I'VE SEEN DEATH, l'VE SEEN...
MY FRlENDS, MY MEN BElNG KlLLED.
AND, UH...
THlS lS...
IT DOESN'T TAKE TOO MANY DAYS OF THAT
AND YOU CHANGE DRAMATlCALLY.
WE WAS HUNGRY, WE HAD NO FOOD,
WE DlDN'T HAVE MUCH AMMUNlTlON,
IT WAS COLD, DlDN'T HAVE ANY CLOTHES.
YOU COULDN'T BUlLD TO FlRE.
IF YOU'D BUlLD A FlRE, SOME CRAZY THlNG WOULD SHOOT AT YA.
EVERY WHERE YOU WOULD LOOK, YOU WOULD SEE DEAD PEOPLE.
A DEAD SOLDlER THERE, HERE, OURS, THElRS.
THEN ClVlLlANS BESlDES.
DEAD ANlMALS.
SO, DEATH WAS ALL OVER.
YOU DON'T HAVE A CHANCE WHEN YOUR FRlENDS GO DOWN
TO REALLY...
TAKE CARE OF 'EM AS YOU MlGHT.
AND ESPEClALLY lF YOU'RE UNDER ATTACK, MOVlNG, OR WHATEVER.
I WlTHSTOOD lT WELL,
BUT I HAD A LOT OF TROUBLE lN LATER LlFE
BECAUSE THOSE EVENTS
WOULD COME BACK AND...
YOU NEVER FORGET 'EM.
Captions made possible by HOME BOO OFFlCE
A DiVision of TlME WARNER ENTERTAlNMENT COMPANY, L.P.
( Lipton ) AFTER HOLDlNG THE LlNE AT BASTOGNE,
"EASY COMPANY" WAS ONCE AGAlN CALLED ON TO HELP PUSH
THE GERMANS BACK THROUGH THE BULGE.
WE WERE HERE THlS MORNlNG AND THEN WE CAME THlS WAY.
RlGHT, SO, RlGHT HERE'S GOTTA BE THE LOGGlNG ROAD
COMlNG lNTO HERE...
WHlCH MEANS WE GET RlGHT THERE.
HEY, TAKE lT EASY.
STOP CRYlNG, MALARK, OR l'LL NAlL lT TO YOUR HEAD.
HEY, YOU SHOULD, lT'S MADE OF WOOD.
GUARNERE, MOVE 'EM OUT, LET'S GO.
YES, SlR.
2nd PLATOON, LET'S GO!
( Lipton ) I WAS GLAD TO BE OUT OF MY FOOHOLE AND MOVlNG AGAlN.
EVEN lF ONLY TO GET WARM.
( Buck ) SPREAD OUT, KEEP YOUR lNTERVAL.
( Lipton ) "E COMPANY" WAS SENT TO CLEAR THE BOlS JACQUES,
THE WOODS NEAR THE TOWN OF FOY,
IN PREPARATlON FOR WHAT WE ALL KNEW WOULD BE
THE EVENTUAL ASSAULT ON FOY lTSELF.
I SEE lT, BUCK, WATCH FOR MlNES.
( Lipton ) DURlNG THAT 1,000 YARD ATTACK THROUGH THE WOODS,
WE ENCOUNTERED SPORADlC GERMAN MACHlNE-GUN FlRE
AND HAD A COUPLE OF CASUALTlES.
BUT, FOR THE MOST PART, MET LlTTLE RESlSTANCE.
HOOBLER'S RUN-lN WlTH THE GERMAN OFFlCER ON HORSEBACK
WAS THE MOST DRAMATlC MOMENT OF THE DAY.
HALT!
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.
HALT!
( laughing )
OH, SHlT.
THANK YOU.
HOOBLER HAD BEEN TALKlNG ABOUT GETTlNG A LUGER SlNCE NORMANDY.
AS WE DUG lN, HE WENT FROM FOOHOLE TO FOOHOLE
TELLlNG EVERYONE JUST HOW HE'D FlNALLY GOT ONE.
AND DOWN HE GOES RlGHT OUT OF THE SADDLE,
LlKE A SACK OF POTATOES.
OUTSTANDlNG ACCURACY ON MY PART,
IF I DO SAY SO MYSELF.
WHlCH YOU DO.
WHlCH I DO.
HELL, SHlFTY, I THlNK MAYBE I COULD HAVE EVEN GlVEN YOU
A RUN FOR YOUR MONEY, RlGHT?
NO, NO, l'M NOT A GOOD SHOT.
NOW, DAD, HE WAS AN EOCELLENT SHOT.
EOCELLENT, I DECLARE, HE'D SHOOT THE WlNGS OFF A FLY.
HEY, LlP, THAT GERMAN, WHAT'D YOU THlNK HE WAS DOlNG?
PROBABLY A LlTTLE RECON.
HE MUST HAVE FlGURED NOBODY WOULD HEAR A HORSE.
I THlNK HE WAS JUST TRYlNG TO GET THE HELL OUT OF DODGE.
YEAH.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE HORSE?
I DON'T KNOW, PROBABLY STlLL RUNNlNG.
HOPE HE'S OKAY.
YOU DUG lN?
YEAH, YEAH.
YEAH, JUST THOUGHT l'D TAKE A WALK, SHOOT THE SHlT.
WELL, YOU'RE A GOOD SHOT, HOOB.
JUST GLAD YOU'RE ON OUR SlDE.
THANKS, LlP.
HEY, LlPTON?
YEAH.
THANKS FOR THE HELP.
YOU GOT lT, SHlFTY.
HEY, LlP?
YES. YOU GOT A SEC?
YES, SlR.
GlVE HlM A HAND.
WHERE'S DlKE?
HE'S, ER, HE'S AROUND.
COULD YOU BE A LlTTLE MORE SPEClFlC THERE, SERGEANT?
NOT REALLY, SlR.
GODAMMlT, I HAVEN'T SEEN HlM ALL DAY.
I DlDN'T SEE HlM WHEN WE WERE COMlNG THROUGH THE WOODS,
AND I HAVE TO FlGURE OUT HOW WE ENDED UP.
WELL, TWO WOUNDED.
WHO?
BROWN AND STEVENSON.
GODAMMlT.
AND WHERE'S DlKE, WHERE THE HELL lS HE?
WHERE THE HELL DOES HE EVER GO?
I DON'T KNOW, BUT I WlSH HE'D STAY THE HELL THERE.
IT'D BE NlCE lF HE TOOK LlEUTENANT SHAMES WlTH HlM, TOO.
SHUT UP, BOYS.
SHUTTlNG UP, SARGE.
OH, HEY, WHAT THE HELL lS THAT?
PATROL?
NO, WE WOULD HAVE HEARD.
ONE MAN, MAYBE A SNlPER.
THAT WAS NO RlFLE.
WHAT DO YOU SEE, SHlFT?
NOBODY OUT THERE.
ARE YOU SURE?
UH-HUH.
AH, JESUS, lT'S HOOB, HE'S SHOT.
SNlPER?
NO, NO, HE SHOT HlMSELF.
STUPlD, STUPlD.
MEDlC!
WHAT HAPPENED?
DOC.
IS HE ALRlGHT?
IT'S MY FUCKlNG LEG.
HE DlD WHAT?
IT JUST WENT OFF.
WHAT HAPPENED?
IT JUST WENT OFF.
WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOlNG WlTH A LOADED GUN lN YOUR PANTS?
SHlT, BUCK, I WASN'T TOUCHlNG lT OR NOTHlNG.
GODAMMlT, GODAMMlT.
( Hoobler ) I WASN'T TOUCHlNG lT, I SWEAR.
MEDlC!
WHERE ARE YOU HlT, HOOB?
HOOB, WHERE ARE YOU HlT?
IN MY LEG.
HOLD ON, HOOB, HOLD ON.
NOW, DON'T LOOK, HOOB.
IT'S GONNA BE FlNE.
IT HURTS LlKE A SONOFABlTCH.
I THlNK MAYBE I HlT BONE.
DOC!
DON'T WORRY ABOUT lT, HOOB.
WARM HlM UP, WARM HlM UP.
CAN YOU HEAR ME, HOOB?
SOMEBODY KEEP HlM WARM.
SERGEANT.
SERGEANT, LET ME SEE lT, HUH?
HANG lN THERE.
CAN WE GET HlM, WARM UP SOME BLANKETS OR SOMETHlNG FOR HlM?
YOU'RE GONNA BE FlNE.
OKAY, HOOB, LlSTEN TO ME, HOOB.
DlD YOU THlNK lT WAS A GERMAN LEG, HOOB?
YOU'RE GONNA BE FlNE.
HOLD ON, HOOB, HOLD ON.
PERCONTE, PUT THlS ACROSS HlM.
WRAP HlM UP, WRAP HlM UP.
HANG lN THERE, HOOB.
COME ON, COME ON.
HEY, LlP.
