Band of Brothers | E10 Points - REACTION!

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  • čas přidán 7. 08. 2020
  • And here we are folks, we have reached the end of Band of Brothers, and our journey with Easy Company is now over.. This was such an impactful experience!
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  • @QuayNemSorr
    @QuayNemSorr Před 4 lety +442

    "No....But I served in a company of heroes". Tears every time!

    • @KorbinX
      @KorbinX Před 4 lety +9

      Same here

    • @mrsweater17
      @mrsweater17 Před 4 lety +12

      "For he who sheds his blood with me shall be my brother"

    • @QuayNemSorr
      @QuayNemSorr Před 4 lety +2

      @@mrsweater17 Good ol' William S.

    • @stazageirol154
      @stazageirol154 Před 4 lety +5

      that's why I'm playing "company of heroes" good rts game though, check it out.

    • @KorbinX
      @KorbinX Před 4 lety +3

      @@stazageirol154 I just hot Hell Let Loose...its pretty good too ^-^

  • @hornetgags
    @hornetgags Před 4 lety +298

    RIP Major Dick Winters 1918 - 2011

    • @Rmlohner
      @Rmlohner Před 4 lety +34

      He remained incredibly humble after this series raised his profile so much, and insisted he wanted nothing to do with the effort to get him a Medal of Honor all those decades later.

    • @solvingpolitics3172
      @solvingpolitics3172 Před 3 lety +4

      @@Rmlohner Bravery beyond belief.

    • @zombiewafle
      @zombiewafle Před 3 lety +10

      @@Rmlohner he lived an hour and a half away from me. He would regularly take phone calls from strangers and spend hours on the phone just answering anything for anyone. Truly an outstanding person

    • @praetorxian
      @praetorxian Před 3 lety +1

      Met him a long time ago in Hershey, PA. What an incredible man.

    • @derekweiland1857
      @derekweiland1857 Před 2 lety

      As of August 2021, Ed Shames is the only living original Easy Co soldier left alive.
      I fear we are never to see the likes of such men again.

  • @TheFront
    @TheFront Před 4 lety +412

    One of the greatest series ever made, glad you watched it.

    • @John57945
      @John57945 Před 4 lety +4

      I agree. Watched it when it was released on HBO and bought the 6 set disc set. Seen it many times. Best series. Like the Pacific but not as good as this series.

    • @yomangfoo1
      @yomangfoo1 Před 4 lety +3

      @@John57945 I felt the same way but after reading "Helmet for pillow" and "With the old breed" (the books that inspired the series) The Pacific became just as good as BoB!

    • @aaravtulsyan
      @aaravtulsyan Před 3 lety +2

      Geetsly! A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one!

    • @alexamerling79
      @alexamerling79 Před 3 lety +1

      Amen

    • @jmeesamonte939
      @jmeesamonte939 Před 2 lety +1

      Hey i know u.. i'm subb'ed to u too..

  • @TheFacelessStoryMaker
    @TheFacelessStoryMaker Před 4 lety +338

    The man who shot Sgt. Grant was a real person who did also kill 2 German POWs as well as shot a British Officer. When the E company soldiers found him he was sexually assaulting an Austrian girl. And even if Spiers shot him its unlikely anything would've happened since Col. Sink himself stated he would've backed Spiers up if he had killed that replacement. Shows how respected Spiers was as an officer because none of the NCOs interfered and very likely wouldn't have ratted him out.

    • @MisterMac4321
      @MisterMac4321 Před 4 lety +72

      Equally telling is his decision not to shoot the replacement (even though you can tell just how much he really wants to), which shows Spiers is much more in control of himself and his emotions than the "shooting prisoners" scene in the earlier episode.

    • @anthonyl5837
      @anthonyl5837 Před 4 lety +30

      Floyd W. Craver. He went back to North Carolina and had a big criminal record including several DUIs and Arson. His son was in a DUI with great bodily harm and left the scene. Apple doesn't fall far from the tree, it seems.

    • @QuayNemSorr
      @QuayNemSorr Před 4 lety +49

      If Grant had died there's no doubt in my mind that Spears would have pulled the trigger.

    • @gawainethefirst
      @gawainethefirst Před 4 lety +17

      I have to wonder if Spiers’s war time rep played a part in the Spandau prisoners being so well behaved.

    • @Serenity113
      @Serenity113 Před 4 lety +5

      Omg I didn’t he did all that other stuff? What a dick

  • @joshuawells835
    @joshuawells835 Před 4 lety +234

    To allow a defeated officer to keep their sidearm can either be taken as respectful or rude. Winters actually took and kept the sidearm and came to learn that it had never been fired. He kept it unfired for the rest of his life. A true sign of a peaceful life.
    Also, it is sad to say, but all of Easy Company has rejoined that "company of heroes" in Heaven. There are no living members; Malarky was the last one to pass away a few years ago.

    • @QuayNemSorr
      @QuayNemSorr Před 4 lety +26

      It wasn't Malarky. It was a medic named Mampre. But yeah, he died May last year. Easy Company, 2nd batallion, 101 Airborne is gone.

    • @kyletokarchick8685
      @kyletokarchick8685 Před 4 lety +14

      I don’t think everyone from the company is gone yet, I’ve been keeping tabs on it for a few years. As far as I can tell there’s only five or so left (as of last November) The only one that people might recognize is Lt. Shames (made a brief appearance in episode 7) was still alive last time I checked.

