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Malarkey being unable to talk about his friends always gets me. I hope he’s found some peace in the afterlife.
A couple of notes. Now that they are all gone, their families still continue to have reunions. Also, the actors of Band of Brothers have regular reunions as well.
The interview crew has stated that in almost every case, the homes they showed up to would be filled with family members who wanted to be there to hear the whole interview process because they had heard so little from the men about the war.
Most veterans never brag, boast or tell tall tales. They endure, they live on and they remember. My step-father, Wayne L. Wood, had retired from the Air Force as a Lt. Colonel. He was a fighter pilot in Vietnam. 20th TASS. His call sign was B.Eagle. (Bald Eagle) He absolutely loved flying. He passed away in 2019 at the age of 81. When going thru his things I found a medal. He had won the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism. He had never mentioned it to any of us. But that was Wayne. A short, bald man that looked like a cross between Tim Conway and Sean Connery. He even sang in his church choir. But he never, ever bragged or boasted. He was an amazing grandad to my two kids and my son never tires of talking about him.
It's been said over and over, but I'll repeat it... they truly were The Greatest Generation. Not just those who served in combat, but those who supported them. And especially the women who held the home front together and became Rosie the Riveter. Nothing but respect and gratitude for them all.
As a war vet myself, I'll repeat a quote I heard a long time ago. I forget who said it but it was perfect. "There is no such thing as an un-wounded warrior".
When I came home from Desert Storm and the first part of Iraq. I got an attitude by someone, you don't look wounded. I got real close and told him not all wounds are physical. I have lost several friends that became one of the 22 a day average lost. Physically they were fine. Mentally they were critically wounded.
I went to the WWII museum in New Orleans, LA on my 32nd birthday. As interesting as it all was, there is one thing I will never forget. We all went into this small room where they showed old films on the men in the war. There was an old man in a wheelchair who, in the middle of the film, looked up at his grandson and said, “I knew him!” It made it all so real that he was not only there, but remembered people he was there with so many decades later.
"They've got us surrounded. The poor bastards."
-Paratrooper saying
That one is generally attributed to Patton during the Battle of the Bulge. However, I'm a bit partial to, "All right. They're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us. They can't get away this time." From Chesty Puller during the Korean War.
@@samanderson7745 Hm. Are you sure? Patton's 3rd Army was never surrounded, including at the Battle of the Bulge.
@@vincentsaia6545 Good catch! As I said, it's generally attributed to Patton, however, it's not positive that he ever spoke those words or he might have heard them from one of the men that was surrounded and simply repeated them. Quotes get tricky as time goes on, haha!
As a British army veteran I can tell you one thing. The men I served with and went to hell and back with will always be my brothers. The men of Easy Companys words ring so true.
literally blood brothers. Absolute respect for all of them
No one cares about your "career" in call of duty
@@GeorgeTropicana you must be a Joe Rogan fanboy.
All these proud veterens and not a single hero to invade Russia...
@@PROVOCATEURSK you first since you're so bloodthirsty
My father landed on Utah Beach June 6th. He was in the 1st Army. He caught a piece of shrapnel in the liberation of St. Lo. Was also caught up in The Bulge. My father never spoke about his time in the war. I'm pleased to see someone your age caring for what the men of that generation did. I shared your tears while watching this.
Hard to believe this is the 80th anniversary of that Day of Days. Your Dad is part of the greatest generation. Without their sacrifice, it would be a different world. All who served are HEROS.
My dad commanded an LCT (Landing Craft, Tank) on Utah Beach. He had an Army engineer company with bulldozers and TNT. He was a recipient of some of the fire from the guns that Winters and Company took out.
Current US army infantry training is 10 weeks. These paratroopers were trained solidly for over a year. They were as good as you could get at the time
The 15 months included their basic training and jump training, not just infantry training.
Thank you once again Addie! My grandfather was a top-turrett gunner on a B-24 with the 450thBG of the 15th AF and flew missions Jan-Apr 1945. After watching this series I attempted to do video interviews with him which he allowed...we got as far as his childhood and going through basic, but once we got to him being sent to Italy he ended the interviews. I won't forget him saying that he wasn't a hero, and the only heroes were the ones who didn't come back, so he shouldn't be allowed to tell his stories if the heroes weren't either. It is interesting how those who are truly heroes in their own right, hold a certain reverence for the ones who made the ultimate sacrifice.
