"If you're a leader, you lead the way." "Not just on the easy ones." "You take the tough ones, too." "A good leader has to understand the people that are under him, understand their needs their desires or how they think a little bit." "It seemed like he always made the right decisions along the way." "He was a real soldier." "Like, some of the officers I don't think I'd follow them into water." "But he was one of the best." "He went right in there and he didn't know." "He never thought of not being first or sending somebody in his place." "I don't know how he survived." "But he did." "Lew?" "Wake up." "They want us back at regiment." "Come on, Nix, get up." "Let's go." "Come on, something's up." "Strayer's orders." "Okay, I'll be right down." "Let's go, come on, you got 10 minutes." "Go away." "Come on, big guy, let's go." "Leave me alone." "Okay." "Come on." "Goddamn it." "That's my own piss, for Christ's sake." "Son of a bitch." "We're the only unit in the group that's got the Germans on the German side of the Rhine." "If we'd have taken Antwerp and I'm not saying that would be easy we'd be over the river, well supplied, and have the Krauts on their heels." "Now, if I can just get Ike on the phone..." "Are you listening to me?" "Hangin' on every word." "Hey, Moose, you too?" "Yeah, whatever's going on, Sink is not happy." "Nixon, Heyliger." "Meet Col. Dobie, British 1st Airborne." "Capt. Nixon is our 2nd Battalion S-2." "That's First Lt. Moose Heyliger." "It appears the British lost 8,000 men when Market Garden fell on its ass which is why Col. Dobie has been tasked with coordinating a rescue operation for the Red Devils trapped when Arnhem fell." "Dutch resistance are harboring 140 of my chaps here just outside a Jerry-held town 15 miles north of the river." "They'll go to the riverbank and gather in the woods tonight." "Pick a team and get them back across the Rhine as fast as possible." "140 men?" "Canadian engineers have supplied six boats." "The rendezvous point is isolated and landable." "I swam it myself last night." "At approximately 0030 hours they will signal the "V" for victory with a handheld red torch." "That would be a handheld red flashlight." "We'll call this Operation Pegasus." "Bob, your 2nd Battalion is on the spot." "Do it." "Capt. Nixon, assist Col. Dobie in every way possible." "If you need anything at all, you come to me." "I can hardly ask for more." "Capt. Winters." "You haven't endorsed the Market Garden after-action report or the updated Battalion TO and E. Why is that?" "I'll have them at CP at 1300, sir." "I want an inventory on any material the British 43rd left behind:" "Rations, medical supplies, transport." "An inventory." "Yes, sir." "Dick." "I'm still waiting to write citations on that 5 October operation." "I need your report." "The report." "Yes, sir." "Light a fire under it, Dick." "Sir." "Now, goddamn it, we asked for this yesterday and here it is today, a day late and a dollar short." "Enemy disposition and maps in the S-2." "We should have a look at that." "You say there's about 100 of 'em?" "This is it, boys." "Get across the river, across the field and over the dike." "That's a lot of territory to cover." "Where you want us to go?" "You, Hashey, you get the penthouse." "Thank you." "We're up top." "How bad does it get?" "You'll find out." "That's a lot of territory to cover." "A couple of regular GI Joe's?" "You said it." "Come on." "New guys giving the replacements the what-for, and why-is." "I swear one of them's never shaved." "Yeah, kids." "This is a hell of a dog, Tab." "Thank you, there you go." "What'd you call it, Tab?" "Trigger." "That's good." "I like that." "Trigger." "Got anything on this?" "No, it's all quiet." "We've got penetration!" "Alley's hurt, get the doc." "Get him on the table." "Yeah, it's Alley." "All right, I got this." "Alley, you're gonna be okay." "Boyle, get Doc Roe." "Where am I?" "Something happened, what happened?" "Where was it?" "Crossroads, where the road crosses the dike." "They knew we was there because of your loud mouth." "Joe, back off." "Lesniewski, send a runner for Lt. Welsh." "Assemble me a squad." "Yes, sir. 1st Squad, on your feet!" "Weapons and ammo only!" "Give me room." "Let's move!" "Let's go!" "Boyle, get the boots off, elevate the leg." "Liebgott, use the sulfur." "Let's get this done quickly, we got to move." "Not too much." "Alley." "MG-42?" "Yeah." "What the hell are they shootin' at?" "What's down that road?" "Regimental headquarters." "But that's three