    • @joshuafrahm8778
      @joshuafrahm8778 Před 4 lety +8

      As of June there were 3 surviving members Shames, Bill Wingett, and Bradford Freeman. I don't know if Freeman is mentioned in the show, I believe Wingett might have been at least mentioned. But, it won't be much longer that Easy Company ceases to exist, Shames and Wingett are both 98 and Freeman is 95.

    • @andrewc6602
      @andrewc6602 Před 4 lety +2

      bradford freeman seems to be a riot, still going strong. Shames hates the way the series portrays him....still.

    • @Thoreaux
      @Thoreaux Před 4 lety +2

      Never heard that it was rude to permit a defeated officer to keep their weapon.

  • @ESPER_Power
    @ESPER_Power Před 4 lety +297

    Now is the turn for the series: The Pacific.

    • @ElB3rTo91
      @ElB3rTo91 Před 4 lety +15

      Yes , they need to react to “The Pacific” , same producers , awesome story...

    • @JG-id5vi
      @JG-id5vi Před 4 lety +3

      @@ElB3rTo91 They are. Well, he is. With his dad. She wont be watching the pacific.

    • @pjamese3
      @pjamese3 Před 4 lety

      This is a good reason for me to finish The Pacific. For some reason, I only watched 3-4 episodes when it came out. The last thing I remember from the show was an NCO putting an officer in his place on a small arms range. I liked that scene.
      It's too bad Hanks and company never did like series set in Korea, Vietnam Iraq and Afghanistan.

    • @matte909
      @matte909 Před 4 lety +5

      yeah he even said it himself, they had it worse... what a segway

    • @jefffrankosky8875
      @jefffrankosky8875 Před 4 lety +3

      @@pjamese3 They have a series coming to Apple's streaming service about the 8th Air Force in WWII. It's going to be something special.

  • @Stupidboy201
    @Stupidboy201 Před 4 lety +130

    I got to meet Donald Malarkey when I was about 9 years old. Still one of the coolest guys I’ve ever met.

    • @sam93931
      @sam93931 Před 4 lety

      expand plz?

    • @davidbagley1783
      @davidbagley1783 Před 3 lety

      Cool

    • @Stupidboy201
      @Stupidboy201 Před 3 lety +6

      sam93931 I went to a WWII vets event where a lot of vets would sit down and talk about their experiences. I saw him going into the event and recognized him from Band of Brothers. Talked with him for a few minutes. Really nice guy

    • @sam93931
      @sam93931 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Stupidboy201 that's amazing, I envy you :)

    • @mezgo9224
      @mezgo9224 Před 3 lety +1

      what an honor

  • @FrailCaesar
    @FrailCaesar Před 4 lety +123

    That final scene, and the last lines by Major Winters... I cry every time.

    • @QuayNemSorr
      @QuayNemSorr Před 4 lety +8

      Me too. Without fail.

    • @bigwezz
      @bigwezz Před 4 lety +9

      Every time, no matter how many times I see it.

    • @charlesedwards2856
      @charlesedwards2856 Před 4 lety +11

      The moment he starts talking it hits. It doesn’t have to get to where he chokes up anymore.

    • @KorbinX
      @KorbinX Před 4 lety +4

      Same. Every time. Just thinking about it.

    • @willdezso1101
      @willdezso1101 Před 4 lety +6

      Me too. No matter how many times, I learned and respected this company.

  • @jackd2353
    @jackd2353 Před 4 lety +73

    I've always loved the ending, listening to Winters narration of where a lot of the men went on after the war and then cutting to the final interviews with the real men revealing their names.

  • @paulhewes7333
    @paulhewes7333 Před 4 lety +30

    That little shake of the head Nixon gave after the Sobel incident was great.

  • @omalleycaboose5937
    @omalleycaboose5937 Před 4 lety +35

    In Webster's Memoir he complained about the poor quality of the alcohol left behind in that cellar... expecting such a high ranking official to have better taste... Webster did not know that Nixon had already taken out all the good stuff for himself.

    • @ShadowMoon878
      @ShadowMoon878 Před 3 lety

      So he took a few hundred good ones just for himself and his fellow officers? Coz Goering amassed a few tens of thousand wines and spirits from around the world in that cellar alone

  • @Aviator-Chicken
    @Aviator-Chicken Před 4 lety +101

    Fun fact: Easy company actually orchestrated sending Shifty home. He just barley had enough points to go home but was never injured. Meaning he never got a Purple Heart or the sufficient points to go home. So easy wrote his name down extra times ensuring he went home and they never told him until the reunion. Of course he didn’t get home sadly but that’s just the type of bond the men of easy had.

    • @TheKrislaf
      @TheKrislaf Před 4 lety +25

      You can actually see that when the "lottery" happens. After they pull out Shifty's note, the helmet is empty. It's subtle, but obvious when you look for it.

    • @bvbinsane1vanity
      @bvbinsane1vanity Před 4 lety +1

      Could you not tell by the obviously empty helmet in that scene

    • @Oogle85
      @Oogle85 Před 4 lety

      Didnt Shifty get shot in the ass at Brecourt Manor?

