1 00:00:07,257 --> 00:00:10,010 I've seen death, I've seen… 2 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:13,388 my friends, my men being killed. 3 00:00:14,806 --> 00:00:16,474 And, uh… 4 00:00:17,559 --> 00:00:18,768 This is… 5 00:00:19,561 --> 00:00:24,107 It doesn't take too many days of that and you change dramatically. 6 00:00:24,482 --> 00:00:27,318 We was hungry, we had no food, we didn't have much ammunition, 7 00:00:27,402 --> 00:00:29,362 it was cold, didn't have any clothes. 8 00:00:29,446 --> 00:00:30,655 You couldn't be able to fire. 9 00:00:30,739 --> 00:00:33,700 If you'd be able to fire, some crazy thing would shoot at ya. 10 00:00:33,783 --> 00:00:35,910 Everywhere you would look, you would see dead people. 11 00:00:35,994 --> 00:00:38,705 A dead soldier there, here, ours, theirs. 12 00:00:39,831 --> 00:00:42,333 Then civilians besides. 13 00:00:43,168 --> 00:00:45,503 Dead, uh, animals. 14 00:00:46,629 --> 00:00:48,381 So, death was all over. 15 00:00:48,715 --> 00:00:53,511 You don't have a chance when your friends go down 16 00:00:53,887 --> 00:00:55,138 to really… 17 00:00:56,181 --> 00:00:58,516 take care of 'em as you might. 18 00:00:59,142 --> 00:01:03,062 And especially if you're under attack, moving, or whatever. 19 00:01:07,025 --> 00:01:09,027 I withstood it well, 20 00:01:09,110 --> 00:01:13,573 -but I had a lot of trouble in later life, -[tearfully] 21 00:01:15,617 --> 00:01:21,164 because those events would come back and… 22 00:01:22,540 --> 00:01:23,917 And you never forget 'em. 23 00:01:33,593 --> 00:01:36,054 [theme music playing] 24 00:04:09,332 --> 00:04:11,250 [Lipton] After holding the line at Bastogne, 25 00:04:11,334 --> 00:04:13,586 Easy Company was once again called on to help push 26 00:04:13,670 --> 00:04:15,797 the Germans back through the Bulge. 27 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:19,175 We were here this morning and then we came this way. 28 00:04:19,259 --> 00:04:21,928 [Compton] Right, so, right here's gotta be the logging road 29 00:04:22,011 --> 00:04:23,054 coming into here… 30 00:04:23,137 --> 00:04:25,515 -Which means we get right there. -Hey, take it easy. 31 00:04:25,598 --> 00:04:27,934 Stop crying, Malark, or I'll nail it to your head. 32 00:04:28,017 --> 00:04:29,560 Hey, you should, it's made of wood. 33 00:04:29,644 --> 00:04:31,437 Guarnere, move 'em out, let's go. 34 00:04:31,521 --> 00:04:33,815 Yes, sir. 2nd Platoon, let's go! 35 00:04:33,898 --> 00:04:36,859 [Lipton] I was glad to be out of my foxhole and moving again. 36 00:04:37,026 --> 00:04:38,778 Even if only to get warm. 37 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:42,490 [officer] Spread out, keep your interval. 38 00:04:49,122 --> 00:04:51,749 [Lipton] E Company was sent to clear the Bois Jacques, 39 00:04:51,833 --> 00:04:53,209 the woods near the town of Foy, 40 00:04:53,293 --> 00:04:55,253 in preparation for what we all knew would be 41 00:04:55,336 --> 00:04:57,213 the eventual assault on Foy itself. 42 00:04:58,673 --> 00:05:00,925 [soldier] I see it, Buck, watch for mines. 43 00:05:04,429 --> 00:05:07,015 [Lipton] During that 1,000 yard attack through the woods, 44 00:05:07,098 --> 00:05:09,267 we encountered sporadic German machine-gun fire 45 00:05:09,350 --> 00:05:10,935 and had a couple of casualties. 46 00:05:11,019 --> 00:05:13,354 But, for the most part, met little resistance. 47 00:05:23,323 --> 00:05:25,700 Hoobler's run-in with the German officer on horseback 48 00:05:25,783 --> 00:05:27,660 was the most dramatic moment of the day. 49 00:05:37,336 --> 00:05:38,546 Halt! 50 00:05:38,629 --> 00:05:40,423 -Whoa, whoa, whoa. -[horse whinnies] 51 00:05:40,506 --> 00:05:41,674 Halt! 52 00:05:48,347 --> 00:05:49,724 [horse whinnies] 53 00:05:57,523 --> 00:05:59,025 [laughs] 54 00:06:06,199 --> 00:06:07,492 Oh, shit. 55 00:06:13,206 --> 00:06:15,792 [panting] 56 00:06:16,584 --> 00:06:17,919 [laughs] 57 00:06:20,546 --> 00:06:21,756 Thank you. 58 00:06:27,470 --> 00:06:30,973 [Lipton] Hoobler had been talking about getting a Luger since Normandy. 59 00:06:31,057 --> 00:06:33,309 As we dug in, he went from foxhole to foxhole 60 00:06:33,392 --> 00:06:35,394 telling everyone just how he'd finally got one. 61 00:06:35,478 --> 00:06:38,773 And down he goes right out of the saddle, like a sack of potatoes. 62 00:06:39,148 --> 00:06:42,318 Outstanding accuracy on my part, if I do say so myself. 63 00:06:42,610 --> 00:06:44,403 -Which you do. [panting] -Which I do. 64 00:06:45,071 --> 00:06:47,573 Hell, Shifty, I think maybe I could have even given you 65 00:06:47,657 --> 00:06:48,783 a run for your money, right? 66 00:06:48,866 --> 00:06:50,451 No, no, I'm not a good shot. 67 00:06:50,535 --> 00:06:52,328 Now, Dad, he was an excellent shot. 68 00:06:52,411 --> 00:06:54,997 Excellent, I declare, he'd shoot the wings off a fly. 69 00:06:55,081 --> 00:06:57,834 Hey, Lip, that German, what'd you think he was doing? 70 00:06:58,042 --> 00:06:59,418 Probably a little recon. 71 00:06:59,836 --> 00:07:01,712 He must have figured nobody would hear a horse. 72 00:07:01,796 --> 00:07:04,257 I think he was just trying to get the hell out of Dodge. 73 00:07:04,340 --> 00:07:06,342 -Yeah. -What happened to the horse? 74 00:07:06,717 --> 00:07:08,678 I don't know, probably still running. 75 00:07:08,970 --> 00:07:10,304 Hope he's okay. 76 00:07:10,388 --> 00:07:11,431 [panting] 77 00:07:11,514 --> 00:07:12,765 You dug in? 78 00:07:13,099 --> 00:07:14,267 Yeah, yeah. 79 00:07:14,684 --> 00:07:17,353 Yeah, just thought I'd take a walk, shoot the shit. 80 00:07:17,812 --> 00:07:19,438 Well, you're a good shot, Hoob. 81 00:07:19,564 --> 00:07:21,732 -Just glad you're on our side. -Thanks, Lip. 82 00:07:22,900 --> 00:07:24,277 -Hey, Lipton? -Yeah. 83 00:07:25,027 --> 00:07:27,738 -Thanks for the help. -You got it, Shifty. 84 00:07:28,990 --> 00:07:29,991 [Compton] Hey, Lip? 85 00:07:30,074 --> 00:07:32,118 -You got a sec? -Yes. Yes, sir. 86 00:07:35,830 --> 00:07:37,457 Give him a hand. 87 00:07:39,167 --> 00:07:40,334 Where's Dike? 88 00:07:40,418 --> 00:07:42,378 He's, uh, he's around. 89 00:07:42,462 --> 00:07:45,214 Could you be a little more specific there, Sergeant? 90 00:07:45,298 --> 00:07:46,465 Not really, sir. 91 00:07:46,549 --> 00:07:47,884 I haven't seen him all day. 92 00:07:47,967 --> 00:07:50,011 I didn't see him coming through the woods, 93 00:07:50,094 --> 00:07:51,971 and I have to figure out how we ended up. 94 00:07:52,054 --> 00:07:54,140 -Well, two wounded. -Who? 95 00:07:54,599 --> 00:07:57,643 -Brown and Stevenson. -God damn it. 96 00:07:58,352 --> 00:08:00,021 And where's Dike, where the hell is he? 97 00:08:00,104 --> 00:08:01,397 Where the hell does he ever go? 98 00:08:01,481 --> 00:08:03,149 Don't know, but I wish he'd stay there. 99 00:08:03,232 --> 00:08:05,026 Nice if he took Lieutenant Shames with him, 100 00:08:05,109 --> 00:08:07,236 -Shut up, boys. -Shutting up, Sarge. 101 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:10,448 -[gunshot] -Oh, hey, what the hell is that? 102 00:08:12,325 --> 00:08:13,451 Patrol? 103 00:08:13,534 --> 00:08:15,077 [Lipton] No, we would have heard. 104 00:08:16,245 --> 00:08:17,788 [Compton] One man, maybe a sniper. 105 00:08:17,914 --> 00:08:19,165 That was no rifle. 106 00:08:19,498 --> 00:08:20,708 What do you see, Shift? 107 00:08:21,792 --> 00:08:23,044 [Shifty] Nobody out there. 108 00:08:23,127 --> 00:08:24,170 Are you sure? 109 00:08:24,253 --> 00:08:26,672 -[Shifty] Uh-huh. -Ah, Jesus, it's Hoob, he's shot. 110 00:08:26,756 --> 00:08:27,757 Sniper? 111 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:30,176 No, no, he shot himself. 112 00:08:30,259 --> 00:08:32,011 -Stupid, stupid. -Medic! 113 00:08:32,094 --> 00:08:33,554 -What happened? -Doc. 114 00:08:34,555 --> 00:08:36,724 -Is he all right? -[Hoobler] It's my fucking leg. 115 00:08:36,807 --> 00:08:38,643 -He did what? -He went to shoot… 116 00:08:38,726 --> 00:08:40,603 -[Compton] What happened? -It just went off. 117 00:08:40,686 --> 00:08:42,396 What were you doing with gun in your pants? 118 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:43,898 I wasn't touching it or nothing. 119 00:08:43,981 --> 00:08:45,900 God damn it, God damn it. 120 00:08:45,983 --> 00:08:47,193 I wasn't touching it, I swear. 121 00:08:47,276 --> 00:08:49,028 -Medic! -Where are you hit, Hoob? 122 00:08:49,111 --> 00:08:50,780 -Hoob, where are you hit? -In my leg. 123 00:08:50,863 --> 00:08:52,531 Hold on, Hoob, hold on. 124 00:08:53,324 --> 00:08:54,617 Now, don't look, Hoob. 125 00:08:54,700 --> 00:08:56,494 It's gonna be fine. Don't worry. 126 00:08:56,577 --> 00:08:58,704 It hurts like a sonofabitch. 127 00:08:58,788 --> 00:09:00,248 I think maybe I hit bone. 128 00:09:00,331 --> 00:09:01,791 Doc! 129 00:09:02,250 --> 00:09:04,418 Don't worry about it, Hoob. You'll be all right 130 00:09:04,502 --> 00:09:05,962 Warm him up, warm him up. 131 00:09:06,045 --> 00:09:07,129 Can you hear me, Hoob? 132 00:09:07,213 --> 00:09:08,506 Somebody keep him warm. 133 00:09:08,589 --> 00:09:10,007 Sergeant. 134 00:09:10,091 --> 00:09:11,926 [Roe] Sergeant, let me see it, huh? 135 00:09:12,260 --> 00:09:13,344 Hang in there. 136 00:09:13,427 --> 00:09:15,596 Can we warm up some blankets or something for him? 137 00:09:15,680 --> 00:09:16,806 You're gonna be fine. 138 00:09:16,889 --> 00:09:18,057 [cross talking] 139 00:09:18,641 --> 00:09:21,102 Okay, Hoob, listen to me, Hoob. It's okay. 140 00:09:21,185 --> 00:09:22,812 Did you think it was a German leg, Hoob? 141 00:09:22,895 --> 00:09:26,148 You're gonna be fine. 142 00:09:27,066 --> 00:09:29,652 Hold on, Hoob, hold on. Perconte, put this across him. 143 00:09:30,027 --> 00:09:32,488 Wrap him up, wrap him up. 144 00:09:33,030 --> 00:09:35,032 -Hang in there, Hoob. -Come on, come on. 145 00:09:35,116 --> 00:09:36,325 Hey, Lip. 146 00:09:36,450 --> 00:09:38,202 You said I was a great shot, right? 147 00:09:38,286 --> 00:09:41,080 You're a great shot, you're a great shot. 148 00:09:41,163 --> 00:09:42,873 Come on, Hoob, you jump out of planes. 