"I'VE SEEN..." "MY MEN BEING KILLED." "UH..." "THIS IS..." "IT DOESN'T TAKE TOO MANY DAYS OF THAT" "AND YOU CHANGE DRAMATICALLY. DIDN'T HAVE ANY CLOTHES." "YOU COULDN'T BUILD TO FIRE." "SOME CRAZY THING WOULD SHOOT AT YA." "YOU WOULD SEE DEAD PEOPLE." "THEIRS." "THEN CIVILIANS BESIDES." "DEAD ANIMALS." "DEATH WAS ALL OVER." "YOU DON'T HAVE A CHANCE WHEN YOUR FRIENDS GO DOWN" "TO REALLY..." "TAKE CARE OF 'EM AS YOU MIGHT." "OR WHATEVER. BUT I HAD A LOT OF TROUBLE IN LATER LIFE" "BECAUSE THOSE EVENTS" "WOULD COME BACK AND..." "YOU NEVER FORGET 'EM." "Captions made possible by HOME BOX OFFICE" "L.P. EASY COMPANY" WAS ONCE AGAIN CALLED ON TO HELP PUSH" "THE GERMANS BACK THROUGH THE BULGE." "WE WERE HERE THIS MORNING AND THEN WE CAME THIS WAY." "RIGHT HERE'S GOTTA BE THE LOGGING ROAD" "COMING INTO HERE..." "WHICH MEANS WE GET RIGHT THERE." "TAKE IT EASY." "OR I'LL NAIL IT TO YOUR HEAD." "IT'S MADE OF WOOD." "LET'S GO." "SIR." "LET'S GO!" "( Lipton ) I WAS GLAD TO BE OUT OF MY FOXHOLE AND MOVING AGAIN." "EVEN IF ONLY TO GET WARM." "KEEP YOUR INTERVAL. IN PREPARATION FOR WHAT WE ALL KNEW WOULD BE" "THE EVENTUAL ASSAULT ON FOY ITSELF." "WATCH FOR MINES. WE ENCOUNTERED SPORADIC GERMAN MACHINE-GUN FIRE" "AND HAD A COUPLE OF CASUALTIES." "MET LITTLE RESISTANCE." "HOOBLER'S RUN-IN WITH THE GERMAN OFFICER ON HORSEBACK" "WAS THE MOST DRAMATIC MOMENT OF THE DAY." "HALT!" "WHOA." "HALT!" "( laughing )" "SHIT." "THANK YOU." "HOOBLER HAD BEEN TALKING ABOUT GETTING A LUGER SINCE NORMANDY." "HE WENT FROM FOXHOLE TO FOXHOLE" "TELLING EVERYONE JUST HOW HE'D FINALLY GOT ONE. LIKE A SACK OF POTATOES. IF I DO SAY SO MYSELF." "WHICH YOU DO." "WHICH I DO." "I THINK MAYBE I COULD HAVE EVEN GIVEN YOU" "RIGHT?" "I'M NOT A GOOD SHOT." "HE WAS AN EXCELLENT SHOT." "HE'D SHOOT THE WINGS OFF A FLY." "WHAT'D YOU THINK HE WAS DOING?" "PROBABLY A LITTLE RECON." "HE MUST HAVE FIGURED NOBODY WOULD HEAR A HORSE." "I THINK HE WAS JUST TRYING TO GET THE HELL OUT OF DODGE." "YEAH." "WHAT HAPPENED TO THE HORSE?" "PROBABLY STILL RUNNING." "HOPE HE'S OKAY." "YOU DUG IN?" "YEAH." "SHOOT THE SHIT." "HOOB." "JUST GLAD YOU'RE ON OUR SIDE." "LIP." "LIPTON?" "YEAH." "THANKS FOR THE HELP." "SHIFTY." "LIP?" "YES." "YOU GOT A SEC?" "SIR." "GIVE HIM A HAND." "WHERE'S DIKE?" "HE'S AROUND." "SERGEANT?" "SIR." "I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM ALL DAY. AND I HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE ENDED UP." "TWO WOUNDED." "WHO?" "BROWN AND STEVENSON." "GODAMMIT." "WHERE THE HELL IS HE?" "WHERE THE HELL DOES HE EVER GO?" "BUT I WISH HE'D STAY THE HELL THERE." "TOO." "BOYS." "SARGE." "WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?" "PATROL?" "WE WOULD HAVE HEARD." "MAYBE A SNIPER." "THAT WAS NO RIFLE." "SHIFT?" "NOBODY OUT THERE." "ARE YOU SURE?" "UH-HUH." "HE'S SHOT." "SNIPER?" "HE SHOT HIMSELF." "STUPID." "MEDIC!" "WHAT HAPPENED?" "DOC." "IS HE ALRIGHT?" "IT'S MY FUCKING LEG." "HE DID WHAT?" "IT JUST WENT OFF." "WHAT HAPPENED?" "IT JUST WENT OFF." "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING WITH A LOADED GUN IN YOUR PANTS?" "I WASN'T TOUCHING IT OR NOTHING." "GODAMMIT." "I SWEAR." "MEDIC!" "HOOB?" "WHERE ARE YOU HIT?" "IN MY LEG." "HOLD ON." "HOOB." "IT'S GONNA BE FINE." "IT HURTS LIKE A SONOFABITCH." "I THINK MAYBE I HIT BONE." "DOC!" "HOOB." "WARM HIM UP." "HOOB?" "SOMEBODY KEEP HIM WARM." "SERGEANT." "HUH?" "HANG IN THERE." "WARM UP SOME BLANKETS OR SOMETHING FOR HIM?" "YOU'RE GONNA BE FINE." "HOOB." "HOOB?" "YOU'RE GONNA BE FINE." "HOLD ON." "PUT THIS ACROSS HIM." "WRAP HIM UP." "HOOB." "COME ON." "LIP." "RIGHT?" "YOU'RE A GREAT SHOT." "YOU JUMP OUT OF PLANES." "COME ON." "HE'S STILL SHIVERING." "COME ON." "HOOB." "TAKE IT EASY." "DOC?" "YOU'RE GONNA BE FINE." "WE'VE GOTTA GET HIM BACK TO AN AID STATION." "HOLD ON TIGHT." "LET'S GET READY TO MOVE HIM." "TAKE IT