Escape - "Operation Fleur De Lys" (Old Time Radio)

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In occupied northern France in 1944, American OSS agents Duke
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and Hill parachute behind enemy lines to organize a small
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Maquis force and disrupt German transport and supply routes ahead
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of the Allied invasion. This is Escape, Episode 2, Operation Fleur-de-Lys,
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first heard on CBS July 14, 1947. Jack Webb plays Duke,
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with Elliot Lewis as Hill and Harry Bartell as Alcine.
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William N.
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Robson adapted the drama from a contemporary story by Stuart
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Alsop and Thomas Braden. The action begins in London and
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moves into rural Maquis territory near Grandmont, where a security
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breach threatens the local resistance network. And now, the original broadcast.
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Escape. Escape tonight to occupied France and the underground.
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The Columbia Broadcasting System and its affiliated stations presents Escape,
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a new series of programs of which this, the second,
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is Operation Fleur de Lis, written and directed by William
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Ann Robeson. Today, the 14th of July, the people of
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a free France celebrate the anniversary of their escape from
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the tyranny of the kings of Versailles. 158 years ago today,
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the people of Paris stormed the Bastille and let loose
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the French Revolution. The torch of liberty set afire that
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day never burned more fiercely than during the years when
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France was occupied by the Nazis. We escape tonight to
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occupied France, from which three years ago there was no escape.
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You can call me Duke, but don't use my right name.
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I might want to go back to France someday.
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And there are a lot of people in the world
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that wouldn't understand that what I did was justified in
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a war. No, I don't have any regrets. Moral ones,
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that is. It isn't what I did to Rene that
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keeps me awake at nights. just the memory of her.
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There isn't much about her in my official report on
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Operation Fleur de Lis, but then it isn't customary to
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include descriptions of slim, sunburned legs.
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And wide, deep brown eyes in a military document.
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And anyway, she was only an incident in the operation,
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even if she became somewhat more important to me. Operation
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Fleur de Lis began, like all the others, in the grubby,
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undistinguished house in London, which was the headquarters of the OSS,
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the Office of Strategic Services. otherwise known in various parts
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of the world as Screwballs, Cutthroats, Spies, Cloak and Dagger Boys,
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and American Underground Agents.
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Gentlemen, Operation Fleur de Lis is planned to assist the
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advance of our forces once they've secured a beachhead in Normandy.
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Is that where we're going in, Major? That is one
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of the possibilities, Lieutenant. Yes, sir.
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You will jump over Grand Mar in northern France, here
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on the map. You have to set up roadblocks on
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these three state highways.
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Here, here, And here.
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There is an underground contact near Gramont, sir? Yes, Alcine Duton.
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He's leader of the local marquee. He's expecting you. In addition,
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you're to block these railroad lines entering and leaving Gramont.
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These operations are to coincide with the advance of our
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ground forces.
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If they land in Normandy.
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If they land in Normandy.
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You are in plane tonight at 2100 hours and will
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drop over your objective at, I should think, approximately 2230.
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Any questions? No, I don't think so, sir.
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Well, yes, sir, I have a question. Yes, lieutenant? How
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many of us are going on this mission? Just the
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two of you. Just the two of us.
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And all we had to do was organize an underground army,
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disrupt the supply lines of a half a dozen Nazi divisions,
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and give support to the entire Allied invasion.
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Just the two of us.
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But that's the way the OSS worked. And nobody ordered
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Hill and me into it. We'd volunteered.
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I don't know why.
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Maybe for moments like this one. When you get a
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B-24 assigned to you as a personal taxi. And there's
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lots of room to sprawl around after the bombings.
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How do you feel? Fine.
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Scared? Of course I'm scared, aren't you?
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Me?
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No.
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This is a walk. You forget how tough it was
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when we were at paratroop school at Benning.
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Yeah, that was real rugged.
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If the wind wasn't right, you might land in the
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Chattahoochee and get all wet.
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And it was always the chance that you'd sprain your
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ankle coming down too hard.
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And the sun was so bright on some of those
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daylight jumps.
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Well, ass, we got none of those things to worry
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about here. A nice pitch black night over France. No
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sun to blind us. No Chattahoochee River to fall into.
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Hey, Lieutenant.
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Yes, Sergeant.
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Skipper wants to talk to you on the intercom. Thanks.
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Here, use my cans. Thank you.
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Duke here.
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Lieutenant, I'm over here, objective. Any signal from the ground?
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Yes, the one arranged. Four dots, two dashes, green.
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Very well.
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You and Lieutenant Hill move into the bomb bay catwalk.
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I'll open bomb bay doors in 30 seconds.
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Roger.
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Good luck.
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Thanks. Sergeant, stand by to dump those supplies as soon
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as we're clear.
