1 00:03:06,936 --> 00:03:09,188 It was more than 3 years since Lewis Nixon... 2 00:03:09,355 --> 00:03:12,441 ...and I decided to join the paratroops. 3 00:03:12,609 --> 00:03:15,611 And more than a year since we'd first gone to war. 4 00:03:15,778 --> 00:03:20,657 Not knowing what would happen to us. How long we'd be fighting. 5 00:03:20,825 --> 00:03:23,202 Where we'd end up. 6 00:03:23,369 --> 00:03:27,581 I certainly didn't expect to find myself in a place like this. 7 00:03:31,044 --> 00:03:33,462 I thought it might be you. 8 00:03:36,424 --> 00:03:38,300 Morning. 9 00:03:39,594 --> 00:03:43,222 I heard reports about a redheaded Eskimo. 10 00:03:44,224 --> 00:03:46,767 Thought I'd check it out. 11 00:03:46,935 --> 00:03:49,186 Come to join me for a morning swim? 12 00:03:51,189 --> 00:03:54,566 Yeah. You know me so well. 13 00:03:54,734 --> 00:03:57,778 Here. it's from Zielinski. 14 00:03:58,613 --> 00:04:00,280 Oh, great. 15 00:04:04,494 --> 00:04:05,994 What is that? 16 00:04:06,287 --> 00:04:09,164 Ran into the regimental photographer. 17 00:04:09,332 --> 00:04:13,543 Said he had all these photographs of the 506th... 18 00:04:13,711 --> 00:04:16,338 ...going all the way back to Toccoa. 19 00:04:16,506 --> 00:04:21,260 - I traded them for a couple of Lugers. - That's a bargain. 20 00:04:31,729 --> 00:04:36,316 - What do you think you'll do after this? - Get some breakfast. 21 00:04:38,820 --> 00:04:41,321 No. After, after. 22 00:04:46,286 --> 00:04:50,622 Well, it's funny you should mention it because I had a meeting with Col. Sink. 23 00:04:50,790 --> 00:04:53,375 - Really? - Yeah. 24 00:04:53,918 --> 00:04:57,879 Yeah, discussed the possibility of staying. 25 00:04:58,047 --> 00:04:59,881 In the Army? 26 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:04,094 Yeah. Yeah, as a career. 27 00:05:05,930 --> 00:05:07,973 What'd you say? 28 00:05:08,433 --> 00:05:10,642 I said I'd think about it. 29 00:05:20,278 --> 00:05:24,072 - What do you think about New Jersey? - New Jersey? 30 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:28,869 There's a company in Nixon, New Jersey. It's called Nixon Nitration Works. 31 00:05:29,037 --> 00:05:31,371 - Sounds picturesque. - Yeah, well... 32 00:05:31,539 --> 00:05:34,750 ...oddly enough, I know the owners. 33 00:05:35,418 --> 00:05:39,296 Probably gonna expect me to make something of myself. 34 00:05:39,505 --> 00:05:42,424 I thought maybe I'd drag you with me. 35 00:05:45,636 --> 00:05:48,764 Are you offering me a job? 36 00:05:52,101 --> 00:05:56,897 We'll see how you do in your interview, but a man of your qualifications... 37 00:05:57,065 --> 00:06:02,611 ...I think can probably scrape something up commensurate with your current salary level. 38 00:06:06,449 --> 00:06:08,909 Yeah, I'll think about it. 39 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:14,831 I... I really appreciate it. 40 00:06:15,166 --> 00:06:18,168 Yeah, just think about it. 41 00:06:19,712 --> 00:06:21,296 Yeah. 42 00:06:53,788 --> 00:06:55,414 Job offers. 43 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:57,833 Hard to fathom. 44 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:00,794 And the war wasn't even over. 45 00:07:01,254 --> 00:07:05,757 I was still getting used to hot showers and morning swims. 46 00:07:16,269 --> 00:07:21,273 We'd entered Bavaria in early May with the hopes of capturing Berchtesgaden. 47 00:07:21,441 --> 00:07:26,278 This famous town, high in the Alps, was the Nazi Party's symbolic home. 48 00:07:26,446 --> 00:07:29,531 And all the heads of the Third Reich had houses there. 49 00:07:29,699 --> 00:07:33,076 Although Hitler was dead, he had apparently ordered the SS... 50 00:07:33,244 --> 00:07:35,203 ...to make it their last stand from which to mount... 51 00:07:35,371 --> 00:07:38,081 ...a guerilla resistance against the Allied advance. 52 00:07:38,249 --> 00:07:42,294 The first step was blocking the roads. 53 00:07:47,300 --> 00:07:49,593 When are we expecting the engineers to arrive? 54 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:53,555 - Half an hour ago. - So we're stuck here until they do, Nix. 55 00:07:53,723 --> 00:07:57,893 Well, if you're the SS, you're not gonna let us waltz into Hitler's house. 56 00:07:58,060 --> 00:08:00,145 Probably throw a few rocks at us yourself. 57 00:08:00,313 --> 00:08:02,105 If you're looking for someone to find another way up that mountain... 58 00:08:02,273 --> 00:08:04,483 - ...Easy Company is ready and willing. - Duly noted. 59 00:08:04,650 --> 00:08:06,693 I already recommended you to Col. Sink. 60 00:08:06,861 --> 00:08:10,655 - Terrific. Let's go find out where Hitler lived. - Ron. We're not sure what's up there. 61 00:08:10,823 --> 00:08:14,451 The colonel doesn't want us taking any unnecessary risks. 62 00:08:14,619 --> 00:08:17,954 So the French are gonna beat us to the Eagle's Nest? 63 00:08:31,469 --> 00:08:34,179 Gents, I just had a conversation with Gen. LeClerc. 64 00:08:34,347 --> 00:08:36,139 He told me he was first into Paris and by God... 65 00:08:36,307 --> 00:08:39,434 ...he wanted to be first into Berchtesgaden. 66 00:08:41,562 --> 00:08:44,356 Told him I understood his point. 67 00:08:46,150 --> 00:08:49,528 Now you fire up 2nd Battalion and outflank that French son of a bitch. 68 00:08:49,695 --> 00:08:51,154 Yes, sir. 69 00:08:56,494 --> 00:08:59,496 I want Easy Company in the lead. Have the men assemble down on the Autobahn. 70 00:08:59,664 --> 00:09:01,373 Yes, sir. 71 00:09:37,952 --> 00:09:39,452 Eerie. 72 00:09:40,288 --> 00:09:42,539 Not even any natives. 73 00:09:42,707 --> 00:09:46,876 That's because this is the one town you can't deny being a true Nazi. 74 00:09:47,128 --> 00:09:50,505 - What do you mean? - Well, you have to be to live here. 75 00:09:50,673 --> 00:09:54,050 We need to find some place we can put the colonel. 76 00:09:54,218 --> 00:09:56,595 How about right there? 