1. Armies, for the most part,Copy !req
2. are made up of men drawn from
simple and peaceful lives.Copy !req
3. In time of war, they
suddenly find themselves...Copy !req
4. living under conditions
of violence,Copy !req
5. requiring new rules of conduct
that are in direct contrast...Copy !req
6. to the conditions they
lived under as civilians.Copy !req
7. They learn to accept this and to
perform their duties as fighting men.Copy !req
8. But some begin to perform, as
military language puts it,Copy !req
9. "at the risk of life, above
and beyond the call of duty."Copy !req
10. Military histories
are filled withCopy !req
11. incredible examples of
individual courage...Copy !req
12. that are only made more incredible by the
fact that they were everyday events.Copy !req
13. As Senior Staff Officer at Supreme
Headquarters in Worid War Il,Copy !req
14. it was my privilege to know
the records of many such men.Copy !req
15. The story you are about
to see is theirs:Copy !req
16. The true story of
the foot soldier,Copy !req
17. as seen through the eyes of
one of them, Audie L. Murphy.Copy !req
18. He received every decoration for
valor that his country could award,Copy !req
19. and he became the most decorated
soldier for combat action...Copy !req
20. in the military history
of the United States.Copy !req
21. In 1937, in northeast
Texas, at the age of 12,Copy !req
22. Murphy was already
a fair rifleman.Copy !req
23. I don't suppose you girls have had time
to fill the wood box. Uh-uh, Audie.Copy !req
24. Hey, Audie, look at me!Copy !req
25. Get off that woodpile, Preston.
Do you want to break a leg?Copy !req
26. Did you get another
rabbit today, Audie?Copy !req
27. Yeah. Now you come with me.Copy !req
28. You sit down right over there.Copy !req
29. You watch that until I
get back, okay? Okay.Copy !req
30. It'll keep you off the woodpile.Copy !req
31. Now, you watch it.Copy !req
32. Hi, Mom. Audie.Copy !req
33. I saw Mr. Huston today. He said
he'd get the window fixed.Copy !req
34. - That's good of him.
- He was askin' about Pa.Copy !req
35. No word today.Copy !req
36. But we'll be hearing
from him real soon.Copy !req
37. Hi, Mr. Brooks! Hi!Copy !req
38. Any mail for us
today, Mr. Brooks?Copy !req
39. Nothing today, Mrs.
Murphy. Sorry.Copy !req
40. Thank you. Maybe tomorrow. Bye.Copy !req
41. Why does Mom get so worried
when no mail comes?Copy !req
42. Because we got no money.Copy !req
43. Here, take these to the house.
Where are you goin'?Copy !req
44. I just made my mind
up about something.Copy !req
45. When he makes up his mind, he sure
does it sudden. Where is he goin'?Copy !req
46. Hi, Mr. Huston. Hello, Audie.Copy !req
47. That was a first-rate job you did on
that chicken coop the other day. Thanks.Copy !req
48. Hi, Mrs. Huston. Hello, Audie.Copy !req
49. Sir, I know you don't hire any
steady help except at picking time,Copy !req
50. but could you give
me a full-time job?Copy !req
51. A full-time job?Copy !req
52. I wouldn't want much
money, and you couldCopy !req
53. keep half until we pay
back what we owe you.Copy !req
54. What does your ma say to that? I wanted to
talk to you before I said anything to her.Copy !req
55. It's not right. Why, you'd
have to quit school.Copy !req
56. Yes, ma'am, but I
need the money.Copy !req
57. What about your sister in Farmersville?
Can't she help? Edna.Copy !req
58. Corinne's helped all she
can, but, well, she'sCopy !req
59. got a family of her
own to take care of.Copy !req
60. A boy your age! You can't do it, Ben.
This is man's talk.Copy !req
61. Will you please go to the
house, and let me run the farm?Copy !req
62. Seems like she's forgot, Audie,Copy !req
63. I never finished school neither.Copy !req
64. A couple years older
than you, I quit to goCopy !req
65. in the Marines when we
was in the big war.Copy !req
66. Sometimes I wish I'd stayed in.Copy !req
67. Probably be retired by now on more
money than I make out of the farm.Copy !req
68. Now about that job...Copy !req
69. I guess the best thing to
do is leave it to your ma.Copy !req
70. Thanks a lot, Mr. Huston.Copy !req
71. Ma, I got a full-time job!
I'm gonnaCopy !req
72. work for Mr. Huston
in the morning.Copy !req
73. But you've got to go to school.Copy !req
74. I don't care for school.
I don't like it anymore.Copy !req
75. You can't stop your
education now.Copy !req
76. I'll learn, Ma. I'll read books.Copy !req
77. We can't go on without money.
We can manage a little longer.Copy !req
78. Your daddy's doing the best
he can, and we can wait...Copy !req
79. We can't keep waitin'
for some oldCopy !req
80. letter that maybe
won't ever get here.Copy !req
81. - What's the matter, Mom?
- Nothing, dear.Copy !req
82. Audie and I were just
talking things over.Copy !req
83. Something bad? Of course not.Copy !req
84. We just decided who the
head of the family is.Copy !req
85. It's your turn. I
did them yesterday!Copy !req
86. You did not! Gene
keeps saying...Copy !req
87. Shh! Gene keeps saying it's my
turn to do the dishes today.Copy !req
88. Who did them yesterday?Copy !req
89. I forget.Copy !req
90. Beatrice and I did
them, and he knows it.Copy !req
91. Then you do them today, and
you won't forget tomorrow.Copy !req
92. Besides, your hands could use
a little soap and water.Copy !req
93. Smarty. I told you so.Copy !req
94. Time for breakfast, Mom.
Oh, thank you.Copy !req
95. All the kids are home
from Sunday school.Copy !req
96. They can do everything that
needs to be done today,Copy !req
97. so don't you try to get up.