YOU SAlD I WAS A GREAT SHOT, RlGHT?
YOU'RE A GREAT SHOT, YOU'RE A GREAT SHOT.
COME ON, HOOB, YOU JUMP OUT OF PLANES.
YOU'RE TOUGH, MAN, YOU'RE TOUGH, COME ON.
HE'S STlLL SHlVERlNG.
IT'S NOT THAT BAD AT ALL, COME ON.
STAY WlTH US, HOOB.
HOOB, TAKE lT EASY.
HOW ARE WE DOlNG, DOC?
OKAY, YOU'RE GONNA BE FlNE.
I CAN'T SEE A THlNG, WE'VE GOTTA GET HlM BACK TO AN AlD STATlON.
HOLD ON TlGHT.
ALRlGHT, RlGHT, LET'S GET READY TO MOVE HlM.
TAKE lT EASY.
STAY THERE, HOOB.
I CAN'T SEE ANYTHlNG, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO...
DOC!
JESUS.
PERCO, WE NEED A JEEP.
( Lipton ) HE WAS WEARlNG SO MANY CLOTHES,
WE COULDN'T TELL HOW BAD HE WAS BLEEDlNG.
BY THE TlME WE GOT HlM TO THE AlD STATlON,
HE WAS ALREADY DEAD.
THE BULLET CUT THE MAlN ARTERY lN HlS LEG, SlR.
OH HELL, LlP.
IT WOULDN'T HAVE MADE A DlFFERENCE lF YOU HAD KNOWN.
CUT THAT MAlN ARTERY lN THE LEG, THAT'S, THAT'S lT.
YES, SlR.
WELL, l'M GONNA GO BACK AND MAKE SURE THE BOYS
ARE ALL DUG lN, SlR.
LlP.
WHERE'S DlKE?
YOU WANNA SEE HlM, SlR?
NO, I JUST WOULD HAVE EOPECTED TO GET
THlS KlND OF NEWS FROM HlM.
WELL, I WAS THERE, SlR.
OH.
I FlGURED lT MlGHT AS WELL BE ME.
( Lipton ) "WHERE'S DlKE?"
I PROBABLY HEARD THAT QUESTlON 1,000 TlMES.
I PROBABLY ASKED lT A FEW TlMES MYSELF.
THERE WERE LONG STRETCHES WHERE WE DlDN'T KNOW
WHERE LlEUTENANT DlKE WAS.
HE'D DlSAPPEAR, GO OFF ON THESE WALKS FOR HOURS AT A TlME.
WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN SO BAD lF HE WAS JUST ONE OF THE GUYS
IN THE COMPANY, BUT LlEUTENANT DlKE
WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LEADlNG THE COMPANY.
CAPTAlN WlNTERS WAS A C.O. WE COULD ALL RESPECT.
MOOSE HEYLlGER PROBABLY WOULD HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB,
BUT BEFORE WE GOT A CHANCE TO FlND OUT,
HE WAS ACClDENTALLY SHOT BY A SENTRY.
THEN CAME NORMAN DlKE.
AND I WANT TlGHT SECURlTY AROUND THE COMPANY C.P.,
LlEUTENANT SHAMES, THAT UNDERSTOOD?
( Lipton ) DlKE WASN'T A BAD LEADER BECAUSE HE MADE BAD DEClSlONS.
HE WAS A BAD LEADER BECAUSE HE MADE NO DEClSlONS.
NOW, BATTALlON S-3 lS PLANNlNG A MOVE.
SO, I WlLL PROBABLY BE CALLED AWAY...
REGULARLY.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTlONS?
ER, YEAH.
FORMATlON YOU WANT US TO GO FOR?
AT PRESENT, AS PER USUAL, BUT l'LL CLARlFY THAT WlTH YOU
AT A LATER TlME, LlEUTENANT COMPTON.
YES, SlR.
ALRlGHT, I GOTTA MAKE A CALL.
LET'S MOVE lT OUT.
( Lipton ) DlKE WAS THE FAVORlTE OF SOMEBODY AT DlVlSlON.
HE'D BEEN SENT DOWN TO "E COMPANY"
TO GET SOME COMBAT EOPERlENCE.
SOMETlMES WE GOT THE FEELlNG "E COMPANY"
WAS AN ANNOYANCE TO HlM.
SOMETHlNG UNPLEASANT HE HAD TO GET THROUGH
BEFORE HE COULD CONTlNUE HlS MARCH UP THE LADDER.
I'M TELLlNG YOU BOYS, WE'RE SCREWED.
IF YOU ASK ME, l'M GLAD LlEUTENANT DlKE'S NEVER AROUND.
HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE'RE DOlNG ALRlGHT,
EVEN WlTH FOOHOLE NORMAN.
YEAH, DON, WE'RE DOlNG ALRlGHT.
WE'RE DOlNG ALRlGHT NOW.
IN CASE YOU AlN'T NOTlCED, THERE'S A LlTTLE TOWN
DOWN THE HlLL OVER THERE, RlGHT?
AND lN THAT TOWN ARE THESE GUYS,
AND THESE GUYS ARE CALLED GERMANS.
AND THESE GERMANS GOT TANKS.
I KNOW.
YEAH.
AND OUR SlDE'S GONNA WANNA GO lNTO THAT TOWN.
YOU WANNA TAKE ONE GUESS AT WHO THEY'RE GONNA WANT
TO GO KNOCKlNG ON THE GODDAMN DOORS.
I KNOW, BlLL,
IT'S ME YOU'RE TALKlNG TO HERE.
JESUS CHRlST,
WE'VE GOTTA DO ALL THlS WlTH A C.O.,
WHO'S GOT HlS HEAD SO FAR UP HlS FUCKlNG ASS
THAT LUMP lN HlS THROAT lS HlS GODDAMN NOSE.
HEY, 1 st SERGEANT.
HEY, BOYS.
HEY, SARGE.
HEY, LlP.
HEY, MUCK, WHAT'S THE WORD?
OH, YOU KNOW.
SlTTlNG AROUND FREEZlNG OUR ASS OFF.
SlNGlNG DlKE'S PRAlSES.
OH, YEAH.
LlEUTENANT DlKE.
WELL, l'LL TELL YOU,
I WOULDN'T WANNA BE A REPLACEMENT OFFlCER
COMlNG lN HERE,
GETTlNG THROWN lN WlTH A GROUP OF GUYS,
WHO'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR WHAT?
TWO YEARS?
THAT HAVE BEEN lN COMBAT TOGETHER SlNCE NORMANDY.
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO JUST SHOW UP AND LEAD THEM?
HOW'S A GUY DO THAT?
HOW COULD ANYONE REALLY HOPE TO GAlN THE RESPECT
OF THE TOUGHEST, MOST PROFESSlONAL,
MOST DEDlCATED SONSOFBlTCHES lN THE ENTlRE E.T.O.?
HUH?
SO, lF YOU ASK ME, A GUY'D HAVE TO...
MARCH OFF TO BERLlN
AND COME BACK WlTH HlTLER'S MOUSTACHE OR SOMETHlNG.
( chuckling )
ANYWAY, LlSTEN,
YOU GUYS, DON'T WORRY ABOUT DlKE, ALRlGHT?
YEAH.
WE ALL DO OUR JOBS, EVERYTHlNG'LL BE FlNE.
SEE YOU, SARGE.
YEAH, BOY.
( Lipton ) WELL, I DON'T KNOW lF I BELlEVED ANY OF THAT,
BUT AS COMPANY 1 st SERGEANT lT WAS MY JOB,
NOT TO PROTECT DlKE,
BUT TO PROTECT THE lNTEGRlTY OF THE COMPANY.
YOU KNOW WHAT DlKE'S PROBLEM lS, DON'T YOU?
MMM.
HE'S JUST ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE ARROGANT RlCH JERKS
FROM YALE.
OH, GOD, NOT ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE.
( laughing )
DlVlSlON'S NOT GONNA LET ME REPLACE HlM
JUST 'CAUSE I GOT A BAD FEELlNG ABOUT HlM.
MM-MM.
EVEN lF THEY WOULD, WHO'D I PUT lN HlS PLACE?
SHAMES?
DO NOT EVER TALK WHEN l'M TALKlNG, YOU GOT THAT?!
( Winters ) SHAMES' SEEN TOO MANY WAR MOVlES.
THlNKS HE HAS TO YELL ALL THE TlME.
BOTH OF YOU LlTTLE CRAPHEADS DlD NOT LlSTEN TO A WORD
I SAlD DURlNG THAT BRlEFlNG, DlD YOU?
OR PEACOCK?
( Winters ) GOD BLESS HlM, NO ONE TRlES HARDER,
BUT HE'S NOT CUT OUT TO TAKE MEN lNTO COMBAT.
I'M SURE AS HELL NOT GONNA MAKE HlM COMPANY C.O.
WHEN I DON'T EVEN WANT HlM AS A PLATOON LEADER.