miles away." "Why are they giving away their position?" "They ain't as smart as me and you?" "I'll check it out anyway." "Hold here, wait for my signal." "Yes, sir." "Holding here, I'm waitin' for a signal." "This is our fallback position, here." "Mortars, deploy here." "1st Squad, on me." "Go." "Second on the right." "First on the right." "Third on the right." "Nail the machine gun." "Second on the left, first on the left." "Wait for my signal." "Prepare to fire." "Two rounds, AG, quick." "Fall back!" "Fire." "Fire." "Higgins!" "Handful of Krauts, based on the dike, 12:00!" "How many Krauts are left up there?" "I don't know." "But we got seven in one blow." "Bring on Boyle and Perconte, go!" "Come on, fall back." "Suppressing fire." "Suppressing fire!" "Hashey, Garcia, follow me." "Harry, tell Peacock to bring up the balance of 1st Platoon on the double!" "And another machine-gun squad, over." "Dukeman!" "Go get that machine gun on the right flank, go!" "Christenson!" "Fuck, Dukeman's down." "Sir, the balance of 1st Platoon are here." "Gordon and More brought another 30 cal." "Sir." "They're behind a solid roadway embankment." "We're in a ditch." "They can outflank us along the dike and catch us out here as soon as they figure that out." "So, how many Krauts are we talking about?" "There's a ferry crossing here so, it could be a whole battalion, as far as I know." "Okay, what are your orders?" "We got no choice." "Here it is." "Talbert, you'll take ten men along the dike." "Peacock, you'll take ten men along the left flank." "I'll take ten up the middle, so follow me." "Questions?" "Go!" "Enter." "I don't know why I'm still doing this." "What, drinking?" "No, hiding it in your footlocker." "I'm a captain, for Christ's sake." "Why don't you..." "Why don't you just give it up?" "Drinking?" "No, hiding it in my footlocker." "You're a captain, for Pete's sake." "Maybe you're right and this is the perfect place to stop drinking." "Right here on the business end of the Allied advance." "Cheers." "Dick, you know, that's not literature." "You just keep it simple." "Try writing it in the first person plural, you know." "Say "we" a lot." "Thanks for the tip." "Fix bayonets." "Go on the red smoke." "No, wait!" "Wait for the signal." "Jesus." "Come on, boys!" "Four." "Five." "Holy shit!" "It's a whole other company!" "No shit!" "Fire, fire, fire." "Easy Beaver to Easy Minor." "Reinforce Easy at phase one yellow." "Plus one, strike three." "Fire concentration Charlie." "Dropped 200, left 100." "Repeat, plus one, strike three." "Fire concentration Charlie." "Dropped 200, left 100." "Krauts in the open, fire for effect, over." "Heraus, Hande hoch." "Schnell, schnell!" "What's he saying?" "He's telling me that they're Polish." "Don't you believe it." "There ain't no Poles in the SS!" "Move!" "Jesus Christ" "Shit!" "Luz, send Lightning a contact report." "Boyle!" "Get up where you can spot the fall of those rounds, go!" "Incoming rogues!" "Easy Company, take cover!" "Boyle's hit!" "Jesus Christ, they got me." "Take cover, it's German artillery." "Get Boyle, he's down, come on, help me." "Jesus, Captain, they're SS." "Joe?" "Joe, knock it off." "Damn it, what?" "You're bleeding." "It's nothing, Captain." "Take these prisoners back to Battalion CP." "Get yourself cleaned up." "Yes, sir." "Come on, Kraut boys." "Joe?" "Yeah." "Drop your ammo." "What?" "Drop your ammo." "You kidding?" "What are you doing?" "Give me your weapon." "Captain." "You have one round." "Johnny, how many prisoners do we have?" "We got eleven right now, sir." "Okay." "You drop a prisoner, the rest'll jump you." "I want all prisoners back at Battalion CP alive." "Yes, sir." ""They got me. " You believe that?" "You believe I said that?" "Can you make it back to CP?" "Yeah." "All right, I will see you someplace else." "Take these to Battalion." "Split 'em up." "Yes, sir." "Up." "All right." "Here you are." "We had 'em on the run." "How's that?" "The Germans were flooding back towards the ferry crossing when we hit 'em with artillery." "It was like a turkey shoot." "Then they hit us with their 88s, zeroed in on this crossroad." "Now we were lucky, though." "Only 22 wounded." "Lucky?" "Capt. Winters?" "He's right down there, sir." "All right, carry on." "All right, Krauts, Hande hoch." "22 wounded?" "You okay?" "Yeah, one killed." "Who?" "Dukeman." "Dukeman." "You're looking at two full companies of SS out there." "About 50 dead, probably another 100 wounded." "Seven back in the regimental cage plus a whole