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