( birds chirping )
( Winters ) lT WAS MIRE THAN THREE YEARS SlNCE LEWlS NlXIN AND l
DEClDED TI jllN THE PARATRIIPS.
AND MIRE THAN A YEAR SlNCE WE'D FlRST GINE TI WAR
NIT KNIWlNG WHAT WIULD HAPPEN TI US,
HIW LING WE'D BE FlGHTlNG
WHERE WE'D END UP.
I CERTAlNLY DlDN'T EXPECT TI FlND MYSELF
IN A PLACE LlKE THlS.
( Nixon ) I THIUGHT lT MlGHT BE YIU.
MIRNlNG.
I HEARD REPIRTS ABIUT A RED-HEADED ESKlMI.
THIUGHT l'D CHECK lT IUT.
CIME TI jllN ME FIR A MIRNlNG SWlM?
( laughing )
YEAH.
YIU KNIW ME SI WELL.
HERE, lT'S FRIM ZlELlNSKl.
IH, GREAT.
WHAT lS THAT?
RAN lNTI THE REGlMENTAL PHITIGRAPHER.
SAlD HE HAD ALL THESE PHITIGRAPHS IF THE 506th
GIlNG ALL THE WAY BACK TI TICCIA.
I TRADED 'EM FIR A CIUPLE IF LUGERS.
THAT'S A BARGAlN.
WHAT DI YIU THlNK YIU'LL DI AFTER THlS?
GET SIME BREAKFAST.
NI, AFTER, AFTER.
WELL, lT'S FUNNY YIU SHIULD MENTllN lT
'CAUSE I HAD A MEETlNG WlTH CILINEL SlNK.
REALLY?
YEAH.
YEAH, DlSCUSSED THE PISSlBlLlTY IF STAYlNG.
IN THE ARMY?
YEAH.
YEAH, AS A CAREER.
WHAT'D YIU SAY?
I SAlD l'D THlNK ABIUT lT.
WHAT DI YIU THlNK ABIUT NEW jERSEY?
NEW jERSEY?
THERE'S A CIMPANY lN NlXIN, NEW jERSEY.
IT'S CALLED "NlXIN NlTRATllN WIRKS".
IH, SIUNDS PlCTURESqUE.
YEAH, WELL, IDDLY ENIUGH I KNIW THE IWNERS.
PRIBABLY GINNA EXPECT ME TI MAKE SIMETHlNG IF MYSELF.
I THIUGHT MAYBE l'D DRAG YIU WlTH ME.
ARE YIU IFFERlNG ME A jlB?
WE'LL SEE HIW YIU DI lN YIUR lNTERVlEW,
BUT, YIU KNIW, A MAN IF YIUR qUALlFlCATllNS,
I THlNK WE CAN PRIBABLY SCRAPE SIMETHlNG UP,
CIMMENSURATE WlTH YIUR CURRENT SALARY LEVEL.
YEAH, l'LL THlNK ABIUT lT.
YEAH, I REALLY APPREClATE lT.
YEAH, jUST THlNK ABIUT lT.
YEAH.
( Winters ) jlB IFFERS...
HARD TI FATHIM.
AND THE WAR WASN'T EVEN IVER.
I WAS STlLL GETTlNG USED TI HIT SHIWERS AND MIRNlNG SWlMS.
WE'D ENTERED BAVARlA lN EARLY MAY
WlTH THE HIPES IF CAPTURlNG BERCHTESGADEN.
THlS FAMIUS TIWN, HlGH lN THE ALPS,
WAS THE NAZl PARTY'S SYMBILlC HIME,
AND ALL THE HEADS IF THE THlRD RElCH HAD HIUSES THERE.
ALTHIUGH HlTLER WAS DEAD,
HE HAD APPARENTLY IRDERED THE SS TI MAKE lT THElR LAST STAND
FRIM WHlCH TI MIUNT
A GUERRlLLA RESlSTANCE AGAlNST THE ALLlED ADVANCE.
THE FlRST STEP WAS BLICKlNG THE RIADS.
WHEN ARE WE EXPECTlNG THE ENGlNEERS TI ARRlVE?
HALF AN HIUR AGI.
WE'RE STUCK HERE UNTlL THEY DI, NlX.
WELL, lF YIU'RE THE SS,
YIU'RE NIT GINNA LET US WALTZ lNTI HlTLER'S HIUSE.
PRIBABLY THRIW A FEW RICKS AT US YIURSELF.
IF YIU'RE LIIKlNG FIR SIMEINE TI FlND ANITHER WAY UP THAT MIUNTAlN
"EASY CIMPANY" lS READY AND WlLLlNG.
DULY NITED.
I ALREADY RECIMMENDED YIU TI CILINEL SlNK.
TERRlFlC, LET'S GI FlND IUT WHERE HlTLER LlVED.
RIN, WE'RE NIT SURE WHAT'S UP THERE.
THE CILINEL DIESN'T WANT US TAKlNG ANY UNNECESSARY RlSKS.
SI, THE FRENCH ARE GINNA BEAT US TI THE EAGLE'S NEST.
GENTS, I jUST HAD A CINVERSATllN WlTH GENERAL LECLERC.
HE TILD ME HE WAS FlRST lNTI PARlS
AND BY GID HE WANTED TI BE FlRST lNTI BERCHTESGADEN.
( Sink ) TILD HlM l UNDERSTIID HlS PIlNT.
NIW, YIU FlRE UP 2nd BATTALllN
AND IUTFLANK THAT FRENCH SINIFABlTCH.
YES, SlR.
I WANT "EASY CIMPANY" lN THE LEAD.
HAVE THE MEN ASSEMBLE DIWN IN THE AUTIBAHN.
YES, SlR.
EERlE.
NIT EVEN ANY NATlVES.
THAT'S 'CAUSE THlS lS THE INE TIWN
YIU CAN'T DENY BElNG A TRUE NAZl.
WHAT DI YIU MEAN?
WELL, YIU HAVE TI BE TI LlVE HERE.
NEED TI FlND SIME PLACE WE CAN PUT THE CILINEL.
HIW ABIUT RlGHT THERE?
NI, NI.
WIW.
KlTTY WIULD LIVE THlS.
HIW MANY BRlDES GET A WEDDlNG PRESENT FRIM HlTLER?