string of 'em up there." "That's not bad for Dukeman." "You got a drink?" "Of water?" "Yeah, it's water." "Thanks." "Okay?" "363rd Volksgrenadier hit Opheusden early this morning about the same time your SS made a run for my CP down the road." "3rd Battalion got the hell beat out of 'em." "Holly Horton was killed." "Maj. Horton's dead?" "They hit 2nd Battalion CP in force." "He was organizing the defense." "Capt. Nixon, excuse us for just a minute." "How'd you feel about handling the battalion?" "Sir?" "I'm moving you up to executive officer of 2nd Battalion." "Col. Strayer is..." "He could use some help." "I know I could handle them in the field, sir." "That's right, Dick." "You're a solid tactician and a good leader." "Don't worry about administration." "Who do you think'll be taking over Easy, sir?" "Moose Heyliger can command Easy Company." "Lt. Heyliger would be my choice, sir." "Good." "You pack your gear and come to Battalion CP." "Yes, sir." "Would you like some coffee, sir?" "Yeah, thanks, doc." "All right." "Dick!" "Finish your novel yet?" "That's a lot of homework." "And I thought executive officer was a fun job." "Who are you?" "Zielinski, sir." "Who is he?" "Zielinski, my orderly." "Rank does have its privileges." "Orderly?" "I suppose you do stuff like get coffee." "Can do, sir." "Black, no sugar." "And a bacon sandwich." "You want something?" "Bacon sandwich." "You can give that to Col. Sink with my compliments." "All that for two pages." "Guess that means that's gonna take a while." "Yeah, it is." "You want a job?" "There." "I think somebody wishes you were back in charge of Easy Company, Moose." "Are you two just here to gloat?" "No, just rub it in a little bit." "Moose is gonna lead his first mission as CO." "Operation Pegasus is set to go off." "I wanted to give you the heads up." "Pegasus, yeah." "Yeah, great." "Everybody know their job?" "We've drilled with the boats all day." "Lt. Welsh is coming along, and the Canadian engineers." "Col. Dobie knows his stuff." "Know how many times you'll cross the river?" "If there really are 140 Brits in hiding over there, 3 trips." "Speed is the key." "What time's jump-off?" "We'll be at the far side of the Rhine at 0100." "Speed is the key." "Keep moving and lead the way." "Dick." "Easy's in good hands." "Yeah." "Yeah, right." "Well, hang tough." "I could say the same to you." "Good luck, Moose." "Captain." "Nix?" "Yeah." "Are we sure on the intelligence of this?" "I think it's pretty good." "Is Easy walking into another company of Germans no one can see?" "Why don't we ask Moose when he gets back?" "Right, yeah." "If they do run into any trouble, you'll let me know?" "Yeah." "You run into any bacon sandwich, do the same, all right?" "Yeah." "Line secure, sir." "Fall back into position, Private." "I got the 30 cal on the left flank." "Extend it out to the left, 10 yards." "So, Colonel, where are they?" "Leicester." "Square." "Come on in." "Welcome back, sir." "Good to be back." "Heyliger, 506 of the 101st Airborne." "Never thought I'd be so glad to see a bloody Yank." "Your show, Colonel." "I'll be back shortly." "Go." "Boats are all secure, sir." "Bull." "The Brits are on the way, pass the word." "Sir, you missed a signature here." "Moose Heyliger?" "That's me, sir." "God bless you, my man." "We're ready to go, sir." "Where's the rest of you?" "Right." "And here we all are." "Let's go." "Wahai, Mohammed!" "Wahai, Mohammed!" "Moose Heyliger and the American 101st have done the Red Devils a great service, making it possible for us to return and fight the enemy on another day." "To Easy Company, victory and Currahee." "Currahee!" "I was only Easy's CO for four months, Moose." "Before that it was Meehan's company, and before that Sobel's." "But you're the only combat commander they've ever known." "And I'm from another company." "You know where they came from, you know what they've been through." "Just hang tough." "Train your new platoon leaders, and trust your noncoms." "Halt!" "It's Moose." "Hold your fire!" "Okay, buddy." "Oh, my god." "Send for Lt. Welsh." "Stay awake on me, Moose." "Here, look in my eyes." "Send for Lt. Welsh, now!" "Okay." "I'm sorry, sir." "I'm so sorry." "I didn't know." "Jesus Christ." "Where are you from, trooper?" "Wyoming, sir." "You're a long way from home, Private." "Stretcher!" "I got him, Harry." "Give him morphine?" "Yeah." "How much?" "I don't know, two, three Syrettes maybe." "Three Syrettes maybe?" "Yeah." "Were you trying to kill him?" "I think it was two." "It's