Band of Brothers Day of Days - What Really Happened To The Men of Easy Company On Their D-DAY Drops?

[@oledahammer8393]

My Uncle Bill Robinson parachuted into Normandy on D-Day. He died when I was 23. I wish I had the courage to ask him about his service before he died. I do not know what company he was with, I just know he was 82nd Airborne. His military records were mostly destroyed in the fire at the national archives in the 1970's. I did get his final payout and must sheet, but it doesn't state much except he got extra pay for parachute jumps and glider duty. He also fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He was also very nice to me growing up and I wish had known him even better than I did.

[@War_And_Truth]

Lovely story, thanks for sharing. My grandfather was in Darwin (Australia) when the Japanese bombed the city with a larger force than Pearl Harbor. He died before I was born unfortunately. I had other family at Gallipolli during WW1.

[@KOHTAOMURDERSDEATHISLAND]

👍👍 It must have been an incredible relief for those paratroopers to go from being alone on the ground to finding their first friendly soldier and then become part of a much larger group that knew where they were.

[@TheBigMclargehuge]

Wow you must be some kind of genius

[@samuelhaber2471]

⁠@@TheBigMclargehugewow you must be some sort of jerk

[@pvtjohntowle4081]

​@@TheBigMclargehugeyou must be some kind of asshole😢

[@bobmarlowe3390]

My favorite scene in 'Day of Days' is at the end when Winters tells Gonorrhea that he's not a Quaker. I always get a chuckle out of that one.

[@davidcoleman757]

Spent a lot of today thinking about those guys. I guess my main emotion was gratitude.

[@sandtiger]

My uncle Raymond Kenneth Billmeier jumped with the 82 near Sainte-Mère-Église. He was one of my heroes. No one in the family knew he had 5 Bronze Stars until after his death. I never got to talk to him after I went to Jump School in 64. All I knew about Normandy was from watching 'The Longest Day' the month before I went to Jump School.

[@War_And_Truth]

That would be wonderful to have such a person in your family. Do you have some keepsakes from his service?

[@sandtiger]

@@War_And_Truth I don't but my brother was named after him and has his bronze stars, I have copy of his 201 file and tried to get more info from the Airborne Museum at Ft Bragg. No luck so far.

[@pointingdog7235]

I can’t say that one man had a more interesting experience in Normandy than the other. Maybe if people were to hear about it they would understand that freedom is not free. 🇺🇸

[@Film21Productions]

8:24 The colonel that Winters linked up with was Robert G. Cole who would go on to win the Medal Of Honor for his bayonet charge "Cole's Charge" near Carentan., Which is actually depicted in the game Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30.

[@Billy_the_Greek]

The Medal of Honor is earned, not won.

[@davkatjenn]

God bless all those guys from Easy Company, the 506th, the 101st Airborne, all the guys on Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword beaches, all the guys who came later, all the flyers who provided protection, the guys who flew the C47s, the glider pilots, the Navy, the intelligence staff, SHAEF, the British citizens who helped them all, all the people back in the US who worked to make this successful and every other person who was involved with the victory the Allies all shared in World War II. God bless each and every one of them and God bless all who were lost.

[@patrickancona1193]

I had 3 great uncles (YUGE Midwest farm family, all 12 had 10-15 kids who had 10-15 kids by WW2) jump that night including my namesake & my cousins who was shot while descending, all national treasures

[@calvanoni5443]

Just found this channel. Wonderful details that would be great to see portrayed in another series!

[@War_And_Truth]

Welcome aboard!

[@LeveretteJamesClifford1955]

The way you do your videos is extremely interesting and informative. Thanks

[@War_And_Truth]

I appreciate that!

[@jonbetbeze4966]

Thank you for that video. You put a lot of time into the research. Great stories!

[@War_And_Truth]

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@ghengriff3600]

Mo Alley was looking at the drop zone upside down because his leg was stuck inside the plane with his body, outside and then landed on top of a glass covered garden wall. Welcome to Normandy.

