Easy Company Medic Eugene Roe

Easy Company Medic Eugene Roe: The Mini Series: The Best Scene

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By Michael Wisotzkey (Afireinside) (24.171.107.160) on Sunday, June 29, 2003 - 08:10 pm:

What is your favorite scene out of the whole miniseries? My favorite is..
When Webster gives the little boy chocolate. That is so heart touching. The look on their faces.

I also like when Buck sees Guarnere and Toye laying on the ground after the shells. And he drops his helmet. That is so sad...but a great scene.

Band of Brothers had the most amazing actors that played like it was real war the whole time

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Sunday, June 29, 2003 - 09:34 pm:

Hmm....kinda very hard to choose cause there are lotsa beautiful scenes to choose from but i like the scenes you chose!!!

gold

By Michael Aaron Secretan (Righty) (24.85.77.82) on Sunday, June 29, 2003 - 10:07 pm:

I would have to say my favorite scene would have to be either when they jump into holland, or when the squad of paratroopers are on a patrol in the forest just before they fing a concentration camp.

Righty

P.S.
this is my first post and im new to the site. i really enjoy it so far!

By John Nichols (Gordonfan24) (66.32.232.230) on Sunday, June 29, 2003 - 10:12 pm:

I agree with Marigold, kinda hard to pinpoint one scene. However, there are some that come to mind:
Luz imitating Maj. Horner and making Sobel cut the fence; the entire scene of the attack on the four German 105's at Brecourt Manor; Winters running across the field to the dike and starting the attack on the Germans; Speirs running through the German lines in the attack on Foy; the company entering Austria after the German surrender. I think one that stands out is the scene in Episode 3 when Malarkey goes to pick up his laundry, seemed to be in a great mood, but then when the lady asked him if Lt. Meehan was one of his, it seemed to have hit him like a ton of bricks. Then she started asking about the rest of the men, and he realized there were loses, but had been so busy since he hit the ground, he hadn't realized these guys were gone, and not coming back.

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Monday, June 30, 2003 - 12:02 am:

Nice choice Michael! Welcome to the boards!!! enjoy more!!! ;)

gold

By irene vrinte (Gijoe) (193.172.46.82) on Monday, June 30, 2003 - 10:08 am:

hi michael and welcome! where are you from?
it's so hard to think of one particular scene that i thought was best....mmmm....boy eating web's chocolate was cute, indeed, but the moment that struck me is from epi 9: liebgott talking to the polish POW, and then when the POW tells him the women's camp is a couple of miles down the railroad....that moment when Lieb realises what the guy is saying and at the same time winters and nixon not understanding it yet....that was really gripping...especially because i knew from the start what the POW meant (i speak quite a bit of german)....

irene

By Chris Saunders (Space_Cowboy) (195.92.194.12) on Monday, June 30, 2003 - 12:45 pm:

Tricky one. Most of mine have already been mentioned especially the scene where Luz imitates Horton. One that hasn't been mentioned was the scene from Episode 7 (The Breaking Point) where Spiers takes charge of Easy. Especially the bit where Spiers runs right through the Germans (Lipton narrating) to the other side of the village, jumps over the wall and then hops back over the wall & runs all the way back.

Chris

By Michael Aaron Secretan (Righty) (24.85.77.82) on Monday, June 30, 2003 - 02:16 pm:

Hi,

Im from Winnipeg,Canada.I'd have to agree that all of the scenes you guys are describing are all pretty good. Band Of Brothers was very well made.

By Michael Wisotzkey (Afireinside) (24.171.107.160) on Monday, June 30, 2003 - 10:55 pm:

Oh yeah, that reminds me Chris.
The part where Lipton is talking about the lost men when they are all in the church after the battle of Foy.

Thats sad to see the soldiers there and fading away..

By Joshua Eggleston (Jegg9032) (24.67.100.85) on Tuesday, July 01, 2003 - 03:26 am:

These are a few scenes that really stick out in my mind.