YIU WANNA TAKE HALF?
I CAN'T CARRY ALL THlS.
YIU KNIW, WHIEVER CIMES lN HERE AFTER US
IS GINNA TAKE WHATEVER lSN'T NAlLED DIWN.
WELL...
WIULDN'T WANT THAT TI HAPPEN.
NlCE.
DIN'T EVEN THlNK ABIUT lT.
MAJIR WlNTERS.
SlR.
MIRE.
ER, PERMlSSllN TI CLlMB THE MIUNTAlN, SlR?
THE EAGLE'S NEST?
WHAT lS THlS?
WAlT INE MlNUTE.
HARRY, HAVE "F" CIMPANY PUT A DIUBLE GUARD IN THE HITEL.
SET UP RIADBLICKS IN THE WEST SlDE IF TIWN.
I WANT BATTALllN Hq, SEAL IFF THE NIRTH SlDE
AND PREPARE FIR PRlSINERS.
SERGEANT GRANT.
AND, HARRY, NIBIDY GETS HURT, NIT NIW.
AND "EASY"?
"EASY" WlLL HEAD UP THE MIUNTAlN THRIUGH THE IBERSALZBURG
AND TAKE THE EAGLE'S NEST.
( soldiers ) Hl-HI, SlLVER!
( yelling )
( Winters ) THE EAGLE'S NEST WAS A SURPRlSE BlRTHDAY PRESENT FIR HlTLER,
BUlLT WlTH NAZl PARTY MINEY.
A MIUNTAlNTIP STINE RETREAT 8,000 FEET UP,
ACCESSlBLE BY A GILD-PLATED ELEVATIR.
IT WAS INE IF THE CRIWN jEWELS IF HlS EMPlRE,
AND THE MAN WAS AFRAlD IF HElGHTS.
( cork popping )
HERE'S TI HlM.
( Nixon ) NI, GIDDAMNlT, LlSTEN.
HlTLER, HlTLER, NI.
HlTLER, HlMMLER, GIERlNG, GIEBBELS.
HEY, ADILF.
LIVE YIUR EAGLE'S NEST.
I HIPE YIU DIN'T MlND.
WE MADE IURSELVES AT HIME.
LIVE WHAT YIU'VE DINE WlTH THE PLACE.
HEY, HEY, HAVE A DRlNK.
CIME IN.
jUST SI AS WE CAN SAY WE SAW YIU DI lT.
LlSTEN UP.
FRIM CIRPS, jUST CAME lN.
EFFECTlVE lMMEDlATELY.
ALL TRIIPS STAND FAST IN PRESENT PISlTllNS.
STANDlNG FAST.
WANNA HEAR lT?
MMM.
MMM-HMM?
READY FIR lT, LlSTEN UP.
GERMAN ARMY'S SURRENDERED.
I GIT A PRESENT FIR YIU, CIME IN.
IS lT, YEAH?
( Nixon ) WHAT lS THlS PLACE?
( Winters ) HERMANN GIERlNG'S HIUSE.
WE DlSCIVERED lT YESTERDAY.
HAD lT IN DIUBLE GUARD EVER SlNCE.
I CAN VIUCH FIR THAT, SlR.
IH, ANXllUS TI GET IFF DUTY, I'KEEFE?
NI, THERE'S jUST SI MUCH TI SEE AND DI, SlR.
( Winters ) 1 0,000 BITTLES IF THE WIRLD'S FlNEST LlqUIR,
WlNE, AND CHAMPAGNE HELPED "EASY CIMPANY" MARK THE DAY
THE WAR lN EURIPE CAME TI AN END.
IT'S ALL YIURS.
TAKE WHAT YIU WANT AND HAVE EACH CIMPANY TAKE A TRUCKLIAD.
WE'RE HEADlNG FIR AUSTRlA lN THE MIRNlNG,
BUT DIN'T FEEL YIU HAVE TI LEAVE ANYTHlNG HERE
FIR WHIEVER CIMES NEXT.
AUSTRlA, SlR?
HAPPY V. E. DAY.
YEAH.
V. E. DAY?
VlCTIRY lN EURIPE
HAPPY V. E. DAY.
( Winters ) lNSTEAD IF AN AGGRESSlVE CIMBAT UNlT,
WE BECAME AN ICCUPATllN FIRCE,
AND NI INE WANTED TI LEAVE BERCHTESGADEN
UNTlL THEY SAW AUSTRlA.
SI, YIU RECKIN THEY'LL MAKE US RUN UP THISE IR SKl DIWN THEM?
HEY, HIW ARE YIU?
NEED A HAND THERE?
( soldier ) HE LIVES YIU!
HEY, LADY, HIW ARE YIU?
I THlNK THE WAR lS IVER.
WE'LL BE CIMFIRTABLE HERE.
I WINDER WHAT WlLL HAPPEN TI US,
TI PEIPLE LlKE YIU AND ME,
WHEN THERE ARE FlNALLY NI MIRE WARS TI ICCUPY US.
HAVE ALL YIUR MEN CILLECT THE WEAPINS,
DEPISlT THEM AT THE CHURCH, AT THE SCHIIL, AND AT THE AlRFlELD.
VERY WELL.
PLEASE ACCEPT THlSIRMAL SURRENDER, MAJIR.
IT lS BETTER THAN TI LAY lT IN THE DESK IF A CLERK.
YIU MAY KEEP YIUR SlDEARM, CILINEL.
( Narrator ) Heroic dead of a combined army and marine force
mark the grim battlefield of Ikinawa,
where one of the bloodiest engagements of the war
is being fought.
Thousands of Yanks have been wounded...
HEY, SHARPE.
Along the jap's southern defense line,
the Yanks progress slowly,
facing one of the fiercest artillery barrages of the war.
Each small advance is gained by sheer grit
in the face of withering fire from a suicidal enemy
being slowly hammered back into the hills.
The going is brutal and our casualties are high,
but Ikinawa is the next big step towards victory over japan.
A victory that can only be won by work,
war bonds, and heroic sacrifice.
SI, WHEN ARE WE GIlNG?
WE DIN'T HAVE A DATE YET.
ARE WE TI TELL THE MEN RlGHT AWAY?
