One of the most cautious things in war are your feelings. You felt like you couldn’t befriend half the men in Easy Company because you were afraid you’d have a chance to lose them the next day. So you only ended up befriending two, the chaotic and snarky pair of Easy. Bill Guarnere and Joe Toye have been best friends since you let people in back during Operation Market Garden.

Walking in Bastogne with three watered down cups of coffee, you travel through the snow with squinted eyes. You finally get to their shared foxhole, hoping to squeeze in a third. “Mind if I join ya guys?”