The first would be the scene in the convent where Lipton does a company roster and the soldiers whom were killed or seriously wounded slowly faded away. Also in this scene when Spiers says that Lipton had been the real leader of easy company is a great tribute to his bravery and leadership.

The other scenes all come from the last episode. The scene where Shifty Powers is saying goodbye to Maj. Winters and really doesn't understand how to explain everything that took place. I wonder if he struggled with these things later in life too.

Another scene is when Winters is giving Malarkey his send off to Paris. When Malarkey salutes Winters doesn't salute in return as usual but simply sticks his hand out for a hand shake. This was seemed to me to be Winters way of saying farwell and that they were now equal since the war was over.

By Wicus Eksteen (Rsa101e) (168.209.98.67) on Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 07:35 am:

Hi all,
Haven't posted on here in a while, but while I read the remarks on the best scene, I thought about the first time I watched the end of ep10, and they show the Vets, and for the first time there names. I almost had tears in my eyes to see who was still alive. But then when Major Winters ended of the episode on the quote from Mike Ranney. Man I am sorry, I am a big dude, but that made me cry like a baby. I do not know how they showed it in your country, but the didn't show the documentary before the series, only after. But that really touched me.

Wicus RSA

By stephen stallebrass (Drstallebrass) (62.253.32.5) on Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 08:35 am:

Hi:

Me too buddy, come to think of it I bet there wasn't a dry eye amongst any of us in this forum!

I got a gang of mates to watch it one time, lads and lasses. I don't think they really understood what they were about to watch.

I played them episode 2 and when the Vet is on the verge of breaking dowm into tears at the beginning they realised that this is for real. If I reccal I'm pretty sure it was Sgt Martin?

They weren't prepared for how much it would hit them or affect them, at the start they thought it was just a film. Needless to say they loved it and all had lumps in their throats, tears in their eyes and a new found appreciation, gratitude and love for all WW2 vets that they didn't have before. All thanks to Band of Brothers!

Kind Regards

Steve Stallebrass
England

By Tim Ross (Ghosthunter) (24.71.223.140) on Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 09:07 am:

I myself was crying at the end of episode 10 and tears and the lump in my throat aways returns when I think about it and listen to the opening song for the show. When it was played here in Canada the 1st Canadian Parachute Regiment was interviewed and they appeared during the showings, during episode 10 one actually broke into tears.

By chris Tucker (Nuttyjawa) (81.96.205.40) on Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 12:01 pm:

Hi i'm new to the boards.
My favourite scenes are among the above, i also like when Nixon reads the letter about a devorce from his wife at the time and how he gets very angry its very touching to me

By chris Tucker (Nuttyjawa) (81.96.205.40) on Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 12:05 pm:

Hi i'm new to the boards.
My favourite scenes are among the above, i also like when Nixon reads the letter about a devorce from his wife at the time and how he gets very angry its very touching to me

By chris Tucker (Nuttyjawa) (81.96.205.40) on Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 12:10 pm:

Hi i'm new to the boards.
My favourite scenes are among the above, i also like when Nixon reads the letter about a devorce from his wife at the time and how he gets very angry its very touching to me

By irene vrinte (Gijoe) (131.174.208.75) on Friday, July 04, 2003 - 04:18 am:

welcome! (times 3 )

i too was crying my eyes out at the end of epi 10....and it's good to know the guys couldn't keep it dry either!

irene

By Matthew Jiles Holtmann (Matt) (65.69.86.212) on Friday, July 04, 2003 - 02:50 pm:

Hi! I'm new here as well. One of the most moving scenes to me was when Luz was crawing towards Muck and Penkala during the shelling at Bastogne and he watches their hole get hit. The look on Luz's face when he see's that happen is heartbreaking. It's the look of someone who doesn't want to believe what he just saw but is forced to just the same.

By Matt Holtmann (Matt) (65.69.86.212) on Friday, July 04, 2003 - 03:00 pm:

Another one would be the scen between Lipton and Speirs when he tells Lipton that the stories about him are just that, stories. You see Speirs as a person for the first time and not just some supposed killer. It's the first time you start to like him.

