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Poor Hoobler, after finally getting his coveted gun. He had it in his pants, and accidentally became tangled in barbed wire, which snagged the fabric, somehow caught the trigger and caused the gun to discharge. ----- Back in training camp at Toccoa, Al Mampre (that medic i briefly mentioned in Ep4) was at the shooting range, and bet a private next to him he couldn't hit some target pretty far out. The wager was a candy bar. The private shot and hit the target, so Mampre doubled down. And the target was hit again. And Mampre doubled again, and the target was hit again. After the next shot, and the debt now being 8 candy bars, Mampre wisely called it quits. The little fella next to him was Shifty Powers.. Shifty was always known for his marksmanship and keen eyes (hence why in the scene where Hoobler shoots himself, when they initially hear the gunshot, Lipton immediately asks Shifty if he sees anything). Shifty once noticed (from nearly a mile away, mind you) some trees that hadn't been there the day before, and appeared suspicious to him. He reported that to Lipton, who passed it on, and eventually there was an artillery strike called on that position. Turns out the Germans had relocated some 88s there. In Foy, when the men went to check on the German sniper that got shot, they saw Shifty had nailed him right between the eyes. There are some accounts stating that, unlike in the show where the German sniper was on the second floor of a house, he was actually outside, hiding behind some stuff just like the men of Easy, and Shifty was able to locate his hiding spot because he saw his breath in the cold air. Shifty got along with everyone. Well, nearly everyone, according to his friends. Some recounted a tale he told them. There was ONE guy in the entire company that Shifty could absolutely not get along with, reasons unclear. That man was Mellet - one of those killed by the sniper. Somehow Shifty could absolutely not stand the guy. One night in Belgium, Shifty told his friends he had had an extremely vivid nightmare during which he had been killing Mellet. The nightmare felt so real that when he woke up, Shifty was worried he might actually had done it while half asleep. So he took off looking for Mellet everywhere, and, according to those whom he told that story to, once he found him well and alive, it was the only time Shifty was happy to see Mellet. --- In reality, Winters realized himself he had no more business going out there and came back to the line without needing to be called back. And it just happened that Speirs was the very first officer he spotted, it could have been anyone else.. Though i wouldn't be surprised if Speirs had positioned himself close to Winters on purpose just in case, like an eager athlete.. "Put me in, coach!" While Speirs was racing down streets, waving between houses (a longer run than was depicted in the show, though he wasn't always fully in the open), he kept taunting the Germans about their poor aim. Seconds after Speirs left to return to Easy, the leader of 'Item Company' was mowed down by machine gun fire (the German must have known he better not shoot at Speirs). Thankfully someone else had been nearby to hear the orders and was able to relay them. ----- Lt Dike is done dirty a bit in this episode, he might not have been a terrific officer nor liked by the men (their bias showing a bit in the depiction of his character) but he was no coward either, having previously earned medals for rescuing soldiers from under enemy fire. Some accounts suggest he got shot during the attack and was becoming disoriented from blood loss, unable to think clearly and issue coherent orders. -----