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Luz led Adriana around for a few minutes before they found the medic.

"Hey Doc," Luz greeted him.

"Good to see you George," Roe said shaking his hand.

"Yeah you too Doc. Do you think you could fix up Bell's shoulder?"

"Let me take a look," he said motioning for Adriana to sit.

She did and Roe gently took off the bloody bandage.

"Did you get hurt anywhere else while you all were taking the guns yesterday?" he asked.

"No. Popeye was the only one to get hurt."

"What happened to Pop?" asked Luz, his eyes clouded with worry.

"Got shot in the ass," Adriana said smiling up at the radioman.

"No shit? Huh. He alright?"

"He should be fine," Roe answered as he cleaned Adriana's stitches.

"That's good. How does Bell look?"

Roe smiled as he covered the stitches with a piece of gauze.

"She needs her rest, but she is on the mend."

Roe knew that if he told Adriana she needed rest, she wouldn't take any heed to his orders, but if Luz knew she needed rest, he would make sure she got it. Just as he finished, she stood unexpectedly.

"What the hell is he doing back here?" she asked annoyed.

Both men turned and saw Talbert, Blithe and Shifty entering town.
"Didn't you send him to the aid station Doc?" she asked.

"That I did Lt," he answered wiping his hands on a cloth and standing.

"I thought so," she growled. "Floyd Talbert what the hell are you doing on the line?"

Talb had previously been talking to Liebgott and showing off a Kraut poncho, but when he saw Adriana he gulped.

"Nice to see you too Rosie," he said trying to keep his voice level.

"You think I'm happy to see you? You practically got your hand burnt off two days ago and now your back?"

"But look its fine!" he said happily showing her his wrapped hand that was obviously not fine.

"Go get it looked at by Doc Roe and then tell me that," she hissed. "Doc!"

Roe stepped up to her side, throwing Talbert a glare.

"Will you check Talbert out please? After you do, please tell me if you believe he is ready for duty."

"Yes ma'am," Roe said taking Talbert's good arm and dragging him over to the aid tent.

Adriana watched them go then turned to Shifty. Her expression immediately softened at his worried face.

"Aww Shift. I'm so glad to see you," she said wrapping her arms around his waist.

He was happy to envelope her in a warm embrace.

"You're ok?" he asked into her hair.

She nodded squeezing her arms tighter. He did the same. For a moment they just stood there, glad that the other one was ok. Finally, with one last squeeze, Adriana pushed away from him. He looked rather disappointed but wiped that look off his face before she saw him.

"How was your jump?" she asked taking his arm and walking with him back to the square, where Easy Company was resting and regrouping.

"Not bad," Shifty said. "I landed in a lake."

"A lake?" Adriana laughed. "Talb and I landed in a tree."

"I know. He told me all about what happened."

Now Adriana knew why Shifty looked so worried when she first saw him.

"Damn. I'm going to kill Talb." Adriana vowed. "He better not tell anyone else,"

"I'm glad he told me," Shifty said quietly. "I've been worried about you since I watched you walk to your plane before we took off."

"Well thanks to Talb and Doc Roe, she is fine," Luz said walking up. "And why did I have to hear from Floyd that you were technically dead for almost two minutes?"

"Damn it," she said rolling her eyes.

"Whoa, Whoa what?" asked Perconte walking up with Liebgott.

"God damn it Luz," Adriana said as more men gathered around her.

They all pushed closer to her, including Luz. Shifty was the only one who began pushing people away from her.

"Alright, Alright!" she shouted halting the men pushing forward. "I'm only going to explain this once. After Talb and I landed, some Germans caught us and one of them choked me. I wouldn't have made it without Talb or Roe."

As she said the last part she found both men with her eyes and shot them smiles, though first Talb got a dirty look.

"So you were really dead?" asked Muck.

That question earned him a few smacks on the head and Adriana smiled.

"But really? You were dead?" it was Hoob this time.

He got the same treatment as Muck and Adriana pushed her way through the men to get to him. She snatched his cigarette and took a drag then stuck it back in his open mouth.

"Yeah boys I was dead. And I came back to kill these damn Germans, so don't cross me, because I CANT DIE!" she shouted throwing her hands into the air.

The men hollered and cheered until Welsh yelled for them.

"First Platoon! Move it!"

The men scrambled to get their stuff and fall in line. Roe, rather grudgingly, told Adriana that if he was careful, Talbert could stay in active duty. She nodded and turned to Talb and told him that if he failed to be careful, she would tie him up and personally carry him back to the aid station. He happily agreed to be careful.

Satisfied, she made her way to Welsh. She stepped up next to him as he took a swig of something that was most defiantly not water. He burped then yelled, "Easy is movin' out!"

"You drinkin' Harry?" Adriana asked smiling.

"Only a little," he slurred.

She rolled her eyes and took over for him.

