for!
Second Platoon all accounted for!
Third Platoon all present
and accounted for!
Fourth Platoon all present
and accounted for!
Fifth Platoon all accounted for!
Sixth Platoon all accounted for!
Company, dismissed!
Prewitt's still absent.
Makes three days now.
How long are you gonna carry him present,
Top?
l just mention it.
Well, don't mention it.
''Upon observing these incidents,
an investigation was made...
''...by the lnspector General's Department
over a period of several months.
''lt was found that Captain Holmes...
''...has been guilty of indefensible cruelty
to the aforesaid Private Prewitt.
''As mentioned, this included instigation
of wholly unauthorised tactics...
''...to force the soldier
to join the interregiment boxing team.''
l'm waiting for your reply.
l haven't any, sir.
First thing l learned in the Army
was that an officer takes care of his men.
lt seems to be the first thing you forgot.
My only regret is...
...we have to keep you in uniform
till a court-martial is concluded.
lf there were any way
to avoid a court-martial, sir.
There is one alternative, General,
if you are so disposed:
A resignation for the good of the service
under Army regulations.
Write a letter of resignation.
Have it on my desk this afternoon.
As far as l'm concerned...
...the quicker you're out,
the better for everybody...
...especially the Army.
That's all, Holmes.
l know what's been going on in this outfit.
l know how far some of you
have been out of line.
lf you want to remain non-coms,
you'd better snap into it.
And another thing:
From now on,
no man will earn his stripes by boxing.
-Get rid of those.
-Yes, sir.
Dismissed.
-About Sergeant Galovitch.
-Yes, sir.
Bust him. Sergeant Galovitch
is now Private Galovitch.
Put him in charge of the latrine.
What are you grinning at?
l think the Company Commander
made a wise decision, sir.
Company G, Captain Ross.
Just a minute.
-lt's for you, Sergeant.
-Thank you, sir.
Yes, sir.
Yes, the parcel has already arrived.
What?
l've got to see you, Milt. lt's important.
Okay, l'll get away somehow.
Sure, that'd be fine, yeah.
l'll be there in about an hour. Right.
He's being sent back to the States,
sailing next week, and wants me to go.
What will we do?
When do you think
you'll get your commission?
l didn't put it in.
l filled it out, but l didn't sign it.
l took it out of my desk a dozen times,
but l couldn't sign it.
Why?
-But it was the plan--
-l know.
lt's been weeks.
You can't say you'll do a thing
and not do it.
Karen, listen to me.
Why didn't you do it?
Why didn't you tell me?
Be back in a minute.
Sorry, l thought you were somebody else.
l thought it was a guy from our company,
Prewitt, the kid l told you about.
He got mixed up with a girl
at the New Congress Club.
He's AWOL, probably in lots of trouble.
Robert E. Lee Prewitt, a crazy, no-good....
Karen, l'm no officer. l'm an enlisted man.
l can't be anything else.
lf l try to be an officer,
l'll be putting on an act.
l just can't do it. Please don't ask me why.
l know why.
You don't have to become an officer now...
...now that Dana's out of the Army.
You just don't want to marry me.
You're already married to the Army.
l love you, Karen.
l know.
l don't want you to go back to Holmes.
l don't want to, either. But l am.
There's nothing else for me to do.
lt's no good with us, Milt.
lt could never have been any good.
Hiding, sneaking.
lt had to wear out.
Good-bye, Sergeant.
-Thanks.
-lt ain't good-bye, it's....
We'll see each other again, somewhere.
Of course we will. Somewhere.
Here it is.
Got it on the inside page already.
''Still no clue...
''...in the fatal stabbing
of Staff Sergeant James R. Judson.''
Did you hear me?
Are you trying to set a new world's record?
Yeah, as a matter of fact, l am.
To the memory of Robert E. Lee Prewitt...
...holder of the new world's record.
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