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Friday, July 04, 2003 - 10:54 pm:

Welcome Chris and Matt!!! You picked some cool scenes!!! Enjoy the site!!!

gold

By Timothy Montgomery Sinnett (Monty89) (198.26.125.12) on Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 01:32 am:

I would have to agree with everyone, all these scenes were great. Malarkey in "The Last Patrol" really seemed to have aged, the scene in the shower you could really see the strain of war on his face. Monty

By irene vrinte (Gijoe) (131.174.208.82) on Monday, July 07, 2003 - 03:36 am:

agree, that's a great one too....

irene

By christine (Tendmd) (202.163.252.147) on Monday, July 07, 2003 - 10:43 am:

the first time winters & nixon saw the concentration camps, always brings shivers up to my spine and tears in my eyes. the ultimate answer to the episode title "why we fight"

one scene that makes my heart ache was the time where Lipton was making a list of all the soldiers and those that were killed or seriously wounded slowly fades away.

i also love the time when compton was shot and he wanted malarkey & guarnere to leave him to the germans coz he realize that it's impossible to carry him coz he weight more to the two combine but they won't let it happen. they solve their problem by smashing a door down and putting compton on it. always make me wished that i have someone like that in my life, never leaving you in times of great need.

when Lipton was hit by a granade blast and talbert was attending to him. Lipton was looking at his lower limbs and talbert checked out the wound and said �Its ok, lip. Everything�s where it should be.�

from the last episode, sobel just acknowledged winters without saluting, prompting winters to say �Captain Sobel, you salute the rank, not the man� and then he glances to nixon and the expression of nixon was priceless. It was like a silent reprimand to winters but it was funny. Love that scene. also the scene where the boys were playing baseball and short background on what they have done after the war,.

so far those were the scenes that comes into my mind at the moment from so many scenes to chose from. love them all.

By Doug MacDonald (Dmacd) (198.166.214.5) on Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 09:30 am:

After many months of lurking throughout this site I have decided to register and throw in a brief comment. I have greatly enjoyed many of the discussions, especially the ones that have featured contrasting viewpoints. I think my comment about a favorite scene will present one viewpoint that I haven't read much about elsewhere.

My favorite scene (currently) starts in Episode Three as Blithe lies in the aid station and his vision is drawn up to the clouds in the sky, just as it was at the start of the episode. The scene then segues from the sky to trees to an Engish lane where Malarky and More are riding their purloined motorcycle back to barracks.

This change of scene symbolizes a lot of the emotions that Band of Brothers evokes. Grief for a badly wounded comrade could give way in short order to the kind of fun that young men revel in. My father was an artillery officer in the Canadian Army 1939-1945. He did not speak in detail of his war experiences to me, but one distinct impression I received from his conversations with other veterans was that WWII represented the best times of their lives. I think for many citizen soldiers, life after the war could never measure up to the pure excitement and even fun, in the midst of a brutal war.

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 09:35 pm:

Hey Doug! Glad you decided to come out!
Nice words...

gold

By cherub (Cherub) (68.161.66.40) on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 - 02:48 pm:

Hey all. The movie was very good and to pinpoint just one best scene is impossible. I agree with all that was mentioned above, so I'm gonna add some more that haven't been done so.

I liked it when Speirs raced across the German lines to climb the wall to hook up with I Company, and came back. Lipton was narrating and such, and the whole scene was great.

The first episode I think had some good moments. Like when the planes were gettin ready to take off. And the last scene where Winters sits by the door of the plane and looks out and the camera pans out to reveal so many planes and a great armada passing through the channel. That was amazing, even though it was just cgi and all...it gives me goosebumps every time I watch it. Amazing scene. And Ike's letter to the men followed right after. That didn't help the goosebumps, either.

I think some of the best scenes in the whole series are summed up in the opening credits. I love watching the opening credits. The musical score is amazing. To me the most touching part was when they did a slow-mo of Winters sitting inside the plane on D-Day and he looks over to the guys who was in the plane with him.

