'Band of Brothers' is just astonishing
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Love BoB, watched it countless times.
Like many other I didn't get on with The Pacific at first but on the second watch about a year ago I enjoyed it a lot more. Doesn't have the sentimental value of BoB but it has other qualities I missed the first time.
Like many other I didn't get on with The Pacific at first but on the second watch about a year ago I enjoyed it a lot more. Doesn't have the sentimental value of BoB but it has other qualities I missed the first time.
I was thinking of the same thing! We've been drowned with Hollywood ******** from nearly every other movie/series, but what Spiers did was actually 100% true. What a leader, especially at the time they needed one most after losing Winters and gaining Dike.
Only finished watching it again this weekend. The end always leaves me with a lump in my throat/glazed eyes and the up most awe and respect for what the all went through/did, almost as a matter of fact.
If I'm not mistaken the oldest original survivor is Malarkey at a grand age of 96. Very sad to think he's the last remaining from Easy Company.
If I'm not mistaken the oldest original survivor is Malarkey at a grand age of 96. Very sad to think he's the last remaining from Easy Company.
From the ones we see in the show, yes but I googled it to see and apparently these two are also alive. Don't recognise their names though.
Staff Sergeant Roderick Strohl (b. 24 June 1922)
Private First Class Edwin E. "Ed" Pepping (b. 4 July 1922)
I usually watch it every year for a reality check on just how different life could be, these men were absolutely made of different stuff, I know we have courageous behaviour in recent battles but the stories from this are just something else.
I watched, WW2 in colour on Netflix yesterday. It seem like quite a concise timeline of the whole thing which can often be quite hard to grasp.
I don't know whether it's fascination or morbid curiosity that draws me to the story of WW2. I find it so interesting how a whole world just went mental.
I don't know whether it's fascination or morbid curiosity that draws me to the story of WW2. I find it so interesting how a whole world just went mental.
Also seem to share this strange fascination/curiosity of WW2, can't put my finger on it.
It might sound strange, but back then, putting aside the war the was taking place, time just seemed simpler in a way. At least to me. Only after the war did the world seem to accelerate in so many ways to what it has become today. Not that I'm saying this is a bad thing, just that the speed of development across all fields makes you wonder why we're in such a rush?
Strange sounding I'm know.
Yes, a lot of very courageous individuals during WW2. I suppose in the face of diversity people will do extraordinary things, which to them they don't much bat an eyelid towards.
I don't recognise the names from the series, but towards the end they did have a lot of replacements. Are these names from Easy Company or the other companies?
Yes, from the wiki page of the enlisted men of 506th
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_Company,_506th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_Company,_506th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)
You missed one: -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Shames
He is in BoB. He ends up in the middle of the field loading the bazooka which gets fired at a tank during the attack on Carentan, although the Wiki entry says this happened during the battle for Foy?
He's also seen later on I think.
You gonna get me killed Lieutenant, I knew you would get me killed.
That's the one
Can't believe it's been 6 years since Winters passed away, remember reading about it as though it was yesterday.
What is it with WW2 veterans all living to like late 80's & 90's? Does the DNA change or something during war, it's like their DNA becomes hard as nails.
Check the ages of the notable members. Basically half of them in their 90's, a few in the late 80's as well. Incredible, the stories they must have had..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band_of_Brothers_(book)
Check the ages of the notable members. Basically half of them in their 90's, a few in the late 80's as well. Incredible, the stories they must have had..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band_of_Brothers_(book)
I guess once you've lived through that you can live through anything, how most of them didn't have severe PTSD is anyone's guess. Seems like they just got on with life as normal on return and I doubt anything ever stressed them out again as they'd already been pushed to their limit.
