William 'Wild Bill' Guarnere and Edward 'Babe' Heffron back at Bastogne | Band of Brothers

William 'Wild Bill' Guarnere and Edward 'Babe' Heffron back at Bastogne | Band of Brothers
🎥 Join us on a poignant journey back to Bastogne as we revisit the iconic reunion of two legendary Easy Company paratroopers, William 'Wild Bill' Guarnere and Edward 'Babe' Heffron, portrayed in the acclaimed HBO series "Band of Brothers." Experience the camaraderie, bravery, and brotherhood that defined their bond during the pivotal moments of World War II. This video captures the essence of their friendship, offering a glimpse into the real-life heroes behind the characters. Don't miss this heartwarming tribute to the warriors who faced the challenges of war together and emerged as lifelong friends.
#williamguarnere #edwardheffron #ww2 #bandofbrothers

[@hamletthaus3046]

I remember fondly these two gentlemen. It was October 2004 and I was fresh out of my 2 of 3 back surgeries at Portsmith Naval Hospital, VA. Across the Elizabeth River in Norfolk, at the MacAurther Memorial, BoB’s were having a meet and greet book signing if you will. Changing into my Service Alpha’s (Class A’s) stood in line for my turn. Having my book, DVD’s and camera at the ready. When I finally got to meet them all and exchange brief smiles and thank yous, I believe it was Babe that started giving me shyet for being a Marine. I wasn’t about to engage the interservice rivalry but Wild Bill to his credit took a look at my chest and saw my jump wings. “Leave him alone. He’s one of us”! I’ll always remember Wild Bill with that comment. Better men than me.

[@user-hy4tj6wp5r]

I have to say, Bill was quite the character. My son and I, both veterans would meet him in Allentown or at the Mid Atlantic air museum WW2 weekend. He always recognized me as a friend and fellow 101st Airborne veteran. But I was in the 501st and that was all he needed to start up the rivalry between the units. “ oh you better watch your wallets boys, the 501st is here” I would give him some back and he loved it too. They don’t make them like that anymore. RIP airborne buddy.

[@hamletthaus3046]

Ironically I live in Whitehall (Egypt Twp). 10 mins north of Allentown. Made many visits to the Forks Gunshow there. Use to reenact (bad guys) putting on Living History displays at Reading some years back before that event gave up the ghost participation wise.

[@Clydesirota]

You keep good company. Semper Fi

[@mfawls9624]

Ehh...they served in the European Theater. You all were on the other side of the world making do with that 30% of the war effort FDR and Churchill alloted your theater.

[@alanswolfpack89]

Thank you will never be enough These men saved us, saved a generation, saved future generations

[@Warfrae]

They’d be sick to see how their sacrifice was worthless.

[@akshaanmehra128]

​@@WarfraeGet help lil bro 😭

[@wejustsawmanfly]

Saved from what ? Whole eastern europe suffered communism, and now just 3 generations later we are heading for a same conflict. Their sacrifices were pointless like any other war before and after them. Non of this makes any sense and we need to stop romanticising veterans - all of them just threw their lives away for nothing (not their fault of course)...

[@richhickman6863]

I had the distinct pleasure of meeting “Wild Bill”. He was one of the most open men I have ever met and had a great sense of humor. RIP Bill

[@Winchester_Mercury]

When they mentioned about Muck and Penkala is so painful. Their whole bodies disappeared…

[@tokyworld]

The sad reality is worse. They dont just disappear or evaporate, they torn to pieces Im sure torso head limbs were around. Whoever had to clean that up..... it's too much for a man to register that through his eyeballs.

[@a.m.7165]

I've been to recovery searches for missing soldiers. We sifted the dirt on possible positions and found a lot of bone fragments and teeth. Thats what was left sometimes of soldiers. Sometimes a larger skull fragment or a shinbone. A direct hit with large caliber leaves not much and often enough, the trenches and foxholes were just closed with the remains inside or not even that. There are places that are still today dangerous to go to because of unexploded ordnance or mines, like the Hürtgenforest in Germany. The countries directly affected by heavy fighting couldn't afford to deploy search and retrieving teams, because the people left had to rebuild.

[@bullet2daheadx]

Yeh hit me hard too up I remember seeing it on the band of brother tv series and it was horrific but hearing them talking about for real was just awful I can't even imagine what it must of been like I honestly don't want to imagine it I guess back then you had no choice but to shrug it off and get on with it there was a war to win and plenty of germans out there trying to do the same to you

[@rebeccaweil1]

I lived in south Philadelphia and took the bus with Babe all the time. He always wore his airborne jacket and Bill used to go to the diner nearby. I miss those times.

