*VETERAN* Band of Brothers Episode 4 "Replacements" | REACTION | First Time Watching

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[@foxtaco]

( Disclaimier) I would NOT recommend ear buds for this one, if you are someone who wears them during vids.I had some MIC issues , with that said the show must go on. I ran the audio through two AI enchancers to really try and bring back to natural sound. Patrons saidi it is noticeable but still watchable so I hope you all can still enjoy the video as well. I worked my tail off trying to get the audio as clear as I could.

[@mattjohnston7879]

The audio was good man. Respect for you for putting that, but I wouldn’t worry too much about it.

[@PadreTelnor]

Audio came out fine. Good work.

[@lup7271]

Your bad audio is leagues above what some youtubers put out as their best.

[@dennishendrikx3228]

I am from the Dutch city of Eindhoven, and every year we remember those young men, who came from far away, while they could have stayed home, and live. On September 18th there is a parade, but since most veterans from those days sadly passed away, other soldiers fill in. There are many locations named after them, many Liberation museums. Our grandparents had some bad warstories, but also few funny ones. A soldier kicked down the door, and my grandmother was cooking soup, she didn't speak English. He shouted "Hands up", she said "Yes, we have soup". Handsup sounds like, in our local dialect, Heddesoep. Which means "Do you have soup? The bad ones I will leave behind.

[@r.b.ratieta6111]

When Nix takes the ricochet to the helmet, I remember shouting "NOOOOOO!" at my TV screen at 14 years of age. Such a relief when it doesn't kill him.

[@davidmalone3317]

I was with the 101 during 1985-86.Everyone in the division wore that same citation with class A's.I certainly wasn't there but we all wore that unit citation.

[@baconboi9499]

5:36 the reason he’s asking to be tapped is because he was color blind apparently so he wouldn’t know when the light turned green, in case anyone was wondering

[@foxtaco]

Aaahhh nice..thank you for this!

[@GrumpyOldGuyPlaysGames]

The lieutenant who got shot in the middle of the road for being a dumbass, Robert Brewer, got amazingly lucky. The bullet passed through the fleshy part of his neck in front of his windpipe and his esophogus, right under the jawline. It was a messy-looking, bloody wound, but the bullet literally missed every single vital thing a human being has in their neck. Brewer was able to breathe free and clear, and was even able to talk clearly. Sergeant Alvin Malpre, the medic who tried to help him (and was shot in the leg himself) also got lucky. The bullet that hit his leg lodged in the meat and missed all blood vessels, but it did break his leg. Both men recovered from their wounds and were back with Easy Company eventually. In an interview Brewer related that Malpre asked him, "Lieutenant, are you dead? Because if you are, I'm leaving." Brewer was able to respond, "No, I'm not dead but I don't know why." He worked for the CIA after the war, and died in 1996 from lung cancer at the age of 72. This is not a spoiler, as you won't see him again in the entire series.

[@pasaniusventris4113]

as another veteran, the series feels so authentic it's almost hard to believe they're actors. it's clear they had input from the veterans themselves, and that they respected them immensely.

[@therickman1990]

The story behind that motorcycle is pretty good. At the end of EP3 you could see Alton Moore and Donald Malarky on that motorcycle. Moore actually stole the motorcycle from a supply storage on Utah beach prior to taking the boat to England. They somehow got the motorcycle onboard, shipped it to England, and while the rest of the company had to take a train back to their base, they drove that motorcycle. So that is why Sobel (as the new S4) is asking Malarky about it.

[@ccchhhrrriiisss100]

That scene with the kid and the chocolate always gets to me. Here, the little kid was living in an area that has been known all over the world for its chocolate. Yet, this kid had lived under occupation and war throughout his entire life. He had never tasted it.

[@ba55bar]

I've watched a lot of reactions to Band of Brothers and I have to say I like yours the most. Don't worry about not speaking, your face IS the reaction. Looking forward to seeing you watch the remaining episodes. The sound was fine by the way

[@foxtaco]

Thanks I appreciate it🙏🏿..Mayne I'll upload the original audio so you all can hear how bad it was 🤣🤣

[@beccalibur]

Love your genuine emotion. It's been great so far watching you react to this series!

