WEWERE IN ASTORE AND A GUY IN THAT STORE
TOLD US TO PUT OUR UNIFORMS ON.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?"
HE SAYS...
THE USA IS IN A WAR WITH JAPAN.
WE COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
WELL, OUR COUNTRY WAS ATTACKED.
IT'S DIFFERENT.
IT WASN'T LIKE KOREA OR VIETNAM.
WE WAS ATTACKED.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A FEELING THAT...
MAYBE, WE'RE JUST DUMB COUNTRY PEOPLE BUT,
WHERE I COME FROM, BUT, A LOT OF US VOLUNTEERED.
WHO WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER FOR THE TANK CORPS?
WHO WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER FOR THE AIR FORCE?
WHO WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER FOR THE NAVY OR WHATEVER?
AND THEN, THEY SAID,
"WHO WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER FOR THE AIRBORNE?"
SOMEBODY SAYS, "WHAT THE HELL'S THE AIRBORNE?"
NOBODY EVER HEARD OF IT.
WE CAME FROM A SMALL, SMALL TOWN
AND THREE FELLAS IN THAT TOWN WERE, THAT WERE "4F",
COMMITTED SUICIDE BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T GO,
A DIFFERENT TIME.
I DID THINGS.
I DIDN'T DO 'EM FOR MEDALS,
I DIDN'T DO 'EM FOR ACCOLADES.
I DID 'EM BECAUSE IT'S WHAT HAD TO BE DONE.
THE GUY SAYS, "WOULD YOU JUMP OUT OF AIRPLANES?
"YOU KNOW, YOU GOT ALL YOUR ARMY EQUIPMENT
AND YOU JUMP OUT OF AIRPLANES, TO FIGHT THE ENEMY."
THESE GUYS, THEY SAID, "GO TO HELL".
NOBODY PUT UP THEIR HANDS.
AND THEN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS BROUGHT IT UP,
BUT THE GUY GIVING THE SPEECH WAS SAYING,
"BUT YOU GET PAID $50 A MONTH MORE."
SO, THAT MADE IT A HUNDRED BUCKS.
( hattering )
( male ) I WANT A WHlFF OF CHlCKEN PlE.
( male ) OKAY, BOYS, LET'S GET THlS GEAR STOWED.
FOX COMPANY,
WE GO lN FlVE.
( male ) lN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND THE SON AND OF THE HOLY...
( male ) 1st PLATOON DRAW SMALL ARMS.
DO YOU NEED A HAND, LlEUTENANT?
( male ) "EASY COMPANY!"
LlSTEN UP!
GATHER UP AROUND ME.
JUST MOVE lT UP, C'MON, GENTLEMEN.
LET'S GO!
NOW, THE CHANNEL COAST lS SOCKED lN WlTH RAlN AND FOG.
HlGH WlNDS ON THE DROP ZONE.
NO JUMP TONlGHT.
THE lNVASlON HAS BEEN POSTPONED.
WE'RE ON A 24 HOUR STAND-DOWN.
SONOFABlTCH.
DRlLL SERGEANTS, TAKE CHARGE.
Well, this is quite a surprise.
Not particularly.
It so happens I rather expected it
Well, I can't see how you people can pass up $80,000
for the cause.
For whose cause?
If you're so interested in serving a cause,
why don't you join the army?
Oh...
I THlNK lT'S CLEARlNG UP.
YOU THlNK lT'S CLEARlNG UP?
NO.
I THlNK lT'S CLEARlNG UP.
HOW ARE YOUR MEN?
THEY'LL BE FlNE.
FlVE O'CLOCK lN NEW YORK.
FOUR O'CLOCK lN CHlCAGO.
HAPPY HOUR, HUH?
YEAH.
HAPPY HOUR.
A COUPLE OF DRlNKS,
MAYBE AN EARLY DlNNER BEFORE THE THEATER.
A ClVlLlZED PLACE FOR ClVlLlZED MEN.
SHOULD'VE BEEN BORN EARLlER, NlX.
WHAT, AND GlVE UP ALL THlS?
WE'LL GO TO CHlCAGO, l'LL TAKE YOU THERE.
YEAH.
WE'LL SEE.
ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW WHO'S FROM THERE?
WHO?
OH, HlM.
712 DAYS OF THAT SONOFABlTCH AND HERE WE ARE.
( flies buzzing )
YOU PEOPLE ARE AT THE POSlTlON OF ATTENTlON.
PRlVATE PERCONTE, HAVE YOU BEEN BLOUSlNG YOUR TROUSERS
OVER YOUR BOOTS LlKE A PARATROOPER?
NO, SlR.
THEN EXPLAlN THE CREASES AT THE BOTTOM.
NO EXCUSE, SlR.
VOLUNTEERlNG FOR THE PARACHUTE lNFANTRY lS ONE THlNG, PERCONTE,
BUT YOU'VE GOT A LONG WAY TO PROVE THAT YOU BELONG HERE.
YOUR WEEKEND PASS lS REVOKED.
NAME?
LUZ, GEORGE.
DlRT lN THE REAR SlDE APERTURE.
PASS REVOKED.
WHEN DlD YOU SEW ON THESE CHEVRONS, SERGEANT LlPTON?
YESTERDAY, SlR.
LONG ENOUGH TO NOTlCE THlS.
REVOKED.
SlR.
NAME?
MALARKEY, DONALD G.
MALARKEY?
MALARKEY'S SLANG FOR BULLSHlT, lSN'T lT?
YES, SlR.
RUST ON THE BUTT PLATE HlNGE SPRlNG, PRlVATE BULLSHlT.
REVOKED.
NAME?
LlEBGOTT, JOSEPH D, SlR.
RUSTY BAYONET, LlEBGOTT.
YOU WANNA KlLL GERMANS?
YES, SlR.
NOT WlTH THlS.
I WOULDN'T TAKE THlS RUSTY PlECE OF SHlT TO WAR,
AND I WlLL NOT TAKE YOU TO WAR lN YOUR CONDlTlON.
NOW, THANKS TO THESE MEN AND THElR lNFRACTlONS,
EVERY MAN lN THE COMPANY WHO HAD A WEEKEND PASS,
HAS LOST lT.
CHANGE lNTO YOUR "PT" GEAR, WE'RE RUNNlNG CURRAHEE.
2nd PLATOON FALL OUT.
WE HAVE TWO MlNUTES.
FALL OUT!
I AlN'T GOlNG UP THAT HlLL.
HEY, PERCONTE, WHAT ARE YOU THlNKlNG OF,
BLOUSlN' YOUR PANTS?
SHUT UP, MARTlN, ALRlGHT?
HE GlGGED EVERYBODY.
YEAH, WELL, YOU SHOULD KNOW BETTER.
DON'T GlVE HlM NO EXCUSES.
EXCUSES?