By Li Bernardo (Hotaruanne) (66.185.84.80) on Friday, July 18, 2003 - 07:30 pm:

i don't know, there are just so many amazing points in the entire series that it's hard to choose just one....

By Jenny Barker (Jennyjo8) (12.208.136.215) on Sunday, July 20, 2003 - 04:22 pm:

One of the scenes that really sticks out to me is when Liebgott is having to tell the people in the concentration camp that they have to stop eating and get locked back up in there. Very, very powerful scene. Ross McCall was amazing.

Funny wise, I love the scene when Buck Compton and Luz hustled Babe and Toye during darts. And, when Luz was imitating Horton and Tipper knew what was going on, but the other kid looked kind of confused. That whole part was great.

By jenna marie wilt (Chicachuck17) (65.24.89.47) on Sunday, July 20, 2003 - 11:04 pm:

Hey everyone
I'm new here but just wanted to add a few good scenes. Most of my favorites include Luz's impressions like Major Horton and the "got a penny" lady in the movie. Very funny. When winters says "we're paratroopers lieutenant, we're supposed to be surrounded". One of my other favorites is when Winters tells Gaurnere that he isnt a quaker. I also have to agree with christine about Sobel not saluting winters. Pretty much the whole Bastogne episode is moving to me. Eugene Roe is a true hero. theres just so many beautiful scenes in this series you cant choose one definite favorite.

By jen david (Jennie) (193.128.157.33) on Monday, July 21, 2003 - 04:35 am:

hay,
I think the best scene is at the end of episode five, when they are about to enter Bastone and a lt. bring supplies and he tells them that they will be surround and winters says we're paratroopers were suppose to be surrounded.Thats just one of my favourite scenes,I mostly enjoyed episodes 6 and 7,probably because it shows the bond and the friendship between the men.In a way I some times envy the men of easy company because of the feeling of belonging they must of had and still do with each other.
Jenn

By Tim Ross (Ghosthunter) (24.71.223.140) on Monday, July 21, 2003 - 08:17 am:

My favorites are when they are in Carentan. The first one is when Winters risks life and limb to stand out in the middle of the road to get his men to move up admist MG-42 fire. The next is when one casualty is over a guy's shoulder and they are running through the streets when an 88 blows out the side of a building right behind them.

By Sarah Stone (Sestone) (209.86.203.5) on Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 03:46 am:

Hi y'all. I finally decided to stop lurking and sign up - this is a wonderful site.
There are so many great scenes in the series it is hard to choose. I was really moved by the scene in Breaking Pt. where they are taking Wild Bill away and still working on Toye. Wild Bill, despite what must be unbearable pain, is still smiling and joking - it said so much about his character and personality.
I also love the scene where Lipton has his first cigarette.

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 08:52 am:

Woohoo! Glad you finally decided to come out and have fun with us Sarah! Nice choices of scenes. I still can't decide over it!!!

gold

By jenna (Chicachuck17) (65.24.89.47) on Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 05:13 pm:

i did the exact same thing sarah. it took me a while to decide to sign up. hehehe!! :-)
jenna

By Marc Brand (Marcfire) (194.138.137.11) on Monday, July 28, 2003 - 06:07 am:

One of my best senes is the one in Bastogne when they are on a patrol and that guy gets hit in his neck. He's just lying there and no one can get near him cause of the german fire. The other guys are shouting at him telling to lay still and i can't bear to see the look in that guys eyes. He's bagging for help but can't get it.

The one with Malarky in the Laundry shop is very touching too. The one where Winters stands up against Sobel and wants to face trial. The one where Lipton runs across Foy to attract the snipers attention and Shifty gets him. When Webster gets back from the hospital and receives no warm welcom.

Just some great moments out of this first class series about great men.

Marc

By Debbie (Dogpower) (165.21.154.17) on Friday, August 01, 2003 - 05:56 am:

I'll have to go think about it first... But for now, what I really like is the part where Winters is sitting on the Metro and he remembers the part where he shot the German sentry. *moons privately* When we finally get to see the sentry, we see a young boy, like one of the Hitler Youth, with that incredibly innocent look in his eyes which turns kind of scared when he realizes that he's about to be shot. *sighs* Uh huh... I think that's it for now...