    • @Aviator-Chicken
      @Aviator-Chicken Před 4 lety

      Oogle85 from what to book says they say “He was never injured and the only ever person to do that was George Luz and he had the points which makes Shifty the lucky winner”

    • @Joe45-91
      @Joe45-91 Před 4 lety

      @@Oogle85 That was "Popeye" Whynn

  • @bluey1610
    @bluey1610 Před 4 lety +16

    “And there's not a day that goes by that I don't think of the men I served with who never got to enjoy the world without war.”
    -Winters.

  • @Alessandro7432
    @Alessandro7432 Před 4 lety +17

    "Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?" Grandpa said "No, but I served in a company of heroes" - Major Richard D. Winters, 1918-2011

  • @tonisukles858
    @tonisukles858 Před 3 lety +12

    Band of Brothers is a series I watch every year, and after countless re watches it still hits hard. Probably the best screen adaptation of the Second World War.

  • @hellowhat890
    @hellowhat890 Před 4 lety +13

    4:24 Nixon's eyes in this scene just always seem so cool
    The way he lights up and is stunned by the awe and majestic sight in front of him.

  • @colmhain
    @colmhain Před 4 měsíci +1

    Arguably the greatest presentation of WWII put to film. I've seen this show at least ten times, more than anything else I've ever watched. And I will continue to watch, and remember.

  • @waterbeauty85
    @waterbeauty85 Před 4 lety +84

    You should react to Peter Jackson's WWI documentary "They Shall Not Grow Old."

    • @ian4175
      @ian4175 Před 4 lety +4

      This, I enjoyed it a lot. And by enjoy I mean it was enlightening, not happy.

    • @panzerlieb
      @panzerlieb Před 3 lety +4

      Yes absolutely. I feel it’s the most important work Peter Jackson has done.

  • @gh9111
    @gh9111 Před 2 lety +1

    "The war is over". They all stared in disbelief. Each running everything they'd been thru. Then the joy.

  • @peeweewallabowski7084
    @peeweewallabowski7084 Před 4 lety +84

    One day my grandson said to me, grandpa were you a hero in the war? And i said to him no I'm not a hero, but I have served in a company full of them.
    Might be the best and most true quote ever ❤

    • @docbearmb
      @docbearmb Před 4 lety +3

      It’s cut off in this viewing but in actuality, Maj. Winters is quoting an incident that another member of Easy Co. had written to him about.

    • @toastysock
      @toastysock Před 4 lety +5

      @@docbearmb Quoting Mike Ranney.

    • @JeffKelly03
      @JeffKelly03 Před 4 lety +2

      That will never not make me tear up whenever I watch that closing scene.

  • @MisterMac4321
    @MisterMac4321 Před 4 lety +17

    Love that scene with Sobel - amazing how Winters in able to convey so much rebuke with just a simple returned salute.
    The German general who delivers the "band of brothers" speech near the end of this episode is modeled on Generalleutenant (Major General) Theodor Tolsdorff, commander of the 340th Volksgrenadier division and one of the 27 German soldiers who were awarded the "Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds" (the second highest award for valor in the German army at the time - the highest award "...with Gold Oak Leaves..." was only awarded once). When he surrendered it was with a personal baggage train of 31 vehicles laden with his personal loot and several mistresses, and it was to Lt.Lipton & Col.Sink, not Maj.Winters (and his pistol was not returned to him but taken as a war prize by Pvt.Heffron).

  • @rodneypayne4827
    @rodneypayne4827 Před 4 lety +1

    The German General who made the speech was played by legendary actor Wolf Kahler who has been in many war movies as well as theatre and tv.

  • @aweebunny
    @aweebunny Před 4 lety

    All the men and their experience and memories of WWII just fade away. My dad was a rough nick growing up. He was 15 yo and just about to be sent to a reform school in 1941 when Pearl Harbor was attacked. He was big for his age and the police gave him an option to join the military. He joined the US Navy and 8 weeks later he was in the Pacific fighting the Japanese. In a tweek of bad luck, he was badly wounded and stuck on an island with 200 marines for almost 2 weeks with no food and little water. They made it out. Growing up with him I can say that my dad was the nicest most gentle man you might ever meet. I think his war experience along with my mother's love took the anger and fight out of him. He passed away in June of 2001.

  • @ShanobyKin
    @ShanobyKin Před 4 lety +11

    I always cry at the end when Winters says what he told his grandson... so humble.

    • @charlesedwards2856
      @charlesedwards2856 Před 4 lety +7

      He was actually quoting one of his men that wrote that to him.

    • @paulhewes7333
      @paulhewes7333 Před 4 lety +3

      Charles Edwards it was Mike Rainey’s grandson. Played by Stephen Graham in the first couple of episodes.

  • @Lehnert
    @Lehnert Před 4 lety +26

    I remember how it hit me when the actual Winters died in 2011.

  • @chrisatkinson4295
    @chrisatkinson4295 Před 4 lety +20

    I still consider this the best thing ever put on television

  • @epa316
    @epa316 Před 4 lety +6

    Some people who think that dropping the two atomic bombs was wrong, should place themselves in the boots of these soldiers. They just helped defeat the Nazis, and were facing redeployment to The Pacific. My Grandfather was a combat paratrooper in WWII, a veteran of the Battle of the Bulge, a lifelong Democrat, and he told me that dropping those bombs was "the best thing that Truman ever did."

    • @chadanderson8692
      @chadanderson8692 Před 4 lety +2

      Your comment is so correct. My grandfather told me the exact same thing. His army division ( 81st) had fought on the Obscure Island of Angaur, and were resting and training for the first wave of the invasion of Mainland Japan. Most of those men would have been wiped out, including my grandfather, which means I might not even have existed.

