Original subtitles

If you're a leader, you lead the way.

Not just on the easy ones. You take the tough ones too.

A good leader has to understand the people that are under him...

Understand their needs...

Their desires or how they think a little bit.

Seemed like he always made the right decisions along the way.

He was a real soldier.

Some of the officers...

I don't think I'd follow them into water.

But he was one of the best.

He went right in there and he didn't... He never thought of not being first...

Or sending somebody in his place.

I don't know how he survived.

Lew? Wake up.

They want us back at regiment.

Come on nix, get up. Let's go.

- Come on, something's up. Strayer's orders. - Okay, go ahead. I'll be right down.

- Let's go. You got 10 minutes. - Go away.

Come on. Let's go.

- Leave me alone. - Okay.

- Come on. - Damn it!

That's my own piss, for Christ sake!

Son of a bitch.

We're the only unit in the group that's got the Germans...

On the German side of the rhine.

If we'd taken antwerp, and I'm not saying that that would have been easy...

We'd be over the river, well-supplied, and have the krauts on their heels.

If I can just get ike on the phone. Are you listening to me?

Hanging on every word.

- Moose, you too? - Yeah, whatever's going on...

- Sink's not happy. - Nixon, heyliger.

Meet colonel dobie, British 1st airborne. Captain Nixon is our 2nd battalion 82.

- That's 1st it. Moose heyliger. - Pleasure.

The brits lost 8000 men when market garden fell on its ass...

Which is why colonel dobie has been tasked with coordinating a rescue operation...

For the red devils who are trapped on arnhem fell.

Dutch resistance are harboring 140 of my chaps here...

Outside a Jerry-held town 15 miles north of the river.

They'll make their way to the riverbank and assemble in the woods here tonight.

Pick a team from easy company...

Get them back across the rhine as fast as possible.

140 men?

Canadian engineers have supplied six boats.

The rendezvous point is isolated and iandable. I swam it myself last night.

At approximately 0030, they'll signal v for victory with a hand-held red torch.

That'd be a handheld red flashlight.

All right, we'll call this thing operation Pegasus.

Bob, your 2nd battalion is on the spot. Get it done.

Captain Nixon. Assist colonel dobie in every way possible.

If you need anything at all, come to me.

- I can hardly ask for more. - Captain winters.

I haven't seen your endorsement of the market garden after action report...

- Or the updated battalion to&e. Why? - I'll have them at op 1300, sir.

I want an inventory on whatever material the British 43rd left behind.

Rations, medical supplies, transport.

Inventory. Yes, sir.

I'm still waiting to write citations on that 5 October operation. I need your report.

- The report. Yes, sir. Sir. - Light a fire under it, dick.

God dammit. We asked for this yesterday and here it is today.

A day late and a dollar short.

Enemy disposition and maps in the 82. We should have a look at that.

And you say there's about 100 of them?

This is it, boys.

They have to get across the river, across the field, and over the dyke.

That's a lot of territory to cover. Where do you want us to go?

You, hashey? You get the penthouse.

Thank you. We're up top.

- How bad does it get? - You'll find out.

- That's a lot of territory to cover. - Couple of regular gi Joes.

You said it. Come on.

New guys giving the replacements the what-for and why-is.

- I swear one of them has never shaved. - Yeah. Kids.

This is a hell of a dog, tab.

- Thank you. There you go. - What'd you call it, tab?

- Trigger. - That's good, I like that. Trigger.

- Got anything on this? - No, it's all quiet.

- We've got penetration! - Alley's hurt!

All right, get him on the table. Yeah, it's alley.

I got this.

Alley, you're gonna be okay.

- Boyle, get doc roe. - Where am I? What happened?

- Where was it? - Crossroads.

- If it wasn't for your loud mouth... - Hey, you know what, Joe? Back off!

Lesniewski, send a runner for lieutenant Welsh. Lieutenant, assemble me a squad.

Yes, sir. 1st squad, on your feet! Weapons and ammo only!

Let's go, let's go!

Get the boots off and elevate the leg. Liebgott, use the sulfur.

All right, let's get this done quickly. We gotta move. Not too much.

Hey, alley. All right.

What the hell are they shooting at? What's down that road?

Regimental headquarters.

But that's three miles away. Why are they giving away their position?

- Maybe they're not as smart as me and you? - I'll check it out anyway.

- Hold here. Wait for my signal. - Yes, sir.

Holding here. I'm waiting for a signal.

This is our fallback position. Here.

Mortars, deploy here. 1st squad, on me.

