Crossfire Page #3

- That the best you can do?

- It was just an accident, soldier.

Leroy's all right. He's just dumb.

He was our secret weapon.

Won the war with him.

By not letting him across.

He's that dumb.

If the Krauts caught him and asked

how many generals we had...

...Leroy would've told them.

Because his mother said,

"Leroy, never tell a lie."

- Where you going?

- See you, Floyd.

Well, look there, now.

I hurt Leroy's feelings.

Right back, Sammy.

That's the way it is, Sammy.

That's what you get when you get

an army full of civilians.

I been in the regular Army, see?

But I been out a couple of weeks.

Same as Floyd. And am I glad to be out.

I had enough of an army

full of stinking civilians.

I never seen anything like these guys.

Some of them are okay, get that.

Now, Mitch here, he's okay.

He was one of my boys.

He's very talented.

But most of them, they got no manners.

Floyd, will you give me my drink?

And the stealing.

I never seen as much stealing

as we had.

One day, one of the men complains

he had swiped from him...

...a wristwatch his mother sent him.

His mother sent him.

Half these guys, I think, got no mothers.

They got no respect for the service.

You can tell a man by

how he don't respect the service.

He don't respect the service,

he don't respect his mother.

That's the kind of a guy that spoilt

the Army for a guy like me.

When I got in, it was a good racket.

You could live good.

You played it smart, you could save

- Take me, when I...

- What I couldn't do with 1000 bucks.

What would you do with 1000 bucks?

Well, man, if I had 1000 bucks, I could...

Well, I could go to Mexico...

...California...

Know what I'd do? I'd live on the beach.

I'd fish, and I'd eat...

...and just live on the beach.

And I'd steal me a air-cooled machine gun.

I shoot anybody tried to bring me back.

Criminy, Monty, what's the use

of being out if you got no dough?

- Wonder where I should go.

- Floyd and me talked some more.

I don't know how long. The next time

I looked, they were leaving.

So we left then too. Things were

pretty expensive in that bar anyway.

I figured if the Jew boy was setting up

drinks, we might as well get in on it.

We followed them to the apartment

and just walked in.

Hiya, Sammy. We come to the party.

- There isn't any party, sergeant.

- You thought you could skip out on us.

You feel sick?

- I'm all right.

- Maybe you better go get some air.

- Mitch. What's the matter, boy?

- I'll be right back.

- You want me to come with you?

- I'm all right. I'll be right back.

- I have to get ready to go in a few minutes.

- That's too bad, Sammy.

We gotta look after Mitch. Come on.

- Here's to you, Sammy.

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