[@garybenham435]

God bless you yanks....when ever anyone has a problem....you are there....some of us remember...my father fought side by side with you in normandy....my wifes dad side by side with you in.korea.....god bless you all......

[@seattlewa8500]

The U.S., Britain, Canada and other countries made great allies.

[@Jmp64-ns8zl]

Sadly, not anymore. Today, young people join the U.S. services to received free sex changes operations.

[@claverhouse1]

Unfortunately Americans have forgotten the large numbers of British troops who fought in the Ardennes and helped rescue the US Airborne in Bastogne, they rewrite it as a purely American battle now

[@Jmp64-ns8zl]

@@claverhouse1 Yes, u r correct. The northern flank probably would have collapsed without the Brits. Some Brits were actually in Fort, if I recall correctly.

[@jnairac]

Hotton 666 BRITISH graves.CWCGz🇬🇧 just at Hotton alone died Hanssen lost two tanks and could not get into Hotton and he changed his objectives. Hotton a British upgraded 17 pounder Sherman 🇬🇧 Turret is still at that bridge. Zero Yanks defended Hotton 666 British stopped the Hanssen Panzer colllumn. Not any Yank.

[@weatheradventures]

This is awesome. I got to meet these amazing gentlemen, as well as Dick Winters, as they flew together out of PHL for this trip. I was working security and was chosen to take care of these men in a private area as they came through the checkpoint. Being able to serve those men in the smallest of roles was a tremendous honor for me, as was being able to thank them each face to face.

[@AktarusGoldrake-zb8fs]

You know when was this interview made?

[@MAC88-88]

I am a retired career paratrooper and I went to The Netherlands and Belguim for 5 years with DOD afterwards. I went to Bastonge over 40 times. At the American Cemetary in Holland, over a 3 year period I started at one end of the rows and completed putting two flags (one US and one Dutch) with the boy scouts. I took a photo each year where I started and ended. It was a great honor to for me to do this for the brothers who were my heros growing up. Over 101 jumps, master parachutiest, and all the surgeries and spinal fusions to go with them. I took my two boys to every WWII Airborne Battlefield. We did the "The Bridge Too Far" in one day. I had a friend in Korea who retired from the US Army but was captured as a Brit Paratrooper in Holland - he was on the movie set and the part about the guy running for the cannister dropped full of red berets was his stick buddy. Terrible war. All the wars are terrible. Only the dead are young forever.

[@jamesmyszka2249]

Thank you for your service and commitment 🫡

[@bmuchgood35]

The image of them standing on the edge of that tree line is powerful.

[@thespokenword6456]

These subtitles are appalling.

[@wlamb9]

I’m so glad these great men’s memories have been preserved in print and on film. Never forget.

[@itsdavex2]

"There's no snow." And the trees aren't exploding.

[@toddkennedy7399]

I can listen to these guys for hours. They have such a wealth of knowledge and experience that I would never have imagined all they went through and the training they did to get ready for the invasion on D-Day. The utmost respect for them and all their comrades from Easy company PIR 506th 101st Airborne Division. As well as every single person who served and serves today. Thank you 🙏.

[@herberthallum2078]

Our greatest generation. God bless one and all.

[@UPREDSNAKE]

Heroes for sure, we owe our freedom to these men.

[@Warfrae]

What freedom……they’d be sick to see what this country has become. A rotten festering corpse

[@aozzy3277]

Must be surreal for them to peacefully walk around that area. I cant even comprehend being at war, then years later walking around the same site

[@denniscoleman8802]

I thank God for men like them!! They saved the free world!! Never Forget 🙏❤️🔥🇺🇸😎

[@NY12jets]

God Bless you incredible heroes. Thank you for the sacrifice you made to secure our freedom.

[@jonathanbirch2022]

RIP Muck and Pankala

[@codyking4848]

Some of the hardest sonsabitches to ever walk the earth. The Greatest Generation.

[@ryszakowy]

it's haunting to come back to a place 70 years later and just go "oh yeah the died over here"

[@johnhorne2012]

My father was in Bastogne,.........these men are all gone now,....God Bless them!............

[@JHamList]

real life legends right there

[@SanDeezyBreezy61986]

I'm sure it was especially powerful to be back there for Guarnere, given that he lost his leg in those woods.

[@sooz9433]

God Bless these men. God Bless all who defend freedom for those who can't. 🙏

[@bandijk5934]

You dont know what your saying

[@donhaffner7843]

thank's you band of brother's .

[@JohnMcMahon.]

The subtitling is horrendous when Bill & Babe are speaking. You shouldn’t subtitle if you’re not sure what the dialogue is.