[@foxtaco]

Thanks! I appreciate the support

[@MrFrikkenfrakken]

Your expertise adds greatly to the reaction - well done.

[@krisfrederick5001]

Absolutely agree. I have seen so many reactions to this but Taco is one of my favorites.

[@foxtaco]

Appreciate that 🙏🏿

[@joeyk2604]

I really dig your reaction style. You’re well spoken, sensitive (in the right way), cerebral and respectful. Enjoying your videos on this so far!

[@foxtaco]

Appreciate it the kind words..thanks for stopping by

[@stt5v2002]

I had the opportunity to travel to the Netherlands and see some of the monuments and historic sites there. In the United States, we tend to think of World War II as starting at Pearl Harbor. But many nations such as the Netherlands suffered horribly for years before the events that are depicted in this episode. The people lived in fear and poverty. City centers were razed to the ground in bombing raids. Jews and other marginalized or minority groups were shipped off, and never seen again. People knew what was happening but were terrified to say a word. There were those who resisted, at terrible risk to themselves and their families. It’s difficult to imagine what it would be like living in an occupied nation. And they are grateful to the United States and other allies to this day.

[@RichardJohnson-GW]

Your reactions to the series are great. You get the subtle stuff - like the little jabs at each other that are good natured, spotting the leadership fundamentals, etc - which make your commentary so much better than some of the other reactions I've watched. Thanks for doing them. Small thing about WWII that you probably already know, but the US fought the vast majority of the war in countries that had been conquered by the Germans and Japanese. So they (and the Brits, Canadians, etc) were frequently seen as heroes. Where the Germans pulled out prior to the arrival of Allied troops, the locals would often celebrate being liberated like we saw in this episode. Thanks again for doing this reactions.

[@foxtaco]

Tha KS for the kind words and the information

[@JoeMama410]

There are some liberties taken in the series, including Cobb. Webb described him as "invariably good-natured" in his book. Also, the series neglects to disclose that he had already seen combat in Africa in 1942 before joining the paratroopers.

[@kenyattaclay7666]

I think the overall characterization of him was fairly accurate though especially considering that he was court marshaled for dereliction of duty and received a dishonorable discharge. They don't go into it in this miniseries but there is an easter egg to it at the end of Last Patrol where you can see him already having been arrested & in a Jeep with a couple of MPs.

[@cpj93070]

He was also a lot older than everybody in easy company as well, Cobb was actually Born in 1912, and actually had 10 years on some of the men, still a private in your early 30s though man I could in a way see why he was so bitter and a bit of a sh*t head.

[@ronweber1402]

I'm thinking Cobb was one of those guys who is amiable most of the time but can turn into a mean drunk. Throw in some PTSD and it's a recipe for problems.

[@barreloffun10]

@@ronweber1402That’s my thought too. He was a nice guy when sober, an ass when drunk. Plus I think he was already suffering from PTSD, so he self-medicated a lot with booze.

[@xxamle]

FYI, when the officer asks the guy on the side to tap his shoulder when the green light comes on is because he's color blind :D Glad you're enjoying BoB, certainly appreciate your reactions!

[@JimJack-ng9yi]

Orange flag was a symbol for the Dutch resistance against the Germany, easy company was going through a town in the Netherlands that they just liberated after the jump. The Netherlands has an occupied by Germany for 5 years until that day That's what all the celebration in the street was about

[@rollomaughfling380]

No, the color orange has been associated, particularly in celebrations (if not their old flag), with the Dutch Royal Family, who have been members of The House of Orange-Nassau since the mid-16th century. It's not some WWII resistance thing.

[@gravitypronepart2201]

Hey Doc, another great reaction from you. Im really loving them. Yeah, in the intro, you hear replacements praising their NCOs, and with good reason. You see it in Randleman, and Guarnere. The subtle guidence, as opposed to chewing them out. I remimber guys like that who I admired and emulated, and how they make people's life so much easier. They were fewer than the bad leaders, unfortunately.

[@foxtaco]

Well said..I can still remeber the good ones as well. These days they seems fewer and further in between

[@barcephus2]

Unit citations are authorized to be worn by every man in the awarded unit. When I was in we had unit citations we wore for all sorts of actions won by the regiment

[@foxtaco]

Correct

[@kenyattaclay7666]

@@buddystewart2020 I joined the military just after Desert Storm and when we got our final fitting in basic for our class As we were told we had to wear the combat service ribbon even though none of us were even in the military during Desert Storm.