149 00:09:42,957 --> 00:09:44,083 You're tough, man, come on. 150 00:09:44,166 --> 00:09:45,293 He's still shivering. 151 00:09:45,376 --> 00:09:47,587 -It's not that bad at all, come on. -Stay with us. 152 00:09:47,670 --> 00:09:48,963 Hoob, take it easy. 153 00:09:50,423 --> 00:09:52,717 -How are we doing, Doc? -Okay, you're gonna be fine. 154 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:55,136 I can't see, we gotta get him back to an aid station. 155 00:09:55,219 --> 00:09:57,388 Hold on tight. Right, let's get ready to move him. 156 00:09:57,513 --> 00:09:58,598 Take it easy. 157 00:09:58,681 --> 00:09:59,807 Stay there, Hoob. 158 00:10:00,266 --> 00:10:02,310 I can't see anything, we're gonna need to… 159 00:10:02,393 --> 00:10:03,311 Doc! 160 00:10:11,611 --> 00:10:12,695 Jesus. 161 00:10:15,197 --> 00:10:16,782 Perco, we need a jeep. 162 00:10:23,247 --> 00:10:24,874 [Lipton] He was wearing so many clothes, 163 00:10:24,957 --> 00:10:26,667 we couldn't tell how bad he was bleeding. 164 00:10:26,751 --> 00:10:28,461 By the time we got him to the aid station, 165 00:10:28,544 --> 00:10:29,837 he was already dead. 166 00:10:30,212 --> 00:10:33,466 Yeah. The bullet cut the main artery in his leg, sir. 167 00:10:34,383 --> 00:10:35,593 Oh hell, Lip. 168 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:38,637 Yeah. It wouldn't have made a difference if you had known. 169 00:10:39,263 --> 00:10:41,974 Cut that main artery in the leg, that's, that's it. 170 00:10:42,391 --> 00:10:43,642 Yes, sir. 171 00:10:44,393 --> 00:10:46,520 Well, I'm gonna go back and make sure the boys 172 00:10:46,604 --> 00:10:47,813 are all dug in, sir. 173 00:10:49,023 --> 00:10:50,274 Lip. 174 00:10:51,734 --> 00:10:52,985 Where's Dike? 175 00:10:53,944 --> 00:10:55,446 You wanna see him, sir? 176 00:10:55,529 --> 00:10:58,699 No, I just would have expected to get this kind of news from him. 177 00:10:59,659 --> 00:11:01,202 Well, I was there, sir. 178 00:11:01,285 --> 00:11:03,871 -[Winters] Oh. -I figured it might as well be me. 179 00:11:16,759 --> 00:11:18,344 [Lipton] "Where's Dike?" 180 00:11:18,427 --> 00:11:20,930 I probably heard that question a thousand times. 181 00:11:21,680 --> 00:11:23,933 I probably asked it a few times myself. 182 00:11:24,642 --> 00:11:26,685 There were long stretches where we didn't know 183 00:11:26,769 --> 00:11:28,270 where Lieutenant Dike was. 184 00:11:28,354 --> 00:11:31,315 He'd disappear, go off on these walks for hours at a time. 185 00:11:32,274 --> 00:11:33,567 Wouldn't have been so bad 186 00:11:33,651 --> 00:11:35,736 if he was just one of the guys in the company, 187 00:11:35,820 --> 00:11:38,864 but Lieutenant Dike was supposed to be leading the company. 188 00:11:40,533 --> 00:11:43,369 Captain Winters was a CO we could all respect. 189 00:11:44,662 --> 00:11:46,956 Moose Heyliger probably would have done a good job, 190 00:11:47,039 --> 00:11:50,918 but before we got a chance to find out, he was accidentally shot by a sentry. 191 00:11:51,669 --> 00:11:53,379 Then came Norman Dike. 192 00:11:53,462 --> 00:11:56,048 And I want tight security around the company CP, 193 00:11:56,132 --> 00:11:57,925 Lieutenant Shames, that understood? 194 00:11:58,008 --> 00:12:00,803 Dike wasn't a bad leader because he made bad decisions. 195 00:12:00,886 --> 00:12:03,389 He was a bad leader because he made no decisions. 196 00:12:04,515 --> 00:12:07,810 Now, Battalion S-3 is planning a move. 197 00:12:08,519 --> 00:12:11,021 So, I will probably be called away… 198 00:12:11,105 --> 00:12:12,398 regularly. 199 00:12:12,690 --> 00:12:13,983 Are there any questions? 200 00:12:14,066 --> 00:12:15,234 Uh, yeah. 201 00:12:15,443 --> 00:12:18,362 Um, what's the formation you want us to go for? 202 00:12:19,989 --> 00:12:23,534 At present, as per usual, but I'll clarify that with you 203 00:12:23,617 --> 00:12:26,287 at a later time, Lieutenant Compton. 204 00:12:26,370 --> 00:12:27,413 Yes, sir. 205 00:12:30,958 --> 00:12:32,626 All right, I gotta make a call. 206 00:12:41,135 --> 00:12:42,428 Let's move it out. 207 00:12:47,558 --> 00:12:50,144 [Lipton] Dike was the favorite of somebody at division. 208 00:12:50,227 --> 00:12:53,355 He'd been sent down to E Company to get some combat experience. 209 00:12:54,690 --> 00:12:57,860 Sometimes we got the feeling E Company was an annoyance to him. 210 00:12:58,068 --> 00:12:59,904 Something unpleasant he had to get through 211 00:12:59,987 --> 00:13:02,531 before he could continue his march up the ladder. 212 00:13:03,157 --> 00:13:04,825 I'm telling you boys, we're screwed. 213 00:13:04,909 --> 00:13:07,286 If you ask me, I'm glad Lieutenant Dike's never around. 214 00:13:07,620 --> 00:13:09,747 Hey, you know what? We're doing all right, 215 00:13:09,830 --> 00:13:11,999 even with Foxhole Norman. 216 00:13:12,082 --> 00:13:15,044 Yeah, Don, we're doing all right. We're doing all right now. 217 00:13:15,127 --> 00:13:18,339 In case you ain't noticed, here's a little town down the hill over there. 218 00:13:18,422 --> 00:13:20,841 And in that town are these guys called Germans. 219 00:13:20,925 --> 00:13:22,885 -And these Germans got tanks. -I know. 220 00:13:22,968 --> 00:13:24,094 Yeah. 221 00:13:24,220 --> 00:13:26,639 And our side's gonna wanna go into that town. 222 00:13:26,722 --> 00:13:28,766 You wanna take one guess who they're gonna want 223 00:13:28,849 --> 00:13:30,809 to go knocking on the goddamn doors. 224 00:13:30,893 --> 00:13:33,395 I know, Bill, it's me you're talking to here. 225 00:13:34,146 --> 00:13:38,192 Jesus Christ, we've gotta do all this with a CO, 226 00:13:38,275 --> 00:13:40,152 who's got his head so far up his fucking ass 227 00:13:40,236 --> 00:13:42,404 that lump in his throat is his goddamn nose. 228 00:13:43,697 --> 00:13:45,074 [Lipton] Hey, 1st Sergeant. 229 00:13:45,157 --> 00:13:46,909 -Hey, boys. -Hey, Sarge. 230 00:13:46,992 --> 00:13:49,912 -Hey, Lip. -Hey, Muck, what's the word? 231 00:13:49,995 --> 00:13:51,455 Oh, you know. 232 00:13:51,539 --> 00:13:53,749 Sitting around freezing our ass off. 233 00:13:55,167 --> 00:13:56,585 Singing Dike's praises. 234 00:13:56,669 --> 00:13:57,795 Oh, yeah. 235 00:13:58,045 --> 00:13:59,338 Lieutenant Dike. 236 00:14:01,257 --> 00:14:03,759 Well, I'll tell you, 237 00:14:05,469 --> 00:14:08,347 I wouldn't wanna be a replacement officer coming in here, 238 00:14:08,597 --> 00:14:10,808 getting thrown in with a group of guys 239 00:14:10,891 --> 00:14:13,394 who've known each other for what? Two years? 240 00:14:15,396 --> 00:14:17,940 That have been in combat together since Normandy. 241 00:14:19,108 --> 00:14:21,485 You're supposed to just show up and lead them? 242 00:14:22,570 --> 00:14:23,779 How's a guy do that? 243 00:14:25,197 --> 00:14:28,284 How could anyone really hope to gain the respect 244 00:14:28,367 --> 00:14:31,412 to the toughest, most professional, 245 00:14:31,912 --> 00:14:34,748 most dedicated sonsofbitches in the entire ETO? 246 00:14:36,667 --> 00:14:37,626 Huh? 247 00:14:38,752 --> 00:14:42,631 So, if you ask me, a guy'd have to… march off to Berlin 248 00:14:43,340 --> 00:14:45,801 and come back with Hitler's moustache or something. 249 00:14:45,885 --> 00:14:47,469 [chuckles] 250 00:14:48,762 --> 00:14:51,015 Anyway, listen, 251 00:14:51,557 --> 00:14:54,602 you guys, don't worry about Dike, all right? 252 00:14:54,685 --> 00:14:55,853 Yeah. 253 00:14:56,020 --> 00:14:58,939 We all do our jobs, everything'll be fine. 254 00:15:04,236 --> 00:15:05,487 See you, Sarge. 255 00:15:05,571 --> 00:15:06,655 Yeah, boy. 256 00:15:07,156 --> 00:15:09,658 [Lipton] Well, I don't know if I believed any of that, 257 00:15:09,742 --> 00:15:11,911 but as company 1st sergeant it was my job, 258 00:15:12,703 --> 00:15:14,121 not to protect Dike, 259 00:15:14,538 --> 00:15:16,749 but to protect the integrity of the company. 260 00:15:17,666 --> 00:15:19,919 [Winters] You know what Dike's problem is, don't you? 261 00:15:20,002 --> 00:15:21,045 Mmm. 262 00:15:21,128 --> 00:15:24,214 He's just another one of those arrogant rich jerks from Yale. 263 00:15:24,465 --> 00:15:26,425 Oh, God, not another one of those. 264 00:15:26,508 --> 00:15:28,260 [laughs] 265 00:15:30,095 --> 00:15:33,807 Division's not gonna let me replace him just 'cause I got a bad feeling about him. 266 00:15:33,891 --> 00:15:34,975 Mmm-hmm. 267 00:15:35,059 --> 00:15:37,353 Even if they would, who'd I put in his place? 268 00:15:39,521 --> 00:15:40,522 Shames? 269 00:15:40,606 --> 00:15:43,025 [shouts] Do not ever talk when I'm talking, you got that? 270 00:15:43,108 --> 00:15:44,860 [Winters] Shames' seen too many war movies. 271 00:15:44,944 --> 00:15:46,612 Thinks he has to yell all the time. 272 00:15:46,695 --> 00:15:48,656 Both of you crapheads did not listen to a word 273 00:15:48,739 --> 00:15:50,240 I said during that briefing, did you? 274 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:52,409 Or Peacock? 275 00:15:52,493 --> 00:15:53,911 God bless him, no one tries harder, 276 00:15:53,994 --> 00:15:55,996 but he's not cut out to take men into combat. 277 00:15:56,705 --> 00:15:58,707 I'm sure as hell not gonna make him company CO 278 00:15:58,791 --> 00:16:01,126 when I don't even want him as a Platoon leader. 279 00:16:02,503 --> 00:16:03,837 What about Compton? 280 00:16:05,047 --> 00:16:06,590 He's the only real choice. 281 00:16:07,591 --> 00:16:09,968 Buck's a real combat leader, but, you know… 282 00:16:12,137 --> 00:16:15,599 I want Easy Company to have at least one experienced Platoon leader. 283 00:16:16,767 --> 00:16:19,478 Not that it matters anyway 'cause I can't get rid of Dike. 284 00:16:22,690 --> 00:16:26,068 Well, we all know who you'd like to have running Easy. 285 00:16:27,069 --> 00:16:29,446 Trouble is it's not your job any more, Dick. 286 00:16:30,614 --> 00:16:32,116 We've gotta find somebody. 287 00:16:39,748 --> 00:16:43,585 [Lipton] We all agreed Buck Compton would've been the best choice to run Easy, 288 00:16:43,669 --> 00:16:46,171 if Winters had been able to get rid of Dike. 289 00:16:48,549 --> 00:16:49,675 But, to be honest, 290 00:16:49,758 --> 00:16:53,137 Buck wasn't the same soldier he'd been before he got shot in Holland. 