHT , OF COURSE , AND I GOT SIX MONTHS . $
I 'M NOT COMPLAINING , UNDERSTAND . $
WHAT I REGRET IS THE MOMENT WHEN I FIRST LOOKED DOWN AT HER
, WHEN I LOVED HER . $
I 'LL NEVER FEEL LIKE THAT AGAIN . $
01 KEN ... $
02 ALL RIGHT . $
I 'VE SAID IT . $
WHAT DO YOU WANT - BLOOD ! $
01 WHAT WILL YOU DO WHEN THE WAR 'S FINISHED ? $
02 DEPENDS WHICH SIDE 'S WON - DOESN'T IT ? $
01 SAY NEITHER SIDE WINS . $
SAY THAT SOMEHOW IT ENDS IN PEACE . $
WHAT WILL YOU DO ? $
02 SET UP IN A GARAGE - IF I COULD FIND THE CASH . $
NOT THAT I 'VE GOT MUCH CHANCE ANYHOW . $
01 SINCE I HAVE BEEN IN THE ARMY . $
I 'VE LEARNED TO BE A MECHANIC . $
WE COULD SET UP A GARAGE TOGETHER . $
02 ' PRESTON AND SEIDLER . $
FIX YOUR OLD TANKS IN A JIFFY . $
TRACKS FITTED WHILE YOU VAIT . ' $
01 WHILE YOU VAIT . $
02 SPEAKING OF OLD TANKS - DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW WHAT REGIME
NT IT WAS THAT SHOT UP YOUR PATROL LAST WEEK ? $
01 ICH WEISS NICHT . $
02 I ASK - BECAUSE IT SEEMS ODD THEM MACHINE-GUNNING THE MEN
 FROM YOUR TANK . $
IN OUR REGIMENT , IF A MAN DOES MANAGE TO GET OUT OF A TANK
WE 'VE SHOT UP , WE LET HIM BE . $
01 THEY KILLED EVERY MAN FROM OUR TANK . $
02 AS THEY GOT OUT ? $
01 AS THEY WERE GETTING OUT , AND AS THEY WERE ESCAPING . $
02 YOU WERE IN THE SERGEANT'S TANK ? $
01 SERGEANT MANTNER'S TANK . $
YES ? $
02 AND ALL THREE MEN WERE KILLED ? $
01 YES . $
PLEASE , KEN ... $
GENUG ... $
ENOUGH ... $
02 I 'M SORRY ... $
01 WHAT IS IT THEN ? $
02 I JUST DON'T BELIEVE YOU . $
THAT 'S ALL . $
01 I GIVE YOU MY WORD . $
02 ALL THREE MEN WERE STONE DEAD WHEN YOU LEFT ? $
01 YES . $
02 ONE OF THEM WASN'T JUST WOUNDED ? $
01 NO . $
02 YOU CHECKED ? $
01 NATURLICH . $
02 WHILE THE BULLETS SWEPT OVER YOU ? $
01 WHILE YOUR TANKS FOLLOWED OUR TWO MARK THREES . $
02 YOU 'RE A GUNNER . $
AT WHAT RANGE CAN YOU KNOCK OUT A CRUSADER ? $
01 WITH OUR SEVENTY-FIVE ? $
AT ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED METRES . $
EASILY . $
02 WELL , OUR TWO-POUNDER CAN'T KNOCK YOU OUT TILL WE CLOSE
TO EIGHT HUNDRED . $
SO WHAT 'S ALL THIS ABOUT CHASING ? $
01 I HAVE NOT SAY ' CHASE ' . $
I SAID ' FOLLOWED ' . $
BESIDES , YOUR CRUSADERS MOVE FASTER THAN WE CAN . $
AND WE WERE OUTNUMBERED . $
02 NO GARAGE . $
01 BITTE ? $
02 I 'M NOT GOING INTO PARTNERSHIP WITH SOMEONE WHO LIES TO
ME . $
01 YOU CALL ME A LIAR ? $
02 YES . $
WHY NOT ? $
PITY THE TANK'S WIRELESS IS BUST . $
ON THOSE NUMBER NINE SETS YOU CAN PICK UP THE BBC . $
AND THERE 'S NOTHING MORE HEARTENING THAN TO HEAR THAT YOU '
RE ADVANCING STEADILY WITH TWO PRONGS IN A PINCER ATTACK , W
HEN YOU KNOW YOU 'VE JUST FLED FOR YOUR LIFE FOR THE LAST TH
REE DAYS . $
TERRIBLY KEEN ON PRONGS AND PINCERS IS THE BBC ... $
I RECKON THEIR MILITARY EXPERT IS A RETIRED SURGEON ... $
' A FIRM INCISION HAS BEEN MADE IN THE ENEMY LINES ... $
MOPPING-UP OPERATIONS ARE NOW IN PROGRESS ... $
OUR TROOPS HAVE NOW WITHDRAWN TO CAREFULLY PREPARED POSITION
S . ' $
THAT 'S THE NURSING HOME STAGE . $
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COME ON ... I DON'T CARE IF YOU RAN AWAY . $
01 I DID NOT RUN AWAY . $
02 I THOUGHT THAT WOULD GET YOU ... $
THEN WHAT DID HAPPEN ? $
01 ALRIGHT , THE TANK WAS HIT TWICE . $
THE FIRST SHOT HIT THE DRIVER'S COMPARTMENT AND KILLED HANS
. $
HE WAS OUR DRIVER . $
THE SECOND SHOT SET THE ENGINE ON FIRE . $
SERGEANT MANTNER GAVE THE ORDER TO ABANDON TANK AND RUN FOR
IT . $
FIRST HE GOT OUT OF THE TURRET . $
THEN THE WIRELESS-OPERATOR . $
THEN IT WAS MY TURN . $
THERE WAS SOME MACHINE-GUN FIRE - BUT NOT MUCH . $
WHEN I GOT TO THE GROUND I SAW THAT MANTNER AND KLAUS , THE
WIRELESS-OPERATOR , WERE RUNNING TO THE WEST - KLAUS HAD BEE
N WOUNDED IN THE ARM BUT NOT BADLY . $
WHEN I BEGAN TO RUN I STUMBLED AND FELL . $
I WAS DAZED , I THINK , BY THE NOISE OF OUR GUN AND BY THE S
HELLS CRASHING AGAINST OUR TANK . $
BUT IN A SECOND I WAS UP ON MY FEET AGAIN ... $
I SAW MANTNER AND KLAUS DISAPPEARING TO THE WEST ... $
THE CRUSADERS HAD SWEPT TO THE NORTH ... $
FOR A MOMENT AT LEAST I WAS ALONE ... $
AND I BEGAN RUNNING ... $
BUT I RAN TO THE SOUTH ... $
02 WHY ? $
WHY SOUTH ? $
01 I WANTED TO BE BY MYSELF FOR A TIME . $
02 BECAUSE YOU WERE AFRAID ... BECAUSE YOU 'D LOST YOUR NERV
E ? $
01 BECAUSE I WANTED TO GET AWAY FROM HIM . $
02 GET AWAY FROM WHO ? $
01 MANTNER . $
SERGEANT MANTNER . $
THE TANK CREWS OF YOUR SIDE ALSO , I THINK , I MUST SLEEP BE
SIDE THEIR TANK . $
02 YES . $
01 SOMETIMES WE SLEEP IN ONE BIVOUAC . $
SOMETIMES IN SMALL TENTS . $
SERGEANT MANTNER ORDERED IT SO THAT I SHARED A TENT WITH HIM
 ... $
AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE ALRIGHT ... $
I HAD SEEN HIM LOOKING AT ME , BUT I THOUGHT MY SUSPICION WA
S WRONG ... $
THEN , AFTER WE HAD BEEN IN THE DESERT FOR SOME WEEKS , ONE
NIGHT HE TRIED ... $
BUT I WOULD NOT ... $
AND AFTER A SHORT TIME HE GAVE UP ... $
BUT THE NEXT DAY HE BEGAN PICKING ON ME ... $
IF THERE WAS ANY SPECIALLY HARD WORK TO BE DONE , I WAS CHOS
EN TO DO IT ... $
IF ANYTHING WENT WRONG , I WAS BLAMED ... $
IF THERE WAS AN EXTRA GUARD DUTY ROUND THE TANKS , I DID IT
... $
AND EACH NIGHT - THOUGH NEVER OBVIOUSLY - EACH NIGHT HE WOUL
D LET ME KNOW WHAT HE WANTED . $
SO I WENT SOUTH . $
NOW DO YOU UNDERSTAND ? $
02 I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOUR SIDE . $
BUT IF THAT HAPPENED TO ONE OF OUR MEN , HE 'D HAVE TWO ALTE
RNATIVES . $
HE COULD REPORT IT TO HIS TROOP LEADER , HIS OFFICER - OR HE
 COULD ASK TO BE TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER TANK , WITHOUT GIVIN
G AN EXACT REASON . $
01 WELL , IT 'S NOT SO WITH US . $
02 DO YOU MEAN A GERMAN SOLDIER CAN'T COMPLAIN IF HIS SERGEA
NT ... $
01 NO , I TELL YOU . $
02 NO GARAGE . $
01 BITTE ? $
02 I 'M NOT GOING INTO BUSINESS WITH SOMEONE WHO TELLS ME LI
ES . $
01 KEN , IT IS THE TRUTH I HAVE TOLD YOU . $
02 PARTS OF THE TRUTH . $
NOT ALL OF IT . $
01 DU BIST EIN IDIOT . $
YOU ARE AN IDIOT . $
02 SOMETIMES . $
BUT NOT RIGHT NOW . $
01 I HAVE NOT LIED TO YOU . $
02 I BELIEVE MOST OF IT - SO FAR AS IT GOES ... $
IT 'S SIMPLY THAT I HAVE A FEELING THERE 'S SOMETHING YOU 'V
E LEFT OUT . $
01 WHAT ? $
WHAT COULD I HAVE LEFT OUT ? $
02 THE REASON YOU DIDN'T EVEN THINK OF COMPLAINING TO SOMEON
E . $
01 WHY SHOULD I CARE WHAT YOU THINK ? $
02 EXACTLY . $
WHY INDEED ? $
01 ALL RIGHT . $
MY FATHER IS NOT THE MANAGER OF A HOTEL - AS I TELL PEOPLE -
 BUT ONLY AN ASSISTANT CLERK IN THE OFFICE . $
02 WHO CARES ? $
01 SERGEANT MANTNER ALSO COMES FROM RIESBACH . $
02 WELL , THAT 'S ALL RIGHT . $
EVERYBODY COMES FROM SOMEWHERE . $
01 BUT HE COULD SAY THINGS ... TO PEOPLE ... IN RIESBACH . $
02 LET HIM . $
01 YOU 'RE LUCKY , KENNETH PRESTON , WITH YOUR MOTORBIKE AND
 YOUR FATHER IN THE BANK AND YOUR LITTLE GIRL IN THE WOODS .