EASY." "HOOB." "WE'RE GONNA NEED TO..." "DOC!" "JESUS." "WE NEED A JEEP. WE COULDN'T TELL HOW BAD HE WAS BLEEDING. HE WAS ALREADY DEAD." "SIR." "LIP." "IT WOULDN'T HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE IF YOU HAD KNOWN." "THAT'S IT." "SIR." "I'M GONNA GO BACK AND MAKE SURE THE BOYS" "SIR." "LIP." "WHERE'S DIKE?" "SIR?" "I JUST WOULD HAVE EXPECTED TO GET" "THIS KIND OF NEWS FROM HIM." "SIR." "OH." "I FIGURED IT MIGHT AS WELL BE ME." "( Lipton ) "WHERE'S DIKE?" "000 TIMES." "I PROBABLY ASKED IT A FEW TIMES MYSELF." "THERE WERE LONG STRETCHES WHERE WE DIDN'T KNOW" "WHERE LIEUTENANT DIKE WAS." "GO OFF ON THESE WALKS FOR HOURS AT A TIME." "WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN SO BAD IF HE WAS JUST ONE OF THE GUYS" "BUT LIEUTENANT DIKE" "WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LEADING THE COMPANY." "CAPTAIN WINTERS WAS A C.O. WE COULD ALL RESPECT. HE WAS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT BY A SENTRY." "THEN CAME NORMAN DIKE. THAT UNDERSTOOD?" "( Lipton ) DIKE WASN'T A BAD LEADER BECAUSE HE MADE BAD DECISIONS." "HE WAS A BAD LEADER BECAUSE HE MADE NO DECISIONS." "BATTALION S-3 IS PLANNING A MOVE." "I WILL PROBABLY BE CALLED AWAY..." "REGULARLY." "ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?" "YEAH." "FORMATION YOU WANT US TO GO FOR?" "BUT I'LL CLARIFY THAT WITH YOU" "LIEUTENANT COMPTON." "SIR." "I GOTTA MAKE A CALL." "LET'S MOVE IT OUT." "( Lipton ) DIKE WAS THE FAVORITE OF SOMEBODY AT DIVISION." "HE'D BEEN SENT DOWN TO "E COMPANY" "TO GET SOME COMBAT EXPERIENCE." "SOMETIMES WE GOT THE FEELING "E COMPANY" "WAS AN ANNOYANCE TO HIM." "SOMETHING UNPLEASANT HE HAD TO GET THROUGH" "BEFORE HE COULD CONTINUE HIS MARCH UP THE LADDER." "WE'RE SCREWED." "I'M GLAD LIEUTENANT DIKE'S NEVER AROUND." "YOU KNOW WHAT? EVEN WITH FOXHOLE NORMAN." "WE'RE DOING ALRIGHT." "WE'RE DOING ALRIGHT NOW." "THERE'S A LITTLE TOWN" "RIGHT? AND THESE GUYS ARE CALLED GERMANS." "AND THESE GERMANS GOT TANKS." "I KNOW." "YEAH." "AND OUR SIDE'S GONNA WANNA GO INTO THAT TOWN." "YOU WANNA TAKE ONE GUESS AT WHO THEY'RE GONNA WANT" "TO GO KNOCKING ON THE GODDAMN DOORS. IT'S ME YOU'RE TALKING TO HERE. WHO'S GOT HIS HEAD SO FAR UP HIS FUCKING ASS" "THAT LUMP IN HIS THROAT IS HIS GODDAMN NOSE." "1st SERGEANT." "BOYS." "SARGE." "LIP." "WHAT'S THE WORD?" "YOU KNOW." "SITTING AROUND FREEZING OUR ASS OFF." "SINGING DIKE'S PRAISES." "YEAH." "LIEUTENANT DIKE. I WOULDN'T WANNA BE A REPLACEMENT OFFICER WHO'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR WHAT?" "TWO YEARS?" "THAT HAVE BEEN IN COMBAT TOGETHER SINCE NORMANDY." "YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO JUST SHOW UP AND LEAD THEM?" "HOW'S A GUY DO THAT?" "HOW COULD ANYONE REALLY HOPE TO GAIN THE RESPECT MOST DEDICATED SONSOFBITCHES IN THE ENTIRE E.T.O.?" "HUH?" "A GUY'D HAVE TO..." "MARCH OFF TO BERLIN" "AND COME BACK WITH HITLER'S MOUSTACHE OR SOMETHING." "( chuckling ) ALRIGHT?" "YEAH." "EVERYTHING'LL BE FINE." "SARGE." "BOY. BUT TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE COMPANY." "DON'T YOU?" "MMM." "HE'S JUST ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE ARROGANT RICH JERKS" "FROM YALE." "NOT ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE." "( laughing )" "DIVISION'S NOT GONNA LET ME REPLACE HIM" "JUST 'CAUSE I GOT A BAD FEELING ABOUT HIM." "MM-MM." "WHO'D I PUT IN HIS PLACE?" "SHAMES?" "YOU GOT THAT?" "!" "( Winters ) SHAMES' SEEN TOO MANY WAR MOVIES." "THINKS HE HAS TO YELL ALL THE TIME." "BOTH OF YOU LITTLE CRAPHEADS DID NOT LISTEN TO A WORD" "DID YOU?" "OR PEACOCK? BUT HE'S NOT CUT OUT TO TAKE MEN INTO COMBAT." "I'M SURE AS HELL NOT GONNA MAKE HIM COMPANY C.O." "WHEN I DON'T EVEN WANT HIM AS A PLATOON LEADER." "WHAT ABOUT COMPTON?" "HE'S THE ONLY REAL CHOICE." "YOU KNOW..." "I WANT "EASY COMPANY" TO HAVE AT LEAST" "ONE EXPERIENCED PLATOON