1. I've seen death. I've seen my friends,
my men, being killed.Copy !req
2. And this is— It doesn't take
too many days of that...Copy !req
3. and you change dramatically.Copy !req
4. We had no food, didn't have
ammunition. It was cold.Copy !req
5. We didn't have clothes. If you built
a fire, something would shoot at you.Copy !req
6. Everywhere you look,
you would see dead people.Copy !req
7. A dead soldier there, here.
Ours, theirs.Copy !req
8. Then civilians, besides...
Dead animals.Copy !req
9. So death was all over.Copy !req
10. You don't have a chance,
when your friends go down...Copy !req
11. to really take care of them
as you might.Copy !req
12. And especially if you're under attack,
moving or whatever, and...Copy !req
13. I withstood it well...Copy !req
14. but I had a lot of trouble
in later life...Copy !req
15. because those events
would come back...Copy !req
16. and you never forget them.Copy !req
17. After Bastogne...Copy !req
18. Easy Company was called
to push the Germans through the Bulge.Copy !req
19. We were here this morning.
We came this way.Copy !req
20. Here's the logging road
coming into here.Copy !req
21. - So you go right there.
- Take it easy!Copy !req
22. - Stop crying or I'll nail it to your head.
- It's made of wood.Copy !req
23. - Move them out.
- Yes, sir. 2nd Platoon, let's go.Copy !req
24. I was glad to be out of my foxhole
and moving, even if only to get warm.Copy !req
25. Spread out. Keep your interval.Copy !req
26. E Company was sent to clear
the woods near the town of Foy...Copy !req
27. in preparation for what we knew
would be the assault on Foy itself.Copy !req
28. I see it, Buck.Copy !req
29. Watch for mines.Copy !req
30. During that 1000-yard attack, we
encountered sporadic machine-gun fire...Copy !req
31. and had a couple casualties,
but overall met little resistance.Copy !req
32. Nelson! Look. Nelson!Copy !req
33. Hoobler's run-in with the German was
the most dramatic moment of the day.Copy !req
34. Halt!Copy !req
35. Halt!Copy !req
36. Oh, shit.Copy !req
37. Thank you.Copy !req
38. Hoobler had been talking
about getting a Luger since Normandy.Copy !req
39. He went from foxhole to foxhole
telling everyone.Copy !req
40. Down he goes like a sack of potatoes.Copy !req
41. Outstanding accuracy on my part,
if I do say so myself.Copy !req
42. - Which you do.
- Which I do.Copy !req
43. Shifty, I could've given you
a run for your money.Copy !req
44. No, I'm not a good shot.
Dad was an excellent shot.Copy !req
45. He'd shoot the wings off a fly.Copy !req
46. That German,
what'd you think he was doing?Copy !req
47. Recon. He must have figured
nobody'd hear a horse.Copy !req
48. He was just trying
to get out of Dodge.Copy !req
49. - What happened to the horse?
- Don't know.Copy !req
50. Probably still running.
Hope he's okay.Copy !req
51. - You dug in?
- Yeah, yeah.Copy !req
52. Just thought I'd take a walk.Copy !req
53. You're a good shot.
Glad you're on our side.Copy !req
54. Thanks, Lip.Copy !req
55. - Hey, Lip?
- Yeah.Copy !req
56. - Thanks for the help.
- You got it, Shifty.Copy !req
57. - Hey, Lip? You got a sec?
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
58. Give him a hand.Copy !req
59. - Where's Dike?
- He's around.Copy !req
60. - Could you be more specific, sergeant?
- Not really, sir.Copy !req
61. I haven't seen him all day and I have
to figure out how we ended up.Copy !req
62. - Two wounded.
- Who?Copy !req
63. - Brown and Stevenson.
- Goddamn it. Where's Dike?Copy !req
64. Where does he go?Copy !req
65. I don't know,
but I wish he'd stay there.Copy !req
66. - Shut up, boys.
- Shutting up, sarge.Copy !req
67. What the hell was that?Copy !req
68. - Patrol?
- No, we would've heard.Copy !req
69. - One man, maybe a sniper.
- That was no rifle.Copy !req
70. - What do you see, Shift?
- Nobody out there.Copy !req
71. - Are you sure?
- Uh-huh.Copy !req
72. - It's Hoob. He's shot!
- Sniper?Copy !req
73. - No, no, he, he shot himself.
- Medic!Copy !req
74. - What happened?
- Doc.Copy !req
75. It's my fucking leg.Copy !req
76. - You'll be all right.
- It just went off.Copy !req
77. What are you doing with a loaded gun
in your pants? Damn it! Goddamn it!Copy !req
78. - I wasn't touching it.
- Medic!Copy !req
79. - Where are you hit?
- In my leg.Copy !req
80. - Take it easy, buddy.
- Don't look, Hoob. It'll be fine.Copy !req
81. - Hurts like a son of a bitch.
- It's gonna be okay.Copy !req
82. - Doc!
- Don't worry about it, Hoob.Copy !req
83. - You'll be all right. You hear me?
- Warm him up!Copy !req
84. Keep him warm.Copy !req
85. - How's it looking, doc?
- Let me see it.Copy !req
86. Can we get him some blankets
or something?Copy !req
87. - Keep talking to him.
- Listen to me, it's okay.Copy !req
88. Think it was a German leg?Copy !req
89. - It's not that bad.
- You're gonna be fine.Copy !req
90. Hold on. Put this across him.Copy !req
91. - Wrap him up. Wrap him up.
- Here you go. Here you go.Copy !req
92. - Lip, you said I was a great shot?
- You are. You're a great shot.Copy !req
93. You jump out of planes.
You're tough, man.Copy !req
94. - It's not that bad.
- Stay with us, Hoob.Copy !req
95. - It's all right.
- Doc, what are we gonna do?Copy !req
96. - How we doing, doc?
- I can't see a thing.Copy !req
97. - Let's get ready to move him.