WHY DON'T YOU COME HERE, LOOK AT THESE TROUSERS,
GET DOWN AND YOU TELL ME lF THERE'S A CREASE ON 'EM?
ALRlGHT, LET'S GO, ON THE ROAD lN "PT" FORMATlON.
LET'S MOVE, MOVE, MOVE!
PERCONTE, LET'S GO, PERCONTE.
PRlVATE WHlTE, WHY ARE YOU NOT lN YOUR PT GEAR?
I ASKED YOU A QUESTlON, PRlVATE.
OH, "EASY COMPANY".
AND WHlLE YOU'RE RUNNlNG, DON'T WORRY,
WE'LL TAKE YOUR DAMES TO THE MOVlES FOR YOU.
YEAH, GOOD, THEY NEED SOME FEMALE COMPANY.
( male ) WHERE DO WE RUN?
( together ) CURRAHEE.
AND WHAT DOES "CURRAHEE" MEAN?
WE STAND ALONE.
HOW FAR UP, HOW FAR DOWN?
THREE MlLES UP, THREE MlLES DOWN.
AND WHAT COMPANY lS THlS?
"EASY COMPANY."
AND WHAT DO WE DO?
STAND ALONE.
DO NOT HELP THAT MAN!
DO NOT HELP THAT MAN.
WE DO NOT STOP.
YOU'VE GOT 30 MlNUTES TO GET TO THE TOP OF THlS MOUNTAlN
IF YOU WANNA SERVE lN THE PARATROOPERS.
Hl-HO, SlLVER!
C'MON, YOU CAN MAKE lT UP THERE.
C'MON.
C'MON NOW, C'MON, ALLEY, LET'S GO.
C'MON, GUARNERE.
CHRlSTENSON, C'MON.
I NEVER THOUGHT l'D SEE THE DAY, PRlVATE WYNN.
WE ARE COMlNG ON 23 MlNUTES.
THAT MAY BE GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE REST OF THE 506,
BUT THAT lS NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR "EASY COMPANY".
WE CAN MAKE lT, WE CAN DO THlS, C'MON.
I'M GONNA SAY SOMETHlNG.
TO WHO?
LlEUTENANT WlNTERS.
WHAT lS lT?
PERMlSSlON TO SPEAK, SlR?
PERMlSSlON GRANTED.
SlR, WE GOT NlNE COMPANlES, SlR.
THAT WE DO.
WELL, HOW COME WE'RE THE ONLY COMPANY
MARCHlNG EVERY FRlDAY NlGHT, 12 MlLES, FULL PACK,
IN THE PlTCH DARK?
WHY DO YOU THlNK, PRlVATE RANDLEMAN?
LlEUTENANT SOBEL HATES US, SlR.
LlEUTENANT SOBEL DOES NOT HATE "EASY COMPANY",
PRlVATE RANDLEMAN.
HE JUST HATES YOU.
THANK YOU, SlR.
HE HATES HlM BACK.
HE HATES YOU, TOO, MUCK.
LlEUTENANT WlNTERS, I WANT CANTEENS OUT OF BELTS
WlTH THE CAPS UNSCREWED.
"EASY COMPANY", CANTEENS OUT AND OPEN.
ON MY COMMAND, THEY WlLL POUR THE CONTENTS ONTO THE GROUND.
ON THE CO's ORDER, YOU WlLL UPEND YOUR CANTEEN.
NOW, LlEUTENANT.
POUR 'EM.
WHO lS THlS?
CHRlSTENSON.
WHY lS THERE NO WATER lN YOUR CANTEEN?
YOU DRANK FROM YOUR CANTEEN, DlDN'T YOU?
SlR, l--
LlEUTENANT WlNTERS.
YES, SlR.
WAS THlS MAN ORDERED TO NOT DRlNK FROM HlS CANTEEN
DURlNG THE FRlDAY NlGHT MARCH?
HE WAS, SlR.
PRlVATE CHRlSTENSON, YOU HAVE DlSOBEYED A DlRECT ORDER.
YOU WlLL FlLL YOUR CANTEEN
AND REPEAT ALL 12 MlLES OF THE MARCH lMMEDlATELY.
YES, SlR.
FALL OUT!
WHAT lN THE NAME OF GOD ARE YOU DOlNG WlTH MY COMPANY?
YOU'RE LATE AND YOU ALLOW TROOPERS
TO DlSOBEY DlRECT ORDERS?
NO EXCUSE, SlR.
YOU'RE MAKlNG ME LOOK BAD, LlEUTENANT.
THlS lS NOT "DOG COMPANY".
THlS lS NOT "FOX COMPANY".
THlS, THlS lS "EASY COMPANY".
AND UNDER MY COMMAND, THlS WlLL BE THE FlRST
AND FlNEST COMPANY lN THlS REGlMENT.
I WANT THE NAMES OF SlX MEN,
THElR lNFRACTlONS
AND YOUR DlSClPLlNARY RECOMMENDATlONS
ON MY DESK BY 0130.
IS THAT CLEAR?
WHAT lNFRACTlONS, SlR?
FlND SOME.
SO, WHAT'D YOU DO?
PlCKED SlX MEN AND GAVE 'EM LATRlNE DUTY.
THE LUCKY SlX?
MCDONALD, TOYE, PERCONTE,
LlPTON,
MUCK AND GUARNERE.
WHY THEM?
IT WAS THElR TURN.
SOBEL'S A GENlUS.
I HAD A HEADMASTER JUST LlKE HlM lN PREP SCHOOL.
I KNOW THE TYPE.
LEWlS,
MlCHELANGELO'S A GENlUS, BEETHOVEN'S A GENlUS.
YOU KNOW A MAN lN THlS COMPANY
WHO WOULDN'T DOUBLE-TlME CURRAHEE WlTH A FULL PACK
JUST TO PlSS lN THAT GUY'S MORNlNG COFFEE?
( Sobel ) LET'S GO, LET'S GO.
STAND lN THE DOOR.
GO.
ONE THOUSAND, TWO THOUSAND.
YOU JUST BROKE BOTH YOUR LEGS, PRlVATE GORDON.
ARE YOU TRYlNG TO GET YOURSELF KlLLED?
NO, SlR.
STAND lN THE DOOR.
( loud chattering )
SHlT.
TO THE WALL, TO THE WALL.
OVER AS A TEAM.
GO ON, AGAlNST THE WALL.
JESUS, WHAT THE HELL lS THlS?
THAT'S PlG GUTS, BOY.
GODDAMMlT!
WHY ARE YOU HERE, PRlVATE GORDON?
I WANNA BE lN THE AlRBORNE, SlR.
I DON'T BELlEVE YOU.
WHY ARE YOU HERE, PRlVATE GORDON?
I WANNA BE lN THE AlRBORNE, SlR.
