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A month after establishing a beachhead on D -Day, the Allies struggled to gain

foothold in France.

But victory in June led to stalemate in July, and the Nazi turned the hedgerows

of Normandy into a maze of death.

Okay, Shane.

Okay, Shane.

Nothing like a friendly little wager to make a good war fun, huh?

Hey, Sarge.

You want in on this?

You know what you are, Faraday?

A bad apple to kind of thwart the whole barrel.

Spoken like a true boy scout.

You better lay off the boy scouts. Yeah?

Ding, ding. Back to your corners.

It's time to hear I have a pack of short.

So I owe you. You got a problem with that?

Yeah, I think Rita is collateral.

Radio's on the fritz.

I can't get nothing with static.

Right, right, Gordon.

Hey, hey, hey, Dante. You said I could hold it for a little while.

I'm sparing nothing more, Homer.

Right, Eddie?

Eddie!

Eddie!

How many men you figure we lose today?

Does a dead Jerry count for a bonus pack, or was it just your own buddies

were betting against?

Want in on the bets, Sarge?

Better clean that up, Faraday, along with your attitude.

What kind of attitude am I supposed to have when it's crawling with crowds out

there? There's only five of us left. Look, it wasn't hard to figure out what

were up against at Omaha Beach. Now we have no idea where the next bullet's

coming from.

So I suggest you all start figuring out what you're fighting for, because we

cannot see what we're fighting against anymore.

When you walk down the road,

heavy burden, heavy load, I

will rise and I will walk with you.

I'll walk with you till the sun don't even shine.

Walk with you.

Every time I tell you I'll walk with you.

Walk with you. Believe me, I'll walk with you.

Normandy was a soldier's battle, not won by battalions and heavy artillery, but

day by day, squad by squad, yard by yard, fought by ordinary men who might

been your neighbour, your grocer, your mailman.

Men who had never expected to be soldiers.

who now found themselves fighting not only for their lives, but for the very

future of the world.

Now, St. Lowe may not look like much, but this little cow town is the gateway

France. If we bust through this German line... We can be home by Christmas.

That's the plan.

But we've got to take St. Lowe first.

Now, the way I figure it, we made it across Omaha Beach, so somebody's

out for us.

There he goes.

His name is Private Joe Baraday. The way he sees

it, anything he can take is his.

Even with a fellow soldier, isn't there a code of honor?

Oh, Joe's not going to let a little thing like honor stand in his way.

Someone should do something about him.

Oh, really?

Do we have any volunteers?

Oh, no, Tess, I'm in search and rescue, and I'm already so busy with men who...

Who deserve it.

Well, Joe may not seem like hero material to you, baby, but he still has

chance to surprise everybody, including himself.

The crowd's going to have a goodness behind every bush.

How's that radio going, Homer?

What?

Alpha, this is Charlie Company. Do you read me, Homer?

Time radio.

Alpha, this is Charlie. Do you read me, Homer? Okay, we're on our own.

We're moving out. Let's go.

Is that the new floor?

Yeah, there are, Sam.

Well, I sure hope they don't act the nearly -dropped -no -more -bombs on us.

My ears are nearly deaf from all them bombs they dropped in London.

Okay, let's go.

It ain't all bad.

I mean, Ares can be kind of romantic.

Romantic enough.

Hey, Scotty.

Yeah?

With a love that's true always.

When the things you've climbed need a helping

hand.

may not be fair.

Not always.

Hey, Stella, I've been waiting for my victory day.

Excuse us, pal.

Would you mind, Eddie?

I'll just be a moment.

All right.

That's what I got for you.

Joe, please.

Thanks for dinner the other night, but I'm just not interested.

I'm sorry.

I'm sure there's a nice guy in you somewhere.

Maybe it's the war, but... Oh.

I get it.

I'm shipping out, and you're afraid you're never going to see me again, so

don't want to get involved.

Well, let me tell you something, doll.

I'm going to survive.

Yes, you will, Joe.

I'm sure you'll do whatever it takes.

What's the problem?

I'm not good enough for you, is that it?

I'm not good enough?

Joe, you're hurting me.

Stella.

Stella, please.

Goodbye, Joe.

Hey, Joe.

Let me hold Rita just for a minute.

Sorry, Homer.

Since Eddie stole my girl, Rita's all I got left.

Right, Eddie?

Come on, Joe.

Give him the picture. He's scared.

Don't like that?

Hey,

Todd.

I'm not sure if I'm ready.

Come on, Homer.

You can do this.

Are you kidding?

It's a suicide mission.

Thanks for volunteering, Faraday.

Dante, Homer, cover us, then bring up the flag.

One, two, three.

Let's go.

Move, move, move.

Go, go, go.