[@joeyboogenz]

Thank you for your service ,Sir. It's an honor watching this amazing series with you . Differenet from others !!!!

[@foxtaco]

Thank you 🙏🏿🇺🇸 what do you mean by different if you don't mind me asking?

[@joeyboogenz]

@@foxtaco Justt more from a real Soldier's prespective feels more hardcore.

[@TheBigbaby407]

You know you're really good at storytelling when you can make people feel legitimately afraid for a guy that was talking at the beginning of the flashback.

[@Saint17996]

The lieutenant shot in the neck actually did survive. His name was Robert Brewer

[@alexlim864]

Appreciate your working to bring the audio going, Doc. Worth it. 4:30 Sobel had been assigned to Logistics by this time. In any case, just a little info on Nixon (the guy whose helmet got shot off) and Winters (the guy who didn’t). Richard Winters came from a poor family, so he had to work his way through college. Lewis Nixon III came from a rich family which owned the very successful Nixon Nitration Works company and attended Yale before quitting after his sophomore year to join the Army. (This will become a minor point of interest in a future episode.) Nixon, at this time, was in regimental intelligence. Winters was a monkish introvert who read every Army field manual he could get his hands on, while Nixon was a party animal who loved to drink. The two first met when they were undergoing training to become commissioned officers. It says a lot that these two became the good friends they were.

[@foxtaco]

Hey thanks for this...this is some good info..are you pulling this from a book?

[@alexlim864]

@@foxtaco From a whole bunch of references, mostly from the Internet, when I was really into the series

[@666johnco]

If you were wondering about the 'we're going back to France' at the end of Ep3 and the still being in England at the start of Ep4 there were 7? or 8? cancelled airborne operations. Basically after the Normandy campaign ended at the battle of the Falaise pocket, plus the allies invaded Southern France in Operation Dragoon the Germans began to remove themselves from France and Belgium as quickly as they could heading for the Siegfried line. So what kept happening was cancelled ops sometimes at the airfield cause the allied ground forces had reached the drop zones. I think the Op at end of Ep3 was the one where the Airborne were to seize bridges over the Seine. The Germans however made no effort to defend or destroy them. This led to a great keenness to get back in and a failure to ? the risks of Montgomery's plan to throw 21st Army group units up just one road, Also the oppression of women who had had relations with Germans on liberation took place all across Western European. Interestingly not that many of. for example. the 25k of Dutchmen who had joined the SS were executed. Many had died on the Eastern Front of course and after they finished short periods of confinement in Dutch prison camps many survivors took a 'vacation' to Vietnam with the French Foreign Legion.

[@barcephus2]

Watch " a Bridge to far" for a more in depth story. full of holly wood, but it gives a good sense of what happened

[@Manolo0528]

The national flag of the Netherlands may be red, white & blue but orange is the national color. The royal family is the House of Orange & Nassau. When the Dutch teams compete in the Olympics they west orange. The Dutch Royal Family has had possession of the title “Prince of Orange” for centuries. It was created in the 1100s when the county of Orange in southern France was elevated to a principality headed by a Prince. The Dutch took possession in the 1400s and have held it ever since. In the 1600s during the various Catholic vs Protestant Wars the Dutch, led by the Prince of Orange were the primary Protestant army. To this day “Orangemen” means “Protestant Warriors”. Orange Clubs were created in Protestant Northern Ireland and in New Netherlands, the Dutch colony in North America (New York and New Jersey). Syracuse University, located in the former New Netherlands, took the name as the name for their athletic teams. A few years ago they switched to just “Orange” to make it gender-neutral for their women’s teams. This is why there are orange flags all over the Netherlands.

[@EastPeakSlim]

At 26:45 you picked up on The Nod. We'll see it again. Total props for your reaction FT! You're nailing it.