important to let me know how much medication he's had." "I do not see one Syrette on the man's jacket." "Sorry, doc." "Sure is a good thing he's a big man." "Maybe he'll stand a chance." "We didn't know what to do for his pain." "Yeah, but you are officers, you are grownups, you ought to know." "All right, let's go, come on, move it!" "Mama, mama, can't you see" "What the airborne's done to me?" "Once more." "About face." "Forward march." "Easy still has only 65 percent strength and most of those are replacements, including their new CO." "How's Lt. Dike doing?" "Three weeks in Holland the guys are already calling him Foxhole Norman." "They're talking about a mid-march action at the earliest." "So, we train the guys for three months, we jump into Berlin, we end the war." "The only thing holding together Easy Company is the NCOs, Toccoa men." "Sir, there's a Sgt. Guarnere here to see you." "Look what the train brought in." "The daredevil." "Hiya, Captain." "Welcome back, Bill." "It's true." "I never thought I'd see you behind a desk." "Yeah, and someday he'll sit behind it." "I just went awol from the hospital to get back here, sir." "I hope it won't cause you a problem." "Would you care if it did?" "Not a bit, sir." "Got a letter for you here from Moose, Lt. Heyliger, sir." "He's recovering, but it's gonna be a long haul." "Thanks, Bill." "I hear there's gonna be a football game." "Those chumps from the 5-0-deuce, right?" "Yeah, Christmas day." "Great, sky train boys." "Can't wait." "Great." "I" "I'll just go find some trouble." "You do that." "Bill." "Sir?" "No more joyriding, right?" "Anybody ever heard of a little joint called Lulu's?" "You got me." "I'll just ask around." "I guess now's as good a time as any." "What's that?" "I don't wanna see another piece of paper." "Gen. Taylor has flown back to Washington." "He's left Gen. McAuliffe in charge of the division." "Col. Sink is in Rheims to see Marlene Dietrich." "Marlene Dietrich is in Rheims?" "At the USO." "I'm going to Rheims." "Strayer is in London for at least a week for Lt. Col. Dobie's wedding." "I am heading back to Aldbourne to look up a certain young lady." "What are you telling me?" "You, my friend, are headed to Paris." "City of light." "That's a 48-hour pass." "It's been decided that you need a little dose of civilization." "Bon voyage." "I second that." "The airborne is as tough as they come." "Basic training." "You know what I did in basic training?" "I had to eat rats in basic training." "That's the first time..." "Monsieur?" "Monsieur, c'est le terminus." "Le train s'arrete ici, on doit tous descendre." "Every time I look at you, I see eight or nine of you." "I'll be all right when I can only see one." "Look at me, I'm John Wayne." "The costume department set me up with these great navy whites." "Luz, shut up." "What do you think?" "I'm trying to watch this." "I've seen this movie 13 times, okay?" "I haven't, so, shut up." "Watch the movie." "It's fine." "Skip." "Come on." "Where've you been?" "I've been lookin' all over for you." "Don, I was at home in Tannawanda." "But then Hitler started this whole thing, so, now I'm here." "How'd you make out in craps?" "Not so bad." "Here's the $60 I borrowed." "You're paying me back?" "And, to say thank you..." "Surprising." "...a tip." "Jesus!" "Shut up!" "Shut up!" "I was up $6,000, but I only have $3,600 left." "What will you do with it?" "Blow most of it in Paris as soon as possible." "Gimme a tip." "I don't think that climate in there agrees with you." "As a matter of fact I've been worried about your health altogether." "Hey, Buck." "You don't look well." "How are you feeling?" "Your wounds heal, all four of them?" "You seen this before?" "Buck." "Hi." "Is it any good?" "Yeah." "It's a real corker." "I warned you about this girl a month ago." "Won't anybody give you a light?" "Lip, favorite part." ""Got a penny?" "Got a penny?"" ""Got a penny?" Got a penny?" "What?" "It's an English penny..." "Lights!" "Come on." "Quiet!" "You can't do that to the Duke." "I said, quiet!" "Elements of the 1st and the 6th SS Panzer Division have broken through in the Ardennes forest." "They've overrun the 28th Infantry and elements of the 4th." "All officers report to respective HQs." "All passes are cancelled." "Enlisted men report to barracks and your platoon leaders." "Damn, what a day." "Got a light?" "Sir?" "Lt. Peacock?" "Sir, have you seen Col. Strayer?" "Where's the company commander?" "Lt. Dike, I've been looking for him all day." "How is it that