1 00:03:07,261 --> 00:03:12,540 It was three years since Lewis Nixon and I decided to join the paratroops. 2 00:03:12,933 --> 00:03:15,811 And more than a year since we went to war. 3 00:03:16,103 --> 00:03:20,779 Not knowing what would happen to us. How long we'd be fighting. 4 00:03:21,150 --> 00:03:23,425 Where we'd end up. 5 00:03:23,694 --> 00:03:27,732 I certainly didn 't expect to find myself in a place like this. 6 00:03:31,368 --> 00:03:33,676 l thought it might be you. 7 00:03:36,749 --> 00:03:38,546 Morning. 8 00:03:39,917 --> 00:03:43,387 l heard reports about a redheaded Eskimo. 9 00:03:44,547 --> 00:03:46,981 Thought l'd check it out. 10 00:03:47,258 --> 00:03:50,330 Come to join me for a morning swim? 11 00:03:51,512 --> 00:03:54,743 -Yeah. -You know me so well. 12 00:03:55,058 --> 00:03:57,970 Here. lt's from Zielinski. 13 00:03:58,936 --> 00:04:00,527 Oh, great. 14 00:04:04,817 --> 00:04:06,250 What is that? 15 00:04:06,611 --> 00:04:09,363 Ran into the regimental photographer. 16 00:04:09,655 --> 00:04:13,695 Said he had all these photographs of the 506th. . . 17 00:04:14,035 --> 00:04:16,548 . . .going all the way back to Toccoa. 18 00:04:16,828 --> 00:04:21,380 -l traded them for a couple of Lugers. -That's a bargain. 19 00:04:32,052 --> 00:04:36,443 -What will you do after this? -Get some breakfast. 20 00:04:39,142 --> 00:04:41,531 No. After, after. 21 00:04:46,608 --> 00:04:50,759 Funny you should mention it. l had a meeting with Col. Sink. 22 00:04:51,112 --> 00:04:53,581 -Really? -Yeah. 23 00:04:54,241 --> 00:04:58,028 Yeah, discussed the possibility of staying. 24 00:04:58,369 --> 00:05:00,122 ln the Army? 25 00:05:01,123 --> 00:05:04,274 Yeah. Yeah, as a career. 26 00:05:06,252 --> 00:05:08,208 What'd you say? 27 00:05:08,755 --> 00:05:10,871 l said l'd think about it. 28 00:05:20,599 --> 00:05:24,228 -What do you think about New Jersey? -New Jersey? 29 00:05:24,562 --> 00:05:28,999 There's a company in Nixon, New Jersey called Nixon Nitration Works. 30 00:05:29,358 --> 00:05:31,588 -Sounds picturesque. -Yeah, well. . . 31 00:05:31,861 --> 00:05:34,933 . . .oddly enough, l know the owners. 32 00:05:35,740 --> 00:05:39,449 Probably gonna expect me to make something of myself. 33 00:05:39,827 --> 00:05:42,625 l thought maybe l'd drag you with me. 34 00:05:45,958 --> 00:05:48,949 Are you offering me a job? 35 00:05:52,423 --> 00:05:57,018 We'll see how your interview goes, but a man of your qualifications. . . 36 00:05:57,385 --> 00:06:02,698 . . .l think can scrape something up commensurate with your current salary. 37 00:06:06,770 --> 00:06:09,125 Yeah, l'll think about it. 38 00:06:11,441 --> 00:06:14,990 l. . . . l really appreciate it. 39 00:06:15,487 --> 00:06:18,365 Yeah, just think about it. 40 00:06:20,033 --> 00:06:21,546 Yeah. 41 00:06:54,108 --> 00:06:55,666 Job offers. 42 00:06:56,360 --> 00:06:58,078 Hard to fathom. 43 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:00,993 And the war wasn 't even over. 44 00:07:01,573 --> 00:07:05,885 I was still getting used to hot showers and morning swims. 45 00:07:16,588 --> 00:07:21,377 We'd entered Bavaria in early May with the hopes of capturing Berchtesgaden. 46 00:07:21,759 --> 00:07:26,390 This famous town, high in the Alps, was the Nazi Party's symbolic home. 47 00:07:26,764 --> 00:07:29,722 The heads of the Third Reich had houses there. 48 00:07:30,018 --> 00:07:33,250 Though Hitler was dead, he had ordered the SS... 49 00:07:33,563 --> 00:07:38,193 ... to mount a guerilla resistance against the Allied advance from it. 50 00:07:38,568 --> 00:07:42,447 The first step was blocking the roads. 51 00:07:47,620 --> 00:07:50,816 -When do the engineers arrive? -Half an hour ago. 52 00:07:51,122 --> 00:07:53,761 We're stuck here until they do, Nix. 53 00:07:54,042 --> 00:07:58,035 lf you're the SS, you won't let us waltz into Hitler's house. 54 00:07:58,379 --> 00:08:00,370 Probably throw rocks yourself. 55 00:08:00,632 --> 00:08:03,668 Easy Company is willing to find another way up. 56 00:08:04,093 --> 00:08:06,891 Duly noted. l recommended you to Col. Sink. 57 00:08:07,180 --> 00:08:09,818 -Let's find out where Hitler lived. -Ron. 58 00:08:10,098 --> 00:08:14,570 We don't know what's there. The colonel doesn't want us taking risks. 59 00:08:14,938 --> 00:08:18,134 So the French will beat us to the Eagle's Nest? 60 00:08:31,787 --> 00:08:34,381 l just had a talk with Gen. LeClerc. 61 00:08:34,665 --> 00:08:39,534 He said he was first into Paris and wanted to be first into Berchtesgaden. 62 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:44,553 Told him l understood his point. 63 00:08:46,468 --> 00:08:49,699 Now you outflank that French son of a bitch. 64 00:08:50,013 --> 00:08:51,412 Yes, sir. 65 00:08:56,812 --> 00:08:59,689 Easy Company leads. Assemble on the Autobahn. 66 00:08:59,981 --> 00:09:01,619 Yes, sir. 67 00:09:38,269 --> 00:09:39,702 Eerie. 68 00:09:40,605 --> 00:09:42,754 Not even any natives. 69 00:09:43,023 --> 00:09:47,017 That's because in this town you can't deny being a true Nazi. 70 00:09:47,445 --> 00:09:50,675 -What do you mean? -You have to be to live here. 71 00:09:50,989 --> 00:09:54,221 We need to find some place we can put the colonel. 72 00:09:54,535 --> 00:09:56,809 How about right there? 73 00:10:25,189 --> 00:10:26,942 No, no. 74 00:10:49,088 --> 00:10:50,441 Wow. 75 00:11:00,891 --> 00:11:03,086 Kitty would love this. 76 00:11:03,352 --> 00:11:06,866 How many brides get a wedding present from Hitler? 