1 00:00:08,630 --> 00:00:10,790 From 1942 to 1945, Sam Byrne, a farm boy, 2 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:13,250 shared who was drafted into the military, 3 00:00:13,330 --> 00:00:17,710 wrote his personal account of the war in letters home. 4 00:00:17,790 --> 00:00:21,210 This story was inspired by these letters. 5 00:00:35,580 --> 00:00:41,250 Dear Ma, don't worry. I'm doing well. 6 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:45,290 I'm not allowed to tell you where we are. 7 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:49,130 The first special forces unit had its first major battle. 8 00:00:49,250 --> 00:00:50,960 We had to climb a mountain just 9 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:53,380 to get there, where we could fight. 10 00:00:54,210 --> 00:00:57,080 No other unit believed that that would be possible. 11 00:00:57,170 --> 00:00:58,710 And it was cold. 12 00:01:00,460 --> 00:01:03,000 The first time I aimed my 13 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:05,920 rifle at a man was difficult. 14 00:01:07,750 --> 00:01:11,670 Just aim at a German. Don't shoot without orders! 15 00:01:13,710 --> 00:01:17,830 I really don't want to kill anyone. I keep 16 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:20,670 telling myself that I'm here, because it is my duty. 17 00:01:21,750 --> 00:01:23,960 Because Dad expects me that I fight. 18 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:26,960 Mon ami, he's not a man, just a 19 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:31,000 gray uniform. Just a gray uniform. 20 00:01:49,380 --> 00:01:52,960 I didn't even have time thinking about what I was doing. 21 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:55,670 There was so much shooting... 22 00:02:03,250 --> 00:02:06,040 Kill or be killed. 23 00:02:06,630 --> 00:02:09,580 Kill or my friends would die. 24 00:02:12,540 --> 00:02:14,000 I hate it. 25 00:02:42,920 --> 00:02:44,330 Lie on the floor. 26 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:49,170 This is the weapon that my dad gave me. 27 00:02:49,540 --> 00:02:52,710 One day this will be your weapon, okay? 28 00:02:56,960 --> 00:03:00,130 Always point your gun in a safe direction, Sam. 29 00:03:00,210 --> 00:03:02,880 -What is a safe direction? -I do not know. 30 00:03:03,380 --> 00:03:05,580 Where you can't hurt anyone. 31 00:03:05,670 --> 00:03:09,040 Always keep your gun pointed away from people. 32 00:03:09,130 --> 00:03:11,040 I never want to shoot anyone. 33 00:03:11,170 --> 00:03:12,670 Well, that's good. 34 00:03:12,710 --> 00:03:15,880 Keep your gun away from people and it won't happen. 35 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:21,290 What you see here is the rear sight, and that is the grain. 36 00:03:22,130 --> 00:03:25,250 Always focus on the grain and make sure 37 00:03:25,330 --> 00:03:28,750 that your target is exactly in the middle. OK? 38 00:03:30,500 --> 00:03:31,960 All right, then... 39 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:37,040 Never pull the trigger with the crook of your finger, 40 00:03:37,130 --> 00:03:41,500 take the tip instead, then you'll be much more precise, okay? 41 00:03:41,580 --> 00:03:43,040 Try this out. 42 00:03:46,830 --> 00:03:50,750 Do you notice how the gun jumps around and doesn't stay still? 43 00:03:50,830 --> 00:03:53,210 Yes, I can't get my sights on the can. 44 00:03:53,290 --> 00:03:56,330 So, you let all your air out. 45 00:03:58,710 --> 00:04:01,580 When you reach the point, when the air is gone, 46 00:04:01,670 --> 00:04:06,250 you aim and pull the trigger, with your fingertip. 47 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:08,290 Now let's go. 48 00:04:21,170 --> 00:04:22,670 I did it! 49 00:04:22,750 --> 00:04:25,330 -Now don't get cocky. -Excuse me. 50 00:04:25,420 --> 00:04:28,460 Listen, remember, what I told you: 51 00:04:28,540 --> 00:04:31,830 concentrate, breathe, pull the trigger. 52 00:04:32,210 --> 00:04:33,250 Now I want you to hit the rest of 53 00:04:33,330 --> 00:04:36,040 the cans as quickly as possible. 54 00:04:49,210 --> 00:04:52,040 -What are you saying now? -Good shot, Sam. 55 00:04:53,210 --> 00:04:55,670 You will become a good sniper one day. 56 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:58,000 Maybe you'll get a chance at this, 57 00:04:58,040 --> 00:04:59,750 which I never was in the Great War. 58 00:04:59,830 --> 00:05:01,130 What were you then? 59 00:05:01,750 --> 00:05:06,750 Well, I had to take care of the horses, the whole war. 60 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:09,630 I never got the chance to really fight. 61 00:05:10,250 --> 00:05:13,580 One day you'll get the chance to fight in the next war. 62 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:15,830 But you'll think differently, 63 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:18,250 when they shoot at you and your buddies! 64 00:05:26,630 --> 00:05:28,920 I just wish you didn't have to go. 65 00:05:29,380 --> 00:05:32,920 My number was drawn. It's my duty to go. 66 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:37,170 I'll serve like Dad, in the Great War. 67 00:05:37,250 --> 00:05:40,750 We are so proud of you, Sam, right Ma? 68 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:43,880 You will be a good soldier. 69 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:47,830 Don't worry, ma. Everything will be fine. 70 00:05:48,580 --> 00:05:51,040 The war will soon be over, and I'm back home, 71 00:05:51,170 --> 00:05:52,880 before you can say Jack Robinson. 72 00:05:58,710 --> 00:06:00,170 Write to me all. 73 00:06:00,250 --> 00:06:01,880 I write to you every day. 74 00:06:03,330 --> 00:06:05,250 -Bye, my son. -Bye. 75 00:06:26,380 --> 00:06:28,380 The mail was there. What from Sam! 76 00:06:28,830 --> 00:06:29,920 Oh, okay. 77 00:06:36,380 --> 00:06:39,290 OK. "Dear family, I just want to 78 00:06:39,380 --> 00:06:41,540 let you know that I have completed 79 00:06:41,630 --> 00:06:44,250 basic training and been recruited 80 00:06:44,330 --> 00:06:45,960 into a new unit: the first special unit. 81 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:48,630 I'm going to Paratrooper training 82 00:06:48,750 --> 00:06:50,880 sent and whatever they ask of me. 83 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:53,960 The camp is all the way over in Helena, Montana. 84 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:57,250 If other units don't know what 85 00:06:57,330 --> 00:06:58,880 to do next, they'll come for us. 86 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:00,130 Well, Dad, I think I'll definitely 87 00:07:00,210 --> 00:07:02,750 not take care of the horses. 88 00:07:02,830 --> 00:07:05,460 I'll tell you more, when I am there, 89 00:07:05,540 --> 00:07:07,630 but that's all, what I know at the moment." 90 00:07:12,290 --> 00:07:13,880 It's okay, everything's fine. 91 00:07:15,500 --> 00:07:17,420 Ma, you forgot that part. 92 00:07:17,500 --> 00:07:19,500 "Oh, I get 50 bucks extra 93 00:07:19,540 --> 00:07:21,500 for the paratrooper unit. 94 00:07:21,580 --> 00:07:23,040 " Wow, 50 bucks extra! 95 00:07:23,130 --> 00:07:25,330 -I want to do that too when I go. -Me too. 96 00:07:25,420 --> 00:07:26,920 Everything will be fine. 97 00:07:27,630 --> 00:07:28,710 Fifty bucks! 