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On July 10th, 1943,
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a unit from Oklahoma,
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composed of Mexican-Americans,
Native Americans and Dust Bowl cowboys,
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most of whom couldn't drink together
in the same bars back home,
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landed in Sicily and began a brutal
500-day trek through Nazi-occupied Europe.
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This is the story of those men.
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A group of soldiers known…
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as the Thunderbirds.
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How the hell can Coldfoot see anything?
I can't even see my fuckin' boots.
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- What's he lookin' at?
- He's looking at the fog.
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The fog? What the fuck does that mean?
We can all see the fog.
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Shut up, Spigs.
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Just make sure you can see him.
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Yes, sir, Captain.
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Get down!
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- Spigs, get down!
- I'm tryin'! Ah! Shit! I'm hit. Fuck!
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Oh, fuck.
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Two Panzers, four platoons of infantry,
500 yards ahead.
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Fall back to that ridge.
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E Company, fall back!
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Incoming coordinates.
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2-6…
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Nagles, shut up!
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2-6-7-E-A-5-1. Over.
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All right. Let's go, Nagles, come on!
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No, no, no! Don't go under the trees.
Stay out in the open!
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Thanks, Cap.
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Garcia, Rosa, check out that barn.
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They fell back two miles south
and they're still moving.
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What's our damage?
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Six dead or missing. At least ten wounded.
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I wanna know
where the Germans are sleeping tonight.
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Look out for booby traps.
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Watch your feet.
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Shit! What was that?
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A rat?
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Nah, man.
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Too big.
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Must be a dog.
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He was hiding in the barn, sir.
He won't shut up.
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We need Spigs to tell us
what the hell he's saying.
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Found this in his hiding place.
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Give me it. Give me it.
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Give me it. Give me it.
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All right, get him inside.
Get some food in him.
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Where the hell is Spigs?
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Spigliani.
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- Do you speak Italian?
- Yes.
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Charlestown, Massachusetts.
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Yes.
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- But you know Boston?
- Mh-hmm.
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Yes.
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Boston.
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Park the car in Harvard Yard.
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Fenway Park.
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Paul Revere.
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Where did you learn to swim,
Private Spigliani?
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Fuck.
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- Swim?
- No, let me guess.
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The boys' club on 2nd Street.
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Yeah.
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How the hell do you know that?
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I told you.
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I was a graduate student at MIT.
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I lived on Maple,
near the intersection of 4th.
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And I dated a girl…
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named Hammel…
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Gloria.
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She had these…
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beautiful breasts.
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Sparky Hammel's sister, yeah.
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Damn!
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You and me in Charlestown
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at the boys' club.
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- It's a small world, isn't it?
- You can say that again.
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Akacheta.
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Carmona.
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Kawacatoose.
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Indians and Mexicans
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and a wop from Boston?
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Yeah. 157th Regiment from Oklahoma.
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I got attached at Salerno
as an interpreter.
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And their leader, he is an Indian, too?
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Capt. Sparks? No.
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He's a cowboy. From Arizona.
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Things must be getting desperate
in America
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if they're allowing these types
into your army.
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Red men and Mexicans. Inferior races.
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We don't see 'em that way.
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They're Americans.
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Like me.
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Really?
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I've been to Oklahoma, Corporal,
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and the bars have signs out front
that say…
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"No Indians Allowed. No Mexicans."
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I've also been to Georgia.
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They make their Negroes there
drink from separate water fountains.
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So don't tell me
they're Americans just like you.
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Strange.
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To fight for a country
where you can't even enjoy a beer…
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at the same bar as your fellow soldier.
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So… please now tell me about the ponds.
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Ponds?
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Yes, I need to know
what you did about the ponds.
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What ponds? I don't know what the hell
you're talking about.
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- Jesus Christ!
- Ponds!
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- What did you do with the ponds!
- We didn't see any fucking ponds.
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- You're lying!
- Jesus Christ, I'm telling you the truth.
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Your company crossed
three ponds in two days.
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Here, here and here.
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What are the conditions of those ponds?
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Ponte. Br... Bridges.
You're talking about bridges.
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Yes.
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Bridges.
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I used the Italian word, didn't I?
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My mistake.
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Jesus Christ.
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What are the conditions of those bridges?
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We didn't touch the bridges.
They're all there.
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Relax, Spigliani.