77 00:11:09,984 --> 00:11:11,940 You wanna take half? 78 00:11:12,194 --> 00:11:14,184 l can't carry all this. 79 00:11:14,445 --> 00:11:18,121 Whoever comes after us will take what isn't nailed down. 80 00:11:18,450 --> 00:11:21,839 Well. Wouldn't want that to happen. 81 00:11:27,084 --> 00:11:30,155 -Nice. -Don't even think about it. 82 00:11:39,637 --> 00:11:42,913 -Maj. Winters. Sir. -More. 83 00:11:43,224 --> 00:11:46,739 -Permission to climb the mountain? -What is this? 84 00:11:47,061 --> 00:11:48,972 Wait one minute. 85 00:11:49,521 --> 00:11:54,038 Have F Company guard the hotel. Set up roadblocks west of town. 86 00:11:54,402 --> 00:11:58,236 l want Battalion HQ, seal the north, prepare for prisoners. 87 00:11:58,573 --> 00:12:00,643 -Sgt. Grant. -And Harry. . . 88 00:12:01,075 --> 00:12:03,588 . . .nobody gets hurt, not now. 89 00:12:06,079 --> 00:12:07,638 And Easy? 90 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:12,116 Easy will head up through the Obersalzburg. . . 91 00:12:12,419 --> 00:12:14,695 . . .and take the Eagle's Nest. 92 00:12:17,300 --> 00:12:19,972 Hi-yo, Silver! 93 00:12:24,599 --> 00:12:27,271 Yeah! Currahee! 94 00:12:27,559 --> 00:12:32,508 The Eagle's Nest was Hitler's birthday present, built with Nazi Party money. 95 00:12:33,023 --> 00:12:35,856 A mountaintop stone retreat 8000 feet up... 96 00:12:36,193 --> 00:12:38,753 ...accessible by a gold-plated elevator. 97 00:12:39,028 --> 00:12:42,066 It was one of the crown jewels of his empire... 98 00:12:42,366 --> 00:12:44,436 ...and he was afraid of heights. 99 00:13:31,414 --> 00:13:32,529 Here's to him. 100 00:13:47,471 --> 00:13:49,029 No, goddamn it, listen. 101 00:13:49,473 --> 00:13:51,144 Hitler, Hitler-- No. 102 00:13:51,391 --> 00:13:57,546 Hitler, Himmler, Goering, Goebbels and the pope walk into a bar-- 103 00:13:57,981 --> 00:14:01,496 -Because he drinks too much-- -That's how it starts. 104 00:14:01,901 --> 00:14:05,655 Hey, Adolf! Love your Eagle's Nest. l hope you don't mind. 105 00:14:05,989 --> 00:14:10,858 We made ourselves at home. Love what you did with the place. Have a drink. 106 00:14:11,243 --> 00:14:14,759 Come on. Just so we can say we saw you do it. 107 00:14:15,081 --> 00:14:16,514 Listen up. 108 00:14:17,876 --> 00:14:23,746 From Corps, just came in. ''All troops stand fast on present positions. '' 109 00:14:25,175 --> 00:14:28,052 -Standing fast. -What does that mean? 110 00:14:29,346 --> 00:14:31,177 Wanna hear it? 111 00:14:32,515 --> 00:14:36,553 Ready for it? Listen up. German army's surrendered. 112 00:14:42,858 --> 00:14:46,090 l got a present for you. Come on. 113 00:14:47,613 --> 00:14:49,729 ls it? Yeah? 114 00:15:10,511 --> 00:15:13,184 -What is this place? -Goering's house. 115 00:15:13,472 --> 00:15:16,747 We found it yesterday. Had it on guard since. 116 00:15:17,058 --> 00:15:19,971 -l'll vouch for that. -Eager to get off duty? 117 00:15:20,271 --> 00:15:23,501 No, there's just so much to see and do, sir. 118 00:15:59,016 --> 00:16:02,771 1 0,000 bottles of the finest liquor, wine and champagne... 119 00:16:03,104 --> 00:16:06,982 ...helped Easy Company mark the day the war in Europe ended. 120 00:16:07,316 --> 00:16:09,069 lt's all yours. 121 00:16:09,944 --> 00:16:13,697 Take what you want and have each company take a truckload. 122 00:16:14,489 --> 00:16:18,244 We're going to Austria. You don't have to leave anything. 123 00:16:18,578 --> 00:16:21,216 -Austria, sir? -Happy V-E Day. 124 00:16:22,956 --> 00:16:24,514 Yeah. 125 00:16:26,168 --> 00:16:27,999 V-E Day? 126 00:16:28,503 --> 00:16:31,097 Victory in Europe. 127 00:16:38,180 --> 00:16:40,534 Happy V-E Day. 128 00:16:42,976 --> 00:16:46,889 Instead of a combat unit, we became an occupation force. 129 00:16:47,230 --> 00:16:51,303 No one wanted to leave Berchtesgaden. Until they saw Austria. 130 00:17:28,521 --> 00:17:32,434 So you reckon they'll make us run up those or ski down them? 131 00:17:51,168 --> 00:17:54,364 Hey, how are you? Need a hand there? 132 00:17:54,921 --> 00:17:57,561 Hi! Hi! He loves you. 133 00:17:58,009 --> 00:18:01,364 Hey, lady, how are you? 134 00:18:04,347 --> 00:18:07,259 l think the war is over! 135 00:18:40,050 --> 00:18:42,358 We'll be comfortable here. 136 00:18:47,139 --> 00:18:50,495 What will happen to us, to people like you and me. . . 137 00:18:50,893 --> 00:18:55,408 . . .when there are finally no more wars to occupy us? 138 00:18:59,151 --> 00:19:01,187 Have your men collect weapons. 139 00:19:01,445 --> 00:19:04,482 Leave them at the church, school and airfield. 140 00:19:04,782 --> 00:19:06,420 Very well. 141 00:19:13,916 --> 00:19:17,430 Please accept this as my formal surrender, major. 142 00:19:17,752 --> 00:19:21,302 lt is better than to lay it on the desk of a clerk. 143 00:19:28,846 --> 00:19:31,679 You may keep your sidearm, colonel. 144 00:19:45,570 --> 00:19:49,803 Heroic Army and Marine force dead mark the battlefield of Okinawa... 145 00:19:50,159 --> 00:19:53,036 ... where a bloody engagement is being fought. 146 00:19:53,370 --> 00:19:57,967 Thousands of Yanks have been wounded or sacrificed their lives... 147 00:19:58,334 --> 00:20:01,291 ... to drive a fanatical foe from this base. 148 00:20:02,129 --> 00:20:08,045 The Yanks progress slowly, facing one of the fiercest barrages of the war. 149 00:20:08,468 --> 00:20:13,304 Each advance is gained by sheer grit in the face of withering fire... 150 00:20:13,682 --> 00:20:17,561 ...from a suicidal enemy being hammered back into the hills. 