Second on the right.

First on the right.

Third on the right. Nail the machine gun.

Second on the left. First on the left.

Wait for my signal.

- Prepare to fire. - Two rounds, ain't she quick?

- Fall back! - Fire.

Fire!

Higgins! Handful of krauts, based on the dyke, 12 o'clock!

- How many krauts are left up there? - I don't know.

But we got seven in one blow.

Bring on boyle and perconte. Go!

Come on, fall back!

Suppressing fire!

Suppressing fire!

Hashey, Garcia, follow me!

Harry, tell peacock to bring the balance of 1st platoon! On the double!

And another machine gun squad. Over.

Dukeman! Go get that machine gun on the right flank. Go!

Christenson!

Fuck! Dukeman's down.

Sir, the balance of 1st platoon is here.

Gordon and more brought another .30 Cal.

They're behind a solid roadway embankment. We're in a ditch.

They can outflank us along the dyke and catch us out here...

As soon as they figure that out.

- So how many krauts are we talking about? - There's a ferry crossing here...

So it could be a whole battalion as far as I know.

Okay. What are your orders?

We got no choice.

Here it is. Talbert, you'll take 10 men along the dyke.

Peacock, you'll take 10 men along the left flank.

I'll take 10 up the middle, so follow me.

Questions? Go.

Enter.

- I don't know why I'm still doing this. - What, drinking?

No, hiding it in your footlocker. I'm a captain, for Christ sake.

Well, why don't you...?

Why don't you just give it up?

- Drinking? - No.

Hiding it in my footlocker. You're a captain, for Pete's sake.

Maybe you're right. Maybe this is the perfect place to stop drinking.

Right here on the business end of the allied advance.

Cheers.

Dick, you know that's not literature, just keep it simple.

Try writing it in the first person plural. Say "we" a lot.

Thanks for the tip.

Fix bayonets.

Go on the red smoke.

No! Wait for the signal!

Jesus.

Come on, pour it on! Shoot your targets!

Let them have it!

Come on, boys!

Foun

five.

Holy shit!

- It's a whole other company! - No shit!

Easy beaver to easy minor! Reinforce easy at phase one yellow!

Plus one, strike three. Fire concentration Charlie.

Drop 200, left 100.

Repeat, plus one, strike three! Fire concentration Charlie.

Drop 200, left 100!

Krauts in the open! Fire for effect! Over!

- What's he saying? - He says they're Polish.

There are no Poles in the ss!

Move!

Jesus Christ!

Oh, shit!

- Luz, send lightning a report. Boyle! - Lightning, lightning. Over.

Get up there where you can spot the fall of those rounds. Go.

Incoming rounds!

Easy company, take cover!

- Boyle's hit! - Jesus Christ, they got me!

Take cover! It's German artillery!

Get boyle, he's down! Come on, help me!

Jesus, captain, they're ss.

Joe?

- Joe, knock it off. - Goddamn it, what?

- You're bleeding. - It's nothing, captain.

I want you to take these prisoners back to battalion op, get yourself cleaned up.

Yes, sir. Come on, kraut boys.

- Drop your ammo. - What?

Drop your ammo.

- You kidding me? What are you doing? - Give me your weapon.

You have one round. Johnny, how many prisoners do we have?

- Got 11 right now, sir. - Okay.

You drop a prisoner, the rest'll jump you. I want all prisoners back at battalion op alive.

Yes, sir.

"They got me." You believe that? You believe I said that?

- Can you make it back to op? - Yeah.

- All right. - I will see you some place else.

Take these to battalion.

- And split them up. - Yes, sir.

Tommy, will you help me with this?

And up!

All right.

Here you are.

- We had them on the run. - How's that?

The Germans were flooding back towards the ferry crossing...

When we hit them with artillery. It was like a Turkey shoot.

Then they hit us with their 88s, zeroed in on this crossroad.

Now we were lucky, though. Only 22 wounded.

Lucky.

- Captain winters? - Right down there, sir.

All right, carry on.

All right, krauts.

Twenty-two wounded, huh? You okay?

- Yeah. One killed. - Who?

Dukeman.

Dukeman.

You're looking at two full companies of ss.

About 50 dead, probably another 100 wounded.

Seven back in the regimental cage, plus a whole string of them up there.

That's not bad for dukeman.

You got a drink? Of water?

Yeah, that's water.

Okay?

363rd volksgrenadier hit opheusden...

About the same time your ss made a run for my op down the road.

3rd battalion got the hell beat out of them.