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The war for you is over.
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You may even get to enjoy swimming
in Charlestown again.
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But by this time tomorrow, your cowboy
and Indian friends will all be dead.
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Hey, Captain.
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The kid's looking at the photos
on your gun.
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My family.
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Family. Do you understand?
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Where's yours?
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I have no family.
Everyone is dead.
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- Jesus. Does anybody here speak Italian?
- Yeah.
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Yeah, I know a little.
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Antonio.
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He says his name is…
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We, uh, we got that part.
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He says his, um,
mother and father died.
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He's been living here
with his grandfather. Till he died.
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He's been hiding from the Germans
for the last month.
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We lost them, sir. They're using the rain
to screen their movements.
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Ask him if he knows where the Germans are.
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He says he doesn't know.
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He's lying.
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Well, he's scared as shit, man.
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- Jesus, Gomez, what did you do to him?
- I didn't do anything.
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What the hell's so funny?
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Ah, the Germans, man. They told him
that first we were gonna feed him
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and then we were gonna do it to him.
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Do what?
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Cut off his nuts.
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Hey, man, tell him we're not interested.
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- Tell him we already bagged our limit.
- Tell him they're too small.
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Tell him it's a lie.
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Tell him the Germans aren't coming back.
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We guarantee it.
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Sir, are you sure
you want me to tell him that?
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Tell him those men…
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are the grandsons
of the greatest Indian warriors
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to roam the American Plains.
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They've killed mountain lion,
hunted buffalo.
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Tell him those men…
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they're the descendants
of the powerful Mexican army
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that defeated the French on Cinco de Mayo.
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And those men…
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they're sons of Texas Rangers…
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who brought the rule of law
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to places where only killers and thieves
lived before.
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Tell him the Nazis
are never gonna hurt him again.
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Because tomorrow,
we're gonna find 'em and stop 'em.
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There now. Doesn't that feel better?
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No man should have to walk around
covering his privates.
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He actually made the kid
believe we could do it.
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Wasn't the kid he was convincing.
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Sir?
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A gift from our young friend.
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It was his grandfather's.
He wants you to have it.
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I cut down the barrel
to make it more practical.
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He also told me where the Germans are.
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- Be safe out there.
- See ya, kid.
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Thank you.
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You're welcome.
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Watch the grass in the middle.
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It's not movin'.
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Tank.
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Panzer, two o'clock, 50 yards.
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Let's go!
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Come on!
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Medic!
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Get the Jeep.
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Captain's been hit.
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- We need to take him to a field hospital.
- Hold this.
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Gomez?
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Hurry!
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All right. Hang in there.
Hang in there. Stay still. Come on!
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- Get him outta here. Now!
- Here we go. Come on. Get him up.
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Easy. Easy.
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Keep that up.
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Stop!
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Go! Go!
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At ease, Lieutenant.
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It's not Honolulu, is it?
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Honolulu's overrated, sir.
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Really?
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Don't spoil my fantasy.
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Finished a stint in Hawaii,
then three years of college.
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Why'd you re-enlist?
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I ran out of money, sir.
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Give the Army another couple of years,
then go back and graduate.
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That's the plan, sir.
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You did hear
there might be a war on the horizon?
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I caught wind of that, yes, sir.
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If that happens, we're gonna need every
good officer we can get our hands on.
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If that happens,
I intend to be one of them, sir.
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What got you in the Army
in the first place?
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A sandwich, sir.
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I had to leave home when I was 17.
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Hunted all over the west for work,
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ended up skinny and starving
in San Francisco.
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Army recruiter bought me a meal,
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said that if I signed up,
I'd get three just like it every day.
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Your previous CO
said you're good at handling problems.
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Well, I've got one.
One of my companies, J Company,
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has failed every live fire test
for the past three months.
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- Do you think you can shape them up?
- Yes, sir.
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Good.
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You've got one week.
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Hey.
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- I'm looking for J Company.
- Uh, over there.
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Turn off
that fucking gringo music.
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As you were, Corporal.
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Who's in charge here?
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- Um, Lt. Danalli, sir.
- Lt. Danalli is now relieved.
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My name is Sparks. I want a list
of all prisoners and charges.
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Uh, right away, sir.
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Follow me, sir.
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Cordosa.
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Drunk and disorderly.
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Red Feather.