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Yes, sir.
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Come on, Ed. This, as someone has said, is it.
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So soon? Just as I was settling down on good foot.
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Bombay Dodger opening, sir. Okay, Sergeant. All right, Ed, let's
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check your harness.
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It's a frightful mess.
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I just can't seem to do a thing with it.
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I know, but this is the last party you'll have
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to wear it on.
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Okay. How am I? Well, don't look now, but your
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chute's showing.
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Tuck it in. Let's get out on that catwalk.
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Wow, what a refreshing breeze.
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And all of France on our feet.
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You see the signal?
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That's what I'm looking for.
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There it is. Over to the left. You got it?
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Got it.
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Let's go. Come on. You're a kid.
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Sure you're a kid.
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It helps.
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But for those 10 seconds while you fall free, nothing helps.
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You hang on to the ripcord and you count off
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the seconds and you try not to count too fast.
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Your hand on that ripcord is the only certain thing
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in the world as you tumble head over teacups with
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a wind tearing sound from your ears. And there's only
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one thought, always the same thought, whether it's your first
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or your 50th jump.
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Will the chute open? It does.
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Yanking at your armpits, knocking the breath out of you,
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slowing you down, and you swing there like a rag
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doll trying to get your bearings. First, you make out
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the horizon. That's where the black becomes darker black. where
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the stars stop. And you wonder about Ed, but you
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can't risk calling out. And now that you're located where
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the stars aren't, you look for the signal light, and
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there it is, slightly to the left. So you tug
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at your shroud lines, spilling a little air to guide
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you toward it. And it's coming toward you awfully fast.
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And you hope this particular French patriot has picked out
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a field free of trees and church steeples. And then
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you try to remember all the things they taught you
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about hitting the ground and rolling with the wind and
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collapsing your chute, because it's always like this.
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You always feel like you've never hit the silt before.
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And then you're down, and you roll just right, and
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you collapse your chute, and it's second.
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Nature to you, after all.
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And then you hear footsteps running towards you. And you
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remember another important instruction. You whip out your automatic, and
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you hope your French is good enough to get you by.
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Kiva, who is it?
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Alcine here.
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Fleur. Okay, Alcine, come on.
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I'm glad you've arrived, Lieutenant.
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So it seems.
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You have no idea how long we've wished for this moment.
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Hold it. That's my partner. Come on.
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Hey, Ed. Ed.
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Over here, Duke.
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You okay? Okay.
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My ump and ah is just slightly damaged, otherwise okay.
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This is Alcine, our contact. Alcine, Lieutenant Hill. Hello, Alcine.
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Lieutenant, it is a great pleasure to make your acquaintance.
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And on behalf of my countrymen... Yeah, well, let's get
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these chutes buried and blow this place. Where's your transportation, Alcine?
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We haven't any.
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Where?
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Where's the safe house?
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You might be able to stay at my aunt's. I
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don't think she'd talk. You don't think, aren't you sure? Oh, yes,
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I'm supremely confident that I.
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Where are the Germans?
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They're everywhere.
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Where?
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And that is why I'm so glad you're here. Now
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we can fight again. With your help, we will kill
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many Bush.
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Wait a minute. How many are there in your maquis?
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Myself and two others.
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Just three of you?
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Oh, my aching back.
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But now that the Americans are here, we can do anything.
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Oh, why don't they get these things straight in London?
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How can we block roads with a three-man maquis?
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Three men and an aunt who perhaps will not talk.
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Well, let's get cracking.
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Duke, you're not going through with this mad venture, are you?
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What would you suggest?
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Well, as for me, I'm all for taking the next
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plane back to London.
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Another piece.
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Of bread, Lieutenant.
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No, thank you, ma'am.
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This bone chicken is delicious. How do you call it?
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K-ration.
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Supreme.
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We've had nothing like it since the Bosch came.
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Yeah, well, you'll get used to it.
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And cigarettes, Tom Malley. Cigarettes made of real tobacco. Ah,
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you Americans have everything.
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Madame.
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Alcine, you're kind, you're hospitable, but the comforts of K-Ration
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will not block roads.
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We need men. We must form a maquis.
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But we have a maquis. Look, Alcine, there are three
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of you and two of us.
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Sure, we've got guns and we've got ammunition and supply
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chutes somewhere out in that field where we landed. We've
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got arms for 50 men. But if we had those men,
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we still couldn't go to war against the German division.
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You said yourself there's at least a division, Garrison, in Grummel.
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What must we do?
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First, we must organize a maquis. We need men. Can
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you get them?
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I can go into the village and talk to my friends.
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You should have done that a long time ago.
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Falsine, that would be most unwise.
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Why?
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Didn't you know?
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Falsine is a patriot. He's a deserter from the Vichy army,
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so he's wanted by the Gestapo.
