1 00:00:09,050 --> 00:00:11,052 [theme music playing] 2 00:03:04,934 --> 00:03:06,561 [Winters] It was more than three years 3 00:03:06,644 --> 00:03:10,064 Since Lewis Nixon and I decided to join the paratroops. 4 00:03:10,607 --> 00:03:13,693 And more than a year since we'd first gone to war, 5 00:03:13,776 --> 00:03:16,529 not knowing what would happen to us, 6 00:03:16,613 --> 00:03:18,740 how long we'd be fighting, 7 00:03:18,823 --> 00:03:21,284 where we'd end up. 8 00:03:21,367 --> 00:03:23,244 I certainly didn't expect to find myself 9 00:03:23,328 --> 00:03:25,121 in a place like this. 10 00:03:29,042 --> 00:03:31,169 [Nixon] I thought it might be you. 11 00:03:34,464 --> 00:03:35,798 Morning. 12 00:03:37,550 --> 00:03:40,011 Yeah, I heard reports about a redheaded Eskimo. 13 00:03:42,221 --> 00:03:44,849 Thought I'd check it out. 14 00:03:44,933 --> 00:03:47,101 Come to join me for a morning swim? 15 00:03:47,185 --> 00:03:49,062 [laughs] 16 00:03:49,145 --> 00:03:51,064 Yeah. 17 00:03:51,147 --> 00:03:52,315 You know me so well. 18 00:03:52,398 --> 00:03:54,651 Here, that's from Zielinski. 19 00:03:56,569 --> 00:03:58,029 Oh, great. 20 00:04:02,408 --> 00:04:04,160 What is that? 21 00:04:04,244 --> 00:04:07,205 I ran into the regimental photographer. 22 00:04:07,288 --> 00:04:10,291 He said he had all these photographs of the 506 23 00:04:11,668 --> 00:04:14,337 going all the way back to Toccoa. 24 00:04:14,420 --> 00:04:16,547 I traded them for a couple of Lugers. 25 00:04:16,631 --> 00:04:18,716 That's a bargain. 26 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:21,052 [chuckles] 27 00:04:29,686 --> 00:04:31,521 What do you think you'll do after this? 28 00:04:31,604 --> 00:04:33,564 I'll get some breakfast. 29 00:04:36,776 --> 00:04:38,444 No, after after. 30 00:04:44,033 --> 00:04:45,827 Well, it's funny you should mention it, 31 00:04:45,952 --> 00:04:47,870 'cause I had a meeting with Colonel Sink. 32 00:04:48,830 --> 00:04:51,749 -Really? -Yeah. 33 00:04:51,833 --> 00:04:55,086 Yeah, discussed the possibility of staying. 34 00:04:56,045 --> 00:04:57,588 In the Army? 35 00:04:58,881 --> 00:05:01,926 Yeah. Yeah, as a career. 36 00:05:03,970 --> 00:05:06,306 What did you say? 37 00:05:06,389 --> 00:05:08,308 I said I'd think about it. 38 00:05:18,359 --> 00:05:20,153 What do you think about New Jersey? 39 00:05:20,236 --> 00:05:21,946 New Jersey? 40 00:05:22,030 --> 00:05:25,700 There's a company in Nixon, New Jersey. 41 00:05:25,783 --> 00:05:28,494 -It's called Nixon Nitration Works. -Sounds picturesque. 42 00:05:28,578 --> 00:05:33,332 Yeah, well, oddly enough I know the owners. 43 00:05:33,416 --> 00:05:35,793 Probably gonna expect me to make something of myself. 44 00:05:35,877 --> 00:05:39,047 I thought maybe I'd drag you with me. 45 00:05:43,634 --> 00:05:45,803 Are you offering me a job? 46 00:05:50,183 --> 00:05:52,143 We'll see how you do in your interview 47 00:05:52,226 --> 00:05:54,854 but, you know, a man of your qualifications, 48 00:05:54,937 --> 00:05:56,939 I think we'd probably scrape something up 49 00:05:57,023 --> 00:05:59,192 commensurate with your current salary level. 50 00:06:04,405 --> 00:06:06,240 Yeah, I'll think about it. 51 00:06:09,077 --> 00:06:12,163 I, uh… I really appreciate it. 52 00:06:13,164 --> 00:06:15,374 Yeah, just think about it. 53 00:06:17,627 --> 00:06:19,128 Yeah. 54 00:06:34,185 --> 00:06:36,354 [dog tags jingle] 55 00:06:51,828 --> 00:06:53,704 [Winters] Job offers. 56 00:06:53,788 --> 00:06:55,957 Hard to fathom. 57 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:59,168 And the war wasn't even over. 58 00:06:59,252 --> 00:07:02,713 I was still getting used to hot showers and morning swims. 59 00:07:14,058 --> 00:07:16,644 We'd entered Bavaria in early May 60 00:07:16,727 --> 00:07:19,397 with the hopes of capturing Berchtesgaden. 61 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:21,858 This famous town high in the Alps 62 00:07:21,941 --> 00:07:24,318 was the Nazi Party's symbolic home, 63 00:07:24,402 --> 00:07:27,071 and the heads of the Third Reich had houses there. 64 00:07:27,155 --> 00:07:29,115 Although Hitler was dead, 65 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:32,160 he had apparently ordered the SS to make it their last stand 66 00:07:32,243 --> 00:07:34,370 from which to mount a guerrilla resistance 67 00:07:34,454 --> 00:07:36,247 against the Allied advance. 68 00:07:36,330 --> 00:07:39,083 The first step was blocking the roads. 69 00:07:41,252 --> 00:07:43,462 [birds squawking] 70 00:07:45,506 --> 00:07:47,842 When are we expecting the engineers to arrive? 71 00:07:47,925 --> 00:07:51,804 -Half an hour ago. -We're stuck here until they do, Nix. 72 00:07:51,888 --> 00:07:55,892 Well, if you're the SS, you're not gonna let us waltz into Hitler's house. 73 00:07:55,975 --> 00:07:57,810 Probably throw a few rocks at us yourself. 74 00:07:57,935 --> 00:08:00,646 If you're looking for someone to find another way up that mountain, 75 00:08:00,730 --> 00:08:02,815 -Easy Company is ready and willing. -Duly noted. 76 00:08:02,899 --> 00:08:04,692 I already recommended you to Colonel Sink. 77 00:08:04,775 --> 00:08:06,611 Terrific. Let's find out where Hitler lived. 78 00:08:06,694 --> 00:08:09,155 Ron, we're not sure what's up there. 79 00:08:09,238 --> 00:08:12,533 The Colonel doesn't want us taking any unnecessary risks. 80 00:08:12,617 --> 00:08:14,785 So the French are gonna beat us to the Eagle's Nest? 81 00:08:28,799 --> 00:08:31,510 [Sink] Gents, I just had a conversation with General Leclerc. 82 00:08:31,594 --> 00:08:33,888 He told me he was first into Paris 83 00:08:33,971 --> 00:08:36,307 and, by God, he wanted to be first into Berchtesgaden. 84 00:08:39,560 --> 00:08:41,520 I told him I understood his point. 85 00:08:44,065 --> 00:08:45,691 Now, you fire up 2nd Battalion 86 00:08:45,775 --> 00:08:47,568 and outflank that French son of a bitch. 87 00:08:47,652 --> 00:08:48,569 Yes, sir. 88 00:08:48,653 --> 00:08:50,571 [jeep starts] 89 00:08:54,367 --> 00:08:56,994 I want Easy Company in the lead. Have the men assemble 90 00:08:57,078 --> 00:08:58,704 -down on the autobahn. -Yes, sir. 91 00:09:36,033 --> 00:09:37,910 Eerie. 92 00:09:37,994 --> 00:09:40,621 There's not even any natives. 93 00:09:40,705 --> 00:09:42,206 That's 'cause this is the one town 94 00:09:42,290 --> 00:09:45,001 you can't deny being a true Nazi. 95 00:09:45,084 --> 00:09:46,586 What do you mean? 96 00:09:46,669 --> 00:09:48,588 [Nixon] Well, you have to be to live here. 97 00:09:48,671 --> 00:09:50,840 We need to find someplace we can put the Colonel. 98 00:09:52,174 --> 00:09:53,467 How about right there? 99 00:10:22,872 --> 00:10:25,499 No, no. 100 00:10:46,604 --> 00:10:47,980 Wow. 101 00:10:48,064 --> 00:10:50,024 [silverware clatters] 102 00:10:53,861 --> 00:10:55,488 [door closes] 103 00:10:58,532 --> 00:11:00,868 [Welsh] Kitty would love this. 104 00:11:00,951 --> 00:11:03,245 How many brides get a wedding present from Hitler? 