98 00:07:28,790 --> 00:07:30,040 That's good. 99 00:07:49,540 --> 00:07:50,790 Name soldier! 100 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:52,630 Private Samuel Byrne, sir. 101 00:07:53,630 --> 00:07:57,330 Pvt. Byrne, you will address me as 102 00:07:57,420 --> 00:07:58,830 Master Sergeant Sanders, and never as Sir. 103 00:07:59,170 --> 00:08:01,040 This is a completely different house number. 104 00:08:01,460 --> 00:08:03,170 Yes, Master Sergeant Sanders. 105 00:08:03,630 --> 00:08:07,630 Byrne, you are in the Second Regiment, Second Company, Barracks 385. 106 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:11,080 Surname! 107 00:08:40,710 --> 00:08:43,250 Ernest Chipchase, Canadian. 108 00:08:44,500 --> 00:08:47,580 You... have something on your lip. 109 00:08:51,330 --> 00:08:53,130 I'm Jean Paul Sabourin. 110 00:08:53,420 --> 00:08:57,380 As you hear, I'm French Canadian, from Montreal, Quebec. 111 00:08:58,170 --> 00:09:00,000 I also only arrived today. 112 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:01,830 That's a tongue twister. 113 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:04,830 I'll just call you Frenchy. 114 00:09:05,130 --> 00:09:06,460 C'est la vie. 115 00:09:06,710 --> 00:09:08,830 I'm Sam Byrne from Wyoming. 116 00:09:09,250 --> 00:09:13,000 Am I in the wrong barracks? I'm not Canadian. 117 00:09:13,130 --> 00:09:15,750 Here's another proud Canadian, Private Jack Knight. 118 00:09:15,830 --> 00:09:17,210 I'm pleased. 119 00:09:22,420 --> 00:09:26,330 What's that smell? Are you a cowboy? 120 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:29,080 I'm a rancher. 121 00:09:29,170 --> 00:09:33,580 But yes, I work with livestock and ride a horse. 122 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:36,710 Whatever you say, cowboy! 123 00:09:37,710 --> 00:09:40,250 It still takes, until you catch up with us Canadians. 124 00:09:41,460 --> 00:09:44,920 We were told five minutes ago that we will arrive in five minutes. 125 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:47,330 Pack your things and let's go. 126 00:09:55,750 --> 00:09:58,210 This is Captain Pat O'Neill. 127 00:09:58,290 --> 00:10:00,790 He's our best man when it comes to hand-to-hand combat. 128 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:04,000 Listen carefully. It will save your life! 129 00:10:08,290 --> 00:10:11,750 That's right, guys, the enemy intends to kill you. 130 00:10:11,830 --> 00:10:14,630 This means that if you want to 131 00:10:14,710 --> 00:10:17,750 survive, you have to disable his weapon. 132 00:10:18,790 --> 00:10:22,250 You have to incapacitate him first, and quickly! 133 00:10:23,750 --> 00:10:25,210 What's your name, young man? 134 00:10:25,830 --> 00:10:26,920 Byrne, sir. 135 00:10:27,170 --> 00:10:29,960 An Irish name. Come to me. 136 00:10:32,580 --> 00:10:35,250 I want to know people's names which I furnish. 137 00:10:35,330 --> 00:10:38,710 Don't worry, I don't bite, unless I have to. 138 00:10:40,670 --> 00:10:43,830 So... grab the dummy pistol and 139 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:46,880 come towards me, ready to kill. 140 00:10:48,630 --> 00:10:50,420 Come on, cowboy. Here we go! 141 00:10:56,540 --> 00:10:59,750 Don't worry, guys. He will come to soon. 142 00:11:01,920 --> 00:11:04,460 Remember and be aware 143 00:11:05,580 --> 00:11:08,880 if you use this or another technique of mine, 144 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:12,920 will be your enemy if he survives, come back to you, 145 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:15,290 fighting and ready to kill. 146 00:11:16,380 --> 00:11:18,130 Are you okay, young Byrne? 147 00:11:18,210 --> 00:11:21,880 Can you breathe well? Can you speak? 148 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:23,290 Yes, sir. 149 00:11:24,540 --> 00:11:26,170 I was probably right. 150 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:31,670 One of those fighting Irish. This soldier has guts! 151 00:11:42,710 --> 00:11:44,880 Grace, you really should come. 152 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:49,920 You are going to have a lot of fun. Dance, laugh, have a good time. 153 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:53,920 Robin to go to this bar, means no fun to me. 154 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:55,750 Drunk soldiers, lumberjacks, miners, 155 00:11:55,830 --> 00:11:58,500 everyone thinks they could grab all the girls. 156 00:11:58,580 --> 00:12:00,170 I imagine fun differently. 157 00:12:00,250 --> 00:12:04,040 Well I know you like to dance, and you can do that well there. 158 00:12:05,380 --> 00:12:07,080 That will be fun! 159 00:12:17,710 --> 00:12:21,170 Gentlemen! We should do that, which is why we are here. 160 00:12:21,250 --> 00:12:23,210 Let's find some women! 161 00:13:30,380 --> 00:13:33,380 If you take too long, someone will beat you to it, 162 00:13:33,460 --> 00:13:35,710 and I'd really rather dance with you than 163 00:13:35,790 --> 00:13:38,710 with some lumberjack or miner over there. 164 00:13:40,460 --> 00:13:42,500 I'm not that good of a dancer. 165 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:45,420 But you can teach me If you want. 166 00:13:45,500 --> 00:13:46,960 I learn quickly. 167 00:13:48,630 --> 00:13:51,040 I'm Grace Ford. What's your name? 168 00:13:52,290 --> 00:13:55,080 I'm Sam. Sam Byrne from Wyoming. 169 00:13:56,580 --> 00:13:58,290 I've never danced like that before. 170 00:13:59,670 --> 00:14:02,630 Then hello Sam Byrne from Wyoming. 171 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:06,500 That's the swing. Look at my feet. 172 00:14:07,460 --> 00:14:10,670 Step back, one, two, three. 173 00:14:10,750 --> 00:14:12,540 Then on the other side. 174 00:14:15,670 --> 00:14:17,830 This is pretty simple. Try it! 175 00:14:22,130 --> 00:14:23,670 It will work out. 176 00:14:32,830 --> 00:14:35,830 Look at that. You learn really quickly. 177 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:37,670 Let's have fun. 178 00:14:58,290 --> 00:15:00,830 And then he says... Then he says, "But 179 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:05,580 Grace, you can teach me, I learn quickly." 180 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:11,500 Everyone compete! Take your empty backpacks and go outside. 181 00:15:12,630 --> 00:15:14,830 Are you deaf? Let's go! Let's go! 182 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:18,580 Just because it's night doesn't mean that your day is over. 183 00:15:19,500 --> 00:15:22,710 Double shift, let's go men, Here we go! Come on! 184 00:15:30,380 --> 00:15:32,380 Fill your backpacks with stones. 185 00:15:37,330 --> 00:15:38,630 That is sick! 186 00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:41,920 I just hope he doesn't let us carry them on his back. 187 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:44,130 Your equipment hasn't arrived yet, 188 00:15:44,210 --> 00:15:46,830 so we'll use these stones until then. 189 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:49,830 Come on, more stones, more stones! 190 00:15:56,630 --> 00:15:59,630 Let's go! Let's go! Come on, men! 191 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:08,500 Here we go! This is not Sunday walk through the forest. 