I met Sgt.Don Malarkey in 2008 in McMinnville Oregon, after attending his discussion about his time during WW2 with the 101st. During the Q and A session afterwards, a guy asked him how accurate the series Band of Brothers was, and Malarkey said that he wanted to clarify a few things about that. He said that the grenade explosions were to big and the shelling that they endured in the Bois Jaques outside of Bastogne wasn't intense enough. Malarkey was bothered by the inaccurate portrayal of Albert Blithe in the series, saying that Blithe didn't lay around hiding for a day after jumping into Normandy, and he didn't loose his sight. He said Blithe was a good soldier and fought in Korea and Vietnam, and that Easy Company wasn't the only company from the 506th in the woods outside of Bastogne. He expressed that he was just one man amongst many that deserved to be mentioned in the series. He said that Joe Toye was the toughest SOB in Easy Company and Shifty Powers was the best shot in the company, and had incredible eyesight. While in the Bois Jacque during the battle of the bulge, Shifty shot a German sniper out of a tree down in Foy. Malarkey said it was at least a thousand yard shot. Malarkey said that only Shifty had seen him and could have made that shot. Another time Shifty had counted 7 trees down the hill in Foy and Dick Winters came to Shifty's fox hole to have a look for himself. It turned out that the German's had brought in an 88 mm artillery piece and had put branches on it to hide it amongst the other trees. Winters called in an artillery strike and that took care of the new tree in Foy. He said that Sobel made E Company what it was, due to all of the training and discipline under him, but was in agreement that he did not want Sobel leading him into combat. During maneuvers in England, Sobel had gotten the company lost, and George Luz did in fact imitate the voice of Col.Sink while hiding behind some bushes, telling Sobel to cut the fence and get the company moving. E company later had to help round up the cows that had gotten out. Malarkey said that loosing his best friend Muck, and Penkala in the Bois Jacque by a direct hit from an 88 mm round still bothered him, as well as seeing Toye and Guarnere wounded put him into a deep depression that he struggled with every winter after WW2. RIP Sgt. Don Malarkey 7/31/21-9/30/2017 and to all that have served and to those that paid the ultimate price. Thank You.
@kikia6611
4 жыл бұрын
How lucky to be able to meet him before he passed and hear his memories first hand. All of these men went through things my generation can't even imagine. My grandfather was a pilot in WW2, first in Europe and then the Pacific. I wish he was still alive so I could get his war stories, but he passed when I was still in school.
@USMC-0311
4 жыл бұрын
arkansaswookie The European theater and the Pacific to include Korea and Vietnam soldiers paved the way for Marines like myself and those men and women who were active during those conflicts deserved more than what they didn’t get. I always give my time to any veteran wherever I meet one wether it’s at the VA or out and about traveling-some have even become friends and family. Thank you for your input. Semper FI
@viveksharma-hf4oo
4 жыл бұрын
these guys were lucky to be documented and honored but there were so many soldiers from my country they never make it back or never mentioned in history more than 80 thousands of soldiers of India died under British army and they are not even mentioned in any part of the war nobody knows their stories.
@USMC-0311
4 жыл бұрын
vivek sharma That is when people like you if you know the history put it together and place a narrative on it for us to hear and see. You have to think in today’s cyber world where people are mostly on their phones (which is bad) and have that accessibility to have it and see it right away!! Look, I am an American of parents from Mexico. In Mexico we have been in every American war and my ancestors are never mentioned but I know about it and the information is out there but to me it’s my job to see it and research it and out on blast for people to know but today’s generation don’t want to know because they believe that it has nothing to do with them when indirectly it does. So maybe one day I’ll put it together and ask a friend or family member to put out there for you to see because I don’t do social media platforms other than KZitem. Will see, but many should study history-it’s an eye opener of what you can find and read about especially the story of those who been their and those who’s story has been written down somewhere!! It’s actually exiting and it gives you answers to why things are the way they are!! Good luck.
@viveksharma-hf4oo
4 жыл бұрын
@@USMC-0311 but first this corona virus needs to end .
@waynee5603
6 жыл бұрын
"Grandpa, were you a hero in a war? Grandpa said "No, but i served in a company of heroes." Good lord, gets me EVERY time.
@TheBenandterri
4 жыл бұрын
It me gets even reading the words
@williamvaughn2237
4 жыл бұрын
Same to my grandpa on my dad side 🇺🇸🤘
@collinyim6727
4 жыл бұрын
Me too, every time I watch, it bring tears to my eyes
@comsecone
4 жыл бұрын
Every damn time
@bobasbounty3428
4 жыл бұрын
Me too, 😪
@Tiger74147
2 жыл бұрын
Shifty Powers is such a sweet soul. Two things stick out to me: when everyone's describing how awful the Normandy jump was, but he mostly talks about how bad the guys on the beaches must've had it. And later, at the end of the war, he talks about how the German soldiers were for the most part just regular guys fighting for the other side, and who knows, maybe they could've been friends under other circumstances, so be bore no ill will. What a guy.
@janbadinski7126
2 жыл бұрын
Don't blame the person blame the world.,
@potterj09
2 жыл бұрын
@@janbadinski7126 Agreed, time and place of a world war .. weird times
@johndicks3064
2 жыл бұрын
@@janbadinski7126 don't blame anything, that's what the Greatest Generation has to teach us. Keep your nose down and do your best. Have a good one.
@jimisnotunique
2 жыл бұрын
Agreed. I wish I could have known him. He was an ideal man: a gentleman with a kind heart, and exceptionally tough and courageous.
@dullahan7677
Жыл бұрын
@@jimisnotunique Yeah, I didn't discover BoB until around six months after Shifty left us. Speaking for myself, I was simply gutted to find that he only lived about 25 min. away from me and the chance to meet him was lost forever before I even knew of his existence.
@andrewwebb-trezzi2422
2 жыл бұрын
One of the most powerful images I’ve ever seen is Bill Guarnere walking through the Ardennes 70 odd years later, unassisted, missing the leg he gave up saving another man. Chills
@danielwhittaker695
Жыл бұрын
55 years but yeah your right!
@luketimewalker
Жыл бұрын
standing so tall!
@LethalSaliva
Жыл бұрын
@@luketimewalker I like your avatar. It looks Michael J. Fox as a Jedi.
@luketimewalker
Жыл бұрын
@@LethalSaliva heh heh many thanks. it IS him, and he looks quite like Luke Skywalker there. Hence, my name ^^
@LethalSaliva
Жыл бұрын
@@luketimewalker I was going to add, "Wait, that must be the joke." Because Marty McFly is a TIME traveler. But I was afraid I'd be wrong. I had a feeling that you were gonna tell me that that IS Michael. Thank you for telling me! I can just imagine how Doc would react if he came across a galaxy far, far away...."Great Scott!!!"
@skwerlee
3 жыл бұрын
It breaks my heart that all of these amazing men have now passed away. I would've loved to spend time with them and listen to their storys. I'm greatful this documentary was put together.
@ivywilliams9427
3 жыл бұрын
my thoughts are the same. I would spend all day asking them questions which they might not prefer to answer but still I would love to spend time with them and give my utmost respect and gratitude. HATS OFF TO YOU SIT
@conpop6924
3 жыл бұрын
Edward Shames is still alive as of writing this
@Daniel-ld7xs
3 жыл бұрын
I wish I could meet every one of these gentlemen and shake their hand and thank them...
@charliegreer4507
3 жыл бұрын
Ed Shames and Brad Freeman are still alive...
