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Originally Posted by Galt
I thought it was the same guy who killed Private Mellish. They were wrestling around in that room and Willie eventually drove a knife into Mellish's chest. Remember that Upham (the wimpy guy who sort of befriended Steamboat Willie after the assault on the machine gun bunker) was slowly making his way up the stairs to the room where Mellish was killed, while the guy who killed Mellish was on his way back down the stairs. If it was a different guy, why did he turn his back on an armed American soldier that he didn't know?
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You got me doubting myself, so I just watched it! It was definetely a different guy.
As for why they walk past each other, Upham is scared shitless and the german soldier is in a state of shock after what he's just done. The german probably wasn't thinking straight enough to care. It's another small commentary on the horror and futility of war.
Thats my interpretation anyway