Green Berets React to Band of Brothers

[@mattb8961]

The Doc wasn’t pulling bone fragments out of the private’s leg, it was wood splinters from a tree burst.

[@jsandlerxphoto]

In fairness, doesn’t make him any less of a badass cuz that would still hurt like a bitch.

[@ScarriorIII]

@@jsandlerxphoto Biggest freakin splinter ever.

[@mattb8961]

@@jsandlerxphoto No doubt he was a major bad ass. My uncle was in the 9th Infantry Division during the Battle of the Bulge and was hit by a tree burst. He was shredded from the back of his legs all the way up to the back of his neck. War was over for him after that.

[@PillarOfWamuu]

@@mattb8961 Reminds me about 1700 naval combat. People say big cannon balls would not kill many crew but the splinters it created smashing through the hull basically created shrapnel you would get from modern day bombs.

[@ericsantucci6934]

Yeah, either way he still has balls of steel to refuse the morphine.

[@patriciaburkell8024]

They grew up during the Great Depression, most worked to help support their families. These men fought WWII and then went to work paying off 30 year mortgages the hard way, in steel mills, coal mines, driving taxis. They understood that happiness is a paycheck and a family. They expected nothing and fought hard for everything.

[@kevinh9110]

Lol, taxis and basic labor is a luxury compared to what they did during WW2.

[@patriciaburkell8024]

@@kevinh9110 Those men raised me. Ten uncles fought in WWII and five took the walking tour of Europe. One was KIA in the Solomons and awarded the DSC posthumously.You have zero idea what kind of work ethic they had.

[@kevinh9110]

@@patriciaburkell8024 Exactly, thanks for proving my point. You know first hand what WW2 vets persevered through and the positive attributes they brought back as civilians. And a regular working class 9-5 job is a vacation compared to what they went through.

[@GinaLola]

Sweetheart Plastics. My Uncle, WWII France. Omaha Beach, at the Bulge, and Bastogne. He came home got my father/young kid/orphan out of a boys reform school. A terrible story in itself, based on greed and abuse. Uncle married a US/Canadian French girl, they had 2 of their own kids and my dad/cold war Army, he was in New Mexico during his early service years/mathematics was his study. He died of breast cancer, they cut him from the underarm to his breast trying to remove it to no avail. Uncle and my father are both passed away. I miss them. I know they are in heaven with my great uncle Tommy, Captain in Navy, flew planes in Pacific off the "Hornet" aircraft carrier, he died at Coral Sea. And maybe my Green Beret if he's interested. But they are on an island, like our family home. Scuba diving for fresh lobster. Hanging out on the beach and steaming clams, mussels, lobsters, and corn on the Cobb. Miller Highlife in the cooler, laughing and having a good time. They deserve it, so I know it's true.

[@RogueCylon]

They had a different attitude to work after that. They yearned for peace. The difference many don’t seem to grasp, including these Green Berets, is that they were under supplied and against a highly professional army, with equal and sometimes better weapons. Victory was not a given, they literally didn’t expect to survive. After the war in Europe they would be faced with a harsh war in the pacific. Surviving the war, as you saw in the ending, all they wanted was to work hard and sleep at night. A different generation. When I grew up in the 70s, I would see many veterans tending gardens, sports fields and mowing fields. They were happy and respectful, and when you talked to them, they had an appreciation for peace time. Now the world is forgetting this.

[@orcanimal]

Buck: "The day that we hit episode 10 it's gonna be kind of sad..." Brother, you have no idea...

[@adarkwind4712]

No f-cking kidding.

[@lbca81]

The next one is so difficult

[@mikesloan6928]

I appreciate you brothers, just started my first session of PTSD counseling. It sucked. It's been over fifteen years and finally I'm facing my demons. I love that you talk openly about shit.

[@LeePainter36]

The Officer you got stuck into over the Xmas Message was Colonel Robert Sink, commander the 506th who refused several promotions to stay with hie men, did several combat jumps as a Colonel, so beloved by His Men the 506th regiment was often referred to as the Five-Oh-Sink, I think you can give some slack.

[@marcusaurelius4777]

They weren't talking about him, the guy who was reading the message, and was with the men...they were saying that about the guy, McAuffe, who was the guy who WROTE the message/letter. To be fair, McAuffe got mega shafted by Taylor, the guy actually in charge, as he went on leave right before everything went FUBAR in the Ardennes. It was basically just the most awful time for this to have happened. The guy, Sink, who was telling the men the message, didn't write it lmfao. He was very, very much respected by the men. They were ragging on the General, not the Colonel.