  • @Bklyngurl85
    @Bklyngurl85 Před 4 lety +28

    Great reaction to a wonderful series!
    Just want to say, These men were ordinary men who did something extraordinary. That’s why their lives after seemed so ordinary, repair man, cab driver etc...they were the greatest generation bec they were just ordinary good men who stood up when called to do what seemed impossible.

    • @docbearmb
      @docbearmb Před 4 lety +1

      Unfortunately, that “Greatest Generation”, twenty years later sent their sons off to fight in a war that rather than having noble goals, was rationalized by a ridiculous and meaningless theory- the Domino Effect. 55,000 young American men and women paid with their lives for that sham.

    • @Bklyngurl85
      @Bklyngurl85 Před 4 lety +1

      Paul Pelosi because they couldn’t imagine that a war didn’t have a Nobel reason behind it. They were duped just like everyone else.

    • @docbearmb
      @docbearmb Před 4 lety

      Rose Kahn Not like everyone else.

    • @praetorxian
      @praetorxian Před 3 lety

      Now that kind of bravery is called "toxic masculinity". My how society has short memories, we've actually regressed.

  • @nokta7373
    @nokta7373 Před 4 lety +10

    What a series. Enjoyed re-watching it with you guys, thank you. Sad fact: I actually went visiting the Eagle's Nest while coming back from a trip in Munich. Having visited the concentration camp of Dachau I expected to see a museum or a memorial of some kind. Well, tough luck, the whole place is a goddamn restaurant. A restaurant! Can you believe it? I was appalled. Half hidden in a corner there was a small panel with a couple photo of how the place used to look and description was in German only. At least the sight from the mountaintop was breathtaking.
    On a side note: a round of applause for Sonny's editing. Managing to pack a 1h episode in the 10mins YT constraints without missing any of the major points is a testament to skill. Good job brother. And The Pacific with big dad will be a great journey as well, I'm sure :)

  • @Rmlohner
    @Rmlohner Před 4 lety +6

    There's actually a photograph of Lewis Nixon waking up with a monster hangover the morning after V-E Day, in which he looks uncannily like Ron Livingston. Look it up, it's a treat.

  • @eltoncharles
    @eltoncharles Před 4 lety +27

    I watched this series in 2002 and even today I get emotional.
    Greetings from Brazil,Kat and Sonny.

  • @mikeb9205
    @mikeb9205 Před 4 lety +15

    I recommend you guys watch We Stand Alone, Together. It's a companion documentary featuring all the men of Easy Company telling their own stories, like the small clips at the beginning of each episode. It also shows how they remained so close for the rest of their lives. It's a nice way to cap off this series.

    • @charlesedwards2856
      @charlesedwards2856 Před 4 lety

      Sonny is going to be watching it with his dad because Kat is looking for a full-time job.

    • @rhysevans4253
      @rhysevans4253 Před 3 lety

      @@charlesedwards2856 has he watched it tho? I can’t seem to find it

    • @charlesedwards2856
      @charlesedwards2856 Před 3 lety

      @@rhysevans4253 might have watched it on their own time and not as a video

    • @rhysevans4253
      @rhysevans4253 Před 3 lety

      @@charlesedwards2856 ah no I know, it’s on patreon but it costs 4 quid to watch, I might ask him to see if he can’t get it on YT

  • @leroy1154
    @leroy1154 Před 3 lety +1

    Fun little fact about Webster, he didn't just write a book on sharks. He also wrote a book about his experiences during the war. However the book was not published during his life time and instead the manuscript ended up in a university archive. Years later it was discovered by a historian, who was so impressed by it that he contacted Websters family and encouraged them to submit it to a publisher. Not only that, but Websters manuscript lead to the historian, Stephen E. Ambrose, becoming interested in Easy Company and their exploits, to the point that he ended up interviewing the surviving men and writing a book about them: 'Band of Brothers'.
    So, if it wasn't for Webster, then the series might not have ever been made.

    • @leroy1154
      @leroy1154 Před 3 lety

      Also, 'Saving Private Ryan' may not have been made either, as Spielberg based the movie on the story of the Niland brothers, which he'd heard about from Band of Brothers book and the Easy veterans, because Don Malarkey knew one of them.

  • @filipnielsen1000
    @filipnielsen1000 Před 3 lety +3

    One of the officers, Edward Shames, is still alive today (17-03-2021). He is 98 years today. He appeared in a documentary about the Battle of the Bulge

    • @filipnielsen1000
      @filipnielsen1000 Před 3 lety +1

      The documentary was made in 2019

    • @HollywoodMarine0351
      @HollywoodMarine0351 Před 3 lety

      @@filipnielsen1000 Edward Shames is the last surviving officer while Bradford Freeman is the last surviving enlisted members of Easy Company.
      wikiofbrothers.fandom.com/wiki/PFC_Bradford_Freeman

  • @bluey1610
    @bluey1610 Před 4 lety +3

    Band of Brothers is the best miniseries I have ever seen. I watch it every year, since about 2004. I think it should be shown to all 16 year olds worldwide as part of the curriculum.

  • @drewg5637
    @drewg5637 Před 4 lety

    A 16th century tapestry that hung in the eagles nest, ended up hanging on a wall of a home in the US for 70 years before the daughter of the soldier decided it belonged back where it came from. It was returned eventually to Bavarian National Museum in Munich in 2016. The soldier was a member of the 101st Airborne at the time, served as an intelligence officer. He passed away in 1986.