- Relax, take it easy. Take it easy.Copy !req
98. Doc. Doc!Copy !req
99. Perc, I'll need a jeep.Copy !req
100. He was wearing so many clothes we
couldn't tell how bad he was bleeding.Copy !req
101. He was already dead. The bullet
cut the main artery in his leg.Copy !req
102. It wouldn't have made a difference
if you had known.Copy !req
103. Cut that main artery
in the leg, that's it.Copy !req
104. Yes, sir. I'm gonna go back and make
sure the boys are all dug in, sir.Copy !req
105. - Lip? Where's Dike?
- You want to see him, sir?Copy !req
106. No, I just would have expected
this kind of news from him.Copy !req
107. Well, I was there, sir.
Figured it might as well be me.Copy !req
108. Where's Dike? I probably heard
that question a thousand times...Copy !req
109. and I probably asked it
a few times myself.Copy !req
110. There were long stretches where we
didn't know where Lieutenant Dike was.Copy !req
111. He'd disappear for hours.Copy !req
112. It wouldn't have been bad
if he was one of the guys...Copy !req
113. but he was supposed to be
leading the company.Copy !req
114. Captain Winters was a CO
we could all respect.Copy !req
115. Moose Heyliger would have done
a good job...Copy !req
116. but he was accidentally shot
by a sentry.Copy !req
117. Then came Norman Dike.Copy !req
118. I want security around the company CP.Copy !req
119. Dike wasn't bad
because he made bad decisions...Copy !req
120. he was bad
because he made no decisions.Copy !req
121. Battalion S3 is planning a move...Copy !req
122. so I will probably
be called away regularly.Copy !req
123. Any questions?Copy !req
124. Yeah. What's the formation
you're wanting us to go for?Copy !req
125. At present, as per usual, but I'll
clarify that with you at a later time.Copy !req
126. Yes, sir.Copy !req
127. I gotta make a call.Copy !req
128. - Let's move it out.
- Right.Copy !req
129. Dike was a favorite
of somebody at Division.Copy !req
130. He'd been sent down
to get combat experience.Copy !req
131. It seemed like E Company
was an annoyance to him.Copy !req
132. Something he had to get through
before he could continue up the ladder.Copy !req
133. - We're screwed.
- I'm glad Dike's never around.Copy !req
134. You know what? We're doing all right,
even with Foxhole Norman.Copy !req
135. We're doing all right now.
In case you ain't noticed...Copy !req
136. there's a town over there, right?
In that town are Germans.Copy !req
137. - These Germans got tanks.
- I know.Copy !req
138. And our side's gonna want
to go into that town.Copy !req
139. Guess who they're gonna want
to go knock on the door?Copy !req
140. I know, all right? It's me you're
talking to here.Copy !req
141. We gotta do all this with a CO
who's got his head so far up his ass...Copy !req
142. that lump in his throat
is his goddamn nose.Copy !req
143. - Hey, first sergeant.
- Hey, boys.Copy !req
144. - Hey, Lip.
- Hey, Muck, what's the word?Copy !req
145. Sitting around freezing our ass off,
singing Dike's praises.Copy !req
146. Oh, yeah. Lieutenant Dike.Copy !req
147. Well, I'll tell you...Copy !req
148. I wouldn't want to be
a replacement officer here.Copy !req
149. Get thrown in with guys who've
known each other for what, two years?Copy !req
150. You've been in combat together
since Normandy.Copy !req
151. He's supposed to just show up
and lead them? How does a guy do that?Copy !req
152. How could anyone really hope
to gain respect of the toughest...Copy !req
153. most professional, most dedicated
sons of bitches in the entire ETO?Copy !req
154. If you ask me, a guy'd have
to march off to Berlin...Copy !req
155. and come back
with Hitler's mustache or something.Copy !req
156. Anyway, listen. You guys don't worry
about Dike. All right?Copy !req
157. Yeah.Copy !req
158. We all do our jobs,
everything'll be fine.Copy !req
159. - See you, sarge.
- Yeah, boy.Copy !req
160. I don't know if I believed that,
but as first sergeant, it was my job.Copy !req
161. Not to protect Dike, but to protect
the integrity of the company.Copy !req
162. You know what Dike's problem is,
don't you?Copy !req
163. He's another arrogant, rich jerk
from Yale.Copy !req
164. Oh, God, not another one of those.Copy !req
165. Division wouldn't let me replace him
just because I got a bad feeling.Copy !req
166. Even if they would,
who'd I put in his place?Copy !req
167. Shames?Copy !req
168. Do not talk when I'm talking!Copy !req
169. Shames has seen too many war movies.Copy !req
170. You crapheads did not listen
to a word I said, did you?Copy !req
171. Or Peacock?Copy !req
172. He tries hard, but he's not cut out
to take men into combat.Copy !req
173. I'm not making him Company CO when
I don't want him as a platoon leader.Copy !req
174. - What about Compton?
- He's the only real choice.Copy !req
175. Buck's a real combat leader,
but you know...Copy !req
176. I want Easy to have
at least one experienced platoon leader.Copy !req
177. Not that it matters anyway,
because I can't get rid of Dike.Copy !req
178. We all know who you'd like
to have running Easy.Copy !req
179. Trouble is,
it's not your job anymore, Dick.Copy !req
180. You've gotta find somebody.Copy !req
181. We agreed Buck would've been
the best choice...Copy !req
182. if Winters had been able to
get rid of Dike.Copy !req
183. But Buck wasn't the same
as before he got shot in Holland.Copy !req
184. He was more serious.Copy !req
185. - He had a Luger in his pants.
- Jesus.Copy !req
186. Don't you two do something
stupid like that, all right?Copy !req
187. - We'll try not to, Buck.
