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and horror as he sprawled to the ground was the instant realization that his foot had struck an object a human body the prone figure of a soldier a soldier who was bound and gagged sergeant of the guy post number three post number three was a small building it had a thick wooden door reinforced by iron plates its one tiny window was laced with steel bars it was used as a temporary place of detention it had housed five men who had been captured trying to sabotage the installation they were being held there awaiting interrogation now they were gone somehow they had broken through the locked massive door and overpowered the century he had no explanation I was standing in front of the door sir like I was supposed to suddenly I felt someone's hand around my throat I couldn't yell out I tried to squeeze the trigger on my M1 but it knocked out of my hand someone tackled me and I was down on the ground before I knew it I had that gag around my mouth and I was being tied up all five of them jumped me sir did you notice anyone at all on your post anyone who might have been able to get that door open for them no sir like I said sir it happened all of a sudden and I was just jumped that's all all right Jones I guess that is all five saboteurs on the loose and only 15 miles to the border where they would find safety to travel those 15 miles they would have to pass alerted units of soldiers plus civilian authorities one thing operated now a favor between the army post in the border were only three small towns there was no big city where the men could lose themselves in a crowd just small towns and open fields we had a good chance of getting them we've alerted the civilian authorities and Wildersheim Gotersburg and Hofstadt a company is headed for the border now be in C companies is starting to work over the terrain what is it Harry Colonel a chief of police a hoax that wants to know if you want him to arrange for a posse a civilian volunteers to help with the search tell him yes they've also got bloodhounds out good all right all units keep informed by radio we want to be ready to close in on the first league wouldn't you know it the rain is starting to come down in buckets it won't help the bloodhounds there it won't help the saboteurs much either it's not going to be too comfortable out there Colonel Collins who will bring him in about this area lead already well sergeant if you are a sergeant what are you doing in this area well sir I didn't know this was a restricted area it isn't I don't recognize you you're not my unit are you know sir I'm I'm Sergeant Arthur Thomas a company fourth signal they're in Frankfurt aren't they what are you doing so far from home well I'm on a furlough sir let me see your papers that's what I tried to explain to your men sir I must have lost my wallet how do you explain those clothes not suitcase oh sir I'm on furlough those are my clothes what man would carry five different uniforms on a furlough what did you need them for more important sergeant if you are a sergeant I'll come all these clothes are of different sizes well so you're not a sergeant you're not a soldier you're not even an American well at least we've got you now then you were supposed to meet those five who escaped and provide them with our uniforms that was the plan wasn't it where were you supposed to meet well I'm nothing to say you're a prisoner now I'm a soldier sir I'll give you my name my rank in my serial number it won't work you weren't captured in your uniform you were taken in ours that makes everything different you know that don't you you could be shot as a spy now where were you supposed to meet them I'm nothing to say sir take a half hour or so and think about it Lieutenant Dale keep two men on him and watch every movie makes that's all well Harry their schedule has got to be upset now yes sir but how badly this fellow was supposed to have met them somewhere you're supposed to have had our uniforms for them the plan must have been for them to be disguised as Americans that part backfired anyway well sir even if they had prepared for that eventuality and had another man ready with clothes it's a sense that right now they're bound for a rendezvous that won't come off as planned Colonel Collins who you did wear good I'll wait here Lieutenant Cameron used his head he figured the place where this fellow was captured be close to where the saboteurs would plan a meeting so he had the area thoroughly searched and they nab one of them one that means I must have split up sir okay one down and four to go the fugitives didn't split up however the man who was captured had lost the others in the rain in the darkness his companions were still making their way toward the border but they were too clever to attempt a direct route they were cutting southward and then westerly toward the general direction of the place from which they had escaped they were armed they were dangerous they were men who knew they had very little to lose they were soldiers under discipline still obligated to carry out a mission how did you break out of the room looks like we can't get a thing out of them sir where are your friends yeah hold a second this is Colonel Collins bringing the other one how are you able to open the lock oh thank you lieutenant now and this man in our uniform do you know him close mouth group we have here well soldier it's lucky for you you missed him because if you were captured in our uniform the way he was it'd be just too bad for you as it's going to be for him thank a soldier outside lieutenant we'll talk to the sergeant tell me how is it in your army when a man has caught the way we caught you huh what do you people do to a man when you want the same kind of information we want from you they don't talk I'll be shot I'm lucky you'll be lucky if I do talk then what you're just an ordinary prisoner of war how do I know how can I be sure you'll keep your word you'll have to trust us all right I trust you could have a drink of water give him some from the cooler Harry it's been a long night for me there you are thank you hey hey what's he putting in his mouth stop it I was too lady swallowed it oh some pill to be used as a last resort your Colonel Collins oh of course it's General Bailey good evening Colonel evening sir