  • @squint04
    @squint04 Před 4 lety +10

    Great reaction!! I'm sorry Kat will miss "The Pacific"!! When Major Winters passed away, his death was not announced for several weeks!! His family knew, that there would be a huge reaction, both nationally and internationally!!

  • @ilovelena22
    @ilovelena22 Před 4 lety +53

    THE PACIFIC is next....this ending is rough.

    • @charliegone1652
      @charliegone1652 Před 4 lety +4

      The Pacific...hell on earth.

    • @nekrospike
      @nekrospike Před 4 lety +4

      The Pacific is damn near Chernobyl level of hard to watch.
      I can't wait.

    • @ASSASSIN19923
      @ASSASSIN19923 Před 4 lety +2

      The Pacific is next lvl with crazy japanese going kamikaze

    • @panzerlieb
      @panzerlieb Před 3 lety

      The Pacific shows a definitely different kind of war.

  • @mikecarson9528
    @mikecarson9528 Před 4 lety +2

    I'm so glad you two made it through his series. I can hardly get through it without tears at the end. I think it should be required viewing for young people, so that what happened so long ago isn't forgotten...

  • @NikstSWE
    @NikstSWE Před 4 lety +4

    Band of Brothers is easily the best war-themed movie/show ever made imo. It has absolutely everything. Great characters, acting, writing, directing, locations, sets, music, themesong, scale. Everything. Love re-watching it from time to time. Loved seeing your guys reaction to it! Hej från Sverige! :-)

    • @duanevp
      @duanevp Před 4 lety

      Better than any action movie, better than any invented fiction to tell the things needing to be told about WWII and war in general.

    • @rhysevans4253
      @rhysevans4253 Před 3 lety +1

      I’ve watched it twice and I’m planning on watching it a third this weekend, it’s not even close to any other film or series I’ve ever watched, it’s by far the best

  • @cluster_f1575
    @cluster_f1575 Před 4 lety +4

    Thank you guys so much for covering this mini series!! I know some parts must've been hard for Kat, I'm glad she was able to see it through.

  • @michaelhansen3804
    @michaelhansen3804 Před 3 lety +2

    All these men truly were heroes. Puts a tear and a smile on my face whenever Winters cites what each man did after the war

  • @MrMuel1205
    @MrMuel1205 Před 3 lety +2

    Probably the single greatest miniseries ever created.

  • @walkerig1
    @walkerig1 Před 4 lety +13

    You may know that Christopher Lee (the actor, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit, James Bond, Hammer Horror playing Dracula and the Mummy etc.) was a special forces soldier who spent time after the war hunting down Nazis.

    • @ShadowMoon878
      @ShadowMoon878 Před 3 lety +4

      He was not Special Forces. He is an Intelligence Officer with the RAF. He was attached to the SAS due to his fluency in French, Italian and German and also because of his connections in the Italian Resistance via his mother's cousin, who later became the Italian Ambassador to the UK. Btw, Sir Christopher Lee is actually Italian royalty via his mother's side who is a Countess. If Mussolini did not overthrew the Italian Royal Family, Sir Christopher Lee might have been King...

  • @BCvictoria
    @BCvictoria Před 4 lety +8

    Maaaan Major Winters always gets me at the end.

    • @KorbinX
      @KorbinX Před 4 lety +2

      Same. Every. Single. Time.

  • @davido6170
    @davido6170 Před 3 lety +1

    In the USA they are called the greatest generation. Something that their children (boomers); grandchildren & great-grandchildren can look back on as that greatest generation looked back at their fathers and grandfathers who fought I the Great War (WWI) and recalled the words of General John Pershing , “Time will not dim the glory of their deeds.”

  • @nathanp2007
    @nathanp2007 Před 4 lety +5

    I always loved "You salute the rank, not the man." So impactful.

  • @blindmikeguard
    @blindmikeguard Před 4 lety +4

    I very much enjoyed watching you experience this beautiful, heart-wrenching series. Cheers from Canada; I would love to visit my relatives in Denmark again someday, it was a beautiful experience seeing where my Father emigrated from as a boy...anyway, keep it up, love you guys and your sensitive, measured take on the shows you watch.

  • @Robmcil
    @Robmcil Před 4 lety +10

    Its a great series and I loved your reactions. You should watch the documentary We Stand Alone Together. Where you see the full interviews with all the surving members of easy company at the time. (1999 & 2000). What you are saying about Winters is really brought home in the Doucmententary that he was a real leader and his men loved him. It comes through that even then over 50 years later you could tell every one of those men will still run through a wall for Winters if he asked them too.

  • @paulhudson563
    @paulhudson563 Před 3 lety +1

    An astonishingly powerful and emotional series. Characters you learn to love and feel for. Those of us who have never been in that situation will never understand or grasp the mental strain that they carried for the rest of their lives. We owe all the service men and women from all nations our gratitude and thanks.

  • @gordongordon4434
    @gordongordon4434 Před 4 lety

    The last surviving member of Easy Company, Band of Brothers passed away on May 31.2019 at the age of 97. Army Staff Sgt. Albert Leon Mampre was the last surviving member of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion “Currahee,” 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. He was portrayed in the HBO series “Band of Brothers,” and revered as a dedicated medic who never hesitated to put his own safety aside to help others.

