Carter had to think about that one. He wasn't up on military terminology, hadn't really paid attention in that area of basic training, and nothing in basic training had covered his eventual situation. The Unsung Heroes were pretty unique.
"Sort of," he said, crossing his arms and putting one considering hand to his jaw. "See, my plane--uh, that's a machine that flies using science--got shot down in Germany and I was captured and put in a prison camp. Then I escaped, then I got captured again and wound up at another prison camp, Stalag 13. So the official story is that I was a POW." His life sounded remarkably complicated once it was summed up.
Carter grinned as he got around to the good part of the story. "But the thing is, we're actually running an underground sabotage and spy organization out of the camp, and helping prisoners from other camps escape. I was the demolitions man because I'm so good with bombs. So I was actually really active duty, it's just nobody knew about it but us."
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"Sort of," he said, crossing his arms and putting one considering hand to his jaw. "See, my plane--uh, that's a machine that flies using science--got shot down in Germany and I was captured and put in a prison camp. Then I escaped, then I got captured again and wound up at another prison camp, Stalag 13. So the official story is that I was a POW." His life sounded remarkably complicated once it was summed up.
Carter grinned as he got around to the good part of the story. "But the thing is, we're actually running an underground sabotage and spy organization out of the camp, and helping prisoners from other camps escape. I was the demolitions man because I'm so good with bombs. So I was actually really active duty, it's just nobody knew about it but us."