the 4th Army's problem gets dumped on the airborne?" "Lt. Peacock, Lt. Compton, Capt. Winters." "Lt. Dike, I've been looking for you." "We have a problem." "Col. Strayer is not back from some wedding in London." "Can you believe that?" "We're going to the front here and our CO isn't even in the same country." "You have a bigger problem." "Lt. Dike" "Men are returning to action without proper cold weather clothing or enough ammo." "Sir?" "I suggest you take a canvass of the entire base." "Get what materials you have before you roll out." "Or have you done that already?" "No, sir." "K- rations, as many as you can scrounge." "We don't know if we'll be resupplied." "Yes, sir." "What about ammo?" "There is no more ammo." "Distribute it as best you can so at least everybody has something." "Yes, sir." "Lt. Compton, Lt. Peacock, inform Lt. Shames of the situation." "Equip your platoons as best you can and then report to me, understood?" "Yes, sir." "Captain." "I guess the blackout's not in effect." "Luftwaffe must be asleep." "What a difference a day makes, Lieutenant." "Christ, I miss those C-47s." "We've got a tailgate jump here." "Where are they sending us?" "What are we supposed to do with no ammo?" "Kid, what's your name again?" "Suerth." "Suerth, Junior." "You got any ammo, Junior?" "Just what I'm carrying." "What about socks, Junior?" "You got extra socks?" "A pair." "You need four, minimum." "Feet, hands, neck, balls." "Extra socks warms them all." "Okay, we all remember that one." "But did we remember the socks?" "I'd give my goddamn boots for a cigarette." "We're out of ammo and socks." "Anybody got a cigarette?" "I bet Junior's got plenty of both." "I don't." "How about a hat, you got a hat?" "You got extra ammo?" "What about a coat, you got a coat?" "I need to pee." "How about some smokes then?" "Yeah, I got some smokes." "Now you're talking." "Over here." "Pass them down." "Somebody, give me a light." "Keep moving." "Come on, keep it coming." "Over to the left." "Keep it moving." "All the way down." "Get moving, guys." "All right guys, 15 minutes." "Smoke 'em if you got 'em." "Keep warm, guys." "Where the hell are we?" "Sure we ain't in hell, it's too damn cold." "Stand back, guys." "I've been holding this for the last hour." "Anybody got any matches?" "Gather round, guys." "Wait right here, don't go anywhere." "Welcome to Belgium." "This area's known as Bastogne." "Strategic crossroads town." "Seven roads leading in, seven roads leading out which makes it ideal for Kraut armor." "Now, Ike wants to make sure that the Krauts can't use those roads so, we'll put a perimeter around Bastogne dig in tight as a tick." "2nd Battalion will deploy to the east in this wooded area." "Thank God, barely made it." "Better get yourself some ODS, Bob." "Okay." "1st Battalion's to the north on your left flank." "3rd Battalion's in reserve." "Andy, let's roll." "Sir, we're a little short on ammunition." "How short?" "There was a limited supply in camp, sir." "Captain, you beg, borrow, or steal ammo, but you defend this area." "Yes, sir." "Jesus Christ." "Bill, Don, come here, look at this." "Hold on." "Jesus, I'm done." "What the..." "What the hell is going on?" "You're going the wrong way." "Pal." "Pal, what happened?" "Where the hell are you going?" "They came out of nowhere, they slaughtered us." "You gotta get outta here." "We just got here." "Give me your ammo." "Come on." "Take it, you'll need it." "Go on, get out of here." "Who's got ammo?" "You got ammo?" "Gimme your ammo." "Who's got ammo?" "You got any grenades?" "Come on, hand 'em over." "Gimme it." "You got grenades?" "Got any grenades, Lieb?" "Who's got grenades?" "Private, what have you got?" "Make a hole!" "Make a hole!" "Make a hole." "I got ammo, grab what you can." "Lieutenant, you're a godsend." "What's the situation?" "I heard you guys were coming in." "There was an ammo dump, so here." "Is it just you guys in the 101st?" "Looks like." "What hit you fellows?" "Everything." "The Krauts had tigers, panthers, SPs, stukers..." "And infantry that just kept on coming." "What's your name, Lieutenant?" "George Rice, 10th Armor." "Good work, son." "You got any more mortar rounds, sir?" "We're real short." "I'll try to make another ammo run if I can, but don't count on anything." "Thank you, sir." "I'll take this, Captain." "A panzer division's about to cut the road south." "Looks like you guys are gonna be surrounded." "We're paratroopers, Lieutenant." "We're supposed to be surrounded." "Good luck." "Thanks."