192 00:16:17,420 --> 00:16:20,130 My eighty-year-old grandmother runs faster than you. 193 00:16:20,210 --> 00:16:22,420 Come on, let's go, come on! 194 00:16:30,710 --> 00:16:33,710 Hey, come on, get up! Come on, come on! 195 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:35,000 Let him! 196 00:16:35,130 --> 00:16:38,040 Those who drop out are sent back to where they came from. 197 00:17:12,830 --> 00:17:15,460 Where should we dump the stones Master Sergeant? 198 00:17:15,540 --> 00:17:17,710 These are your stones, Byrne. 199 00:17:17,790 --> 00:17:20,250 Take good care of her. They live with you now. 200 00:17:20,330 --> 00:17:23,380 They even sleep with you! Take a shower. 201 00:17:23,420 --> 00:17:26,670 Be at breakfast in 15 minutes and don't be late! 202 00:17:40,330 --> 00:17:42,000 -Hey. -Hey, Jones. 203 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:44,000 Do you know where they're going to send us? 204 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:46,500 No idea. What's wrong with you, Knight? 205 00:17:46,790 --> 00:17:49,380 I believe we are the secret suicide 206 00:17:49,460 --> 00:17:50,790 squad tasked with taking out Hitler. 207 00:17:51,630 --> 00:17:53,170 Where did you hear that, Knight? 208 00:17:53,250 --> 00:17:55,210 Oh, word gets around. 209 00:17:56,170 --> 00:17:57,460 Suicide Squad. 210 00:17:59,670 --> 00:18:01,880 Where do you pick up something like that... 211 00:18:02,210 --> 00:18:05,130 Turn, step, jump! Turn, step, jump! 212 00:18:05,210 --> 00:18:06,500 Let's go, let's go! 213 00:18:06,580 --> 00:18:09,580 Turn, step, jump! Let's go, let's go! 214 00:18:09,710 --> 00:18:11,210 Turn, step, jump! 215 00:18:11,250 --> 00:18:15,670 Turn, step, jump! Turn, step, and jump! 216 00:18:16,830 --> 00:18:19,000 Not bad for a first try. 217 00:18:19,040 --> 00:18:23,460 We'll do this again and again, until it becomes a habit. 218 00:18:24,210 --> 00:18:26,670 Goes to lunch. Enjoys it! 219 00:18:27,130 --> 00:18:29,960 This will be your last hot meal for a while. 220 00:18:30,420 --> 00:18:33,630 Last night's hike was just to warm up. 221 00:18:33,710 --> 00:18:35,250 After lunch, we go on another 222 00:18:35,330 --> 00:18:39,250 beautiful hike in the mountains. 223 00:18:39,580 --> 00:18:41,920 Master Sergeant, we didn't sleep. 224 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:44,920 The enemy won't let you sleep, and me neither. 225 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:46,210 Do you find that hard? 226 00:18:46,290 --> 00:18:48,040 Just wait until you're lying in the mud, 227 00:18:48,130 --> 00:18:50,290 haven't eaten or slept for days, bullets 228 00:18:50,380 --> 00:18:53,460 whizzing past your head, Mortars exploding 229 00:18:53,580 --> 00:18:55,960 everywhere while all you hear are the screams 230 00:18:56,040 --> 00:18:57,670 of the fallen soldiers, stop complaining, understood? 231 00:18:57,750 --> 00:18:59,630 -Yes, Master Sergeant. -Do you understand me? 232 00:18:59,710 --> 00:19:02,000 -Yes, Master Sergeant! -Good. 233 00:19:03,750 --> 00:19:04,880 Remember: I walked with 234 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:10,170 you, and I will do it again. 235 00:19:10,250 --> 00:19:12,790 And I slept just as much 236 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:14,710 as you, namely not at all. 237 00:19:16,540 --> 00:19:17,750 March off! 238 00:19:59,500 --> 00:20:02,330 The sun is rising and we have a long way to go. 239 00:20:02,420 --> 00:20:04,750 If you don't move, let's miss breakfast! 240 00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:06,250 Come on, let's go! 241 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:10,580 Aren't you hungry? Let's go, let's go! Come on! 242 00:20:13,170 --> 00:20:16,710 Ok, so: "I just got a letter from Ma 243 00:20:16,790 --> 00:20:20,130 and it seems I have a new sister, Carol. 244 00:20:20,210 --> 00:20:21,880 It's hard to believe. 245 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:24,710 I hope I can come home and see her." 246 00:20:24,790 --> 00:20:27,040 Okay, he should definitely come home! 247 00:20:27,130 --> 00:20:28,750 “We went for a hike and came 248 00:20:28,830 --> 00:20:31,460 back after a night and a day. 249 00:20:31,540 --> 00:20:34,290 Me and my men were way ahead of the rest and 250 00:20:34,380 --> 00:20:38,460 went into a farmhouse and called a taxi to pick us up. 251 00:20:38,500 --> 00:20:41,790 We knew if we didn't do anything, we miss the food. 252 00:20:42,420 --> 00:20:46,210 We were faster than the others and ate really well." 253 00:20:46,290 --> 00:20:49,540 Sounds like Sam wants nothing but fun and good food. 254 00:20:49,630 --> 00:20:52,420 Don't know why everyone's worried, that I get in touch. 255 00:20:52,500 --> 00:20:54,710 Let's see, wait there's more. 256 00:20:54,790 --> 00:20:58,170 "I thought they would catch us in our prank 257 00:20:58,250 --> 00:21:01,880 and I would get lucky and be sent back to my 258 00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:04,630 unit, but the master sergeant never said anything." 259 00:21:04,710 --> 00:21:06,540 Get lucky and get sent back? 260 00:21:06,630 --> 00:21:08,500 What does this have to do with luck? 261 00:21:20,580 --> 00:21:23,750 Hey, I think Our barrack is the only one in 262 00:21:23,880 --> 00:21:27,170 which all twelve original comrades still sleep. 263 00:21:27,250 --> 00:21:29,960 No washcloths here! Not yet. 264 00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:35,000 Oh, oh, we're in trouble. I think we got caught. 265 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:36,670 No washcloths here? 266 00:21:36,750 --> 00:21:38,920 We will see, what happens tomorrow 267 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:40,750 morning when you do your two jumps. 268 00:21:41,170 --> 00:21:43,500 Then we know who has what it takes. 269 00:21:44,750 --> 00:21:47,500 The mail was there. Knight. 270 00:21:47,580 --> 00:21:51,830 Chipchase. Sab-owr, Sab-or... 271 00:21:52,460 --> 00:21:54,210 -Frenchy. -Oui. 272 00:21:54,290 --> 00:21:57,290 Jones and Byrne. 273 00:21:58,130 --> 00:22:02,790 And that's it for today. Tomorrow morning, be ready. 274 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:10,790 Sam, it seems we didn't get caught. 275 00:22:11,710 --> 00:22:15,130 Tomorrow is the day that you are looking forward to. 276 00:22:15,210 --> 00:22:16,460 Fifty bucks! 277 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:18,460 I still don't understand why you 278 00:22:18,540 --> 00:22:21,250 Americans 50 bucks more and we don't. 279 00:22:21,330 --> 00:22:23,880 -Damn bureaucrats. -Oh la la... 280 00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:43,580 I'm thrilled you were selected for the Special Forces. 281 00:22:44,750 --> 00:22:48,170 To be a paratrooper, is something to be proud of. 282 00:22:48,580 --> 00:22:51,670 Be the best paratrooper, that they have. 283 00:22:52,250 --> 00:22:53,670 Your father. 284 00:23:27,210 --> 00:23:30,380 -Six minutes! -Six minutes! 285 00:23:30,460 --> 00:23:33,750 -Get ready! -Get ready! 286 00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:35,630 Stands up! 287 00:23:40,170 --> 00:23:43,040 Get ready to jump! 288 00:23:43,540 --> 00:23:45,290 And off! 289 00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:48,170 Come on! 290 00:23:51,580 --> 00:23:53,420 Come on! Come on! 291 00:23:55,500 --> 00:23:56,710 Come on! 292 00:23:58,670 --> 00:24:03,750 Jump! Come on! Jump! 293 00:25:11,170 --> 00:25:13,500 This was a lot easier than I thought. 