@garrybarrett3990
3 жыл бұрын
@@albundy7198 your ignorance of what this countries stands for given to us by our constitution and bill of rights shows me that you have never serves one day in a uniform or swore an oath to give your own life to defend it
@HowBizarreIsThat
Ай бұрын
Im Dutch. May 4 is the day on which the Netherlands commemorates its victims of war. Liberation Day (Bevrijdingsdag) takes place each year on May 5, the day after Remembrance Day (Dodenherdenking). It is a celebration of the Netherlands being freed from Nazi occupation after World War II. Thank you Easy company and the other companies + Canadian, British, Polish, , Belgian, French, and Czech servicemen for liberating us.
@bobsmith8124
2 жыл бұрын
The presence of Richard winters even through the screen... goosebumps.
@dlphcoracl9645
9 ай бұрын
Maj. Richard Winters was a hero of epic proportions.
@bobsmith8124
9 ай бұрын
@@dlphcoracl9645 sad that the average soldier’s family is much less wealthy than the average Dutch immigrant
@bobsmith8124
9 ай бұрын
@@dlphcoracl9645 they liberate Holland and then their grandkids work for Dutch farms
@angryeric2961
8 ай бұрын
@@dlphcoracl9645 Trump is a hero of epic proportions. Look at all the Nazis supporters that hate trump
@atamagashock
Жыл бұрын
It’s hard to believe that over 20 years has passed since this was released and all of the heros are no longer with us. I’m glad that they were celebrated before they were all gone, and now they will live on forever. There simply will never be another generation like them, this country is in a pathetic state today
@scottrock19
11 ай бұрын
Yet here we all are. Watching the series or the interviews year after year. Shedding the same tears we did the first time and remembering our own grandparents 😢 it’s a beautiful creation to keep a memory alive. I wish we had a British version. (We had the SAS series but it’s more tongue in cheek then BOB was)
@LasusuluPeters
11 ай бұрын
Great guys they had courage like lions
@Bonerboy205
11 ай бұрын
We aren’t in a pathetic state. We rejected facism when we voted trump out
@malekodesouza7255
11 ай бұрын
@@Bonerboy205shut up.
@liamjames2956
11 ай бұрын
@@Bonerboy205take your political views elsewhere you disrespectful prick
@spizzlo
4 жыл бұрын
The actor who played Bill Guarnere did such an amazing job. Like I believe that was him as a younger man from these interviews.
@sydurgraham7760
4 жыл бұрын
I recommend reading his and Heffron's memoirs "Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends"
@Neutrino5678
3 жыл бұрын
These stories should be part of school curriculum. This will help kids learn of the history, understand what the world has gone through and that peace is something that has been fought hard for. And this would be a great way to pay respect to these great men and keep them alive in our memories.
@sydurgraham7760
3 жыл бұрын
@@Neutrino5678 ok boomer
@klugermann5806
3 жыл бұрын
@@Neutrino5678 excellent idea!
@spizzlo
3 жыл бұрын
@@sydurgraham7760 idk what your problem is because he's right. People are clueless about history and look what's happening. If people had a little perspective they might chill the fuck out.
@lovelessissimo
3 жыл бұрын
Whoever did the casting for the show did a phenomenal job.
@tjschakow
3 жыл бұрын
I almost made it in
@tWoforgamenot1
2 жыл бұрын
agree
@jaredruschell2019
2 жыл бұрын
This is not a show
@lovelessissimo
2 жыл бұрын
@@jaredruschell2019 Honestly, who has the time for pedantry?
@jaredruschell2019
2 жыл бұрын
@@lovelessissimo ?
@al1356
2 ай бұрын
This should be shown in our schools. These gentlemen are the very last of decent human beings, I have seen this a thousand times and it still gets me to this day. I served but thank god never saw conflict on this scale, I pray that my son never does. I am not sure if he will or won’t but we are again making the same mistakes that could again lead us into war.
@SuiLagadema
8 ай бұрын
Doesn't matter how many times I watch this, I still cry because of their stories. May they never be forgotten.
@angryeric2961
7 ай бұрын
Democrats feel the same exact way about the Nazis. If you honestly respect these soldiers, vote Red.
@drconflict629
7 ай бұрын
@@angryeric2961 Delusional scumbag. Democrats behave like nazis these days so shut you ignorant mouth. These vets would be horrified if they saw what the dems stand for these days. so your idea that people should vote red if they respect these vets has to be one of the most ignorant things I've ever read on the internet. You should be deeply ashamed of yourself clown.
@veramae4098
2 ай бұрын
They saved democracy and America. Now it's our turn ... much simpler. Don't vote for the fascist. Vote blue all the way.
@davidnicastro4009
25 күн бұрын
Wrong! I’m a lifelong Democrat and watch the entire series every Memorial Day weekend, including this documentary. Stop spewing generalities.
@bullmilk
9 жыл бұрын
Babe Hefron's part about living every day with the knowledge that someone took a bullet meant for him always gets me. 55 years later and it's still fresh in his mind.
@cougar2k720
5 жыл бұрын
At 41:13, this chokes me up every single time too.
@dhlshovel
4 жыл бұрын
me too
@jungminlee197
Жыл бұрын
good god
@willandrews9741
4 жыл бұрын
This should be required watching at least once in high school. I’d prefer twice.
@kinskifilms
4 жыл бұрын
Why?
@willandrews9741
4 жыл бұрын
kinskifilms historical significance & to inspire the ideals of hard work & sacrifice & to show kids what can still happen today. The best way to avoid mistakes on our horizon is to learn from history. I think progress can be great and all but the pampering of everyone’s feelings & this atmosphere of wanting to always be a victim is not helpful. I think there are too many great lessons to list really.
@jonnsmusich
4 жыл бұрын
@@willandrews9741 Doesn't work that way. Each generation has to find its own reality through its own experiences. That's just the way it is.
@willandrews9741
4 жыл бұрын
jonnsmusich I can maybe agree to that to an extent but we can learn many lessons from the past which is why we all agree that is was a good idea for herodotus to pass down some history for us and we have continued to do so. But, sure each generation must find its way through the times in which it finds itself I can agree to that.
@fusiongamer9551
4 жыл бұрын
i agree but i saw it on my own already three times
@6t9chargerse
8 ай бұрын
When Mr. Guarnere talks about the time he and Mr. Martin got tattoos, and Mr. Martin starts to break down. Damn, that gets me every time.
@watch4mecanada847
10 ай бұрын
6 million people have taken over an hour of their time just on this video alone just to hear about the lives of our fore fathers/grandfather's. Let that sink in and show how much love and respect we have for them year after year
@TheRealDonLayton
8 жыл бұрын
Today our heroes are rock stars, sports stars and movie stars. They are nothing. These guys are the real heroes. I salute every single one of them.
@zekeboy24
8 жыл бұрын
+unirrational I guess in a way we are lucky to idiolise the people you mentioned. Thanks to the men of Easy Co. we live in a time of relative peace and can appreciate things like the arts. Not taking anything away from the heroes in the movie above.
@TheRealDonLayton
8 жыл бұрын
A lot of people do a lot of good and that's great. Really. But when was the last time Little Richard put his life on the line to defend your freedom to express the opinion you just did?
@89BlackGatomon
8 жыл бұрын
Agreed! If your men didnt defeat us german back than... we all were screwed... You guys really safed us all from a very horrible world! Thanks!
@TheRealDonLayton
8 жыл бұрын
There were plenty of good Germans too. It's not like the good guys lined up against the bad guys. The difference was Hitler, who brought misery to everyone. The German people suffered horribly under him.
@89BlackGatomon
8 жыл бұрын
Yep... Every german that didnt agree with him was a person with problems to have a normal life... Or get killed because he disagree...
@abidababida7096
10 жыл бұрын
Bill Guarnere 4/28/23 - 3/8/14 (90 yrs old) died of an aneurysm in Philly. Survived by his 2 sons, 9 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. The Governor of the State of Pennsylvania ordered state wide flags to be flown at Half-Staff to honor this great man and true American Hero.
@waynejfoster9860
5 жыл бұрын
A true hero. A hero amongst heroes. May God watch over him and may he be reunited with the members of Easy Company that went before him. Sir, I salute you. R.I.P
@therealfronzilla
5 жыл бұрын
Wild Bill
@COINSINPOCKET
4 жыл бұрын
Thank god for ppl like these..now we wouldnt have a chance..
@zimtastic1171
2 ай бұрын
I miss this generation. Lost my dad in '98 and father in law March of this year. They were both Vietnam veterans. I was an Army medic myself. We are too quickly losing some of the best people, even those still left from Vietnam. It's sad.
@ANPU1991
Жыл бұрын
"there i was with a trench knife, a canteen, and 6 candy bars... ready to fight the german army." god i miss when men were men . i miss your stories, RIP grandfather.
@annabeetutubee
2 күн бұрын
they’d be rolling in their graves if they find out weirdos are fighting over pronouns.
@MrMatthiasSchneider
8 жыл бұрын
I lose it every time one of these old guys cries.
@mshawnmhulett
5 жыл бұрын
MrMatthiasSchneider I do too
@214TwoOneFo
5 жыл бұрын
Micah sadly everyone in here is dead now.
@jakeblaze7663
4 жыл бұрын
Olboy BadMusic it would be better that you never mention this again.
@curtyos
4 жыл бұрын
@@214TwoOneFo there stories will live on forever
@VIKING33NY
4 жыл бұрын
Same Brother, They did what they did for US!!
@johnroberts9845
4 жыл бұрын
Every once in a while I come back to watch this to make myself appreciate everything I have in my life.
@rayross997
4 жыл бұрын
This should be shown in every high school. We have life so easy today thanks to men like these heroes.
@IamDoogy
3 жыл бұрын
For me, it is the courage of these men in the face of death, that I find so inspiring.
@jonburton2382
2 жыл бұрын
Same, man. Same.
@MrEieio44
2 жыл бұрын
Same here.
@paultrafford6329
2 жыл бұрын
I do the same!!
@shawnastephens1536
7 ай бұрын
I'm struggling in my life right now. This reminds me that I have so much to be thankful for because of these men. Thank you guys for everything you did.
@monicaanicito4342
7 ай бұрын
Yes you do have much to be thankful for. Hang in there and remember you are not alone❤
@shawnastephens1536
7 ай бұрын
@@monicaanicito4342 thank you so very much. I needed that.
@saz8368
6 ай бұрын
@@shawnastephens1536you got this brotha! Life is so short, but as these amazing men said. Just go day by day!
@yyxy.oncesaid
4 ай бұрын
Keep on keeping on brother.Yoi owe them that
@MCJVDV1990
2 жыл бұрын
This documentary should be shown at all schools world wide. We seem to come to an generation who doesn’t know enough about WWII. As being an 30 year old it’s almost the last generation who had grandfathers who served or had been in war. We should teach our children what happened ♥️🙏🏻
@Janellabelle
11 ай бұрын
I'm 34 and my grandfather was in the Korean War. My husband is 35 and his grandfather was a ww2 vet. I know what you mean though, if you were a certain age then you'd expect most people you met had a male relative that was drafted to ww2, Korea, or Vietnam.
@isaacshaver6218
10 ай бұрын
Very true. My great uncle Jean stormed the beaches when he was a just a few days shy of his 15th b day(he used his brothers birth certificate) and when I look at my 19 year son, it brings tears to my eyes.
@JPCarrill0
10 ай бұрын
@@isaacshaver6218 My late grandpa - a brazilian Pracinha - was barely 20 years old when he was drafted to fight the nazis in Monte Castello, young fellas used to be made of steel back then ....
@Wetknees
7 ай бұрын
You’re 30? Stop pretending like there isn’t a gigantic swath of World War II nerds in every graduating class. Maybe you just have a shitty personality?
@jasonchappina8319
7 ай бұрын
Very insightful for a younger person who,unlike people my age, knew many family members, neighbors, teachers,ect who served in WWII. It's so important that young people today,and those yet to be born,know what these men,and all the millions of others who served, did for all of us.
@tmdpc
3 жыл бұрын
Is it me or does Shifty Powers come across as one of the most sincere, genuine and thoughtful people of all time?
@ronniebishop2496
3 жыл бұрын
Southerner.
@artygunnar
3 жыл бұрын
Not Shifty at all huh?
@cclayne995
3 жыл бұрын
@@ronniebishop2496 *Virginian
@southerninfidel3141
3 жыл бұрын
My father in law was exactly the same.....
@patrickmclaughlin61
3 жыл бұрын
One of those rare humans in whom seems no guile.
@seanyboy972
10 жыл бұрын
RIP Edward (Babe) Heffron died yesterday, each and everyone of these soldiers is a hero.
@joegamble328
5 жыл бұрын
sean williamson respect
@JR-zv6qm
2 жыл бұрын
When Mr. Suerth mentioned his mother and got emotional it really hit me. When this was filmed it was almost 60 years after he was wounded and it was still with him. I'm in awe of these great men.
@dawarrior95
2 жыл бұрын
As an only child myself, with a single mother...that hit me so hard.
@TheRiijk
11 ай бұрын
choked me up
@ericbassett6389
4 ай бұрын
That was my uncle, and when they film his, he was interviewed by Spielberg and he was on the set nearly every day. He was raised in Minnesota.
@cuckertarlson3329
6 ай бұрын
These men are eternal. role models. Band of brothers and these interviews should be shown in every single highschool in the United States. RIP
@edithmartinez0729
4 ай бұрын
Yes agreed
@NickB1967
10 жыл бұрын
Bill Guarnere just passed. RIP to a great man.
@ColoursCapello
10 жыл бұрын
Yes, only 2 days ago at the age of 90. R.I.P.
@Sarge-R1
10 жыл бұрын
sorry to hear that i live in holland he had give me my freedom R.I.P bill
@michaelmakepeace2392
10 жыл бұрын
Gone but like the rest of Easy Company never to be forgotten
@gibson4ever28
10 жыл бұрын
RIP Bill!
@rockndude87
10 жыл бұрын
Good Ol' Wild Bill...RIP Soldier! Much respect for you!
@Nightmare147420
3 жыл бұрын
My aunt lived next to Babe and I would always get to go next door to his house as a young teen. I still have the airborne cover he signed and gave me. He would never talk about what had happened over there but he did show me some really cool things he brought back. I was a big history buff and was grateful to have been able to know him.
@georgebanuelos1
2 жыл бұрын
What kinda stuff did he bring back
@Wieringa-sl1wy
2 жыл бұрын
Wauw you have seen a real hero 🙏❤
@jessemedina4482
2 жыл бұрын
That's awesome.. Babe is a real character. I would be honored to have met anyone that fought in WW2 but these guys as Lip said really are the best.
@deepakx7
2 жыл бұрын
do you have an accent similar to his? lol
@Propsman416
2 жыл бұрын
@40:29 Babe's words are perhaps the most real expression of what the survivors go through that I have ever heard. I admire these men not only for what they did when called upon, but for their ability to live and survive with what they have seen and experienced. "Survivors' guilt" is something we hear about a lot, but maybe it's better for us to think of it as "survivors' burden". It is a heavy load that they carried every day of their lives, long after they set down their rucksacks.
@rixxieXD
2 жыл бұрын
The last surviving officer of Easy Company just died 10 days ago, and damn it struck me inside to see all of them go...
@issaf3676
Жыл бұрын
I cried to think those amazing men no longer walk among us anymore
@leviblevins513
Жыл бұрын
I am glad they are all finally at peace.
@tomf8315
Жыл бұрын
😢😢😢 and yet 🇺🇸 🇺🇸. My grandfather also served in WW2. Had privilege to works with a few. ❤ them all
@carlousmagus5387
Жыл бұрын
🫡🖖🏿
@ronnewlin-ml6lu
2 ай бұрын
Who was the last to past?
@rohw0016
6 ай бұрын
‘Band Of Brothers’ Had a profound effect on me as a younger man.. I’m 37 now but damn did it touch my heart and feel immense pride in my country. I love America 🇺🇸
@bafbaf3448
3 жыл бұрын
The way Malarkey breaks down when talking about Toye and Garnier losing their legs. Heartbreaking.
@kristiankristensen9448
8 жыл бұрын
What he say in the end... "grandpa, where you a hero in the war?" - "no, but grandpa served in a company of heroes." Now THAT is a true man and hero in my heart. All the respect to those people. - from Denmark.
@jasontipton8430
4 жыл бұрын
My god what an incedible statement thats what real heros say. I cried this whole video and im not the crying type.
@jaysalabas957
4 жыл бұрын
The real meaning of a True Leader!!!
@bobsaget7832
4 жыл бұрын
Sorry for late reply but mike finally saw your post. Who asked you?
@taroman7100
4 жыл бұрын
wow, gets you right in the gut!
@PlateletRichGel
4 жыл бұрын
Respect to Danish Soldiers serving in Afganistan very tough bastards!
@davidmurphy8364
Жыл бұрын
Seeing how intense the emotion is 60 years after it happened, we can’t begin to imagine what these lads went through
@liukin95
8 жыл бұрын
So sad that this generation are now dying out - a lot of young people could learn a lot about humanity from these men. I'm 21 and I look up to these men more than anybody else.
@kithergilliam9577
8 жыл бұрын
Me too!
@infectum694
8 жыл бұрын
They deserve to life 200 years
@ericswanson9919
8 жыл бұрын
I do to and i am 15 years old i love history i want to be a paratrooper when i graduate high school.
@BloodBlade96
7 жыл бұрын
Fourteen Easy Company members are still alive. Including Don Malarkey (95) and Edward Shames (94), the last surviving Easy Company officer.
@denisecampbell6736
7 жыл бұрын
Antonio H I sometimes think Mr. Malarkey will outlive us all. He is quite the Man. 😊
@kzelmer
5 жыл бұрын
They grew up on the Depression, they fought for his country and for the entire world... truly a great generation, I am not american, but I would like to thank these men for his sacrifice.
@tar5us452
3 жыл бұрын
@Robert Bonneau Idiot
@SkandiaAUS
3 жыл бұрын
@Robert Bonneau it's a shame people like you take a cheap shot for a simple troll then people come along and see it and think it's real. Rinse and repeat long enough and it becomes reality, fake news online is the next big enemy and will be used to wage wars mark my words. So if you see someone posting stupid shit call it out, like the guy above me.
@goochfitness26
3 жыл бұрын
Robert Bonneau without America joining the war the Red Army was finished. They could’ve never continued without the pressure from the US🤦🏽♂️
@jonwatson9765
3 жыл бұрын
@@goochfitness26 nor the equipment from the allies at a high financial cost and a terrible human cost in those nightmare convoys. Eg PQ17.
@jonwatson9765
3 жыл бұрын
Read Tom Brokaw's book, "The Greatest Generation", very accurateltv titled and where would we find such people today? Just Snowflakes today.
@ladycplum
2 ай бұрын
While watching the full miniseries and seeing the interviews with the then-unnamed soldiers at the beginning of each episode, I knew instantly which one Guarnere was. Frank John Hughes did such a brilliant job of portraying him, and I hope he did Wild Bill proud.
@Former11b
Жыл бұрын
In the D-Day memorial in Normandy, there’s an inscription carved in the polished rock near the fountain/water feature that says “From the heart of our land comes the blood of our youth, given to you in the name of freedom”. Gives me goose bumps whenever I see the picture and remember reading it in person
@wvcurrahee
5 жыл бұрын
I was honored to be a part of the 506 in Ramadi, Iraq. We did our best to make these men proud but there was no way we could've ever come close to filling their boots. It'll be a sad day when their generation is gone. They made America great!
@jaxsenthomas636
3 жыл бұрын
Sad to say but I think I read the other day there is only 1 of easy left. So so sad.
@26michaeluk
3 жыл бұрын
Damn, that place was a meat grinder. I was in Baqubah my first tour and it was rough.
@jefferyk5203
3 жыл бұрын
Trust me man...these guys would still be proud of what you and future 506th boys have done.
@thatguy22441
3 жыл бұрын
I was in Kurdistan with 10th Mountain and Baquba with the Big Red One. That was intense, but NOTHING compared to what those dudes endured. Much respect, to them and you.
@thatguy22441
3 жыл бұрын
@@26michaeluk I was in Baquba for my second and third deployments. While Baquba didn't get us much press as Ramadi, Fallujah or Baghdad, it was still in the Sunni Triangle and fucking intense, at least when it flared up.
@Alxoholiker
4 жыл бұрын
"this pistole never had been fired. so there was no blood on it." - i actually started crying about that sweet words.... RIP dear Sir Winters
@Matty1998.
Жыл бұрын
My heart aches with nothing but sheer respect and love for all of these men. Words aren't even enough to describe how incredibly proud I am of the very brave men that fought such an awful war for all of us to live in freedom today. Real hero's. God bless you all. 🖤 🇺🇲 🇬🇧
@kerryrussell5722
10 жыл бұрын
Babe and Wild Bill only died recently and Dick Winters on the 11th january 2011. god bless them all in the 506th 101st
@moserr11
6 жыл бұрын
These are some MEN. I live right outside Hershey Pennsylvania. Dick Winters did indeed come back and lived in a quiet little corner of Hershey. He died not that long ago. And we miss him.
@michaelduffek2866
4 жыл бұрын
the Richard D. Winters Memorial Highway is named after him
@kathygeorge7372
4 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful leader and human being. God bless our soldiers who have given so ,ugh for all our freedom.
@vinnietorres1145
4 жыл бұрын
I grew up not too far from you, in a small little town called Columbia, Pennsylvania I’m not to sure about the rest of Pennsylvania but I do think I can generalize that much of the Susquehanna Valley is extremely proud of our veteran community.
@76JStucki
4 жыл бұрын
If a salute from a civilian would have meant anything to Maj. Winters, I would like to have given him one. A lot of good men got to come home alive because of him. RIP.
@solebrovahh1946
3 жыл бұрын
A man's friggin man!!
@oasis67
2 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. Col. Edward Shames died December 3rd 2021. There now passes the last officer from Easy Company.
@tewks4458
4 ай бұрын
I can't get over Popeye apologizing for being wounded because he knew it was bad for the unit. Not only a great soldier, but just a great dude all around. Like imagine you've just been hit by a grenade, you have no idea at that point if you're going to live or die, yet you still apologize to your comrades for being wounded. What a freaking guy.
@fidellerosa
10 жыл бұрын
Such humility, Winters had. "If I had been harder and better, a lot more of my men would have gone home." and this coming from one of the most brilliant strategic minds of the war. That poignant statement made me cry.
@rogerhonacki5610
Жыл бұрын
Under incredible conditions, these guys prevailed. Looking back at how they could’ve done better is their regret that their buddies died. As someone looking from the outside, it’s incredible that anyone survived. I hear all the time from this generation that the real heroes are lying in those fields, and although I understand that sentiment, they were right there fighting with them. I respect these guys so much. God bless and keep them, they can sleep peacefully now.
@rogerhonacki5610
Жыл бұрын
Read “And No Birds Sang” by Farley Mowatt. Heroes all.
@jasonchappina8319
7 ай бұрын
Major Richard Winters should be as well known and discussed in history books,classrooms,ect as Eisenhower, Patton, MacArthur, and all the other big brass!
@kstearns921
2 жыл бұрын
The guy who played Guarnere did an absolutely superb job! All the actors did, but that one in particular is a spot on match.
@elisaxxx4475
Жыл бұрын
My grandfathers generation. What a heroes. They should not be forgotten.
@rockyraccoon6114
Жыл бұрын
The greatest generation is all but gone, very few remain…HBO created this series so they will live on, and never forgotten.
@bloodsling
4 жыл бұрын
23:08 landed behind enemy lines on D-Day with his knife a canteen and 6 candy bars,and lived to talk about it...what a badass.
@HetroJesus
3 жыл бұрын
Not only that, but he went on to have a legendary law career and was the lead prosecutor on the Bobby Kennedy assassination case
@kellyharper8072
3 жыл бұрын
@@HetroJesus Buck Compton. ❤️
@TacticalJay62
2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a regular guy on hell let loose hes so cool thouhhh
@rocknrollstar2798
10 жыл бұрын
Most of these guys are gone now. Dear lord I wish they were still alive so we could learn the lessons they have to teach. RIP Dick, Bill, Buck, Smokey, Nixon, Babe, One Lung, Luz, Perco, Martin, Bull, and all the rest of them. God bless them.
Just noticed that I wrote something by accident. Pocket text..... But seriously Mr. Foul mouth Spencer Hill
@rocknrollstar2798
9 жыл бұрын
Max Tikhonov you could've been a spammer. sorry dude
@rencanajahad
9 жыл бұрын
Spencer Hill yeah, at this time (may 2015) there are 17 member of E comp that still alive, include sergeant Malarkey and Tipper among them
@Efreeti
9 жыл бұрын
Luc Adie Hikmawan Herbert Suerth, portrayed in Band of Brothers, is also still alive.
@johnjeffers6090
3 ай бұрын
Probably the most honest, sincere account of men at war you could ever hear. An emotional record of history as told thru’ the experiences of the men from the Screaming Eagles. I salute them. This piece of history should be promulgated in schools to educate folk in what my father’s generation had to sacrifice. RIP.
@edpra7068
2 жыл бұрын
My father was a WW II veteran. When he spoke about the war he laughed sometimes. Other times he cried. He never watched a war movie but he sure did smile when he spoke about his buddies. I knew him much later in his life. By then he sure knew how to have a good time. I loved that man. He died in 2014. We'll never understand what these men went through. 407,000 died in a three year visit to hell. In the subsequent 80 years we've bitched and moaned about unemployment, inflation, terrorism, politics, and all manner of change. None of that compares to the scale of misery these men survived. And I hope that my grandchildren, when they're old and gray, can say that too. Never again. Thanks dad.
@b.r.holmes6365
4 жыл бұрын
Some of the greatest men who ever walked the Earth. The marvelous aspect of their mortal greatness is how average they were in life. They were not kings or tycoons, they did not hail from the establishment families. They were farmers, laborers, salt of the Earth. Their nation called upon them to save the world, and they accomplished the mission.
@jimplummer4879
4 жыл бұрын
Amen !!
@W1gglePuppy
4 жыл бұрын
George Luz worked pretty blue collar jobs, nothing fancy. I think it was something like 1200+ people turned up for his funeral, no pretence to be there just respect for the man.
@jimplummer4879
4 жыл бұрын
@@W1gglePuppy For sure, He is from my state Rhode Island. Imagine living the hell of war and coming home and dying in an industrial accident.
@W1gglePuppy
4 жыл бұрын
@@jimplummer4879 tragic, would have loved to hear his thoughts and memories. From what I've been able to find and read, it seems like he was portrayed well.
@bobasbounty3428
4 жыл бұрын
Awwh man that got my heart
@TheMeanConservative
9 жыл бұрын
Poor Heffron is still hurting. You can tell he hasn't gotten over this stuff. Poor man.
@Efreeti
9 жыл бұрын
The Mean Conservative Martin too. May they rest in peace. I think only Donald Malarkey and one or two more are still alive.
@tjdinfl
9 жыл бұрын
The Mean Conservative True. On the other hand, Lipton sure seems like he was a mentally strong man. Imagine what he was like in his prime. From accounts I've read, he was a pillar of strength in the Company.
@Efreeti
9 жыл бұрын
tjdinfl Indeed. Not many people get battlefield commissions to officer rank. A privilege of extraordinary men.
@Zooumberg
8 жыл бұрын
The Mean Conservative When you've seen combat, seen your mates die. It never leaves you, Never.
@accountnumber90
8 жыл бұрын
tjdinfl From what I've read, Lipton was very successful in pretty much everything he did after the war because of his natural character. He's probably the most inspirational person to me after Winters.
@dalehedgcoe44
2 жыл бұрын
The fact you got these interviews before we lost these men is incredible and we are so thankful 💯🖤🔥💫
@brandoncampbell9794
3 жыл бұрын
Bless these men for choosing to re-live unbearable trauma to give the rest of us a unique glimpse into a peice of history most of us can barely conceive the difficulty of, it truly feels like a privilege.
@sujanbiswas2114
2 жыл бұрын
Can i get this movie(band of brothers) download link
@myshepspud1
2 жыл бұрын
Now even more so.
@sirandrelefaedelinoge
Жыл бұрын
@@sujanbiswas2114show some respect and pay for it... They did!
@NLGamer236
10 жыл бұрын
I dont know these man, any of them, all those soldiers, but great respect, they jumped out of planes, died for freedom, had victory, and now im sitting here, living in freedom.
@reptilicus975
10 жыл бұрын
I feel the same guilt. and pride. and guilt. what can we do?
@TheHoove25
10 жыл бұрын
reptilicus975 Just remember them, and pay your respects in whatever way you find meaningful.
@IamUSMC2019
10 жыл бұрын
reptilicus975 join the military and do it ourselves? That's what im doing
@SkorBomber
10 жыл бұрын
It's kinda too bad that we are fucking up our rights
@dokanyon
9 жыл бұрын
and now im sitting here, whining because i cant log in wow. we are a joke :P
@mrMARVILUS
8 ай бұрын
I'm from New Zealand and appreciate what was done for us by these and many other men in the WW's. Salute and thanks for your service
@Wetknees
7 ай бұрын
Yeah you definitely would have been fine. Like Switzerland. “ ja we don’t care. Whomst ever vvins
@jebbroham1776
2 жыл бұрын
My dad was an airborne Ranger in the 82nd from 1979 to 1991, the year I was born, and just the stories he told me me of his battles in Grenada and Panama were truly remarkable. His father and my grandad was also a Ranger and he was part of the assault that made the attack on Pointe Du Hoc on D-Day. I come from a long line of military heroes, and although I personally served in the US Navy aboard the USS Harry S. Truman off the coast of Syria in 2018 as part of Operation Inherent Resolve as an AM in VAQ-137 to eliminate ISIS, I don't consider myself to be in the same class as those of my forefathers. I was not a hero. What I did was to serve my country in contributing the the destruction of evil and nothing more. The real heroes were the men on the ground fighting those devils face to face in open combat, and they succeeded in their task with our help from the air.
@squirrelvaccuum
5 ай бұрын
God bless you and your forefathers for their service.
@nickleonarczyk2777
4 жыл бұрын
When “Wild Bill” says the true heroes are buried in the cemeteries and he’s says “not us”, I always smile because my grandfather was the same way: tough, humble and didn’t think of himself as a hero. But to me, he was my hero!
@ennodebruyn6107
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mate and you Grandfather For his give us freedom
@Sandra-ww6oz
4 жыл бұрын
These modest and humble men deserve our utmost respect they are all heroes to me.🐨🇦🇺
@moss8448
4 жыл бұрын
as the next generation after these people...yes I'm a boomer...sue me...each and every one I ever met said the same thing...the heroes are the ones that didn't come back....and these were guys that had chests full of medals...battlefield commissions...you name it they had it.
@pillager6190
4 жыл бұрын
@@moss8448 Same here. I was blessed to have one as my father.
@kaykaymoore100
3 жыл бұрын
THEY WERE ALL HEROES !!!!! MAY ALL THESE COURAGEOUS SOLDIERS ‘REST IN PEACE’ ✝️✝️✝️✝️
@bennycostello2472
5 жыл бұрын
If you are having trouble understanding just how horrific World War 2, and war in general really was. These men went through battles 50 years before these interviews, and they still are tearing up. My Grandfather was in the Pacific Campaign and when it would thunder he would get really shakey and anxious because it reminded of him of shelling.
@CaptainHackman
4 жыл бұрын
when Malarkey said that the shelling wasnt intense enough it made me think how could anyone have survived that, let alone an entire company of soldiers make it out alive. to out do the shelling, you also endured that with foxholes that wasnt deeper than a foot, and the soldiers living out the deep freeze in their jump suits, with no winter clothing.
@PlateletRichGel
4 жыл бұрын
Back in the 70's my mom hired a handyman to remodel our house. He was a former marine who had fought on Iwo Jima, and he would curse the Japanese cars in my neighborhood.
@ligma2337
3 жыл бұрын
Jason King what did Rober Bonneau say??
@ligma2337
3 жыл бұрын
Algernon Campbell yeah actually i was 😐
@janmetdekorteachternaam3673
3 жыл бұрын
@Jason King Where I'm from we take two minutes of silence every year on the day before we celebrate the end of the war. It is to remember all the fallen soldiers and victims of the war. Only two minutes in a year and even this is too much for some as they feel it is the right moment to get attention for their cause. It's repulsive. In 2010, there was some a-hole that started screaming during the remembrance service in the capital, causing people to fear a terrorist attack and total panic ensued where 63 people got injured. (panic was magnified by someone accidentally dropping their briefcase and someone else thought it must be a bomb). In 2018 some protest group about the colonial past thought it would be a nice moment to ask for attention for the victims from 'their' group. Sometimes, I hate people........ Show some respect for Gods sake.... On the other hand it is a nice tradition. Generally people even stop their cars when driving and total silence can be 'heard' during these two minutes. (if not for some dickhead like above that is)
@amandatucker3389
2 жыл бұрын
My dad was in market garden and Bastogne. 82nd airborne. Raymond Tucker
@Xixbalba
Жыл бұрын
I can never watch this without having a tear. My Grandpa was in the 8th Army Air Corps in WW2 as a B-17 top turret gunner. He never spoke about the war. To think about what these men went through and their sacrifice. Thank you to all veterans and those that have laid their lives down for our freedom.
@bobkline4871
6 жыл бұрын
156 dislikes? That's fine. That's your opinion. Remember this though: "If not for the these men and the greatest generation you wouldn't be able to voice your opinion." You don't have to like it but I certainly hope that you respect these men.
@pixiedixie3682
5 жыл бұрын
Bob Kline Amen on that! Imagine if the Axis forces won the war? ..... how we could not like those men ? The ones that fought for us ? Well I like them and I thanked on them .
@jacklim7167
5 жыл бұрын
Rick Sautner men from both sides lefts their homes and risked their lives
@gunfisher4661
5 жыл бұрын
332 dislikes today to each its own we know you had to be a hero to be there
@gunfisher4661
5 жыл бұрын
@Rick Sautner Many young men from all sides just like our own didnt want to go but were drafted to say no was prison or death but they all turned out hero`s one way or another despite who their leaders were.
@peterstorey5392
5 жыл бұрын
There prob germans
@kingsnoofer
10 жыл бұрын
I can't help it. Every time at the end of BoB and this special when Winters is talking about the young one asking Grandpa if he was a hero in the war, I get choked.
@oz_media
10 жыл бұрын
Anyone with any heart or sense of humanity does
@kingsnoofer
10 жыл бұрын
ozmedia Yep. We can only hope :)
@joegamble328
6 жыл бұрын
Respect
@markhill3791
5 жыл бұрын
I was cutting onions at the time😢😢
@cherryrotella3714
5 жыл бұрын
Borealis Aurora what men! God Bless each and EVERY ONE 🙏
@InvertedFreeSolo
Жыл бұрын
Props to Spielberg and Hanks for getting these amazing men on camera to document their experiences.
@Slowhand871
Жыл бұрын
I had a long time client Roy Strang 30 years ago. He was in the battle of the bulge. I listened intently to his recounting of this battle. Patton standing tall in his Jeep slapping his riding crop against his boots “ Come on boys let’s get these god damn Germans”! RIP Roy Cheers to the greatest generation!
@Mike-tb9xq
5 жыл бұрын
I could listen to Shifty speak for ever.
@mikesilk7350
4 жыл бұрын
Same for Malarkey
@MileySmiley123fan
4 жыл бұрын
Popeye too
@tessgriffith8745
3 жыл бұрын
What a hell of a man!!! True heroes!!!
@JimJamJ4
3 жыл бұрын
Its sad hearing his kids talk about him and knowing shifty didn't speak nearly as much as he had the right to. The stories told make me believe he was something else, eyesight and observation skills that were beyond human.
@JaneA544
2 жыл бұрын
Yep
@CollinMcCullough
6 жыл бұрын
It's so rare to hear soldiers talk about war. This is treasure.
@sarcasmmuch8905
4 жыл бұрын
Collin McCullough My dad told me one story in his 94 years, One
@antdb3021
4 жыл бұрын
Check out memoirs of WW2 KZitem channel. Amazing.
@sajarallanza8343
3 жыл бұрын
It fells like reading a history book quite sometime 💖
@AmyK-jw5bu
3 жыл бұрын
Kris B my grandpa was in WW2 - as a kid I once asked him if he was scared - he said “only once, from the moment I arrived until I went home”.
@nicholaslangbraten6048
3 жыл бұрын
@@antdb3021 thats one of my favourite yt channels
@garyowen9044
Жыл бұрын
God Almighty. When I’m depressed, and think I can’t go on, I watch this. It centers me.
@AllocDK
Жыл бұрын
"no but i served in a company of heroes" is such an amazing statement - RIP everybody from Easy Company
@reonpulley143
3 жыл бұрын
To every man who served for the allies in WW2, Thank you.
@idisrespectwomen611
2 жыл бұрын
Should also thank the axis
@CodexQuinn
2 жыл бұрын
@@idisrespectwomen611 not really. To them, I say “I’m sorry.”
@pinoyclasico8932
Жыл бұрын
Grandpa fought in WWII, thanks.
@matt-wb9fq
4 жыл бұрын
"When boats were made of the wood and men were made of iron"
@pet3r387
3 жыл бұрын
Boats weren’t made out of wood in the 40’s.
@vikaditya
3 жыл бұрын
@@pet3r387 it’s just a reference dick
@croatiancroissant28776
2 жыл бұрын
Pet3r38 I can tell you that the Mk V was used during the war in Vietnam, well after the 40’s. Made of wood. You’re probably the guy nobody wants at a party.
@matt-wb9fq
2 жыл бұрын
It's just a saying douchebags.
