Band of Brothers

The Toccoa men, that's the ones that was there at the very beginning.

They are very close and...

They accept people coming in, like myself as a replacement...

...but you also had to prove yourself.

Most of them were-- We know were qualified parachutists. They had to be.

A lot of them were awfully green, and we knew that. We just--

We hoped we could keep them alive or they could keep alive.

A lot of them didn't. But...

It was all right, they eventually blend right in.

I think maybe they were trying to...

...impress the older guys, maybe people like me or Shifty or...

I don't know why, but I got right there to where...

...I didn't wanna be friendly with replacements coming in...

...because, God, I didn't like seeing them get killed.

I just-- It just tore me up.

Because we were in awe of them. They were-- They were wearing infantry badges...

...you know, on their uniform. They had a star on their jump wings. They--

They were like heroes to us, you know. That's how we looked at them.

And they were good. Furthermore, they were good.

We had good officers, for the most part, but we had excellent NCOs.

They looked-- They looked after you.

All right, now, lieutenant, nice and easy. We still got a shot.

Oh!

Tough break. You're having a tough night. People have tough nights.

- Sorry, George. - It's all right.

- Nice shot, sir. - Thank you, Bull.

- Thank you, lieutenant. - Heffron, finish me up.

What does he need? What does he need?

- Double seven. - There he goes.

Hey, there it is!

You're embarrassing the lieutenant here. Have a drink.

Don't mind if I do, sarge.

Better start winning money soon. I think your buddies are starting to miss you.

Yeah, they do look kind of sad, don't they?

They just serious fighting men, that's all.

Well, I think I'm gonna go introduce myself.

Be careful what you say, now. It don't take much to set my guys off.

Yeah, you got some wild-eyed killers right there, Bull.

You know, it's a good thing we weren't gambling.

Oh, boy, we would've gotten killed.

- You wanna bet? - What?

- You wanna bet? - Yeah, a pack of smokes.

- Come on, we'll have another game. - I don't know much about gambling.

- Pack of smokes. - Hey, come on.

- First one to hit the bull's-eye? - Yeah, okay, one shot. One shot.

- Yeah, why not? - Yeah?

- Make it two. - Two packs.

- Two packs each. - All right, two packs.

Here we go, here we go. One shot. Here we go, Georgie.

Hey, fellas. What do you hear? What do you say?

Actually, that's Babe's seat. Private Heffron's.

Is that right? I don't care if it's fucking Eisenhower's.

- Who are you? - Private Miller. James Miller.

- I'm in Sergeant Randleman's squad. - Us too. I'm Les Hashey.

- Tony-- - Garcia. I know who you are.

Old Gonorrhea don't miss nothing.

Lieutenant, are you gonna shoot lefty all night?

- Hey, come on. - I'm just curious because he's right-handed.

George. What would I do without George Luz?

Oh!

- Goodness gracious! - Two packs, gentlemen.

I know you got them. Pay up.

- So Heffron tell you about Doris yet? - No.

Well, then I'm gonna educate you.

We're getting ready to get on the plane for that first frog town we never jumped into.

All of a sudden, Heffron stops dead in his tracks.

Bing and bang and boom, everybody banging into each other and everything.

Heffron's just staring up at the nose of the plane because on it...

...is painted this beautiful pinup. And written underneath, "Darling Doris."

Doris just happens to be the name of the skirt who just that day...

...sent Babe one of them letters. You know the--? The--

Web, what do you call them letters that the broads send?

- Dear John letter. - That's it. A "Dear Babe" letter.

Well, anyway, lucky for Babe, Patton overruns our drop zone.

Mission canceled. In other words, Babe don't have to risk getting inside old Doris again.

Hey, Bull, your squad listens up real good.

Yeah, they're being polite, like whenever Bull opens his mouth.

Johnny, what are you saying? Bull's boys are just humoring him?

Yeah, like whenever he gives out some of his folksy wisdom from back down on the farm.

You probably think he's a fucking hayseed. Ain't that right?

What are you laughing at?

You new boys, you pay attention to Sergeant Randleman. Got that?

That's the smartest man in the company.

Hey, Mack.

Where'd you get that?

It's the Presidential Distinguished Unit Citation. For...

- For what the regiment did in Normandy. - That's right. For what the regiment did.

- You weren't there. - Hey, hey.

Ease up, Cobb. it's a unit citation.

Shit, Cobb. You didn't fight in Normandy, neither.

I got hit in the plane before I got a chance to jump.

Hey, y'all! Listen up! I got us an announcement to make.

- This here is Carwood Lipton. - He's already married, Smokey.