was that men on the floor you were you can get up sorry thank you sir then what were you doing on the floor sergeant were you ill the sergeant had just taken poison sir I see I see Collins who is this man who are you sergeant my name is Kane sir I was sent down to assist on the problem as sir in line with the suggestion sent down by your headquarters we're trying to indoctrinate the men here with escape tactics in the event they should ever be prisoners of war oh is this sergeant one of your men and no sir he's supposed to be a fifth columnist who is captured we took five men sir we told them they were prisoners we told them they would be given an escape opportunity now their problem was to see if they could make their way through 15 miles of hostile territory as escape prisoners well that's a good realistic exercise Colonel well so we're playing it straight and we're playing it seriously we asked an outfit 200 miles from here to send us some men who would act as simulated fifth columnist to aid in the escape we wanted strangers who would be unknown in this area that's good now then we are presenting these men with the same problems they would encounter if they were actual prisoners of the enemy yes sir with this exception naturally that they can't use any real rough stuff to make good their escape all they can use is their wits have any been taken yet just one of them any trace of the others no sir but it'll be rough we have the civilian authorities cooperating just as those authorities would in reality civilians are asked to report any suspicious looking strangers sir we even have boy scouts out in the fields and then Colonel you've duplicated every condition and escaping prisoner would face we hope so sir it's a two-sided maneuver on one level we learn how to go after escape ease none the other and more important our men learn how to escape well I think we can learn something from this Colonel I'd like to sit in and watch what happens Colonel Collins where good we'll all move out there a woman living on a farm just outside of Hildesheim reports four men walking along the road toward town we've thrown a cordon around the place I think we've got them sacked up I hope not Colonel sir may I ask who the general is rooting for I'm rooting for everybody before escape ease moved into the town of Hildesheim the small narrow streets were dark and deserted the rain kept coming down they needed shelter in a little while they knew they would need food obviously the border could not be approached in a direct route they would be time to think to rest to form plans but these are luxuries never granted to men who are on the run often the distance was the sound of an approaching vehicle could it be a military automobile or one that belongs to the local police or even a civilian it made no difference everyone was alerted against them they huddled against a building and tried to hide in its shadow a truck appeared out of the haze of rain and darkness it stopped and caught them in its headlights there they were revealed and suddenly a strange thing happened the lights went off the side door open hey in here quick for you if column buddy get a move on come on you all in how did you know we'd be here all unit commanders fugitive should be in Hildesheim surround town and send in patrols we got a short way following every order should be in Hildesheim he was captured with the uniform tough break where can we go look up ahead police yeah starting to search the houses that when they're going into was where I was supposed to take you that's out hey powers can't we get me child well they were supposed to be chow and a place to sleep for you in there it's out now what are we going to do hey setting up a roadblock just ahead look like they're going to search every vehicle can you back up that's too late they see us we turn around they gotta get suspicious guys gotta make a break for it I know man we've got to get out and run for it guys the men scattered they ran down unfamiliar alleys and strange streets looking for a hiding place doors were locked there were no hiding places squads of police and soldiers ran down the streets in pursuit civilians added their assistance to the hunters one by one they were captured and brought to the colonel tired hungry dispirited well is this all of them Colonel no sir one is still at large I guess that would be corporal powers good man we'll have him soon are you search the town inside out Colonel you are listening to the proudly we hail production they went that away we'll return in just a moment for the second act young men as high school graduates you can get a 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once again an effective soldier but you must do more than just tell a man his objective is escape you must teach him how to do it how for example as he's supposed to make his way through miles of hostile territory how is he to elude the vast network of military and civilian authorities who will be deployed against him a successful escape obviously requires nerve resourcefulness and ability to improvise well these things must be developed and they can only be acquired through practice and experience the experiment we are dramatizing today involved five men four of them were quickly recaptured it was interesting to learn why they had failed so completely our soldier how about you sir I guess I was just so tired I just didn't care that's a valid reason it happens and you well sir the plan went wrong we were supposed to meet a man who would have American uniforms and we didn't and well I guess I just had no more confidence I just couldn't think quickly enough and you have to develop an ability to improvise it isn't easy sir it was just so miserable out now I'd lost my shoes and well it sounds bad so but I couldn't run anymore my feet were getting scratched and cut up but I just gave up I didn't know what it'd be anything like this sir maybe if we could try the thing again I do much better I know I would I know you would too soldier it's a strange and a new thing this business of being a prisoner I think it's been a useful and revealing exercise begging the generals pardon it isn't over yet one man still missing only looking for one man now a corporal named powers and in a sense powers had already scored a moral victory even if he were