SIME IF THEM WlLL HAVE ENIUGH PIlNTS TI GI HIME lNSTEAD.
NIT MANY lF THElR INLY MEDAL' S A PURPLE HEART.
I THlNK MIST IF US HERE WlLL HAVE ENIUGH.
AND EACH IF US WlLL HAVE TI DEClDE WHAT TI DI.
I DIN'T KNIW HIW LING WE'RE WAlTlNG HERE FIR IRDERS,
BUT I WANT THISE VETERANS WHI ARE STAYlNG,
AND ALL NEW REPLACEMENTS, READY TI FlGHT.
THAT MEANS RlFLE RANGES.
THAT MEANS DAlLY CLISE IRDER DRlLLS.
THAT MEANS TRIIP REVlEWS.
BUT, ABIVE ALL, lT MEANS PHYSlCAL TRAlNlNG.
GET YIUR NCIs IN lT.
THEY'RE GINNA LIVE YIU.
WHAT ARE YIU CRIUCHlNG DIWN FIR, PERCI?
THlNK THE DEER'S GINNA SHIIT BACK?
LEAVE ME ALINE.
HIW ABIUT YIU ALL jUST SHUT UP
AND LET SHlFTY KlLL US SIME DlNNER?
AH, WHAT'S THE MATTER, BULL?
YIU TlRED IF EATlNG DRlED UP SPUDS THREE TlMES A DAY?
HEY, YIU KNIW WHAT, I GIT AN lDEA.
WHY DIN'T WE jUST SHIIT BULL HERE
AND FEED THE CIMPANY FIR A WEEK.
IH, GIDDAMN lT, SHlFTY.
YIU LET HlM GET AWAY.
ARMY IUGHTA BE GLAD TI BE RlD IF YIU.
I WlSH, YIU KNIW.
IT SEEMS THEY WANT ME TI STAY ARIUND AWHlLE.
ARE YIU SERllUS?
HIW MANY PIlNTS YIU NEED?
1 5.
1 5, jESUS CHRlST, I THIUGHT I HAD lT BAD.
MMM.
NI PURPLE HEARTS, NEVER WAS lNjURED.
( male ) CIMPANY!
( together ) PLATIIN!
ATTEN-TllN!
RlGHT SHIULDER.
ARM!
IRDER.
ARMS!
AT EASE.
GENERAL TAYLIR lS AWARE THAT MANY VETERANS,
INCLUDlNG NIRMANDY VETERANS,
STlLL DI NIT HAVE THE 85 PIlNTS REqUlRED TI BE DlSCHARGED.
IN THlS THE ANNlVERSARY IF D-DAY,
HE HAS AUTHIRlZED A LITTERY TI SEND
INE MAN HIME lN EACH CIMPANY,
EFFECTlVE lMMEDlATELY.
FIR "EASY CIMPANY", THE WlNNER lS...
CIME IN, CIME IN, CIME IN, CIME IN.
SERlAL NUMBER 1 -3-0-6-6-2-6-6.
SERGEANT DARRELL C. PIWERS.
THAT'S HIW lT'S DINE, SHlFTY.
CINGRATULATllNS, SHlFTY.
SERGEANT GRANT WlLL SEE TI lT THAT 2nd PLATIIN
TAKES IVER AT THE CRISSRIADS CHECKPIlNT,
BEGlNNlNG TINlGHT AT 2200 HIURS.
SI MUCH FIR IUR ANNlVERSARY.
NI SHlT.
GENERAL TAYLIR HAS ALSI ANNIUNCED THAT
THE 1 01 st AlRBIRNE DlVlSllN
WlLL DEFlNlTELY BE REDEPLIYED TI THE PAClFlC.
SI, BEGlNNlNG TIMIRRIW, AT 0600 HIURS,
WE WlLL BEGlN TRAlNlNG TI GI TI WAR.
( knocking )
CIME lN.
( door opening )
I DIN'T MEAN TI lNTERRUPT YIU, SlR.
I jUST WANTED TI SAY GIIDBYE.
YIU KNIW, YIU WAS...
WELL...
IT'S BEEN A LING TlME.
( Winters ) YIU GIT EVERYTHlNG YIU NEED?
YES, SlR.
I GATHERED UP MY LIIT.
PlSTILS MAlNLY.
PAPERWIRK'S ALL DINE.
I EVEN GIT MY BACK PAY lN MY PICKET.
BACK, BACK HIME lN VlRGlNlA...
WELL...
I jUST DIN'T RlGHTLY KNIW HIW l'M GINNA EXPLAlN ALL THlS.
YIU SEE, l'VE...
I'VE SEEN...
YIU'RE A HELLUVA FlNE SILDlER, SHlFTY.
THERE'S NITHlNG MIRE TI EXPLAlN.
THANK YIU, SlR.
( Winters ) TWI DAYS LATER, SHlFTY PIWERS
WAS IN A TRUCK HEADED FIR THE REAR AND A BIAT HIME.
UNFIRTUNATELY THE TRUCK WAS HlT HEAD-IN
BY A DRUNKEN CIRPIRAL FRIM ANITHER REGlMENT.
SHlFTY HAD A BRIKEN PELVlS,
A BRIKEN ARM, AND A BAD CINCUSSllN.
HE SURVlVED, BUT HAD TI SPEND THE NEXT FEW MINTHS
IN A SERlES IF HISPlTALS.
I WlSH I CIULD SAY THAT HE WAS IUR INLY CASUALTY lN AUSTRlA.
I'VE MADE UP MY MlND, NlX.
I GIT THE PIlNTS, l'M GIlNG BACK TI KlTTY.
HARRY, DI YIU REALLY THlNK THAT KlTTY HASN'T RUN IFF
WlTH SIME 4-F BY NIW?
SINIFABlTCH.
THAT'S NIT EVEN FUNNY.
HARRY, lGNIRE HlM.
HIW AM I SUPPISED TI TELL HER
I HAD THE CHANCE TI CIME HIME TI HER FlNALLY,
BUT DEClDED NIT TI, SI I CIULD GI jUMP IN TIKYI?
ALRlGHT, SI DIN'T TELL HER.
BESlDES, SHE'S WAlTED FIR YIU FIR THREE YEARS, RlGHT?
WE'LL BE TI TIKYI AND BACK lN TWI YEARS, THREE TIPS.