[@airsoftpopcorn]

@@marcusaurelius4777they were talking about the colonel, they just didn’t understand that he wasn’t the one who wrote it. They talked about how they didn’t want anyone to give them a big speech

[@paulhickman2287]

The empty Morphine Syrette was to be attached to wounded's gear at a particular spot so the subsequent medics/doctors would no how many doses the wounded had received so as to avoid overdosing the wounded patient.

[@przemekkozlowski7835]

In the previous episode you had the scene where Doc is yelling at Winters and Walsh because they lost track of how much morphine they gave to Moose.

[@The2ndFirst]

Yep.

[@marquisdelafayette1929]

I always wondered what happens when you have an absurd tolerance. I always heard that I need extremely large amounts of anesthesia. The one time they said afterwards that they gave me propofol, fentanyl, midazolam, and finally ketamine and I was still fighting it. Local also doesn’t work. I looked it up and apparently studies show people with naturally red hair have a natural resistance to anesthesia.

[@medicroach985]

They also talk about morphine constricting blood vessels but it’s a vasodilator. Big reason why we give it in certain heart attack situations.

[@ryankeyes3101]

In all fairness to General McAuliffe his job was to command the division artillery for the 101st airborne but when the Germans launched their offensive the actual General of the 101st Maxwell Taylor was in Washington at a staff conference so he really wasn’t supposed to be in charge for as long as he was he actually did a pretty good job under the circumstances.

[@ScarriorIII]

He said what he said because there was nothing else he could say. He had no more guys and no more gear, there was nothing he could do.

[@ryankeyes3101]

@@ScarriorIII exactly he was basically saying do what you can and just try and hold out.

[@808INFantry11X]

​@@ScarriorIIIit wasn't exactly the best response he gave but I have heard worse but essentially get the subliminal. Stand your ground no matter what.

[@ed008ue]

BTW, the "Full Bird" that's reading the letter, that's Dale Dye. he is the founder of Warrior's Inc. he is responsible for the Technical Accuracy depicting the Military. remember the movie Platoon, he is also in it and is the Technical Advisor.

[@ExUSSailor]

Gen. McAuliffe wasn't even the division commander, that was Gen. Taylor, who had gone on leave, to London shortly before it all popped off in the Ardennes. Gen. Anthony McAuliffe was actually the division's artillery CO. He was thrown into command of the entire division during their toughest battle. He was the one who, when asked to surrender by the German commander gave the legendary reply, "NUTS!"

[@benn454]

First name Deez

[@chaddnewman2699]

To be fair to Gen. McAuliffe, they were surrounded at Bastogne. He didn’t have any other troops to fill the gaps.

[@rayvanhorn1534]

Really appreciate you guys for not only running this phenomenal series but for what you do. I came in as a USAF flight mechanic on C130s out of Dyess, TAC Airlift at the time. Met some great fellows & made friends with a bunch of guys in the 82nd & 101st doing airdrops at Bragg, Benning etc. Finally had enough of the PC crap that began to infect everywhere so I punched out at 24 in a CSAR unit…I overstayed my welcome. Dad was Marine Corps, Korea veteran…he passed away when I was 10, never got to hear about his service. These men of Easy Co., of that Greatest Generation are my heroes, whom I greatly admire. I grew up listening to my grandfather & great uncles telling a few stories here & there. My Uncle JP was at Bastogne but he didn’t say much, while Uncle Charles was in the Pacific on a destroyer. Grandad was a waist gunner on B-24s & said little other than it was terrible. They were made of the toughest stock…from the Depression Era & lean times. I’ve taught my kids…to never forget what they did. Look forward to next episode.

[@yukonofficialmusic]

Was a 130 loadmaster from 2010-2016 and did a bunch of AeroMed stuff. I know I worked a bunch with a unit out of Oklahoma, and I want to say I worked with some Dyess cats as well at one point and time! :)

[@Rob_F8F]

John Keegan, in his book, Faces of War, interviewed a World War I doctor. The doctor, who saw thousands of soldiers, said courage was a finite resource that could be exhausted like any other resources. The bravest man would need to be pulled from the front for shellshock after expending all of his courage. The doctor estimated that it took about 90 days for that to happen.

[@ForgottenHonor0]

Combat Medics can't get enough love, battlefield angels of mercy for real!

[@FreeBirdVince]

“Don’t put yourself in a position to take anything from your men” -Lt Winters

[@ViperChief117]

Easily one of the greatest war series ever made. I need to go back and rewatch this show myself. XD

[@92naz32]

We demand more Terminal List reviews ASAP 😂

[@mitchpietryga5941]

They actually were on frozen ground. That’s what one of the last surviving members of easy company and the 4th infantry said about fighting in Bastogne.

[@Nkloud]

Ya'll did a great job breaking this episode down. My grandad served in Germany a a medic, he had a CJ-2 he would take out at night to pick up wounded soldiers, he didn't care what uniform they were wearing, he'd bring 'em back to camp. Hat's off to you fellas!

[@MarcoPolo-zc6zo]

My Gramps who was in WW2 said that the difference in his generation was that most of them already went through a ton of loss before they joined. They made is through the depression and the dust bowl before going to fight. It's almost like they were being prepared for the challenges they were going to face overseas. I didn't serve, but my buddies who did 20+ years back definitely stand apart from many who didn't.

[@Tony.795]

The same goes for the other nations as well, very few had it good after WW1. Maybe that's a reason why the german front didn't just collapse throughout the war, especially the eastern front.

[@AMacLeod426]

Love all your content, thoughts, and insights. Thanks to you, and your families, for your service and sacrifices.

[@Rob954ever]

I watch this every Memorial Day and 4th of July. My dad was a Korean War combat vet and this series always reminds me of him.

[@swdw973]

There is a difference in that generation and the current one. My Dad was in the Navy in WWII. Had 2 ships blown out from under him in WWII. Got the Bronze Star for Valor, and the Purple Heart (twice). My father-in-law was in the 2nd Marine Division and was at Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, Tinian and Okinawa. He had a salad bar like you wouldn't believe. He made Sargent in 9 months due to battlefield promotions from the losses they were taking. At Tarawa, he was the only man in his platoon that made it though w/o being killed or seriously wounded. Had everything short of a Silver Star, numerous Purple Hearts, and other medals. He was able to recover between campaigns from his wounds as they weren't disabling. In his 50's he was willing to talk to me when he found out I was a WWII history buff, and new a lot of details about the landings he was in. Helped too that I was in the military (Navy) and my Dad was on the Astoria, sunk keeping the Japanese from bombarding his platoon that night. Both men were humble, and never felt like they were owed any special treatment because of what they'd been through. They wanted what the government owed them, but asked for nothing from civilians. And they were damned proud of having defended their country.

[@ForgottenHonor0]

I really feel like you guys would enjoy The Big Red One! The director was a rifleman in the First Infantry Division in WW2 and made the movie based on his experiences from then!

[@eldritchmorgasm4018]

Is that the one with the WW1 vet being squad leader (Lee Marvin?), in 1 scene he's carrying a child on his shoulders, he ate something, and then he died? If so, that hit hard, but it was filmed kinda weird, they cut away quite fast.

[@rtm27]

​@@eldritchmorgasm4018 oh yeah, that's the one. Starring WW2 Marine Lee Marvin and a young Mark Hamill

[@ForgottenHonor0]

​@@eldritchmorgasm4018The child was a survivor of a recently liberated concentration camp and was more than likely on his last legs. He ate a little food, hung out with the Sarge for a while and passed peacefully while sitting on his shoulders.

[@residentash7578]

My grandfather was a corpsman in the WW2 pacific theater. He had very vivid stories to tell and even brought home a Japanese officer's sword. However, he could not make it through this specific episode. All the calls for medic during the episode made it too difficult a watch. Overall, he had many positive responses to the TV series. Thanks for reviewing this series.

[@zoltangyorgyvarga2930]

Basic infantry doctrine in defense: dig a prone firing position. If you have time upgrade to a kneeling firing position. If you have time upgrade a standing firing position. Than to a fortified firing position. Than start to make a trench to your next right/left firing position (depends on military doctrine) to form an infantry trench. Than keep up by fortify it.

[@Yupppi]

