1 00:03:05,479 --> 00:03:10,984 It was three years since Lewis Nixon and I decided to join the paratroops. 2 00:03:11,152 --> 00:03:14,153 And more than a year since we went to war. 3 00:03:14,322 --> 00:03:19,198 Not knowing what would happen to us. How long we'd be fighting. 4 00:03:19,369 --> 00:03:21,741 Where we'd end up. 5 00:03:21,913 --> 00:03:26,125 I certainly didn 't expect to find myself in a place like this. 6 00:03:29,588 --> 00:03:31,996 l thought it might be you. 7 00:03:34,969 --> 00:03:36,843 Morning. 8 00:03:38,139 --> 00:03:41,757 l heard reports about a redheaded Eskimo. 9 00:03:42,769 --> 00:03:45,307 Thought l'd check it out. 10 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:48,683 Come to join me for a morning swim? 11 00:03:49,735 --> 00:03:53,104 -Yeah. -You know me so well. 12 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:56,317 Here. lt's from Zielinski. 13 00:03:57,159 --> 00:03:58,819 Oh, great. 14 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:04,535 What is that? 15 00:04:04,834 --> 00:04:07,705 Ran into the regimental photographer. 16 00:04:07,879 --> 00:04:12,091 Said he had all these photographs of the 506th. . . 17 00:04:12,259 --> 00:04:14,880 . . .going all the way back to Toccoa. 18 00:04:15,053 --> 00:04:19,799 -l traded them for a couple of Lugers. -That's a bargain. 19 00:04:30,278 --> 00:04:34,857 -What will you do after this? -Get some breakfast. 20 00:04:37,369 --> 00:04:39,860 No. After, after. 21 00:04:44,835 --> 00:04:49,165 Funny you should mention it. l had a meeting with Col. Sink. 22 00:04:49,340 --> 00:04:51,913 -Really? -Yeah. 23 00:04:52,468 --> 00:04:56,418 Yeah, discussed the possibility of staying. 24 00:04:56,597 --> 00:04:58,424 ln the Army? 25 00:04:59,350 --> 00:05:02,636 Yeah. Yeah, as a career. 26 00:05:04,481 --> 00:05:06,521 What'd you say? 27 00:05:06,984 --> 00:05:09,190 l said l'd think about it. 28 00:05:18,830 --> 00:05:22,614 -What do you think about New Jersey? -New Jersey? 29 00:05:22,792 --> 00:05:27,419 There's a company in Nixon, New Jersey called Nixon Nitration Works. 30 00:05:27,589 --> 00:05:29,914 -Sounds picturesque. -Yeah, well. . . 31 00:05:30,092 --> 00:05:33,295 . . .oddly enough, l know the owners. 32 00:05:33,971 --> 00:05:37,838 Probably gonna expect me to make something of myself. 33 00:05:38,058 --> 00:05:40,976 l thought maybe l'd drag you with me. 34 00:05:44,190 --> 00:05:47,310 Are you offering me a job? 35 00:05:50,655 --> 00:05:55,448 We'll see how your interview goes, but a man of your qualifications. . . 36 00:05:55,619 --> 00:06:01,159 . . .l think can scrape something up commensurate with your current salary. 37 00:06:05,004 --> 00:06:07,460 Yeah, l'll think about it. 38 00:06:09,675 --> 00:06:13,376 l. . . . l really appreciate it. 39 00:06:13,721 --> 00:06:16,723 Yeah, just think about it. 40 00:06:18,268 --> 00:06:19,846 Yeah. 41 00:06:52,346 --> 00:06:53,971 Job offers. 42 00:06:54,598 --> 00:06:56,390 Hard to fathom. 43 00:06:56,559 --> 00:06:59,346 And the war wasn 't even over. 44 00:06:59,812 --> 00:07:04,309 I was still getting used to hot showers and morning swims. 45 00:07:14,828 --> 00:07:19,823 We'd entered Bavaria in early May with the hopes of capturing Berchtesgaden. 46 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:24,828 This famous town, high in the Alps, was the Nazi Party's symbolic home. 47 00:07:25,006 --> 00:07:28,090 The heads of the Third Reich had houses there. 48 00:07:28,259 --> 00:07:31,628 Though Hitler was dead, he had ordered the SS... 49 00:07:31,805 --> 00:07:36,633 ... to mount a guerilla resistance against the Allied advance from it. 50 00:07:36,810 --> 00:07:40,855 The first step was blocking the roads. 51 00:07:45,861 --> 00:07:49,195 -When do the engineers arrive? -Half an hour ago. 52 00:07:49,365 --> 00:07:52,117 We're stuck here until they do, Nix. 53 00:07:52,285 --> 00:07:56,449 lf you're the SS, you won't let us waltz into Hitler's house. 54 00:07:56,623 --> 00:07:58,699 Probably throw rocks yourself. 55 00:07:58,875 --> 00:08:02,042 Easy Company is willing to find another way up. 56 00:08:02,337 --> 00:08:05,255 Duly noted. l recommended you to Col. Sink. 57 00:08:05,424 --> 00:08:08,176 -Let's find out where Hitler lived. -Ron. 58 00:08:08,344 --> 00:08:13,006 We don't know what's there. The colonel doesn't want us taking risks. 59 00:08:13,182 --> 00:08:16,516 So the French will beat us to the Eagle's Nest? 60 00:08:30,033 --> 00:08:32,738 l just had a talk with Gen. LeClerc. 61 00:08:32,911 --> 00:08:37,989 He said he was first into Paris and wanted to be first into Berchtesgaden. 62 00:08:40,128 --> 00:08:42,915 Told him l understood his point. 63 00:08:44,716 --> 00:08:48,085 Now you outflank that French son of a bitch. 64 00:08:48,261 --> 00:08:49,720 Yes, sir. 65 00:08:55,060 --> 00:08:58,061 Easy Company leads. Assemble on the Autobahn. 66 00:08:58,230 --> 00:08:59,938 Yes, sir. 67 00:09:36,521 --> 00:09:38,015 Eerie. 68 00:09:38,857 --> 00:09:41,099 Not even any natives. 69 00:09:41,276 --> 00:09:45,440 That's because in this town you can't deny being a true Nazi. 70 00:09:45,697 --> 00:09:49,067 -What do you mean? -You have to be to live here. 71 00:09:49,243 --> 00:09:52,612 We need to find some place we can put the colonel. 72 00:09:52,788 --> 00:09:55,161 How about right there? 