"If you're a leader, you lead the way." "Not just, er, on the easy ones, you take the tough ones, too." "A good leader has to understand the people that are, 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, er," "I don't think I'd follow them into water, but, he was, 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." "C'mon, Nix, get up." "Let's go." "C'mon, something's up, Strayer's orders." "Okay, go ahead, I'll be right down." "Let's go, c'mon, you got 10 minutes." "Go away." "C'mon, c'mon big guy, let's go." "Ah, leave me alone." "Okay." "C'mon." "Godammit." "Oh, that's my own piss, for chrissake." "Sonofabitch." "I mean, 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 that would have been easy, we would 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 goin' on, Sink is not happy." "Nixon, Heyliger." "Meet colonel Dobie, British 1st airborne." "Captain Nixon is our 2nd battalion S-2." "That's 1st lieutenant Moose Heyliger." "It appears the British lost 8,000 men when market garden fell on its ass, which is why colonel Dobie has been tasked with coordinating some kind of rescue operation for the red devils who were 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 make their way to the riverbank and assemble in the woods here, tonight." "Pick a team from Easy company 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 hand-held red torch." "That would be a hand-held red flashlight." "Alright, we'll call this thing "Operation Pegasus"." "Bob, your 2nd battalion is on the spot." "Get it done." "Captain Nixon, assist colonel Dobie in every way possible." "If you need anything at all, you come to me." "I can hardly ask for more." "Captain Winters?" "I haven't seen your endorsement on the Market Garden after action report, or the updated battalion TO and E, why is that?" "I'll have them at CP by 1300, sir." "And I want an inventory on whatever material the British 43rd left behind, rations, medical supplies, transport." "An inventory, yes, sir." "Dick." "I'm still waiting to write citations on that five October operation." "I need your report." "The report, yes, sir." "Light a fire under it, Dick." "Sir." "Now, godammit, 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." "And you say there's about a hundred 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'd 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." "Well, that's a lot of territory to cover." "A couple of regular GI Joe's, huh?" "You said it." "C'mon." "New guys giving the replacements the what for, and why is." "I swear none 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, we need the doc." "Alright, get him on the table." "Yeah, it's Alley." "Alright, I got this, easy." "Alley, you're gonna be okay." "C'mon, Boyle, get doc Roe." "Where am I?" "Something happened, what happened?" "Where was it?" "Crossroads, where the road crosses the dike." "If it wasn't for your loud mouth, they'd have never known we was here." "Hey, you know what, Joe, back off." "Lesniewski, send a runner for lieutenant Welsh." "Lieutenant, assemble me a squad." "Yes, sir, first squad, on your feet!" "Weapons and ammo only!" "Give me room." "Let's move!" "Let's go, let's go!" "Boyle, get the boots off, elevate the leg." "Liebgott, use the sulphur." "Alright, let's get this done quickly, we gotta move, not too much." "Hey, 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 think 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." "First 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, a.g., 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!" "C'mon, 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?" "Well, 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 10 men along the dike." "Peacock, you'll take 10 men along the left flank." "I'll take 10 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 foot-locker." "I'm a captain, for chrissake." "Well, why don't you... why don't you just give it up?" "Drinking?" "No, hiding it in my foot-locker," "You're a captain for pete's sake." "Maybe you're right, maybe 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." "C'mon, boys!" "five." "Holy shit!" "It's a whole other company!" "No shit!" "Easy Beaver to Easy Minor." "Reinforce Easy at phase one yellow." "Plus one, strike three." "Fire concentration Charlie." "Drop 200, left 100." "Repeat, plus one, strike three." "Fire concentration, Charlie, drop 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." "Polish, don't you believe it." "There ain't no Poles in the SS!" "Move!" "Jesus Christ." "Oh, shit!" "Luz, send lightning a contact report." "Boyle!" "Get up there where you can spot the fall of those rounds, go!" "Right, sir." "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, c'mon, help me." "Jesus, captain, they're SS." "Joe?" "Joe, knock it off." "Damnit, what?" "You're bleeding." "Ah, it's nothing, cap'n." "I want you to take these prisoners back to battalion CP." "Get yourself cleaned up." "Yes, sir." "C'mon, kraut boys." "Joe?" "Yeah." "Drop your ammo." "What?" "Drop your ammo." "Are you kidding me, what are you doing?" "Give me your