- Ollie horton was killed. - Major horton's dead?

They hit 2nd battalion op in force. He was organizing the defense.

Captain Nixon, excuse us just for a minute.

How would you feel about handling a battalion?

I'm moving you up to executive officer of 2nd battalion. Colonel strayer is...

Well, he could use some help.

Well, I know I can handle them in the field, sir.

That's right, dick. You're a solid tactician and a good leader.

Don't worry about administration.

Who do you think will be taking over easy, sir?

Moose heyliger can command easy company.

- Lieutenant heyliger would be my choice, sir. - Good.

You pack your gear and come on up to battalion op.

Yes, sir.

Like some coffee, sir?

- Yeah. Thanks, doc. - All right.

Hey, dick! You finish your novel yet?

That's a lot of homework.

And I thought executive officer was supposed to be a fun job.

- Who are you? - Zielinski, sir.

- Who is he? - Zielinski's my orderly.

Well, rank does have its privileges.

Orderly? I suppose you do stuff like get coffee?

- Can do, sir. - Black, no sugar.

And a bacon sandwich. You? Bacon sandwich!

Give that to colonel sink. With my compliments.

All that for two pages? Guess that means that's gonna take a while.

Yeah, it is. You want a job?

There it is. I think somebody wishes he were back in charge of easy company, moose.

- Are you two just here to gloat? - No, just to rub it in a little bit.

Moose is gonna lead his first mission as company commander.

Operation Pegasus is set to go off. I thought I might give you the heads-up.

Pegasus. Yeah.

Yeah, great. Everybody know their job?

We drilled with the boats all day. Lieutenant Welsh is coming along...

And the Canadian engineers.

Colonel dobie knows his stuff.

Know how many times you wanna cross the river?

If there really are 140 brits in hiding over there, three trips.

Speed is the key. What time is jump-off?

- We'll be at the far side of the rhine at 0100. - Speed is the key.

- Keep moving and lead the way. - Dick.

Easy's in good hands.

- Yeah, right. Well, hang tough. - I could say the same to you.

- Good luck, moose. - Captain.

- Nix, are we sure on the intelligence of this? - Well, I think it's pretty good.

Is easy walking into another company of Germans no one can see?

Why don't we ask moose when he gets back?

Right, yeah.

If they do run into any trouble, you'll let me know?

You run into any bacon sandwich, do the same, all right?

- Line secure, sir. - Fall back into position, private.

- I got the .30 Cal. On the left flank. - Extend it out to the left 10 yards.

So, colonel, where are they?

- Leicester. - Square.

Come on in.

- Welcome back, sir. - Good to be back.

Heyliger. 506 of the 101st airborne.

Never thought I'd be so glad to see a bloody yank.

- Your show, colonel. - I'll be back shortly. Go!

- Boats are all secure, sir. - Bull!

The brits are on their way. Pass the word.

Sir, you missed a signature here.

- Moose heyliger. - That's me, sir.

- God bless you, my man. - We're ready to go, sir.

- Where's the rest of you? - I'll get them.

- And here we all are. - Well, let's go.

- Wahai Mohammed! - Wahai Mohammed!

Moose heyliger and the American 101st have done the red devils a great service.

Making it possible for us to return and fight the enemy another day.

- To easy company, victory and currahee! - Currahee!

I was only easy's co for four months, moose.

Before that it was meehan's company, and before that sobel's.

Yeah, but you're the only combat commander they've ever known.

And I'm from another company.

You know where they came from, you know what they've been through.

Just hang tough. Train your new platoon leaders. Trust your noncoms.

- Halt! - It's moose!

Hold your fire!

Okay, buddy.

Oh, my god.

Send for lieutenant Welsh.

Stay awake on me. Stay awake on me, moose. Here, look in my eyes.

Send for lieutenant Welsh now!

Okay, okay.

I'm sorry, sir! I'm so sorry! I didn't know. Jesus Christ!

- Where are you from, trooper? - Wyoming, sir.

You're a long way from home, private.

- Stretcher! - I got him, Harry.

- You give him morphine? - Yeah.

- How much? - Can't remember. Two, three syrettes maybe.

- Two, three syrettes maybe? - Yeah.

- Jesus Christ. Were you trying to kill him?! - I think it was two.

You don't think it might be important to let me know how much medication...

The man has had? Because I do not see one syrette on the man's jacket!

- Sorry, doc. - Sure is a good thing he's a big man.

- Maybe he'll stand a chance. - He was in a lot of pain, doc.