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Assault and battery.
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Gomez.
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Assaulting an officer.
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Hallowell.
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Assaulting an officer.
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We get a lot of that in here.
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Why are the men segregated?
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The Indians and the Mexicans
don't like each other much.
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And they both hate us more.
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Open the doors.
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Sir?
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Open the doors, Corporal.
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Cordosa, Miguel.
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Clovis, New Mexico.
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There's a river down there, the Caheesh.
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Fishing any good?
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Of course.
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What's that?
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Gila trout.
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It's the best in the world.
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Hallowell.
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Wilsall, Montana. Sheep country.
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What do you do about the wolves?
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We shoot 'em.
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You any good at that?
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I never miss.
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Gomez.
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00:26:02,978 --> 00:26:04,058
Who the hell gave you that?
265
00:26:05,063 --> 00:26:06,063
My brother.
266
00:26:07,065 --> 00:26:08,817
Shit, I don't want you. I want him.
267
00:26:10,694 --> 00:26:11,694
Coldfoot.
268
00:26:12,404 --> 00:26:14,364
Private Samuel Coldfoot.
269
00:26:33,383 --> 00:26:34,759
My name is Lt. Sparks.
270
00:26:37,053 --> 00:26:38,893
The fact that I'm talking to you
in a jailhouse
271
00:26:38,930 --> 00:26:41,641
tells me you didn't get on well
with your previous COs.
272
00:26:42,392 --> 00:26:44,686
Maybe you were told
you're too stupid for this army.
273
00:26:45,687 --> 00:26:48,273
Maybe you were told
you got a problem with authority or…
274
00:26:48,940 --> 00:26:49,940
maybe…
275
00:26:51,651 --> 00:26:53,320
you were told you come from a race…
276
00:26:53,820 --> 00:26:55,947
that's got no business
wearing the uniform.
277
00:26:57,866 --> 00:27:00,285
Whatever you've been told
doesn't mean shit to me.
278
00:27:01,536 --> 00:27:02,662
What matters to me…
279
00:27:03,246 --> 00:27:04,247
is performance.
280
00:27:06,916 --> 00:27:09,169
There's a live fire test
at the end of the week.
281
00:27:10,086 --> 00:27:11,296
Pass it…
282
00:27:12,172 --> 00:27:14,174
and you can enjoy a weekend of freedom.
283
00:27:15,884 --> 00:27:18,261
Forty-eight hours,
not only outside this cage…
284
00:27:19,262 --> 00:27:20,262
but off-post.
285
00:27:22,432 --> 00:27:23,432
But…
286
00:27:24,976 --> 00:27:26,561
like everything else in life…
287
00:27:27,687 --> 00:27:30,231
this privilege must be earned.
288
00:27:30,315 --> 00:27:31,566
Now, if you feel
289
00:27:31,650 --> 00:27:35,528
that you and the US Army have reached
the end of your journey together,
290
00:27:35,612 --> 00:27:37,155
do not waste my time.
291
00:27:40,492 --> 00:27:41,618
Or anybody else's.
292
00:27:44,913 --> 00:27:46,313
But if you want the chance to prove
293
00:27:46,373 --> 00:27:49,626
that everything that every asshole
ever said about you is wrong…
294
00:27:55,674 --> 00:27:58,343
you got two minutes to lace up
and join me outside.
295
00:28:06,643 --> 00:28:08,603
Shall we give them another minute, sir?
296
00:28:11,231 --> 00:28:12,231
No.
297
00:28:13,608 --> 00:28:15,902
It doesn't take another minute
to figure this out.
298
00:28:16,569 --> 00:28:17,569
Lock 'em back up.
299
00:28:49,686 --> 00:28:50,686
Who's missing?
300
00:28:51,396 --> 00:28:52,814
Only Coldfoot, sir.
301
00:28:55,567 --> 00:28:56,568
All right, Corporal.
302
00:28:57,360 --> 00:28:59,404
- Line 'em up.
- Were you bullshitting me
303
00:28:59,487 --> 00:29:01,531
or can you really get us off-post?
304
00:29:02,991 --> 00:29:04,868
Only if the whole group passes.
305
00:29:11,666 --> 00:29:14,002
J Company, attention!
306
00:30:10,308 --> 00:30:11,308
Marks.
307
00:30:12,060 --> 00:30:13,060
Sir?
