WE STAND ALONE TOGETHER | FIRST TIME WATCHING | BAND OF BROTHERS DOCUMENTARY
Вставка
- Опубліковано 27 січ 2022
- First time watching BAND OF BROTHERS in a SHOW reaction.
SEE FULL REACTION HERE:
/ diegesischad
Arianna's Instagram:
/ _aerii44
Band of Brothers is an acclaimed 10-part television miniseries (first aired in 2001) about World War II, co-produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks. Much of the action of the mini-series centers on the exploits of Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, U.S. 101st Airborne Division and one of its early platoon leaders, Richard Winters. It is based on the book of the same name written by historian and biographer Stephen Ambrose.
#BANDOFBROTHERS #React #Reaction - Розваги
You guys really need to see Ron Livingston's actor bootcamp video diaries for this series, really pretty cool and so in-depth on how the actors were essentially turned into soldiers for this production
Its so cool
One cool thing among many: you get to see the real Grace Nixon.
@@theflare5437 The Dale Dye impressions were the funniest moments, "Everyone grab a partner, so we can do open heart surgery!"
I have loved this series since it came out and I never knew this existed. Thank you!
Hi, it's excellent!
I swear, you can't help but fall in love with every last one of these guys. So sad they're all gone now. That they got all of this on film while they were still with us is priceless.
Are they all gone? I heard the last officer died, but not the whole company
@@Fordo007 unfortunately they are all gone having lived a full life and up to their 90s
The casting for this series is nothing short of brilliant and it will be loved for Generations. I knew exactly who Winter's was by his demeanor, and the weight in his eyes. Currahee ♠
Currahee!
Same here. I knew right away he was Major Winters.
Yes, the picture at 29:35 was indeed Captain Nixon!
Yep the morning after Winters gave him all the wine
I was part of the reactivation of the 506th. When they stood us up, they brought some of these gentlemen and some of the veterans from the Vietnam war. I don't know how, or if, I will tell my children about the war, but it will forever be one of the greatest honors of my life to be a part of this heritage. Currahee!!!!!!!
That picture that looked like Ron Livingston was 100% Lewis Nixon.
I was able to pin my son's jump wings on when he graduated at Fort Benning Georgia 82nd airborne, that was quite a day for a father.
My grandfathers served in the pacific, marines and navy. Both spoke like these men. Was too young to comprehend what they were actually talking about. Guadalcanal, Saipan, Iwo Jima. They talked about these things like you’d talk about the weather. Years later you realize how big these experiences were for all of us. The young lady’s reaction to this was much appreciated. No offense to the dude, her emotions and reactions hit right and I appreciate it.
As an older war veteran myself, this show had me tearing up the entire time. We're all lucky to have served in the company of Heroes and in the shadow of great men like these.
I swear the whole generation who lived through that time are the greatest I've even known, what the did & fought for gave us the life we have, it's pathetic to think that young people these days get offended by being called what they consider bad names, image they had to go to a war like this, we'd have no chance.
There is also a "video diary" shot by Ron Livingston about the making of BoB. He chronicles the basic training all the actors went through to prepare them to shoot the movie and make the action more believable.
I found that on UA-cam. Its' pretty cool.
There is also a regular behind the scenes part which is cool. It’s probably also on youtube
It was great watching band of brothers with you guys, and good to remember the ones who gave so much for our freedom. Speaking as someone from the netherlands i can say we indeed love americans. And offcourse also the english, canadian and polish troops liberating us. It is taught in schools and every year 1 day of remembering the death and 1 day of celebrating the liberation. I am thankfull never to experience war and lets hope it stays that way. Currahee!
I hope it stays that way too. Unfortunately america sure loves itself some war.
The extras podcast on HBO are excellent. Hearing the actors tell how they interacted with their real life counterparts is so fun. Especially Lipton and Wild Bill.