151 00:20:17,894 --> 00:20:20,931 The going is brutal and casualties are high... 152 00:20:21,273 --> 00:20:25,312 ...but Okinawa is the next step towards victory over Japan. 153 00:20:25,694 --> 00:20:30,484 A victory that can only be won by work, war bonds and heroic sacrifice. 154 00:20:37,706 --> 00:20:41,062 -So when are we going? -We don't have a date yet. 155 00:20:41,376 --> 00:20:43,650 Are we to tell the men right away? 156 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:46,151 Some have enough points to go home. 157 00:20:46,423 --> 00:20:50,051 Not many, if their only medal's a Purple Heart. 158 00:20:50,384 --> 00:20:53,502 l think most of us here will have enough. 159 00:20:53,805 --> 00:20:58,753 Each of us will decide what to do. l don't know how long we'll wait. . . 160 00:20:59,143 --> 00:21:04,137 . . .but l want those who are staying, and all replacements, ready to fight. 161 00:21:04,523 --> 00:21:07,754 That means rifle ranges. Daily close-order drills. 162 00:21:08,069 --> 00:21:13,382 Troop reviews. Above all, physical training. Get your NCOs on it. 163 00:21:15,076 --> 00:21:16,668 They're gonna love you. 164 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:23,429 What are you crouching for, Perco? 165 00:21:23,709 --> 00:21:27,179 -Think the deer's gonna shoot back? -Leave me alone. 166 00:21:27,505 --> 00:21:31,941 How about y'all just shut up. Let Shifty kill us some dinner. 167 00:21:32,300 --> 00:21:36,453 What's wrong? Tired of eating dried-up spuds three times a day? 168 00:21:36,806 --> 00:21:42,084 l got an idea. Why don't we just shoot Bull and feed the company for a week? 169 00:22:10,255 --> 00:22:12,485 Oh, goddamn it, Shifty. 170 00:22:12,757 --> 00:22:16,796 You let him get away. Army ought to be glad to be rid of you. 171 00:22:17,137 --> 00:22:20,413 l wish. Seems they want me to stay around a while. 172 00:22:20,724 --> 00:22:22,998 -Serious? -How many points you need? 173 00:22:23,267 --> 00:22:24,746 -Fifteen. -Fifteen? 174 00:22:24,978 --> 00:22:28,447 Jesus Christ, l thought l had it bad. 175 00:22:28,772 --> 00:22:31,161 No Purple Hearts, never was injured. 176 00:22:31,442 --> 00:22:33,593 -Company! -Platoon! 177 00:22:33,862 --> 00:22:36,136 Attention! 178 00:22:39,909 --> 00:22:41,582 Right shoulder. . . 179 00:22:42,162 --> 00:22:43,480 . . .arms! 180 00:22:46,123 --> 00:22:47,602 Order. . . 181 00:22:48,334 --> 00:22:49,562 . . .arms! 182 00:22:52,755 --> 00:22:54,393 At ease. 183 00:22:56,550 --> 00:23:00,668 Gen. Taylor knows many veterans, including Normandy veterans. . . 184 00:23:01,013 --> 00:23:04,448 . . .do not have the 85 points needed to be discharged. 185 00:23:04,766 --> 00:23:08,680 On this anniversary of D-Day, he authorized a lottery. . . 186 00:23:09,021 --> 00:23:13,138 . . .to send one man home in each company, effective immediately. 187 00:23:13,483 --> 00:23:16,954 For Easy Company, the winner is. . . 188 00:23:23,117 --> 00:23:25,029 Come on, come on, come on. 189 00:23:26,621 --> 00:23:30,853 . . .serial number 1 3066266. 190 00:23:31,710 --> 00:23:36,225 -Sgt. Darrell C. Powers. -Shifty. 191 00:23:36,881 --> 00:23:39,440 That's how it's done, Shifty. 192 00:23:41,719 --> 00:23:43,675 Congratulations, Shifty. 193 00:23:43,930 --> 00:23:47,842 Sgt. Grant will see 2nd Platoon takes over the checkpoint. . . 194 00:23:48,225 --> 00:23:50,456 . . .beginning tonight at 2200. 195 00:23:50,728 --> 00:23:53,242 -So much for our anniversary. -No shit. 196 00:23:53,522 --> 00:23:57,311 Gen. Taylor also announced the 1 01 st Airborne Division. . . 197 00:23:57,652 --> 00:24:01,849 . . .will definitely be redeployed to the Pacific. 198 00:24:02,364 --> 00:24:08,473 So beginning tomorrow at 0600, we will begin training to go to war. 199 00:24:16,670 --> 00:24:18,149 Come in. 200 00:24:25,262 --> 00:24:31,212 l don't mean to interrupt you, sir. l just wanted to say goodbye. 201 00:24:32,311 --> 00:24:34,347 You know, you was. . . . 202 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:38,391 You was. . . . 203 00:24:39,735 --> 00:24:43,852 Well, it's been a long time. 204 00:24:46,365 --> 00:24:49,961 -You got everything you need? -l gathered up my loot. 205 00:24:50,536 --> 00:24:53,767 Pistols, mainly. Paperwork's all done. 206 00:24:54,081 --> 00:24:56,880 l even got my back pay in my pocket. 207 00:25:01,839 --> 00:25:04,672 Back home in Virginia. . . . 208 00:25:07,595 --> 00:25:09,074 Well. . . . 209 00:25:12,183 --> 00:25:16,415 l just don't rightly know how l'm gonna explain all this. 210 00:25:20,483 --> 00:25:22,360 You see, l. . . . 211 00:25:23,361 --> 00:25:26,830 l seen. . . . l seen. . . . 212 00:25:28,490 --> 00:25:31,563 You're a hell of a fine soldier, Shifty. 213 00:25:31,994 --> 00:25:34,666 There's nothing more to explain. 214 00:25:37,833 --> 00:25:39,744 Thank you, sir. 215 00:25:48,009 --> 00:25:52,639 Two days later, Shifty Powers was on a truck headed for a boat home. 216 00:25:53,014 --> 00:25:57,610 Unfortunately, the truck was hit head-on by a drunken corporal. 217 00:25:57,978 --> 00:26:02,210 Shifty had a broken pelvis, a broken arm and a bad concussion. 218 00:26:02,565 --> 00:26:06,319 He survived, but spent months in a series of hospitals. 