That afternoon everyone was scattered around the town, she decided she would stay with Liebgott, and Luz. Joe was showing off his newly acquired Nazi flag to anyone who looked his way.
"Hey fellas," She heard a man say behind her. When she turned around to see who it was, she saw Floyd Talbert making his way over to them with a smile.
"Well look who decided to show up, Floyd." Luz said, walking over to the man and greeting him with a handshake.
"Hey get a load of this, you like that?" Liebgott was once again showing off his flag.
"You like this?" Talbert said, holding out a cammo flag.
"That's a beauty!" Luz said.
"My Luger's gonna put you all to shame when I get it!"
A few minutes passed by before the heard the familiar call. "EASY'S MOVING OUT! ON YOUR FEET."
The company made their way over to Harry Welsh; "Listen up, it'll be dark soon, I want light and noise discipline from here on. No talking, no smoking, and no playing grab-fanny with the man or woman in front of you, Luz."
"Where's the fun in that?" Luz said to Mariah, going to grab her butt.
"I swear to god Luz, if you touch my ass again, I will shoot your jaw off." Mariah said.
"So, where we headed to, lieutenant?"
"We're taking Carentan." Welsh said.
"That sounds like fun." Mariah said.
"It's the only place where armor from Ohama and Utah beach can link up and head in-land. Until we take Carentan they're stuck on the sand. General Taylor's sending the whole division."
"Remember boys, give me three days and three nights of hard fighting, and you will be relieved!" Luz said, doing his best impression of Taylor. Everyone couldn't help but laugh at his words.
"Lieutenant, I'll take point." Hoobler said walking to the front.
"Corporal Hoobler will be lead scout. Blithe, glad you could join us." Welsh said.
"Thank you, sir." Blithe said, his voice just above a whisper. Something about his tone made Mariah worry, she made a mental note to check in on him later that night.
"First platoon following behind Fox Company. You people from 2nd and 3rd platoon, follow us." Everyone grabbed their bags, rifles, and helmets.
"Another thing to remember boys; flies spread disease. So, keep yours closed."
"Shut up, Luz." Welsh yelled as the companies made their way to their next objective.
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Darkness came quickly that night, too quickly for Mariah's liking. All around them small fires blazed, she couldn't help but to look at them reflecting off the water. The way the water rippled made the reflection of fire distort, Mariah couldn't help but to be mesmerised by it. The mosquitoes were absolutely brutal, once you would kill one another immediately clung to you.
"God damn bugs." Guarnere said from in front of her.
"When my brother got home from Asia, I remember him telling us the bugs were the size of small dogs." Mariah said.
"Is that supposed to bring some comfort?" Bill asked.
"I guess it wasn't, the memory just made laugh." Mariah said.
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Warriors (Band of Brothers - Joseph Liebgott)
FanfictionMariah Compton is a nurse in a small county in England. She is good at her job; so good in fact she catches the attention of Colonel Sink and Captain Lewis Nixon. She is called into action by both men to become a medic for Easy Company.