105 00:11:03,329 --> 00:11:05,456 -[laughing] -[silverware clattering] 106 00:11:07,625 --> 00:11:09,794 You want to take half? 107 00:11:09,877 --> 00:11:11,712 I can't carry all this. 108 00:11:11,837 --> 00:11:14,006 And whoever comes in here after us is gonna take 109 00:11:14,090 --> 00:11:15,758 whatever isn't nailed down. 110 00:11:15,841 --> 00:11:19,553 -Well, wouldn't want that to happen. -[laughs] 111 00:11:24,642 --> 00:11:27,478 -Guys-- -Don't even think about it. 112 00:11:37,321 --> 00:11:39,073 Major Winters. Sir. 113 00:11:39,156 --> 00:11:42,201 -Moore. -Permission to climb the mountain, sir? 114 00:11:42,284 --> 00:11:44,328 -The Eagle's Nest? -What is this? 115 00:11:44,412 --> 00:11:46,747 Wait one minute. 116 00:11:46,831 --> 00:11:49,875 Harry, have F Company put a double guard on the hotel. 117 00:11:49,959 --> 00:11:52,211 Set up roadblocks on the west side of town. 118 00:11:52,294 --> 00:11:55,756 I want battalion HQ to seal off the north side and prepare for prisoners. 119 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:58,259 -Sergeant Grant. -and Harry-- 120 00:11:58,342 --> 00:12:00,678 Nobody gets hurt. Not now. 121 00:12:02,304 --> 00:12:03,722 [banner rustles] 122 00:12:03,806 --> 00:12:04,807 And Easy? 123 00:12:06,267 --> 00:12:07,852 Easy'll head up the mountain 124 00:12:07,935 --> 00:12:09,895 through the Obersalzberg 125 00:12:09,979 --> 00:12:11,355 and take the Eagle's Nest. 126 00:12:14,984 --> 00:12:18,237 -Hi-ho, Silver! -[whooping] 127 00:12:25,286 --> 00:12:27,955 [Winters] The Eagle's Nest was a surprise birthday present 128 00:12:28,038 --> 00:12:30,416 for Hitler built with Nazi Party money. 129 00:12:30,499 --> 00:12:33,919 A mountaintop stone retreat 8,000 feet up 130 00:12:34,003 --> 00:12:36,755 accessible by a gold-plated elevator. 131 00:12:36,839 --> 00:12:40,009 It was one of the crown jewels of his empire… 132 00:12:40,092 --> 00:12:42,052 And the man was afraid of heights. 133 00:13:06,285 --> 00:13:08,746 [door opens, closes] 134 00:13:08,829 --> 00:13:10,789 [metal clatters] 135 00:13:23,802 --> 00:13:26,388 -[cork pops loudly] -[liquid splashing] 136 00:13:29,141 --> 00:13:30,267 Here's to him. 137 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:39,777 [door opens] 138 00:13:42,321 --> 00:13:44,365 [door closes] 139 00:13:44,448 --> 00:13:46,784 -[Welsh laughing] -[Nixon] no, God damn it. Listen. 140 00:13:46,867 --> 00:13:48,953 Hitler, Hitler… No. 141 00:13:49,036 --> 00:13:52,831 -Hitler, Himmler, Goering-- -[Welsh] And Goebbels. 142 00:13:52,915 --> 00:13:54,875 [men shouting] 143 00:13:59,630 --> 00:14:02,383 Hey, Adolf! Love your Eagle's Nest. 144 00:14:02,466 --> 00:14:05,261 I hope you don't mind. We made ourselves at home. 145 00:14:05,344 --> 00:14:07,388 Love what you've done with the place here. 146 00:14:07,471 --> 00:14:09,640 Hey, have a drink. Come on. 147 00:14:09,723 --> 00:14:11,559 Just so we can say we saw you do it. 148 00:14:11,642 --> 00:14:14,728 Listen up. 149 00:14:14,812 --> 00:14:16,981 From Corps, it just came in. 150 00:14:17,064 --> 00:14:20,317 "Effective immediately, all troops stand fast on present positions." 151 00:14:22,653 --> 00:14:24,154 -Standing fast. -What does that mean? 152 00:14:24,238 --> 00:14:26,949 [men laugh] 153 00:14:27,032 --> 00:14:29,952 -Do you want to hear it? -Mm. Uh-huh. 154 00:14:30,035 --> 00:14:31,495 Are you ready for it? Listen up. 155 00:14:31,579 --> 00:14:32,997 The German Army surrendered. 156 00:14:40,546 --> 00:14:42,923 I've got a present for you. Come on. 157 00:14:45,134 --> 00:14:46,886 -Is it… -Yeah. 158 00:14:46,969 --> 00:14:48,596 -[men laugh] -[jeep revving] 159 00:15:08,032 --> 00:15:11,118 -[Nixon] what is this place? -[Winters] Hermann Goering's house. 160 00:15:11,201 --> 00:15:13,120 We discovered it yesterday, 161 00:15:13,203 --> 00:15:15,331 had it on double guard ever since. 162 00:15:15,414 --> 00:15:18,417 -I can vouch for that, sir. -Oh, anxious to get off duty, O'Keefe? 163 00:15:18,500 --> 00:15:20,336 No, there's just so much to see and do, sir. 164 00:15:23,130 --> 00:15:24,632 [lock clacks] 165 00:15:56,705 --> 00:15:58,999 [Winters] 10,000 bottles of the world's finest 166 00:15:59,083 --> 00:16:00,834 liquor, wine and champagne 167 00:16:00,918 --> 00:16:02,753 helped Easy Company mark the day 168 00:16:02,836 --> 00:16:04,964 the war in Europe came to an end. 169 00:16:05,047 --> 00:16:07,549 [Winters] It's all yours. 170 00:16:07,633 --> 00:16:10,302 Take what you want and have each company take a truckload. 171 00:16:11,971 --> 00:16:13,764 We're heading for Austria in the morning. 172 00:16:13,847 --> 00:16:16,475 Don't feel you have to leave anything for whoever comes next. 173 00:16:16,558 --> 00:16:19,436 -Austria, sir? -Happy V-E Day. 174 00:16:20,688 --> 00:16:23,857 -Yeah. -[chuckles] 175 00:16:23,941 --> 00:16:25,442 V-E Day? 176 00:16:26,276 --> 00:16:28,237 Victory in Europe. 177 00:16:35,911 --> 00:16:38,080 Happy V-E Day. 178 00:16:40,416 --> 00:16:42,418 [Winters] Instead of an aggressive combat unit, 179 00:16:42,501 --> 00:16:44,378 we became an occupation force. 180 00:16:44,503 --> 00:16:47,172 -[whispers] Wow. -And no one wanted to leave Berchtesgaden 181 00:16:47,256 --> 00:16:49,133 until they saw Austria. 182 00:17:26,336 --> 00:17:29,465 So do you reckon they'll make us run up those or ski down them? 183 00:17:45,063 --> 00:17:47,024 [women shouting greetings] 184 00:17:48,692 --> 00:17:50,611 [soldier] Hey, how are you? 185 00:17:50,694 --> 00:17:52,237 Do you need a hand there? 186 00:17:52,321 --> 00:17:53,822 Hey! Oh, hi. Hi. 187 00:17:53,906 --> 00:17:55,949 He loves you. 188 00:17:56,033 --> 00:17:58,202 [soldiers shouting] 189 00:18:02,664 --> 00:18:04,708 The war is over! 190 00:18:37,741 --> 00:18:39,660 We'll be comfortable here. 191 00:18:44,832 --> 00:18:46,375 I wonder what will happen to us, 192 00:18:46,458 --> 00:18:48,585 to people like you and me, 193 00:18:48,669 --> 00:18:52,297 when there are finally no more wars to occupy us. 194 00:18:56,885 --> 00:18:58,762 Have all your men collect the weapons. 195 00:18:58,846 --> 00:19:00,139 Deposit them at the church, 196 00:19:00,222 --> 00:19:01,682 at the school and at the airfield. 197 00:19:02,516 --> 00:19:04,268 We will. 198 00:19:06,145 --> 00:19:08,105 [gun rattling] 199 00:19:11,650 --> 00:19:14,444 Please accept this as my formal surrender, Major. 200 00:19:15,529 --> 00:19:18,407 It is better than to lay it on the desk of a clerk. 201 00:19:26,582 --> 00:19:28,750 You may keep your sidearm, Colonel. 202 00:19:42,890 --> 00:19:45,559 [announcer] Heroic dead of our combined Army and Marine Corps 203 00:19:45,642 --> 00:19:47,978 mark the grim battlefield of Okinawa, 204 00:19:48,061 --> 00:19:50,772 where one of the bloodiest invasions of the war is being fought. 205 00:19:50,856 --> 00:19:52,733 Thousands of Yanks have been wounded… 206 00:19:53,525 --> 00:19:55,027 Look sharp. 