308
00:30:14,437 --> 00:30:16,898
- What's the story with Coldfoot?
- What story, sir?
309
00:30:17,524 --> 00:30:20,485
He's been in the Army over three years.
Why is he still a private?
310
00:30:22,821 --> 00:30:24,405
Coldfoot got demoted, sir.
311
00:30:24,489 --> 00:30:27,700
He used to be corporal.
Up for a promotion to sergeant.
312
00:30:28,993 --> 00:30:29,993
What happened?
313
00:30:30,495 --> 00:30:31,579
He got turned down.
314
00:30:32,789 --> 00:30:34,040
He blamed some NCOs,
315
00:30:34,123 --> 00:30:35,416
and it ended in a big fight.
316
00:30:35,917 --> 00:30:36,917
The colonel…
317
00:30:37,460 --> 00:30:38,920
busted him down to private.
318
00:30:39,587 --> 00:30:42,048
He got in a fight
because he was denied promotion?
319
00:30:43,967 --> 00:30:45,635
It was his third rejection, sir.
320
00:30:47,053 --> 00:30:50,014
Coldfoot is an Indian with pride,
Lieutenant.
321
00:30:50,515 --> 00:30:53,226
It's… it's not a very
"healthy combination around here.
322
00:31:10,785 --> 00:31:14,622
No wonder
you feather-heads lost all your land.
323
00:31:15,790 --> 00:31:18,751
Here I thought it was
'cause you couldn't hold your liquor.
324
00:31:18,835 --> 00:31:22,755
But all this time, it was 'cause
you couldn't shoot worth a fuck.
325
00:31:28,261 --> 00:31:32,432
What mojado taught you to fire a gun,
Gomez?
326
00:31:34,559 --> 00:31:36,561
Was it your melon-pickin' mother?
327
00:31:40,857 --> 00:31:43,276
You got a problem with something, boy?
328
00:31:48,364 --> 00:31:49,364
Well…
329
00:31:50,742 --> 00:31:53,161
will you look who's back, boys?
330
00:31:55,079 --> 00:31:59,250
It's Corporal…
…I mean, Private Chillyfoot.
331
00:32:00,919 --> 00:32:03,588
I thought we got rid of you,
prairie nigger.
332
00:32:05,757 --> 00:32:09,218
Trust me, it is just a matter of time...
333
00:32:09,302 --> 00:32:12,055
Master Sergeant, can my men
get a little more of your instruction
334
00:32:12,138 --> 00:32:14,098
and a little less of your commentary?
335
00:32:15,141 --> 00:32:16,768
Beggin' your pardon, sir.
336
00:32:17,268 --> 00:32:19,938
I forgot you're new around here.
337
00:32:20,021 --> 00:32:23,524
See, this here is my firing range.
338
00:32:23,608 --> 00:32:27,904
That means
when your men step onto my range,
339
00:32:27,987 --> 00:32:29,822
they become my men.
340
00:32:31,699 --> 00:32:34,118
That's funny, Sergeant,
'cause the way I see it is…
341
00:32:35,036 --> 00:32:37,538
when I bring my men onto your range…
342
00:32:38,247 --> 00:32:41,084
you become their instructor.
343
00:32:41,668 --> 00:32:45,046
So far, all they've gotten from you
is a dissertation on their diets
344
00:32:45,129 --> 00:32:47,215
and the sexual habits
of their mothers, so…
345
00:32:48,049 --> 00:32:49,342
how about doing a little work?
346
00:32:51,094 --> 00:32:52,095
See, now,
347
00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:54,097
where I come from,
348
00:32:54,764 --> 00:32:57,642
a man don't toss words around like that…
349
00:32:58,977 --> 00:33:01,771
unless he's willing to back them up.
350
00:33:10,989 --> 00:33:13,408
What goes on behind that shed
351
00:33:13,491 --> 00:33:15,576
stays behind that shed.
352
00:33:18,413 --> 00:33:19,664
Very well, Sergeant.
353
00:33:20,873 --> 00:33:21,916
Lead on.
354
00:33:29,882 --> 00:33:33,720
You'd better start thinking how you're
gonna explain these bruises, sir.
355
00:33:36,806 --> 00:33:37,806
What bruises?
356
00:33:43,354 --> 00:33:46,566
Fair warning, boys.
