The Road to Glory Page #2

I see no reason to apologize for it.

What you do in the future will mean

more than you say of the past.

May we'll leave it at that, sir.

Do you know this sector?

Fairly well.

The outfit I was with

took it last June.

We're holding this part

of the valley here.

The enemy has the rest.

Right here is our own

particular little job.

It's a tough sector.

It's bad...

...but it's going to get worse.

Is that what's disturbing you, sir?

That's not bothering me.

I've got a good bunch of men.

A tough outfit.

- I know they're good.

I've heard of this outfit

more that once.

I hope you can live up to them.

The Third Platoon will be yours...

...that's, what's left of it.

Half of it'll be replacements.

Hal.

Don't you bring back many?

No one regrets my losses,

Lieutenant...

...more than I do.

I'm sorry, sir.

Well?

- The replacements are here.

All right.

This is Regnier, your Sergeant.

At your service, sir.

Say, Sergeant.

Yes, sir.

This outfit...

At ease.

- Yes, sir.

You...

...usually lose half of your men?

Sometimes more. We're known as

Captain LaRoche's hard bargains.

Hard bargains?

Whenever there's a bulge in the line

or a dirty work to be done...

...they always send for us.

- But with half the men.

How long's the Captain

had the company?

Ever since we first came out.

- How many times?

Why...

...about eight times, and he's

never even got trench feet.

He's the hardest bargain the lot.

The finest officer in the army.

- But hard.

The finest officer in the army.

- Living on aspirin and cognac.

What the Captain uses is

none of my business.

All I know is...

...he's the finest officer

in the army.

All right, Sergeant.

Ready for inspection, sir.

- Right.

You've been here before?

- Yes.

Is the shoulder well?

- Yes.

Glad to see you back.

- Thank you.

Take off your cap.

How old are you?

- 44, sir.

Real age?

- Please, Captain.

Bouffiou!

- Yes, sir.

Send this man back.

Yes, sir.

- I...

Your name?

- Dulac, Jean.

Number?

- 3.482.

Sorry.

Finest officer...

- Yes, Sergeant, yes, sir.

Soldiers of France...

...you are now members

of the Fifth Company...

...Second Battalion...

...of the 39th Regiment of the Line.

This regiment was created...

...by Bonaparte...

...and served gloriously with

him through many campaigns.

It also served...

...in the Crimea...

...in Indo-China and in Africa.

Since November, 1914...

...it's been fighting on this front.

Its record of valor...

...has not yet been damaged.

I do not expect any man...

...or any platoon or

an entire company...

...to add stature to that record...

...but I do and will require...

...that no man in it detract

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