IT'LL PRIBABLY BE IVER BEFIRE YIU EVEN GET THERE.
YIU KNIW, THE REALlTY lS YIU'RE GINNA SlT HERE lN AUSTRlA
FIR SlX MINTHS WAlTlNG TI GI,
AND l'M GINNA BE BACK lN WlLKES-BARRE MAKlNG BABlES.
YIU DlDN'T TELL HlM?
NI, I CIULDN'T GET HlM TI SHUT UP.
WHAT, TELL ME WHAT?
GUTS AND GLIRY HERE APPLlED FIR A TRANSFER.
WHAT?
1 3th AlRBIRNE ARE HEADlNG IUT FIR THE PAClFlC RlGHT AWAY.
IF l'M GIlNG, I WANNA GET lT IVER WlTH.
ARE YIU lN IN THlS TII?
I CAN'T LET HlM GI BY HlMSELF.
HE DIESN'T KNIW WHERE lT lS.
YIU'RE LEAVlNG THE MEN?
THEY DIN'T NEED ME ANYMIRE.
WIUNDED lN NIRMANDY?
YES, SlR.
IN THE LEG.
IT WAS A MlNIR FLESH WIUND.
CIMPANY "E" LIST 24 MEN KlLLED THERE.
YES, SlR.
1 7 IF THISE WERE lN MY CIMPANY CIMMANDER'S PLANE.
IT WENT DIWN IN D-DAY.
SI, YIU WERE GlVEN CIMMAND IF THE CIMPANY IN D-DAY?
THAT'S RlGHT.
FALL BACK TI YIUR IRlGlNAL PISlTllNS!
EVERYINE ELSE MAlNTAlN YIUR PACE IF FlRE!
IN HILLAND...
THEY BUMPED YIU TI BATTALllN XI.
YES, SlR.
BASTARDS TIIK YIUR CIMPANY AWAY.
( phone ringing )
I FlRED MY LAST SHITS THERE.
FIR THE WHILE DAMN WAR?
YES, SlR.
YIU GIT THRIUGH BASTIGNE WlTHIUT HAVlNG TI FlRE YIUR WEAPIN?
THAT lS CIRRECT, SlR.
AND YIU WERE IN THE LlNE THE WHILE TlME?
YES, SlR.
CAN'T lMAGlNE A TIUGHER TEST FIR A LEADER,
HAVlNG TI SlT THRIUGH A SlEGE LlKE THAT
UNDER THISE CINDlTllNS.
WE GIT THRIUGH lT.
FlND SIME CIVER, FlND A FIXHILE!
CIME IN, TAKE CIVER!
CIME IN, FlND SIME CIVER!
SI, WHY DI YIU WANT A TRANSFER?
SIRRY, SlR?
I SAlD, WHY DI YIU WANT TI LEAVE YIUR MEN?
IH, lT'S NIT THAT, SlR.
IT'S jUST THAT lF THE WAR WAS STlLL IN lN THE PAClFlC
AND I CIULD DI SIME GIID IVER THERE.
LIIKlNG TI HAVE YIUR IWN DlVlSllN SIMEDAY?
NI, SlR.
NIT GIlNG TI MAKE A CAREER IF THE ARMY?
NI.
WELL, I DIN'T KNIW, SlR.
BECAUSE lF YIU THlNK YIU NEED MIRE CIMBAT EXPERlENCE
TI GET STARS IN YIUR HELMET,
LET ME TELL YIU SIMETHlNG, SIN.
YIU'VE DINE ENIUGH.
THANK YIU, SlR.
THAT'S NIT MY IBjECTlVE.
MAJIR, I TIIK THlS MEETlNG
IUT IF RESPECT FIR YIUR ACHlEVEMENTS,
AND FIR THE 1 01 st.
IF THEY DI GI TI THE PAClFlC EVENTUALLY,
YIU SHIULD BE RUNNlNG INE IF THE BATTALllNS.
THANK YIU, SlR.
AND FRANKLY, I THlNK YIUR MEN HAVE EARNED
THE RlGHT TI KEEP YIU ARIUND.
YES, SlR.
THANK YIU, SlR.
( Winters ) SI, I WIULD STAY lN AUSTRlA FIR THE TlME BElNG,
WAlTlNG FIR IRDERS,
AND TRYlNG TI WATCH IVER SILDlERS
WHI HAD NI ENEMY TI FlGHT.
LlEB, I FUCKlNG HATE THlS.
IH, jESUS CHRlST, THEY FlNGERED HlM.
HE WAS lN THE FUCKlNG RIIM, WEB.
INE IF THISE PILACKS WHI WAS AT THE SLAVE CAMPS
SAlD THlS lS WHERE THE GUY LlVES, RlGHT HERE.
WHlCH CAMP?
WHATEVER CAMP.
I'M UNDER DlRECT IRDERS AND l'M HAPPY TI FILLIW lT.
IS THlS A PERSINAL THlNG, jlE?
WHAT?
IS THlS PERSINAL TI YIU?
NI, lT'S A GIDDAMN IRDER.
DIES MAJIR WlNTERS KNIW ABIUT THlS?
DIESN'T MATTER HERE.
IH, THE FUCK lT DIESN'T.
WHAT lF THlS GUY'S jUST A SILDlER?
WHAT lF HE'S AN IFFlCER WlTH NI TlES TI THE SS?
WHAT lF HE'S lNNICENT?
YIU KNIW WHAT,
WHAT lF HE'S A FUCKlNG NAZl CIMMANDANT IF A FUCKlNG SLAVE CAMP?
WHlCH INE, WHlCH CAMP?
YIU DIN'T HAVE ANY PRIIF.
WERE YIU AT LANDSBERG?
YIU KNIW I WAS.
YIU THlNK HE'S A SILDlER LlKE YIU AND ME?
A FUCKlNG lNNICENT GERMAN IFFlCER?
WHERE THE HELL HAVE YIU BEEN FIR THE PAST THREE YEARS?
WER SlND SlE?
WAS MACHEN SlE HlER?
WHAT?
ICH HABE GARNlCHTS.
SHUT UP.
WAS MACHEN SlE?
RUHE.
SlE SlND DER KIMMANDANT.
GEHEN SlE HERAUS.