77 00:10:24,874 --> 00:10:26,708 No, no. 78 00:10:48,773 --> 00:10:50,190 Wow. 79 00:11:00,576 --> 00:11:02,869 Kitty would love this. 80 00:11:03,037 --> 00:11:06,706 How many brides get a wedding present from Hitler? 81 00:11:09,669 --> 00:11:11,711 You wanna take half? 82 00:11:11,879 --> 00:11:13,963 I can't carry all this. 83 00:11:14,131 --> 00:11:17,967 You know, whoever comes in here after us is just gonna take whatever isn't nailed down. 84 00:11:18,135 --> 00:11:21,680 - Well. Wouldn't want that to happen. - Heh-heh-heh. 85 00:11:26,769 --> 00:11:29,979 - Nice. - Don't even think about it. 86 00:11:39,323 --> 00:11:42,742 - Maj. Winters. Sir. - More. 87 00:11:42,910 --> 00:11:45,120 Permission to climb the mountain, sir? Eagle's Nest? 88 00:11:45,287 --> 00:11:48,748 - What is this? - Wait one minute. 89 00:11:49,208 --> 00:11:51,793 Harry, have F Company put a double guard on the hotel. 90 00:11:51,961 --> 00:11:53,920 Set up roadblocks on the west side of town. 91 00:11:54,088 --> 00:11:58,091 I want Battalion HQ, seal off the north side, and prepare for prisoners. 92 00:11:58,259 --> 00:12:00,427 - Sgt. Grant. - And Harry... 93 00:12:00,761 --> 00:12:03,388 ...nobody gets hurt, not now. 94 00:12:05,766 --> 00:12:07,392 And Easy? 95 00:12:08,686 --> 00:12:11,938 Easy will head up the mountain through the Obersalzberg... 96 00:12:12,106 --> 00:12:14,482 ...and take the Eagle's Nest. 97 00:12:16,986 --> 00:12:19,070 Hi-yo, Silver! 98 00:12:24,285 --> 00:12:27,078 Yeah! Currahee! 99 00:12:27,246 --> 00:12:30,373 The Eagle's Nest was a surprise birthday present for Hitler... 100 00:12:30,541 --> 00:12:32,417 ...built with Nazi party money. 101 00:12:32,710 --> 00:12:35,670 A mountaintop stone retreat 8000 feet up... 102 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:38,548 ...accessible by a gold-plated elevator. 103 00:12:38,716 --> 00:12:41,885 It was one of the crown jewels of his empire... 104 00:12:42,052 --> 00:12:44,220 ...and the man was afraid of heights. 105 00:13:31,101 --> 00:13:32,268 Here's to him. 106 00:13:46,408 --> 00:13:48,785 Ha-ha-ha. - No, goddamn it, listen. 107 00:13:49,161 --> 00:13:50,912 Hitler, Hitler-- No. 108 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:57,502 Hitler, Himmler, Goering, Goebbels and the pope walk into a bar-- 109 00:13:57,670 --> 00:14:01,339 - Because he drinks too much-- That's how it starts. 110 00:14:01,590 --> 00:14:05,510 Hey, Adolf! Love your Eagle's Nest. I hope you don't mind. 111 00:14:05,678 --> 00:14:10,765 We made ourselves at home. Love what you done with the place. Hey, have a drink. 112 00:14:10,933 --> 00:14:14,602 Come on. Just so we can say we saw you do it. 113 00:14:14,770 --> 00:14:16,271 Listen up. 114 00:14:17,565 --> 00:14:19,607 From Corps, just came in. Effective immediately. 115 00:14:19,775 --> 00:14:23,695 "All troops stand fast on present positions." 116 00:14:24,864 --> 00:14:27,866 - Standing fast. - What does that mean? 117 00:14:29,034 --> 00:14:31,244 Wanna hear it? Mm-hm? 118 00:14:32,204 --> 00:14:36,416 Ready for it? Listen up. German army's surrendered. 119 00:14:42,548 --> 00:14:45,925 I got a present for you. Come on. 120 00:14:47,303 --> 00:14:48,928 Is it? Yeah? 121 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:12,994 - What is this place? - Hermann Goering's house. 122 00:15:13,162 --> 00:15:16,581 We discovered it yesterday. Had it on double guard ever since. 123 00:15:16,749 --> 00:15:19,792 - I can vouch for that, sir. - Oh, anxious to get off duty, O'Keefe? 124 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:23,338 No, there's just so much to see and do, sir. 125 00:15:58,707 --> 00:16:02,627 10, 000 bottles of the world's finest liquor, wine and champagne... 126 00:16:02,795 --> 00:16:06,839 ...helped Easy Company mark the day the war in Europe came to an end. 127 00:16:07,007 --> 00:16:08,841 It's all yours. 128 00:16:09,635 --> 00:16:13,554 Take what you want and then have each company take a truckload. 129 00:16:14,181 --> 00:16:15,640 We're heading for Austria in the morning... 130 00:16:15,808 --> 00:16:18,101 ...but don't feel you have to leave anything here for whoever comes here next. 131 00:16:18,268 --> 00:16:21,020 - Austria, sir? - Happy V-E Day. 132 00:16:22,648 --> 00:16:24,273 Yeah. 133 00:16:25,859 --> 00:16:27,777 V-E Day? 134 00:16:28,195 --> 00:16:30,905 Victory in Europe. 135 00:16:37,871 --> 00:16:40,331 Happy V-E Day. 136 00:16:42,668 --> 00:16:46,754 Instead of an aggressive combat unit, we became an occupation force. 137 00:16:46,922 --> 00:16:51,175 And no one wanted to leave Berchtesgaden. Until they saw Austria. 138 00:17:28,213 --> 00:17:32,300 So you reckon they'll make us run up those or ski down them? 139 00:17:50,861 --> 00:17:54,197 Hey, how are you? Need a hand there? 140 00:17:54,615 --> 00:17:57,366 Hi! Hi! He loves you. 141 00:17:57,701 --> 00:18:01,204 Hey, lady, how are you? 142 00:18:04,041 --> 00:18:07,085 I think the war is over! 143 00:18:39,743 --> 00:18:42,161 We'll be comfortable here. 144 00:18:46,834 --> 00:18:50,336 I wonder what will happen to us, to people like you and me... 145 00:18:50,587 --> 00:18:55,299 ...when there are finally no more wars to occupy us? 146 00:18:58,846 --> 00:19:00,471 Have all your men collect the weapons. 147 00:19:00,639 --> 00:19:04,308 Deposit them at the church, the school and at the airfield. 148 00:19:04,476 --> 00:19:06,185 Very well. 149 00:19:13,610 --> 00:19:17,280 Please accept this as my formal surrender, major. 150 00:19:17,447 --> 00:19:21,159 It is better than to lay it on the desk of a clerk. 151 00:19:28,542 --> 00:19:31,502 You may keep your sidearm, colonel. 152 00:19:45,267 --> 00:19:47,476 Heroic dead of a combined Army and Marine force... 153 00:19:47,644 --> 00:19:49,687 ...mark the grim battlefield of Okinawa... 154 00:19:49,855 --> 00:19:52,857 ...where one of the bloodiest engagements of the war is being fought. 155 00:19:53,066 --> 00:19:56,027 Thousands of Yanks have been wounded and thousands have sacrificed their lives... 