For the record, Blythe actually survived and went on to serve and be decorated in Korea. He just fell out of contact with the rest of Easy after he was wounded in Normandy and it was only after the release of this episode that his family and relatives reached out to tell everyone what happened.
@blwestern7 күн бұрын
Ed Tipper, the soldier who was wounded when the building he was in blew-up, survived and lived until age 95. He lost an eye and both legs were badly broken.
@MetastaticMaladies7 күн бұрын
Probably the east series ever made for television. I have the box set of this, it’s so great. I’m always reminded of my grandfather though, he died back in 2005, when I was quite young, but I remember everything he ever told me about his experiences of the war and life.
@rebmerf56224 күн бұрын
24:12 This moment is actually directly taken from first hand accounts of the battle.
@JimFinley117 күн бұрын
I was USMC infantry (0341, mortars) - after nine years enlisted, I got commissioned and went through infantry training again in Quantico. The Tactics Branch instructors there were big on frontal assaults - they said we weren't smart enough to do envelopments competently. We called it "Two up, one back (meaning two units, either companies or platoons, attacking abreast straight ahead, with a third following directly behind them as a reserve), hi diddle diddle, straight up the middle." Never sat well with me. There are situations, like the one at Carentan, and at Normandy and all those islands in the Pacific, where a frontal assault is unavoidable, but it's almost always better to do something different if you can. Before my company of mostly green liieutenants graduated from The Basic School at Quantico, they brought in Colonel Wesley Fox, who was the CO at OCS at the time, to give a talk. Colonel Fox was legendary. He had also started out enlisted and fought in the Korean War. Then in Vietnam, as a company commander, he won the Medal of Honor in a situation where he was as good as Winters was in WW II. But he never became a general because he refused to be a politician in uniform, had no filters, and called out BS when he saw it regardless of who was its source. One of my personal heroes. He was a quiet, mild-mannered man. But he stood at the podium in front of our class of 200+ lieutenants all sitting at the long tables that served as desks, smiled at the Tactics Branch instructors all standing around the perimeter of the room, and told us that if we approached combat the way they had taught us, we would get ourselves and most of our Marines killed. I doubt they invited him back for any more classes after that. Thank you for your service as a Corpsman! I've been retired from the military since 1996, but to this day, if I meet someone and learn that they were a Corpsman or Medic, I stop and say, "Thank you." Semper Fi.
@freebrook7 күн бұрын
The theme music is so moving. It chokes me up every time I hear it.
@jtcash20057 күн бұрын
Not everyone can be hero all the time and in their first battle. Blythe is an illustration though he actually got shot in the shoulder, survived, fought in Korea, and stayed in the military until his death in 1967.
@rllangevin38417 күн бұрын
Really enjoying your BoB reactions! Keep them coming!
@williambranch42837 күн бұрын
My favorite episode ... but a later episode features the medic ;-)
@MetastaticMaladies7 күн бұрын
Eugene is one of my favorite characters
@iamjbob6 күн бұрын
Good news is, Blith didn't die in 1948, he survived and served in Korea, died in the 1960's I think of a heart attack
@atuuschaaw7 күн бұрын
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@krisfrederick50017 күн бұрын
Yes, Blithe survives once again. It's sad seeing everyone mourn him and then realize every time. One of the few mistakes Band of Brothers makes. They had the wrong guy. He then went on to serve with distinction in the Korean War proving he was a true soldier further. Beyond the edelweiss he earned from the German Paratrooper. "The only hope you have is to accept the fact that you're already dead. The sooner you accept that, the sooner you'll be able to function as a soldier is supposed to function: without mercy, without compassion, without remorse. All war depends upon it.” - Captain Ronald Speirs- Easier said than done. Not everyone can
@alundavies10167 күн бұрын
It is sad to watch reactors mourn him, but as an example of what happened to thousands of others it is still worth remembrance. The BoBs episodes are loosely based around individuals, Bull, Doc, Lipton, Blithe… and at least one should show someone who was broken by the War, even if they weren’t!
@hunter19611005 күн бұрын
What they failed to show is this was the war of speed I mean methamphetamine the Germans had theirs meth and the US had cross tops or Benny’s speed that’s why they said give me three hard days of fighting. That’s as long as you can stay awake and still be coherent the Russians didn’t have any, but the first thing they would do when they found a German was look for theirs, in some of the pictures you can see it in the eyes and it explains a lot of the actions
@donk84727 күн бұрын
GO NAVY, Smoked Army!!!!!!! great job shipmate. keep it up. BT3 USN 86-92
@williamberry90137 күн бұрын
Oh, Blythe lived and even got a medal in Korea. This series is pretty accurate, but they really messed up here.
@williamberry90137 күн бұрын
Everyone overestimates tanks especially when they were new in WWI. They only had exaggerated stories about land battleships. The army had to train that fear out of them kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpKrd4iBgLCggK8si=88KitHMIrDHfliKn 13:24 training film on facing tank Oh, if I hadn't told you, minor spoiler, have a blanket n studio. 1 future episode- I won't say which- can make the suggestable feel cold. BTW, there is no "TH" sound in German. If they randomly tried to get in the flash/thunder bit. It'd be flash/dunder .
@foxtaco7 күн бұрын
Episodes 4,5,6,7,8,9& 10 are available full length on Patreon www.patreon.com/foxtaco?