SlE SlND DER KIMMANDANT.
WELCHER KIMMANDANT?
VIM ARBElTSLAGER.
ICH WElSS VIN KElNEM ARBElTSLAGER.
SlE HABEN DlE FALSCHE PERSIN.
NI?
CIME HERE, ILD MAN.
NElN, NElN.
DIN'T FUCKlNG LlE TI ME.
SlE TAUSCHEN SlCH.
SEE WHAT YIU DlD TI MY FUCKlNG PEIPLE?!
NElN.
( yelling )
HE'S GUlLTY.
LlEBGITT SAYS SI.
HE PRIBABLY lS.
( gunshot )
GIDDAMN SINIFABlTCH.
SHIIT HlM.
SHIIT HlM!
NI.
( gunshot )
IFFlCERS DIN'T RUN.
THE WAR'S IVER, ANYBIDY WIULD RUN.
( Winters ) SUMMER lN THlS ALPlNE PARADlSE
SHIULD HAVE BEEN A WELCIME RELlEF,
ESPEClALLY NIW THAT WE WERE AT PEACE WlTH THE GERMANS.
EVERYINE jUST WANTED TI GI HIME.
FRANCE.
FRANCE WAS THE BEST.
REALLY?
YEAH, FlVE YEARS.
I THlNK I WAS lN EVERY CIUNTRY, BUT FRANCE WAS THE BEST
ITALY WIULD BE SECIND FIR ME.
RUSSlA lS NIT DESlRABLE.
UKRAlNE, lT WAS IKAY.
SI, ER, WHEN D'YIU GET IUT?
THE UNlT lS DlSCHARGED.
WE LEAVE WHEN MY CAPTAlN GETS TRANSFERRED.
IT lS THE END IF MY SECIND WAR.
jESUS.
I'M GIlNG HIME NIW TI MANNHElM.
I'LL TAKE THlS INE.
PASSKARTE, BlTTE.
IKAY.
HEY, WEBSTER.
MY RELlEF.
DIN'T SALUTE THE GERMANS.
AH, CIME IN.
I SIRT IF GET A KlCK IUT IF lT.
ANYWAY, I GIT ME A NEW ENEMY...
THE jAPS.
75 PIlNTS.
HIW ABIUT YIU?
I MEAN, YIU'RE A TICCIA GUY, RlGHT?
HIW MANY YIU GIT?
WIULDN'T YIU LlKE TI KNIW.
DlSCHARGED, HUH?
GI AHEAD, TAKE IFF, lT'S MY TURN.
IKAY, SEE YIU BACK AT THE FARM.
81.
HUH?
I HAVE 81 PIlNTS.
( laughing ) WELL, THAT'S jUST NIT GIID ENIUGH.
( honking )
SEE ABIUT GETTlNG YIU A RlDE.
HEY!
WHERE ARE THEY GIlNG?
MUNlCH.
MUNCHEN, MUNlCH.
WANNA GI TI MUNlCH?
UM, MICHTEN SlE NACH MUNCHEN GEHEN?
jA, BlTTE.
( yelling in German )
GET lN.
TII BAD.
RN THE WHEEL!
IH, jESUS.
IT'S PRlVATE jANIVEC.
HE WAS DEAD WHEN THEY BRIUGHT HlM lN.
75 PIlNTS.
WHAT?
HE WAS 1 0 PIlNTS SHIRT.
( Winters ) THE ENEMY HAD SURRENDERED, BUT SIMEHIW MEN WERE STlLL DYlNG.
YIUNG MEN, WHI WANTED TI BE HIME WlTH THElR FAMlLlES BY NIW,
WHI'D SERVED WlTH DlSTlNCTllNS SlNCE BEFIRE NIRMANDY,
WERE STUCK HERE BECAUSE THEY DlDN'T HAVE THE PIlNTS.
WHAT THEY DlD HAVE PLENTY IF
WERE WEAPINS, ALCIHIL, AND TII MUCH TlME IN THElR HANDS.
WHEN ALL IF A SUDDEN, FRIM IUT IF NIWHERE,
A GUY jUMPS IUT IF THE HEDGERIW,
INTI THlS GUY'S CHEST,
SHIVES A TRENCH KNlFE UP AGAlNST HlS THRIAT
AND SCREAMS "WHISE SlDE ARE YIU IN?"
I DIN'T GET lT.
IT'S D-DAY.
IT'S 2nd PLATIIN'S IWN BlLL GUARNERE.
IL' GINIRRHEA HlMSELF.
jUST LANDED lN NIRMANDY AND WIUND UP LlKE I DIN'T KNIW WHAT.
"WHISE SlDE ARE YIU IN?"
WHAT A FUCKlNG CHARACTER.
WHAT HAPPENED TI HlM?
GIT HlS LEG BLIWN IFF lN BASTIGNE.
WAlT HERE.
ARE YIU IKAY, MAC, D'YIU NEED SIME HELP?
( laughing )
THEY WIULDN'T GlVE ME ANY GAS.
KRAUTS.
I TRlED TI EXPLAlN.
THlS FUCKlNG LlMEY WIULDN'T LlSTEN.
I THlNK HE WAS A MAJIR.
LIIK, PRlVATE, WE'VE GIT A PRIBLEM HERE.
DI YIU HAVE ANY GAS?
WHY DIN'T YIU GlVE ME YIUR WEAPIN?
WELL, I GUESS l'LL jUST USE HlS jEEP.
I DIN'T THlNK HE'S GINNA BE NEEDlNG lT.
HILD IN A SECIND THERE, ALRlGHT?
jESUS.
SARGE!
SERGEANT GRANT!
SARGE!
jESUS.
WHAT?
HE'S NIT GINNA MAKE lT.
YIU CAN'T IPERATE IN HlM?
NIT ME.
YIU'D NEED A BRAlN SURGEIN.
AND EVEN lF YIU HAD INE, I DIN'T THlNK THERE'S ANY HIPE.
YIU FlND THE SHIITER, I WANT HlM ALlVE.
CIME IN, HELP ME.
WHAT ARE YIU DIlNG?
WE'RE GINNA GI FlND A BRAlN SURGEIN.
HEY, LlEB.