291 00:16:53,220 --> 00:16:54,680 He was more serious somehow. 292 00:16:54,763 --> 00:16:56,849 [Compton] He had a goddamn luger in his pants. 293 00:16:56,932 --> 00:16:58,016 [Heffron] Jesus. 294 00:16:58,267 --> 00:16:59,435 [Compton] Dear God. 295 00:17:00,019 --> 00:17:03,021 And don't you two do something stupid like that, all right? 296 00:17:03,105 --> 00:17:04,857 -Try not to, Buck. -I mean it. 297 00:17:05,983 --> 00:17:08,902 And you, Wild Bill, 298 00:17:09,403 --> 00:17:13,449 I've invested too much goddamn time shaping you into something useful. 299 00:17:13,532 --> 00:17:15,492 -[laughs] -You do something crazy, 300 00:17:15,576 --> 00:17:17,536 get yourself knocked out of this thing… 301 00:17:17,619 --> 00:17:19,204 I know, I know, you'll kill me. 302 00:17:19,288 --> 00:17:21,248 Even if you're dead, I'll still kill you. 303 00:17:23,333 --> 00:17:26,670 I'll see you guys later, all right? I'm gonna check on the other guys. 304 00:17:26,795 --> 00:17:27,629 [grunts] 305 00:17:31,967 --> 00:17:33,844 Crazy Joe McCloskey. 306 00:17:34,303 --> 00:17:35,387 What? 307 00:17:35,721 --> 00:17:38,182 This guy used to hang out the front of Delancey's 308 00:17:38,265 --> 00:17:40,350 and just, you know, just stare at people. 309 00:17:40,434 --> 00:17:42,686 Yeah, I know who Crazy Joe McCloskey is. 310 00:17:42,770 --> 00:17:45,314 What the hell's that got to do with anything, Babe? 311 00:17:45,397 --> 00:17:47,691 Hmm, Buck kind of reminds me of him now. 312 00:17:49,485 --> 00:17:51,862 -What? -Ever since he got shot in Holland… 313 00:17:51,945 --> 00:17:53,280 Wait, wait, wait. 314 00:17:54,156 --> 00:17:56,033 What, are you saying, he's nuts? 315 00:17:56,116 --> 00:17:58,744 'Cause Crazy Joe McCloskey was fucking nuts, Babe. 316 00:17:58,827 --> 00:18:01,997 -That's why they called him Crazy Joe. -I'm not saying he's nuts. 317 00:18:02,081 --> 00:18:04,792 -I'm just saying… -What, what are you saying? 318 00:18:05,459 --> 00:18:07,336 -Oh, forget it. -What? 319 00:18:07,544 --> 00:18:08,462 Forget it. 320 00:18:09,254 --> 00:18:10,756 Oh, come on, you've seen him, Bill. 321 00:18:10,839 --> 00:18:13,550 He's all wound up like a spring. 322 00:18:13,634 --> 00:18:15,219 Hey, hey, hey, he's fine. 323 00:18:18,597 --> 00:18:22,059 It wasn't getting shot that got him, it was being in that hospital. 324 00:18:23,143 --> 00:18:24,520 I've been there, okay? 325 00:18:25,354 --> 00:18:26,605 It ain't pretty. 326 00:18:26,897 --> 00:18:27,981 Yeah, mm. 327 00:18:28,690 --> 00:18:30,859 Besides, you saw, once he was up and moving around, 328 00:18:30,943 --> 00:18:32,277 he was his old self again. 329 00:18:34,196 --> 00:18:37,116 I'm telling you, Buck Compton's fine. 330 00:18:39,618 --> 00:18:40,661 I'm serious. 331 00:18:40,744 --> 00:18:43,330 Sure thing, Buck, nothing stupid. We got it, right? 332 00:18:44,081 --> 00:18:46,125 -We got it. -All right. 333 00:18:47,084 --> 00:18:49,294 -George? -Yeah. 334 00:18:50,796 --> 00:18:52,339 Nothing stupid, Buck. 335 00:18:56,635 --> 00:18:57,636 Yeah. 336 00:19:00,139 --> 00:19:03,100 Don't do anything stupid? Who the hell's he talking to? 337 00:19:03,183 --> 00:19:06,687 Bunch of morons who volunteered to jump out of a perfectly good airplane. 338 00:19:06,770 --> 00:19:09,231 -Can you get any more stupid than that? -Probably not. 339 00:19:09,314 --> 00:19:10,357 Right. 340 00:19:10,732 --> 00:19:12,901 I swum across the Niagara once. 341 00:19:13,318 --> 00:19:14,361 Yeah. 342 00:19:14,611 --> 00:19:15,445 [chuckles] 343 00:19:16,238 --> 00:19:17,447 I swear. 344 00:19:18,198 --> 00:19:20,492 -On a bet. -What, in a barrel? 345 00:19:21,702 --> 00:19:24,413 No. I didn't go over the falls, George. 346 00:19:24,496 --> 00:19:26,415 I swam across the river. 347 00:19:26,498 --> 00:19:27,875 ten miles up from the falls. 348 00:19:28,292 --> 00:19:31,545 -I tell you, that current is damn strong. -Oh, yeah. 349 00:19:31,628 --> 00:19:33,797 Must have carried me at least two miles downstream, 350 00:19:33,881 --> 00:19:36,175 before I got across. But, I got across. 351 00:19:36,508 --> 00:19:39,386 Now, personally, I didn't think it was all that stupid, 352 00:19:39,469 --> 00:19:42,264 but my mom, my sister, Ruth, 353 00:19:43,182 --> 00:19:44,683 they gave me all kinds of hell. 354 00:19:44,766 --> 00:19:46,059 Yeah, I bet, Muck. 355 00:19:46,143 --> 00:19:47,436 So did Faye. 356 00:19:47,519 --> 00:19:50,898 Ah, sweet Faye Tanner. 357 00:19:50,981 --> 00:19:52,149 Shut it, George. 358 00:19:52,482 --> 00:19:53,942 Well, they had a point. 359 00:19:54,234 --> 00:19:55,444 You're an idiot. 360 00:19:59,364 --> 00:20:00,824 [shivering] 361 00:20:15,881 --> 00:20:17,257 [Dike] I heard about Hoobler. 362 00:20:18,842 --> 00:20:19,801 Shame. 363 00:20:20,928 --> 00:20:23,222 Yes, sir. [clears throat] It is. 364 00:20:25,474 --> 00:20:26,558 [Dike] That the Luger? 365 00:20:26,642 --> 00:20:28,018 [sighs] Yes, it is. 366 00:20:28,268 --> 00:20:29,686 What are you gonna do with it? 367 00:20:30,479 --> 00:20:31,521 I don't know yet. 368 00:20:33,941 --> 00:20:35,317 Where you from, Lipton? 369 00:20:35,525 --> 00:20:36,693 Where'd you grow up? 370 00:20:38,362 --> 00:20:39,863 Huntington, West Virginia. 371 00:20:39,947 --> 00:20:41,073 Huntington? 372 00:20:41,156 --> 00:20:42,241 Yes, sir. 373 00:20:42,699 --> 00:20:43,784 I don't know it. 374 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:47,913 What kind of work did you do there? 375 00:20:49,039 --> 00:20:51,583 My brother and I helped my mom run a boarding house. 376 00:20:53,252 --> 00:20:54,461 And your father? 377 00:20:57,923 --> 00:20:59,299 He was, uh… 378 00:20:59,841 --> 00:21:01,593 He was killed when I was ten, sir. 379 00:21:02,219 --> 00:21:03,637 Automobile accident. 380 00:21:05,847 --> 00:21:06,974 That's sad. 381 00:21:12,688 --> 00:21:15,607 So, what made you decide to join the paratroopers? 382 00:21:15,691 --> 00:21:18,485 I read an article about paratroopers in Life magazine. 383 00:21:19,653 --> 00:21:21,905 Talked about the training, how hard it was. 384 00:21:23,073 --> 00:21:26,493 Said if you want to make it as a paratrooper you had to be the best. 385 00:21:27,577 --> 00:21:29,705 And I wanted to fight with the best, sir. 386 00:21:30,455 --> 00:21:31,665 You miss it? 387 00:21:33,083 --> 00:21:34,167 Miss what? 388 00:21:34,459 --> 00:21:35,669 Huntington. 389 00:21:39,256 --> 00:21:42,759 Honestly, sir… I try not to think about it that much. 390 00:21:46,888 --> 00:21:48,390 Where are you from, s… 391 00:21:55,772 --> 00:21:56,732 [sighs] 392 00:22:08,118 --> 00:22:09,661 Captain Nixon, sir. 393 00:22:10,370 --> 00:22:11,663 Captain Nixon, sir. 394 00:22:11,747 --> 00:22:12,748 What? 395 00:22:13,081 --> 00:22:16,251 Good morning, sir, sorry to disturb you. This came from Division. 396 00:22:20,672 --> 00:22:21,673 All right. 397 00:22:25,469 --> 00:22:26,553 [Nixon] Morning. 398 00:22:26,636 --> 00:22:28,847 [Winters] Lew, eviction notice? 399 00:22:28,972 --> 00:22:31,391 Not quite. But I think I got something that will help you 400 00:22:31,475 --> 00:22:32,684 with your leadership problem. 401 00:22:32,768 --> 00:22:34,102 Oh, Dike's being transferred? 402 00:22:34,186 --> 00:22:35,562 No, I can't help you with that, 403 00:22:35,645 --> 00:22:37,981 but Division has decided to pluck one officer 404 00:22:38,065 --> 00:22:41,526 from each regiment that served in the heroic defense of Bastogne, 405 00:22:41,818 --> 00:22:44,654 send him back to the States on a 30-day furlough. 406 00:22:44,738 --> 00:22:47,032 Get him out banging the drum for the war bond drive, 407 00:22:47,115 --> 00:22:48,116 that kind of thing. 408 00:22:48,950 --> 00:22:50,702 It turns out I've been plucked. 409 00:22:54,039 --> 00:22:57,167 Hey, that's fantastic, Lew, good for you. 410 00:22:57,250 --> 00:22:58,293 Thank you. 411 00:22:58,376 --> 00:23:00,212 How in the world does your leaving help me? 412 00:23:00,295 --> 00:23:01,838 It doesn't, I'm not going. 413 00:23:01,922 --> 00:23:03,882 I've already seen the States, I grew up there. 414 00:23:03,965 --> 00:23:05,217 That's why I came to Europe. 415 00:23:05,300 --> 00:23:07,177 Just wish they'd told me there was a war on. 416 00:23:07,260 --> 00:23:09,513 The point is, this thing's wasted on me. 417 00:23:09,596 --> 00:23:11,765 But I'm sure we can find an officer somewhere 418 00:23:11,848 --> 00:23:14,142 in this battalion who could use a long trip home. 419 00:23:15,477 --> 00:23:17,729 Congratulations, Lieutenant Peacock. 420 00:23:17,813 --> 00:23:19,773 I can't think of anybody who deserves this more. 421 00:23:20,232 --> 00:23:21,399 Thanks. 422 00:23:21,483 --> 00:23:22,609 [laughs] 423 00:23:23,110 --> 00:23:25,112 I'm really glad that you're going home. 424 00:23:25,570 --> 00:23:26,613 Okay. 425 00:23:26,696 --> 00:23:29,699 Best news I've heard in weeks. Hell of a guy, hell of a guy. 426 00:23:29,783 --> 00:23:31,118 Thanks, guys, I mean. 427 00:23:31,284 --> 00:23:33,161 It really means a lot, you know? 428 00:23:33,245 --> 00:23:35,539 -Oh, get out of here. -[laughs] 429 00:23:35,664 --> 00:23:37,415 Three cheers for Lieutenant Peacock, group. 430 00:23:37,499 --> 00:23:38,667 Hip hip hooray, 431 00:23:38,750 --> 00:23:40,127 hip hip hooray, 432 00:23:40,210 --> 00:23:41,419 hip hip hooray! 433 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:47,551 -[movie camera buzzing] -[imperceptible] 434 00:23:54,349 --> 00:23:57,769 [Sink] If they come by here, y'all remember to smile for the camera. 435 00:23:57,853 --> 00:24:00,230 Got to keep the morale up for them folks back home. 436 00:24:00,313 --> 00:24:01,398 Why? 437 00:24:01,940 --> 00:24:03,692 Damned if I know. 438 00:24:04,151 --> 00:24:06,987 All right, Nix, what have they got waiting for us in Foy? 439 00:24:07,070 --> 00:24:09,781 At least one company from the 10th Panzer grenadiers. 440 00:24:09,865 --> 00:24:10,991 dug in along here. 441 00:24:11,074 --> 00:24:13,326 They've also got at least one 88, 442 00:24:13,410 --> 00:24:15,453 although we haven't been able to spot it yet. 443 00:24:15,996 --> 00:24:17,164 How about armor? 