The Last Rescue

The only female nurse ever captured the Germans was First Lieutenant Reba Zitella Whittle. A C-47 plane Lt. Whittle was riding on was shot down over Belgium by German flak gunners on September 27, 1944 Lt. Whittle survived the crash and was taken prison, She was given a very gentle interrogation and given treatment for receiving a concussion from the crash. Lt. Whittle was than sent to an Allied POW Camp for wounded Allied soldiers to assist the British doctors! On January 25, 1945 Lt. Whittle was put on a train along with Allied POW's considered by the Germans no longer fit for service and sent to Switzertland to be released.

Approximately 17:15 into the movie, after the Americans ambushed the truck, two soldiers come around the back. You see a dead German soldier laying down in the back of the truck with his feet facing the camera. The tread on his right boot is of a Vietnam-era Jungle Boot with the diamond on the heel. You can even see the two metal grommets on the side of the leather and can make out the canvas of the boot.