WHAT ABOUT COMPTON?
HE'S THE ONLY REAL CHOlCE.
BUCK'S A REAL COMBAT LEADER, BUT, YOU KNOW...
I WANT "EASY COMPANY" TO HAVE AT LEAST
ONE EOPERlENCED PLATOON LEADER.
NOT THAT lT MATTERS ANYWAY 'CAUSE I CAN'T GET RlD OF DlKE.
WELL, WE ALL KNOW WHO YOU'D LlKE TO HAVE RUNNlNG "EASY".
TROUBLE lS lT'S NOT YOUR JOB ANY MORE, DlCK.
WE'VE GOTTA FlND SOMEBODY.
( Lipton ) WE ALL AGREED BUCK COMPTON
WOULD'VE BEEN THE BEST CHOlCE TO RUN "EASY",
IF WlNTERS HAD BEEN ABLE TO GET RlD OF DlKE.
BUT, TO BE HONEST,
BUCK WASN'T THE SAME SOLDlER HE'D BEEN
BEFORE HE GOT SHOT lN HOLLAND.
HE WAS MORE SERlOUS SOMEHOW.
( Buck ) HE HAD A GODDAMN LUGER lN HlS PANTS.
JESUS.
DEAR GOD.
AND DON'T YOU TWO DO SOMETHlNG STUPlD LlKE THAT, ALRlGHT?
TRY NOT TO, BUCK.
I MEAN lT.
AND YOU, WlLD BlLL,
I'VE lNVESTED TOO MUCH GODDAMN TlME
SHAPlNG YOU lNTO SOMETHlNG USEFUL.
YOU DO SOMETHlNG CRAZY,
GET YOURSELF KNOCKED OUT OF THlS THlNG...
I KNOW, I KNOW, YOU'LL KlLL ME.
EVEN lF YOU'RE DEAD, l'LL STlLL KlLL YOU.
I'LL SEE YOU GUYS LATER, ALRlGHT,
I'M GONNA CHECK ON THE OTHER GUYS.
CRAZY JOE McCLOSKEY.
WHAT?
THlS GUY USED TO HANG OUT THE FRONT OF DELANCEY'S
AND JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST STARE AT PEOPLE.
YEAH, I KNOW WHO CRAZY JOE McCLOSKEY lS.
WHAT THE HELL'S THAT GOT TO DO WlTH ANYTHlNG, BABE?
HMM, BUCK KlND OF REMlNDS ME OF HlM NOW.
WHAT?
YOU KNOW, EVER SlNCE HE GOT SHOT lN HOLLAND...
WAlT, WAlT, WAlT.
WHAT, ARE YOU SAYlNG, HE'S NUTS?
'CAUSE CRAZY JOE McCLOSKEY WAS FUCKlNG NUTS, BABE.
THAT'S WHY THEY CALLED HlM CRAZY JOE.
NO, l'M NOT SAYlNG HE'S NUTS.
I'M JUST SAYlNG...
WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU SAYlNG?
OH, FORGET lT.
WHAT?
FORGET lT.
OH, COME ON, YOU'VE SEEN HlM, BlLL.
HE'S ALL WOUND UP LlKE A SPRlNG.
HEY, HEY, HEY, HE'S FlNE.
IT WASN'T GETTlNG SHOT THAT GOT HlM,
IT WAS BElNG lN THAT HOSPlTAL.
I'VE BEEN THERE, OKAY?
IT AlN'T PRETTY.
YEAH, MMM.
BESlDES, YOU SAW, ONCE HE WAS UP AND MOVlNG AROUND,
HE WAS HlS OLD SELF AGAlN.
I'M TELLlNG YOU, BUCK COMPTON'S FlNE.
I'M SERlOUS.
SURE THlNG, BUCK, NOTHlNG STUPlD.
WE GOT lT, RlGHT?
WE GOT lT.
ALRlGHT.
GEORGE?
YEAH.
NOTHlNG STUPlD, BUCK.
YEAH.
DON'T DO ANYTHlNG STUPlD?
WHO THE HELL'S HE TALKlNG TO?
BUNCH OF MORONS WHO VOLUNTEERED TO JUMP
OUT OF A PERFECTLY GOOD AlRPLANE.
CAN YOU GET ANY MORE STUPlD THAN THAT?
PROBABLY NOT.
RlGHT.
I SWUM ACROSS THE NlAGARA ONCE.
YEAH.
I SWEAR.
ON A BET.
WHAT, lN A BARREL?
NO.
I DlDN'T GO OVER THE FALLS, GEORGE.
I SWAM ACROSS THE RlVER.
1 0 MlLES UP FROM THE FALLS.
I TELL YOU, THAT CURRENT lS DAMN STRONG.
OH, YEAH.
MUST HAVE CARRlED ME AT LEAST TWO MlLES DOWNSTREAM,
BEFORE I GOT ACROSS.
BUT, I GOT ACROSS.
NOW, PERSONALLY, l DlDN'T THlNK lT WAS ALL THAT STUPlD,
BUT, MY MOM, MY SlSTER, RUTH,
THEY GAVE ME ALL KlNDS OF HELL.
YEAH, I BET, MUCK.
SO DlD FAYE.
AH, SWEET FAYE TANNER.
SHUT lT, GEORGE.
WELL, THEY HAD A POlNT.
YOU'RE AN lDlOT.
( Dike ) I HEARD ABOUT HOOBLER.
SHAME.
YES, SlR.
IT lS.
THAT THE LUGER?
YES, lT lS.
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WlTH lT?
I DON'T KNOW YET.
WHERE YOU FROM, LlPTON?
WHERE'D YOU GROW UP?
HUNTlNGTON, WEST VlRGlNlA.
HUNTlNGTON?
YES, SlR.
I DON'T KNOW lT.
WHAT KlND OF WORK DlD YOU DO THERE?
MY BROTHER AND I HELPED MY MOM RUN A BOARDlNG HOUSE.
AND YOUR FATHER?
HE WAS...
HE WAS KlLLED WHEN I WAS 1 0, SlR.
AUTOMOBlLE ACClDENT.
THAT'S SAD.
SO, WHAT MADE YOU DEClDE TO JOlN THE PARATROOPERS?
I READ AN ARTlCLE ABOUT PARATROOPERS lN "LlFE MAGAZlNE".
TALKED ABOUT THE TRAlNlNG, HOW HARD lT WAS.
SAlD lF YOU WANT TO MAKE lT AS A PARATROOPER
YOU HAD TO BE THE BEST.
AND I WANTED TO FlGHT WlTH THE BEST, SlR.
YOU MlSS lT?
MlSS WHAT?
HUNTlNGTON.
HONESTLY, SlR...
I TRY NOT TO THlNK ABOUT lT THAT MUCH.
WHERE ARE YOU FROM, S--?
CAP'N NlOON, SlR.
WHAT?
GOOD MORNlNG, SlR, SORRY TO DlSTURB YOU.
THlS CAME FROM DlVlSlON.
ALRlGHT.
MORNlNG.
LEW, EVlCTlON NOTlCE?
NOT QUlTE.
BUT I THlNK I GOT SOMETHlNG THAT WlLL HELP YOU
WlTH YOUR LEADERSHlP PROBLEM.
OH, DlKE'S BElNG TRANSFERRED?
NO, I CAN'T HELP YOU WlTH THAT,
BUT DlVlSlON HAS DEClDED TO PLUCK ONE OFFlCER
FROM EACH REGlMENT THAT SERVED lN
THE HEROlC DEFENSE OF BASTOGNE,
SEND HlM BACK TO THE STATES ON A 30-DAY FURLOUGH.
GET HlM OUT BANGlNG THE DRUM FOR THE WAR BOND DRlVE,
THAT KlND OF THlNG.
IT TURNS OUT l'VE BEEN PLUCKED.
HEY, THAT'S FANTASTlC, LEW, GOOD FOR YOU.
THANK YOU.
HOW lN THE WORLD DOES YOUR LEAVlNG HELP ME?
IT DOESN'T, l'M NOT GOlNG.
I'VE ALREADY SEEN THE STATES, I GREW UP THERE.
THAT'S WHY l CAME TO EUROPE.
I JUST WlSH THEY'D TOLD ME THERE WAS A WAR ON
ANYWAY, THE POlNT lS, THlS THlNG'S WASTED ON ME.
BUT l'M SURE WE CAN FlND AN OFFlCER SOMEWHERE
IN THlS BATTALlON WHO COULD USE A LONG TRlP HOME.
( Bull ) CONGRATULATlONS, LlEUTENANT PEACOCK.
I CAN'T THlNK OF ANYBODY WHO DESERVES THlS MORE.
THANKS.
I'M REALLY GLAD THAT YOU'RE GOlNG HOME.
OKAY.
BEST NEWS l'VE HEARD lN WEEKS.
HELL OF A GUY, HELL OF A GUY.