YOU HAVE 50 MlNUTES TO THE TOP AND BACK,
AND I WlLL BE WATCHlNG YOU.
WHAT ARE YOU WAlTlNG FOR?
"EASY COMPANY" HAS THE FlNEST PERFORMANCE RECORD
IN THE ENTlRE 2nd BATTALlON.
I BELlEVE EVERY BlT OF THAT lS THANKS TO YOU.
CONGRATULATlONS, CAPTAlN SOBEL.
THANK YOU, SlR.
ISN'T THAT LlEUTENANT WlNTERS LEADlNG "EASY COMPANY" lN "PT"?
YES, SlR.
HE'S A DAMNED GOOD MAN.
I WAS PLANNlNG ON GlVlNG HlM A SET OF THESE TODAY.
WHY DON'T YOU DO lT?
HE'D BE PROUD TO GET 'EM FROM YOU.
PORNOGRAPHY, CONTRABAND.
NON-REGULATlON CLOTHlNG, CONTRABAND.
THlS MAN HAD 200 PROPHYLACTlC KlTS lN HlS FOOTLOCKER.
HOW lN THE NAME OF GOD WAS HE GONNA HAVE THE STRENGTH
TO FlGHT THE WAR?
HOW lS lT PRlVATE, PRlVATE TlPPER
HAS SPARE TlME FOR SO MUCH CORRESPONDENCE?
CAPTAlN, ARE PERSONAL LETTERS TO BE CONSlDERED CONTRABAND?
THESE MEN AREN'T PARATROOPERS YET, LlEUTENANT.
THEY HAVE NO PERSONAL PROPERTY.
WHAT lS THlS?
ANYBODY?
ER, lT'S A CAN OF PEACHES, SlR.
LlEUTENANT NlXON THlNKS THlS lS A CAN OF PEACHES.
THAT lS lNCORRECT, LlEUTENANT.
YOUR WEEKEND PASS lS CANCELLED.
THlS lS UNlTED STATES ARMY PROPERTY
WHlCH WAS TAKEN, WlTHOUT AUTHORlZATlON,
FROM MY MESS FAClLlTY,
AND I WlLL NOT TOLERATE THlEVERY lN MY UNlT.
WHOSE FOOTLOCKER lS THlS?
PRlVATE PARKES, SlR.
GET RlD OF HlM.
ALL WEEKEND PASSES ARE CANCELLED.
OFFlCERS lNCLUDED.
CARRY ON.
LlEUTENANT WlNTERS.
COLONEL SlNK HAS SEEN FlT TO PROMOTE YOU.
AS 1st LlEUTENANT, YOU'LL SERVE AS MY EXECUTlVE OFFlCER.
CONGRATULATlONS.
THANK YOU, SlR.
AND, AS A TEST OF YOUR ORGANlZATlONAL SKlLLS
AND COMMAND POTENTlAL,
I AM DESlGNATlNG YOU...
MESS OFFlCER FOR 14 DAYS.
REPORT TO THE MESS KlTCHEN AT 0515 HOURS.
COMPANY BREAKFAST TO BE SERVED AT 0600.
YES, SlR.
OH, AND, DlCK...
THERE'S RAlN FORECAST TOMORROW,
SO, THE COMPANY WlLL HAVE A LlGHT AFTERNOON
OF LECTURE AND CLASSROOM lNSTRUCTlON.
I THlNK A SPEClAL MEAL BEFORE THElR AFTERNOON OFF
WOULD BE A WELCOME CHANGE OF PACE.
WOULD YOU AGREE?
YES, SlR.
I LlKE SPAGHETTl.
HOLD ON, MORE COMlNG.
THESE GUYS ARE PACKlNG lT AWAY.
THlS STUFF lS ORANGE.
SPAGHETTl AlN'T SUPPOSED TO BE ORANGE.
THlS AlN'T SPAGHETTl.
THlS lS ARMY NOODLES WlTH KETCHUP.
YOU AlN'T GOTTA EAT lT.
OH, C'MON, GONORRHEA, AS A FELLOW lTALlAN,
YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT CALLlNG THlS CRAP SPAGHETTl
IS A MORTAL SlN.
YOU DON'T WANT lT, l'LL HAVE lT.
NO, NO, NO, l'M EATlNG HERE.
HEY, GET OUTTA HERE.
ORDERS CHANGED, GET UP!
LECTURES ARE CANCELLED.
"EASY COMPANY" lS RUNNlNG UP CURRAHEE.
MOVE, MOVE!
THREE MlLES UP, THREE MlLES DOWN.
Hl-HO, SlLVER!
LET'S GO, LET'S GO.
YOU'RE A WASHOUT, PRlVATE HOOBLER!
YOU SHOULD PACK UP BOTH YOUR EARS AND GO HOME.
LOOKS LlKE GORDON'S DONE.
AREN'T YOU, GORDON, YOU FlNlSHED?
YOU DO NOT DESERVE TO GET YOUR WlNGS.
PRlVATE RANDLEMAN, YOU LOOK TlRED.
THERE'S AN AMBULANCE WAlTlNG FOR YOU AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HlLL.
IT CAN ALL BE OVER RlGHT NOW.
NO MORE PAlN, NO MORE CURRAHEE.
NO MORE CAPTAlN SOBEL.
( chanting ) WE PULL UPON THE RlSERS, WE FALL UPON THE GRASS,
WE NEVER LAND UPON OUR FEET, WE ALWAYS HlT OUR ASS.
AYE, AYE, CHRlST ALMlGHTY, WHO THE HELL ARE WE,
ZlM-ZAM, GODDAMN, WE'RE AlRBORNE lNFANTRY,
WE PULL UPON THE RlSERS, WE FALL UPON THE GRASS,
WE NEVER LAND UPON OUR FEET, WE ALWAYS HlT OUR ASS,
HlDE TlDEE, CHRlST ALMlGHTY, WHO THE HELL ARE WE,
ZlM-ZAM, GODDAMN, WE'RE AlRBORNE lNFANTRY.
SO, DO WE FEEL LlKE WE'RE READY TO BE ARMY PARATROOPERS?
( together ) YES, SERGEANT.
I HOPE SO.
THlS'LL BE THE FlRST OF FlVE EXlTS FROM A C47 AlRCRAFT
SCHEDULED FOR TODAY.
GET READY.
STAND UP.
HOOK UP.
( Sargeant ) UPON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETlON OF YOUR FlFTH AND FlNAL JUMP,
YOU'LL BE CERTlFlED ARMY PARATROOPERS.
CHECK EQUlPMENT!
SOUND-OFF FOR EQUlPMENT CHECK!
NlNE OKAY.
ElGHT OKAY.
SEVEN OKAY.
SlX OKAY.
FlVE OKAY.
FOUR OKAY.
THREE OKAY.
TWO OKAY.
ONE OKAY.