207 00:19:55,110 --> 00:19:58,989 …to drive a fanatical foe from this final base. 208 00:19:59,072 --> 00:20:02,910 Along the Jap's southern defense line the Yanks progress slowly, 209 00:20:02,993 --> 00:20:05,746 facing one of the fiercest artillery barrages of the war. 210 00:20:05,829 --> 00:20:08,582 Each small advance is gained by sheer grit 211 00:20:08,665 --> 00:20:11,877 in the face of withering fire from a suicidal enemy 212 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:15,255 being slowly hammered back into the hills. 213 00:20:15,339 --> 00:20:17,591 The going is brutal and our casualties are high, 214 00:20:17,674 --> 00:20:21,845 but Okinawa is the next big step towards victory over Japan, 215 00:20:21,929 --> 00:20:23,889 a victory that can only be won by work, 216 00:20:23,972 --> 00:20:27,309 war bonds and heroic sacrifice. 217 00:20:28,936 --> 00:20:30,854 [men chattering] 218 00:20:35,442 --> 00:20:37,235 So when are we going? 219 00:20:37,319 --> 00:20:38,987 We don't have a date yet. 220 00:20:39,071 --> 00:20:41,490 Would you tell the men right away? 221 00:20:41,573 --> 00:20:44,243 Some of them will have enough points to go home instead. 222 00:20:44,326 --> 00:20:47,996 Not many, if their only medal's a Purple Heart. 223 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:51,375 I think most of us here will have enough. 224 00:20:51,458 --> 00:20:54,127 And each of us will have to decide what to do. 225 00:20:54,211 --> 00:20:56,838 I don't know how long we're waiting here for orders, 226 00:20:56,922 --> 00:20:59,424 but I want those veterans who are staying 227 00:20:59,508 --> 00:21:02,010 and all new replacements ready to fight. 228 00:21:02,094 --> 00:21:04,137 That means rifle ranges. 229 00:21:04,221 --> 00:21:06,932 That means daily close-order drills. That means troop reviews. 230 00:21:07,015 --> 00:21:08,725 But above all it means physical training. 231 00:21:08,809 --> 00:21:10,602 Get your NCOs on it. 232 00:21:12,813 --> 00:21:14,564 They're gonna love you. 233 00:21:15,482 --> 00:21:18,860 [birds chirping] 234 00:21:18,944 --> 00:21:21,321 What are you crouching down for, Perco? 235 00:21:21,405 --> 00:21:23,156 You think the deer's gonna shoot back? 236 00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:25,117 Leave me alone. 237 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:28,120 How about y'all just shut up, 238 00:21:28,203 --> 00:21:30,038 let Shifty kill some dinner? 239 00:21:30,122 --> 00:21:31,957 Oh, what's the matter, Bull? 240 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:34,501 Are you tired of eating dried-up spuds three times a day? 241 00:21:34,584 --> 00:21:36,044 You know what? I've got an idea. 242 00:21:36,128 --> 00:21:38,088 Why don't we just shoot Bull here, 243 00:21:38,171 --> 00:21:39,673 feed the company for a week? 244 00:21:40,590 --> 00:21:42,801 [wood snaps] 245 00:22:04,031 --> 00:22:05,991 [wood snaps] 246 00:22:07,951 --> 00:22:10,370 Oh, God damn it, Shifty. 247 00:22:10,454 --> 00:22:11,913 You let 'em get away. 248 00:22:11,997 --> 00:22:13,915 Army ought to be glad to be rid of you. 249 00:22:14,833 --> 00:22:16,501 I wish, you know? 250 00:22:16,585 --> 00:22:18,462 It seems they want me to stay around awhile. 251 00:22:18,545 --> 00:22:20,756 -Are you serious? -How many points you need? 252 00:22:20,839 --> 00:22:22,591 -Fifteen. -Fifteen? 253 00:22:22,674 --> 00:22:24,926 Jesus Christ. I thought I had it bad. 254 00:22:25,010 --> 00:22:28,555 [sighs] No Purple Hearts, never was injured. 255 00:22:28,638 --> 00:22:31,475 -[Moore] Company! -[soldiers] Platoon! 256 00:22:31,558 --> 00:22:33,810 Atten-hut! 257 00:22:37,606 --> 00:22:41,193 Right shoulder, ho! 258 00:22:43,862 --> 00:22:45,989 Order, ho! 259 00:22:50,535 --> 00:22:51,828 At ease. 260 00:22:54,539 --> 00:22:56,124 General Taylor is aware 261 00:22:56,208 --> 00:22:58,418 that many veterans, including Normandy veterans, 262 00:22:58,502 --> 00:23:02,214 still do not have the 85 points required to be discharged. 263 00:23:02,297 --> 00:23:04,216 On this, the anniversary of D-Day, 264 00:23:04,299 --> 00:23:05,801 he has authorized a lottery 265 00:23:05,884 --> 00:23:08,261 to send one man home in each company, 266 00:23:08,345 --> 00:23:10,055 effective immediately. 267 00:23:11,264 --> 00:23:14,351 For Easy Company, the winner is… 268 00:23:20,816 --> 00:23:22,692 [whispers] Come on, come on, come on, come on. 269 00:23:24,402 --> 00:23:25,362 …serial number 270 00:23:25,445 --> 00:23:29,366 13066266, 271 00:23:29,449 --> 00:23:32,244 Sergeant Darrell C. Powers. 272 00:23:32,327 --> 00:23:34,412 -[cheering, whistling] -Shifty. 273 00:23:34,496 --> 00:23:36,873 That's how it's done, Shifty. 274 00:23:39,501 --> 00:23:41,628 Congratulations, Shifty. 275 00:23:41,711 --> 00:23:43,255 Sergeant Grant will see to it 276 00:23:43,338 --> 00:23:45,799 that 2nd Platoon takes over at the crossroads checkpoint 277 00:23:45,882 --> 00:23:48,468 beginning tonight at 2200 hours. 278 00:23:48,552 --> 00:23:51,096 -[softly] So much for our anniversary. -[softly] No shit. 279 00:23:51,179 --> 00:23:53,056 General Taylor has also announced 280 00:23:53,140 --> 00:23:55,308 that the 101st Airborne Division 281 00:23:55,392 --> 00:23:58,478 will definitely be redeployed to the Pacific. 282 00:23:59,896 --> 00:24:01,815 So, beginning tomorrow 283 00:24:01,898 --> 00:24:03,900 at 0600 hours, 284 00:24:03,984 --> 00:24:06,278 we will begin training to go to war. 285 00:24:13,493 --> 00:24:14,703 [knocks on door] 286 00:24:14,786 --> 00:24:17,372 -Come in. -[door opens, closes] 287 00:24:23,003 --> 00:24:24,921 I don't mean to interrupt you, sir. 288 00:24:25,005 --> 00:24:29,759 I just wanted to, uh, say goodbye. 289 00:24:29,843 --> 00:24:32,137 You know, you was… 290 00:24:34,222 --> 00:24:35,974 You was, uh… 291 00:24:37,475 --> 00:24:41,229 Well, it's been a long time. 292 00:24:44,149 --> 00:24:46,943 -You got everything you need? -Yes, sir. 293 00:24:47,027 --> 00:24:49,946 I gathered up my loot, pistols mainly. 294 00:24:50,030 --> 00:24:51,573 Paperwork's all done. 295 00:24:51,656 --> 00:24:53,950 I even got my back pay in my pocket. 296 00:24:59,539 --> 00:25:02,209 Back… back home in Virginia, 297 00:25:05,295 --> 00:25:07,214 well… 298 00:25:09,925 --> 00:25:13,345 I just don't rightly know how I'm gonna explain all this. 299 00:25:18,099 --> 00:25:20,727 You see, I… I… 300 00:25:20,810 --> 00:25:22,604 I… I seen… 301 00:25:23,647 --> 00:25:24,898 I seen… 302 00:25:26,233 --> 00:25:29,611 You were a hell of a fine soldier, Shifty. 303 00:25:29,694 --> 00:25:31,321 There's nothing more to explain. 304 00:25:35,283 --> 00:25:36,785 Thank you, sir. 305 00:25:45,669 --> 00:25:48,004 [Winters] Two days later, Shifty Powers was 306 00:25:48,088 --> 00:25:50,715 on a truck headed for the rear and a boat home. 307 00:25:50,799 --> 00:25:52,801 Unfortunately, the truck was hit head-on 308 00:25:52,884 --> 00:25:55,178 by a drunken corporal from another regiment. 309 00:25:55,303 --> 00:25:57,430 -[door opens, closes] -Shifty had a broken pelvis, 310 00:25:57,514 --> 00:26:00,183 a broken arm and a bad concussion. 311 00:26:00,267 --> 00:26:01,851 He survived but had to spend 312 00:26:01,977 --> 00:26:04,354 the next few months in a series of hospitals. 