- I mean it.Copy !req
188. And you, Wild Bill.Copy !req
189. I've invested too much goddamn time
shaping you into something useful.Copy !req
190. - You do something crazy—
- I know, you'll kill me.Copy !req
191. Even if you're dead,
I'll still kill you.Copy !req
192. I'll see you later.
I'm gonna check on the other guys.Copy !req
193. - Crazy Joe McCloskey.
- What?Copy !req
194. This guy used to hang out at Delancey's
and stare at people.Copy !req
195. I know who Crazy Joe is.
What's that got to do with anything?Copy !req
196. Buck kind of reminds me of him now.Copy !req
197. - What?
- Ever since he got shot in Holland.Copy !req
198. Wait. What are you saying, he's nuts?
Because Crazy Joe was nuts.Copy !req
199. I'm not saying he's nuts.
I'm just saying...Copy !req
200. What? What are you saying?Copy !req
201. - Forget it.
- What?Copy !req
202. Forget it.
Come on, you've seen him, Bill.Copy !req
203. - He's all wound up like a spring.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's fine.Copy !req
204. It wasn't getting shot that got him,
it was that hospital.Copy !req
205. - I've been there, okay? It ain't pretty.
- Yeah.Copy !req
206. Besides, once he was up and around,
he was his old self again.Copy !req
207. I'm telling you, Buck Compton's fine.Copy !req
208. - I'm serious.
- Sure. Nothing stupid.Copy !req
209. - We got it, right?
- We got it.Copy !req
210. All right. George?Copy !req
211. Nothing stupid, Buck.Copy !req
212. Who is he talking to?Copy !req
213. Morons who volunteered to jump out of a
good airplane. Can you get more stupid?Copy !req
214. - Probably not.
- Right.Copy !req
215. - I swum across the Niagara once.
- Yeah.Copy !req
216. - I swear. On a bet.
- What, in a barrel?Copy !req
217. No. I didn't go over the falls.
I swam across the river.Copy !req
218. - I don't know.
- Ten miles up.Copy !req
219. - That current is damn strong.
- Yeah.Copy !req
220. Must have carried me two miles
downstream, but I got across.Copy !req
221. Now, personally, I didn't think
it was all that stupid...Copy !req
222. but my mom, my sister Ruth,
they gave me all kinds of hell.Copy !req
223. - Yeah, I bet, Muck.
- So did Faye.Copy !req
224. - Sweet Faye Tanner.
- Shut it, George.Copy !req
225. They had a point. You're an idiot.Copy !req
226. I heard about Hoobler. Shame.Copy !req
227. Yes, sir. It is.Copy !req
228. - Is that the Luger?
- Yes, it is.Copy !req
229. - What are you gonna do with it?
- I don't know yet.Copy !req
230. - Where you from? Where'd you grow up?
- Huntington, West Virginia.Copy !req
231. - Huntington?
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
232. I don't know it.Copy !req
233. What kind of work did you do there?Copy !req
234. My brother and I helped my mom
run a boarding house.Copy !req
235. And your father?Copy !req
236. He was killed when I was 10, sir.
Automobile accident.Copy !req
237. That's sad.Copy !req
238. Why'd you decide
to join the paratroopers?Copy !req
239. I read an article about paratroopers
in Life.Copy !req
240. Talked about the training,
how hard it was.Copy !req
241. It said if you wanted to make it,
you had to be the best.Copy !req
242. And I wanted to fight
with the best, sir.Copy !req
243. You miss it?Copy !req
244. - Miss what?
- Huntington.Copy !req
245. Honestly, sir, I try not to think
about it that much.Copy !req
246. Where are you from, s—?Copy !req
247. - Captain Nixon, sir? Captain Nixon?
- What?Copy !req
248. Sorry to disturb you.
This came from Division.Copy !req
249. All right.Copy !req
250. - Morning.
- Eviction notice?Copy !req
251. Something that'll help
your leadership problem.Copy !req
252. - Dike's transferred?
- I can't help with that.Copy !req
253. Division has decided to pluck
one officer from each regiment...Copy !req
254. that served in Bastogne, send him
to the States on a 30-day furlough...Copy !req
255. get him banging the drum
for the war bond drive.Copy !req
256. Turns out I've been plucked.Copy !req
257. - That's fantastic, Lew. Good for you.
- Thank you.Copy !req
258. - How does your leaving help?
- I'm not going.Copy !req
259. I've seen the States.
That's why I came to Europe.Copy !req
260. Wish they'd told me there was a war.
Anyway, this thing's wasted on me.Copy !req
261. But I'm sure we could find an officer
who could use a trip home.Copy !req
262. Peacock, I can't think of anybody
who deserves this more.Copy !req
263. Thanks.Copy !req
264. - Really glad that you're going home.
- Best news I've heard in weeks.Copy !req
265. Hell of a guy.Copy !req
266. Thanks, guys.
It really means a lot, you know?Copy !req
267. Get out of here.
Three cheers for Lt. Peacock.Copy !req
268. Hip, hip, hooray. Hip, hip, hooray.
Hip, hip, hooray.Copy !req
269. If they come here,
smile for the camera.Copy !req
270. Got to keep morale up
for folks back home.Copy !req
271. - Why?
- Damned if I know.Copy !req
272. What's waiting for us in Foy?Copy !req
273. At least one company
from the 10th Panzer Grenadiers.Copy !req
274. They've got one 88, although
we haven't been able to spot it.Copy !req
275. - Armor?
- As of last night, three Tigers.Copy !req
276. - Would you excuse me a moment, sir?
- Yeah.Copy !req
277. How do I feel
about being rescued by Patton?Copy !req
278. Well, I'd feel peachy
if it wasn't for one thing.Copy !req
279. We didn't need to be fucking rescued
by Patton. You got that?Copy !req
280. - Joe.
- Sir.Copy !req
281. Excuse us for a moment.Copy !req
282. Sorry, sir.Copy !req
283. Sorry about what? Patton?
I couldn't agree more.Copy !req
284. - What are you doing?