444 00:24:17,247 --> 00:24:18,874 As of last night, three Tigers. 445 00:24:19,249 --> 00:24:20,876 Would you excuse me for a moment, sir? 446 00:24:20,959 --> 00:24:21,793 Yeah. 447 00:24:22,043 --> 00:24:24,546 [Toye] How do I feel about being rescued by Patton? 448 00:24:25,630 --> 00:24:29,009 Well, I'd feel pretty peachy about it, if it wasn't for one thing, 449 00:24:29,384 --> 00:24:31,720 we didn't need to be fucking rescued by Patton. 450 00:24:32,721 --> 00:24:33,722 You got that? 451 00:24:34,222 --> 00:24:36,266 Joe. Excuse us for a moment. 452 00:24:37,642 --> 00:24:38,685 Sorry, sir. 453 00:24:39,060 --> 00:24:40,353 Sorry about what? 454 00:24:40,437 --> 00:24:41,479 Patton? 455 00:24:42,063 --> 00:24:44,566 I couldn't agree more. What are you doing here? 456 00:24:44,649 --> 00:24:46,401 I wanna head back to the line, sir. 457 00:24:46,484 --> 00:24:49,571 Joe, you don't have to do that. Get yourself back to the aid station. 458 00:24:49,654 --> 00:24:50,739 Heal up. 459 00:24:50,822 --> 00:24:52,949 I'd really like to head back with the fellas, sir. 460 00:24:56,578 --> 00:24:58,288 All right, then go. 461 00:24:58,872 --> 00:25:00,081 Thank you, sir. 462 00:25:05,253 --> 00:25:08,173 [Lipton] Joe Toye had been at the aid station for three days, 463 00:25:08,256 --> 00:25:10,258 and everybody was glad to have him back. 464 00:25:10,717 --> 00:25:12,344 Especially Bill Guarnere. 465 00:25:13,511 --> 00:25:15,138 -Hey, Joe. -Hey, Bill. 466 00:25:15,222 --> 00:25:16,765 -Good to see you, pal. -You too. 467 00:25:16,848 --> 00:25:18,433 What the hell you doing back here? 468 00:25:18,516 --> 00:25:21,561 -To make sure you were on top of things. -I'm on top of things. 469 00:25:21,645 --> 00:25:23,313 Tied me own boots once last week. 470 00:25:23,396 --> 00:25:24,814 -[Toye chuckles] -All by myself. 471 00:25:24,898 --> 00:25:27,484 Hey, fellas, look who I found. 472 00:25:27,567 --> 00:25:29,861 [soldier] Hey, Joe Toye, back for more. 473 00:25:29,945 --> 00:25:30,946 How are you, Joe? 474 00:25:31,029 --> 00:25:32,697 [Toye] Yeah, doing pretty good. 475 00:25:32,781 --> 00:25:34,241 Escaped from the aid station. 476 00:25:34,324 --> 00:25:36,576 -Where'd you get hit? -What's that? 477 00:25:36,660 --> 00:25:38,703 Ah, it's Webb. Replacement. 478 00:25:38,870 --> 00:25:42,791 Really? Thought it was some guy I've known for two years and I forgot his face. 479 00:25:43,250 --> 00:25:44,459 Joe got hit in the arm. 480 00:25:44,542 --> 00:25:46,920 New Year's Eve gift from a Luftwaffe. 481 00:25:47,254 --> 00:25:48,922 A lot of you guys been injured? 482 00:25:49,214 --> 00:25:50,757 It's called wounded, peanut. 483 00:25:50,924 --> 00:25:53,385 Injured's when you fall out of a tree or something. 484 00:25:53,927 --> 00:25:56,554 Don't worry, there's enough crap flying around here, 485 00:25:56,638 --> 00:25:58,223 you're bound to get dinged sometime. 486 00:25:58,306 --> 00:26:01,434 Almost every single one of these guys has been hit at least once. 487 00:26:01,601 --> 00:26:03,436 Except for Alley, he's a two-timer. 488 00:26:03,853 --> 00:26:06,189 He landed on broken glass in Normandy, 489 00:26:06,273 --> 00:26:08,608 and got peppered by a potato masher in Holland. 490 00:26:08,692 --> 00:26:09,693 You'll find out son. 491 00:26:09,776 --> 00:26:12,612 Now, Bull, he got a piece of exploding tank in Holland. 492 00:26:13,613 --> 00:26:16,533 And George Luz here… has never been hit. 493 00:26:16,908 --> 00:26:18,285 You're one lucky bastard. 494 00:26:18,368 --> 00:26:19,619 Takes one to know one, Skip. 495 00:26:19,703 --> 00:26:21,246 Ah, consider us blessed. 496 00:26:21,871 --> 00:26:24,082 Now, Liebgott, the skinny little guy, 497 00:26:24,708 --> 00:26:26,251 he got pinked in the neck in Holland. 498 00:26:26,334 --> 00:26:29,337 And right next to him, that other skinny little guy, that's Popeye. 499 00:26:29,421 --> 00:26:32,007 He got shot in his scrawny little butt in Normandy. 500 00:26:33,091 --> 00:26:37,053 And, uh, Buck got shot in his rather large butt in Holland. 501 00:26:37,137 --> 00:26:39,014 Yeah, kind of an Easy Company tradition, 502 00:26:39,097 --> 00:26:40,473 getting shot in the ass. 503 00:26:40,974 --> 00:26:43,184 Hey, even 1st Sergeant Lipton over there, 504 00:26:43,268 --> 00:26:46,604 he got a couple of pieces of a tank shell burst at Carentan. 505 00:26:47,022 --> 00:26:48,315 One chunk in the face. 506 00:26:49,065 --> 00:26:51,401 Another chunk almost took out his nuts. 507 00:26:51,484 --> 00:26:53,153 How are those nuts, Sarge? 508 00:26:53,778 --> 00:26:55,113 Doing fine, Bill. 509 00:26:56,448 --> 00:26:57,782 Nice of you to ask. 510 00:27:00,410 --> 00:27:02,329 [Lipton] On the afternoon of January 3rd, 511 00:27:02,412 --> 00:27:04,539 most of E Company headed back to our old position 512 00:27:04,622 --> 00:27:06,249 in the woods overlooking Foy. 513 00:27:06,750 --> 00:27:08,501 A few men remained in the Bois Jacques 514 00:27:08,585 --> 00:27:11,671 attached to D company to hold the main line of resistance. 515 00:27:12,255 --> 00:27:13,631 Good luck, ladies. 516 00:27:15,342 --> 00:27:16,760 Been nice knowing you. 517 00:27:18,094 --> 00:27:19,971 Wouldn't drink too much if I were you. 518 00:27:20,055 --> 00:27:22,265 Hey, be careful if he offers you a cigarette. 519 00:27:22,349 --> 00:27:24,017 What are they talking about? 520 00:27:24,100 --> 00:27:25,477 If who offers us a cigarette? 521 00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:27,354 -Speirs. -Who? 522 00:27:27,437 --> 00:27:28,646 Lieutenant Speirs. 523 00:27:30,815 --> 00:27:33,902 [Lipton] Lieutenant Ronald Speirs was one of the Platoon leaders 524 00:27:33,985 --> 00:27:35,236 In D Company. 525 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:36,821 He was already a legend. 526 00:27:37,655 --> 00:27:40,367 The stories about Speirs are probably all bullshit anyway. 527 00:27:40,450 --> 00:27:41,618 What stories? 528 00:27:42,911 --> 00:27:44,329 What stories? 529 00:27:44,996 --> 00:27:48,041 Well, supposedly Speirs shot one of his own men for being drunk. 530 00:27:48,124 --> 00:27:49,209 You're kidding. 531 00:27:49,584 --> 00:27:50,919 That's unbelievable. 532 00:27:51,961 --> 00:27:54,881 Yeah, and there's another one about him giving cigarettes 533 00:27:54,964 --> 00:27:57,801 to 20 German POWs before killing 'em. 534 00:27:58,218 --> 00:28:00,136 He shot 20 POWs? 535 00:28:00,512 --> 00:28:02,430 Well, actually, I heard it was more like 30. 536 00:28:02,889 --> 00:28:03,932 [Speirs] Christenson. 537 00:28:04,766 --> 00:28:05,850 Lieutenant Speirs. 538 00:28:06,142 --> 00:28:08,395 I got the name right, didn't I, Christenson? 539 00:28:08,478 --> 00:28:09,479 Yes, sir. 540 00:28:10,855 --> 00:28:12,315 What are you men doing out here? 541 00:28:13,191 --> 00:28:14,734 We're watching the line, sir. 542 00:28:17,362 --> 00:28:18,571 Well, keep up the good work. 543 00:28:18,655 --> 00:28:20,448 You might wanna reinforce your cover. 544 00:28:20,532 --> 00:28:22,951 Sir, Lieutenant Dike said not even to bother. 545 00:28:23,034 --> 00:28:26,287 -That we're only gonna be here one day. -Lieutenant Dike said that, huh? 546 00:28:28,248 --> 00:28:29,541 Then forget what I said. 547 00:28:32,210 --> 00:28:33,294 Carry on. 548 00:28:37,298 --> 00:28:38,716 Oh, anyone care for a smoke? 549 00:28:44,431 --> 00:28:45,515 You? 550 00:28:47,892 --> 00:28:50,145 [Lipton] Late in the afternoon on January 3rd, 551 00:28:50,228 --> 00:28:53,356 we returned to our old position in the woods overlooking Foy. 552 00:28:53,565 --> 00:28:56,109 Oh, you gotta be fucking kiddin' me. 553 00:28:58,069 --> 00:29:00,697 Someone's gonna die. Someone's gonna fucking die. 554 00:29:01,030 --> 00:29:02,574 Guarnere, look at this shit! 555 00:29:02,824 --> 00:29:05,827 One of those 1st Battalion fuckers took a dump in my foxhole. 556 00:29:06,161 --> 00:29:08,788 I think they shit in everyone's foxhole, Joe. 557 00:29:11,166 --> 00:29:14,294 I don't think they wanted to spend much time above ground. 558 00:29:16,671 --> 00:29:18,423 [Lipton] While we were in the Bois Jacques, 559 00:29:18,506 --> 00:29:20,759 The Germans had been shelling our old position. 560 00:29:20,842 --> 00:29:22,969 There were signs of tree bursts everywhere. 561 00:29:23,052 --> 00:29:24,554 That got our attention. 562 00:29:24,929 --> 00:29:26,514 [officer] Lighten noise, discipline. 563 00:29:26,890 --> 00:29:28,308 We're getting close. 564 00:29:37,984 --> 00:29:41,196 [Lipton] Looking across the field at Foy, I could see enemy troops. 565 00:29:41,529 --> 00:29:43,406 I still couldn't see their artillery, 566 00:29:43,698 --> 00:29:45,200 but I knew it was down there. 567 00:29:48,411 --> 00:29:50,789 Oh, looks like the Krauts have been pounding this area 568 00:29:50,872 --> 00:29:52,457 with pretty big stuff, 88s. 569 00:29:52,791 --> 00:29:55,376 I'd say they got this whole stretch of the line targeted. 570 00:29:55,460 --> 00:29:56,878 Well, they're not shelling now. 571 00:29:56,961 --> 00:29:59,798 -Maybe they've got a new target-- -No, they're just waiting. 572 00:30:00,089 --> 00:30:02,383 -For what? -For us to re-occupy the position. 573 00:30:02,509 --> 00:30:04,803 Maybe fall back to a different location, dig in. 574 00:30:04,886 --> 00:30:06,763 No, it's our job to hold the line here. 575 00:30:07,472 --> 00:30:09,140 We've got pretty good foxholes. 576 00:30:09,224 --> 00:30:10,767 We just need to fortify the covers. 577 00:30:10,850 --> 00:30:13,853 -If they've got us targeted, maybe-- -We hold the line here. 578 00:30:14,312 --> 00:30:15,688 Sergeant Lipton's right. 579 00:30:15,772 --> 00:30:18,650 We're gonna strengthen our covers and we're gonna hang in. 580 00:30:19,108 --> 00:30:20,693 We're not gonna fall back. 581 00:30:22,695 --> 00:30:23,947 Right, Lieutenant? 582 00:30:25,532 --> 00:30:26,533 Mm? 583 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:28,159 Right, Lieutenant? 584 00:30:28,535 --> 00:30:29,577 Fine. 585 00:30:29,661 --> 00:30:31,037 You all take care of it. 586 00:30:32,121 --> 00:30:33,665 I gotta go talk to regiment. 