:29:01
I didn't notice you
being too scared.
:29:03
Just crazy,
standing up like that.
:29:05
I had to take care
of you, didn't I?
:29:16
War, to the foot soldier,
:29:18
is a continual fight
for a few yards of dirt...
:29:21
that always seem
to lie ahead ofhim,
:29:24
to be taken from the enemy
or to be held at all costs.
:29:28
Why? As often as not
he doesn't know...
:29:31
in regard
to the overall campaign.
:29:33
On Sicily,
all he knew was that he took
the entire island in 38 days.
:29:38
What he had accomplished
gave the Allies...
:29:41
a giant base of operation
close to the Italian mainland.
:29:50
Hey, you guys,
you know what we've been doing
the last few weeks?
:29:52
I want to forget.
We've been "advancing
against light resistance...
:29:56
and squeezing the last
of the enemy forces off Sicily."
What do you know!
:30:00
And our spirits are high!
Speaking of high spirits,
you know what this jug cost?
:30:04
In Tennessee, I could have
gotten a fifth of bourbon...
3rd Platoon.!
:30:07
On your feet!
:30:09
We got a new lieutenant.
I hope he's luckier
than the last one.
:30:12
As you were, men.
I'm Lieutenant Manning.
:30:15
I've been told that
Sergeant Klasky here...
:30:17
has been handling the platoon
for quite a while now.
:30:20
He's been doing a good job
so there won't be any changes,
at least for the time being.
:30:24
Any news from up above,
Lieutenant?
Yeah.
:30:26
The 36th División
and the British 10th Corps
has landed at Salerno.
:30:30
They're having a rough go of it.
Looks like we're a cinch
to be going across too.
:30:34
Why us? We took
enough beatin' already.
The 36th is a Texas outfit.
:30:38
Somebody's gotta
give them a hand.
:30:41
They were doing all right
till they started
draftin' you Yankees.
:30:44
At ease. I've got
a special order here.
:30:47
One promotion.
Murphy to corporal.
:30:53
I don't want
any stripes.
:30:55
I didn't hear anybody ask you
if you wanted them or not.
:30:58
All right, that's all.