Johnson (82nd)

Private Johnson was a soldier in the 82nd Airborne Division who 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/Norman 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.

Johnson's Pathways
1. Fatal House Visit - If you do nothing after Captain Foley orders him to check out the building across the road, Private Johnson will head over to the building and get behind a wall as a defensive cover in case he finds anything. Unfortunately, he does, as he is shot to death as he enters the building by the oncoming wave of Germans.

2. Road Death

- If you run out before Johnson can get to the building, the wave of Germans will initiate and a fight will ensue. Private Johnson, depending on the situation, will or will not attempt to accompany you to the building to provide support. If he does, and you don't cover him, he will get shot either in the chest or head from a rifleman in the middle of the road.

3. Fatal House Visit (Extended)

- If you run out before Johnson can get to the building, the wave of Germans will initiate and a fight will ensue. Private Johnson, depending on the situation, will or will not attempt to accompany you to the building to provide support. If he does, and you escort him to the building, you will extend Private Johnson's life for a maximum of maybe one or two minutes. He will enter the house to shoot out of the windows at the riflemen, and he will get shot in the head.

4. Tank Death

- If you run out before Johnson can get to the building, the wave of Germans will initiate and a fight will ensue. Private Johnson, depending on the situation, will or will not attempt to accompany you to the building to provide support. If he doesn't, he will take cover in the building you were in at the beginning of the level. After the short but intense fight, you will be ordered to retrieve a Panzerfaust Anti-Tank Weapon from the large building near the gate where the riflemen were at. After you retrieve it, the tank will fire it's cannon at the house, blowing it's occupants up. Unfortunately, one of these occupants is Johnson.