1:36:02
That's a disciplined soldier for you, men.
1:36:05
Thank you.
1:36:10
- Hit the dirt?
- Hit the dirt!
1:36:16
- Count off?
- What?
1:36:17
- Tell me to count off!
- Right. Count off!
1:36:20
Yes, Private Epstein.
1:36:22
One, two, three,...
1:36:25
..four, five, six,...
1:36:28
..seven, eight, nine, ten,...
1:36:31
..eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen,...
1:36:35
..fifteen, sixteen, seventeen,
eighteen, nineteen, twenty...
1:36:43
We never saw Sergeant Toomey again.
1:36:45
Our new sergeant was
a sane, logical and decent man.
1:36:49
After four weeks with him we realised
how much we missed Sergeant Toomey.
1:36:53
One should never underestimate
the stimulation of eccentricity.
1:36:58
I told Daisy I was shipping out and that
this was the last time we'd have together.
1:37:02
She said "I know you'll find
another girl some day, Gene,...
1:37:05
..but you"Il never forget me because
we"Il always be each other's first love. "
1:37:10
Long after the war I ran into Daisy
in New York. She still looked great.
1:37:14
She married a doctor from New Orleans.
1:37:16
Her name is now Daisy Horowitz.
1:37:19
Ah, well, Biloxi was beautiful.
1:37:23
We were going to the Battle of the Pacific
and there was no one who wasn't scared.
1:37:27
Then they dropped a bomb on Hiroshima
and six days later the war was over.
1:37:33
So when you get down to it the only action
we ever saw was up in Rowena's place.
1:37:38
Sure, we were glad
our lives were spared,...
1:37:40
..but the guys who came before us and
the ones who didn't make it back home...
1:37:44
..haunted me for the rest of my life.
1:37:49
Roy Selridge decided
to make the army his career,...
1:37:52
..and 18 years later
he was still a buck private.
1:37:55
I guess he never really did hit his peak.
1:37:58
Joseph Wykowski became a high-school
football coach in Albany, New York.