"Okay." " Saddle up." " We're moving out." " it's not even right." " We just got here Sarge." " But Sarge." " I just washed." " You said rest and recreation were coming up." " I talk too much." " We're going on a hike." " and we're their escorts." " Nelson:" "Where is this bridge Sarge." " Sgt:" "A town called Chalons." " What?" " Are they kidding?" " Chalons is 4 miles behind the German lines." " Why don't they bomb it?" " I don't know." " Weather's got 'em socked in." " The planes are grounded." " Let's wait." " Maybe it'll clear up." " Corporal McQuillan." " Sergeant Sanders." " Hi." " They told me I'd have a platoon." " Well." " You were told wrong." " A squad is all we can spare." " Saunders." " You'll be responsible for getting these men in and out." " Sergeant Turk will be in charge at the bridge." " Any questions?" " Yeah." " I got a question." " How do I get 100 lbs of high explosive to that bridge and get out without being picked off by the krauts with this outfit." " Those are your orders Sergeant." " Now a truck will take you as close to the lines as they can get." " Good luck." " We'll get you to that bridge." " Or die trying." " Everything." " Take off." " Hey." " Take it easy will you Caje." " I'm sorry." " This isn't k-rations you know." " slinging this stuff." " What happens if you get hit carrying it?" " It can't go off." " You can shoot right into it and nothing could happen." " a cap." " They'll go off if they're hit." " But we'll be carrying them." " Works like this." " Forget it McQuillan." " You'll get your chance to shine at the bridge." " The only thing they have to know about composition C is how to carry it." " huh." " Here's where we are right now." " This is the river and this is the bridge at Chalons." " We can expect outpost lines here and enemy patrols all the way to the river." " Now we're not looking for a fight." " Our mission is to get to the bridge." " We're gonna go in here." " What's so special about this bridge?" " How long you been in the war kid?" " I came in at Normandy." " Then start acting like it eh." " By blowing up that bridge we're gonna cut off the German retreat." " so we don't have to fight them all over again on the other side of the river." " Are the krauts at the bridge yet." " No but they're pulling back fast." " Any more questions?" " Caje." " Take the point." " Alright." " You follow in the middle right behind Nelson here." " just follow my lead." " Sergeant." " I been thinking." " A guy sure has to know what he's doing when he's playing around with explosives." " I got some experience with explosives." " Not with composition C. We used to use dynamite." " Lj:" "Back home on the farm I used to help my dad blow stumps." " Turk:" "Is that right." " Yeah." " But listen Sarge." " What I really wanted to say is I know more about" "Get away from me." " But I thought when we got to the bridge I could.." "stump blower." " If and when we get to that bridge I don't want you anywhere around me." " Do you understand that?" " get back in the file where you belong." " We'll go behind along the face of the slope." " Alright." " Kraut outpost." " We'll slip up the hill behind them.  pass the word." " Es war nur ein Hase." " Are you trying to foul up this mission." " It was a loose rock." " I couldn't help it." " You got loose brains." " A guy with clumsy feet don't belong out here." " Alright." " Hold it." " me or anybody else." " you make them through me." " I'll do that." " Is Turk always that touchy." " He's one of the best demolition men this army's got." " He's just worried you won't be able to get us to that bridge." " Okay." " Let's move." "( small engine noise approaching)" "Comm mal her." " Was ist es?" " Sprengkapseln Eimers." " Amerikaner Sprengkapseln und Eimers." " Wie ist es hier?" " Ich weiß nicht." "( German)" "Doc." " Littlejohn's hit." " Drag them off to the side." " Hide them in the trees." " Their bikes too." " Turk's responsible for this." " He fired the first shot." " Well." " What you gonna say now." " This wouldn't have happened if you hadn't fired too soon." " eh." " those krauts would be on their way to report this patrol right now if I hadn't of." " you stump blower." " You had no right sticking your nose in that pack." " he's hurt." " Get outta here." " I said leave him alone." " you guys are experts." " huh." " you are going to be court martialed." " Is this what you got so hot about." " You had to get off that early shot and get one of my men hit." " That kraut had to be stopped." " We would have stopped him soon as Littlejohn took cover." " but that's a margin I can't afford Sergeant." " You know we don't have much chance to get to that bridge as it is." " we'd have no chance." " Now you listen to me." " I'm gonna remind you just one time." " I'm in charge of this outfit until we get to the bridge." " I'll decide what we do about it." " You got it!" "( Click)" "How ya doing?" " OK" "Don't be a hero." " We got a long ways to go." " I said I'm OK." " I wanna be there when the great master puts on his show." " then somebody else would." " He had good reason." " Thanks." " Hey." " Don't