156 00:19:56,195 --> 00:19:57,653 Hey, Sharpe. 157 00:19:57,821 --> 00:20:01,115 ...to drive a fanatical foe from this vital base. 158 00:20:01,825 --> 00:20:04,827 Along the Jap's southern defense line, the Yanks progress slowly... 159 00:20:04,995 --> 00:20:07,997 ...facing one of the fiercest artillery barrages of the war. 160 00:20:08,165 --> 00:20:13,211 Each small advance is gained by sheer grit in the face of withering fire... 161 00:20:13,378 --> 00:20:17,423 ...from a suicidal enemy being slowly hammered back into the hills. 162 00:20:17,591 --> 00:20:19,926 The going is brutal and our casualties are high... 163 00:20:20,093 --> 00:20:23,804 ...but Okinawa is the next big step towards victory over Japan. 164 00:20:23,972 --> 00:20:30,394 A victory that can only be won by work, war bonds and heroic sacrifice. 165 00:20:37,402 --> 00:20:40,905 - So when are we going? - We don't have a date yet. 166 00:20:41,073 --> 00:20:43,449 Are we to tell the men right away? 167 00:20:43,617 --> 00:20:45,952 Some of them will have enough points to go home instead. 168 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:49,914 Not many, if their only medal's a Purple Heart. 169 00:20:50,082 --> 00:20:53,334 I think most of us here will have enough. 170 00:20:53,502 --> 00:20:56,003 And each of us will have to decide what to do. 171 00:20:56,171 --> 00:20:58,673 I don't know how long we're waiting here for orders... 172 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:04,053 ...but I want those veterans who are staying, and all new replacements, ready to fight. 173 00:21:04,221 --> 00:21:07,598 That means rifle ranges. That means daily close-order drills. 174 00:21:07,766 --> 00:21:10,643 That means troop reviews. But above all, it means physical training. 175 00:21:10,811 --> 00:21:13,312 Get your NCOs on it. 176 00:21:14,773 --> 00:21:16,440 They're gonna love you. 177 00:21:20,737 --> 00:21:23,239 What are you crouching down for, Perco? 178 00:21:23,407 --> 00:21:27,034 - Think the deer's gonna shoot back? - Leave me alone. 179 00:21:27,202 --> 00:21:31,831 How about y'all just shut up. Let Shifty kill us some dinner. 180 00:21:31,999 --> 00:21:36,335 What's the matter, Bull? You tired of eating dried-up spuds three times a day? 181 00:21:36,503 --> 00:21:40,047 Hey, you know what, I got an idea. Why don't we just shoot Bull here... 182 00:21:40,215 --> 00:21:42,008 ...and feed the company for a week? 183 00:22:09,953 --> 00:22:12,288 Oh, goddamn it, Shifty. 184 00:22:12,456 --> 00:22:16,667 You let him get away. Army ought to be glad to be rid of you. 185 00:22:16,835 --> 00:22:20,254 I wish, you know. Seems they want me to stay around a while. 186 00:22:20,422 --> 00:22:22,798 - You serious? - How many points you need? 187 00:22:22,966 --> 00:22:24,508 - Fifteen. - Fifteen? 188 00:22:24,676 --> 00:22:28,304 Jesus Christ, I thought I had it bad. 189 00:22:28,472 --> 00:22:30,973 No Purple Hearts, never was injured. 190 00:22:31,141 --> 00:22:33,392 - Company! - Platoon! 191 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:35,936 Attention! 192 00:22:39,608 --> 00:22:41,359 Right shoulder... 193 00:22:41,860 --> 00:22:43,235 ...arms! 194 00:22:45,822 --> 00:22:47,365 Order... 195 00:22:48,033 --> 00:22:49,325 ...arms! 196 00:22:52,454 --> 00:22:54,163 At ease. 197 00:22:56,249 --> 00:23:00,544 Gen. Taylor is aware that many veterans, including Normandy veterans... 198 00:23:00,712 --> 00:23:04,298 ...still do not have the 85 points required to be discharged. 199 00:23:04,466 --> 00:23:08,552 On this, the anniversary of D-Day, he has authorized a lottery... 200 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:13,015 ...to send one man home in each company, effective immediately. 201 00:23:13,183 --> 00:23:16,811 For Easy Company, the winner is... 202 00:23:22,818 --> 00:23:24,819 Come on, come on, come on. 203 00:23:26,321 --> 00:23:30,741 ...serial number 13066266. 204 00:23:31,410 --> 00:23:36,122 - Sgt. Darrell C. Powers. - Shifty. 205 00:23:36,581 --> 00:23:39,250 That's how it's done, Shifty. 206 00:23:41,420 --> 00:23:43,462 Congratulations, Shifty. 207 00:23:43,630 --> 00:23:47,716 Sgt. Grant will see to it that 2nd Platoon takes over at the crossroads checkpoint... 208 00:23:47,926 --> 00:23:50,261 ...beginning tonight at 2200 hours. 209 00:23:50,429 --> 00:23:53,055 - So much for our anniversary. - No shit. 210 00:23:53,223 --> 00:23:57,184 Gen. Taylor has also announced that the 101 st Airborne Division... 211 00:23:57,352 --> 00:24:01,730 ...will definitely be redeployed to the Pacific. 212 00:24:02,065 --> 00:24:08,446 So beginning tomorrow at 0600 hours, we will begin training to go to war. 213 00:24:16,371 --> 00:24:17,913 Come in. 214 00:24:24,963 --> 00:24:31,177 I don't mean to interrupt you, sir. I just wanted to say goodbye. 215 00:24:32,012 --> 00:24:34,138 You know, you was... 216 00:24:36,183 --> 00:24:38,184 You was... 217 00:24:39,436 --> 00:24:43,731 Well, it's been a long time. 218 00:24:46,067 --> 00:24:49,820 - You got everything you need? - Yes, sir. I gathered up my loot. 219 00:24:50,238 --> 00:24:53,616 Pistols, mainly. Paperwork's all done. 220 00:24:53,783 --> 00:24:56,702 I even got my back pay in my pocket. 221 00:25:01,541 --> 00:25:04,502 Back home in Virginia... 222 00:25:07,297 --> 00:25:08,839 Well... 223 00:25:11,885 --> 00:25:16,305 I just don't rightly know how I'm gonna explain all this. 224 00:25:20,185 --> 00:25:22,144 You see, I... 225 00:25:23,063 --> 00:25:26,690 I seen... I seen... 226 00:25:28,193 --> 00:25:31,403 You're a hell of a fine soldier, Shifty. 227 00:25:31,696 --> 00:25:34,490 There's nothing more to explain. 228 00:25:37,536 --> 00:25:39,537 Thank you, sir. 229 00:25:47,712 --> 00:25:49,964 Two days later, Shifty Powers was on a truck... 230 00:25:50,131 --> 00:25:52,550 ...headed for the rear and a boat home. 231 00:25:52,717 --> 00:25:57,513 Unfortunately, the truck was hit head-on by a drunken corporal from another regiment. 