Ed Tipper was the one in Carentan that shot the outhouse and then blew up in the front window. Liebgott picked him up in the show. Moe Alley was the one brought in in the beginning of Crossroads when they were screaming “We got Penetration!” You’d think he died there after being hit with the grenade, but he made it through Bastogne too. If you get a chance, look up breacourt manors wwii history. US soldiers shot the owner and when they realized he wasn’t German they shipped him to England I believe for care. His family thought he was dead, he went on to make the museum and never held a grudge.
My Dad was career army from 56-80, some of his NCO's were 101st veterans from WW2, he watched this show to hear the veterans stories.
Shifty seems the calmest, kindest man you might ever meet. May be his accent!
You mentioned being surprised it's still fresh. You never forget it. The smells the heat and such. It's branded into your mind.
Another aspect of your Band of Brothers journey is now complete. First the whole series and now We Stand Alone Together.
Thank you for watching one of the important miniseries ever made. Hopefully more will keep watching and NEVER EVER forget the sacrifices that were made by a generation of men and women who knew who and what they were….
And more importantly, that no sacrifice like it ever be made again
I got news for you, if you look at the current social decay of the west, you'll realize most have forgotten. Europe is unrecognizable right now, war is coming.
So RIGHT now many of the actors from this series is in Tocca, GA running up Currahee and going through jump training so they can make the 80th anniversary in Normandy for the D-Day jump this june. having been in E/506th Reenacted back in the early 90's i got to spend a decent amount of time with the vets you see here so many great times. so many get videos on youtube on there events some great others they get so much wrong. even in the series they have things wrong (other Airborne units had higher casualty rates , A co 551st PIB during the last battle in the Battle of the Bulge they went in with 80 troopers came out with 1 officer 7 men)
So miss drinking singing with these scallywags Wild Bill & Babe , Jack Agnew ect... you so should go and read some some the books.
6:32 mark Me and Bill had a talk were he told me how he REALLY earned the nickname "Wild Bill" it's not in the series or books and he told very few people but yeah he did some Killing that night.
They really did hate being called heroes , talking with Bill back in 94 about that he was really uncomfortable with being called a hero but he did understand why people came up and called him 1 but he always said "the real heroes never came home"
I grew up in Toccoa. Going there Friday as a matter of fact.
I'm so happy you did this one! This truly finishes it all. Thank you for your reaction.
My dad was 17th Airborne, Glider trooper of the 194th GIR...fought about 10km away from Easy of the 501st, 101st Airborne right through to the end of the war. My dad never said a word to us about his service or even to my mom.
My son and I are doing the 2 week Band of Brothers tour in July. We fly to England and follow the route of Easy ending at the Eagle`s Nest.
Yes ! Wonderful documentary, the right way IMHO to say goodbye to these amazing human beings ..... 🥰
Check out the Documentary titled “He Has Seen War”. It features men from Band of Brothers and the Pacific and it goes more in depth on their experiences after the war, their families and reintegrating back into civilian life
Invokes so much emotion!
So important to remember their work and the horrors and tragedies and successes. They don't consider themselves heroes. But we know better. Lest we forget.
They are all gone now.
Stand down now good and faithful servants. Your long watch is over. We have the Conn now. Go rest high on that mountain brothers. Be at ease, Rest in Honored Peace. Go forth and war no more. God's Speed and God bless. Prayers for your families and friends. Prayers for those still on watch. Fair Winds and Following Seas Brothers
All Hands render Honors as the 24 Hallowed notes sound.
And one more time this old Doc whispers,
Semper Fi........
What a bunch of absolute gentlemen...they truly were the greatest generation.
When HBO filmed the scene of Bill and Babe back in the forest near Bastogne Bill told the HBO guys, "If you find my leg, let me know."