Frank Hughes talking about meeting Guarnere and Heffron at the airport is one of my favorite stories from the podcast.
anyone who has met Wild Bill and Babe has great stories esp if they liked you lol Bill would always call me "kid" then when i got my promotion too Sgt he was the 1st to shake my hand after getting my Swirly in the latrine and called me "Sarg" from then on. i can still hear his voice from that night as it was last thing i heard before passing out "Oh your going to feel that in the morning, Sarg"
My favorite series. Makes me remember the good old days. 82nd airborne 2/505 PIR 98-03
I can remember seeing footage of easy company meeting in later life. They are all walking and at this time old men. Major Winters stops and turns to look that the last man is keeping up. It’s a split second but you can see his leadership in that moment.
They may have mentioned it earlier in the documentary but the young woman at the reunion.. who says she is proud of her daddy is Kerry Tipper, daughter of Edward Tipper. She is a member of the Colorado House of Representatives and is 38.
Adrienne, you are possibly the most sincere reactor I have seen. Too many people know they are "supposed to cry" at certain movies, shows, etc... But the shock you have to certain scenes is very genuine!
I'm trying to watch this while I'm at work, but I must stop so I can give this my undivided attention. So, keep up the amazing work, and I am very sorry that we viewers out you through stuff like this. But people need to know history, and history is ugly, violent, and must be remembered so it is never repeated!
Carwood Lipton passed just over a month after this episode originally aired. I've had the honor of meeting many veterans, from the battle of the bulge to survivors of concentration camps, all of whom are now gone. We lose connection to these events with every passing. Hopefully none of us will ever have to go through what they had to for us.
I am a Paratrooper Formally with the 82nd and served 10 years in the Army. I love that you guys did this and loved your reactions! It made my day and its a great feeling to see that you have the caring and emotions for those men that lead the way! Thank you!
That picture was of Nix it's after Winters gave him all the wine
Grandpa said No!...
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
I served in a company of Heroes.
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Everytime.
There are a lot things learnt by the modern paratroopers from this time, like jump with your rifle and not having your equipment just thrown from the plane. Modern paratrooper rifles have a specific design, they are compact and soldiers are ready to fire while they are falling if necessary. Modern rangers jump and walk with enough equipment to operate without supplies for around a week. I have to say that I agree with some comments about your honest reaction. I just found your channel and the videos about Band of Brothers. It's so important what you are doing.... people doesn't want to remember and we live in an age of ignorance that I've never seen in my 50 years of life. It's so important that we don't forget. Thank you for sharing this.
Now you have to watch the pacific
Trees were exploding because the artillery shell was exploding above the ground when in contact with the trees. This was deliberate creating splinters that shattered in all direction above the fox holes.
I live about six miles from the front gate of Fort Campbell, Kentucky; the home of the 101st. My father served in the 101 back in the late 70's and retired here after he served 25 years in the U.S. Army. I served in other units than the 101 but I had the honor of illustrating the poster for the 30th anniversary of Hamburger Hill and their years of service in the Vietnam War.
the movie "Hamburger Hill" (1987) should be on the list to watch
I am so glad you watched this documentary. It adds more to the series and based on the interviews, it shows how accurate the portrayal really was.
Great reactions! A few months ago, I took a trip to Hawaii. During the trip, I visited the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor. It was the first "tour" of the day on a Sunday morning. It was a very moving and solemn experience. I could see the Arizona in the water just below me. I saw all of the monuments to the other ships too. However, the thing that hit me the most was something unexpected.
At the far back wall of the Arizona Memorial is a list of all of the names of those on the USS Arizona who died during the attack in 1941 (many of whose bodily remains are still sealed inside the ship). Yet, on either side of that wall are two small pillars with other names. So, I went and asked the NPS ranger about those names.
He told me that those are the names of men who survived the attack but have since chosen to be buried there with their brothers. In fact, they were making preparations for another burial some days after my visit. The men are cremated and their ashes are placed inside of a sealed canister. During a full military burial, Navy divers take the canister and place it inside of a pipe. They use a stick to push that canister far enough into that pipe until if falls down into the ship and becomes the final resting place for those men.