313 00:26:04,437 --> 00:26:07,190 I wish I could say that he was our only casualty in Austria. 314 00:26:08,483 --> 00:26:10,360 I've made up my mind, Nix. 315 00:26:10,443 --> 00:26:12,696 I've got the points. I'm going back to Kitty. 316 00:26:12,779 --> 00:26:16,324 Harry, do you really think that Kitty hasn't run off with some 4F by now? 317 00:26:16,408 --> 00:26:19,244 -[both laugh] -Son of a bitch. 318 00:26:19,327 --> 00:26:22,539 -That's not even funny. -[Winters] Harry, ignore him. 319 00:26:22,622 --> 00:26:24,457 How am I supposed to tell her I had the chance 320 00:26:24,541 --> 00:26:26,251 to come home to her finally. 321 00:26:26,334 --> 00:26:28,336 But decided not to so I could go jump on Tokyo? 322 00:26:28,420 --> 00:26:30,380 All right, so don't tell her. 323 00:26:32,257 --> 00:26:35,218 Besides, she's waited for you for three years, right? 324 00:26:35,302 --> 00:26:37,679 We'll be to Tokyo and back in two years, three tops. 325 00:26:37,804 --> 00:26:40,015 It'll probably be over before you even get there. 326 00:26:40,098 --> 00:26:42,017 You know, the reality is you're gonna sit here 327 00:26:42,100 --> 00:26:44,019 in Austria for six months, waiting to go, 328 00:26:44,102 --> 00:26:46,563 and I'm going to be back in Wilkes-Barre making babies. 329 00:26:46,646 --> 00:26:49,816 -You didn't tell him? -No, I couldn't get him to shut up. 330 00:26:51,109 --> 00:26:53,862 What? Tell me what? 331 00:26:53,945 --> 00:26:56,489 Guts and glory here applied for a transfer. 332 00:26:56,573 --> 00:26:59,409 -What? -The 13th Airborne are 333 00:26:59,492 --> 00:27:01,494 heading out for the Pacific right away. 334 00:27:05,332 --> 00:27:07,459 If I'm going, I want to get it over with. 335 00:27:10,295 --> 00:27:11,713 Are you in on this, too? 336 00:27:11,838 --> 00:27:14,424 I can't let him go by himself. He doesn't know where it is. 337 00:27:18,178 --> 00:27:20,055 You're leaving the men? 338 00:27:22,349 --> 00:27:23,725 They don't need me anymore. 339 00:27:33,651 --> 00:27:35,153 [exhales] 340 00:27:35,236 --> 00:27:37,364 -Wounded in Normandy? -[typing] 341 00:27:37,447 --> 00:27:40,033 Yes, sir, in the leg. It was a minor flesh wound. 342 00:27:41,159 --> 00:27:43,745 Company E lost 24 men, killed there. 343 00:27:43,828 --> 00:27:45,997 Yes, sir. 344 00:27:46,081 --> 00:27:48,375 Seventeen of those were in my company commander's plane. 345 00:27:48,458 --> 00:27:50,168 It went down on D-Day. 346 00:27:50,877 --> 00:27:54,214 So you were given command of the company on D-Day? 347 00:27:54,297 --> 00:27:57,634 -That's right. -[typing grows louder] 348 00:27:57,717 --> 00:28:00,887 -[guns firing] -[bullets zinging] 349 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:08,019 [distorted] Fall back to your original positions! 350 00:28:08,103 --> 00:28:12,065 Everyone else maintain your pace of fire! 351 00:28:19,864 --> 00:28:21,574 [typing] 352 00:28:21,658 --> 00:28:23,868 [man] In Holland they, uh… 353 00:28:23,952 --> 00:28:26,871 They bumped you to battalion XO? 354 00:28:27,539 --> 00:28:29,040 Yes, sir. 355 00:28:33,253 --> 00:28:35,713 [exhales] The bastards took your company away. 356 00:28:38,967 --> 00:28:40,927 [phone ringing] 357 00:28:55,483 --> 00:28:57,610 [gunshot] 358 00:29:03,992 --> 00:29:06,911 I fired my last shots there. 359 00:29:07,745 --> 00:29:09,456 Of the whole damn war? 360 00:29:10,707 --> 00:29:12,333 Yes, sir. 361 00:29:14,419 --> 00:29:17,213 You got through Bastogne without having to fire your weapon? 362 00:29:18,131 --> 00:29:19,632 That is correct, sir. 363 00:29:19,716 --> 00:29:22,093 And you were on the line the whole time? 364 00:29:22,177 --> 00:29:23,845 Yes, sir. 365 00:29:26,639 --> 00:29:29,726 I can't imagine a tougher test for a leader, 366 00:29:29,809 --> 00:29:32,395 having to sit through a siege like that 367 00:29:32,479 --> 00:29:34,731 under those conditions. 368 00:29:34,814 --> 00:29:36,774 We got through it. 369 00:29:37,233 --> 00:29:39,527 [distorted] Find some cover! Find some cover! 370 00:29:39,611 --> 00:29:41,571 -[shouting] -[explosions] 371 00:29:49,829 --> 00:29:52,207 Come on, Find some cover! 372 00:29:55,668 --> 00:29:58,463 [officer] So why do you want to transfer? 373 00:29:58,546 --> 00:30:02,425 -I'm sorry, sir? -I said why do you want to leave your men? 374 00:30:02,509 --> 00:30:03,635 Oh, it's not that, sir. 375 00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:06,054 It's just that if the war is still on in the Pacific, 376 00:30:06,137 --> 00:30:08,264 and I could do some good over there. 377 00:30:08,348 --> 00:30:11,059 Looking to have your own division someday? 378 00:30:11,142 --> 00:30:12,852 No, sir. 379 00:30:12,936 --> 00:30:14,938 Not gonna make a career of the Army? 380 00:30:15,021 --> 00:30:17,398 No. Ye… 381 00:30:17,482 --> 00:30:20,735 I… Well, I don't know, sir. 382 00:30:20,819 --> 00:30:23,988 Because if you think you need more combat experience 383 00:30:24,072 --> 00:30:26,449 to get stars on your helmet, 384 00:30:26,533 --> 00:30:28,076 let me tell you something, son… 385 00:30:29,577 --> 00:30:30,995 You've done enough. 386 00:30:31,079 --> 00:30:33,706 [clock chiming] 387 00:30:33,790 --> 00:30:36,960 Thank you, sir. That's not my objective. 388 00:30:44,926 --> 00:30:48,304 Major, I took this meeting out of respect for your achievements 389 00:30:49,055 --> 00:30:51,683 and for the 101st. 390 00:30:51,766 --> 00:30:55,562 If they do go to the Pacific eventually, 391 00:30:55,645 --> 00:30:57,814 you should be running one of the battalions. 392 00:31:00,191 --> 00:31:01,526 Thank you, sir. 393 00:31:03,611 --> 00:31:06,698 Frankly, I think your men have earned the right to keep you around. 394 00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:16,499 Yes, sir. 395 00:31:16,583 --> 00:31:18,543 Thank you, sir. 396 00:31:21,629 --> 00:31:23,464 [rooster crows] 397 00:31:23,590 --> 00:31:26,217 [Winters] So I would stay in Austria for the time being 398 00:31:26,301 --> 00:31:29,220 waiting for orders and trying to watch over 399 00:31:29,304 --> 00:31:31,764 soldiers who had no enemy to fight. 400 00:31:31,848 --> 00:31:35,351 -Lieb, I fucking hate this. -Oh, Jesus Christ. 401 00:31:35,435 --> 00:31:38,605 They fingered him. He was in the fucking room, Web. 402 00:31:38,688 --> 00:31:40,607 One of those polacks that was at the slave camps 403 00:31:40,690 --> 00:31:41,983 This is where the guy lives. 404 00:31:42,066 --> 00:31:45,528 -Which camp? -Whatever camp. 405 00:31:45,612 --> 00:31:47,989 I'm under direct orders and I'm happy to follow it. 406 00:31:50,950 --> 00:31:52,619 [gun cocks] 407 00:32:08,468 --> 00:32:10,511 Is this a personal thing, Joe? 408 00:32:10,595 --> 00:32:12,764 -What? -Is this personal to you? 409 00:32:12,847 --> 00:32:14,849 No, it's a goddamn order. 410 00:32:14,933 --> 00:32:17,060 Does Major Winters know about this? 411 00:32:17,143 --> 00:32:20,063 -It doesn't matter here. -Oh, the fuck it doesn't. 412 00:32:20,146 --> 00:32:22,023 What if this guy is just a soldier? 