Thank you Addie for watching this series and a special THANK YOU for taking the time to watch We Stand Alone Together. As the son of a Sailor who enlisted for six years to be a Pharmacist Mate in the Navy in September 1941, and wound up being a Corpsman with the 3rd Marines at the Battle of Okinawa, I hope you will take the time to watch the Spielberg/Hanks mini series The Pacific. Be sure to watch it with the interviews and Historical facts in each episode, then watch the extra Profiles of the Pacific. Again a huge THANK YOU for taking the time to watch about WWII, from a Sailor who severed in the US Navy for over 41 years.
My dad was a machinist's mate in WWII Navy on an aircraft carrier that I don't know which one.. Got shot up running with others to help a colonel out of plane on deck under fire. He made it back to a California Veteran's hospital , had to learn to walk again for 6 months. He never bragged about the War, EVER...his brother was a colonel in the army air force flying planes in the Pacific, his future brother in law who married my mom sister, was also in the air force and was rescued twice from a rubber raft. Years later a knee surgeon pulled shrapnel out of my dad's leg, 1/4 inch form his main artery ....Dad brought it home in a small plastic bottle and teased my brother and I, adults by then, that it was good thing the Japanese guy who shot him was such a bad shot or we wouldn't be here... I later found he had purple heart medal and some other kind of metal. These old vets, people have no clue how much guts they had...but many never wanted their children to have to go through what they did. Ever again. So when President Donald Trump canceled a visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery near Paris in 2018, and said, “Why should I go to that cemetery? It’s filled with losers.” In a separate conversation on the same trip, Trump referred to the more than 1,800 marines who lost their lives at Belleau Wood as “suckers” for getting killed, I want to throw up at the idea of anyone voting for an asshole like him, how stupid...bone spurs and all..
Thank you for the reaction.
My Dad was a D-Day vet and made it into Berlin. He never talked about it. We got snippets but not a lot about combat at all. He was a stern an stoic. Tough as nails.
I'm sure you will be pleased to know that the actors also keep in touch and have reunions just like the real men did. There is a lot of interviews on UA-cam with the actors and they are also a band of brothers. Lots of the men also have auto-biographies including, Winters, Buck Compton, Shifty, Malarkey, Speirs, Forest Guth, Webster and a joint one by Guarnere and Babe Heffron.
My grandfather was in the pacific during WW2. His ship was hit with a couple torpedoes, he took some shrapnel and spent a couple days in a raft before being rescued. He didn’t like talking about it so we didn’t bother him about it.
Wonderful reaction Addie with the whole series. You did a magnificent job….👍🏼😊
We all have tough times in our life, real tough for some but little compares to the tough times these guys went through..
Addie thanks so much for reacting to the documentary, I'm glad I didn't have to wait long for your reaction and I really appreciate your response to this doc and all your comments. A lot of reactors say they will watch it but they never have it posted, maybe it's too emotional for them. You have held up extremely well throughout this show. There are so much YT channels out there about the men of Easy, there are interviews with the surviving men like Winters and interviews with the actors and their impressions of the men that were alive at the time. Just wanted to say that. I feel that after watching this show I still can't get enough of the men of Easy company.
The greatest reveal in history to me. I highly recommend you see Ron Livingston's (Nixon) boot camp diary documentary. Amazingly, it makes you appreciate and love the series even more. Seeing what these actors went through to portray these legends. The men of Easy may be gone but they will NEVER be forgotten. Even the actors have reunions. "Were you a hero in the War Grandpa? Grandpa says no, but I served in a company of heroes" Near tears every single time. Currahee ♠
Also for broader context of this series, you really need to see "The Fallen of World War 2." To see the scale of this tragedy.
There is another documentary you can watch. The making of where you see the actors go through a mini boot camp so that they would act like actual soldiers when the cameras roll. And of course The "sequel" to Band of Brothers is The Pacific. Which was an entirely different kind of warfare. It follows 3 men through their experiences. Highly recomended.
My dad was in the 101st in the early 80's. Pretty cool.
I was the medic who worked the Drop Zone at Fort Benning. 15 months is an eternity there was nowhere for them to go in Europe until 43 and that was Africa. 6-8 months and out the door today airborne and all. Basic (2 months), advanced infantry training (2-3 months), airborne school (1-2 months).