Yes, sir.Copy !req
98. I'm gonna take a run over to Mr. Huston's.
But this is Sunday.Copy !req
99. This is not about work. Jim, their
nephew, is on leave from the Marines,Copy !req
100. I haven't seen him since he went in.
Oh, I see.Copy !req
101. You try to eat. I won't be long.
All right.Copy !req
102. The Japanese bombers
swept over the island...Copy !req
103. Come in, Audie. At 7:55 this
morning, Honolulu time.Copy !req
104. Pearl Harbor has been attacked.
The attack was without warning,Copy !req
105. and launched from aircraft
carriers standing off Hawaii.Copy !req
106. Casualties among naval personnel
will run into the thousands.Copy !req
107. At Hickam Field, the barracks
sustained a direct hit.Copy !req
108. Details are at a minimum, but we will
continue to interrupt broadcasts...Copy !req
109. as more information reaches us.Copy !req
110. Ben, we're really at war.Copy !req
111. We sure are. How does
this affect you, Jim?Copy !req
112. I'll probably be ordered
back to base right away.Copy !req
113. It'll be an honor to
serve, and don't you everCopy !req
114. forget it.! You've got
the best training!Copy !req
115. I've had a lot of it, anyway.
Why, you leathernecks...Copy !req
116. will have this war
won in two months.Copy !req
117. Just wish I was young
enough to help you do it.Copy !req
118. Biggest mistake I
made was gettin' out.Copy !req
119. Why, I might have been a
general by this time.Copy !req
120. I'll bet you... Never mind, General.
War or no war,Copy !req
121. you boys are gonna eat
the doughnuts I fixed.Copy !req
122. I'll get a pitcher of milk.Copy !req
123. I was too optimistic, Audie,
but so was a lot of folks.Copy !req
124. War is gonna last longer than
most of us figured. How aboutJim?Copy !req
125. You heard from him lately? He's doin'
real good. Up to sergeant now.Copy !req
126. Audie!Copy !req
127. You gotta come home! It's Ma!Copy !req
128. All of a sudden Ma got worse!
How about Doc Snyder?Copy !req
129. Is he with her? I called him.
He should be by now.Copy !req
130. Doc, is she...Copy !req
131. She went peacefully.Copy !req
132. I should have been with her.Copy !req
133. She didn't know, Audie.Copy !req
134. She was happy and proud of you and
her family, right up till the end.Copy !req
135. I'll telephone Corinne...Copy !req
136. and make all the
necessary arrangements.Copy !req
137. If you don't let the children
come into the church orphanage,Copy !req
138. Social Welfare will place them
in some public institution.Copy !req
139. I took care of'em for a long time.
I can take care of'em now.Copy !req
140. He's right, Audie.Copy !req
141. All right... if that's
the way it has to be.Copy !req
142. As soon as I can, I'm
gonna get them out.Copy !req
143. I know this must seem like
the end of the worid, Audie,Copy !req
144. after taking care of your
family all these years,Copy !req
145. but look at it another way.Copy !req
146. You've got no responsibilities
left now, except to yourself.Copy !req
147. It's time you were thinking
about your future.Copy !req
148. I have been. That's what
I wanted to tell you.Copy !req
149. After all the talk you and I had about
it, I've decided to go into the service.Copy !req
150. I was hoping you'd say that.Copy !req
151. It'll be a great chance for you
to catch up on your education.Copy !req
152. Yeah. The only thing is, I hate running out
on the kids. They've had enough of that.Copy !req
153. You can do more for 'em with your service
pay than you can by staying here.Copy !req
154. I guess I hadn't thought
of it that way.Copy !req
155. Course, being under age, you'll
have to get a letter of permissión.Copy !req
156. I'll get Corinne to
write one for me.Copy !req
157. Good-bye, Mr. Huston. Thanks.Copy !req
158. If I were you, Audie, I'd
think about it for a career.Copy !req
159. You stay in 20 years, and you
can retire on good money.Copy !req
160. Don't make the mistake that I made.
I might have been a general...Copy !req
161. Yes, sir. I'll remember that.Copy !req
162. It'll take more than a letter from your
guardian to get you in this outfit, sonny.Copy !req
163. We separate the men from the boys, but
we like to have something to start with.Copy !req
164. Why don't you try the Army?Copy !req
165. I'm sorry. The Navy
makes men out of boys,Copy !req
166. but you're too much
of a job for us.Copy !req
167. Why don't you try the Army?Copy !req
168. Attention! Attention, please!Copy !req
169. This being our fourth day at
sea, it is now permissible...Copy !req
170. to report our destination as
being French North Africa,Copy !req
171. which we will reach in
approximately five more days.Copy !req
172. According to the last communique
on the fighting in Tunisia,Copy !req
173. the Axis forces are still
retreating toward the coast.Copy !req
174. Their losses in men and equipment
are reported to be extremely high.Copy !req
175. Further bulletins will be announced
as received. That is all.Copy !req
176. Sure picked a beaut for acting
platoon sergeant, didn't they? Huh?Copy !req
177. Murphy, here you are.
Baker Company.Copy !req
178. Well, what do you know?
We're being reinforced.Copy !req
179. Wonder what Boy Scout troop
they dug him out of.Copy !req
180. Don't let them old
soldiers eat you alive.Copy !req
181. Man, that's really
fresh meat, huh?Copy !req
182. Sergeant? Hmm?Copy !req
183. I'm supposed to report
to Captain Marks.Copy !req
184. All officers and noncomms are at división
briefing. You're the replacement?Copy !req
185. That's right. Let's
have your orders.Copy !req
186. Hey, Sergeant, send
him over here.Copy !req
187. I need somebody to help
carry my Purple Hearts.Copy !req
188. At ease over there!Copy !req
189. Fall in for inspection.
You go to 3rd Platoon.Copy !req
190. Hey, wait a minute.Copy !req
191. I see you were acting sergeant on
the trip across. Ain't that nice?Copy !req
192. I think you should see the way some real
tough veterans handle their equipment.Copy !req
193. You inspect the 3rd Platoon!Copy !req
194. Acting Sergeants, take over
and inspect your platoons!Copy !req
195. Platoon, attention.!Copy !req
196. What's this man's
Army coming to?Copy !req
197. Ayardbird replacement, already
he's taken over the platoon.Copy !req
198. Open ranks.! Open ranks, march.!Copy !req
199. Platoon, attention!Copy !req
200. Open ranks, march!Copy !req
201. Ready, hut!Copy !req
202. How did you collect all those Purple
Hearts? Did your rifle blow up?Copy !req
203. promote the general welfare
and secure the blessing...Copy !req
204. of liberty to ourselves
and our póster-ity...Copy !req
205. Posterity. Ah,
that's what I said.Copy !req
206. do ordain and establish
this Constitution...Copy !req
207. for the United
States of America.Copy !req
208. By George! I know that, all right!
That's pretty good.Copy !req
209. Now, what date was it adopted?
Uh, 1774.Copy !req
210. Oh.! Six.!Copy !req
211. No, no, no. What was
signed in 1776?Copy !req
212. Oh, the Declaration of Independence.
Right.Copy !req
213. That other was 1774.
No, it wasn't.Copy !req
214. Chief, he doesn't want to be an
American citizen. He isn't even trying.Copy !req
215. Uh, 1780...Copy !req
216. 1787. That's right.Copy !req
217. But don't just guess. Memorize it.
Yeah, I do that.Copy !req
218. Hey, Chief, coffee ready.
You have some, huh?Copy !req
219. - From Casablanca to Bombay So send me...
- Hey, Johnson!Copy !req
220. What do you got this time?Copy !req
221. Bonded date juice.Copy !req
222. "Bonded date juice"? You're gonna go
blind drinking that native stuff.Copy !req
223. I might as well with nothing
but you Joes to look at.Copy !req
224. That reminds me of an
old gal I met in Omaha.Copy !req
225. She was colorblind. Took her out to
buy her a red dress... Never mind.Copy !req
226. We've all heard that one.
You and your dames.Copy !req
227. It's the dyin' truth.Copy !req
228. Here. Oh, no, not me. I wouldn't
touch that with a bayonet.Copy !req
229. - What are you doing with my rifle?
- Now, drink!Copy !req
230. Now hold it on me
so I can have one.Copy !req
231. This stuff don't smell right.Copy !req
232. You don't suppose that connivin'
first sergeant... He knew I had it.Copy !req
233. Knock it off so a guy can
get some sleep, will you?Copy !req
234. Mail call! Mail call!Copy !req
235. Here we go for the
"DearJohn" roundup!Copy !req
236. Stevens.! Right here.!Copy !req
237. Arthur.! Yo.!Copy !req
238. Jacobs.! Here.! You
know about mail call?Copy !req
239. Casano.! Yep.! I don't
think my mail...Copy !req
240. has caught up with me yet.
Oh, too bad.Copy !req
241. Brooks.! Here.!Copy !req
242. Cooper.! Yeah.Copy !req
243. Gomez.! Here.Copy !req
244. Eisenburg. Uh-huh.Copy !req
245. Davis.! Oh, Brandon.Copy !req
246. Dugan.! Yo.!Copy !req
247. You dropped something. Everett.!Copy !req
248. Family?Copy !req
249. They were once.Copy !req
250. Harper.! Roger.!Copy !req
251. Sir, Private Murphy reports to the
company commander as ordered.Copy !req
252. Lieutenant Harris, 3rd Platoon leader.
Murphy.Copy !req
253. We've been looking
over your file.Copy !req
254. "Spent the first week of basic
training in the hospital:Copy !req
255. Reaction from inoculations."Copy !req
256. Yes, sir. L-I'd never
had any shots before.Copy !req
257. "Spent most of the trip
over in sick bay."Copy !req
258. Yes, sir.Copy !req
259. L- I'd never been on
the ocean before.Copy !req
260. Well, there were a lot of
other guys in there with me.Copy !req
261. "Requested transfer
to paratroops.Copy !req
262. Denied due to physical
deficiencies."Copy !req
263. It was a mistake assigning
you to a rifle company,Copy !req
264. and I'm going to see
that you're reassigned.Copy !req
265. But, sir, I asked for a combat outfit.
I don't want anything else.Copy !req
266. Well, except for the jumps, duty with us
is just as rugged as a paratrooper's.Copy !req
267. The captain's trying
to do you a favor.Copy !req
268. I know that, sir, but...Copy !req
269. I don't want any favors.Copy !req
270. I don't want to be transferred.Copy !req
271. All right. I believe in
giving a man a chance.Copy !req
272. Especially if he wants one as
bad as you do. That's all.Copy !req
273. Feisty pup, isn't he?Copy !req
274. Yeah, but he's got a good side to him.
Did you notice?Copy !req
275. Practically all his pay goes for bonds
in the name of an older sister.Copy !req
276. It looks like he signed
for every educationalCopy !req
277. course we've got
during training.Copy !req
278. He's got the spirit,
but, in action,Copy !req
279. it's gonna take two strong
men to take care of him.Copy !req
280. Hey, that connivin' first
sergeant must have been here too!Copy !req
281. Come on, honey, have
a slug of this stuff.Copy !req
282. It won't hurt you a bit.
Honest. This is goodCopy !req
283. for you. It picks up
your whole attitude.Copy !req
284. A toast to the one and
only 3rd División.!Copy !req
285. Turn on the radio so we can dance!
Can you jitterbug?Copy !req
286. - Little Texas.!