LEADER." "NOT THAT IT MATTERS ANYWAY 'CAUSE I CAN'T GET RID OF DIKE." "WE ALL KNOW WHO YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE RUNNING "EASY"." "DICK." "WE'VE GOTTA FIND SOMEBODY." "( Lipton ) WE ALL AGREED BUCK COMPTON IF WINTERS HAD BEEN ABLE TO GET RID OF DIKE. BUCK WASN'T THE SAME SOLDIER HE'D BEEN" "BEFORE HE GOT SHOT IN HOLLAND." "HE WAS MORE SERIOUS SOMEHOW." "( Buck ) HE HAD A GODDAMN LUGER IN HIS PANTS." "JESUS." "DEAR GOD." "ALRIGHT?" "BUCK." "I MEAN IT. I'VE INVESTED TOO MUCH GODDAMN TIME" "SHAPING YOU INTO SOMETHING USEFUL. GET YOURSELF KNOCKED OUT OF THIS THING..." "YOU'LL KILL ME." "I'LL STILL KILL YOU. I'M GONNA CHECK ON THE OTHER GUYS." "CRAZY JOE McCLOSKEY." "WHAT?" "THIS GUY USED TO HANG OUT THE FRONT OF DELANCEY'S" "JUST STARE AT PEOPLE." "I KNOW WHO CRAZY JOE McCLOSKEY IS." "BABE?" "BUCK KIND OF REMINDS ME OF HIM NOW." "WHAT?" "EVER SINCE HE GOT SHOT IN HOLLAND..." "WAIT." "HE'S NUTS?" "BABE." "THAT'S WHY THEY CALLED HIM CRAZY JOE." "I'M NOT SAYING HE'S NUTS." "I'M JUST SAYING..." "WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?" "FORGET IT." "WHAT?" "FORGET IT." "BILL." "HE'S ALL WOUND UP LIKE A SPRING." "HE'S FINE. IT WAS BEING IN THAT HOSPITAL." "OKAY?" "IT AIN'T PRETTY." "MMM. HE WAS HIS OLD SELF AGAIN." "BUCK COMPTON'S FINE." "I'M SERIOUS." "NOTHING STUPID." "RIGHT?" "WE GOT IT." "ALRIGHT." "GEORGE?" "YEAH." "BUCK." "YEAH." "DON'T DO ANYTHING STUPID?" "WHO THE HELL'S HE TALKING TO?" "BUNCH OF MORONS WHO VOLUNTEERED TO JUMP" "OUT OF A PERFECTLY GOOD AIRPLANE." "CAN YOU GET ANY MORE STUPID THAN THAT?" "PROBABLY NOT." "RIGHT." "I SWUM ACROSS THE NIAGARA ONCE." "YEAH." "I SWEAR." "ON A BET." "IN A BARREL?" "NO." "GEORGE." "I SWAM ACROSS THE RIVER." "10 MILES UP FROM THE FALLS." "THAT CURRENT IS DAMN STRONG." "YEAH. BEFORE I GOT ACROSS." "I GOT ACROSS. THEY GAVE ME ALL KINDS OF HELL." "MUCK." "SO DID FAYE." "SWEET FAYE TANNER." "GEORGE." "THEY HAD A POINT." "YOU'RE AN IDIOT." "( Dike ) I HEARD ABOUT HOOBLER." "SHAME." "SIR." "IT IS." "THAT THE LUGER?" "IT IS." "WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WITH IT?" "I DON'T KNOW YET." "LIPTON?" "WHERE'D YOU GROW UP?" "WEST VIRGINIA." "HUNTINGTON?" "SIR." "I DON'T KNOW IT." "WHAT KIND OF WORK DID YOU DO THERE?" "MY BROTHER AND I HELPED MY MOM RUN A BOARDING HOUSE." "AND YOUR FATHER?" "HE WAS..." "SIR." "AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT." "THAT'S SAD." "WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO JOIN THE PARATROOPERS?" "I READ AN ARTICLE ABOUT PARATROOPERS IN "LIFE MAGAZINE"." "HOW HARD IT WAS." "SAID IF YOU WANT TO MAKE IT AS A PARATROOPER" "YOU HAD TO BE THE BEST." "SIR." "YOU MISS IT?" "MISS WHAT?" "HUNTINGTON." "SIR..." "I TRY NOT TO THINK ABOUT IT THAT MUCH." "S--?" "SIR." "SIR." "WHAT?" "SORRY TO DISTURB YOU." "THIS CAME FROM DIVISION." "ALRIGHT." "MORNING." "EVICTION NOTICE?" "NOT QUITE." "BUT I THINK I GOT SOMETHING THAT WILL HELP YOU" "WITH YOUR LEADERSHIP PROBLEM." "DIKE'S BEING TRANSFERRED? BUT DIVISION HAS DECIDED TO PLUCK ONE OFFICER" "FROM EACH REGIMENT THAT SERVED IN SEND HIM BACK TO THE STATES ON A 30-DAY FURLOUGH. THAT KIND OF THING." "IT TURNS OUT I'VE BEEN PLUCKED." "GOOD FOR YOU." "THANK YOU." "HOW IN THE WORLD DOES YOUR LEAVING HELP ME?" "I'M NOT GOING." "I GREW UP THERE." "THAT'S WHY I CAME TO EUROPE." "I JUST WISH THEY'D TOLD ME THERE WAS A WAR ON" "THIS THING'S WASTED ON ME." "BUT I'M SURE WE CAN FIND AN OFFICER SOMEWHERE" "IN THIS BATTALION WHO COULD USE A LONG TRIP HOME." "LIEUTENANT PEACOCK." "I CAN'T THINK OF ANYBODY WHO DESERVES THIS MORE." "THANKS." "I'M REALLY GLAD THAT YOU'RE GOING HOME." "OKAY." "BEST NEWS I'VE HEARD IN WEEKS." "HELL OF A GUY." "I MEAN." "YOU KNOW?" "GET OUT OF HERE." "GROUP. HIP HIP HOORAY! Y'ALL REMEMBER TO SMILE FOR THE CAMERA." "GOT TO KEEP THE MORALE UP FOR THEM FOLKS BACK HOME." "WHY?" "DAMNED