A movie worth watching, even if you don’t like war movies.
Deacon: Do you believe in a life after this one?
Gould: Not a chance in hell. When we first got here I was working on this kid, and he was shot up pretty bad. He kept saying, “Please God, please God,” over and over, like it meant something. He was so sincere about it; I thought it might work. And two minutes later he was dead. There wasn’t a thing I could do about it. And when I looked into his eyes, there was nothing there. Nothing. That’s when I realized that this is it.
Deacon: It’s funny.
Gould: What could possibly be funny about that?
Deacon: No, I don’t mean funny funny, it’s just that….We were just outside Sainte-Mere-Eglise and we were getting pounded pretty hard. And I was holding this kid on my lap, and he was shot up pretty good. And I remember him praying, and I was praying too, and then all of a sudden he was gone. And that was it, really. That was the first time I really watched somebody die. But right then I knew that he was in a better place than that.
Gould: How convenient for you.
Deacon: Convenient? Yeah, that’s what I was just thinking about what you said. Funny, huh?