232 00:25:57,681 --> 00:26:02,101 Shifty had a broken pelvis, a broken arm and a bad concussion. 233 00:26:02,269 --> 00:26:06,188 He survived, but had to spend the next few months in a series of hospitals. 234 00:26:06,356 --> 00:26:10,067 I wish I could say that he was our only casualty in Austria. 235 00:26:10,235 --> 00:26:14,321 I've made up my mind, Nix. I got the points, I'm going back to Kitty. 236 00:26:14,489 --> 00:26:18,867 Harry, do you really think that Kitty hasn't run off with some 4-F by now? 237 00:26:19,035 --> 00:26:22,454 Son of a bitch. That's not even funny. 238 00:26:22,622 --> 00:26:24,290 Harry, ignore him. 239 00:26:24,541 --> 00:26:27,876 How am I supposed to tell her I had the chance to come home to her finally... 240 00:26:28,044 --> 00:26:30,296 ...decided not to so I could go jump on Tokyo? 241 00:26:30,463 --> 00:26:33,465 All right, so don't tell her. 242 00:26:34,092 --> 00:26:36,844 Besides, she's waited for you for three years, right? 243 00:26:37,012 --> 00:26:39,930 We'll be back to Tokyo and back in two years, three tops. 244 00:26:40,098 --> 00:26:42,933 It'll probably be over before you even get there. 245 00:26:43,101 --> 00:26:45,853 Reality is, you're gonna sit here in Austria for six months, waiting to go... 246 00:26:46,021 --> 00:26:48,480 ...and I'm gonna be back in Wilkes-Barre making babies. 247 00:26:48,648 --> 00:26:51,567 - You didn't tell him? - No, I couldn't get him to shut up. 248 00:26:53,069 --> 00:26:55,529 What? Tell me what? 249 00:26:55,905 --> 00:26:59,617 - Guts and Glory here applied for a transfer. - What? 250 00:26:59,993 --> 00:27:04,371 13th Airborne are heading out for the Pacific right away. 251 00:27:07,250 --> 00:27:10,419 If I'm going, I wanna get it over with. 252 00:27:12,589 --> 00:27:14,798 - Are you in on this too? - I can't let him go by himself. 253 00:27:14,966 --> 00:27:16,967 He doesn't know where it is. 254 00:27:20,180 --> 00:27:22,514 You're leaving the men? 255 00:27:24,267 --> 00:27:26,810 They don't need me anymore. 256 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:38,864 Wounded in Normandy? 257 00:27:39,032 --> 00:27:43,160 Yes, sir. In the leg. It was a minor flesh wound. 258 00:27:43,328 --> 00:27:47,289 - Company E lost 24 men killed there. - Yes, sir. 259 00:27:48,041 --> 00:27:52,378 Seventeen of those were in my company commander's plane. It went down on D-Day. 260 00:27:52,879 --> 00:27:56,256 So you were given command of the company on D-Day? 261 00:27:56,424 --> 00:27:58,092 That's right. 262 00:28:07,602 --> 00:28:10,229 Fall back to your original positions! 263 00:28:10,397 --> 00:28:14,858 Everyone else maintain your pace of fire! 264 00:28:23,702 --> 00:28:28,622 In Holland, they bumped you to Battalion XO. 265 00:28:29,582 --> 00:28:31,125 Yes, sir. 266 00:28:35,255 --> 00:28:38,465 Bastards took your company away. 267 00:29:05,952 --> 00:29:08,662 I fired my last shots there. 268 00:29:09,914 --> 00:29:12,166 For the whole damn war? 269 00:29:12,667 --> 00:29:14,334 Yes, sir. 270 00:29:16,337 --> 00:29:19,965 You got through Bastogne without having to fire your weapon? 271 00:29:20,133 --> 00:29:21,592 That is correct, sir. 272 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:25,971 - And you were on the line the whole time? - Yes, sir. 273 00:29:28,558 --> 00:29:31,685 Can't imagine a tougher test for a leader. 274 00:29:31,853 --> 00:29:36,565 Having to sit through a siege like that, under those conditions. 275 00:29:36,733 --> 00:29:37,900 We got through it. 276 00:29:38,067 --> 00:29:39,610 Come on! Find some cover! 277 00:29:39,778 --> 00:29:43,947 Find some cover! Find a foxhole! Come on, take cover! 278 00:29:45,283 --> 00:29:47,159 Take cover! 279 00:29:51,790 --> 00:29:54,458 Come on, find some cover! 280 00:29:57,587 --> 00:30:01,298 - So why do you want a transfer? - Sorry, sir? 281 00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:04,301 I said, why do you want to leave your men? 282 00:30:04,469 --> 00:30:08,013 It's not that, sir. It's just that if the war was still on in the Pacific... 283 00:30:08,181 --> 00:30:10,224 ...and I could do some good over there... 284 00:30:10,391 --> 00:30:13,519 Looking to have your own division some day? 285 00:30:13,686 --> 00:30:14,978 No, sir. 286 00:30:15,146 --> 00:30:18,315 - Not gonna make a career of the Army? - No. 287 00:30:18,483 --> 00:30:21,777 Ye-- Well, I don't know, sir. 288 00:30:22,779 --> 00:30:28,283 Because if you think you need more combat experience to get stars on your helmet... 289 00:30:28,451 --> 00:30:31,453 ...let me tell you something, son: 290 00:30:31,621 --> 00:30:33,914 You've done enough. 291 00:30:36,084 --> 00:30:39,002 Thank you, sir. That's not my objective. 292 00:30:46,886 --> 00:30:50,806 Major, I took this meeting out of respect for your achievements. 293 00:30:50,974 --> 00:30:52,933 And for the 101 st. 294 00:30:53,852 --> 00:30:57,521 If they do go to the Pacific eventually... 295 00:30:57,689 --> 00:31:00,858 ...you should be running one of the battalions. 296 00:31:02,151 --> 00:31:03,902 Thank you, sir. 297 00:31:05,989 --> 00:31:09,825 And frankly, I think your men have earned the right to keep you around. 298 00:31:16,207 --> 00:31:17,708 Yes, sir. 299 00:31:18,585 --> 00:31:20,294 Thank you, sir. 300 00:31:25,300 --> 00:31:29,720 So I would stay in Austria for the time being, waiting for orders... 301 00:31:29,888 --> 00:31:33,974 ...and trying to watch over soldiers who had no enemy to fight. 302 00:31:34,142 --> 00:31:38,604 - Lieb, I fucking hate this. - Jesus Christ. They fingered him. 303 00:31:38,771 --> 00:31:42,024 He was in the fucking room, Webb. One of those Polacks who was at the slave camps... 