IF I KNOW." "WHAT HAVE THEY GOT WAITING FOR US IN FOY?" "AT LEAST ONE COMPANY FROM THE 10th PANZERGRENADIERS" "DUG IN ALONG HERE." "THEY'VE ALSO GOT AT LEAST ONE 88" "ALTHOUGH WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SPOT IT YET." "HOW ABOUT ARMOR?" "THREE TIGERS." "SIR?" "YEAH." "HOW DO I FEEL ABOUT BEING RESCUED BY PATTON? WE DIDN'T NEED TO BE FUCKING RESCUED BY PATTON." "YOU GOT THAT?" "JOE." "EXCUSE US FOR A MOMENT." "SIR." "SORRY ABOUT WHAT?" "PATTON?" "I COULDN'T AGREE MORE." "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" "SIR." "YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT." "GET YOURSELF BACK TO THE AID STATION." "HEAL UP." "SIR." "THEN GO." "SIR. AND EVERYBODY WAS GLAD TO HAVE HIM BACK." "ESPECIALLY BILL GUARNERE." "JOE." "BILL." "PAL." "TOO." "WHAT THE HELL YOU DOING BACK HERE?" "I HAD TO MAKE SURE YOU WERE ON TOP OF THINGS." "I'M ON TOP OF THINGS." "TIED ME OWN BOOTS ONCE LAST WEEK." "ALL BY MYSELF." "LOOK WHO I FOUND." "BACK FOR MORE." "JOE?" "DOING PRETTY GOOD." "ESCAPED FROM THE AID STATION." "WHERE'D YOU GET HIT?" "WHAT'S THAT?" "IT'S WEBB." "REPLACEMENT. THOUGHT IT WAS SOME GUY I'VE KNOWN FOR TWO YEARS AND I FORGOT HIS FACE." "JOE GOT HIT IN THE ARM." "NEW YEAR'S EVE GIFT FROM A LUFTWAFFE." "A LOT OF YOU GUYS BEEN INJURED?" "PEANUT." "INJURED'S WHEN YOU FALL OUT OF A TREE OR SOMETHING. YOU'RE BOUND TO GET DINGED SOMETIME." "ALMOST EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE GUYS" "HAS BEEN HIT AT LEAST ONCE." "HE'S A TWO-TIMER. AND GOT PEPPERED BY A POTATO MASHER IN HOLLAND." "HE GOT A PIECE OF EXPLODING TANK IN HOLLAND." "AND GEORGE LUZ HERE..." "HAS NEVER BEEN HIT." "YOU'RE ONE LUCKY BASTARD." "SKIP." "CONSIDER US BLESSED. HE GOT PINKED IN THE NECK IN HOLLAND. THAT'S POPEYE." "HE GOT SHOT IN HIS SCRAWNY LITTLE BUTT IN NORMANDY." "AND BUCK GOT SHOT IN HIS RATHER LARGE BUTT IN HOLLAND. GETTING SHOT IN THE ASS. HE GOT A COUPLE OF PIECES OF A TANK SHELL BURST AT CARENTAN." "ONE CHUNK IN THE FACE." "ANOTHER CHUNK ALMOST TOOK OUT HIS NUTS." "SARGE?" "BILL." "NICE OF YOU TO ASK. MOST OF "E COMPANY" HEADED BACK TO OUR OLD POSITION" "IN THE WOODS OVERLOOKING FOY." "A FEW MEN REMAINED IN THE BOIS JACQUES" "ATTACHED TO "D COMPANY" TO HOLD THE MAIN LINE OF RESISTANCE." "LADIES." "BEEN NICE KNOWING YOU." "WOULDN'T DRINK TOO MUCH IF I WERE YOU." "BE CAREFUL IF HE OFFERS YOU A CIGARETTE." "WHAT ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT?" "IF WHO OFFERS US A CIGARETTE?" "SPEIRS." "WHO?" "LIEUTENANT SPEIRS." "( Lipton ) LIEUTENANT RONALD SPEIRS WAS ONE OF THE PLATOON LEADERS" "IN "D COMPANY"." "HE WAS ALREADY A LEGEND." "THE STORIES ABOUT SPEIRS ARE PROBABLY ALL BULLSHIT ANYWAY." "WHAT STORIES?" "WHAT STORIES?" "SUPPOSEDLY SPEIRS SHOT ONE OF HIS OWN MEN FOR BEING DRUNK." "YOU'RE KIDDING." "THAT'S UNBELIEVABLE." "AND THERE'S ANOTHER ONE ABOUT HIM GIVING CIGARETTES" "TO 20 GERMAN P.O.W.s" "BEFORE KILLING 'EM." "HE SHOT 20 P.O.W.s?" "I HEARD IT WAS MORE LIKE 30." "CHRISTENSON." "LIEUTENANT SPEIRS." "CHRISTENSON?" "SIR." "WHAT ARE YOU MEN DOING OUT HERE?" "SIR." "KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK." "YOU MIGHT WANNA REINFORCE YOUR COVER. LIEUTENANT DIKE SAID NOT EVEN TO BOTHER." "THAT WE'RE ONLY GONNA BE HERE ONE DAY." "HUH?" "THEN FORGET WHAT I SAID." "CARRY ON." "ANYONE CARE FOR A SMOKE?" "YOU? WE RETURNED TO OUR OLD POSITION IN THE WOODS OVERLOOKING FOY." "YOU GOTTA BE FUCKING KIDDIN' ME." "SOMEONE'S GONNA DIE." "SOMEONE'S GONNA FUCKING DIE." "LOOK AT THIS SHIT!" "ONE OF THOSE 1st BATTALION FUCKERS" "TOOK A DUMP IN MY FOXHOLE." "JOE." "I DON'T THINK THEY WANTED TO SPEND MUCH TIME ABOVE GROUND. THE GERMANS HAD BEEN SHELLING OUR OLD POSITION." "THERE WERE SIGNS OF TREE BURSTS EVERYWHERE." "THAT GOT OUR ATTENTION." "DISCIPLINE." "WE'RE GETTING CLOSE. I COULD SEE ENEMY TROOPS. BUT I KNEW IT WAS