294 00:25:13,790 --> 00:25:16,380 I did, what you said, Chipchase. 295 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:19,710 I didn't look. I just jumped. 296 00:25:20,460 --> 00:25:22,290 With a little help from a friend. 297 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:25,630 The Jumpmaster was about to pull you out. 298 00:25:25,710 --> 00:25:29,420 If I hadn't pushed you, you would be with the sissies now. 299 00:25:30,380 --> 00:25:32,630 As I was coming in to land, I had to 300 00:25:32,710 --> 00:25:34,790 remember that you could easily get 301 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:36,670 shot down while you're hanging in the air. 302 00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:38,670 You're an easy target. 303 00:25:38,750 --> 00:25:42,540 I thought the same. Look at the men up there. 304 00:25:43,210 --> 00:25:44,670 That's easy prey. 305 00:25:44,750 --> 00:25:47,710 The Germans could pluck them straight from the sky. 306 00:25:48,330 --> 00:25:49,790 There is no hiding place. 307 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:54,960 Maybe we should have chickened out like the others. 308 00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:57,790 Back to our regular units. 309 00:25:58,500 --> 00:26:03,080 This is a suicide mission, mon Dieu! 310 00:26:03,420 --> 00:26:04,540 Not me. 311 00:26:04,630 --> 00:26:07,170 I could never tell my dad that I chickened out. 312 00:26:07,250 --> 00:26:09,290 Dead or alive, I'll stay in the squad. 313 00:26:09,380 --> 00:26:12,830 He wrote me. I can't disappoint him now. 314 00:26:13,500 --> 00:26:16,330 Come on, we have to get to our second jump! 315 00:26:34,630 --> 00:26:36,250 She won't dance with you. 316 00:26:36,330 --> 00:26:38,330 You don't have to be such a killjoy. 317 00:26:55,790 --> 00:26:57,790 The cowboy's hat is turned off. 318 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:36,790 We were awarded. I'm a paratrooper now. 319 00:27:40,540 --> 00:27:42,080 I'm proud of you. 320 00:27:44,380 --> 00:27:47,750 But I hope you won't be sent to war anytime soon. 321 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:52,210 From what you hear, it won't take long now. 322 00:27:54,290 --> 00:27:55,580 Come on. 323 00:28:48,420 --> 00:28:52,080 This knife was specifically designed for this unit. 324 00:28:52,710 --> 00:28:56,670 It was designed to kill. Fast and quiet. 325 00:28:57,130 --> 00:28:59,000 Corporal Byrne? 326 00:28:59,960 --> 00:29:01,670 -Yes, sir. -Come here. 327 00:29:06,790 --> 00:29:08,080 Good man. 328 00:29:09,580 --> 00:29:13,290 It's best to use the knife, to slit throats. 329 00:29:18,170 --> 00:29:21,460 That kills your opponent, before he can scream. 330 00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:26,080 Just pull your head to the side, stabs all the 331 00:29:26,830 --> 00:29:30,040 way through, pulls it forward and cuts the throat. 332 00:29:30,750 --> 00:29:34,960 Another possibility is, stab directly into the skull. 333 00:29:35,710 --> 00:29:40,960 This knife goes straight through his ribs and into his heart. 334 00:29:42,460 --> 00:29:46,380 And do you see that? This is called the skull crusher. 335 00:29:46,670 --> 00:29:49,420 Yes, you know what to do with it. 336 00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:51,920 Keep your knives sharp! 337 00:29:52,630 --> 00:29:55,290 Okay, pair up! Practices! 338 00:30:01,500 --> 00:30:02,920 Hey, where's Matthews? 339 00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:07,540 Hey buddy! Our showers are full. May we? 340 00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:09,420 Is free. Go ahead. 341 00:30:34,630 --> 00:30:37,170 Grace, you look great. 342 00:30:37,250 --> 00:30:38,540 Thanks. 343 00:30:39,330 --> 00:30:41,210 You look good too. 344 00:30:42,790 --> 00:30:44,130 Thanks. 345 00:30:54,380 --> 00:30:56,170 Do you know "Hold Me" 346 00:31:42,460 --> 00:31:45,420 Now look at the crooner. 347 00:31:47,750 --> 00:31:49,500 That's incredible! 348 00:32:05,420 --> 00:32:08,790 One two three four! One two three four... 349 00:32:20,290 --> 00:32:26,040 Get down! High! Get down! High! Get down! 350 00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:48,460 Gentlemen, today is the last day of your training. 351 00:33:48,540 --> 00:33:51,460 Tomorrow we go to war. 352 00:33:52,670 --> 00:33:54,460 Where are you going, Master Sergeant? 353 00:33:55,250 --> 00:33:57,750 It's going to war. 354 00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:01,460 It's going to a place where others have tried 355 00:34:01,500 --> 00:34:04,080 and have failed, and that's why they come for us. 356 00:34:05,290 --> 00:34:06,460 Keep going! 357 00:34:21,250 --> 00:34:24,000 Sam! Sam! 358 00:34:34,670 --> 00:34:37,630 What a lovely surprise to see you, Grace! 359 00:34:38,380 --> 00:34:40,420 But I don't want to say goodbye. 360 00:34:40,580 --> 00:34:41,670 Me neither, 361 00:34:41,750 --> 00:34:44,630 but I had to tell you how much I will miss you. 362 00:34:49,250 --> 00:34:52,380 Put this in your pocket and read it, when you're gone. 363 00:35:04,080 --> 00:35:05,750 I have to go. 364 00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:08,580 The train departs. 365 00:36:15,420 --> 00:36:16,880 Dearest Sam, 366 00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:20,330 I never thought I would meet someone like you. 367 00:36:20,460 --> 00:36:22,710 You are friendly, a true gentleman. 368 00:36:22,790 --> 00:36:25,210 And yet strong when it needs to be. 369 00:36:25,330 --> 00:36:27,790 And you've become such a good dancer. 370 00:36:28,670 --> 00:36:30,500 I will write to you often. 371 00:36:31,380 --> 00:36:34,540 Please write me back, so I know you're okay. 372 00:36:44,580 --> 00:36:46,080 Our goal is to 373 00:36:46,670 --> 00:36:50,710 to drive the Germans out of the area around Mount La Difensa, 374 00:36:53,290 --> 00:36:56,380 so that we can travel safely on the road to Rome. 375 00:36:59,830 --> 00:37:01,250 How do we get to them? 376 00:37:01,830 --> 00:37:03,710 You are at the top of the mountain, 377 00:37:03,790 --> 00:37:06,130 and the only way up is this cliff. 378 00:37:06,210 --> 00:37:08,670 Every unit that tried has failed. 379 00:37:09,290 --> 00:37:11,460 With all due respect to these men, they 380 00:37:11,540 --> 00:37:15,250 have no mountaineering experience. We do. 381 00:37:15,630 --> 00:37:17,000 We make it. 382 00:37:17,630 --> 00:37:20,750 You have to climb this rock at night and in fog. 383 00:37:20,830 --> 00:37:23,710 The Germans left the area completely undefended. 384 00:37:23,830 --> 00:37:26,880 You are sure that no one can climb the rock. 385 00:37:26,960 --> 00:37:29,330 I guess, they know nothing about unity. 386 00:37:31,790 --> 00:37:35,000 If you meet Germans, before we start the attack, 387 00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:37,210 fights in close combat and stays calm. 388 00:37:37,290 --> 00:37:41,960 We have to take them by surprise. Van Ausdale, Fenton. 389 00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:46,040 You climb to the top, anchor the ropes and help 390 00:37:46,130 --> 00:37:49,750 to bring the soldiers up without the Krauts noticing. 