73 00:10:23,446 --> 00:10:25,273 No, no. 74 00:10:47,346 --> 00:10:48,757 Wow. 75 00:10:59,151 --> 00:11:01,440 Kitty would love this. 76 00:11:01,612 --> 00:11:05,277 How many brides get a wedding present from Hitler? 77 00:11:08,244 --> 00:11:10,283 You wanna take half? 78 00:11:10,454 --> 00:11:12,531 l can't carry all this. 79 00:11:12,707 --> 00:11:16,539 Whoever comes after us will take what isn't nailed down. 80 00:11:16,711 --> 00:11:20,246 Well. Wouldn't want that to happen. 81 00:11:25,345 --> 00:11:28,549 -Nice. -Don't even think about it. 82 00:11:37,900 --> 00:11:41,317 -Maj. Winters. Sir. -More. 83 00:11:41,488 --> 00:11:45,153 -Permission to climb the mountain? -What is this? 84 00:11:45,325 --> 00:11:47,318 Wait one minute. 85 00:11:47,786 --> 00:11:52,495 Have F Company guard the hotel. Set up roadblocks west of town. 86 00:11:52,666 --> 00:11:56,664 l want Battalion HQ, seal the north, prepare for prisoners. 87 00:11:56,837 --> 00:11:58,996 -Sgt. Grant. -And Harry. . . 88 00:11:59,340 --> 00:12:01,961 . . .nobody gets hurt, not now. 89 00:12:04,345 --> 00:12:05,970 And Easy? 90 00:12:07,265 --> 00:12:10,515 Easy will head up through the Obersalzburg. . . 91 00:12:10,685 --> 00:12:13,058 . . .and take the Eagle's Nest. 92 00:12:15,566 --> 00:12:18,353 Hi-yo, Silver! 93 00:12:22,865 --> 00:12:25,652 Yeah! Currahee! 94 00:12:25,827 --> 00:12:30,987 The Eagle's Nest was Hitler's birthday present, built with Nazi Party money. 95 00:12:31,291 --> 00:12:34,245 A mountaintop stone retreat 8000 feet up... 96 00:12:34,461 --> 00:12:37,130 ...accessible by a gold-plated elevator. 97 00:12:37,297 --> 00:12:40,464 It was one of the crown jewels of his empire... 98 00:12:40,634 --> 00:12:42,793 ...and he was afraid of heights. 99 00:13:29,686 --> 00:13:30,849 Here's to him. 100 00:13:45,745 --> 00:13:47,370 No, goddamn it, listen. 101 00:13:47,747 --> 00:13:49,491 Hitler, Hitler-- No. 102 00:13:49,666 --> 00:13:56,084 Hitler, Himmler, Goering, Goebbels and the pope walk into a bar-- 103 00:13:56,256 --> 00:13:59,922 -Because he drinks too much-- -That's how it starts. 104 00:14:00,177 --> 00:14:04,092 Hey, Adolf! Love your Eagle's Nest. l hope you don't mind. 105 00:14:04,265 --> 00:14:09,342 We made ourselves at home. Love what you did with the place. Have a drink. 106 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:13,186 Come on. Just so we can say we saw you do it. 107 00:14:13,358 --> 00:14:14,852 Listen up. 108 00:14:16,152 --> 00:14:22,274 From Corps, just came in. ''All troops stand fast on present positions. '' 109 00:14:23,452 --> 00:14:26,453 -Standing fast. -What does that mean? 110 00:14:27,623 --> 00:14:29,532 Wanna hear it? 111 00:14:30,793 --> 00:14:35,005 Ready for it? Listen up. German army's surrendered. 112 00:14:41,137 --> 00:14:44,507 l got a present for you. Come on. 113 00:14:45,893 --> 00:14:48,099 ls it? Yeah? 114 00:15:08,792 --> 00:15:11,579 -What is this place? -Goering's house. 115 00:15:11,753 --> 00:15:15,170 We found it yesterday. Had it on guard since. 116 00:15:15,341 --> 00:15:18,377 -l'll vouch for that. -Eager to get off duty? 117 00:15:18,552 --> 00:15:21,922 No, there's just so much to see and do, sir. 118 00:15:57,302 --> 00:16:01,217 1 0,000 bottles of the finest liquor, wine and champagne... 119 00:16:01,390 --> 00:16:05,435 ...helped Easy Company mark the day the war in Europe ended. 120 00:16:05,603 --> 00:16:07,429 lt's all yours. 121 00:16:08,230 --> 00:16:12,145 Take what you want and have each company take a truckload. 122 00:16:12,777 --> 00:16:16,691 We're going to Austria. You don't have to leave anything. 123 00:16:16,865 --> 00:16:19,616 -Austria, sir? -Happy V-E Day. 124 00:16:21,244 --> 00:16:22,869 Yeah. 125 00:16:24,456 --> 00:16:26,365 V-E Day? 126 00:16:26,792 --> 00:16:29,497 Victory in Europe. 127 00:16:36,469 --> 00:16:38,925 Happy V-E Day. 128 00:16:41,266 --> 00:16:45,346 Instead of a combat unit, we became an occupation force. 129 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:49,767 No one wanted to leave Berchtesgaden. Until they saw Austria. 130 00:17:26,814 --> 00:17:30,895 So you reckon they'll make us run up those or ski down them? 131 00:17:49,463 --> 00:17:52,797 Hey, how are you? Need a hand there? 132 00:17:53,217 --> 00:17:55,969 Hi! Hi! He loves you. 133 00:17:56,304 --> 00:17:59,803 Hey, lady, how are you? 134 00:18:02,644 --> 00:18:05,681 l think the war is over! 135 00:18:38,349 --> 00:18:40,757 We'll be comfortable here. 136 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:48,939 What will happen to us, to people like you and me. . . 137 00:18:49,194 --> 00:18:53,903 . . .when there are finally no more wars to occupy us? 138 00:18:57,452 --> 00:18:59,576 Have your men collect weapons. 139 00:18:59,747 --> 00:19:02,913 Leave them at the church, school and airfield. 140 00:19:03,083 --> 00:19:04,792 Very well. 141 00:19:12,218 --> 00:19:15,884 Please accept this as my formal surrender, major. 142 00:19:16,056 --> 00:19:19,756 lt is better than to lay it on the desk of a clerk. 143 00:19:27,151 --> 00:19:30,105 You may keep your sidearm, colonel. 144 00:19:43,877 --> 00:19:48,290 Heroic Army and Marine force dead mark the battlefield of Okinawa... 145 00:19:48,465 --> 00:19:51,466 ... where a bloody engagement is being fought. 146 00:19:51,677 --> 00:19:56,470 Thousands of Yanks have been wounded or sacrificed their lives... 