DOWN THERE." "LOOKS LIKE THE KRAUTS HAVE BEEN POUNDING THIS AREA 88s." "I'D SAY THEY GOT THIS WHOLE STRETCH OF THE LINE TARGETED." "THEY'RE NOT SHELLING NOW." "MAYBE THEY'VE GOT A NEW TARGET" "THEY'RE JUST WAITING." "FOR WHAT?" "FOR US TO RE-OCCUPY THE POSITION." "DIG IN." "IT'S OUR JOB TO HOLD THE LINE HERE." "WE'VE GOT PRETTY GOOD FOXHOLES." "WE JUST NEED TO FORTIFY THE COVERS." "MAYBE" "WE HOLD THE LINE HERE." "SERGEANT LIPTON'S RIGHT." "WE'RE GONNA STRENGTHEN OUR COVERS AND WE'RE GONNA HANG IN." "WE'RE NOT GONNA FALL BACK." "LIEUTENANT?" "MMM?" "LIEUTENANT?" "FINE." "YOU ALL TAKE CARE OF IT." "I GOTTA GO TALK TO REGIMENT." "WE'D BETTER GET MOVING." "YEAH." "BILL." "LIP." "I'LL GET YOU SOME MORE BRANCHES." "I'D APPRECIATE THAT." "( explosions )" "INCOMING!" "TAKE COVER!" "TAKE COVER!" "FIND SOME COVER." "THEY GOT US ZEROED!" "FIND A FOXHOLE!" "TAKE COVER!" "TAKE COVER!" "FIND SOME COVER!" "TAKE COVER!" "SHIT." "FIND SOME COVER! ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT" "WAS THE 4th OF JULY WHEN I WAS A KID. LADY FINGERS." "I LOVED TO BLOW UP DIRT CLODS AND POP BOTTLES AND THE LIKE." "LOOKED FORWARD TO IT ALL YEAR LONG. AND TERRIFYING DISPLAY OF FIREPOWER" "I'D EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE." "I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN LAUGHING" "IF I'D KNOWN WHAT HAPPENED TO JOE TOYE." "MAYBE WE SHOULD SEE IF ANYBODY'S HIT." "THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT." "THE KRAUTS ARE TRYING TO DRAW US OUT IN THE OPEN." "STAY IN YOUR FOXHOLES." "STAY IN YOUR FOXHOLES!" "CAN YOU WALK?" "COME ON." "I GOTTA GET UP." "I GOTTA GET UP." "I GOTTA GET UP." "I NEED MY HELMET." "( Toye ) I NEED HELP!" "YOU HEAR THAT?" "I NEED HELP!" "IS THAT JOE?" "HELP!" "I THINK THAT'S JOE." "STAY." "STAY DOWN!" "STAY DOWN!" "STAY DOWN!" "STAY IN YOUR FOXHOLES!" "STAY IN YOUR FOXHOLES!" "HELP!" "ANYONE THERE?" "JESUS." "I GOTTA GET UP." "I GOTTA..." "I GOTTA GET UP." "SHIT." "BUDDY." "PAL." "YOU SAID YOU'D GET BACK TO THE STATES BEFORE ME." "YOU'RE ALRIGHT." "I GOTTA GET MY HELMET." "FORGET IT." "I GOTTA GET MY HELMET." "JOE." "ANYONE THERE?" "HANG ON." "HELP!" "WHO'S THAT?" "BABE." "LIP." "COME ON." "I GOT YOU." "I GOT YOU." "JOE." "HANG ON." "ARE YOU OKAY?" "COME ON." "THINK I OVERDID IT ON THE COVER FOR MY FOXHOLE?" "INCOMING!" "TAKE COVER!" "COME ON!" "YOU'RE GONNA GET BOMBED!" "COME ON!" "BILL!" "JOE." "I'M GONNA HELP YOU." "NO!" "MEDIC!" "( Lipton ) DURING THE SECOND BARRAGE I WASN'T LAUGHING ANYMORE." "LIP?" "!" "ARE YOU OKAY?" "!" "STAY DOWN!" "YOU STAY DOWN!" "1st SERGEANT LIPTON?" "YOU GET THINGS ORGANIZED HERE." "I'M GONNA GO FOR HELP." "WHAT THE FUCK?" "WHERE THE FUCK'S HE GOING? TELL THEM TO NOTIFY B.A.S." "LIP." "MMM..." "MMM..." "MEDIC!" "STAY READY." "THOSE STUPID SONSOFBITCHES MIGHT BE TRYING TO COME THROUGH." "ONE LUNG?" "SERGEANT!" "POPEYE?" "LIP." "( groaning )" "JOE." "WHAT CAN I DO?" "HOLD THIS." "YOU GOT A SMOKE?" "WHAT'S A GUY GOTTA DO TO GET KILLED AROUND HERE?" "JOE." "YOU'RE GOING FIRST." "WHATEVER YOU SAY." "TAKE THIS MAN." "THEY GOT OLD GUARNERE THIS TIME." "SOLDIER." "AAAH!" "JUST LIE BACK." "TAKE IT EASY." "I TOLD YOU I'D BEAT YOU BACK TO THE STATES." "LIP." "HOW'S BUCK?" "HOW'S BUCK?" "HE'S FINE." "YOU SURE?" "HE'S FINE." "HUH?" "ALRIGHT." "( Lipton ) SOME SAY BUCK CHANGED AFTER HE WAS SHOT IN HOLLAND." "MAYBE... WHEN HE SAW TOYE AND GUARNERE ON THE GROUND. BECAUSE OF A BAD CASE OF TRENCHFOOT." "DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT HIM LOSING HIS FRIENDS." "BUCK WAS A GREAT COMBAT LEADER. AND AGAIN IN HOLLAND." "HE RECEIVED THE SILVER STAR FOR HIS PART IN TAKING OUT" "THOSE GERMAN GUNS ON "D" DAY." "HE TOOK EVERYTHING THE KRAUTS COULD THROW AT HIM" "TIME AND AGAIN." "LIEUTENANT COMPTON? PROBABLY BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T THERE." "I'M SURE YOU'RE TEACHING