I too loved the interveiws. In fact I loved watching the interviews of the actors and more interviews of the vets, sort of the making of. I can't believe how much effort they went into to get it feel right. To find actors that looked like them, they learned the way those guys spoke, they way they were as people back then, the way they thought. It was such an important thing to everyone involved it seemed like, that they became lifelong friends with the vets they portrayed. Not all the details were matching reality, for story telling they changed some things like Easy visiting Eagle's Nest because it was such a key location to the narrative of the war and gave a nice ending to the show, but everything was so on point otherwise that it could've just as well happened just like that. The vets seemed to be so taken aback from how it turned out, so happy that their story, their prided group of brothers, was depicted in such a proper fashion. In good and bad, the things that they experienced with each other and the relationships in the company. And those men, they were unbelievable. They went through hell from sense of duty and brotherhood and didn't really flinch. I have never heard of a man like Winters. Smart, fit, fatherly, teacherlike, just, compassionate. Took care of his men and led by example, didn't focus on ego. Was down in the dirt with his men and liked it. Like a great leader took all the responsibility and gave all the credit to his men, trusted his subordinates to know their business. And was humble as anyone. One in a generation. And when the useless guy freezes, Winter is already halfway through the field to save his men, knowing that every second without a good leader counts for how many come back. And Spiers was another amazing soldier, damn the balls of steel he had. And like you guys pointed out, I can't understand how medics do their job. They just run into direct fire to patch someone up or so. I couldn't call them cowards even if they stayed in their holes during barrage. I know adrenaline constricts blood vessels, don't know if morphine can do it. But yeah they were feeding the soldiers basically speed, ecstacy in the Winter War as well, not only shooting morphine on all the wounded. There's a crazy story of a guy who hated the whole thing and wouldn't take it, until he realized that he couldn't keep up with the rest if he didn't take it. So he took some stupid amount and was missing for two weeks, had skiid straight through a Russian camp and they had been so shocked and confused that they just watched him going, and they found him with frostbites and wearing some small animal and whatnot. I believe that winter was also the coldest in a long long time when they had to stay in poor non-winter clothing surrounded in the forest. Odd how often military miracle survival stories happen like that, it happens to be the coldest winter in the area just when they're supposed to do their thing. When you guys talk about the bonfire, it makes perfect sense military rations have chocolate. That small piece of heaven for your brain when you're in a rough place. I can probably never stop being surprised by how much a piece of chocolate can do for brain in a rough spot. Like bring people back from shock and stabilize them in some situations and whatnot. I think a big part of the difference between then and now is that it was a generational thing to them. Everyone their age was affected, was part of it. Nobody was spared and everyone had similar stories. You weren't special just because you were a war hero. Your village would have 10 others, the people that lived. And it seemed like after WW2 nobody thought there was any heroism in that war, people were exhausted of the war and glad that it was finally over and rebuilding could start. People were just glad to come back home and happy to get their family members back from the war. And I believe, partially from their interviews, that they didn't go to paratroopers for glory, they went there because they thought that they will have the best guy next to them when fighting so they'll be more likely to survive than elsewhere. Since just about everybody had to go (maybe not in the US? But in Europe for sure) anyway. And sounded like they didn't particularly find it glorious anyway, they just wanted to get out alive so they didn't really want recognition for it either. As far as I've heard vets talk, they always say things like "I couldn't care less about the medals I got and I didn't feel like a hero they said I was, I could give a long list of names that never came back that were the real heroes and deserved these medals". Every time I watch Band of Brothers it starts with a positive atmosphere and a bit of enthusiasm, but bit by bit it just starts turning more serious and then downright sad, hopeless, even upsetting. And when it ends you have this huge emptiness because there was so much emotional loading into it. And they're long episodes, they tell a lot of a story and you focus on it for good bits of time at a time making you buy into it even more.

[@beawitched5252]

This channel and the Sunday funnies make Sundays the best day of the week 👍🏻👍🏻

[@NCalordino]

E7 BOB is amazing. Can't wait for that episode. Speirs was a savage

[@davidlacoste]

"Speirs! Get yourself over here!"

[@juanbriandoyle]

After the 10th episode you have a special episode called "We Stand Together Alone" (that's what Currahee means by the way) in which they interview the veterans of easy company about their journey from basic to the end of the war. Pretty cool episode to see after the series.

[@miSc_dk]

The downside to having an brave medic that takes such risks, is that he if he dies while helping others.. you suddenly left with none at all!

[@gumbomudderx7503]

My dad said when he was in Korea before going to Vietnam, he was on the DMZ one night at an observation post in the freezing winter. They started a fire to warm up even though they weren’t supposed to. A few minutes later a jeep came buy and stopped. A captain got off the jeep and ran up to them telling them you guys aren’t supposed to have a fire out here, and how dangerous it was, all the time rubbing his hands together and warming up by their fire. He said he’s pretty sure he was purposely being long winded just so he could warm up a little longer lol

[@Reggietyler05]

I was an EMT for a level 1 trauma center. Been in the field since 2006. Morphine and most other pain meds are Vaso-dialaters. They will open up your arteries more, decreasing blood pressure. So it's not typical for treating bleeding type wounds. But. It can slow your heart rate, calm you down and take away pain very well. So if I had bleeding under control. But wanted to slow your hr and stop your anxiety and pain from going berserk. You would likely get morphine.

