In the crisp winter morning, two German soldiers set out to repair a radio signal line. |
"Sgt. Kessler, how do we find a cut line in the buried snow? We should go back a listen to 'Lili Marlene' on the wireless" 'If we do not go on patrol and find the break, Patton's killers will creep up a slit your throat while you dream of Frau Marlene, we are soldiers Peter, keep that in mind young pup!" As they move across the fresh snow, Sgt. Kessler sees something ahead. "It is Schmidt, he never came back from last nights patrol." "Do we try to take him with us Kessler? He has no clothes, what has happened?" "He must have gone mad. I see no blood or sign of a wound, he must have wanted to die Peter" |
"Come Peter, there is nothing to do for him now, besides your mother will kill me if I let you catch a cold" So the pair move out again to finish their task, then Kessler hears a twig snap in the cold still air. |
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