It made me tear up to know that some men wish to be buried and rest among their brothers in the waters of Pearl Harbor. I think that shows like BAND OF BROTHERS, THE PACIFIC or movies like SAVING PRIVATE RYAN illustrate that brotherhood so well.
wow
This was a wonderful summation and historical connection to The Band of Brothers movie. Your comments and the fact that you made the effort to do this is so respectful and sincere that I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciated the time you took to do this. Understanding that the movie you reacted to was so much more than a typical "Hollywood drama". I went through Airborne training with the 101st Airbourne Division (at Fort Benning) about 25 years after the events shown in Band of Brothers. Just to address one of your questions. These days, we were not trained to pack our own parachutes. Sounds like they did in 1945. Today they are packed by "Riggers". A parachute rigger is a person who is specifically trained and or licensed to pack, maintain or repair parachutes. A rigger is required to understand fabrics, hardware, webbing, regulations, sewing, packing, and other aspects related to the building, packing, repair, and maintenance of parachutes. Riggers are always present at the assembly area ( at least for training or pay jumps) where troops are being prepared to jump and they can be challenged to jump with any specific parachute if it doesn't look like it was properly prepared. Personally, I never saw a rigger challenged or ever had any type of malfunction during a jump. Again thank you for your sincerity, from an old soldier.
My sister once asked me why I am so close with the men that I went to war with and I told her these words, "If you have never been in combat, and have never trusted your life to someone else, and ask him to do the same, there is no explanation that I can give you that will ever make you understand, but once you have been in combat and done those things, no explanation is needed," My service to our country, I feel is partially responsible for the distance that is between myself and my family, I went to the other side of the planet tor my family, but the family that I ended up with in some ways means more to me than my own flesh and blood, I do still love my family, don't get me wrong, But it is something that I can not explain to myself, let alone anyone else.
Oh good, perfect way to end this once in a lifetime series.
I just came here from your reaction to Hacksaw Ridge. Two other films about WW2 I can recommend are "April 9th" about the german Invasion of Denmark and "The unknown soldier" about Finnlands fight against Russia.
Keep up the great work :)
and dont forget the thin red line
Thanks you for reacting to this. Everyone only ever reacts to the series and this is so much more powerful.
HBO Max did a BoB podcast this past year to commentate 20 years since the series aired. They did an intro with Tom Hanks, and 10 episodes for each episode. Each one was an interview of either the actor who's character was focused on or the director/writer of the episode. It was incredibly interesting. Each episode was 40 minutes to an hour. Worth the listen.
It kills me every time Winters questions if he could have done better and kept more men alive, he kept so many of his men alive. Had Sobel taken them in they probably would have all died at D-Day and not even made it beyond that battle.
I watched a interview with Winters from the 90s and he was telling a story about a time when he was walking home one night and a kid on a bike with a stick ran it against a wood fence. And he said he jumped into a ditch because it sounded like gun fire.. and after that he sat on a curb and cried. He teared up in the interview telling the story..
That pistol along with Winters other trophies and personal items can be viewed at the Gettysburg Museum of Natural History
I was born 6 years after the war ended. I knew a lot of men who served during WWII. Four close relatives served in WWII, my Dad and three uncles. Dad was a Marine and saw combat in Okinawa, my uncle Ike was in the Navy and saw action in the Pacific, my uncle Bob was in the signal corps in the Army and decoded Japanese messages, and my uncle Grafton was an Army Medic in the Philippines. After the fighting in the Philippines, Uncle Grafton was treating Philippine civilians. He even delivered several babies there. Bob was too old for combat but all of them were heroes to me.
If you love Band of Brothers, you'll love the Pacific.
Not necessarily. I don't as much, but give it a shot.
Not me. Band of Brothers is a masterpiece. In my opinion, the Pacific is unfortunately forgettable.