- We didn't know what to do. - Yeah, well you ought to.

You are officers, you are grownups, you ought to know!

All right, let's go! Come on, move it!

- Once more. - About face! Fonnard, march!

Easy still has only 65 percent strength...

And most of those are replacements, including their new co.

How's it. Dike doing?

Three weeks in Holland, the guys are already calling him "foxhole Norman."

They're talking about a mid-march action at the earliest.

So we train the guys for 3 months, we jump into Berlin, we end the war.

The only thing holding together easy company is the ncos. Toccoa men.

Sir, there's a sergeant guarnere here to see you.

- Look what the train brought in. - Hey, the daredevil.

- Hi, captain. - Welcome back, bill.

Jesus, it's true. I never thought I'd see you behind a desk, sir.

Someday, he'll sit behind it.

Well, I just went awol from the hospital to get back here, sir.

I hope that's not gonna cause you a problem.

- Would you care if it did? - Not a bit, sir.

Got a letter for you here from moose. Lieutenant heyliger, sir.

He's recovering, but it's gonna be a long haul.

Thanks, bill.

So I hear there's gonna be a football game? Those chumps in the 5-0-deuce?

- Oh, yeah, Christmas day. - Great! Skytrain boys. Can't wait.

- Well, I'll just go find some trouble. - You do that.

No more joy riding, right?

Oh, anybody ever heard of a little joint called Lulu's?

Got me.

I'll just ask around.

Well, I guess now is as good a time as any.

What? What's that, a piece of paper? I don't wanna see another piece of paper.

General Taylor's flown back to Washington.

He's left general mcauliffe in charge of the division.

Colonel sink is in rheims to see Marlene Dietrich.

- Marlene Dietrich is in rheims? - At the uso.

I'm out of here. I'm going to rheims.

Strayer will be in London for at least another week...

For lieutenant colonel dobie's wedding. I personally am heading back to aldbourne...

To look up a certain young lady.

- What are you telling me? - You, my friend, are headed to Paris.

City of light. That's a 48-hour pass.

It's been decided that you need a little dose of civilization.

Bon voyage.

Second that.

- I got two friends in the airborne. - Give me a break.

- We're all on the same side. - Marines?

I'm telling you, marines are the toughest bunch going.

- Marines? - Wait a second.

No, the airborne is right up there. The airborne is as tough as they come.

You should see the basic training.

You know what I did in basic training? I had to eat rats in basic training.

Well, that's the first time...

Every time I look at you, / see eight or nine of you.

- I'/I be all right... - "Look at me. I'm John Wayne.

The costume department set me up with these great Navy whites..."

Luz, shut up.

I'm trying to watch this.

- I've seen this movie 13 times, okay? - I haven't, so shut up.

- Watch the movie, fine. - Hey, skip!

Come on!

Where you been? I been looking all over for you.

Well, Don, I was at home in tonawanda...

But then Hitler started this whole thing, so now I'm here.

- How'd you make out in craps? - Not so bad. Here's the $60 I borrowed.

- You're paying me back? - And as a thank you...

- Surprising. - A tip!

- Jesus! - Shut up!

- I was up 6 grand, but I only have 3600 left. - What are you gonna do with all that dough?

- Blow most of it in Paris as soon as possible. - Give me a tip.

I don't think that climate in there agrees with you.

As a matter of fact, I've been worried about your health altogether.

- Hey, buck. - You don't look well.

How are you feeling? Your wounds heal? All four of them?

You seen this before?

Is it any good?

It's a real corker.

Lip, favorite part.

"Got a penny?"

"Got a penny?"

"Got a penny?"

- Got a penny? - Sure.

What?

Quiet!

-Come on. —quiet!

I said, quiet!

Elements of the 1st and the 6th ss panzer division have broken through...

In the ardennes forest.

They've overrun the 28th infantry and elements of the 4th.

All officers, report to respective hqs. All passes are canceled.

Enlisted men, report to barracks and your platoon leaders.

- Damn, what a day. - Unbelievable.

Got a light?

All right, there you go.

Sir! Lieutenant peacock, sir? Have you seen colonel strayer?

- Where's the company commander? - Lieutenant dike?

I've been looking for him all day.

How is it that the 4th army's problem gets dumped on the airborne?

Lieutenant peacock. Lieutenant Compton. Captain winters.

Oh, lieutenant dike, I've been looking for you.

Sir, we have a problem. Colonel strayer has not yet returned from some wedding...

That he's attending in London. Can you believe that?

We're going to the front and our co isn't even in the same damn country.