- One day, I was drivin' along...Copy !req
287. Hey, Little Texas,
where you been?Copy !req
288. I went to Alaska on a vacation.
Hey, that's great.Copy !req
289. You must need something
to warm you up.Copy !req
290. Come on. I got just
the thing to do it.Copy !req
291. Hey, Cleopatra! Come here!
Come here!Copy !req
292. I want you to meet a friend from Alaska.
He owns a gold mine.Copy !req
293. Would you like to dance with me?Copy !req
294. I'm not very good at it. If Cleo
can't teach you, nobody can!Copy !req
295. What's all the excitement about?Copy !req
296. The Germans have surrendered in Tunisia!
Did I hear right?Copy !req
297. Africa's all ours?
That's what she said!Copy !req
298. Hey, talk about luck! With us
about to move into the line!Copy !req
299. All that training for nothing!
We'll be goin' home!Copy !req
300. "Goin' home," he says.
That's where we're goin'.Copy !req
301. I just didn't know we had to
take Sicily to get there.Copy !req
302. To hell and back, that's
where this outfit's goin'.Copy !req
303. General Patton was just
tellin' me the other day,Copy !req
304. "You boys think that Fedela
landin' was somethin',Copy !req
305. "you just wait
till the next one.Copy !req
306. It'll be so rough, they'll be haulin'
dog tags back by the truckload."Copy !req
307. Shut up, Johnson. You're scarin' us
to death. It's the dyin' truth, son.Copy !req
308. Hey, Murphy...Copy !req
309. I'd unfasten that chin
strap if I were you. Why?Copy !req
310. The first time a shell goes
off anywhere near you,Copy !req
311. the concussión will blow your
helmet off, your head with it.Copy !req
312. How do you keep it on?
Half the time, you don't.Copy !req
313. One of us better stick with
him when we hit the beach.Copy !req
314. The way I see it, after we take Sicily,
we'll hit the Italian mainland.Copy !req
315. That's when this war gets
real personal with me...Copy !req
316. because I'll be liberating
my ancestral home.Copy !req
317. Home? Weren't you born in Flatbush?
Sure, I was.Copy !req
318. But my mother was born in Naples. I
promised her I'd look up the family.Copy !req
319. If I get there in one piece, I'll bet
they'll greet me like a conquering hero.Copy !req
320. Sure, they'll put your statue
right next to Mussolini's.Copy !req
321. I'm gonna fix you guys
spaghetti like you neverCopy !req
322. had before, with my
own Valentino sauce.Copy !req
323. Hey, Kovak, will you
let me use your stove?Copy !req
324. By George, you get your own.Copy !req
325. Everybody think they're so smart
they throw their stoves away.Copy !req
326. I keep mine. No, this
is for Chief and me.Copy !req
327. All right, you guys, check
your gear and get ready.Copy !req
328. Come on, Little Texas.
You stick with me.Copy !req
329. How did you like the rough landing
Johnson was yellin' about?Copy !req
330. He never got the right
dope in his life!Copy !req
331. Murphy, you see how lucky you
were to land in the 3rd?Copy !req
332. When theJerries heard this división
was comin', they headed for Berlin!Copy !req
333. Yeah, I'll bet. I never thought
the first day would be this easy.Copy !req
334. They got the lieutenant.!Copy !req
335. Steiner, take three men and
see what we're up against.Copy !req
336. Right.Copy !req
337. Johnson, Brandon, Murphy.Copy !req
338. Is it rough enough
for you yet, Murphy?Copy !req
339. I figure there's only one
machine gun up there.Copy !req
340. Right? Yeah.Copy !req
341. I'll get word back to Klasky.
Keep 'em busy.Copy !req
342. Where does he think he's going?Copy !req
343. I'm supposed to
take care of him?Copy !req
344. Hey, you think you
got a private war?Copy !req
345. No, I think there's
enough to go around.Copy !req
346. Keep low, Brandon!Copy !req
347. Stay there!Copy !req
348. This more the way you figured the
first day would be like, Murph?Copy !req
349. Somewhat. Relax.Copy !req
350. Get through the first three or
four days, you'll be just like us.Copy !req
351. That's what it means to be a
You're scared all the time.Copy !req
352. I didn't notice you
being too scared.Copy !req
353. Just crazy, standing
up like that.Copy !req
354. I had to take care
of you, didn't I?Copy !req
355. War, to the foot soldier,Copy !req
356. is a continual fight for
a few yards of dirt...Copy !req
357. that always seem to
lie ahead of him,Copy !req
358. to be taken from the enemy
or to be held at all costs.Copy !req
359. Why? As often as not
he doesn't know...Copy !req
360. in regard to the
overall campaign.Copy !req
361. On Sicily, all he knew was that he
took the entire island in 38 days.Copy !req
362. What he had accomplished
gave the Allies...Copy !req
363. a giant base of operation close
to the Italian mainland.Copy !req
364. Hey, you guys, you know what we've
been doing the last few weeks?Copy !req
365. I want to forget. We've been
"advancing against light resistance...Copy !req
366. and squeezing the last of the enemy
forces off Sicily." What do you know!Copy !req
367. And our spirits are high! Speaking of high
spirits, you know what this jug cost?Copy !req
368. In Tennessee, I could have gotten a
fifth of bourbon... 3rd Platoon.!Copy !req
369. On your feet!Copy !req
370. We got a new lieutenant. I hope
he's luckier than the last one.Copy !req
371. As you were, men. I'm
Lieutenant Manning.Copy !req
372. I've been told that
Sergeant Klasky here...Copy !req
373. has been handling the platoon
for quite a while now.Copy !req
374. He's been doing a good
job so there won't beCopy !req
375. any changes, at least
for the time being.Copy !req
376. Any news from up above, Lieutenant?
Yeah.Copy !req
377. The 36th División and the British
10th Corps has landed at Salerno.Copy !req
378. They're having a rough go of it. Looks
like we're a cinch to be going across too.Copy !req
379. Why us? We took enough beatin' already.
The 36th is a Texas outfit.Copy !req
380. Somebody's gotta
give them a hand.Copy !req
381. They were doing all right till
they started draftin' you Yankees.Copy !req
382. At ease. I've got a
special order here.Copy !req
383. One promotion.
Murphy to corporal.Copy !req
384. I don't want any stripes.Copy !req
385. I didn't hear anybody ask you
if you wanted them or not.Copy !req
386. All right, that's all.Copy !req
387. Why'd he pick on me?Copy !req
388. You ought to get the promotions. You've
been in this outfit longer than I have.Copy !req
389. When you've been in the
outfit as long as we have,Copy !req
390. you learn how to avoid these things,
Corporal. Don't feel bad, Murph.Copy !req
391. We recommended you, so you
could lead us on to victory.Copy !req
392. Hey, you guys, welcome
to sunny Italy,Copy !req
393. the beautiful home
of my ancestors!Copy !req
394. How come there wasn't any brass
band to meet you back at the beach?Copy !req
395. When we hit Naples, I'll
get the big greeting,Copy !req
396. and you'll get your
spaghetti dinner.Copy !req
397. How's it been going, Mac?
Been a bit sticky.Copy !req
398. Glad to let you chaps
have a go at it.Copy !req
399. Looks like Jerry's making his
stand at the Volturno River.Copy !req
400. How do you know? The blokes
blew out the blasted bridges!Copy !req
401. Have a good time.
Yeah, thanks a lot.Copy !req
402. Sure looks peaceful, don't it?Copy !req
403. That's what I don't
like about it.Copy !req
404. If Jerry's over there,
he's sure invisible.Copy !req
405. He's over there, all right.Copy !req
406. They've already blown
the bridge, Lieutenant.Copy !req
407. Hey, Lieutenant.!Copy !req
408. They want you for
battalion briefing.Copy !req
409. After dark we'll move down
close to the river and dig in.Copy !req
410. Gentlemen, our missión here
is a diversionary one.Copy !req
411. We're to make the enemy think that the
main effort will take place here.Copy !req
412. Actually, the 7 th Regiment
will be the attacking force.Copy !req
413. They'll go across
upriver from us.Copy !req
414. Captain Marks, Baker Company
will start things off.Copy !req
415. River like this reminds me of an old
gal I knew in Perth Amboy, New Jersey.Copy !req
416. Had a pet seal. She was
a beautiful thing.Copy !req
417. - The seal?