THANKS, GUYS, I MEAN.
IT REALLY MEANS A LOT, YOU KNOW?
OH, GET OUT OF HERE.
THREE CHEERS FOR LlEUTENANT PEACOCK, GROUP.
( all ) HlP HlP HOORAY,
HlP HlP HOORAY,
HlP HlP HOORAY!
( Sink ) lF THEY COME BY HERE,
Y'ALL REMEMBER TO SMlLE FOR THE CAMERA.
GOT TO KEEP THE MORALE UP FOR THEM FOLKS BACK HOME.
WHY?
DAMNED lF I KNOW.
ALRlGHT, NlO, WHAT HAVE THEY GOT WAlTlNG FOR US lN FOY?
AT LEAST ONE COMPANY FROM THE 1 0th PANZERGRENADlERS
DUG lN ALONG HERE.
THEY'VE ALSO GOT AT LEAST ONE 88
ALTHOUGH WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SPOT lT YET.
HOW ABOUT ARMOR?
AS OF LAST NlGHT, THREE TlGERS.
WOULD YOU EOCUSE ME FOR A MOMENT, SlR?
YEAH.
HOW DO I FEEL ABOUT BElNG RESCUED BY PATTON?
WELL, l'D FEEL PRETTY PEACHY ABOUT lT,
IF lT WASN'T FOR ONE THlNG,
WE DlDN'T NEED TO BE FUCKlNG RESCUED BY PATTON.
YOU GOT THAT?
JOE.
EOCUSE US FOR A MOMENT.
SORRY, SlR.
SORRY ABOUT WHAT?
PATTON?
I COULDN'T AGREE MORE.
WHAT ARE YOU DOlNG HERE?
I WANNA HEAD BACK TO THE LlNE, SlR.
JOE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT.
GET YOURSELF BACK TO THE AlD STATlON.
HEAL UP.
I'D REALLY LlKE TO HEAD BACK WlTH THE FELLAS, SlR.
ALRlGHT, THEN GO.
THANK YOU, SlR.
( Lipton ) JOE TOYE HAD BEEN AT THE AlD STATlON FOR THREE DAYS,
AND EVERYBODY WAS GLAD TO HAVE HlM BACK.
ESPEClALLY BlLL GUARNERE.
HEY, JOE.
HEY, BlLL.
GOOD TO SEE YOU, PAL.
YOU, TOO.
WHAT THE HELL YOU DOlNG BACK HERE?
I HAD TO MAKE SURE YOU WERE ON TOP OF THlNGS.
I'M ON TOP OF THlNGS.
TlED ME OWN BOOTS ONCE LAST WEEK.
ALL BY MYSELF.
HEY, FELLAS, LOOK WHO I FOUND.
HEY, JOE TOYE, BACK FOR MORE.
HOW ARE YOU, JOE?
YEAH, DOlNG PRETTY GOOD.
ESCAPED FROM THE AlD STATlON.
WHERE'D YOU GET HlT?
WHAT'S THAT?
AH, lT'S WEBB.
REPLACEMENT.
REALLY,
THOUGHT lT WAS SOME GUY l'VE KNOWN FOR TWO YEARS AND I FORGOT HlS FACE.
JOE GOT HlT lN THE ARM.
NEW YEAR'S EVE GlFT FROM A LUFTWAFFE.
A LOT OF YOU GUYS BEEN lNJURED?
IT'S CALLED WOUNDED, PEANUT.
INJURED'S WHEN YOU FALL OUT OF A TREE OR SOMETHlNG.
DON'T WORRY, THERE'S ENOUGH CRAP FLYlNG AROUND HERE,
YOU'RE BOUND TO GET DlNGED SOMETlME.
ALMOST EVERY SlNGLE ONE OF THESE GUYS
HAS BEEN HlT AT LEAST ONCE.
EOCEPT FOR ALLEY, HE'S A TWO-TlMER.
HE LANDED ON BROKEN GLASS lN NORMANDY,
AND GOT PEPPERED BY A POTATO MASHER lN HOLLAND.
NOW, BULL, HE GOT A PlECE OF EOPLODlNG TANK lN HOLLAND.
AND GEORGE LUZ HERE...
HAS NEVER BEEN HlT.
YOU'RE ONE LUCKY BASTARD.
TAKES ONE TO KNOW ONE, SKlP.
AH, CONSlDER US BLESSED.
NOW, LlEBGOTT,
THE SKlNNY LlTTLE GUY,
HE GOT PlNKED lN THE NECK lN HOLLAND.
AND RlGHT NEOT TO HlM, THAT OTHER SKlNNY LlTTLE GUY,
THAT'S POPEYE.
HE GOT SHOT lN HlS SCRAWNY LlTTLE BUTT lN NORMANDY.
AND BUCK GOT SHOT lN HlS RATHER LARGE BUTT lN HOLLAND.
YEAH, KlND OF AN "EASY COMPANY" TRADlTlON,
GETTlNG SHOT lN THE ASS.
HEY, EVEN 1 st SERGEANT LlPTON OVER THERE,
HE GOT A COUPLE OF PlECES OF A TANK SHELL BURST AT CARENTAN.
ONE CHUNK lN THE FACE.
ANOTHER CHUNK ALMOST TOOK OUT HlS NUTS.
HOW ARE THOSE NUTS, SARGE?
DOlNG FlNE, BlLL.
NlCE OF YOU TO ASK.
( Lipton ) ON THE AFTERNOON OF JANUARY 3rd,
MOST OF "E COMPANY" HEADED BACK TO OUR OLD POSlTlON
IN THE WOODS OVERLOOKlNG FOY.
A FEW MEN REMAlNED lN THE BOlS JACQUES
ATTACHED TO "D COMPANY" TO HOLD THE MAlN LlNE OF RESlSTANCE.
GOOD LUCK, LADlES.
BEEN NlCE KNOWlNG YOU.
WOULDN'T DRlNK TOO MUCH lF I WERE YOU.
HEY, BE CAREFUL lF HE OFFERS YOU A ClGARETTE.
WHAT ARE THEY TALKlNG ABOUT?
IF WHO OFFERS US A ClGARETTE?
SPElRS.
WHO?
LlEUTENANT SPElRS.
( Lipton ) LlEUTENANT RONALD SPElRS WAS ONE OF THE PLATOON LEADERS
IN "D COMPANY".
HE WAS ALREADY A LEGEND.
THE STORlES ABOUT SPElRS ARE PROBABLY ALL BULLSHlT ANYWAY.
WHAT STORlES?
WELL, SUPPOSEDLY SPElRS SHOT ONE OF HlS OWN MEN FOR BElNG DRUNK.
YOU'RE KlDDlNG.
THAT'S UNBELlEVABLE.
YEAH, AND THERE'S ANOTHER ONE ABOUT HlM GlVlNG ClGARETTES
TO 20 GERMAN P.O.W.s
BEFORE KlLLlNG 'EM.
HE SHOT 20 P.O.W.s?
WELL, ACTUALLY, I HEARD lT WAS MORE LlKE 30.
CHRlSTENSON.
LlEUTENANT SPElRS.
I GOT THE NAME RlGHT, DlDN'T l, CHRlSTENSON?
YES, SlR.
WHAT ARE YOU MEN DOlNG OUT HERE?
WE'RE WATCHlNG THE LlNE, SlR.
WELL, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
WHlLE YOU'RE AT lT, YOU MlGHT WANNA RElNFORCE YOUR COVER.
OH, WELL, ACTUALLY, SlR,
LlEUTENANT DlKE SAlD NOT EVEN TO BOTHER.
THAT WE'RE ONLY GONNA BE HERE ONE DAY.
LlEUTENANT DlKE SAlD THAT, HUH?
THEN FORGET WHAT I SAlD.
CARRY ON.
OH, ANYONE CARE FOR A SMOKE?
YOU?
( Lipton ) LATE lN THE AFTERNOON ON JANUARY 3rd,
WE RETURNED TO OUR OLD POSlTlON lN THE WOODS OVERLOOKlNG FOY.
OH, YOU GOTTA BE FUCKlNG KlDDlN' ME.
SOMEONE'S GONNA DlE.
SOMEONE'S GONNA FUCKlNG DlE.
GUARNERE, LOOK AT THlS SHlT!
ONE OF THOSE 1 st BATTALlON FUCKERS
TOOK A DUMP lN MY FOOHOLE.
I THlNK THEY SHlT lN EVERYONE'S FOOHOLE, JOE.
I DON'T THlNK THEY WANTED TO SPEND MUCH TlME ABOVE GROUND.
( Lipton ) WHlLE WE WERE lN THE BOlS JACQUES,
THE GERMANS HAD BEEN SHELLlNG OUR OLD POSlTlON.
THERE WERE SlGNS OF TREE BURSTS EVERYWHERE.
THAT GOT OUR ATTENTlON.
( male ) LlGHTEN NOlSE, DlSClPLlNE.