- I want to head back.Copy !req
285. You don't have to.
Get back to the aid station.Copy !req
286. I'd really like to head back
with the fellas, sir.Copy !req
287. - All right, then go.
- Thank you, sir.Copy !req
288. Joe had been at the aid station
for three days...Copy !req
289. and everybody was glad
to have him back. Especially Bill.Copy !req
290. - Hey, Joe.
- Hey, Bill.Copy !req
291. - What you doing back here?
- Making sure you're on top of things.Copy !req
292. I'm on top of things. Tied me own boots
once last week. All by me-self.Copy !req
293. - Look who I found.
- Joe Toye, back for more.Copy !req
294. How are you, Joe?Copy !req
295. - Good. Escaped from the aid station.
- Where'd you get hit?Copy !req
296. - What's that?
- It's Webb. Replacement.Copy !req
297. Thought it was some guy I've known
for years and forgot.Copy !req
298. Joe got hit in the arm.
Gift from the Luftwaffe.Copy !req
299. - Lot of you been injured?
- It's called wounded.Copy !req
300. Injured is when you fall out
of a tree.Copy !req
301. There's enough crap flying around,
you're bound to get dinged.Copy !req
302. Almost every one of these guys
have been hit once.Copy !req
303. Except Alley. He's a two-timer.
He landed on broken glass...Copy !req
304. and got peppered
by a potato masher.Copy !req
305. Bull got a piece
of exploding tank in Holland.Copy !req
306. And George Luz here has never been hit.
You're one lucky bastard.Copy !req
307. - Takes one to know one.
- Consider us blessed.Copy !req
308. Liebgott got pinked
in the neck in Holland.Copy !req
309. Next to him, that's Popeye.Copy !req
310. He got shot in his scrawny
little butt in Normandy.Copy !req
311. Buck got shot in his rather large butt
in Holland.Copy !req
312. Easy Company tradition,
getting shot in the ass.Copy !req
313. Even 1st Sgt. Lipton, he got
a couple pieces of tank shell burst.Copy !req
314. One chunk in the face.
Another chunk almost took out his nuts.Copy !req
315. - How are those nuts, sarge?
- Doing fine, Bill. Nice of you to ask.Copy !req
316. On January 3rd, most of E Company
headed to our old position in the woods.Copy !req
317. A few men remained attached
to D Company to hold the line.Copy !req
318. Good luck, ladies.Copy !req
319. Been nice knowing you.Copy !req
320. - Wouldn't drink if I were you.
- Be careful if he offers a cigarette.Copy !req
321. If who offers us a cigarette?Copy !req
322. - Speirs.
- Who?Copy !req
323. Lieutenant Speirs.Copy !req
324. Lieutenant Ronald Speirs was one of the
platoon leaders. He was a legend.Copy !req
325. - The stories are all bullshit anyway.
- What stories?Copy !req
326. What stories?Copy !req
327. Supposedly Speirs shot one
of his men for being drunk.Copy !req
328. You're kidding! That's unbelievable.Copy !req
329. There's another one about him
giving cigarettes to 20 POWs...Copy !req
330. - ... before killing them.
- He shot 20 POWs?Copy !req
331. I heard it was 30.Copy !req
332. - Christenson.
- Lieutenant Speirs.Copy !req
333. - I got the name right, didn't I?
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
334. - What are you men doing out here?
- We're watching the line, sir.Copy !req
335. You might want
to reinforce your cover.Copy !req
336. Lieutenant Dike said not to.Copy !req
337. - That we're only gonna be here one day.
- Lieutenant Dike said that?Copy !req
338. Then forget what I said.Copy !req
339. Carry on.Copy !req
340. Anyone care for a smoke?Copy !req
341. You?Copy !req
342. Late in the afternoon
on January 3rd...Copy !req
343. we returned
to our old position in the woods.Copy !req
344. You gotta be fucking kidding me!Copy !req
345. Someone's gonna fucking die.Copy !req
346. Look at this shit! Those 1st Battalion
fuckers took a dump in my foxhole.Copy !req
347. Think they shit
in everyone's foxhole, Joe.Copy !req
348. I don't think they wanted
to spend much time aboveground.Copy !req
349. The Germans had been shelling
our old position.Copy !req
350. There were signs
of tree bursts everywhere.Copy !req
351. Light and noise discipline.
We're getting close.Copy !req
352. Across the field,
I could see enemy troops.Copy !req
353. I still couldn't see their artillery,
but I knew it was down there.Copy !req
354. The Krauts have been
pounding this area with 88s.Copy !req
355. - They got this whole stretch targeted.
- Maybe they've got a new target.Copy !req
356. - No, they're waiting.
- For what?Copy !req
357. - For us to reoccupy the position.
- We should fall back.Copy !req
358. It's our job to hold the line here.
We just need to fortify the covers.Copy !req
359. - If they've got us targeted, maybe—
- We hold the line here. Lipton's right.Copy !req
360. We're gonna strengthen our covers
and hang in.Copy !req
361. We're not gonna fall back.
Right, lieutenant?Copy !req
362. - Right, lieutenant?
- Fine. You all take care of it.Copy !req
363. I gotta go talk to Regiment.Copy !req
364. - We better get moving.
- Yeah.Copy !req
365. - Here you go.
- Thanks, Lip.Copy !req
366. - I'll get you more branches.
- I appreciate that.Copy !req
367. Incoming! Take cover!Copy !req
368. Take cover!Copy !req
369. They're 88s.Copy !req
370. Come on, find some cover!Copy !req
371. They've got us zeroed!Copy !req
372. Find some cover. Find a foxhole.
Come on, take cover!Copy !req
373. - Get in the holes.
