Band Of Brothers - Darrell "Shifty" Powers

Shifty Powers saying good bye to Major Winters. From the episode 'Points'.

[@MartinTraXAA]

Always liked how despite being a dead-eye marksman in a hellish war, Shifty was such a meek and unassuming kid.

[@kbanghart]

Joseph K yes they're just about all passed on now. smh. maybe 3 or 4 left with us.

[@MartinTraXAA]

They rest easy. Hopefully as many as possible of them got the good life they deserved.

[@MikeRoberts1964]

Most of them went on to live pretty ordinary lives, which in a way IS the life they deserved.

[@zeffmalchazeen3429]

when hoobler was going from foxhole to foxhole, he teased shifty saying "he be run out of money". But shifty smiled and said that is father was way better than him

[@easyas2plus2]

@Maraak Well said. Meek doesn't mean weak.

[@sluggoII]

I loved the scene where they drew Shifty's name out of a helmet so he could go home early. And Shifty's name was the only one in the helmet...

[@davidmorin6667]

These guys were tough, why they didn't drop like rocks when parachuting with them brass balls UNBELIEVABLE, GOD bless them all🐱🇺🇸

[@TheBiakko]

Fun fact, he ended up being the last one to go home because of his incident on the way back.

[@taroman7100]

series has so many great moments tenderness and irony

[@peterlonergan]

@@TheBiakko how is that a fun fact? And your only repeating what winters said on the video.

[@nickynat1186]

@@peterlonergan He referred to as it "the" incident, referring directly to the incident Winters described. It's a fun fact because shifty ended up having to stay in Europe even longer to recover. A lot of wounded were able to recover back in the states. Winters said he was in a bunch of hospitals, but didn't specify where. Don't be a dickhead

[@TVaughan667]

The first words from Major Winters, "Do you have everything you need?" Again, the absolute essence of a great leader. RIP everyone.

[@timothyball3144]

An9ther sign that he was a good leader is that his men felt that they coykd open up to him.

[@hoot2416]

What I love about this scene is Winters stopped what he was doing, got off his chair, and stood listening to Shfity. A major doesn't really have to do that for an enlisted man but Winters did it out of respect.

[@francisharry2196]

I noticed that too. The major stood up to listen and talk to one of his nco's. Say's a lot.

[@ardshielcomplex8917]

All good Officers do.

[@boscodog4358]

A real Officer and a gentleman would stand.

[@claygabhart8422]

Every leadership school I attended, from PLDC, to BNCOC, to ANCOC, to the 1SG Academy always stressed how to listen when a subordinate had something to say to you.Stop what you're doing. Look at them. LIsten to them. Let them know they matter and you're as concerned with their welfare as they are. MAJ Winters was a rare leader indeed.

[@TheREALOC1972]

At that point in movie and their lives It's wasn't about officer and enlisted, they were brothers who had been together through hell, blood and guts together for the last 3 and half years. Winters wasn't saying goodbye to one of his enlisted soldier, he was saying goodbye to one of his brothers.

[@davidrendall7195]

My favourite Shifty story from the book was at Bastogne - one morning he told the officers that a tree two miles away on the German side of the lines hadn't been there the day before. Now he's pointing to a forest of thousands of trees, in inclement foggy weather, he's cold, hungry, they're surrounded and the stress levels are on the high side. And he says one tree in a forest doesn't look right. His officers would have been totally within their rights to question Shifty's state of mind and dismiss his intel. But they knew him as a sober and observant solider so they call up an artillery team with long range optics. They watch the tree for an hour or so and discover it's an 88mm flak gun which has been well camouflaged and worked into position to dominate that side of the lines. They call in artillery fire, of which there was precious little to go around, and destroy the position, all because Shifty reckoned one tree two miles away in a dense forrest hadn't been there the day before. That ain't down to his training.

[@MrJackWorse]

this is so badass! thanks for sharing!

[@dissolution9843]

Guy got a crit on his perception check.

[@Trapster99]

Quite, un-assuming, decent fellow who had a keen eye for observation. Fellows like that are rare, and they are the ones that bring the rest of the Division home.

[@Xingmey]

@@MrJackWorse and totally made up....

[@OverlordARG]

@@Xingmey how would you know?

[@bluehornet6752]

Damian Lewis is an incredible actor. I seriously doubt that anyone could have played that role better than he did. Amazing.

[@korintheministries2020]

A brit playing an American :)

[@one7decimal2eight]

Pauly Shore could have done it.

[@mcahill135]

What a privilege it was for these men to portray these legends of World War II. They all did a wonderful job. Mr Lewis was excellent in the role of Major Winters. I’m with you on your comment Tom B.

[@samiam619]

@@one7decimal2eight Pauly Shore couldn’t play the part of Pauly Shore.

[@erselley9017]

​​@@korintheministries2020 I think he went a little heavy on the American accent with the "Come innnn". Sounded like my granny who lives in the sticks when I come to visit lol.

[@BobPapadopoulos]

Darrell Powers was a good man from right here in Southwest Virginia. Had the honor and good fortune to meet him once and he was as fine a man as I ever met. A true gentleman and a real hero. RIP Shifty.