THERE'LL BE A LOT OF MEN DROPPlNG FROM THE SKY TODAY.
HOPEFULLY, UNDER DEPLOYED CANOPlES.
STAND lN THE DOOR!
I GUARANTEE YOU'RE GONNA LOVE lT, LlEUTENANT.
GO, GO!
JUMPlNG FRO
IN STlCKS OF 12 JUMPERS PER AlRCRAFT.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO lS REMEMBER WHAT YOU WERE TAUGHT,
AND I GUARANTEE YOU GRAVlTY WlLL TAKE CARE OF THE REST.
GO, GO, GO, GO!
GO, GO, GO!
DAMNlT.
AND, GENTLEMEN, REST ASSURED,
ANY REFUSALS lN THE AlRCRAFT OR AT THE DOOR...
AND I GUARANTEE YOU, YOU WlLL...
BE OUT OF THE AlRBORNE.
FOUR OKAY.
THREE OKAY.
TWO OKAY.
ONE OKAY.
STAND lN THE DOOR.
GO!
1,000, 2,000, 3,000, 4,000, 5,000, 6,000,
7,000, 8,000, 9,000!
( cheering )
Hl-HO, SlLVER.
NOW JUST THlNK, lF YOU HAD ANY CLASS OR STYLE LlKE ME,
SOMEBODY MlGHT MlSTAKE YOU FOR SOMEBODY.
YOU MEAN LlKE YOUR FUCKlNG SERGEANT?
I'M JUST KlDDlNG.
CONGRATULATlONS, MARTlN.
CORPORAL TOYE, THERE WlLL BE NO LEANlNG lN MY COMPANY.
ARE THOSE DUSTY JUMP WlNGS?
HOW DO YOU EXPECT TO SLAY THE HUNS
WlTH DUST ON YOUR JUMP WlNGS?
LUZ, JUST GlVE ME A DRlNK.
HELL OF AN lDEA, JOE.
THERE YOU GO.
THREE MlLES UP, THREE MlLES DOWN.
TEN-HUT!
WELL, AT EASE, PARATROOPERS.
GOOD EVENlNG, "EASY COMPANY".
EVENlNG, SlR.
NOW, PARACHUTE lNFANTRY lS A BRAND NEW CONCEPT
IN AMERlCAN MlLlTARY HlSTORY.
BUT BY GOD, THE 506 lS GONNA FORGE THAT BRAND NEW CONCEPT
INTO VlCTORY.
YES, SlR.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT l'M DAMNED PROUD
OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
NOW, YOU DESERVE THlS PARTY.
THANK YOU, SERGEANT GRANT.
SlR.
SO, I WANT YOU TO HAVE FUN...
AND REMEMBER OUR MOTTO...
CURRAHEE!
( cheering )
PETTY.
MAP.
C'MON.
AH, CHRlST.
WE'RE lN THE WRONG POSlTlON.
WE'RE TEXTBOOK POSlTlON FOR AMBUSH, SlR.
WE SHOULD SlT TlGHT,
LET THE ENEMY TEAM COME lNTO OUR KlLLlNG ZONE.
THEY'RE RlGHT OUT THERE SOMEWHERE.
LET'S JUST GET 'EM.
SlR, WE HAVE PERFECT COVER HERE.
LlEUTENANT, DEPLOY YOUR TROOPS.
2nd PLATOON,
MOVE OUT.
WHAT?
TACTlCAL COLUMN.
CAPTAlN, YOU'VE JUST BEEN KlLLED,
ALONG WlTH 95 PERCENT OF YOUR COMPANY.
YOUR OUTFlT?
"EASY COMPANY", 2nd BATTALlON 506th.
LEAVE THREE WOUNDED MEN ON THE GROUND
AND REPORT BACK TO THE ASSEMBLY AREA.
GODDAMMlT.
YOU, YOU, YOU.
WELL, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?
NOTHlNG, JUST KEEP TRAlNlNG THE MEN.
AM I lNTERRUPTlNG?
NO, NO.
LlEUTENANT LEWlS NlXON.
LlEUTENANT HARRY WELSH, JUST lN FROM THE 82nd.
CONGRATULATlONS ON THE PROMOTlON.
AH, THANKS, lF YOU WANNA CALL lT THAT.
YOU'LL LEARN HlM PRETTY QUlCKLY,
NO FLAWS, NO VlCES, NO SENSE OF HUMOR.
JUST LlKE YOUR CHUMS UP AT BATTALlON STAFF.
WHAT'S UP?
I'M HEARlNG A LOT OF RUMBLlNGS.
SOBEL?
JUST TALKlNG ABOUT THAT.
SO, HE GETS A LlTTLE JUMPY lN THE FlELD?
HMM-MMM.
HE GETS JUMPY AND THEN YOU GET KlLLED.
THAT'S NlCE.
YEAH, LlSTEN, lF WE DlSCUSS lT,
I THlNK lT SHOULD JUST BE AMONGST OURSELVES.
OH, ABSOLUTELY.
2nd PLATOON READY?
READY, SlR.
THEN GET THEM lN FORMATlON.
WE'RE MOVlNG OUT.
YES, SlR.
( laughing )
SHUT UP, COBB.
EH, YOU GOTTA ADMlT lT.
HE'S GOT NO CHANCE.
ElTHER THE KRAUTS WlLL GET HlM,
OR ONE OF US.
WHO, SOBEL?
HE SCREWED UP ONE MANEUVER.
WELL, YOU KNOW, l'M ALWAYS FUMBLlNG WlTH GRENADES.
IT WOULD BE EASY lF ONE WENT OFF BY ACClDENT, YOU KNOW?
WELL, NOW THEY MUST HAVE PUT HlM lN CHARGE FOR A REASON.
YEAH, 'CAUSE THE ARMY WOULDN'T MAKE A MlSTAKE, RlGHT, SHlFT?
GOlNG MY WAY?
WHEREVER THE TRAlN TAKES ME.
WHERE DO YOU SUPPOSE THAT MlGHT BE?
I HAVEN'T GOT A CLUE.
YEAH, C'MON, TAKE A GUESS.
ATLANTlC, PAClFlC, ATLANTlC?
I'M NOT THE lNTELLlGENCE OFFlCER.
MMM.
WELL, AS SUCH, I OF COURSE KNOW, BUT lF I TOLD YOU,
I'D HAVE TO KlLL YOU.
SO, DON'T TELL ME.
NEW YORK ClTY.
TROOP SHlP.
ENGLAND.
WE'RE lNVADlNG EUROPE, MY FRlEND.
FORTRESS EUROPA.
SlNCE WHEN DO I DRlNK?
IF I THOUGHT YOU'D DRlNK lT, I WOULDN'T OFFER lT TO YOU.
NlX?
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WHEN YOU GET lNTO COMBAT?
OH, I HAVE EVERY CONFlDENCE lN MY SCROUNGlNG ABlLlTlES.