- Take cover!Copy !req
374. Come on, find some cover!Copy !req
375. Take cover!Copy !req
376. Shit.Copy !req
377. Come on, find some cover.
Find some cover!Copy !req
378. For some reason,
all I could think about...Copy !req
379. was the Fourth of July
when I was a kid.Copy !req
380. I loved to make my own firecrackers,
cherry bombs, ladyfingers.Copy !req
381. I loved to blow up dirt clods and pop
bottles. Looked forward to it all year.Copy !req
382. That day, I saw the most awesome
display of firepower I'd ever seen.Copy !req
383. I wouldn't have laughed
if I'd known what happened to Joe Toye.Copy !req
384. - We should see if anybody's hit.
- That's what they want.Copy !req
385. Krauts will try to draw us
out in the open.Copy !req
386. Stay in your foxholes.
Stay in your foxholes!Copy !req
387. Can you walk? Find a foxhole.Copy !req
388. I gotta get up.Copy !req
389. I gotta get up.Copy !req
390. I gotta get up.Copy !req
391. I need my helmet.Copy !req
392. - I need help!
- You hear that?Copy !req
393. - I need help!
- Is that Joe?Copy !req
394. Yeah, I think that's Joe.Copy !req
395. Stay.Copy !req
396. - Stay down! Stay down!
- Stay down! Stay in your foxholes!Copy !req
397. - Stay in your foxholes!
- Help!Copy !req
398. - Help! Anyone there?
- Jesus.Copy !req
399. I gotta get up. I gotta get up.Copy !req
400. Shit. Come on, Joe. Come on, buddy.
Come on. Come on, pal.Copy !req
401. You said you'd get to the
States before me.Copy !req
402. You ain't going anywhere.
You're okay.Copy !req
403. - I gotta get my helmet!
- Forget it, Joe.Copy !req
404. - Anyone there? Help!
- Hang on.Copy !req
405. - Who's that?
- Heff! Babe!Copy !req
406. - Hang on.
- Come on, get me out of here, Lip!Copy !req
407. I gotta get to the hole!Copy !req
408. - I got you. Come on, Joe, I got you.
- I gotta get to the hole!Copy !req
409. Come on, Joe.Copy !req
410. Hang on.Copy !req
411. - You okay?
- Yeah.Copy !req
412. Come on. Come on!Copy !req
413. Think I overdid the
cover for my foxhole?Copy !req
414. - Incoming!
- Incoming!Copy !req
415. Take cover!Copy !req
416. Come on! Come on! Hurry up!Copy !req
417. Guarno! You're gonna get bombed!
Come on! Come on!Copy !req
418. Move it, Bill! Move it.Copy !req
419. - Come on, Joe.
- Hold on, I'll be there! I'll help!Copy !req
420. No!Copy !req
421. Medic!Copy !req
422. During the second barrage,
I wasn't laughing anymore.Copy !req
423. Lip!Copy !req
424. Are you okay?Copy !req
425. Stay down!Copy !req
426. - You stay down!
- 1st Sgt. Lipton?Copy !req
427. You get things organized here.
I'm gonna go for help.Copy !req
428. What the fuck?Copy !req
429. - Where is he going?
- I don't know.Copy !req
430. Get Battalion on the line
to notify BAS.Copy !req
431. Battalion's up, Lip.Copy !req
432. Medic!Copy !req
433. Stay ready! They might
be trying to come through.Copy !req
434. - You okay, One Lung?
- Sergeant!Copy !req
435. How you doing, Popeye?Copy !req
436. Hundred percent ready
to kill Germans, Lip!Copy !req
437. - Doc, what can I do?
- Hold this.Copy !req
438. - You got a smoke?
- Yeah.Copy !req
439. Jesus. What's a guy gotta do
to get killed around here?Copy !req
440. - Bill, you go first.
- Whatever you say, doc.Copy !req
441. Over here. Take this man.Copy !req
442. - Hey, they got old Guarnere this time.
- We got you, soldier.Copy !req
443. Just lie back.Copy !req
444. Hey, Joe, I told you I'd beat
you back to the States.Copy !req
445. Hey, Lip.Copy !req
446. How's Buck?Copy !req
447. - Luz, how's Buck?
- He's fine.Copy !req
448. - You sure?
- Yes, he's fine.Copy !req
449. I think you should
probably go talk to him.Copy !req
450. All right.Copy !req
451. Some say Buck changed after
he was shot in Holland. Maybe.Copy !req
452. Something happened to him when he
saw Toye and Guarnere on the ground.Copy !req
453. The report said Compton was being
taken off because of bad trench foot.Copy !req
454. Didn't say anything about
him losing his friends.Copy !req
455. Buck was a great combat leader.Copy !req
456. He was wounded in Normandy
and again in Holland.Copy !req
457. He received the Silver Star
for taking out those German guns.Copy !req
458. He took everything
the Krauts could throw.Copy !req
459. Lieutenant Compton?Copy !req
460. "UCLA did not make the Rose Bowl,
probably because you weren't there.Copy !req
461. I'm sure you're teaching your young
soldiers the joy you have of the sport.Copy !req
462. How we all know what an exciting young
man you are, how your heart and love—"Copy !req
463. I guess he just couldn't take seeing
Toye and Guarnere all torn up.Copy !req
464. No one ever thought any
less of him for it.Copy !req
465. Hey, Bull.Copy !req
466. With Buck off the line,
there was no alternative to Dike.Copy !req
467. At least none we could see.Copy !req
468. Thanks.Copy !req
469. Hey, Muck.Copy !req
470. - Muck. I'm looking for Lt. Dike.
- Yes, sergeant.Copy !req
471. We were stuck with Dike.
And he was off taking a walk.Copy !req
472. Lightning Six, Kidnap.Copy !req
473. We've cleared all the green area...Copy !req
474. We'd cleared the woods
east of Foy.Copy !req
475. Later, E Company and the rest of the 506
cleared the woods west of Foy.Copy !req
476. There was little resistance.Copy !req
477. - We have KlA.