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Oh, great. And there's a Gestapo headquarters in Grammont, of course.
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Of course.
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Falsine is not one to run from danger.
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Quite the contrary. I can get René to help.
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Who's René?
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Falsine's sweetheart. A lovely girl from Paris.
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Poor thing.
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She had to come down to the country because her
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house was bombed out.
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Let's leave her out of this. But, Lieutenant, she would
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be most happy to help.
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Alcine, you've got a lot to learn about guerrilla warfare.
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You might as well study your first lesson right now.
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It's short and to the point.
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No dames.
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Well, the next day, we collected the supplies, which had
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been dropped with us. And we set up a camp
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deep in the woods... Hill and I were loaded with
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French money, so we were able to buy food from
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the friendly farmers. Maybe it was the food, as much
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as patriotism, that brought us recruits. Anyway, after a week,
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we had nearly 30 men. Our marquee wasn't big enough
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for the job we had to do, but it was
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growing in the right direction. And then one night, as
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I was winding up a report to London.
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Oh?
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What do they say?
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What do they ever say? Message acknowledged. Carry on.
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Well, what about new batteries for the radio? What about
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extra ammunition for the Buck Rogers guns? When are they
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going to get another drop to us?
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Why don't you ask them?
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Yeah, I mean.
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They do the best they can, I guess. After all,
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we're not the only Boy Scouts in this jamboree.
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Mm-hmm.
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Hey, Duke.
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Yeah?
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There goes Alcine again, off toward the road.
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What the... Hey, Alcine! Yes? Come here a minute.
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Yes, Lieutenant.
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Where are you going?
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I was just taking a stroll.
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You're on night guard?
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Not tonight.
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You weren't on night guard last night, were you?
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No, Lieutenant.
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Or the night before?
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No, sir.
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But you weren't in camp all night, were you?
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No, sir.
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What's the matter?
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Don't you like the camp? Rather sleep at your aunt's?
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Is it too rugged out here for you?
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No, sir.
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Then where were you?
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In the village.
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You know the orders. No one has to go into
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the village.
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Yes, Lieutenant, but I only go in at night.
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That makes no difference.
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But it does. You see, Lieutenant, I'm so in love.
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Oh, great.
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The girl from Paris? Yes.
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You should see her, Lieutenant. She's the most beautiful, the
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most charming, the most.
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Don't you know you're endangering the whole Maquis by disobeying
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my orders?
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Oh, no, sir.
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There's no danger with Rene. She hates the bush. Why,
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she wants to join us.
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You've told her about us?
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Oh, yes, sir.
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Are you out of your mind? How do you know
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she's all right?
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I just know that's all. She's the most wonderful person
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in the world. She's a real patriot.
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I told you, rule number one is no dames.
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Yes, but Renée is different.
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Yeah.
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Well, you better marry her before you bring her around
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here or you'll have to share with the rest of
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these wolves. Lieutenant, do I understand you?
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Forget it, Alcine. It's just an American figure's speech.
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May I tell Renée she can join us?
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Well, not quite yet.
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Later, maybe. Yes, Lieutenant. Is that all?
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Yeah, that's all.
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If you gotta take it, Alcine, take it easy. I
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do not understand.
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Just another American idiom, Elsie. Good night.
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Good night, sir. Hey, Duke. You gonna let him get
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away with that?
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What are we gonna do?
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Slap him under the guardhouse for 30 days.
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Only this isn't the American army. We haven't any guardhouse.
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Yeah, it stinks from a security standpoint.
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I know.
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If we try to keep these boys from sneaking off
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home every now and then, we're not gonna have any, Marquis.
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Ah, he's French. An immoral race.
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I don't know about that. Remember Phoenix City, Alabama?
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Yeah.
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Oh, yeah, I see what you mean.
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There wasn't anything we could do. If we'd ordered Alcine
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to stay in camp, he'd have sneaked off anyway. He
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had that dreamy, faraway look that's baffled parents, teachers, and
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first lieutenants since the beginning of time. I didn't worry
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too much about it because our marquee was growing, and
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Ed Hill and I were breaking our backs pushing those
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French kids through an airsots basic in three weeks. Headquarters
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in London didn't tell us much, but we did know
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from the BBC that the boys had landed at Omaha Beach,
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and it wouldn't be long before they'd be needing our roadblocks.
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And then one morning, about D plus four, I think
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it was, I was out in the woods running a.
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Squad through concealment. Oh, no, no.
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Hit the dirt.
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Don't wait till you're dead. When you see the signal,
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hit the dirt right now.
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Pardon me, Lieutenant.
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Huh?
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Oh, I'll see. Have you been all night or so?
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I didn't know.
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Lieutenant, I've got to talk to you.