- No, the girl.Copy !req
418. Sure is quiet.Copy !req
419. Jerry must know we're over here.
Be more natural if he opened up.Copy !req
420. Why open up tonight
and get ten of us...Copy !req
421. when they can catch a hundred
in the middle of the river?Copy !req
422. It's none of my business, but
you got something on your mind?Copy !req
423. It's nothin'.Copy !req
424. Thinkin' about home?Copy !req
425. Yeah.Copy !req
426. About my little
girl, my ex-wife.Copy !req
427. Sometimes I think I got my
mind rid of her, but...Copy !req
428. when it gets quiet like this,
she keeps coming back.Copy !req
429. How come you busted up?Copy !req
430. We were still in school
when we got married.Copy !req
431. Then the baby came.Copy !req
432. I had to give up school
and work full-time.Copy !req
433. I began blamin' them for all the big things
that I'd planned that weren't pannin' out.Copy !req
434. I just walked out on them.Copy !req
435. "Walked out on them"?
A guy with your guts?Copy !req
436. I sure did.Copy !req
437. Did she get married again?Copy !req
438. I don't know why,
but she hasn't yet.Copy !req
439. Sounds like maybe you ought to try
patching things up when you get back home.Copy !req
440. Maybe it's better
if I don't make it.Copy !req
441. Oh, knock off that kind of talk.Copy !req
442. I fouled up once.Copy !req
443. Who can say I wouldn't foul up again
if she gave me another chance?Copy !req
444. I'll say you wouldn't.Copy !req
445. Thanks, Murph.Copy !req
446. Say, what are your
postwar plans?Copy !req
447. I think I'll let the Army
do my planning for me.Copy !req
448. Think I'll stay in.
Hey, Murphy.!Copy !req
449. The lieutenant wants to see you.Copy !req
450. That Klasky... Learned
to whisper in a sawmill.Copy !req
451. We gotta get a combat patrol
across the river and stir Jerry up.Copy !req
452. Do you think that squad
of yours can cut it?Copy !req
453. Give it a good try, sir.
All right.Copy !req
454. Move out as soon
as you're ready.Copy !req
455. What's goin' on?Copy !req
456. Nothin' much. What do you
mean, "Nothin' much"?Copy !req
457. Oh, I almost forgot. Klasky
wants to see you at the C.P.Copy !req
458. What about? I don't know, but you
better get yourself up there.Copy !req
459. Get that flare.!Copy !req
460. Back out of here!Copy !req
461. Open up!Copy !req
462. Klasky didn't want me. How come you left
me behind? 'Cause I got sentimental?Copy !req
463. No, 'cause you take too many chances.
"Too many chances"?Copy !req
464. Look, you take care of you, and
I'll take care of me. Remember?Copy !req
465. I ought to let you freeze to death.
I might anyway.Copy !req
466. Sounds like the
patrol worked, Murph.Copy !req
467. They're really moving
motorized stuff in.Copy !req
468. At 0500 we'll open up
with small arms fire.Copy !req
469. The 7 th will move
across at the same time.Copy !req
470. I'm sure theJerries will throw
some entertainment our way too.Copy !req
471. You can count on it, Lieutenant.
Yeah.Copy !req
472. Just sitting here being a target
isn't my idea of how to start a day.Copy !req
473. You ever think of resigning?
Who'd win the war if I did?Copy !req
474. Baker Six, this is Baker Three.Copy !req
475. Medics!Copy !req
476. Get Klasky.Copy !req
477. He and Jones are both dead, sir.Copy !req
478. Baker Three.! Baker Three.!Copy !req
479. Baker Three, this is Baker Six.!Copy !req
480. Baker Three! Corporal
Murphy speaking!Copy !req
481. Isn't Manning down
there now, Murphy?Copy !req
482. Lieutenant Manning's been hit pretty
bad, sir, and Sergeant Klasky's dead.Copy !req
483. You'll have to take
charge of the platoon.Copy !req
484. We're still taking a
pretty bad pounding, sir!Copy !req
485. Shall we pull back?
Stay where you are.Copy !req
486. Increase your fire if possible.
The 7 th is about ready to cross.Copy !req
487. TheJerries have shifted the
artillery onto the 7 th.Copy !req
488. However, they are across and
in good shape, so get moving!Copy !req
489. Yes, sir!Copy !req
490. The 7 th made it! Come on!Copy !req
491. For the next couple of months,Copy !req
492. the 3rd División continually
engaged the enemy.Copy !req
493. As usual, the foot soldier
wasn't concerned with why.Copy !req
494. His greatest concerns were
a vicious German defense,Copy !req
495. the fact that Italy was one
mountain after another...Copy !req
496. and that weather conditions
were impossible.Copy !req
497. These elements, combined, finally brought
the Allied advance to a stop at Cassino.Copy !req
498. Hey, watch what you do!Copy !req
499. Why don't you put a sign up?
I put a sign on your face!Copy !req
500. All right, break it up, you two!Copy !req
501. We got enough trouble
without this kind!Copy !req
502. You clumsy fool.
Kick over my stove.Copy !req
503. We better keep an eye on Kovak.
He's gettin' a little edgy.Copy !req
504. He any different than the rest of us?
Who isn't?Copy !req
505. Look who's here.
Lieutenant Manning.!Copy !req
506. Hello, Lieutenant. It's good to see you.
Kerrigan.Copy !req
507. We figured you'd be married
to a nurse by now.Copy !req
508. Good to have you back, sir. Thanks, Murphy.
Nice to be back.Copy !req
509. I've got some good
news for you men.Copy !req
510. We're moving back to a
rest area near Naples.Copy !req
511. Naples! I was beginning to
think we missed it for good.Copy !req
512. Do they think we're
getting soft, Lieutenant?Copy !req
513. We've only been in the
line two months solid.Copy !req
514. I know. After medical inspections,
there'll be some passes.Copy !req
515. What do they think
we got, mud sores?Copy !req
516. A few weeks of
easy soldiering...Copy !req
517. while we get replacements
and new equipment.Copy !req
518. Then we're going to practice
up on amphibious tactics.Copy !req
519. What you think this is?Copy !req
520. I've got some more news for a
couple of you. Promotions.Copy !req
521. Murphy to sergeant. Hey, Sarge!Copy !req
522. Johnson to corporal. Did
you buck me into that?Copy !req
523. I have a request, sir.Copy !req
524. What is it? I'd like to
change to another squad.Copy !req
525. With Johnson heading this
one, the war is lost.Copy !req
526. Oh, yeah?Copy !req
527. Forget the war. Imagine,
12 hours in bella Napoli.!Copy !req
528. Oh, at the speed of one
woman per hour! Yow!Copy !req
529. You guys can have the town.
I'm gonna stay inCopy !req
530. camp and see what some
real sleep is like.Copy !req
531. Would you like my
mashed potatoes?Copy !req
532. There will be trucks leaving this corner
for camp tomorrow morning at 6:00.Copy !req
533. If we're not here, don't wait for us, Mac.
We've got ground to cover.Copy !req
534. I sure wish I could
do the town with you,Copy !req
535. but I promised my mother
I'd look up her family.Copy !req
536. You really got relatives here?
Sure.Copy !req
537. You don't think I'd give my extra G.I.
Shoes to anybody else, do you?Copy !req
538. These are worth their weight in gold.
Take it easy.Copy !req
539. I'll see you in the morning. Good
luck, Val. All right, let's move out.Copy !req
540. Oh, pardon me! Sergeant
Murphy, CorporalJohnson.Copy !req
541. I can see Valentino now.
Big family reunion.Copy !req
542. Valentino kicks open the door,
tosses in the grenade...Copy !req
543. and then counts ten before