 $
02 WHAT ? $
01 SORRY . $
02 FOR A MAN ON THE RUN YOU TAKE A LOAD OF RISKS . $
01 I 'M NOT ON THE RUN ... $
BUT I AM RUNNING ... $
YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT ME , KEN PRESTON , ALRIGHT . $
IN THE LAST WAR MY FATHER WAS A SIMPLE SOLDIER , BUT HE THOU
GHT HIMSELF AN OFFICER . $
I MUST STAND UP WHEN HE CAME INTO THE ROOM . $
I MUST NOT SPEAK UNLESS I AM SPOKEN TO ... $
FROM AS FAR BACK AS I CAN REMEMBER I HATED HIM . $
WHEN I WAS FIFTEEN I HAD BEEN OUT WITH FRIENDS FOR ONCE . $
HE TOLD ME TO BE IN EARLY . $
WHEN I CAME IN , HE WAS WAITING FOR ME . $
HE SAID NOTHING , BUT HE BOLTED THE DOOR . $
THEN HE LOOKED TOWARDS THE CORNER WHERE HE KEPT HIS CANE . $
' FETCH IT , ' HE SAID . $
HE WAS USED TO BEATING ME . $
I HAD DRUNK SOME WINE , AND I FELT BRAVE . $
' FETCH IT YOURSELF , ' I ANSWERED . $
WHEN HE WALKED OVER TO ME , I THOUGHT HE WOULD STRIKE ME . $
IF HE HAD STRUCK ME THEN , I WOULD HAVE FOUGHT HIM . $
BUT HE DIDN'T . $
HE JUST STARED AT ME . $
' FETCH IT , ' HE SAID . $
AND I FOUND MYSELF TURNING TO FETCH IT . $
THAT NIGHT WHEN HE HAD FINISHED WITH ME , I MADE UP MY MIND
AT LAST ... $
QUIETLY I PACKED MY THINGS , I LEFT THE HOUSE AND WALKED TO
THE STATION ... $
AND I WAITED FOR THE TRAIN TO BERLIN . $
IN BERLIN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE VERY EASY TO FIND WORK . $
BUT I WAS WRONG . $
IT WAS WINTER . $
WORK WAS SCARCE . $
THE MONEY I 'D SAVED BEGAN TO RUN OUT . $
ONE AFTERNOON I WAS WALKING BACK ACROSS THE TIERGARTEN AND I
 THOUGHT I WAS BEING FOLLOWED . $
I TURNED BACK , AND THERE WAS A MAN ... $
I STOPPED AND PRETENDED TO BE WATCHING THE VIEW . $
THE MAN MOVED NEARER . $
HE WAS ABOUT FIFTY . $
HIS FACE WAS THIN AND VERY PALE . $
' YOU LOOK COLD AND HUNGRY , ' HE SAID . $
' WHAT ABOUT GOING TO A CAFE TO HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT . ' $
OF COURSE I GUESSED WHAT HE WANTED . $
NATURLICH . $
BUT I WAS SO HUNGRY ... $
SO I WALKED OFF BESIDE HIM . $
AT A STREET CROSSING HE SAW ME LOOK INTO A SHOP WINDOW . $
' WHAT 'S CAUGHT YOUR EYE ? ' HE ASKED . $
SO I POINTED TO A MOUTH-ORGAN . $
WITHOUT A WORD HE WENT INTO THE SHOP AND BOUGHT IT FOR ME .
$
THEN WE WENT TO A CAFE , AND HE GAVE ME THE BIGGEST MEAL I '
VE EVER HAD . $
AND WHILE I ATE HE TOLD ME ABOUT HIMSELF . $
HIS NAME WAS ROLF HAGEN , AND HE WAS AN ACTOR . $
HE HAD A FLAT IN BERLIN CLOSE TO THE TIERGARTEN WHERE HE LIV
ED ALL ALONE , HE TOLD ME . $
THEN HE ASKED ME WHAT I WAS DOING IN BERLIN . $
AND HE WAS SO SYMPATISCH AND I HAD DRUNK SO MUCH WINE THAT I
 TOLD HIM ABOUT MYSELF . $
AND WHEN I HAD FINISHED , HE ASKED ME IF I WOULD GO BACK TO
HIS FLAT . $
HIS FLAT WAS VERY WARM AND COMFORTABLE ... $
WE DRANK SOME SCHNAPPS AND THEN SOME MORE . $
AND THEN WE WENT INTO HIS BEDROOM ... $
AND BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN SO KIND TO ME , AND BECAUSE I WAS VE
RY DRUNK , WE DID AS HE WANTED ... $
AND THAT WAS HOW IT BEGAN ... $
IN TIME I BECAME USED TO IT . $
HE WAS SO KIND TO ME . $
I STAYED WITH HIM . $
THEN , ONE EVENING AS WE WERE LEAVING A CINEMA TOGETHER , WE
 RAN INTO A FRIEND OF FRANZ MANTNER ... $
' HELLO , PAUL , ' HE SAID . $
' WIE GEHTS ? $
ALL OF THEM IN RIESBACH HAVE BEEN WONDERING WHERE YOU 'D GON
E AND WHAT YOU WERE UP TO . $
NOW THEY 'LL KNOW . ' $
BOTH ROLF AND I KNEW THEN THAT WE COULDN'T STAY IN BERLIN A
 DAY LONGER BECAUSE MANTNER'S FRIEND WAS CERTAIN TO TELL MY
FATHER , WHO 'D TELL THE POLICE . $
A FEW DAYS LATER WE WERE IN LONDON . $
AND ROLF FOUND WORK IN THE FILM STUDIOS AND I FOUND WORK IN
A HOTEL . $
SO THAT PART I TOLD YOU WAS TRUE . $
I WAS A WAITER IN A HOTEL IN KENSINGTON . $
I WORKED THERE FOR NEARLY TWO YEARS ... $
BUT THEN OUR GERMAN CONSULATES ALL OVER THE WORLD WERE TOLD
TO MAKE GERMANS OF FIGHTING AGE RETURN TO THE FATHERLAND . $
SO I WENT BACK ... $
BUT ROLF STAYED ... $
WHEN I WENT BACK HOME TO RIESBACH , MY FATHER TURNED ME AWAY
 FROM THE HOUSE . $
I WAS NO BETTER THAN A PROSTITUTE , HE SAID ... $
AND THEN I WENT TO JOIN UP ... $
AT FIRST I WAS UNHAPPY . $
I DID NOT LIKE THE LIFE - AS A SOLDIER ... $
BUT AFTER A FEW MONTHS I BEGAN TO ENJOY IT ... $
ROLF STILL WROTE TO ME . $
LETTERS FROM ABROAD COULD BE OPENED BY OUR ARMY . $
SO HE WROTE TO A BAR HE KNEW IN FRANKFURT - NEAR THE CAMP WH
ERE I WAS NOW TRAINING . $
HE WROTE EVERY WEEK . $
AND HE SAID THAT HE MUST SEE ME ONCE MORE BEFORE WAR BROKE O
UT AND I WAS SENT AWAY TO FIGHT . $
I WROTE BACK AT ONCE TO SAY IT WAS UNSAFE . $
' PLEASE ROLF DO NOT COME , ' I SAID .$
' I LOVE YOU , AND I SHALL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR ALL
 YOUR KINDNESS TO ME . $
BUT PLEASE DO NOT COME . $
IT IS TOO DANGEROUS . ' $
AND HE RECEIVED MY LETTER . $
BUT ONE EVENING WHEN I WENT TO THIS BAR TO SEE IF HE HAD WRI
TTEN , THERE HE WAS WAITING FOR ME ... $
IF I HAD ONLY KNOWN , I COULD HAVE REACHED THE BAR SOONER .
