"(birds chirping )" "(Winters ) ITWAS MORE THAN THREEYEARS SINCE LEWIS NIXON AND I" "DECIDED TO JOIN THE PARATROOPS." "AND MORE THAN AYEAR SINCE WE'D FIRST GONE TO WAR HOW LONG WE'D BE FIGHTING" "WHERE WE'D END UP." "I CERTAINLY DIDN'T EXPECT TO FIND MYSELF" "IN A PLACE LIKE THIS." "( Nixon ) I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE YOU." "MORNING." "I HEARD REPORTS ABOUT A RED-HEADED ESKIMO." "THOUGHT I'D CHECK IT OUT." "COME TO JOIN ME FOR A MORNING SWIM?" "( laughing )" "YEAH." "YOU KNOW ME SO WELL." "IT'S FROM ZIELINSKI." "GREAT." "WHAT IS THAT?" "RAN INTO THE REGIMENTAL PHOTOGRAPHER." "SAID HE HAD ALL THESE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE 506th" "GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO TOCCOA." "I TRADED 'EM FOR A COUPLE OF LUGERS." "THAT'S A BARGAIN." "WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'LL DO AFTER THIS?" "GET SOME BREAKFAST." "AFTER." "IT'S FUNNY YOU SHOULD MENTION IT" "'CAUSE I HAD A MEETING W ITH COLONEL SINK." "REALLY?" "YEAH." "DISCUSSED THE POSSIBIL ITY OF STAYING." "IN THE ARMY?" "YEAH." "AS A CAREER." "WHAT'D YOU SAY?" "I SAID I'D THINK ABOUT IT." "WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT NEW JERSEY?" "NEW JERSEY?" "NEW JERSEY." "IT'S CALLED "NIXON N ITRATION WORKS"." "SOUNDS PICTURESQUE." "ODDLY ENOUGH I KNOW THE OWNERS." "PROBABLY GONNA EXPECT ME TO MAKE SOMETHING OF MYSELF." "I THOUGHT MAYBE I'D DRAG YOU W ITH ME." "ARE YOU OFFERING ME A JOB? COMMENSURATE W ITH YOUR CURRENT SALARY LEVEL." "I'LL THINK ABOUT IT." "I REALLY APPRECIATE IT." "JUST THINK ABOUT IT." "YEAH." "( Winters ) JOB OFFERS..." "HARD TO FATHOM." "AND THE WAR WASN'T EVEN OVER." "I WAS STILL GETTING USED TO HOT SHOWERS AND MORNING SWIMS." "WE'D ENTERED BAVARIA IN EARLY MAY" "W ITH THE HOPES OF CAPTURING BERCHTESGADEN. AND ALL THE HEADS OF THE THIRD REICH HAD HOUSES THERE. HE HAD APPARENTLY ORDERED THE SS TO MAKE IT THEIR LAST STAND" "FROM WHICH TO MOUNT" "A GUERRILLA RESISTANCE AGAINST THE ALLIED ADVANCE." "THE FIRST STEP WAS BLOCKING THE ROADS." "WHEN ARE WE EXPECTING THE ENGINEERS TO ARRIVE?" "HALF AN HOUR AGO." "NIX. YOU'RE NOT GONNA LET US WALTZ INTO H ITLER'S HOUSE." "PROBABLY THROW A FEW ROCKS AT US YOURSELF." "IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO FIND ANOTHER WAY UP THAT MOUNTAIN" "EASY COMPANY" IS READY AND WILLING." "DULY NOTED." "I ALREADY RECOMMENDED YOU TO COLONEL SINK." "LET'S GO FIND OUT WHERE H ITLER LIVED." "WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT'S UP THERE." "THE COLONEL DOESN'T WANT US TAKING ANY UNNECESSARY RISKS." "THE FRENCH ARE GONNA BEAT US TO THE EAGLE'S NEST." "I JUST HAD A CONVERSATION W ITH GENERAL LECLERC." "HE TOLD ME HE WAS FIRST INTO PARIS" "AND BY GOD HE WANTED TO BE FIRST INTO BERCHTESGADEN." "( Sink ) TOLD HIM I UNDERSTOOD HIS POINT." "YOU FIRE UP 2nd BATTALION" "AND OUTFLANK THAT FRENCH SONOFAB ITCH." "SIR." "I WANT "EASY COMPANY" IN THE