@@ericw884 The Pacific is a masterpiece too imo! I adore Band of Brothers. However, I just think BoB struck a cord with so many because we followed (pretty much) one company from start to finish, and The Pacific is jarring in comparison. I would have said that BoB was by far the superior show after I first watched The Pacific, but upon a re-watch a couple of years ago, I loved it. It's so gritty; and that ending, it's very bittersweet, but perfectly captures what soldiers must have felt upon returning home.
The Pacific was the same species, different breed. Since the pacific side of the war was more disconnected, more dehumanizing, and further from places people had heard of, it’s a bit more alienating, but it’s just as well done.
The history has different needs in order to be consumable to regular folks.
@@brownsey1 Maybe I’ll give it a second try. It certainly strikes a different tone, and I was probably viewing it at some level as just Band of Brothers in a different theater of war.
Buck Compton played catcher on the UCLA baseball team and went directly from graduation to OCS and jump school. He had "the arm" to throw a grenade with "enough hang time."
I think I watched this years ago, and never gave you folks props. Much love, wonderfully done and super thoughtful.
The Germans did try to burn and destroy some of the art stockpiles they had stored. There is a movie about it. "The Monuments Men" is based on a true story of the group that actively tried to save these caches DURING the war.
That movie is a joke
@@nickgurpleez2628 The movie was, but it took from a book which was based on what actually happened.
@@nickgurpleez2628 Maybe wasn't as dead serious and perfectly accurate as BoB but surely NOT a joke.
Every time that I hear the "Company of Heroes" quote I tear up
If you get a chance, try to find the book "Shifty's War" at your local library. It recounts many of these events from Shifty Powers' perspective. Also, I couldn't read it without hearing his voice speak each word. Great book!
Listening to the audio version is like listening to shifty himself reading it to you :) it’s a very cool experience if you picture it that way. I agree definitely worth a read!
You should watch Rob Livingston's (Lewis Nixon) video diarys. It was the actors bootcamp that really made the show as good as it was.
1:35 The army had pathfinders, rangers, and the airborne. The navy had frogmen (underwater demolitions, precoursers to the seals), and the Marines had Raiders and probably others im not aware of. None of which really worked the way we think of special forces today, they didnt report to SOCOM. There was one special forces unit in WW2 that set the standard for how special forces operate today but they werent American they were the British SAS(Special air service). That being said, youre right they were the special forces of their era and so were the others.
THEY DID IT!!! YES!!!
Again, watch "The Pacific". We all want it haha
Finally someone’s watching this!!
I'd definitely recommend you guys check out the official Band of Brothers podcast. They have the actors and production team from the show as guests and tell some WONDERFUL stories about the veterans that don't make it into the show or the documentary.
Love that you guys added this one. Such a great series, such a great wrap up.Was fn to watch you guys experience it for the first time-- I envied that.
This truly was the greatest generation. They were the best at what they did yet were so humble. Amazing.
The army also had the Rangers, I believe.
Absolutely...but the Rangers back then were not the same as the Rangers are today. They definitely were more highly trained than regular troops, and Ranger units always included a high percentage of men who had already been in combat, but they were not yet considered the elite level forces that the paratroopers were. Nowadays, a lot of Rangers are not only elite level, but are considered Special Forces of one type or another...and pretty much all Rangers are trained paratroopers as well, these days. 🖖💯✌
This generation of men and women saved us from the unspeakable evil of Germany and Japan during that time. May God grant them all peace and rest....a peace well deserved.
It was so great watching your reactions because they felt so real (unlike one or two reactors i've seen), and you really get absorbed in the series and show your true feelings with sensible reactions. Thank you so much. I think this was the best reactions to BoB that i've seen. Ps, the soldier on the bed with the drinks next him was Nixon. Lesniewski was the soldier low down second from the right in the back of the truck. And lastly, I am pretty sure that the big soldier carrying the small guy was Denver "Bull" Randleman carrying Frank Perconte.
