Oh man. Meehan’s reverence and respect in speaking of the man he portrayed is something else. Watching the show, one might consider him a throw-away character of a show, but the actor really did see him a whole person. Leader, artist, husband, and example to his men. The reciting of the letter was very moving.
I can't believe this only has 96 likes and just a few comments. This entire series of panel discussions have been fantastic! Thank you so much for sharing this with us! I will be at the museum this summer...can't wait!
Lt. Meehan and the other occupants of that plane are buried together in one grave in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery. Every time I go visit my Dad who is also there I stop by and lay flowers on their grave as well.
Thank you for this wonderful content. I have one point to make: John Orloff says at 1:07:15, “…in 1999 there is really no internet.” Maybe that was his experience. By 1999 I had been using the internet for years.
I'm not trying to take anything away from anyone so I hope this doesn't sound that way. I have always believed that there was a Winters' group and a Sobel group in Easy Co. Dike fit into that last group because the Winters' group didn't appear to accept him. Furthermore, this story was told from the perspective and recollections of Winters and his group. Everyone who knew Sobel died in stick 66. And Dike died in 1989. But a few people in later works and interviews had a less harsh view of Sobel. Without the internet, and with all the Sobel people gone, only one perspective of Sobel and Dike were going to be provided. Again, this is not to criticize anyone writing, acting or the vet's remembering. Their views are the story. But if all of Sobel's closest team in Easy hadn't gone down on that one plane, we might have had other views of Sobel. But history is written by the survivors. Sobel's family has put some thoughts into print in later books. But Sobel's life and death proved there was something "off" about the man and it makes Winter's perceptions more understandable and plausible.
You definitely have a point there. Blythe is a great example. He died in the series because everyone thought he did. So it’s definitely a perspective thing. A lot of people criticize BoB for being inaccurate. It was never meant to be a documentary. The laundry scene is proof. It never happened but was a great way to mention those who lost their lives.
The misunderstanding of Blythe's life and service record is forgivable due to the information available at the time. But the fact that it was not corrected when the DVD series was released is just headshaking. It would not have taken that much effort to fix the coda at the end of episode 3.
It was a great series, after the guy in the audience was talking about his favourite episode, I was thinking about my favourite, but i couldn't pick 1, it was all good
Oh man. Meehan’s reverence and respect in speaking of the man he portrayed is something else. Watching the show, one might consider him a throw-away character of a show, but the actor really did see him a whole person. Leader, artist, husband, and example to his men. The reciting of the letter was very moving.
I can't believe this only has 96 likes and just a few comments. This entire series of panel discussions have been fantastic! Thank you so much for sharing this with us! I will be at the museum this summer...can't wait!
Jason O’Mara WOW! . He needs to tell that story everywhere he goes. Breathtaking
Lt. Meehan and the other occupants of that plane are buried together in one grave in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery. Every time I go visit my Dad who is also there I stop by and lay flowers on their grave as well.
What a speech by Jason O´Mara.
Wow, amazing panel! There are so many Band Of Brothers fans out there who know nothing about this video! Thanks for this!
My Dad only talked about his military experience of when he landed in Guadalcanal only a few days before he went into hospice at 91 years old.
We had a great time at the event. Great job to all involved!
Thank you for this wonderful content. I have one point to make:
John Orloff says at 1:07:15, “…in 1999 there is really no internet.” Maybe that was his experience. By 1999 I had been using the internet for years.
We veterans all had a George Lutz in our Companies and Platoons.
I'm not trying to take anything away from anyone so I hope this doesn't sound that way. I have always believed that there was a Winters' group and a Sobel group in Easy Co. Dike fit into that last group because the Winters' group didn't appear to accept him. Furthermore, this story was told from the perspective and recollections of Winters and his group. Everyone who knew Sobel died in stick 66. And Dike died in 1989. But a few people in later works and interviews had a less harsh view of Sobel.
Without the internet, and with all the Sobel people gone, only one perspective of Sobel and Dike were going to be provided. Again, this is not to criticize anyone writing, acting or the vet's remembering. Their views are the story. But if all of Sobel's closest team in Easy hadn't gone down on that one plane, we might have had other views of Sobel. But history is written by the survivors.
Sobel's family has put some thoughts into print in later books. But Sobel's life and death proved there was something "off" about the man and it makes Winter's perceptions more understandable and plausible.
You definitely have a point there. Blythe is a great example. He died in the series because everyone thought he did. So it’s definitely a perspective thing.
A lot of people criticize BoB for being inaccurate. It was never meant to be a documentary. The laundry scene is proof. It never happened but was a great way to mention those who lost their lives.
The misunderstanding of Blythe's life and service record is forgivable due to the information available at the time. But the fact that it was not corrected when the DVD series was released is just headshaking. It would not have taken that much effort to fix the coda at the end of episode 3.
It was a great series, after the guy in the audience was talking about his favourite episode, I was thinking about my favourite, but i couldn't pick 1, it was all good
Meehan had raplaced Sobel...lucky bastard xD
Wish they coulda done a video chat with Donny (Sgt Lipton) so integral in the series
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