147 00:19:56,641 --> 00:19:59,725 ... to drive a fanatical foe from this base. 148 00:20:00,436 --> 00:20:06,605 The Yanks progress slowly, facing one of the fiercest barrages of the war. 149 00:20:06,776 --> 00:20:11,818 Each advance is gained by sheer grit in the face of withering fire... 150 00:20:11,990 --> 00:20:16,035 ...from a suicidal enemy being hammered back into the hills. 151 00:20:16,203 --> 00:20:19,370 The going is brutal and casualties are high... 152 00:20:19,582 --> 00:20:23,793 ...but Okinawa is the next step towards victory over Japan. 153 00:20:24,003 --> 00:20:28,998 A victory that can only be won by work, war bonds and heroic sacrifice. 154 00:20:36,016 --> 00:20:39,515 -So when are we going? -We don't have a date yet. 155 00:20:39,686 --> 00:20:42,059 Are we to tell the men right away? 156 00:20:42,231 --> 00:20:44,556 Some have enough points to go home. 157 00:20:44,733 --> 00:20:48,518 Not many, if their only medal's a Purple Heart. 158 00:20:48,696 --> 00:20:51,946 l think most of us here will have enough. 159 00:20:52,116 --> 00:20:57,277 Each of us will decide what to do. l don't know how long we'll wait. . . 160 00:20:57,455 --> 00:21:02,663 . . .but l want those who are staying, and all replacements, ready to fight. 161 00:21:02,836 --> 00:21:06,205 That means rifle ranges. Daily close-order drills. 162 00:21:06,382 --> 00:21:11,922 Troop reviews. Above all, physical training. Get your NCOs on it. 163 00:21:13,389 --> 00:21:15,049 They're gonna love you. 164 00:21:19,354 --> 00:21:21,845 What are you crouching for, Perco? 165 00:21:22,023 --> 00:21:25,642 -Think the deer's gonna shoot back? -Leave me alone. 166 00:21:25,819 --> 00:21:30,446 How about y'all just shut up. Let Shifty kill us some dinner. 167 00:21:30,616 --> 00:21:34,945 What's wrong? Tired of eating dried-up spuds three times a day? 168 00:21:35,121 --> 00:21:40,625 l got an idea. Why don't we just shoot Bull and feed the company for a week? 169 00:22:08,573 --> 00:22:10,898 Oh, goddamn it, Shifty. 170 00:22:11,076 --> 00:22:15,287 You let him get away. Army ought to be glad to be rid of you. 171 00:22:15,455 --> 00:22:18,871 l wish. Seems they want me to stay around a while. 172 00:22:19,042 --> 00:22:21,415 -Serious? -How many points you need? 173 00:22:21,587 --> 00:22:23,129 -Fifteen. -Fifteen? 174 00:22:23,297 --> 00:22:26,915 Jesus Christ, l thought l had it bad. 175 00:22:27,093 --> 00:22:29,584 No Purple Hearts, never was injured. 176 00:22:29,762 --> 00:22:32,004 -Company! -Platoon! 177 00:22:32,181 --> 00:22:34,554 Attention! 178 00:22:38,230 --> 00:22:39,973 Right shoulder. . . 179 00:22:40,482 --> 00:22:41,857 . . .arms! 180 00:22:44,444 --> 00:22:45,987 Order. . . 181 00:22:46,655 --> 00:22:47,936 . . .arms! 182 00:22:51,077 --> 00:22:52,785 At ease. 183 00:22:54,872 --> 00:22:59,166 Gen. Taylor knows many veterans, including Normandy veterans. . . 184 00:22:59,335 --> 00:23:02,918 . . .do not have the 85 points needed to be discharged. 185 00:23:03,089 --> 00:23:07,170 On this anniversary of D-Day, he authorized a lottery. . . 186 00:23:07,344 --> 00:23:11,638 . . .to send one man home in each company, effective immediately. 187 00:23:11,807 --> 00:23:15,425 For Easy Company, the winner is. . . 188 00:23:21,442 --> 00:23:23,435 Come on, come on, come on. 189 00:23:24,946 --> 00:23:29,359 . . .serial number 1 3066266. 190 00:23:30,035 --> 00:23:34,744 -Sgt. Darrell C. Powers. -Shifty. 191 00:23:35,207 --> 00:23:37,876 That's how it's done, Shifty. 192 00:23:40,045 --> 00:23:42,085 Congratulations, Shifty. 193 00:23:42,256 --> 00:23:46,337 Sgt. Grant will see 2nd Platoon takes over the checkpoint. . . 194 00:23:46,552 --> 00:23:48,878 . . .beginning tonight at 2200. 195 00:23:49,055 --> 00:23:51,677 -So much for our anniversary. -No shit. 196 00:23:51,850 --> 00:23:55,800 Gen. Taylor also announced the 1 01 st Airborne Division. . . 197 00:23:55,979 --> 00:24:00,357 . . .will definitely be redeployed to the Pacific. 198 00:24:00,692 --> 00:24:07,063 So beginning tomorrow at 0600, we will begin training to go to war. 199 00:24:14,999 --> 00:24:16,542 Come in. 200 00:24:23,592 --> 00:24:29,796 l don't mean to interrupt you, sir. l just wanted to say goodbye. 201 00:24:30,641 --> 00:24:32,764 You know, you was. . . . 202 00:24:34,812 --> 00:24:36,805 You was. . . . 203 00:24:38,066 --> 00:24:42,360 Well, it's been a long time. 204 00:24:44,698 --> 00:24:48,446 -You got everything you need? -l gathered up my loot. 205 00:24:48,869 --> 00:24:52,238 Pistols, mainly. Paperwork's all done. 206 00:24:52,414 --> 00:24:55,332 l even got my back pay in my pocket. 207 00:25:00,173 --> 00:25:03,127 Back home in Virginia. . . . 208 00:25:05,929 --> 00:25:07,471 Well. . . . 209 00:25:10,517 --> 00:25:14,930 l just don't rightly know how l'm gonna explain all this. 210 00:25:18,817 --> 00:25:20,775 You see, l. . . . 211 00:25:21,695 --> 00:25:25,314 l seen. . . . l seen. . . . 212 00:25:26,826 --> 00:25:30,029 You're a hell of a fine soldier, Shifty. 213 00:25:30,330 --> 00:25:33,117 There's nothing more to explain. 214 00:25:36,169 --> 00:25:38,162 Thank you, sir. 215 00:25:46,347 --> 00:25:51,175 Two days later, Shifty Powers was on a truck headed for a boat home. 216 00:25:51,352 --> 00:25:56,145 Unfortunately, the truck was hit head-on by a drunken corporal. 217 00:25:56,316 --> 00:26:00,729 Shifty had a broken pelvis, a broken arm and a bad concussion. 218 00:26:00,904 --> 00:26:04,819 He survived, but spent months in a series of hospitals. 