[@foxtaco]

🙏🏿thanks i appreciate it

[@Macilmoyle]

10.22 The lieutenant who was shot survived. The bullet went through his neck without hitting anything vital.

[@mikey_g226]

Thank you for putting so much effort into the vid and sound quality🤙🏼

[@foxtaco]

I tried bro..it got ruined for whatever reason but I appreciate you supporting 🙏🏿

[@Arborhawk]

One thing to remember is that Parachute Infantry was Light Infantry, so their ability to stand against Tanks was very limited and we see in this episode that they were with a Tank unit. Love your insight as a newer Vet than myself ( served in 85-88 in the Army)

[@JeffreyWilliams-qv5kp]

The scene with the kid and chocolate chokes me up every time. This is a kid born in war and with rationing got to taste a little bit of normalcy. its unfortunate that they are probably bombed out later that night

[@barreloffun10]

I’m loving these reactions. Keep up the good work.

[@foxtaco]

Loving the support as well. I got you🙏🏿

[@TheKing-zl3bk]

the lieutenant asking the sergeant to tap his leg when the light goes green is because hes color blind and doesnt want anyone to know

[@a.lee713]

Ok, no one's said it yet, so I'm okay to comment. The most likely reason the new LT asked Martin to tap him when the light turned is that he lied about red/green colour-blindness at his physical -- not nerves. A lot of people in ww1/2 lied about ages, asthma, vision, etc, so they'd be allowed to serve. Asking for the tap was much smarter and a more trustworthy decision than relying on noticing the position of the lights.

[@dallassukerkin6878]

Excellent reaction, mate. One of the greatest series that shows the courage that men can find within themselves when things are at the extremes of danger. And also along the way shows how we men can say a lot with no words at all - entire conversations in a single nod of the head. And now, having found you at episode 4, I am going to have to back track to one and start from the beginning :D Oh what a hardship :chuckles:

[@foxtaco]

🙏🏿thanks for joining us on the journey brother

[@setenos2439]

I can't speak for every combat vet out there and will never claim to, but quite frankly I don't give a damn whether you've been in the thick of it or not. We all train the exact same way. If you take your training seriously and eat the same dirt as the rest of us you're just as ready for combat as the guys that have already been. The scene with the Unit Citation that Cobb gets upset about always irritated me. It's not a personal award it's a unit award - one that displays an achievement the unit you're in accomplished. Cobb asking the new guys to take it off is in my eyes disrespectful to the unit as a whole. It's not like they're wearing Purple Hearts despite never being injured, but that's along the lines of how Cobb views it I think, at least in the show.

[@foxtaco]

Facts brother appreciate your perspective

[@jaykaufman9782]

There's an outstanding film about Operation MARKET GARDEN called "A Bridge Too Far." It tells the entire story with surprisingly good accuracy. Definitely worth a watch and a reaction! Love your reactions! Subscribed after the first time I saw you; thanks for your videos!

[@martinklaus2203]

Loving your reactions to this series. Love your honesty coming from your experience and point of view. Thank you for your service.

[@mornjnglori]

I know you said you had a lot of trouble with the audio for this episode so I just wanted to thank you for all the effort you went through in order to give us this reaction! I think you did a great job fixing it up as much as you could and it was barely noticeable outside of a few select moments . Besides the technical stuff, thank you for another great reaction! Every episode that goes by just makes me more excited to see you react to the next one.

[@foxtaco]

I really appreciate that morn..definitely motivated now 😁

[@JohnRodriguesPhotographer]

You're a good troop

[@Woessner1101]

Someone probably already beat me to it, but the Lt saying "hit my leg when it goes from red to green" isn't because he is nervous, it's cause he is color blind but lied so he could go fight.

[@corycody6967]

With the presidential unit citation, as long as you’re a member of that unit you can wear it. It does not matter if you were not there when it was issued. Once you leave the unit, you can no longer wear it.

[@rollomaughfling380]

Umm, our man is a Veteran. He knows this.

[@custardflan]

Operationn Market Garden. A British-designed plan to capture a bunch of bridges and cross into Germany and shorten the war. A good movie about it is A Bridge Too Far. It failed, btw. Orange is the color of Holland. People greeted the Amerians by waving orange flags.