391 00:37:49,830 --> 00:37:51,250 That won't take long. 392 00:37:51,330 --> 00:37:54,380 Two ropes come down, you can start climbing, 393 00:37:54,460 --> 00:37:59,250 without us having to call, this way we stay calm. 394 00:37:59,830 --> 00:38:04,460 Still questions? Good luck, men. Let's go. 395 00:39:12,250 --> 00:39:14,170 Let's surprise some Krauts. 396 00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:20,250 Keep calm. 397 00:39:20,330 --> 00:39:23,040 Aim at them, but don't shoot, until I give the signal. 398 00:39:23,130 --> 00:39:24,960 Use your knives if you must. 399 00:40:23,420 --> 00:40:25,170 Just aim at a German. 400 00:40:31,670 --> 00:40:36,920 Mon ami, he is not a man, just a gray uniform. 401 00:40:38,290 --> 00:40:39,830 Just a gray uniform. 402 00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:52,000 Don't shoot until you have the order. 403 00:42:49,460 --> 00:42:51,040 I thought we had them all. 404 00:42:51,130 --> 00:42:53,000 They come from that ridge over there. 405 00:42:53,500 --> 00:42:55,130 -Take cover! -Down! Get down! 406 00:42:57,630 --> 00:43:00,330 Fire mortars at the saddle Towards Remetanea. 407 00:43:00,460 --> 00:43:03,630 We will be attacked by mortars from the ridge Fired at towards the Camino. 408 00:43:03,710 --> 00:43:07,380 We are being shot at by both. So, fire towards Remetanea. 409 00:43:07,460 --> 00:43:08,750 Remetanea, then. 410 00:43:08,790 --> 00:43:11,460 We have to give the British time to take out Camino. 411 00:43:11,540 --> 00:43:13,580 If they can't do it, we can. 412 00:44:36,670 --> 00:44:39,960 What do you say to that? No blood! 413 00:44:47,080 --> 00:44:50,750 I was saved by the rock hard sugar cubes, 414 00:44:50,830 --> 00:44:52,630 that I have in my bag. 415 00:44:52,710 --> 00:44:55,920 You are a blessed man, mon ami. 416 00:44:56,000 --> 00:44:58,670 The angels are watching over you. 417 00:45:02,080 --> 00:45:05,080 -Everything okay? -I've never felt better. 418 00:45:05,170 --> 00:45:07,080 I'm going down to get supplies. 419 00:45:07,170 --> 00:45:08,880 Well, we'll need that. 420 00:45:09,580 --> 00:45:12,130 Think about the training. Uses German weapons. 421 00:45:12,750 --> 00:45:14,250 Okay, cowboy. 422 00:47:11,250 --> 00:47:13,630 Sam, you saved my life. 423 00:47:13,670 --> 00:47:17,170 You did what you had to do. You had to do it. 424 00:47:17,250 --> 00:47:18,630 Look at his face. 425 00:47:18,710 --> 00:47:21,250 He's still a child! I killed a child! 426 00:47:21,330 --> 00:47:23,250 No, Sam. He wanted to kill me. 427 00:47:23,330 --> 00:47:25,210 I killed a child I can not believe it! 428 00:47:25,290 --> 00:47:28,130 It's not your fault, that the Germans use children. 429 00:47:28,210 --> 00:47:31,130 -I have killed him! -Come on, we have to go. 430 00:47:50,290 --> 00:47:53,000 I may not wake up for a few days. 431 00:47:53,790 --> 00:47:56,580 I may not wake up until the next war. 432 00:47:57,580 --> 00:48:00,960 I'm going to be in this fart bag for a long time. 433 00:48:12,170 --> 00:48:15,630 Dearest Sam, how much I miss you. 434 00:48:16,710 --> 00:48:18,960 I hope You are fine. 435 00:48:19,830 --> 00:48:22,580 You promised me, to get home safely. 436 00:48:23,670 --> 00:48:27,500 Wherever you go, whatever you do, you 437 00:48:28,460 --> 00:48:31,460 should know that I long for your return, 438 00:48:31,540 --> 00:48:34,670 when we can dance and walk in the moonlight again. 439 00:48:46,250 --> 00:48:48,460 Boys, I hope you're in the holiday spirit. 440 00:48:48,540 --> 00:48:51,250 We will spend Christmas on the battlefield. 441 00:48:51,330 --> 00:48:53,830 Who would have thought! Joyeux noël! 442 00:48:54,380 --> 00:48:56,670 We are supply packers and stretcher bearers 443 00:48:56,750 --> 00:48:59,130 until the unit captures the objective, Hill 720. 444 00:48:59,580 --> 00:49:01,290 Just don't die on Christmas. 445 00:49:01,420 --> 00:49:05,290 When that happens, your family will To hate Christmas forever. 446 00:49:05,380 --> 00:49:07,630 I can't die on Christmas. 447 00:49:07,710 --> 00:49:10,040 Otherwise, my mother will kill me. 448 00:49:11,000 --> 00:49:13,330 Nobody dies at Christmas, of course. 449 00:49:13,420 --> 00:49:16,630 Collect your stretchers and supply packs from the quartermaster. 450 00:49:43,250 --> 00:49:45,040 Come on, hurry up! 451 00:49:51,210 --> 00:49:52,380 Paramedic! 452 00:49:57,460 --> 00:49:59,040 Paramedic! 453 00:50:08,500 --> 00:50:09,790 Paramedic! 454 00:50:42,670 --> 00:50:44,670 Come on! Come on! 455 00:51:24,420 --> 00:51:25,790 Sam! 456 00:51:33,210 --> 00:51:36,210 Sam?! Sam! 457 00:52:04,170 --> 00:52:05,330 Sam? 458 00:52:18,630 --> 00:52:20,130 What do you say to that! 459 00:52:21,170 --> 00:52:22,830 It's happened again! 460 00:52:25,420 --> 00:52:26,630 No blood. 461 00:52:27,500 --> 00:52:31,670 Angel, mon ami. Angel. 462 00:52:40,630 --> 00:52:42,710 Here we go. Let's get him. 463 00:52:44,380 --> 00:52:45,460 OK. 464 00:54:08,580 --> 00:54:11,500 Get down! Take cover! Take cover! Come on! 465 00:54:17,290 --> 00:54:18,710 Master Sergeant! 466 00:54:20,250 --> 00:54:22,080 Don't worry, Master Sergeant. 467 00:54:22,170 --> 00:54:25,290 We'll send a medic who takes good care of you. 468 00:54:25,500 --> 00:54:27,790 They saved us. You can't die. 469 00:54:27,830 --> 00:54:29,670 We'll take you to a paramedic. 470 00:54:29,750 --> 00:54:31,460 I won't make it. 471 00:54:31,540 --> 00:54:35,000 I want you both to make it. Survived. 472 00:54:35,130 --> 00:54:37,580 The people of Italy need you. 473 00:54:38,000 --> 00:54:41,460 Hold on, Master Sergeant. You have to do it! 474 00:54:42,330 --> 00:54:44,460 Clear the road to Rome. 475 00:54:45,460 --> 00:54:47,880 Kiss an Italian girl for me. 476 00:54:48,710 --> 00:54:51,330 No no! 477 00:54:52,710 --> 00:54:55,670 No! You can't die, no! 478 00:54:56,960 --> 00:55:00,670 We have to stay strong, fight and survive. 479 00:55:01,500 --> 00:55:04,790 If we don't do that, he'll die in vain. 480 00:55:06,170 --> 00:55:09,750 Stay strong, mon ami, stay strong. 481 00:55:11,330 --> 00:55:15,580 We can't leave him here. We have to get him down. 482 00:56:02,210 --> 00:56:07,040 Paramedic! Paramedic! My friend fell! Over here! 483 00:56:10,210 --> 00:56:12,170 I can see what's going on. 484 00:56:12,250 --> 00:56:14,750 Open your shirt, I need to see your skin. 485 00:56:18,290 --> 00:56:21,330 I can't... I can... 486 00:56:23,460 --> 00:56:24,960 Are you sick? 487 00:56:25,040 --> 00:56:30,380 Yes, I feel sick. Weak. Will I Die? 488 00:56:30,460 --> 00:56:33,630 -Is your urine a strange color? -Very dark. 489 00:56:33,670 --> 00:56:34,710 I heard when your urine 490 00:56:34,790 --> 00:56:37,000 turns black, you will die soon. 491 00:56:37,080 --> 00:56:38,290 No, that just means your 492 00:56:38,380 --> 00:56:40,580 schnitzel will dry out and fall off. 493 00:56:40,670 --> 00:56:41,750 Never. 494 00:56:42,670 --> 00:56:43,830 Really? 495 00:56:45,920 --> 00:56:47,630 The jeep is here, we'll take you with us. 496 00:56:47,750 --> 00:56:50,420 You come to the hospital with advanced jaundice. 497 00:56:50,500 --> 00:56:51,540 So bad? 498 00:56:51,670 --> 00:56:53,960 It is not good, that's why you come to the hospital. 