Miracle At St. Anna (Movie Tie-In) (2010)
Miracle At St. Anna (Movie Tie-In)
“Anna (Movie Tie-in) 17 HECTOR The booming artillery fire had died down, but Stamps knew the Germans were in pause mode. Whatever was coming was coming from both sides above the Serchio Valley. Another half day and the shelling that was threatening the ridges that surrounded them would land where they stood, and they would have to move because troops would not be far behind. He stood in the dead center of the village and watched the villagers moving back and forth listlessly.
Since the firing wa...s coming from above, crisscrossing, with them near the center, they would have to decide which leg of the X to run up. Which way to run? If only he knew the woods. He decided to take a chance and trust the partisans. Not all of them, he knew, were trustworthy. They were supposed to be approved by the Office of Strategic Services at headquarters and to carry papers stating that. Otherwise, they could be the Italian army, or spies, or Fascists, or simply bandits who went with whoever was running things, German or American, he’d seen that, too.MoreLess
Since the firing wa...s coming from above, crisscrossing, with them near the center, they would have to decide which leg of the X to run up. Which way to run? If only he knew the woods. He decided to take a chance and trust the partisans. Not all of them, he knew, were trustworthy. They were supposed to be approved by the Office of Strategic Services at headquarters and to carry papers stating that. Otherwise, they could be the Italian army, or spies, or Fascists, or simply bandits who went with whoever was running things, German or American, he’d seen that, too.MoreLess
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