The Best Feeling in the World: Mourmelon: February 25-April 2, 1945 Summary and Analysis

Easy Company rode a train through France, back to Mourmelon. The men showered for the first time in ten weeks and received fresh uniforms. Winters ordered rigorous training to help the new replacement soldiers integrate into the company. Colonel Sink began making temporary assignments official. Nixon was demoted from regimental to battalion staff due to his excessive drinking. Major Winters was assigned 2nd Battalion C.O. Captain. On one occasion, Winters encountered Captain Sobel. Sobel pretended not to see Winters as he walked past. Winters called out to Sobel, and Sobel was obligated to salute Winters.

Easy Company continued to have high regard for Captain Speirs. Some of the men disagreed with Speirs for killing an insubordinate American soldier in Normandy, but men such as...