[@seanbradley94]

Great Men

[@johnanderson1245]

All I can say about Bastogne is that I’m glad I wasn’t there, but I salute to the fullest those who were.👍

[@thomasjones9662]

Maaan, what those guys endured...God bless 'em.

[@onEmEmbErstudios]

I burst into tears when Bill got hit with a mortar while carrying Joe

[@bobm5059]

Their kind will never walk with mortals ever again..the finest generation. They gave so we could live.

[@floridaman5125]

And we let the tranneeze take over.

[@RedFail1-1]

Who did these captions? They need to be fired.

[@mssedmebich1621]

probably a software program.

[@Sailor1010]

“Unmerciful Sheldon” 😂

[@johnwelsh2769]

@@Sailor1010 Sheldon was very unmerciful in WWII. What a jerk.

[@emersoncruzpeixoto]

Como é impressionante ver homens já em idade tão avançada, voltar assim a um lugar de tanta dor e sofrimento. Hoje em dia, o que mais se vê são jovens depressivos com qual coisa

[@Major98]

Amazing video of two heroes Reminiscing. Should have more views

[@ricardoantonio5085]

Looks like Wild Bill earned a Silver Star, Bronze Star, and Purple Heart. Babe earned a Bronze Star, Purple Heart, and Good Conduct Medal.

[@charlesmeaux3954]

That is so funny that all of the nonsense those two did One got the good conduct medal.. They actually laughed about that at one of the reunions in Bastogne waiting in line to use the bathroom. They were agitated that they actually had to pay to use the restroom there and Babe said we FN saved this town and now we have to pay to piss? Well guys this piss is on me... and paid the money

[@moacyrmendonca5066]

Honras eternas à todos que lutaram na WW2 contra o nazifascismo!!!!!! 👏👏👏👏🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@robertwillox6300]

We should never forget the men and women who fought and lost their lives for freedom we have today.

[@LiamDCoughlan]

The greatest generation

[@jeroenbakker898]

they will always have to be remembered...true heroes!

[@davidkimmel5153]

Thanks. What more can we say

[@eng0503]

Thank you for saving the world, men like this are disappearing from the world.

[@Philc40]

They were both from the same neighborhood in South Philly I think that was cool and they both went back to their old stomping grounds after the war.

[@jamiejudd8018]

Quadruple mind-boggling bravery God bless these men for what they endured indescribable unimaginable Terror they must’ve felt one and all least we forget the least we forget😐

[@mikemulrennan7948]

My uncle was there.. 18 yrs old.

[@TheTacticalHillbilly]

I can only imagine what's really going through their heads. I don't believe I'll ever be able to go back to the countries I fought in.

[@daipoint1502]

My god I hope our sons never have to go what they went through. For almost 80 years the peace they bought with their youth and their lives has held. For 80 years Fascism was kept back.

[@bradr2142]

Now theres a couple of real American Warriors. I love those guys. The fabric of out country loved these. We could of did better with Vietnam Warriors.

[@towdjumper5]

Great stuff! “AATW!”

[@patrickmccrann991]

This must be an old video. Babe Heffron passed away in December 2013 and Bill Guarnere in March 2014, both at the age of 90

[@fredrickmillstead2804]

American courage exemplified. 😢

[@jimholmes5395]

"In valor, there is hope." ----TACITUS

[@ronald4700]

My uncle was in the town of bostonge before these boys of the airborne came,he told me about the germans probing the lines they would catch them coming across an open field from a tree line.

[@mikespike3962]

How are the subtitles so bad? Channel should be ashamed.

[@thatguyStrike]

"Of course the crowd said plenty of artillery". "the crowd said". Oh honey.

[@northislandguy]

Would be so strange them visiting Bastogne when the last time they were there, it was a battlefield

[@OneLastHitB4IGo]

A generation of men and women the likes of which we may never see again.

[@racketyjack7621]

Please get rid of the closed captions, they are not reciting exactly what is being said. Otherwise, God bless these men. May they all rest in peace.

[@patrickmccrann991]

Not sure where you got 360 men, but entirely incorrect. A parachute company at full strength in World War II was about 140 men. Easy company was not at full strength when they went into Bastogne in December 1944. They were still recovering from their losses in Holland.

[@jnairac]

Hotton bridge was held by the British🇬🇧 Sherman Firefly upgraded 17 pounder held that Hanssen collumn . Lodt two tsnks in the river. One a DtugIV snd a PsntherG. Brutish lost 666 men Hotton CWCG cemetery. The Bulge was NOT judt the Yanks st Bastogne. Visit Hotton Graves do not lie

[@SheriffsSimShack]

If you do subtitles (if the uploader has done them) you should at least understand what they were saying. Because the subs make absolutely no sense.