$
BUT IT WAS NINE O'CLOCK , AND I HAD TO BE BACK IN THE CAMP B
Y ELEVEN ... $
' DOESN'T MATTER , ' I SAID TO ROLF . $
' YOU 'VE TAKEN A ROOM FOR US , AND I 'LL STAY WITH YOU . '
$
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BUT HE WAS AFRAID IT MIGHT MAKE TROUBLE FOR ME . $
' YOU WILL BE BACK BY ELEVEN , ' ROLF SAID . $
' WE SHALL STILL HAVE A FULL HOUR TOGETHER . ' $
SO WE WENT UPSTAIRS ... $
AND FOR AN HOUR I WAS WITH HIM ONCE AGAIN ... $
WHEN WE SAID GOODBYE , HE GAVE ME THIS AS A PARTING PRESENT
. $
AND I WAS BACK IN THE CAMP BY ELEVEN ... $
AND THE NEXT MORNING - SO I WAS TOLD LATER - ROLF LEFT FOR E
NGLAND , TAKING THE TRAIN TO PARIS ... $
BUT AT THE FRONTIER THEY CAUGHT HIM . $
02 CAUGHT HIM ? $
I DON'T UNDERSTAND ... $
01 ROLF WAS A JEW . $
02 ' WAS ' ? $
01 HE DIED - IN A ... CAMP . $
02 POOR ROLF ... $
01 DANKE . $
NOW DO YOU UNDERSTAND ? $
02 YES ... $
AFTER WHAT YOU 'VE JUST TOLD ME , FOR CHRIST'S SAKE WHY DO Y
OU FIGHT FOR YOUR FATHERLAND ? $
01 I GET YOUR MEANING . $
BUT CAN I PUT A QUESTION TO YOU ? $
02 SURELY . $
01 DO YOU KNOW WHY YOU FIGHT ? $
02 MORE OR LESS . $
01 WHY ? $
02 BECAUSE I LIKE ENGLAND , I SUPPOSE . $
01 IN SPITE OF SLUMS AND POVERTY . $
02 YES . $
01 AND I FIGHT FOR GERMANY IN SPITE OF MANY SHRECKLICH THING
S THAT ARE DONE THERE . $
VERSTEHEN DU ? $
02 THIS SERGEANT . $
01 MANTNER . $
I KNOW WHAT YOU THINK . $
I HAD DONE IT ONCE - WHY NOT A SECOND TIME . $
02 YES . $
01 IT WAS DIFFERENT ... $
ROLF WAS GENTLE , AND HE WAS MY FRIEND ... $
02 COULDN'T MANTNER BE YOUR FRIEND ? $
01 NEVER ... $
IF YOU MET HIM , YOU WOULD KNOW ... $
HE IS A PIG ... $
IN THE PUNISHMENT CELLS BACK IN FRANKFURT - THERE WAS A BOY
WHO FOUGHT AGAINST HIM WHEN HE TRIED IT . $
BUT MANTNER HAD A CLUB , AND THE MAN WHO WAS IN THE CELL NEX
T DOOR COULD HEAR THE BOY SCREAMING . $
BY MORNING THE BOY WAS DEAD . $
02 WE 'VE GOT BASTARDS LIKE THAT IN THE GLASS-HOUSES BACK HO
ME - DON'T WORRY . $
' IN THE MORNING THE PRISONER WAS FOUND HUNG IN HIS CELL . '
 $
YOU BET HE WAS . $
HUNG SO HE COULDN'T TELL WHAT THEY 'D DONE TO HIM . $
ANYHOW WE 'RE AWAY FROM THE LOT OF THEM NOW . $
01 GOTT SEI DANK . $
02 NEVER LET THE BASTARDS GET YOU DOWN . $
THAT 'S MY CREED IN LIFE . $
01 PERHAPS , AFTER ALL , YOU 'RE STRONGER THAN I AM . $
02 I DOUBT IT . $
PITY THE TANK WIRELESS IS BROKEN . $
THEN WE COULD CALL UP A SERGEANT OR TWO . $
' HULLO MANTNER ... PRESTON CALLING . $
OVER ... ' $
' ALLO PRESTON ... HIER IST MANTNER ANSWERINK ... $
OFER ... ' $
' HULLO MANTNER , PRESTON CALLING ... $
MESSAGE FROM GENERAL ROMMEL READS ... $
DIG A DEEP TRENCH LATRINE TWENTY FEET WIDE AND TEN FEET DEEP
 ... $
OVER ... ' $
' ALLO PRESTON , MANTNER ANSWERINK ... $
ORDERS RECEIVED AND UNDERSTOOD AND OBEYED . $
VAT NEXT ? $
OFER ... ' $
' NOW TAKE A RUNNING JUMP AND DROWN YOURSELF IN IT . $
OVER . $
AND I MIGHT SEND GREETINGS TO OUR R.S.M. AND THAT BASTARD CA
PTAIN BALDOCK . $
01 IT 'S NOT POSSIBLE - BUT IF IT WERE ... IF IT WERE POSSIB
LE TO CLEAR RIGHT OUT OF IT , WOULD YOU GO ? $
02 I 'VE BEEN WONDERING THAT FOR THE LAST THREE DAYS ... $
I 'M NOT SURE ... $
WOULD YOU ? $
01 UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS - YES . $
02 I 'D NEED MORE TIME TO THINK IT OVER . $
01 THAT CONVOY I WAS EXPECTING TO COME SOUTH WAS DUE THREE D
AYS AGO . $
IT 'S CERTAINLY BEEN CALLED OFF . $
02 OR IT 'S PASSED BEYOND THE HORIZON . $
01 SO WE MAY HAVE ANOTHER WEEK - AT THE RATE THE FOOD IS LAS
TING OUT . $
TELL ME SOMETHING . $
HAD YOU A BROTHER OR SISTER ? $
02 AN ELDER SISTER . $
SHE 'S MARRIED TO A DENTIST IN UCKFIELD . $
SO IF HE KNOCKS HER TEETH OUT , HE CAN ALWAYS PUT THEM BACK
AGAIN . $
01 I WAS THE ONLY CHILD . $
02 SO I GATHERED . $
01 WHEN YOU 'RE ALONE , DO YOU MAKE UP STORIES FOR YOURSELF
? $
02 DOZENS . $
01 I CAN IMAGINE ... $
DO YOU KNOW , KEN , I 'VE NEVER HAD A GIRLFRIEND ? $
02 YOU MUST HAVE DONE . $
01 NO , BECAUSE AT HOME I WAS SELDOM ALLOWED OUT . $
I HAVE NEVER HAD A GIRL . $
02 WHAT ABOUT THAT LUSCIOUS GREAT BEAUTY IN YOUR NAPLES PHOT
O ? $
01 AS YOU SAID , SHE WAS NOT A GIRL . $
SHE WAS A TART . $
' A PAINTED LADY , A WHORE OF BABYLON . ' $
02 WITH GREAT BIG ... $
01 TITS . $
02 WELL , ANYHOW , YOU WENT TO BED WITH A WOMAN . $
01 BESTIMMT . $
YES . $
IT BEGAN JUST LIKE THE STORY I USED TO TELL MYSELF ... $
I PICKED UP THE WOMAN IN A BAR . $
I WENT BACK TO HER ROOM . $
I WENT TO BED WITH HER . $
I ' HAD IT ' WITH HER ... $
BUT THEN IT ALL CHANGED ... $
AFTER IT WAS OVER ... $
I LAY BACK ON THE BED AND PRETENDED TO SLEEP ... $
ENTSCHULDIGEN SIE . $
02 LAST TIME WE GOT BACK TO ALEX , I WAS A GIBBERING SEX MAN
IAC . $
' A BINT ! ' $
I CRIED TO THE TAXI-DRIVER . $
AND HE PROMPTLY DROVE ME TO A MILITARY BROTHEL . $
WELL , I DIDN'T MUCH LIKE THE IDEA OF DOING IT TO ATTENTION
, BUT I ENTERED A ROOM NUMBERED WITH A GREAT ' E ' . $
NO TRACE OF A BINT . $
BUT A BLOODY GREAT TUBE OF OINTMENT ON THE TABLE - AND ABOVE
 IT A HUGE PRINTED INSTRUCTION : $
' APPLY OINTMENT ACCORDING TO DIRECTIONS . ' $
SO I DID . $
AND IT WAS PURE ANGUISH ; TEARS OF PAIN POURED DOWN MY CHEEK
S . $
AND SO ON TO ROOM ' F ' . $
AND THERE , LYING IN A SPLENDID BED - ARMY ISSUE - WAS A LOV
ELY BINT , LOOKING UP AT ME , ALL EXPECTANT . $
' WHY-FOR YOU CRY ? ' THE BINT ASKED ME . $
' BECAUSE THEY 'VE WRECKED ME , ' I SAID . $
' THEY HAVE UNMANNED ME - PROBABLY FOR GOOD ' . $
AND I GAVE HER A HUNDRED PIASTRES AND A CHASTE KISS ON THE F
OREHEAD . $
AND , CLUTCHING MYSELF , I STAGGERED OUT INTO THE STREET . $
01 BUT MY TROUBLE WAS I 'D THOUGHT OF IT IN MY OWN MIND AS S
O DIFFERENT ... $
BUT THEN I KNEW THAT THE STORY I HAD TOLD MYSELF OVER THE YE
ARS COULD NEVER COME TRUE - BECAUSE IN MY STORY THE GIRL AND
 I HAD MADE LOVE ALL NIGHT . $
02 SO YOU WILL - ONE DAY . $
01 NEVER . $
02 YOU CAN'T TELL ... $
01 I CAN - FROM TODAY ... $
DO YOU REMEMBER YOU LAUGHED WHEN I TOLD YOU THAT I WAS EXPEC
TING A VISITOR . $
WELL ... IN MY STORY , SO I WAS . $
02 IN YOUR STORY , I SUPPOSE YOU EXPECTED A YOUNG BEDOUIN GI
RL TO COME WANDERING ACROSS THE DESERT ? $
01 NO . $
NOR A GIRL FROM THE ITALIAN BROTHEL . $
I WAS EXPECTING A SOLDIER ... OF MY OWN AGE . $
IN MY STORY - NATURLICH - HE WAS OF MY OWN SIDE , AND HE WAS
 GERMAN . $
IN MY STORY , THE SOLDIER IS LOST AND HE HAS BEEN WOUNDED A
LITTLE IN THE ARM , AND HE HAS RUN OUT OF FOOD AND WATER . $
SO - NATURLICH - HE IS VERY GLAD TO SEE ME . $
AND I BANDAGE HIS ARM AND GIVE HIM PLENTY TO EAT AND TO DRIN
K . $
( ER IST SEHR NETT , SEHR SYMPATISCH ) ... $
AND DURING THE DAY WE BECOME FRIENDS . $
SO WE TALK ABOUT NEARLY EVERYTHING ... $
WE HAVE SUPPER ... $
WE TALK A LITTLE MORE ... $
AND THEN WE FALL SILENT ... $
AND AT THAT MOMENT , WE ARE PROBABLY EACH THINKING THAT WE A
RE VERY MUCH ALONE TOGETHER - WITH NO ONE ELSE AROUND FOR MA
NY MILES . $
WE HAVE ONLY ONE LAMP ALIGHT - IN MY STORY . $
BUT WE HAVE DECIDED THAT WE MUST LEAVE IT ALIGHT ALL NIGHT -
 AS WE HAVE DONE EACH NIGHT , SO THAT A PASSING CONVOY OR PA
TROL , SEEING THE LIGHT , WILL COME TOWARDS IT ... $
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I HAVE MADE HIM A BED OF BLANKETS IN A CORNER BENEATH THE TA
RPAULINS ... $
AND PRESENTLY WE UNDRESS AND GET INTO OUR BEDS ... $
AND I LIE THERE , WONDERING ... $
SUDDENLY HE STRETCHES OVER TO THE LAMP , WHICH IS BESIDE HIM
 , AND TURNS IT DOWN . $
THEN HE LEANS OVER AND BLOWS OUT THE FLAME SO THAT WE ARE IN
 DARKNESS . $
AND THEN I KNOW ... $
I KNOW WHAT HE FEELS ... $
AND IN MY STORY , HE COMES OVER TO ME ... $
02 SO THAT 'S IT . $
01 YES ... $
BUT IT IS ONLY A STORY I TOLD MYSELF WHEN I WAS ALONE HERE .