he enters the old homestead.Copy !req
544. By George, he do that! That only way
he know how go in house anymore!Copy !req
545. It should be right down the end of
this street and around the corner.Copy !req
546. Hey, Joe, no papa, no mama.Copy !req
547. Hey, Joe, you want a fried egg?
You want a beef steak?Copy !req
548. No, thank you. Hey,
you got a cigarette?Copy !req
549. You give me one cigarette?Copy !req
550. You're too young to smoke.Copy !req
551. For my papa. One
cigarette for my papa.Copy !req
552. Hey, "no papa." Remember?Copy !req
553. No cigarette? No cigarette.Copy !req
554. How about this?Copy !req
555. How about you? You
want a chocolate?Copy !req
556. No grazia.Copy !req
557. Boy, they sure picked a great
time to be born, didn't they?Copy !req
558. By George, they no start
Hitler's war. Look!Copy !req
559. Look what it does to them.!Copy !req
560. Well, we didn't start it either.
Let's get rolling.Copy !req
561. I don't want see this no more.Copy !req
562. It makes me think of Poland.
I go back camp.Copy !req
563. It'll do you good to blow off steam!
Come on, Kovak!Copy !req
564. I know what I want do!Copy !req
565. Got him pretty good, hasn't it?Copy !req
566. Let's not let it spoil things.
Let's go!Copy !req
567. You stick with me, Little Texas.Copy !req
568. Man, I invented women!Copy !req
569. Hey, what is this? These fly-boys
got a corner on all the livestock?Copy !req
570. "Livestock"?Copy !req
571. Oh, aye! They're stationed here.Copy !req
572. And they got the
medals to charm 'em.Copy !req
573. Maybe the infantry can tear
that charm down a little.Copy !req
574. Hey, dogfaces!Copy !req
575. Charge!Copy !req
576. Hello.Copy !req
577. Break it up! Come on!Copy !req
578. Break it up.! Come on.!Copy !req
579. I said, "Break it up!"Copy !req
580. What's the matter? Don't you guys
get enough fighting at the front?Copy !req
581. All right, who started it?Copy !req
582. He did.Copy !req
583. He didn't like our singing.Copy !req
584. All right, all right!Copy !req
585. If he started it, how come you
were mixed up with the Air Corps?Copy !req
586. "Mixed up with the Air Corps"?
Why, they're our pals! Yeah.Copy !req
587. That's right. We've been
sittin' here drinking.Copy !req
588. After he started the trouble, we
were so anxious to stay out of it,Copy !req
589. we all headed for the door at the
same time and got tangled up.Copy !req
590. Don't let it happen again.
Grazia.Copy !req
591. Man, that's what I call
a real joint operation!Copy !req
592. Drinks on the house!Copy !req
593. I can't find my hat.!Copy !req
594. Seven and three-quarters!Copy !req
595. No, I don't think so.
Come here, baby.Copy !req
596. He doesn't understand women.Copy !req
597. Here.Copy !req
598. She reminds me of an old
gal I knew back home.Copy !req
599. She was a real beaut. Comes up to
me in a U.S.O. Club in Nashville.Copy !req
600. Takes me ridin' in
a yellow roadster.Copy !req
601. We hit a curve doin'
65 miles an hour...Copy !req
602. and the cops take after us.Copy !req
603. Says she, "Don't..."Copy !req
604. "Don't say a word while I lay
the charm on these boys."Copy !req
605. Hello there.Copy !req
606. Can I have a shine, please?Copy !req
607. All right.Copy !req
608. I don't seem to have
any money, but, uh...Copy !req
609. how about this, huh? Grazia.Copy !req
610. Vincenzo!Copy !req
611. My brother do not beg, soldier.Copy !req
612. He wasn't begging. He did a
job for me, and I paid him.Copy !req
613. I see what you call job.
You do not let him finish.Copy !req
614. Oh, why don't you
let him have it?Copy !req
615. Here, I have enough for
all the children. No.Copy !req
616. Well, we tried anyway. Wait.Copy !req
617. There is no begging here, but...Copy !req
618. if you would like to share our food, then
the children can have your chocolate.Copy !req
619. You don't have to do that.Copy !req
620. If you are nice to the children, my
mother and I want to be nice to you.Copy !req
621. - Please stay.
- All right.Copy !req
622. It's a deal.Copy !req
623. I sure wish I knew
what she was saying.Copy !req
624. It was nothing. She was...
Maria.Copy !req
625. Come. You go with us. Oh, no.Copy !req
626. I'm not spending my first
pass in some bomb shelter.Copy !req
627. Please, you can't stay here.Copy !req
628. You run along. As soon as the streets
clear, I'll head back for camp.Copy !req
629. Maria.!Copy !req
630. Oh, this is just what
I've been needing.Copy !req
631. No, no, don't get
the wrong idea.Copy !req
632. I've been looking for a long time
for somebody I could talk to,Copy !req
633. and you are it...Copy !req
634. because you can't
understand a word I say.Copy !req
635. Si, si.Copy !req
636. I want to talk about
my girl, the real one.Copy !req
637. She's gonna be my
wife if I get home.Copy !req
638. You see, I can't tell my
buddies about the real one.Copy !req
639. They'd have to make cracks about her and
say things that I don't want to hear,Copy !req
640. even if they are joking.Copy !req
641. Naw, I gotta make up
some wild ones...Copy !req
642. for the entertainment
of my buddies.Copy !req
643. But you, I can
tell the truth to.Copy !req
644. Can't I? Can't I?Copy !req
645. You just keep it that way,Copy !req
646. 'cause I'm gonna talk about
my girl all night long.Copy !req
647. I got an awful lot
to get off my chest.Copy !req
648. Well, what do ya know, a rug.Copy !req
649. I haven't rested my poor dogface
feet on a rug in two centuries.Copy !req
650. Man, I gotta lay my
feet on that rug.Copy !req
651. You sit down. I pour your wine.
I sure will.Copy !req
652. Man, this is really livin'.Copy !req
653. You are crazy to stay here.Copy !req
654. How about you? Why
did you come back?Copy !req
655. I do not know.Copy !req
656. I'm sorry I could not
talk to you before,Copy !req
657. but my mother does not like
for me to speak English.Copy !req
658. The English have killed my
older brother in Africa.Copy !req
659. Then she must have hated me too.
No, she do not hate.Copy !req
660. But when she hear English, she think
of her son she love very much.Copy !req
661. I'm sorry.Copy !req
662. I'm not anymore.
What good is it?Copy !req
663. One cannot feel sorry
for all who die.Copy !req
664. It's too much.Copy !req
665. My little brother, Vincenzo,
he like that sound.Copy !req
666. He say he is going to shoot
big gun when he grow up.Copy !req
667. I hope he doesn't have to.Copy !req
668. Where is your father?Copy !req
669. He went away when
bad times come.Copy !req
670. He never come back.Copy !req
671. Well, I guess we all
want to quit sometimes.Copy !req
672. It's hard not to take the easy way out
when it's right there in front of you.Copy !req
673. Why do we talk of bad things?
It is no good.Copy !req
674. Are you afraid?Copy !req
675. All the time. I, too, am afraid,Copy !req
676. but I am glad I come back.
I am too.Copy !req
677. It can be so lonesome
when the bombs fall.Copy !req
678. When war is close, a woman
wants someone to hold.Copy !req
679. The family wanted you guys
for the spaghetti dinner...Copy !req
680. after we got back from the bomb
shelter, but I couldn't find you.Copy !req
681. Hope we get you into camp before the M.P.
S spot you...Copy !req
682. or you're gonna be in trouble.
