Decision Before Dawn

00:36:34,291 --> 00:36:36,885 - You better put it in yourself so you know it's all right. - Good. 485 00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:39,224 - Everything okay, Rennick? - No complaints so far, sir. 486 00:36:39,296 --> 00:36:42,459 - Did you pack the chute yourself, Willows? - Yes. I packed them this morning. 487 00:36:42,533 --> 00:36:45,559 I see you've got all your medals on, Barth- maybe even a couple of extras. 488 00:36:45,636 --> 00:36:50,232 No, sir. They are all my own. Iron Cross in Norway, <i>Sturmabzeichen</i> in France... 489 00:36:50,307 --> 00:36:52,298 and winter campaign, '41 in the east. 490 00:36:52,376 --> 00:36:55,607 - I wonder how many of our guys he knocked off to get them. - None, sir. 491 00:36:55,679 --> 00:36:59,740 I got them all in my own special way. At your orders, <i>Herr Oberst.</i> 492 00:36:59,816 --> 00:37:03,980 - Don't fall in love with that. You have to bury your gear once you land. - Yes, sir. 493 00:37:04,054 --> 00:37:07,251 - You can go draw your personal supplies now. Martin. <i>- Yes, sir?</i> 494 00:37:07,324 --> 00:37:10,987 - Take him over to the prop shop. <i>- Yes, sir.</i> 495 00:37:11,061 --> 00:37:14,155 - What's the takeoff time? - 0100 hours, sir. That's if the weather holds. 496 00:37:14,231 --> 00:37:17,496 - Good. When they're through here, bring 'em to the briefing room. - Yes, sir. 497 00:37:18,602 --> 00:37:20,832 - Got your check-off list? - Yes. 498 00:37:24,841 --> 00:37:27,537 Here, honey. Check this guy out. 499 00:37:32,716 --> 00:37:38,086 One compass, German cigarettes- three packages... 500 00:37:38,155 --> 00:37:44,116 Wehrmacht ration stamps, Benzedrines- five tablets. 501 00:37:44,194 --> 00:37:49,029 They're stimulants. Don't take more than one a day. 502 00:37:49,099 --> 00:37:53,160 German razor blades- six- and one razor... 503 00:37:53,237 --> 00:37:57,173 German maps- Sheet Y3, Y4, Y5. 504 00:37:59,876 --> 00:38:02,868 Let's see. That's all. 505 00:38:02,946 --> 00:38:06,712 - Good luck to you. - Thank you, Monique. 506 00:38:06,783 --> 00:38:11,220 <i>Okay, Happy. Here you are, Monique,</i> <i>two more customers.</i> 507 00:38:11,288 --> 00:38:14,655 If there's anything else you can think of, sir, just let me know. 508 00:38:17,327 --> 00:38:20,592 If you're all through, Happy, the colonel wants you in the briefing room. 509 00:38:20,664 --> 00:38:22,757 Yes, sir. 510 00:38:24,101 --> 00:38:26,331 These are his papers, sir. 511 00:38:26,403 --> 00:38:30,772 His <i>Soldbuch</i> with his health record inside and his orders. 512 00:38:30,841 --> 00:38:33,935 Money and his Wehrmacht travel certificates are in this envelope. 513 00:38:34,011 --> 00:38:37,913 All right, Happy. Let's go over it once more. What name are you traveling under? 514 00:38:37,981 --> 00:38:41,348 Steiner, Karl, a Luftwaffe medic- number L43587. 515 00:38:41,418 --> 00:38:44,216 <i>We took his age, place of birth,</i> <i>etc., out of his own</i> Soldbuch. 516 00:38:44,288 --> 00:38:47,382 Well, at least you didn't have to memorize that. What's your cover? 517 00:38:47,457 --> 00:38:50,620 I'm on sick leave, returning from Base Hospital 12 at Bad Reichenhall. 518 00:38:50,694 --> 00:38:54,289 - What was the doctor's name who signed your orders? - Foerster. I had pneumonia. 519 00:38:54,364 --> 00:38:56,958 - We marked it on the health record with Code number 7. - Good. 520 00:38:57,034 --> 00:38:59,127 Now show me your pinpoint. 521 00:38:59,202 --> 00:39:02,296 It's here, east of M�nchen, near Fridolfing. 522 00:39:02,372 --> 00:39:05,637 After I bury my chute and my gear, I go to M�nchen by way of Wasserburg Highway. 523 00:39:05,709 --> 00:39:09,236 - I am to make my way back to my outfit near Mannheim. - And your route? 524 00:39:09,313 --> 00:39:12,373 It's M�nchen, Augsburg, Stuttgart, and then Mannheim. 525 00:39:12,449 --> 00:39:14,917 - And what's your objective? - To locate the 11th Panzer Corps. 526 00:39:14,985 --> 00:39:18,614 Their headquarters are believed to be in this area somewhere northwest of M�nchen. 527 00:39:18,689 --> 00:39:22,625 - Suppose you change your route? - For that I have an extra set of travel orders and a date stamp. 528 00:39:22,693 --> 00:39:28,461 Right. Here they are- extra set of orders, date stamp, official Wehrmacht seal. 529 00:39:28,532 --> 00:39:32,559 - Mark your map so that no one except you can interpret it. - I know, sir. 530 00:39:32,636 --> 00:39:36,333 <i>Pardon me, sir. Rennick and the Tiger</i> <i>are ready for you. We haven't got much time.</i> 531 00:39:36,406 --> 00:39:39,603 Bring them in. Get back here, Happy. Even if you haven't done it all... 532 00:39:39,676 --> 00:39:42,406 - you've gotta be back here in five days. - I will, sir. 533 00:39:42,479 --> 00:39:44,538 <i>Okay, Happy.</i> 534 00:39:46,316 --> 00: