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14 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead, they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
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❤️BIBLE VERSES OF THE DAY❤️
MATTHEW 5:14-16 NIV
14 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead, they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
Why are you finding this series so compelling and consuming to you? Wow you really are dedicating a lot of your CZcams and time to this. Just wondering why you find it compelling. Again, you've put in a lot of time and a lot of emotions into this. Was your granddad in world war II?
I am glad you put Bible verses in your videos. They’re good for the soul and preach the Word of God. Thank you.
love this god bless
This is the best reaction to this I've seen!
I’m glad you watched this 🙏❤️🙏
Thank you for also watching the documentary. I find it a very fitting and moving way to... not close the book on this story... but rather cement it and make it whole.
21:04 mark i'll share this again - Funny story, During the annual Battle of the Bulge Reenactment in PA many years ago during the Prop Blast Bash in the E/506th barracks. we were sitting around with Wild Bill and 1 of are guys says to Bill " I'am going to visit the area were you fought , is their anything you want me to bring back for you?" Bill lowers his beer and looks him right in the eye and says "Yeah, if you could find my leg that would be great" then he smiled and we toasted to Bill's leg many times that night.
Seeing those tough old guys breaking up just slays me. True heroes.
Yeah I can never get used to that, it breaks me up EVERY TIME!!
I wish I could have met these guys. The show was so great and getting to see the real guys just makes it all so real. All heroes. RIP to all of these men. We owe them so much.
having had the honor of meeting them many times, the 1 thing that was great watching them talk with children they enjoyed that much more, then with us crazy reenactors and fellow vets. they were always uncomfortable about being called heroes and would be quick to say that the real heroes never came home
I was lucky enough to have met 2 of them over the years. Forest gueth who does not appear in the mini series lived in the same retirement community with my grand parents. And I met Bill guernere at an air show in Pennsylvania shortly before he passed. Both of them were absolutely amazing to talk with.
@@rosshein356 Forest Gueth took alot of the pictures of the unit on D-Day , yes many of the E co Troopers would attend Reading, PA WW2 Weekend which still takes place every June 5/6
While I may not have spoken with these guys, I've spoken to a number of WW2 vets before. My father is a vet, though of the Gulf War. Me and him spent a lot of time giving back to veterans. Raising money for them and such. I met a lot of them that way. It was great to be able to talk with them.
If you have met a WW2 Veteran, you have met one of these guys. Just one who wasn’t in a documentary, or was featured in a miniseries.
That closing remark from Winters never fails to get me.
I want to thank you beautiful lady for Sharing this for this generation to see I am in tears my dad served under General Patton thank you
Terrific video, Gabby. One of the things I admire so much about what Spielberg did in _Band of Brothers_ and _Schindler's List_ was include the real veterans or survivors in it. We live in such a cynical age where adults are not only convinced we didn't land on the moon but that the earth may be flat. Holocaust deniers or nuts who peddle their own version of WWII are multiplying over time, but when you hear these men tell their stories in their own words, it really drives home what we faced as a nation and the specificity of their sacrifice.
That's exactly why General Eisenhower made sure that everything about those camps was documented eyewitnesses, pictures, everything!! He had a feeling that one day we would be in the position we are in today and people would try to deny the truth!!!
That's why they are the greatest generation. Thank God they were willing to step up and pay the price for freedom. Pray to God we never have to do it again!
The historian Stephen Ambrose was writing a book about D-Day .
So he began attending veterans reunions in order to do interviews.
when he came across a group that he decided deserve their own book
he named their book Band of Brothers.
Many of these veterans have written their own Memoirs and I highly recommend everyone of them.
One of the few regrets I have in my life is that I didn't ask enough questions about life to the WW2 Vets at my VFW Post. They tried to talk to many of us younger Vets, but I didn't understand how vital their advice would be to my life until they left this Earth. The stories they told, Hollywood would never portray, they didn't tell their families. Rest in peace to those courageous warriors! There will never be a braver generation of men and women...ever.
The Greatest Generation. Today's Youngsters Should Watch and Learn. Their Loyalty, Dedication, Most of All, Their Bravery. God Bless Each and Everyone of Them. When Was America Great, You Just Watched It.
I am a combat vet. I once told someone that as you start to watch this the more and more you will begin to feel like your a mamber of Easy . I saw it in you also. God bless you.
My Dad was a Korean War veteran but every year he and his "brothers" had a get together. I grew up going to them and hearing the stories, especially the funny moments. I consider myself lucky that I got to witness that intense bond at a front row seat.
Thank you so much for doing this, I haven’t cried in 30 years. To see someone so young care about what average people sacrificed makes me so proud. You are a wonderful young lady with a joyful and appreciative heart- that reaffirms why I decided to serve. You are a beautiful human being, Thank you!
Californiablend yess your such a gem
This miniseries really has some of the best casting I've seen - the actors got the men's voices, and characteristics down perfectly. I mean, Frank John Hughes got Bill down perfectly. But the actors who played Shifty and Popeye are often overlooked, but when I watched the documentary, just how Shifty spoke (he didn't really speak much in the movie to be fair, lmao). Also, we don't get to see the real Speirs, but Matthew Settle played the dead eyed, hardened soldier to a tee. But then Grant's hand after he was shot. It's the little things. (I've seen this miniseries too many times).
Also, if you want to watch a 'featurette' of the series, look for Ron Livingston's vlog about BoB - it's interesting if nothing else!
Including David Schwimmer as Herbert Sobel - looks just like him
The humility of these men is on another level. Last week one said and I can't remember who "Grandpa, was you a hero in the war?" and he replied "No, but I served in a company of heroes", the humility in that statement brings me to floods of tears every time. I know you probably don't like hearing it Sir and it probably has not gotten any easier to hear it but you are definitely a hero and if I can live my life being half the man you are I'll die happy." God bless. EDIT - I wrote this before it got to the end and I believe it was Major Winters who said those words. Please feel free to correct me if it wasn't or it was but I got his rank wrong.
It was Mike Rainey. Major Winters was quoting what Mike Rainey wrote to him in a letter.
Sadly none of these men are with us anymore. They're all gone now. Last one passed away this year, in July.
There will never be another generation like the greatest generation. We sure could use their wisdom, strength, character today.
@@OpenMawProductions Gone but Never Forgotten my friend.
@@catherinelw9365 Thank you for the clarification Catherine 👍
@@OpenMawProductions Exactly, and in a way I'm glad none are left to see the mess that future generations have bought the world too. I should imagine if most of them were still alive they'd be asking why the hell they bothered, the world is shell and shadow of what it was when these brave men volunteered their lives. Progress isn't always a good thing, standards in society on this planet has dropped so much in the world that they probably wouldn't even recognise it.
I watched Band Of Brothers like 25 times and never saw this. Thank you.
Can’t get enough of your positive energy and reviews
Same here and glad I found this channel!
Thank you!
Cool cat.
The episodes “Bastogne” & “Breaking Point” briefly mentioned Buck Compton as an athlete at UCLA.
Specifically he played football at UCLA which included playing in the Rose Bowl in January 1943 for the 1942 season. This is why he wasn’t at Camp Toccoa.
He also played baseball. At the end of the episode “Points” when Winters is telling what each man did after the war Compton was playing catcher. That was his position at UCLA where he was an All-American. One of his teammates was Jackie Robinson. Buck was inducted into the UCLA Baseball Hall of Fame.
The words "I like spaghetti..." Are three of the most haunting in military history. 3 miles up 3 miles down. Currahee!! ♠🦅
So glad you reviewed this. It really helps tie the series together nicely. Those men even though they would never say it are heroes every one of them. As are any man or woman who chooses to serve their country. Great review.
Now on to the "Pacific".😊
True heroes.
I went to Bastogne in 2007. The foxholes are still there. It was incredible to be there and sit in those foxholes after just watching that episode.
16:22 it wasnt actually called a potato masher, that was just a slang word used by the english speaking allies in ww1 and 2.
The german name for it that translates to something like "stick grenade". They just called it a potato masher because... well it looks like one.
I had the honor of meeting Mgr.Winters at Fort Indiantown Gap, PA during a battle reenactment of the Battle of the Bulge. He had done his basic training there, and it wasn't very far from his farmhouse in Ephrata, PA. He was very kindly complimentary about the authenticity of my military impression.
Thank you for this. God bless.