219 00:26:04,992 --> 00:26:08,692 I wish I could say he was our only casualty in Austria. 220 00:26:08,871 --> 00:26:12,951 l've decided. l got the points, l'm going back to Kitty. 221 00:26:13,125 --> 00:26:17,503 Do you really think Kitty hasn't run off with some 4-F by now? 222 00:26:17,672 --> 00:26:21,088 Son of a bitch. That's not even funny. 223 00:26:21,259 --> 00:26:22,919 Harry, ignore him. 224 00:26:23,178 --> 00:26:28,932 How do l tell her l could have come home, but decided to jump on Tokyo? 225 00:26:29,101 --> 00:26:32,102 All right, so don't tell her. 226 00:26:32,730 --> 00:26:38,566 She waited for three years. We'll be back in two years, three tops. 227 00:26:38,736 --> 00:26:41,571 lt'll be over before you get there. 228 00:26:41,739 --> 00:26:47,114 You'll be here six months waiting, and l'll be in Wilkes-Barre making babies. 229 00:26:47,287 --> 00:26:50,204 -You didn't tell him? -l couldn't shut him up. 230 00:26:51,708 --> 00:26:54,164 What? Tell me what? 231 00:26:54,544 --> 00:26:58,245 -Guts and Glory asked for a transfer. -What? 232 00:26:58,632 --> 00:27:03,010 1 3th Airborne are heading out for the Pacific right away. 233 00:27:05,890 --> 00:27:09,057 lf l'm going, l wanna get it over with. 234 00:27:11,229 --> 00:27:15,725 -Are you in on this? -l can't let him go by himself. 235 00:27:18,820 --> 00:27:21,146 You're leaving the men? 236 00:27:22,908 --> 00:27:25,446 They don't need me anymore. 237 00:27:35,922 --> 00:27:37,500 Wounded in Normandy? 238 00:27:37,674 --> 00:27:41,802 Yes, sir. ln the leg. lt was a minor flesh wound. 239 00:27:41,970 --> 00:27:45,920 -Company E lost 24 men killed there. -Yes, sir. 240 00:27:46,683 --> 00:27:51,013 Seventeen were in my commander's plane. lt went down on D-Day. 241 00:27:51,522 --> 00:27:54,891 You were given command of the company on D-Day? 242 00:27:55,067 --> 00:27:56,727 That's right. 243 00:28:06,246 --> 00:28:08,867 Fall back to your original positions! 244 00:28:09,041 --> 00:28:13,502 Everyone else maintain your pace of fire! 245 00:28:22,346 --> 00:28:27,258 ln Holland, they bumped you to Battalion XO. 246 00:28:28,228 --> 00:28:29,770 Yes, sir. 247 00:28:33,900 --> 00:28:37,104 Bastards took your company away. 248 00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:07,305 l fired my last shots there. 249 00:29:08,562 --> 00:29:10,804 For the whole damn war? 250 00:29:11,315 --> 00:29:12,975 Yes, sir. 251 00:29:14,986 --> 00:29:18,604 You got through Bastogne without firing your weapon? 252 00:29:18,782 --> 00:29:20,240 That is correct, sir. 253 00:29:20,408 --> 00:29:24,620 -You were on the line the whole time? -Yes, sir. 254 00:29:27,207 --> 00:29:30,327 Can't imagine a tougher test for a leader. 255 00:29:30,502 --> 00:29:35,212 Having to sit through a siege like that, under those conditions. 256 00:29:35,383 --> 00:29:38,253 -We got through it. -Find some cover! 257 00:29:38,428 --> 00:29:42,591 Find some cover! Find a foxhole! Come on, take cover! 258 00:29:43,933 --> 00:29:45,807 Take cover! 259 00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:53,110 Come on, find some cover! 260 00:29:56,238 --> 00:29:59,939 -So why do you want a transfer? -Sorry, sir? 261 00:30:00,451 --> 00:30:02,942 Why do you want to leave your men? 262 00:30:03,121 --> 00:30:08,875 lt's not that. lf the war was still on and l could do some good. . . . 263 00:30:09,044 --> 00:30:12,164 Looking to have your own division some day? 264 00:30:12,339 --> 00:30:13,619 No, sir. 265 00:30:13,799 --> 00:30:16,966 -Not gonna make a career of the Army? -No. 266 00:30:17,136 --> 00:30:20,421 Ye-- Well, l don't know, sir. 267 00:30:21,432 --> 00:30:26,937 lf you think you need more experience to get stars on your helmet. . . 268 00:30:27,104 --> 00:30:30,106 . . .let me tell you something, son: 269 00:30:30,275 --> 00:30:32,563 You've done enough. 270 00:30:34,738 --> 00:30:37,655 Thank you, sir. That's not my objective. 271 00:30:45,541 --> 00:30:49,455 l took this meeting out of respect for your achievements. 272 00:30:49,628 --> 00:30:51,586 And for the 1 01 st. 273 00:30:52,507 --> 00:30:56,172 lf they do go to the Pacific eventually. . . 274 00:30:56,344 --> 00:30:59,511 . . .you should be running one of the battalions. 275 00:31:00,807 --> 00:31:02,551 Thank you, sir. 276 00:31:04,645 --> 00:31:08,477 And frankly, your men earned the right to keep you around. 277 00:31:14,864 --> 00:31:16,358 Yes, sir. 278 00:31:17,241 --> 00:31:18,949 Thank you, sir. 279 00:31:23,957 --> 00:31:28,370 I would stay in Austria for the time being, waiting for orders... 280 00:31:28,545 --> 00:31:32,625 ...and trying to watch over soldiers with no enemy to fight. 281 00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:37,261 -Lieb, l fucking hate this. -Oh, Jesus Christ. They fingered him. 282 00:31:37,429 --> 00:31:42,222 One of the Polacks at the slave camps said this is where he lives. 283 00:31:42,393 --> 00:31:44,552 -Which camp? -Whatever camp. 284 00:31:46,272 --> 00:31:49,724 l'm under direct orders and l'm happy to follow it. 285 00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:11,453 -ls this a personal thing, Joe? -What? 286 00:32:11,633 --> 00:32:15,547 -ls this personal to you? -No, it's a goddamn order. 287 00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:19,054 -Does Maj. Winters know? -Doesn't matter. 288 00:32:19,224 --> 00:32:25,559 The fuck it doesn't. What if he's just a soldier? What if he's innocent? 