.. $
02 I UNDERSTAND . $
01 I DON'T THINK SO ... $
I WISH YOU DID ... $
02 I 'M NOT AN IDIOT , AS YOU CALL ME . $
01 THEN DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHY I CAN NOW TELL YOU THE STORY ?
 $
02 NO . $
01 I CAN NOW TELL YOU - BECAUSE IT WAS ONLY IN MY MIND . $
LIFE HAS WIPED AWAY THE DREAM ... $
UND WARUM ? ... $
BECAUSE - FOR THE FIRST TIME - LIFE HAS BEEN KINDER AND TRUE
R ... $
FOR THE FIRST TIME , LIFE HAS BEEN BETTER ... $
DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME ? $
ARE YOU ANGRY ? $
HAVE I OFFENDED YOU ? $
BUT YOU DON'T ... $
02 LOOK ... YOU AND ME ... WE 'RE ON DIFFERENT TRACKS ... $
01 DO YOU DESPISE ME ? $
02 OF COURSE NOT . $
DON'T WORRY ... $
YOU 'LL BE ALL RIGHT , PAUL ... $
YOU 'LL FIND - SOMEONE ... $
01 I DON'T WANT SOMEONE . $
I 'VE WANTED TO FIND ONE PERSON ... $
I DIDN'T KNOW WHO THE PERSON WOULD BE ... $
BUT I KNEW THAT I COULD TELL ... $
02 I 'M ON A DIFFERENT TRACK ... $
THAT 'S MY PROBLEM ... $
I TOLD YOU . $
IT 'S NO GOOD . $
01 I WOULD HAVE SAID THAT ONCE . $
WHERE ARE YOU GOING ? $
02 I 'M NOT LEAVING ... $
I 'M JUST GOING TO ... $
02 WAKEE , WAKEE . $
RISE AND SHINE . $
YOU LAZY IDLE KRAUT . $
01 HELLO . $
02 I SHALL REPORT YOU TO ERWIN . $
01 OH . $
02 YOU SAID THE COMPASS WAS BROKEN . $
01 YES . $
02 IT 'S NOT BROKEN . $
IT 'S NOT BROKEN AT ALL . $
YOU CRAFTY BLEEDIN' KRAUT . $
01 I THOUGHT IT WAS BROKEN . $
02 ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME ? $
01 YES , I AM LISTENING . $
02 WE HAVE A COMPASS . $
01 DOES THAT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE ? $
02 YES . $
01 WHAT DIFFERENCE ? $
02 WELL , IT MEANS WE CAN GO FOR A START . $
01 GO WHERE ? $
02 I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU , I 'VE MADE UP MY MIND . $
I 'M SICK OF THIS BLEEDIN' WAR . $
I 'M OFF . $
01 YOU CAN'T JUST OFF . $
02 WHILE YOU WERE SNORING AWAY THIS LAST HOUR I 'VE BEEN THI
NKING THINGS OVER . $
NOW THEN , IF ONE 'S GOING TO PLAN , ONE MUST PLAN LOGICALLY
 , AS MR CAREY , OUR POOR TROOP LEADER , KEEPS TELLING US ..
. SO WHAT ARE THE ALTERNATIVES ? $
01 WHAT ? $
02 WELL , WE COULD ALWAYS STAY HERE AND DIE OF THIRST , THAT
 'S A PLAN , OR YOU MARCH OFF SMARTLY TO THE WEST , AND I CO
ULD STRIDE AWAY BRAVELY TO THE EAST , THAT 'S A PLAN . $
01 WHO CARRIES THE COMPASS ? $
02 I DO , OF COURSE . $
YOU SAID IT WAS BROKEN . $
ALTERNATIVELY , WE COULD MOVE SOUTH . $
DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE SENUSSI BEDOUIN DOWN SOUTH ? $