413 00:32:22,106 --> 00:32:24,108 What if he's an officer with no ties to the SS? 414 00:32:24,192 --> 00:32:25,777 -What if he's innocent? -You know what? 415 00:32:25,860 --> 00:32:28,279 What if he's a Nazi commandant of a fucking slave camp? 416 00:32:28,363 --> 00:32:30,740 Which one? Which camp? You don't have any proof! 417 00:32:30,823 --> 00:32:32,742 Were you at Landsberg? 418 00:32:32,825 --> 00:32:34,619 You know I was. 419 00:32:34,702 --> 00:32:37,497 You think he's a soldier like you and me? 420 00:32:37,580 --> 00:32:41,125 A fucking innocent German officer? 421 00:32:41,209 --> 00:32:43,628 Where the hell have you been for the past three years? 422 00:32:48,007 --> 00:32:50,176 [speaking German] 423 00:32:51,177 --> 00:32:52,720 What? 424 00:32:52,804 --> 00:32:55,515 -[man shouting] -[Liebgott] Shut up. 425 00:32:55,598 --> 00:32:57,725 [Liebgott speaking German] 426 00:33:06,859 --> 00:33:09,112 No? Come here, old man. 427 00:33:09,195 --> 00:33:11,698 -[speaking German] -[chair rattles] 428 00:33:11,781 --> 00:33:14,450 -[Liebgott] Don't fucking lie to me. -[man speaking] 429 00:33:16,869 --> 00:33:19,163 See what you did to my fucking people? 430 00:33:19,247 --> 00:33:21,708 -Nein. Nein. -All right, that's it. 431 00:33:21,791 --> 00:33:23,876 [both shouting] 432 00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:25,670 [dishes rattling] 433 00:33:45,690 --> 00:33:47,608 [sighs] 434 00:33:48,776 --> 00:33:50,695 He's guilty. 435 00:33:52,822 --> 00:33:55,783 -Liebgott says so. -He probably is. 436 00:33:56,617 --> 00:33:59,078 [gunshot] 437 00:33:59,162 --> 00:34:01,748 -[footsteps running] -[door bangs] 438 00:34:03,666 --> 00:34:04,959 [clicks] 439 00:34:05,043 --> 00:34:07,503 Goddamn son of a bitch. Shoot him. 440 00:34:09,338 --> 00:34:11,049 -Shoot him! -No. 441 00:34:12,925 --> 00:34:15,470 [gunshot] 442 00:34:34,238 --> 00:34:36,574 Officers don't run. 443 00:34:36,657 --> 00:34:39,327 The war's over. Anybody would run. 444 00:34:41,996 --> 00:34:44,207 [Winters] Summer in this alpine paradise 445 00:34:44,290 --> 00:34:46,167 should have been a welcome relief, 446 00:34:46,250 --> 00:34:48,628 especially now that we were at peace with the Germans. 447 00:34:48,711 --> 00:34:50,755 Everyone just wanted to go home. 448 00:34:50,838 --> 00:34:53,508 France. France was the best. 449 00:34:53,591 --> 00:34:55,426 -Really? -Yeah. 450 00:34:55,510 --> 00:34:59,263 Five years. I think I was in every country, 451 00:34:59,347 --> 00:35:01,390 but France was the best. 452 00:35:06,729 --> 00:35:09,273 Italy would be second for me. 453 00:35:09,357 --> 00:35:10,942 Russia is not desirable. 454 00:35:11,025 --> 00:35:13,986 Ukraine… It was okay. 455 00:35:14,987 --> 00:35:17,573 So, uh, when do you get out? 456 00:35:17,657 --> 00:35:19,367 My unit is discharged. 457 00:35:19,450 --> 00:35:22,620 We leave when my captain gets transferred. 458 00:35:22,703 --> 00:35:24,789 It is the end of my second war. 459 00:35:24,872 --> 00:35:28,084 -Jesus. -I'm going home now to Mannheim. 460 00:35:28,167 --> 00:35:30,920 I'll take this one. [speaking German] 461 00:35:34,799 --> 00:35:36,509 Okay. 462 00:35:41,222 --> 00:35:44,058 Hey, Webster! My relief. 463 00:35:44,142 --> 00:35:46,144 Don't salute the Germans. 464 00:35:46,269 --> 00:35:48,479 Oh, come on. I sort of get a kick out of it. 465 00:35:48,563 --> 00:35:51,107 Anyway, I've got me a new enemy… 466 00:35:51,190 --> 00:35:54,318 The Japs. Seventy-five points. 467 00:35:54,402 --> 00:35:56,612 How about you? You're a Toccoa guy, right? 468 00:35:56,696 --> 00:35:58,906 -How many have you got? -Wouldn't you like to know. 469 00:36:02,827 --> 00:36:04,453 Discharged, huh? 470 00:36:04,537 --> 00:36:06,956 -Mm. -Go ahead, take off. 471 00:36:07,039 --> 00:36:09,041 -It's my turn. -Okay, see you back at the farm. 472 00:36:12,044 --> 00:36:14,922 -Eighty-one. -Huh? 473 00:36:15,006 --> 00:36:17,925 I have 81 points. 474 00:36:18,009 --> 00:36:20,178 [laughs] Well, it's just not good enough. 475 00:36:24,265 --> 00:36:25,766 [horn tooting] 476 00:36:27,602 --> 00:36:29,604 Let's see about getting you a ride. 477 00:36:30,479 --> 00:36:33,733 Hey. Hey, where are they going? 478 00:36:33,816 --> 00:36:36,736 Munich. München… Munich. 479 00:36:36,819 --> 00:36:39,488 Want to go to Munich? 480 00:36:39,572 --> 00:36:42,491 [both speak German] 481 00:36:44,827 --> 00:36:48,122 [couple speaking German] 482 00:36:50,833 --> 00:36:52,210 Get in. 483 00:36:54,170 --> 00:36:55,004 Too bad. 484 00:37:00,635 --> 00:37:03,471 -Turn the wheel! -[tires screech] 485 00:37:03,554 --> 00:37:06,265 -[crashes] -Oh, Jesus. 486 00:37:20,571 --> 00:37:22,406 It's Private Janovec. 487 00:37:25,409 --> 00:37:27,787 He was dead when they brought him in. 488 00:37:31,749 --> 00:37:33,125 Seventy-five points. 489 00:37:34,418 --> 00:37:37,421 -What? -He was ten points short. 490 00:37:39,173 --> 00:37:41,133 [Winters] The enemy had surrendered, 491 00:37:41,217 --> 00:37:43,844 but somehow men were still dying. 492 00:37:43,928 --> 00:37:46,514 Young men who wanted to be home with their families by now, 493 00:37:46,597 --> 00:37:48,933 who had served with distinction since before Normandy, 494 00:37:49,016 --> 00:37:51,936 were stuck here because they didn't have the points. 495 00:37:52,019 --> 00:37:55,147 What they did have plenty of were weapons, alcohol, 496 00:37:55,231 --> 00:37:57,191 and too much time on their hands. 497 00:37:57,275 --> 00:38:00,903 Honest. When all of a sudden from out of nowhere, 498 00:38:00,987 --> 00:38:04,115 a guy jumps out of the hedgerow onto this guy's chest, 499 00:38:04,198 --> 00:38:06,117 shoves a trench knife up against his throat 500 00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:08,160 and screams, "Whose side are you on?" 501 00:38:10,204 --> 00:38:12,832 -I don't get it. -It's D-Day. 502 00:38:12,915 --> 00:38:14,875 -Right. -The 2nd Platoon's own Bill Guarnere, 503 00:38:14,959 --> 00:38:16,961 old gonorrhea himself, 504 00:38:17,044 --> 00:38:19,422 just landed in Normandy and wound up, I don't know what. 505 00:38:19,505 --> 00:38:22,008 "Whose side are you on?" what a fucking character. 506 00:38:22,091 --> 00:38:24,969 What happened to him? 507 00:38:25,052 --> 00:38:26,804 Got his leg blown off in Bastogne. 508 00:38:29,056 --> 00:38:30,516 Wait here. 509 00:38:36,230 --> 00:38:37,982 Are you okay, mac? Do you need some help? 510 00:38:39,567 --> 00:38:41,527 [man laughing] 511 00:38:45,281 --> 00:38:47,867 They wouldn't give me any gas. 512 00:38:48,701 --> 00:38:50,119 Krauts. 513 00:38:55,249 --> 00:38:57,293 I tried to explain. 514 00:38:59,128 --> 00:39:02,006 This fucking limey wouldn't listen. 515 00:39:03,966 --> 00:39:06,260 I think he was a major. 516 00:39:06,344 --> 00:39:07,970 Private, we've got a problem here. 517 00:39:08,888 --> 00:39:11,140 Do you have any gas? 518 00:39:11,223 --> 00:39:12,933 Why don't you give me your weapon? 