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Okay, I'll be through here in a half hour or so.
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I've got to talk to you now.
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All right, I'll see. Okay, boys, take five. Come along,
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I'll see. What's on your mind?
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Lieutenant, my family's been killed.
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Oh, no.
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Yes, by the Gestapo. They set fire to the house.
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My mother, my father, and my two sisters. They ran out.
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The Gestapo shot them.
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You're sure of this?
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Yes, I heard it this morning from a neighbor who
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saw it happen.
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You poor kid.
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When can we attack, Lieutenant? When can we stop this
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endless training and fight the bush?
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No, I want only to kill and kill and kill
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until I pay them back for my father and my mother.
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My two sisters.
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Yeah, I know. You'll get your chance, Alcine, but not yet.
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We've got to wait. We're not ready yet.
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I'm ready. Before, I wanted to fight the bush for
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my country. Now I want to kill him again and again.
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For them.
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I know, but you've got to be patient.
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This should happen to me now. Only last night, Renee
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said she'd marry me. Come to live here with me
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in the camp. I was so happy. And this morning,
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I learned this news.
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When did you hear from your mother last?
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Not for a month, since we began to work, but...
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I've written her every week.
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You have? Who mailed the letters?
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Renee mailed them for me. She's so kind and thoughtful.
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She offered to mail letters home for the other boys, too.
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That was nice of her. Did they take advantage of
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her offer? A couple of them. Who?
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Paul and Jean. I told them about it and they
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wrote their families.
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And Renee mailed the letters, huh?
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She's a wonderful person, Lieutenant. You're going to love her.
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Yeah, I think I am.
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She's all I've got.
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Two and two make four in occupied France, just the
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same as anywhere else. And sometimes it's just as hard
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to prove. But one thing was sure. Now I wanted
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to meet Rene in the worst way. But I had
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to postpone the pleasure because early that afternoon, one of
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the outposts broke into camp out of breath.
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Yes, Paul. The Bosch.
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They're coming down the road through the forest.
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How many?
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I did not stop to count them.
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Several truckloads to be sure.
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Pass the word to Lieutenant Hill. Ask him to bring
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his detail into camp on the double.
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Yes, Lieutenant.
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I'll see him.
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Yes, sir.
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Take two men and go down by the road and
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see what they're up to. Yes, sir. Just reconnoiter. Don't
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fire at them.
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But this is my chance for revenge. Listen to me.
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Don't fire at them. That's a command.
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Yes, sir.
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They may not be after us at all. Now get going.
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Immediately, Lieutenant.
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What's the order of the day, Duke?
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Lance Graham?
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Yeah, looks like it. All your men here?
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President accounted for.
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All right, boys.
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Now gather around, will you, and get this. There's a
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convoy of Germans coming down the forest road.
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Now wait a minute. We're not going to fight them.
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You know what our job is.
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Roadblocks.
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We got tanks, artillery, and airplanes that'll be along soon
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to do the killing. Now, look, our security's been pretty good.
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And those Krauts may be on a routine patrol. Chances
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are they don't even know we're here.
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They do now. Listen.
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Yeah, well, that doesn't... All right, you men got your weapons?
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Yes, sir.
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Good.
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And you know the procedure.
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Get lost.
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Before you leave the forest, bury your weapons, ammunition, and equipment.
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Rendezvous at the home of Alcine's aunt at 2200 hours tonight.
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Good luck. Come on, Ed, let's scram.
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Well, he who doesn't fight and runs away lives to
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fight another day.
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Or something like that.
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Who tipped them off?
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I'm not sure, but I got a pretty good idea.
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Who's down there at the road?
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Alcine. He's fighting a private war, the poor jerk.
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The basic rule of three in guerrilla warfare is surprise, kill, vanish.
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However, when you're surprised, the only rule is vanish. And
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we did.
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There were about 50 Germans and a half a dozen
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dogs to track our scent. They spent the day thrashing
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through the woods, firing into the underbrush and finding nothing.
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It was a classic withdrawal.
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And Hill and I were proud of our little army,
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with the exception of Alcine, its self-appointed hero. When we
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arrived at his aunt's house that night for the rendezvous,
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a half a dozen of the boys were already there.
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Who is it?
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Fleur.
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Delique.
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I'm so proud of him.
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Ah, Lieutenant, I was just telling Tante Marie and the
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boys it was magnificent. I got two of them. I
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killed two bush.
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Your orders were not to shoot.
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But, Lieutenant, what would you?
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What happened to the other boys who were with you?
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Jean was wounded and captured. Antoine became frightened and ran away.
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That blows the marquee. They'll get the full particulars from Jean.
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They haven't got them already.
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I'm sorry, Lieutenant, but... Quiet.
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Answer it, madame.