forget there Woody." " Cause you'll probably have to come to a court martial when we get back." " Be a pleasure." " Sergeant?" " How is Littlejohn doing?" " He's okay." " I been talking with McQuillan Sarge." " He tells me Turk's had a long go at this demolition business without any relief." " Alright." " Come on." " Get to it." " Sarge." " Normandy." " Don't get me wrong." " I'm not trying to excuse him." " I that's all." " Alright." " So I know a little bit about him." " Well." " Too much tension and not enough rest is a tough combination Sarge." " You know that." " Guy gets to think his luck's run out on him." " the last time out he lost a longtime buddy." " Who hasn't?" " What makes you think Turk is any different to me than any other G.I. I been thrown in with." " This is just another job." " And I'm doing it." " Well." " I better get on back." " I understand you've been blowing up stuff since Africa." " Walton told me you lost a buddy last time out." " C'est La Guerre." " Look Turk." " We drew each other." " I didn't ask for this any more than you did." " but you can better your chances and ours if you'd slack off a little." " I got it." " huh." " You think that a little soft salt will make me drop my charges against that slug happy buddy of yours." " Well you're wrong." " So why don't you stop trying to understand and just do your job." " but you're all the protection I have." " And I'd feel a little bit better if you'd at least take your place up in the line." "( Snap)" "Kirby." " They're a little more to the right up by that high ground." " Those trees will give us some cover." " Say Caje." " You've got the language and all." " Do you ever think of staying over here after the war." " Yeah." " Some." " Sure is pretty." " Bang Bang" "I think Wilkinson's dead." " Kirby." " Yeah?" " You're with me." " Caje." " You follow us." " Come on." " Give us some cover here." "( German)" "(A steady gunfire erupts from the Germans)" "186)}Boom" "337)}Boom" "Doc." " Nelson." " Take the point." " After all this racket we'll have to clear out fast." " Keep your eyes open." " Doc." " Gonna send you back with Caje and Littlejohn." " you hole up and you wait." " Got it." " Right." " Get the dead man's packs." " Don't touch those packs." " We'll carry them." " Now let's move out." " Hey Kirby." " What's the trouble." " You're not keeping up." " I think it's my ankle Sarge." " I must have sprained it or something." " let's take a look at it." " Oo oo" "When did it happen?" " Well." " It's not serious." " cause it feels better already." " How long you been walking on this?" " didn't it." " Come on Sarge." " I don't want to hold you up." " You're holding us up right now." " What do you think I'm doing back here." " You're so far behind we were losing you." " that's all." " Don't give me that." " Don't you know Doc needed you." " You at least can handle a rifle." " You should have gone back with them." " come on now." " Start back." " Try to catch up with Doc and give him a hand." " I'm not going back." " I'm not gonna quit and give him the satisfaction." " You're going back." " Your bridge should be right around the bend." " If you brought us the right way." " Krauts." " Should have been here sooner." " I thought we were supposed to get here before the Germans pulled back this far." " Trigger." " Wasn't that close." " They didn't just get here." " There's more coming." " You still think you can blow the bridge?" " Still think you can get me there?" " We haven' t had a prayer of getting at it from this side." " We're gonna have to cross the river." " Billy." " Take off your packs." " We'll hide 'em here." " Turk." " You stay here and watch the equipment." " McQuillan." " You look up and down the river." " Try to find a boat but keep out of sight." " Billy." " You come with me." " We're gonna inspect what's left of that farmhouse up there." " Now we all meet back here in...30 minutes." " Do any good?" " I went down as far as the next bend." " We're out of luck on a boat." " Or are we?" " Couldn't find a boat?" " Alright." " Maybe this will do." " There's a backwash down there practically surrounded by brush." " We can try it out there." " we'll lash everything on the top and make it in one trip." " Can I load it up now." " Then we'd be ready to go the minute it gets dark." " Right." " Billy." " You go with me up the hill." " We'll pick out a spot for you to dig in." " You want me to stay on this side?" " You give us cover." " Let's go." " What are you doing?" " I'm thinking." " I gotta blow a bridge." " Where's McQuillan?" " He's down by the river putting that raft together." " What kept you?" " Did you have to hold junior's hand to get him to stay by himself." " splash)" "(Splash) splash) splash)" "(Splash) splash)" "(Splash) splash)" "(Splash)" "splash)" "splash) splash)" "He's dead." " Stopped the kraut from getting off a shot." " Where were you?" " Keeping the krauts off our necks is the escort's job." " That"s why you're here Saunders." " Looks like you blew it." " that leaves two of us." " I was right." " They didn't send enough men." " Tell