LEAD." "HAVE THE MEN ASSEMBLE DOWN ON THE AUTOBAHN." "SIR." "EERIE." "NOT EVEN ANY NATIVES." "THAT'S 'CAUSE THIS IS THE ONE TOWN" "YOU CAN'T DENY BEING A TRUE NAZI." "WHAT DO YOU MEAN?" "YOU HAVE TO BE TO LIVE HERE." "NEED TO FIND SOME PLACE WE CAN PUT THE COLONEL." "HOW ABOUT RIGHT THERE?" "NO." "WOW." "K ITTY WOULD LOVE THIS." "HOW MANY BRIDES GET A WEDDING PRESENT FROM H ITLER?" "YOU WANNA TAKE HALF?" "I CAN'T CARRY ALL THIS." "WHOEVER COMES IN HERE AFTER US" "IS GONNA TAKE WHATEVER ISN'T NAILED DOWN." "WELL..." "WOULDN'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN." "NICE." "DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT." "MAJOR WINTERS." "SIR." "MORE." "SIR?" "THE EAGLE'S NEST?" "WHAT IS THIS?" "WA IT ONE MINUTE." "HAVE "F" COMPANY PUT A DOUBLE GUARD ON THE HOTEL." "SET UP ROADBLOCKS ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN." "SEAL OFF THE NORTH SIDE" "AND PREPARE FOR PRISONERS." "SERGEANT GRANT." "NOT NOW." "AND "EASY"?" "EASY" WILL HEAD UP THE MOUNTAIN THROUGH THE OBERSALZBURG" "AND TAKE THE EAGLE'S NEST." "SILVER!" "( yelling ) BUILT W ITH NAZI PARTY MONEY. ACCESSIBLE BY A GOLD-PLATED ELEVATOR. AND THE MAN WAS AFRAID OF HEIGHTS." "( cork popping )" "HERE'S TO HIM." "LISTEN." "NO." "GOEBBELS." "ADOLF." "LOVE YOUR EAGLE'S NEST." "I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND." "WE MADE OURSELVES AT HOME." "LOVE WHAT YOU'VE DONE W ITH THE PLACE." "HAVE A DRINK." "COME ON." "JUST SO AS WE CAN SAY WE SAW YOU DO IT." "LISTEN UP." "JUST CAME IN." "EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY." "ALL TROOPS STAND FAST ON PRESENT POS ITIONS." "STANDING FAST." "WANNA HEAR IT?" "MMM." "MMM-HMM?" "LISTEN UP." "GERMAN ARMY'S SURRENDERED." "COME ON." "YEAH?" "( Nixon ) WHAT IS THIS PLACE?" "( Winters ) HERMANN GOERING'S HOUSE." "WE DISCOVERED IT YESTERDAY." "HAD IT ON DOUBLE GUARD EVER SINCE." "SIR." "O'KEEFE?" "SIR. AND CHAMPAGNE HELPED "EASY COMPANY" MARK THE DAY" "THE WAR IN EUROPE CAME TO AN END." "IT'S ALL YOURS." "TAKE WHAT YOU WANT AND HAVE EACH COMPANY TAKE A TRUCKLOAD. BUT DON'T FEEL YOU HAVE TO LEAVE ANYTHING HERE" "FOR WHOEVER COMES NEXT." "SIR?" "HAPPY V.E. DAY." "YEAH." "V.E. DAY?" "VICTORY IN EUROPE" "HAPPY V.E. DAY. AND NO ONE WANTED TO LEAVE BERCHTESGADEN" "UNTIL THEY SAW AUSTRIA." "YOU RECKON THEY'LL MAKE US RUN UP THOSE OR SKI DOWN THEM?" "HOW ARE YOU?" "NEED A HAND THERE?" "( soldier ) HE LOVES YOU!" "HOW ARE YOU?" "I THINK THE WAR IS OVER." "WE'LL BE COMFORTABLE HERE. WHEN THERE ARE FINALLY NO MORE WARS TO OCCUPY US. AND AT THE AIRFIELD." "VERYWELL." "MAJOR." "IT IS BETTER THAN TO LAY IT ON THE DESK OF A CLERK." "COLONEL." "( Narrator ) Heroic dead of a combined army and marine force where one of the bloodiest engagements of the war is being fought." "Thousands of Yanks have been wounded..." "SHARPE. facing one of the fiercest artillery barrages of the war." "Each small advance is gained by sheer grit in the