"Alright listen up. It will be dark soon. I want noise and light discipline from here on out. No talking, no smoking and no playing grab fanny with the man or woman in front of you Luz," she said good naturedly singling him out.

"Where we going Lt?" one of the men asked Welsh.

"We are taking Carentan," he answered somewhat glumly. "It's the only place where armor from Utah beach can hook up and head inland. Until we take Carentan they are stuck on the sand. General Taylor is sending the whole division."

Luz scoffed.

"Remember boys. Gimmy three daaays and three niiights of hard fightin' and you will be relieved!"

A laugh ran through the crowd of men and Hoob stepped up to Adriana.

"Lt. I'll take point."

"Corporal Hoobler's lead scout," Welsh said. "First platoon fall in behind Fox Company. You men from second and third, follow us."

As the men moved out, Luz continued his General Taylor impression.

"And another thing to remember boys: flies spread disease. So keep yours closed."

The men laughed again, and Adriana was amazed at how he was successfully keeping the everyone's spirits up. Their spirits didn't stay up however. After all night of marching and loosing Fox company three times they were finally at Carentan. It was almost ten a.m. and Easy company was hold up on the road, sitting low just under the hill. They were just out of the line of sight of Carentan's buildings, and potential snipers.

Adriana motioned for her men to stay put and she crawled up to where Welsh and Winters were. Winters was looking over the ridge then scooted back down to where Adriana and Welsh were waiting. Winters addressed Welsh first.

"I want you to take first right up the middle hard and fast. We must move quickly. Roosevelt, I want you right behind him with second, and I'll be right behind you with third."

They nodded and Winters glanced back over the hill, then at his watch.

"Go," he whispered.

"Let's go first platoon!" Welsh whispered loudly.

Welsh followed closely by Luz began their long, straight, journey into Carentan. Adriana caught Luz's eye as he passed and winked. He nodded back and Adriana turned to get second platoon ready. A few seconds later shouts and shots rang out, making Easy company throw themselves into the shallow ditches along the side of the road.

Adriana's thoughts instantly went to Luz. He and Harry had been the first over the hill. She crawled up to the top of the hill and looked desperately for the radio antenna. She searched the dead bodies on the ground and finally her eyes moved on up to where she found Welsh and Luz, thankfully, taking cover behind a building. She let out a breath and turned back to find Winters.

He was in the middle of the road shouting at the men who were all taking cover in the ditch.

"Let's go Easy! Get up! Go! GO!"

Adriana had never seen Winters so angry. He was standing in the middle of the road, sacrificing his own safety, to get Easy company moving. Suddenly he ran past her up onto the road where the dead bodies were and where the machine gunners could see him perfectly. Adriana's mouth fell open as he dashed back and forth across the road, kicking the men in the ditches to get them up. While trying to hoist Blithe out of one of the ditches, he noticed her.

"ROOSEVELT! GET THEM MOVING!"

Adriana snapped out of her trance and jumped up pulling her men off the ground and pushing them off the road into the fields. Winters was still shouting and throwing men out of the ditch.

"Get moving! We have men out there!"

Adriana turned to help Winters but almost tripped over Liebgott, who had set up his machine gun in the tall grass of the field. Finally, the men seemed to come out of their scared trances, and got back to what they were trained to do. Adriana turned and followed three men through the field and through a back gate. She and Shifty hit a wall next to a chicken coop at the same time a soldier got shot and another hit the wall across the street.

"Medic up!" she shouted, not really thinking a medic would hear her.

The soldier across from she and Shifty tossed a grenade toward the machine gunner in the window, but the grenade bounced off the windowsill and landed closer to Luz and Welsh, who had to take cover when it exploded. Just as soon as he had thrown the grenade, the soldier was shot from somewhere behind Shifty and Adriana.

Adriana poked her head around the building and spotted him but there was no way she could hit him from that far away. She pulled her head back around the building and turned to the sharpshooter.

"Sniper! Balcony second floor left!" Adriana said to Shifty.

He easily put a bullet through the German's scull then turned his attention to the MG. He and Adriana fired simultaneously and hit one of the machine gunners. Almost immediately following the other MG turned his fire toward them.

"Aww Shit!" Shifty swore as he and Adriana pushed as far back as they could between the wall and chicken coop.

The fire lasted what felt like hours as the two held one another waiting for the bullet they were sure was coming. Little did they know, Luz and Harry were using the diversion they had created to take out the MG.

"We need some covering fire. Ready Luz?" Welsh asked as he signaled the men still on the road.

Luz stood up and fired as Harry darted out from behind him, a grenade in hand. He ran up on the German MGs left and tossed the grenade through, then dove for the wall under the window. The room exploded and the MG was silent.

"You ok Shifty?" Lipton yelled from across the town.

Shifty gave him thumbs up then looked down at his young Sgt.

"Adri?" Are you a'right?"

She hadn't noticed she was latched onto the front of his field jacket. She leaned back and looked up at his dirty face. He was surprised to see she was crying.