Dante, roar.

Look

clear,

Sarge.

Hold your fire.

Speak in the English.

My name is Monica.

Who's your friend?

Don't move! Don't move, I'll blow you sky high!

Can't you see he's dying?

What's he saying?

Mooty.

He means mama.

You speak German?

I understand many languages.

What kind of accent is that?

Please, she's a spy.

I'm here on a mission of peace.

Get her out of there.

Name the four presidents on Mount Rushmore.

Who's Mickey Mouse's girlfriend?

Mickey who?

All right, hold it right there.

I don't know who you are or what you're doing here, but until I figure it out,

you're coming with us.

Prisoner of war.

What are you doing?

Spoils of war, Fraulein.

Make him stop.

Faraday, he's a Nazi, Sarge. He's just a kid. He got brainwashed by Hitler.

He probably didn't want to go to war any more than you did.

I feel sorry for him.

And you.

Maybe if you had a wife and kids, someone to come home to, maybe you'd see

things a little differently.

Have something to fight for.

Something to make it work.

Eddie, behind you! Sarge!

He's a Sarge!

Hit the Sarge!

Sarge!

Please help him!

He's dead.

For a squad lost on the front lines without its leader, the threat of death

everywhere.

In the summer of 1944, over 100 ,000 American soldiers were KIA, killed

in action.

Sergeant Francis Q. Walker.

I wonder what the Q stands for.

Quentin, if you don't know the name of Mickey Mouse's girlfriend, then how come

you know that, huh?

It's hard to explain how I know what I know.

All I can tell you is that you're lost.

She's right, Faraday.

Sergeant Compass is busted. So what? So is the radio.

What are you keeping it for, then? I don't know. It might be worth something.

Come on. We've got to get out of here. What are you, crazy? Those hedgerows are

full of nothing but krauts.

What are you going for?

Up the creek.

Mission accomplished, huh, Fraulein?

My mission is to save lives.

We caught you helping Germans.

Don't try and make it look like you're on our side.

I know what side I'm on, Private Faraday, do you?

You can't get rid of me that easily.

I think we give her the same treatment Sarge got. If you knock it off, we got

bigger fish to fry.

Hey, we can't just leave Sarge here.

We gotta get him back home so he can have a decent burial.

Homer, that's not our department. You gotta leave that to the GRF.

Charlie 1, this is Charlie 4, over.

Charlie 1, hit ref.

Alpha, follow.

Alpha, do you copy?

Homer? Homer, you snap out of it.

This radio is on the fridge, you remember?

Homer?

Homer?

Oh, God.

What are we going to do without this heart?

What's his family going to do?

That's the Fraulein.

He's got a wife and kids.

Does that mean anything to you? Of course it does.

Instead of the letter his wife prays for every day, she's going to receive a

telegram.

And she'll gather her children around her and the only thing that will see her

through is her faith.

And in the living room...

Next to the flag in the window shall place a gold star symbolizing the

of another brave man. And that's why I'm here. Because too many gold stars have

been placed in too many windows.

Crocodile tears, lady.

She's a spy.

And a woman.

How can you guys trust her?

You mean you condemn men want one last smoke?

You know, Faraday, attitude like yours and we'll never see Paris.

Paris.

Me and the mademoiselle.

Drinking champagne.

Eating french fries.

I don't need no mademoiselle.

I got Stella.

You want to see her?

What's that, perfume?

I don't wear any.

You sure smell good.

When I get to Paris, I'm going to buy some of that Chanel perfume.

For my mom.

Would you like me to change this for your private?

Yes, ma 'am.

You know, you got red hair just like Rita Hayworth.

I could hold her just once.

Faraday, would you give him the picture?

Hello, this one.

That little battle act.

Oh, please put that back. It's his mother.

For God's sake, Faraday.

Charlie one, Charlie four over.

Charlie one, we got a sit -rep out here. We're dying.

What the hell are you doing?

I'm calling HQ, Eddie. The radio, it works. Well, you can't get them on that

radio. That's a Kraut radio, Homer.

You just called the Kraut.

You speak

German.

What did he say? What did he say?

Translation, Fraulein.

Good evening, and thank you, friends.

Now we know where you are.

We are coming for you.

Wait for us.

We are coming.

Well done.

We're gonna die.

We're gonna die.

We need to start.

Shut up, Homer. Shut up.

We gotta make a run for it. Split up.

How far do you think we're gonna get on a couple of rounds of ammo?

He's right.

He's right. At least we got protection here.

Are you crazy? This place is a dead trap.

Now, wait now. Wait a minute. We gotta think this through.

I'm outta here. You suckers are on your own.

No!

Now, the only way we're gonna get through this is if we stick together and

each other the best we can, because that's what Sarge would've said, isn't

So bad about dying anyway.