face of withering fire from a suicidal enemy being slowly hammered back into the hills. but Okinawa is the next big step towards victory over Japan. and heroic sacrifice." "WHEN ARE WE GOING?" "WE DON'T HAVE A DATE YET." "ARE WE TO TELL THE MEN RIGHT AWAY?" "SOME OF THEM WILL HAVE ENOUGH POINTS TO GO HOME INSTEAD." "NOT MANY IF THEIR ONLY MEDAL' S A PURPLE HEART." "I THINK MOST OF US HERE WILL HAVE ENOUGH." "AND EACH OF US WILL HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO. READY TO FIGHT." "THAT MEANS RIFLE RANGES." "THAT MEANS DAILY CLOSE ORDER DRILLS." "THAT MEANS TROOP REVIEWS." "IT MEANS PHYSICAL TRAINING." "GET YOUR NCOs ON IT." "THEY'RE GONNA LOVE YOU." "PERCO?" "THINK THE DEER'S GONNA SHOOT BACK?" "LEAVE ME ALONE." "HOW ABOUT YOU ALL JUST SHUT UP" "AND LET SHIFTY KILL US SOME DINNER?" "BULL?" "YOU TIRED OF EATING DRIED UP SPUDS THREE TIMES A DAY?" "I GOT AN IDEA." "WHY DON'T WE JUST SHOOT BULL HERE" "AND FEED THE COMPANY FOR AWEEK." "SHIFTY." "YOU LET HIM GET AWAY." "ARMY OUGHTA BE GLAD TO BE RID OF YOU." "YOU KNOW." "IT SEEMS THEYWANT ME TO STAY AROUND AWHILE." "ARE YOU SERIOUS?" "HOW MANY POINTS YOU NEED?" "15." "I THOUGHT I HAD IT BAD." "MMM." "NEVER WAS INJURED." "( male ) COMPANY!" "( together ) PLATOON!" "ATTEN-TION!" "RIGHT SHOULDER." "ARM!" "ORDER." "ARMS!" "AT EASE. STILL DO NOT HAVE THE 85 POINTS REQUIRED TO BE DISCHARGED. HE HAS authorized A LOTTERY TO SEND EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY." "THE WINNER IS..." "COME ON." "SERIAL NUMBER 1-3-0-6-6-2-6-6." "SERGEANT DARRELL C. POWERS." "SHIFTY." "SHIFTY." "SERGEANT GRANT WILL SEE TO IT THAT 2nd PLATOON BEGINNING TONIGHT AT 2200 HOURS." "SO MUCH FOR OUR ANNIVERSARY." "NO SH IT." "GENERAL TAYLOR HAS ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT" "THE 101st AIRBORNE DIVISION" "WILL DEFIN ITELY BE REDEPLOYED TO THE PACIFIC. WE WILL BEGIN TRAINING TO GO TO WAR." "( knocking )" "COME IN." "( door opening )" "SIR." "I JUST WANTED TO SAY GOODBYE." "YOU WAS..." "YOU WAS..." "WELL..." "IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME." "( Winters ) YOU GOT EVERYTHING YOU NEED?" "SIR." "I GATHERED UP MY LOOT." "PISTOLS MAINLY." "PAPERWORK'S ALL DONE." "I EVEN GOT MY BACK PAY IN MY POCKET." "BACK HOME IN VIRGINIA..." "WELL..." "I JUST DON'T RIGHTLY KNOW HOW I'M GONNA EXPLAIN ALL THIS." "I'VE..." "I'VE SEEN..." "I'VE SEEN..." "SHIFTY." "THERE'S NOTHING MORE TO EXPLAIN." "SIR." "SHIFTY POWERS" "WAS ON A TRUCK HEADED FOR THE REAR AND A BOAT HOME." "UNFORTUNATELY THE TRUCK WAS H IT HEAD-ON" "BY A DRUNKEN CORPORAL FROM ANOTHER REGIMENT. AND A BAD CONCUSSION." "BUT HAD TO SPEND THE NEXT FEW MONTHS" "IN A SERIES OF HOSP ITALS." "I WISH I COULD SAY THAT HE WAS OUR ONLY CASUALTY IN AUSTRIA." "NIX." "I'M GOING BACK TO K ITTY." "DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT K ITTY HASN'T RUN OFF" "W ITH SOME 4-F BY NOW?" "SONOFAB ITCH." "THAT'S NOT EVEN FUNNY." "IGNORE