304 00:31:42,191 --> 00:31:43,567 ...said this is where the guy lives. Right here. 305 00:31:43,735 --> 00:31:45,903 - Which camp? - Whatever camp. 306 00:31:47,614 --> 00:31:51,074 I'm under direct orders and I'm happy to follow it. 307 00:32:10,219 --> 00:32:12,804 - Is this a personal thing, Joe? - What? 308 00:32:12,972 --> 00:32:16,892 - Is this personal to you? - No, it's a goddamn order. 309 00:32:17,060 --> 00:32:20,395 - Does Maj. Winters know about this? - Doesn't matter here. 310 00:32:20,563 --> 00:32:23,690 The fuck it doesn't. What if this guy's just a soldier? 311 00:32:23,858 --> 00:32:26,944 What if he's an officer with no ties to the SS? What if he's innocent. 312 00:32:27,111 --> 00:32:29,863 You know what? What if he's a fucking Nazi commandant of a fucking slave camp? 313 00:32:30,031 --> 00:32:32,658 Which one? Which camp? You don't have any proof. 314 00:32:32,825 --> 00:32:34,993 Were you at Landsberg? 315 00:32:35,161 --> 00:32:36,703 You know I was. 316 00:32:36,871 --> 00:32:43,043 You think he's a soldier like you and me? A fucking innocent German officer? 317 00:32:43,211 --> 00:32:46,546 Where the hell you been for the past three years? 318 00:32:53,137 --> 00:32:54,554 What? 319 00:32:55,890 --> 00:32:57,349 Shut up. 320 00:33:15,618 --> 00:33:17,869 Don't fucking lie to me. 321 00:33:18,621 --> 00:33:22,124 See what you did to my fucking people! 322 00:33:22,417 --> 00:33:24,042 That's it. 323 00:33:50,737 --> 00:33:52,362 He's guilty. 324 00:33:54,866 --> 00:33:58,660 - Liebgott says so. - He probably is. 325 00:34:06,711 --> 00:34:08,170 Goddamn son of a bitch. 326 00:34:08,337 --> 00:34:09,921 Shoot him. 327 00:34:11,382 --> 00:34:13,008 - Shoot him! - No. 328 00:34:36,324 --> 00:34:41,912 - Officers don't run. - The war's over. Anybody would run. 329 00:34:43,915 --> 00:34:47,751 Summer in this Alpine paradise should've been a welcome relief. 330 00:34:47,919 --> 00:34:50,837 Especially now that we were at peace with the Germans. 331 00:34:51,005 --> 00:34:52,839 Everyone just wanted to go home. 332 00:34:53,007 --> 00:34:56,301 - France. France was the best. - Really? 333 00:34:56,469 --> 00:34:58,053 Yeah. 334 00:34:58,221 --> 00:35:04,351 Five years. I think I was in every country, but France was the best. 335 00:35:08,856 --> 00:35:13,193 Italy would be second for me. Russia is not desirable. 336 00:35:13,361 --> 00:35:16,113 Ukraine, it was okay. 337 00:35:16,989 --> 00:35:19,533 So when do you get out? 338 00:35:19,700 --> 00:35:24,371 The unit is discharged. We leave when my captain gets transferred. 339 00:35:24,539 --> 00:35:27,958 - It is the end of my second war. - Jesus! 340 00:35:28,126 --> 00:35:31,753 - I'm going home now, to Mannheim. - I'll take this one. 341 00:35:36,759 --> 00:35:38,218 Okay. 342 00:35:43,224 --> 00:35:45,433 Hey, Webster. My relief. 343 00:35:45,601 --> 00:35:50,188 - Don't salute the Germans. - Come on. I sort of get a kick out of it. 344 00:35:50,356 --> 00:35:53,692 Anyway, I got me a new enemy. The Japs. 345 00:35:53,860 --> 00:35:58,280 Seventy-five points. How about you? I mean, you're a Toccoa guy, right? 346 00:35:58,447 --> 00:36:01,533 - How many you got? - Wouldn't you like to know? 347 00:36:04,829 --> 00:36:06,788 Discharged, huh? 348 00:36:07,915 --> 00:36:12,252 - Go ahead, take off. It's my turn. - Okay. See you back at the farm. 349 00:36:14,046 --> 00:36:17,090 - Eighty-one. - Huh? 350 00:36:17,550 --> 00:36:19,593 I have 81 points. 351 00:36:20,803 --> 00:36:23,305 Well, that's just not good enough. 352 00:36:29,604 --> 00:36:32,272 See about getting you a ride. 353 00:36:32,481 --> 00:36:35,984 Hey. Hey. Where are they going? 354 00:36:36,152 --> 00:36:38,570 Munich. Munchen, Munich. 355 00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:41,239 Wanna go to Munich? 356 00:36:52,793 --> 00:36:54,127 Get in. 357 00:36:55,838 --> 00:36:57,005 Too bad. 358 00:37:02,762 --> 00:37:04,304 Turn the wheel! 359 00:37:07,225 --> 00:37:09,392 Oh, Jesus. 360 00:37:22,448 --> 00:37:24,532 It's Pvt. Janovec. 361 00:37:27,620 --> 00:37:30,247 He was dead when they brought him in. 362 00:37:33,751 --> 00:37:36,002 Seventy-five points. 363 00:37:36,379 --> 00:37:39,256 - What? - He was 10 points short. 364 00:37:41,175 --> 00:37:45,804 The enemy had surrendered, but somehow men were still dying. 365 00:37:45,972 --> 00:37:48,473 Young men who wanted to be home with their families by now... 366 00:37:48,641 --> 00:37:50,850 ...who'd served with distinction since before Normandy... 367 00:37:51,018 --> 00:37:54,104 ...were stuck here because they didn't have the points. 368 00:37:54,272 --> 00:38:00,568 What they did have plenty of were weapons, alcohol and too much time on their hands. 369 00:38:01,195 --> 00:38:05,907 All of a sudden, from out of nowhere, a guy jumps out of the hedgerow... 370 00:38:06,075 --> 00:38:11,329 ...shoves a trench knife up against his throat and screams, "Whose side are you on?" 371 00:38:12,164 --> 00:38:13,456 I don't get it. 372 00:38:13,624 --> 00:38:17,002 It's D-Day. It's 2nd Platoon's own Bill Guarnere. 373 00:38:17,169 --> 00:38:19,879 Old Gonorrhea himself. Just landed in Normandy... 374 00:38:20,047 --> 00:38:21,589 ...and wound up like I don't know what. 375 00:38:21,757 --> 00:38:24,092 "Whose side are you on?" What a fucking character. 376 00:38:24,468 --> 00:38:26,219 What happened to him? 377 00:38:27,054 --> 00:38:30,056 Got his leg blown off in Bastogne. 378 00:38:31,058 --> 00:38:32,225 Wait here. 379 00:38:38,190 --> 00:38:40,900 You okay, Mac? You need some help? 380 00:38:47,283 --> 00:38:50,285 They wouldn't give me any gas. 381 00:38:50,578 --> 00:38:52,203 Krauts. 382 00:38:57,501 --> 00:38:59,544 I tried to explain. 383 00:39:01,047 --> 00:39:04,883 This fucking limey wouldn't listen. 384 00:39:05,926 --> 00:39:08,303 I think he was a major. 385 00:39:08,471 --> 00:39:12,515 - Look, private, we got a problem here. - Do you have any gas? 386 00:39:13,225 --> 00:39:15,643 Why don't you give me your weapon? 387 00:39:16,437 --> 00:39:21,691 Well, I guess I'll just use his jeep. I don't think he's gonna need it. 388 00:39:21,859 --> 00:39:23,985 Hold on a second, all right? 