@jonathanpeterson1984
2 жыл бұрын
My grandfather was in the battle Guadalcanal in the Philippine islands. My brother interviewed him for a college paper. My mother never had the heart to listen to it. It clearly took heavy tolls, but he never let it show to his family. This show always reminds me of him❤️❤️❤️
@angryeric2961
8 ай бұрын
How do you feel about democrats honoring and giving a standing ovation to a WW2 Nazi yesterday?
@jonathanpeterson1984
7 ай бұрын
@@angryeric2961I really don’t give a goddamn about politics anymore, sorry. Nazis can get f@#$ed. that’s all I have to say.
@jasonsan6708
4 ай бұрын
I think Guadalcanal is in the Solomon Islands Philippine islands is in Southeast Asia
@johnhammersmit9856
2 жыл бұрын
it kills me inside to hear every word they speak to have such emotion and memory attached. I'm in awe that all these men were kids and were asked to do something that no one today would ever think of doing. god bless every single one of them that laid down their life to defend evil in this world and our freedom rest well Easy company.
@jamesvanevery946
8 жыл бұрын
My Dad was in the 506th 2nd Bat D Company. Growing up I knew that he was in the 101st airborne and I knew that he had survived Bastogne, But BoB really opened my eyes about what my Dad had gone through. He never really talked about the war, there were a couple of weird little stories that he told but nothing serious. I heard from my mother that he hated the whole idea of "hero" and hated the fact that his father talked him up as a hero (though in truth, he did get a DSC for Bastogne). There is (for me) one thing missing from BoB and the followon discussions. My dad suffered from PTSD for basically his whole life. There is a picture of my Dad and six of his buddies (taken in England) and on the back he wrote the names and status of all his buddies. Only two of his buddies survived, the rest were all KIA. Imagine if 50% of the people you worked with died within two months of each other. In 1962 we went to see "the longest day" together. He was in St. Mere Eglise on D-day. He talked about how frightened they were because they could hear tanks coming and how relieved they were when they turned out to be American Tanks coming in from the beaches.
@dennisfaust6607
5 жыл бұрын
Thank God for men like your dad.
@carmengilliard7378
5 жыл бұрын
As a teen I must have watched the D-Day movie at least a dozen of times. In the nineties there was a parachute hanging on the front of a church in Sainte Mere Eglise celebrating the sacrifice of the 101st Airborne. I hope it is still there... The American cemetery from Normandy has a field of crosses and tomb stones and a black marble wall where the names of the US fallen soldiers are written. A lot of them were still teenagers when they were KIA. I cried so hard during this documentary that I hardly could see the written comments of this video. In the beginning of the nineties I've also met a few soldiers in Lloret del Mar, Spain and managed to talk to them briefly. They were from UK and US and they've met to share memories of WWII - they've told me. Every single man of the 101st Airborne is a HEROE. May the ones who died rest in peace. Thank you for sharing the testimonies of the heroes who were alive when this documentary was made. No other nation in this whole world would have fought with such bravery for another nation's freedom. That's why the US of A is the country of the brave.
@roryobrien4401
5 жыл бұрын
With you - and him, James. My grandfather fought in WW1 and never talked about it. The guys may be heroes in our eyes but they, rightly, were just doing a job. And believe me, we are more than grateful. Enough of the hero bullshit.
@carmengilliard7378
5 жыл бұрын
@@roryobrien4401 If you "are more than grateful" why can't I express my gratitude without you telling me: "Enough of that hero bullshit". That is so rude. Did you grow up in a barn or have a problem w/ US heroes? Who do you think you are to talk to me this way. Whatever the case is keep your "bullshit" for yourself and don't disrespect me & above all don't disrespect the 101st Airborne w/ dirty words about them in your comments. They are considered heroes in world's history! Have a little bit of respect for their sacrifice. They will not be forgotten. RIP 101st Airborne.
@roryobrien4401
5 жыл бұрын
@@carmengilliard7378 I wasn't talking to you but since you've decided I have, I suggest you wise up or grow up fast. These guys would be the first - yes , the FIRST - to say they were anything but what the idiotic media calls heroes. They were humble, ordinary men doing a very difficult and dirty job and the vast majority of them did it well so that we could all be free today. So knock off the goddamn hero bullshit, alright, that's the last thing in the world they would want or would've wanted. And please don't confuse "heroism" with recognition for what they did. And watch Saving Private Ryan too while you're at it and note that Captain Miller was..a schoolteacher. Yes. War is a dirty business. Not for heroes or superheroes. You really should talk to the vets themselves if you can. I did. And don't accuse me of disrespect, you have no idea what you're talking about.
@curt3494
9 жыл бұрын
It's right what people say......These were our greatest generation. No matter which Allied country you're from.....We can't compare to these men, and the countless thousands like them throughout WWII.
@njbassin7729
8 жыл бұрын
***** oh ok i get what u meant. they sure failed at that tho lol. second hand equipment and ill-trained conscripts with a record worst then the Wehrmacht
@njbassin7729
8 жыл бұрын
***** interesting. thank you for clearing that up for me
@thatguy22441
6 жыл бұрын
Be careful or the millennials will cry and run to their safe spaces if they hear they're not the greatest generation.
@daniellap.stewart6839
5 жыл бұрын
@Skip fuck you
@lambastepirate
5 жыл бұрын
@ Skip you should have just said. Lets not forget the men who fought with honor on both sides it would have eliminated all argument.
@keithgilbert915
2 жыл бұрын
My Grandfather Joseph R Ciervo served with the 82nd airborne during ww2. He jumped on d-day fought at saint lo Bastogne all the was to Germany. He was wounded twice. When we were kids we’d ask him all the time about the war and I remember me and my Cousins would play “army” in his back yard. He’d never really get into stories about fighting or what he saw. But he would always tell us stories about his buddies where he was located. He passed in march 2009. When I was about 21. And years later hearing stories about what he really had done and watching things like this really makes me appreciate what a man and hero he was. A real man’s man. I miss you pop and thank you and all of the veterans of ww2. You guys aren’t forgotten. Rip Joseph R. Ciervo tech 5 82nd airborne out of saint Albans Queens NY. Lived out the rest or his life in massapequa Long Island NY. Laid to rest at calverton National cemetery.
@crunchytheclown9694
2 жыл бұрын
Any soldier who fought with good intension deserves respect
@jwc3104
4 жыл бұрын
1:04:42 Winters talks about the German Major surrendering his pistol, which have never been fired. That is the key moment of this entire documentary for me.
@andrewkawaoka6651
2 жыл бұрын
You are so right
@Dragonballguy270
2 жыл бұрын
They got that wrong in the series
@seveylee9865
7 жыл бұрын
"It's the way all wars should end: with an agreement with no blood on it." How true it is...
@alfredlong1125
5 жыл бұрын
And now it's the drug wars going on with no dignity integrity or honor.
@jaysmith6013
3 жыл бұрын
True, if only we as a species can come to that conclusion before the war starts
@marclaporte3710
2 жыл бұрын
I have no words ... The sacrifice laid down by these men, the greatest generation.. it will NEVER be forgotten. Thank you.
@L1VE3V1L
2 жыл бұрын
The balls on these guys. It’s absolutely unimaginable and I thank everyone involved with making the Band of Brothers show and bringing it to my attention. Ive gone down many rabbit holes reading about these guys and watching interviews after witnessing the show. Utterly fascinating and often leaves me wiping the tears away.
@SimDeck
5 жыл бұрын
I'm an ex British Army Infantryman. I recently had the pleasure of going to the Eagles nest with some good friends of mine. We drank a bottle of wine in honour of these troops as close as we could get to the same spot that they did back in the day. It was one of the most wonderful and deeply moving experiences I have ever felt in my life.
@dreamsofsnow6521
5 жыл бұрын
I'm an ex American Soldier and I also had the pleasure of going to the Eagles nest, kind of a scary bus drive getting to it , but what a view , yeah that was an amazing experience. Cheers from America mate.