[@marquisdelafayette1929]

Got tossed from a car on 95 and probably only survived because I was 10 mins from multiple trauma centers. Paramedics came and I was conscious but in shock and I remember talking to them for a few seconds than waking up a week later. Wanted to thank the paramedic a few years later after seeing his name in the police report and looking him up on Facebook. I was shocked when he remembered me figured that it’s a major city in the NE and he probably has thousands of calls in his career. But he most definitely remembered and said that he vividly remembered it because he didn’t think I’d make it, let alone walk away a few months later with minimal (relative to the crash) damage. So thanks for your service and saving lives like mine! ❤

[@Reggietyler05]

@marquisdelafayette1929 I appreciate you. As first responders, we rarely get thanks. Our patients are typically unconscious, drunk, or in a panic. But in the hospital setting we may get to see a patient later on upstairs in the rooms or if we work in the ER or Trauma (like i did), we will be lucky to see you walking through our lobby on your way home. But yes. I've handled thousands of cases and saved hundreds of lives. I myself retired after getting hurt, saving two patients' lives on a very bad, low staffed, fourth of July. I injured my back dealing with a 600+lb patient who stopped breathing and soon after kicking in a bathroom fire door of a psych patient who was trying to kill himself. Both, I never got a thank you from. Lol instead. The psych patient cussed me out for saving his life and the 600lb patient I never saw again once we intubated and stabilized her, then sent her to the icu. So I and other first responders love when we get thanks over the usual cursed out by the local drunks and psychs. I'm glad you recovered from your accident. Usually, vehicle ejections don't typically make it. Always wear your seat belt. I've seen too many warped heads and missing limb patients. But, we usually remember. We just don't like to, for most cases.

[@peterferguson8058]

Well.. now you can rest easy Reg.. finally getting the "Thanks" you deserve for "saving" all those lives! What a hero you are Sir 💪. keep stacking up the no seat belt bodies my man.. be that guiding light for us all. If only more of us could be heroic like you... The great Reggie! Three cheers for the great Reggie! Come on lads!... HIP HIP HOREY! HIP HIP HOREY! HIP HIP HOREY! I will personally sleep better knowing you are out there somewhere Reg.. saving us all. Don't ever let someone call you a clown sir.. not with your EMT credentials.. no no. You are much to valuable!

[@JohnZaun]

The 'critique' comment at the end of the video is honestly one of the things I most love about this channel since finding it a couple weeks ago. Since I'm an aspiring writing and someone who wants to write military fiction you guys are honestly one of the best resources and all the stories you've told are so informational and learning more about some of the stuff I have watched with your expertise, I swear I learn something new each time I watch these and you guys do a great job with it.

[@TheApilas]

As a Finn I can relate easily how it is to have to camp outdoors in the military in the winter, it´s cold and sucks most of the time but its something that needs to be learned and experienced due to the climate we have. When digging foxhole when there is ground frost in the winter we used when possible small shape charges (normally used to break the ice in rivers, lakes and sea shores to crack the ground frost to make it easier to dig. The coldest temperature we had daytime during a week long winter exercise was -9,4°F, night time slightly colder :)

[@ohcaptmycaptain669]

I’ve seen this series probably a dozen times and never understood the significance of that fire scene until you guys put it into perspective for me.

[@marcoosvald8429]

Sometimes with the things you guys cover or say, the memories come flooding back. Thank You for the ride. AIRBORNE

[@davidchamp9348]

I love your reaction to Band of Brothers, I like how you evaluate what you would do differently? How they made mistakes and drove on with a hard on! But everything you boys learned was because of people that died and the mistakes they made! I was a Combat Engineer from 84-90 I went and graduated Jotc in Panama! Spent 3yrs in Germany when the Wall came down. Every drill sergeant in Basic was a Vietnam Vet. My Grandfather served in WW1 as a Master Sergeant , he worked for GE on the Patriot Missle, so the reason for him and the Greatest Generation of WW2 leads to multiple wars that everything you know as a soldier were from lessons learned, everyone that can max a PT TEST IS SPEACIAL FORCES! just take a breath and Respect! Your both young and I understand that! But I honestly like and subscribed to your channel thank you for your service I will continue to watch

[@andrewsmith9174]

The paratroopers and some of the first wave troops had individual medical kits with the morphine. That was to supplement the supply the medic had because some of these troops weren’t getting resupplied anytime soon. So we see the medic gathering up personal kits to help with the triage.

[@przemekkozlowski7835]

This is my favorite episode of the series. Bastogne was probably the 101st Finest Hour but the series shows it through the viewpoint of the medic trying to desperately help anyone he can and having to deal with losing so many people. No heroic combat and mowing down hundreds of Germans for him. Can't wait for the next episode reaction and your view on how it deals with officers and leadership.

[@johnnyboy6707]

Going to what you said in the beginning about the way they sound discussing their experiences vs soldiers now…I’ve never been in a war, so I really don’t know, but I just get the impression that war was a lot more “raw” in the way it was conducted compared to now. For example, I can’t imagine something like the carnage that happened on Omaha beach happening in this day and age.