me something Turk." " Why do you hate so much." " You can get a lot done with hate." " Let me put it another way." " What are you afraid of." " I'm only afraid of one thing Saunders." " some jerk is gonna get me killed." " I've come a long way." " When I was seventeen I was setting charges in open pit mines." " At twenty-one I was blowing oil wells." " slops up a detail." " you don't have to go on with this." " Nobody expected you and one man to hold off the whole German army while I blow a bridge." " My orders are to get you to that bridge and back." " And that's what I'm gonna do." " That is unless unless you call it off." " Turk." " You lost your assistant." " it's your decision." " Do we go?" " We go." " Okay Saunders." " This is where I take over." " I'm gonna go up ahead and have a look-see." " I'll be back to give you a hand with the stuff." " Cave over there." " Can you get up?" " You hear me Turk?" " Can you get up?" " Come on." " Get up." " Up." " Run for it." " Get up." " Eh!" " Come on." " You can make it." " Now get up and help me." " Hold on!" " I knew I'd get it this time." " I knew it." " My luck didn't run out." " when they gave me you." " You and and your creeps." " Go on." " Get out." " Save your own neck." " Turk." " Turk." " That bridge is still there." " Don't quit on me now." " Come on Turk." " Don't quit on me now." " What are you doing?" " I'm gonna blow the bridge." " Not like that you're not." " I'll blow it any way I can." " Saunders." " The krauts will have it together before morning." " Turk I haven't got time to take a correspondence course." " And you're in no shape to do the job." " Just listen to me." " Do like I say." " Bust up that ball into three equal parts." " Don't make the charges no bigger than that." " Make about 20 of them." " And get the primer cord." " Cut it in 3 foot lengths." " Put the end of the primer cord in each one of the charges." " I have the primer cord.  3 foot lengths." " what next." " Turk." " Turk.  3 foot lengths of primer cord." " Now what's next." " Turk." " Turk what's next." " Now you take the rest of the primer cord." " and lay it out." " That'll be your lead wire." " Then tie the charges on to the lead wire." " About every 4 feet." " And make sure you press the C2 in tight around the primer cord." " Right." " Then take your main roll of primer cord." " And put it in one of those new zip bags." " Then take your charges and put them in last." " So they'll feed out like a chalk line." "( German voices approaching)" "(German) ist der Wein gut es macht die Nacht schnell gehen" "Ich habe meine Cointreau" "(clicking noise)" "Bring the wire over here." " Now cut it." " One at a time though." "( Cough Cough)" "Take the plastic box here." " And put those 2 wires on those 2 poles." " Make sure they're tight." " I haven't lost it." " Count to a slow forty." " That'll give you time to get out." " Give me the handle." " This is my job." " My job is to get you back." " You'll never get me back." " I said give me the handle." " No." " expert." " I'll try to be nice and easy on you." " Just relax." " Don't you mother hen me." " Alright." " Hold it now." " Here we go." " Here we go." " I'll catch up." " Hans." " Komm mal her." " Es ist Holz." " Ein Floß." " Boom Boom Boom Boom" "Huh." " Huh." " He's dead." " What are we carrying him for." " He's dead." " He can' t be." " He can't be." " He's alive." " Turk." " Don't die on me." " Don't die on me Turk." " You're alive." " You hear me." " Turk." " You're gonna live till I get you back." " Turk." " Grab a hold." " Grab a hold." " Turk." " Turk." " Get out." " What are you gonna do about Kirby?" " You listen to me Turk." " You prefer charges against Kirby and get him court martialed." " And I'm gonna find you." " Get out of here mother hen." " Go back to your chicks." " Chicks huh." " I fought with them ever since Normandy." " They 're good soldiers." " And the reason they're out there all busted up is because they tried to get you to the bridge." " Get outta here." " You know something." " I'm gonna put him up for a Silver Star." " Hey Sarge." " What'd he say." " He still gonna press charges." " you blew his bridge for him." " Got him back alive." " Come on Sarge." " What'd he say." " What'd he say." " Was he still mad Sarge." " Alright." " Just knock it off." " You knock it off." " You guys make me sick." " Go on." " Look at yourselves." " You call yourself a squad?" " You're a bunch of goof offs." " you caused nothing but trouble." " You mind everybody else's business but your own." " Like poking around with that primer cord and then dropping it on the road." " And from now on you mind your own business and you follow orders." " Kirby." " and everybody else second." " You fly off the handle every time you turn around." " Now cooling your heels off in some stockade may be just what you need so you just better shape up." " Now I've had it." " This squad is gonna shape up." " You been in the front lines so long you're forgetting you're soldiers." " I'm sick and tired of holding your hands every time we get into a bind." " Subs by Jack T."