- Thirteen.Copy !req
478. You fellas know I got no reason
to bullshit you, right?Copy !req
479. Look, this is what I saw.Copy !req
480. It was so unbelievable
you might not believe me.Copy !req
481. You-know-who runs up.
No helmet, no gear, nothing.Copy !req
482. "1st Sgt. Lipton, you organize
things here, and I'm gonna go for help."Copy !req
483. "I need to polish my oak leaves."Copy !req
484. - Hey, Luz.
- Complete asshole.Copy !req
485. - That's really good.
- Fellas.Copy !req
486. - Good night, all.
- See you, Luz.Copy !req
487. Sarge?Copy !req
488. Two things.
First, great impression of Dike.Copy !req
489. - I thought it was off.
- You got it pretty good.Copy !req
490. Second, don't do it anymore, especially
the part about what he said to me.Copy !req
491. - It doesn't do anybody any good, okay?
- I got you.Copy !req
492. All right.Copy !req
493. Wiseass.Copy !req
494. Incoming!Copy !req
495. Luz! Luz! Come on! Luz! Hurry!Copy !req
496. Move! Luz!Copy !req
497. Stay down! Stay down! Come on!
Get in here! Luz, come on!Copy !req
498. Luz! Come on, Luz! Come on!Copy !req
499. Come on! Luz!Copy !req
500. - Muck and Penkala!
- What?Copy !req
501. Muck and Penkala got hit!Copy !req
502. Medic!Copy !req
503. - Hashey!
- Shit, it's my shoulder.Copy !req
504. Come on! Get up! Move!Copy !req
505. Stay down! Incoming!Copy !req
506. - I thought you didn't smoke.
- I don't.Copy !req
507. The shell that hit the foxhole
Luz and I were in was a dud.Copy !req
508. The one that hit Muck and Penkala's
foxhole wasn't. That's the way it was.Copy !req
509. Muck and Penkala were good men.Copy !req
510. Their death hit Malarkey hard.Copy !req
511. His best friends were
Compton, Muck and Penkala.Copy !req
512. In less than a week,
he'd seen two of them die.Copy !req
513. - The word?
- The men on the line are okay.Copy !req
514. Food has been resupplied.Copy !req
515. We'll hunker down.
We might get relief soon.Copy !req
516. Okay? All right.Copy !req
517. Later that day, we were in our
old position overlooking Foy.Copy !req
518. We were all worried about Malarkey.Copy !req
519. Hey, Malark?Copy !req
520. Didn't I hear you say you wanted to
bring a Luger home to your kid brother?Copy !req
521. Well, why don't you give him that?Copy !req
522. - It's Hoob's, right?
- Yeah.Copy !req
523. Yeah, I was gonna
get rid of it, but I...Copy !req
524. I don't know.Copy !req
525. Captain Winters was wondering if
you wanted to go back to Battalion...Copy !req
526. and work as his runner
for a few days.Copy !req
527. Tell him thanks.
I'm gonna stay here.Copy !req
528. Why don't you come back for an
hour or so, say goodbye to Buck?Copy !req
529. I'm sure it'll mean a lot to him.Copy !req
530. All right.Copy !req
531. You be careful with that.Copy !req
532. Getting 50 yards back for an hour...Copy !req
533. could make a big difference
in a soldier's state of mind.Copy !req
534. The morning after the shelling...Copy !req
535. I saw a soldier try to dig a
foxhole with his bare hands.Copy !req
536. He didn't notice that he had
torn off his fingernails.Copy !req
537. I got him out of there quickly.
Not for his sake, but for ours.Copy !req
538. Fear is poison in combat. Something
we all felt but didn't show. You can't.Copy !req
539. It's destructive, and it's contagious.Copy !req
540. Told you I'd get you started.Copy !req
541. Buck was never the same after
Toye and Guarnere got hit.Copy !req
542. I guess he just needed
some time away from it all.Copy !req
543. The January 3rd barrages and
January 9th shelling...Copy !req
544. marked the low point
for the men in E Company.Copy !req
545. Even then, very few actually broke.Copy !req
546. But I knew the terror and pressure
we'd been under could take their toll.Copy !req
547. I was afraid the men would lose focus,
suffer a drop in morale.Copy !req
548. And that was dangerous,
especially in combat.Copy !req
549. More of which lay in store for us.Copy !req
550. We'd cleared east and west of Foy.Copy !req
551. It was time for the inevitable assault
on Foy itself. I was dreading it.Copy !req
552. The men who trained at Toccoa
wouldn't get through unscathed.Copy !req
553. I was beginning to wonder if any
of us would make it through at all.Copy !req
554. We would lead the attacks.
The problem was, in my estimation...Copy !req
555. E Company still did not
have a leader.Copy !req
556. Before the attack, I did something
I'd never have imagined myself doing.Copy !req
557. Lip!Copy !req
558. - Didn't figure you for a smoking man.
- Neither did I.Copy !req
559. D Company, Lieutenant Speirs,
patrol order.Copy !req
560. So?Copy !req
561. We've been watching Foy,
not much activity.Copy !req
562. - Want a coffee?
- No, thank you, sir.Copy !req
563. - How's Easy's status?
- The men are good. Prepared.Copy !req
564. I lead 2nd Platoon tomorrow.Copy !req
565. They're the weakest after losing Toye
and Guarnere and Muck and Penkala.Copy !req
566. I have every confidence in the men.Copy !req
567. Good.Copy !req
568. But on the other hand,
I have no confidence in our CO.Copy !req
569. Lieutenant Dike is an
empty uniform, captain.Copy !req
570. He's just...
He's not there, sir.Copy !req
571. - He'll be there tomorrow.
- I understand he'll be there physically.Copy !req
572. Tomorrow will be the real deal.
He'll have to lead those men.Copy !req
573. He's gonna have
to make decisions, sir, and...Copy !req
574. I think he's gonna get a lot
of Easy Company men killed.Copy !req
575. - Thank you, sergeant. That'll be all.