[@rc_car_adventours]

amazing men...the greatest generation indeed ❤

[@voonyboy]

your pronunciation is great. Your research is amazing

[@War_And_Truth]

Thank you

[@Fater4511]

His pronunciation is terrible: especially st mere eglise and heyliger.

[@110MAN1]

I'm old school, so I think that The Longest Day is such a superior story line. I think those WWII movies from the 40' s through the 70's are the best.

[@spenceramey406]

"A Bridge Too Far" is a superb classic too.

[@JamesBarker-qt3pb]

Except Kelly Heroes lol

[@robertwrightson6455]

Fascinating, great research well done indeed.

[@War_And_Truth]

Many thanks!

[@jstappin]

What is striking to me is how you describe Roy Cobb. I am shocked by how negatively they portrayed Roy Cobb in the series. He definitely deserved better than that.

[@pointingdog7235]

He was actually court martialed for being drunk in Hauganue.

[@altonbunnjr]

History Underground recently played a video of Winters giving a D Day commemoration speech in the late 90s after Saving Private Ryan but before BOB was made. In it he stated that a trooper from F company was the guy who landed near him.

[@War_And_Truth]

That's interesting, I haven't seen that one.

[@DMUSA536]

I just saw it

[@2104dogface]

i was there for that in 1998 Ike's Farm Gettysburg, PA i was in E/506th Reenacted so we were his escorts.

[@patricknoveski6409]

This is incredible. 😢

[@creativereality4212]

Fantastic video! Best one yet.

[@War_And_Truth]

Thank you that's much appreciated. Makes the weeks of research worth it

[@iamnolegend2519]

11:50 imagine all the gear raining done from the sky.

[@Skinny_Karlos]

Didn't know that Sobel jumped on D-Day, let alone be awarded the Bronze star and the Purple heart. Those weren't on his uniform in BoB when he was berating Malarkey in the Market Garden scene.

[@War_And_Truth]

I don't think the writers knew he jumped into Normandy.

[@Skinny_Karlos]

@@War_And_Truth I agee with you that they didn't know but they 'should' have known. That's the job of a researcher - to research, and find out the truth or what happened. I can think of two main reasons for this important piece of information 'falling through the cracks' so to speak. I: The advances in the interweb in the last near on quarter of a century ago may have let lazy researchers think they'd got all they were going to get, though they shouldn't have, if they did, rely on such methods to attain important historcal information - this is all available through the files of the 101st I'd imagine and for some reason they misssed that, and II: Approcaching and interviewing the Sobel family. I can imagine the family not being as interested in having their kin's name dragged through the mud (as they probably expeced and indeed he was) when he died the way he did etc. et al. At the end of the day it's up to researchers to research and in this case they let their side down. End of. They could have/should have found the infromation, it was not their finest hour and I'm sure that Tom Hank and Seven Speilberg were ropable !!

[@Skinny_Karlos]

@@War_And_Truth I agee with you that they didn't know but they 'should' have known. That's the job of a researcher - to research, and find out the truth or what happened. I can think of two main reasons for this important piece of information 'falling through the cracks' so to speak. I: The advances in the interweb in the last near on quarter of a century ago may have let lazy researchers think they'd got all they were going to get, though they shouldn't have, if they did, relied on such methods to attain important historcal information - this is all available through the files of the 101st I'd imagine and for some reason they misssed that, and, II: Approcaching and interviewing the Sobel family might not being as interested in having their kin's name dragged through the mud when he died the way he did etc. et al. At the end of the day it's up to researchers to research and in this case they let their side down. End of. They could have/should have found the infromation, it was not their finest hour and I'm sure that Tom Hank and Seven Speilberg were ropable !!

[@charliegreer4507]

He wouldn’t have had the ribbons on in his M43 field jacket, which is what he wore in the Market Garden scene. He would however have had them on in the scene in Episode 10 when he salutes Winters; in the scene he might have them, I’d have to go back and check.

[@Skinny_Karlos]

@@charliegreer4507 You're quite right, in hostile situations he wouldn't have worn them, - I didn't think of that - my mistake.

[@MicrowaveFork]

this was a great video!

[@War_And_Truth]

Thank you!!

[@michaelhayes9773]

I loved my time in the 101st.

[@seaninness334]

The loss of the leg bag seems a common story but I'd be curious to know what percentage paratroopers landed without their main gear. Thanks for the detailed stories. From the series, I felt it was implied that Sobel did not make the jump into Normandy. I've got a bunch of your video's marked down in my playlists and am looking forward to getting a better feel for the issues with Sobel.

[@War_And_Truth]

Cheers

[@Torsomu]

101st's Chaplin: Francis L. Sampson probably had the most interesting D-day.

[@Nordy941]

We’re the only 2 E Co. members of stick 66 the CO & 1SG? Who were the other 15 guys?

[@War_And_Truth]

They were Easy HQ staff + 5 crew

[@nealjohnson1461]

They all had crazy jumps but we know now the chaos of the jumps in Normandy may have been a God send as it seems had the sticks all landed in their designated DZ’s they would have been cut down. I guess I’ll vote for David Webster as having the most interesting but really all that survived had a story to tell that will not be matched

[@floydfanboy2948]

Like your content dude 😎

[@War_And_Truth]

Appreciate it!

[@-_-----]

20:14 haha "Poupeville" xD

[@captsigsauer]

The picture you have of Webster is actually Haney from Fox Co. who was killed during Market Garden..

[@War_And_Truth]

The only other photo I have of Webster is the one on his book cover. The photo I used is attributed to him many times. But yeah I make mistakes sometimes when there is very little to go on.

[@blakebufford6239]

That's ok man. It's not easy piecing the story together. Great job!!!​@@War_And_Truth

[@michaelpass2176]

Lt Winters was great leader of men.

[@McNasty_101]

Can you make a new segment series about the Real Masters of the air??

[@War_And_Truth]

Ill take a look and see what content there is. Has that been a popular series?

[@usmc4eternitey]

@@War_And_Truthyes

[@KDERBY-hg3dj]

Does anyone know which plane Ed Pepping jumped from. He had told me he was taken off the Co. H.Q. plane and his friend was put on in Eds place.

[@War_And_Truth]

I have heard that story as well. Not sure which plane he jumped from though.

[@KDERBY-hg3dj]

Mr. Pepping himself did not know which plane he was in.

[@Trekpanther]

He'd be too old now, but if they ever remade BoB several years ago, Oscar Isaac would make a spot-on Perconte @22:37

[@joeyhmaldonado]

What ended up happening to Pvt. Roy Cobb? By the end of BoB he was depicted as having PTSD and was drinking quite heavily.

[@War_And_Truth]

I'm about to do a video on Cobb but he was arrested for threatening Lieutenant Peacock and was discharged from the army.

[@joeyhmaldonado]

@@War_And_Truth I can't wait to see the video.

[@Nordy941]

If Sobel wasn’t removed from east he would have been killed in Mehans place

[@kyleshockley1573]

*_The Russian Liberation Army._* _The Vlasovites._ Now there's a name I haven't heard in a long time. Never expected to hear it outside of _Gulag Archipelago._ Or for it to cross paths with Easy Co in Normandy, but there it is. _"The majority of Russians fighting in German uniform surrendered to the Allies as soon as the opportunity arose."_ An important detail that should be kept in mind for anyone talking about "Russian Nazis" during this time, whether Ukrainian or Russian proper. The Soviet Union ignored the Geneva Convention on POWs, knowing full well how this would translate as for their own soldiers taken prisoner by the Germans. The Russians were apparently treated the worst out of all POWs because of this characteristic negligence (and let's be honest --- _malice_ ) on the part of Stalin. Abandoned by their own Motherland while fighting for it, starving to death in rags while prisoners from other nationalities would throw them leftovers and bits to fight over. So their being recruited into German units was a no-brainer for anyone behind the wire and on death's door in a camp. Solzhenitsyn writes about how many of these RLA "spies" being trained for demolitions and sabotage behind Allied lines tended to just play the part while under their German captors' tutelage, but would then toss their equipment in a ditch the moment they stepped into enemy territory and would turn themselves over to whatever Allied forces found them first. For those who made the mistake of "returning to the Motherland" (Soviet side), they were treated the same as other Red Army soldiers who either were surrounded and taken prisoner, or who had successfully advanced too far into the West --- and by extension would see too much of how "the Imperialists" lived on the other side of the Dnieper: Imprisonment for 10 years at a minimum. And in similar _kontslager_ and conditions to what the Fascists had. Given all that, no wonder these Vlasov men up and surrender the second they saw soldiers that didn't have either a Hakenkreuz or a Red Star on their uniform. Salvation from both the Big Mustache as well as the little one.

[@walterschumann2476]

I was surprised about the Russian soldiers on D-Day and the killing of German POWs.

[@michaelpass2176]

It seem that E company was in the front lot of the time.❤

[@johngaither9263]

If Captain Sobel got a bronze star and a purple heart, he must of have been doing something right.

[@Fater4511]

You would get a Purple Heart for anything that punctured your skin on d day. Bronze stars are often given out to officers.

[@turnupthesun81]

Imagine landing only to be killed by a falling supply drop? That’s some bullshit

[@michaelpass2176]

They were scattered over the place.

[@angloaust1575]

The parachutes never had the quick release as the british had Many drowned in the flooded Fields The brits never used reserve chutes saving on weight!

[@Spaceman1968]

Luz’s son said that he switched seats with Cobb because he could barely move from the weight of his leg bag.

[@spenceramey406]

Russian Wehrmacht cavalry collaborating troops during Normandy in June 1944?! Wow, talk about a long way from home. It is a safe bet that these Russian collaborators joined out of mere survival and a high probably of distain towards Stalin's regime. However, did German High Command knew or were worried that, if such units be sent to the Western Front. Significant numbers of these collaborators would just surrender to American, British or Canadian troops when given the utmost opportunity possible? Anyways, immaculate video.

[@War_And_Truth]

I have learned since making that video that the Germans who were ambushed by Winters group on D-DAY (shown in the series) were actually Russians (Ost Troops).

[@johngaither9263]

My sisters equestrian instructor in Denver was a German cavalryman named Arnold Von Behnenstom. He was an officer in the Wehrmacht and captured during the Normandy campaign. He was in a motorized unit by 1944.

[@SienFien]

Bull Randellman didn't he fight the Germans for three days all alone?

[@War_And_Truth]

He wasn't alone for 3 days.

[@kcmerced9512]

"The Longest Day" was an absolute disaster of a film... Ridiculous dialog, terrible acting, and an embarrassment to any and all the men who served and died in Normandy. BAND of BROTHERS was right on... an absolute triumph of motion pictures. BRAVO ZULU to Dale Dye, Spielberg, and Hanks. BOO! to the writers, directors, and producers of "The Longest Day"

[@War_And_Truth]

Well I didnt expect that Lol

[@jonh901271]

@@War_And_Truth I watched it yesterday (free on KZbin) and he's not far off in his critiques of the film. It was a star- (and future star) studded event more than a historical representation of D Day.

[@littleguy6753]

War movies didn't start to show realism until Platoon. It's unfair to criticize older movies compared to what we have now.

[@NickBham]

The narrator said st mere eglise 3 or 4 different ways lol

[@War_And_Truth]

My friend struggles with the French names.

[@bobkohl6779]

Need tonlearn how to preoperly peonounce names especiallt French towns

[@War_And_Truth]

Its difficult when you are deaf and never heard your own kids names pronounced let alone a place on the other side of the world. I know it must be annoying but I'm doing my best to get it right.

