1:53:00
and the crown
prince,
1:53:01
brought them
all back.
1:53:03
They say...
1:53:10
say, sarge,
did you hear?
1:53:12
York captured
the kaiser.
1:53:17
As i understand it,
york,
1:53:18
your detail came
over that ridge
1:53:19
and captured
about 30 men right down here.
1:53:21
And then you were
forced to cover
1:53:23
by a machine gun
that was up on this other ridge.
1:53:27
Yes, sir.
Right up there.
1:53:29
Where were you?
1:53:30
I was a-laying
behind that log there.
1:53:32
They was machine-gunning us
pretty heavy,
1:53:36
so i worked my way across
1:53:38
up behind that log there
under the hill.
1:53:40
Rather incredible,
wasn't it, york,
1:53:42
your being
able to cross so much open ground
1:53:45
without being hit?
1:53:45
I reckon
the good lord was a-protecting me, sir.
1:53:49
What did you want to
go over there for?
1:53:52
I figured that was
a good place to be
1:53:54
because they had to
show themselves
1:53:56
in order to shoot at me
1:53:57
and the rest
of the boys back here,
1:53:58
and whenever they did,
i could touch them off.
1:54:01
I see.
1:54:02
So i went up the hill,
1:54:04
up around that-a-way,
1:54:05
then worked my way
down the ridge
1:54:08
to a place
where they was flanked
1:54:09
and couldn't
show themselves without being hit,
1:54:12
so they finally give up.
1:54:14
How many
did you kill?
1:54:16
I don't
rightly know, sir.
1:54:19
I think
captain danforth
1:54:20
is familiar
with that, sir.
1:54:22
We counted about
20 bodies altogether up there.
1:54:24
What were your men
doing all this time, corporal?
1:54:27
I couldn't
just answer that, sir.
1:54:28
I was pretty busy,
and i reckon they was, too.
1:54:31
According
to the statements of the others,
1:54:34
they were guarding
the prisoners
1:54:36
and couldn't
expose themselves
1:54:37
to the fire
from the ridge.
1:54:39
All right,
gentlemen.
1:54:40
That's all,
corporal.
1:54:46
Oh, uh, corporal...
1:54:47
there's something
that i'd like to know.
1:54:51
Yes, sir?
1:54:51
That night
that you reported
1:54:53
back to me
at camp gordon,
1:54:55
you told me
you were quite prepared
1:54:57
to die for your country,
1:54:59
t not to kill.