Private Johnson joined the U.S. Army Parachute Infantry of the 82nd Airborne Division in 1942 and Trained at Fort Bragg, North Carolina and was sent to Southern England for preparation for the Invasion of Normandy in June, 1944. He jumps into Normandy in part of Operation Overlord, the invasion of France. Like many others, he misses his drop and joins the mixed unit that Foley has rounded up in order to protect the French/Normandy village of Ste. Mere-Eglise from a German counter-attack. After a German mortar barrage, Captain Foley orders him to scout the building across the road. The possible outcomes are as follows.