(Okay. Let's see. )

(Stalag 13. May, 1942).

Colonel Hogan was in his office . Ready to have a little chat with the Kommandant. He got up he climbed up the ladder he he walked over to the Kommandant's office. He saw Colonel Klink at his desk.

Klink said, "Hogan. What are you doing in here? I did not ask for you, dismissed!" He saluted.

Hogan said, looking at Klink's papers, "Nothing, Kommandant. Just looking to see if there's anything I should be aware of and the RAF prisoners are complaining about the food. Say it's not edible."

Klink replied, not amused, " I care not! back to your barracks or into the cooler Hogan!" He seemed rather upset. There was one paper, Hogan managed to steal from Klink's desk. A paper concerning new prisoners. Six people. Hogan saluted Klink, and went back to the tunnels.

(Tunnels).

Hogan read the paper aloud, "To Colonel Wilhelm Klink, from Gestapo Major Wolfgang Hochstetter. Today, I will bring you new prisoners. Six prisoners. Captured 3 miles West of Berlin. Reported that their plane had been shot down. Gestapo searched, yet found no plane . Six prisoners, among the youngest soldiers I have ever seen. Two French Sergeants. One American Corporal. One American Sergeant. One British Lieutenant. One American officer. Officer gave rank, but not name. Rank of officer, is Lieutenant Colonel."

Newkirk said, "Well, sir. It'll be nice to see another blue uniform, around here. "

Hogan put a hand on his chin. He said, curious, "Youngest soldiers Hochstetter has ever seen. This must be big." The US Army rarely sent people younger than usual. This was curious.

(Later that day).

Hogan silently placed the paper back on Klink's desk. Klink read it. He said, thinking no one was listening, "Every day, prisoners get younger. " He told Schultz, "Prepare somewhere for these new prisoners to sleep. "

Schultz saluted, "Jawohl, Herr Kommandant!" He left.

At the front gate, a truck pulled up. Schultz ordered the driver, "Unload the prisoners! Orders of the Kommandant!"

Hogan saw the prisoners come out of the truck. But . . . He was confused. He knew Hochstetter described the new prisoners as young. But. . . This was.. MUCH younger than Hogan suspected.

One of the prisoners. . . Was a dog. A furry, four legged, Black Scottie. With a collar that read, 'USA private Total.'

Two prisoners came out of the truck together. A boy with strawberry blonde hair, blue eyes , and dressed in the uniform of the Free French Air Force. He looked no older than maybe ten by his height. His uniform, signified that he was a Sergeant.

A girl came out with him. She looked like she was his sister. She had blonde hair, blue eyes, and looked about two years younger than her brother. Like her brother , she was dressed in the uniform of a French Sergeant.

Next to come out of the truck, was a young black girl, who didn't look much older than the French boy. She had on a US Army Air Corps, uniform. The stripes of a Corporal. She had brown eyes and brown hair, that had a white highlight in it.

The next to come out, was a young man with red hair, yet refusing to show his eyes. His hat got in the way of that. Hogan saw, however, that they were faded blue. He was dressed in the same uniform that Carter wore. One of his squadron, perhaps?

Next was a tall young man, with blue-black hair and eyes and olive skin. dressed in the uniform of an RAF Lieutenant.

The final person to get out of the truck. An American officer . She looked to be about sixteen, perhaps? Hogan couldn't tell. On her shoulders and officer's hat, were the symbols of a Lieutenant Colonel. She had tanned skin, chocolate brown eyes, and long brown hair, with hints of blonde.

Klink walked out of his office, seeing the new prisoners. He looked surprised by their youth. He said, "Which of you is the commanding officer? "

The oldest girl said, "I am. "

Klink laughed, "Is this some kind of joke?"

Hochstetter, seriousness on his face, said, "I assure you, Klink, it is not. "

Klink dismissed them. Schultz forced all the prisoners of Barracks 1, to double up with the prisoners of Barracks 3. Putting the women prisoners up in Barracks 1.

Hogan said one thing to their Lieutenant Colonel, as she walked by. He asked her, "May I ask your name and rank? "

She said, "Max. Lieutenant Colonel Maximum Ride. "