Lipton is not going anywhere. He was promoted to 2nd Liutenant after the battle of Foy in Bastogne. The US Army has 2 branches of personnel enlisted and officers. He was an enlisted NCO ( Non Comissioned Officer ) with the rank of First Sergeant I believe. In order to be promoted to be part of the other rank he was honorably discharged and then promoted to 2nd Liutenant. Basically he was transferred between the branches.
In the scene where Webster is looking around. Cobb is sitting in the back of the jeep behind him. He got into a fight punched Foley when he was drunk. He was arrested and dishonorabley discharged.
Tom Hanks even enlisted his own son into the War...that's epic. This is when Winters protects his men in anyway he can, even by lying to command. I love the way they express so visually the soldiers experiences by the appearance of their uniforms. Webster's guilt is what leads him to volunteer for the patrol and earn respect from the men again...and he gets it. Turn off the subtitles or you will ruin it for yourself.
Why Webster didn't fight in Bastogne in real life: He was wounded at crossroads. Plan was unit spends R&R in Paris then drill in England before next jump. Time to get Foxhole Norman time to get experience, All the wounded ammo, and anything not going on leave to Paris was taken to England. Then the Germans broke through the Arden and the under supplied paratroopers moved to Bastogne. To get back Webster would have to swim the English channel with a full pack on.
It's strange how they chose to portray Webster in this episode. In Webster's wartime diary, he made note of six or seven guys that welcomed him back warmly. He also stated how shocked and heartbroken he was to see how depleted Easy comapny was, so many men he knew were gone. He said he almost broke down in tears over it. Also, Webster didn't even go on this patrol. Forrest Guth was the interpreter that was on this patrol. Webster was actually manning a machine gun covering their withdrawal back across the river.
Yeah, it's a bit of a strange choice, I'm not sure how it's portrayed in the book. I'd imagine they were trying to limit the number of character we follow though, so even if Webster didn't meat this kind of treatment, it's very likely others did. From a stricly narrative perspective it also makes more sense to use a character we kinda have been following in earlier episodes, rather than just introduce us to someone new. They probably put him on the patrol in the show for the same reason.
@@phj223 ... Yeah, I get the whole 'why introduce a new person that hasn't been in anything else, lets just have so and so do it instead', but, it's not very fair to Webster. Let's take a guy that was actually crushed at seeing how badly the company has suffered, and make him a guy that just can't read the room instead.
Formal German surrender was in May 1945. Japan surrendered in August 1945. Plus the episode doesn't mention that Webster's leg injuries in Holland landed him in a hospital, barely able to walk. The narrative of him being reluctant to return was based on Stephen Ambrose's interpretation of Webster's memoirs. (Webster wrote how much he hated Europe and especially his platoon leader , Lt. Peacock, who he despised.) In fact in Webster's account (written in 1948) he records being welcomed back as a veteran and not a replacement. It's just another example of the liberties the writers of BoB took with the actual history to write their own narrative. Nothing wrong with that, just a reminder that this isn't 100% history.
Lipton had to be discharged as an enlisted man before he could be commissioned as an officer. That was what the little ceremony was about.
Catch Dexter Fletcher (John Martin) in the 1998 Guy Ritchie film "Lock ,Stock Two Smoking Barrels".
Lipton is not going anywhere. He was promoted to 2nd Liutenant after the battle of Foy in Bastogne.
The US Army has 2 branches of personnel enlisted and officers. He was an enlisted NCO ( Non Comissioned Officer ) with the rank of First Sergeant I believe. In order to be promoted to be part of the other rank he was honorably discharged and then promoted to 2nd Liutenant. Basically he was transferred between the branches.
In the scene where Webster is looking around. Cobb is sitting in the back of the jeep behind him. He got into a fight punched Foley when he was drunk. He was arrested and dishonorabley discharged.
Wow that subtitle almost spoiling the characters.
Tom Hanks even enlisted his own son into the War...that's epic. This is when Winters protects his men in anyway he can, even by lying to command. I love the way they express so visually the soldiers experiences by the appearance of their uniforms. Webster's guilt is what leads him to volunteer for the patrol and earn respect from the men again...and he gets it. Turn off the subtitles or you will ruin it for yourself.
Why Webster didn't fight in Bastogne in real life: He was wounded at crossroads. Plan was unit spends R&R in Paris then drill in England before next jump. Time to get Foxhole Norman time to get experience, All the wounded ammo, and anything not going on leave to Paris was taken to England. Then the Germans broke through the Arden and the under supplied paratroopers moved to Bastogne. To get back Webster would have to swim the English channel with a full pack on.
It's strange how they chose to portray Webster in this episode. In Webster's wartime diary, he made note of six or seven guys that welcomed him back warmly. He also stated how shocked and heartbroken he was to see how depleted Easy comapny was, so many men he knew were gone. He said he almost broke down in tears over it.
Also, Webster didn't even go on this patrol. Forrest Guth was the interpreter that was on this patrol. Webster was actually manning a machine gun covering their withdrawal back across the river.
Yeah, it's a bit of a strange choice, I'm not sure how it's portrayed in the book. I'd imagine they were trying to limit the number of character we follow though, so even if Webster didn't meat this kind of treatment, it's very likely others did. From a stricly narrative perspective it also makes more sense to use a character we kinda have been following in earlier episodes, rather than just introduce us to someone new. They probably put him on the patrol in the show for the same reason.
@@phj223 ... Yeah, I get the whole 'why introduce a new person that hasn't been in anything else, lets just have so and so do it instead', but, it's not very fair to Webster. Let's take a guy that was actually crushed at seeing how badly the company has suffered, and make him a guy that just can't read the room instead.
Formal German surrender was in May 1945. Japan surrendered in August 1945. Plus the episode doesn't mention that Webster's leg injuries in Holland landed him in a hospital, barely able to walk. The narrative of him being reluctant to return was based on Stephen Ambrose's interpretation of Webster's memoirs. (Webster wrote how much he hated Europe and especially his platoon leader , Lt. Peacock, who he despised.) In fact in Webster's account (written in 1948) he records being welcomed back as a veteran and not a replacement. It's just another example of the liberties the writers of BoB took with the actual history to write their own narrative. Nothing wrong with that, just a reminder that this isn't 100% history.
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I hope you turned off subtitles just for the opening part so it doesn’t spoil who’s who because that’s a crappy way to find out
broo, r u watching breaking bad some day? would love to see ur reaction