    • @HollywoodMarine0351
      @HollywoodMarine0351 Před 3 lety

      Incorrect. There are two remaining members of Easy Company. Edward Shames is the last “officer” while Bradford Freeman is the last “enlisted” member.

  • @solvingpolitics3172
    @solvingpolitics3172 Před 3 lety +1

    Very good job! Yes they had it worse in the Pacific. My father was decorated with a Presidential citation as a forward mortar scout on Iwo Jima. He never came home the same.

  • @jonathankratzer4776
    @jonathankratzer4776 Před rokem

    In the wind down of the (ETO) European Theater of Operations, the soldiers were stationed in city named camps and "cigarette camps". The City Camps were further inland and troops remained stationed there as an occupying/rebuilding force until they were moved to the "cigarette camps" closer to the shore where they would leave shortly by boat. The US had so many troops deployed there that bringing the men home after the wrap up of the war was not a simple process. In the letter written home to my Gma from my Gpa, he was at Camp Philadelphia near Reims, France (Mourmelon-le-Grand, France) October 10, 1945 with 66 points and hoping to be home for Christmas. He arrived in France August 19, 1944, saw his buddy through training get squished by a half-track on the first night (RIP Walter McKinney, Jr 8/19/44), had been to Bastogne (Christmas 1944), through the Ardennes forest and at Ohrdruf Concentration Camp (April 1945 Episode 9). My Gpa was with the 253rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion so they didn't land on D-Day 6/6/1944, they didn't arrive until 8/19/1944 at Utah Beach, so that is why he had only 66 points at that time (10/10/1945). In the letters, he references that the troops had a few of the tents set up as theaters and the boys were watching, "Her Highness and the Bell Boy", "Where Do We Go From Here" and the song that everyone was playing/enjoying was Doris Day - "Sentimental Journey".

  • @panzerwolf494
    @panzerwolf494 Před 4 lety +7

    BoB ending was always hard for me. Through the episodes the show managed to get you intertwined with the people and follow the stories almost as if you were a part of it. I almost wish it had more to continue with. The ending feels like I'm saying goodbye to a close acquaintance rather than watching the end of a show

  • @jakerocinante1133
    @jakerocinante1133 Před 4 lety +3

    That last line from the actual veteran always hits me in the heart, “Grandpa were you a hero in war?” “No, but served in a company of heroes.”

    • @Kasino80
      @Kasino80 Před 3 lety

      It somehow hits even more knowing he's quoting Mike Ranney's letter to him.

  • @Alfaqwad
    @Alfaqwad Před 4 lety +2

    You grow to genuinely care for the characters... then when you match the names to the real soldiers you just love em

  • @yungathart7801
    @yungathart7801 Před 4 lety +4

    Kat and Sonny, Thank you for the time and effort that both of you dedicated to reacting to this series and allowing us to see your journey through the story of Easy Company. Kat, you will be missed in the weeks ahead although we do look forward to seeing Sonny and his father reacting to The Pacific. Best wishes to both of you and please continue to be safe. ❤

  • @stevenbanks1548
    @stevenbanks1548 Před 4 lety +2

    Thank you both for being so steady on these, and giving your viewpoints and really paying attention and caring. It's been a good ride.

  • @natskivna
    @natskivna Před 4 lety +9

    The interview that Major Winters had with the officer from the 13th Airborne kept him from having to go to Japan. My father who didn't have nearly the points people like Winters did was transferred from the 17th Airborne to the 13th Airborne. In other words, he was going to jump into Japan. But as you said, Truman dropped 2 bombs that forced the surrender and probably saved my father's life....and by extention.....mine.

  • @JaayCeez
    @JaayCeez Před 4 lety +4

    That moment always gets me "Grandpa were you a hero in war?" I said no. But I served in a company of heroes." Literally always gets me...

    • @KorbinX
      @KorbinX Před 4 lety

      Same. 😭😭😭

  • @kawaiiwitchbaby
    @kawaiiwitchbaby Před 4 lety +1

    Thanks for watching this show! I had started it several years ago (own the boxset) but never finished after episode 3. Seeing your reviews got me to watch the whole series finally and was waiting for your last reaction!!

  • @Melrose51653
    @Melrose51653 Před 6 měsíci

    You two are great. Thoughtful, intellectual comments. In the 19th century, a few periods of immigration from Germany brought many people to America mostly to cities and to a lesser extent,rural areas . The German immigrants became respected and important parts of those communities so much so that at the start of the war many Americans were conflicted about the brutal necessity of killing them, my father included, since there was no natural hate or enmity against Germans. It took focusing on the perversions of National Socialism and years of combat to come to terms with such conflicts out of necessity. In the early 1950's a young German man came to live in our neighborhood with his even younger wife. He had been conscripted at the end of the war at 15 and was in a Russian labor camp for 5 years. Truly a damaged, broken individual who only partly regained his health and human spirit. Iwas told people were divided over whether he got what he deserved by being German or whether it was appropriate to consider the Russians so inhumane that the Cold War had to be won. So much for a good/bad, black and white view of the world.

  • @NoneYaBidness762
    @NoneYaBidness762 Před 3 lety +1

    I was stationed in Germany for a couple of years. Austria was a beautiful place.