01 THEY ARE KILLERS . $
02 IT DEPENDS WHICH SIDE YOU ARE ON . $
IF WE 'RE TAKEN PRISONER BY YOUR LOT AND ESCAPE WE 'RE TOLD
TO HEAD SOUTH TO THE SENUSSI BLACK TENTS , BECAUSE THEY HAVE
 GOT A SOFT SPOT FOR THE BRITISH . $
SO WE PACK UP AS MUCH FOOD AND WATER AS WE CAN CARRY AND WE
MOVE SOUTH FOR THE SENUSSI . $
01 BUT WHAT ABOUT ME , WOULD THEY HELP A GERMAN ? $
02 NO . $
YOU WOULDN'T BE A GERMAN , YOU 'D BE A GUNNER FROM THE CRUSA
DER TANK I WAS IN . $
IF A SINGLE SENUSSI SPEAKS A WORD OF ENGLISH , WHICH I DOUBT
 , HE IS HARDLY LIKELY TO SPOT YOUR ACCENT , IS HE ? $
01 MAYBE NOT . $
02 ANOTHER THING , THE SENUSSI ARE ALL RELATED , AND THEY 'R
E STRUNG OUT RIGHT ACROSS THE SAHARA . $
GIVE ONE SENUSSI AN OLD CAP BADGE AND YOU 'VE BOUGHT YOURSEL
F A PASSAGE THROUGH TO SOUTH AFRICA . $
FABELHAFT . $
01 WHAT THEN ? $
02 SOME OF THE AFRIKANERS ARE ON THE JERRIES' SIDE , AREN'T
THEY ? $
01 WELL , SOME FOR SURE . $
WE ARE TOLD THAT IF WE ARE SENT TO ONE OF YOUR PRISON CAMPS
IN SOUTH AFRICA THERE MAY BE AFRIKANERS WHO WILL TRY TO HELP
 US . $
02 SO YOU COULD FIND AN AFRIKANER'S FARM . $
YOU 'D TELL HIM YOU ARE AN ESCAPED PRISONER . $
SO YOU 'D BE ALL RIGHT . $
01 WHAT ABOUT YOU ? $
02 I 'M A GOOD SWIMMER . $
01 COULDN'T YOU WORK ON THE FARM ALSO ? $
02 I 'D HAVE TO SEE , WOULDN'T I ? $
01 LISTEN , KEN ... $
LAST NIGHT IT WAS A MISTAKE TO TELL YOU MY DREAM , BUT PEOPL
E ... DO SOMETIMES SAY THINGS . $
02 FORGET IT . $
01 JUST LET ME SAY THIS THING . $
THEN I WON'T SPEAK OF IT AGAIN ... PERHAPS I WAS WRONG TO BE
LIEVE ALL MY DREAM . $
PERHAPS IT IS ENOUGH . $
REMEMBER WHAT YOU SAID ... ' I 'M ON DIFFERENT TRACK , ' YOU
 SAID . $
WELL ... ES IST GANZ WAHR . $
MAYBE WE ARE ON DIFFERENT TRACKS . $
BUT THE TRACKS CAN STILL RUN SIDE BY SIDE . $
DO YOU UNDERSTAND NOW ? $
SO PLEASE REMEMBER . $
02 RIGHT . $
01 AND I LIKE YOUR PLAN . $
I DO THINK IT 'S FABELHAFT ... WHEN DO YOU THINK WE COULD ST
ART ? $
02 TONIGHT AFTER SUNSET . $
01 TONIGHT ? $
02 THE SKY WOULD BE CLEAR . $
WE COULD GO BY THE STARS . $
AND IF IT CLOUDS OVER , WE COULD USE THE COMPASS . $
WE COULD ONLY TRAVEL BY NIGHT , BY DAY WE 'LL HAVE TO HIDE U
P AND SLEEP , BECAUSE , WE COULDN'T RISK BEING SEEN BY EITHE
R SIDE . $
01 AND TRAVELLING BY NIGHT IT WILL BE COOL , SO WE SHALL NEE
D LESS WATER . $
HOW FAR SHALL WE HAVE TO GO ? $
02 TILL WE FIND A TRIBE OF BEDOUIN . $
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01 WE 'VE GOT SOME FOOD AND WATER FOR THE JOURNEY . $
WE 'VE GOT THE STARS AND A COMPASS . $
I 'LL RISK IT . $
02 WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO EAT FOR BREAKFAST ? $
BULLY-BEEF AND BISCUITS - OR BISCUITS AND BULLY-BEEF ? $
01 DON'T BREW UP YET . $
02 OH THE EAGLES THEY FLY HIGH IN MOBILE . $
OH THE EAGLES THEY FLY HIGH $
AND THEY SHIT RIGHT IN YOUR EYE , $
AREN'T YOU GLAD THAT YOU AND I AREN'T IN A MOBILE ? $
THERE IS ALWAYS BUCKSHEE WATER IN MOBILE . $
THERE IS ALWAYS BUCKSHEE WATER $
AND THE PADRE'S BUCKSHEE DAUGHTER $
DOES FAR MORE THINGS THAT SHE OUGHTER IN MOBILE . $
IN MOBILE ... $
01 KEN . $
KEN . $
02 HELLO . $
01 LOOK TO THE NORTH WEST , THERE IS A CLOUD OF DUST . $
02 STAY WHERE YOU ARE . $
01 WHAT IS IT ? $
WHAT IS IT ? $
02 IT 'S A TRUCK AND IT 'S COMING TOWARDS US . $
01 WHICH SIDE IS IT ? $
02 OURS , GET YOUR HEAD DOWN . $
01 KEN . $
02 WHATEVER HAPPENS LET ME HANDLE IT , STAY IN THE COVER OF
THE CAMEL GRASS . $
LIE STILL FOR CHRIST SAKE AND DON'T MOVE . $
03 HELLO ... $
WHEN I SPOTTED THIS TANK ... I NEVER EXPECTED TO FIND ANYONE
 HERE . $
02 OUR TANK BREWED UP . $
03 OH ... $
02 LAST WEEK . $
IT GOT A DIRECT HIT . $
NOT THIS TANK . $
WE WERE UP NORTH . $
03 SO YOU WERE IN THAT UNLUCKY PATROL-IN-FORCE THAT WAS SENT
 OUT ? $
02 YES . $
03 YOUR LOT HAD A PRETTY ROUGH TIME OF IT BY ALL ACCOUNTS ..
. $
WHAT ABOUT YOU ? $
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU NEED ? $
WATER ? $
FOOD ? $
ANYTHING ? $
I 'VE GOT PLENTY OF STUFF ON MY TRUCK . $
02 NOTHING , THANKS . $
03 WHAT 'S YOUR NAME ? $
02 PRESTON . $
03 MY NAME 'S DECKER . $
WHAT 'S YOUR RANK ? $
02 TROOPER . $
03 AND WHAT 'S YOUR UNIT ? $
02 HARTLAND YEOMANRY . $
03 AND IN THE HARTLAND YEOMANRY - TROOPERS DON'T ADDRESS AN
OFFICER AS SIR ? $
02 YES , THEY DO , SIR . $
03 GOOD . $
PERHAPS I 'D BETTER SEE YOUR IDENTITY DISC . $
THANKS ... $
WAS YOUR WHOLE OUTFIT UP THERE IN THE NORTH ? $
02 NO , SIR . $
OUR TROOP - THAT 'S NUMBER FOUR TROOP B SQUADRON , SIR - WER
E PART OF THE COMPOSITE SQUADRON THAT MADE UP THE PATROL IN
FORCE . $
03 AND B SQUADRON RAN INTO PRETTY BAD TROUBLE QUITE EARLY ON
 . $
02 YES , SIR . $
IT WAS A PROPER MIX-UP . $
MR CAREY - HE 'S OUR TROOP LEADER , SIR - MR CAREY TRIED TO
BREAK OUT SOUTH . $
BUT WE WERE SURROUNDED . $
WE 'D LOST TWO OF OUR TANKS ALREADY . $
THEN A SHELL HIT OUR TANK , SO WE BALED OUT . $
03 WHAT HAPPENED TO THE REST OF YOUR CREW ? $
02 THEY WERE KILLED WHEN THE SHELL HIT US . $
03 I 'M SORRY . $
YOU 'VE NOT BEEN ALONE HERE , HAVE YOU ? $
02 NO , SIR . $
03 WHERE 'S THE OTHER MAN ? $
02 I WAS IN MR CAREY'S TANK , SIR . $
WE WERE THE ONLY TWO THAT GOT OUT . $
03 AND WHERE IS MR CAREY ? $
02 HE WAS HERE , SIR . $
03 WHERE IS HE NOW - I 'M ASKING ? $
02 HE LEFT ... $
HE LEFT BEFORE FIRST LIGHT THIS MORNING . $
03 WHY ? $
02 WE WERE RUNNING OUT OF FOOD AND WATER . $
HE WENT TO GET HELP . $
03 YOU DIDN'T GO WITH HIM ? $
02 GETTING OUT OF THE DRIVER'S HATCH - WHEN THE TANK WAS BUR
NING - I HURT MY LEG ... $
ME LEFT TENDON'S GONE ... $
03 BAD LUCK . $
MR CAREY HAD HIS COMPASS , I PRESUME ? $
02 YES , SIR . $
03 WHAT BEARING DID HE LEAVE ON THIS MORNING ? $
WELL , WHEN MR CAREY LEFT YOU AT FIRST LIGHT , HE MUST HAVE
GIVEN YOU THE BEARING HE WAS TAKING ? $
02 YES , SIR . $
03 THEN WHAT WAS IT ? $
02 NINETY , SIR . $
03 DUE EAST , IN FACT . $
02 YES , SIR . $
03 AND I SEE YOU MAKE USE OF HIS SLEEPING BAG WHILE HE 'S AW
AY . $
02 YES , SIR . $
03 WHAT TIME DID HE LEAVE THIS MORNING ? $
02 SIX - NO , I 'M SORRY , SIR - IT WAS FIVE A.M. $
03 HE LEFT AT FIVE ... $
AND IT 'S NOW ALMOST TEN ... $
SO , SAY , WITH THIS GOING HE COVERS ... $
YES ... $
WELL , IT LOOKS TO ME AS IF HE 'S GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT - BE
CAUSE BY NOW WITH ANY LUCK HE 'LL BE IN SIGHT OF SECOND TASK
 FORCE THAT 'S REGROUPING ... $
I 'M ON MY WAY THERE MYSELF . $
HE 'D GOT BINOCULARS WITH HIM , I TAKE IT ? $
02 YES , SIR . $
03 DID HE TAKE A HAVERSACK ? $
02 YES , SIR . $
03 WHAT WAS HIS PLAN ? $
02 HE WAS GOING TO GET A TRUCK AND COME BACK FOR ME , SIR .
$
03 RIGHT , WHY DON'T YOU GATHER UP YOUR GEAR AND I 'LL DRIVE
 YOU OVER TO SECOND TASK FORCE . $
02 MR CAREY'S ORDERS WERE FOR ME TO WAIT FOR HIM HERE , SIR
. $
03 BUT SURELY NOW I 'VE ARRIVED THE WHOLE SITUATION 'S CHANG
ED . $
02 HAS IT , SIR ? $
03 OBVIOUSLY . $
I CAN DRIVE YOU TO TASK FORCE IN MY TRUCK , AND YOU CAN JOIN
 MR CAREY THERE . $
02 HE MIGHT HAVE LEFT TO COME BACK HERE BEFORE WE ARRIVED .
$
03 THEN WE 'D MEET HIM ON THE WAY . $
02 NO , SIR . $
03 WE 'D BE ON THE SAME BEARING . $
WE 'D BE CERTAIN TO . $
02 NOT IN THIS STRETCH OF DESERT - IF YOU 'LL EXCUSE ME , SI
R . $
HE COULD PASS US BY AT A THOUSAND YARDS AND WE COULD MISS HI
M . $
I 'M SORRY , SIR . $
BUT I THINK I 'D DO BEST TO OBEY MR CAREY'S ORDERS . $
03 VERY WELL . $
I 'LL LEAVE YOU SOME STUFF OFF MY TRUCK BEFORE I GO . $
02 THANK YOU , SIR . $
03 I MUST SAY - YOU 'VE MADE YOURSELF PRETTY COMFORTABLE HER
E ... $
BUT THEN I SUPPOSE THAT 'S HALF THE BUSINESS OF BEING A TRUE
 DESERT-RAT . $
WATER . $
GOT ANY TEA ? $
IF NOT THERE'S SOME ON THE TRUCK . $
02 I FOUND SOME TEA , SIR . $
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03 THEN WHY DON'T WE BREW UP ? $
I CAN LET YOU HAVE ANOTHER CAN OF WATER . $
02 RIGHT , SIR . $
SHALL I MAKE A CUP FOR YOUR DRIVER ? $
03 OUR COLONEL 'S DRIVER WENT DOWN WITH A GIPPY TUMMY THIS M
ORNING , SO THE OLD MAN 'S TAKEN MINE . $
THERE WE GO . $
YOU KNOW , THIS DESERT RAT EXISTENCE IS ALL NEW TO ME ... $
I 'M FRESH OUT FROM ENGLAND . $
I 'VE ONLY BEEN IN THE WESTERN DESERT A MONTH . $
SO I DON'T REALLY KNOW THE FORM YET ... $
BUT THAT 'S WHAT I 'VE BEEN SWANNING ROUND WITH THE LONG RAN
GE DESERT GROUP TO FIND OUT ... $
MY MAIN JOB NOW IS TO DISCOVER WHAT MAKES OUR DESERT ARMY TI
CK , WHAT MAKES IT WORK ... $
FOR THE TIME BEING MY FIGHTING DAYS ARE OVER ... $
I HAD MY SHARE OF EXCITEMENT ON THE WAY BACK TO DUNKIRK ...