[@kevinmoraghan2088]

Benjamin Vandervoort was not a General Officer, how about a little research.

[@War_And_Truth]

Yeah he was a colonel. Has nothing to do with research, at times you just have a brain explosion. Do you never make mistakes with anything in life Kevin?

[@kevinmoraghan2088]

If I was putting history on KZbin I would have checked. Easy to do.

[@jonh901271]

@@kevinmoraghan2088 Why do you feel like berating the person that put a lot of effort into this video is justified. An offer of a simple correction would have been more than enough.

[@AnthonyBerardis-r1p]

Please use a better AI voice or you narrate please.

[@War_And_Truth]

I'm deaf, I cant narrate. Most people say its fine.

[@AnthonyBerardis-r1p]

@@War_And_Truth shit, I am sorry to hear that. Yes it was mostly fine. When it got to some of the French names and something else I can't remember right now. It was pronounce it 2 different ways.

[@War_And_Truth]

@@AnthonyBerardis-r1pIts ok you weren't to know. I am making a note so that I can correct them in later videos.

[@blakebufford6239]

​@@War_And_TruthI think your whole video is Awesome. Don't let critics who probably never created anything get to you. (I'm sure you don't or you wouldn't keep making them!). I know how much time goes into these things and your work is excellent.

[@War_And_Truth]

@@blakebufford6239 Thanks, thats much appreciated. People mainly knock how I pronounce words and not the content so Im happy with that.

[@57hound]

OK, either you have no idea what you are reading, or the narration is AI. Either way, it’s very amateurish, sloppy and disappointing. Your channel has good content, but the number of jarring mistakes in reciting the script really detracts from what you are trying to do.

[@War_And_Truth]

I'm deaf so its the best I can do sorry. I just hope that most people enjoy listening to the story and not focus on the way some of the words are pronounced. When you have never heard the word 'Saint Mere Eglise' its difficult to write it so that it is pronounced correctly.

[@GR-bn3xj]

I don't mind the narration at all. It seemed fine to me. I don't know how to pronounce some of the towns, so if he's mispronouncing them, I would not even know it. It's some great content. It is the only channel i know that gives me new information i don't know about. I have read Ambrose and Webster's book, but this was great hearing about the other stories as well.

[@Film21Productions]

@@War_And_Truth Your doing great! so what if a few words are pronounced funny as long as the facts are facts I'm all here for it. Keep up the good work.

[@Droodog127]

@@War_And_Truth Saint Mere Eglise was said correctly at 16:22

[@War_And_Truth]

Thank you. It must not be too bad or I would get a lot more dislikes I'm sure. I wonder if 57hound does everything with complete perfection?

[@keithhart3689]

My dad quit the NFL in 1942 to Fight Hitler something no current GOP supporter would do, wounded during D Day Operations, survived Americas meat grinder the Hurtgen Forest US 125,000 causalities, only to sent to the Ardennes for R&R and end up in the middle of the battle of the Bulge, 2 purple heart's, bronze star, silver star, one of the First Five Coaches inducted into the PA High School Football Coaches Hall of Fame

[@War_And_Truth]

Sounds like quite a man.

[@TheBigMclargehuge]

Leave it to a liberal to find a way to spew hatred in a story about a hero. I wonder how many of your type would go into the military even in peace time.

[@gregmock4417]

I'm a gop supporter and I fought in Iraq. My father was a cop supporter and fought in Vietnam. My grandfather was a cop supporter and fought in world War 2

[@57clc]

Well, this current crop of liberals could never jump out of a plane as the D Day soldiers did, their dresses would fly up over their heads and make a safe landing quite difficult. What democrats have done to the military is a disgrace.

[@jasonchappina8319]

What in God's name is that supposed to mean? Keep politics out of this,pal. Besides,if you want to politicize this, far more Republicans in Congress who are veterans than there are Democrats. They're the real "squad ".