[@krisanderson111]

God rest his sole

[@williampoff3096]

He was a TRUE VIRGINIA HERO, from the REAL VIRGINIA, the Southern Blue Ridge Mountains!! Floyd County Virginia is my home, MOUNTAIN PROUD!!

[@lawfighter61106]

One of the Commonwealth of Virginia’s finest sons!

[@us-Bahn]

I think coursge is doing something that goes against your instinct to survive & against the fear that holds you back. And if this act is for a greater good beyond yourself you will be called a hero.

[@michaelhayden725]

What I really appreciated was his perceived inability to explain his part in the Army and killing his fellow humans. If you read the history of the Easy men who survived he had some difficulty readjusting to civilian life. In episode 10 we meet his son and daughter they were so proud, so full of love and respect for their father. RIP all Easy Men! Thank you for your service to all of us born after 1945!

[@DeltaSniperZRR]

"I just don't rightly know how I'm gonna explain all..", his family said that Shifty never spoke about the war untill the late 90s, because of the book and series Band of Brothers. He really couldn't explain what he had seen during the war. Sad, but understandable.

[@michaelecu11]

That's a really nice story about Shifty and I'm glad he is remembered well by someone who knew him personally. You're a good man Skittles.

[@kbanghart]

Lt Mojo Risin with all the PTSD these guys suffered, while they were dreaming at night or otherwise, and their spouses suffering with them, it's not surprising at all that so many didn't want to talk about it.

[@SiliconBong]

Grew up in a small new zealand town in the eighties. used to hear old guys mumbling the strangest things when the were walking home from the pub, sometimes they'd yell out something.. ..and be told to fuck off home; the war's over grandpa. On a happy note the local cop knew most of their walking routes and would be there to knock the snot out of any punk who showed gross disrespect.

[@DevSolar]

And then picture all the other men, who fought and suffered just the same as the brave men of Easy Company, but found out they were fighting for the wrong side and the wrong things. The same PTSD, the same problems with those back home who didn't understand, only that this "home" they went back to was a destroyed country, and whatever respect they would get would have to be double-checked for whom it came from, because most of the time it would be the wrong kind of people -- Nazis. No hero's welcome. No veteran day. No wearing the uniform again on the streets and getting some respect for it. Just the nightmares, and the bad conscience for having been "the bad guys", rubbed back in with every book and movie and game made about that time period. Note I am not making excuses for those who murdered and raped and plundered. But there were "mighty fine soldiers" among the Germans just as well, and they had to hold their mouths about what they had seen, the comrades who died, and never got any compassion for it.

[@s.sestric9929]

@DevSolar Stop humping the Nazi war machine. Given the crime against humanity they did, they got off easy.

[@aceofbassmoore7093]

i saw the real Shifty in an interview where he said..."you know...it's too bad we were at war with those german fellas....i know that some of them woulda' liked to maybe go huntin' and fishin' with me..."

[@davecrupel2817]

As he said on the show, he thought about that often. Hell, i was born in 1994. And even I think about that. How many of these guys, German, American, whatever, could have been great friends, were it not for the war? (Probably not all that many due to distance of worlds, in all realism. But point stands) How different would the world be today without ww2?

[@gammadion]

@@davecrupel2817 It should be known that 90% of the Americans who stormed the beaches of Normandy had German ancestry. It was a brother war and there were no winners, not really.

[@Ligierthegreensun]

I wonder if he would have felt the same about the Japanese soldiers. It always seems like white washing to say the Germans were similar to Americans and English soldiers. The myth of the good guy Wehrmacht seems to persist.

[@davecrupel2817]

@@Ligierthegreensun "White-washing" Choose your words wisely. And i wouldn't call the Wermacht the "good guys" per se. I would sooner call them the innocent majority. If only cause i have no better a term. But i WILL call the SS the "bad guys." Because they took national socialist phillosophy into their personas. And made it a part of who they were. Thus making themselves inherently anti-humanitarian. Which is good enough to be considered evil in my book.

[@Ligierthegreensun]

@@davecrupel2817 Thanks but I'll use the language I want, and especially when it's a normal phrase. And the myth of the Wermacht being the "innocent majority" is bullshit and has been debunked by historians.

[@echohunter4199]

I spoke with Shifty a couple times in 2005-06 while he and the other Vets visited Germany and I was in a WWII living history group made up of about a dozen Active Duty Army Infantryman. I stood around a fire barrel at an old castle where we talked for over half an hour about sniper stories and techniques we used since I had recently returned from Iraq and I fought in the Gulf War in 2/502d INF Regt, 101st ABN so we had lots to talk about, we laughed a lot since we always try to remember the funny things while doing our best to cover the bad things we experienced. Shifty even had a couple cigarettes with the men and we talked to him as if he was just another Infantryman and we all chewed on the same leather.

[@frankm2588]

Great scene, in "Shifty's War:The Authorized Biography" of him (written after his death with the cooperation of his family & based on phone interviews of him & conversations with other members of Easy Company), Shifty adds to how he was going to explain: "The things I've done. The things I've seen." Winters says: "You're a hell of a fine soldier, Shifty. There's nothing you need to explain." Then he salutes, and the book goes on: "The major returned the salute, then, to my surprise, held out his hand like a man might to a friend. We shook."

[@owenedwards6648]

Two wonderful actors in a terrific, underplayed scene. The "silent" bond between two combat veterans, an officer and an enlisted man, is so strongly felt.

[@retroroy8720]

I actually got to meet Powers in 2005 back when he was still with us. He was a great guy and he will be missed.

[@JimBobBobJimmerson]

Easy were all fine men, and as a family member I'm admittedly biased, but having known Shifty I have no doubt they picked the most deserving. He was as fine and humble a man as you could ever dream of meeting, and for all his accomplishments had a demeanor that would leave anyone he talked to forgetting they're talking to a literal hero and simultaneously like they're the most important person in the universe. You could both be in a room of 50 movie stars but if he was talking to you it was 1-to-1, no distraction, and they didn't matter. I'm proud to share blood with him, no doubt, but not half as proud as I am to have been able to spend time and get to know him. I wish everyone had gotten the chance to realize that, for all the good he did in a soldier's uniform, he was just as fine if not better even without it. Godspeed, Cousin.

[@novadhd]

One of my favorite characters. "Im not a good shot. My dad , now he could shoot the wings off a fly."

[@RemoteViewr1]

I don't think I have ever watched a scene where the unspoken words outnumbered the spoken words. Thoughts and feelings so deep and dense that the pauses were the only possible expressions to rendering meaning. Terrific film in all regards.

[@AVweb]

Like so much in Band of Brothers, this scene is acted and shot with great skill and subtlety. I'm not sure if you'd had to be in the military to see it, but Winters (Damian Lewis) shows a feel for military and human courtesy when stands up as the dialog progresses. At the end, he bothers to offer a proper, erect military salute, not the sloppy wave so many might have done. I love watching this scene.

[@dons1932]

AVweb I'm glad I'm not the only one who notices that specifically, as well. As soon as Shifty states why he is there. BOOM. The cap goes on that pen and he instantly puts aside what he's doing, to return the respect that Shifty has taken his time out to come and give him.

[@darkspeed62]

OMG, yes! When he stands up... wow! Says it all, really. He just gets it! He understands what his men went through, and he was a true soldier himself!

[@rosshilton]

Such good comments here, I am glad that people saw what I saw. These were men.

[@kbanghart]

@@rosshilton just like men today

[@sysjls75]

A genuine nice guy. A good friend of "Wild Bill" G. Over the years, I talked to him several times at reunions and on the phone. I met him by accident at the VA hospital in Johnson City, TN. I visited him twice at his home in Bristol, VA and even shot pistols in the back yard. We were separated by more than a few years. He being WWII and me being Vietnam. What counted was that we were all airborne of the 101st. The movie didn't do him service with his military ribbons and array.

[@MrDefault08]

And no-one did you guys service after Vietnam.. Thanks for all you have done for us, hope you are doing well. You all deserved so much better.

[@rsbreth]

@@MrDefault08 Yeah - you guys are as much of hero's as these guys. Salute.

[@huey148]

Yeah no shit, because you guys came home and got the shaft and fought for changes is why those of us returning in later conflicts got the red carpet laid out, respect brother

[@sysjls75]

We did not get any real recognition in WI until they had an official gathering in 2011. A three day event in Green Bay, WI. I wound up selling beer for the 82nd ABN Association.

[@joelsys_75]

@@rsbreth The guys I talk to who served in Iraq and Afganistan say the same thing. We did a year in Vietnam and my friend Andrew did seven deployments in Afganistan? Thanks!

[@Bayan1905]

My Grandfather was in the 82nd, jumped into Normandy, later into Holland, survived the war and went to be a milkman. He was one of those guys you knew was tough without having to say it. The crap these guys went through during WWII was amazing.

[@timf2279]

Truly appreciate your grandfather's legacy.

[@jeffreyadams648]

Soon to be gone through, yet again.

[@JS-ob4oh]

Very common among war veterans: they just don't know how to explain what they went through and do not think anyone would believe it even if they could explain it. I knew my neighbor for over 30 years before he mentioned in passing only once that he was a veteran of WW2 and was at Omaha Beech on D-Day. He had that faraway look and I could see he was struggling to put into words his thoughts. In the end, all he could muster was, "A lot of my friends died on that beach." And from then til the day he passed away he never ever spoke about it again.

[@Deathshuck]

Did anyone notice how the scene begins and ends with the exact same shot? Wow.

[@wartimeproductions335]

The feet positions are different.

[@caldarilogi]

the beginning he is at a relaxed standing position the end he is doing a proper parade rest

[@nyykSIUUU]

Damn

[@michaelhayden725]

The actor who portrayed Shifty did a great job. In this scene you really get to see the real man. One who grew up in Virginia, a small town country boy who could not explain why or how he had killed fellow human beings! The interview with the real Shifty where he talks about them having a lot in common supports this idea. So yes a great scene!

[@pac401]

Shifty was played by Peter Youngblood Hills.

[@jonathanbirch2022]

Matt Damon was incredible in the role

[@carolnelson9269]

​@@jonathanbirch2022Not Matt Damon.

[@JimBobBobJimmerson]

His accent's a bit off from our southwest Virginia drawl, but he did a pretty accurate job portraying Shifty's soft demeanor.

[@russelljohnson7067]

I thought Shifty Powers explained everything very clearly when he said " the German soldier was just doing what he had to and were just doing what we had to do, under different circumstances we might have been friends. "

[@hux2000]

"That man and I mighta been good friends, we mighta had a lot in common. He mighta liked to fish. He mighta liked to hunt."

[@timothyspearman9347]

Shifty did live to a ripe old age. One of the last in fact.

[@JR-vi4rl]

I watched this entire series more than once. This is the scene I remember most. RIP Mr. Powers.

[@Mike-iq5sr]

This was defenitly the most emotional scene for me. Man,....the world needs more shifty.

[@litorres4125]

They salute winters out of respect They salute sober cause they have to

[@balriel7229]

Dj Tapatio cant they salute drunk?

[@litorres4125]

The Great Ammuraf they can, but auto correct won't let them.

[@mdcraig62]

"We salute the Rank, not the Man."

[@bullmilk]

Plenty of the men afterward attributed their survival to Sobel's training.

[@ArcangelGamingEntertainment]

Absolutely true. He might not have been cut out for combat. But in terms of holding his men to a high standard and preparing them for combat, he was probably one of the best

[@RichardSmith-eo5xw]

I have watched this scene, over and over again. ''Its been along time, i dont quite rightly know how im going to explain all this''. It gets me every time . What do you say. How do you go home , and explain the human life you have seen lost. Blood , guts, of good strong men. How do you explain the togetherness, the brotherhood that only takes part in combat. Beautifull scene. To this day its the best war film / series I have ever watched.

[@Lethaone]

I literally started crying when I saw this for the first time

[@KKG51]

And I cry every time i watch it

[@anthonylegore1517]

I well up at the end scene, when the men are playing baseball. Winters recounts how each of the men "made their way as best they could" after the war. Those men were my father's generation, and he served in the Rainbow Division. He might well have crossed paths with these men, as he was assigned occupation duty in Austria after the end of hostilities. I think of how my own father had the same experiences that alternatively haunted or blessed these men of Easy. And it will hit me that way every time I watch it. RIP to the men of the Greatest Generation.

[@edsteadham4085]

Ensemble acting at its finest. At the center of course is Damian Lewis. How did a british born actor so perfectly capture the bearing the language the walk....the very essence of a mid century middle american. Just astonishing. One day for one minute I want to look half as cool as lewis does when he stands up straight and salutes. One of the greatest roles by one of the greatest actors ever. But I'm sure the real Winters was even cooler.

[@SantomPh]

when being interviewed about his BoB experience he kept Winters' accent and posture, no less. Even when being interviewed about his other work at the time.

[@reddeadbret4218]

remarkable acting, you can tell even though Shifty has probably wanted to be home ever since he left, now he has the chance, he's in two minds whether he should actually go. And you get that impression without him even hinting towards it.

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

He got to go home early and he doesn't feel he deserves it. He feels like he should stay with his friends. It's really to bad how things turned out for him. One more good man that bad things happened to. .

[@vichy7661]

These feelings occur very powerfully charged when in the military. The feeling of happiness to be with your blood family weighs on your military comrades in arms.

[@DalleDayul]

It seems a pretty common sentiment for a lot of soldiers. Reminds me of All Quiet on the Western Front when Paul returns home for leave, after living in the hell of the Western Front in the First World War. It's something both him and you (the reader) are meant to look forward to, but instead it all feels... "off". Paul can't keep conversation with his mother, he feels out of place amidst the normality of home, and he despises the jingoism he encounters when civilians realise he's an enlisted man. And so, despite knowing what the Western Front is like, he goes home early. War twists the minds of a person in ways it really isn't possible to comprehend.

[@lacouerfairy]

I love this scene. It really illustrates what that whole generation's attitude. So many of them came home and never talked about the war. They wanted to move forward with their lives.

[@NVRAMboi]

And to try and forget what they'd seen and had to do.

[@Asidders]

Wow. Never really noticed Shifty ever speaking before. The way he talks just adds to his cuteness.

[@JoeInCT418]

Giradox He was a very unassuming gentleman. And the actor who played him in the BoB Series did credit to his character. It had been said, Shifty appreciated the effort the actor went thru to recreate his experiences and love for his buddies. As U may or may not know, Spielberg and Hanks arranged for the actors who portrayed specific Easy men to visit and come to know his namesake, so that he could as faithfully as possible portray the man who was his character. The effort by the actors and the Real Men of Easy were both superb, and each pair formed a unique bond. Many continued their contact after the film was finished. Some even were asked by their families to attend the Real Man's funeral services. My son ran into two of the notable Easy men in a tavern in Philly. He said he was tempted to go over, thank and shake their hands, and pay for their current round of ales, but it was too busy to do so, and he was with work associates.

[@erselley9017]

​@@JoeInCT418 I mean everything I've heard about Bill and Babe leads me to believe that would have been an impressive bar tab for sure.

[@cminksful]

My grandfather was in ww2 he fought in the battle of Okinawa out 350 men only 7 walked away from it. He was one of the 7 he never spoke of the war much either. One thing he stated was he didn't say much about it when he got home was because he came to the conclusion no one would believe him, they would think he was exaggerating. Different times I guess, much respect to that generation.

[@kbholla]

cminksful We will never surpass their greatness unless faced with same hell and live through it as they did.

[@BadgerBJJ]

cminksful when I was in college I interviewed my great- Uncle who was with Patton tank corps and freed the German concentration camps. This was the mid-1990’s, and it was the first and only time he discussed the war. Not long after, he developed Alzheimer’s disease. Perhaps he knew what was coming, and wanted us to know.

[@greggpfeiffer6998]

jason martinez My Dad said the Same thing, he said No One is coming to My country and killing our Moms, Sons, daughters, Your GrandDad, was a Man of Great Honor!

[@SuperChuckRaney]

The paint store I bought paint from in my hometown ... the manager was in The Big Red One. The only thing I ever heard him say was he walked from Morroco to Germany. Immediately after the war he got cancer, beat it and married. That's all he ever said about the war and only one time. Only reason he mentioned it then was my Dad had gotten cancer.

[@uncletio0428]

It was known throughout Easy Company that Shifty Powers was the absolute best rifleman/ marksman throughout all of Easy Company! (A must read is the book about Captain Dick Winters! Remarkable, christian man that had the respect from all of his men!)

[@Tigerheart01]

+S Campbell Yep, he was the designated marksman in any scenario where they needed an accurate rifle shot. Due to his lowly rank (a shame) and his assignment to his fire team in the rifle squad he was never a sniper... though he should have been.

[@darkjak224]

Sniper is just a title. Anyone with a rifle and a good eye (like Shifty) can be a sniper during those times. Nowadays when there's not mass war, and only squads trying to complete objectives, is there time for bureaucratic "sniper" schools/roles

[@SantomPh]

Tigerheart01 in those days they didn't have designated marksmen or snipers, the 501st was a bunch of paratroopers with special skills. Shifty had a good aim because he was a keen hunter back home and one of the few in Easy who was at home with a rifle before training. as a conscript he didn't really relish being in the Army to shoot things, so saying he should have been a sniper is just silly. The likes of Chris Kyle were more akin to this

[@JaredKaiser24]

whats the name of the book ?

[@mailbagman]

Read the book "Shiffy's War", written about him and the life he lived.

[@JeromeGardiner]

My father was captured in the battle of the Bulge. He was without ammo and food and medical supplies and had been shelled for a day and half before his unit company e 423rd Infantry Regiment was forced to surrender. When he escaped the prison of war camp and was discovered by a forward unit USA, he weighed 89 pounds.

[@imapaine-diaz4451]

" youre a helluva fine soldier!" from one who hasn't been there and seen war, it means nothing. from one who has, it means everything!

[@215_Philly_4for4]

Guy who played Shifty got everything down. His accent/voice are on point with how the actual Shifty Powers talked/spoke

[@erselley9017]

Right after this episode aired they premiered the documentary about the real easy company. I didn't catch shifty's name but when he spoke I knew immediately it was this guy. Shifty has maybe 5 minutes of dialog in the whole series but this actor still took the time to nail his way of speaking. 10/10

[@kevinzhang6623]

Nah, the actor does decent but not a proficient job. Liebgott's actor does an amazing job, and Roe's actor does good too.

[@215_Philly_4for4]

@@kevinzhang6623 roe’s accent is stupid hard too since it’s a very specific subset of southern. That Cajun/Louisiana southern speak is mad difficult

[@kevinzhang6623]

@@215_Philly_4for4 That actor probably deserves the most credit then.

[@BensonBMD]

I think that Band of Brothers is the every best series that I have ever seen. I visited the area of of the Battle of Bulge in Dec 2014 during the event honoring the 70th anniversary. Very sobering experience. The Belgian people had decorated the entire town with American flags. Wonderful scene as it was snowing just like the the days of the battle.

[@JoeInCT418]

I agree, Robert. My Dad was a WW2 GI, went through France, Netherlands, Belgium during hostilities, and I think visited Denmark on leave while serving with Gen Patton's Occupation Forces. He was only a Sgt (three stripes), but if you were under Gen. Patton, you polished your helmet, wore your dress shirt with tie, and polished your boots (even Enlisted men, not just officers). Any infraction cost you $3 out of your pay for not being in proper uniform. If the helmet wasn't needed, you wore (what I called in the Army the c__t cap) your Eisenhower cap. At the inception of The Bulge on Dec 17th, my Dad (a Combat Aviation Engineer) was at an airfield near Spa. That was near Bradley's Army HQ, at the north end of the German intrusion into our lines. I was intending to visit my Dad's path during my retirement, but a failed back operation has left me partially disabled since I was 59, and I am confined to home, can't travel far or even drive a car. But I remember my Dad saying he liked the Belgian and Dutch people, and even the German civilians after the war was won in Europe, and respected the regular German Army guys (Wehrmacht, not SS. SS they took behind the nearest rise and shot them because they lost so many GIs killed by SS hiding knives in their boots.) And they liked the Danes and people from Luxemburg, who had their country destroyed twice in 25 years. The Belgians were always very welcoming to our GIs, and our GIs responded likewise. I won't get into what my Dad thought about the French. What he said is not fit to print.

[@daveboyson]

Robert Rietkerk q

[@stewartnicol3028]

Robert Rietkerk Shame that the Belgians, like most of the West, believe that the US forces defeated the final effort of the Wehrmacht in the West. In actual fact (Check this out on Google) Field Marshal Montgomery was given overall command of all the allied forces in the bulge. This was because Eisenhower was in the shit, Bradley was in Luxembourg, Patton was doing his very best but was a day away. Montgomery straightened out the line and prevented the German thrust from reaching the Meuse Crossing.

[@DonMeaker]

Montgomery was almost fired for trying to take credit for the hard fighting done by the Americans. The attack came in Bradley's zone, and as communications lines were cut, Eisenhower wisely shifted command for the north shoulder to Montgomery, but the northern shoulder was jammed shut before the command shifted, and US forces in the north made the Germans pay ~ 18 to 1 for their attacks. The German forces ran out of gas, in part because the resistance on the first day prevented the German infantry from breaking in, and so the Panzers had to fight their way through.

[@stewartnicol3028]

Robert Rietkerk Eisenhower shifted control to Montgomery, not through wisdom but through necessity. Bradley was stuck in Luxembourg in complete denial of the seriousness of the situation. Patton was playing at being the Cavalry rushing to the rescue but without the success we see in the Hollywood version of events. Read Anthony Beevor's amazingly detailed book "Ardennes 1944 - Hitler's Last Gamble"

[@grumblekin]

To get a combat nickname from fellow brothers-in-arms is the highest honor a man can receive....

[@alecs6492]

My grandfather was A. Siudzinski who fought for the Polish first parachute brigade who fought with these guys in Holland. My grandfather will never have a movie made about him but he was just as important.

[@kbanghart]

Amen. They all should have movies.

[@steveweatherbe]

Everyone cannot get his own movie. But the Poles in Normandy and the Canadians in Normandy each deserve at least one.

[@DarkMatterX1]

Lol. The poles "important." Unless you're talkin' about Wojtek the bear, then no.

[@ardshielcomplex8917]

Absolutely, the Polish Airborne stood among the best.

[@ardshielcomplex8917]

@UCAwlvTWcP52BQo4FMnR5ieg Youre out of line, do some homework.

[@kindofawizard8681]

This man alone makes me proud of my small SW VA town. If only we could all be as calm and kind, yet brave and powerful as him.

[@ericscottstevens]

Shifty is like the older men in our neighborhood growing up in the 1970's. The were quiet and went about their business. Once and awhile they would tell a story about their experience in World War II but usually want any unwanted attention. They would readily shake the hand of another World War II veteran no matter the service or rank and you could hear them laugh as they traded stories about 1941-1945.

[@geoffboldison856]

I know they are actors but God bless all them brave men and a big thank you no a million thankyous for all you went through for us all who have freedom and democracy from an old bloke in Middlesbrough England

[@charleslewing5286]

this young man is a teriffic actor, and one of my favorite soldiers in the series. Quiet guy, but always got the job done.

[@Sucka4retro]

When you see the interviews with the real Shifty Powers, their voices and dialect are uncanny! He did a brilliant job portraying shifty!

[@tylerlyons6038]

MY GOD THE ACTING IS NEXT LEVEL ❤

[@illinidave]

what Dick said is exactly right they don't owe anyone anything including an explanation about what went on. Thank you to all of the vets!

[@jusnuts1443]

Back home in Virginia, I didn't have to explain Desert Storm. My Mom didn't ask. Nor did Dad. I didn't tell too much. Thank God. Dad would've understood. He's an Army vet too.

[@yourstruly4817]

Can't really compare Desert Storm to WW2 though

[@jusnuts1443]

@@yourstruly4817 WTF? I wasn't trying to do that! My Dad served during Vietnam. He went to Germany because he didn't wait around for the draft. He volunteered. Just like both of his sons.

[@kbanghart]

@@jusnuts1443 my dad got out of Vietnam with educational deferments. Thank goodness. But he served his time stateside, he was a first responder.

[@lndvideo]

I served between the two gulf wars. So never saw combat. I honor those that fought in any war. I never ask any I meet about the war they fought in, but I'll definitely listen if they bring it up. I feel that is their duty and honor to not talk about war. I can't imagine going thru what any of them have, seeing friends die and still have to keep doing their job. Thanks to you and your dad, glad you both made it home.

[@jusnuts1443]

@@lndvideo You served. THAT'S what's important! Dad and I thank you. We love veterans! Blessing to you and yours!

[@ykkim77]

Hand-shake after the salute. It's very meaningful.

[@mcahill135]

It meant everything I think.

[@lanellbarrett6956]

Thank you for being part of the huge band of brothers who fought for our country, and for the entire world to be free. You stand for so many totally unsung heroes....and we must preserve this country from foreign take over, if for no other reason, out of respect for all of you.

[@brianbaumann5389]

Unfortunately the soft takeover has been had via China and the globalist authoritarian cause. Only a matter of time before we go quietly into the night.

[@ginogina4589]

My father was a great story teller and had a wonderful sense of humor. He spent the war on a destroyer in the North Atlantic. I heard him say maybe 3 sentances about the experience.

[@11Khalid11]

What a beautiful place that is.

[@u.s.militia7682]

It sucks having to leave the guys you fought beside. You’re never all together anymore. Not even at reunions. It’s probably the most horrible thing in my life. It’s also like you’re instantly a nobody when you get back home. It’s something you love that you can never get back again. 🇺🇸

[@ChildinTime67]

My Great Uncle was in the First Marine unit and took part in the first invasion of Okinawa. He saw carnage no Man should ever see. After he came home he never spoke a word about it. Being from a military family I found in my years ( I couldn’t serve because I’m blind in one eye ) that the only ones who speak of their wartime service never saw any action….

[@charleshendrix232]

Not true. Many men speak of it, and many don’t. That attitude, that if they are speaking of it they are likely lying, might be the very reason many stay quiet. I would hope you would see the mistake in repeating such a fallacy? Its just outright FUBAR

[@ChildinTime67]

My “Ones who speak of it” comment was only meant of the ones who did serve and should be proud as well, as should we of them but they constantly remind everyone at party’s, functions etc. A few people that I’ve met come to mind when I say this and it turned out they were in maintenance and administration at an air base who saw no action. I salute them all, but I wanted to bring to light men in my family from WW1 to desert storm whom I know saw intense battle and were able to put it behind them and start a family and a new life. They didn’t brag but I’m sure the nightmares were there. Speaking of experience in asking grandfather’s, uncles etc. they always said the same thing. It’s ancient history. And who can blame them.

[@conraddebassige1593]

This scene had me in tears

[@grassbackyard3825]

Incredibly human moment that seems to fly by in a instant. So much to say, such little time. Proud and happy shifty was able to say something to his commanding officer

[@B17tailgunner]

All WW2 veterans are exactly the same as one another, there all so modest. I've had the pleasure of meeting a few in my work. There all heroes!

[@jimnorthland2903]

Don't miss, Shifty!

[@achillies40]

The BEST series I have ever seen. So well done. I’ll have to watch it again.

[@TangFiend1]

He really was a sweet old man in his interviews. Good man.

[@-C.S.R]

That place is Paradise!

[@andrewmacdonald4833]

Such a memorable scene..you can see how the young solder struggles to makes sense of it all...the war is over for him...the end of a long, exciting but terrifying experience...that the people back home will never understand...it's very powerful..

[@JoeTufanoTheMovieGuy]

RIP Shifty...

[@userjlj]

that background with the lake and the mountain is just awesome!!!

[@troy9477]

One of my favorite scenes. i commented about it in the comments on a different clip. I have said for years that they should show BoB, or at least some of it, in the history classes in school. We can never repay the Greatest Generation, but we can try to maintain the ideals and principles they fought for. Vote in every election- the local stuff affects your daily life more than President or Congress.

[@TheRideBo]

great scene indeed. Shows so much humanity

[@gameram6382]

Amazing scene

[@MrCryptedGamer]

Dang, I had no idea that European people can match American accents so well, I'm impressed.

[@SantomPh]

Thomas C. training with vocal coaches will help. Lewis even did interviews with an American accent to keep it in practice. Similarly no one on the set of Bridget Jones' Diary believed Renee Zelwegger was actually a Texan because her London accent was super on point

[@BobPapadopoulos]

+Thomas C. Shifty's accent is actually quite off in this series. It's more of a northern Shenandoah drawl than a southwest Virginia one.

[@appalachiangunman9589]

Bob Papadopoulos yeah it sounds a little more southern like GA, AL, etc. I live in Kentucky about 10 minutes drive from the Virginia line. People from SW VA talk the same way I do, central Appalachian hillbilly.

[@canadian__ninja]

@Brett Bass I'm sure you know this but you don't win medals, you earn them.

[@jeremyberry9422]

@@Elvanance yes, some people have a knack for it, even if you can't hear them speak, right?

[@2226robin]

“You got everything you need ?” That is how to be a good commander.

[@CHEESYHEAD684]

Their hair back then was so classy.

[@nickz5849]

Hell of a fine soldier shifty. We all are in your debt.

[@kerrykirk9901]

Lived my whole life almost in Virginia. Never met anyone with an accent like that.

[@downhilltwofour0082]

Very few of us ever have the opportunity to find out if we can rise to the occasion when confronted with a real survival challenge. The story of this Band of Brothers who faced that opportunity together. is both amazing and humbling to witness.

[@shawnchief28]

Shifty a great, humble soldier.

[@youtubecommenter37]

Shawn Lambert yeah he’s awesome. What sucked was that he was picked to go home early because of his valor but because of that drunk corporal that hit his truck and severely injured him, he stayed in Europe recovering at a bunch of different hospitals. By the time he got back home, it was after all of Easy Company, except Malarky, had already gone home. Also, while he was unconscious, another Soldier took all of the backpay that was in his back pocket. All his monthly earnings for the entire war-gone. When he came to in the hospital, and found out the money was gone, he tried to report it but there was no way of knowing who did it. And the Army didn’t reimburse him for all his lost backpay. Just a really shitty thing to happen to a great Soldier

[@peterlonergan]

Poor shifty. Never got hit by a bullet the whole war then gets hit by a drunken corporal on the way home.

[@leebh8607]

worse was he had all his pay and souvenirs stolen.