219 00:26:06,653 --> 00:26:10,201 I wish I could say he was our only casualty in Austria. 220 00:26:10,532 --> 00:26:14,445 l've decided. l got the points, l'm going back to Kitty. 221 00:26:14,786 --> 00:26:18,984 Do you really think Kitty hasn't run off with some 4-F by now? 222 00:26:19,332 --> 00:26:22,608 Son of a bitch. That's not even funny. 223 00:26:22,918 --> 00:26:24,510 Harry, ignore him. 224 00:26:24,837 --> 00:26:30,355 How do l tell her l could have come home, but decided to jump on Tokyo? 225 00:26:30,759 --> 00:26:33,637 All right, so don't tell her. 226 00:26:34,388 --> 00:26:39,985 She waited for three years. We'll be back in two years, three tops. 227 00:26:40,394 --> 00:26:43,113 lt'll be over before you get there. 228 00:26:43,397 --> 00:26:48,551 You'll be here six months waiting, and l'll be in Wilkes-Barre making babies. 229 00:26:48,944 --> 00:26:51,741 -You didn't tell him? -l couldn't shut him up. 230 00:26:53,365 --> 00:26:55,720 What? Tell me what? 231 00:26:56,201 --> 00:26:59,749 -Guts and Glory asked for a transfer. -What? 232 00:27:00,288 --> 00:27:04,487 1 3th Airborne are heading out for the Pacific right away. 233 00:27:07,545 --> 00:27:10,583 lf l'm going, l wanna get it over with. 234 00:27:12,884 --> 00:27:17,196 -Are you in on this? -l can't let him go by himself. 235 00:27:20,475 --> 00:27:22,705 You're leaving the men? 236 00:27:24,562 --> 00:27:26,996 They don't need me anymore. 237 00:27:37,575 --> 00:27:39,088 Wounded in Normandy? 238 00:27:39,327 --> 00:27:43,286 Yes, sir. ln the leg. lt was a minor flesh wound. 239 00:27:43,623 --> 00:27:47,411 -Company E lost 24 men killed there. -Yes, sir. 240 00:27:48,335 --> 00:27:52,488 Seventeen were in my commander's plane. lt went down on D-Day. 241 00:27:53,174 --> 00:27:56,404 You were given command of the company on D-Day? 242 00:27:56,718 --> 00:27:58,310 That's right. 243 00:28:07,897 --> 00:28:10,410 Fall back to your original positions! 244 00:28:10,691 --> 00:28:14,969 Everyone else maintain your pace of fire! 245 00:28:23,995 --> 00:28:28,706 ln Holland, they bumped you to Battalion XO. 246 00:28:29,876 --> 00:28:31,354 Yes, sir. 247 00:28:35,549 --> 00:28:38,620 Bastards took your company away. 248 00:29:06,245 --> 00:29:08,839 l fired my last shots there. 249 00:29:10,207 --> 00:29:12,357 For the whole damn war? 250 00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:14,552 Yes, sir. 251 00:29:16,631 --> 00:29:20,101 You got through Bastogne without firing your weapon? 252 00:29:20,425 --> 00:29:21,824 That is correct, sir. 253 00:29:22,052 --> 00:29:26,092 -You were on the line the whole time? -Yes, sir. 254 00:29:28,850 --> 00:29:31,843 Can't imagine a tougher test for a leader. 255 00:29:32,146 --> 00:29:36,661 Having to sit through a siege like that, under those conditions. 256 00:29:37,025 --> 00:29:39,779 -We got through it. -Find some cover! 257 00:29:40,071 --> 00:29:44,063 Find some cover! Find a foxhole! Come on, take cover! 258 00:29:45,575 --> 00:29:47,372 Take cover! 259 00:29:52,082 --> 00:29:54,642 Come on, find some cover! 260 00:29:57,879 --> 00:30:01,428 -So why do you want a transfer? -Sorry, sir? 261 00:30:02,092 --> 00:30:04,481 Why do you want to leave your men? 262 00:30:04,761 --> 00:30:10,278 lt's not that. lf the war was still on and l could do some good. . . . 263 00:30:10,683 --> 00:30:13,676 Looking to have your own division some day? 264 00:30:13,979 --> 00:30:15,207 No, sir. 265 00:30:15,438 --> 00:30:18,474 -Not gonna make a career of the Army? -No. 266 00:30:18,774 --> 00:30:21,926 Ye-- Well, l don't know, sir. 267 00:30:23,071 --> 00:30:28,349 lf you think you need more experience to get stars on your helmet. . . 268 00:30:28,742 --> 00:30:31,620 . . .let me tell you something, son: 269 00:30:31,912 --> 00:30:34,107 You've done enough. 270 00:30:36,375 --> 00:30:39,173 Thank you, sir. That's not my objective. 271 00:30:47,177 --> 00:30:50,931 l took this meeting out of respect for your achievements. 272 00:30:51,265 --> 00:30:53,141 And for the 1 01 st. 273 00:30:54,142 --> 00:30:57,658 lf they do go to the Pacific eventually. . . 274 00:30:57,980 --> 00:31:01,016 . . .you should be running one of the battalions. 275 00:31:02,442 --> 00:31:04,115 Thank you, sir. 276 00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:09,954 And frankly, your men earned the right to keep you around. 277 00:31:16,497 --> 00:31:17,930 Yes, sir. 278 00:31:18,875 --> 00:31:20,514 Thank you, sir. 279 00:31:25,590 --> 00:31:29,822 I would stay in Austria for the time being, waiting for orders... 280 00:31:30,178 --> 00:31:34,091 ...and trying to watch over soldiers with no enemy to fight. 281 00:31:34,432 --> 00:31:38,710 -Lieb, l fucking hate this. -Oh, Jesus Christ. They fingered him. 282 00:31:39,062 --> 00:31:43,657 One of the Polacks at the slave camps said this is where he lives. 283 00:31:44,024 --> 00:31:46,095 -Which camp? -Whatever camp. 284 00:31:47,904 --> 00:31:51,213 l'm under direct orders and l'm happy to follow it. 285 00:32:10,510 --> 00:32:12,977 -ls this a personal thing, Joe? -What? 286 00:32:13,262 --> 00:32:17,016 -ls this personal to you? -No, it's a goddamn order. 287 00:32:17,349 --> 00:32:20,546 -Does Maj. Winters know? -Doesn't matter. 288 00:32:20,852 --> 00:32:26,927 The fuck it doesn't. What if he's just a soldier? What if he's innocent? 