389 00:39:25,446 --> 00:39:26,905 Jesus! 390 00:39:27,073 --> 00:39:29,991 Sarge! Sgt. Grant! 391 00:39:32,787 --> 00:39:34,371 Sarge! 392 00:39:41,796 --> 00:39:44,881 - Jesus. - What? 393 00:39:45,049 --> 00:39:47,092 He's not gonna make it. 394 00:39:47,259 --> 00:39:50,470 - You can't operate on him? - Not me. You'd need a brain surgeon. 395 00:39:50,638 --> 00:39:54,516 And even if you had one, I don't think there's any hope. 396 00:39:57,853 --> 00:39:59,646 You find the shooter, I want him alive. Come on, help me. 397 00:39:59,814 --> 00:40:03,066 - What are you doing? - We're gonna go find a brain surgeon. 398 00:40:05,611 --> 00:40:08,863 Hey, Lieb. He wants a noncom guarding each roadblock... 399 00:40:09,031 --> 00:40:11,032 ...and at least two men watching every road out of town. 400 00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:13,827 Bull, Malark, you each take a squad and one of these witnesses... 401 00:40:13,994 --> 00:40:15,120 ...on a house to house search. 402 00:40:15,287 --> 00:40:19,457 - Can we shoot this bastard on sight? - Try and take him alive. 403 00:40:19,625 --> 00:40:21,042 Where's Grant now? 404 00:40:21,210 --> 00:40:25,255 They took him to a Kraut hospital to see if they could drum up any good doctors. 405 00:40:34,348 --> 00:40:35,932 Open up. 406 00:40:40,563 --> 00:40:41,896 Come with me. 407 00:40:42,064 --> 00:40:44,315 - Why? - Get in the jeep. 408 00:40:47,445 --> 00:40:50,822 - Where are we going? - To the hospital. Get in. 409 00:40:51,907 --> 00:40:55,869 If you're going to shoot me, shoot me. If you're not, put the gun away. 410 00:40:56,036 --> 00:40:57,787 Get in the jeep, now. 411 00:40:58,706 --> 00:41:01,916 - What happened to him? - He was shot in the head. 412 00:41:02,918 --> 00:41:04,752 Half-hour ago. 413 00:41:05,838 --> 00:41:09,090 - Come on. - If you want him to live, you'll help me. 414 00:41:09,258 --> 00:41:12,343 First, by putting that away. 415 00:41:14,263 --> 00:41:16,473 - Let's go. - Let me drive. 416 00:41:16,640 --> 00:41:19,225 We'll get there faster. 417 00:41:27,109 --> 00:41:30,195 All right, see what we got here. 418 00:41:31,405 --> 00:41:34,824 Jesus. Again, what a hand. 419 00:41:37,578 --> 00:41:39,996 I don't know who's taking a bigger beating, me or him? 420 00:41:40,164 --> 00:41:42,123 Wanna play a different game? 421 00:41:42,291 --> 00:41:45,210 Same game, just shuffle them up good, huh? 422 00:41:48,255 --> 00:41:51,132 - You all right? - Yeah, I'm all right. 423 00:41:52,051 --> 00:41:54,677 Wanna go in there and join in? 424 00:41:56,138 --> 00:41:58,181 I should go in there and stop this. 425 00:41:58,390 --> 00:42:01,976 Floyd, let's just play cards, all right? 426 00:42:07,691 --> 00:42:09,484 - Where is he? - How's Grant? 427 00:42:09,652 --> 00:42:12,111 - He okay? - Where is he?! 428 00:42:22,122 --> 00:42:23,790 This him? 429 00:42:24,833 --> 00:42:26,501 That's him. 430 00:42:28,963 --> 00:42:31,631 Replacement. I Company. 431 00:42:33,092 --> 00:42:35,176 Where's the weapon? 432 00:42:36,762 --> 00:42:38,721 What weapon? 433 00:42:40,641 --> 00:42:44,102 When you talk to an officer, you say "sir." 434 00:43:34,403 --> 00:43:38,031 Have the MPs take care of this piece of shit. 435 00:43:39,366 --> 00:43:41,826 - Grant's dead? - No. 436 00:43:43,370 --> 00:43:46,289 Kraut surgeon says he's gonna make it. 437 00:43:49,710 --> 00:43:53,254 Hey, tough guy, on your feet. Come on, move. 438 00:43:53,422 --> 00:43:54,756 Get up! 439 00:43:55,507 --> 00:44:01,054 I'm guessing they were Hitler's photo albums, sir. Sure had a lot of pictures of him in it. 440 00:44:01,221 --> 00:44:03,097 So you looked at them, but you didn't take them? 441 00:44:03,265 --> 00:44:06,267 - That's right, sir. - I don't believe you! 442 00:44:11,440 --> 00:44:15,109 I'll be watching you. You're dismissed. 443 00:44:18,197 --> 00:44:20,698 You better not be lying to me. 444 00:44:26,038 --> 00:44:28,456 - What? - Sir... 445 00:44:28,624 --> 00:44:31,376 ...if it's not gonna put you in too much of a bind... 446 00:44:31,543 --> 00:44:35,213 ...I'd like to resign as company first sergeant. 447 00:44:36,090 --> 00:44:39,884 If I had my choice, I miss being back amongst the men. 448 00:44:40,052 --> 00:44:44,389 I'd be happy to go to staff sergeant, whichever platoon you wanna put me in. 449 00:44:48,686 --> 00:44:52,522 Well, I guess you've earned your right to demote yourself. 450 00:44:52,690 --> 00:44:54,315 Thank you, sir. 451 00:44:55,567 --> 00:45:00,238 - You wanna take over Sgt. Grant's platoon? - That would do fine, sir. 452 00:45:04,201 --> 00:45:07,870 All right then, report to Lt. Peacock. 453 00:45:09,832 --> 00:45:12,500 Let me know if he gives you any trouble. 454 00:45:14,294 --> 00:45:16,963 Oh, sir, you make your decision yet? 455 00:45:17,214 --> 00:45:18,756 Yeah, I did. 456 00:45:26,724 --> 00:45:29,475 So, what else is on your mind? 457 00:45:30,018 --> 00:45:33,604 I know Easy Company is gonna need a commanding officer postwar. 458 00:45:33,772 --> 00:45:37,233 Somebody to hold their hand, keep them from killing each other. 459 00:45:37,401 --> 00:45:40,403 It better be somebody who knows what they're doing. 460 00:45:40,571 --> 00:45:42,071 Yup. I couldn't agree more. 461 00:45:42,239 --> 00:45:46,200 It's absolutely irresponsible to leave them in the hands of the wrong person. 462 00:45:46,368 --> 00:45:50,079 They're too much of a valuable resource to the military. 463 00:45:53,751 --> 00:45:56,127 So you've decided to stay in the Army? 464 00:45:56,503 --> 00:45:58,755 Yes, I'm gonna stay with the men. 465 00:46:00,591 --> 00:46:02,800 Well, I'm glad to hear it. 466 00:46:05,721 --> 00:46:08,389 So some of us would stay by choice. 467 00:46:08,557 --> 00:46:12,602 But others were stuck here, unless we could find excuses to send them away. 468 00:46:12,770 --> 00:46:14,395 So it's an airborne exhibition. 