All language subtitles for Combat! S04E22 - Ask Me No Questions

Michael Mastin, Staff Sergeant, United
States Army, serial number... You don't

have to give me that information again,
Sergeant.

I already know your name.

And your rank.

Your serial number, 879-3450.

Blood type O, I can read, you see.

I can also write.

I can write an order that will put you
into a prisoner of war camp for

incorrigibles. Or, if I get the slight
cooperation I ask, a less grim case of

internment.

Well, Sergeant?

Sergeant Saunders, 227. That's enough.

I meant every word I said.

He can't tell you anything, Captain.

None of us can. You wouldn't know that.

He doesn't know anything. He thinks the
Germans are still winning the war.

Get up.

Now for the minor details, I ask.

When your regiment was withdrawing on
the Chalons-Moselle Road, did you or did

you not come across a German field
hospital unit?

A unit of wounded men who are missing
for a week.

Is that all you want to know?

That's too much.

And it's too tricky.

There's no missing German field hospital
unit, and you know it. You're just

trying to find out if my office...
That's enough!

Well, Captain... Be quiet!

A truck will come along, which will take
you to the rear, where you will remain

for a long time.

It might be more pleasant for you there.

The choice of accommodations, I mean.

If you show some willingness to
cooperate here.

Now.

Very well, we shall see.

I am not

finished with you, Sergeant.

I'm Beecher. Hi, Beecher. What do you
say, Sarge? Hey, Cokie. How are you?

You know each other?

Yeah, we used to be in the same outfit.

Oh, this is James.

Hi. Andy.

When did they pick you up, Sarge?

Oh, about an hour ago.

How long you been here?

Since this morning.

What kind of a setup is this?

I figure it's preliminary interrogation.
They'll keep us here a couple of hours,

pick our brains, then send us back to
the rear.

Some luck.

First day of combat and I get myself
captured.

Hey, that other sergeant, is he still in
there?

They're leaning on him.

Yeah, they were when we got here.

He's got more stripes than the rest of
us. That crowd captain probably figures

he knows more than the rest of us. But
if you ask me, they're wasting their

time. That Sergeant Mastin is a pretty
tough-looking bird.

I don't think he's the kind of a guy
that'll crack.

Lieutenant? Danke sehr.

English peas, Lieutenant. You don't want
to slip later.

A very convincing performance.

Yeah, yours was a very convincing
performance, too.

Vorsicht. Arms up.

Starring Vic Morrow.

And Rick Jason.

Guest star, Claude Aiken.

Now, there are three places where the
Americans can mount their attack.

The village, the river, and the woods.

Now, if we can determine where they are
presently concentrating their strength,

we will know where to attack first and
catch their units before they are ready.

Okay, I better shake a leg.

You amaze me, Lieutenant.

Sometimes you sound more American than
they do.

Why shouldn't I?

For 14 hours a day, seven days a week
for a year, I watched and listened to

American prisoners.

I read, spoke, and thought in English,
American English.

And there was research.

Captain, who is the 21st president of
the United States? What's the capital of

South Dakota?

Who led the American League last year
and runs batted in?

Baseball.

Hello, Hauptmannhaus here.

Jawohl, Oberst. Zu Befehl. Wir sind
gerade dabei, Herr Oberst. Jawohl,

Oberst. Zu Befehl.

The colonel.

Time is of utmost importance.

To your house.

By the way, Captain, the 21st present
was Chester A. Arndt.

Yeah. It's going to take more than a
backhand in the mouth to make me tell

that baboon anything.

Look, I'm telling you, clowns, if we're
going to bust out of here, we've got to

make a move soon.

They're not going to keep us in this
spot forever.

I'm with you, pal.

That crack captain says they're sending
a truck to take us to the rear.

Hey, Sarge, what happened in there?

Well, it's nothing I won't live through.

Hey, Sarge, what do you think is the
best way to bust out of here?

Well, that depends.

That captain knows that we'll be
mounting an attack soon.

He doesn't know just when, but he
figures it's going to come from one of

three places.

The woods, the river, or the village.

You know, he spent the last half hour
trying to get me to tell him which, as

if I'd know.

What's that got to do with us getting
out of here?

Well, when and if we can make a break,
we better know which way to head.

