Listen up. You ready for it? [pause] German Army surrendered.
“Points”
In this episode: Richard Winters (4), Carwood Lipton (1), Joseph Liebgott (1), Frank Perconte (1), Herbert Sobel (1)
[Members of Easy Company are going hunting. Shifty Powers misses a chance to shoot a deer]
Dammit, Shifty! The Army's going to be glad to get rid of you.
SShifty
I wish, you know? Turns out, they want me to stay for a while.
MMalarky
Are you serious?
SShifty
Yup.
MMalarky
How many points are you short?
SShifty
Fifteen.
MMalarky
Fifteen? Jesus Christ, I thought I had it bad.
SShifty
No Purple Hearts, never was injured.
GCGerman Colonel
I wonder what will happen to us – to people like you and me – when there are finally no more wars to occupy us?
Have all your men collect the weapons, deposit them at the church and the school, and at the airfield.
CColonel
Very well. [Draws his sidearm, offers it to Winters butt-first] Please accept this as my personal surrender, Major. It is better than to lay it on the desk of a clerk.
[considers] You may keep your sidearm, Colonel.
[Colonel assents, salutes]
[Captain Sobel, now outranked by Winters, happens to be walking by while Winters is sitting in his Jeep. Sobel pretends to not notice Winters.]
Captain Sobel.
Major Winters. [Tries to keep walking]
Captain Sobel... we salute the rank, not the man.
[Sobel slowly turns and salutes]
[translating a German general's speech] Men, it's been a long war, it's been a tough war. You've fought bravely, proudly for your country. You're a special group. You've found in one another a bond that exists only in combat, among brothers. You've shared foxholes, held each other in dire moments. You've seen death and suffered together. I'm proud to have served with each and every one of you. You all deserve long and happy lives in peace.
Buck Compton came back to see the company to let everyone know he was alright. He became a prosecutor in Los Angeles. He convicted Sirhan Sirhan in the murder of Robert Kennedy and was later appointed to the California Court of Appeals.
David Webster became a writer for the Saturday Evening Post and Wall Street Journal, and later wrote a book about sharks. In 1961, he went out on the ocean alone, and was never seen again.
Johnny Martin would return to his job at the railroad, and then start his own construction company. He splits his time between Arizona and a place in Montana.
George Luz became a handyman in Providence, Rhode Island. As a testament to his character, 1,600 people attended his funeral in 1998.
"Doc" Rowe died in Louisiana in 1998. He'd been a construction contractor.
Frank Perconte returned to Chicago, and worked a postal route as a mailman.
Joe Liebgott returned to San Francisco, and drove his cab.
Bull Randleman was one of the best soldiers I ever had. He went into the earth-moving business in Arkansas. He's still there.
Alton Moore returned to Wyoming with a unique souvenir: Hitler's personal photo albums. He died in a car accident, in 1958.
Floyd Talbert, we all lost touch with in civilian life, until he showed up for a reunion just before his death in 1981.
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