weapon." "Cap'n." "You have one round." "Johnny, how many prisoners do we have?" "We got 11 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." "Alright, I will see you someplace else." "Take these to battalion." "Split 'em up." "Yes, sir." "Up, alright." "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?" "Captain Winters?" "He's right down there, sir." "Alright, carry on." "Alright, krauts, hande hoch." "22 wounded, huh?" "You okay?" "Yeah, one killed." "Who?" "Dukeman." "Dukeman." "Well, you're looking at two full companies of SS out there." "About 50 dead, probably another hundred 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." "Major Horton's dead?" "They hit 2nd battalion CP in force." "He was organizing the defense." "Captain 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." "Colonel Strayer is..." "Well, he could use some help." "Well, 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." "Lieutenant Heyliger would be my choice, sir." "Good." "You pack your gear and c'mon up to battalion CP." "Yes, sir." "Would you like some coffee, sir?" "Yeah, thanks, doc." "Alright." "Hey, Dick!" "Finish your novel yet?" "That's a lot of homework." "And I thought executive officer was supposed to be a fun job." "Who are you?" "Zielinski, sir." "Who is he?" "Zielinski, my orderly." "Well, rank does have its privileges." "Orderly, huh?" "I suppose you do stuff like get coffee?" "Can do, sir." "Black, no sugar." "And a bacon sandwich." "What, you want something?" "Bacon sandwich." "You can give that to colonel Sink with my compliments." "All that for two pages, huh?" "Guess that means that's gonna take a while." "Yeah, it is, you want a job?" "There it is." "I think somebody wishes he 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 company commander." "Operation Pegasus is set to go off." "I thought I might give you the heads up." "Pegasus, yeah, yeah, great." "Everybody know their job?" "We've drilled with the boats all day." "Lieutenant Welsh is coming along, and the Canadian engineers." "Colonel Dobie knows his stuff." "Know how many times you wanna cross the river?" "If there really are 140 Brits in hiding over there, three 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." "Ah, Nix?" "Yeah." "Are we sure on the intelligence of this?" "Well, 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." "Oh, if, er, they do run into any trouble, you'll let me know?" "Yeah." "You run into any bacon sandwich, do the same, alright?" "Yeah." "Line secure, sir." "Fall back into position, private." "Yes, sir." "I got the 30 cal. on the left flank." "Extend it out to the left, 10 yards." "So, colonel, where are they?" "Leicester, c'mon 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." "Well, let's go." "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." "Yeah, 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 lieutenant Welsh." "Stay awake on me, stay awake on me, Moose." "Here, look in my eyes." "Send for lieutenant Welsh, now!" "Okay, okay." "I'm sorry, sir, I'm so sorry." "I didn't know, Jesus Christ." "Where are you from, trooper?" "Wyoming, sir." "Well, you're a long way from home, private." "Stretcher!" "I got him, Harry." "You give him morphine?" "Yeah." "How much?" "Oh, I can't remember, two, three syrettes maybe." "Three syrettes maybe?" "Yeah." "Were you trying to kill him?" "I think it was two." "You don't think it might be important to let me know how much medication the man has had, huh?" "'Cause I do not see one syrette on the man's jacket." "I'm sorry, doc." "Sure is a good thing he's a big man, maybe he'll stand a chance." "He was in a lot of pain, doc, we didn't know what to do." "Yeah, well, you oughta." "You are officers, you are grownups, you oughta know." "Alright, let's go, c'mon, 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 lieutenant Dike doing?" "Three weeks in Holland, the guys are already calling him Foxhole Norman." "Well, 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 sergeant Guarnere here to see you." "Look what the train brought in." "Hey, the daredevil." "Hiya, captain." "Welcome back, Bill." "Jesus, it's true." "I never thought I'd see you behind a desk, sir." "Yeah, and someday he'll sit behind it." "Well, I just went awol from the hospital to get back here, sir." "I hope that's not gonna cause you a problem." "Would you care if it did?" "Not a bit, sir." "Got a letter for you here from Moose." "Lieutenant Heyliger, sir." "He's recovering but it's gonna be a long haul." "Thanks, Bill." "So, I hear there's gonna be a football game, those chumps from the 5-0 deuce, is that right?" "Oh, yeah, christmas day." "Great, sky train boys." "Can't wait." "Great." "Well, er..." "I'll just go find some trouble." "You do that." "Hey, Bill." "Yes sir?" "No more joyriding, right?" "Oh, er, anybody ever heard of a little joint called, "lulu's"?" "You got me." "I'll just ask around." "Well, I guess now's as good a time as any." "What's that, a piece of paper?" "I don't wanna see another piece of paper." "General Taylor has flown back to Washington." "He's left general McAuliffe in charge