You go back there, you'll have company.
357
00:33:57,076 --> 00:33:58,286
He still alive?
358
00:33:59,829 --> 00:34:00,829
Barely.
359
00:34:01,914 --> 00:34:02,914
Good.
360
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:05,960
I was wondering
how I was gonna explain that.
361
00:34:06,669 --> 00:34:08,469
Shall we pick up where we left off,
gentlemen?
362
00:34:19,057 --> 00:34:20,183
Attention!
363
00:34:33,196 --> 00:34:34,197
Good work, Lieutenant.
364
00:34:34,989 --> 00:34:37,283
- Best scores of any group.
- Thank you, sir.
365
00:34:37,867 --> 00:34:40,203
We credit the master sergeant
with our success.
366
00:34:40,912 --> 00:34:45,208
Excellent work, Master Sergeant.
Sorry to hear about your little accident.
367
00:34:46,751 --> 00:34:48,753
- Bring in the next group.
- Yes, sir.
368
00:35:06,938 --> 00:35:07,938
Come in.
369
00:35:09,482 --> 00:35:11,609
There's a problem with Coldfoot.
He's going into town.
370
00:35:11,692 --> 00:35:14,737
- Yeah, he's got a pass.
- It's where he's going that's a problem.
371
00:35:45,643 --> 00:35:47,478
Whatever you're planning…
372
00:35:49,063 --> 00:35:50,063
don't.
373
00:35:53,609 --> 00:35:56,028
They'll only call the MPs,
have you thrown in jail.
374
00:35:56,112 --> 00:35:57,363
What'll that prove?
375
00:35:57,446 --> 00:35:59,574
That nothing in this army
leads to anything good.
376
00:35:59,657 --> 00:36:00,783
That's not true.
377
00:36:01,826 --> 00:36:04,078
What if I told you
I'd put you up for sergeant this week?
378
00:36:05,621 --> 00:36:08,021
No offense, Lieutenant,
but I've been up for sergeant before.
379
00:36:08,583 --> 00:36:11,223
You wait and wait and then they give you
an excuse and tell you no.
380
00:36:11,752 --> 00:36:13,921
- I ain't waiting anymore.
- You don't have to.
381
00:36:15,631 --> 00:36:17,258
Get in the car, Sergeant Coldfoot.
382
00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:40,990
Is that your wife, Captain?
383
00:36:42,825 --> 00:36:44,076
Yeah.
384
00:36:44,660 --> 00:36:45,703
Lucky man.
385
00:36:47,747 --> 00:36:48,873
On a lot of fronts.
386
00:36:50,124 --> 00:36:53,002
The shrapnel went through your abdomen
and sliced open your liver.
387
00:36:56,380 --> 00:36:59,550
- You wanna tell me what the lucky part is?
- You should be dead.
388
00:37:00,801 --> 00:37:02,970
Quick action by your men saved your life.
389
00:37:03,054 --> 00:37:06,182
If you ever see them again, I suggest
taking them out for a steak dinner.
390
00:37:07,266 --> 00:37:08,935
Speaking of seeing them…
391
00:37:10,228 --> 00:37:11,604
when do I go back to Italy?
392
00:37:12,438 --> 00:37:13,522
Maybe after the war.
393
00:37:14,607 --> 00:37:16,359
Your combat days are over, Captain.
394
00:37:17,026 --> 00:37:18,486
Next stop for you is home.
395
00:37:22,531 --> 00:37:25,576
Congratulations, Captain.
You've got a million-dollar wound.
396
00:37:35,336 --> 00:37:38,089
Oh, Popeye,
I got a surprise. Mwah!
397
00:37:38,172 --> 00:37:40,216
Left guard, right step,
present arms, step!
398
00:37:42,593 --> 00:37:44,345
Face the person.
399
00:37:45,054 --> 00:37:47,306
- Mwah!
- As you were! Attention! Right up!
400
00:37:50,476 --> 00:37:52,478
Italy, 1944.
401
00:37:52,561 --> 00:37:56,941
With winter setting in,
the fighting south of Rome continues.
402
00:37:57,483 --> 00:38:01,195
Allied troops are dug in,
waiting for the next German counterattack,
403
00:38:01,279 --> 00:38:02,989
which is expected any day.
404
00:38:03,489 --> 00:38:06,534
The going is tough, but so are our boys.