By Yip Keung (Yipkeung) (218.102.39.129) on Friday, August 01, 2003 - 10:07 am:

Hi all,

The replacement private who got hit in the neck is called John Julian. His foxhole buddy, Edward 'Babe' Heffron, tried desparately to help extracting him from the harassing German fire but his endeavours are unfortunately in vain.

I'm also new to posting in this forum although I've reading the message board for a while. I'm from Hong Kong (guess we don't have much fellows from HK here) and the Band of Brothers miniseries were just aired in May. But my fervent love to this great miniseries was developed when I bought the DVD boxset in December 2002. Since then, I've watched it for over seven times. =)

Eric

By Anna (Go_Anna40) (211.28.158.105) on Sunday, August 03, 2003 - 01:43 am:

I have LOTS of favourite scenes...many of them are really heart-wrenching.

- Webster giving chocolate to the Dutch Boy [EP4]
- Easy jumping in Holland [EP4]
- Julian getting hit and how Babe tried to get him [EP6]
- Lipton recalling who got hit and them disappearing [EP7]
- Malarkey getting his laundry [EP3]
- Thye doctor looking at Grant's head wound [EP10]
- The end of the EP10 [the music just made the crying a lot worse ;)]

I watch my brother's DVD boxset over and over again, and it has made me reliase at lot of concepts during WW2 and how much these guys have sacrificed for America.

By claire anderson (Canderson) (82.41.188.37) on Monday, August 11, 2003 - 03:05 pm:

All the scenes that are in BOB are fantasic, but i really enjoyed the scene of Doc Roe. in the foxhole praying.. it goes to show how one small thing could make someone a lot stronger under that mushc pressure.. They all did a great job in making it, and it was a fantastic thing to witness..

By Kerry Jones (Kerry) (213.51.0.208) on Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 07:04 am:

Hi! I've just signed up, after looking round on the site for a couple of days. I borrowed the DVD collection of BOB from a friend. I watched the whole series in a week and am now watching it for the second time! The first time I watched the series, I had trouble keeping all the caracters apart. Now I am watching the series for the second time, things are easier to follow, as I now now most of the caracters.
Of all the scenes in the series, I have to say my favorate is the one in the last episode, were Winters says to Sobel: you salute the rank not the man.

By Rafn ��risson (Skytta) (193.4.198.10) on Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 07:32 am:

My favorite scene is in episode 7(The Breaking point)after Joe Toye and Wild Bill taka a hit from the artilery shot when Compton Calls for a medic and when Compton is at the medic station

Also it is in the 3 episode(Carentan)
When Blite is hiding in he hole and Winters orders(tells)him to fire his weapon

Rabbi @ Iceland

By Tash (Sorcy) (203.10.1.25) on Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 08:52 am:

Gday all! My favourite scene, well one of them, is in Ep6 where Winters comes across Welsh's fire. That whole scene is great "We're in a dell"
"A dell? Like where fairies and gnomes live?" and then poor Welshy gets hit. Thats a good scene cause you've got humour as well as you can see how scared Roe is, where he freezes and that Winters can see how bad the war is getting to him... anyhoo nuff rambling...thats my favourite scene...among others

By Robert Briggs (Robert) (195.153.219.170) on Thursday, August 21, 2003 - 06:04 am:

Hi all.
Not necessary the best scene, but one that stands out not necessary for it's pyrotechinques or action is, in the first episode were ( I think it was ) Christenson has drank from his bottle on the night march and had to repeat all 12 miles again. And as he struggles up Currahee you see 4 other guys from Easy join him giving him support. It just shows you the closeness these guys had. They must have been exhausted from the first 12 let alone doing another.
It's only on the DVD. The episode on TV didn't show it

By Robert Briggs (Robert) (195.153.219.170) on Thursday, August 21, 2003 - 06:06 am:

By Tim Ross (Ghosthunter) (24.71.223.140) on Saturday, August 23, 2003 - 07:55 am:

Robert,
That is a very good scene for proving the closeness of the company, it really showed how closely bonded everyone was to each other either in combat or in training. I do know for a fact though that it did show that scene when it was aired in Canada.