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
576. I said what I had to say.
There was nothing Winters could do.Copy !req
577. Couldn't remove a
well-connected company CO...Copy !req
578. because of the misgivings
of a first sergeant.Copy !req
579. You got an eighth of a mile
to cross before you get into Foy.Copy !req
580. There's very little cover.Copy !req
581. Two sections of machine guns
will give you cover.Copy !req
582. 3rd Battalion will come from the east
to cause distraction.Copy !req
583. D Company will be in reserve.Copy !req
584. The point is,
you gotta move in there fast.Copy !req
585. Before they can bring their
mortars and artillery down on you.Copy !req
586. - Clear?
- Clear.Copy !req
587. I'm relying on you. Get it done.Copy !req
588. - Covering fire!
- Let's go. Keep it moving.Copy !req
589. Suppressing fire!Copy !req
590. - Go, go, go!
- Keep moving!Copy !req
591. Let's go! Let's go!Copy !req
592. - Suppressing fire!
- Feuer!Copy !req
593. Keep them tight, Shames!Copy !req
594. - Keep moving!
- Keep moving!Copy !req
595. Krauts in the open!Copy !req
596. Keep moving! Keep moving!Copy !req
597. Three inside!Copy !req
598. Wait a minute. Where's Foley?Copy !req
599. - Randleman!
- Coming through! Run!Copy !req
600. Liebgott!Copy !req
601. Where the hell is 1st Platoon?Copy !req
602. - Hold up!
- Keep moving!Copy !req
603. Easy Company! Hold up!Copy !req
604. - 2nd Platoon! Hold up! Hold up!
- Will you move?Copy !req
605. - Get me Foley on the radio.
- Move!Copy !req
606. - Sir, I think we should take cover.
- Find some cover! Find some cover!Copy !req
607. What?Copy !req
608. - Easy Red, Easy—
- Six, over.Copy !req
609. Six, Easy Red. Go ahead.Copy !req
610. Easy Red,
stand by for the Six.Copy !req
611. Foley, you get back here where
I can see you, goddamn it!Copy !req
612. 1st Platoon, hold up! Hold up!
Take cover! Martin!Copy !req
613. - Come with me!
- With you, sir.Copy !req
614. Feuer!Copy !req
615. Fall back! Fall back!Copy !req
616. Take cover!Copy !req
617. - Goddamn it.
- Go forward!Copy !req
618. - Herron, on me.
- Move back.Copy !req
619. Stay on my ass.Copy !req
620. - Hold fast, 2nd Platoon!
- Follow Lipton! Take cover!Copy !req
621. What are we doing?
Why are we stopped?Copy !req
622. Fall back! Fall back!Copy !req
623. Roger, Kidnap. Stand by for Six.Copy !req
624. - Lieutenant, what's the plan?
- I don't know!Copy !req
625. Get Dike on that radio now!Copy !req
626. - What's the plan?
- Captain Winters, sir.Copy !req
627. - Give us a plan!
- Okay. Foley, take your men—Copy !req
628. Take your men around the village
and attack from the rear.Copy !req
629. We cannot stay here!Copy !req
630. Want 1st Platoon to attack by itself?Copy !req
631. - We'll provide suppressing fire.
- We'll be alone out there.Copy !req
632. We will provide suppressing fire!Copy !req
633. Get going forward!Copy !req
634. You need to talk
to Captain Winters, sir.Copy !req
635. Sir! Okay, here it is.Copy !req
636. We go on a flanking run
and attack from the rear.Copy !req
637. Take them.
Find cover behind this table.Copy !req
638. Go! Go!Copy !req
639. - Shit!
- Jesus Christ.Copy !req
640. Webb, move up! Find cover!Copy !req
641. Suppressing fire now!Copy !req
642. Perconte! I got you!Copy !req
643. Give me some cover.Copy !req
644. - How you doing, Perconte?
- They shot me in my ass!Copy !req
645. - Stay down.
- We lost five men. Can you locate?Copy !req
646. - The building with the caved-in roof!
- The building with the caved-in roof!Copy !req
647. Sir, we are sitting ducks here.
We have to keep moving!Copy !req
648. - You've got to keep moving!
- Dick! Captain Winters!Copy !req
649. You do not go out there! You're the
battalion commander. Get back here!Copy !req
650. - I understand your attachment to Easy—
- Speirs! Get yourself over here!Copy !req
651. Go relieve Dike
and take that attack on in.Copy !req
652. - Go, soldier!
- Webb, fall back. You're too exposed!Copy !req
653. - Fall back! Fall back!
- Come on, Webb! Let's go, kid!Copy !req
654. - Hang on, Perco.
- Feuer!Copy !req
655. - What are we doing?
- Let's go!Copy !req
656. - I'm taking over. 1st Sgt. Lipton!
- Here!Copy !req
657. - What do we got?
- The company is spread out here.Copy !req
658. 1st Platoon tried an end-around.Copy !req
659. They're pinned by a sniper
in that building.Copy !req
660. I want mortars and grenade launchers.
I want 1st to go straight in.Copy !req
661. - Everybody else, follow me.
- Thank God!Copy !req
662. - Move it!
- 3rd Platoon, let's go! Go!Copy !req
663. You heard the word.
2nd Platoon on the CO!Copy !req
664. - Sergeant Alley!
- Got it, sarge!Copy !req
665. Okay, 1st Platoon!
Move out! Move out!Copy !req
666. - On your feet, 2nd Platoon!
- Move out!Copy !req
667. Get on your goddamn feet!
Move it! Come on!Copy !req
668. Come on, let's get the bastards!
Right flank!Copy !req
669. Feuer!Copy !req
670. - Come on, move out!
- Fire!Copy !req
671. - Feuer!
- Take cover!Copy !req
672. Feuer!Copy !req
673. - Go, go, go!
- Come on! Come on!Copy !req
674. Radio, get over here.Copy !req
675. - Take cover!