Be in trouble?Copy !req
683. Man, where do you
think I've been?Copy !req
684. I was rolled by an expert. Takes an
expert to get old Kerrigan's shoes.Copy !req
685. I told you they were worth
their weight in gold.Copy !req
686. Hey, Johnson, how come you're not
bragging up that old gal you were with?Copy !req
687. Lost my voice. Must
have been bad wine.Copy !req
688. Hey, to keep you from talkin', I
wish I had a truckload of it.Copy !req
689. You should have stuck
with me, Murph.Copy !req
690. You've gotta just quit
being scared of women.Copy !req
691. There wasn't much time
to think about women...Copy !req
692. because, in a few weeks,
the combined force...Copy !req
693. of British, Canadian and American
units was landed at Anzio...Copy !req
694. to bypass and cut off Cassino
and open the road to Rome.Copy !req
695. A beachhead only seven miles
in depth was consolidated.Copy !req
696. It took everything, including naval
gunfire support, to hold it...Copy !req
697. because five crack Nazi divisions
were thrown against it,:Copy !req
698. Divisions that otherwise would have opposed
the impending invasión of Normandy.Copy !req
699. Hey, who's Sergeant Murphy?Copy !req
700. I'm Murphy. We're
your replacements.Copy !req
701. I'm Thompson. This is Saunders.
I'm Sanchez.Copy !req
702. Well, you men picked a
good time to come up.Copy !req
703. Find yourself some cover.
I'll be right with you.Copy !req
704. They're blasting Johnson's squad
out of that house, Lieutenant.Copy !req
705. And thoseJerries will
be right on his tail.Copy !req
706. Bronson, bring that
gun up here with me!Copy !req
707. You men over there, cover 'em!
Give 'em fire!Copy !req
708. Let's get out of here!Copy !req
709. We'll never get out of here!
Take it easy!Copy !req
710. We'll never get out of here!Copy !req
711. Take it easy!Copy !req
712. Get down!Copy !req
713. Jennings, huh?Copy !req
714. Yeah. Didn't last long, did he?Copy !req
715. That farmhouse cost us
five casualties already.Copy !req
716. Who wants it anyway? Some general
lookin' for a place in the country?Copy !req
717. Why don't you be
clever someplace else.Copy !req
718. With Jerry holding all the high
ground, every company in the line...Copy !req
719. fights for a two-story building for
observation purposes. Just asking.Copy !req
720. Sergeant Murphy!Copy !req
721. Thompson, Saunders and
Sanchez, Johnson.Copy !req
722. Best I can do for your squad.
What difference does it make?Copy !req
723. I'm not gonna be here
to watch over them.Copy !req
724. Feel like I'm gonna walk into one
for sure this time. Knock it off.Copy !req
725. Ten to one, we jump off again.Copy !req
726. To hell and back, that's
where we're jumping off to.Copy !req
727. We've been in that farmhouse
five times, got knocked out six.Copy !req
728. The law of averages got to
catch up with you sometime.Copy !req
729. This is Lieutenant Lee,
our new forward observer.Copy !req
730. Just in from the beach. How
are things going there, sir?Copy !req
731. It's under artillery fire and
dive-bombers all the time.Copy !req
732. Men and equipment gettin'
to shore any better?Copy !req
733. It's pretty rough. We've got to
hit that farmhouse again, Murph.Copy !req
734. German tanks have been spotted
moving into the area.Copy !req
735. Wouldn't take many to push us
right back into the ocean.Copy !req
736. If we can take that house in one piece, we
might be able to keep those tanks off you.Copy !req
737. We haven't had too much trouble with them.
They've been held to the road.Copy !req
738. The fields have been too
muddy to support them.Copy !req
739. If it starts to rain again, I'll feel
better. We'll get ready to go, sir.Copy !req
740. I never thought I'd hear a
foot soldier ask for rain.Copy !req
741. I make some coffee, then, by George,
I go back, I kill all Germans.Copy !req
742. You better make it
good and strong.Copy !req
743. All right, you guys, we got
to hit her again. Again?Copy !req
744. What did I tell you? You new
men drop your packs here.Copy !req
745. Oh, sure.Copy !req
746. You all right? Yeah,
yeah, I'm fine.Copy !req
747. When it cuts loose, stick with
us older men. "Older men"?Copy !req
748. A couple of days, you'll
be as old as we are.Copy !req
749. Okay, on your feet. Let's go.Copy !req
750. Set your gun up behind that
wall over there. Yes, sir.Copy !req
751. You men stick with
the first squad.Copy !req
752. Keep working on that
second-story window.Copy !req
753. Murph! Murph! I'm hit!Copy !req
754. Murphy!Copy !req
755. Where is it? My back! I'm
bleedin' to death. I can feel it!Copy !req
756. You clown, get moving. Murph, you can't
leave a man! They shot my back clean off!Copy !req
757. All they did was spoil your lunch.
Well, I'll be a dirty men.Copy !req
758. Hey, give me back my
Thompson, will you?Copy !req
759. All right, you guys over
there, get ready to go!Copy !req
760. You stay here and make sure those
artillery people get up there all right.Copy !req
761. Hey, wait a minute!Copy !req
762. Cover us, Johnson!
We're going in!Copy !req
763. All right, you men! Get moving!
Come on!Copy !req
764. Man, that's the first time I ever saw
a Texan beat himself to the draw.Copy !req
765. You say one word about this to the other
guys, and I'll turn this loose on you.Copy !req
766. Don't you go blabbing either.Copy !req
767. That machine gun's on the other
side of the house. Let's go get it!Copy !req
768. Kovak, hurry up!Copy !req
769. It's no use, Chief. You'll
get yourself killed too.Copy !req
770. What's going on? He'll be all
right in a minute. Kovak.Copy !req
771. Must be the same gun that got Lieutenant
Manning. We'd better get it, Murph.Copy !req
772. Stay right where you are. Our orders
were to take this house and hold it.Copy !req
773. Why did Manning have
to come back anyway?Copy !req
774. He didn't have to come back.Copy !req
775. I guess he figured the
platoon needed him.Copy !req
776. Crank that thing up before
they blast us out of here!Copy !req
777. Red nine! Red nine! Five tanks
attacking near eastern junction!Copy !req
778. 4-1-8-6-0-3!
Situation urgent!Copy !req
779. Fifty short, 200 right!Copy !req
780. One hundred right!Copy !req
781. That's good shootin',
Lieutenant.Copy !req
782. With that tank blocking
the road, they can'tCopy !req
783. get to us, as long as
the field's muddy.Copy !req
784. I sure wish it would rain.Copy !req
785. Kovak was sure a good soldier.Copy !req
786. You'd have thought he was fightin'
a holy war. Maybe he was.Copy !req
787. Are you nuts? What
did he have to save?Copy !req
788. Not even a citizen. His whole
family liquidated in Poland.Copy !req
789. Then maybe he didn't mind dyin'.Copy !req
790. Maybe that's what fightin'
for a cause means.Copy !req
791. Something none of us
really understands.Copy !req
792. Look what I found! A stove!
Now we can have some coffee!Copy !req
793. Takes a new guy to take
care of you fellows.Copy !req
794. Wait a minute!Copy !req
795. Let him alone! You expect me
to take that kind of stuff?Copy !req
796. What's the matter with him?
You'll find out... sometime.Copy !req
797. Sarge, can you hear that
clanking noise out there?Copy !req
798. Yes, sir, Jerry was sure nice to let us
borrow the house from him for the night.Copy !req
799. Now tomorrow, if he wants
it back just a little bit,Copy !req
800. he'll wake us up with some of that 88
millimeter stuff; you know, small caliber.Copy !req
801. If he wants it back real bad,
he'll open up old Annie.Copy !req
802. Rumor says its barrel is just short
of a quarter of a mile long,Copy !req
803. can use old railroad cars for shells
and a pile driver for a ramrod.Copy !req
804. Did you tell them about that bean
can that won you the Purple Heart?Copy !req
805. Um, yeah, I was just
gettin' around to it.Copy !req
806. Three machine guns
lined up on me...Copy !req
807. You three guys just volunteered
to go fight a tank. What?Copy !req
808. I heard them working on
that one that got hit.Copy !req
809. If they get it off
that road, we're sunk.Copy !req
810. Anything to get
away from this guy.Copy !req
811. I better tag along so you won't
miss the ending. Oh, no, you don't.Copy !req
812. Probably see that
the Jerries heard it too.Copy !req
813. I'll go, Sarge. Me too.Copy !req
814. We don't need you.Copy !req
815. What's eating him? He was
friendly enough this morning.Copy !req
816. Does he have to snap our heads off
just 'cause we offer to go with him?Copy !req
817. He doesn't want you for friends.
That's why he did it.Copy !req
818. You see, when you guys have been
in the line as long as we have,Copy !req
819. you find out it's no
good to make friends.Copy !req
820. Because when a friend gets
it, well, it's rough on you.Copy !req
821. The buddies that come
with you, you're stuckCopy !req
822. with, but you don't
make no new ones.Copy !req
823. It's the dyin' truth.Copy !req
824. They've got a machine
gun on the right.Copy !req
825. You stay here and cover me.
Less chance of noise.Copy !req
826. Hey... Shh.Copy !req
827. As soon as I open up on those
tracks, let 'em have it.Copy !req
828. Hey, you guys keep
your eyes open.Copy !req
829. Those fields are really
drying up out there.Copy !req
830. Captain. Nice work
last night, Murphy.Copy !req
831. I'm recommending you
for a decoration.Copy !req
832. Well, there were three
other men with me, sir.Copy !req
833. Yes, I know. They
told me the story.Copy !req
834. Coffee, Captain?Copy !req
835. Hope you can take it black.
Thanks.Copy !req
836. I've been talking
to Colonel Howe.Copy !req
837. We want you to take a
battlefield commissión.Copy !req
838. Oh, no, sir. I
couldn't do that, sir.Copy !req
839. You couldn't?Copy !req
840. No, sir. I'm not qualified.
What do you mean?Copy !req
841. Education, for one thing. Another is
I'd have to transfer from the outfit.Copy !req
842. That's the rule in this división, but
I still think you should take it.Copy !req
843. I couldn't transfer, sir.
Why not?Copy !req
844. It's a hard thing to answer. Murph,
they're moving up tanks and infantry!Copy !req
845. They're trying to
use the fields!Copy !req
846. Lousy break, those
fields drying out.Copy !req
847. Pull back to the old positions.Copy !req
848. I'll contact the other platoons.
Yes, sir.Copy !req
849. Lieutenant Lee, we're
pulling out of here!Copy !req
850. Come on! Get ready to go!Copy !req
851. You did right turnin' down lieutenant.
Don't ever take it.Copy !req
852. If you do, I hope you get your
can shot off! Thanks a lot!Copy !req
853. Hey, Murph, looks like you'll
be up for retirement...Copy !req
854. before we get off this beach.
