A flashback story about Rock's early days with Easy Company in the North African campaign. After fighter planes destroy a tank accompanying them on a desert patrol, Rock takes Easy to finish the patrol. After finding his compass has been broken by shrapnel, Rock has to find the way back and keep Easy from finding out their shrapnel-riddled canteens are empty,; A commando dresses as Father Christmas to deliver some food and toys to French children before embarking on his mission to destroy a Nazi beach control tower. The commando, still dressed in his Santa Claus suit, is pursued by Nazis, but the children sabotage all their efforts to capture him.; Brief history of the 814th Tank Destroyer Battalion's actions in World War II.