AND I HAVE A CASE OF VAT 69 HlDDEN lN YOUR FOOTLOCKER.
REALLY?
OH, YEAH.
MORNlNG.
MMM.
THlS COULD TURN lNTO A REAL NlCE TRlP.
( Sobel ) "DEAR SlR OR MADAM,
"SOON YOUR SON WlLL DROP FROM THE SKY
"TO ENGAGE AND DEFEAT THE ENEMY.
"YOUR FREQUENT LETTERS OF LOVE AND ENCOURAGEMENT
"WlLL ARM HlM WlTH A FlGHTlNG HEART.
"WlTH THAT HE CANNOT FAlL, BUT WlLL WlN GLORY FOR HlMSELF,
"MAKE YOU PROUD OF HlM AND HlS COUNTRY EVER GRATEFUL
"FOR HlS SERVlCE lN lTS HOUR OF NEED.
SlGNED HERBERT M. SOBEL, CAPTAlN COMMANDlNG."
RlGHT NOW, SOME LUCKY BASTARD'S HEADED FOR THE SOUTH PAClFlC.
OH, WHAT l'D GlVE.
HE'S GONNA GET BlLLETED ON SOME TROPlCAL lSLAND...
KEEP TALKlNG.
SlTTlNG UNDER A PALM TREE WlTH SlX NAKED NATlVE GlRLS,
HELPlNG HlM CUT UP COCONUTS
SO HE CAN HAND-FEED 'EM TO THE FLAMlNGOS.
FLAMlNGOS ARE MEAN.
THEY BlTE.
SO DO THE NAKED NATlVE GlRLS.
WlTH ANY LUCK.
HEY, GUYS, l'M GLAD l'M GOlNG TO EUROPE.
HlTLER GETS ONE OF THESE RlGHT ACROSS THE WlNDPlPE.
ROOSEVELT CHANGES THANKSGlVlNG TO JOE TOYE DAY,
AND PAYS ME 10 GRAND A YEAR FOR THE REST OF MY FUCKlNG LlFE.
WHAT lF WE DON'T GET TO EUROPE?
WHAT lF THEY SEND US TO NORTH AFRlCA?
MY BROTHER'S lN NORTH AFRlCA.
HE SAYS lT'S HOT.
REALLY, lT'S HOT lN AFRlCA?
SHUT UP.
THE POlNT lS, lT DON'T MATTER WHERE WE GO.
ONCE WE GET lNTO COMBAT, THE ONLY PERSON YOU CAN TRUST
IS YOURSELF AND THE FELLA NEXT TO YOU.
HEY, AS LONG AS HE'S A PARATROOPER.
OH, YEAH?
AND WHAT lF THAT PARATROOPER TURNS OUT TO BE SOBEL?
IF l'M NEXT TO SOBEL lN COMBAT, l'M MOVlNG ON DOWN THE LlNE.
HOOK UP WlTH SOME OTHER OFFlCER,
LlKE HEYLlGER OR WlNTERS.
I LlKE WlNTERS, HE'S A GOOD MAN.
BUT WHEN THE BULLETS START FLYlNG,
I DON'T KNOW lF l WANT A QUAKER DOlNG MY FlGHTlNG FOR ME.
HOW DO YOU KNOW HE'S A QUAKER?
HE AlN'T CATHOLlC.
NElTHER'S SOBEL.
THAT PRlCK'S THE SON OF ABRAHAM.
HE'S WHAT?
HE'S A JEW.
I'M A JEW.
CONGRATULATlONS.
GET YOUR NOSE OUT OF MY FACE.
WHAT'S ALL THAT ABOUT?
GONORRHEA CALLED SOBEL A JEW.
LlEBGOTT TOOK OFFENSE 'CAUSE HE'S A JEW TOO.
FlGHTlNG OVER SOBEL, THAT'S SMART.
ATTACK!
NO, YOU WANNA KlLL HlM!
PARRY RlGHT, PARRY LEFT.
THRUST!
TAKE COVER.
OKAY.
YESTERDAY, WE TALKED ABOUT MAGNETlC DECLlNATlON
AND THE LEFT ADD, RlGHT SUBTRACT RULE.
TODAY WE'RE GONNA PUT lT lNTO PRACTlCE.
THERE ARE TWO BASlC TYPES OF FlGHTlNG POSlTlONS.
THE FlRST lS THE PREPARED POSlTlON.
THE ADVANTAGES OF A PREPARED POSlTlON
ARE THAT lT GlVES YOU COVER AND CONCEALMENT.
COMMENCE FlRE!
WE'LL THEN MANEUVER, RlGHT lN THROUGH THESE TREES.
AT THE SAME TlME, OUR 2nd PLATOON,
IN THlS PARTlCULAR CASE, MOVES OVER HERE.
HE'S THEN GONNA CLOSE WlTH AND KlLL OR CAPTURE THAT GERMAN.
( panting )
SOBEL'S LATE.
WHY lS THERE A FENCE HERE?
THERE SHOULD BE NO FENCE HERE.
TlPPER!
YES, SlR.
GlVE ME THE MAP.
PERCONTE, LUZ.
GET THE MEN, GET 'EM B--
TAKE COVER BEHlND THOSE TREES.
ALRlGHT, YOU HEARD THE WORD.
THERE SHOULD BE NO, THERE SHOULD BE NO FENCE HERE.
UM...
( clearing throat ) WE COULD GO OVER lT, SlR.
REALLY?
THAT'S NOT THE POlNT, WHERE ARE THE GODDAMN--
WHERE THE GODDAMN HELL ARE WE?
PERCONTE?
YEAH.
SOBEL'S LOST AGAlN, RlGHT?
YEAH, HE'S LOST.
FUCKlNG CHRlST.
CAN YOU DO MAJOR HORTON?
( as John Wayne ) DOES A WlLD BEAR CRAP lN THE WOODS, SON?
SHH, SHH, SHH.
MAYBE THE GOOD MAJOR CAN GOOSE THlS SCHMUCK.
GET US MOVlNG?
NO WAY...
OH YEAH, YES.
YOU GOTTA, YOU GOTTA.
ALRlGHT, JUST THlS ONCE.
SHH, SHH.
THREE FlVE, SlX, ElGHT, THREE, THREE.
ISN'T THAT THE lNTERSECTlON?
NO, SlR, lT'S HERE.
YOU'RE A FULL GRlD OFF.
GODDAMMlT.
IS THERE A PROBLEM, CAPTAlN SOBEL?
WHO SAlD THAT?
WHO BROKE SlLENCE?
I THlNK lT'S MAJOR HORTON, SlR.
MAJOR HORTON?
WHAT lS HE, DlD HE JOlN US?
I THlNK MAYBE HE'S MOVlNG BETWEEN THE PLATOONS, SlR.
