[After hearing of Sobel's court martial of Winters, the NCO's of Easy Company meet and prepare to turn in their stripes in protest]
Now, if we are all going to go through with this, we all have to be aware of the consequences.
MartinI don't care about the consequences.
John. We could be lined up against a wall and shot. Now, I'm ready to face that. And the rest of you better be, too.
[All the NCO's are silent for a few moments; Guarnere looks pointedly at Lipton.]
[Regarding Sobel] I will not follow that man into combat.
[The other NCO's all nod in agreement.]
Alright, then. Let's do it.
[All the NCO's take individual pieces of paper and pencils. Guarnere dictates what all of them write]
"I hereby...no longer wish to serve...as a Non-Commissioned Officer...in Easy Company." [they each then sign their individual papers and hand them to Lipton]
Alright then. Good luck. [leaves to take the papers to Col. Sink]
What? What are you doing?
[pulls out the ammo from the weapon, displaying a single bullet] You have one round. [Turns to John Martin] Johnny, how many prisoners do we have?!
Martin
We got 11 right now, sir.
[Turns back to Liebgott] You drop a prisoner, the rest will jump you. I want all prisoners back at the company CP. Alive.
Martin
Hey, Frank, you keep cleaning those teeth the Germans are going to see you a mile away. Shoot ya dead.
[brushing teeth] That's right, Pee Wee, you keep laughin'.
SSisk
[Doc Roe shows up] Hey, Doc. [Roe opens Perconte's pack and starts dumping it out]
Doc, that's my stuff. Aww, come on, Doc...
What, you got a drug store in here?
No, I own my stuff! Well, what are you looking for?
Scissors. [Pockets the scissors] Thank you, Perconte.
[Doc Roe gets out of the foxhole and leaves. Perconte looks after him in disbelief.]
Took my goddamn scissors!
[Webb is being introduced around Easy Company]
WWebb
A lot of you guys get injured?
Martin
It's called "wounded", peanut. Injured is when you fall out of a tree or something.
Don't worry. There's enough crap flying around here, you're bound to get dinged sometime. Almost every single one of these guys' been hit at least once. Except for Alley, he's a two-timer. He landed on broken glass in Normandy and got peppered by a potato masher in Holland. Now, Bull, he got a piece of an exploding tank in Holland. Now, George Luz, here...has never been hit. You're one lucky bastard.
Takes one to know one, Skip.
Eh, consider us blessed. Now, Liebgott, that skinny little guy? He got pinged in the neck in Holland. Now, right next to him, that other skinny little guy, is Popeye. He got shot in his scrawny little butt in Normandy. And, uh, Buck got shot in his rather large butt in Holland.
Yeah, kind of an Easy Company tradition, getting shot in the ass.
Hey, even 1st Sgt. Lipton over there. He got a couple of pieces of a tank shell burst in Carentan. One chunk in the face, another chunk almost took out his nuts.
How are those nuts, sarge?
Doing fine, Bill...nice of you to ask.
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