Now you completed the whole Band of brothers, well done and i love the way you react. Keep it up
Seen this so many times and reminds me of what we owe , I will be in Normandy in June and the villages and towns and many people from around the world , will gather and commemorate the young men who fought as brothers . In a museum in Merville there is the transcript of an interview with an English paratrooper who like easy company assaulted a gun battery firing on the beaches , he was asked ‘ how did you achieve this impossible task with so few men ‘ he replied ‘ the Major never told us it was impossible, so we just did as we were ordered ‘ his uniform is there it’s tiny , he was 18 . ❤❤❤
Don't forget to watch Ron Livingstones (Nixon) behind the scenes video diary of how the actors all trained like soldiers to prepare for the series. Worth watching!
The problem with the leg bag during the D-Day drop was they received them at the last minute and weren't told how to jump with it. They would drop it out the door and then jump and the prop wash broke the tethers. They were meant to hold on to the bag as they jumped and then drop it after their canopy opened.
This was actually my introduction to Band of Brothers. I had a free night and another channel was having a watch along so I joined in. Obviously I wasn't aware of the series until this special was over. I then binged the season and loved it immediately. It was sort of like a cheat code, because as I was watching the series I knew the gentlemen who were speaking at the start of the episodes.
Bless all of the families of the men who made the ultimate sacrifice and the honorable men who came back home.
Easy Company
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
101st Airborne Division
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We cannot let history be erased, if this happens we are doomed to repeat it. In ways it is repeating in its own parallel
I have at least 8 guys I was stationed with in Germany that still keep in touch- 2 of them I had dinner with in 2008, the others I have not seen since 1985. If ANY of them needed help in any way? I'd have a bag packed and be on the road in under an hour. We have each others back for LIFE. "Best job I ever had".
As you were talking about they kept in touch through the reunions & it is like 10 years ago I had a sudden thought about when they stopped & how it felt to them when the number of surviving men dropped to the point that it didn't make sense to continue them & what it must have felt like to know you were the last one alive.
Now you see why they were called The Greatest Generation, really looking forward to when you start your Masters of The Air journey:)
This doesn't have to be the end of your Band of Brothers experience. On Saturday, August 13th 2022. At the National WWII Museum in New Orleans, they had the "Band of Brothers" 20th Anniversary Symposium. You can find all the video footage of it online on UA-cam. It's over seven hours of content. I've watched it all, and I recommend it. Attending were some of the actors, directors, show runners, family members of the men. The lady that conducted most of the interviews you just watched was there, and she had some interesting funny stories about it. I think some of the guys had a crush on her, and it was funny, she was flattered, but they opened up to her. The impact this show had on the actors is really quite amazing too. The actors themselves stay in touch and have reunions. They defend the men they portrayed with loyalty. And more than a few of them have said, meeting those men, and learning their stories, and being able to tell their stories, made them better men. The actors all said the real men, were the real rockstars of the series.
Band of Brothers comes from Henry V:
“From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered; We few, we happy few, we band of brothers….”
If you ever get to New Orleans, the national WWII Museum is a must see. By your appreciation of this series I know it will have a lot of impact for you.
what a lot of people don't know which given the episode before bastone is quite a good connection, but the british 6th airborne and a few other groups were in the battle of the bulge.
which i think is nice because the american airborne helped the british get back to allied lines, and then the british airborne cane in and helped hold the line at bastone, sort of like paying them back in a way.
15 months IS a long time for training. In 1980, I had 8 weeks of basic training, 8 weeks Advanced Individual training (this varies according to what your MOS (job) is), any additional training- jump school or Air Assault school is 3 weeks. so a total of months. Them I was off to be an MP in the 1st Cavalry Division at Ft Hood Texas.
I'm glad you did this reaction. I find it interesting that the defining attributes of the greatest generation are heroism and humility. My wife's uncle, the man who walked her down the aisle, landed on the beach on D Day. I knew he served but didn't find out about that 'til his funeral.
Well this video used up some tissues. But I say there's one more film to see when it comes to Spielberg's WWII trilogy. That film is Schindler's List. It may be one of the toughest films you'll ever get through but it's also one of the most important films you'll ever see. I consider it a part of a trilogy with Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers. It shows multiple sides of the same war. Please complete your journey with Schindler's List. It's one of those films everyone should see once in their lives. Peace and health to everybody.