WHAT lS THE GODDAMN HOLDUP, MR. SOBEL?
A FENCE, SlR.
UM, GOD...
A BARBED WlRE FENCE.
OH, THAT DOG JUST AlN'T GONNA HUNT.
NOW, YOU CUT THAT FENCE AND GET THlS GODDAMN PLATOON
ON THE MOVE!
YES, SlR!
WHERE ARE MY GODDAMN WlRE CUTTERS?
WE HAVE TO MOVE.
SlR, WlTHOUT CAPTAlN SOBEL AND 1 st PLATOON?
IT'S A "T" lNTERSECTlON.
WE lMPROVlSE.
DOUBLE ENVELOPMENT LAlD ON A BASE OF FlRE
TO CUT THE ROAD lN ALL DlRECTlONS.
HOOK RlGHT WlTH 1 st SQUAD.
TELL GUARNERE TO MOVE LEFT WlTH 2nd.
I'LL BE RlGHT UP THE MlDDLE WlTH 3rd, GO.
YES, SlR.
DEARY ME.
( dog barking )
BLOODY HELL.
YOU'VE DONE lT NOW, YANKS.
YOU'VE CAPTURED ME.
Hl-HO, SlLVER!
WOULD THAT BE THE ENEMY?
AS A MATTER OF FACT, YES.
GOOD WORK, 2nd PLATOON.
WE TOOK THE OBJECTlVE.
WHO lS THE lDlOT WHO CUT THAT MAN'S FENCE?
I WAS ORDERED TO, SlR.
BY WHOM?
MAJOR HORTON, SlR.
MAJOR HORTON?
YES, SlR.
MAJOR HORTON TOLD YOU TO DO THAT?
YES, SlR.
MAJOR HORTON ORDERED YOU TO CUT THE FENCE?
YES, HE DlD.
MAJOR HORTON lS ON LEAVE lN LONDON.
GET THOSE COWS OUT OF HERE.
LlEUTENANT WlNTERS.
WlTH CAPTAlN SOBEL'S COMPLlMENTS, SlR.
LlEUTENANT.
OH, FOR CRYlNG OUT LOUD.
THlS SPELLS COURT-MARTlAL.
NO, SlR, I DO NOT UNDERSTAND.
YOUR ORDERS TO ME WERE TO lNSPECT THE LATRlNES
AT 1000 HOURS.
FROM 0930 TO 0955 I WAS CENSORlNG THE ENLlSTED MEN'S MAlL
BY ORDER OF COLONEL STRAYER.
AT 1000 HOURS I FOLLOWED YOUR ORDERS TO THE MlNUTE.
I CHANGED THAT TlME TO 0945.
NO ONE TOLD ME, SlR.
I TELEPHONED.
I'M QUARTERED WlTH A FAMlLY THAT HAS NO TELEPHONE.
AND SENT A RUNNER.
NO RUNNER FOUND ME, CAPTAlN.
IRREGARDLESS, WHEN GlVEN A TASK TO PERFORM BY A RANKlNG OFFlCER
TO ANOTHER OFFlCER.
YOU FAlLED TO DO SO.
WERE I TO LET SUCH A FAlLURE OF DUTY BY MY OWN XO GO UNPUNlSHED,
WHAT KlND OF MESSAGE lS THAT TO THE MEN?
I PERFORMED MY DUTY AS I WAS ORDERED, SlR.
AND I DlSAGREE.
SO, YOUR OPTlONS ARE QUlTE SlMPLE, LlEUTENANT.
PUNlSHMENT FOR YOUR OFFENSES WlLL BE DENlAL OF
A 48-HOUR PASS FOR 60 DAYS.
STAND BEFORE ME AT ATTENTlON.
OR YOU MAY lNlTlATE A LETTER OF APPEAL
AND REQUEST A TRlAL BY COURT-MARTlAL.
YOU SPEND YOUR WEEKENDS ON THE BASE ANYWAY, DlCK.
BE A MAN, TAKE THE PUNlSHMENT.
MAY I BORROW YOUR PEN, SlR?
MY ENDORSEMENT, SlR.
I REQUEST TRlAL BY COURT-MARTlAL.
WE LOST WlNTERS TO BATTALlON MESS.
YOU'RE SHlTTlNG ME.
NO.
STRAYER DlD lT, WHlLE THEY TRY TO FlGURE OUT THE PROCEDURES
FOR HlS COURT-MARTlAL.
WELL, NlX BETTER FlND A LOOPHOLE AND GET HlM OUT.
AND lF HE DON'T?
WlNTERS SCRAMBLES EGGS
WHlLE THE REST OF US MAKE THE BlG JUMP WlTH SOBEL.
NOT ME.
SO WE'RE GOlNG THROUGH WlTH THlS, RlGHT?
WE'VE GOTTA DO SOMETHlNG.
YEAH.
ALRlGHT.
GOOD.
BUT WE'D ALL BETTER BE CLEAR OF THE CONSEQUENCES.
I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES.
WE COULD BE LlNED UP AGAlNST A WALL AND SHOT.
NOW, l'M READY TO FACE THAT.
AND EVERY ONE OF US HAD BETTER BE, TOO.
I WlLL NOT FOLLOW THAT MAN lNTO COMBAT.
ME NElTHER.
ALRlGHT.
THEN LET'S DO lT.
I HEREBY...
NO LONGER...
WlSH TO SERVE...
AS A NON-COMMlSSlONED OFFlCER...
IN "EASY COMPANY".
ALRlGHT, BOYS.
GOOD LUCK.
I OUGHT TO HAVE YOU ALL SHOT!
THlS lS NOTHlNG LESS THAN AN ACT OF MUTlNY
WHlLE WE PREPARE FOR THE GODDAMN lNVASlON OF EUROPE.
SERGEANT HARRlS.
YES, SlR.
TURN lN YOUR STRlPES, COLLECT YOUR GEAR.
YOU ARE HEREBY TRANSFERRED OUT OF MY REGlMENT.
YES, SlR.
GET OUT.
SERGEANT RANNEY.
SlR.
YOU CONSlDER YOURSELF LUCKY, l'M ONLY BUSTlNG YOU TO PRlVATE.
ALL OF YOU NCOs HAVE DlSGRACED THE 101st AlRBORNE.
YOU CAN CONSlDER YOURSELF LUCKY THAT WE ARE ON THE EVE
OF THE LARGEST ACTlON lN THE HlSTORY OF WARFARE,
WHlCH LEAVES ME NO CHOlCE, BUT TO SPARE YOUR LlVES.
NOW, GET OUT OF MY OFFlCE AND GET OUT OF MY SlGHT.
GET.
KEEP 'EM COMlNG, THAT-A-BOY.
THAT'S lT.
I CAN ONLY SPECULATE, SlR.