captured before he made it he would have accomplished something he would have forced the enemy to waste valuable time and manpower to hunt him down soldiers civilians and policemen would have to be diverted from other important work and spend uncomfortable hours searching for him powers had no more experience than his four companions his IQ was no higher his stamina was no greater when the carefully laid escape plan went wrong the other four were quickly rounded up yet powers was still at large you might ask yourself why maybe powers was the first to realize the basic importance of this new thing they were trying to learn or maybe powers was just blessed with the ability to give it that extra ounce of effort that makes the difference powers also ran down the street and around the back of a house power saw a basement window that was open hours took a chance and went in we found himself in a dark cellar so far his entry had been unnoticed so far so good but for how long where was he he didn't know how long could he remain here without being discovered he didn't know that either but right now at this instant he had an indefinite space of time to catch his breath to relax to collect his wits but he knew he was like the fox who had temporarily eluded the hounds he would have to make his move but where howl he had a small fragment of a chocolate bar in his pocket he sat down and chewed on it he had a pack of cigarettes and nothing in the world would have been as good as a smoke right then but he didn't dare to light one he saw a door across the room he walked over to it opened it and saw a flight of stairs he paused and listened intently upstairs a party was in progress it was a gay celebration so no one heard him moving about the basement he heard voices upstairs as the door opened it was a policeman asking the host some questions powers understood enough German to catch the drift of the conversation have you seen any suspicious strangers Carl nine Friedrich lucky you are off-duty Carl the rest of us are busy with this well have a drink Friedrich can't Carl Peter's aim so here he was in a policeman's house but everyone was concentrating on the party powers made the bold decision he made his way up the stairs a hall led past the big living room where the party was in full swing if only he could find his way to the hall closet without being seen he tiptoed past the door past the and there there was the closet by the front door he opened the closet and there was what he was looking for a German policeman's coat and a helmet he slipped on the long coat which dropped low beneath his knees and put on the stiff policeman's helmet now he walked out the front door and walked down the street now his problem was to avoid civilian cops who could recognize him but he was halfway home he could certainly fool any American soldier he saw two of them in a Jeep he called to them assuming a slight accent soldiers I saw him running to that basement let's go power jumped into the Jeep and raced the motor now at least he had wheels this Jeep was the roadblock he had made it now maybe at least he could get out of town and there was a uniform change for him in the Jeep to the rain had stopped now and one of the soldiers had left his raincoat and steel helmet in the back seat he had just a little bit of time before they would know he had fooled them he was on the road now away from town heading for the border up ahead he saw lights approaching they were probably looking for a man in a cops uniform driving a stolen Jeep he threw off the German policeman's coat and grabbed the soldiers raincoat and helmet and drove the Jeep off the side of the road he jumped out and headed across the fields in the distance he heard the baying of hounds these were civilians well maybe he could handle them in his soldiers raincoat and helmet hey hey I'm lost so yeah I lost my outfit I'm supposed to be at the border yeah but make it lost on a night like this how do I get back straight along this road some of you go with him the escaped man could just as easily be headed that way at the border or a platoon of soldiers waiting his helmet and raincoat could fool civilians but not them they would wonder why he had no weapon start asking questions and then that would be it just past them stood a man with a white arm band the umpire if he could reach the umpire hey lieutenant that guy guy's running past those trees where he ran with them and suddenly doubled back by the time anyone noticed it was too late ours had tapped the waiting umpire shoulder he was home free the umpire grabbed his hand and shook it the soldiers who had been detailed to hunt for him gathered around and pounded his back you would think he had hit a home run with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning well he had done something much better than that he had made his way all alone through 15 miles of hostile territory he had eluded hundreds of soldiers and policemen who had all the advantages on their side it was only a game true but soldiers are constantly learning games they go through games day and night and then one day they find out the game is for keeps and whether or not they win the game depends on how seriously they played it in practice the general and the colonel made their way through the crowds this is corporal powers ours congratulations you did it thank you sir one out of five it's not too bad for a start tell me powers how did you manage to keep going sir I just believed it I just decided I wouldn't be captured how is if it should ever come down to the real thing I don't think you would be captured and be honest with yourself have you reached a standstill in life is each day just like any other are you worried about your future and most important of all are you feeling dissatisfied with yourself and your personal development well if this description or any part of it fits you it's just about time you investigated the opportunities waiting for you when you enlist in the United States Army every man in the Army has a skill and more often than not the Army taught him that skill in one of its fine schools the Army offers an interesting present and a secure future with plenty of promotions along the way and above all the Army molds you into a man a man whose family 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