Thanks for being here and for the tidbits. :)
Pps, this is also the only reaction to the "we stand alone" interviews that I think anyone has done so far. There are also other behind the scenes videos as part of the box set which are Ron Livingston'so video diaries - "Behind the scenes; The making of Band of Brothers" - Who's who; The men of Easy Company - and lastly, Premiere in Normandy.
@@pauldear6660 I did it 😉
@@JulietteReacts i'll have to watch yours too now then. 😉👍👋
Tracer bullets were one in five. So for every tracer you see, there are four bullets flying you don't see.
It's been so wonderful watching you two watch this series and comment on it. I love your compassion, insight, and enthusiasm. Really wonderful to watch. Thank you for sharing with all of us.
The guns (105’s) at Brecourt Manner were shooting at the beach. The guns shooting at them parachuting in were anti aircraft guns.
There's three, now four main podcasts on BoB, two english gents in like 2017, the unspoiled girls on a pod called Undeclared, they are great, having read much of the books on BoB, there's the recent official HBO podcast, and now Matthew Lietch who played Talbert runs We Happy Few 506, with great UA-cam/vimeo stuff and now a podcast. There's a few 20th anniversary related meetups happening this summer that have been postponed, one in New Orleans, one in Bastogne. There was also a live zoom thing with many of the actors two years ago, but I can't remember which outlet put it out.....that was a very long and detailed one.
Many of the US and English actors do get together now and then. I think Cudlitz manages the us one, and the guy who played Grant the last one last year in the UK.
Lots of the UK actors have out out films recently, and Rick Gomez has done flicks with Frank John Hughes and James Madio.(he's been out with the real Babe and Guarnere in the past doing appearances ) Richard Speight Jr (muck) has done some pods with his Supernatural crowd, but also some Bob stuff with Mucks Family and Rick Gomez.....
The Gettysburg Museum has a bunch of BOB memorabilia, and there's a Winters statue in Ephrata, pa.
It's all very a very big Rabbit Hole.... Then there's the books and Reel History on YT with historian Jared Frederick......
Only just come across this series of vids on this subject and what a subject "Band of brothers". Watching the two of you watching and analysing this series is inspiring to say the least, here in the UK it is different at present as there are those who keep trying to tell us we should be ashamed of this and other periods of our history. This type of pride I see in the two of you only strengthens my resolve though to be more proud of what the men and women had to do in these times, I will never be ashamed of what these people had to endure to give us our freedom from tyranny from the likes of Hitler etc. Anybody trying to say otherwise should be made to sit and listen to any surviving relatives of these people who fought and died for our freedom and dragged by the scruff of the neck to any and all war cemeteries, and take note of the sheer number and age of these men and women, and then dragged off to places like Austwitz etc and locked in for a while to ponder over their thoughts and then try and tell us we shouldn't be proud of each and every one of them. America, we can learn something from you here in the UK, as you seem to be more than proud of your service men and women alive or dead than us at the moment with our left wing idiots and their dim witted ideology. I along with many others in this country will never forget what these people did and gave for us all in this free world whoever we all are or where we all come from. Well done the two of you for hopefully opening the eyes to more people of this world today and realizing that these are the people who made it possible for us to live as we do today, and not the un-proud amongst us.
If you're into reading, definitely check out the books that Don Malarkey and Dick Winters wrote. They are amazing and fill in a lot of gaps of stuff that wasn't in the show and also their personal lives before and after the war. Amazing reads!
The series was excellent. IMHO this was the best 'episode'.
As others have mentioned, Ron Livingston made a video of the 10 day training session the actors went through before filming began. It is really great! 😊
So glad you watched the documentary, love your reactions. Keep up the great work!
