These men aren't really concerned about the stories. They're just glad to have you as our CO. They're happy to have a good leader again.

So come sit by my side if you love me Do not hasten to bid me adieu Just remember the Red River Valley And the cowboy that has loved you so true - Red River Valley

formless in the fold by @stevieroqers

A beautiful fic and a lovely character study of Andy! The character we get in the show is very much Ack-Ack through Eugene's eyes so it was great to explore his interiority more and see his calm, confident, and capable veneer slip a bit, in a way that feels very true. And I'm such a sucker for those little moments when you're not sure what's going to turn out to be a dream and what's real.

That's why I came to France, to please General Taylor.

“In three years, I’ve aged a great deal,” he (Dick Winters) wrote that night. “It seems as if the college days and the days of civilian life when I did as I pleased are long gone.……I can keep going after my men fall over and go to sleep from exhaustion, and I can keep going like a mother who works on after her sick and exhausted child has fallen asleep.

“What a job, being papa to a hundred and sixty odd men and seven so-called officers. Also, what a headache at times.”

*Was Nixon one of the seven officers back then, or he’s been promoted to the battalion staff? *

JOE TOYE: russian roulette

"You made it?" "Could say the same about you."

ROBERT LECKIE & WILBUR “RUNNER” CONLEY | WISŁAWA SZYMBORSKA, Could Have