289 00:32:27,359 --> 00:32:30,032 What if he's commandant of a slave camp? 290 00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:32,833 Which camp? You don't have any proof. 291 00:32:33,114 --> 00:32:35,185 Were you at Landsberg? 292 00:32:35,450 --> 00:32:36,929 You know l was. 293 00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:43,075 Think he's a soldier like you and me? A fucking innocent German officer? 294 00:32:43,500 --> 00:32:46,696 Where the hell you been for the past three years? 295 00:32:53,426 --> 00:32:54,779 What? 296 00:32:56,178 --> 00:32:57,577 Shut up. 297 00:33:15,906 --> 00:33:18,057 Don't fucking lie to me. 298 00:33:18,910 --> 00:33:22,265 See what you did to my fucking people! 299 00:33:22,704 --> 00:33:24,262 That's it. 300 00:33:51,024 --> 00:33:52,582 He's guilty. 301 00:33:55,153 --> 00:33:58,782 -Liebgott says so. -He probably is. 302 00:34:06,998 --> 00:34:08,397 Damn son of a bitch. 303 00:34:08,625 --> 00:34:10,138 Shoot him. 304 00:34:11,669 --> 00:34:13,227 -Shoot him! -No. 305 00:34:36,610 --> 00:34:41,968 -Officers don't run. -The war's over. Anybody would run. 306 00:34:44,201 --> 00:34:47,875 Summer in this Alpine paradise should've been a relief. 307 00:34:48,204 --> 00:34:52,915 Especially now that we were at peace. Everyone just wanted to go home. 308 00:34:53,294 --> 00:34:56,444 -France. France was the best. -Really? 309 00:34:56,754 --> 00:34:58,268 Yeah. 310 00:34:58,507 --> 00:35:04,376 Five years. l think l was in every country, but France was the best. 311 00:35:09,142 --> 00:35:13,294 ltaly would be second for me. Russia is not desirable. 312 00:35:13,646 --> 00:35:16,285 Ukraine, it was okay. 313 00:35:17,275 --> 00:35:19,709 So when do you get out? 314 00:35:19,986 --> 00:35:24,457 The unit is discharged. We leave when my captain gets transferred. 315 00:35:24,824 --> 00:35:28,100 -lt is the end of my second war. -Jesus! 316 00:35:28,411 --> 00:35:31,881 -l'm going home, to Mannheim. -l'll take this one. 317 00:35:37,044 --> 00:35:38,443 Okay. 318 00:35:43,509 --> 00:35:45,624 Hey, Webster. My relief. 319 00:35:45,886 --> 00:35:50,278 -Don't salute the Germans. -Come on. l get a kick out of it. 320 00:35:50,642 --> 00:35:53,838 Anyway, l got me a new enemy. The Japs. 321 00:35:54,144 --> 00:35:58,376 Seventy-five points. How about you? You're a Toccoa guy, right? 322 00:35:58,732 --> 00:36:01,690 -How many you got? -Wouldn't you like to know? 323 00:36:05,113 --> 00:36:06,990 Discharged, huh? 324 00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:12,352 -Go ahead, take off. lt's my turn. -Okay. See you at the farm. 325 00:36:14,331 --> 00:36:16,003 Eighty-one. 326 00:36:17,834 --> 00:36:19,789 l have 81 points. 327 00:36:21,088 --> 00:36:23,477 Well, that's just not good enough. 328 00:36:29,888 --> 00:36:32,448 See about getting you a ride. 329 00:36:32,766 --> 00:36:36,121 Hey. Hey. Where are they going? 330 00:36:36,435 --> 00:36:37,835 Munich. 331 00:36:39,565 --> 00:36:41,441 Wanna go to Munich? 332 00:36:53,077 --> 00:36:54,352 Get in. 333 00:36:56,122 --> 00:36:57,237 Too bad. 334 00:37:03,045 --> 00:37:04,524 Turn the wheel! 335 00:37:07,508 --> 00:37:09,577 Oh, Jesus. 336 00:37:22,732 --> 00:37:24,722 lt's Pvt. Janovec. 337 00:37:27,904 --> 00:37:30,417 He was dead when they brought him in. 338 00:37:34,034 --> 00:37:36,185 Seventy-five points. 339 00:37:36,662 --> 00:37:39,414 -What? -He was 1 0 points short. 340 00:37:41,458 --> 00:37:45,895 The enemy had surrendered, but somehow men were still dying. 341 00:37:46,254 --> 00:37:48,643 Men who wanted to be home by now... 342 00:37:48,924 --> 00:37:54,157 ... who 'd served since before Normandy, were stuck because they lacked points. 343 00:37:54,554 --> 00:38:00,583 They did have plenty of weapons, alcohol and time on their hands. 344 00:38:01,478 --> 00:38:05,993 Suddenly, from out of nowhere, a guy jumps out of the hedgerow. . . 345 00:38:06,357 --> 00:38:11,386 . . .shoves a knife against his throat and screams, ''Whose side are you on?'' 346 00:38:12,447 --> 00:38:13,674 l don't get it. 347 00:38:13,906 --> 00:38:17,137 lt's D-Day. lt's 2nd Platoon's own Bill Guarnere. 348 00:38:17,451 --> 00:38:21,683 Old Gonorrhea himself. Just landed in Normandy and all wound up. 349 00:38:22,039 --> 00:38:24,269 ''Whose side?'' What a character. 350 00:38:24,750 --> 00:38:26,423 What happened to him? 351 00:38:27,336 --> 00:38:30,214 Got his leg blown off in Bastogne. 352 00:38:31,340 --> 00:38:32,455 Wait here. 353 00:38:38,472 --> 00:38:41,066 You okay, Mac? You need some help? 354 00:38:47,565 --> 00:38:50,442 They wouldn't give me any gas. 355 00:38:50,858 --> 00:38:52,417 Krauts. 356 00:38:57,782 --> 00:38:59,739 l tried to explain. 357 00:39:01,328 --> 00:39:05,002 This fucking limey wouldn't listen. 358 00:39:06,207 --> 00:39:08,483 l think he was a major. 359 00:39:08,752 --> 00:39:12,630 -Look, private, we got a problem here. -Do you have any gas? 360 00:39:13,506 --> 00:39:15,815 Why don't you give me your weapon? 361 00:39:16,718 --> 00:39:21,746 Well, l guess l'll just use his jeep. l don't think he's gonna need it. 362 00:39:22,140 --> 00:39:24,175 Hold on a second, all right? 363 00:39:25,727 --> 00:39:27,126 Jesus! 364 00:39:27,353 --> 00:39:30,151 Sarge! Sgt. Grant! 365 00:39:33,067 --> 00:39:34,580 Sarge! 366 00:39:42,076 --> 00:39:45,034 -Jesus. -What? 367 00:39:45,329 --> 00:39:47,285 He's not gonna make it. 368 00:39:47,539 --> 00:39:50,612 -You can't operate? -You'd need a brain surgeon. 