$
02 AND WON YOURSELF A MEDAL INTO THE BARGAIN , SIR , I SEE .
 $
03 I DON'T MEAN I DIDN'T FIRE OFF A GUN THIS LAST WEEK OR SO
 ... I DID . $
BUT I 'M NO LONGER CONCERNED WITH THE ENEMY AS SUCH ... $
SO MUCH AS WITH OUR TROOPS THAT ARE FIGHTING HIM . $
CIGARETTE ? $
02 THANK YOU , SIR . $
03 YOU 'VE GOT A LIGHT ? $
02 YES , SIR , THANK YOU . $
03 I 'VE TALKED WITH SOME OF THE MEN IN THE LONG RANGE DESER
T GROUP DURING MY FORTNIGHT WITH THEM . $
HOW 'S THE TEA GETTING ON ? $
02 SORRY , SIR , EXCUSE ME . $
03 BUT I INTENDED ANYHOW TO MEET SOME OF THE INFANTRY AND SO
ME OF THE TANK CREW MEN . $
SO YOU SEE , PRESTON , I 'M REALLY GLAD TO HAVE THIS CHANCE
OF CHATTING TO YOU ... $
NOW , YOU 'RE NOT A REGULAR , ARE YOU ? $
02 NO , SIR . $
03 NOR AM I ... $
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN OUT HERE ? $
02 TWO YEARS , SIR . $
03 TWO YEARS , I SAY , YOU 'VE SEEN QUITE A BIT OF THE BENGH
AZI HANDICAP , AS WE CALL IT . $
DO REST THAT LEG OF YOURS . $
02 THANK YOU , SIR . $
03 WHO DO YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS RECKON IS THE BEST GENERAL OU
T HERE IN THE WESTERN DESERT ? $
THE BEST GENERAL ON EITHER SIDE ... ? $
02 I SUPPOSE ROMMEL , SIR . $
03 EXACTLY . $
THAT 'S PRECISELY THE ANSWER I EXPECTED . $
IN FACT , AN ARMY ORDER HAS RECENTLY BEEN CIRCULATED TO ALL
TROOP LEADERS TO THE EFFECT THAT ' THIS ADULATION OF GENERAL
 ROMMEL MUST CEASE . ' $
BUT THAT 'S NOT THE RIGHT WAY ABOUT IT ... $
NOW , WHAT DO YOU ADMIRE ABOUT ROMMEL ? $
WELL , I DARESAY YOU HEARD THE STORY THAT HE VISITED A FIELD
 HOSPITAL HIS TROOPS HAD OVER-RUN AND TALKED TO EVERY WOUNDE
D BRITISH SOLDIER IN IT ? $
02 YES , SIR . $
03 WELL , THE STORY 'S PERFECTLY TRUE SO FAR AS IT GOES . $
HE TALKED TO ALMOST EACH ONE OF OUR MEN - ASKING HIM IF HE W
AS BEING PROPERLY TREATED AND SO ON . $
BUT WHAT YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW IS THAT ROMMEL HAD ALREADY
MADE HIS PLANS TO WITHDRAW THE FOLLOWING DAY . $
SO HE KNEW , YOU SEE , THAT EVERY MAN IN THAT HOSPITAL WOULD
 GO STRAIGHT BACK TO HIS UNIT AND THE STORY WOULD SPREAD ALL
 OVER THE EIGHT ARMY ... $
BRILLIANT PROPAGANDA , FOR THEM , YOU SEE ... $
WELL NOW , WE 'RE GOING TO ORGANISE SOME PROPAGANDA FOR A BR
ITISH GENERAL FOR A CHANGE . $
AND EVERY SOLDIER IN THE EIGHT ARMY WILL BE TAUGHT TO APPREC
IATE THAT THE AFRIKA CORPS IS MADE UP OF NAZIS . $
AND THE NAZIS ... $
WELL , YOUR OUTFIT DIDN'T FIGHT IN FRANCE , DID IT ? $
02 NO , SIR . $
03 I WAS AN INTELLIGENCE OFFICER AND I 'VE SEEN SOME OF THEI
R WORK ... IT 'S NOT VERY PRETTY ... $
02 EXCUSE ME , SIR . $
03 CARRY ON ... $
BUT OUT HERE IN THE DESERT A KIND OF CAMARADERIE HAS GROWN U
P BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES , HASN'T IT ? $
02 YES , SIR . $
03 WELL , IT 'S GOING TO STOP - AND QUICK . $
I 'M TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT THE CHIVALRY OF THE ENEMY . $
WE 'VE GOT TO STOP ALL THIS SILLY TALK ABOUT THE POOR ITALIA
N SOLDIER WHO DOESN'T WANT TO FIGHT US AT ALL . $
YOU PROBABLY KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT ONE . $
IT 'S THE ITALIANS THAT STARTED THE FIGHTING OUT HERE - AND
THEY 'RE STILL IN THE FIELD . $
EVERY OFFICER AND EVERY MAN IN THE EIGHT ARMY MUST UNDERSTAN
D - WHETHER HE LIKES IT OR NOT - THAT HE 'S BEEN SENT OUT TO
 THIS GODFORSAKEN DESERT FOR ONE REASON AND FOR ONE REASON O
NLY - TO DESTROY THE ENEMY BY EVERY POSSIBLE MEANS . $
WHAT 'S THE NAME FOR YOUR COLONEL ? $
02 COLONEL PARMENTER , SIR . $
03 PARMENTER . $
I DON'T KNOW HIM . $
HE 'S GOT A PLACE UP IN LEICESTERSHIRE , HASN'T HE ? $
02 YES . $
I BELIEVE SO , SIR . $
03 MY WIFE'S FAMILY LIVE QUITE CLOSE TO HIM ... $
DIDN'T HE WIN HIMSELF A DSO IN THE WINTER CAMPAIGN ? $
02 YES , SIR . $
03 NO SUGAR FOR ME , THANKS . $
02 RIGHT . $
03 WHAT ARE YOU ? $
GUNNER ? $
02 DRIVER . $
03 YOUR REGIMENT HAS GOT CRUSADERS , I PRESUME ? $
02 YES , SIR . $
03 WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE NEW MARK SIX ? $
02 THE ENGINE 'S FINE - THOUGH THE COOLING SYSTEM COULD CERT
AINLY DO WITH SOME IMPROVEMENT . $
IT 'S THE GUN THAT 'S THE TROUBLE . $
03 WHY ? $
02 THE TWO-POUNDER 'S NOT BIG ENOUGH . $
03 QUITE ... $
WELL , IT 'S BEING PUT RIGHT . $
02 IF THEY GAVE US A BIGGER GUN THERE 'D BE NO COMPLAINTS .
$
03 ' THEY ' ? $
WHO IS ' THEY ' ? $
02 THE PEOPLE IN ENGLAND WHO SEND THE STUFF OUT HERE , I SUP
POSE , SIR . $
03 NO , PRESTON , THERE 'S NO ' THEY ' . $
THERE 'S NO ' WE ' AND ' THEY ' , WE 'RE ALL FIGHTING IN THE
 SAME ARMY AGAINST THE SAME ENEMY . $
02 YES , SIR . $
03 WHAT 'S THIS ? $
WERE YOU READING THIS ? $
02 YES , SIR . $
03 TO HEAR THEM TALK ABOUT THE EIGHT ARMY AT HOME YOU 'D IMA
GINE THAT EVERY MAN WAS READING JANE AUSTEN OR ' WAR AND PEA
CE ' . $
' THE CRIMSON MOLL ' , QUITE A GOOD TITLE . $
02 ANOTHER CUP OF TEA , SIR ? $
03 NO THANK YOU , PRESTON ... MADE IN GERMANY , I SEE . $
02 YES , SIR . $
I GOT IT OFF A JERRY TANK WE CAPTURED IN THE WINTER CAMPAIGN
 . $
WE GET QUITE A BIT OF LOOT THAT WAY . $
03 LOOT ? $
02 YES , SIR . $
YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN EXTRA CLOTHES WILL COME IN USEFUL . $
GETS A BIT COLD OUT HERE AT NIGHT . $
WE COLLECT ALL THE STUFF WE CAN . $
LAST CAMPAIGN I DID FINE ; I GOT TWO CAMERAS , AND A WHACKIN
G GREAT PAIR OF BINOCULARS ... NOT TO MENTION A FUR-LINED JA
CKET . $
THEN MY TANK BREWED UP AND I LOST THE BLEEDIN' LOT , AND ME
OWN CLOBBER AS WELL . $
ONE THING THAT THE JERRIES HAVE THAT WE DON'T - CHOCOLATE -
BAGS OF THE STUFF . $
EVER TASTED SOME , SIR , DELICIOUS , IT 'S GOT SPECIAL VITAM
INS ADDED , OR SO THEY SAY , ALL I CAN TELL YOU FOR CERTAIN
IS THAT IF YOU EAT TOO MUCH OF IT YOU 'LL BE AS SICK AS A DO
G . $
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03 I THOUGHT I HEARD A CONVOY ... BUT IT 'S NOTHING . $
PRESTON , I RATHER THINK I MET YOUR TROOP LEADER , MR CAREY
, AT A CORPS EXERCISE BACK IN ENGLAND . $
ISN'T HE A RATHER THIN , FAIR-HAIRED MAN ? $
02 HE 'S THIN . $
BUT HE 'S DARK . $
VERY DARK , I 'D SAY . $
03 THEN IT CAN'T BE THE SAME CHAP . $
ALL ENEMY LOOT ? $
02 YES , SIR ... $
03 INCLUDING THIS ? $
02 YES , SIR . $
03 YOU FOUND THIS WALLET ON A JERRY TANK ? $
02 YES , SIR . $
A MARK FOUR . $
03 YOUR REGIMENT GOT AS FAR AS AGEDABIA , DIDN'T IT ? $
ON THE LAST ADVANCE ? $
02 YES , SIR . $
03 WHEN WAS THAT ABOUT ? $
02 JANUARY , SIR . $
03 AND WHEN DID THE WITHDRAWAL BEGIN ? $
02 JANUARY THE TWENTY-FIRST . $
03 SO , WHEN DID YOU CAPTURE THE MARK FOUR ? $
02 MID-JANUARY , SIR . $
03 AND THAT 'S WHEN YOU FOUND THIS WALLET ? $
02 YES , SIR . $
03 THEN HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THE FACT THAT THIS LETTER FROM GE
RMANY IS POSTMARKED FEBRUARY THE SIXTEENTH ? $
02 THERE MUST BE SOME MISTAKE , SIR . $
03 I HOPE FOR YOUR SAKE THERE IS . $
02 I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF THAT REMARK , SIR
 . $
03 COME HERE , PRESTON ... $
I 'M NOW FORCED TO ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS . $
I HAVE TO WARN YOU THAT IF IT TURNS OUT THAT YOU LIE TO ME I
N ANSWER , YOU WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE PUT ON A CHARGE . $
IS THAT CLEAR ? $
02 YES , SIR . $
03 WHERE IS YOUR TROOP LEADER ? $
02 I TOLD YOU , SIR . $
HE LEFT AN HOUR BEFORE FIRST LIGHT . $