My father was in the 82nd Airborne. Static line jumps were pretty scientific to calculate drag, wind drift, speed, ect... to try and make sure no one ran into eachother, and obviously no planes hit the men on the way down but accidents did happen. On his last jump the man behind him ran into his parachute, collapsing it. He cut his main chute and pulled his reserve at 400 feet, barely enough time for it to open and create any drag. He basically free-falled for 400 feet, hit the ground broke both legs, broke his back, collapsed his left lung, severe concussion, and broke his wrist, he was spinning and tumbling as he hit the deck. This ended his career in the Army as an E-5 and got a medical discharge all because of a training accident.
As much as I will remember the members of Easy that were portrayed in the show, all teh actors who played became my favorite actors. When I see them in something my first thought "Hey that's Winters!" or "Hey, Bull's in the Walking Dead!" and by extension I just like them more. It is also wild how many of the actors have continued to have pretty active careers. Some shows, like the Wire it was a pretty long stretch before I started seeing them pop in new roles and often times it was another HBO show.
A little side note on the name of this documentary… Currahee is derived from the Cherokee language and in English translates as “stand alone” 🙂
Def should watch the Pacific
So glad you did this as an addendum to the series, kudos!
All the brave men that volunteered for this horrible war didn't because of social pressure. They did it for the love of their country and to protect their home and families !
Thank you for taking your time to watch the follow up documentary. It brings Band of Brothers to life.
Thank you for going the distance and reacting to this too!
Growing up when I did, I had the privilege of spending time with more than a few men of that generation. They rarely spoke about the terrible things they saw. But, after a bit of liquid lubrication, they would tell some of the most amazing and funny stories ever. But, it was always someone else that would clue you in as to what absolute badasses many of these men were.
Kerry Tipper now serves as a Colorado State Representative.
Malarkey getting choked up gets me every time.
A lot of comments say that The Pacific is better than Band of Brothers.....don't believe it!!!! I think the interviews and how people 'connect' with each of the Easy Company guys makes this the better by far.....IMO
Always gets the that Garneure calls the death of Muck and Pencala for "a merciful shelling". The guys were instantly disintegrated and the survivors see it as a mercy, because they've seen how much worse it could have been.
The best, most detailed and harrowing documentary series you will ever see is `World at War` television series from 1973, narrated by Laurence Olivier.
It details the war and all its theatres from 1939-end.
Are you guys gonna react to The Pacific the series?
My Company from my 9 years in the 101st does reunions as well. Facebook is cool to keep in touch, but once we get together every other year we’re just instantly transported back to how we felt then. It’s a beautiful thing, the trauma comes out after you go through these things, but when you were there it was just you and your Boys. I count down to those reunions as soon as the previous one ends.
I just finished reading major winter's book "Beyond Band of Brothers", His in depth take on each campaign is truely phenomenal.
During WW2 the washout rate in special units such as Airborne or Rangers in the U.S. Army. Was something like 70%, with 25% of that number being causalities. Which is a extremely high number of men being injured or killed in training. However at that time it was acceptable, because we were at war.
Now if you want to learn about a truly special unit in WW2, that was a combined force of Americans and Canadians. Look up the First Special Service Force. Trained in Montana to be mountaineers, Airborne qualified, demolitions, and Amphibious assaults. This units original mission was to be dropped behind enemy lines and do maximum damage to the enemy. The original commander wanted all of his men to be familiar with enemy weapons. So they got to qualify not only on American weapons, but axis Weapons as well. Each member of the First Special Service Force was also trained in hand to hand combat. The unit had a special fighting knife issued to to them. Which member of the First Special Service Force did use in combat.
The First Special Service Forces first combat deployment was in the Aleutian Islands July 1943. After the Aleutian Islands, this unit was deployed to the Italian front in November of 1943. Where this unit showed aggressive nature in training. With frequent partols into no man's land. Where they would kill or capture many German soldiers.
The First Special Service Forces most famous combat action is the assault on Monte La Difensa 2nd of December 1943. The men of the First Special Service Force had to march 6 miles at night. Climb a 1000 feet cliff in the freezing rain, then assault a heavily fortified German position. Making the German Force retreat after 2 hours of heavy fighting. Headquarters figured it would take 4 or 5 days for the Germans to retreat.