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Who is it?
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Louis.
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Open it.
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Good evening, madame.
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Come in, boys.
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Running any trouble, boys?
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As you see, we are here.
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Yeah.
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But not for long.
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Lieutenant?
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Yes, Paul?
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Raoul and I wish to withdraw from the marquee.
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Quit? Why? The risk is too great. You afraid? For myself, no.
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But after what happened to John... He was wounded and captured.
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We all take that risk.
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Yes, but last night, the Gestapo got John's family. Like
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they did Alcine's. Stood them up in front of their
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house and shot them. Who knows what will be next?
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My mother, Raoul's sister, Alcine's aunt. I wish to withdraw. Now,
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wait a minute.
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I don't blame you for being worried about your families.
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But whose families do you think the British and American
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armies up in Normandy are fighting to liberate?
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Their own? No, yours.
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Now, this thing isn't as bad as it looks. There's
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been a leak in our security. Somebody's been putting a
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finger on us. So we lay low until the leaks flood.
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But the Germans are everywhere. Spies, perhaps, too, are everywhere.
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I think I know who's responsible for these murders. I'll
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make a deal with you. Give me a couple of
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days to work it out. We'll issue you boys some
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money and All you've got to do is to get
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lost until Saturday night, and then meet me back here.
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If I haven't patched up our security by then, you
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can all quit the marquee and become collaborators.
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Oh, it is not that, Lieutenant.
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No one wishes to collaborate. But one must think of
510
00:19:38.259 --> 00:19:38.880
one's family.
511
00:19:39.000 --> 00:19:39.319
Okay.
512
00:19:39.819 --> 00:19:39.960
Ed.
513
00:19:40.220 --> 00:19:40.599
Yeah, Duke.
514
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Give the boys a thousand francs apiece.
515
00:19:42.869 --> 00:19:43.049
Right.
516
00:19:43.329 --> 00:19:43.970
Come and get it, boys.
517
00:19:45.250 --> 00:19:45.650
Alcine.
518
00:19:45.869 --> 00:19:46.650
Yes, my Lieutenant?
519
00:19:47.450 --> 00:19:48.890
I'm going to have a little time on my hands
520
00:19:48.910 --> 00:19:50.579
for the next couple of days. Do you think you
521
00:19:50.599 --> 00:19:52.200
could arrange to introduce me to your girlfriend?
522
00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:53.759
Oh, but of course, lieutenant.
523
00:19:53.940 --> 00:19:56.460
Maybe, if she's okay, like you say, we can let
524
00:19:56.480 --> 00:19:59.099
her sign up. I am desolated with happiness, lieutenant.
525
00:19:59.200 --> 00:20:01.940
One thing. None of that lieutenant business around her until
526
00:20:01.960 --> 00:20:02.970
I make sure she's all right.
527
00:20:03.069 --> 00:20:03.509
Very well.
528
00:20:04.150 --> 00:20:05.769
You think my French is good enough to pass as
529
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a native? But of course, lieutenant. All right, then pass
530
00:20:08.490 --> 00:20:09.450
me off as a friend of yours.
531
00:20:10.309 --> 00:20:13.410
Let's see. I'll need a name. Let's call me Jacques Dufresne.
532
00:20:13.750 --> 00:20:14.450
Jacques Dufresne.
533
00:20:14.849 --> 00:20:15.009
Good.
534
00:20:15.029 --> 00:20:16.309
I will make the arrangements immediately.
535
00:20:16.430 --> 00:20:24.339
I thought you'd like an excuse to get into town tonight.
536
00:20:27.720 --> 00:20:29.859
The next afternoon, Alcine brought the girl out to the
537
00:20:29.900 --> 00:20:32.420
woods near his aunt's house. I stood behind a tree
538
00:20:32.460 --> 00:20:34.279
to watch and make sure they weren't being followed.
539
00:20:35.480 --> 00:20:36.200
She was all right.
540
00:20:37.059 --> 00:20:40.099
Tall, long, sunburned legs, her hair caught in a blue
541
00:20:40.140 --> 00:20:42.660
ribbon like a little girl's. I let them walk by,
542
00:20:42.700 --> 00:20:44.029
and then I stepped from behind my tree.
543
00:20:44.049 --> 00:20:47.230
Oh, there you are, Jacques.
544
00:20:47.450 --> 00:20:48.029
Hello, Alcine.
545
00:20:48.410 --> 00:20:52.390
René, this is my good friend Jacques Dufresne. He's from Paris, too. Jacques,
546
00:20:52.829 --> 00:20:54.190
this is René de Cibourg.
547
00:20:54.549 --> 00:20:55.519
Glad to meet you, mademoiselle.
548
00:20:55.730 --> 00:20:59.079
And I'm honored to meet you, monsieur. Where do you
549
00:20:59.119 --> 00:20:59.819
live in Paris?