289 00:32:25,731 --> 00:32:28,518 What if he's commandant of a slave camp? 290 00:32:28,692 --> 00:32:31,314 Which camp? You don't have any proof. 291 00:32:31,487 --> 00:32:33,646 Were you at Landsberg? 292 00:32:33,823 --> 00:32:35,365 You know l was. 293 00:32:35,533 --> 00:32:41,702 Think he's a soldier like you and me? A fucking innocent German officer? 294 00:32:41,873 --> 00:32:45,207 Where the hell you been for the past three years? 295 00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:53,211 What? 296 00:32:54,553 --> 00:32:56,012 Shut up. 297 00:33:14,283 --> 00:33:16,525 Don't fucking lie to me. 298 00:33:17,286 --> 00:33:20,786 See what you did to my fucking people! 299 00:33:21,082 --> 00:33:22,706 That's it. 300 00:33:49,404 --> 00:33:51,028 He's guilty. 301 00:33:53,533 --> 00:33:57,317 -Liebgott says so. -He probably is. 302 00:34:05,379 --> 00:34:06,838 Damn son of a bitch. 303 00:34:07,006 --> 00:34:08,583 Shoot him. 304 00:34:10,051 --> 00:34:11,675 -Shoot him! -No. 305 00:34:34,994 --> 00:34:40,581 -Officers don't run. -The war's over. Anybody would run. 306 00:34:42,585 --> 00:34:46,417 Summer in this Alpine paradise should've been a relief. 307 00:34:46,590 --> 00:34:51,501 Especially now that we were at peace. Everyone just wanted to go home. 308 00:34:51,678 --> 00:34:54,964 -France. France was the best. -Really? 309 00:34:55,140 --> 00:34:56,718 Yeah. 310 00:34:56,892 --> 00:35:03,013 Five years. l think l was in every country, but France was the best. 311 00:35:07,528 --> 00:35:11,858 ltaly would be second for me. Russia is not desirable. 312 00:35:12,033 --> 00:35:14,785 Ukraine, it was okay. 313 00:35:15,662 --> 00:35:18,200 So when do you get out? 314 00:35:18,373 --> 00:35:23,036 The unit is discharged. We leave when my captain gets transferred. 315 00:35:23,212 --> 00:35:26,628 -lt is the end of my second war. -Jesus! 316 00:35:26,799 --> 00:35:30,417 -l'm going home, to Mannheim. -l'll take this one. 317 00:35:35,433 --> 00:35:36,892 Okay. 318 00:35:41,898 --> 00:35:44,105 Hey, Webster. My relief. 319 00:35:44,276 --> 00:35:48,855 -Don't salute the Germans. -Come on. l get a kick out of it. 320 00:35:49,031 --> 00:35:52,365 Anyway, l got me a new enemy. The Japs. 321 00:35:52,535 --> 00:35:56,948 Seventy-five points. How about you? You're a Toccoa guy, right? 322 00:35:57,123 --> 00:36:00,208 -How many you got? -Wouldn't you like to know? 323 00:36:03,505 --> 00:36:05,462 Discharged, huh? 324 00:36:06,591 --> 00:36:10,921 -Go ahead, take off. lt's my turn. -Okay. See you at the farm. 325 00:36:12,723 --> 00:36:14,467 Eighty-one. 326 00:36:16,227 --> 00:36:18,266 l have 81 points. 327 00:36:19,480 --> 00:36:21,971 Well, that's just not good enough. 328 00:36:28,281 --> 00:36:30,951 See about getting you a ride. 329 00:36:31,159 --> 00:36:34,659 Hey. Hey. Where are they going? 330 00:36:34,830 --> 00:36:36,289 Munich. 331 00:36:37,958 --> 00:36:39,916 Wanna go to Munich? 332 00:36:51,473 --> 00:36:52,801 Get in. 333 00:36:54,518 --> 00:36:55,680 Too bad. 334 00:37:01,442 --> 00:37:02,984 Turn the wheel! 335 00:37:05,905 --> 00:37:08,063 Oh, Jesus. 336 00:37:21,129 --> 00:37:23,205 lt's Pvt. Janovec. 337 00:37:26,301 --> 00:37:28,923 He was dead when they brought him in. 338 00:37:32,433 --> 00:37:34,675 Seventy-five points. 339 00:37:35,061 --> 00:37:37,932 -What? -He was 1 0 points short. 340 00:37:39,858 --> 00:37:44,484 The enemy had surrendered, but somehow men were still dying. 341 00:37:44,654 --> 00:37:47,146 Men who wanted to be home by now... 342 00:37:47,324 --> 00:37:52,781 ... who 'd served since before Normandy, were stuck because they lacked points. 343 00:37:52,955 --> 00:37:59,243 They did have plenty of weapons, alcohol and time on their hands. 344 00:37:59,879 --> 00:38:04,588 Suddenly, from out of nowhere, a guy jumps out of the hedgerow. . . 345 00:38:04,759 --> 00:38:10,002 . . .shoves a knife against his throat and screams, ''Whose side are you on?'' 346 00:38:10,849 --> 00:38:12,130 l don't get it. 347 00:38:12,309 --> 00:38:15,678 lt's D-Day. lt's 2nd Platoon's own Bill Guarnere. 348 00:38:15,854 --> 00:38:20,267 Old Gonorrhea himself. Just landed in Normandy and all wound up. 349 00:38:20,443 --> 00:38:22,768 ''Whose side?'' What a character. 350 00:38:23,154 --> 00:38:24,897 What happened to him? 351 00:38:25,740 --> 00:38:28,741 Got his leg blown off in Bastogne. 352 00:38:29,744 --> 00:38:30,907 Wait here. 353 00:38:36,877 --> 00:38:39,582 You okay, Mac? You need some help? 354 00:38:45,970 --> 00:38:48,971 They wouldn't give me any gas. 355 00:38:49,265 --> 00:38:50,890 Krauts. 356 00:38:56,189 --> 00:38:58,229 l tried to explain. 357 00:38:59,734 --> 00:39:03,567 This fucking limey wouldn't listen. 358 00:39:04,615 --> 00:39:06,987 l think he was a major. 359 00:39:07,159 --> 00:39:11,204 -Look, private, we got a problem here. -Do you have any gas? 360 00:39:11,914 --> 00:39:14,322 Why don't you give me your weapon? 361 00:39:15,126 --> 00:39:20,369 Well, l guess l'll just use his jeep. l don't think he's gonna need it. 362 00:39:20,548 --> 00:39:22,671 Hold on a second, all right? 363 00:39:24,135 --> 00:39:25,594 Jesus! 364 00:39:25,762 --> 00:39:28,680 Sarge! Sgt. Grant! 365 00:39:31,477 --> 00:39:33,054 Sarge! 366 00:39:40,486 --> 00:39:43,571 -Jesus. -What? 367 00:39:43,740 --> 00:39:45,779 He's not gonna make it. 368 00:39:45,950 --> 00:39:49,154 -You can't operate? -You'd need a brain surgeon. 