587 00:30:37,210 --> 00:30:39,128 -We'd better get moving. -Yeah. 588 00:30:43,049 --> 00:30:44,175 Here you go, Bill. 589 00:30:44,259 --> 00:30:45,510 Hey, thanks, Lip. 590 00:30:45,593 --> 00:30:47,428 You got it, I'll get you some more branches. 591 00:30:47,512 --> 00:30:48,930 -I'd appreciate that. -Yeah. 592 00:31:07,657 --> 00:31:09,033 [explosion] 593 00:31:12,245 --> 00:31:14,122 Incoming! 594 00:31:14,831 --> 00:31:16,207 Take cover! 595 00:31:18,334 --> 00:31:20,295 Take cover!. 596 00:31:24,424 --> 00:31:27,260 [Lipton] Take cover, come on, find some cover. 597 00:31:28,303 --> 00:31:29,804 [soldier] They got us zeroed! 598 00:31:31,681 --> 00:31:33,891 [Lipton] Find some cover, find a foxhole! 599 00:31:34,309 --> 00:31:35,602 Come on, take cover! 600 00:31:36,978 --> 00:31:38,521 Take cover! 601 00:31:43,693 --> 00:31:45,528 Come on, find some cover! 602 00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:50,867 Take cover! 603 00:31:52,619 --> 00:31:53,911 Shit. 604 00:32:03,379 --> 00:32:05,673 [Lipton] Come on, find some cover, find some cover! 605 00:32:14,807 --> 00:32:16,601 [Lipton] For some reason, at that moment, 606 00:32:16,684 --> 00:32:18,937 in that half-finished foxhole, all I could think about 607 00:32:19,020 --> 00:32:20,980 was the 4th of July when I was a kid. 608 00:32:21,064 --> 00:32:23,024 I loved to make my own firecrackers, 609 00:32:23,107 --> 00:32:24,776 cherry bombs, lady fingers. 610 00:32:26,110 --> 00:32:29,072 I loved to blow up dirt clods and pop bottles and the like. 611 00:32:29,155 --> 00:32:31,032 Looked forward to it all year long. 612 00:32:31,616 --> 00:32:33,910 What I saw that day was the most awesome 613 00:32:33,993 --> 00:32:36,996 and terrifying display of firepower I'd ever seen in my life. 614 00:32:38,081 --> 00:32:39,791 Of course, I wouldn't have been laughing 615 00:32:39,874 --> 00:32:41,584 If I'd known what happened to Joe Toye. 616 00:32:41,668 --> 00:32:42,502 [laughs] 617 00:33:42,770 --> 00:33:44,689 Maybe we should see if anybody's hit. 618 00:33:44,814 --> 00:33:46,733 Yeah, Malark, that's what they want. 619 00:33:46,858 --> 00:33:49,402 The Krauts are trying to draw us out in the open. 620 00:33:59,704 --> 00:34:01,289 [Lipton] Stay in your foxholes. 621 00:34:02,707 --> 00:34:04,208 Stay in your foxholes! 622 00:34:05,460 --> 00:34:08,421 Are you okay, can you walk? Come on, find a foxhole, come on. 623 00:34:08,504 --> 00:34:09,714 [Toye] I gotta get up. 624 00:34:13,718 --> 00:34:15,219 I gotta get up. 625 00:34:18,097 --> 00:34:19,724 I gotta get up. 626 00:34:22,810 --> 00:34:24,228 I need my helmet. 627 00:34:25,646 --> 00:34:27,356 [Toye distantly] need help! 628 00:34:28,107 --> 00:34:29,734 -You hear that? -I need help! 629 00:34:29,817 --> 00:34:30,818 Is that Joe? 630 00:34:32,945 --> 00:34:35,239 -Help! -Yeah, I think that's Joe. 631 00:34:36,908 --> 00:34:37,742 Stay. 632 00:34:39,452 --> 00:34:41,579 Stay down! Stay down! 633 00:34:41,662 --> 00:34:42,705 Stay down! 634 00:34:42,789 --> 00:34:44,332 Stay in your foxholes! 635 00:34:44,874 --> 00:34:46,250 Stay in your foxholes! 636 00:34:46,334 --> 00:34:47,418 Help! 637 00:34:49,003 --> 00:34:50,463 Help, anyone there? 638 00:34:51,881 --> 00:34:53,257 Jesus. 639 00:34:53,674 --> 00:34:55,218 I gotta get up. 640 00:34:56,260 --> 00:34:58,971 I gotta… I gotta get up. 641 00:35:01,015 --> 00:35:02,225 Shit. 642 00:35:02,809 --> 00:35:04,602 Come on, Joe, come on, buddy. 643 00:35:04,685 --> 00:35:07,563 -Come on, come on, pal. -[groans] 644 00:35:07,647 --> 00:35:10,066 You said you'd get back to the States before me. 645 00:35:10,149 --> 00:35:12,527 You ain't going anywhere, you're all right. 646 00:35:12,610 --> 00:35:14,821 [screams] I gotta get my helmet. 647 00:35:14,904 --> 00:35:15,738 Forget it. 648 00:35:15,822 --> 00:35:17,657 -I gotta get my helmet. -Forget it, Joe. 649 00:35:17,740 --> 00:35:19,033 Anyone there? 650 00:35:19,116 --> 00:35:20,326 -Help! -Hang on. 651 00:35:23,246 --> 00:35:25,748 -Who's that? -It's Heff, Babe. 652 00:35:25,832 --> 00:35:27,792 Come on, get me out of here, Lip. 653 00:35:31,129 --> 00:35:32,505 Come on. 654 00:35:32,672 --> 00:35:34,048 [grunts] I got you. 655 00:35:34,423 --> 00:35:35,800 Come on, Joe, I got you. 656 00:35:39,804 --> 00:35:41,389 Come on, Joe. 657 00:35:41,639 --> 00:35:42,682 [both grunting] 658 00:35:43,266 --> 00:35:44,392 Hang on. 659 00:35:45,017 --> 00:35:46,477 -Are you okay? -Yeah. 660 00:35:46,561 --> 00:35:48,521 Come on, come on. 661 00:35:48,604 --> 00:35:52,233 Ah, jeez, think I overdid it on the cover for my foxhole? 662 00:35:52,316 --> 00:35:54,068 Incoming! 663 00:35:57,572 --> 00:35:58,990 Take cover! 664 00:36:07,206 --> 00:36:09,083 Come on, come on! 665 00:36:09,167 --> 00:36:12,086 Hurry up, Guarno, you're gonna get bombed! 666 00:36:12,170 --> 00:36:14,297 Come on, come on! 667 00:36:14,380 --> 00:36:15,590 Move it, Bill! 668 00:36:17,925 --> 00:36:19,343 Come on, Joe. 669 00:36:20,052 --> 00:36:22,430 Hold on, I'll be there, I'm gonna help you. 670 00:36:23,723 --> 00:36:25,933 No! 671 00:36:28,227 --> 00:36:30,563 Medic! [soldier screaming] 672 00:36:36,110 --> 00:36:38,863 [Lipton] During the second barrage I wasn't laughing anymore. 673 00:37:07,558 --> 00:37:09,936 [creaking] 674 00:37:17,276 --> 00:37:18,361 Lip! 675 00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:22,365 Are you okay? 676 00:37:26,118 --> 00:37:27,536 Stay down! 677 00:37:28,913 --> 00:37:30,289 You stay down! 678 00:37:30,498 --> 00:37:31,916 1st Sergeant Lipton? 679 00:37:32,833 --> 00:37:34,460 You get things organized here. 680 00:37:34,835 --> 00:37:36,003 I'm gonna go for help. 681 00:37:40,216 --> 00:37:41,968 What the fuck? 682 00:37:46,764 --> 00:37:48,975 Lip, where the fuck's he going? 683 00:37:49,058 --> 00:37:51,102 I don't know, listen, get Battalion on the line, 684 00:37:51,185 --> 00:37:53,646 -Tell them to notify BAS. -Battalion's up, Lip. 685 00:38:01,279 --> 00:38:03,489 [breath trembling] 686 00:38:05,283 --> 00:38:07,034 M… M… [sobbing] 687 00:38:07,618 --> 00:38:09,495 Medic! 688 00:38:18,921 --> 00:38:20,256 Stay ready, stay ready. 689 00:38:20,339 --> 00:38:23,092 Those stupid sonsofbitches might be trying to come through. 690 00:38:23,175 --> 00:38:25,052 -You okay, one lung? -Sergeant! 691 00:38:25,136 --> 00:38:26,470 [Lipton] How you doing, Popeye? 692 00:38:26,554 --> 00:38:28,472 [Popeye] 100% ready to kill Germans, Lip. 693 00:38:28,597 --> 00:38:30,933 [groans] 694 00:38:34,353 --> 00:38:35,354 Okay, Joe. 695 00:38:40,234 --> 00:38:41,777 -Doc, what can I do? -Hold this. 696 00:38:45,156 --> 00:38:47,283 You got a smoke? 697 00:38:47,867 --> 00:38:52,038 Jesus, what's a guy gotta do to get killed around here? 698 00:38:52,747 --> 00:38:53,581 Joe. 699 00:38:53,664 --> 00:38:54,790 Bill, you're going first. 700 00:38:55,291 --> 00:38:57,501 Whatever you say, Doc, whatever you say. 701 00:38:57,585 --> 00:38:59,211 Over here, take this man. 702 00:38:59,962 --> 00:39:02,381 Hey, Lip, they got old Guarnere this time. 703 00:39:02,798 --> 00:39:03,966 [medic] We got you, soldier. 704 00:39:04,383 --> 00:39:05,509 Aaah! 705 00:39:07,678 --> 00:39:08,929 [medic] Just lie back. 706 00:39:13,267 --> 00:39:14,560 Take it easy. 707 00:39:14,643 --> 00:39:16,854 Hey, Joe, I told you I'd beat you back to the States. 708 00:39:18,272 --> 00:39:19,565 Hey, Lip. 709 00:39:22,109 --> 00:39:24,070 -[groans] -How's Buck? 710 00:39:26,238 --> 00:39:27,698 Luz, how's Buck? 711 00:39:28,074 --> 00:39:29,158 He's fine. 712 00:39:29,241 --> 00:39:30,826 -You sure? -Yes, he's fine. 713 00:39:31,786 --> 00:39:34,205 I think you should probably go talk to him now, huh? 714 00:39:37,666 --> 00:39:38,626 All right. 715 00:39:49,512 --> 00:39:52,515 [Lipton] Some say Buck changed after he was shot in Holland. 716 00:39:52,598 --> 00:39:53,849 Maybe… 717 00:39:53,933 --> 00:39:55,935 But I know something happened to him 718 00:39:56,018 --> 00:39:58,229 when he saw Toye and Guarnere on the ground. 719 00:40:04,819 --> 00:40:07,113 [indistinct chatter] 720 00:40:08,030 --> 00:40:10,741 On the report it said Compton was being taken off the line, 721 00:40:10,825 --> 00:40:12,701 because of a bad case of trenchfoot. 722 00:40:13,536 --> 00:40:16,122 Didn't say anything about him losing his friends. 723 00:40:23,379 --> 00:40:25,506 Buck was a great combat leader. 724 00:40:26,507 --> 00:40:28,134 He was wounded in Normandy, 725 00:40:28,592 --> 00:40:29,718 and again in Holland. 726 00:40:29,802 --> 00:40:32,179 He received the Silver Star for his part in taking out 727 00:40:32,263 --> 00:40:33,806 Those German guns on D-Day. 728 00:40:33,973 --> 00:40:37,226 He took everything the Krauts could throw at him time and again. 729 00:40:38,352 --> 00:40:39,812 Lieutenant Compton? 730 00:40:41,689 --> 00:40:44,233 "UCLA did not make the Rose Bowl this winter, 731 00:40:44,316 --> 00:40:46,277 probably because you weren't there. 732 00:40:47,069 --> 00:40:49,655 I'm sure you're teaching all of your young soldiers 733 00:40:49,738 --> 00:40:51,365 the joy you have of the sport. 734 00:40:52,408 --> 00:40:55,411 Gosh, how we all know what an exciting young man you are, 735 00:40:55,494 --> 00:40:57,413 and how your heart and love…" 736 00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:03,544 [Lipton] I guess he just couldn't take seeing his friends 737 00:41:03,627 --> 00:41:05,754 Toye and Guarnere all torn up like that. 738 00:41:06,881 --> 00:41:09,008 No one ever thought any less of him for it. 739 00:41:20,144 --> 00:41:21,520 Hey, Bull. 740 00:41:22,730 --> 00:41:24,273 [Lipton] With Buck off the line, 741 00:41:24,356 --> 00:41:27,193 there was no longer any possible alternative to Dike, 742 00:41:27,276 --> 00:41:28,819 at least none we could see. 743 00:41:29,278 --> 00:41:30,446 Thanks. 744 00:41:32,656 --> 00:41:33,908 Hey, Muck. 745 00:41:35,367 --> 00:41:36,285 Muck. 746 00:41:36,577 --> 00:41:38,662 -Yes, Sergeant? -I'm looking for Lieutenant Dike. 747 00:41:38,746 --> 00:41:40,414 [Lipton] We were stuck with Dike. 748 00:41:40,498 --> 00:41:42,041 And he was off taking a walk. 749 00:41:42,500 --> 00:41:43,709 Sure thing. 