MOST OF THE MEN WOULD, WOULD NEVER DO THlS,
BUT I BELlEVE JUST A FEW OF THE SERGEANTS
MAY HAVE FELT THElR LOYALTY LAY MORE TO THE PLATOON
THAN TO THE COMPANY.
AND THESE FEW SERGEANTS CONVlNCED ALL OF THE OTHER NCOs lN YOUR COMPANY
TO TURN lN THElR STRlPES?
AS STAFF SERGEANTS,
THEY HAVE A GREAT AMOUNT OF lNFLUENCE, SlR.
BUT AS I SAY, THE REST ARE GOOD MEN.
I KNOW THEM, I CAN WORK WlTH THEM.
THlS BUSlNESS WlTH THE WlNTERS' COURT-MARTlAL
HAS BEEN AN UNPLEASANT DlSTRACTlON.
INDEED, lNDEED lT HAS, SlR.
HOWEVER...
YOUR COMMAND OF "EASY COMPANY" HAS BEEN EXEMPLARY.
THANK, THANK YOU, SlR.
IN FACT, EXCEPT FOR THE ACTlONS OF A FEW OF YOUR NONCOMS,
I BELlEVE YOU'VE FlELDED ONE OF THE FlNEST COMPANlES OF SOLDlERS
I'VE EVER SEEN.
YES, SlR.
HERBERT, DlVlSlON HAS ESTABLlSHED
A PARACHUTE TRAlNlNG SCHOOL AT CHlLTON FOLlAT.
THE lDEA lS FOR NON-lNFANTRY TYPES WHO...
WERE VlTAL TO THE COMlNG lNVASlON,
SUCH AS DOCTORS AND CHAPLAlNS, TO TAKE JUMP TRAlNlNG THERE.
FRANKLY, I CAN'T THlNK OF ANYONE MORE QUALlFlED TO COMMAND
SUCH A SCHOOL THAN YOU ARE.
SlR?
I'M REASSlGNlNG YOU TO CHlLTON FOLlAT.
I'M LOSlNG "EASY COMPANY"?
THE WAR EFFORT NEEDS YOU ELSEWHERE.
PERMlSSlON TO SPEAK, SlR?
GRANTED.
IS, WHO, WHO WlLL BE REPLAClNG ME?
LlEUTENANT MEEHAN FROM BAKER COMPANY lS SENlOR.
GOOD LUCK AT CHlLTON FOLlAT, HERBERT.
DON'T LET US DOWN NOW.
NO, SlR.
CARRY ON.
( male ) 2nd PLATOON, LlSTEN UP.
I WANT THE 1st SQUAD AND A-SlDE TENTS RlGHT UP THERE.
3rd SQUAD, SECOND ROW...
HOLY SHlT.
NO, lT'S ALL RlGHT, MATE, WE'RE TOMMlES.
NOT BLEEDlN' BOSCH.
IS ALL THlS REAL?
YEAH, YEAH.
WELL, SOME OF lT'S FROM THE HERMANS,
THAT SOMEBODY'S TAlLORS KNOCKED UP,
FOR YOU LADS, ACTUALLY, SO, YOU CAN GET YOUR MlNCE PlES
ON SOME OF THlS JERRY CLOBBER, lF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
NOT REALLY.
EH?
HEY, MAC, YOU GOT A LUGER?
I'M DYlNG TO GET MY HANDS ON A REAL LUGER.
YEAH, GO ON THEN.
QUlCK BUTCHERS, YEAH?
BOY, SHE SURE lS A DOOZY.
YEAH, lT'S PUKKA, lNNlT.
WHAT?
HEY, PETTY.
HEY, MATE.
YOU'RE HAVlNG A BATH lF YOU THlNK YOU'RE HALF-lNCHlNG THAT.
OH, YEAH.
SORRY.
WELL, GOOD LUCK.
YOU TOO, MATE.
WHAT'S UP, HOOBS?
THESE MEN HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE TOUGHEST TRAlNlNG
THE ARMY HAS TO OFFER.
UNDER THE WORST POSSlBLE ClRCUMSTANCES.
AND THEY VOLUNTEERED FOR lT.
CHRlST, DlCK, I WAS JUST SHOOTlNG CRAPS WlTH THEM.
IT'S NOT LlKE...
YOU KNOW WHY THEY VOLUNTEERED?
SO, WHEN THlNGS GOT REALLY BAD THE MAN lN THE FOXHOLE
NEXT TO THEM WOULD BE THE BEST.
NOT SOME DRAFTEE WHO'S GONNA GET HlM KlLLED.
ARE YOU TlCKED BECAUSE THEY LlKE ME?
BECAUSE l'M SPENDlNG TlME TO GET TO KNOW MY SOLDlERS?
I MEAN, C'MON, YOU'VE BEEN WlTH THESE GUYS FOR, WHAT,
TWO YEARS?
I'VE BEEN HERE FOR SlX DAYS.
YOU'RE GAMBLlNG, BOB.
SO WHAT, SOLDlERS DO THAT.
I DON'T DESERVE A REPRlMAND FOR lT.
WHAT lF YOU'D WON?
WHAT?
( slowly ) WHAT-lF-YOU'D-WON?
NEVER PUT YOURSELF lN A POSlTlON
WHERE YOU CAN TAKE FROM THESE MEN.
LlEUTENANT MEEHAN?
ENTER.
ON THE LAST TRAlNlNG JUMP, I HAD A COMPASS.
CLOSE THE FLAP.
THEN WE TURN LEFT.
YEAH.
BEARlNG ZERO FOUR TWO,
12 MlNUTES.
THEN ANOTHER LEFT?
YES.
YEAH.
CALL lT THREE FlVE ElGHT,
FOR 10 AND A HALF MlNUTES.
GREEN LlGHT, RlGHT OVER RAMSBURY.
RAMSBURY.
EVERY SlNGLE TlME.
LlNEAR DlSTANCE ON THE GRlD OF ABOUT...
OKAY.
RAMSBURY,
UPOTTERY.
SO...
IT'S NORMANDY.
( Nixon ) ST. MARlE DU MONT.
CAUSEWAY NUMBER ONE.
CAUSEWAY NUMBER TWO.
THE ULTlMATE FlELD PROBLEM.
THE ESTUARY OF THE DOUVE RlVER
DlVlDES TWO BEACHHEADS, CODE-NAMED UTAH, HERE,
AND OMAHA, HERE.
SEABORNE lNFANTRY WlLL HlT THESE BEACHES lN FORCE
AT A DATE AND TlME TO BE SPEClFlED.
H-HOUR, D-DAY.
AlRBORNE'S OBJECTlVE, GENTLEMEN,
IS TO TAKE THE TOWN OF CARELTAN, OR CARENTAN,
THUS LlNKlNG UTAH AND OMAHA lNTO A SlNGLE CONTlNUOUS BEACHHEAD.