369 00:39:49,329 --> 00:39:53,197 And even if you had one, l don't think there's any hope. 370 00:39:56,545 --> 00:40:01,753 Find the shooter, alive. Help me. We're gonna go find a brain surgeon. 371 00:40:04,303 --> 00:40:09,725 He wants noncoms guarding roadblocks and men watching roads out of town. 372 00:40:09,893 --> 00:40:13,807 Bull, Malark, take a squad and a witness to search houses. 373 00:40:13,980 --> 00:40:18,144 -Can we shoot this bastard on sight? -Try and take him alive. 374 00:40:18,318 --> 00:40:19,729 Where's Grant now? 375 00:40:19,903 --> 00:40:23,948 They took him to a Kraut hospital to find a good doctor. 376 00:40:33,042 --> 00:40:34,620 Open up. 377 00:40:39,257 --> 00:40:40,586 Come with me. 378 00:40:40,759 --> 00:40:43,001 -Why? -Get in the jeep. 379 00:40:46,140 --> 00:40:49,509 -Where are we going? -To the hospital. Get in. 380 00:40:50,603 --> 00:40:54,553 lf you're going to shoot, shoot. lf not, put the gun away. 381 00:40:54,732 --> 00:40:56,476 Get in the jeep, now. 382 00:40:57,402 --> 00:41:00,605 -What happened to him? -He was shot in the head. 383 00:41:01,614 --> 00:41:03,441 Half-hour ago. 384 00:41:04,534 --> 00:41:07,785 -Come on. -lf you want him to live, help me. 385 00:41:07,954 --> 00:41:11,039 First, by putting that away. 386 00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:15,166 -Let's go. -Let me drive. 387 00:41:15,337 --> 00:41:17,911 We'll get there faster. 388 00:41:25,807 --> 00:41:28,891 All right, see what we got here. 389 00:41:30,103 --> 00:41:33,519 Jesus. Again, what a hand. 390 00:41:36,276 --> 00:41:40,820 -Who's being beaten worse, me or him? -Wanna play a different game? 391 00:41:40,990 --> 00:41:43,907 Same game, just shuffle them up good, huh? 392 00:41:46,954 --> 00:41:49,825 -You all right? -Yeah, l'm all right. 393 00:41:50,750 --> 00:41:53,372 Wanna go in there and join in? 394 00:41:54,838 --> 00:41:56,877 l should go in and stop this. 395 00:41:57,090 --> 00:42:00,673 Floyd, let's just play cards, all right? 396 00:42:06,392 --> 00:42:08,183 -Where is he? -How's Grant? 397 00:42:08,352 --> 00:42:10,808 -He okay? -Where is he?! 398 00:42:20,824 --> 00:42:22,484 This him? 399 00:42:23,535 --> 00:42:25,195 That's him. 400 00:42:27,664 --> 00:42:30,334 Replacement. l Company. 401 00:42:31,794 --> 00:42:33,870 Where's the weapon? 402 00:42:35,464 --> 00:42:37,422 What weapon? 403 00:42:39,344 --> 00:42:42,795 When you talk to an officer, you say ''sir. '' 404 00:43:33,109 --> 00:43:36,728 Have the MPs take care of this piece of shit. 405 00:43:38,073 --> 00:43:40,529 -Grant's dead? -No. 406 00:43:42,077 --> 00:43:44,995 Kraut surgeon says he's gonna make it. 407 00:43:48,417 --> 00:43:51,952 Hey, tough guy, on your feet. Come on, move. 408 00:43:52,130 --> 00:43:53,754 Get up! 409 00:43:54,215 --> 00:43:59,755 l guess they were Hitler's photo albums. Had a lot of pictures of him. 410 00:43:59,930 --> 00:44:02,765 -You didn't take them? -That's right, sir. 411 00:44:02,933 --> 00:44:04,972 l don't believe you! 412 00:44:10,149 --> 00:44:13,814 l'll be watching you. You're dismissed. 413 00:44:16,906 --> 00:44:19,397 You better not be lying to me. 414 00:44:24,748 --> 00:44:27,155 -What? -Sir. . . 415 00:44:27,334 --> 00:44:30,086 . . .if it's not gonna put you in a bind. . . 416 00:44:30,254 --> 00:44:33,919 . . .l'd like to resign as company first sergeant. 417 00:44:34,800 --> 00:44:38,584 lf l had my choice, l miss being back amongst the men. 418 00:44:38,763 --> 00:44:43,092 l'd be happy to go to staff sergeant, wherever you wanna put me. 419 00:44:47,397 --> 00:44:51,229 l guess you've earned your right to demote yourself. 420 00:44:51,401 --> 00:44:53,026 Thank you, sir. 421 00:44:54,279 --> 00:44:58,941 -Wanna take over Sgt. Grant's platoon? -That would do fine, sir. 422 00:45:02,913 --> 00:45:06,579 All right then, report to Lt. Peacock. 423 00:45:08,544 --> 00:45:11,214 Let me know if he gives you any trouble. 424 00:45:13,007 --> 00:45:15,677 Oh, sir, you make your decision yet? 425 00:45:15,927 --> 00:45:17,470 Yeah, l did. 426 00:45:25,437 --> 00:45:28,189 So, what else is on your mind? 427 00:45:28,733 --> 00:45:32,316 Easy Company will need a commanding officer postwar. 428 00:45:32,487 --> 00:45:35,938 Somebody to keep them from killing each other. 429 00:45:36,115 --> 00:45:39,117 That somebody better know what they're doing. 430 00:45:39,285 --> 00:45:40,780 l couldn't agree more. 431 00:45:40,954 --> 00:45:44,904 lt's irresponsible to leave them in the wrong hands. 432 00:45:45,083 --> 00:45:48,784 They're too much of a valuable resource to the military. 433 00:45:52,466 --> 00:45:54,839 You've decided to stay in the Army? 434 00:45:55,219 --> 00:45:57,461 Yes, l'm gonna stay with the men. 435 00:45:59,307 --> 00:46:01,513 Well, l'm glad to hear it. 436 00:46:04,437 --> 00:46:07,107 So some of us would stay by choice. 437 00:46:07,274 --> 00:46:11,319 Others were stuck, unless we could find excuses to send them away. 438 00:46:11,486 --> 00:46:16,694 lt's an airborne exhibition. They have each Allied plane used in the war. 439 00:46:16,867 --> 00:46:18,196 Uh-huh. 440 00:46:18,494 --> 00:46:19,774 l mean, yes, sir. 441 00:46:19,954 --> 00:46:23,655 You'll be an adviser to make sure they get it right. 442 00:46:23,833 --> 00:46:27,831 -l understand, sir. -Sorry it's not a hospitable location. 443 00:46:28,004 --> 00:46:33,129 No, Paris is just fine, if you need me to go. Someone has to be there. 