03 WHO SLEPT IN THAT SLEEPING-BAG LAST NIGHT ? $
02 MR CAREY . $
03 ALONE ? $
02 YES , SIR . $
03 WHERE DID YOU SLEEP ? $
02 THERE . $
03 WHEN DID YOU MOVE ACROSS TO THE SLEEPING-BAG ? $
02 AFTER MR CAREY LEFT , SIR . $
03 AND YOU THEN ROLLED UP THE BLANKETS ? $
02 YES , SIR . $
03 WHEN HE LEFT ? $
02 YES . $
03 BUT AT FIVE THIS MORNING , IT MUST STILL HAVE BEEN VERY C
OLD . $
02 YES , SIR . $
03 SO DID YOU GET INTO THE SLEEPING-BAG ? $
02 SI ... $
CAN I ASK WHAT ALL THIS IS ABOUT , SIR ? $
03 MR CAREY 'S A FAIR-HAIRED MAN , YOU SAY ? $
02 YES , SIR . $
NO , HE 'S DARK , SIR . $
03 YOU TOLD ME YOU 'D READ THAT BOOK . $
THAT BOOK ? $
02 YES , SIR . $
03 WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE GIRL IN IT ? $
CRIMSON MOLL , WHAT 'S HER NAME ? $
02 I ONLY SKIMMED THROUGH IT , SIR . $
I CAN'T REMEMBER . $
03 WAS IT JILL OR DANA OR MARILYN ? $
02 IT WAS ONE OF THEM . $
I 'M SURE OF IT . $
03 NO IT WASN'T ... $
IT WASN'T ANY OF THEM . $
I PRESUME THAT DURING YOUR TWO YEARS OUT HERE IN THE DESERT
YOU 'VE LEARNED THE ARMY REGULATIONS WITH REGARDS TO PRISONE
RS OF WAR ? $
02 YES , SIR . $
03 AND YOU DO KNOW THEREFORE THAT IT 'S A SERIOUS OFFENCE TO
 ASSIST THE ENEMY IN ANY WAY ? $
02 YES , SIR . $
03 HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HERE ? $
02 THREE DAYS . $
03 WITH MR CAREY ? $
02 YES , SIR . $
03 NO ONE ELSE HAS BEEN HERE ? $
02 I KNOW WHAT IT IS - AT LEAST , I THINK I DO , SIR ... $
YOU 'VE SEEN ALL THIS EQUIPMENT LYING ABOUT , SO YOU THINK T
HERE 'S BEEN A JERRY SOLDIER HERE . $
03 AM I WRONG ? $
02 NO SIR , YOU 'RE RIGHT , 'COS THERE WAS TWO OF THEM , HER
E . $
THEIR TANK BREWED UP , AND THEY GOT BADLY WOUNDED . $
THEN THEY GOT LOST . $
THEN THEY FOUND THIS TANK . $
A DAY LATER ONE OF THEM DIED ... $
AND WHEN MR CAREY AND I ARRIVED , THE SECOND ONE WAS DYING ,
 WE BURIED HIM TWO DAYS AGO . $
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE TWO GRAVES AS YOU DROVE HERE , SIR . $
03 NO . $
I DON'T THINK I DID . $
02 TO THE NORTH , SIR . $
MORE TO THE NORTH . $
03 OH , YES ... $
I SEE ... $
TWO GRAVES - SIDE BY SIDE ... $
THAT 'S WHAT YOU MEANT , ISN'T IT ? $
02 YES . $
03 THOSE WERE THE GRAVES YOU DUG ? $
02 YES ... I DUG THEM , SIR . $
03 ALRIGHT , PRESTON . $
QUITE . $
I 'LL GIVE YOU ONE LAST CHANCE TO TELL THE TRUTH . $
02 I 'VE TOLD THE TRUTH , SIR . $
03 I DON'T THINK SO . $
SO LET ME TELL YOU , PRESTON , THAT WHEN I FIRST CLIMBED ON
TO THE TANK A FEW MINUTES AGO , I WAS PARTICULARLY INTERESTE
D IN THE GROUND LYING TO THE WEST - WHERE THERE 'S A STRETCH
 OF CAMEL GRASS ... $
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY ? $
02 NO , SIR . $
03 AS I EXAMINED THAT AREA I CAME ACROSS A PATCH WHERE THERE
 WAS SOMETHING WHICH ATTRACTED MY ATTENTION . $
SO I FOCUSED MORE CLOSELY ON IT . $
AND I FOUND IT WAS A MAN . $
HE WAS LYING FACE DOWNWARDS IN THE SAND . $
HE WASN'T MOVING . $
HE HAD FAIR HAIR ... $
YOU HAVEN'T SEEN SUCH A MAN ? $
02 NO , SIR . $
03 THERE 'S BEEN NO GERMAN ANYWHERE NEAR THIS TANK TODAY ? $
02 I 'VE TOLD YOU . $
NO , SIR . $
03 PERHAPS HE WASN'T A JERRY . $
HE WAS CERTAINLY FAIR-HAIRED . $
HE WAS ALMOST BLOND , I 'D RECKON . $
I SAY ' WAS ' BECAUSE HE 'S GONE . $
WHEN I WAS UP ON THE TANK A MINUTE AGO THERE WAS NO SIGN OF
HIM . $
BUT HE WON'T GET FAR ... $
I 'M CONSIDERED A PRETTY GOOD SHOT ... $
LAST WEEK , FOR INSTANCE , I STARTED UP A HARE IN A STRETCH
OF CAMEL GRASS DOWN SOUTH . $
SO I GAVE CHASE IN THE TRUCK . $
AND I SHOT IT DEAD AT TWENTY YARDS . $
02 I 'M SORRY , SIR . $
BUT I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT ALL THIS IS ABOUT . $
03 SHALL I TELL YOU SOMETHING , PRESTON ? $
SEMI-EDUCATED , SEMI-CLEVER PEOPLE ALWAYS MAKE THE SAME MIST
AKE . $
THEY ALWAYS UNDERRATE THE INTELLIGENCE OF THE PERSON THEY 'R
E DEALING WITH . $
SO , LET 'S CONSIDER THE FACTS , SHALL WE ? $
YOU 'VE HELPED A MAN . $
YOU 'VE GIVEN HIM SHELTER . $
YOU 'VE LIED FOR HIM . $
YOU 'VE GOT YOURSELF INTO SERIOUS TROUBLE FOR HIS SAKE . $
SO YOU OBVIOUSLY MUST HAVE BECOME FRIENDS WITH HIM - FOR ONE
 REASON OR ANOTHER . $
BUT DO YOU THINK THAT COUNTS FOR ANYTHING SO FAR AS HE 'S CO
NCERNED ? $
NO . $
HE 'S CONCERNED WITH ONE THING - AND ONE THING ONLY - TO SAV
E HIS SKIN . $
SO THAT WHILE WE 'VE BEEN TALKING HERE , THAT 'S WHAT HE 'S
BEEN PLANNING ... $
BECAUSE , OF COURSE , ALL THIS TIME MY TRUCK HAS BEEN STANDI
NG THERE UNGUARDED - AS YOU 'VE SEEN FOR YOURSELF - IN THE D
EAD GROUND BELOW THE RIDGE . $
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS ? $
02 ROTAR ARM , SIR . $
03 AND I 'VE GOT THE KEYS , SO HE 'S HARDLY LIKELY TO START
THE ENGINE . $
BUT WE 'LL HEAR HIM OPEN THE TRUCK DOOR ... $
AND WHEN HE DISCOVERS HE HASN'T GOT A CHANCE , HE 'LL CREEP
OFF BELOW THE RIDGE AND HEAD SOUTH . $
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HE 'LL MAKE A RUN FOR IT . $
THAT WILL BE WHEN THE CHASE WILL BEGIN . $
I 'M NOT STRICT ON DISCIPLINE . $
I NEVER HAVE BEEN ... AND THE LAST THING I WANT IS ANY FUSS
OR TROUBLE ... $
BUT THIS KIND OF THING IS A DISEASE . $
BECAUSE LIKE A DISEASE IT CAN SPREAD . $
IT CAN SAP THE WHOLE MORALE OF AN ARMY . $
I WONDER WHAT YOU 'RE THINKING ... $
02 I 'M THINKING , SIR , THAT YOU 'VE GOT THINGS WRONG . $
03 HOW ? $
HOW HAVE I ? $
TELL ME . $
02 I DON'T KNOW ARMY REGULATIONS , AND YOU DO , SIR . $
THAT 'S OBVIOUS . $
SO PERHAPS YOU CAN TELL ME ... $
SUPPOSING THERE HAD BEEN A JERRY SOLDIER HERE , AND SUPPOSIN
G HE 'D BEEN SICK AND I 'D LOOKED AFTER HIM , WOULD I HAVE B
EEN BREAKING ANY REGULATION ? $
03 IF HE 'D BEEN YOUR PRISONER , AND HE 'D BEEN WOUNDED OR S
ICK AND YOU 'D LOOKED AFTER HIM ? $
NO , I DON'T THINK SO . $
BUT - AS I 'M SURE YOU 'RE INTELLIGENT ENOUGH TO REALISE - T
HERE ARE OTHER OFFENCES YOU 'LL BE CHARGED WITH . $
02 OFFENCES , SIR ? $
03 HELPING AN ENEMY , FOR ONE . $
02 THEY 'D HAVE TO PROVE THAT , WOULDN'T THEY ? $
03 THAT 'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I INTEND TO MAKE VERY SURE
 THAT I CATCH YOUR FRIEND . $
I SHALL BE MOST SURPRISED IF HE DOESN'T TALK . $
AFTER ALL , WHAT WILL HE HAVE TO LOSE ? $
YOU 'RE STILL VERY CONFIDENT , AREN'T YOU ? $
OBVIOUSLY YOU DON'T BELIEVE HE 'LL TALK ... $
BUT THEN , OF COURSE , YOU DON'T THINK HE 'LL DESERT YOU NOW
 , DO YOU ? $
I WONDER WHAT HAS MADE YOU BEHAVE WITH SUCH CRIMINAL IDIOCY
... $
I MUST CONFESS THAT I CAN'T UNDERSTAND IT ... $
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT MAKES YOU TICK ... $
AND I OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO ... $
WHY DIDN'T YOU CALL OUT TO HIM , I WONDER ? $
YOU WERE JUST ABOUT TO - WEREN'T YOU ? $
SURELY YOU THINK HE 'S GOT A CHANCE ? $
I CONFESS IT - I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU . $
02 NOR EVER YOU WILL . $
03 PERHAPS NOT . $
WELL , IN A MINUTE OR TWO WE CAN SAFELY PRESUME THAT HE 'S D
ISCOVERED HE CAN'T USE THE TRUCK ... $
SO THEN HE 'LL HEAD SOUTH ... $
BUT SO AS TO MAKE SURE , I INTEND TO GIVE HIM FIVE MINUTES'
START . $
02 SIR , I 'VE CHANGED MY MIND ... $
03 OH YES ? $
02 I 'LL TELL THE TRUTH ... $
I 'LL MAKE A STATEMENT AND SIGN IT - IF THAT 'S WHAT YOU WAN
T , SIR . $
BUT ... $
03 BUT WHAT ? $
02 HE 'S JUST A TROOPER - LIKE I AM . $
HE 'S JUST ONE OF THOUSANDS ... $
JUST ONE OF US CAN'T MAKE A TWOPENNY DIFFERENCE TO THE WAR .