ALL OF YOUR YOUNG SOLDIERS" "THE JOY YOU HAVE OF THE SPORT. AND HOW YOUR HEART AND LOVE..." "( Lipton ) I GUESS HE JUST COULDN'T TAKE SEEING HIS FRIENDS" "TOYE AND GUARNERE ALL TORN UP LIKE THAT." "NO ONE EVER THOUGHT ANY LESS OF HIM FOR IT." "BULL. AT LEAST NONE WE COULD SEE." "THANKS." "MUCK." "MUCK." "SERGEANT?" "I'M LOOKING FOR LIEUTENANT DIKE." "( Lipton ) WE WERE STUCK WITH DIKE." "AND HE WAS OFF TAKING A WALK." "SURE THING." "LIGHTNING SIX KIDNAP." "SIR." "ER... ( Lipton ) WE'D CLEARED THE WOODS EAST OF FOY." "A FEW DAYS LATER "E COMPANY" AND THE REST OF THE 506" "CLEARED THE WOODS WEST OF FOY" "SISTANCE." "RIGHT?" "( laughing )" "I'M NOT GONNA BULLSHIT YOU." "THIS IS WHAT I SAW." "YOU MIGHT NOT BELIEVE ME." "YOU-KNOW-WHO COMES RUNNING UP TO LIPTON." "NO NOTHING. AND I'M GONNA GO FOR HELP." "I NEED TO GO POLISH MY OAK LEAF CLUSTERS." "LUZ." "THAT'S REALLY GOOD." "IT'S OKAY." "FELLAS." "GOODNIGHT ALL." "MALARK." "SARGE?" "GREAT IMPRESSION OF DIKE." "YOU THINK SO?" "I THOUGHT IT WAS A LITTLE OFF." "YOU GOT IT PRETTY GOOD." "DON'T DO IT ANY MORE." "ESPECIALLY THE PART ABOUT WHAT HE SAID TO ME." "OKAY?" "I GOT YOU." "ALRIGHT." "WISE ASS." "INCOMING!" "LUZ!" "LUZ!" "COME ON!" "HURRY!" "LUZ!" "LUZ!" "STAY DOWN!" "COME ON!" "GET IN HERE!" "COME ON!" "LUZ!" "MUCK AND PENKALA!" "WHAT?" "MUCK AND PENKALA GOT HIT!" "AHH!" "MEDIC!" "MEDIC!" "HASHEY." "IT'S MY SHOULDER." "GET UP!" "( male ) STAY DOWN 'TIL YOU GET THE ALL CLEAR." "THOUGHT YOU DIDN'T SMOKE." "I DON'T." "UH-HUH." "( Lipton ) THE SHELL THAT HIT THE FOXHOLE LUZ AND I WERE IN WAS A DUD." "THE ONE THAT HIT MUCK AND PENKALA'S FOXHOLE WASN'T." "THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT WAS." "MUCK AND PENKALA WERE GOOD MEN." "THEIR DEATH HIT MALARKEY THE HARDEST." "MALARKEY'S BEST FRIENDS IN THE COMPANY" "AND PENKALA." "HE'D SEEN TWO OF THEM DIE." "WHAT'S THE WORD?" "THE MEN ON THE LINE ARE OKAY." "FOOD HAS JUST BEEN RE-SUPPLIED." "WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE." "WE'LL JUST HUNKER DOWN." "WE MIGHT GET SOME RELIEF SOON." "OKAY?" "ALRIGHT." "ALRIGHT. OVERLOOKING FOY." "WE WERE ALL WORRIED ABOUT MALARKEY." "MALARK." "ER..." "DIDN'T I HEAR YOU SAY YOU WANTED TO BRING A LUGER HOME" "FOR YOUR KID BROTHER?" "YEAH." "WHY DON'T YOU..." "WHY DON'T YOU GIVE HIM THAT?" "RIGHT?" "YEAH. I DON'T KNOW." "CAP'N WINTERS WAS WONDERING IF YOU WANTED" "TO GO BACK TO BATTALION" "AND WORK AS HIS RUNNER FOR A FEW DAYS." "I'M GONNA STAY HERE." "WHY DON'T YOU" "AT LEAST COME BACK FOR AN HOUR OR SO." "SAY GOODBYE TO BUCK." "I'M SURE IT'LL MEAN A LOT TO HIM." "ALRIGHT." "YOU BE CAREFUL WITH THAT." "YEAH. JUST FOR AN HOUR OR TWO COULD MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE" "IN A SOLDIER'S STATE OF MIND. I SAW A SOLDIER TRY TO DIG A FOXHOLE WITH HIS BARE HANDS." "PRIVATE." "HE DIDN'T NOTICE THAT HE'D TORN OFF ALL HIS FINGERNAILS." "HEY." "( Lipton ) I GOT HIM OUT OF THERE QUICKLY." "BUT FOR OURS." "FEAR IS POISON IN COMBAT." "BUT YOU JUST DIDN'T SHOW IT." "YOU CAN'T." "IT'S DESTRUCTIVE AND IT'S CONTAGIOUS." "TOLD YOU I'D GET YOU STARTED." "( male ) WE GOT A BLEEDER HERE." "( Lipton ) BUCK WAS NEVER THE SAME" "AFTER SEEING TOYE AND GUARNERE GET HIT THAT DAY." "I GUESS HE JUST NEEDED SOME TIME AWAY FROM IT ALL." "AND THE SHELLING ON JANUARY 9th" "MARKED THE LOW POINT IN THE WAR" "FOR MANY OF THE MEN IN "E COMPANY"." "VERY FEW ACTUALLY BROKE." "BUT I KNEW THE TERROR OF THOSE SHELLINGS" "AND THE UNRELENTING PRESSURE WE'D BEEN UNDER" "SINCE WE GOT TO BASTOGNE COULD TAKE THEIR TOLL IN OTHER WAYS. SUFFER A DROP IN MORALE." "ESPECIALLY IN COMBAT." "MORE OF WHICH LAY IN STORE FOR US." "PERCONTE." "HEY." "WE'D CLEARED THE WOODS EAST AND WEST OF FOY." "NOW IT WAS TIME FOR THE INEVITABLE ASSAULT" "ITSELF." "I WAS DREADING IT. BUT NOW I WAS BEGINNING TO WONDER" "IF ANY OF US WERE GONNA MAKE IT THROUGH AT