The Big Red One Page #3

from the St. George Hotel in Algiers.

I understand you're

an Italian, Vinci.

How come they let a wop

in this man's Army?

I don't think a wop's

gonna fight a wop.

I think all you'll do is drink dago

red and sing "O Sole Mio."

I like "O Sole Mio."

The creepy thing about battle

is that you always feel alone.

All you can see are the

guys right next to you...

and the bodies you

keep tripping over.

Why are we always sent out?

It's the only damn squad

in the whole U.S. Army?

- Where's the rest of the Army?

- There are eight patrols...

checking the villages

for diehard snipers.

Anybody wants to transfer,

just let me know.

I want to transfer.

Okay, Vinci. You're

transferred to the point.

You know how you

smoke out a sniper?

You send a guy out in the open

and you see if he gets shot.

They thought that one

up at West Point.

- Are you okay, sergeant?

- Why?

- You just let Vinci walk into a sniper.

- That's why he's here.

We got plenty of

wet-noses here too.

You really want to finish

that book, don't you?

That's why I'm here.

Vinci made it.

Come on, Carlos, your turn.

Let's go. Come on!

- Hey, Vinci?

- Ho!

You know where he lives!

Work to your right,

I'll go left. It's your ball.

Bravo! Bravo!

- You had him in the sights all the time.

- All the time.

You just wanted to see me sweat.

It's punishment for transferring me to the

point. May I rejoin the rear echelon now?

You are transferred

back to the point.

Oh, my aching butt.

By now, we'd come to look

at all replacements...

as dead men who temporarily had

the use of their arms and legs.

They came and went so

fast and so regular...

that sometimes we didn't even

get to know their names.

Truth is, after a while we sort

of avoided getting to know them.

I... I brought some water.

Do you know what they call you

four guys down at Battalion?

Sergeant's Four Horsemen.

I don't get it. You guys

lived through North Africa.

You didn't even get a scratch.

That's because replacements

keep getting hit instead of us.

You think...? You think

maybe I'll get it?

Why not? You something special?

I'll go get some, all right?

I'll... Excuse me.

Water.

You'll live, Smitty. You

did tripwire the mine.

They're not designed to kill

you, just to castrate you.

Castrate me?!

Hey, here it is. I found it.

- Oh, my God!

- It's just one of your balls, Smitty.

You can live without it.

That's why they gave you two.

They're supposed to

be coming this way.

Hold it up.

I said, hold it up!

I'm eating.

Okay, let's try this.

Come on.

- Keep an eye peeled for snakes.

- Yeah, and bats.

Bats? I love bats.

Sergeant, what's the

word from Headquarters?

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