Don't bank on it!Copy !req
855. What's the matter with Johnson?Copy !req
856. Don't this remind him of some
old gal he used to know?Copy !req
857. Hey, what is wrong with you?Copy !req
858. Just a scratch.Copy !req
859. A silly, little scratch.Copy !req
860. It's the dyin' truth.Copy !req
861. For one lousy farmhouse.Copy !req
862. The trouble is makin' friends,Copy !req
863. learnin' to love guys
like Kovak and Johnson.Copy !req
864. Well, isn't it?Copy !req
865. I'm sure you'll all agree that
the four months here on Anzio...Copy !req
866. have been the longest
of your lives.Copy !req
867. The enemy has played
host with a vengeance.Copy !req
868. Every time we've gotten a división
ashore, he's moved two in to face it.Copy !req
869. But we've finally gained the
balance of power over him.Copy !req
870. The 1 st Armored División's been
landed, and we're going to break out.Copy !req
871. We're going all the way to Rome.Copy !req
872. We'll have strong air cover. We'll
mark our own position with red smoke.Copy !req
873. H- Hour is 0500. Good
night, gentlemen.Copy !req
874. Captain Marks?Copy !req
875. You're still short a second lieutenant.
I'll see what I can do about it.Copy !req
876. I'd rather not have
a new man, sir.Copy !req
877. Murphy's one of the best
platoon leaders I've ever had.Copy !req
878. Then why won't he
take a commissión?Copy !req
879. Something about not wanting
to take responsibility.Copy !req
880. He's mixed up because, instinctively,
he does take it all the time.Copy !req
881. The main reason is he doesn't
want to be transferred.Copy !req
882. Maybe we can do
something about that.Copy !req
883. Good luck, Marks.
Thank you, sir.Copy !req
884. Look what's coming!Copy !req
885. Oh, you beautiful dolls.!Copy !req
886. I'll lay you two to one, the
Chief traps one. You got a bet.Copy !req
887. Hey, you guys, get
a load of this.Copy !req
888. "Normandy beaches
fully consolidated.Copy !req
889. Allied forces continue advance."
They're doing all right.Copy !req
890. It figures we'd miss that landing.
Must have been a breeze.Copy !req
891. I heard a couple of
officers talking.Copy !req
892. With things going so
good in Normandy, we'reCopy !req
893. gonna stay right here
and garrison Rome.Copy !req
894. No kiddin'? What's the
matter with going home?Copy !req
895. Home? With all these Rome women?Copy !req
896. Here comes Murph and
the new 90-day wonder.Copy !req
897. Men, this is Lieutenant Burns.
Rest.Copy !req
898. You picked a good time to
join us, Lieutenant. Oh?Copy !req
899. I got it from a good source,
we're gonna garrison Rome.Copy !req
900. I've got it from
a better source,Copy !req
901. we're on orders to move to the coast
tomorrow for amphibious training.Copy !req
902. More of that? I feel like
I got webbed feet now.Copy !req
903. I thought the Marines were
the amphibious experts.Copy !req
904. They are, but we're the
only Marines in Italy.Copy !req
905. Any idea where we're goin', sir?
Could be southern France.Copy !req
906. It was southern France.Copy !req
907. For the fourth time
in Worid War II,Copy !req
908. the 3rd División was about
to land on a hostile shore.Copy !req
909. But this time the foot soldier
knew why he was there.Copy !req
910. He knew the enemy, being closed
in on from two sides in France,Copy !req
911. was now falling back
toward his own border.Copy !req
912. He knew the sooner the enemy
was pushed into Germany,Copy !req
913. the sooner the war
would be over.Copy !req
914. And this was all he lived for.Copy !req
915. How bad is he? He'll go home.Copy !req
916. You got the million-dollar
wound, Chief.Copy !req
917. Hey, you timed that just right.Copy !req
918. You only had one left.Copy !req
919. See what chance we have to
flank that hill. Yes, sir.Copy !req
920. Take a radio so we can be in contact.
Yes, sir.Copy !req
921. You three men right here, you with
the extra radio, come with me.Copy !req
922. Brandon, this is Burns.
Over. Brandon!Copy !req
923. I can't contact Brandon. Do you think
I ought to send up another patrol?Copy !req
924. Why don't you give me about
ten minutes to check first?Copy !req
925. All right. Go ahead.Copy !req
926. Sure caught us cold, Murph.
Yeah.Copy !req
927. See if you can get him
on down the hill.Copy !req
928. Are you trying to win yourself a wooden
cross? I told you to get down the hill.Copy !req
929. Thought you might need this. Think
you've got a corner on this real estate?Copy !req
930. Come on. They can kill us, but they
can't eat us. That's against the law.Copy !req
931. That did it!Copy !req
932. Get down Brandon!Copy !req
933. Why didn't you stay down?
Murph...Copy !req
934. Come on, Murph, before the rear
echelon catches up with us.Copy !req
935. We're being pressured by
División for being held up.Copy !req
936. We've got to get that German artillery
off of us so we can push through.Copy !req
937. They have an observation
post somewhere on Hill 481.Copy !req
938. I can back you up with a
couple of pieces of armor.Copy !req
939. Send a platoon out, and get rid of it.
Right, sir.Copy !req
940. You sent for Murphy?
He's on his way, sir.Copy !req
941. He can't turn it down this time.
Did you know he was turned down...Copy !req
942. by the Navy, the Marines
and the paratroops?Copy !req
943. It's not so funny, sir.Copy !req
944. I tried to get him transferred
out of the company...Copy !req
945. as being unfit for combat.
Sergeant Murphy's here, sir.Copy !req
946. Sir, Sergeant Murphy reports to Battalion
Commander as ordered. At ease, Murphy.Copy !req
947. - How would you like to go to West Point?