  • @Siegbert85
    @Siegbert85 Před 4 lety +1

    Being German myself I thought it was a nice touch seeing some German soldiers' perspectives in the end. They could have gone the easy route and just vilify the Germans as a whole which I thought they were doing after the "why we fight" episode but they didn't and I respect that. It elevates the series above a simple war story where you follow a group of heroes fighting against the hordes of evil (Lord of the Rings style) and tries to tell something universally human.

    • @_friedie
      @_friedie Před 3 lety

      Leider ist die Synchronisation in Deutsche an der Stelle eine absolute Katastrophe, weil sie den Sinn total entstellt. Deshalb besser immer im OT ansehen.

  • @j.b8728
    @j.b8728 Před 4 lety

    Thank you for taking us through this journey of seeing this great movie thru your eyes. I'm a veteran, not WW II, but I have a small understanding of the bounding and much appreciate what does men went through.
    Again, thanks and good job

  • @karlhaber1904
    @karlhaber1904 Před 2 lety

    My grandpa was one of 12 boys. His oldest brother was too old and his youngest brother was too young
    To serve in the military. My grandpa and nine of his brothers served some in Europe some in the Pacific. My grandpa was injured and begged to stay in the Army so is Captain let him stay and then upon his discharge he let him also have a partial medical pension from the Army for the injured he received. That entire generation of men were different breed. My grandpa was the kind of man you know you could count on. He treated everyone like you known him 100 years and he listened more than he spoke. I always lose it when Dick Winters makes his comment about serving in a group of heroes. My grandfather always used to say the only heroes the ones that never made it back . When I entered the service in the 1980s since I looked at my dad who served in Vietnam as did my uncle and then my grandfather and his brother serving a World War II and I hope that if War happened I would do at least as well as they would. When I was serving abroad in Turkey, Japan, and The Philippines. I always felt like I owed them something that especially my grandpa's generation that I owed it to them to do my duty.

  • @helzapoppin9810
    @helzapoppin9810 Před 4 lety +1

    There are 2 things that, if I happen to stumble across them on tv, I have to stop whatever I'm doing and watch the whole thing: The Godfather and Band of Brothers. One of the greatest works ever put on film. It's also become a tradition for me to watch the series on Blu-Ray every Memorial Day weekend. Really enjoyed these reactions. Thanks very much.

  • @george217
    @george217 Před 3 lety

    After fighting through France, Belgium and Germany without a scratch, one of my uncles was shot in the stomach by another American soldier. He lived the last 50 years of his life with a sheep's stomach in place of his own...

  • @hunterandre6360
    @hunterandre6360 Před 4 lety +30

    I hope y’all consider watching HBO’s The Pacific which is about the US Marines fighting The Japanese in World War 2

    • @Braincleaner
      @Braincleaner Před 4 lety +4

      @@jian5568 i thought they said it'll be Sonny and his dad watching it

    • @jian5568
      @jian5568 Před 4 lety

      @@Braincleaner when did they say that?

    • @davebcf1231
      @davebcf1231 Před 4 lety +2

      @@jian5568 At the start of their BoB episode 9 reaction.

    • @tex7542
      @tex7542 Před 4 lety +15

      God damnit people, 1:10 in the video.

    • @poggies7639
      @poggies7639 Před 4 lety +3

      Jian556 they are, it’ll be Sonny and his dad, they said this like an episode or two ago. Kat is going to be interviewing for jobs so she can’t make it consistently to that particular series

  • @Shawn-rq4py
    @Shawn-rq4py Před 3 lety

    My grandfathers never mentioned the war. One was a severe alcoholic until he died in 1983 the other was a very very quiet man until he died in 2012 and one is extremely outgoing and is still alive. War changes people some for the good some for the bad but it does change them

  • @yes2day100
    @yes2day100 Před 3 lety

    My Dad was in the Huertgen Forest battle during the Battle of the Bulge. He died in 2004. But I watched this series with him before he died. He had become a kind of historian of the War, and we could never watch WWII movies with him, because he'd say, 'They didn't have those guns at that battle!' and, 'No one talks out loud when walking in the open!' But he was suspiciously silent during Band of Brothers. He made 1 or 2 minor complaints, but overall, he could find nothing to criticize, other than saying the 101st were overrated, and his unit was better. LOL. (BTW, I don't think his unit was better, but it was sweet that he believed they were.) I understand that all units feel the same way about their own.

  • @CliffJumpingProd
    @CliffJumpingProd Před 3 lety

    never before been such a clear good vs bad war, not only us today owe our freedom to these men, but the next generation, and the next after that and the next and so on as long as there's freedom here everyone owes that to these people! It's unimaginable how massive heroes they are!

  • @ddviper8813
    @ddviper8813 Před rokem

    I got to meet Major Winters and Sgt Garrner while in jrotc in high school for some veterans day event not long after the series came out. Two couldn’t of been nicer i was so proud to shake their hands.

  • @andywilson5234
    @andywilson5234 Před 4 lety +3

    Hits you right in the feels.

  • @Romanoff.Kalashnikov
    @Romanoff.Kalashnikov Před 4 lety

    What a journey, this is just simply beautiful to remember again the moment and the story since I watched this series the first time on 2004... thanks for everything this beautiful experiences, I will miss and maybe will come back sometimes to yours Band of Brothers journey all over again :)

  • @mikloowl4899
    @mikloowl4899 Před 3 lety

    shifty identified a german gun in bastogne because he noticed a tree was out of place from the day before. winters noted along with his sharp shooting skills he was one of the best soldiers due to his out door life previous. Sadly while Shifty was in the hospital most of his loot and pistols were stolen from him. in the extra interview where they have veterans and relatives his story is especially interesting.