499 00:56:54,040 --> 00:56:57,330 You should have said something sooner. Let's hope it's not too late. 500 00:56:57,420 --> 00:57:00,290 Let's hope it's pretty There are nurses in the 501 00:57:00,420 --> 00:57:03,130 hospital and not just ugly paramedics like this guy. 502 00:57:04,040 --> 00:57:05,670 Stay with me, mon ami. 503 00:57:12,670 --> 00:57:14,670 -What is your problem? -Nothing. 504 00:57:14,750 --> 00:57:16,920 I'm just here because of my friend. I'm doing well. 505 00:57:17,040 --> 00:57:19,130 He is very sick. He will remain in the hospital. 506 00:57:19,210 --> 00:57:21,130 When he's feeling better, send him back. 507 00:57:21,210 --> 00:57:23,540 When he gets better? How bad is it? 508 00:57:23,630 --> 00:57:25,040 Usually the boys survive, but he 509 00:57:25,130 --> 00:57:27,130 should have said something sooner 510 00:57:27,210 --> 00:57:29,250 to have a better chance. Sorry. 511 00:57:40,830 --> 00:57:42,630 Hey Ma, a letter from Sam. 512 00:57:46,080 --> 00:57:47,130 OK. 513 00:57:48,710 --> 00:57:50,500 -He's in the hospital. -What? 514 00:57:51,540 --> 00:57:54,380 -You better read it, Robert. -All right. 515 00:57:55,880 --> 00:57:59,420 "Dear family, they sent me to the hospital. 516 00:57:59,500 --> 00:58:03,250 I have been there for 3 weeks and have jaundice. 517 00:58:03,330 --> 00:58:06,210 They say I almost died, when I arrived, but I 518 00:58:06,290 --> 00:58:10,380 was supposed to be back at my unit in a day or two. 519 00:58:11,250 --> 00:58:12,420 I'll certainly be happy when this 520 00:58:12,500 --> 00:58:15,210 war is over and the killing stops. 521 00:58:15,920 --> 00:58:20,580 You know, I've been around for so long, what dad was like in the last world war. 522 00:58:27,920 --> 00:58:30,580 In a risky maneuver, Allied armies 523 00:58:30,670 --> 00:58:32,830 landed behind the Germans Winter 524 00:58:32,920 --> 00:58:34,710 defense line to break the stalemate. 525 00:58:34,790 --> 00:58:38,420 A few days after the battle, The first special unit 526 00:58:38,500 --> 00:58:42,080 begins aggressive night attacks on the surrounding 527 00:58:42,170 --> 00:58:44,920 German positions to stir up fear and push the enemy back. 528 00:58:48,130 --> 00:58:49,960 ANZIO, ITALY FEBRUARY 1944 Hey, 529 00:58:50,290 --> 00:58:53,080 nice to have you back from the hospital. 530 00:58:53,170 --> 00:58:54,960 Yellow turns black, right? 531 00:58:55,210 --> 00:58:57,000 Yes, nice to be back. 532 00:58:57,170 --> 00:59:00,210 The order is to sneak in, to cut their throats and 533 00:59:00,290 --> 00:59:02,920 disappear before they realize what happened, clear? 534 00:59:02,960 --> 00:59:04,380 Okay, here we go. 535 01:01:23,500 --> 01:01:28,250 I surrender! I surrender! Do not kill me. 536 01:01:49,750 --> 01:01:51,420 Hands up! Hands up! 537 01:02:10,210 --> 01:02:12,960 OK. Come on, come on! 538 01:02:15,420 --> 01:02:17,080 He surrendered because of 539 01:02:17,170 --> 01:02:18,880 what happened to his comrades. 540 01:02:18,960 --> 01:02:20,670 Yes... If I saw a German doing 541 01:02:20,750 --> 01:02:23,080 that to you and Chipchase, I 542 01:02:23,170 --> 01:02:25,290 would shoot instead of surrendering. 543 01:02:25,380 --> 01:02:28,250 Well, who knows he is young and afraid. 544 01:02:28,960 --> 01:02:30,750 -Jean is right. -Perhaps... 545 01:02:30,830 --> 01:02:33,500 But be careful. I don't trust any Germans. 546 01:02:35,580 --> 01:02:36,670 Wow, wow! 547 01:02:38,420 --> 01:02:43,250 I don't want to kill you. I hope you don't want to kill me. 548 01:02:45,330 --> 01:02:47,960 He pissed his pants in fear. 549 01:02:48,040 --> 01:02:49,630 I can smell it from here. 550 01:02:49,750 --> 01:02:51,710 You have a chance to live. 551 01:02:51,790 --> 01:02:54,580 I do not want to kill you, unless I have to. 552 01:02:54,670 --> 01:02:56,830 Don't make me do it. 553 01:02:57,170 --> 01:03:01,580 I... I'm just like you. I do not wanna die. 554 01:03:02,830 --> 01:03:04,710 I don't want to kill. 555 01:03:04,790 --> 01:03:09,330 I just want to go home and sleep with beautiful women. 556 01:03:13,250 --> 01:03:17,830 Hey Hans, you're okay. We have a lot in common, you and me. 557 01:03:17,920 --> 01:03:19,500 We have to extradite you, 558 01:03:19,580 --> 01:03:22,080 but I heard they treat you well. 559 01:03:22,170 --> 01:03:23,880 From where do you know my name? 560 01:03:24,460 --> 01:03:27,000 Hans? Really now? 561 01:03:27,960 --> 01:03:32,130 Well, that's what I call all of you Germans. Do you speak our language? 562 01:03:33,330 --> 01:03:39,750 My father was a professor at Harvard, in Boston. 563 01:03:40,960 --> 01:03:42,290 Go Red Sox! 564 01:03:44,710 --> 01:03:45,830 That doesn't exist... 565 01:03:45,920 --> 01:03:47,500 They will interrogate you. 566 01:03:47,580 --> 01:03:50,790 Tell them everything you know and they will treat you well. 567 01:03:51,250 --> 01:03:53,540 I hate war. 568 01:03:53,630 --> 01:03:56,210 I don't hate anyone so much, that I would kill him. 569 01:03:56,290 --> 01:03:58,290 I just hate war. 570 01:03:58,580 --> 01:04:02,380 Yeah, then blame that asshole Hitler. 571 01:04:02,420 --> 01:04:04,750 If it weren't for him, we would 572 01:04:04,880 --> 01:04:06,670 all be at home sleeping with 573 01:04:06,790 --> 01:04:09,080 beautiful women instead of killing each other. 574 01:04:26,380 --> 01:04:28,130 Dear Grace, I'm fine 575 01:04:28,250 --> 01:04:31,290 and safe, as you wanted it. 576 01:04:31,380 --> 01:04:33,630 It seems, as if this war would soon be over. 577 01:04:33,670 --> 01:04:35,790 At least I hope so. 578 01:04:36,040 --> 01:04:39,040 Frenchy says we should all meet after the war. 579 01:04:40,540 --> 01:04:43,540 I wished I was with you, in your 580 01:04:43,630 --> 01:04:45,540 arms, I would dance and have fun. 581 01:04:45,630 --> 01:04:47,880 I do not deserve you. 582 01:04:47,960 --> 01:04:50,420 I am so happy, for giving me your photo. 583 01:04:50,500 --> 01:04:55,000 I always have it with me. Love to you, Sam. 584 01:04:59,210 --> 01:05:00,580 Thanks, Chaps. 585 01:05:07,420 --> 01:05:09,540 I am General Frederick's translator. 586 01:05:09,630 --> 01:05:12,330 Did you capture the German yesterday? 587 01:05:12,420 --> 01:05:13,710 Yes we have got that. 588 01:05:13,790 --> 01:05:16,830 I'm supposed to tell you what we found in his diary. 589 01:05:16,920 --> 01:05:18,710 Something about beautiful women? 590 01:05:22,080 --> 01:05:24,170 This is his last entry: 591 01:05:25,210 --> 01:05:26,630 "The men in the sackclothes 592 01:05:26,750 --> 01:05:29,380 attacked at night and were suddenly everywhere. 593 01:05:29,920 --> 01:05:32,420 You never know, where the black devils, 594 01:05:32,500 --> 01:05:34,630 the Black Devils." 595 01:05:35,580 --> 01:05:38,210 We are not the only ones who are scared as hell. 596 01:05:38,670 --> 01:05:39,880 That's reassuring. 597 01:05:39,960 --> 01:05:42,540 Yes, the prisoner was very afraid of us. 598 01:05:43,040 --> 01:05:45,960 That's why he surrendered. He thought we would... 599 01:05:46,790 --> 01:05:49,830 Hey tell me, what would you say to a soldier, 600 01:05:49,920 --> 01:05:52,960 to get him to give up as peacefully as possible? 601 01:05:54,170 --> 01:05:56,420 Surrender and live. 602 01:05:56,920 --> 01:05:59,130 Surrender and live? 603 01:05:59,880 --> 01:06:02,130 Surrender and live. 604 01:06:02,420 --> 01:06:04,290 I understand what you're trying to do. 605 01:06:04,380 --> 01:06:07,250 You'll have a knife at your throat, if I say that. 606 01:06:07,290 --> 01:06:10,170 They say "I give up", if they surrender. 