HIM." "HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO TELL HER SO I COULD GO JUMP ON TOKYO?" "SO DON'T TELL HER." "RIGHT?" "THREE TOPS." "IT'LL PROBABLY BE OVER BEFORE YOU EVEN GET THERE." "THE REAL ITY IS YOU'RE GONNA S IT HERE IN AUSTRIA AND I'M GONNA BE BACK IN WILKES-BARRE MAKING BABIES." "YOU DIDN'T TELL HIM?" "I COULDN'T GET HIM TO SHUT UP." "TELL ME WHAT?" "GUTS AND GLORY HERE APPLIED FOR A TRANSFER." "WHAT?" "13th AIRBORNE ARE HEADING OUT FOR THE PACIFIC RIGHT AWAY." "I WANNA GET IT OVER W ITH." "ARE YOU IN ON THIS TOO?" "I CAN'T LET HIM GO BY HIMSELF." "HE DOESN'T KNOW WHERE IT IS." "YOU'RE LEAVING THE MEN?" "THEY DON'T NEED ME ANYMORE." "WOUNDED IN NORMANDY?" "SIR." "IN THE LEG." "IT WAS A MINOR FLESH WOUND." "COMPANY "E" LOST 24 MEN KILLED THERE." "SIR." "17 OF THOSE WERE IN MY COMPANY COMMANDER'S PLANE." "IT WENT DOWN ON D-DAY." "YOU WERE GIVEN COMMAND OF THE COMPANY ON D-DAY?" "THAT'S RIGHT." "FALL BACK TO YOUR ORIGINAL POS ITIONS!" "EVERYONE ELSE MAINTAIN YOUR PACE OF FIRE!" "IN HOLLAND..." "THEY BUMPED YOU TO BATTALION XO." "SIR." "BASTARDS TOOK YOUR COMPANY AWAY." "( phone ringing )" "I FIRED MY LAST SHOTS THERE." "FOR THE WHOLE DAMN WAR?" "SIR." "YOU GOT THROUGH BASTOGNE W ITHOUT HAVING TO FIRE YOUR WEAPON?" "SIR." "AND YOU WERE ON THE LINE THE WHOLE TIME?" "SIR. HAVING TO S IT THROUGH A SIEGE LIKE THAT" "UNDER THOSE COND ITIONS." "WE GOT THROUGH IT." "FIND A FOXHOLE!" "TAKE COVER!" "TAKE COVER!" "FIND SOME COVER!" "WHY DO YOU WANT A TRANSFER?" "SIR?" "WHY DO YOU WANT TO LEAVE YOUR MEN?" "SIR." "IT'S JUST THAT IF THE WAR WAS STILL ON IN THE PACIFIC" "AND I COULD DO SOME GOOD OVER THERE." "LOOKING TO HAVE YOUR OWN DIVISION SOMEDAY?" "SIR." "NOT GOING TO MAKE A CAREER OF THE ARMY?" "NO." "SIR." "BECAUSE IF YOU THINK YOU NEED MORE COMBAT EXPERIENCE SON." "YOU'VE DONE ENOUGH." "SIR." "THAT'S NOT MY OBJECTIVE." "I TOOK THIS MEETING AND FOR THE 101st. YOU SHOULD BE RUNNING ONE OF THE BATTALIONS." "SIR." "I THINK YOUR MEN HAVE EARNED" "THE RIGHT TO KEEP YOU AROUND." "SIR." "SIR. AND TRYING TO WATCH OVER SOLDIERS" "WHO HAD NO ENEMY TO FIGHT." "I FUCKING HATE THIS." "THEY FINGERED HIM." "WEB." "ONE OF THOSE POLACKS WHO WAS AT THE SLAVE CAMPS" "RIGHT HERE." "WHICH CAMP?" "WHATEVER CAMP." "I'M UNDER DIRECT ORDERS AND I'M HAPPY TO FOLLOW IT." "JOE?" "WHAT?" "IS THIS PERSONAL TO YOU?" "IT'S A GODDAMN ORDER." "DOES MAJOR WINTERS KNOW ABOUT THIS?" "DOESN'T MATTER HERE." "THE FUCK IT DOESN'T." "WHAT IF THIS GUY'S JUST A SOLDIER?" "WHAT IF HE'S AN OFFICER W ITH NO TIES TO THE SS?" "WHAT IF HE'S INNOCENT? WHAT IF HE'S A FUCKING NAZI COMMANDANT OF A FUCKING SLAVE CAMP?" "WHICH CAMP?" "YOU DON'T HAVE ANY PROOF." "WERE YOU AT LANDSBERG?" "YOU KNOW I WAS." "YOU THINK HE'S A SOLDIER LIKE YOU AND ME?" "A FUCKING INNOCENT GERMAN OFFICER?" "WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS?" "WER SIND SIE?" "WAS MACHEN SIE HIER?" "WHAT?" "ICH HABE GARNICHTS." "SHUT UP." "WAS