The\u00a0St Crispin’s Day speech<\/strong>\u00a0was immortalized in the scene from Band of Brothers. A German General officer addresses his men at the point of surrender. The actual speech is a part of\u00a0William Shakespeare<\/a>‘s history play\u00a0Henry V<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0Act IV<\/a>\u00a0Scene iii(3) 18\u201367. On the eve of the\u00a0Battle of Agincourt<\/a>, which fell on\u00a0Saint Crispin’s Day<\/a>, Henry V urges his men, who were vastly outnumbered by the French, to imagine the glory and immortality that will be theirs if they are victorious. The speech has been famously portrayed by\u00a0Laurence Olivier<\/a>\u00a0to raise British spirits during the\u00a0Second World War<\/a>, and by\u00a0Kenneth Branagh<\/a>\u00a0in the 1989 film\u00a0Henry V<\/a><\/em>; it made famous the phrase “band of brothers<\/a>“.[1]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0The play was written around 1600, and several later writers have used parts of it in their own texts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It has been used in modern times to motive or memorialize significant events. It is here as a memorial to the activities of those men who served their country in the 187th Assault Helicopter Company during the Vietnam War 1967-1972<\/strong>. The reference to the St Crispin’s Day and the name of the battle can be replaced by numerous dates of intense combat during those years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This day is called the feast of Crispian:<\/p>\n\n\n\n He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Will stand a tip-toe when the day is named,<\/p>\n\n\n\n And rouse him at the name of Crispian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He that shall live this day, and see old age,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,<\/p>\n\n\n\n And say \u2018To-morrow is Saint Crispian:\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And say \u2018These wounds I had on Crispin\u2019s day.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot,<\/p>\n\n\n\n But he\u2019ll remember with advantages<\/p>\n\n\n\n What feats he did that day: then shall our names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Familiar in his mouth as household words<\/p>\n\n\n\n Harry the king, Bedford and Exeter,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Be in their flowing cups freshly remember\u2019d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This story shall the good man teach his son;<\/p>\n\n\n\n And Crispin Crispian shall ne\u2019er go by,<\/p>\n\n\n\n From this day to the ending of the world,<\/p>\n\n\n\n But we in it shall be remember\u2019d;<\/p>\n\n\n\n We few, we happy few, we band of brothers<\/strong>;<\/p>\n\n\n\n For he to-day that sheds his blood with me<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shall be my brother; be he ne\u2019er so vile,<\/p>\n\n\n\n This day shall gentle his condition:<\/p>\n\n\n\n And gentlemen in England now a-bed<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,<\/p>\n\n\n\n And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks<\/p>\n\n\n\n That fought with us upon Saint Crispin\u2019s day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The\u00a0St Crispin’s Day speech\u00a0was immortalized in the scene from Band of Brothers. A German General officer addresses his men at the point of surrender. The actual speech is a part of\u00a0William Shakespeare‘s history play\u00a0Henry V,\u00a0Act IV\u00a0Scene iii(3) 18\u201367. 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