369 00:39:50,919 --> 00:39:54,627 And even if you had one, l don't think there's any hope. 370 00:39:58,134 --> 00:40:03,127 Find the shooter, alive. Help me. We're gonna go find a brain surgeon. 371 00:40:05,891 --> 00:40:11,090 He wants noncoms guarding roadblocks and men watching roads out of town. 372 00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:15,234 Bull, Malark, take a squad and a witness to search houses. 373 00:40:15,567 --> 00:40:19,560 -Can we shoot this bastard on sight? -Try and take him alive. 374 00:40:19,905 --> 00:40:21,257 Where's Grant now? 375 00:40:21,489 --> 00:40:25,369 They took him to a Kraut hospital to find a good doctor. 376 00:40:34,628 --> 00:40:36,140 Open up. 377 00:40:40,842 --> 00:40:42,115 Come with me. 378 00:40:42,343 --> 00:40:44,493 -Why? -Get in the jeep. 379 00:40:47,723 --> 00:40:50,954 -Where are we going? -To the hospital. Get in. 380 00:40:52,186 --> 00:40:55,974 lf you're going to shoot, shoot. lf not, put the gun away. 381 00:40:56,314 --> 00:40:57,987 Get in the jeep, now. 382 00:40:58,985 --> 00:41:02,057 -What happened to him? -He was shot in the head. 383 00:41:03,196 --> 00:41:04,949 Half-hour ago. 384 00:41:06,117 --> 00:41:09,234 -Come on. -lf you want him to live, help me. 385 00:41:09,537 --> 00:41:12,494 First, by putting that away. 386 00:41:14,542 --> 00:41:16,658 -Let's go. -Let me drive. 387 00:41:16,919 --> 00:41:19,386 We'll get there faster. 388 00:41:27,387 --> 00:41:30,346 All right, see what we got here. 389 00:41:31,683 --> 00:41:34,959 Jesus. Again, what a hand. 390 00:41:37,856 --> 00:41:42,213 -Who's being beaten worse, me or him? -Wanna play a different game? 391 00:41:42,569 --> 00:41:45,367 Same game, just shuffle them up good, huh? 392 00:41:48,533 --> 00:41:51,286 -You all right? -Yeah, l'm all right. 393 00:41:52,329 --> 00:41:54,843 Wanna go in there and join in? 394 00:41:56,416 --> 00:41:58,372 l should go in and stop this. 395 00:41:58,668 --> 00:42:02,103 Floyd, let's just play cards, all right? 396 00:42:07,968 --> 00:42:09,686 -Where is he? -How's Grant? 397 00:42:09,929 --> 00:42:12,285 -He okay? -Where is he?! 398 00:42:22,399 --> 00:42:23,991 This him? 399 00:42:25,110 --> 00:42:26,702 That's him. 400 00:42:29,240 --> 00:42:31,800 Replacement. l Company. 401 00:42:33,369 --> 00:42:35,360 Where's the weapon? 402 00:42:37,039 --> 00:42:38,916 What weapon? 403 00:42:40,918 --> 00:42:44,227 When you talk to an officer, you say ''sir. '' 404 00:43:34,678 --> 00:43:38,149 Have the MPs take care of this piece of shit. 405 00:43:39,641 --> 00:43:41,996 -Grant's dead? -No. 406 00:43:43,646 --> 00:43:46,444 Kraut surgeon says he's gonna make it. 407 00:43:49,985 --> 00:43:53,376 Hey, tough guy, on your feet. Come on, move. 408 00:43:53,697 --> 00:43:55,255 Get up! 409 00:43:55,782 --> 00:44:01,095 l guess they were Hitler's photo albums. Had a lot of pictures of him. 410 00:44:01,496 --> 00:44:04,215 -You didn't take them? -That's right, sir. 411 00:44:04,499 --> 00:44:06,455 l don't believe you! 412 00:44:11,715 --> 00:44:15,229 l'll be watching you. You're dismissed. 413 00:44:18,472 --> 00:44:20,861 You better not be lying to me. 414 00:44:26,313 --> 00:44:28,622 -What? -Sir. . . 415 00:44:28,899 --> 00:44:31,537 . . .if it's not gonna put you in a bind. . . 416 00:44:31,817 --> 00:44:35,333 . . .l'd like to resign as company first sergeant. 417 00:44:36,364 --> 00:44:39,993 lf l had my choice, l miss being back amongst the men. 418 00:44:40,326 --> 00:44:44,478 l'd be happy to go to staff sergeant, wherever you wanna put me. 419 00:44:48,960 --> 00:44:52,635 l guess you've earned your right to demote yourself. 420 00:44:52,964 --> 00:44:54,522 Thank you, sir. 421 00:44:55,841 --> 00:45:00,312 -Wanna take over Sgt. Grant's platoon? -That would do fine, sir. 422 00:45:04,475 --> 00:45:07,990 All right then, report to Lt. Peacock. 423 00:45:10,106 --> 00:45:12,665 Let me know if he gives you any trouble. 424 00:45:14,568 --> 00:45:17,129 Oh, sir, you make your decision yet? 425 00:45:17,488 --> 00:45:18,966 Yeah, l did. 426 00:45:26,997 --> 00:45:29,636 So, what else is on your mind? 427 00:45:30,292 --> 00:45:33,728 Easy Company will need a commanding officer postwar. 428 00:45:34,045 --> 00:45:37,355 Somebody to keep them from killing each other. 429 00:45:37,674 --> 00:45:40,552 That somebody better know what they're doing. 430 00:45:40,844 --> 00:45:42,277 l couldn't agree more. 431 00:45:42,512 --> 00:45:46,300 lt's irresponsible to leave them in the wrong hands. 432 00:45:46,641 --> 00:45:50,190 They're too much of a valuable resource to the military. 433 00:45:54,024 --> 00:45:56,298 You've decided to stay in the Army? 434 00:45:56,775 --> 00:45:58,926 Yes, l'm gonna stay with the men. 435 00:46:00,864 --> 00:46:02,979 Well, l'm glad to hear it. 436 00:46:05,994 --> 00:46:08,553 So some of us would stay by choice. 437 00:46:08,829 --> 00:46:12,708 Others were stuck, unless we could find excuses to send them away. 438 00:46:13,042 --> 00:46:18,036 lt's an airborne exhibition. They have each Allied plane used in the war. 439 00:46:18,422 --> 00:46:19,696 Uh-huh. 440 00:46:20,049 --> 00:46:21,277 l mean, yes, sir. 441 00:46:21,508 --> 00:46:25,057 You'll be an adviser to make sure they get it right. 442 00:46:25,387 --> 00:46:29,221 -l understand, sir. -Sorry it's not a hospitable location. 