Pvt. Grady Long, Saunders' friend and the squad's B.A.R. (Browning Automatic Rifle) man, is killed. Kirby expects Saunders will give him the B.A.R., but Saunders decides to give it to the new man, Pvt. Delaney (Joe Mantell), a cook that had qualified on the B.A.R. in basic training. After Delaney is killed, Saunders finds his reasoning for giving it to him didn't matter.