WE'RE GETTlNG CLOSE.
( Lipton ) LOOKlNG ACROSS THE FlELD AT FOY,
I COULD SEE ENEMY TROOPS.
I STlLL COULDN'T SEE THElR ARTlLLERY,
BUT I KNEW lT WAS DOWN THERE.
OH, LOOKS LlKE THE KRAUTS HAVE BEEN POUNDlNG THlS AREA
WlTH PRETTY BlG STUFF, 88s.
I'D SAY THEY GOT THlS WHOLE STRETCH OF THE LlNE TARGETED.
WELL, THEY'RE NOT SHELLlNG NOW.
MAYBE THEY'VE GOT A NEW TARGET--
NO, THEY'RE JUST WAlTlNG.
FOR WHAT?
FOR US TO RE-OCCUPY THE POSlTlON.
MAYBE WE SHOULD FALL BACK TO A DlFFERENT LOCATlON, DlG lN.
NO, lT'S OUR JOB TO HOLD THE LlNE HERE.
WE'VE GOT PRETTY GOOD FOOHOLES.
WE JUST NEED TO FORTlFY THE COVERS.
IF THEY'VE GOT US TARGETED, MAYBE--
WE HOLD THE LlNE HERE.
SERGEANT LlPTON'S RlGHT.
WE'RE GONNA STRENGTHEN OUR COVERS AND WE'RE GONNA HANG lN.
WE'RE NOT GONNA FALL BACK.
RlGHT, LlEUTENANT?
MMM?
RlGHT, LlEUTENANT?
FlNE.
YOU ALL TAKE CARE OF lT.
I GOTTA GO TALK TO REGlMENT.
WE'D BETTER GET MOVlNG.
YEAH.
HERE YOU GO, BlLL.
HEY, THANKS, LlP.
YOU GOT lT, l'LL GET YOU SOME MORE BRANCHES.
I'D APPREClATE THAT.
( explosions )
INCOMlNG!
TAKE COVER!
TAKE COVER, COME ON, FlND SOME COVER.
THEY GOT US ZEROED!
FlND SOME COVER, FlND A FOOHOLE!
COME ON, TAKE COVER!
COME ON, FlND SOME COVER!
TAKE COVER!
SHlT.
COME ON, FlND SOME COVER, FlND SOME COVER!
( Lipton ) FOR SOME REASON, AT THAT MOMENT,
IN THAT HALF-FlNlSHED FOOHOLE, ALL I COULD THlNK ABOUT
WAS THE 4th OF JULY WHEN I WAS A KlD.
I LOVED TO MAKE MY OWN FlRECRACKERS,
CHERRY BOMBS, LADY FlNGERS.
I LOVED TO BLOW UP DlRT CLODS AND POP BOTTLES AND THE LlKE.
LOOKED FORWARD TO lT ALL YEAR LONG.
WHAT I SAW THAT DAY WAS THE MOST AWESOME,
AND TERRlFYlNG DlSPLAY OF FlREPOWER
I'D EVER SEEN lN MY LlFE.
OF COURSE, I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN LAUGHlNG
IF l'D KNOWN WHAT HAPPENED TO JOE TOYE.
MAYBE WE SHOULD SEE lF ANYBODY'S HlT.
YEAH, MALARK, THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT.
THE KRAUTS ARE TRYlNG TO DRAW US OUT lN THE OPEN.
STAY lN YOUR FOOHOLES.
STAY lN YOUR FOOHOLES!
ARE YOU OKAY, CAN YOU WALK?
COME ON, FlND A FOOHOLE, COME ON.
I GOTTA GET UP.
I NEED MY HELMET.
( Toye ) I NEED HELP!
YOU HEAR THAT?
I NEED HELP!
IS THAT JOE?
HELP!
YEAH, I THlNK THAT'S JOE.
STAY.
STAY DOWN! STAY DOWN!
STAY lN YOUR FOOHOLES!
HELP!
HELP, ANYONE THERE?
JESUS.
I GOTTA GET UP.
I GOTTA... I GOTTA GET UP.
SHlT.
COME ON, JOE, COME ON, BUDDY.
COME ON, COME ON, PAL.
YOU SAlD YOU'D GET BACK TO THE STATES BEFORE ME.
YOU AlN'T GOlNG ANYWHERE, YOU'RE ALRlGHT.
I GOTTA GET MY HELMET.
FORGET lT.
I GOTTA GET MY HELMET.
FORGET lT, JOE.
ANYONE THERE?
HANG ON. HELP!
WHO'S THAT?
IT'S HEFF, BABE.
COME ON, GET ME OUT OF HERE, LlP.
COME ON.
I GOT YOU.
COME ON, JOE, I GOT YOU.
COME ON, JOE.
HANG ON.
ARE YOU OKAY?
COME ON, COME ON.
AH, JEEZ, THlNK I OVERDlD lT ON THE COVER FOR MY FOOHOLE?
INCOMlNG!
TAKE COVER!
COME ON, COME ON!
HURRY UP, GUARNO, YOU'RE GONNA GET BOMBED!
COME ON, COME ON!
MOVE lT, BlLL!
COME ON, JOE.
HOLD ON, l'LL BE THERE, l'M GONNA HELP YOU.
NO!
MEDlC!
( Lipton ) DURlNG THE SECOND BARRAGE I WASN'T LAUGHlNG ANYMORE.
LlP?!
ARE YOU OKAY?!
STAY DOWN!
YOU STAY DOWN!
1 st SERGEANT LlPTON?
YOU GET THlNGS ORGANlZED HERE.
I'M GONNA GO FOR HELP.
WHAT THE FUCK?
LlP, WHERE THE FUCK'S HE GOlNG?
I DON'T KNOW, LlSTEN, GET BATTALlON ON THE LlNE,
TELL THEM TO NOTlFY B.A.S.
BATTALlON'S UP, LlP.
MMM...
MEDlC!
STAY READY, STAY READY.
THOSE STUPlD SONSOFBlTCHES MlGHT BE TRYlNG TO COME THROUGH.
YOU OKAY, ONE LUNG?
SERGEANT!
HOW YOU DOlNG, POPEYE?
1 00 PERCENT READY TO KlLL GERMANS, LlP.
( groaning )
OKAY, JOE.
DOC, WHAT CAN I DO?
HOLD THlS.
YOU GOT A SMOKE?
JESUS, WHAT'S A GUY GOTTA DO TO GET KlLLED AROUND HERE?
JOE.
BlLL, YOU'RE GOlNG FlRST.
WHATEVER YOU SAY, DOC, WHATEVER YOU SAY.
OVER HERE, TAKE THlS MAN.
HEY, LlP, THEY GOT OLD GUARNERE THlS TlME.
WE GOT YOU, SOLDlER.
AAAH!
JUST LlE BACK.
TAKE lT EASY.
HEY, JOE, I TOLD YOU l'D BEAT YOU BACK TO THE STATES.
HEY, LlP.
HOW'S BUCK?
LUZ, HOW'S BUCK?
HE'S FlNE.
YOU SURE?
YES, HE'S FlNE.
I THlNK YOU SHOULD PROBABLY GO TALK TO HlM NOW, HUH?
ALRlGHT.
( Lipton ) SOME SAY BUCK CHANGED AFTER HE WAS SHOT lN HOLLAND.
MAYBE...
BUT I KNOW SOMETHlNG HAPPENED TO HlM,
WHEN HE SAW TOYE AND GUARNERE ON THE GROUND.
ON THE REPORT lT SAlD COMPTON WAS BElNG TAKEN OFF THE LlNE,
BECAUSE OF A BAD CASE OF TRENCHFOOT.
DlDN'T SAY ANYTHlNG ABOUT HlM LOSlNG HlS FRlENDS.
BUCK WAS A GREAT COMBAT LEADER.
HE WAS WOUNDED lN NORMANDY,
AND AGAlN lN HOLLAND.
HE RECElVED THE SlLVER STAR FOR HlS PART lN TAKlNG OUT
THOSE GERMAN GUNS ON "D" DAY.
HE TOOK EVERYTHlNG THE KRAUTS COULD THROW AT HlM
TlME AND AGAlN.
LlEUTENANT COMPTON?
"UCLA DlD NOT MAKE THE ROSE BOWL THlS WlNTER,
"PROBABLY BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T THERE.
"l'M SURE YOU'RE TEACHlNG ALL OF YOUR YOUNG SOLDlERS
"THE JOY YOU HAVE OF THE SPORT.
"GOSH, HOW WE ALL KNOW WHAT AN EOClTlNG YOUNG MAN YOU ARE,
AND HOW YOUR HEART AND LOVE..."
( Lipton ) I GUESS HE JUST COULDN'T TAKE SEElNG HlS FRlENDS
TOYE AND GUARNERE ALL TORN UP LlKE THAT.
NO ONE EVER THOUGHT ANY LESS OF HlM FOR lT.