"Are you hurt?" he asked suddenly worried.

"What? No, no I'm fine. I guess I'm only human right?" she scoffed dropping her gaze.

Shifty smiled and put his hand on her cheek. He lightly ran his thumb over her cheek taking the tears with it.

"We all are."

She tried to smile, but she wasn't sure it came out like a smile. Suddenly Lipton yelled for both of them. Adriana unlatched her hands from his jacket and jogged across the opening, coming to a stop behind Lipton.

"Hammer those windows," he said to Shifty.

As Shifty did, Adriana turned Lipton to her.

"I need to find the men from second Platoon. Are you alright here?"

"I'm fine. Go Sgt."

Adriana nodded and dashed off. She dashed past men clearing houses until she literally ran into Tipper as they both came around a corner going in different directions. The jumpy private almost shot her but Liebgott jumped in.

"Jesus Tip. You almost shot the Sgt!"

"Sorry ma'am," Tipper said helping her up.

"It's alright. Help me clear this house," she said.

Before they could get inside the house, however, it exploded. All three of them flew across the street and smashed into a brick wall taking out a few bricks. They were all stunned and just laid there for a few minutes, trying to get their lungs to fully expand. Somewhere in her foggy consciousness, she heard Lip yelling for everyone to spread out.

"They've got us Zeroed! Spread out! Go! Get the hell out of there!"

Finally after a few seconds of blinking, Adriana could see again, and managed to stand with the help of the wall. She could see Lipton standing in the middle of the street yelling at men to move when suddenly the ground exploded in front of him.

"LIP!" she screamed.

As the smoke cleared she could see him lying against a wall. She was going to run to him, but she could see Talb already had him. She sighed, relieved then turned to Lieb and Tipper who were struggling to get up. She pulled Lieb to his feet first.

"You ok?"

"Yeah, yeah I'm fine," he said dismissively.

He turned and helped Tipper up, then they went to the next house on the block. Tipper kicked down the door and went in first with Liebgott and Adriana close behind. Thinking the house wasn't as large as it was, Adriana and Liebgott went to the next house and cleared it. They thought Tipper would be right behind them, but when the store front exploded, sending fire and debris skyward, they both raced around looking for the young man.

"Tipper… Tip! Tipper! Answer me Tip!" Liebgott's voice was beginning to get desperate when they turned the corner of the building and found him. "Jesus."

"Joe? Is that you?" Tipper asked, on the brink of hysteria.

"Lookin' good Tip," Joe said in a soothing voice. "You're lookin' real good. Come here buddy you gotta sit down."

He gently took hold of Tipper's shoulders and lowered him to the ground then sat beside him. He put an arm around his shoulder and tenderly held him.

"Aww Jesus," Lieb whispered as he looked at Tipper's leg.

Tipper's breathing was labored as he clutched Liebgott's arm.

"You hang in there buddy. We're gonna get you fixed up alright?"

Tipper looked up at him, one blue eye visible under the blood caked face. It broke Adriana's heart to see a Taccoa man in so much pain. She knelt on the other side of him and touched his hand gently. He immediately latched onto it and looked at her.

"Sorry… Sarge" he managed.

"Don't be Tip. You did a wonderful job. Just rest now alright? Doc Roe will have you fixed up in no time. I'm going to go get him," she told Liebgott.

He nodded but didn't take his eyes off his friend. Adriana stood and darted off to find Roe. She felt like a mad man running through the streets shouting for a medic.

"Roe! Doc Roe where you at!"

As she was yelling a bullet went through the top of her foot and she fell forward. Luckily she landed behind a pillar and was safe from the sniper that had missed her the first time.

"Shit," she gasped.

There was nothing she could do about it at that moment so she pulled herself up only to fall again when she tried to put weight on it.

"God where the hell is that Cajun?" she asked herself aloud as she tried to stand again.

Like an answer to prayer Roe came stumbling around a corner.

"Thank god Doc!"

He noticed her on the ground and thought she was fatally injured. When he raced to her side she pushed him away.

"I'm fine! You have to go help Tipper and Liebgott. They are back that way by the road to town. Tip is hurt bad."

Roe was hesitant to leave her.

"Do you want me to make that an order?" she yelled frustrated.

Roe shook his head and turned for the road into town. As he left, an MG could be heard firing overhead. She glanced up and saw Gordon in the window firing out onto the flooded field where the Germans were fleeing. None were getting away.

"Way to go Smokey!" she shouted up to him.

He glanced down at her and whooped, then returned to killing the retreating Krauts. She wasn't sure how she was going to make it to the aid station, and for the moment she felt like she was going to pass out so she just sat there, catching her breath and thinking.

She had made it through their first real mission, but how many others had. Lip had gotten hit and Tipper was going home for sure. That was the only ones she knew of, but there had to be more. Unfortunately, that was war, and in war, no one ever won anything without some kind of sacrifice.

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