.. $
SO PLEASE , SIR ... $
CAN'T YOU LET HIM GO ? $
03 I 'LL SAY IT AGAIN , I CAN'T UNDERSTAND YOU ... $
THE MAN WOULD QUITE OBVIOUSLY DESERT YOU . $
YET YOU 'RE PERFECTLY PREPARED TO GET YOURSELF SHUT UP FOR A
T LEAST A YEAR IN A MILITARY PRISON - AND WHY ? $
IN ORDER TO SPARE HIM BEING SENT TO A PRISONER-OF-WAR CAMP ?
 $
HE 'D PROBABLY BE FAR BETTER OFF THERE THAN FIGHTING IN THIS
 DESERT . $
SO WHY DO YOU WANT ME TO LET HIM GO ? $
TELL ME WHY , PRESTON ... $
02 SO HE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE INTERROGATED , SIR . $
03 PERHAPS I DO BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND YOU ... $
YOU DON'T WANT ALL THE OTHER PRISONERS IN HIS CAMP TO KNOW A
BOUT HIM . $
02 SIR , IF I TELL THE TRUTH , SIR ... IF I SIGN THE STATEME
NT ... $
03 BUT THE SITUATION NOW DOESN'T ARISE ... $
YOU COULDN'T START THE TRUCK , COULD YOU ? $
BUT I WONDER WHY YOU CAME BACK ... $
WE 'LL FIND THAT OUT PRESENTLY ... $
BUT FIRST - LET 'S HAVE YOUR NAME , RANK AND NUMBER . $
COME ON , I KNOW YOU SPEAK ENGLISH , SO DON'T BOTHER TO PRET
END YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND . $
I WANT YOUR NAME , RANK AND NUMBER . $
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VERSTEHEN SIE ? $
01 SEIDLER ... $
GEMEINER PANZER SOLDAT ... $
ZWEI HUNDERT FUNF UND VIERZIG . $
ACHT VIER SECHS SIEBEN . $
03 HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HERE ? $
02 DOESN'T MATTER . $
TELL HIM . $
01 SIX DAYS . $
03 SO YOU WERE HERE BEFORE PRESTON ARRIVED ? $
01 YES . $
03 AND YOU WERE HERE THREE DAYS TOGETHER ? $
01 YES . $
03 WHERE DID YOU SLEEP ? $
01 THERE . $
03 SHOW ME . $
01 THERE . $
03 IN THE SLEEPING-BAG ? $
01 YES . $
03 YES . $
THE FULL EVIDENCE WON'T BE DIFFICULT TO GET . $
01 WHAT DOES HE MEAN ? $
EVIDENCE ? $
02 HE MEANS THAT HE 'S MAKING VARIOUS CHARGES AGAINST ME . $
HE MEANS HE 'LL HAVE ME SENT TO THE GLASS-HOUSE . $
01 THE TRUCK IS NO GOOD . $
HE 'S TAKEN THE KEY . $
03 PRECISELY . $
01 I THOUGHT THAT IF I COULD MOVE THE TRUCK , THEN YOU ... $
02 BUT HE 'S GOT THE KEYS AND THE ROTAR ARM AND THE GUN . $
03 I WONDER WHAT YOU WERE AFRAID HE WAS GOING TO BLURT OUT T
HEN ? $
02 BUT ... $
WE 'RE NOT BEATEN YET . $
03 DO YOU NOW RANGE YOURSELF ON THE ENEMY'S SIDE ? $
I 'M ASKING YOU , DO YOU , PRESTON ? $
02 YES . $
03 REALISING THE CRIME AND ITS CONSEQUENCES , YOU TAKE THE S
IDE OF THE ENEMY AGAINST ME ? $
DO YOU ? $
DO YOU ? $
02 YES . $
03 VERY WELL , I SHALL TREAT YOU ACCORDINGLY . $
SO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU STAND . $
BUT I DON'T THINK YOU 'LL BE QUITE SO SURE OF YOUR DECISION
AFTER A FEW MONTHS IN THE GLASS-HOUSE - LET ALONE A FEW YEAR
S . $
I 'VE SEEN FAR STRONGER MEN THAN YOU BROKEN DOWN . $
02 THEY WON'T BREAK ME DOWN . $
03 I 'LL GIVE THEM THREE MONTHS . $
02 THEY WON'T BREAK ME DOWN - BECAUSE THEY WON'T GET THE CHA
NCE . $
03 THEY WILL , PRESTON , BECAUSE I SHALL SEE THEY DO . $
02 YES , I 'M SURE YOU WOULD ... $
YOUR TYPE 'S ALWAYS EXISTED , AND ALWAYS WILL ... $
AND IT 'S WHEN I HEAR YOU AND YOUR LOT TALKING THAT I KNOW W
HAT MY ' KIND ' , AS YOU CALL US , IS REALLY FIGHTING AGAINS
T . $
03 THE TRUCK WON'T DO YOU MUCH GOOD . $
02 NO ... $
BUT I CAN MAKE SURE THAT YOU WON'T START IT EITHER . $
03 HOW WILL THAT HELP YOU ? $
02 WE 'LL SEE . $
03 PRESTON , STOP . $
I 'M GIVING YOU TWENTY MORE PACES ... $
TWENTY , PRESTON . $
1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 ... $
DROP IT . $
YOU TREACHEROUS LITTLE BASTARD , YOU KNEW THAT GUN WAS THERE
. $
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YOU 'D HAVE LET AN OFFICER OF YOUR OWN SIDE BE MURDERED IN C
OLD BLOOD . $
02 HE 'S DYING , YOU BASTARD , YOU KILLED HIM . $
01 ENTSCHULDIGEN SIE . $
I WAS SLOW . $
I OUGHT TO HAVE MOVED MORE FAST . $
ENTSCHULDIGEN . $
I 'M SORRY , KEN . $
03 IT MAKES ME SICK . $
YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT WE 'RE OUT HERE FOR . $
01 I 'M SORRY , KEN . $
02 WITH HIM YOU HADN'T MUCH CHANCE ... $
03 WHAT DO YOU THINK GIVES YOU THE RIGHT - TO MAKE A TRUCE O
F YOUR OWN . $
WHEN I THINK WE 'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ... YOU 'RE NOT FIT TO RU
N A KINDERGARTEN , LET ALONE A COUNTRY . $
02 LIE STILL . $
YOU MUST LET ME DRESS YOUR WOUND . $
01 ALL ALONG . $
ALL ALONG I HADN'T MUCH CHANCE . $
THEN THREE DAYS AGO ... THEN MY LUCK CHANGED . $
02 THERE 'S NO LUCK AND THERE 'S NO CHANCE . $
03 PRESTON ... I 'VE GOT THE PRECISE MAP REFERENCE . $
SO YOU CAN EXPECT THEM TO COME BACK FOR YOU IN ABOUT TWO HOU
RS . $
I MUST WARN YOU - IT WON'T DO YOU MUCH GOOD TRYING TO ESCAPE
 . $
YOU WON'T GET ANYWHERE IN TWO HOURS . $
UNDERSTOOD ? $
01 KEN ... $
KEN . $
02 IT 'S ALL RIGHT , I 'M HERE . $
03 I 'LL GET THE ESCORT TO BRING SOME HELP BACK FOR HIM . $
01 DO YOU THINK THERE IS ANYTHING ? $
02 AFTER THIS LOT - THERE 'D BETTER BE . $
01 WHEN YOU 'VE CLOSED YOUR EYES ... FOR THE LAST TIME ... $
I CAN HEAR IT ... $
I CAN HEAR IT SO CLEAR ... $
AND IT DOESN'T MATTER ANY MORE - ES MACH GAR NICHTS - BECAUS
E WE FOUND IT , DIDN'T WE ? $
02 YES . $
01 SAY IT ... SAY THE WORDS . $
02 WE FOUND IT . $
01 IT WILL BE SAD ... ALONE AGAIN . $
KEN ... DON'T LET THEM ... $