HEY, BULL.
( Lipton ) WlTH BUCK OFF THE LlNE,
THERE WAS NO LONGER ANY POSSlBLE ALTERNATlVE TO DlKE,
AT LEAST NONE WE COULD SEE.
THANKS.
HEY, MUCK.
MUCK.
YES, SERGEANT?
I'M LOOKlNG FOR LlEUTENANT DlKE.
( Lipton ) WE WERE STUCK WlTH DlKE.
AND HE WAS OFF TAKlNG A WALK.
SURE THlNG.
LlGHTNlNG SlO KlDNAP.
AH, YES, SlR.
WE'VE CLEARED ALL THE GREEN AREA BETWEEN, ER...
( Lipton ) WE'D CLEARED THE WOODS EAST OF FOY.
SO, A FEW DAYS LATER "E COMPANY" AND THE REST OF THE 506
CLEARED THE WOODS WEST OF FOY
SlSTANCE.
YOU FELLAS KNOW I GOT NO REASON TO BULLSHlT YOU, RlGHT?
( laughing )
LOOK, l'M NOT GONNA BULLSHlT YOU.
THlS lS WHAT I SAW.
IT WAS SO UNBELlEVABLE, YOU MlGHT NOT BELlEVE ME.
SO, YOU-KNOW-WHO COMES RUNNlNG UP TO LlPTON.
HE'S GOT NO HELMET, NO GEAR, NO NOTHlNG.
AH, 1 st SERGEANT LlPTON, YOU ORGANlZE THlNGS HERE,
AND l'M GONNA GO FOR HELP.
I NEED TO GO POLlSH MY OAK LEAF CLUSTERS.
HEY, LUZ.
THAT'S REALLY GOOD.
IT'S OKAY.
UM, FELLAS.
GOODNlGHT, GOODNlGHT ALL.
YEAH, SEE YOU, LUZ, SEE YOU, MALARK.
WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU, SARGE?
TWO THlNGS, FlRST, GREAT lMPRESSlON OF DlKE.
YOU THlNK SO?
I THOUGHT lT WAS A LlTTLE OFF.
NO, YOU GOT lT PRETTY GOOD.
SECOND, DON'T DO lT ANY MORE.
ESPEClALLY THE PART ABOUT WHAT HE SAlD TO ME.
IT DOESN'T DO ANYBODY ANY GOOD, OKAY?
YEAH, I GOT YOU.
ALRlGHT.
WlSE ASS.
INCOMlNG!
LUZ!
COME ON!
HURRY!
LUZ! LUZ!
STAY DOWN!
COME ON!
GET lN HERE! COME ON!
COME ON, LUZ!
MUCK AND PENKALA!
WHAT?
MUCK AND PENKALA GOT HlT!
AHH!
MEDlC!
HASHEY.
IT'S MY SHOULDER.
COME ON, GET UP!
( male ) STAY DOWN 'TlL YOU GET THE ALL CLEAR.
THOUGHT YOU DlDN'T SMOKE.
I DON'T.
UH-HUH.
( Lipton ) THE SHELL THAT HlT THE FOOHOLE LUZ AND I WERE lN WAS A DUD.
THE ONE THAT HlT MUCK AND PENKALA'S FOOHOLE WASN'T.
THAT'S JUST THE WAY lT WAS.
MUCK AND PENKALA WERE GOOD MEN.
THElR DEATH HlT MALARKEY THE HARDEST.
MALARKEY'S BEST FRlENDS lN THE COMPANY
HAD BEEN COMPTON, MUCK, AND PENKALA.
IN LESS THAN A WEEK, HE'D SEEN TWO OF THEM DlE.
WHAT'S THE WORD?
WELL, THE MEN ON THE LlNE ARE OKAY.
FOOD HAS JUST BEEN RE-SUPPLlED.
WE'RE lN GOOD SHAPE.
OKAY, WE'LL JUST HUNKER DOWN.
WE MlGHT GET SOME RELlEF SOON.
OKAY? ALRlGHT.
( Lipton ) LATER THAT DAY WE WERE BACK lN OUR OLD POSlTlON,
OVERLOOKlNG FOY.
WE WERE ALL WORRlED ABOUT MALARKEY.
HEY, MALARK.
HEY, ER...
DlDN'T I HEAR YOU SAY YOU WANTED TO BRlNG A LUGER HOME
FOR YOUR KlD BROTHER?
YEAH.
WELL, WHY DON'T YOU...
WHY DON'T YOU GlVE HlM THAT?
IT'S HOOB'S, RlGHT?
YEAH.
YEAH, I WAS GONNA GET RlD OF lT,
BUT, I DON'T KNOW.
LlSTEN, CAP'N WlNTERS WAS WONDERlNG lF YOU WANTED
TO GO BACK TO BATTALlON
AND WORK AS HlS RUNNER FOR A FEW DAYS.
TELL HlM THANKS, l'M GONNA STAY HERE.
WELL, LOOK, WHY DON'T YOU
AT LEAST COME BACK FOR AN HOUR OR SO.
SAY GOODBYE TO BUCK.
I'M SURE lT'LL MEAN A LOT TO HlM.
ALRlGHT.
YOU BE CAREFUL WlTH THAT.
YEAH.
( Lipton ) GETTlNG EVEN 50 YARDS BACK FROM THE LlNE,
JUST FOR AN HOUR OR TWO COULD MAKE A BlG DlFFERENCE
IN A SOLDlER'S STATE OF MlND.
THE MORNlNG AFTER THE SHELLlNG THAT KlLLED MUCK AND PENKALA,
I SAW A SOLDlER TRY TO DlG A FOOHOLE WlTH HlS BARE HANDS.
PRlVATE.
HE DlDN'T NOTlCE THAT HE'D TORN OFF ALL HlS FlNGERNAlLS.
PRlVATE, HEY.
( Lipton ) I GOT HlM OUT OF THERE QUlCKLY.
NOT FOR HlS SAKE, BUT FOR OURS.
FEAR lS POlSON lN COMBAT.
IT'S SOMETHlNG WE ALL FELT, BUT YOU JUST DlDN'T SHOW lT.
YOU CAN'T.
IT'S DESTRUCTlVE AND lT'S CONTAGlOUS.
TOLD YOU l'D GET YOU STARTED.
( male ) WE GOT A BLEEDER HERE.
( Lipton ) BUCK WAS NEVER THE SAME
AFTER SEElNG TOYE AND GUARNERE GET HlT THAT DAY.
I GUESS HE JUST NEEDED SOME TlME AWAY FROM lT ALL.
THE BARRAGES ON JANUARY 3rd, AND THE SHELLlNG ON JANUARY 9th
MARKED THE LOW POlNT lN THE WAR
FOR MANY OF THE MEN lN "E COMPANY".
EVEN THEN, VERY FEW ACTUALLY BROKE.
BUT I KNEW THE TERROR OF THOSE SHELLlNGS
AND THE UNRELENTlNG PRESSURE WE'D BEEN UNDER
SlNCE WE GOT TO BASTOGNE COULD TAKE THElR TOLL lN OTHER WAYS.
I WAS AFRAlD THE MEN WOULD LOSE FOCUS,
SUFFER A DROP lN MORALE.
AND THAT WAS DANGEROUS, ESPEClALLY lN COMBAT.
MORE OF WHlCH LAY lN STORE FOR US.
PERCONTE.
HEY.
WE'D CLEARED THE WOODS EAST AND WEST OF FOY.
NOW lT WAS TlME FOR THE lNEVlTABLE ASSAULT
ON FOY, lTSELF.
FRANKLY, I WAS DREADlNG lT.
I ALWAYS KNEW THE "E COMPANY" MEN WHO TRAlNED AT TOCCOA,
WOULDN'T GET THROUGH THE WAR UNSCATHED,
BUT NOW I WAS BEGlNNlNG TO WONDER
IF ANY OF US WERE GONNA MAKE lT THROUGH AT ALL.
HEY, LlEB.
"E COMPANY" WOULD LEAD THE ATTACK.
THE PROBLEM WAS, AT LEAST lN MY ESTlMATlON,
"E COMPANY" STlLL DlD NOT HAVE A LEADER.
THE NlGHT BEFORE THE ATTACK I DlD SOMETHlNG AS 1 st SERGEANT,
I WOULD NEVER HAVE lMAGlNED MYSELF DOlNG.
LlP...
DlDN'T FlGURE YOU FOR A SMOKlNG MAN.
NElTHER DlD l.
"D COMPANY", LlEUTENANT SPElRS, PATROL ORDER.
SO...?
WE'VE BEEN WATCHlNG FOY ALL DAY, SlR, NOT MUCH ACTlVlTY.
WANT A COFFEE?
NO, THANK YOU, SlR.
HOW'S "EASY'S" STATUS?
THE MEN ARE GOOD, SlR, THEY'RE PREPARED.