By Mercuskip (Mercuskip) (81.48.68.138) on Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 10:23 am:

My favourites scenes :

1. Webster giving chocolate to the Deutch Boy
2. Utah beatch when they attack guns
3. Capt Speirs in hollande when he run during the battle
4. Skip Muck, Penkala and Malarkey at bastogne when he speak about Muck
5. Attack of Carentan, Foy-Noville

By Penil Chhiba (Penil) (80.225.47.121) on Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 01:11 pm:

You mean Capt Spiers in Foy when he ran during the battle.

By Mercuskip (Mercuskip) (81.53.82.124) on Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 01:02 am:

Yes Capt. Spiers in Foy not in Hollande
Sorry I am French so I don't speak very well English.

By Simone (Sirwen) (203.12.97.51) on Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 07:45 am:

I love the scene where the Dutch are welcoming E Company into Eindhoven and everyone around them are rejoicing and look positively relieved and happy...
It kinda makes you think of what kind of tyranny and turmoil they were under when occupied by the Germans. I think the look on Frank Perconte's face after he gets "rescued" from the lady pushing his face into her bosom by Lipton is sooooooo cute! He looks so spun out!
Other than that I love it all and I can't quite pick out a scene I love the most!
BTW, I bought Stephen Ambrose's BoB book today! Eagerly anticipating reading it!

By Debbie (Dogpower) (165.21.154.15) on Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 09:15 am:

Simone, it's great! I'm sure you'll enjoy it!

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 10:22 pm:

alright!!! yer gonna love the book simone! happy reading!!!

gold

By Simone (Sirwen) (203.12.97.93) on Friday, September 12, 2003 - 04:09 am:

No doubt! I haven't got a chance to really get into it yet... I had a History test today on migrants coming to Australia after WWII and up to the Vietnam War. Had to study! But it's over now so I'll be reading it non stop until I finish!
Hey Gold, where are you from? I love it how we are from all over the world and still have this common bond! Really warms your heart doesn't it!

Simone

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Friday, September 12, 2003 - 08:12 am:

never put the book down!!! LOL j/k!
I'm from the Philippines. Really far from where yer at!

gold

By Simone (Sirwen) (203.12.97.91) on Friday, September 12, 2003 - 08:26 am:

The Philippines! Wow! I'd love to go there. It's not that far from Australia, closer than England or America.
Did you end up buying BoB on DVD? Because I looked over some previous convos and you were talking about the re-airing of BoB...
I got mine from Russia that my dad brought back about a month ago. Can you imagine me not having seen all the episodes until a month ago!? It aired here about 2 years ago but I never caught all of the episodes.
The only bummer about the DVD's I got was that it didn't have that extra disc with all the special features on it...I was seriously considering buying the whole set again just for that one disc....Ah well...
I'm knackered, speak to u soon!

Simone

By emberly prothero (Emberly) (144.35.254.5) on Friday, September 12, 2003 - 11:38 am:

I'm new to this site and I just wanted to add a favorite scene. First off they were all very good scenes and they were all my favorite, but I guess I will pick the scene in the Bastogne episode were Winters was yelling at the men to "go forward". It shows that he cares about these men and he knows whats best for the company.

Emmy

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Friday, September 12, 2003 - 10:13 pm:

Hey simone, you're definitely closer to me than i ever thought! Yep. I actually have lots of Bob copies! I have the VHS tapes when the VCS/DVDs weren't available yet. I was able to buy the VCD copies out from the black market which we call pirated ones and when the real thing came out, i brought the original VCD copies. Plus, i also ended up buying the DVDs withouth the extra disk you put in the DVD-rom though.
Emmy, welcome to the group and i'm sure you'll enjoy it here

gold

By Rightwing (Rightwing) (63.150.227.63) on Saturday, September 13, 2003 - 02:13 am:

I liked Spears' speech to Private Blythe.