469 00:46:14,563 --> 00:46:17,982 They have one of every Allied combat plane they've used in the war. 470 00:46:18,150 --> 00:46:19,484 Uh-huh. 471 00:46:19,777 --> 00:46:21,068 I mean, yes, sir. 472 00:46:21,236 --> 00:46:24,947 You'll be like a technical adviser, make sure they get everything right. 473 00:46:25,115 --> 00:46:29,118 - I understand, sir. - Sorry it's not a more hospitable location. 474 00:46:29,286 --> 00:46:34,415 No, sir, Paris is just fine, if you need me to go. Someone has to be there. 475 00:46:34,583 --> 00:46:36,667 We do. We absolutely do. 476 00:46:36,835 --> 00:46:41,130 Your driver will drop you off at a hotel of your choice... 477 00:46:41,298 --> 00:46:45,676 ...and I don't think we'll see you back here anytime soon. 478 00:46:45,844 --> 00:46:48,095 I won't let you down, sir. 479 00:47:02,027 --> 00:47:04,403 Carwood, yes... 480 00:47:04,571 --> 00:47:08,574 I wanted to say, as you probably know... 481 00:47:08,742 --> 00:47:10,868 ...the Army, when they give a man a battlefield commission... 482 00:47:11,036 --> 00:47:14,622 ...make him an officer, they usually don't let him stay with the same company. 483 00:47:14,790 --> 00:47:17,416 Yes, sir. I figured this was coming. 484 00:47:17,668 --> 00:47:19,919 Yeah. They're afraid the men won't show him... 485 00:47:20,087 --> 00:47:22,505 ...the proper degree of respect as they would another officer. 486 00:47:22,673 --> 00:47:24,757 Yeah. It's a good theory, sir. 487 00:47:24,925 --> 00:47:27,802 It's an idiotic theory. Especially in your case. 488 00:47:27,970 --> 00:47:32,265 Nevertheless, they've given me the choice as to where to reassign you. 489 00:47:32,432 --> 00:47:36,143 And I thought Battalion Headquarters might be a good place. 490 00:47:36,311 --> 00:47:38,896 I can think of few better, sir. 491 00:47:39,064 --> 00:47:41,440 Good. Good. 492 00:47:42,359 --> 00:47:46,696 Right now, down at the airfield there is a German general... 493 00:47:46,864 --> 00:47:48,865 ...who is a little PO'd about having to surrender... 494 00:47:49,032 --> 00:47:51,200 ...to Pvt. Babe Heffron from South Philly. 495 00:47:51,368 --> 00:47:54,245 - Thinks it's beneath his stature. - Understandable, sir. 496 00:47:54,663 --> 00:47:59,000 Yeah. I thought 2nd Lt. Carwood Lipton from West Virginia... 497 00:47:59,167 --> 00:48:03,170 - ...could soothe his ruffled feathers. - No problem, sir. 498 00:48:03,338 --> 00:48:07,341 Major, is this the type of job I can expect from now on? 499 00:48:09,469 --> 00:48:13,723 Yeah. Yeah. When we're not sunning ourselves by the lake. 500 00:48:24,359 --> 00:48:25,776 Lieutenant. 501 00:48:34,995 --> 00:48:38,331 With your permission, I would like to address my men briefly. 502 00:48:38,498 --> 00:48:41,042 That'll be fine, general. 503 00:48:50,802 --> 00:48:53,012 - Capt. Sobel. - Maj. Winters. 504 00:48:53,180 --> 00:48:54,305 Capt. Sobel. 505 00:48:56,391 --> 00:48:59,518 We salute the rank, not the man. 506 00:49:23,794 --> 00:49:25,169 Liebgott? 507 00:49:26,713 --> 00:49:30,549 Men, it's been a long war, it's been a tough war. 508 00:49:34,054 --> 00:49:38,975 You have fought bravely, proudly, for your country. 509 00:49:42,312 --> 00:49:44,689 You are a special group... 510 00:49:47,859 --> 00:49:50,403 ...who found in one another a bond... 511 00:49:55,826 --> 00:49:58,077 ...that exists only in combat... 512 00:49:59,913 --> 00:50:01,789 ...among brothers... 513 00:50:03,667 --> 00:50:05,668 ...of shared foxholes. 514 00:50:10,882 --> 00:50:13,467 Held each other in dire moments. 515 00:50:21,101 --> 00:50:24,437 Have seen death and suffered together. 516 00:50:31,820 --> 00:50:36,032 I am proud to have served with each and every one of you. 517 00:50:41,455 --> 00:50:45,499 You deserve long and happy lives in peace. 518 00:51:00,974 --> 00:51:02,600 Towel, towel, towel! 519 00:51:03,685 --> 00:51:05,227 Thanks. 520 00:51:05,604 --> 00:51:07,772 Take a look at these two kids. 521 00:51:08,982 --> 00:51:11,609 What the hell happened to them? 522 00:51:12,402 --> 00:51:14,487 New Jersey, huh? 523 00:51:16,281 --> 00:51:17,573 Yeah. 524 00:51:18,200 --> 00:51:19,617 Think about it. 525 00:51:20,368 --> 00:51:22,036 Yeah, I am. 526 00:51:24,039 --> 00:51:25,915 You awake yet? 527 00:51:27,209 --> 00:51:28,667 Awake? 528 00:51:30,128 --> 00:51:31,962 Time to go to bed. 529 00:51:46,812 --> 00:51:48,479 Come on, Jimmy. 530 00:51:50,440 --> 00:51:52,817 - Nice play. - We got one down. 531 00:51:52,984 --> 00:51:54,693 Come on, Pee Wee. Let's get Webster. 532 00:51:54,861 --> 00:51:57,738 Come on, Pee Wee, let's get him here, baby. 533 00:51:59,032 --> 00:52:02,868 Buck Compton came back to see the company to let us know he was all right. 534 00:52:03,036 --> 00:52:05,663 He became a prosecutor in Los Angeles. 535 00:52:05,831 --> 00:52:08,874 He convicted Sirhan Sirhan in the murder of Robert Kennedy... 536 00:52:09,042 --> 00:52:13,337 ...and was later appointed to the California Court of Appeals. 537 00:52:14,005 --> 00:52:16,549 David Webster became a writer for The Saturday Evening Post... 538 00:52:16,716 --> 00:52:20,928 ...and Wall Street Journal, and later wrote a book about sharks. 539 00:52:21,096 --> 00:52:27,768 In 1961, he went out on the ocean alone, and was never seen again. 540 00:52:30,814 --> 00:52:32,690 Go, go, go! Yeah! 541 00:52:33,191 --> 00:52:36,527 Johnny Martin would return to his job at the rail road... 542 00:52:36,695 --> 00:52:39,238 ...and then start his own construction company. 543 00:52:39,406 --> 00:52:43,617 He splits his time between Arizona and a place in Montana. 544 00:52:45,996 --> 00:52:50,457 George Luz became a handyman in Providence, RI. 545 00:52:50,625 --> 00:52:54,086 And as a testament to his character... 546 00:52:54,296 --> 00:52:58,465 ...1600 people attended his funeral in 1998. 547 00:52:59,301 --> 00:53:04,221 Doc Roe died in Louisiana in 1998. 548 00:53:04,931 --> 00:53:07,516 He'd been a construction contractor. 549 00:53:09,686 --> 00:53:14,732 Frank Perconte returned to Chicago and worked a postal route as a mailman. 