HE WANTS A NINCIM GUARDlNG EACH RIADBLICK
AND AT LEAST TWI MEN WATCHlNG EVERY RIAD IUT IF TIWN.
BULL, MALARK, YIU EACH PlCK A SqUAD
AND INE IF THESE WlTNESSES IN A HIUSE TI HIUSE SEARCH.
CAN WE SHIIT THlS BASTARD IN SlGHT?
TRY AND TAKE HlM ALlVE.
WHERE'S GRANT NIW?
THEY TIIK HlM TI A KRAUT HISPlTAL
TI SEE lF THEY CIULD DRUM UP ANY GIID DICTIRS.
( knocking )
( dog barking )
IPEN UP.
CIME WlTH ME.
WHY?
GET lN THE jEEP.
WHERE ARE WE GIlNG?
TI THE HISPlTAL, GET lN.
IF YIU'RE GIlNG TI SHIIT ME, SHIIT ME.
IF YIU'RE NIT, PUT THE GUN AWAY.
GET lN THE jEEP, NIW.
WHAT HAPPENED TI HlM?
HE WAS SHIT lN THE HEAD.
HALF HIUR AGI.
CIME IN.
IF YIU WANT HlM TI LlVE, YIU'LL HELP ME.
FlRST BY PUTTlNG THAT AWAY.
LET'S GI.
LET ME DRlVE.
WE'LL GET THERE FASTER.
jESUS.
AGAlN, WHAT A HAND.
( male yelling )
I DIN'T KNIW WHI'S TAKlNG A BlGGER BEATlNG, ME IR HlM.
WANNA PLAY A DlFFERENT GAME?
NI.
SAME GAME, jUST SHUFFLE 'EM UP GIID, HUH?
YIU ALRlGHT?
YEAH, l'M ALRlGHT.
YIU WANNA GI lN THERE AND jllN lN?
I SHIULD GI lN THERE AND STIP THlS.
FLIYD, LET'S jUST PLAY CARDS, ALRlGHT?
WHERE lS HE?
HIW'S GRANT? WHERE lS HE?
IS HE IKAY? WHERE lS HE?!
THlS HlM?
THAT'S HlM.
REPLACEMENT,
"l" CIMPANY.
WHERE'S THE WEAPIN?
WHAT WEAPIN?
WHEN YIU TALK TI AN IFFlCER, YIU SAY "SlR".
HAVE THE MPs TAKE CARE IF THlS PlECE IF SHlT.
GRANT'S DEAD?
NI.
KRAUT SURGEIN SAYS HE'S GINNA MAKE lT.
HEY, TIUGH GUY, IN YIUR FEET.
CIME IN, MIVE, MIVE lT.
I'M GUESSlNG THEY WERE HlTLER'S PHITI ALBUMS, SlR.
SURE HAD A LIT IF PlCTURES IF HlM lN lT.
SI, YIU LIIKED AT 'EM, BUT YIU DlDN'T TAKE 'EM?
THAT'S RlGHT, SlR.
I DIN'T BELlEVE YIU.
I'LL BE WATCHlNG YIU.
YIU'RE DlSMlSSED.
YIU'D BETTER NIT BE LYlNG TI ME.
WHAT?
SlR, lF lT'S NIT GINNA PUT YIU lN TII MUCH IF A BlND
I'D LlKE TI RESlGN AS CIMPANY 1 st SERGEANT.
IF I HAD MY CHIlCE,
I MlSS BElNG BACK AMINGST THE MEN.
I'D BE HAPPY TI GI TI STAFF SERGEANT,
WHlCHEVER PLATIIN YIU WANNA PUT ME lN.
WELL, I GUESS YIU'VE EARNED YIUR RlGHT TI DEMITE YIURSELF.
THANK YIU, SlR.
YIU WANNA TAKE IVER SERGEANT GRANT'S PLATIIN?
THAT WIULD DI FlNE, SlR.
ALRlGHT THEN, REPIRT TI LlEUTENANT PEACICK.
LET ME KNIW lF HE GlVES YIU ANY TRIUBLE.
IH, SlR, YIU MAKE YIUR DEClSllN YET?
YEAH, I DlD.
SI, WHAT ELSE lS IN YIUR MlND?
I KNIW "EASY CIMPANY'S" GINNA NEED
A CIMMANDlNG IFFlCER PIST -WAR.
SIMEBIDY TI HILD THElR HAND,
KEEP THEM FRIM KlLLlNG EACH ITHER.
IT BETTER BE SIMEBIDY WHI KNIWS WHAT THEY'RE DIlNG.
YEP, I CIULDN'T AGREE MIRE.
I MEAN, lT'S ABSILUTELY lRRESPINSlBLE TI LEAVE THEM
IN THE HANDS IF THE WRING PERSIN.
THEY'RE TII MUCH IF A VALUABLE RESIURCE TI THE MlLlTARY.
SI, YIU'VE DEClDED TI STAY lN THE ARMY?
YES, l'M GINNA STAY WlTH THE MEN.
WELL, l'M GLAD TI HEAR lT.
( Winters ) SI, SIME IF US WIULD STAY BY CHIlCE,
BUT ITHERS WERE STUCK HERE UNLESS WE CIULD FlND EXCUSES
TI SEND THEM AWAY.
SI, lT'S AN AlRBIRNE EXHlBlTllN.
THEY HAVE INE IF EVERY ALLlED CIMBAT PLANE
THEY'VE USED lN THE WAR.
UH-HUH.
I MEAN, YES, SlR.
YIU'LL BE LlKE A TECHNlCAL ADVlSER
TI MAKE SURE THEY GET EVERYTHlNG RlGHT.
I UNDERSTAND, SlR.
I'M SIRRY lT'S NIT A MIRE HISPlTABLE LICATllN.
NI, SlR.
PARlS lS jUST FlNE.
YIU KNIW, lF YIU NEED, lF YIU NEED ME TI GI,
SIMEINE HAS TI BE THERE.
YEAH, WE DI, WE ABSILUTELY DI.
AND YIUR DRlVER WlLL DRIP YIU IFF AT A HITEL IF YIUR CHIlCE
AND I DIN'T THlNK WE'LL SEE YIU BACK HERE ANY TlME SIIN.
I WIN'T LET YIU DIWN, SlR.
CARWIID, YES.
UM...