- West Point?Copy !req
948. He means it. Quite a few men who have shown
special qualifications are being picked.Copy !req
949. I talked it over at Regimental, and
we think you ought to be one of them.Copy !req
950. You'll never find a
better break than this.Copy !req
951. Sir, it's true I've decided
to stay in the Army, but...Copy !req
952. West Point. I'm not
qualified for it, sir.Copy !req
953. I didn't even finish grade school.
The courses you took...Copy !req
954. and the coaching we can give
you will get you through.Copy !req
955. After we move through the Colmar
area, we'll get things rolling.Copy !req
956. In the meantime, you'll
take a commissión.Copy !req
957. But, sir, how about... You
won't have to transfer.Copy !req
958. With the replacement shortage being
what it is, the rule has been waived.Copy !req
959. You are now a gentleman
by act of Congress.Copy !req
960. Take a bath, shave...Copy !req
961. Well, anyway, take a bath and
get back into the lines.Copy !req
962. Thank you, sir.Copy !req
963. Congratulations.
Thank you, Captain.Copy !req
964. Why is it always the 3rd
División that takes the beating?Copy !req
965. Yeah, and the closer we get to the German
border, the tougherJerry's gonna be.Copy !req
966. You mean they can get tougher?Copy !req
967. With somebody moving in on
the States, wouldn't you?Copy !req
968. You see what I see?Copy !req
969. Well, what do ya know!Copy !req
970. Well, congratulations. It's time
you took it, sir. Shavetail.Copy !req
971. I still say you're gonna get
shot right in the... At ease.Copy !req
972. Take your cotton-pickin'
hands off me.Copy !req
973. From now on, there'll be a little more
respect shown second lieutenants.Copy !req
974. Yes, sir. And another thing,Copy !req
975. I want to thank you two
for all the buckin'Copy !req
976. you've been doing for me
over the past two years.Copy !req
977. Ah, don't mention it, Murph.
Ah, forget it, Murph.Copy !req
978. Forget it? Just when I'm in
a position to repay you?Copy !req
979. You take over the platoon,
Sergeant Kerrigan.Copy !req
980. But I don't want the rank. I don't deserve
it. Give it to one of the other guys.Copy !req
981. I didn't hear anyone
ask you, soldier.Copy !req
982. All right.Copy !req
983. That's what I like in
enlisted men: Spirit.Copy !req
984. Sergeant Kerrigan.Copy !req
985. What are you laughing
about, Corporal?Copy !req
986. Huh? Oh, not me, Murph.Copy !req
987. Get the platoon ready to move out.
Yes, sir.Copy !req
988. I'm Murphy. Pierce.Copy !req
989. They brief you back at headquarters?
Just generally.Copy !req
990. That German observation post
that's breaking our back...Copy !req
991. seems to be located along this
ridge about five miles up.Copy !req
992. It's up to us to take
him out of there.Copy !req
993. All right, you men, from here
on down, get on the first tank.Copy !req
994. The rest of you take the second.Copy !req
995. As Platoon Sergeant, I will assume my
proper position. Your hand, please.Copy !req
996. Be my guest, Corporal Valentino.
Thank you, Sergeant Kerrigan.Copy !req
997. Hey, Lieutenant, you tankers
have really got it soft.Copy !req
998. This is the way to
travel, with a hundredCopy !req
999. thousand dollars worth
of machinery under you.Copy !req
1000. If we run into German
Tigers, you won't think so.Copy !req
1001. This thing's only got about
four inches of armor. Oh, yeah?Copy !req
1002. Say, how thick do you think this G.I.
Shirt is?Copy !req
1003. Sergeant Kerrigan,
have the men dismount.Copy !req
1004. All right, you guys, bail out!Copy !req
1005. Valentino, get those men out of here!
Move out!Copy !req
1006. See what promotion does to you.
You lucky son of a gun.Copy !req
1007. Looks like somebody just
handed you a ticket home.Copy !req
1008. Who wants to go home? And I
was getting used to the rank.Copy !req
1009. Just to the right
of those trees!Copy !req
1010. Can you get a few
rounds in there?Copy !req
1011. Murphy. Lieutenant Black. I
brought him down to help you out.Copy !req
1012. Black. How are you?Copy !req
1013. You're gonna take
over the company.Copy !req
1014. Captain Marks, sir? His jeep hit a mine.
He's busted up pretty bad.Copy !req
1015. We're moving into the
Colmar area immediately.Copy !req
1016. The battalion objective
is this wooded area...Copy !req
1017. on the outskirts of Holtzwihr.Copy !req
1018. It's heavily defended because it's
Jerry's last foothold in France.Copy !req
1019. You can expect them to throw
everything they've got at you,Copy !req
1020. but it's got to be
taken at all costs.Copy !req
1021. When this city's reduced, there's nothing
between us and the German border.Copy !req
1022. Able Company will be on your right
flank, Charlie on your left.Copy !req
1023. Be in position here at 0600 and
ready to jump off. Yes, sir.Copy !req
1024. Good luck. Thank you, sir.Copy !req
1025. Colonel Howe? Sir, we're
on our objective,Copy !req
1026. but I haven't been able to contact
the companies on either flank.Copy !req
1027. Artillery's delayed
them temporarily.Copy !req
1028. Any change in orders? No,
you'll attack in ten minutes.Copy !req
1029. You'll get your support.
Yes, sir.Copy !req
1030. Get the men ready to jump off.Copy !req
1031. Yes, sir.Copy !req
1032. Should we dig in? Too
late for that now.Copy !req
1033. We'll never be able to
stay here with 30 men.Copy !req
1034. Pull back and tie in with "A" Company.
What about you?Copy !req
1035. I'm gonna see if I can get
some artillery working.Copy !req
1036. Better knock on it.Copy !req
1037. You two get out of here.Copy !req
1038. Artillery, I need a
round of smoke...Copy !req
1039. at coordinate 3-0-5-6-0-1!Copy !req
1040. What are you up against?
Five tanks that I can see...Copy !req
1041. and two reinforced
rifle companies.Copy !req
1042. Tell thoseJoes to
get the lead out!Copy !req
1043. One hundred short, 50
right, and fire for effect!Copy !req
1044. You're right on the nose!
Keep it coming!Copy !req
1045. Keep it coming! Keep it coming!Copy !req
1046. That's good shootin'! The
tanks are heading for cover!Copy !req
1047. Give me a correction! Let's
stay on those tanks!Copy !req
1048. Never mind the tanks! Let's
keep after that infantry!Copy !req
1049. Are we too close to you?
Keep firing for effect!Copy !req
1050. How close are they? Hold the
phone, I'll let you talk to them!Copy !req
1051. He's got more guts than sense!Copy !req
1052. That tank is loaded with gas and ammo!
It'll blow up!Copy !req
1053. Murph, get outta there! Murph!Copy !req
1054. Murphy, are you... Keep
'em rollin', Black!Copy !req
1055. Medic! Medic, over here!Copy !req
1056. I'm all right, Val. Get movin'.Copy !req
1057. You crazy Irishman,
you ought to be dead!Copy !req
1058. Well, I'm not, so get movin'!Copy !req
1059. Okay, I'll see you, Murph.
Take care of yourself.Copy !req
1060. And you still owe me
a spaghetti dinner!Copy !req
1061. Hey, Murph... uh, sir. You aren't
supposed to be in this ward.Copy !req
1062. I know, sir, but I've got
to see my old buddy.Copy !req
1063. You're liable to get into trouble.
Sir, if I have to,Copy !req
1064. I can prove I'm a
bird colonel fromCopy !req
1065. Intelligence in disguise.
You shanty Irishman.Copy !req
1066. I figured you'd be on your
way back to the States.Copy !req
1067. No, not for a while yet.Copy !req
1068. Where'd you get it?Copy !req
1069. In the hip. Wha... But
where did it come out?Copy !req
1070. You know where it came out.Copy !req
1071. I told him where he was gonna get it.
Didn't I tell ya?Copy !req
1072. Sergeant, you'll have to leave.Copy !req
1073. Look, sir, he's a
friend of mine.Copy !req
1074. When he goes to West Point, I'm gonna
open a bar right across the street.Copy !req
1075. What's the matter?Copy !req
1076. What's wrong with a bar?Copy !req
1077. His wound's going to keep
him out of West Point.Copy !req
1078. It will probably put
him out of the Army.Copy !req
1079. Gee, I'm sorry to hear that, Murph.
It doesn't matter.Copy !req
1080. You're probably better off anyway. Let
'em bust you right back to civilian.Copy !req
1081. You'll be in big demand
back in the States.Copy !req
1082. You can pick off a man at
500 yards with an M-1,Copy !req
1083. You can toss a grenade further than
anybody in the neighborhood...Copy !req
1084. and you can bathe
in ditch water!Copy !req
1085. Sergeant, roll up your sleeve.Copy !req
1086. At least I can quiet you down so
my patients can get their rest.Copy !req
1087. Okay, sir. I was just leaving.Copy !req
1088. I'll be back and see you
later, Murph, uh, sir!Copy !req
1089. On August 9, 1945,Copy !req
1090. a little more than three years
after his enlistment...Copy !req
1091. and shortly after
his 19th birthday,Copy !req
1092. Lieutenant Audie L. Murphy had fought in
seven major campaigns of Worid War II.Copy !req
1093. He had been awarded three Purple
Hearts, a Bronze Star Medal,Copy !req
1094. a Bronze Star Medal with a
Bronze Service Arrowhead,Copy !req
1095. a Legion of Merit, two
Silver Star Medals,Copy !req
1096. the Distinguished Service Cross,:
And, from the French government,Copy !req
1097. two Croix de Guerre with Palm and
the Legion of Honor Chevalier.Copy !req
1098. On this memorable
day in his life,Copy !req
1099. he was awarded his country's
highest decoration,Copy !req
1100. the Congressional
Medal of Honor.Copy !req