750 00:41:48,130 --> 00:41:49,840 [soldier] Lightning Six Kidnap. 751 00:41:51,217 --> 00:41:54,178 Ah, yes, sir. We've cleared all the green area between, uh… 752 00:41:54,261 --> 00:41:56,597 [Lipton] We'd cleared the woods east of Foy. 753 00:41:56,680 --> 00:41:59,391 So, a few days later E Company and the rest of the 506 754 00:41:59,475 --> 00:42:01,143 cleared the woods west of Foy. 755 00:42:01,644 --> 00:42:03,270 There was little resistance. 756 00:42:04,355 --> 00:42:06,190 [imperceptible] 757 00:42:08,234 --> 00:42:11,070 [Luz] You fellas know I got no reason to bullshit you, right? 758 00:42:11,153 --> 00:42:12,196 [all laughing] 759 00:42:12,279 --> 00:42:14,573 I'm not gonna bullshit you. This is what I saw. 760 00:42:14,657 --> 00:42:17,159 It was so unbelievable, you might not believe me. 761 00:42:17,243 --> 00:42:19,286 So, you-know-who comes running up to Lipton. 762 00:42:19,370 --> 00:42:21,247 He's got no helmet, no gear, no nothing. 763 00:42:21,330 --> 00:42:24,416 [mimics Dike] Ah, 1st Sergeant Lipton, you organize things here, 764 00:42:24,500 --> 00:42:26,669 and I'm gonna go for help. 765 00:42:26,752 --> 00:42:27,962 [all laughing] 766 00:42:28,045 --> 00:42:29,964 I need to go polish my oak leaf clusters. 767 00:42:30,047 --> 00:42:32,341 -[clears throat] Complete asshole. -Hey, Luz. 768 00:42:32,424 --> 00:42:33,676 That's really good. 769 00:42:33,759 --> 00:42:35,386 -It's okay. -Um, fellas. 770 00:42:35,636 --> 00:42:37,471 Goodnight, goodnight all. 771 00:42:37,555 --> 00:42:39,390 Yeah, see you, Luz, see you, Malark. 772 00:42:39,473 --> 00:42:40,933 What can I do for you, Sarge? 773 00:42:41,016 --> 00:42:43,852 [Lipton] Two things, first, great impression of Dike. 774 00:42:43,936 --> 00:42:45,813 You think so? I thought it was a little off. 775 00:42:45,896 --> 00:42:47,356 No, you got it pretty good. 776 00:42:47,523 --> 00:42:49,817 Second, don't do it anymore. 777 00:42:50,359 --> 00:42:52,528 Especially the part about what he said to me. 778 00:42:52,611 --> 00:42:54,446 It doesn't do anybody any good, okay? 779 00:42:54,780 --> 00:42:56,282 Yeah, I got you. 780 00:42:56,365 --> 00:42:57,449 All right. 781 00:43:00,411 --> 00:43:01,620 Wise ass. 782 00:43:08,085 --> 00:43:10,129 Incoming! 783 00:43:27,605 --> 00:43:29,898 -Luz! -Luz! 784 00:43:29,982 --> 00:43:31,150 Come on! 785 00:43:31,233 --> 00:43:32,568 Hurry! 786 00:43:32,651 --> 00:43:34,194 Luz! Luz! 787 00:43:34,278 --> 00:43:36,488 Stay down! 788 00:43:36,864 --> 00:43:38,073 Come on! 789 00:43:38,157 --> 00:43:39,533 Get in here! Come on! 790 00:43:39,616 --> 00:43:40,784 Come on! 791 00:43:42,119 --> 00:43:46,040 Come on! Come on, Luz! 792 00:44:15,944 --> 00:44:18,530 Muck and Penkala! 793 00:44:18,614 --> 00:44:19,865 What? 794 00:44:20,199 --> 00:44:22,743 Muck and Penkala got hit! 795 00:44:28,123 --> 00:44:29,625 [Hashey] Ahh! 796 00:44:30,834 --> 00:44:32,378 Medic! 797 00:44:34,588 --> 00:44:35,881 Medic! 798 00:44:36,757 --> 00:44:37,925 Hashey. 799 00:44:38,592 --> 00:44:39,843 It's my shoulder. 800 00:44:39,927 --> 00:44:41,679 Come on, get up! 801 00:44:41,762 --> 00:44:43,180 [groans] 802 00:44:45,265 --> 00:44:46,767 [panting] 803 00:44:46,850 --> 00:44:49,478 [officer] Stay down till you get the all-clear. 804 00:45:12,167 --> 00:45:13,669 Thought you didn't smoke. 805 00:45:13,961 --> 00:45:15,671 -I don't. -Uh-huh. 806 00:45:27,057 --> 00:45:30,519 [Lipton] The shell that hit the foxhole Luz and I were in was a dud. 807 00:45:31,520 --> 00:45:34,148 The one that hit Muck and Penkala's foxhole wasn't. 808 00:45:34,314 --> 00:45:35,858 That's just the way it was. 809 00:45:36,859 --> 00:45:38,777 Muck and Penkala were good men. 810 00:45:42,531 --> 00:45:44,533 Their death hit Malarkey the hardest. 811 00:45:44,616 --> 00:45:48,036 Malarkey's best friends in the company had been Compton, Muck, and Penkala. 812 00:45:48,120 --> 00:45:50,080 In less than a week, he'd seen two of them die. 813 00:45:53,333 --> 00:45:54,418 What's the word? 814 00:45:54,501 --> 00:45:55,961 The men on the line are okay. 815 00:45:56,044 --> 00:45:58,589 Food has just been re-supplied. We're in good shape. 816 00:45:58,672 --> 00:46:01,675 Okay, we'll just hunker down. We might get some relief soon. 817 00:46:01,758 --> 00:46:03,302 -Okay? -All right. 818 00:46:03,677 --> 00:46:05,721 [breathing heavily] 819 00:46:17,649 --> 00:46:18,817 All right. 820 00:46:24,615 --> 00:46:28,327 [Lipton] Later that day we were back in our old position, overlooking Foy. 821 00:46:28,827 --> 00:46:30,662 We were all worried about Malarkey. 822 00:46:31,914 --> 00:46:33,081 Hey, Malark. 823 00:46:37,920 --> 00:46:39,254 Hey, uh… 824 00:46:40,506 --> 00:46:43,675 Didn't I hear you say you wanted to bring a Luger home 825 00:46:43,759 --> 00:46:44,801 for your kid brother? 826 00:46:48,472 --> 00:46:49,431 Yeah. 827 00:46:52,851 --> 00:46:55,854 Well, why don't you… 828 00:46:56,021 --> 00:46:57,481 Why don't you give him that? 829 00:47:01,652 --> 00:47:02,945 It's Hoob's, right? 830 00:47:03,529 --> 00:47:04,571 Yeah. 831 00:47:04,655 --> 00:47:08,408 Yeah, I was gonna get rid of it, 832 00:47:08,492 --> 00:47:10,077 but, I don't know. 833 00:47:12,079 --> 00:47:15,749 Listen, uh, Captain Winters was wondering if you wanted 834 00:47:15,832 --> 00:47:19,545 to go back to battalion and work as his runner for a few days. 835 00:47:24,091 --> 00:47:27,135 Tell him thanks, I'm gonna stay here. 836 00:47:29,513 --> 00:47:33,016 Well, look, why don't you at least come back for an hour or so. 837 00:47:33,100 --> 00:47:34,351 Say goodbye to Buck. 838 00:47:34,434 --> 00:47:36,186 I'm sure it'll mean a lot to him. 839 00:47:41,858 --> 00:47:43,110 All right. 840 00:47:46,405 --> 00:47:48,365 -You be careful with that. -Yeah. 841 00:47:49,491 --> 00:47:51,827 [Lipton] Getting even 50 yards back from the line 842 00:47:51,910 --> 00:47:55,581 just for an hour or two could make a big difference in a soldier's state of mind. 843 00:47:59,710 --> 00:48:02,713 The morning after the shelling that killed Muck and Penkala, 844 00:48:02,796 --> 00:48:05,757 I saw a soldier try to dig a foxhole with his bare hands. 845 00:48:05,841 --> 00:48:06,675 Private. 846 00:48:06,758 --> 00:48:09,136 He didn't notice that he'd torn off all his fingernails. 847 00:48:09,219 --> 00:48:11,513 Private, hey. 848 00:48:11,680 --> 00:48:14,850 I got him out of there quickly. Not for his sake, but for ours. 849 00:48:15,851 --> 00:48:17,311 Fear is poison in combat. 850 00:48:17,561 --> 00:48:20,355 It's something we all felt, but you just didn't show it. 851 00:48:20,439 --> 00:48:21,398 You can't. 852 00:48:21,815 --> 00:48:23,942 It's destructive and it's contagious. 853 00:48:26,695 --> 00:48:28,196 Told you I'd get you started. 854 00:48:28,280 --> 00:48:30,115 [soldier] We got a bleeder here. 855 00:48:35,746 --> 00:48:37,039 [Lipton] Buck was never the same 856 00:48:37,122 --> 00:48:39,833 after seeing Toye and Guarnere get hit that day. 857 00:48:40,167 --> 00:48:42,461 I guess he just needed some time away from it all. 858 00:48:52,638 --> 00:48:53,472 [sighs] 859 00:48:55,557 --> 00:48:59,144 The barrages on January 3rd, and the shelling on January 9th 860 00:48:59,227 --> 00:49:02,481 marked the low point in the war for many of the men in E Company. 861 00:49:02,856 --> 00:49:04,900 Even then, very few actually broke. 862 00:49:05,275 --> 00:49:07,444 But I knew the terror of those shellings 863 00:49:07,527 --> 00:49:09,488 and the unrelenting pressure we'd been under 864 00:49:09,571 --> 00:49:12,282 since we got to Bastogne could take their toll in other ways. 865 00:49:12,366 --> 00:49:16,036 I was afraid the men would lose focus, suffer a drop in morale. 866 00:49:16,119 --> 00:49:19,081 And that was dangerous, especially in combat. 867 00:49:19,956 --> 00:49:21,708 More of which lay in store for us. 868 00:49:22,626 --> 00:49:23,627 Perconte. 869 00:49:24,044 --> 00:49:24,961 -Hey. -[imperceptible] 870 00:49:25,045 --> 00:49:27,005 We'd cleared the woods east and west of Foy. 871 00:49:27,089 --> 00:49:30,008 Now it was time for the inevitable assault on Foy itself. 872 00:49:31,009 --> 00:49:32,511 Frankly, I was dreading it. 873 00:49:32,678 --> 00:49:35,263 I always knew the E Company men who trained at Toccoa 874 00:49:35,347 --> 00:49:37,015 wouldn't get through the war unscathed, 875 00:49:37,099 --> 00:49:38,517 but now I was beginning to wonder 876 00:49:38,600 --> 00:49:40,602 if any of us were gonna make it through at all. 877 00:49:40,686 --> 00:49:41,978 Hey, Lieb. 878 00:49:42,062 --> 00:49:43,730 E Company would lead the attack. 879 00:49:44,064 --> 00:49:46,191 The problem was, at least in my estimation, 880 00:49:46,274 --> 00:49:48,735 -E Company still did not have a leader. -[imperceptible] 881 00:49:49,361 --> 00:49:51,571 [wind blowing] 882 00:49:53,865 --> 00:49:55,784 [indistinct shouting] 883 00:50:00,664 --> 00:50:03,625 The night before the attack I did something as 1st sergeant 884 00:50:03,709 --> 00:50:05,877 I would never have imagined myself doing. 885 00:50:13,552 --> 00:50:14,636 [Winters] Lip… 886 00:50:17,180 --> 00:50:19,141 Didn't figure you for a smoking man. 887 00:50:19,224 --> 00:50:20,350 Neither did I. 888 00:50:25,230 --> 00:50:27,524 D Company, Lieutenant Speirs, patrol order. 889 00:50:28,066 --> 00:50:28,900 [sighs] 890 00:50:29,276 --> 00:50:30,110 [clears throat] 891 00:50:30,193 --> 00:50:31,153 So… 892 00:50:31,653 --> 00:50:34,448 We've been watching Foy all day, sir, not much activity. 893 00:50:34,614 --> 00:50:35,657 Want a coffee? 894 00:50:35,741 --> 00:50:36,992 No, thank you, sir. 895 00:50:39,703 --> 00:50:41,204 How's Easy's status? 896 00:50:41,288 --> 00:50:43,457 The men are good, sir, they're prepared. 897 00:50:43,540 --> 00:50:45,917 I'm gonna be leading 2nd Platoon tomorrow. 898 00:50:46,001 --> 00:50:48,378 They're probably the weakest after losing Toye 899 00:50:48,462 --> 00:50:50,589 and Guarnere, and Muck and Penkala. 