7:43 Mark During the 50th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge while living it up in the Barrack's with all the E/506th Vets late that night well early that morning me and Bill were sitting on a bunk drunk having one of them old grunt to young grunt talks and he told me how he really earned his nickname "Wild Bill" i won't share the details but yes he killed alot of Germans on D-Day.
yeah it was always listening to them talking about loosing there leg bags (they were a British item that they got right before the jump and almost no one new how to properly use them)
the year before this series aired we presented Maj. Winters with the Guidion Flag that you see on the wall behind him
We were getting ready to go 'Walking Out" at an event in our M43 uniforms and Wild Bill comes up and says "Wear our your German Belts & pistols / knives??" hell we wore them around base to scare the crap out of the replacements , so we scambled around to get belts and knives ect... and we presented ourselves before him he smiled "good on you , now you look like troopers"
Amazing weren't they.
Be safe lady
I'm reading Winters' memoirs now, and he adds a lot of detail. Lots of untold stories, lots of details that were left out.
The actor who played Nixon documented their training boot camp and made series of videos (eventually comprised into a single video somewhere) and it is very very cool
You remind me of my daughter with that beautiful smile of yours. I’m so glad to see someone so young watching this. Remember there are so many man that sacrificed so much for us today.
So glad you watched this documentary I really love to hear this story from these men. If you're interested in staying on this topic I would suggest the movies windtalkers and Red tails they are two movies that shine some light on some of the contributions of native Americans and African-Americans in ww2
I wish when I was stationed 30 years ago at Ft. Campbell, I would have known the amazing history of the 101st. I would have had more reverence for my time there.
Look foward to The Pacific
I hope you'll check out the pacific next! And afterwards listen to a speech called "The Cost Of War" by Eugene Sledge. It offers some great insight into the Pacific theater.
There was a follow up series made by HBO after band of brothers, and it focuses on the pacific theatre of ww2. Its called "The Pacific" and is one of the most amazing shows i have ever seen, it is horrifically brutal compared to band of brothers and is overshadowed by its predecessor, but i would argue that it succeeds BOB in terms of quality.
Must've been a trip all those years later for those guys to talk to Joe Toye's son at those reunions. Guy is the spitting image of his dad at that age.
So very well done. Thanks again.
Great series, gotta watch “the Pacific”. It’ll give you a good understanding of why they call themselves devil dogs. Those men went through hell and it goes into great depth and follows a lot like band of brothers.
the Marines have been called Devil Dogs since the Germans gave them the nickname in the Battle of Belleau Wood in Belgium in the first world war.
@@TheRedStateBlue and?
@@khure711 just confused why you'd think there was any relevance in The Pacific as to why we call ourselves Devil Dog.
@@TheRedStateBlue why do you think marines call themselves devil dogs today?
@@khure711 because when we talk to each other, we say Devil Dog, Dog, Leatherneck, etc.
RIP and a massive thanks to all the members of such a historic unit. Its sad to think that I will never have the opportunity to shake any of these men's hands. Legendary group of ordinary men that did extraordinary things
ty for reacting to the documentary...it really gives this series a great ending....
I was an ICU Nurse for about 35 years. Every day was life or death actions and consequences. Thankfully I worked with heroes that helped me make good choices. I am retired now, and I miss my brilliant colleagues. I enjoy your reactions and commentary because you are so clever.
Love BoB!!
You're the best reactor out there, Gabby.
Straight up 💯
The fireworks are supposed to remind us of these wars....that's kinda why these men used the term "fireworks."
You had fireworks way before these wars 😂
@@jayhanna1623 I wasn't discussing how fireworks came to be....I was adding a parallel in symbolic meaning to fireworks.
The German pistol that Winters shows that was never fired did not belong the German Officer whose surrender he took in the Band of Brothers Episode "Points", i see a lot of comments about it saying that Winter's did take the German Officer's pistol. He didn't. He allowed that officer and all German officers who surrender that day to keep their sidearms.
The pistol that Winter's shows in this Documentary is from another German Officer. A German Major that WInter's became friends with during the 101st Occupation of an Austrian city. He had a lot of for respect for that officer and they would stay up late into the night talking about what it takes to be a good military officer, battle tactics etc. Winter's came to find out that Major was the officer in charge of the German regiment that was directly across from the 101st lines at Bastogne and they had fought against one another. The Major gifted that pistol to Winter's before he left Austria.
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I recommend a documentary called “they have seen war”. It has some of the same guys from Easy co. In it along with some people portrayed in “The Pacific”. The documentary is about soldiers and marines coming home from the war and how they had to reintegrate into society.