550
00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:01.940
Near the Porte du Lilac, but my home is no
551
00:21:01.980 --> 00:21:03.119
longer there. It was bombed out.
552
00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:05.119
Alas, so was mine.
553
00:21:05.480 --> 00:21:07.960
My family remain with friends, but I've come out into
554
00:21:07.980 --> 00:21:09.319
the country to fight with the resistance.
555
00:21:09.440 --> 00:21:11.559
Jacques has much influence with the commander of our marquis.
556
00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:14.339
Oh, I hope you will be able to persuade him
557
00:21:14.380 --> 00:21:15.559
to let me join you, monsieur.
558
00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:16.880
I shall do what I can.
559
00:21:16.900 --> 00:21:20.589
It would be a privilege and an honor to work
560
00:21:20.619 --> 00:21:22.029
with a patriot like you.
561
00:21:22.089 --> 00:21:23.990
Si, Jacques, I told you René was all right.
562
00:21:24.210 --> 00:21:27.029
You didn't tell me the half of it. Mademoiselle, you
563
00:21:27.049 --> 00:21:30.049
understand that we must be cautious. There are questions I
564
00:21:30.089 --> 00:21:32.089
must ask of a confidential nature.
565
00:21:33.750 --> 00:21:36.710
Why don't we meet again? Alone.
566
00:21:37.450 --> 00:21:37.789
Why not?
567
00:21:38.809 --> 00:21:42.549
Say, tonight? I have a little car. We might take
568
00:21:42.569 --> 00:21:43.029
a drive.
569
00:21:43.170 --> 00:21:43.369
Fine.
570
00:21:43.609 --> 00:21:45.109
But, Renée, you promised me that.
571
00:21:45.130 --> 00:21:49.089
I can see you some other time, monsieur. Remember, France
572
00:21:49.250 --> 00:21:50.089
comes first.
573
00:22:00.140 --> 00:22:01.279
We just drove that night.
574
00:22:01.859 --> 00:22:03.859
She was wearing a white ribbon in her hair and
575
00:22:03.900 --> 00:22:06.970
a loose white dress and no stockings. We just drove
576
00:22:07.009 --> 00:22:09.049
around in our little Citroen with the top down and
577
00:22:09.069 --> 00:22:10.490
the wind blowing her hair like a girl in a
578
00:22:10.529 --> 00:22:13.990
magazine ad. Then we came back about midnight and parked
579
00:22:14.009 --> 00:22:16.549
with the bridge. I felt like I was back in
580
00:22:16.589 --> 00:22:17.529
high school in Illinois.
581
00:22:19.230 --> 00:22:20.670
Look at those stars, Jack.
582
00:22:21.730 --> 00:22:22.069
Yeah.
583
00:22:24.190 --> 00:22:28.990
So many of them. So close you can almost reach
584
00:22:29.099 --> 00:22:29.880
out and touch them.
585
00:22:30.559 --> 00:22:30.759
Yeah.
586
00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:37.369
I had them all once, Jack. I reached out and
587
00:22:37.410 --> 00:22:39.109
gathered them all in my arms once.
588
00:22:40.250 --> 00:22:40.490
Yeah?
589
00:22:43.599 --> 00:22:45.119
I want you to know all about me, Jacques.
590
00:22:45.880 --> 00:22:46.319
I want to.
591
00:22:49.440 --> 00:22:53.960
Don't think it's wrong of me. But I've been in love.
592
00:22:54.859 --> 00:22:56.220
There's nothing wrong in being in love.
593
00:22:57.349 --> 00:22:58.349
He was a soldier.
594
00:22:58.890 --> 00:23:00.069
Most everybody is these days.
595
00:23:01.690 --> 00:23:02.730
A German soldier.
596
00:23:03.609 --> 00:23:03.680
Oh.
597
00:23:04.509 --> 00:23:06.890
Don't you think that love is bigger than war or
598
00:23:06.970 --> 00:23:07.809
hate or anything?
599
00:23:07.890 --> 00:23:08.490
Yeah, I guess so.
600
00:23:11.210 --> 00:23:12.049
He's dead now.
601
00:23:12.150 --> 00:23:17.579
That's good. I'm sorry. I mean, I didn't mean to
602
00:23:17.619 --> 00:23:19.519
hurt you. I'm not sorry he's dead.
603
00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:29.529
I'm so confused. I want to understand things. I want
604
00:23:29.549 --> 00:23:35.170
to be intelligent about things. Everything gets so mixed up.
605
00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:37.880
Like now.
606
00:23:38.819 --> 00:23:39.279
Like now?
607
00:23:40.400 --> 00:23:45.829
Yes. Jacques, I've never been so happy as I am tonight.