607 01:06:10,210 --> 01:06:12,830 "I give up". Good luck. 608 01:06:14,130 --> 01:06:16,420 The one we brought in, Hans, 609 01:06:16,540 --> 01:06:19,830 was still a child. Like my little brother. 610 01:06:20,750 --> 01:06:22,380 I don't want to kill children. 611 01:06:22,460 --> 01:06:25,460 Taking prisoners is better than killing children. 612 01:06:26,790 --> 01:06:28,380 Sack pants? 613 01:06:29,750 --> 01:06:32,170 I actually always thought they were really chic. 614 01:06:42,670 --> 01:06:45,790 It's been a long time, that it was cloudless. 615 01:06:47,170 --> 01:06:48,880 Look at the stars. 616 01:06:49,750 --> 01:06:51,880 This makes me think about God. 617 01:06:54,170 --> 01:06:57,540 Sometimes I ask myself, whose side God is on. 618 01:07:00,330 --> 01:07:01,790 I do not know much. 619 01:07:03,080 --> 01:07:04,880 I'm just a cowboy from Wyoming, 620 01:07:04,920 --> 01:07:07,130 who has never seen the inside of a church. 621 01:07:08,040 --> 01:07:10,830 But I know, that God does not take sides in war. 622 01:07:11,710 --> 01:07:14,000 The killing is wrong, from both sides. 623 01:07:15,080 --> 01:07:17,130 He's fucking mad at all of us. 624 01:07:19,330 --> 01:07:23,670 If there is a God, he is not happy. 625 01:07:27,460 --> 01:07:28,920 Sam... 626 01:07:30,380 --> 01:07:32,830 I have to ask you a serious question. 627 01:07:35,040 --> 01:07:37,290 You want to talk about dying, right? 628 01:07:38,170 --> 01:07:40,540 I wrote a letter to my family. 629 01:07:40,630 --> 01:07:42,130 You should do that too. 630 01:07:42,210 --> 01:07:45,210 When I die, you just have to send it. 631 01:07:45,330 --> 01:07:47,330 I will do the same for you. 632 01:07:47,420 --> 01:07:49,420 It's here, in my pocket. 633 01:07:49,500 --> 01:07:52,380 You're not dying, so forget it. 634 01:07:53,250 --> 01:07:55,540 The letter will never be read. 635 01:07:56,540 --> 01:08:00,170 Please, mon ami, this is serious. 636 01:08:02,210 --> 01:08:03,750 Promise me. 637 01:08:09,130 --> 01:08:10,460 I promise. 638 01:08:12,290 --> 01:08:16,170 But you better not die. Already forgotten? 639 01:08:16,670 --> 01:08:19,040 We have angels watching over us. 640 01:08:19,130 --> 01:08:22,580 No, these are your angels, mon ami. 641 01:08:23,130 --> 01:08:27,500 I just have to stay close to you, then maybe they can help me too. 642 01:08:57,330 --> 01:08:59,170 "Ma, you wrote in your letter that I 643 01:08:59,250 --> 01:09:01,750 would probably like to have Ras here. 644 01:09:01,830 --> 01:09:04,130 No I do not want this. Anyone but him 645 01:09:04,210 --> 01:09:07,290 or anyone else in the family." 646 01:09:07,380 --> 01:09:09,920 That's not fair. He can, but I can't? 647 01:09:10,000 --> 01:09:11,500 Just read on. 648 01:09:14,130 --> 01:09:17,330 "Just a few lines to tell you, that I'm fine 649 01:09:17,420 --> 01:09:20,330 and I received your letter and the sage bush. 650 01:09:20,420 --> 01:09:22,000 I know how Dad felt, 651 01:09:22,080 --> 01:09:24,290 when he got his sage bush abroad. 652 01:09:24,380 --> 01:09:27,080 It gives you the feeling to be a little closer to home. 653 01:09:28,250 --> 01:09:31,670 It's hard to write that on the stock of my rifle, 654 01:09:31,750 --> 01:09:35,170 but it's the only flat one, that I can find. 655 01:09:35,630 --> 01:09:39,210 Well, Ras, between you and me and the trench I sit in, 656 01:09:39,290 --> 01:09:41,920 I don't know, like me from some situations 657 01:09:41,960 --> 01:09:43,790 I came out alive again. 658 01:09:45,380 --> 01:09:49,330 I was hit and should have died three times, 659 01:09:50,330 --> 01:09:53,130 but Frenchy says, that the angels protect me. 660 01:09:56,880 --> 01:09:59,460 I believe, I have aged twenty years. 661 01:10:05,500 --> 01:10:07,290 There are only two pastors here, 662 01:10:07,380 --> 01:10:09,500 one Catholic and one Protestant, 663 01:10:09,580 --> 01:10:12,000 So I go to the Protestant church twice a week." 664 01:10:12,830 --> 01:10:14,960 Wow, I never would have thought that. 665 01:10:25,500 --> 01:10:28,960 War has the ability to to bring a man to God. 666 01:10:29,920 --> 01:10:33,000 Because he can meet his Creator at any time. 667 01:10:39,750 --> 01:10:42,710 You fight against an elite Canadian-American force. 668 01:10:42,790 --> 01:10:45,130 They are treacherous, ruthless and clever. 669 01:10:45,210 --> 01:10:46,670 You can't let up. 670 01:10:46,790 --> 01:10:50,580 The first soldier or group, who captures one of these men 671 01:10:50,710 --> 01:10:52,420 receives a 10-day vacation. 672 01:10:59,460 --> 01:11:02,040 We were instructed to use these. 673 01:11:02,920 --> 01:11:06,080 If you kill a German, stick it to his helmet, uniform 674 01:11:06,170 --> 01:11:09,710 or somewhere, where it will definitely be seen. 675 01:11:09,750 --> 01:11:11,460 What the hell does it say? 676 01:11:11,750 --> 01:11:14,460 "The worst is yet to come." 677 01:11:14,830 --> 01:11:17,670 The Colonel, I mean General 678 01:11:17,750 --> 01:11:20,040 Frederick says it's to demoralize them. 679 01:11:20,830 --> 01:11:23,580 This is our symbol, the Black Devils. 680 01:11:24,080 --> 01:11:26,630 That's what the prisoner called us Hans. 681 01:11:26,750 --> 01:11:29,580 Who is more afraid? Us or them? 682 01:11:30,210 --> 01:11:32,960 The card immediately makes me feel better. 683 01:12:30,960 --> 01:12:32,670 Surrender and live! 684 01:12:33,170 --> 01:12:34,170 I give up. 685 01:12:34,250 --> 01:12:35,330 I give up. 686 01:12:45,830 --> 01:12:48,750 You didn't mention how many prisoners you want to take. 687 01:12:48,830 --> 01:12:50,330 Nobody dies tonight. 688 01:12:50,420 --> 01:12:53,830 Every German we find we take prisoner. 689 01:12:53,920 --> 01:12:55,170 Let's find more. 690 01:12:55,250 --> 01:12:58,880 Tonight we make German mothers happy. 691 01:13:06,330 --> 01:13:07,880 Surrender and live! 692 01:13:14,960 --> 01:13:17,670 Black devils, we give up. 693 01:13:18,250 --> 01:13:19,880 We give up! 694 01:13:58,630 --> 01:14:01,420 Time to take the prisoners to headquarters. 695 01:14:01,460 --> 01:14:03,460 Give them a leg up. Let's go. 696 01:14:04,540 --> 01:14:05,790 Advance! 697 01:14:08,630 --> 01:14:11,670 What? I can speak a little German. 698 01:14:12,290 --> 01:14:14,000 I had it at school. 699 01:14:15,130 --> 01:14:18,210 You heard him. Advance! Let's go! 700 01:14:21,750 --> 01:14:23,540 German prisoners for you. 701 01:14:23,630 --> 01:14:25,130 These are not a few. 702 01:14:25,420 --> 01:14:26,920 They have surrendered. 703 01:14:28,750 --> 01:14:30,330 Well done, men. 704 01:14:30,750 --> 01:14:33,420 Looks like this, Like your plan worked, Byrne. 705 01:14:33,710 --> 01:14:36,080 You surrendered without any 706 01:14:36,170 --> 01:14:37,540 resistance, thanks to your lesson. 707 01:14:37,580 --> 01:14:40,380 If you had the choice, To 708 01:14:40,460 --> 01:14:41,880 surrender or die, what would you do? 709 01:14:42,420 --> 01:14:45,000 Sergeant Byrne, General Frederick asked me to let 710 01:14:45,080 --> 01:14:47,130 you know that he wants to meet with you about a mission. 711 01:14:47,380 --> 01:14:48,920 I'll leave immediately. 712 01:15:02,920 --> 01:15:06,000 General Frederick wants that we turn off house 14. 