I don't believe that.

Everyone has something to live for.

Something or someone.

Your sergeant didn't have a chance to say goodbye to his family, to leave a

message, something for them to hold on to. He didn't have time for that, but

do.

She's right.

She's right.

I'm going to die.

I want Della to know that I was thinking about her.

My last breath.

I got to write to Mom.

She's never seen the ocean.

I'm going to tell her how beautiful it is.

What about you, Homer?

Do you have someone you want to contact?

No.

Don't have any parents or girlfriend That's not right gonna make much

of a difference What about methods Walker doesn't she have a right to know

how her husband died Like a hero

Yeah

What's the point Who's going to deliver them?

I don't know. Maybe one of us will make it.

Yeah. Yeah.

I say that we make a pact.

Yeah.

Anybody left standing, make sure they all get sent.

What about you, Private?

Don't you have a message to send?

Not for just a day And not for just a year

Don't do it, Joe.

Walk away.

Just walk away.

Is that for me?

Yeah.

Excuse me, Stella.

Joe, please, leave me alone.

Stella, you heard the lady.

Just like to be left alone.

Get out of my way.

Help me.

I've lost my money and the Germans are coming.

Joe. Joe.

Get down.

The Germans are coming.

Hold on.

Hold on.

Save breath, sister.

I hope to kill you fast.

Twenty.

Twenty -five.

Keep firing, boys.

Keep firing.

Make it count. I'm attacking the trigger!

There we go.

Looks like no one's home.

Come on.

Anybody home?

Eddie's in trouble.

You're the nurse.

I'm thirsty.

I'm thirsty.

39 Bordeaux. I remember 39. Now, that was a good year. Maybe not for wine, but

it definitely was for me.

Joe.

Everybody be calm.

Right this way.

Everybody keep moving, making room for everybody else.

Right this way.

Mister. Mister.

Be calm.

Why don't you beat it, kid?

Did you lose somebody too?

This way, Stella.

Yeah.

I went back for Henry when the siren started.

I can't find my money.

My name's Rupert.

What's yours?

Can't you shut that thing up?

It rings because it can.

You hear that bird?

It's beautiful.

Somebody ought to put it out of its misery.

be heading south pretty soon i wonder if the

war will be over when they get back i wonder if we'll still be around

i don't think that i will be

At least they wrote, right?

No,

we forgot their letters.

We forgot their letters. We got to go back.

Forget the letters. It doesn't matter now.

It's all that matters, Joe. That's why we wrote them.

I'm not going back out there and risk my life for some dead guy's letters.

They're not just dead guys, Joe. They're your friends.

What?

I'm not going back.

Joe, we made a pact.

because I can't take mine with you, too.

My letter, I wrote a letter to Stella.

I had it with me in this.

I must have dropped it.

You've got to go back. You've got to go back.

Get it.

Oh, John, please, you've got to go back.

She deserves to know. She deserves to know. She's my wife.

Your wife?

We got married the night before we shipped out.

Nobody knew.

It was beautiful.

Yeah?

Well, I wasn't going to tell you this, Eddie, but I married Stella, too, a

couple months before you.

She was marrying any GI who could send back a paycheck.

Didn't mean nothing.

She was just another allotment nanny. That's why she didn't want me around no

more.

Once she found out I was on to her.

So now you know, buddy. I'm sorry.

But she didn't love you.

Forget about the girl.

Forget about the letters.

She didn't deserve you.

How dare you?

Try that again, lady.

I'll shoot you myself.

I'm not afraid of you two.

But I won't allow Eddie to die with that lie breaking his heart.

I'm doing him a favor.

Why should he die thinking that she'll never get that letter?

Better he thinks she doesn't deserve it.

Then he can relax.

You're not doing this to make him feel better.

You're doing this because he married someone that you wanted.

Don't push me.

What kind of a man are you?

I have seen you stealing the watches and the rings from dying men.

I will not allow you to steal their spirits.

Don't you worry about those letters.

They'll be delivered, every one of them, I promise.

And Stella will get her letter, too.

She will.

What Joe told you is a lie.

Stella loves you.

She's never loved anyone but you. She's never married anyone but you.

Stella's a good woman.

She's a fine woman.

And she'll get your letter and all the love that goes with it.

And it'll warm her in those lonely nights for the rest of her life.

She'll keep it in her purse.

She'll keep it within reach.

Be next to her bed, slept inside her Bible.

And her memories of you, Eddie, they will never die.

Thank you.

It's the bird.

I can hear it, too.

Listen. Listen to that rock. Listen to that.

It's beautiful.

It's singing to me.

It's singing to me. They sound... Sound like angels.

