Hi hope you enjoyed reading Chapter 1 of TBUITW (sorry bit of a mouthful) so here is the next chapter please like and review enjoy.

Chapter 2

As the train pulled into Toccoa Station and everybody got off the train Donnie got up and picked up his suitcase walking down the train steps and walking through station security he looked to find out where he was supposed to go and accidentally walked straight into another man, "Hey watch it dummy you trying to get into a fight?" "No sorry I was looking for a bus to Fort Toccoa?" the man's strong Philadelphia accent then smiled and looked around and instantly saw a bus pulling up "You headed there to join the Airborne?" "Yeah" "Turns out I'm headed there to come on follow me" they raced to get in line as the Sargent waiting there looked at his clipboard when the two guys came up to him, "You here for the bus to Camp Toccoa" the tall man replied "Yea' Name's Bill Guarnere" "Alright hop on, what about you Son?" Donnie replied, "Yes, Sargent Name's Donald Murphy" the Sargent nodded "Alright hop onboard find a seat" Donnie headed up the steps until he heard Guarnere call out "Hey come on buddy take a seat" Donnie did as he was told and sat down next to the Philadelphian "Name's Bill, Bill Guarnere" "Donnie, Donnie Murphy" "I like you already Bud so where you from then" "Canaryville, in Chicago. What about you?" "South Philadelphia" "Sounds like a good place" "Yea' sure is sounds like Canaryville is too" both of them smiled as they shared stories of their hard lives and were looking out the window as they saw the Camp in view they even saw a large hill that astounded them if they were forced to run it. The bus stopped in the parking lot and the enlistees were ordered out of the bus and stood in line as they were to report to the regiment office where a colonel was waiting for them when Donnie's name was called he was scared out of his mind.

Colonel Sink read through the enlistment file and proceeded with talking with Donnie, "Your name is Donald Murphy?" "Yes Sir" "And you were born April 29th 1924?" Donnie replied confidently, "Yes Sir." "You do realise why I am asking you this son?" "Yes Sir" "You look like your about 13 on this enlistment form but no doubt about it you are in perfect shape, don't even smoke for that matter. Says here you have had some members who served in the Armed Forces?" "My father served in the First World War as a infantryman and my brother is currently serving in Marines" Sink nodded approvingly before asking, "What's your height?" "Five-foot 10 Sir" Sink looked down at the floor and sighed "You want to serve in the Airborne?" "Yes, sir because I want to fight with the best Sir" "Well I need the best man and I believe that you are one of them" Donnie smiled approvingly before being pulled to the side by the Colonel who had given some choices to the young man: One was to join Easy Company as an Rifleman. The second option was he either joined Easy Company as an Official Medic. Of course, Donnie applied for the first option wanting to fight with a rifle in his hands like the two members of his family before him, He had made it all the way to find a bunk when everybody had looked up and saw the young man they smiled at him as he looked for a spare one when a tall man saw his problem and asked in a strong accent, "Hey you looking for a bunk? "Yeah trying to find one" "Here pass up your stuff so uh what's your name?" Don Murphy what about you?" "Don Malarkey" the two people shook hands and immediately started to talk about their lives before Malarkey asked, "So where you from?" "Chicago, Canaryville" "Astoria, that's in Oregon" "Nice" they were concluding their chat right before somebody burst in calling out, "Get Dressed! We are lining up" Everybody got into their Combat uniforms and headed to where they would line up in platoons.

Donnie's first day in the Airborne wasn't all bad but when they came face to face with Herbert Sobel they instantly felt the urge to grind their teeth suddenly they heard a booming voice "YOU PEOPLE ARE AT THE POSITION OF ATTENTION!" Everybody stood so ramrod straight they felt like real soldiers Donnie suddenly thought of his older brother and how he felt when he first arrived in the Marines. "Welcome to Camp Toccoa, my name is Sobel, 1st Lieutenant Herbert M. Sobel I am to be your commanding officer I will train you to be fighting men to prepare for Combat. Is that clear?" Everyone called out "Yes Sir" "I can't hear you, I said Is That Clear?" Everybody shouted louder, "Yes Sir" "Much Better". Sobel walked around each and every man inspecting them and criticised them for every infraction and revoked weekend passes once he reached Donnie each and every soldiers eye were on the younger soldier, "Name and Rank" "Private Donald Murphy, Sir" "And why are you here Murphy" "Because I want to fight sir to serve my country and be among the best sir." Sobel looked into Donnie's eyes and studied him closely like he was prey before asking, "How tall are you Murphy?" Donnie replied calmly "five-foot 10 Sir" "And your age?" "18 Sir". Sobel nodded before asking, "What is your position in my company?" "Rifleman sir" Sobel closely looked at him and the way he was dressed "Hair is a little long do something about it. Your weekend pass is revoked oh and a little reminder don't slow down I don't really want to let my company slow down because of you is that understood?" "Sir yes Sir you won't have to worry about me". As the day dragged on it was mostly complied of full intense training sessions (Mostly compiling of running Currahee up and down) Murphy was running the distance to but felt his lungs and heart burning because of the constant running soon he heard a voice right next to him saying, "What's the matter Murph, struggling to keep up? "Oh, hell no I'm giving it everything here" soon he heard Malarkey right behind him say "Ha he got you there Mac".