[@Pegasus_p12]

A lot of raw shit happens in modern war and the gwot

[@knndyskful]

Keep the band of brothers content coming; I look forward to the later episodes when they’re at the eagles nest swimming in the lake

[@joshbates241]

the whole thing about the morphine was, Inquired soldier were killed sometimes because in the confusion, a medic would pass by a casualty quickly triage them and if he wasn't priority during an attack the medic could give him his morphine to help relax the soldier. The issue is the 2nd medic finds him and does the same thing, then the field hospital gives him more, and soldiers who had treatable injuries were dying from overdose. So I don't know if it was training or someone just came up with it. but pinning the used morphine was to make sure higher care knew how much morphine was given same idea of writing the time on a tourniquet.

[@anthonymanzo6848]

Always a good day when you guys drop a new video 🤟🏽

[@troyallen2574]

Love seeing Band of Brothers and The Pacific for sure. I think the next episode you do of The Unit will quite intense if I remember my episodes correctly.

[@folkengames]

03:51 I love Nixon. Dude did NOT want to be there. He was battling Germany + Alcoholism at the same time. He was miserable! But drag him out of his foxhole after a night of walking the perimiter of Bastogne and he's got a relevant report for you. What a dude.

[@dirtygrunt]

Stand to is actually done twice a day 30 minutes before to 30 minutes after EENT and EMNT (early evening nautical twilight and early morning nautical twilight). The type of fire you're referring to is called a Comanche fire.

[@chaddnewman2699]

My great uncle was a replacement at the Battle of the Bulge. He was 18 years old. He was on a patrol and decided to hit a snow covered pine tree with a stick, to watch the snow fall off. The Germans saw the tree and hit them with artillery within a couple of minutes. He lost a good friend. He was still dealing with this 50 years later, when I was a young soldier. RIP, Uncle.

[@TheFleahost]

Some of the medics I served with bordered on reckless with their total disregard for their own safety to help others. We kept a close eye on 'Doc' and let him know we needed him up to keep us up.

[@yodawg3469]

The Pacific was good too along with the 80's Tour of Duty.

[@jcm028]

Literally watching this right now and just finished that episode. My girlfriend has never seen it (I have no less than 15 times) so I had to marathon it with her. It's the BEST!

[@nicholasmodzinski2528]

Thank you guys!!! As always love your Point of View!!

[@mikenorton632]

The medic was pulling wood splinters from private Sisk's leg not bone fragments. The scene with the general was a Hollywood plot device to emphasize to the audience how desperate the situation the was at Bastogne.

[@niemabuggy]

When y'all got upset at the guy asking them what they need then "oh well" walking off. I was LIVID seeing this and hearing you guys made me do that gif where he slams his hand on the desk yelling THANK YOU.

[@conamer6738]

We did two man foxholes with overhead cover and grenade sumps, a troth that ran along the length of the front of the foxhole.

[@fleetman2021]

Make the final episode a 2 hrs journey. All will agree

[@FreeBirdVince]

Nice timing! I just finished watching the whole series again

[@MrZaleks]

Just love BnB specifically with those two fellas. Enjoyed all the way, not skipping single episode. I’m subscribed to 70+ channels, and just few are real . And on the top of the list is Beers and Breakdowns

[@macgriggs9350]

So to answer your question about the morphine thing. Morphine has an effect of vasodilation (making the veins relax and open up) as well as its pain control qualities. Therefore it actually causes a drop in blood pressure (which with a bleeding patient is bad). This is why combat medics now mostly give ketamine, which has very little effect on blood pressure. Morphine does not have any coagulating effects at all. Today we give a drug called TXA that does do that. But it doesnt have any analgesic properties. The only way morphine would help that I could think of is it reduces the bodys pain response to keep the guys heart from beating fast and causing him to bleed faster (just like you said about the whole not telling them their member was blown off). Maybe the vasodilation effect and drop in blood pressure would help with that too, but i just dont know. I really feel like this guy could be misremembering a little bit but id have to hear his story. Our understanding of combat medicine is still evolving really rapidly. Even things that we thought were cutting edge just a few years ago have changed dramatically. Imagine how much its changed since 1945.

[@williamflowers9435]

I always took it as he was implying that the morphine kept him from going into shock, which is kinda what you said. Maybe he thought it worked like a local anesthetic instead of going into the blood stream.

[@MichaelLeopold1]

Now my Sunday is complete

[@infraRedRidingHood]

What an Awesome experience this was after a red hot day here in Yorkshire i love this channel

[@IzzyManDude]

Can't help but think that General McAuliffe's reply to his counterpart was that time's polite way of saying, "Fuck you," and, "Come and get 'em."