You have a bigger problem, lieutenant dike. You have men returning to action...

Without proper cold weather clothing and not enough ammo.

- Sir? - I suggest you take a canvass...

Of the entire base. Get what materials you have before we roll out.

Or have you done that already?

- No, sir. - K rations. As many as you can scrounge.

We don't know if we'll be resupplied or not.

- Yes, sir. - What about ammo?

There is no more ammo. Distribute it amongst the men...

As best you can so at least everybody has something.

Yes, sir. Lieutenant Compton, lieutenant peacock...

Inform lieutenant shames of the situation.

Get all your platoons as best equipped as you can, and then report...

- Back here to me. Understood? - Yes, sir.

Captain.

The blackout's not in effect. Luftwaffe must be asleep.

What a difference a day makes, huh, lieutenant?

- Christ, I miss those c-47s. - Got a tailgate jump here.

I just wanna know where they're sending us. What the hell are we supposed to do...

- With no ammo? - Hey, kid, what's your name again?

- Suerth. Suerth Jr. - You got any ammo, junior?

- Just what I'm carrying. - What about socks, junior?

- You got extra socks? - A pair.

You need four, minimum.

Feet, hands, neck, balls...

Extra socks warms them all!

Okay, we all remember that one, but did we remember the socks?

Give my goddamn boots for a cigarette.

We're all out of ammo and socks.

- Anybody got a cigarette? - I bet junior's got plenty of both.

- I don't. - How about a hat? You got a hat?

- Hey, you got extra ammo? - What about a coat? Got a coat?

Shut up with the coat. No one's got one.

- How about some smokes then? - Yeah, I got some smokes.

- Now you're talking! - Hey, hey, hey. Toss it up!

Pass them down! Pass them down!

Somebody give me a light.

Keep moving! Come on!

- Go to the left! - All right. Keep coming!

Keep it moving! All the way down! Keep moving!

Keep moving, guys.

All right, guys, 15 minutes. Smoke them if you got them.

Keep warm, you guys.

Where the hell are we?

Sure we ain't in hell, it's too damn cold.

Hey, stand back, guys, I been holding this for the last hour!

Anybody got any matches?

Gather round, guys, gather round.

Wait right here. Don't go anywhere.

Welcome to Belgium.

This area is known as bastogne, strategic crossroads town.

Seven roads leading in, seven roads leading out, which makes it ideal for kraut armor.

Now ike wants to make sure that the krauts can't use those roads.

So we're gonna put a perimeter around bastogne, dig in tight as a tick.

2nd battalion will be deployed over here to the east.

Thank god. Barely made it.

- Better get yourself some ods, Bob. - Okay.

1st battalion's to the north on your left flank. 3rd battalion's in reserve.

- Andy, let's roll! - Sir, we're a little short on ammunition.

- How short? - There was a limited supply in camp, sir.

Captain, you beg, borrow or steal ammo, but you defend this area.

- Yes, sir. - Yes, sir.

Jesus Christ!

- Hey, bill, Don, come here. Look at this. - What? Hold on. Jesus, I'm done.

What the...?

- What the hell is going on? - Hey, you're going the wrong way.

Hey, pal. Hey, pal...

Hey, pal. Hey, pal. What happened? Where the hell are you going?

They came out of nowhere. They slaughtered us. You gotta get out of here.

- We just got here. - Give me your ammo. Come on.

- Take it. You'll need it. - Go on, get out of here.

Holy Christ.

- Who's got ammo? - Got ammo?

Hold on, give me your ammo. What do you got, kid?

You got any grenades? Hand them over.

- You got grenades? - Thanks, buddy.

Got any grenades? Who's got grenades?

Private, what do you got?

Make a hole!

Make a hole! Make a hole! I got ammo! Grab what you can!

Lieutenant, you're a godsend. What's the situation?

Well, I heard you guys were coming in. There was an ammo dump. So here.

- Is it just you guys in the 101st? - Looks like.

- What hit you fellows? - Everything.

The krauts had tigers, panthers...

Sps, stukas. Arty and infantryjust kept on coming.

- What's your name, lieutenant? - George rice, 10th armor.

- Good work, son. - You got any more mortar rounds, sir?

- We're real short. - I'll try to make another ammo run if I can...

- But don't count on anything. - Thank you, sir. I'll take this, captain.

A panzer division's about to cut the road south.

Looks like you guys are gonna be surrounded.

We're paratroopers, lieutenant, we're supposed to be surrounded.

- Good luck. - Thanks.