[@davecrupel2817]

@@leebh8607 I hate drunk drivers....so much...

[@AnakinSkywakka]

@@leebh8607 I'm sure if the rest of easy found that corporal, it would've been the same scenario as it was for that other soldier who killed that German pow and British Major.

[@kbanghart]

@@leebh8607 That's horrible. Lucky for those guys who had the ability to send their stuff home as soon as they collected them, and kept safe when they returned.

[@leebh8607]

@@kbanghart Well, there was worse. Veterans who made it back to the States, hitchhiked home and robbed by civilians. are they even human??

[@blueshattrick]

First words Winters says to Shifty: "Got everything you need?"

[@rhondatraywick3724]

Such a powerful series! All gave some, some gave all!

[@caltom1427]

Shifty knows he has been part of something much bigger than himself, alongside the finest men in the world. Going home is bittersweet, as Easy Company will never be together again.

[@benkeel2966]

Imagine the absolute hell these guys shared. For years. Then having to say goodbye❤.😢

[@minnesotajack1]

Watching the series, you didn’t know which old man was tied to which character. Guarniere and Shifty were easy to spot once you started watching the series.

[@erselley9017]

Bill was the first person I recognized immediately. I mean I caught it when he spoke at the beginning of the third episode soley because of what a good job the actor did.

[@thecocktailian2091]

Mt grandfather was a conscience objector when the war broke out. Then Pearl Harbor happened, and he became an Intelligence officer. He was always stationed far from the fighting. Most of his time was spent in England. He didnt speak of his time in the war. He preferred to speak of his jazz band that toured Europe before the war. A very kind man, not meant for war.

[@alecs6492]

God bless Shifty Powers.

[@lawfighter61106]

Most powerful scene in the whole series.

[@screenwriter44]

Yes, this and the ending on the baseball diamond. Wow.

[@jamesbarker2567]

@@screenwriter44 Makes Me Tear Up Everytime

[@jamesbarker2567]

@@screenwriter44 I Well Up Just Thinking About It

[@milaskilathelab]

I don't think we will ever understand what anyone in that time period went through... Ever. It's just a part of their lives that's been closed

[@jhogan1960]

This scene reminds me of my Uncle Bill. He too was from Virginia and went to Europe, even though he was a farmer's son and could have avoided service. I live in Norfolk and know where Shifty worked. I pass it every day. Norfolk Navy Yard in P-town, VA.

[@sethjr9815]

There was a guy named shifty in my unit in the mid 2000, great bloke

[@xen70]

What a scene and what acting!

[@r6iqmain498]

This scene and the end had me tearing up 😥😢

[@Casca-su3ty]

When you leave the service seems like you loose your family your brothers your way of life your world. I went back to the world ive never been able to click i miss the army my home for 26 years. I miss my brothers

[@jusnuts1443]

Another fine Virginian! Salute! I kinda partial to Virginians, since I am one and I served in the Army. But I wouldn't be worthy of holding Shifty's boots!

[@golach420]

An amazing series. Pulls at your heart strings.

[@jamesbarker2567]

Defintly Certainly Does

[@davidschick6951]

It was a shame what happened as Shifty tried to make his way home. He got into a vehicle wreck, severely injured himself, all his money and loot were stolen (probably by other GIs). Still, an incredible man.

[@brndnwilks]

The U.S. was diminished by the passing of Darrell Powers.

[@andrewg.carvill4596]

It takes a special kind of leader to listen silently like that. The kind of silence that doesn't just mean mouth shut, but also ears open. LISTENSILENT. Funny, isn't it?

[@angelnavarro4618]

They where men of conscience, today is different.

[@TM-fy5ym]

Hard times and hard Men! Much RESPECT!

[@lordec911]

Shifty Powers was the WW2 variant of the earlier Alvin York. Maybe had diferent accomplishments but was the dutiful soldier that overcame incredible odds.

[@mturker100]

The real Shifty Powers never bragged about what he did and was a quiet man who you wouldn't look twice at on the street, but if you fucked with any one of his brothers... You would disappear from the world and he'd do it without saying a word. A man who could speak volumes and never say a word. Much respect.

[@kevinzhang6623]

Lol, no he wouldn't, he's not that weak. As a combat soldier, he actually has self control not to jeopardize what he has to lose, unlike idiots looking for an excuse for a fight - homeless, drug addicts, cowards, wannabes of the sort.

[@bristolwill]

Excellent scene, probably my favourite of the entire series.

[@alexvillefarol7220]

A melhor série que já vi em todos os tempos ... Brasil acima de tudo abaixo de Deus... Obrigado a vcs americanos por ter entrado nesse conflito 👏👏👏

[@Anthony-df4bs]

I'd have to say this is my favorite scene from the entire series.

[@jamesgordonpatterson1753]

I have seen this series so many times... Another unspoken scene was the time COL Sink wanted them to do another snatch and grab of German soldiers. Major Winters told them they would go across, bla bla bla and report in the morning they did not find any prisoners. The camera then went to the new LT from West Point... he got it.. he nodded. Winters was tired of stupid missions that got soldiers killed.

[@samiam619]

@@jamesgordonpatterson1753 And the kid actor is Tom Hanks son.