MACHEN SIE?" "RUHE." "SIE SIND DER KOMMANDANT." "GEHEN SIE HERAUS." "SIE SIND DER KOMMANDANT." "WELCHER KOMMANDANT?" "VOM ARBE ITSLAGER." "ICH WEISS VON KEINEM ARBE ITSLAGER." "SIE HABEN DIE FALSCHE PERSON." "NO?" "OLD MAN." "NEIN." "DON'T FUCKING LIE TO ME." "SIE TAUSCHEN SICH." "SEE WHAT YOU DID TO MY FUCKING PEOPLE?" "!" "NEIN." "( yelling )" "HE'S GUILTY." "LIEBGOTT SAYS SO." "HE PROBABLY IS." "( gunshot )" "GODDAMN SONOFAB ITCH." "SHOOT HIM." "SHOOT HIM!" "NO." "( gunshot )" "OFFICERS DON'T RUN." "ANYBODYWOULD RUN." "( Winters ) SUMMER IN THIS ALPINE PARADISE ESPECIALLY NOW THAT WE WERE AT PEACE W ITH THE GERMANS." "EVERYONE JUST WANTED TO GO HOME." "FRANCE." "FRANCE WAS THE BEST." "REALLY?" "FIVE YEARS." "BUT FRANCE WAS THE BEST" "ITALY WOULD BE SECOND FOR ME." "RUSSIA IS NOT DESIRABLE." "IT WAS OKAY." "WHEN D'YOU GET OUT?" "THE UN IT IS DISCHARGED." "WE LEAVE WHEN MY CAPTAIN GETS TRANSFERRED." "IT IS THE END OF MY SECOND WAR." "JESUS." "I'M GOING HOME NOW TO MANNHEIM." "I'LL TAKE THIS ONE." "B ITTE." "OKAY." "WEBSTER." "MY RELIEF." "DON'T SALUTE THE GERMANS." "COME ON." "I SORT OF GET A KICK OUT OF IT." "I GOT ME A NEW ENEMY..." "THE JAPS." "75 POINTS." "HOW ABOUT YOU?" "RIGHT?" "HOW MANY YOU GOT?" "WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO KNOW." "HUH?" "IT'S MY TURN." "SEE YOU BACK AT THE FARM." "81." "HUH?" "I HAVE 81 POINTS." "THAT'S JUST NOT GOOD ENOUGH." "( honking )" "SEE ABOUT GETTING YOU A RIDE." "HEY!" "HEY!" "WHERE ARE THEY GOING?" "MUNICH." "MUNICH." "WANNA GO TO MUNICH?" "MOCHTEN SIE NACH MUNCHEN GEHEN?" "B ITTE." "( yelling in German )" "GET IN." "TOO BAD." "RN THE WHEEL!" "JESUS." "IT'S PRIVATE JANOVEC." "HE WAS DEAD WHEN THEY BROUGHT HIM IN." "75 POINTS." "WHAT?" "HE WAS 10 POINTS SHORT." "BUT SOMEHOW MEN WERE STILL DYING. WERE STUCK HERE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE POINTS." "WHAT THEY DID HAVE PLENTY OF" "AND TOO MUCH TIME ON THEIR HANDS. SHOVES A TRENCH KNIFE UP AGAINST HIS THROAT" "AND SCREAMS "WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON?" "I DON'T GET IT." "IT'S D-DAY." "IT'S 2nd PLATOON'S OWN BILL GUARNERE." "OL' GONORRHEA HIMSELF." "JUST LANDED IN NORMANDY AND WOUND UP LIKE I DON'T KNOWWHAT." "WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON?" "WHAT A FUCKING CHARACTER." "WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM?" "GOT HIS LEG BLOWN OFF IN BASTOGNE." "WA IT HERE." "D'YOU NEED SOME HELP?" "( laughing )" "THEY WOULDN'T GIVE ME ANY GAS." "KRAUTS." "I TRIED TO EXPLAIN." "THIS FUCKING LIMEY WOULDN'T LISTEN." "I THINK HE WAS A MAJOR." "WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM HERE." "DO YOU HAVE ANY GAS?" "WHY DON'T YOU GIVE ME YOUR WEAPON?" "I GUESS I'LL JUST USE HIS JEEP." "I DON'T THINK HE'S GONNA BE NEEDING IT." "ALRIGHT?" "JESUS." "SARGE!" "SERGEANT GRANT!" "SARGE!" "JESUS." "WHAT?" "HE'S NOT GONNA MAKE IT." "YOU CAN'T OPERATE ON HIM?" "NOT ME." "YOU'D