Soon after all of that intensive training it was Chow time and Donnie stood in line with Bill Guarnere and a lanky guy called Joe Liebgott as they settled down in their seats where Joe decided to get the lowdown on Donnie, "So where you from Don?" "Canaryville its in Chicago Irish District" Liebgott smiled and got back to his chow "Canaryville must be a good place" "it's okay at times" "Your folks must be worried about being here with these guys" "My Mom and my sister are pretty much frightened of me going to fight but they stand by me and my brother" "Where's your brother then?" "In the Marines" Guarnere took note of the fact his friend did not mention his father and decided to ask, "What about your father?" "My Dad left in 1932 he was an alcoholic because of what he saw in the WW1" the two men stunned by what then offered apologies "Hey sorry we asked bud didn't mean to press" Donnie shrugged it all off "No, don't be you were curious so I thought you best know now rather than later" the other men on the table heard this and nodded at him for what he said.

After 2 weeks it wasn't all bad for Donnie as the constant training drills continued and his hatred of Sobel burning because he had been run ragged. Over the 2 weeks Donnie had met more men such as Don Hoobler, Johnny Martin, Warren Muck and many others included. Sobel however was a different story, the hate from Donnie had been shown as the Lieutenant always made every effort to get rid of him.

Every morning the company was lined for inspection, after the inspection they run Currahee, breakfast then train in physical classes Donnie even found time to befriend other soldiers in the company including Eugene Roe and Spina the 2 official medics of the company. He had also met another soldier who he always thought he was funny in a comedic way and sat next to him at dinner "Mind I take a seat?" "Go ahead" "Names Luz, George Luz" "Murphy, Donnie Murphy" "I reckon I can guess where you are from?" "Go on then take a shot" "Rhodes Island" "No I'm from Chicago" "Damn that was to be my next guess" Martin decided to inject himself into the conversation "Like hell you were going to say Chicago" every other man in on the table chucked at what Martin had said as they laughed at Luz's expense. The next day was like every day for the company at Camp Toccoa they stood in line waiting for Sobel and Donnie stood next to a big man named Denver Randleman who had come from Arkansas he was considered to be a good man that Donnie knew. Soon they heard a booming voice call out which was Sobel's say "YOU PEOPLE ARE AT THE POSITION OF ATTENTION!" as Sobel stalked around he stopped off at Frank Perconte who had prepped himself when Sobel stood right in front of him and noticed something, "

Private Perconte, have you been blousing your trousers over your boots like a paratrooper?" "No Sir" "Then explain the creases at the bottom?" "No excuse Sir" "Volunteering for the Parachute infantry is one thing Perconte but you have a long way to prove that. Your weekend pass is revoked" soon after that he stepped in front of Luz and inspected his weapon "Name" "Luz, George" "There's dirt in the side rear. Pass revoked" He walked around again and stopped in front of Murphy. Again. "Name" "Murphy, Donald" "Why are you still here Murphy?" "To serve my country and to fight with the best as a rifleman sir" "Helmet straps are not done properly. Pass revoked" "Sir" Sobel walked around as Murphy listened to each man being read their infractions as he announced, "Every man in the company who had a weekend pass has now officially lost it. Change into your PT gear we are running Currahee" as soon Sobel walked away Lieutenant Winters turned around to face the men, "Second Platoon fallout you have 2 Minutes".

Joe Liebgott lead the way for Easy Company to run up Currahee. Right before they began to run one of the men from another company sighed, "Ah Easy Company" Murphy never knew who the man was but already realised what a prick he was. "Hey, don't worry while you are running we'll take your girls to the movies what do ya say bud mind we take your girl along with us?" "hahaha my girl would never go for the likes of your ugly mug" that comment got everybody in the company laughing as they patted Murphy on the back as they started to jog. Once they were running up hill Sobel got the entire company shouting, "What do we run?" "Currahee" "What does "Currahee" mean? "We stand alone" "How far up, how far down?" "Three miles up, three miles down" "What company is this?" "Easy Company" "What do we do?" "We stand alone" a couple seconds later Murphy heard somebody cry out just near the front and as usual Sobel intervened saying "Do not help that man! We do not stop" Murphy started to get Runners cramp and nearly tripped over when he saw Lieutenant Winters pull up beside him encouraging him to run through the pain "You can make it Murph you ain't given up so far you can do it, come on" soon after Murphy called out to the company "What do we run?" "Currahee" "What does "Currahee" mean?" "We stand alone" "How far up, How far down?" "Three miles up, three miles down" "What company are we?" "Easy Company" "What do we do?" "We stand alone".

Once they got up to the top the company was then ordered to run up to the top where Sobel was to be waiting to time them every man was practically groaning except for Murphy and several others. This got something inside of Donnie thinking about Eric and what he was doing with the Marines.

Murphy got to the top in under 21 minutes just behind Lieutenant Winters who reminded him of his brother sometimes he even wished Winters was in command of Easy.

Here you are the end of Chapter 2. Chapter 3 will be coming up very shortly please like and review