[@freebrook]

18:56 Its my understanding that it wasn't bone, but actually shrapnel or shards of trees in his leg, but is def set up to make you think its bone in the beginning.

[@andyb9763]

As usual, great episode, gents. Glad you've been doing this series. Looking forward to "The Pacific" too.

[@michaelmutphy9077]

I enjoy listening to you guy critique these shows. I learned from Kirk about Fox river socks. Bought some and love them. Also leaned about Solomon shoes. They go great with my socks. Now I need a nice bottle of whiskey.

[@punnanygaming1334]

I can't wait for them to review the next episode that's all about the great leadership showed by Lipton great episode

[@ubcs_shmekal]

I hope you all cover the church scene in the next episode. Also I think that generations humbleness comes from just the grand scale of loss and casualties just pretty hyped they made it.

[@eduardolucio194]

I agree, I don't want it to end! How about milking every bit out of this show? After you guys finish episode 10, then do a breakdown episode for each individual character, then each mission featured in the series, then maybe noticeable differences/improvements in military tactics/equipment/etc since this era. Just an idea. Keep up the hilarious work 👍

[@o7_Xander]

In the UK the prime time for attack is between 3-6am as "most" Enemy Combatants would either be asleep or tired from a long night of Stag,, Stag in the UK Mil is "Guard Post" 2 man team..

[@o7_Xander]

"Stand To" Is a call we use if we see enemy, to wake the sleepies up! and in all honesty, no one should be silhouetting themselves

[@shkotayd9749]

Damn there was SO MUCH that was illuminating for me here. I thought the officers efforts were like inspiring to the men, but it helps to hear this. Will officers ever learn, aside from those like Major Winters did?

[@zoltangyorgyvarga2930]

These guys were together for 1-3 years. They understand comeradery! It’s not like an FNG showes up in mid deployment fresh out of bootcamp

[@Bigrago1]

Out of the 10 episodes my favorites, just from a narrative point of view, are 2, 5, and 6.

[@williamflowers9435]

You can hold off hitting the last episode of Band of Brothers by doing some of the 100 + episodes of Seal Team… Memorial Day Bonus Episode???? 🤞

[@btsan408]

This is my favorite episode of BoB because it showcases the heroism of the Medics. I can't imagine a single combat medic in WW2 not walking away with PTSD.

[@bernardsalvatore1929]

I agree with some of your opening comments where you were talking about the veterans and the way they tell their stories compared to the way guys like yourselves tell your stories today!! I've seen some of the other comments and to add to the growing up during the depression aspect of why they were the kind of men they were! I think a lot of them also came from Big yet tightly knit families!! They didn't have television or the internet or much of anything except their own reality and what they knew of their surroundings, most of them had never been more than a few miles away from where they grew up!!! They were about as ordinary as you could get at those times and they just Rose to the challenge and to the occasion of needing to fight for the well-being of the entire world!! They understood the task at hand and they were a no-nonsense generation because of the way they grew up and knew they had to do what needed to be done to get the job done!! But then not to Pat yourself on the back or bring any attention to what you did during those War years, just shows how humble and down to earth and just regular guys these men were!! I thank God that we had men like these back in those days that did what they did and fought to secure our freedoms!! Thank you guys for your service and to all military people out there thank you!!!

[@crispy_338]

The morphine might’ve slowed his heart rate so he didn’t bleed out. That’s the only thing I could think of.

[@andrewmcpherson6374]

You guys should definitely check out more episodes of Strike Back won’t regret it.

[@theamous]

looking forward to episode 9

[@OK-otic]

Can you guys review Basic and Obliterated next? Thanks for the info guys, dropping a little bit of SERE knowledge about the fire hole was awesome 👍😎

[@getous]

Those comments about the general asking what they need and denying them hits home. Not in a war zone, but had a former military officer as a boss on a previous job of mine. He came and told me that I was in charge of my section, and asked me what I needed to make it more efficient. I simply told him we need another employee, we were all working overtime everyday and I had made it as efficient as possible. He simply said "We can't do that." and left. Well don't come make a big show of pretending to help etc then. He liked walking around the employees helping out a bit here and there, but it was just for show.

[@chrisrenaldo643]

FYI that's Dale Dye (from Steven Segal - Sniper S[ecial Ops)

[@TheColtLockwoodRealm]

I saw Kurt at the grocery store not too long ago, dude's legs are huge. More leg workouts for us all gentlemen

[@robertzenniful]

Great review again, can’t wait to you guys knock out masters of the air , but before you do that, let’s not forget the ultimate green beret movie, it’s called first blood

[@benlacombe4597]

You guys should update these show reactions so we know which episode you're reacting to. Just jumping into this, this was the first episode you've done I've seen. Other than that I love this! Can't wait to check out the others and Seal Team, I'm currently on season 1 of that show.

[@jenniefantilaga7172]

This far into BoB... you can figure out who's who during the intros... Much respect and thanks to those men.

[@jackson_craft_gamingscates9324]

yall should start editing the videos on this main channel to keep them monetized and start another channel somewhere that allows u to put on the full unedited versions and possibly even charge on that channel? i would pay to see it!

[@angelevelinovkaloyanov2283]

Yes, that thing with the fire - why was it such a problem - is it because of the light coming off of the fire? And so that could be seen and their position pinpointed and shelled?

[@themulattomaker2602]

Exactly. It's called "light discipline". Basically any source of light- a fire, a flashlight, even a match- can be seen by the enemy at night. There's a scene in Episode 2 where they're cooking in the back of a truck and somebody leaves the flap open, so Lipton yells at them to close the flap because it was light inside the truck but it was dark outside.

[@StoobsNA]

Yall should watch the Pacific and Masters of the Air someday after Band of Brothers! Hope y'all having a good end to the weekend btw over @ FNG, keep up the good stuffs boys

[@KamiKaZantA]

28:30 That reminded me of a Swedish volunteer in Ukraine who served in... was it Hospitallers? Either that or the foreign legion. Anyway, he did medic stuff. What he wrote was that the Swedish way to deal with wounds from combat is top notch, BUT, we - have - to ditch the red cross. Against a certain enemy *coughcough*Russia*coughcough* it's just a priority target for them. Remove the red cross and teach all medics and nurses and surgeons, everyone, how to dig down and how to shoot. If anyone who reads this is interested, and can either read Swedish or don't mind google translate, I can either provide a link or what to search for on google so you can find the article.

[@AGfrom83]

19:48 Tom satterly tells a story about Somalia in black hawk down where a ranger took a hit to the groin and he was telling the guy "yeah yeah it's fine" and another unit guy walked past and said "ugh is that his nuts?"

[@vipersniper102]

Ya know, now that you mention it, there was one particular episode of Terminal List that y'all should react to.

[@echow4rrior429]

I can’t wait for them to react to the next episode

[@gtab6936]

I’d love to see you guys do Generation Kill if you haven’t already

[@williamflowers9435]

They’ve done a few episodes

[@USALibertarian]

"There is a lot going on tactically with that hole." That's what SHE said!!!

[@johnnyren1900]

Love you guys, I love band of brothers, I look forward to The pacific

[@maruissmall914]

Can't wait for The Pacific reaction thanks guys

[@Kevin-dw6qi]

I’ve personally watched Band of Brothers prolly 7 times now

[@morphine777morph5]

I remember watching a video where a guy went to bastogne a few years ago and was standing around the spot where that kid got shot in the throat it hit hard

[@GrenzerKuK]

That scene where Col Sink is giving the Xmas message is another reminder of how good Winters is in keeping an eye on his men - it's a very subtle moment but that short cut away to Winters shows him noticing that the medic, Eugene ('Doc' Roe ), is withdrawn and clearly beginning to struggle mentally. In the next scene Winters approaches Roe and tells him to go into town (i.e. Bastogne) get some supplies and get himself a hot meal while he's there. Winters knows Roe needs a break but also that Roe will not admit to needing one so he basically gives Roe permission to take a moment out of the line and regather his (mental) strength.

[@Xyxesss]

Don't worry I haven't played Edward 40 hands yet I've only played endless beer where I drink till half my cup is empty and I fill it up again over and over till it feels endless lol (using a combination of green apple mikes hard lemonade and voodoo ranger tropic force)

[@SargNickFury]

I always thought the ww 2 gen was the toughest sobs ever, but I recently saw the movie "They Shall Not Grow Old" (really highly recommend you watch that one) and the way the ww1 vets talked they seemed somehow even more callous and thicker skinned then the ww2 guys, like ya got the feeling they might call the ww2 gen "light weights" and ef with them (understand growing up I was in complete awe of that generationm and those men, I mean no disrespect).........makes me wonder what a conversation with a civil war veteran would be like. It makes sense though, life got easier for every generation during peacetime. Also more opportunities, meaning more hope back at home. The ww1 guys seemed to have more hope going to war then they had at home. My fav line from one of the ww1 soldiers was pretty much knowing they were likely going to die but still much more in favor of being in the trench then then going back to their factory job, and laughing about, and some being dissppointed when the war was over. How bad was that factory job or mining job in the 1910's that you'd prefer trench warfare? lol Watch that movie and you'll see what I mean. Not actors, the real deal.

[@Dog-xc8ry]

It was bothering me who Kurt sounds like, then I figured it out. You sound a lot like Bruce Green from Funhaus