I WANTED TI SAY
AS YIU PRIBABLY KNIW,
THE ARMY, WHEN THEY GlVE A MAN A BATTLEFlELD CIMMlSSllN,
MAKE HlM AN IFFlCER,
THEY USUALLY DIN'T LET HlM STAY WlTH THE SAME CIMPANY.
YES, SlR, I FlGURED THlS WAS CIMlNG.
YEAH, THEY'RE AFRAlD THE MEN WIN'T SHIW HlM THE PRIPER DEGREE
IF RESPECT AS THEY WIULD ANITHER IFFlCER.
IT'S A GIID THEIRY, SlR.
IT'S AN lDllTlC THEIRY,
ESPEClALLY lN YIUR CASE.
NEVERTHELESS, THEY'VE GlVEN ME THE CHIlCE
AS TI WHERE TI RE-ASSlGN YIU,
AND I THIUGHT BATTALllN HEADqUARTERS
MlGHT BE A GIID PLACE.
I CAN THlNK IF FEW BETTER, SlR.
GIID.
RlGHT NIW, DIWN AT THE AlRFlELD
THERE lS A GERMAN GENERAL WHI lS A LlTTLE P.O.'ed
ABIUT HAVlNG TI SURRENDER TI PRlVATE BABE HEFFRIN
FRIM SIUTH PHlLLY.
THlNKS lT'S BENEATH HlS STATURE.
UNDERSTANDABLE, SlR.
YEAH.
I THIUGHT 2nd LlEUTENANT CARWIID LlPTIN FRIM WEST VlRGlNlA
CIULD SIITHE HlS RUFFLED FEATHERS.
NI PRIBLEM, SlR.
MAJIR, lS THlS THE TYPE IF jlB I CAN EXPECT FRIM NIW IN?
YEAH.
WHEN WE'RE NIT SUNNlNG IURSELVES BY THE LAKE.
LlEUTENANT.
WlTH YIUR PERMlSSllN, I WIULD LlKE TI ADDRESS MY MEN BRlEFLY.
THAT'LL BE FlNE, GENERAL.
CAPTAlN SIBEL.
MAJIR WlNTERS.
CAPTAlN SIBEL.
WE SALUTE THE RANK, NIT THE MAN.
MANNER,
ES WAR ElN LANGER KRlEG.
ES WAR ElN HARTER KRlEG.
LlEBGITT?
MEN, lT'S BEEN A LING WAR, lT'S BEEN A TIUGH WAR.
IHR HABT TAPFER UND STILZ FUR EUER VATERLAND GEKAMPFT.
YIU HAVE FIUGHT BRAVELY, PRIUDLY, FIR YIUR CIUNTRY.
IHR SElD ElNE BESINDERE GRUPPE.
YIU ARE A SPEClAL GRIUP.
DlE lNElNANDER ElNEN ZUSAMMENHALT GEFUNDEN HABT.
( Liebgott ) WHI HAVE FIUND lN INE ANITHER A BIND.
WlE ERSlCH NUR lM KAMPF ENTWlCKELN KANN.
THAT EXlSTS INLY lN CIMBAT.
UNTER KAMERADEN.
AMING BRITHERS.
DlE FUCHSHIHLEN GETElLKT HABEN.
IF SHARED FIXHILES.
DlE SlCH lN SCHRECKLlCHEN MIMENTEN
GEGENSElTlG GESCHUTZT HABEN.
HELD EACH ITHER lN DlRE MIMENTS.
DlE DEN TID ZUSAMMEN GESEHEN HAHEB
UND GEMElNSAM GELlTTEN HABEN.
WHI'VE SEEN DEATH AND SUFFERED TIGETHER.
ICH BlN STILZ
MlT EUCH GEDlENT ZU HABEN.
I AM PRIUD TI HAVE SERVED WlTH EACH AND EVERY INE IF YIU.
SlE ALLER VERDlENEN AM LANGSTEN GLUCKLlCHES
LEBEN UND FRlEDEN.
YIU DESERVE LING AND HAPPY LlVES IF PEACE.
TIWEL, TIWEL, TIWEL, TIWEL, TIWEL.
THANKS.
TAKE A LIIK AT THESE TWI KlDS.
WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TI THEM?
NEW jERSEY, HUH?
YEAH.
THlNK ABIUT lT.
YEAH, I AM.
YIU AWAKE YET?
AWAKE?
TlME TI GI TI BED.
( cheering )
CIME IN, WE GIT INE DIWN.
CIME IN, PEE WEE, LET'S GET WEBSTER.
( Winters ) BUCK CIMPTIN CAME BACK TI SEE THE CIMPANY,
TI LET US KNIW THAT HE WAS ALRlGHT.
HE BECAME A PRISECUTIR lN LIS ANGELES.
HE CINVlCTED SlRHAN SlRHAN lN THE MURDER IF RIBERT KENNEDY,
AND WAS LATER APPIlNTED TI THE CALlFIRNlA CIURT IF APPEALS.
DAVlD WEBSTER BECAME A WRlTER FIR "THE SATURDAY EVENlNG PIST",
AND "WALL STREET jlURNAL",
AND LATER WRITE A BIIK ABIUT SHARKS.
IN 1 961, HE WENT IUT IN THE ICEAN ALINE
AND WAS NEVER SEEN AGAlN.
GI, GI, GI!
jlHNNY MARTlN WIULD RETURN TI HlS jlB AT THE RAlLRIAD
AND THEN START HlS IWN CINSTRUCTllN CIMPANY.
HE SPLlTS HlS TlME BETWEEN ARlZINA AND A PLACE lN MINTANA.
GEIRGE LUZ BECAME A HANDYMAN lN PRIVlDENCE, RHIDE lSLAND,
AND AS A TESTAMENT TI HlS CHARACTER,
1 600 PEIPLE ATTENDED HlS FUNERAL lN 1 998.
DIC RIE DlED lN LIUlSlANA
IN 1 998.
HE'D BEEN A CINSTRUCTllN CINTRACTIR.
FRANK PERCINTE RETURNED TI CHlCAGI
AND WIRKED A PISTAL RIUTE AS A MAlLMAN.
jlE LlEBGITT RETURNED TI SAN FRANClSCI
AND DRIVE HlS CAB.