608
00:23:46.650 --> 00:23:47.549
Not even with the German?
609
00:23:49.609 --> 00:23:53.990
Not even with him. Why does it have to end?
610
00:23:55.849 --> 00:23:58.730
Why do those blessed stars have to go out one
611
00:23:58.829 --> 00:24:02.670
by one to make way for another day of war
612
00:24:04.799 --> 00:24:10.180
Why can't we stop time? You and I. And gather
613
00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:13.359
all the stars together. Just for us.
614
00:24:13.380 --> 00:24:16.519
I don't know, baby. It's never been done before. But
615
00:24:17.339 --> 00:24:17.900
we can try.
616
00:24:17.920 --> 00:24:45.750
The End My cher, cher, cher.
617
00:24:46.049 --> 00:24:46.930
Yeah, yeah.
618
00:24:49.190 --> 00:24:49.930
Tomorrow night?
619
00:24:50.230 --> 00:24:53.099
Same time, same place. Forever, if you say the word.
620
00:24:53.470 --> 00:24:53.880
Forever?
621
00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:54.720
Sure, why not?
622
00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:57.500
Who knows how long forever is in this crazy world?
623
00:24:57.519 --> 00:25:00.200
Why not have it together? Why not get married?
624
00:25:00.400 --> 00:25:01.599
Why not, my most beloved?
625
00:25:03.299 --> 00:25:03.859
See you tomorrow night.
626
00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:06.460
I'll only be half alive until then.
627
00:25:06.809 --> 00:25:07.009
Cherie.
628
00:25:11.029 --> 00:25:13.339
If you want to write to your family in Paris,
629
00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:18.980
give me the letter tomorrow night, and I'll mail it
630
00:25:19.059 --> 00:25:19.420
for you.
631
00:25:26.670 --> 00:25:27.730
Oh, no, no.
632
00:25:27.829 --> 00:25:30.589
All right, drop that rock and grab a sock. Rise
633
00:25:30.630 --> 00:25:33.250
and shine, lover boy. I brought you a cup of chocolate.
634
00:25:33.269 --> 00:25:34.730
Figured you'd want breakfast in bed this morning.
635
00:25:34.890 --> 00:25:35.309
Oh, thanks.
636
00:25:35.349 --> 00:25:36.349
How'd you make out last night?
637
00:25:36.549 --> 00:25:36.890
Okay.
638
00:25:36.930 --> 00:25:37.430
Details?
639
00:25:37.470 --> 00:25:38.329
Let's have the details.
640
00:25:38.410 --> 00:25:40.799
Nothing much to report. We drove, and then we parked
641
00:25:40.819 --> 00:25:41.500
for a while and talked.
642
00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:42.799
Did she give anything away?
643
00:25:42.940 --> 00:25:45.079
No information. She's a funny kid.
644
00:25:45.579 --> 00:25:47.579
Her dialogue is as corny as a bobby sock. She
645
00:25:47.619 --> 00:25:49.420
knows she's pretty, so she wants to be admired for
646
00:25:49.440 --> 00:25:51.700
her mind. But I'm sure she's Armada Hari.
647
00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:54.309
How come? She offered to mail a letter to my family.
648
00:25:55.140 --> 00:25:56.000
Oh, that's consistent.
649
00:25:56.599 --> 00:26:00.119
I asked her to marry me. What? She didn't believe me,
650
00:26:00.140 --> 00:26:02.339
but she pretended like she did. I don't know why
651
00:26:02.380 --> 00:26:04.400
she's doing what she's doing. Thrills, maybe.
652
00:26:04.920 --> 00:26:06.099
French juvenile delinquent.
653
00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:08.049
Maybe. Tonight's the night.
654
00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:09.410
The night you get married?
655
00:26:09.589 --> 00:26:11.569
No, the night we get her. The boys are meeting
656
00:26:11.609 --> 00:26:13.809
us here at midnight, you know. What's the plan? Well,
657
00:26:13.829 --> 00:26:16.029
I'll take another ride with her. And about midnight, we'll
658
00:26:16.049 --> 00:26:17.150
be back in the park with the bridge.
659
00:26:17.210 --> 00:26:17.349
Mm-hmm.
660
00:26:18.019 --> 00:26:20.000
You'll be there out of sight. I'll have some brandy
661
00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:21.839
along and I'll slug her drink with a capture pill.
662
00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:23.859
When she's passed out, I'll give you the come on
663
00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:37.349
and you join me. Here, baby, have another drink, huh?
664
00:26:38.289 --> 00:26:42.440
I shouldn't, sir. Brandy always makes me sleepy.
665
00:26:42.559 --> 00:26:45.539
Well, whatever. This is a celebration of our engagement.