NEED A BRAIN SURGEON." "I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY HOPE." "I WANT HIM ALIVE." "HELP ME." "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" "WE'RE GONNA GO FIND A BRAIN SURGEON." "LIEB." "HE WANTS A NONCOM GUARDING EACH ROADBLOCK" "AND AT LEAST TWO MEN WATCHING EVERY ROAD OUT OF TOWN." "YOU EACH PICK A SQUAD" "AND ONE OF THESE W ITNESSES ON A HOUSE TO HOUSE SEARCH." "CAN WE SHOOT THIS BASTARD ON SIGHT?" "TRY AND TAKE HIM ALIVE." "WHERE'S GRANT NOW?" "THEY TOOK HIM TO A KRAUT HOSP ITAL" "TO SEE IF THEY COULD DRUM UP ANY GOOD DOCTORS." "( knocking )" "( dog barking )" "OPEN UP." "COME W ITH ME." "WHY?" "GET IN THE JEEP." "WHERE ARE WE GOING?" "GET IN." "SHOOT ME." "PUT THE GUN AWAY." "NOW." "WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM?" "HE WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD." "HALF HOUR AGO." "COME ON." "YOU'LL HELP ME." "FIRST BY PUTTING THAT AWAY." "LET'S GO." "LET ME DRIVE." "WE'LL GET THERE FASTER." "JESUS." "WHAT A HAND." "( male yelling )" "ME OR HIM." "WANNA PLAY A DIFFERENT GAME?" "NO." "HUH?" "YOU ALRIGHT?" "I'M ALRIGHT." "YOU WANNA GO IN THERE AND JOIN IN?" "I SHOULD GO IN THERE AND STOP THIS." "ALRIGHT?" "WHERE IS HE?" "HOW'S GRANT?" "WHERE IS HE?" "IS HE OKAY?" "WHERE IS HE?" "!" "THIS HIM?" "THAT'S HIM. I" COMPANY." "WHERE'S THE WEAPON?" "WHAT WEAPON?" "YOU SAY "SIR"." "HAVE THE MPs TAKE CARE OF THIS PIECE OF SH IT." "GRANT'S DEAD?" "NO." "KRAUT SURGEON SAYS HE'S GONNA MAKE IT." "ON YOUR FEET." "MOVE IT." "SIR." "SURE HAD A LOT OF PICTURES OF HIM IN IT." "BUT YOU DIDN'T TAKE 'EM?" "SIR." "I DON'T BELIEVE YOU." "I'LL BE WATCHING YOU." "YOU'RE DISMISSED." "YOU'D BETTER NOT BE LYING TO ME." "WHAT?" "IF IT'S NOT GONNA PUT YOU IN TOO MUCH OF A BIND" "I'D LIKE TO RESIGN AS COMPANY 1st SERGEANT. I MISS BEING BACK AMONGST THE MEN. WHICHEVER PLATOON YOU WANNA PUT ME IN." "I GUESS YOU'VE EARNED YOUR RIGHT TO DEMOTE YOURSELF." "SIR." "YOU WANNA TAKE OVER SERGEANT GRANT'S PLATOON?" "SIR." "REPORT TO LIEUTENANT PEACOCK." "LET ME KNOW IF HE GIVES YOU ANY TROUBLE." "YOU MAKE YOUR DECISION YET?" "I DID." "WHAT ELSE IS ON YOUR MIND?" "I KNOW "EASY COMPANY'S" GONNA NEED" "A COMMANDING OFFICER POST-WAR. KEEP THEM FROM KILLING EACH OTHER." "IT BETTER BE SOMEBODYWHO KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE DOING." "I COULDN'T AGREE MORE." "IT'S ABSOLUTELY IRRESPONSIBLE TO LEAVE THEM" "IN THE HANDS OF THE WRONG PERSON." "THEY'RE TOO MUCH OF AVALUABLE RESOURCE TO THE MIL ITARY." "YOU'VE DECIDED TO STAY IN THE ARMY?" "I'M GONNA STAYW ITH THE MEN." "I'M GLAD TO HEAR IT. BUT OTHERS WERE STUCK HERE UNLESS WE COULD FIND EXCUSES" "TO SEND THEM AWAY." "IT'S AN AIRBORNE EXHIB ITION." "THEY HAVE ONE OF EVERY ALLIED COMBAT PLANE" "THEY'VE USED IN THE WAR." "UH-HUH." "SIR." "YOU'LL BE LIKE A TECHNICAL ADVISER" "TO MAKE SURE THEY GET EVERYTHING RIGHT." "SIR." "I'M SORRY IT'S NOT A MORE HOSP ITABLE LOCATION." "SIR." "PARIS