443 00:46:29,558 --> 00:46:34,473 No, Paris is just fine, if you need me to go. Someone has to be there. 444 00:46:34,855 --> 00:46:36,846 We do. We absolutely do. 445 00:46:37,106 --> 00:46:41,225 Your driver will drop you off at a hotel of your choice. . . 446 00:46:41,570 --> 00:46:45,767 . . .and l don't think we'll see you back here anytime soon. 447 00:46:46,115 --> 00:46:48,266 l won't let you down, sir. 448 00:47:02,298 --> 00:47:04,574 Carwood, yes. . . . 449 00:47:04,843 --> 00:47:10,235 You probably know, when the Army gives a man a battlefield commission. . . 450 00:47:10,640 --> 00:47:14,713 . . .they usually don't let him stay with the same company. 451 00:47:15,061 --> 00:47:17,575 Yes, sir. l figured this was coming. 452 00:47:17,939 --> 00:47:22,569 They're afraid the men won't respect him as they would another officer. 453 00:47:22,944 --> 00:47:24,935 Yeah. lt's a good theory, sir. 454 00:47:25,196 --> 00:47:27,948 lt's idiotic. Especially in your case. 455 00:47:28,240 --> 00:47:32,359 Nevertheless, they've let me choose where to reassign you. 456 00:47:32,704 --> 00:47:36,252 l thought Battalion Headquarters might be a good place. 457 00:47:36,582 --> 00:47:39,051 l can think of few better, sir. 458 00:47:39,335 --> 00:47:41,609 Good. Good. 459 00:47:42,629 --> 00:47:46,782 Right now, down at the airfield there is a German general. . . 460 00:47:47,135 --> 00:47:51,286 . . .angry about having to surrender to Pvt. Heffron from Philly. 461 00:47:51,638 --> 00:47:54,392 -lt's beneath his stature. -Understandable. 462 00:47:54,934 --> 00:47:59,085 Yeah. l thought 2nd Lt. Carwood Lipton from West Virginia. . . 463 00:47:59,438 --> 00:48:03,272 -. . .could soothe his ruffled feathers. -No problem, sir. 464 00:48:03,609 --> 00:48:07,443 Major, is this the type of job l can expect from now on? 465 00:48:09,739 --> 00:48:13,813 Yeah. Yeah. When we're not sunning ourselves by the lake. 466 00:48:24,629 --> 00:48:25,982 Lieutenant. 467 00:48:35,264 --> 00:48:38,461 With your permission, l'd like to address my men. 468 00:48:38,768 --> 00:48:41,202 That'll be fine, general. 469 00:48:51,072 --> 00:48:53,188 -Capt. Sobel. -Maj. Winters. 470 00:48:53,449 --> 00:48:54,518 Capt. Sobel. 471 00:48:56,661 --> 00:48:59,652 We salute the rank, not the man. 472 00:49:24,062 --> 00:49:25,381 Liebgott? 473 00:49:26,983 --> 00:49:30,657 Men, it's been a long war, it's been a tough war. 474 00:49:34,322 --> 00:49:39,032 You have fought bravely, proudly, for your country. 475 00:49:42,580 --> 00:49:44,856 You are a special group. . . 476 00:49:48,128 --> 00:49:50,561 . . .who found in one another a bond. . . 477 00:49:56,093 --> 00:49:58,243 . . .that exists only in combat. . . 478 00:50:00,181 --> 00:50:01,978 . . .among brothers. . . 479 00:50:03,934 --> 00:50:05,845 . . .of shared foxholes. 480 00:50:11,150 --> 00:50:13,618 Held each other in dire moments. 481 00:50:21,368 --> 00:50:24,564 Have seen death and suffered together. 482 00:50:32,086 --> 00:50:36,126 l am proud to have served with each and every one of you. 483 00:50:41,722 --> 00:50:45,600 You deserve long and happy lives in peace. 484 00:51:01,241 --> 00:51:02,799 Towel, towel, towel! 485 00:51:03,952 --> 00:51:05,431 Thanks. 486 00:51:05,870 --> 00:51:07,940 Take a look at these two kids. 487 00:51:09,249 --> 00:51:11,763 What the hell happened to them? 488 00:51:12,669 --> 00:51:14,659 New Jersey, huh? 489 00:51:16,548 --> 00:51:17,776 Yeah. 490 00:51:18,466 --> 00:51:19,819 Think about it. 491 00:51:20,635 --> 00:51:22,226 Yeah, l am. 492 00:51:24,305 --> 00:51:26,102 You awake yet? 493 00:51:27,475 --> 00:51:28,873 Awake? 494 00:51:30,394 --> 00:51:32,147 Time to go to bed. 495 00:51:47,077 --> 00:51:48,670 Come on, Jimmy. 496 00:51:50,706 --> 00:51:52,981 -Nice play. -We got one down. 497 00:51:53,250 --> 00:51:57,801 -Come on, Pee Wee. Get Webster. -Come on, Pee Wee, let's get him. 498 00:51:59,298 --> 00:52:02,973 Buck Compton came back to let us know he was all right. 499 00:52:03,302 --> 00:52:05,816 He became a prosecutor in Los Angeles. 500 00:52:06,096 --> 00:52:09,008 He convicted Sirhan Sirhan... 501 00:52:09,308 --> 00:52:13,426 ...and was later appointed to the California Court of Appeals. 502 00:52:14,271 --> 00:52:18,343 David Webster wrote for The Saturday Evening Post and Wall Street Journal. . . 503 00:52:18,691 --> 00:52:21,080 ...and later wrote a book about sharks. 504 00:52:21,360 --> 00:52:27,754 In 1961, he went out on the ocean alone, and was never seen again. 505 00:52:31,079 --> 00:52:32,875 Go, go, go! Yeah! 506 00:52:33,456 --> 00:52:36,653 Johnny Martin would return to his railroad job... 507 00:52:36,959 --> 00:52:39,393 ...and then start a construction company. 508 00:52:39,670 --> 00:52:43,709 He splits his time between Arizona and a place in Montana. 509 00:52:46,259 --> 00:52:50,538 George Luz became a handyman in Providence, RI. 510 00:52:50,890 --> 00:52:54,199 And as a testament to his character... 511 00:52:54,559 --> 00:52:58,553 ... 1 600 people attended his funeral in 1998. 512 00:52:59,565 --> 00:53:04,275 Doc Roe died in Louisiana in 1998. 513 00:53:05,196 --> 00:53:07,663 He'd been a construction contractor. 514 00:53:09,950 --> 00:53:14,785 Frank Perconte returned to Chicago and worked a postal route as a mailman. 515 00:53:21,629 --> 00:53:26,224 Joe Liebgott returned to San Francisco and drove his cab. 516 00:53:28,343 --> 00:53:32,131 Bull Randleman was one of the best soldiers I ever had. 517 00:53:32,472 --> 00:53:37,830 He went into the earth-moving business in Arkansas. He's still there. 