I'M GONNA BE LEADlNG 2nd PLATOON, TOMORROW.
THEY'RE PROBABLY THE WEAKEST AFTER LOSlNG TOYE,
AND GUARNERE, AND MUCK, AND PENKALA.
BUT ALL lN ALL, I HAVE EVERY CONFlDENCE lN THE MEN, SlR.
GOOD.
BUT, ON THE OTHER HAND,
I HAVE NO CONFlDENCE lN OUR C.O., SlR.
LlEUTENANT DlKE lS AN EMPTY UNlFORM, CAPTAlN.
HE'S JUST...
HE'S NOT THERE, SlR.
WELL, HE'S GONNA BE THERE TOMORROW.
YES, SlR, I UNDERSTAND HE WlLL BE THERE PHYSlCALLY.
BUT TOMORROW'S GONNA BE THE REAL DEAL,
AND HE'S GONNA HAVE TO LEAD THOSE MEN.
HE'S GONNA HAVE TO MAKE DEClSlONS, SlR, AND l...
I GOTTA TELL YOU, SlR, I THlNK HE'S GONNA GET
A LOT OF "EASY COMPANY" MEN KlLLED.
THANK YOU, SERGEANT, THAT'LL BE ALL.
YES, SlR.
( Lipton ) I SAlD WHAT I HAD TO SAY.
THERE WAS NOTHlNG WlNTERS COULD DO.
HE COULDN'T VERY WELL REMOVE A COMPANY C.O.,
ESPEClALLY A WELL-CONNECTED ONE,
BECAUSE OF THE MlSGlVlNGS OF A COMPANY 1 st SERGEANT.
( Winters ) YOU'VE GOT ABOUT AN ElGHTH OF A MlLE OF OPEN FlELD TO CROSS
BEFORE WE GET DOWN HERE lNTO FOY.
THERE'S VERY LlTTLE COVER, SO YOU'VE GOTTA MOVE QUlCKLY.
I'VE SET UP TWO SECTlONS OF LlGHT MACHlNE GUNS
AT ElTHER END, HERE.
THEY'LL GlVE YOU COVERlNG FlRE.
3rd BATTALlON WlLL COME lN FROM THE EAST,
LED BY "l COMPANY".
THAT SHOULD CAUSE DlSTRACTlON.
"D COMPANY" WlLL BE lN RESERVE BUT WE SHOULDN'T NEED 'EM.
THE POlNT lS, YOU GOTTA MOVE lN THERE FAST.
GET lN THERE BEFORE THEY CAN BRlNG THElR MORTARS,
AND ARTlLLERY DOWN ON YOU.
CLEAR?
CLEAR.
I'M RELYlNG ON YOU, GET lT DONE.
( gunshots )
( paratrooper ) COVERlNG FlRE!
LET'S GO! KEEP lT MOVlNG!
SUPPRESSlNG FlRE!
KEEP MOVlNG!
MOVE!
( speaking German )
LET'S GO, LET'S GO!
SUPPRESSlNG FlRE!
FlRE!
KEEP 'EM TlGHT, SHAMES.
KEEP MOVlNG.
COME ON.
( Leibgott ) KRAUTS lN THE OPEN!
KEEP MOVlNG! KEEP MOVlNG!
THREE lNSlDE!
WAlT A MlNUTE, WHERE'S FOLEY?
RANDLEMAN!
LlEBGOTT.
WHERE THE HELL lS 1 st PLATOON?
HOLD UP!
KEEP MOVlNG!
"EASY COMPANY", HOLD UP!
2nd PLATOON, HOLD UP!
WlLL YOU MOVE!
GET ME FOLEY ON THE RADlO.
GET OUT OF THERE, MOVE!
SlR, I THlNK WE SHOULD TAKE COVER.
FlND SOME COVER!
WHAT?
STAY DOWN!
EASY RED, EASY RED, EASY...
Six, oVer.
SlO, EASY RED, GO AHEAD.
EASY RED, EASY RED, STAND BY FOR THE SlO.
Foley, Foley, you get back...
HERE WHERE I CAN SEE YOU, GODAMMlT!
1 st PLATOON, HOLD UP, HOLD UP.
TAKE COVER!
MARTlN.
COME ON, SOLDlER, WlTH ME.
WlTH YOU, SlR.
FlRE!
FALL BACK!
TAKE COVER!
GODAMMlT.
GO FORWARD!
HERRON, ON ME.
MOVE BACK.
STAY ON MY ASS.
HOLD FAST, 2nd PLATOON.
FOLLOW LlPTON! TAKE COVER!
WHAT ARE WE DOlNG, LlEUTENANT?
WHY ARE WE STOPPED?
FALL BACK! FALL BACK!
ROGER, KlDNAP.
STANDBY TO SlO, HERRON...
LlEUTENANT, WHAT'S THE PLAN?
I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW!
YOU'D BETTER GET DlKE ON THAT RADlO TO ME NOW.
LlEUTENANT, WHAT'S THE PLAN?
CAPTAlN WlNTERS, SlR.
WHAT'S THE PLAN?
OKAY, OKAY, FOLEY.
FOLEY, YOU TAKE YOUR MEN,
YOU TAKE YOUR MEN ON A FLANKlNG MlSSlON AROUND THE VlLLAGE,
AND ATTACK lT FROM THE REAR.
DlKE, WE CANNOT STAY HERE!
YOU WANT 1 st PLATOON TO GO 'ROUND
AND ATTACK THE VlLLAGE, BY lTSELF?
WE WlLL PROVlDE SUPPRESSlNG FlRE.
WE'RE GONNA BE KlND OF ALONE OUT THERE, LlEUTENANT.
WE WlLL PROVlDE SUPPRESSlNG FlRE!
AHH!
GET GOlNG FORWARD!
YOU NEED TO TALK TO CAPTAlN WlNTERS, SlR.
SlR, OKAY, HERE lT lS.
WE GO ON A FLANKlNG RUN 'ROUND THE BACK OF THE VlLLAGE,
AND WE ATTACK FROM THE REAR.
RAMlREZ, TWO GUYS, TAKE 'EM, GO.
FlND SOME COVER BEHlND THE STABLE.
GO, GO!
SHlT!
JESUS CHRlST.
WEBB, MOVE UP, FlND COVER!
SUPPRESSlNG FlRE, NOW!
PERCONTE!
I GOT YOU.
GlVE ME SOME COVER!
HOW YOU DOlNG, PERCONTE?
THEY SHOT ME lN MY ASS, MARTlN.
YOU'RE ALRlGHT, STAY DOWN, STAY DOWN!
I THlNK WE LOST FlVE MEN.
CAN YOU LOCATE?
THE BUlLDlNG WlTH THE CAVED-lN ROOF.
SlR, WE ARE SlTTlNG DUCKS HERE.
WE HAVE TO KEEP MOVlNG!
YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP MOVlNG!
( Sink ) DlCK! CAPTAlN WlNTERS.
GODAMMlT, YOU DO NOT GO OUT THERE.
YOU'RE THE BATTALlON COMMANDER, NOW GET BACK HERE!
NOW DlCK, I UNDERSTAND YOUR ATTACHMENT TO "EASY COMPANY"--
SPElRS, GET YOURSELF OVER HERE!
GET OUT THERE AND RELlEVE DlKE AND TAKE THAT ATTACK ON lN.
WEBB, FALL BACK, YOU'RE TOO EOPOSED.
COME ON, WEBB, LET'S GO, KlD.
HANG ON, PERCO.
FlRE!
LlEUTENANT, WHAT ARE WE DOlNG?!
I'M TAKlNG OVER.
1 st SERGEANT LlPTON.
WHAT HAVE WE GOT?
SlR, MOST OF THE COMPANY lS SPREAD OUT HERE.
1 st PLATOON TRlED AN END AROUND BUT THEY'RE STRETCHED OUT,
THEY'RE PlNNED DOWN BY A SNlPER.
I BELlEVE HE'S lN THE BUlLDlNG WlTH THE CAVED-lN ROOF.
ALRlGHT, I WANT MORTARS AND GRENADE LAUNCHERS
ON THAT BUlLDlNG 'TlLL lT'S GONE.
WHEN lT'S GONE, I WANT 1 st TO GO STRAlGHT lN,
FORGET GOlNG AROUND, EVERYBODY ELSE, FOLLOW ME.
YES, SlR.
THANK GOD, HUH?
ALRlGHT, 3rd PLATOON MOVE OUT.
3rd PLATOON, LET'S GO, GO, GO!
ALRlGHT, YOU HEARD THE WORD, 2nd PLATOON, ON THE C.O.!
SERGEANT ALLEY!
GOT lT, SARGE.
OKAY, 1 st PLATOON, MOVE OUT!
ON YOUR FEET, 2nd PLATOON.
MOVE OUT!
GET ON YOUR GODDAMN FEET.
COME ON!
COME ON, LUZ, LET'S GET THE BASTARDS.
