:18:04
Oh, sorry, sir.
:18:06
-What were you doing down there?
-Trying to get some sleep, sir.
:18:10
Well. . . .
:18:12
Get back down there, son.
:18:13
You're the only son of a bitch here
who knows what he's trying to do.
:18:17
Yes, sir.
:18:22
PATTON: Brad, how the hell are you?
-Fine, George. Good to see you.
:18:26
We were all under the impression
you wouldn't be here until 0900.
:18:29
Yes, I gathered that.
:18:31
-You know my boy, Dick Jenson.
-Yes.
:18:34
Brad, tell me.
:18:37
-What are you doing here?
-Ike wanted a report on Kasserine.
:18:40
Meanwhile, I have to stay here
as an observer. . .
:18:43
. . .but I report directly to Ike.
:18:45
You're spying.
:18:47
Get me General Eisenhower's
headquarters.
:18:50
Tell me, Brad. . .
:18:53
. . .what happened at Kasserine?
I heard it was a shambles.
:18:56
Apparently, everything went wrong.
:19:00
We'd send over a 75mm shell,
the krauts would return an 88.
:19:04
Their tanks are diesels.
:19:06
Even when we managed to hit one
they kept on running. Our tanks. . . .
:19:12
The men call them
"Purple Heart boxes. "
:19:14
One hot piece of shrapnel
and the gasoline explodes.
:19:16
I warned them about the tank.
:19:18
I taIked to one of the
soldiers about the half-tracks.
:19:21
I asked them if the machine-gun
bullets pierced the armor.
:19:24
And he said, "No, sir.
:19:26
They just come through one side
and rattle around a bit. "
:19:30
I understand they had a little trouble
coordinating the air cover.
:19:34
The trouble was no air cover.
:19:35
-General Smith on the line, sir.
-Excuse me, Brad.
:19:44
Bedell?
:19:46
Listen, I'm calling about Bradley
and his job here.
:19:50
I need a good number-two man, I want
to make Brad my deputy commander.
:19:56
You clear it with Ike?
:19:59
All right, thanks, Bedell.