900 00:50:51,631 --> 00:50:54,092 But all in all, I have every confidence in the men, sir. 901 00:50:54,176 --> 00:50:55,343 Good. 902 00:51:00,849 --> 00:51:03,685 But, on the other hand, I have no confidence in our CO, sir. 903 00:51:05,937 --> 00:51:08,315 Lieutenant Dike is an empty uniform, Captain. 904 00:51:09,149 --> 00:51:10,108 He's just… 905 00:51:11,401 --> 00:51:12,652 He's not there, sir. 906 00:51:14,946 --> 00:51:16,573 Well, he's gonna be there tomorrow. 907 00:51:16,656 --> 00:51:19,242 Yes, sir, I understand he will be there physically. 908 00:51:19,951 --> 00:51:23,997 But tomorrow's gonna be the real deal, and he's gonna have to lead those men. 909 00:51:24,581 --> 00:51:26,917 He's gonna have to make decisions, sir, and I… 910 00:51:28,418 --> 00:51:30,253 I gotta tell you, sir, I think he's gonna get 911 00:51:30,337 --> 00:51:32,047 a lot of Easy Company men killed. 912 00:51:37,052 --> 00:51:38,762 Thank you, Sergeant, that'll be all. 913 00:51:38,845 --> 00:51:39,846 Yes, sir. 914 00:51:43,975 --> 00:51:45,560 [Lipton] I said what I had to say. 915 00:51:45,769 --> 00:51:47,562 There was nothing Winters could do. 916 00:51:51,942 --> 00:51:54,402 He couldn't very well remove a company CO, 917 00:51:54,486 --> 00:51:56,112 especially a well-connected one, 918 00:51:56,196 --> 00:51:58,615 because of the misgivings of a company 1st sergeant. 919 00:51:59,241 --> 00:52:02,327 [Winters] You've got about an eighth of a mile of open field to cross 920 00:52:02,410 --> 00:52:03,995 before we get down here into Foy. 921 00:52:04,079 --> 00:52:05,997 There's little cover, you gotta move quickly. 922 00:52:06,081 --> 00:52:08,542 I've set up two sections of light machine guns at either end. 923 00:52:08,625 --> 00:52:10,043 They'll give you covering fire. 924 00:52:10,126 --> 00:52:12,629 3rd battalion will come in from the east, led by I Company. 925 00:52:12,712 --> 00:52:14,172 That should cause distraction. 926 00:52:14,256 --> 00:52:16,591 D Company'll be in reserve but we shouldn't need 'em. 927 00:52:16,716 --> 00:52:18,510 You gotta move in there fast. 928 00:52:18,593 --> 00:52:21,054 Get in there before they can bring their mortars, 929 00:52:21,137 --> 00:52:22,514 and artillery down on you. 930 00:52:23,348 --> 00:52:24,391 Clear? 931 00:52:24,641 --> 00:52:25,559 Clear. 932 00:52:25,642 --> 00:52:28,436 I'm relying on you, get it done. 933 00:52:42,659 --> 00:52:43,743 [gunshot] 934 00:52:43,827 --> 00:52:44,953 [soldier] Covering fire! 935 00:52:45,036 --> 00:52:47,163 Let's go! Keep it moving! 936 00:52:49,082 --> 00:52:51,167 Suppressing fire! 937 00:52:54,296 --> 00:52:56,006 Keep moving! 938 00:52:56,089 --> 00:52:57,799 Move! 939 00:52:58,341 --> 00:53:00,218 [speaking German] 940 00:53:02,679 --> 00:53:04,347 [Lipton] Let's go, let's go! 941 00:53:07,017 --> 00:53:08,810 Suppressing fire! 942 00:53:08,894 --> 00:53:09,895 Fire! 943 00:53:11,229 --> 00:53:12,981 Keep 'em tight, Shames. 944 00:53:14,733 --> 00:53:17,152 -Keep moving. -[soldier] Keep moving! 945 00:53:17,235 --> 00:53:18,236 Come on. 946 00:53:19,154 --> 00:53:20,864 [Liebgott] Krauts in the open! 947 00:53:24,075 --> 00:53:25,702 Keep moving! Keep moving! 948 00:53:25,785 --> 00:53:27,245 Three inside! 949 00:53:30,373 --> 00:53:32,334 Wait a minute, where's Foley? 950 00:53:33,793 --> 00:53:35,128 Randleman! 951 00:53:36,212 --> 00:53:37,339 Liebgott. 952 00:53:38,924 --> 00:53:40,634 Where the hell is 1st Platoon? 953 00:53:44,220 --> 00:53:45,597 Hold up! 954 00:53:45,680 --> 00:53:47,349 -Keep moving! -[soldier panting] 955 00:53:47,432 --> 00:53:49,809 Easy Company, hold up! 956 00:53:49,893 --> 00:53:51,519 2nd Platoon, hold up! 957 00:53:51,603 --> 00:53:54,064 -[explosion] -Will you move! 958 00:53:54,147 --> 00:53:55,231 Get me Foley on the radio. 959 00:53:55,315 --> 00:53:58,360 -Get out of there, move! -Sir, I think we should take cover. 960 00:53:58,443 --> 00:54:00,737 Find some cover! Find some cover! 961 00:54:01,363 --> 00:54:02,280 Find some cover! 962 00:54:02,364 --> 00:54:04,199 -What? -Stay down! 963 00:54:06,076 --> 00:54:07,786 Easy Red, Easy Red, Easy… 964 00:54:07,869 --> 00:54:08,745 Six, over. 965 00:54:08,828 --> 00:54:09,871 Six, Easy Red, go ahead. 966 00:54:11,373 --> 00:54:13,792 Easy Red, Easy Red, stand by for the Six. 967 00:54:14,125 --> 00:54:16,670 Foley, Foley, you get back 968 00:54:16,753 --> 00:54:19,589 here where I can see you, God damn it! 969 00:54:20,090 --> 00:54:23,259 1st Platoon, hold up, hold up. Take cover! 970 00:54:23,343 --> 00:54:24,344 Martin. 971 00:54:24,552 --> 00:54:26,680 -Come on, soldier, with me. -With you, sir. 972 00:54:28,473 --> 00:54:29,432 Fire! 973 00:54:31,267 --> 00:54:32,435 Fall back! 974 00:54:32,519 --> 00:54:33,728 Fall back! 975 00:54:34,980 --> 00:54:36,106 Take cover! 976 00:54:37,107 --> 00:54:38,066 God damn it. 977 00:54:38,149 --> 00:54:39,943 Go forward! 978 00:54:41,486 --> 00:54:42,529 Herron, on me. 979 00:54:42,612 --> 00:54:44,447 Move back. 980 00:54:45,323 --> 00:54:48,368 Stay on my ass. Hold fast, 2nd Platoon. 981 00:54:48,451 --> 00:54:50,662 Follow Lipton! Take cover! 982 00:54:50,745 --> 00:54:53,665 What are we doing, Lieutenant? Why are we stopped? 983 00:54:54,040 --> 00:54:56,334 Fall back! Fall back! 984 00:54:56,418 --> 00:54:57,711 Roger, kidnap. 985 00:54:57,794 --> 00:54:59,045 Standby to Six, Herron… 986 00:54:59,129 --> 00:55:00,422 Lieutenant, what's the plan? 987 00:55:00,505 --> 00:55:01,840 I don't know, I don't know! 988 00:55:03,341 --> 00:55:05,510 You'd better get Dike on that radio to me now. 989 00:55:05,593 --> 00:55:07,178 Lieutenant, what's the plan? 990 00:55:07,262 --> 00:55:08,471 Captain Winters, sir. 991 00:55:08,555 --> 00:55:11,057 -What's the plan? -Okay, okay, Foley. 992 00:55:11,141 --> 00:55:12,934 Foley, you take your men, 993 00:55:13,018 --> 00:55:15,687 you take your men on a flanking mission around the village, 994 00:55:15,770 --> 00:55:17,480 and attack it from the rear. 995 00:55:19,149 --> 00:55:21,109 Dike, we cannot stay here! 996 00:55:21,192 --> 00:55:24,195 You want 1st Platoon to go round and attack the village by itself? 997 00:55:24,279 --> 00:55:26,364 We will provide suppressing fire. 998 00:55:26,448 --> 00:55:28,533 We're gonna be kind of alone out there, Lieutenant. 999 00:55:28,616 --> 00:55:31,036 We will provide suppressing fire! 1000 00:55:34,748 --> 00:55:36,082 Ahh! 1001 00:55:38,209 --> 00:55:40,420 Get going forward! 1002 00:55:41,087 --> 00:55:44,382 You need to talk to Captain Winters, sir. 1003 00:55:47,969 --> 00:55:49,971 Sir, okay, here it is. 1004 00:55:50,055 --> 00:55:52,432 We go on a flanking run round the back of the village, 1005 00:55:52,557 --> 00:55:53,808 And we attack from the rear. 1006 00:55:53,892 --> 00:55:55,894 Ramirez, two guys, take 'em, go. 1007 00:55:55,977 --> 00:55:57,479 Find some cover behind the stable. 1008 00:55:57,562 --> 00:55:58,813 Go, go! 1009 00:56:00,106 --> 00:56:01,191 Shit! 1010 00:56:01,274 --> 00:56:02,233 Jesus Christ. 1011 00:56:03,151 --> 00:56:04,819 Webb, move up, find cover! 1012 00:56:15,288 --> 00:56:17,123 Suppressing fire, now! 1013 00:56:19,042 --> 00:56:20,502 -[grunts] -Perconte! 1014 00:56:20,919 --> 00:56:22,003 I got you. 1015 00:56:22,087 --> 00:56:23,588 Give me some cover! 1016 00:56:26,007 --> 00:56:27,300 How you doing, Perconte? 1017 00:56:28,259 --> 00:56:30,095 They shot me in my ass, Martin. 1018 00:56:31,346 --> 00:56:32,972 You're all right, stay down, stay down! 1019 00:56:33,056 --> 00:56:35,558 I think we lost five men. Can you locate? 1020 00:56:35,642 --> 00:56:37,227 The building with the caved-in roof. 1021 00:56:37,310 --> 00:56:39,938 The building with the caved-in roof. 1022 00:56:46,611 --> 00:56:49,322 Sir, we are sitting ducks here. 1023 00:56:49,572 --> 00:56:51,324 We have to keep moving! 1024 00:56:52,367 --> 00:56:54,369 You've got to keep moving! 1025 00:56:54,452 --> 00:56:56,704 Dick! Captain Winters. 1026 00:56:56,788 --> 00:56:59,207 God damn it, you do not go out there. 1027 00:56:59,290 --> 00:57:01,751 You're the battalion commander, now get back here! 1028 00:57:03,878 --> 00:57:06,256 Now Dick, I understand your attachment to Easy Company-- 1029 00:57:06,339 --> 00:57:08,424 [Winters] Speirs, get yourself over here! 1030 00:57:09,134 --> 00:57:12,011 Get out there and relieve Dike and take that attack on in. 1031 00:57:16,015 --> 00:57:18,810 [Martin] Webb, fall back, you're too exposed. 1032 00:57:21,938 --> 00:57:24,441 Come on, Webb, let's go, kid. 1033 00:57:26,860 --> 00:57:28,403 Hang on, Perco. 1034 00:57:28,486 --> 00:57:30,238 Fire! 1035 00:57:32,240 --> 00:57:34,367 [soldier] Lieutenant, what are we doing? 1036 00:57:37,662 --> 00:57:38,872 I'm taking over. 1037 00:57:38,955 --> 00:57:39,998 1st Sergeant Lipton. 1038 00:57:40,081 --> 00:57:41,416 What have we got? 1039 00:57:41,499 --> 00:57:43,918 Sir, most of the company is spread out here. 1040 00:57:44,002 --> 00:57:46,337 1st Platoon tried an end around but they're stretched out, 1041 00:57:46,421 --> 00:57:47,839 they're pinned down by a sniper. 1042 00:57:47,922 --> 00:57:50,175 I believe he's in the building with the caved-in roof. 1043 00:57:50,258 --> 00:57:52,886 I want mortars and grenade on that building till it's gone. 1044 00:57:52,969 --> 00:57:54,554 When it's gone, I want 1st to go in, 1045 00:57:54,637 --> 00:57:56,848 -forget around, everybody else, follow me. -Yes, sir. 1046 00:57:56,931 --> 00:57:57,932 Thank God, huh? 1047 00:57:58,224 --> 00:58:00,351 All right, 3rd Platoon move out. 1048 00:58:00,435 --> 00:58:02,228 3rd Platoon, let's go, go, go! 1049 00:58:03,062 --> 00:58:06,149 All right, you heard the word, 2nd Platoon, on the CO! 1050 00:58:06,232 --> 00:58:07,692 -Sergeant Alley! -Got it, Sarge. 1051 00:58:11,738 --> 00:58:15,116 Okay, 1st Platoon, move out! 1052 00:58:15,700 --> 00:58:17,202 On your feet, 2nd Platoon. 1053 00:58:17,660 --> 00:58:18,786 Move out! 1054 00:58:19,954 --> 00:58:21,748 Get on your goddamn feet. 1055 00:58:22,916 --> 00:58:24,876 Come on! 1056 00:58:27,003 --> 00:58:29,756 Come on, Luz, let's get the bastards. 1057 00:58:31,674 --> 00:58:32,759 Fire! 1058 00:58:35,220 --> 00:58:36,471 Come on, move out! 1059 00:58:38,431 --> 00:58:41,017 -Fire! -Take cover! 