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Saturday, September 13, 2003 - 07:37 am:

Hehe, don't get confused with Speirs and Spears! ;)

gold

By Michael Gerard Oberreuter (Jumpwing_81) (203.206.23.71) on Saturday, September 13, 2003 - 08:01 am:

Hello everybody! My Name is Michael and I am from Germany ( father German, mother from Mauritius). I am currently living in Sydney, Australia and I look forward to my studies beginning in march.

Like the others, I agree with the scenes. But my absolute favourite scene is in Episode 1, when Capt. Sobel makes E-Company run up Currahee after the men ate Spaghetti. Sobel yells at several people and the men start to sing the Airbone Anthem in defiance. For me, that is the birth of the Band of Brothers.

By Michael Gerard Oberreuter (Jumpwing_81) (203.206.23.71) on Saturday, September 13, 2003 - 08:05 am:

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Saturday, September 13, 2003 - 08:49 pm:

Welcome Mike!

gold

By Simone (Sirwen) (203.12.97.94) on Monday, September 15, 2003 - 06:42 am:

Gold, do you think I should buy the original DVD boxset?? The ones that were brought back for me from Russia were pirated ones...so I don't know, what do you reckon, I do miss watching Ron Livingston's Diaries..and the quality may be better...?
It's about $100 Australian...so let me know ok!
Thanks heaps!

Simone

By Simone (Sirwen) (203.12.97.92) on Monday, September 15, 2003 - 06:46 am:

P.S The book is thus far absolutely brilliant, I'm so into it I'm refusing to listen in class...turning to reading it instead!

Simone

By Debbie (Dogpower) (165.21.154.10) on Monday, September 15, 2003 - 07:16 am:

Whee!!! The book is really great, isn't it? ;)

By Kerry Jones (Kerry) (213.51.0.208) on Monday, September 15, 2003 - 03:46 pm:

Hi Simone.

I've just bought the 6 DVD set, and I really think it was worth it! It costs 100 Euro's here in Holland. I gues it works out about the same...

Kerry

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Monday, September 15, 2003 - 09:10 pm:

Simone, i would definitely and strongly recommend you get the original DVD set, they're worth it!!!
And yep, the book is absolutely good but do listen to your class :P Hehe...

gold

By Simone (Sirwen) (203.12.97.94) on Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 02:23 am:

OK, You've convinced me! I've gotta wait until I get paid for last wk, but as soon as I do I'll definitely buy it! Thanks for the tip!
Got anything else you might suggest?

Simone

By Debbie (Dogpower) (165.21.154.9) on Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 05:13 am:

I'm dying to lay my hands on the DVD set... We rented the entire set to watch, and by some pure luck, my mother wanted to use examples from the series to illustrate some principles of leadership in her workshop. Thus, she managed to borrow the DVD (yay!) from her colleague. My brother and I, of course, snuck off some DVDs to watch. But until now my dad still doesn't want to buy the DVDs... It's pretty cheap here already. About $99, which would be a real bargain over there in Europe... Arrrrgh. *sobs*

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 09:08 am:

Simone, i'm not so sure if i can suggest any more movies cause the BOB DVD is enough for me...;)
Debbie, good luck! i hope you can get the DVDs as soon as you can. And i have a feeling you will Patience is virtue...

gold

By Kerry Jones (Kerry) (213.51.0.208) on Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 09:56 am:

Simone

A good old movie you must see is The Longest Day, about D-day. And ofcourse Saving Private Ryan. I also enjoyed watching Warriors (a BBC film) with Damian Lewis, about the civil war in Bosnia.
Enjoy!

Kerry

By Kerry Jones (Kerry) (213.51.0.208) on Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 10:40 am:

Today I had a fantastic experience that I would like to share with you all.