We got a better chance of living through
this if we know where our guys are.

That makes sense.

Which house are you from, Sarge? B
Company, 156th.

Where'd they pick you up, Sarge?

I was in a recon patrol. We were looking
over the village.

I'm from Charlie Company, 155th.

My squad was heading toward the village,
too, when Messerschmitt started strafing

us. I got separated into crowd patrol
grabbing.

Sure is a lot of activity around that
village.

Why, did your outfit there, too?

No, no, we were in the woods.

But we were on standby to move out.

To the village?

I don't know. I'm not sure. I think so,
though.

Peter and I were heading in from a recon
patrol when they grabbed us.

They sold us.

Your outfit was in the village.

How'd they grab you?

I was with a major and a jeep.

The crop patrol hit us. The major and
the driver were killed.

Well, it sounds like the village to me,
right?

That's where I'm, Joe.

Me too.

That's the way we go.

If we get out of here.

Yeah, if.

Anybody got any ideas on that?

What do you think, Saunders?

Put a ball of water around here, that's
what I think.

Well, it looks like it's shot time.

All right.

Alarm in second.

The wine steward will be here directly,
Minor.

Listen,

you tell your captain that I am getting
very tired of his lousy stew.

What are you looking for? Another
working over?

Who cares?

You better read something, Mastin.

If we do bust out of this joint, it'll
be a long time between meals.

Meals? That's slop.

There's no meals. No wonder the crops
are losing.

Losing?

We ain't exactly batting a thousand
ourselves.

We're doing all right.

Hey.

What do you suppose that stuff is?
Kidding, watch me.

Come in.

Did he take the food or refuse?

He refused, Mr. Hauptmann. And he threw
it in the pot.

Good. Bring him in.

Yes, Mr. Hauptmann.

Luke, stay off.

Get the thing out of my ribs or I'll
shove it down your throat.

Stay off.

Relax.

That baboon didn't get through me before
him. He won't now.

You're right, Thomas.

He should have eaten his stew.

Excuse me. What did you learn?

The American build-up is at the village.

Good.

Do you still need those prisoners?

No, sir. They don't know anything else.

Good. Then we will send them back to
camp, and then I will call in the

information that you have provided.

So say, Herr Hauptmann.

Sofort, Herr Oberst, bitte.

Herr Oberst, ich habe eine wichtige
Information für Sie.

Stand in front of the table. Start the
game.

I'm here.

Looks like her capitan still isn't
through with Mastin.

Hey, you guys talking about Sergeant
Mastin? Baker Company 156?

Yeah, you know him?

Sure, he's my platoon sergeant. Been
reported missing for three days. He

here?

That's him right over there.

That's not Mastin.

Are you sure?

Sure, I'm sure.

We've been had.

We've been feeding that guy information
for the last two hours.

I don't get it.

Mastin's a crowd.

That's the most I need.

All right, look, we got taken, so we
didn't know.

Now, let's forget it. It's spilled milk.

I think we've got to start thinking
about how to get in the way, get

ourselves headed in the other direction
toward our line.

How do we get off of this truck?

How do we get past those two?

If we could get back to our line soon

enough, we could tell them what
happened.

Gotta get off this truck.

Sounds like we're over on the train.

Bye-bye.

We lost them.

Not for long. They'll be on the radio.
We'll alert the whole area.

So let's keep running.

Where? When that German captain finds
out we've escaped, he knows we'll make

for the village.

Don't head straight for the village. Go
by the river.

Go on. Move out.

Poker.

Take these.

Hey, where is this? Where are you going?

I'm going back.

Back where?

I'm trying to get myself recaptured.

Are you off your rocker?

Now listen to me, Coker.

There's going to be a full regiment in
that village tomorrow morning.

How do you know that?

That major that was killed when I was
picked up was operations officer.

I'm talking about 3,000 men that might
get it.

They'll be sitting ducks. We've got to
stop those crowds from hitting the

village. That's just great.

Would you mind telling me how you're
going to swing that?

Get back and tell Maxton who ran to one
of our patrols while we headed toward

the village.

There's a change in plan.

The big push is going to be coming along
the river instead of through the

village.

Oh, come on. That's crazy. What makes
you think he's going to buy that?