713 01:15:06,080 --> 01:15:08,880 There are snipers there, who kill anyone who comes near. 714 01:15:09,420 --> 01:15:10,960 How is the situation? 715 01:15:12,500 --> 01:15:16,630 There are snipers in or around House 14. 716 01:15:16,710 --> 01:15:18,710 Nobody has been able to turn them off yet. 717 01:15:18,790 --> 01:15:21,250 The area is completely open, without 718 01:15:21,330 --> 01:15:23,040 cover, so they can see you coming. 719 01:15:23,130 --> 01:15:26,460 -That's suicide. -No, no, it's not. 720 01:15:26,540 --> 01:15:28,630 We just need to get close enough 721 01:15:28,750 --> 01:15:32,000 for Sniper Sam to get these guys here. 722 01:15:32,080 --> 01:15:34,830 We're moving forward this evening. Let's eat something. 723 01:16:24,040 --> 01:16:26,540 They are really well hidden. 724 01:16:26,920 --> 01:16:29,130 I don't see a muzzle flash anywhere. 725 01:16:30,500 --> 01:16:33,040 There! Top window, all the way inside. 726 01:16:35,210 --> 01:16:37,880 The next shot we all fire. 727 01:16:38,000 --> 01:16:40,170 One of us should catch him. 728 01:17:05,380 --> 01:17:06,830 No! 729 01:17:10,210 --> 01:17:14,000 Sam, Sam, thank you, that you are my friend. 730 01:17:16,250 --> 01:17:19,080 No no no no no. 731 01:17:19,170 --> 01:17:23,830 Hey, you're not going to die. Hang in there, you'll be fine. 732 01:17:23,920 --> 01:17:27,830 I'm sorry, mon ami. I feel life leaving me. 733 01:17:29,000 --> 01:17:32,130 You, you... You have to live. 734 01:17:33,170 --> 01:17:34,580 Go to Rome. 735 01:17:35,790 --> 01:17:39,000 Kiss a beautiful Italian woman for me. 736 01:17:41,330 --> 01:17:43,580 Send my letter. 737 01:17:47,670 --> 01:17:50,710 No, Frenchy! Frenchy! Frenchy! 738 01:18:12,290 --> 01:18:14,080 He didn't fire back. 739 01:18:15,040 --> 01:18:17,040 I think we got him. 740 01:18:18,080 --> 01:18:19,540 Time to go back. 741 01:18:20,290 --> 01:18:21,790 I see him. Get down! 742 01:18:33,960 --> 01:18:36,920 You asked for it! Either you or me! 743 01:18:41,170 --> 01:18:44,380 He's mine! Stop shooting. He's mine! 744 01:18:46,170 --> 01:18:48,710 -I think he's dead. -I want to make sure. 745 01:18:48,790 --> 01:18:50,960 None of our men will die again. 746 01:18:51,040 --> 01:18:54,040 He's going to hell, now! 747 01:19:07,330 --> 01:19:09,960 I hope Frenchy and Chipchase saw this. 748 01:19:13,630 --> 01:19:17,500 I'm wearing Frenchy. You have to carry Chipchase. 749 01:20:29,790 --> 01:20:34,170 Sergeant Byrne... Jean was a good man. 750 01:20:35,330 --> 01:20:37,170 I know you were buddies. 751 01:20:37,250 --> 01:20:40,750 These are Frenchy's things. Would you give this to his family? 752 01:20:40,830 --> 01:20:42,170 Naturally. 753 01:20:49,790 --> 01:20:51,040 I promised him 754 01:20:51,130 --> 01:20:53,750 to send this to his family, if something happens, 755 01:20:53,830 --> 01:20:55,880 but that German ruined it. 756 01:20:57,000 --> 01:20:59,210 His family shouldn't see this. 757 01:21:02,920 --> 01:21:04,580 You're probably right. 758 01:21:07,460 --> 01:21:09,420 I made hot chocolate. 759 01:21:09,500 --> 01:21:11,790 With real chocolate and real milk. 760 01:21:11,880 --> 01:21:14,830 Come with me. Come. 761 01:21:28,500 --> 01:21:30,830 Sorry, I don't have any sugar. 762 01:21:32,170 --> 01:21:34,290 I have my Lucky sugar cubes saved. 763 01:21:34,380 --> 01:21:35,380 Ah yes? 764 01:21:36,630 --> 01:21:38,710 You saved my life. 765 01:21:40,750 --> 01:21:41,830 Thanks. 766 01:21:48,710 --> 01:21:50,250 How do you feel? 767 01:21:51,960 --> 01:21:57,170 Frenchy was my best friend, and Chipchase came right after. 768 01:21:59,460 --> 01:22:00,750 The Bible says: 769 01:22:00,830 --> 01:22:04,000 The greatest love, that a person can have is that, 770 01:22:05,380 --> 01:22:08,130 that he lays down his life for his friends. 771 01:22:11,790 --> 01:22:14,380 How do you feel about that, what did you have to do? 772 01:22:15,420 --> 01:22:17,210 Well, the thing is, Chaps. 773 01:22:18,080 --> 01:22:21,630 I... I thought I couldn't kill anyone. 774 01:22:22,000 --> 01:22:25,830 But then I did it, a few times. 775 01:22:26,630 --> 01:22:28,710 I just killed the sniper, 776 01:22:28,750 --> 01:22:30,540 who caught my friends. 777 01:22:31,960 --> 01:22:33,630 And guess what? 778 01:22:35,880 --> 01:22:37,540 It feels good. 779 01:22:42,080 --> 01:22:43,710 I'm a killer, 780 01:22:44,880 --> 01:22:47,330 and I will do it again and again, 781 01:22:47,420 --> 01:22:52,040 until this war is over or until I die. 782 01:22:57,880 --> 01:22:59,330 You saved lives. 783 01:22:59,670 --> 01:23:03,130 They stopped him to kill more of our men. 784 01:23:05,210 --> 01:23:07,250 You need to get this out of your head. 785 01:23:07,330 --> 01:23:08,960 Don't make it too difficult for yourself. 786 01:23:09,040 --> 01:23:13,040 It's not that easy, Chaps. I face this every day. 787 01:23:13,170 --> 01:23:17,210 I kill and others kill and are killed. 788 01:23:19,540 --> 01:23:21,750 It's nothing, what you can get out of your head. 789 01:23:24,500 --> 01:23:28,880 Maybe one day, but not today. 790 01:23:41,540 --> 01:23:42,960 Thanks. 791 01:23:44,500 --> 01:23:46,080 That was good. 792 01:23:54,790 --> 01:23:57,710 The German armed forces are retreating. 793 01:23:59,790 --> 01:24:02,420 After more than three months Combat operations near Anzio 794 01:24:02,500 --> 01:24:05,130 urges the first Special unit to the north. 795 01:24:06,080 --> 01:24:09,580 And help clear the way to Rome. 796 01:24:42,130 --> 01:24:43,580 Dearest Grace, 797 01:24:43,670 --> 01:24:47,380 I wish I could say that the war will soon be over. 798 01:24:47,460 --> 01:24:49,580 But it doesn't look like it. 799 01:24:51,210 --> 01:24:54,920 Every day men die around me, but I survive. 800 01:24:56,420 --> 01:24:59,500 I don't know, what makes me so special. 801 01:25:07,170 --> 01:25:09,290 Your letters make me happy. 802 01:25:09,380 --> 01:25:12,210 I read them over and over again, 803 01:25:12,670 --> 01:25:15,960 but I'm not the same person anymore with whom you danced. 804 01:25:18,330 --> 01:25:21,630 I don't know if I'll ever be that person again. 805 01:25:22,580 --> 01:25:25,670 This war has made me a murderer. 806 01:25:27,960 --> 01:25:29,710 You deserve better. 807 01:25:39,330 --> 01:25:42,920 I hope you find someone that makes you happy. 808 01:25:45,460 --> 01:25:50,500 I hope I'll find out why all this is happening. 809 01:25:53,710 --> 01:25:55,330 I hope. 810 01:25:58,000 --> 01:26:01,920 Sam and the First Special Forces continued the 811 01:26:02,000 --> 01:26:05,130 fight for freedom in Italy and southern France 812 01:26:05,210 --> 01:26:08,080 until the FSSF was disbanded on December 5, 1944. 813 01:26:12,830 --> 01:26:16,330 Sam completed his military service on 814 01:26:16,420 --> 01:26:18,670 September 23, 1945 and returned to Wyoming 815 01:26:18,750 --> 01:26:22,130 where he attempted to to resume his normal life. 816 01:26:22,210 --> 01:26:26,080 After two failed marriages, happiness came when 817 01:26:26,170 --> 01:26:28,750 Grace Ford came back into his life in 1963 and they married. 818 01:26:33,330 --> 01:26:36,250 Sam worked for the railroad for a 819 01:26:36,330 --> 01:26:38,420 long time until he retired in 1981. 820 01:26:38,580 --> 01:26:41,750 He and Grace were married for 28 years until Sam 821 01:26:41,880 --> 01:26:46,500 died in 1991 after a long and brave battle with colon cancer.