  • @thepotatoman99118
    @thepotatoman99118 Před 4 lety +6

    When you're watching The Pacific, you'll notice a very different ferocity the soldiers have to fight to. Japanese and the Pacific theater are some of the worst battle in World War 2.

  • @hellletloosegameplay6119

    I loved all your B.O.B videos ! From a "hardcore" fan I like your videos the best out of any BOB reaction videos I've seen! I had similar reactions to the "major" scenes in the show. Rewatching the show after reading all of literature on the vets, like their autobiographies etc, adds a lot to the show that new watchers don' notice! Of course, every new viewer is gonna love the main characters like Winters, Guarnere, Shifty, etc but you guys really had a heart for the unnamed characters, and for everyone.

  • @VeeJay2000
    @VeeJay2000 Před 4 lety +8

    I would like to recommend this series called Generation War (basically German Band of Bros) and, if possible, this Danish movie Under Sandet after the Pacific.

  • @ereini0n
    @ereini0n Před 3 lety +2

    Your faces when Speirs didn't shoot that guy is priceless. Amazing scene.

  • @marijakara
    @marijakara Před 4 lety

    I'm glad you loved it the same way I loved it since I was 8 until now. Band of Brothers will always have a special place in my heart. Thank you for your videos!

  • @paulsapp5573
    @paulsapp5573 Před 4 lety +1

    Really great content!! Love it!! Thank you for the hard work and time!!!

  • @lilystrenzke
    @lilystrenzke Před 4 lety +2

    The ending of the series at 13:43 is always an emotional one for me. I'm glad you both enjoyed it. Great series Kat & Sonny! Byee!

  • @llamalad98
    @llamalad98 Před 4 lety +1

    You guys finishing this feels like the end of an era 💜 loved your reactions and insights to this series

  • @gravitypronepart2201
    @gravitypronepart2201 Před 4 lety

    Please know I've enjoyed watching your reaction to this series. One cannot come away without greatly admiring the service of these men. Flaws and all, they were heros. I truly appreciate all the sacrifices and hardship they faced, but we who weren't there can never fully understand. Thank you for doing this series, and I'll miss Kat when you do The Pacific. Maybe a guest appearance now and then?

  • @RedStarRogue
    @RedStarRogue Před 4 lety

    So there is a photo that exists of the real Nixon the morning AFTER he was introduced to Goering's wine collection (he looks very drunk, content and surrounded by bottles)
    Also, the woman he married in 1956 was Japanese American and they were married up until he died. Though that was heartwarming.

  • @MrMuel1205
    @MrMuel1205 Před 3 lety

    The whole of Berchtesgaden was filled with senior NSDAP people's homes. I've been there. It's a beautiful place. The people are lovely... but I wondered the whole time I was there.

  • @fritzk3627
    @fritzk3627 Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you both for reacting to this series. I know it was hard, but well done!

  • @daimyoj9266
    @daimyoj9266 Před 4 lety +1

    Thoroughly enjoyed your reaction to this amazing series... Love your work!

  • @chuckhilleshiem6596
    @chuckhilleshiem6596 Před 3 lety

    I think I have said this to you both before but as a combat veteran and both of you now know what others don't nice job thank you

  • @Dularr
    @Dularr Před 3 lety

    All the men of Easy company have now passed. RIP Easy company.

  • @diegoestrada8860
    @diegoestrada8860 Před 4 lety +22

    ¡¡Currahee!!

  • @leandrolugo8344
    @leandrolugo8344 Před 4 lety +1

    Great videos guys !! I'm glad you appreciate this series

  • @StanSkrabutEdD
    @StanSkrabutEdD Před 4 lety +1

    Thanks for sharing your reactions to this wonderful series. You both seem to have good-hearted souls.

  • @03scottwarren
    @03scottwarren Před 3 lety

    I’m late to the game but you guys did a great job with this series. I watch this show every year to ground myself and not take life for granted.

  • @joemags6098
    @joemags6098 Před 4 lety

    Loved seeing you all take this journey with the show. Best wishes :)

  • @crestenify
    @crestenify Před 4 lety +2

    Thanks for the great reactions, appreciate you and them.

  • @dezinguy
    @dezinguy Před 4 lety +1

    To this day, this is my favorite Blu-ray series in my collection. I re-watch it here and there, and I still get emotional knowing what those men went through in WW2. I believe it was the last war the US was involved in that represented a true and unmistakable objective...to defeat tyranny and human suffering. Kat and Sonny, thanks for letting me see the series through your eyes for the first time again. I'll keep your channel subscribed so I can see other shows and movies that way.

  • @jfkhumphries5209
    @jfkhumphries5209 Před 3 lety

    My Father served in WWII as a Medic in Europe. He never spoke of to anyone util I was a Medic in Iraq and then he told me everything.
    I have 8 siblings, but none of them served, when you are medical every day is terrible

  • @blakecarlson1057
    @blakecarlson1057 Před 3 lety

    Really enjoyed your reaction to the entire series. This was easily one of the best series ever made and so hard to think everything these men went through from D-Day to the surrender of Germany was all in 1 year. Looking forward to following up with "The Pacific" next. 👍