of the division." "Colonel sink is in Rheims to see Marlene Dietrich." "Marlene Dietrich is in Rheims?" "At the USO." "I'm outta here, I'm going to Rheims." "Strayer will be in London for at least another week for lieutenant colonel Dobie's wedding." "I personally 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." "That's basic, basic training." "You know what I did in basic training?" "I had to eat rats." "In basic training." "Well, that's the first time..." "Monsieur?" "Monsieur, c'est la terminus..." "Every time I look at you, I see eight or nine of you." "I'll be alright 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?" "Well, I haven't, so, shut up." "Watch the movie, it's fine." "Hey, skip." "Shh, c'mon." "Where've you been?" "I've been lookin' all over for you." "Well, 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 bucks I borrowed." "You're paying me back?" "And, to say thank you..." "Surprising." "A tip." "Jesus!" "Shut up!" "I was up six grand, but I only have 3,600 left." "What are you gonna do with all that dough?" "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?" "Er, yeah." "It's a real corker." "I warned you about this girl, a month ago." "Oh, won't anybody give you a light?" "Lip, favorite part." "Well, you took the words right out of my mouth." "Got a penny?" "Got a penny?" "Got a penny?" "What?" "Sure, it's an English penny..." "Lights!" "C'mon." "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." "Now, 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?" "Lieutenant Peacock?" "Sir, have you seen colonel Strayer?" "Where's the company commander?" "Oh, lieutenant Dike, I've been looking for him all day." "I mean, how is it that the 4th army's problem gets dumped on the airborne?" "Lieutenant Peacock, lieutenant Compton." "Cap'n Winters." "Oh, lieutenant Dike, I've been looking for you." "Sir, we have a problem." "Colonel Strayer has not yet returned from some wedding that he's attending in London." "Can you believe that?" "We're going to the front, we're going to the front here, and our CO isn't even in the same damn country." "You have a bigger problem, lieutenant Dike." "You have men returning to action without proper cold weather clothing and not 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 or not." "Yes, sir." "What about ammo?" "There is no more ammo." "Distribute it amongst the men as best you can so, at least everybody has something." "Yes, sir." "Lieutenant Compton, lieutenant Peacock," "Inform lieutenant Shames of the situation." "Get all your platoons as best equipped as you can, and then report back here to me, understood?" "Yes, sir." "Cap'n." "I guess the blackout's not in effect." "Luftwaffe must be asleep." "What a difference a day makes, huh, lieutenant?" "Christ, I miss those C-47s." "We've got a tailgate jump here." "I just wanna know where they're sending us, what the hell we're supposed to do with no ammo." "Hey, kid, what's your name again?" "Suerth." "Suerth junior." "You got any ammo, junior?" "Er, 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?" "Yeah, I'd give my goddamn boots for a cigarette." "We're all 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?" "Hey, 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." "Oh, now you're talking." "Hey, hey, hey, hey." "Hey, hey, hey, over here." "Pass them down." "Somebody, give me a light." "Keep moving, c'mon." "Keep it coming." "Over to the left." "Keep it moving." "All the way down, keep moving." "Clear the way." "Alright 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." "Hey, stand back, guys." "I've been holding this for the last hour." "Anybody got any matches?" "Oh, that's better." "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're gonna put a perimeter around Bastogne, dig in tight as a tick." "2nd battalion will be deployed over here 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." "Cap'n, you beg, borrow, or steal ammo, but you defend this area." "Yes, sir." "Yes, sir." "Jesus Christ." "Hey, Bill, Don, come here, look at this." "Come here, look at this." "Hold on." "Jesus, I'm done." "What the..." "What the hell is going on?" "Hey, you're going the wrong way." "Hey, pal." "Hey, pal." "Hey, 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." "Gimme your ammo." "C'mon." "Take it, you'll need it." "Go on, get out of here." "Holy Christ." "Hey, who's got ammo?" "You got ammo?" "Gimme your ammo." "Who's got ammo?" "You got any grenades?" "C'mon, hand 'em over." "Gimme it." "You got grenades?" "Got any grenades, Lieb?" "Who's got grenades?" "Private, private, what have you got?" "Make a hole!" "Make a hole!" "Hey, make a hole." "I got ammo, grab what you can." "Lieutenant, you're a godsend." "What's the situation?" "Well, 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 armour." "Good work, son." "You got anymore mortar rounds, sir?" "We're real short." "Well, I'll try to make another ammo run if I can but, er, don't count on anything." "Thank you, sir, I'll take this, cap'n." "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." "Subs cleaned up by Operations and Kungen"