ALL." "LIEB." "E COMPANY" WOULD LEAD THE ATTACK. E COMPANY" STILL DID NOT HAVE A LEADER. I WOULD NEVER HAVE IMAGINED MYSELF DOING." "LIP..." "DIDN'T FIGURE YOU FOR A SMOKING MAN." "NEITHER DID I." "PATROL ORDER." "SO...?" "NOT MUCH ACTIVITY." "WANT A COFFEE?" "SIR." "HOW'S "EASY'S" STATUS?" "THEY'RE PREPARED." "TOMORROW. AND PENKALA." "SIR." "GOOD. SIR." "CAPTAIN." "HE'S JUST..." "SIR." "HE'S GONNA BE THERE TOMORROW." "I UNDERSTAND HE WILL BE THERE PHYSICALLY. AND HE'S GONNA HAVE TO LEAD THOSE MEN." "AND I..." "I THINK HE'S GONNA GET" "A LOT OF "EASY COMPANY" MEN KILLED." "THAT'LL BE ALL." "SIR." "( Lipton ) I SAID WHAT I HAD TO SAY." "THERE WAS NOTHING WINTERS COULD DO. BECAUSE OF THE MISGIVINGS OF A COMPANY 1st SERGEANT." "( Winters ) YOU'VE GOT ABOUT AN EIGHTH OF A MILE OF OPEN FIELD TO CROSS" "BEFORE WE GET DOWN HERE INTO FOY." "SO YOU'VE GOTTA MOVE QUICKLY." "I'VE SET UP TWO SECTIONS OF LIGHT MACHINE GUNS" "HERE." "THEY'LL GIVE YOU COVERING FIRE. LED BY "I COMPANY"." "THAT SHOULD CAUSE DISTRACTION." "D COMPANY" WILL BE IN RESERVE BUT WE SHOULDN'T NEED 'EM." "YOU GOTTA MOVE IN THERE FAST. AND ARTILLERY DOWN ON YOU." "CLEAR?" "CLEAR." "GET IT DONE." "( gunshots )" "( paratrooper ) COVERING FIRE!" "LET'S GO!" "KEEP IT MOVING!" "SUPPRESSING FIRE!" "KEEP MOVING!" "MOVE!" "( speaking German )" "LET'S GO!" "SUPPRESSING FIRE!" "FIRE!" "SHAMES." "KEEP MOVING." "COME ON." "( Leibgott ) KRAUTS IN THE OPEN!" "KEEP MOVING!" "KEEP MOVING!" "THREE INSIDE!" "WHERE'S FOLEY?" "RANDLEMAN!" "LIEBGOTT." "WHERE THE HELL IS 1st PLATOON?" "HOLD UP!" "KEEP MOVING!" "HOLD UP!" "HOLD UP!" "WILL YOU MOVE!" "GET ME FOLEY ON THE RADIO." "MOVE!" "I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE COVER." "FIND SOME COVER!" "FIND SOME COVER!" "FIND SOME COVER!" "WHAT?" "STAY DOWN!" "EASY... over." "GO AHEAD." "STAND BY FOR THE SIX." "you get back..." "GODAMMIT!" "HOLD UP." "TAKE COVER!" "MARTIN." "WITH ME." "SIR." "FIRE!" "FALL BACK!" "FALL BACK!" "TAKE COVER!" "GODAMMIT." "GO FORWARD!" "ON ME." "MOVE BACK." "STAY ON MY ASS." "2nd PLATOON." "FOLLOW LIPTON!" "TAKE COVER!" "LIEUTENANT?" "WHY ARE WE STOPPED?" "FALL BACK!" "FALL BACK!" "KIDNAP." "HERRON..." "WHAT'S THE PLAN?" "I DON'T KNOW!" "YOU'D BETTER GET DIKE ON THAT RADIO TO ME NOW." "WHAT'S THE PLAN?" "SIR." "WHAT'S THE PLAN?" "FOLEY. AND ATTACK IT FROM THE REAR." "WE CANNOT STAY HERE!" "YOU WANT 1st PLATOON TO GO 'ROUND" "BY ITSELF?" "WE WILL PROVIDE SUPPRESSING FIRE." "LIEUTENANT." "WE WILL PROVIDE SUPPRESSING FIRE!" "AHH!" "GET GOING FORWARD!" "SIR." "HERE IT IS. AND WE ATTACK FROM THE REAR." "GO." "FIND SOME COVER BEHIND THE STABLE." "GO!" "SHIT!" "JESUS CHRIST." "FIND COVER!" "NOW!" "PERCONTE!" "I GOT YOU." "GIVE ME SOME COVER!" "PERCONTE?" "MARTIN." "STAY DOWN!" "I THINK WE LOST FIVE MEN." "CAN YOU LOCATE?" "THE BUILDING WITH THE CAVED-IN ROOF." "THE BUILDING WITH THE CAVED-IN ROOF." "WE ARE SITTING DUCKS HERE." "WE HAVE TO KEEP MOVING!" "YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP MOVING!" "( Sink ) DICK!" "CAPTAIN WINTERS." "YOU DO NOT GO OUT THERE." "NOW GET BACK HERE!" "I UNDERSTAND YOUR ATTACHMENT TO "EASY COMPANY"" "GET YOURSELF OVER HERE!" "GET OUT THERE AND RELIEVE DIKE AND TAKE THAT ATTACK ON IN." "YOU'RE TOO EXPOSED." "KID." "PERCO." "FIRE!" "WHAT ARE WE DOING?" "!" "I'M TAKING OVER." "1st SERGEANT LIPTON." "WHAT HAVE WE GOT?" "MOST OF THE COMPANY IS SPREAD OUT HERE. THEY'RE PINNED DOWN BY A SNIPER." "I BELIEVE HE'S IN THE BUILDING WITH THE CAVED-IN ROOF." "I WANT MORTARS AND GRENADE LAUNCHERS" "ON THAT BUILDING 'TILL IT'S GONE. FOLLOW ME." "SIR." "HUH?" "3rd PLATOON MOVE OUT." "GO!" "ON THE C.O.!" "SERGEANT ALLEY!" "SARGE." "MOVE OUT!" "2nd PLATOON." "MOVE OUT!" "GET ON YOUR GODDAMN FEET." "COME ON!" "LET'S GET THE BASTARDS." "FIRE!" "MOVE OUT!" "FIRE!" "TAKE COVER!" "FIRE!" "GO!" "COME ON." "TAKE THE CART