MY RESPONSIBILITIES

[Music] [Applause] when questioned should I become a prisoner-of-war I am bound to give only name rank service number and date of birth I will evade answering further questions to the utmost of my ability I will make no oral or written statements disloyal to my country and its allies or harmful to their cause [Music] a prison camp is many things but perhaps this above all a kind of dark grasping swamp there is a way out but not for the one who tries to make firm ground on his own when he loses his head and Thresh is about wildly all he does is go deeper and deeper and deeper take the case of two men in the swamp of an enemy prison camp the first is thanks all J corporal service number three 9:02 or 0:08 born 15 August 1936 stupid too stupid to know that you are just another running door for Wall Street you are a dolphin I'm going to treat you like a dog then after saying all those nice things the interrogator gets down to business almost always on the agenda threats of torture withdrawal of food and water the promise of a physical beating often fiendishly conceived there's no getting away from the fact that prisoners is a hot seat even when it's a cold and so my question the hours pass the interrogation continues and the pressure mounts you are from company [Music] corporal banks admits nothing beyond name rank service number and date of birth he knows that is the only way not to be sucked into the swamp the second prisoner named Joe Campbell he has a rank PFC which he has revealed along with his service number and date of birth so far that's all so far so good but not as far as the interrogator is concerned an old pro he can spot the waiver the man who pushed the panic button it's his job to find it and rarely does he use a direct approach not human it's next door or not I leave my cigarettes and lighter and while I am gone look this over you'll find on it more than 800 signatures of your own people already looking over and sign it [Music] well that will be all that well now take you back to your balance wait a minute sit down [Music] I don't see how three of those signatures could be there those guys were in my outfit they were killed last week the bait was snapped up poor fish in the dark hours of the night when a prisoner's body and mind yearns for sleep for much-needed rest its then they come the inquisitors [Music] hurry hurry [Music] would they take that guys that came in today he's saying real out of interrogation I hear I don't think he just sticks enough already [Music] that's the matter alright give it a thousand-to-one it was me they would have to know the guy they took science up here once they get you on that hook they never leave you go they know they got a pigeon once they can make you talk even about the weather you'll never quit try to make you talk about everything you know find anything I won't do it I asked me that before being captured and shot and killed the civilian in occupied territory I never saw that I never signed that look fan fell typed in an empty space your signature can't fail you are a confess war criminal kanto hours to do and we wish with if you ever want to see your home again take this microphone breathe in a natural voice we are speaking to your friends [Music] along 34th airborne hello 34th airborne this is PFC Joe Campbell listen you guys quit while you're ahead while you're alive I mean [Music] you don't have a chance I know you did you're good here don't don't believe what you're told about how these guys treat prisoners [Music] why I hate to think how close I came to spilling my guts when I got the pressure be glad you didn't don't think you're an exception in here apologies for collaboration with the enemy have positively not accepted regular morning discussion period one an hour after ciao hey discussion about one well you got three choices under the wire through the wire or over the wire [Music] under the wire under through over under Oh [Music] under when questioned should I become a prisoner-of-war I am bound to give only name rank service number and date of birth I will evade answering further questions to the utmost of my ability I will make no oral or written statements disloyal to my country and its allies or harmful to their cause [Music]