405
00:38:07,285 --> 00:38:09,578
Ask any one of them and they'll tell you
406
00:38:09,662 --> 00:38:11,872
it'll take a lot more
than a little rain and mud
407
00:38:11,956 --> 00:38:14,292
to get these GI Joes down.
408
00:38:24,927 --> 00:38:28,556
I need transportation, Captain.
I'm not that damn particular. You'll do.
409
00:38:32,768 --> 00:38:34,395
Okay, now that you've seen it…
410
00:38:35,021 --> 00:38:36,647
I'm thirsty. Let's get a drink.
411
00:38:38,941 --> 00:38:41,193
It happened a week after you were wounded.
412
00:38:41,277 --> 00:38:42,987
My Jeep hit a mine.
413
00:38:43,654 --> 00:38:46,991
It threw me 20 feet in the air,
took off everything below the knee.
414
00:38:52,330 --> 00:38:53,914
Congratulations on your stars, sir.
415
00:38:55,458 --> 00:38:56,458
Thank you.
416
00:38:57,168 --> 00:38:58,544
Truth is, Felix…
417
00:38:59,253 --> 00:39:01,172
in this war, getting promoted is easy.
418
00:39:01,797 --> 00:39:03,424
The hard part is staying alive.
419
00:39:08,971 --> 00:39:10,556
Any news on the 157?
420
00:39:13,017 --> 00:39:15,936
They're stuck on the Gustav Line
south of Cassino.
421
00:39:16,854 --> 00:39:21,067
It's cold, wet and shitty.
They're hangin' tough.
422
00:39:23,027 --> 00:39:24,278
Who'd you send in for me?
423
00:39:25,154 --> 00:39:26,154
Kettleman.
424
00:39:27,615 --> 00:39:29,033
He's a good soldier.
425
00:39:29,533 --> 00:39:31,285
He's not you, but he's okay.
426
00:39:34,997 --> 00:39:38,125
When are they, uh,
sending you home, sir?
427
00:39:38,709 --> 00:39:39,919
Next week.
428
00:39:40,002 --> 00:39:42,122
I was going to offer
to take any letters back for you,
429
00:39:42,171 --> 00:39:43,923
but I hear that won't be necessary.
430
00:39:44,715 --> 00:39:45,841
You're right after me.
431
00:39:47,843 --> 00:39:48,843
Yeah.
432
00:39:49,303 --> 00:39:50,805
Don't act excited or anything.
433
00:39:54,392 --> 00:39:55,684
I know this sounds crazy.
434
00:39:56,394 --> 00:39:59,021
I feel I should be in Italy.
I oughta be with my men.
435
00:40:04,819 --> 00:40:07,113
Go home, Felix. Go home to Mary.
436
00:40:08,197 --> 00:40:10,908
See your son, raise more babies.
437
00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:15,287
You've done your duty.
438
00:40:39,478 --> 00:40:40,478
Safe travels, sir.
439
00:40:40,896 --> 00:40:42,231
See you back home, Felix.
440
00:40:48,112 --> 00:40:49,572
No, no. I'll get it.
441
00:41:04,253 --> 00:41:05,463
My dearest Mary…
442
00:41:08,424 --> 00:41:12,178
I've never been a good letter writer,
so I don't know if I can explain this.
443
00:41:13,596 --> 00:41:16,098
Hell, I'm not sure
I can explain it even to myself.
444
00:41:20,060 --> 00:41:21,770
When I left you to come over here,
445
00:41:22,396 --> 00:41:23,939
I was scared of losing you.
446
00:41:24,899 --> 00:41:26,233
Scared of not coming back.
447
00:41:26,775 --> 00:41:27,985
Scared of dying.
448
00:41:29,445 --> 00:41:30,696
I'm not scared anymore.
449
00:41:33,073 --> 00:41:34,073
Sir?
450
00:41:34,825 --> 00:41:36,952
There's an Army captain out there.
451
00:41:38,120 --> 00:41:40,623
He wants to hitch a ride back to Italy.
452
00:41:40,706 --> 00:41:42,791
I guess the only way
to explain my decision
453
00:41:42,875 --> 00:41:44,555
is that it isn't my time to come home yet.
454
00:41:46,253 --> 00:41:48,047
Captain, what are you doing?