[@BigMuff75]

Now as the last surviving men and women of this generation are leaving this planet, we are on the onset of another global conflict.

[@TheMiningCabinet]

Did you see Monte Python and the Holy Grail? Whoever did these subtitles should be sacked as well. More wrong that right. It distracts from the story here of how the men of the 101st Airborne faced incredible hardship and odds, yet never broke. These men are the Greatest Generation. There will never be a generation like them again!

[@kentice9913]

People who rely on the subtitles are going to be confused and/or misinformed.

[@burrellbikes4969]

This was the largest engagement for America - but the Russians and Germans had a whole bunch of these on the Eastern Front

[@jimmya2234]

Get the subtitles right!!!

[@marekschwarzmann1638]

all i could see in this video were the mistakes in subtitles..

[@brendan9868]

Subtitles are way off

[@pigpig252]

why even bother with subtitles if they'll be this incorrect?

[@Rickardsson99]

wtf where these subtitles??

[@KindaGross]

sad how bad the "subtitles" are

[@efnissien]

I wouldn't say 'complete surprise' - tanks could be heard moving en-masse in the days before. And the Germans had attacked through the Ardennes in 1940 and 1914.

[@ramstacp]

Yes, it was pretty much a “complete surprise.” It is true that tanks could be heard, but the Army brushed this (and other signs) off as nothing to worry about. An intelligence failure of gigantic proportions. The military just didn’t take the signs seriously.

[@bammbalam]

Saying thank you will never be enough

[@clbeefburger459]

Even though the series were fiction based on reality i was really hurt when Guarnere got his leg blown off...

[@Laycossify]

Those have to be the worst subtitles I have ever seen in my life

[@lulu8lala8haha]

We all have a responsibility to stop war like this to happen again. We will not sending any of our children to fight for the rich and powerful.

[@jonathanbirch2022]

I don’t know what weapons WW3 will be fought with, but WWIV will be fought with sticks and stones

[@ledgaming6489]

A lot of the rich and “powerful” fought too. A lot of college educated men fought gallantly in wars of old even in WW2. When a country invades my land or tries to take over the world like the Germans or Japanese and attacks us like Pearl Harbor and 9/11, yes I’m fighting. You think you’re comment was smart and that you made a nice sounding quote but really it’s ignorant and very empty

[@jonathanbirch2022]

@@ledgaming6489 Tbf Germany wasn’t trying to take over the whole world, just Europe, the British and French wanted Germany to take out the USSR which is why they kept appeasing them. And Japan really had no choice but to attack Pearl Harbor after the oil embargo

[@veramae4098]

We are now in the longest period of world peace in history. Lots of little wars, but no more big ones: no WWi or WWII, no hundred years was, no more wars of the 5 Emperors , etc. Appreciate what these men did for us.

[@jonathanbirch2022]

@@veramae4098 Europe is in the middle of the largest war since WW2

[@sammarsh6516]

These subtitles are terrible

[@censorbleep3018]

The awful subtitles are an insult to these heroes

[@Golden-dog88]

a complete waste of human life for 1 mans ambition…. Now it’s happening again

[@RathwulvenBushcraft]

German citizen here: What feels so sickening to me is that in our current times, people really seem to enjoy being totally ignorant of the past, repeating history as we speak. What do I mean? I am born in the 80s as the grandson of a concentration camp prisoner as well as the grandson of a SS man who died before I was born. I studied history and developed a strong sense of responsibility when it comes to our people‘s duty regarding being anti-fascist. I learned that I can only live a free life because of courageous men like these two gentlemen of Easy company. Yet here we are in 2024, seeing neo-fascist parties on the rise not only in Germany (AfD), but also in France, the Netherlands and even the very USA with their despotic, racist and anti-democratic Trump. It saddens me so much to see that billions of people seem to not give a single damn about the horrors of the past, marching joyfully towards the same insane and inhumane depravity we have seen in the 1930s and 1940s. There is a German saying: Wehret den Anfängen! That is: Fight the beginnings (relating to ultra-nationalism and fascism). These men gave everything they could give so all of us, across the globe, could live in freedom and peace. The least we can give them back is some respect instead of spitting in their faces. I salute these men, Easy company in general and all the other brave individuals who sacrificed so much only for my generation to enjoy freedom and peace. 🫡

[@VictoryinEuropeWW2]

🙌🙌

[@Ken-ck4zn]

You’re delusional, kid. Educate yourself

[@hermanmarek1]

Easy company was 360 men and this film.says that they did have big casualties of 15 men . 15 men from 360 is bad? Is it a joke?

[@MrMotherfuck123]

Comin back to the place where your Legs been blown off... bummer