IS JUST FINE. SOMEONE HAS TO BE THERE." "WE ABSOLUTELY DO." "AND YOUR DRIVER WILL DROP YOU OFF AT A HOTEL OF YOUR CHOICE" "AND I DON'T THINK WE'LL SEE YOU BACK HERE ANY TIME SOON." "SIR." "YES." "UM..." "I WANTED TO SAY THEY USUALLY DON'T LET HIM STAY W ITH THE SAME COMPANY." "I FIGURED THIS WAS COMING." "THEY'RE AFRAID THE MEN WON'T SHOW HIM THE PROPER DEGREE" "OF RESPECT AS THEY WOULD ANOTHER OFFICER." "SIR. ESPECIALLY IN YOUR CASE." "THEY'VE GIVEN ME THE CHOICE AND I THOUGHT BATTALION HEADQUARTERS" "MIGHT BE A GOOD PLACE." "SIR." "GOOD." "GOOD." "DOWN AT THE AIRFIELD" "THERE IS A GERMAN GENERAL WHO IS A L ITTLE P.O.'ed" "ABOUT HAVING TO SURRENDER TO PRIVATE BABE HEFFRON" "FROM SOUTH PHILLY." "THINKS IT'S BENEATH HIS STATURE." "SIR." "YEAH." "I THOUGHT 2nd LIEUTENANT CARWOOD LlPTON FROM WEST VIRGINIA" "COULD SOOTHE HIS RUFFLED FEATHERS." "SIR." "IS THIS THE TYPE OF JOB I CAN EXPECT FROM NOW ON?" "YEAH." "YEAH." "WHEN WE'RE NOT SUNNING OURSELVES BY THE LAKE." "LIEUTENANT." "I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS MY MEN BRIEFLY." "GENERAL." "CAPTAIN SOBEL." "MAJOR WINTERS." "CAPTAIN SOBEL." "NOT THE MAN. ES WAR EIN LANGER KRIEG." "ES WAR EIN HARTER KRIEG." "LIEBGOTT?" "IT'S BEEN A TOUGH WAR." "IHR HABT TAPFER UND STOLZ FUR EUER VATERLAND GEKAMPFT." "FOR YOUR COUNTRY." "IHR SEID EINE BESONDERE GRUPPE." "YOU ARE A SPECIAL GROUP." "DIE INEINANDER EINEN ZUSAMMENHALT GEFUNDEN HABT." "( Liebgott ) WHO HAVE FOUND IN ONE ANOTHER A BOND." "WIE ERSICH NUR IM KAMPF ENTWICKELN KANN." "THAT EXISTS ONLY IN COMBAT." "UNTER KAMERADEN." "AMONG BROTHERS." "DIE FUCHSHOHLEN GETEILKT HABEN." "OF SHARED FOXHOLES." "DIE SICH IN SCHRECKLICHEN MOMENTEN" "GEGENSE ITIG GESCHUTZT HABEN." "HELD EACH OTHER IN DIRE MOMENTS." "DIE DEN TOD ZUSAMMEN GESEHEN HAHEB" "UND GEMEINSAM GEL ITTEN HABEN." "WHO'VE SEEN DEATH AND SUFFERED TOGETHER." "ICH BIN STOLZ" "M IT EUCH GEDIENT ZU HABEN." "I AM PROUD TO HAVE SERVED W ITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU." "SIE ALLER VERDIENEN AM LANGSTEN GLUCKLICHES" "LEBEN UND FRIEDEN." "YOU DESERVE LONG AND HAPPY LIVES OF PEACE." "TOWEL." "THANKS." "TAKE A LOOK AT THESE TWO KIDS." "WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO THEM?" "HUH?" "YEAH." "THINK ABOUT IT." "I AM." "YOU AWAKE YET?" "AWAKE?" "TIME TO GO TO BED." "( cheering )" "WE GOT ONE DOWN." "LET'S GET WEBSTER. TO LET US KNOW THAT HE WAS ALRIGHT." "HE BECAME A PROSECUTOR IN LOS ANGELES. AND WAS LATER APPOINTED TO THE CALIFORNIA COURT OF APPEALS. AND LATER WROTE A BOOK ABOUT SHARKS." "HE WENT OUT ON THE OCEAN ALONE" "AND WAS NEVER SEEN AGAIN." "GO!" "JOHNNY MARTIN WOULD RETURN TO HIS JOB AT THE RAILROAD" "AND THEN START HIS OWN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY." "HE SPL ITS HIS TIME BETWEEN arizona AND A PLACE IN MONTANA. 