455
00:41:48,714 --> 00:41:50,633
What's it look like I'm doing, Doc?
456
00:41:52,301 --> 00:41:53,886
You're not ready for discharge.
457
00:41:57,723 --> 00:41:59,683
You walk out of here, Captain,
you'll be AWOL.
458
00:41:59,767 --> 00:42:01,644
- Take care, kid.
- Captain!
459
00:42:04,939 --> 00:42:08,317
I know you want me home.
Make no mistake, I wanna be home.
460
00:42:09,485 --> 00:42:10,485
Desperately.
461
00:42:11,320 --> 00:42:13,113
I wanna hold my son in my arms
462
00:42:13,197 --> 00:42:16,242
and lay with you on a quiet desert night
beneath the stars.
463
00:42:16,909 --> 00:42:18,827
But I owe something to a group of men.
464
00:42:19,537 --> 00:42:20,537
Men who…
465
00:42:21,247 --> 00:42:22,247
before the war…
466
00:42:23,332 --> 00:42:24,833
I'd probably never have known,
467
00:42:25,668 --> 00:42:28,546
and now I know as well as I know myself.
468
00:42:29,713 --> 00:42:31,966
If I came home,
I could never live with myself,
469
00:42:32,049 --> 00:42:34,260
knowing I owed a debt to them
and ignored it.
470
00:42:38,597 --> 00:42:41,559
So I have to complete
this journey I've started.
471
00:42:45,604 --> 00:42:46,897
I cannot quit.
472
00:42:48,399 --> 00:42:50,818
Anything less would leave
a hole in my conscience
473
00:42:50,901 --> 00:42:52,361
that I could never repair.
474
00:42:56,991 --> 00:42:59,660
Capt. Sparks,
157th Regiment, 2nd Battalion.
475
00:43:00,953 --> 00:43:02,037
Orders, Captain.
476
00:43:02,121 --> 00:43:04,707
I was just released from a hospital
in North Africa, sir.
477
00:43:04,790 --> 00:43:06,834
I was hoping to be reassigned
to my old company.
478
00:43:06,917 --> 00:43:09,086
What happened to your orders, Captain?
479
00:43:09,169 --> 00:43:10,671
I didn't like 'em, sir.
480
00:43:11,213 --> 00:43:12,548
They were to send me home.
481
00:43:15,092 --> 00:43:17,052
Mary, I don't expect you to understand.
482
00:43:18,762 --> 00:43:21,098
I'm having a hard time
understanding it myself.
483
00:43:23,058 --> 00:43:25,894
But I have never been more sure
of anything in my life
484
00:43:25,978 --> 00:43:27,229
and I have to trust that.
485
00:43:28,897 --> 00:43:29,897
So, please…
486
00:43:32,401 --> 00:43:33,444
my darling Mary…
487
00:43:34,778 --> 00:43:35,904
my dearest wife…
488
00:43:39,199 --> 00:43:40,199
forgive me.
489
00:44:03,807 --> 00:44:06,226
Get back to your foxhole, soldier.
That's an order.
490
00:44:06,310 --> 00:44:08,270
Dios mio, it's the captain.
491
00:44:23,202 --> 00:44:24,703
What are you looking at, Sergeant?
492
00:44:25,621 --> 00:44:27,021
Give me your report.
493
00:45:17,423 --> 00:45:21,719
♪ Can't read the daylight ♪
494
00:45:22,261 --> 00:45:25,973
♪ It could be dusk
It could be dawn ♪
495
00:45:26,056 --> 00:45:29,810
♪ Can't tell which way the sun's gone on ♪
496
00:45:29,893 --> 00:45:33,522
♪ You can't believe ♪
497
00:45:33,605 --> 00:45:37,609
♪ Your very own eyes ♪
498
00:45:37,693 --> 00:45:40,946
♪ Spirits do deceive ♪
499
00:45:41,739 --> 00:45:45,451
♪ Just before the sunrise ♪
500
00:45:45,576 --> 00:45:47,828
♪ Play the cards we're dealt ♪
501
00:45:48,370 --> 00:45:52,666
♪ Hearts are breaking
All the way to hell ♪
502
00:45:53,167 --> 00:45:56,462
♪ Distant voice you might have heard ♪
503
00:45:57,004 --> 00:46:00,549
♪ Calling from another world ♪