![]() ![]() As their platoon leader/friend, Buck went to find them: “Guarnere and Malarkey were in the house, as well as two other sergeants. And there’s a fraternization incident (in Aldbourne, before Market Garden): Guarnere and Malarkey were late for morning assembly.“I have more in common with them than I do with you.”. It’s always struck me as a strange remark- “If you like ’em so much,” Winters said, “why don’t you move out of the officers’ quarters and go sleep with them.” (He meant “sleep” in the sense of “bunk” with them, not in a sexual connotation.) I got a little hot under the collar. We were having a good time.” This next line is verbatim. “I dunno,” I said, “it was just a bunch of guys. About Compton’s gambling habit with the men (the real conversation was more fanfic-ish than cannon): “What were you doing?” Winters asked.On one of the reunions, Nixon was sitting with Malarkey, after a few drinks he called Compton “coward” (Malarkey defended Compton by saying “And how many Silver Stars do you have?” That shut Nixon up like a clam.).Buck Compton secretly believed that Nixon helped to transfer Dike into commanding Easy company, because (1) Nixon and Dike were both Yale guys, (2) Nixon hated him so he didn’t want Dick to give him a promotion.Nixon not only made Buck to lead the physical training run, he also made him run in thick woolen officer uniform instead of PT shorts. ![]()
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