550 00:53:21,364 --> 00:53:26,160 Joe Liebgott returned to San Francisco and drove his cab. 551 00:53:28,079 --> 00:53:32,041 Bull Randleman was one of the best soldiers I ever had. 552 00:53:32,209 --> 00:53:37,796 He went into the earth-moving business in Arkansas. He's still there. 553 00:53:44,638 --> 00:53:48,432 Alton More returned to Wyoming with a unique souvenir: 554 00:53:48,600 --> 00:53:51,560 Hitler's personal photo albums. 555 00:53:51,728 --> 00:53:55,731 He was killed in a car accident in 1958. 556 00:53:56,983 --> 00:54:00,110 Floyd Talbert we all lost touch with in civilian life... 557 00:54:00,278 --> 00:54:05,324 ...until he showed up at a reunion just before his death in 1981 . 558 00:54:06,993 --> 00:54:12,373 How we lived our lives after the war was as varied as each man. 559 00:54:13,041 --> 00:54:15,376 Carwood Lipton became a glass making executive... 560 00:54:15,543 --> 00:54:17,920 ...in charge of factories all over the world. 561 00:54:18,088 --> 00:54:21,090 He has a nice life in North Carolina. 562 00:54:21,341 --> 00:54:23,884 Harry Welsh, he married Kitty Grogan. 563 00:54:24,052 --> 00:54:28,847 Became an administrator for the Wilkes-Barre, PA school system. 564 00:54:31,559 --> 00:54:35,020 Ronald Speirs stayed in the Army, served in Korea. 565 00:54:35,188 --> 00:54:39,942 In 1958, returned to Germany as governor of Spandau Prison. 566 00:54:40,110 --> 00:54:43,028 He retired a lieutenant colonel. 567 00:54:47,659 --> 00:54:50,494 - Get them round. - All right, Webster. 568 00:54:50,662 --> 00:54:53,414 Easy Company. School circle! 569 00:54:59,879 --> 00:55:03,674 For Easy Company, it was D-Day plus 434. 570 00:55:03,842 --> 00:55:06,927 A fast man would've had it, Perco. 571 00:55:07,095 --> 00:55:09,596 Listen up. Got some news. 572 00:55:11,141 --> 00:55:16,729 This morning, President Truman received the unconditional surrender from the Japanese. 573 00:55:17,314 --> 00:55:18,981 War's over. 574 00:55:20,817 --> 00:55:23,610 Regardless of points, medals or wounds... 575 00:55:23,820 --> 00:55:27,489 ...each man in the 101 st Airborne would be going home. 576 00:55:28,533 --> 00:55:32,995 Each of us would be forever connected by our shared experience. 577 00:55:33,496 --> 00:55:37,583 And each would have to rejoin the world as best he could. 578 00:55:52,974 --> 00:55:55,809 Lewis Nixon had some tough times after the war. 579 00:55:55,977 --> 00:55:58,228 He was divorced a couple of times. 580 00:55:58,396 --> 00:56:03,067 Then in 1956 he married a woman named Grace and everything came together for him. 581 00:56:03,234 --> 00:56:06,445 He spent the rest of his life with her, traveling the world. 582 00:56:06,613 --> 00:56:10,741 My friend Lew died in 1995. 583 00:56:11,451 --> 00:56:15,954 I took up his job offer and was a personnel manager at the Nixon Nitration Works... 584 00:56:16,122 --> 00:56:20,292 ...until I was called back into service in 1950 to train officers and rangers. 585 00:56:20,460 --> 00:56:24,713 I chose not to go to Korea. I'd had enough of war. 586 00:56:24,881 --> 00:56:29,218 I stayed around Hershey, PA, finally finding a little farm... 587 00:56:29,386 --> 00:56:33,972 ...a little peaceful corner of the world, where I still live today. 588 00:56:34,140 --> 00:56:39,561 And there's not a day that goes by that I do not think of the men I served with... 589 00:56:39,729 --> 00:56:43,482 ...who never got to enjoy the world without war. 590 00:56:43,650 --> 00:56:48,320 It's a very unusual feeling. 591 00:56:48,488 --> 00:56:53,033 It's a very unusual happening and it's a very unusual bonding. 592 00:56:53,201 --> 00:56:55,244 We knew that we could depend on each other. 593 00:56:56,162 --> 00:56:59,248 And so we were a close-knit group. 594 00:56:59,416 --> 00:57:02,709 Just brave. So brave, it was unbelievable. 595 00:57:02,877 --> 00:57:06,004 And I don't know anybody that I admire more... 596 00:57:06,172 --> 00:57:10,092 ...than Bill Guarnere and Joe Toye. 597 00:57:10,927 --> 00:57:13,095 They were very special. 598 00:57:13,263 --> 00:57:16,932 I'm just one part of the big war. That's all. One little part. 599 00:57:18,309 --> 00:57:23,564 And I'm proud to be a part of it. Sometimes it makes me cry. 600 00:57:23,773 --> 00:57:26,024 The real men, the real heroes... 601 00:57:26,192 --> 00:57:31,405 ...are the fellows that are still buried over there and those that come home to be buried. 602 00:57:31,781 --> 00:57:35,576 Seemed like you thought that you could do just about anything. 603 00:57:35,743 --> 00:57:38,412 And after the war was over and you came back out... 604 00:57:38,580 --> 00:57:43,417 ...you lost a lot of that. Or at least I did. I lost all that confidence. 605 00:57:43,585 --> 00:57:47,087 You was hoping to stay alive. That's all. 606 00:57:49,257 --> 00:57:53,010 Henry V was talking to his men. 607 00:57:53,178 --> 00:57:55,596 He said, "From this day... 608 00:57:55,763 --> 00:57:58,640 ...to the ending of the world... 609 00:57:58,808 --> 00:58:02,227 ...we in it shall be remembered. 610 00:58:02,395 --> 00:58:06,523 We lucky few, we band of brothers. 611 00:58:06,691 --> 00:58:10,694 For he who today sheds his blood with me... 612 00:58:10,862 --> 00:58:12,529 ...shall be my brother." 613 00:58:14,073 --> 00:58:16,074 Do you remember... 614 00:58:18,161 --> 00:58:21,622 ...the letter that Mike Ranney wrote me? 615 00:58:21,789 --> 00:58:22,915 You do? 616 00:58:23,082 --> 00:58:26,001 Do you remember how he ended it? 617 00:58:27,378 --> 00:58:30,714 "I cherish the memories... 618 00:58:30,882 --> 00:58:35,135 ...of a question my grandson asked me the other day... 619 00:58:35,303 --> 00:58:40,724 ...when he said, 'Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?' 620 00:58:43,436 --> 00:58:46,063 Grandpa said, 'No... 621 00:58:50,026 --> 00:58:53,695 ...but I served in a company of heroes."' 622 00:58:53,719 --> 00:58:55,719 MkvCage.com