518 00:53:44,900 --> 00:53:48,530 Alton More returned to Wyoming with a unique souvenir: 519 00:53:48,864 --> 00:53:51,696 Hitler's personal photo albums. 520 00:53:51,991 --> 00:53:55,826 He was killed in a car accident in 1958. 521 00:53:57,246 --> 00:54:00,238 Floyd Talbert we all lost touch with... 522 00:54:00,541 --> 00:54:05,376 ...until he showed up at a reunion just before his death in 198 1. 523 00:54:07,256 --> 00:54:12,410 How we lived our lives after the war was as varied as each man. 524 00:54:13,304 --> 00:54:17,980 Carwood Lipton became an executive directing factories across the world. 525 00:54:18,350 --> 00:54:21,228 He has a nice life in North Carolina. 526 00:54:21,604 --> 00:54:24,038 Harry Welsh, he married Kitty Grogan. 527 00:54:24,315 --> 00:54:28,911 Became an administrator for the Wilkes-Barre, PA school system. 528 00:54:31,822 --> 00:54:35,131 Ronald Speirs stayed in the Army, served in Korea. 529 00:54:35,451 --> 00:54:40,001 In 1958, returned to Germany as governor of Spandau Prison. 530 00:54:40,371 --> 00:54:43,169 He retired a lieutenant colonel. 531 00:54:47,921 --> 00:54:50,640 -Get them round. -All right, Webster. 532 00:54:50,924 --> 00:54:53,564 Easy Company. School circle! 533 00:55:00,141 --> 00:55:03,770 For Easy Company, it was D-Day plus 434. 534 00:55:04,103 --> 00:55:07,061 A fast man would've had it, Perco. 535 00:55:07,357 --> 00:55:09,746 Listen up. Got some news. 536 00:55:11,402 --> 00:55:16,759 Today, President Truman received the surrender from the Japanese. 537 00:55:17,575 --> 00:55:19,167 War's over. 538 00:55:21,079 --> 00:55:23,751 Regardless of points, medals or wounds... 539 00:55:24,081 --> 00:55:27,597 ...each man in the 1 01st Airborne would be going home. 540 00:55:28,795 --> 00:55:33,072 Each of us would be forever connected by our shared experience. 541 00:55:33,757 --> 00:55:37,670 And each would have to rejoin the world as best he could. 542 00:55:53,235 --> 00:55:55,954 Lewis Nixon had tough times after the war. 543 00:55:56,238 --> 00:55:58,387 He was divorced a few times. 544 00:55:58,656 --> 00:56:03,128 In 1956 he married a woman named Grace and everything came together. 545 00:56:03,495 --> 00:56:06,566 He spent his life with her, traveling the world. 546 00:56:06,873 --> 00:56:10,833 My friend Lew died in 1995. 547 00:56:11,712 --> 00:56:16,024 I took his job offer and was a manager at Nixon Nitration Works... 548 00:56:16,383 --> 00:56:20,375 ...until I was called into service in 1950 to train officers. 549 00:56:20,720 --> 00:56:24,794 I chose not to go to Korea. I'd had enough of war. 550 00:56:25,142 --> 00:56:29,293 I stayed around Hershey, PA, finally finding a little farm... 551 00:56:29,645 --> 00:56:34,036 ...a little peaceful corner of the world, where I still live today. 552 00:56:34,400 --> 00:56:39,599 And not a day goes by that I do not think of the men I served with... 553 00:56:39,989 --> 00:56:43,584 ... who never got to enjoy the world without war. 554 00:56:43,910 --> 00:56:47,743 lt's a very unusual feeling. 555 00:56:49,290 --> 00:56:53,124 lt's a very unusual happening and a very unusual bonding. 556 00:56:53,461 --> 00:56:55,416 We could depend on each other. 557 00:56:56,880 --> 00:56:59,395 And so we were a close-knit group. 558 00:56:59,675 --> 00:57:02,063 So brave, it was unbelievable. 559 00:57:03,553 --> 00:57:06,148 l don't know anybody l admire more. . . 560 00:57:06,432 --> 00:57:10,185 . . .than Bill Guarnere and Joe Toye. 561 00:57:11,186 --> 00:57:13,256 They were very special. 562 00:57:13,522 --> 00:57:17,037 l'm just one part of the big war. One little part. 563 00:57:18,568 --> 00:57:23,596 And l'm proud to be a part of it. Sometimes it makes me cry. 564 00:57:24,032 --> 00:57:26,466 The real men, the real heroes. . . 565 00:57:27,953 --> 00:57:31,502 . . .are those buried over there and buried at home. 566 00:57:32,040 --> 00:57:35,669 You thought you could do just about anything. 567 00:57:36,002 --> 00:57:37,514 After the war. . . 568 00:57:38,963 --> 00:57:43,480 . . .you lost a lot of that. At least l did. l lost that confidence. 569 00:57:43,843 --> 00:57:47,198 You was hoping to stay alive. That's all. 570 00:57:49,516 --> 00:57:53,110 Henry V was talking to his men. 571 00:57:53,435 --> 00:57:55,744 He said, ''From this day. . . 572 00:57:56,022 --> 00:57:58,774 . . .to the ending of the world. . . 573 00:57:59,066 --> 00:58:02,342 . . .we in it shall be remembered. 574 00:58:02,653 --> 00:58:06,612 We lucky few, we band of brothers. 575 00:58:06,949 --> 00:58:10,783 For he who today sheds his blood with me. . . 576 00:58:11,120 --> 00:58:12,713 . . .shall be my brother. '' 577 00:58:14,331 --> 00:58:16,242 Do you remember. . . 578 00:58:18,419 --> 00:58:21,729 . . .the letter that Mike Ranney wrote me? 579 00:58:22,047 --> 00:58:23,116 You do? 580 00:58:23,340 --> 00:58:26,138 Do you remember how he ended it? 581 00:58:27,635 --> 00:58:30,833 ''l cherish the memories. . . 582 00:58:31,140 --> 00:58:35,212 . . .of a question my grandson asked me the other day. . . 583 00:58:35,560 --> 00:58:40,760 . . .when he said, 'Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?' 584 00:58:43,693 --> 00:58:46,208 Grandpa said, 'No. . . 585 00:58:50,283 --> 00:58:53,798 . . .but l served in a company of heroes.' ''