- Fire!Copy !req
676. Sir.Copy !req
677. Lipton.Copy !req
678. Streetfight, Item. Easy Six. Over.Copy !req
679. - What do you see, Lipton?
- Armor and a lot of infantry.Copy !req
680. I Company's supposed
to be on the other side.Copy !req
681. - Radio, anything?
- No.Copy !req
682. If we don't connect with I,
they'll slip away.Copy !req
683. - That's right. Wait here.
- Item! Item! Easy Six.Copy !req
684. What the hell?Copy !req
685. At first the Germans
didn't shoot at him.Copy !req
686. They couldn't believe
what they were seeing.Copy !req
687. That wasn't the astounding thing.Copy !req
688. The astounding thing was, he hooked
up with I Company and came back.Copy !req
689. We took over 100 German prisoners.
After that, it was mostly cleanup.Copy !req
690. Let's go, move it. Move it.
Take them down to the barn.Copy !req
691. Sit down!Copy !req
692. - Sniper!
- Take cover! Take cover!Copy !req
693. Come on! Come on!Copy !req
694. Where is he?Copy !req
695. Shit. I can't see him.Copy !req
696. Second floor,
building on the right.Copy !req
697. Don't miss, Shifty. Now!Copy !req
698. Over here. I need help.
Can you guys come here and help me?Copy !req
699. Mellet, Herron, Sowosko and
Ken Webb were killed by a sniper.Copy !req
700. There would have been more
if not for Shifty.Copy !req
701. Work your party, walk your
wounded to the aid station.Copy !req
702. Let's not just lollygag.
Keep this moving.Copy !req
703. - Get these boys to the aid station.
- Okay, sergeant.Copy !req
704. - You hit bad, Perconte?
- Beautiful wound, Lip.Copy !req
705. Shot me right through my ass.Copy !req
706. - Hey, sarge?
- Yeah.Copy !req
707. - Is it true about Dike?
- Yeah.Copy !req
708. - Thank God for small mercies!
- Yeah.Copy !req
709. We'd been looking at Foy for a month
knowing that's where we had to go.Copy !req
710. It was a great relief to have done it.Copy !req
711. The men thought once
we'd taken Foy...Copy !req
712. they'd get us off the line,
ship us back to Mourmelon.Copy !req
713. But that wasn't to be.Copy !req
714. Two days later, we took Noville
and after that, Rachamps.Copy !req
715. We spent our night
in Rachamps in a convent.Copy !req
716. It was the first time we'd spent
a night indoors in a month.Copy !req
717. The sisters brought in their choir
to sing for us. It was heaven.Copy !req
718. The mood of the men was relaxed.Copy !req
719. We were finally being relieved
and would soon be in Mourmelon.Copy !req
720. In the morning, we found out
Mourmelon would wait.Copy !req
721. Hitler had launched a counteroffensive.Copy !req
722. We were bound for Hagenau
to hold the line.Copy !req
723. But for that night, we didn't know it yet.
That night, we were okay.Copy !req
724. I tried to make a roster for
the company to see who we had left.Copy !req
725. We'd come into Belgium with 121 men
and officers plus 24 replacements.Copy !req
726. That's 145 total.
We were going out with 63.Copy !req
727. Guarnere was badly wounded,
and Hoobler died accidentally.Copy !req
728. Joe Toye had lost his leg.Copy !req
729. Among the dead were Herron,
Mellet, Sowosko, Kenneth Webb...Copy !req
730. Harold Webb, Alex Penkala
and Skip Muck.Copy !req
731. A month in Belgium cost us
one good officer, Buck Compton...Copy !req
732. and one bad one, Norman Dike.Copy !req
733. But we gained a good one in the end,
so I guess we came out ahead.Copy !req
734. - What is it?
- Nothing.Copy !req
735. I better get back to Battalion
before they disappear.Copy !req
736. - You wanna ask me, don't you?
- Ask you what?Copy !req
737. You wanna know if they're true,
the stories about me.Copy !req
738. With stories like that, everyone
heard it from someone who was there.Copy !req
739. When you ask that person, they say they
heard it from someone who was there.Copy !req
740. It's nothing new.Copy !req
741. If you went back 2000 years,
you'd hear centurions...Copy !req
742. yakking about how Tertius lopped off
the heads of Carthaginian prisoners.Copy !req
743. Maybe they kept talking about it because
they never heard Tertius deny it.Copy !req
744. Maybe Tertius knew
there was value to men thinking...Copy !req
745. he was the toughest son of
a bitch in the whole Roman Legion.Copy !req
746. Sir?Copy !req
747. These men aren't
concerned about the stories.Copy !req
748. They're just glad to have you
as our CO.Copy !req
749. They're happy to have
a good leader again.Copy !req
750. I've heard they've always had one.Copy !req
751. I'm told there's been
one man they could count on.Copy !req
752. Led them into Bois Jacques, held
them together as they were shelled.Copy !req
753. Kept their spirits up, kept the men
focused, gave them direction.Copy !req
754. All the things
a good combat leader does.Copy !req
755. Do you have any idea
who I'm talking about?Copy !req
756. - No, sir.
- Hell, it was you, first sergeant.Copy !req
757. Ever since Winters made Battalion,
you've been the leader of Easy Company.Copy !req
758. Oh, and you're not gonna be first
sergeant much longer, first sergeant.Copy !req
759. Sir?Copy !req
760. Winters put in for a battlefield
commission. Sink approved.Copy !req
761. You should get the official nod
in a few days.Copy !req
762. Congratulations, lieutenant.Copy !req
763. Hey, look, it's 1st Battalion.Copy !req
764. - Hey! Hey!
- What do you want?Copy !req
765. Thanks for crapping in our foxholes.Copy !req
766. - Hey, it's our pleasure.
- Yeah.Copy !req
767. Enjoy the walk, boys.Copy !req
768. There they go, Easy Company,
riding out again.Copy !req