519 00:39:14,393 --> 00:39:17,355 Well, I guess I'll just use his jeep. 520 00:39:17,438 --> 00:39:19,774 I don't think he's gonna be needing it. 521 00:39:19,857 --> 00:39:21,442 Hold on a second, all right? 522 00:39:23,277 --> 00:39:24,570 -Jesus! -[jeep starts] 523 00:39:24,653 --> 00:39:27,656 Sarge! Sergeant Grant! 524 00:39:30,701 --> 00:39:32,328 Sarge! 525 00:39:39,710 --> 00:39:43,005 -Jesus. -What? 526 00:39:43,089 --> 00:39:46,342 -He's not gonna make it. -You can't operate on him? 527 00:39:46,425 --> 00:39:48,594 Not me. You'd need a brain surgeon. 528 00:39:48,677 --> 00:39:51,222 And even if you had one, I don't think there's any hope. 529 00:39:55,684 --> 00:39:57,395 You find the shooter. I want him alive. 530 00:39:57,478 --> 00:39:59,021 -Come on, help me. -What are you doing? 531 00:39:59,105 --> 00:40:01,065 We're gonna go find a brain surgeon. 532 00:40:03,484 --> 00:40:06,779 Hey, Lieb. He wants a noncom guarding each roadblock 533 00:40:06,862 --> 00:40:09,115 with at least two men watching every road out of town. 534 00:40:09,198 --> 00:40:10,866 Bull, Malark, you each take a squad 535 00:40:10,950 --> 00:40:13,244 and one of these witnesses on a house-to-house search. 536 00:40:13,327 --> 00:40:14,745 Can we shoot this bastard on sight? 537 00:40:14,829 --> 00:40:17,289 Try and take him alive. 538 00:40:17,373 --> 00:40:20,417 -Where's Grant now? -They took him to a Kraut hospital 539 00:40:20,501 --> 00:40:22,336 to see if they could drum up any good doctors. 540 00:40:22,420 --> 00:40:24,922 -[pounds] -[dog barking] 541 00:40:32,054 --> 00:40:33,764 -[gun taps] -Open up. 542 00:40:38,602 --> 00:40:40,938 -Come with me. -Why? 543 00:40:41,021 --> 00:40:42,773 Get in the jeep. 544 00:40:45,442 --> 00:40:47,695 -Where are we going? -To the hospital. Get in. 545 00:40:49,947 --> 00:40:52,116 If you're going to shoot me, shoot me. 546 00:40:52,199 --> 00:40:54,034 If you're not, put the gun away. 547 00:40:54,118 --> 00:40:56,620 Get in the jeep now. 548 00:40:56,704 --> 00:40:59,331 -What happened to him? -He was shot in the head. 549 00:41:00,958 --> 00:41:03,461 A half hour ago. 550 00:41:03,544 --> 00:41:07,214 -Come on. -If you want him to live, you'll help me, 551 00:41:07,298 --> 00:41:09,550 first by putting that away. 552 00:41:11,802 --> 00:41:13,179 Come on, let's go. 553 00:41:13,262 --> 00:41:15,931 Let me drive. We'll get there faster. 554 00:41:23,689 --> 00:41:25,774 -[thudding] -[man grunting] 555 00:41:25,858 --> 00:41:28,444 [Liebgott] Come on, get him up. 556 00:41:28,527 --> 00:41:30,696 -[men yell] -Jesus. 557 00:41:30,779 --> 00:41:33,991 Again… What a hand. 558 00:41:34,074 --> 00:41:35,618 -[loud thud] -[man] Oh! 559 00:41:35,701 --> 00:41:37,828 I wonder who's taking a bigger beating, me or him. 560 00:41:37,953 --> 00:41:39,705 You wanna play a different game. 561 00:41:39,788 --> 00:41:41,874 No, the same game, just shuffle them up good, huh? 562 00:41:41,957 --> 00:41:43,375 -[loud thud] -[Liebgott] That's it. 563 00:41:43,459 --> 00:41:46,170 [cards slam] 564 00:41:46,253 --> 00:41:48,464 -Are you all right? -Yeah, I'm all right. 565 00:41:49,715 --> 00:41:51,300 You want to go in there and join in? 566 00:41:51,383 --> 00:41:53,636 [man] Come on, get him up! 567 00:41:53,761 --> 00:41:56,430 -I should go in there and stop this. -[man 2] Like that? Yeah! 568 00:41:56,513 --> 00:41:59,016 Floyd, let's just play cards, all right? 569 00:42:05,731 --> 00:42:06,899 -Where is he? -How's Grant? 570 00:42:06,982 --> 00:42:08,275 -Where is he? -Is he okay? 571 00:42:08,359 --> 00:42:10,361 -[shouts] Where is he? -[men yelling] 572 00:42:17,660 --> 00:42:20,079 [coughing] 573 00:42:20,162 --> 00:42:22,498 -Is this him? -[man wheezes] 574 00:42:22,581 --> 00:42:23,999 That's him. 575 00:42:27,086 --> 00:42:29,463 Replacement, I Company. 576 00:42:31,006 --> 00:42:32,341 Where's the weapon? 577 00:42:34,885 --> 00:42:36,428 What weapon? 578 00:42:38,806 --> 00:42:41,433 When you talk to an officer, you say "sir." 579 00:42:41,517 --> 00:42:43,769 [man coughing] 580 00:42:50,025 --> 00:42:53,153 -[gun cocks] -[breathing heavily] 581 00:43:32,359 --> 00:43:35,154 Have the MPs take care of this piece of shit. 582 00:43:37,364 --> 00:43:39,575 -Grant's dead? -No. 583 00:43:41,410 --> 00:43:43,412 The Kraut surgeon says he's gonna make it. 584 00:43:47,833 --> 00:43:50,377 Hey, tough guy, on your feet. Come on, move. 585 00:43:50,461 --> 00:43:53,422 -Move. -Come on, get up. 586 00:43:53,505 --> 00:43:56,050 I'm guessing they were Hitler's photo albums, sir. 587 00:43:56,133 --> 00:43:59,053 Sure had a lot of pictures of him in it. 588 00:43:59,136 --> 00:44:01,013 So you looked at 'em but you didn't take 'em? 589 00:44:01,096 --> 00:44:03,432 -That's right, sir. -I don't believe you! 590 00:44:03,557 --> 00:44:06,018 [soldiers chanting] 591 00:44:09,521 --> 00:44:12,149 I'll be watching you. You're dismissed. 592 00:44:16,320 --> 00:44:18,322 You'd better not be lying to me. 593 00:44:24,119 --> 00:44:27,289 -What? -Sir, if it's not going 594 00:44:27,373 --> 00:44:29,541 to put you in too much of a bind, 595 00:44:29,625 --> 00:44:32,169 I'd like to resign as company 1st sergeant. 596 00:44:34,129 --> 00:44:38,050 If I had my choice, I miss being back amongst the men. 597 00:44:38,133 --> 00:44:39,843 I'd be happy to go to staff sergeant, 598 00:44:39,927 --> 00:44:41,553 whichever platoon you want to put me in. 599 00:44:46,767 --> 00:44:49,978 Well, I guess you've earned your right to demote yourself. 600 00:44:50,729 --> 00:44:52,439 Thank you, sir. 601 00:44:53,649 --> 00:44:56,151 You want to take over Sergeant Grant's platoon? 602 00:44:56,235 --> 00:44:58,070 That would do fine, sir. 603 00:45:02,366 --> 00:45:04,785 All right, then report to Lieutenant Peacock. 604 00:45:07,913 --> 00:45:09,665 Let me know if he gives you any trouble. 605 00:45:11,583 --> 00:45:13,502 Oh, sir, you make your decision yet? 606 00:45:15,379 --> 00:45:16,672 Yeah, I did. 607 00:45:21,093 --> 00:45:22,761 [door closes] 608 00:45:23,679 --> 00:45:27,975 -[men chattering] -So what else is on your mind? 609 00:45:28,058 --> 00:45:29,852 I know Easy Company is gonna need 610 00:45:29,935 --> 00:45:31,728 a commanding officer postwar, 611 00:45:31,812 --> 00:45:35,023 somebody to hold their hand, keep them from killing each other. 612 00:45:35,107 --> 00:45:38,444 It'd better be somebody who knows what they're doing. 613 00:45:38,527 --> 00:45:40,195 [Winters] Yup, I couldn't agree more. 614 00:45:40,279 --> 00:45:41,822 I mean, it's absolutely irresponsible 615 00:45:41,905 --> 00:45:44,324 to leave them in the hands of the wrong person. 616 00:45:44,408 --> 00:45:47,494 They're too much of a valuable resource to the military. 617 00:45:51,748 --> 00:45:54,376 So you've decided to stay in the Army? 618 00:45:54,460 --> 00:45:56,587 Yes, I'm going to stay with the men. 619 00:45:58,672 --> 00:46:00,382 Well, I'm glad to hear it. 620 00:46:03,844 --> 00:46:06,513 [Winters] So some of us would stay by choice, 621 00:46:06,597 --> 00:46:08,015 but others were stuck here 622 00:46:08,140 --> 00:46:10,767 unless we could find excuses to send them away. 623 00:46:10,851 --> 00:46:12,728 So it's an Airborne exhibition. 