Dropped

You high-tail it to the ditch before the patrol can see you.
You run and drop your compass!
But the patrol is right where your parachute is, going back would be suicide.
You jump into the ditch.
In a half-hushed voice, you hear:
"What the fuck--Flash! Flash!"
You quickly reply "Thunder!"
"Jesus! I finally found someone! Im Corporal Miller, from squad--Oy! You were in the same plane as me!"
You barely recognize him with so much mud and dirt on him.
You two wait for the patrol to leave.
After about a half hour, he talks to you.
"Ok, I recognize this area here. To the east, towards that barnyard, is our waypoint. We can group up there and be done until the rest of the squad reaches us. But, there's a small Kraut dispatch in the way. We can go around, and go through the small village. We'll have a lot more cover, but of course, it's a village."
He pauses and ducks. You do the same.
"Christ! Here come two Krauts!"