1600 PEOPLE ATTENDED HIS FUNERAL IN 1998." "DOC ROE DIED IN LOUISIANA" "IN 1998." "HE'D BEEN A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR." "FRANK PERCONTE RETURNED TO CHICAGO" "AND WORKED A POSTAL ROUTE AS A MAILMAN." "JOE LIEBGOTT RETURNED TO SAN FRANCISCO" "AND DROVE HIS CAB." "BULL RANDLEMAN WAS ONE OF THE BEST SOLDIERS I EVER HAD." "HE WENT INTO THE EARTH-MOVING BUSINESS IN ARKANSAS." "HE'S STILL THERE." "ALTON MORE RETURNED TO WYOMING W ITH A UNIQUE SOUVENIR..." "H ITLER'S PERSONAL PHOTO ALBUMS." "HE WAS KILLED IN A CAR ACCIDENT IN 1958. UNTIL HE SHOWED UP A REUNIO" "HOW WE LIVED OUR LIVES AFTER THE WAR" "WAS AS VARIED AS EACH MAN." "CARWOOD LlPTON BECAME A GLASS-MAKING EXECUTIVE" "IN CHARGE OF FACTORIES ALL OVER THE WORLD." "HE HAS A NICE LIFE IN NORTH CAROLINA. BECAME AN ADMINISTRATOR" "FOR THE WILKES-BARRE PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL SYSTEM. RETURNED TO GERMANY AS GOVERNOR OF SPANDAU PRISON." "HE RETIRED A LIEUTENANT COLONEL." "GET 'EM ROUND." "SCHOOL CIRCLE!" "IT WAS D-DAY PLUS 434." "PERCO." "GOT SOME NEWS." "THIS MORNING PRESIDENT TRUMAN" "RECEIVED THE UNCOND ITIONAL SURRENDER FROM THE JAPANESE." "WAR'S OVER. EACH MAN IN THE 101st AIRBORNE WOULD BE GOING HOME." "EACH OF US WOULD BE FOREVER CONNECTED BY OUR SHARED EXPERIENCE." "AND EACH WOULD HAVE TO REJOIN THE WORLD AS BEST HE COULD." "( cheering )" "LEWIS NIXON HAD SOME TOUGH TIMES AFTER THE WAR. HE MARRIED AWOMAN NAMED GRACE" "AND EVERYTHING CAME TOGETHER FOR HIM." "TRAVELING THE WORLD." "DIED IN 1995." "I TOOK UP HIS JOB OFFER AND WAS A PERSONNEL MANAGER" "AT THE NIXON N ITRATION WORKS UNTIL I WAS CALLED BACK BUT I CHOSE NOT TO GO TO KOREA." "I'D HAD ENOUGH OF WAR. WHERE I STILL LIVE TODAY." "AND THERE IS NOT A DAY THAT GOES BY" "THAT I DO NOT THINK OF THE MEN I SERVED W ITH" "WHO NEVER GOT TO ENJOY THE WORLD W ITHOUT WAR." "IT'S A VERY UNUSUAL FEELING. AND IT'S AVERY UNUSUAL BONDING." "WE KNEW THAT WE COULD DEPEND ON EACH OTHER" "WE WERE A CLOSE-KN IT GROUP." "SO BRAVE IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE" "AND I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY THAT I ADMIRE MORE THAN" "BILL GUARNERE AND JOE TOYE." "VERY SPECIAL." "THAT'S ALL." "ONE L ITTLE PART." "AND I'M PROUD TO BE A PART OF IT." "SOMETIMES IT MAKES ME CRY. THE REAL HEROES ARE THE FELLAS" "THAT ARE STILL BURIED OVER THERE" "AND THOSE THAT CAME HOME TO BE BURIED." "YOU THOUGHT THAT YOU COULD DO" "JUST ABOUT ANYTHING AND AFTER THE WAR WAS OVER OR AT LEAST I DID." "I LOST ALL THAT CONFIDENCE." "YOU KNOW." "HENRY THE FIFTH WAS TALKING TO HIS MEN. WE IN IT SHALL BE REMEMBERED." "WE BAND OF BROTHERS." "FOR HE WHO TODAY SHEDS HIS BLOOD W ITH ME" "SHALL BE MY BROTHER"." "DO YOU REMEMBER..." "THE LETTER THAT MY GRANNYWROTE ME?" "YOU DO?" "D'YOU REMEMBER HOW I ENDED IT?" "I CHERISH..." "THE MEMORIES OF A QUESTION MY GRANDSON ASKED ME THE OTHER DAY WERE YOU A HERO IN THE WAR?" "NO..." "BUT I SERVED IN THE COMPANY OF HEROES"." "Captions Copyright 2001 HOME BOX OFFICE" "L.P." "Captioned by HBO COMMUNICATIONS CENTE"