This here is Carwood Lipton, the new Easy Company first sergeant!

As-- As befitting his position, he says he has to make an announcement.

Well, I hate to break the mood here, boys, but we're moving out again.

As you can see...

...this is called Operation Market Garden.

And in terms of airborne divisions involved, this one's even bigger than Normandy.

We're dropping deep into occupied Holland.

The Allied objective is to take this road here between Eindhoven and Arnhem...

...so the two British armored divisions can move up it toward Arnhem.

Our job is gonna be to liberate Eindhoven...

...stay there, wait for the tanks.

The entire European advance has been put on hold...

...to allocate resources for this operation.

It's Montgomery's personal plan, we'll be under British command.

Yippee.

The good news is, if this works, these tanks will be over the Rhine and into Germany.

That could end the war, get us home by Christmas.

It'll be a daytime jump. Intelligence doesn't expect much opposition.

They think the Krauts in Holland are mostly kids and old men.

And we should take them by surprise.

In any case, say goodbye to England. I don't think they're gonna call this one off.

- What are you doing? - Look at Cobb, man.

Watch and learn, kids. You wanna live, jump ready to fight.

Someone help me with this belly strap, will you?

Move it!

- No! Come on. - Yes, sir.

They let you out of the hospital like that, boy?

They didn't let me out. I busted out.

I didn't wanna get reassigned to some other unit.

Yeah? Can you make the jump?

Oh, sure I can, Lip. I just can't sit.

- Welcome back, Popeye. - Thanks, Bull.

- Popeye went AWOL just in time to jump. - What's he doing here?

Who, Sobel? Well, he's the newly appointed regimental S-4.

- Supply officer? - Yeah, you got it.

Yeah, he picked me up in Aldbourne, trying to find you guys.

- He know you went AWOL? - He knows.

He just said I was lucky. I could sit out this jump if I wanted.

- I said I didn't want to. So he says, "Hop in." - "Hop in"?

Yeah, I know. I couldn't believe it either.

Anyway, maybe he's gonna court-martial me later, huh?

Let's get you some gear.

This here would be a nice bivouac position.

Hey, Mal...

...over there.

Son of a bitch.

Malarkey.

- Sergeant Malarkey. - Sir.

You thought you'd get away with it?

What do you mean, sir?

Sergeant, that motorcycle is United States Army property.

That may not mean anything to you, but it means something to me.

Where'd you find it?

- That's him, all right. - Who is he, sarge?

- He was our first C.O. - What happened?

He got promoted.

Just tap my leg, sergeant.

- Lieutenant, you'll be in the doorway. - Yeah, I know. But, look, sergeant...

...you'll be the man behind me.

When the green light comes on, you can just tap me, all right?

- The green light will be next to you, sir. - Just do it. That's an order.

Come here. Come here.

Sling it up and down. When you hit the ground, your knee will hit the butt...

...but the business end will break your jaw.

All right? Lose your reserve. You won't need it, we're jumping low.

Take your belly band and wrap it around you. You're fine.

Come on.

- I'm sorry, sergeant. - Don't be sorry. Grab your rifle, let's go.

Where'd you get that from, Hoobler?

I think I love Holland.

- Where'd you get these? - That farmhouse over there.

Just sitting out in the open. I don't know...

...maybe they were expecting us.

Hello, boys.

I made it.

I wonder if they hit anything.

Goodbye, air support.

There's some kind of holdup ahead. We're going in through this field here.

Move out! Able Company, let's go! Let's go! Move it! Move it!

You won't be able to shoot as straight with that thing on.

Okay, hold your fire.

Hey, kid!

- Bull? Bull! Have you seen Captain Winters? - No, why?

Keep your squad moving!

- Where are all the Germans? - They could be anywhere.

Keep moving! Keep moving!

Pardon me.

Come on, lady.

- Dick, the clock's ticking. - Yeah.

- Thank you. Thank you. - Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, you're very kind.

- Thank you. - What's up, Welshy?

Snipers.

We've gotta get to these bridges.

All right.

Hashey.

- Ready? - Okay, everybody, here we go.

Give me a kiss.

Sergeant Talbert, let's move. We got work to do.

- What did they do? - They slept with the Germans.

They are lucky. The men who collaborated are being shot.

Mr. van Kooijk here is with the Dutch Resistance.

We've been waiting and hoping for this day for almost five years.

He says he can help us secure the bridges here.

Yes. Together we can push the remaining Germans out of Eindhoven.

And that's just the beginning.

- Any idea where they might be? - Well, we're still working on that right now.