@SimDeck
3 жыл бұрын
@@dreamsofsnow6521 Brilliant.
@amandamitchell8960
3 жыл бұрын
Such a touching moment when shifty says under different circumstances he and the German soldiers might have been good friends.
@marielooney8746
3 жыл бұрын
Yes. This is one of my favorite series and that line gets me every. single. time. From the first time seeing it when it was new and I was in high school to today. Shifty was just a next level human being.
@TheFreshTrumpet
3 жыл бұрын
@@marielooney8746 truly. They’re all so inspiring but he was something else. Grateful this series and documentary were made, honestly breaks my heart that every company in every battalion didn’t get the same level of attention cuz man can you imagine how many Winters and Shiftys there were who never even got interviewed
@kurtbilinski1723
Жыл бұрын
My dad was in the Army, and may have crossed paths with these guys. He, too, once said that "The Germans were just scared kids like us." That made a good impression on me, that he (and most) solders understand the context and were able to separate the person from the action. On the other hand, a neighbor was in the Pacific during WWII and to his dying day, he hated the Japanese ( and would never buy anything Japanese). I always felt sorry for him, dragging that hate along with him through his entire life. That said, I know some of the Pacific battles were really terrible and he never said why he felt the way he did, so who knows.
@generaldisarray
Жыл бұрын
Winters has so much love and respect for his men, and they for him, and each other. What a man, what a leader, what a bunch of true heroes, that would probably never call themselves heroes. May they all rest in peace.
@suestory3046
Жыл бұрын
The soft-spoken humility of these men is beyond words. Thank you sirs, for your service 💕
@peteberry2427
4 жыл бұрын
These men are the reason that our people are free, great men Fact 🇬🇧
@guitarmatricide4834
3 жыл бұрын
God bless you for this wonderful message of praise. Most Englishmen I converse with won’t give any credence to American soldiers and say that they didn’t need us, which kind of shocks me every time I read it. I don’t know if that’s like an English, stiff-upper-lip demonstration of nationalism but there’s absolutely no shame in admitting that you needed help and we were happy to help (well, it took the Japanese bombing Pearl Harbor for us to get the kick in the pants that we needed). I know American soldiers today that say they’d be proud to die on British soil and wouldn’t have it any other way. That’s pretty much the highest praise an American can give another country, believe me.
@pnayeri
2 ай бұрын
They were truly the greatest generation! I served in the Navy for 23 years and retired as a Senior Chief. I was proud to wear my nation’s cloth everyday because I knew I was standing on the shoulders of giants like these men from previous generations. Most of us in the service tried our best every day to walk in their footsteps, and not fail our previous generation’ heroes!
@supdall345
3 ай бұрын
RIP to all these wonderful heroes. One of the best war documentaries I've ever seen. A true, raw account of their brutal experiences (the ups and downs) during the biggest and most IMPORTANT conflict in human history. Easy Company, 101st Airborne Division, and ALL of the 506th Infantry Regiment will live FOREVER. 🫡
@Slowhiteguy
9 жыл бұрын
crazy how these men will break down into tears after telling a min and even less of a story. truly shows how this war affected them. god bless them all.
@haskapaska
5 жыл бұрын
Back then men with PTSD were considered pussies. So nobody wanted to talk about it. It was after Iraq, when people really started to talk about it seriously
@garygubersob3989
5 жыл бұрын
@@haskapaska to be fair I think your referring more to ww1. ww2 they already had a pretty good grip of what battle fatigue was hence why Patton got so much shit for slapping a soldier with ptsd. but during ww1 a man unwilling to leave the trench was often refereed to as a coward and sometimes even shot.
@ldg508
4 жыл бұрын
#Slowwightguy If you survived 30 seconds of what these men went through you would cry to
@jimrenderer6627
2 жыл бұрын
I am so proud of these men for their dedication. I was proud to be a member of the 101st in Vietnam. God bless these men & their families.
@paulflynn6169
Жыл бұрын
Well said.And God bless you and your family , trooper. Respect from Ireland
@jimrenderer2784
Жыл бұрын
@@paulflynn6169 Thank You Paul. It means a lot
@amymichelle1916
Жыл бұрын
Welcome home, thank you for your service sir! 😊 My Grandfather served two tours in Vietnam.
@Frank-jg4tq
Жыл бұрын
God bless you and your family for your service. From New Zealand
@daxmiller35
Жыл бұрын
4:59 is how the entire series starts
@marcin8676
4 жыл бұрын
I am from Poland I live in the USA and I always have tears in my eyes when I see these wonderful brave people.
@klugermann5806
3 жыл бұрын
I have so much respect for the people of Poland. Where ever the Poles served during WWII they excelled and were top notch soldiers, pilots etc. They suffered so many atrocities at the hands of Russians as well as the Germans.
@LondonPride25
9 жыл бұрын
These old fellas make me proud. Not ashamed to admit that I shed a few tears watching this. Heroes to a man, and so modest and understated. We can never forget this generation.
@james09995
5 жыл бұрын
It's the onions!!!!! No it isn't....just proud to hear these guys!!!
@dovidell
2 жыл бұрын
All we have of freedom , all we use or know , this our fathers bought for us , long, and long ago - Rudyard Kipling
@american_cosmic
5 ай бұрын
Proud and thankful that I was born early enough to have known and interacted with the ww2 generation - these guys were and are legends, and we should never, EVER forget their sacrifices and their achievements in a time when the world was seeing tumultuous change and bloodshed. We owe those men (and women) so much, more than could ever possibly be repaid. My only regret is not being able to ask my grandfather about his personal experiences in the war - he was in the 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, and he joined up with his unit just before the Anzio landings and finally shipped back home after V-E Day. He passed away when I was very young, so I never got to talk to him about his time in WW2 - and while he apparently didn't talk much about his war experiences, he was proud as hell that he fought at Anzio. Anyway, I miss him, and I miss his entire generation; they are all but gone now, and I think there is a gaping hole in the fabric of society that the "Greatest Generation" once occupied - we will never be able to live up to the sacrifices they made for this country, for its future. We can only do our best to honor them for what they did and try to live our lives in a way that would've made them proud and happy, knowing that the freedoms and the way of life they fought for will live on forever. The very least we can do is keep their memory alive, and teach the younger generations about what these men did and how they literally helped save the world.
@koreyg7674
3 жыл бұрын
Too the men in the 101st Airborne Division REST IN PEACE. They will never be forgotten.
@leadcounsel4869
5 жыл бұрын
I'm a modern combat vet and served in the modern 101st, and I'm a paratrooper as well. I stand in total AWE of these brave pioneers and men of the WWII airborne paratroopers. Seems my service is so insignificant as to what they endured. The casualty list of E Company is staggering. Simply staggering.
@paulshimer1870
5 жыл бұрын
Amen, 82nd here.
@LightYerPipe
4 жыл бұрын
The war your fighting is fake. No disrespect but i think you know what i'm getting at. Try to stay out of trouble if your in Country. Good luck.
@Jb-Raja
4 жыл бұрын
No offense to brother but theirs was a righteous war. They were not intentionally killing women, babies and old people and their goals had nothing to do with territorial gain or oil.
@leadcounsel4869
4 жыл бұрын
@@Jb-Raja I'm not judging morality, but in fairness WWII saw massive carpet bombing operations, 2 nuclear bombs on civilian cities, flame throwers, and other pretty horrific wartime activities.... so let's just be accurate in describing warfare. They did what needed to be done to win.
@Jb-Raja
4 жыл бұрын
LeadCounsel I stand corrected sir. I guess seeing old frail people makes me feel protective of them but then we will all grow old and we ourselves know how we have lived our lives.
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