In August 14 1944 the First Special Service Force would take part in the invasion of Southern France code named Operation Dragoon. The Unit would make an Amphibious assaults on the Islands of Port Cros and Ile du Levant.
If spent the rest of its time in hard fighting in southern France.
On December 5th 1944 the First Special Service Force was disbanded. Most of the Canadians were sent to the First Canadian Parachute Battalion, where as many of the Americans were sent to either Airborne divisions or Ranger Battalions. The rest of the Americans would form the 474th infantry Regiment.
The First Special Special Force was a unit of only 1800 men, but accounted for 12,0000 German causalities and another 7000 German prisoners. While suffering a 600% + attrition rate.
The First Special Service Force became immortalized in the 1968 movie "The Devils Brigade " There is no proof of the Germans ever calling them the Devils Brigade, but the Germans did refer to them as Black Devils because of the black face paint the men would use on night partols. The other calling card of the First Special Service Force was a sticker that would be left by the men. Stating " The worse was yet to come " in German.
Correction 12,000 German causalities.
Such a brilliant TV show, really well done and fantastic casting. you two watching the series is the best! your reactions, emotions, thoughts and comments afterwards was such a joy to watch. Very genuine and in-depth discussions! well done. Please watch "The Pacific" series afterwards!
Tom Brokaw's book, The Greatest Generation, gives a great sense of the times, the people and the ethos of people that became the soldiers and saviors of the second world War and how they shaped the post WWII world.
Thank you guys for reacting to this
My favorite little bit of information, and I'm not sure if it was mentioned in We Stand Alone Together; but after the war, because each lost an opposite leg from the other, Joe Toye and Bill Guarnere would meet up from time to time and buy a pair of shoes together.
There was a unit of the 101st called "The Filthy Thirteen" and they were one of the units tasked with blowing the bridges. They're famous for wearing Apache Warpaint and rocking Mohawks during the jump
Gotta be “The Pacific” next 👍🏻
I really really REALLY hope you're watching the Pacific next. Its the sister boxset that goes with band of brothers x
Hanks and Spielberg are behind another series based on the book called Masters of the Air about the bomber crews in the 8th Air Force. It's supposed to come out this year on Apple TV.
They've said a couple times that they're going to take a break from war movies, so if they do, its not something they're planning soon.
Such a great documentary. If you'd be interested, another one that I highly recommend is "He Has Seen War." It interviews a lot of the men from Easy, men from the Pacific theater, and a lot of their family members. It focuses more on their return to civilian life and the struggles that came with that transition.
Very well done. You might want to watch "The Monuments Men"
I was thinking the same thing. About Stolen art works.
Glad to see yall watch this
If you ever get the opportunity, go to Bastonge. My wife and I did before this series existed. The Memorial is on Martazan (Spelling?) Hill. You can see exactly what the old footage shows in person. Incredible place. The locals are quite grateful to the 3rd Army and the 101st. A worthwhile place to go. For us, it was the 50th anniversary of the end (may 1995)- and just by happy accident. Still a vivid memory.
now time to react to the pacific mini series
Thanks for including this on your BoB watch and reaction list
Last night I stumbled onto a UA-cam video that is the CBS radio broadcast from D-Day.
Starts around midnight with rumors from German media and takes you through the day with news of the invasion as the people then heard.
Several hours in they played a recording sent by one of their correspondence from the front that rode a transport with the airborne that night and he describes the trip.
It’s a very long video, but it’s definitely worth checking out.
Babe was such a character.
29:34 - Yes that is Nixon.
It would have been cool to see Ronald Speirs be interviewed in his old age. Speirs died in 2007 so he was still around when they made the series and recorded all these interviews.
Admire is the word for these men of war.
Yes, you knew what was coming because of Band of Brothers but.... when you see the actual men, the real ones who went through that hell and there was no one there to yell, "cut".... that's when it really hits home.
True American heroes, be thankful for the freedom they provided.