Dale Dye, who played Colonel Sink, runs a camp for actors about to play in military projects like “Band of Brothers”, “We Were Soldiers” & “Saving Private Ryan”. This is to teach the actors about military life, tactics & teamwork, how to hold the weapons, etc. Like “Currahee” the Band of Brothers actors are wearing 1940s military uniforms, go thru 1940s version of parachute training (except actually parachuting from a plane), marched, strip a rifle & rebuild it. The actors were assigned their characters’ names which means the actors playing Winters, Compton, Lipton, & Nixon led the men.
The actors were put thru the wringer. They also heard from the “Saving Private Ryan” actors about how tough it was. There were some minor injuries. So many that the studio threatened to shut it down at the next injury. When the actor portraying Compton busted his mouth requiring stitches he didn’t go to the nearest medical facility but one several miles away where he registered in the ER as “Buck Compton” rather than his real name. Didn’t want the studio finding out.
Ron Livingston portrayed Nixon. HBO gave him a camera to create a video diary. It’s on CZcams.
czcams.com/video/Ju11gCisOL4/video.html
Wow so Nice. This was a blessing thank you!
The wearing of the patch on the right shoulder signifies that he served in that unit during combat. Those who served in the unit who have not been in combat with the unit wear the patch on the left shoulder.
An excellent documentary! And to hear those stories, and I am very glad they have them on film, for future generations to see and hear, this should be required to be viewed in American high schools, its absolutely sad, to think about this generation is almost all gone. Thank you for your reaction, I love how you appreciate these fine men and what they did, take care!!..👍👍👍👍👍
I was late friends with William T Wingett “Bill” and he was truly an amazing man.. will never forget him and his service
I cried manly tears at 27:45...
This the best reaction to this I've seen!
Sadly, Babe Heffron has recently passed away. They were like no other and indescribable group of true patriots and we may never see their like again. I never tire of seeing the show or hearing their accounts. I someday hope to see my father's grave at Arlington and find his name on the Statue of Liberty for his donation to have it rebuilt.
Thank you for presenting this series, I had not seen it since it's premier and I really enjoyed watching it with you. Just found your channel last week with this series and have found it to be my favorite reaction channel. You will discuss what you think and feel about what you just experienced at the end instead of "leave a comment below".
Glad you enjoyed it!
I was a medic at Fort Benning and covered the airborne school. Lots of stories.
This series is an amazing ride... This episode reminds me of a few conversations I had with my grandfather who fought in Korea. History is such an easy thing to imagine but so much harder to hear from the people who actually lived it.
I love your commitment to Easy company. It's funny how you can pinpoint the one company out them all that if they failed the war would have ended in a very different way.
Heh heh I keep expecting the BoB music every few minutes. This was a great video to cover, I watched it right after I finished BoB as well. Have a good day
I just went up Currahee on Saturday, it is only a few miles from my house. I've only been here a year, but that was my first time up there. The beginning is easy, but that last mile is pretty rough. I wasn't expecting all the graffiti at the top. Took bit away, but the view was fantastic. I'm glad I did it now instead of a few months from now.... the foliage would have covered the view. I learned about Kudzu moving here.
Thank you for sharing this series with us. I’ve really enjoyed and looked forward to these episodes coming out.
When they hav a massive personal jump, fatalities, broken legs , hips , an legs .
I went with My Grandfather to his Army reunion. He was at Omaha Beach and was in the Battle of the Bulge. I heard a lot of great stories. First time I ever drank wine was at his Army reunion lol
She so beautiful
Remember, Pattons 3rd Army overran a prior drop zone. Then they they took fuel and ordinance from him in favor of Market-Garden. Patton was livid. Then M-G failed and word got out of the lousy coordination between American infantry and British armor, Ike had a fit. Patton just gloated and said "I told you so".
High School history teacher was in 101st at Bastogne (not Easy Co); he was exactly like these guys.
Yes! Watching this is the cherry on top after the show ... I love them 💪🏽
Thank you Cali for sharing this with us.
You must see Monument Men, very good movie.
To me, with your age and this era, your awesome!
Lovely reaction my Dear. I strongly suggest you watch the film "Best Years of Our Lives" (1946)... It vividly and truthfully shows the aftermath of the returning soldier from WW2 and how his return to 'normal' life was affected.
If you haven’t seen it, there is a very fascinating video on CZcams that is a Video Diary made by Ron Livingston about the 2 week training session for the cast.
Couldn’t wait for this. Love your channel.