... LlNKlNG OMAH AND UTAH lNTO ONE CONTlNUOUS BEACHHEAD.
EACH TROOPER WlLL LEARN THlS OPERATlON BY HEART
AND KNOW HlS AND EVERY OTHER OUTFlTS' MlSSlON
TO THE DETAlL.
LlEUTENANT MEEHAN?
YES, DUKEMAN.
SlR, ARE WE DROPPlNG TONlGHT?
WHEN lT'S TlME FOR YOU TO KNOW, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW.
IN THE MEANTlME, STUDY THESE SAND TABLES, MAPS,
AND RECONNAlSSANCE PHOTOS
UNTlL YOU CAN DRAW A MAP OF THE AREA BY MEMORY.
NOW, WE WlLL DROP BEHlND THlS ATLANTlC WALL
FlVE HOURS BEFORE THE 4th lNFANTRY LANDS AT UTAH.
AND BETWEEN OUR ASSEMBLY AREA AND THE BATTALlON'S OBJECTlVE,
THERE lS A GERMAN GARRlSON
RlGHT HERE lN THlS AREA, ST. MARlE DU MONT.
"EASY COMPANY" WlLL DESTROY THAT GARRlSON.
THREE DAY SUPPLY OF K-RATlONS, CHOCOLATE BARS, CHARMS CANDY,
POWDERED COFFEE, SUGAR, AND MATCHES.
COMPASS, BAYONET, ENTRENCHlNG TOOL,
AMMUNlTlON, GAS MASK.
MUSETTE BAG WlTH AMMO, MY WEBBlNG, MY.45, CANTEEN,
TWO CARTONS OF SMOKES.
HAWKlNS MlNE, TWO GRENADES,
SMOKE GRENADE, GAMMA GRENADE,
TNT, THlS BULLSHlT,
AND A PAlR OF NASTY SKlVVlES.
WHAT'S YOUR POlNT?
YOU KNOW, THlS STUFF WElGHS AS MUCH AS I DO.
I'VE STlLL GOT MY CHUTE, MY RESERVE CHUTE,
MY MAE WEST, MY M-1.
WHERE ARE YOU KEEPlNG YOUR BRASS KNUCKLES?
I COULD USE SOME BRASS KNUCKLES.
SERGEANT MARTlN.
HEY, VEST, ANYTHlNG FOR ME?
NO.
SERGEANT MARTlN.
FOR TALBERT.
YOUR CONDOMS?
I DON'T KNOW, PROBABLY.
WHAT YOU GOT?
"DEAR FLOYD, GlVE 'EM HELL."
IT'S FROM CHlEF OF THE KOKOMO POLlCE DEPARTMENT.
RlGHT.
WHOA, YOU'VE GOTTA LOVE COPS.
ALRlGHT, LlSTEN UP, LlSTEN UP.
IF YOU DlD NOT SlGN YOUR Gl LlFE lNSURANCE POLlCY,
YOU GO ON OVER AND SEE SERGEANT EVANS
AT THE HEADQUARTERS COMPANY TENT.
YOU BOYS DON'T LET YOUR FAMlLlES
MlSS OUT ON $10,000.
YOU HEAR THAT, GERRY?
HEY, LlP?
YEAH, BOY.
HAS GUARNERE SAlD ANYTHlNG TO YOU ABOUT HlS BROTHER?
NO.
I GOT A PROBLEM.
MY WlFE KEEPS UP WlTH THlNGS BACK HOME,
CASUALTY LlSTS AND LlKE THAT.
YEAH?
GUARNERE'S BROTHER lN lTALY?
HENRY?
KlLLED lN MONTE CASSlNO.
WELL, l'M SURE HE DOESN'T KNOW.
DAMN.
WHAT'D YOU THlNK I SHOULD DO?
IF lT WERE ME, l'D TELL HlM.
COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE WE JUMP?
I DON'T KNOW.
WHY THEY SPRlNGlNG THESE THlNGS ON US NOW?
IT'S JUST AN EXTRA 80 POUNDS STRAPPED TO YOUR LEG.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY lDEA HOW THE HELL THlS THlNG WORKS?
COLONEL SlNK.
"SOLDlERS OF THE REGlMENT:
"TONlGHT lS THE NlGHT
"OF NlGHTS.
"TODAY, AS YOU READ THlS, YOU ARE EN ROUTE
"TO THE GREAT ADVENTURE FOR WHlCH YOU HAVE TRAlNED FOR
OVER TWO YEARS."
SO, THAT'S WHY THEY GAVE US lCE CREAM.
"EASY COMPANY", LlSTEN UP!
CHANNEL COAST lS SOCKED lN WlTH RAlN AND FOG.
NO JUMP TONlGHT.
THE lNVASlON HAS BEEN POSTPONED.
WE'RE ON A 24-HOUR STAND-DOWN.
Well, this is quite a surprise.
Not particularly.
It so happens I rather expected it.
Well, I can't see how you people can pass up $80,000
for the cause.
For whose cause?
If you're so interested in serving a cause,
why don't you join the army?
Next, please.
Oh, 4-M.
You look 1 -A to me.
Hey, you don't look so bad yourself.
"DEAREST JOHNNY."
Well, should you be giving blood?
I woke up.
I GOT THE WRONG GODDAMN JACKET.
SHH.
I was struck by lightning.
Nobody dancing.
It doesn't matter.
"YOUR PAL, BlLL GUARNERE'S BROTHER..."
( panting )
GOOD LUCK, LADS.
SEE YOU, TOMMY.
SEE YOU, MATE.
TRY AND GET THESE LEG STRAPS THROUGH.
JOHNNY?
GOT SOMETHlNG YOU MlGHT BE LOOKlNG FOR.
TOOK YOUR JACKET BY MlSTAKE.
I'M SORRY.
YOU READ lT?
WHERE THE FUCK lS MONTE CASSlNO?
I DON'T KNOW.
ITALY SOMEWHERE.
SORRY ABOUT YOUR BROTHER, BlLL
HE WAS, ER...
LET'S GET THlS OVER WlTH.
BlLL?
I'LL MEET UP WlTH YOU OVER THERE.
GENTLEMEN, DOC ROE lS HANDlNG THESE OUT FOR AlR SlCKNESS.
ORDERS ARE, EVERY MAN TAKES ONE NOW,
ANOTHER 30 MlNUTES lN THE AlR.
LlEUTENANT.
2nd PLATOON, LlSTEN UP.
GOOD LUCK.
GOD BLESS YOU.
I'LL SEE YOU lN THE ASSEMBLY AREA.
IF THE WlRE CONSTANT lS SENSlTlVE,
THEN I THlNK ALL WE SHOULD HAVE TO DEAL WlTH lS...
GODDAMN, LlEB.
THAT AlRSlCK PlLL lS MAKlNG ME LOOPY.
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