Good Question Addie. How do you go back to regular life after all of that? You need to see the 1946 Oscar Award winning film "The Best Years of our Lives". This film is "coming home" film for WWII vets, and it deals dramatically with how a small city deals with returning vets from the war. I promise you you will not regret watching this.
bear in mind they were civvy volunteers! 15 months I would say is insanely quick turnaround for a frontline fighting force.
Addie
Year after this miniseries came out, 2002's Emmy's, Band of Brothers won Best Miniseries. Tom Hanks & Steven Spielberg had Major Richard "Dick" Winter accepted the award. Prior and during, everyone there gave him and his men (some of surviving members watching and simulcasted at a nearby hotel) a major standing ovation. My take is that they and others won Best of everything by saving the world from a madman. Acceptance of award & speech by Winter is on UA-cam.
The woman talking about her dad was the daughter of the guy that got his face shredded in that explosion in the 3rd episode.
18:58 after he died, the pistol was buried with him, unfired.
Fascinating, words, "These episodes wrecked me." I would propose the unpleasant emotions of watching these brave men is like life's tragedies. They can wreck you or make you better person. Seeing the sacrifices of these brave men should make us all more appreciative of the incredible gift of freedom.
17:06 Yup, tHat is a great photo of Lewis Nixon
When I was at my job school for the military I got to meet Earl McClung and Forest Guth. It was an awesome experience and they signed a group photo of them and a few others of the 506th when they were in St Marie du Mont. They are 100% right about the bond you have with people you served with, no one will understand unless they've served
Most veterans never talk to about it to family. I was lucky to attend a few reunions and the veterans families. The stories that were told they’d have their buddies to corroborate their memories. Even more modern veterans are very hesitant to speak about it. You will really never ever hear them say they were heroes, I think everyone said the guys who were killed are the heroes they just were lucky to survive.
Great work on this whole series!!
I absolutely love this documentary it is so great to see the video of all the actual men talking about their experiences.
Have a look at Ron Livingston's video diary of the boot camp the actors. It'd be awesome to see you do a reaction to that too.
Love everything about Band Of Brothers. Once again, fantastic work, Addie!
Please consider watching Ron Livingstons (Nixon's Actor) Video log of the boot camp. It doesn't have to be fore the channel, but I think its such a nice little behind the scenes that we really don't get a lot of these days and its just a really nice little insight into the actors and how they handled their roles to honor these great men.
Starting in 1946, yep, right after the war, Easy started having reunions with the last being in 2012. Their numbers had drunk due to age. BUT the actors that portrayed Easy Comany have restarted them with themselves saying "these men should never ever be forgotten".
They helped commies win WW2 and take half of Europe. Such people should never by forgotten.
The humble modesty never ceases to amaze me, and make no mistake it was 100% sincere.
I love your intro music. It make me feel like I'm in a department store in 1975 with my mom.
I heard in some interviews that when the men were interviewed for the book and series, their families gathered to listen to the stories because for most of them, it was the first time that the men told the story that became Band of Brothers
The significance of wearing the eagle patch on the right shoulder is that it signifies that the soldier served in combat with that unit. Non combat soldiers wear it on the left shoulder. All of the men of Easy have passed away. The actors have maintained the Easy tradition of yearly reunions.
There is a great making documentary too, and winters wrote a great book about the war.
Good work Addie, you have brought great warmth and sensitivity to your reaction to this series. Mentioned this before, but if you want to see a wonderful movie about WWII soldiers returning home check out "Best Years of their Lives", filmed right after the end of the war. Touching, bittersweet film that I think you would enjoy.
Many family members still have contact, a lot of which was found after the series aired. They also involve the cast, who also seem to keep in contact.
Hey Addie you should really watch " The Pacific " it's like part two to this. It's what the war was in the Pacific during WW2 . Plus you should watch the Band Of Brothers panels they are SO great. All the Family's are in them love your takes
They did mention the meaning of "Currahee" in the series, but it was easy to miss.