444 00:46:33,301 --> 00:46:35,378 We do. We absolutely do. 445 00:46:35,554 --> 00:46:39,848 Your driver will drop you off at a hotel of your choice. . . 446 00:46:40,017 --> 00:46:44,394 . . .and l don't think we'll see you back here anytime soon. 447 00:46:44,563 --> 00:46:46,805 l won't let you down, sir. 448 00:47:00,747 --> 00:47:03,120 Carwood, yes. . . . 449 00:47:03,292 --> 00:47:08,915 You probably know, when the Army gives a man a battlefield commission. . . 450 00:47:09,090 --> 00:47:13,337 . . .they usually don't let him stay with the same company. 451 00:47:13,511 --> 00:47:16,132 Yes, sir. l figured this was coming. 452 00:47:16,389 --> 00:47:21,217 They're afraid the men won't respect him as they would another officer. 453 00:47:21,394 --> 00:47:23,471 Yeah. lt's a good theory, sir. 454 00:47:23,647 --> 00:47:26,518 lt's idiotic. Especially in your case. 455 00:47:26,692 --> 00:47:30,986 Nevertheless, they've let me choose where to reassign you. 456 00:47:31,155 --> 00:47:34,856 l thought Battalion Headquarters might be a good place. 457 00:47:35,034 --> 00:47:37,607 l can think of few better, sir. 458 00:47:37,787 --> 00:47:40,159 Good. Good. 459 00:47:41,082 --> 00:47:45,412 Right now, down at the airfield there is a German general. . . 460 00:47:45,587 --> 00:47:49,916 . . .angry about having to surrender to Pvt. Heffron from Philly. 461 00:47:50,092 --> 00:47:52,962 -lt's beneath his stature. -Understandable. 462 00:47:53,387 --> 00:47:57,716 Yeah. l thought 2nd Lt. Carwood Lipton from West Virginia. . . 463 00:47:57,892 --> 00:48:01,890 -. . .could soothe his ruffled feathers. -No problem, sir. 464 00:48:02,063 --> 00:48:06,061 Major, is this the type of job l can expect from now on? 465 00:48:08,194 --> 00:48:12,441 Yeah. Yeah. When we're not sunning ourselves by the lake. 466 00:48:23,085 --> 00:48:24,496 Lieutenant. 467 00:48:33,721 --> 00:48:37,055 With your permission, l'd like to address my men. 468 00:48:37,225 --> 00:48:39,763 That'll be fine, general. 469 00:48:49,530 --> 00:48:51,737 -Capt. Sobel. -Maj. Winters. 470 00:48:51,908 --> 00:48:53,022 Capt. Sobel. 471 00:48:55,119 --> 00:48:58,239 We salute the rank, not the man. 472 00:49:22,524 --> 00:49:23,899 Liebgott? 473 00:49:25,443 --> 00:49:29,276 Men, it's been a long war, it's been a tough war. 474 00:49:32,784 --> 00:49:37,696 You have fought bravely, proudly, for your country. 475 00:49:41,043 --> 00:49:43,416 You are a special group. . . 476 00:49:46,591 --> 00:49:49,129 . . .who found in one another a bond. . . 477 00:49:54,558 --> 00:49:56,800 . . .that exists only in combat. . . 478 00:49:58,645 --> 00:50:00,519 . . .among brothers. . . 479 00:50:02,399 --> 00:50:04,392 . . .of shared foxholes. 480 00:50:09,615 --> 00:50:12,189 Held each other in dire moments. 481 00:50:19,835 --> 00:50:23,168 Have seen death and suffered together. 482 00:50:30,554 --> 00:50:34,766 l am proud to have served with each and every one of you. 483 00:50:40,190 --> 00:50:44,235 You deserve long and happy lives in peace. 484 00:50:59,710 --> 00:51:01,335 Towel, towel, towel! 485 00:51:02,422 --> 00:51:03,964 Thanks. 486 00:51:04,340 --> 00:51:06,499 Take a look at these two kids. 487 00:51:07,719 --> 00:51:10,341 What the hell happened to them? 488 00:51:11,139 --> 00:51:13,216 New Jersey, huh? 489 00:51:15,018 --> 00:51:16,299 Yeah. 490 00:51:16,937 --> 00:51:18,348 Think about it. 491 00:51:19,106 --> 00:51:20,766 Yeah, l am. 492 00:51:22,777 --> 00:51:24,651 You awake yet? 493 00:51:25,947 --> 00:51:27,406 Awake? 494 00:51:28,867 --> 00:51:30,694 Time to go to bed. 495 00:51:45,551 --> 00:51:47,211 Come on, Jimmy. 496 00:51:49,180 --> 00:51:51,552 -Nice play. -We got one down. 497 00:51:51,724 --> 00:51:56,470 -Come on, Pee Wee. Get Webster. -Come on, Pee Wee, let's get him. 498 00:51:57,772 --> 00:52:01,605 Buck Compton came back to let us know he was all right. 499 00:52:01,777 --> 00:52:04,398 He became a prosecutor in Los Angeles. 500 00:52:04,571 --> 00:52:07,608 He convicted Sirhan Sirhan... 501 00:52:07,783 --> 00:52:12,077 ...and was later appointed to the California Court of Appeals. 502 00:52:12,747 --> 00:52:16,994 David Webster wrote for The Saturday Evening Post and Wall Street Journal. . . 503 00:52:17,168 --> 00:52:19,659 ...and later wrote a book about sharks. 504 00:52:19,838 --> 00:52:26,505 In 1961, he went out on the ocean alone, and was never seen again. 505 00:52:29,556 --> 00:52:31,430 Go, go, go! Yeah! 506 00:52:31,934 --> 00:52:35,268 Johnny Martin would return to his railroad job... 507 00:52:35,438 --> 00:52:37,976 ...and then start a construction company. 508 00:52:38,149 --> 00:52:42,361 He splits his time between Arizona and a place in Montana. 509 00:52:44,739 --> 00:52:49,200 George Luz became a handyman in Providence, RI. 510 00:52:49,369 --> 00:52:52,821 And as a testament to his character... 511 00:52:53,040 --> 00:52:57,203 ... 1 600 people attended his funeral in 1998. 512 00:52:58,045 --> 00:53:02,956 Doc Roe died in Louisiana in 1998. 513 00:53:03,676 --> 00:53:06,250 He'd been a construction contractor. 514 00:53:08,431 --> 00:53:13,473 Frank Perconte returned to Chicago and worked a postal route as a mailman. 515 00:53:20,110 --> 00:53:24,903 Joe Liebgott returned to San Francisco and drove his cab. 516 00:53:26,826 --> 00:53:30,776 Bull Randleman was one of the best soldiers I ever had. 517 00:53:30,955 --> 00:53:36,542 He went into the earth-moving business in Arkansas. He's still there. 