<P> Davenport then finds out that two white officers coming from a military exercise, Captain Wilcox (Scott Paulin) and Lieutenant Byrd (Wings Hauser), had an altercation with the drunk sergeant a short time before his death . When questioned, both officers admit to physical assault when confronted by Waters on a drunken tirade, but deny killing him, revealing that they had not been issued . 45 ammunition for the exercise as it was in short supply and it was reserved for MPs and soldiers on special duty . Though Taylor is convinced that Wilcox and Byrd are lying and is eager to arrest them, Davenport releases them . </P> <P> While a search has begun for Privates Peterson and Smalls who have both gone AWOL, Davenport questions Wilkie once more, and the demoted private is forced to admit that he planted the gun under C.J.'s bunk on Waters' orders . Though he hid it from everyone, Waters divulged in private to Wilkie his intense hatred of C.J. and others like him whom Waters felt were an unwelcome weight on the Black race . Davenport then asks why Waters didn't go after Peterson since they had the fight, and Wilkie tells him that Waters liked Peterson because he fought back and was planning to promote him . Davenport has Wilkie placed under arrest just as an impromptu celebration has begun outside after learning that the platoon is to be shipped out to join the fight overseas . </P> <P> Realizing that Peterson and Smalls were on guard duty the night of Waters' murder, and thus had been issued . 45 ammunition for their pistols, Davenport interrogates Smalls after he has been found by the MPs and Smalls confesses that it was Peterson who killed Sergeant Waters, as revenge for C.J. When Peterson is captured and brought into the interrogation room, he confesses to the murder, saying "I didn't kill much . Some things need getting rid of ." </P> <P> The film ends with Taylor congratulating Davenport on getting his man and admitting that he will have to get used to Negroes being in charge . Davenport assures Taylor that he'll get used to it . "You can bet your ass on that," he adds, as the platoon marches in preparation for their deployment to the European Theater . </P>

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