666
00:26:47.029 --> 00:26:49.670
Kiss me, Jacques, again and again.
667
00:26:50.309 --> 00:26:50.779
Sure.
668
00:26:54.880 --> 00:27:00.339
Jacques, the stars are nearer. Nearer than they've ever been.
669
00:27:01.059 --> 00:27:02.200
Nearer than you think, baby.
670
00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:11.609
I love you, Jacques. I do love you. Kiss me again.
671
00:27:13.650 --> 00:27:16.470
Do it again. And again.
672
00:27:20.730 --> 00:27:25.000
Renee, baby, are you asleep? You collaborationist pig, can you
673
00:27:25.019 --> 00:27:29.440
hear me? Okay, Ed. Is she out? Like a red
674
00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:31.279
light in an air raid. Here's her purse. Start through
675
00:27:31.299 --> 00:27:32.740
it while I untangle myself on you.
676
00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:34.279
Now take a look at this.
677
00:27:34.359 --> 00:27:34.680
What is it?
678
00:27:34.819 --> 00:27:37.640
A letter from Gestapo headquarters confirming receipt of three addresses.
679
00:27:37.680 --> 00:27:38.200
Let me see that.
680
00:27:38.420 --> 00:27:40.410
Well, that one's Alcine's family and that one's John's.
681
00:27:40.509 --> 00:27:42.049
And here's a Gestapo identification card.
682
00:27:42.869 --> 00:27:44.380
Flash your light over there. Look at her.
683
00:27:45.990 --> 00:27:46.589
What a dish.
684
00:27:47.170 --> 00:27:47.910
Look at that kisser.
685
00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:50.980
She's responsible for the death of six people whose only
686
00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:54.539
crime was being born French. She'd erect our marquee, snafu'd
687
00:27:54.579 --> 00:27:56.500
our mission, and turned me over to the Gestapo with
688
00:27:56.519 --> 00:27:57.819
her lipstick still on my collar.
689
00:27:58.779 --> 00:28:01.700
That gorgeous hunk of double-cross. Well, we got the proof.
690
00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:02.869
Let's get on with it. Okay.
691
00:28:03.089 --> 00:28:03.839
I guess you'd rather I.
692
00:28:03.910 --> 00:28:05.069
No. This is my job.
693
00:28:06.609 --> 00:28:07.589
Gee, she's gorgeous.
694
00:28:08.369 --> 00:28:11.170
Yeah. So long, honey.
695
00:28:12.329 --> 00:28:12.569
Thanks.
696
00:28:15.769 --> 00:28:16.829
She ain't so gorgeous now.
697
00:28:17.309 --> 00:28:21.869
Release that handbrake, got it? Come on, shove! Not yet.
698
00:28:22.470 --> 00:28:24.329
Keep that steering wheel straight. The river's deepest right at
699
00:28:24.349 --> 00:28:27.390
the center of the bridge. Now, hard right on the wheel.
700
00:28:33.819 --> 00:28:34.460
You know something, Ed?
701
00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:34.940
Huh?
702
00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:38.200
I think she finally did gather that armful of stars.
703
00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:39.079
No!
704
00:28:48.880 --> 00:28:50.599
Sure, the operation was successful.
705
00:28:51.119 --> 00:28:53.839
When the time came, our roadblocks tied up three German
706
00:28:53.880 --> 00:28:57.170
divisions while Patton rolled on to the east. But I
707
00:28:57.250 --> 00:29:00.230
still lie awake at night thinking, I should have married
708
00:29:00.250 --> 00:29:05.650
that dame. Yeah, the operation was successful, but the patient died.
709
00:29:05.680 --> 00:29:12.039
The End.
710
00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:21.680
Operation Fleur de Lis was written, directed, and produced by
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00:29:21.740 --> 00:29:24.579
William N. Robeson with Jack Webb as Duke, Elliot Lewis
712
00:29:24.640 --> 00:29:28.349
as Hill, Peggy Weber as Renee, and Harry Bartell as Alcine.
713
00:29:29.009 --> 00:29:31.250
Operation Fleur de Lis was based on an incident from
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00:29:31.269 --> 00:29:34.809
the files of the OSS, recorded in Sub Rosa by
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00:29:34.890 --> 00:29:38.470
Stuart Alsop and Thomas Braden. The special musical score was
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00:29:38.509 --> 00:29:39.809
conceived and conducted by.
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Cy Fuhrer.
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Escape is presented by CBS and its affiliated stations each
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week at this time. Next week, we invite you to
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escape with F. Scott Fitzgerald in his unforgettable story, The
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Diamond as Big as the Ritz. And so good night
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until next week, when again it will be time to escape.
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This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.
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The signal fades on Escape's July 1947 presentation of Operation.
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Fleur de Lise.
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