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When we left for bastogne,
We didn't have enough ammunition.
But we had confidence...
That our higher military authorities
And there was a Ridge with a tree line.
The Germans knew right where we were,
Well, like in bastogne we were down to
There was this... the fog was in. They
Every time they tried
They missed us and dropped them
One of the guys got hit in the arm
Took his arm off above the elbow.
They were taking him out and he said,
And then a medic came along
Because he stuck a syrette
Even today on a real cold night,
My wife will tell you that the first thing
Doc, doc, doc.
Doc, bandage.
As you all know, general mcauliffe,
Give it to me straight.
We've been taking ground in one position,
Now it looks like a standoff.
We're under sporadic
We're taking a lot of hits
We've run out of food, we have no winter
The line's spread so thin the enemy wanders
We just can't cover the line.
Good morning, captain Nixon.
General. Yes, sir.
General, I took a walk on our line
I couldn't find the 501st on our
From our second platoon, but, sir, we've
I don't have enough people, sir.
Hold the line, colonel.
This goddamn fog won't lift anytime soon,
Your 1st battalion just pulled out of foy,
Tanks. Artillery. Got no backup.
Doc?
Can I scrounge a bandage
How are you fixed?
No plasma, couple of bandages,
In fact, I tried to find my way up
But I lost my way.
If you can't get over to 3rd...
Hook up with doc Ryan, he'll fix you up
Thanks, captain.
Eugene? Get everything you can.
- Spina.
- What's happening?
Yeah, this is it.
I got this,
- What? This is it?
You know, 1st battalion's pulled
So if they're pulling back, then what
We need morphine. This is all I got.
- You got extra scissors?
- First sergeant lipton?
- What's this? Two medics in one hole?
What's gonna happen to us
- First sergeant, where's my foxhole?
Maybe you missed it, huh?
we were short of equipment.
We didn't have enough warm clothes.
would get to us whatever we needed.
We were dug in on that Ridge.
and they really gave us a shellacking.
one round per man there for a while.
couldn't drop us, couldn't resupply us.
to drop supplies in to us...
to the Germans.
with a piece of shrapnel.
"get my wristwatch off my arm."
and I think he really saved my life.
in a key position. Morphine.
we go to bed...
I'll say is, "I'm glad I'm not in bastogne."
Take him back to regiment.
acting division commander.
general, losing it in another.
We're digging in on the edge of the forest.
artillery fire, general.
and we have no aid station.
clothes, and we have little or no ammo.
into our gp to use our slit trenches, sir.
You got anything to add for gen. Mcauliffe?
about 0300 last night.
right flank. I tied it in with a squad...
got considerable gaps in our perimeter.
We're spread too damn thin.
Close the gaps.
so you can forget about air cover.
krauts on their tail.
There's a lot of shit headed this way.
from your aid kit, sir?
practically no morphine.
to 3rd battalion looking for supplies...
with what he has to spare.
You're gonna need it.
- Doc.
- We're digging in right along the line.
So, what'd you get?
and I got myself a kraut bandage.
- Yeah, that's it. That's all you got.
out of foy. Heavy casualties.
the hell are we doing sitting here?
- No. Just the one.
- Sir.
- Yes, sir.
if you take a hit, huh?
- It's back here, sir.
I'll walk you back.