After months and year of fighting it seemed the men of Easy Company finally had a brief moment of respite. Dick had gotten up early one Austrian morning with the intent of taking a nice swim in the nearby Austrian lake. Slinging the towel around his neck he walked out of the temporary barracks and outside where the sun was just beginning to peak over the horizon. Looking down the corridor to his left he made a last moment decision and headed down the corridor, knocking on a door near the end of the hall.