518 00:53:43,385 --> 00:53:47,169 Alton More returned to Wyoming with a unique souvenir: 519 00:53:47,348 --> 00:53:50,302 Hitler's personal photo albums. 520 00:53:50,476 --> 00:53:54,474 He was killed in a car accident in 1958. 521 00:53:55,732 --> 00:53:58,851 Floyd Talbert we all lost touch with... 522 00:53:59,027 --> 00:54:04,069 ...until he showed up at a reunion just before his death in 198 1. 523 00:54:05,742 --> 00:54:11,117 How we lived our lives after the war was as varied as each man. 524 00:54:11,790 --> 00:54:16,666 Carwood Lipton became an executive directing factories across the world. 525 00:54:16,837 --> 00:54:19,838 He has a nice life in North Carolina. 526 00:54:20,091 --> 00:54:22,629 Harry Welsh, he married Kitty Grogan. 527 00:54:22,802 --> 00:54:27,595 Became an administrator for the Wilkes-Barre, PA school system. 528 00:54:30,310 --> 00:54:33,762 Ronald Speirs stayed in the Army, served in Korea. 529 00:54:33,939 --> 00:54:38,685 In 1958, returned to Germany as governor of Spandau Prison. 530 00:54:38,861 --> 00:54:41,779 He retired a lieutenant colonel. 531 00:54:46,411 --> 00:54:49,246 -Get them round. -All right, Webster. 532 00:54:49,414 --> 00:54:52,166 Easy Company. School circle! 533 00:54:58,632 --> 00:55:02,416 For Easy Company, it was D-Day plus 434. 534 00:55:02,594 --> 00:55:05,679 A fast man would've had it, Perco. 535 00:55:05,848 --> 00:55:08,339 Listen up. Got some news. 536 00:55:09,894 --> 00:55:15,481 Today, President Truman received the surrender from the Japanese. 537 00:55:16,067 --> 00:55:17,727 War's over. 538 00:55:19,571 --> 00:55:22,358 Regardless of points, medals or wounds... 539 00:55:22,574 --> 00:55:26,239 ...each man in the 1 01st Airborne would be going home. 540 00:55:27,287 --> 00:55:31,748 Each of us would be forever connected by our shared experience. 541 00:55:32,251 --> 00:55:36,331 And each would have to rejoin the world as best he could. 542 00:55:51,730 --> 00:55:54,566 Lewis Nixon had tough times after the war. 543 00:55:54,733 --> 00:55:56,975 He was divorced a few times. 544 00:55:57,153 --> 00:56:01,815 In 1956 he married a woman named Grace and everything came together. 545 00:56:01,991 --> 00:56:05,195 He spent his life with her, traveling the world. 546 00:56:05,370 --> 00:56:09,498 My friend Lew died in 1995. 547 00:56:10,208 --> 00:56:14,705 I took his job offer and was a manager at Nixon Nitration Works... 548 00:56:14,880 --> 00:56:19,044 ...until I was called into service in 1950 to train officers. 549 00:56:19,218 --> 00:56:23,465 I chose not to go to Korea. I'd had enough of war. 550 00:56:23,639 --> 00:56:27,969 I stayed around Hershey, PA, finally finding a little farm... 551 00:56:28,144 --> 00:56:32,723 ...a little peaceful corner of the world, where I still live today. 552 00:56:32,899 --> 00:56:38,321 And not a day goes by that I do not think of the men I served with... 553 00:56:38,488 --> 00:56:42,237 ... who never got to enjoy the world without war. 554 00:56:42,409 --> 00:56:46,407 lt's a very unusual feeling. 555 00:56:47,790 --> 00:56:51,788 lt's a very unusual happening and a very unusual bonding. 556 00:56:51,961 --> 00:56:54,001 We could depend on each other. 557 00:56:55,381 --> 00:56:58,003 And so we were a close-knit group. 558 00:56:58,176 --> 00:57:00,667 So brave, it was unbelievable. 559 00:57:02,055 --> 00:57:04,760 l don't know anybody l admire more. . . 560 00:57:04,933 --> 00:57:08,848 . . .than Bill Guarnere and Joe Toye. 561 00:57:09,688 --> 00:57:11,847 They were very special. 562 00:57:12,024 --> 00:57:15,690 l'm just one part of the big war. One little part. 563 00:57:17,071 --> 00:57:22,314 And l'm proud to be a part of it. Sometimes it makes me cry. 564 00:57:22,535 --> 00:57:25,073 The real men, the real heroes. . . 565 00:57:26,456 --> 00:57:30,157 . . .are those buried over there and buried at home. 566 00:57:30,544 --> 00:57:34,328 You thought you could do just about anything. 567 00:57:34,506 --> 00:57:36,084 After the war. . . 568 00:57:37,468 --> 00:57:42,177 . . .you lost a lot of that. At least l did. l lost that confidence. 569 00:57:42,348 --> 00:57:45,848 You was hoping to stay alive. That's all. 570 00:57:48,021 --> 00:57:51,770 Henry V was talking to his men. 571 00:57:51,942 --> 00:57:54,349 He said, ''From this day. . . 572 00:57:54,528 --> 00:57:57,399 . . .to the ending of the world. . . 573 00:57:57,573 --> 00:58:00,989 . . .we in it shall be remembered. 574 00:58:01,160 --> 00:58:05,288 We lucky few, we band of brothers. 575 00:58:05,456 --> 00:58:09,454 For he who today sheds his blood with me. . . 576 00:58:09,627 --> 00:58:11,287 . . .shall be my brother. '' 577 00:58:12,839 --> 00:58:14,832 Do you remember. . . 578 00:58:16,927 --> 00:58:20,378 . . .the letter that Mike Ranney wrote me? 579 00:58:20,556 --> 00:58:21,670 You do? 580 00:58:21,849 --> 00:58:24,766 Do you remember how he ended it? 581 00:58:26,145 --> 00:58:29,479 ''l cherish the memories. . . 582 00:58:29,649 --> 00:58:33,896 . . .of a question my grandson asked me the other day. . . 583 00:58:34,070 --> 00:58:39,491 . . .when he said, 'Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?' 584 00:58:42,204 --> 00:58:44,825 Grandpa said, 'No. . . 585 00:58:48,794 --> 00:58:52,459 . . .but l served in a company of heroes.' '' 0 00:00:0,500 --> 00:00:2,00 www.tvsubtitles.net