Even if you do pull it off soon, you're
liable to spend the rest of the war

behind German barbed wire.

That's right, but we don't have a
choice.

If you go ahead and I go back, one of us
might make it in time.

Stop worrying. When you get back, tell
the artillery location of the compound.

See if they can lay in a barrage
tonight. I might be able to get away in

the confusion.

Might get yourself blown up, too.

Maybe not if I know what time the
artillery's coming in.

All right.

It's 8.00 a.m.

0200.

0200, go on.

Hey, son.

Good luck.

Yeah.

Was that an Einheit?

No Deutsch.

Wie kommst du hierher?

A prisoner... Prisoner war camp.

Stalag... Stalag 9, Captain... Captain
House.

Stalag 9?

Yeah, Captain House.

Ist ein inkommender Kriegsgefangener.

That's your house.

Michael Mastin, Staff Sergeant.

United States Army, serial number 879...
You don't have to tell me all that

information again, Sergeant.

I know your name and your rank.

And your serial number, 879-3450, blood
type O. I can read, you see.

I can also write... I can write an order
which will put you men into a prisoner

of war camp for incorrigibles.

Or, if I get the slight amount of
cooperation I ask, a less grim place of

internment.

Well, corporal?

Corporal Giles, sir, number 395. That's
enough!

I don't seem to be able to make you men
understand.

They understand, all right. You don't.

He still thinks the Germans are winning
the war.

Now, once more, the minor details, I
ask.

When your regiment was withdrawing along
the Chalon-Moselle Road, did you or did

you not come across a German field
hospital unit?

A unit of wounded men which has been
missing for a week.

You mean that's all you want to know?

Well, that's too much.

That's too tricky.

There's no German field hospital unit,
and you know it. You're just trying to

find out if my... That's enough.

But, Captain... Keep quiet.

A truck will come along soon, which will
take you to the rear, where you will

remain for a long time.

Now, it may be more pleasant for you
there, the choice of accommodations, I

mean, if you show some willingness to
cooperate here, now.

Very well, we shall see.

In the woman's house.

Come.

Ruth.

I am not finished with you, Sergeant.

Fire.

Lieutenant, another convincing
performance.

Captain, if your performance gets any
more convincing, you just may have to

get yourself another boy.

Well, what are we after this time?

Nothing specific, Lieutenant.

Anything you can learn.

Things are going well now, thanks to
you.

Well, I'll give it the old college try.

As the Americans say, you never can tell
when old man opportunity is going to

knock at your door.

Drop your head down there.

Okay.

Are you all right?

He's going to be all right.

Yeah, well, I think we'll clean it up a
little bit.

Lousy crowd captain.

Boy, I sure would like to bump into him
after this war is over.

Yeah, well, if you do, buddy, just make
sure I'm there with you.

Hey, that sad's in there. What's his
name?

Um, Naftin.

Boy, he's got guts.

Oh, yeah, he's got guts, all right. But
he ought to remember what they taught

him in basic training. Keep your mouth
shut.

Don't pay to have a flip-flip when
you're a POW.

Might have blurted out something they
want to know.

What? Something to make me a fortune,
you crumb.

Yeah.

Hey, what are you trying to do, Sarge?
Start a lone war as a POW?

Lousy crowds. They think all they got to
do is lean on a guy a little bit and

he's going to crack wide open.

How does it feel?

I've had worse.

But I've also had a better medic.

Yeah? All right, well, you just keep
right on and you're going to find out

how it feels to really get hurt.

You'll feel better after a while.

You'll try to get some sleep, huh?

Yeah, thanks.

Hey, Johns, have you ever been in
Albany, New York?

Oh.

I swore I saw you there. It's kind of
just like you. Works in the same plant

that I do.

You look enough like him to be his
brother. Sarge, do you mind knocking it

off for a while? Let him try to get some
sleep. It might help.

Oh.

I guess not.

Next time I send you out of here, I will
make certain that you are better

guarded.

Come in and talk.

My lucky day, I got caught again.

Again? Did you get away?

Yeah, we all did.

Well, that's great.

When? How?

The truck came to a stop there.

Thanks.

Had a railroad crossing. We jumped the
sentries and made a run for it.

Where are the others?