624 00:46:12,811 --> 00:46:16,190 They have one of every Allied combat plane they've used in the war. 625 00:46:16,273 --> 00:46:19,151 Uh-huh. I mean yes, sir. 626 00:46:19,234 --> 00:46:20,819 You'll be like a technical advisor 627 00:46:20,903 --> 00:46:22,905 and make sure they get everything right. 628 00:46:22,988 --> 00:46:24,615 I understand, sir. 629 00:46:24,698 --> 00:46:26,700 I'm sorry it's not more of a hospitable location. 630 00:46:26,783 --> 00:46:30,370 [laughs] No, sir. Paris is just fine. 631 00:46:30,454 --> 00:46:32,998 And if… if you need me to go and someone has to be there… 632 00:46:33,081 --> 00:46:34,833 Yeah, we do. We absolutely do. 633 00:46:34,917 --> 00:46:38,754 Your driver will drop you off at a hotel of your choice. 634 00:46:38,837 --> 00:46:42,132 And I don't think we'll see you back here anytime soon. 635 00:46:43,592 --> 00:46:45,677 I won't let you down, sir. 636 00:47:00,025 --> 00:47:01,652 Carwood, yes. 637 00:47:01,735 --> 00:47:04,530 Um, I wanted to say… [clears throat] 638 00:47:04,613 --> 00:47:06,573 as you probably know, 639 00:47:06,657 --> 00:47:08,033 the Army… When they give a man 640 00:47:08,116 --> 00:47:10,202 a battlefield commission and make him an officer, 641 00:47:10,285 --> 00:47:12,621 they usually don't let him stay with the same company. 642 00:47:12,704 --> 00:47:15,457 Yes, sir. I… I figured this was coming. 643 00:47:15,541 --> 00:47:17,876 Yeah. They're afraid the men won't show him 644 00:47:17,960 --> 00:47:20,546 the proper degree of respect as they would another officer. 645 00:47:20,629 --> 00:47:23,048 That's a good theory, sir. 646 00:47:23,131 --> 00:47:25,801 It's an idiotic theory, especially in your case. 647 00:47:25,884 --> 00:47:27,803 Nevertheless, they've given me 648 00:47:27,886 --> 00:47:30,138 the choice as to where to reassign you, 649 00:47:30,222 --> 00:47:33,141 and I thought battalion headquarters might be a good place. 650 00:47:34,351 --> 00:47:36,270 I can think of few better, sir. 651 00:47:37,020 --> 00:47:38,772 Good. Good. 652 00:47:40,399 --> 00:47:43,235 Right now down at the airfield 653 00:47:43,318 --> 00:47:46,113 there is a German general who is a little PO'ed 654 00:47:46,196 --> 00:47:49,116 about having to surrender to Private Babe Heffron from South Philly. 655 00:47:49,199 --> 00:47:50,951 He thinks it's beneath his stature. 656 00:47:51,034 --> 00:47:53,870 -Understandable, sir. -Yeah. 657 00:47:53,954 --> 00:47:56,039 I thought 2nd Lieutenant Carwood Lipton 658 00:47:56,123 --> 00:47:59,334 from West Virginia could soothe his ruffled feathers. 659 00:47:59,418 --> 00:48:01,253 No problem, sir. 660 00:48:01,336 --> 00:48:05,799 Major, is this the type of job I can expect from now on? 661 00:48:07,509 --> 00:48:09,886 Yeah. Yeah, 662 00:48:09,970 --> 00:48:12,180 when we're not sunning ourselves by the lake. 663 00:48:22,357 --> 00:48:24,109 Lieutenant. 664 00:48:24,192 --> 00:48:26,111 [men chattering] 665 00:48:27,571 --> 00:48:28,780 [heels click] 666 00:48:33,076 --> 00:48:36,413 With your permission, I would like to address my men briefly. 667 00:48:36,496 --> 00:48:38,415 That would be fine, General. 668 00:48:48,884 --> 00:48:50,427 -Captain Sobel. -Major Winters. 669 00:48:50,510 --> 00:48:52,304 Captain Sobel. 670 00:48:54,431 --> 00:48:56,767 We salute the rank, not the man. 671 00:49:14,576 --> 00:49:17,871 [speaking German] 672 00:49:21,875 --> 00:49:23,168 Liebgott? 673 00:49:24,753 --> 00:49:27,255 Men, it's been a long war. It's been a tough war. 674 00:49:32,135 --> 00:49:34,888 You've fought bravely, 675 00:49:34,971 --> 00:49:36,932 proudly for your country. 676 00:49:37,015 --> 00:49:40,310 [General speaks German] 677 00:49:40,394 --> 00:49:42,145 You are a special group. 678 00:49:46,066 --> 00:49:49,277 You've found in one another a bond… 679 00:49:49,361 --> 00:49:52,489 [General speaking German] 680 00:49:53,907 --> 00:49:56,493 …that exists only in combat 681 00:49:58,036 --> 00:49:59,663 among brothers… 682 00:49:59,746 --> 00:50:01,832 [General speaks German] 683 00:50:01,915 --> 00:50:04,167 …who've shared foxholes, 684 00:50:08,922 --> 00:50:10,674 held each other in dire moments… 685 00:50:10,757 --> 00:50:12,426 [General speaking German] 686 00:50:19,224 --> 00:50:21,518 …who've seen death and suffered together. 687 00:50:29,735 --> 00:50:33,196 I am proud to have served with each and every one of you. 688 00:50:39,619 --> 00:50:42,289 You deserve long and happy lives in peace. 689 00:50:59,097 --> 00:51:01,391 Towel. Towel. Towel, towel, towel. 690 00:51:03,643 --> 00:51:05,562 Take a look at these two kids. 691 00:51:06,938 --> 00:51:08,982 What the hell happened to them? 692 00:51:10,400 --> 00:51:12,152 New Jersey, huh? 693 00:51:14,112 --> 00:51:15,280 Yeah. 694 00:51:16,364 --> 00:51:18,325 Think about it. 695 00:51:18,408 --> 00:51:20,035 Yeah, I am. 696 00:51:22,120 --> 00:51:23,413 Are you awake yet? 697 00:51:25,290 --> 00:51:26,416 Awake? 698 00:51:28,210 --> 00:51:30,253 Time to go to bed. 699 00:51:38,178 --> 00:51:40,889 [men shouting] 700 00:51:40,972 --> 00:51:43,099 Come on! 701 00:51:43,183 --> 00:51:46,061 -You're out! -Come on, Jimmy! 702 00:51:46,144 --> 00:51:48,939 [men chattering] 703 00:51:49,022 --> 00:51:51,149 All right, we've got one down! 704 00:51:51,233 --> 00:51:53,276 Come on, Peewee. Let's get Webster. 705 00:51:53,360 --> 00:51:56,488 Come on, Peewee, let's get him. 706 00:51:56,613 --> 00:51:58,907 [Winters] Buck Compton came back to see the company 707 00:51:58,990 --> 00:52:01,159 to let us know he was all right. 708 00:52:01,243 --> 00:52:03,829 He became a prosecutor in Los Angeles. 709 00:52:03,912 --> 00:52:05,330 He convicted Sirhan Sirhan 710 00:52:05,413 --> 00:52:07,249 in the murder of Robert Kennedy 711 00:52:07,374 --> 00:52:10,168 and was later appointed to the California Court of Appeals. 712 00:52:11,878 --> 00:52:13,463 David Webster became a writer for 713 00:52:13,547 --> 00:52:16,424 The Saturday Evening Post and Wall Street Journal 714 00:52:16,508 --> 00:52:19,010 and later wrote a book about sharks. 715 00:52:19,094 --> 00:52:23,390 In 1961 he went out on the ocean alone 716 00:52:23,473 --> 00:52:25,100 and was never seen again. 717 00:52:28,687 --> 00:52:31,273 [men] Go, go, go, go, go! 718 00:52:31,356 --> 00:52:34,359 Johnny Martin would return to his job at the railroad 719 00:52:34,442 --> 00:52:37,279 and then start his own construction company. 720 00:52:37,362 --> 00:52:39,322 He splits his time between Arizona 721 00:52:39,406 --> 00:52:41,283 -and a place in Montana. -[men shouting] 722 00:52:44,035 --> 00:52:48,623 George Luz became a handyman in Providence, Rhode Island. 723 00:52:48,707 --> 00:52:50,500 As a testament to his character, 724 00:52:50,584 --> 00:52:53,378 1,600 people attended his funeral 725 00:52:53,461 --> 00:52:55,422 in 1998. 726 00:52:57,340 --> 00:53:00,427 Doc Roe died in Louisiana 727 00:53:00,510 --> 00:53:02,762 in 1998. 728 00:53:02,846 --> 00:53:05,056 He'd been a construction contractor. 