#Californiablend I'm so glad you reacted to this part of Band of Brothers, I don't know if its because I requested it of you. Regardless I'm glad you did it, & enjoyed it and the entire series. God bless you and yours #Californiablend
Ron Livingston, aka Nix, did a video series while filming BoB that is pretty interesting. Might check that out when you have time. Not requesting a reaction, just something that I found that was a good watch.
Even in the SeaBees we heard of these guys, Can Do
My uncle was in the paratroopers, when his unit was launched from the plane, they landed right on top of the Germans, my uncle was shot in the head, and so many from his unit died that his unit was retired because hardly anyone survived, my uncle woke later in the hospital, he lived to his 90s a good life.
I'm glad you enjoyed this so much. I had fun watching you react.
The Pacific is another good WW2 limited series on HBO…. And The Vietnam War documentary by Ken Burns if you’re looking for more series like this
22:48 mark OMG the stories they had about looting and drinking LOL and boy could they drink
23:08 mark thats the famous picture of Nixon with his stash of booze.
25:40 mark so even with the passing of Brad Freeman last Dec (the last E co. Trooper) The Families & friends held the Reunion at Fort Benning, GA , and "Path of Easy Company Tour" has started back this year Sept 12-26th Normandy, The Netherlands, Belgium and Germany visiting all the E co locations
28:08 mark OMG every year at the Bulge reenactment Babe would start singing this same song and Bill would shout "OH here we go, you always got too sing that same song" and we all would lift our drinks he would just smile and keep singing. dam i miss those days and them scalawags
If you want more EZ company/Band of Brothers content. I highly recommend the BAND OF BROTHERS PODCAST" (available on youtube under HBO max channel). They got 10 episodes of a podcast with either a director or actors from the show with plenty of behind the scenes stories including more stories about the Unstoppable South Philadelphia duo of "WILD BILL" GUARNERE & EDWARD "BABE" HEFFRON! You don't have to react to it on the channel but it will help with your post-EZ company withdrawals ;)
What a beautiful reaction!
They got a good match for Garnier. You'd swear they were related.
Glad to see you follow the series with this. Hope that you might watch the Pacific at some point. Cheers 🤘
Wonderful reaction. Made my day.
Potato Masher was just what the german grenade was nicknamed by allied troops, just a joke about the shape of it
I don't remember if this is in the series but the American commander at Bastogne, General Anthony McAuliffe was delivered an official note by a German officer, Lt. Hellmuth Henke, informing the Americans they were surrounded, faced imminent defeat and demanded their surrender. McAuliffe replied with a hand-written note to the German field commander with his one word response: "Nuts."
McAuliffe was rewarded with command of the 103rd Infantry Division.
There reunions were so special. Some of them are posted on youtube. Also, the cast has reunions also, and you can find those on youtube also.
The interesting thing is like the guy said when the war ended they just went with their lives and rarely walked about it, so it was something everyone knew about but didn’t really understand the intimate details.
It’s something among that generation that didn’t need to be talked about because everyone alive then had in some way been affected by it.
It’s really only been on the last 25-30 years that the children and grand children of that generation have started asking question, and they’re felt comfortable speaking how the war was moving away from the pop culture version of history.
Unfortunately, they have all passed away now, the last being Bradford Freeman who died on 3rd July 2022 aged 97. LT Ed Shames was the last officer to die on 3rd December 2021 aged 99.
The truly heartbreaking part of this documentary is knowing that every one of those men on the screen has died since. Lipton was very shortly after the series came out in 2001. The last officer of Easy, Lt. Shames, died just over a year ago. Not sure how many, if any, enlisted men are still with us.
They put their lives on hold, many sacrificing those lives, in order to stop fascism from spreading throughout the world and free those who were oppressed. May they rest in peace.
You did a great job of narrating "Band of Brothers". While you did Episode 1-10 and "We Stand Alone Together" you missed "We Stand Alone Together" part 2. Oh by the way, you're very easy on the eyes (it's a country western song title).
My favorite reactor.
The hardest part of watching the series was remembering that EVERYTHING ACTUALLY HAPPENED!! It had better stories than most Hollywood movies and it was ALL just stories of what all these guys experienced! THAT was mind blowing.
Now that you're through this, you should check out Montemayor's _"Pearl Harbor"_ video. Best video on Pearl Harbor in a long time.
The German grenades were called potato-mashers because the looked like one.