I don't know. We split up after we got
to the river.

Yeah.

How long have you guys been here?

We just got here.

Rogers caught a slug in his leg and we
were limping back from the patrol.

They grabbed us.

By the way, I'm Giles.

Saunders.

What were you doing at the river?

I thought we agreed if anybody got away,
we'd try to rejoin our guys in the

village.

That's right. We started for the village
and then we met a recon patrol.

I don't know. It seems like they changed
their plans to big pushes and be coming

along the river.

But why?

Are you sure?

I don't know why. I guess the Brats have
their own reasons.

The only thing I'm sure of is that it's
going to be coming from the river.

Nice to know this.

I was so close.

And so far.

How'd you get separated from the others?

When we got to the river, we figured
it'd be better if we split up.

Less chance of being spotted by the
crowd of guards.

Only I got spotted.

Saunders,

you say you ran into one of our patrols
and they told you all this about pushing

out from the river?

That's right.

Since when does a dog face know what the
brass is going to do?

This patrol had its own brass. It was a
captain.

I don't know what's happened. All I know
is they're moving troops as fast as they

can along the river.

Like you said, you never can tell what
the brass is thinking.

they're going to ship me out of this
hole.

Give me a chance to jump off a truck
too.

On the river, not the village.

The river?

How do you know this? The sergeant they
recaptured. The captain told them.

Sure you didn't tell him anything?
Anything at all? No, it's like I told

you. We got here just before you did.

I'm sorry I almost blew your story.

Lousy kraut.

What do we do about him?

Nothing.

If he thinks we're out to him, we'll
ruin everything.

Okay. We'll wait for the artillery.

There's nothing else to be heard.

Hi.

My name's Master.

Murray.

Come on in the palace.

We got another lost sheep.

All right, this is Sergeant Saunders,
Rogers, Giles.

All right, go on in. Pull up an easy
chair.

Nice little place you got here.

Where'd they pick you up?

About two miles this side of the river.

Me and a couple of buddies were heading
back to the village from a recon.

We spotted a GI stumbling through the
woods with a slug in his leg.

We doubled back to give him a hand.

I didn't know there were Germans
following them.

I finished them off.

The guys I was with.

Why were you going back to the village?

Why not? Our outfits dug in there.

Nobody's doing out there anyway.

Wasn't even carrying a rifle.

Preacher. Alfred L.

Preacher.

You say this happened just two miles
this side of the river?

About that.

Saunders?

You said you guys split up after you got
to the river.

Yeah, well, that's right. That must be
another Beecher.

That isn't very likely. It's not a very
common name.

What are you guys talking about anyway?
You know this Beecher?

No, I guess not. Like Sondra said, there
could be two guys with the same name in

this man's arm.

Where are you going?

Just outside to get a little fresh air.

Get a little stuff in here.

I think you better stay inside. The
captain's lab will lean on you if you go

out there.

He didn't scare me.

Have you guys heard what's going on
here?

He's a kraut.

Saunders. The sentries are coming.

What do we do?

Looks like some more of that paste, too.

What did you say it was, horse meat?

It's more like yesterday's.

Yeah. Yeah,

you'll have some.

I'll take it.

You don't have to worry about him
yelling again.

He's dead.

What happens when the sentries come in
for a bed check?

Let's hope the artillery gets here
first.

How's the leg?

The leg?

Don't worry about it. I'll make it.

Listen, the crowd's got this guy
Beecher.

Maybe they got Coker, too. Maybe there's
not going to be any artillery.

215-0215, no artillery.

No, when that artillery starts, it's got
to look as if Mastin got it from the

showing.

Why?

Why?

Because if the captain ever gets the
idea that we killed Mastin, he'll know

we were on to him and that Saunders was
feeding him a bunch of lies.

Did you hear what I said, Saunders? It's
a quarter after two. Nobody got through.

There's not going to be any artillery.

There's nothing we can do but wait.

Betcheck. Well, we've had it.

Village? Yeah, about a mile ahead.

Sounds like our guys are moving out.

Light rifle fire.

Can't be too many crowds in front of
them.

We suckered most of them to the river.

Yeah, ain't that a shame?

Yeah.

Let's keep moving. I don't feel like
getting captured again.