I served in Vietnam and there was a saying your brain never forgets what you eyes see
Ms. Addie, thanks for a great ride .. .. Looking forward to The Pacific, then Masters Of The Air .. .. Can't wait .. .. Thanks Again!
My mom's uncles served in the German army on the Russian front, ending up in gulags. I found out that much detail 5 years ago from her. The majority of what I got from her was simply that there wasn't much to tell because they never talked about it.
Depending on the job specialty maybe 6-8 months for training. Basic is about 2 months. Then you do training for your job. I had two jobs in my 20 yrs…military police was about 3 1/2 months (in 1992) and intelligence school was 6 months (in 2005).
Yes, even by today's standards that is an extensive time to train. US Navy 2008 - 2018
17:05 that picture is Lewis Nixon, he looks happy, must be VAT69 in there :)
Normal boot camp is ten weeks, so 15 months was a long time.
Dick Winters was an incredible man. If you ever have time, and are interested, there is a great documentary for a reaction. You won't be disappointed.
15 months training? To answer your question, BMT, also called Basic or Boot, is 8 weeks in the USA armed forces. Additional training depends upon MOS, or what duties you are assigned after BMT.
Every military person I have ever met that was deployed and saw combat don't talk about it. When I was living out in Washington, not far from JBLM, I got to be friends with a army medic. He had suffered an IED explosion, and he only told me about it once, when he was upset with his ongoing treatment. But the combat itself, he did not talk about it unless asked, and then only in the most vague terms. Another guy I met out there, was part of a national guard unit that was sent,, he didn't talk about it either. The only guy who talked about it at all was a communications guy who had never seen combat.
In the military once you finish your basic training you go to your unit and continue to train and train and train to the point you can't stand it anymore but you understand why when you get into combat and your training takes over and you almost go into autopilot because all that training has made you into a soldier
You should find out the unit your grandfather served in and do a little digging online about it. Many of those units have archives with photos and personal accounts from the men, and often there will be added commentary from their families. Good luck, and keep posting your fine videos. I enjoy them.
My father was in the Army in Europe near the end of WW2. I don't know what he did there. My uncle was in the Navy during WW2 he didn't talk about it much. When the war was over he came back and joined the Army and served in Korea, where he was a POW for 8 hours until rescued. After rescuing, as they were coming back, he was hit by shrapnel from a grenade and almost lost his right arm. I have all my uncle's medals, his purple heart and his burial flag. My step father also served in Korea in the Army. My sister has his medals and flag. My uncle and my step father retired from the Army after 26 years each!!
As we say in Texas; y'all be safe. I mean everyone.
My training to be a Tank Driver was about 4 months.
I had a high school teacher who's father had liberated a concentration camp. When he came to our class and told us about it, everyone was crying at the end.
My basic training was 3 months then my spec training was 3 more months but I had a 2 month period of waiting between so my training was 8 months before I got orders to my first duty station. We didn't go through training after basic as a group. I never saw anyone from basic over the next 6 years. The Army and Air Force is a different type of service.
Thank you❤
Modern US Army boot camp is 8 weeks, BUT there's a lot of caveats on that when comparing to 15 months they talk about here. Training doesn't end with boot camp. For one, you're training the entire time you're in in one way or another. Two, after boot camp you go on to advanced training for whatever job you're doing, which is usually a lot longer than boot camp. Three, the US maintains a full sized standing army these days. Pre-WW2 americans hated the idea of a standing army. What we had at the start of WW2 was a very small corps of officers and NCOs whose job was to protect americas colonial possessions, like the Philippines, and to have an established leadership chain and training infrastructure in case of war and the creation of a large army. So most of the units in WW2 were starting entirely from scratch, with maybe the bosses bosses boss being career army and running the overall training camp. This is the difference between the United States Army (standing, professional) and the Army of the United States (draftees, activated in wartime).
15 Months is VERY long for Military Training. The Norm are 2-4 Months. In Wartime often only 2-10 Weeks.
You should watch the pacific it’s also one of the best miniseries, it is darker and more brutal though. It’s the same creators but follows the Marines in the pacific. Also there’s a documentary called “he has seen war” and it’s both the veterans from band of brothers and the pacific, it’s about them adjusting to civilian life after the war.
I hope you watch The Pacific sometime, another good series.