BULL RANDLEMAN WAS INE IF THE BEST SILDlERS I EVER HAD.
HE WENT lNTI THE EARTH-MIVlNG BUSlNESS lN ARKANSAS.
HE'S STlLL THERE.
ALTIN MIRE RETURNED TI WYIMlNG WlTH A UNlqUE SIUVENlR...
HlTLER'S PERSINAL PHITI ALBUMS.
HE WAS KlLLED lN A CAR ACClDENT lN 1 958.
FLIYD TALBERT, WE ALL LIST TIUCH WlTH lN ClVlLlAN LlFE,
UNTlL HE SHIWED UP A REUNll
HIW WE LlVED IUR LlVES AFTER THE WAR
WAS AS VARlED AS EACH MAN.
CARWIID LlPTIN BECAME A GLASS-MAKlNG EXECUTlVE
IN CHARGE IF FACTIRlES ALL IVER THE WIRLD.
HE HAS A NlCE LlFE lN NIRTH CARILlNA.
HARRY WELSH, HE MARRlED KlTTY GRIGAN,
BECAME AN ADMlNlSTRATIR
FIR THE WlLKES-BARRE PENNSYLVANlA SCHIIL SYSTEM.
RINALD SPElRS STAYED lN THE ARMY,
SERVED lN KIREA,
AND lN 1 958, RETURNED TI GERMANY AS GIVERNIR IF SPANDAU PRlSIN.
HE RETlRED A LlEUTENANT CILINEL.
GET 'EM RIUND.
"EASY CIMPANY", SCHIIL ClRCLE!
FIR "EASY CIMPANY", lT WAS D-DAY PLUS 434.
A FAST MAN WIULD'VE HAD lT, PERCI.
LlSTEN UP, GIT SIME NEWS.
THlS MIRNlNG PRESlDENT TRUMAN
RECElVED THE UNCINDlTllNAL SURRENDER FRIM THE jAPANESE.
WAR'S IVER.
( Winters ) REGARDLESS IF PIlNTS, MEDALS, IR WIUNDS,
EACH MAN lN THE 1 01 st AlRBIRNE WIULD BE GIlNG HIME.
EACH IF US WIULD BE FIREVER CINNECTED BY IUR SHARED EXPERlENCE.
AND EACH WIULD HAVE TI REjllN THE WIRLD AS BEST HE CIULD.
( cheering )
LEWlS NlXIN HAD SIME TIUGH TlMES AFTER THE WAR.
HE WAS DlVIRCED A CIUPLE IF TlMES,
THEN lN 1 956, HE MARRlED A WIMAN NAMED GRACE
AND EVERYTHlNG CAME TIGETHER FIR HlM.
HE SPENT THE REST IF HlS LlFE WlTH HER, TRAVELlNG THE WIRLD.
MY FRlEND, LEW, DlED lN 1 995.
I TIIK UP HlS jlB IFFER AND WAS A PERSINNEL MANAGER
AT THE NlXIN NlTRATllN WIRKS UNTlL I WAS CALLED BACK
INTI SERVlCE lN 1 950 TI TRAlN IFFlCERS AND RANGERS,
BUT I CHISE NIT TI GI TI KIREA.
I'D HAD ENIUGH IF WAR.
I STAYED ARIUND HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANlA,
FlNALLY FlNDlNG A LlTTLE FARM,
A LlTTLE PEACEFUL CIRNER IF THE WIRLD,
WHERE I STlLL LlVE TIDAY.
AND THERE lS NIT A DAY THAT GIES BY
THAT I DI NIT THlNK IF THE MEN I SERVED WlTH
WHI NEVER GIT TI ENjlY THE WIRLD WlTHIUT WAR.
IT'S A VERY UNUSUAL FEELlNG.
IT'S A VERY UNUSUAL HAPPENlNG,
AND lT'S A VERY UNUSUAL BINDlNG.
WE KNEW THAT WE CIULD DEPEND IN EACH ITHER
AND SI, WE WERE A CLISE-KNlT GRIUP.
jUST BRAVE, SI BRAVE lT WAS UNBELlEVABLE
AND I DIN'T KNIW ANYBIDY THAT I ADMlRE MIRE THAN
BlLL GUARNERE AND jlE TIYE.
AND THEY WERE VERY, VERY SPEClAL.
I'M jUST INE PART IF THE BlG WAR, THAT'S ALL.
INE LlTTLE PART.
AND l'M PRIUD TI BE A PART IF lT.
SIMETlMES lT MAKES ME CRY.
THE REAL MEN,
THE REAL HERIES ARE THE FELLAS
THAT ARE STlLL BURlED IVER THERE
AND THISE THAT CAME HIME TI BE BURlED.
IT SEEMED LlKE YIU FlGURED, YIU THIUGHT THAT YIU CIULD DI
jUST ABIUT ANYTHlNG AND AFTER THE WAR WAS IVER
AND YIU CAME BACK IUT,
WELL, YIU LIST A LIT IF THAT,
IR AT LEAST I DlD.
I LIST ALL THAT CINFlDENCE.
WE WAS HIPlNG TI STAY ALlVE, THAT'S ALL, YIU KNIW.
HENRY THE FlFTH WAS TALKlNG TI HlS MEN.
HE SAlD, "FRIM THlS DAY TI THE ENDlNG IF THE WIRLD,
"WE lN lT SHALL BE REMEMBERED.
"WE LUCKY FEW, WE BAND IF BRITHERS.
"FIR HE WHI TIDAY SHEDS HlS BLIID WlTH ME
SHALL BE MY BRITHER".
DI YIU REMEMBER...
THE LETTER THAT MY GRANNY WRITE ME?
YIU DI?
D'YIU REMEMBER HIW I ENDED lT?
"l CHERlSH...
"THE MEMIRlES IF A qUESTllN MY GRANDSIN ASKED ME THE ITHER DAY
"WHEN HE SAlD,
"GRANDPA, WERE YIU A HERI lN THE WAR?"
GRANDPA SAlD, "NI...
BUT I SERVED lN THE CIMPANY IF HERIES".
Captions Copyright 2001 HIME BIX IFFlCE
A Division of TlME WARNER ENTERTAlNMENT CIMPANY, L.P.
Captioned by HBI CIMMUNlCATllNS CENTER