OUT!" "FIRE!" "LIPTON." "STREETFIGHT ITEM." "OVER." "LIPTON?" "A LOT OF INFANTRY." "I COMPANY'S" SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TOWN." "D'YOU SEE ANY SIGN OF THEM?" "ANYTHING?" "SIR." "I THINK THEY'RE GONNA PULL BACK." "THEY GONNA SLIP AWAY." "WAIT HERE." "EASY SIX." "WHAT THE HELL?" "( Lipton ) AT FIRST THE GERMANS DIDN'T SHOOT AT HIM." "I THINK THEY COULDN'T QUITE BELIEVE" "WHAT THEY WERE SEEING." "BUT THAT WASN'T THE REALLY ASTOUNDING THING." "THE ASTOUNDING THING WAS HE CAME BACK." "I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE RAILROAD" "ALL THE LIVE LONG DAY" "I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE RAILROAD" "( Lipton ) WE TOOK OVER 100 GERMAN PRISONERS." "AFTER THAT IT WAS MOSTLY CLEAN UP." "MOVE IT!" "TAKE 'EM DOWN TO THE BARN." "RISE UP EARLY IN THE MORN" "SIT DOWN." "( gunshots )" "SNIPER" "TAKE COVER!" "COME ON." "WHERE IS HE?" "I CAN'T SEE HIM." "BUILDING ON THE RIGHT." "SHIFTY." "NOW!" "( cheering )" "( male ) OVER HERE." "I NEED HELP OVER HERE." "AND KEN WEBB" "WERE KILLED BY A SNIPER." "THERE WOULD'VE BEEN MORE" "IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR SHIFTY POWERS." "PERCONTE?" "LIP." "THEY SHOT ME RIGHT THROUGH MY ASS." "YOU HANG TOUGH." "SARGE." "YEAH?" "IS IT TRUE ABOUT DIKE?" "YEAH." "HUH?" "YEAH." "( Lipton ) WE'D BEEN LOOKING DOWN AT THE TOWN OF FOY KNOWING THAT'S WHERE WE HAD TO GO." "IT WAS A GREAT RELIEF TO HAVE DONE IT." "I GUESS A LOT OF THE MEN THOUGHT SHIP US BACK TO MOURMELON FOR A BREATHER." "BUT THAT WASN'T TO BE. RACHAMPS." "( singing )" "WE SPENT OUR NIGHT IN RACHAMPS IN A CONVENT." "IT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE'D SPENT A NIGHT INDOORS" "IN A MONTH." "THE SISTERS THERE BROUGHT IN THEIR CHOIR TO SING FOR US." "IT WAS HEAVEN." "THE MOOD OF THE MEN WAS RELAXED." "WE WERE FINALLY BEING RELIEVED" "AND WOULD SOON BE IN MOURMELON." "IN THE MORNING WE FOUND OUT" "MOURMELON WOULD HAVE TO WAIT. AND WE WERE BOUND FOR THE TOWN OF HAGENAU" "TO HELP HOLD THE LINE." "BUT AT LEAST FOR THAT NIGHT WE DIDN'T KNOW IT YET." "THAT NIGHT WE WERE OKAY." "I SPENT PART OF THAT NIGHT" "TRYING TO COME UP WITH A ROSTER" "FOR THE COMPANY TO SEE WHO WE HAD LEFT. PLUS 24 REPLACEMENTS." "THAT'S 145 TOTAL." "WE WERE GOING OUT WITH 63." "GUARNERE WAS BADLY WOUNDED AND HOOBLER DIED ACCIDENTALLY." "JOE TOYE HAD LOST HIS LEG. AND SKIP MUCK. BUCK COMPTON. NORMAN DIKE. SO I GUESS WE CAME OUT AHEAD." "( clearing throat )" "WHAT IS IT?" "NOTHING." "I'D BETTER GET BACK TO BATTALION" "BEFORE THEY DISAPPEAR." "DON'T YOU?" "SIR?" "THE STORIES ABOUT ME. THEY SAY THEY HEARD IT FROM SOMEONE WHO WAS THERE." "REALLY. YOU'D HEAR A COUPLE OF CENTURIONS STANDING AROUND" "AND YAKKING ABOUT HOW TERCIUS LOPPED OFF THE HEADS" "OF SOME CARTHAGINIAN PRISONERS." "MAYBE THEY KEPT TALKING ABOUT IT" "BECAUSE THEY NEVER HEARD TERCIUS DENY IT." "MAYBE THAT'S BECAUSE TERCIUS" "KNEW THERE WAS SOME VALUE TO THE MEN" "TOUGHEST SONOFABITCH" "IN THE WHOLE ROMAN LEGION." "SIR?" "THESE MEN AREN'T REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE STORIES." "THEY'RE JUST GLAD TO HAVE YOU AS OUR C.O." "THEY'RE HAPPY TO HAVE A GOOD LEADER AGAIN." "THEY'VE ALWAYS HAD ONE." "I'VE BEEN TOLD THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN ONE MAN THEY COULD COUNT ON. HELD THEM TOGETHER WHEN THEY HAD THE CRAP SHELLED OUT OF 'EM" "IN THE WOODS. GAVE 'EM DIRECTION." "ALL THE THINGS A GOOD COMBAT LEADER DOES." "DO YOU?" "SIR." "1st SERGEANT. YOU'VE BEEN THE LEADER OF "EASY COMPANY"." "OH... 1st SERGEANT." "SIR? AND SINK APPROVED ON YOUR BEHALF." "YOU SHOULD GET THE OFFICIAL NOD IN A FEW DAYS." "LIEUTENANT." "IT'S 1st BATTALION." "HEY!" "HEY!" "WHAT DO YOU WANT?" "YOU SHITHEADS." "IT'S OUR PLEASURE." "BOYS." "EASY COMPANY" RIDING OUT AGAIN." "Captions Copyright 2001 HOME BOX OFFICE" "L.P." "Captioned by HBO COMMUNICATIONS CENTE"