FlRE!
COME ON, MOVE OUT!
FlRE!
TAKE COVER!
FlRE!
GO, GO, GO!
GO ON, COME ON.
TAKE THE CART OUT!
FlRE!
LlPTON.
STREETFlGHT lTEM, STREETFlGHT lTEM.
EASY SlO, OVER.
WHAT DO YOU SEE, LlPTON?
ARMOR AND lNFANTRY, A LOT OF lNFANTRY.
"l COMPANY'S" SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE OTHER SlDE OF THE TOWN.
D'YOU SEE ANY SlGN OF THEM?
RADlO, ANYTHlNG?
NO, SlR.
SlR, I THlNK THEY'RE GONNA PULL BACK.
IF WE DON'T CONNECT WlTH "l", THEY GONNA SLlP AWAY.
THAT'S RlGHT, WAlT HERE.
ITEM, lTEM, EASY SlO.
WHAT THE HELL?
( Lipton ) AT FlRST THE GERMANS DlDN'T SHOOT AT HlM.
I THlNK THEY COULDN'T QUlTE BELlEVE
WHAT THEY WERE SEElNG.
BUT THAT WASN'T THE REALLY ASTOUNDlNG THlNG.
THE ASTOUNDlNG THlNG WAS
THAT AFTER HE HOOKED UP WlTH "l COMPANY",
HE CAME BACK.
I'VE BEEN WORKlNG ON THE RAlLROAD
ALL THE LlVE LONG DAY
I'VE BEEN WORKlNG ON THE RAlLROAD
( Lipton ) WE TOOK OVER 1 00 GERMAN PRlSONERS.
AFTER THAT lT WAS MOSTLY CLEAN UP.
LET'S GO, MOVE lT, MOVE lT!
TAKE 'EM DOWN TO THE BARN.
RlSE UP EARLY lN THE MORN
SlT DOWN.
( gunshots )
SNlPER
TAKE COVER, TAKE COVER!
COME ON, COME ON.
WHERE lS HE?
SHlT, I CAN'T SEE HlM.
SECOND FLOOR, BUlLDlNG ON THE RlGHT.
DON'T MlSS, SHlFTY.
NOW!
( cheering )
( male ) OVER HERE.
I NEED HELP OVER HERE.
( Lipton ) MELLET, HERRON, SOWOSKO, AND KEN WEBB
WERE KlLLED BY A SNlPER.
THERE WOULD'VE BEEN MORE
IF lT HADN'T BEEN FOR SHlFTY POWERS.
YOU HlT BAD, PERCONTE?
BEAUTlFUL WOUND, LlP.
THEY SHOT ME RlGHT THROUGH MY ASS.
YOU HANG TOUGH.
HEY, SARGE.
YEAH?
IS lT TRUE ABOUT DlKE?
YEAH.
THANK GOD FOR SMALL MERClES, HUH?
YEAH.
( Lipton ) WE'D BEEN LOOKlNG DOWN AT THE TOWN OF FOY
FOR THE BETTER PART OF A MONTH,
KNOWlNG THAT'S WHERE WE HAD TO GO.
IT WAS A GREAT RELlEF TO HAVE DONE lT.
I GUESS A LOT OF THE MEN THOUGHT
ONCE WE'D TAKEN FOY, THEY'D GET US OFF THE LlNE,
SHlP US BACK TO MOURMELON FOR A BREATHER.
BUT THAT WASN'T TO BE.
TWO DAYS LATER, WE TOOK NOVlLLE,
AND AFTER THAT, RACHAMPS.
( singing )
WE SPENT OUR NlGHT lN RACHAMPS lN A CONVENT.
IT WAS THE FlRST TlME WE'D SPENT A NlGHT lNDOORS
IN A MONTH.
THE SlSTERS THERE BROUGHT lN THElR CHOlR TO SlNG FOR US.
IT WAS HEAVEN.
THE MOOD OF THE MEN WAS RELAOED.
WE WERE FlNALLY BElNG RELlEVED
AND WOULD SOON BE lN MOURMELON.
OF COURSE, lN THE MORNlNG WE FOUND OUT
MOURMELON WOULD HAVE TO WAlT.
HlTLER HAD LAUNCHED A COUNTER-OFFENSlVE lN ALSACE,
AND WE WERE BOUND FOR THE TOWN OF HAGENAU
TO HELP HOLD THE LlNE.
BUT AT LEAST FOR THAT NlGHT WE DlDN'T KNOW lT YET.
THAT NlGHT WE WERE OKAY.
I SPENT PART OF THAT NlGHT
TRYlNG TO COME UP WlTH A ROSTER
FOR THE COMPANY TO SEE WHO WE HAD LEFT.
WE'D COME lNTO BELGlUM WlTH 1 21 MEN AND OFFlCERS,
PLUS 24 REPLACEMENTS.
THAT'S 145 TOTAL.
WE WERE GOlNG OUT WlTH 63.
GUARNERE WAS BADLY WOUNDED AND HOOBLER DlED ACClDENTALLY.
JOE TOYE HAD LOST HlS LEG.
AMONG THE DEAD WERE HERRON, MELLET,
SOWOSKO, KENNETH WEBB, HAROLD WEBB,
ALEO PENKALA, AND SKlP MUCK.
OUR MONTH lN BELGlUM COST US ONE GOOD OFFlCER,
BUCK COMPTON.
AND ONE BAD ONE,
NORMAN DlKE.
BUT WE GAlNED A GOOD ONE lN THE END,
SO I GUESS WE CAME OUT AHEAD.
( clearing throat )
WHAT lS lT?
NOTHlNG.
WELL, l'D BETTER GET BACK TO BATTALlON
BEFORE THEY DlSAPPEAR.
YOU WANNA ASK ME, DON'T YOU?
ASK YOU WHAT, SlR?
YOU WANNA KNOW lF THEY'RE TRUE OR NOT, THE STORlES ABOUT ME.
DlD YOU EVER NOTlCE WlTH STORlES LlKE THAT,
EVERYONE SAYS THEY HEARD lT FROM SOMEONE WHO WAS THERE,
BUT THEN WHEN YOU ASK THAT PERSON,
THEY SAY THEY HEARD lT FROM SOMEONE WHO WAS THERE.
IT'S NOTHlNG NEW, REALLY.
I BET lF YOU WENT BACK 2,000 YEARS,
YOU'D HEAR A COUPLE OF CENTURlONS STANDlNG AROUND
AND YAKKlNG ABOUT HOW TERClUS LOPPED OFF THE HEADS
OF SOME CARTHAGlNlAN PRlSONERS.
WELL, MAYBE THEY KEPT TALKlNG ABOUT lT
BECAUSE THEY NEVER HEARD TERClUS DENY lT.
WELL, MAYBE THAT'S BECAUSE TERClUS
KNEW THERE WAS SOME VALUE TO THE MEN
THlNKlNG HE WAS THE MEANEST, TOUGHEST SONOFABlTCH
IN THE WHOLE ROMAN LEGlON.
SlR?
THESE MEN AREN'T REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE STORlES.
THEY'RE JUST GLAD TO HAVE YOU AS OUR C.O.
THEY'RE HAPPY TO HAVE A GOOD LEADER AGAlN.
WELL, FROM WHAT l'VE HEARD, THEY'VE ALWAYS HAD ONE.
I'VE BEEN TOLD THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN ONE MAN THEY COULD COUNT ON.
LED 'EM lNTO THE BOlS JACQUES,
HELD THEM TOGETHER WHEN THEY HAD THE CRAP SHELLED OUT OF 'EM
IN THE WOODS.
EVERY DAY HE KEPT HlS SPlRlTS UP,
KEPT THE MEN FOCUSED, GAVE 'EM DlRECTlON.
ALL THE THlNGS A GOOD COMBAT LEADER DOES.
YOU DON'T HAVE ANY lDEA WHO l'M TALKlNG ABOUT, DO YOU?
NO, SlR.
HELL, lT WAS YOU, 1 st SERGEANT.
EVER SlNCE WlNTERS MADE BATTALlON,
YOU'VE BEEN THE LEADER OF "EASY COMPANY".
OH...
AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE 1 st SERGEANT MUCH LONGER,
1 st SERGEANT.
SlR?
WlNTERS PUT lN FOR A BATTLEFlELD COMMlSSlON,
AND SlNK APPROVED ON YOUR BEHALF.
YOU SHOULD GET THE OFFlClAL NOD lN A FEW DAYS.
CONGRATULATlONS, LlEUTENANT.
HEY, LOOK, lT'S 1 st BATTALlON.
HEY!
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
YEAH, THANKS FOR CRAPPlNG lN OUR FOOHOLES, YOU SHlTHEADS.
HEY, lT'S OUR PLEASURE.
ENJOY THE WALK, BOYS.
( male ) THERE THEY GO, "EASY COMPANY" RlDlNG OUT AGAlN.
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