[@pabloc8808]

When the Resistance guy explained that the women were being punished for sleeping with the Germans, I couldn't help but wonder how many of those women did so willingly to win favor with the invaders, and how many were forced to do so. Makes the whole thing a lot darker to imagine some women (not only Dutch, but everywhere during the war) were punished for being molested

[@chindie88]

Good reaction. For something related to this but a little different, I can recommend the twin documentaries For Valor - the Victoria Cross, and the Greatest Raid of All. They are documentaries of events but also have very good recollections of actual events, the former including an incredible story of Market Garden from the British perspective, and the latter the little known story of an outrageous raid filled with heroism. Well worth your time and made interesting and compelling by the host, Jeremy Clarkson.

[@rollomaughfling380]

01:19 Haha. Not far off. James was 21 when they filmed this.

[@lauraplumb7831]

I really enjoy your thoughtful reactions to this series. I will be interested to hear your thoughts and see your reaction when you get to Ep 6.

[@foxtaco]

Right around the corner

[@recifebra3]

Love your reaction. Pretty sure dude had color blindness so made the dude behind him tap him when it was green.

[@prettyokandy230]

at least the sniper was nice enough to 'only' shoot the medic through the leg

[@foxtaco]

Nice!!?? Femoral artery ,5 mins..tops lol

[@matthewconner7800]

Cobb is just 100% wrong in the bar. That’s a unit citation, and wearing it is not optional, if you’re in that unit.

[@kregmaffews]

Would LOVE for you to do We Were Soldiers if you dont have it on the list 🫡

[@grindlebone]

Can you find Gwyneth Paltrow in this episode?

[@ianaustin5012]

McAvoy not MacAvoy lol

[@foxtaco]

Appreciate it lol..I'll most likely end up still saying Maca-voy though🤣..southern twang

[@ianaustin5012]

@@foxtacoI do it all the time too man.😂

[@rollomaughfling380]

What are you talking about? It's pronounced "/ˈmækəvɔɪ/".

[@cianreal]

I feel like I'm missing something about the criticism on Cobb in the show. What he said to Miller in the beginning of the episode is totally uncalled for, I agree, but the arguments I've heard people use against Cobb later in the episode always sounded disingenuous. If the argument is that Cobb was being a hypocrite, then it's invalid. He expressed not wanting to go back after experiencing a close call himself, as opposed to calling someone out for receiving credit for something they were absent for. That's calling Cobb out on a claim he did not make. If the argument is that Cobb talked shit so he deserves that suffering, then okay. That one would at least be more honest than calling him a hypocrite, but that's not how I've heard others react when they watch. idk, I have friends who can act real hypocritical sometimes, and I just like to make sure their actions are actually hypocritical before calling it out. Otherwise, I'm just being hateful and disingenuous to them.

[@foxtaco]

I'll be honest I watched this 10 months ago..and my memory is foggy..I can't actually remember the situation

[@cianreal]

@@foxtaco Nahh it's alright, I just wanted to vent I think. Love the passion you showed for the cast.

[@foxtaco]

Gotcha 🙏🏿

[@fionabenjamin1962]

'Promo sm'

[@rasmusnielsen5163]

I enjoy your reactions, but i subscribed because of the gaming/music content. It's been 3 months since the last League of legends reaction. Do what you like and what you feel like is the best for the channel, but im not interested in these almost hour long reactions to old movies...

[@foxtaco]

Is there anything specific you want to see back on thr channel??like a particular reaction

[@rasmusnielsen5163]

@@foxtaco Not necessarily. Just more variation. Music, game cinematics etc. Just different types and lenghts on videos. 40 minutes is a long time. Might hurt the views on the videos too.

[@foxtaco]

That's an interesting POV it's actually been quite the opposite since I started diversifying my content the ppl that have joined have just as good or longer attention spans..but I'll make sure to keep diversifying and I appreciate the criticism..maybe I'll get a league video out soon..I just burnt myself out from the voicelines..and I have no idea what games or cinematics ppl want to see me react too

[@bigdicdaddy6042]

They were civilians imagine see a fight to the death in your barn .

[@foxtaco]

Yea I mentioned that I believe..so unfortunate

[@bigdicdaddy6042]

@@foxtaco especially the young girl watching it what was she supposed to do watching two grown men fight to the death .

[@bigdicdaddy6042]

@@foxtaco love how decated they are to each other the respect other companies show easy .