1060 00:58:41,518 --> 00:58:42,560 Fire! 1061 00:58:44,103 --> 00:58:46,147 -[soldier 1] Go, go, go! -[soldier 2] Come on. 1062 00:58:46,231 --> 00:58:47,357 Go on, come on. 1063 00:58:47,440 --> 00:58:49,651 [indistinct shouting] 1064 00:58:51,819 --> 00:58:53,446 [soldier 3] Take the cart out! 1065 00:58:54,781 --> 00:58:55,907 Fire! 1066 00:58:56,950 --> 00:58:58,117 [Speirs] Lipton. 1067 00:58:58,201 --> 00:59:01,538 [Luz] Streetfight item, streetfight item. Easy Six, over. 1068 00:59:01,871 --> 00:59:03,289 [Speirs] What do you see, Lipton? 1069 00:59:03,373 --> 00:59:05,833 [Lipton] Armor and infantry, a lot of infantry. 1070 00:59:05,917 --> 00:59:08,503 [Speirs] I Company's should be on the other side of the town. 1071 00:59:08,586 --> 00:59:09,712 Do you see any sign of them? 1072 00:59:09,796 --> 00:59:11,214 -Radio, anything? -[Luz] No, sir. 1073 00:59:11,297 --> 00:59:12,882 I think they're gonna pull back. 1074 00:59:12,966 --> 00:59:15,009 If we don't connect with I, they'll slip away. 1075 00:59:15,093 --> 00:59:17,220 -Right. Wait here. -Item, item, Easy Six. 1076 00:59:17,303 --> 00:59:19,389 What the hell? 1077 00:59:20,723 --> 00:59:22,600 [indistinct shouting] 1078 00:59:31,401 --> 00:59:34,070 [Lipton] At first the Germans didn't shoot at him. 1079 00:59:35,405 --> 00:59:38,324 I think they couldn't quite believe what they were seeing. 1080 00:59:38,616 --> 00:59:40,910 But that wasn't the really astounding thing. 1081 00:59:41,494 --> 00:59:44,998 The astounding thing was that after he hooked up with I company, 1082 00:59:45,290 --> 00:59:46,416 he came back. 1083 01:00:09,230 --> 01:00:12,859 [soldiers singing] ♪ I've been working on the railroad ♪ 1084 01:00:12,942 --> 01:00:16,446 ♪ All the live long day ♪ 1085 01:00:16,529 --> 01:00:19,073 ♪ I've been working on the railroad ♪ 1086 01:00:19,198 --> 01:00:21,242 [Lipton] We took over a hundred German prisoners. 1087 01:00:21,326 --> 01:00:23,244 After that it was mostly clean-up. 1088 01:00:24,078 --> 01:00:26,205 Let's go, move it, move it! 1089 01:00:26,289 --> 01:00:27,624 Take 'em down to the barn. 1090 01:00:27,707 --> 01:00:31,044 ♪ Rise up early in the morn ♪ 1091 01:00:32,378 --> 01:00:33,629 Sit down. 1092 01:00:34,922 --> 01:00:36,090 [gunshot] 1093 01:00:37,800 --> 01:00:38,885 [soldier] Sniper! 1094 01:00:38,968 --> 01:00:40,762 [Lipton] Take cover, take cover! 1095 01:00:45,350 --> 01:00:47,435 Come on, come on. 1096 01:00:47,935 --> 01:00:48,770 Where is he? 1097 01:00:50,813 --> 01:00:53,149 Shit, I can't see him. 1098 01:00:56,653 --> 01:00:58,780 Second floor, building on the right. 1099 01:00:59,405 --> 01:01:00,740 Don't miss, Shifty. 1100 01:01:01,282 --> 01:01:02,241 Now! 1101 01:01:14,045 --> 01:01:16,130 [cheering] 1102 01:01:16,214 --> 01:01:18,216 [breathing heavily] 1103 01:01:23,763 --> 01:01:24,847 [soldier] Over here. 1104 01:01:24,931 --> 01:01:26,599 I need help over here. 1105 01:01:28,309 --> 01:01:30,687 [Lipton] Mellet, Herron, Sowosko, and Ken Webb 1106 01:01:30,770 --> 01:01:32,063 were killed by a sniper. 1107 01:01:32,563 --> 01:01:35,316 There would've been more if it hadn't been for Shifty Powers. 1108 01:01:37,026 --> 01:01:40,071 [indistinct chatter] 1109 01:01:59,382 --> 01:02:00,800 You hit bad, Perconte? 1110 01:02:00,883 --> 01:02:02,009 Beautiful wound, Lip. 1111 01:02:03,177 --> 01:02:04,595 They shot me right through my ass. 1112 01:02:04,679 --> 01:02:06,180 -You hang tough. -Hey, Sarge. 1113 01:02:06,264 --> 01:02:07,140 Yeah? 1114 01:02:07,223 --> 01:02:08,224 Is it true about Dike? 1115 01:02:08,516 --> 01:02:09,434 Yeah. 1116 01:02:09,767 --> 01:02:11,519 Thank God for small mercies, huh? 1117 01:02:12,478 --> 01:02:13,813 Yeah. 1118 01:02:26,617 --> 01:02:28,828 [Lipton] We'd been looking down at the town of Foy 1119 01:02:28,911 --> 01:02:31,831 for the better part of a month, knowing that's where we had to go. 1120 01:02:32,999 --> 01:02:35,293 It was a great relief to have done it. 1121 01:02:37,211 --> 01:02:39,088 I guess a lot of the men thought 1122 01:02:39,172 --> 01:02:41,591 once we'd taken Foy, they'd get us off the line, 1123 01:02:41,674 --> 01:02:43,676 ship us back to Mourmelon for a breather. 1124 01:02:44,177 --> 01:02:45,720 But that wasn't to be. 1125 01:02:46,053 --> 01:02:49,265 Two days later, we took Noville, and after that, Rachamps. 1126 01:02:55,980 --> 01:02:59,317 [singing hymn] 1127 01:03:11,871 --> 01:03:14,207 We spent our night in Rachamps in a convent. 1128 01:03:14,790 --> 01:03:17,960 It was the first time we'd spent a night indoors in a month. 1129 01:03:30,515 --> 01:03:33,643 The sisters there brought in their choir to sing for us. 1130 01:03:33,726 --> 01:03:35,144 It was heaven. 1131 01:03:42,693 --> 01:03:44,737 The mood of the men was relaxed. 1132 01:03:44,821 --> 01:03:47,782 We were finally being relieved and would soon be in Mourmelon. 1133 01:03:49,826 --> 01:03:52,828 Of course, in the morning we found out Mourmelon would have to wait. 1134 01:03:52,912 --> 01:03:55,289 Hitler had launched a counter-offensive in Alsace, 1135 01:03:55,373 --> 01:03:58,709 and we were bound for the town of Hagenau to help hold the line. 1136 01:03:58,793 --> 01:04:01,295 But at least for that night we didn't know it yet. 1137 01:04:01,587 --> 01:04:03,464 That night we were okay. 1138 01:04:22,275 --> 01:04:24,861 I spent part of that night trying to come up with a roster 1139 01:04:24,944 --> 01:04:27,071 for the company to see who we had left. 1140 01:04:27,530 --> 01:04:30,199 We'd come into Belgium with 121 men and officers, 1141 01:04:30,449 --> 01:04:32,285 plus 24 replacements. 1142 01:04:32,493 --> 01:04:34,579 That's 145 total. 1143 01:04:34,662 --> 01:04:36,622 We were going out with 63. 1144 01:04:38,749 --> 01:04:41,877 Guarnere was badly wounded and Hoobler died accidentally. 1145 01:04:46,215 --> 01:04:48,634 Joe Toye had lost his leg. 1146 01:04:54,765 --> 01:05:00,229 Among the dead were Herron, Mellet, Sowosko, Kenneth Webb, Harold Webb, 1147 01:05:00,313 --> 01:05:02,481 Alex Penkala, and Skip Muck. 1148 01:05:06,527 --> 01:05:08,946 Our month in Belgium cost us one good officer, 1149 01:05:09,030 --> 01:05:10,114 Buck Compton. 1150 01:05:10,448 --> 01:05:11,699 And one bad one, 1151 01:05:11,782 --> 01:05:13,117 Norman Dike. 1152 01:05:18,122 --> 01:05:20,124 But we gained a good one in the end, 1153 01:05:20,458 --> 01:05:22,335 so I guess we came out ahead. 1154 01:05:32,887 --> 01:05:34,513 -[clears throat] -What is it? 1155 01:05:35,139 --> 01:05:36,182 Nothing. 1156 01:05:38,768 --> 01:05:41,937 Well, I'd better get back to battalion before they disappear. 1157 01:05:50,237 --> 01:05:51,739 You wanna ask me, don't you? 1158 01:05:52,031 --> 01:05:53,240 Ask you what, sir? 1159 01:05:53,532 --> 01:05:56,452 You wanna know if they're true or not, the stories about me. 1160 01:05:57,411 --> 01:05:59,580 Did you ever notice with stories like that, 1161 01:05:59,664 --> 01:06:02,083 everyone says they heard it from someone who was there, 1162 01:06:02,166 --> 01:06:04,001 but then when you ask that person, 1163 01:06:04,085 --> 01:06:06,587 they say they heard it from someone who was there. 1164 01:06:07,630 --> 01:06:08,881 It's nothing new, really. 1165 01:06:09,215 --> 01:06:11,008 I bet if you went back 2,000 years, 1166 01:06:11,092 --> 01:06:13,052 you'd hear a couple of centurions standing around 1167 01:06:13,135 --> 01:06:15,388 and yakking about how Tercius lopped off the heads 1168 01:06:15,471 --> 01:06:17,056 of some Carthaginian prisoners. 1169 01:06:18,683 --> 01:06:23,270 Well, maybe they kept talking about it because they never heard Tercius deny it. 1170 01:06:25,606 --> 01:06:27,733 Well, maybe that's because Tercius 1171 01:06:27,817 --> 01:06:29,443 knew there was some value to the men 1172 01:06:29,527 --> 01:06:33,030 thinking he was the meanest, toughest sonofabitch in the whole Roman legion. 1173 01:06:34,532 --> 01:06:35,533 Sir? 1174 01:06:35,658 --> 01:06:36,492 [clears throat] 1175 01:06:38,202 --> 01:06:40,997 These men aren't really concerned about the stories. 1176 01:06:41,247 --> 01:06:43,457 They're just glad to have you as our CO. 1177 01:06:44,583 --> 01:06:46,669 They're happy to have a good leader again. 1178 01:06:47,169 --> 01:06:49,880 Well, from what I've heard, they've always had one. 1179 01:06:50,548 --> 01:06:53,718 I've been told there's always been one man they could count on. 1180 01:06:54,260 --> 01:06:55,803 Led 'em into the Bois Jacques, 1181 01:06:55,886 --> 01:06:59,473 held them together when they had the crap shelled out of 'em in the woods. 1182 01:06:59,557 --> 01:07:03,436 Every day he kept his spirits up, kept the men focused, gave 'em direction. 1183 01:07:04,270 --> 01:07:06,439 All the things a good combat leader does. 1184 01:07:12,737 --> 01:07:15,322 You don't have any idea who I'm talking about, do you? 1185 01:07:15,656 --> 01:07:16,866 No, sir. 1186 01:07:17,158 --> 01:07:18,784 Hell, it was you, 1st Sergeant. 1187 01:07:19,952 --> 01:07:23,706 Ever since Winters made battalion, you've been the leader of Easy Company. 1188 01:07:29,253 --> 01:07:30,254 Oh… 1189 01:07:31,672 --> 01:07:34,133 And you're not gonna be 1st sergeant much longer, 1190 01:07:34,216 --> 01:07:35,051 1st Sergeant. 1191 01:07:35,384 --> 01:07:36,635 Sir? 1192 01:07:38,095 --> 01:07:40,723 Winters put in for a battlefield commission, 1193 01:07:40,806 --> 01:07:42,391 and Sink approved on your behalf. 1194 01:07:42,475 --> 01:07:44,727 You should get the official nod in a few days. 1195 01:07:47,980 --> 01:07:49,899 Congratulations, Lieutenant. 1196 01:08:13,589 --> 01:08:15,716 Hey, look, it's 1st Battalion. 1197 01:08:15,966 --> 01:08:16,967 Hey! 1198 01:08:17,259 --> 01:08:18,969 -Hey! -[soldier] What do you want? 1199 01:08:19,053 --> 01:08:21,806 Yeah, thanks for crapping in our foxholes, you shitheads. 1200 01:08:21,889 --> 01:08:23,224 Hey, it's our pleasure. 1201 01:08:24,099 --> 01:08:26,268 Enjoy the walk, boys. 1202 01:08:38,948 --> 01:08:41,450 [soldier] There they go, Easy Company 1203 01:09:43,429 --> 01:09:45,431 [theme music playing] o, Easy Company