729 00:53:07,851 --> 00:53:09,728 Frank Perconte returned to Chicago 730 00:53:09,811 --> 00:53:12,105 and worked a postal route as a mailman. 731 00:53:19,446 --> 00:53:21,531 Joe Liebgott returned to San Francisco 732 00:53:21,615 --> 00:53:23,742 and drove his cab. 733 00:53:25,994 --> 00:53:30,290 Bull Randleman was one of the best soldiers I ever had. 734 00:53:30,373 --> 00:53:33,084 He went into the earth-moving business in Arkansas. 735 00:53:33,168 --> 00:53:35,462 He's still there. 736 00:53:40,884 --> 00:53:42,802 [men cheer] 737 00:53:42,886 --> 00:53:46,389 Alton Moore returned to Wyoming with a unique souvenir… 738 00:53:46,473 --> 00:53:49,726 Hitler's personal photo albums. 739 00:53:49,809 --> 00:53:55,023 He was killed in a car accident in 1958. 740 00:53:55,106 --> 00:53:57,984 Floyd Talbert we all lost touch with in civilian life 741 00:53:58,068 --> 00:54:01,821 until he showed up at a reunion just before his death in 1981. 742 00:54:05,075 --> 00:54:07,577 How we lived our lives after the war 743 00:54:07,661 --> 00:54:11,122 was as varied as each man. 744 00:54:11,206 --> 00:54:13,750 Carwood Lipton became a glass-making executive 745 00:54:13,833 --> 00:54:16,086 in charge of factories all over the world. 746 00:54:16,169 --> 00:54:19,381 He has a nice life in North Carolina. 747 00:54:19,464 --> 00:54:22,092 Harry Welsh… He married Kitty Grogan 748 00:54:22,217 --> 00:54:24,302 and became an administrator for the Wilkes-Barre, 749 00:54:24,386 --> 00:54:26,972 -Pennsylvania, school system. -Go, go, go! 750 00:54:29,641 --> 00:54:31,685 Ronald Speirs stayed in the Army, 751 00:54:31,768 --> 00:54:33,520 served in Korea 752 00:54:33,603 --> 00:54:37,440 and in 1958 returned to Germany as governor of Spandau Prison. 753 00:54:38,024 --> 00:54:39,901 He retired a lieutenant-colonel. 754 00:54:39,985 --> 00:54:42,237 [men cheer] 755 00:54:47,659 --> 00:54:50,078 -[soldier] All right, Webster. -Easy Company! 756 00:54:50,161 --> 00:54:51,830 School circle! 757 00:54:57,919 --> 00:55:01,881 [Winters] For Easy Company, it was D-Day plus 434. 758 00:55:01,965 --> 00:55:03,925 A fast man would've had it, Perco. 759 00:55:05,343 --> 00:55:09,222 -Listen up. -We've got some news. 760 00:55:09,305 --> 00:55:11,474 This morning President Truman received 761 00:55:11,558 --> 00:55:13,810 the unconditional surrender from the Japanese. 762 00:55:15,311 --> 00:55:16,688 The war is over. 763 00:55:18,857 --> 00:55:21,526 [Winters] Regardless of points, medals or wounds, 764 00:55:21,609 --> 00:55:25,488 each man in the 101st Airborne would be going home. 765 00:55:26,614 --> 00:55:31,161 Each of us would be forever connected by our shared experience, 766 00:55:31,286 --> 00:55:33,997 And each would have to rejoin the world as best he could. 767 00:55:34,080 --> 00:55:36,541 -[men cheering] -[man] Play ball! 768 00:55:51,014 --> 00:55:53,475 [Winters] Lewis Nixon had some tough times after the war. 769 00:55:53,558 --> 00:55:56,394 He was divorced a couple of times. 770 00:55:56,478 --> 00:55:59,481 Then in 1956 he married a woman named Grace 771 00:55:59,564 --> 00:56:01,816 and everything came together for him. 772 00:56:01,900 --> 00:56:04,486 He spent the rest of his life with her, traveling the world. 773 00:56:04,569 --> 00:56:07,864 My friend Lew died in 1995. 774 00:56:09,240 --> 00:56:11,159 I took up his job offer 775 00:56:11,284 --> 00:56:13,661 and was a personnel manager at the Nixon Nitration Works 776 00:56:13,745 --> 00:56:15,622 until I was called back into service 777 00:56:15,705 --> 00:56:18,208 in 1950 to train officers and rangers. 778 00:56:18,291 --> 00:56:20,585 I chose not to go to Korea. 779 00:56:20,668 --> 00:56:22,962 I'd had enough of war. 780 00:56:23,046 --> 00:56:25,340 I stayed around Hershey, Pennsylvania, 781 00:56:25,423 --> 00:56:27,342 finally finding a little farm, 782 00:56:27,425 --> 00:56:29,719 a little peaceful corner of the world, 783 00:56:29,803 --> 00:56:32,097 where I still live today. 784 00:56:32,180 --> 00:56:34,599 There is not a day that goes by 785 00:56:34,682 --> 00:56:37,727 that I do not think of the men I served with 786 00:56:37,811 --> 00:56:41,189 who never got to enjoy the world without war. 787 00:56:41,689 --> 00:56:46,236 It's a very unusual feeling, 788 00:56:46,319 --> 00:56:48,446 it's a very unusual happening 789 00:56:48,530 --> 00:56:50,782 and it's a very unusual bonding. 790 00:56:50,865 --> 00:56:54,035 We knew that we could depend on each other. 791 00:56:54,119 --> 00:56:57,038 And so we were a close-knit group. 792 00:56:57,122 --> 00:56:59,415 Just brave. So brave it was unbelievable. 793 00:56:59,499 --> 00:57:03,211 And I don't know anybody that I admire more 794 00:57:03,294 --> 00:57:05,672 than Bill Guarnere 795 00:57:05,755 --> 00:57:07,507 and Joe Toye. 796 00:57:09,050 --> 00:57:11,136 They were very special. 797 00:57:11,219 --> 00:57:14,097 I'm just one part of the big war, that's all, 798 00:57:14,180 --> 00:57:16,266 one little part. 799 00:57:16,349 --> 00:57:18,351 And I'm proud to be a part of it. 800 00:57:19,686 --> 00:57:21,813 Sometimes it makes me cry. 801 00:57:21,896 --> 00:57:24,232 The real men, the real heroes 802 00:57:24,315 --> 00:57:27,026 are the fellas that are still buried over there 803 00:57:27,110 --> 00:57:29,612 and those that had come home to be buried. 804 00:57:29,696 --> 00:57:31,322 It seemed like you figured… 805 00:57:31,406 --> 00:57:33,783 You thought that you could do just about anything. 806 00:57:33,867 --> 00:57:36,578 After the war was over and you came back out… 807 00:57:36,661 --> 00:57:39,164 Well, you lost a lot of that. 808 00:57:39,247 --> 00:57:41,583 Or at least I did. I lost all that confidence. 809 00:57:41,666 --> 00:57:44,836 We was hoping to stay alive, that's all, you know. 810 00:57:47,172 --> 00:57:51,176 [Lipton] Henry V was talking to his men. 811 00:57:51,259 --> 00:57:53,219 He said "From this day 812 00:57:53,303 --> 00:57:56,806 to the ending of the world, 813 00:57:56,890 --> 00:57:58,933 we in it shall be remembered, 814 00:58:00,435 --> 00:58:02,228 we lucky few, 815 00:58:02,312 --> 00:58:03,980 we band of brothers. 816 00:58:04,772 --> 00:58:06,566 For he who today 817 00:58:06,649 --> 00:58:09,027 sheds his blood with me 818 00:58:09,110 --> 00:58:11,196 shall be my brother." 819 00:58:12,155 --> 00:58:13,990 Do you remember 820 00:58:16,242 --> 00:58:19,746 the letter that Mike Ranney wrote me? 821 00:58:19,829 --> 00:58:20,997 You do? 822 00:58:21,080 --> 00:58:22,957 Do you remember how he ended it? 823 00:58:25,460 --> 00:58:29,297 "I cherish the memories 824 00:58:29,380 --> 00:58:32,300 of a question my grandson asked me the other day. 825 00:58:33,343 --> 00:58:34,886 When he said, 826 00:58:34,969 --> 00:58:38,348 'Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?' 827 00:58:41,392 --> 00:58:43,561 Grandpa said, 'No. 828 00:58:48,107 --> 00:58:50,652 But I served in a company of heroes.'" 829 00:59:08,044 --> 00:59:10,046 [theme music playing] any of heroes.'"