You are an angel.

You get on my case for lying to him and then you make a promise to him like

that?

Who's the liar now, huh?

I didn't lie, Joe.

Those letters will be delivered.

Yeah? And who's going to deliver them?

I am.

Well, somebody's got to go out there and get them first. And I'll tell you what,

it ain't going to be me.

Yes, Joe.

It will be you.

Joe, I'm so sorry. I've never struck anyone before. I didn't even know I was

capable of such a terrible thing.

Wait till you kill a few people.

Will you forgive me?

I deserved it.

No. Yeah.

That old man used to smack me around a lot.

It's the only thing that got my attention, you know?

This world was never intended to be a place where people hurt each other, Joe.

Well, it didn't turn out that way, did it?

No. People make choices I don't understand.

I do.

I'm afraid, Monica.

Everybody.

Walker, Betty, Homer.

Shoot. Even Adolf Hitler's afraid of something.

Some of us just hide it.

A lot better.

Some of us hide it so well, we don't even know we're afraid until... Until...

I came in with the first wave on D -Day, you know.

I was standing on the boat, waiting for the ramp to drop and the bullets to

start.

And I knew I probably wouldn't even make it to the beach.

I was as scared as I'd ever been in my whole life.

There was nothing I could do but run.

At least there was a thousand other guys there running with me.

No. There's no one left to run with.

It's just me.

Why don't you know where to run?

That's a sergeant's compass.

It's broken, remember?

It wouldn't help anyway.

They're coming from the north, south, east, west.

It's only a matter of time now.

Yes.

But you've been given that time, Joe.

I am an angel.

I don't... An angel.

A messenger from God.

He said you were an angel.

Yes.

Why did you stick around for me?

Because you've lost your compass, Joe.

The one that told you right from wrong, good from evil, love from hate, caring

from indifference.

Somehow that compass inside of you got broken a long time ago.

Someone taught a little boy to lie and steal and cheat.

You learn to sneer at honorable men and noble deeds because no one taught you

how to find those things within yourself But you can find them Joe with the

right compass and you must find them Because you must be heading in the right

direction when you die then death will have no victory

I'm not

sure

When or how.

But I know that you have the choice about what kind of man you will be when

happens.

And that's the war that human beings have fought with themselves since the

beginning of time. And that's the war that God wants to help you to win

he loves you so much.

No one's ever really loved me.

No. Yes.

I do know.

So... So... He wants me to go get those letters?

This war is finally not about the bullets that you shoot, nor the blood

spill.

It is the stand that you make against evil that God will bless and honor.

Ah, Joe, there are some things worth dying for.

Walker knew it, and Eddie, Homer, Nick, they knew it too.

There is no greater love than to lay down your life for a friend.

And you have friends, Joe.

People you don't know, children that haven't even been born yet.

Well, bless the memory and the courage of the men who made us stand on this

soil.

when the world was nearly lost.

We'll be back.

I know Stella.

What?

The USO lady.

How come you know Stella?

She comes into the pet shop all the time.

Mummy lets her hold the puppies.

Don't be afraid.

It's going to be okay.

We're going to win.

Who are you?

Andrew.

You GRS?

No.

I'm Brenda Monica.

I, um... I think this is what you're looking for.

Those three...

Those were my buddies.

Yeah.

I know.

Why are you burying the Krauts?

There's no such thing as an American angel.

Easy as pie.

How does it feel?

I've never really done anything that mattered before.

It feels good.

It feels good.

I feel good!

Joe. Don't forget the letters.

I won't.

Will you help me write one, too?

Of course.

Dear Rupert.

Dear Rupert, you probably won't remember me, kid, but you and I stood together

in the underground once during an air raid.

It looks like I'm going to die out here in France, and the truth is, it took me

this long to figure out what I was dying for.

All my buddies had somebody to fight for, but I never had a soul I cared

so it made fighting a lot harder than it already is.

Anyway, I know it sounds crazy, but I decided today to fight for you.

I hope that we win this war, so that you can grow up and fall in love and get

married and have kids.

and that none of you ever, ever have to fight another war like this again.

I'm nobody special, not even a very nice guy, and I probably won't even have a

grave that you could find to drop a few flowers on.

Just remember that you helped a soldier to find his way home.

Thank you, Rupert, your friend, Joe.

May I help you?

I'm just looking.

I haven't been here in quite a while.

Oh, hello, Henry.

Henry's not for sale, I'm sorry to say.

Henry's lovely.

His cage is quite beautiful, too.

I've had that cage since I was a little boy.

It's not for sale, either.

But that's an interesting story behind it.

You're too young to remember this, young lady, but there was a time when we

almost lost it all.

If it hadn't been for chaps like this.

His name was Joe.