Today I was visiting Nijmegen for my work, on my lunchbreak I found a brittish war cemetary, so I decided to go and have a look. There was a group of WW2 veterans there, paying there respects to there old friends there. I spoke to them for a short while, it was great. I told them that I really respected them, and what they had done for our country. I was glad I could thank them personally. Tomorrow is the 59th aneversery of Market Garden, so I gues that's why they were here. One of the veterans said: I'm getting old, and I'm starting to forget things, but what happend here, I remember as if it were yesterday.... They were all members of the Normandie Veterans Association. It's a shame I couldn't spend more time talking to them...

Kerry

By Michelle Oakes (Exwildgirl) (67.4.65.19) on Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 10:12 pm:

My favorite scene...the one that sticks with me is where Winters has just had his first man killed (Hall) knocking out the German guns. He is walking along and sits and watches the city burning in the night sky. He makes a promise to himself and God, that when he is done, he will live a life of peace. It is the quiet respect for life that comes out of him that makes me cry. His unspoken message of "I have to do this now, it is necessary, but when my turn to have a choice comes I will chose peace." comes through loud and clear. It speaks of people doing things they know they have to, making the hard decisions and yet striving for a world of quiet and calm.

By Simone (Sirwen) (203.12.97.51) on Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 03:13 am:

Thanks Kerry, I'll look into those ones too....
WOW! How I envy you so! I'm glad you got to express your great respect to WWII veterans personally. Thanks for sharing it with us. This site means sooo much to me, every day when I come home, I'm always on here straight away. I think its a great way of venting my passion and enthusiasm for this topic, like it is presumably, for everyone else too.
I'd just like to say a big thankyou to those who created this site and to anyone who contibutes because in doing so we're raising peoples awareness of WWII. Well Done! It means so much!

Simone

By Max Davis (Hilts) (195.93.32.14) on Tuesday, November 11, 2003 - 04:40 pm:

I like the scene at Upottery airfield and Winters takes each mans hand and lifts them off the ground, its just the look on all the guys faces, Damian Lewis was superb in that role

By ferris (Dayoffirstse) (216.190.241.87) on Saturday, December 06, 2003 - 12:50 pm:

the scene before the take off with winters was a good scene so was the scene when webster gives the boy chocolate my other fav scenese are the ones when leipgott tells webster to shoot the german officer and he says know speirs running through foy and the opening credits i love the slowmotion type thing

By Colleen Murphy (Colleen) (216.125.153.2) on Saturday, December 06, 2003 - 02:39 pm:

1. The scene where Doc is telling Spina about his grandmother.It's very sweet when Doc smiles remembering his grandmother.
2. The scene where Speirs is telling Lip,"Hell it was YOU 1/Sgt." The look of pride and humility on Lip's face is very touching.
3. Capt. Winters saying,"We're paratroopers,Lt., we're supposed to be surrounded."

Colleen

By ferris (Dayoffirstse) (216.190.241.87) on Saturday, December 06, 2003 - 06:33 pm:

that leply to george rice colleen is what really got me into joining the paratroopers they are alone
ferris

By Colleen Murphy (Colleen) (64.107.160.66) on Sunday, December 07, 2003 - 03:25 pm:

Ferris,it was inspiring,wasn't it? Later,in that same episode,another favorite scene is when Capt.Winters is watching his men march into Bastogne,just as other soldiers are running for their lives. You see resolve and the determination on the faces of the men,and the pride in his men on the face of Capt.Winters.What courage these men had!

By ferris (Dayoffirstse) (216.190.241.87) on Wednesday, December 10, 2003 - 05:44 pm:

no offense to the twenty fourth infantry but the airborne really saved their rear those few weeks
ferris

By Eve Dee (Mignonne) (202.155.134.222) on Wednesday, December 31, 2003 - 12:37 am:

"Care for a smoke?" -- Lt. Spiers.

You cannot not love that scene <3

Hi, everyone, my name is Eve, and I'm from Indonesia. I just recently watched all BoB episodes through DVD set... and obviously I fall in love with the series ;) My favorites are Spiers, Perconte, and Major Winters Glad to have found this place.

Eve.

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.169.209) on Wednesday, December 31, 2003 - 08:12 am:

hello and welcome Eve.
Shucks, how can we forget that scene??

gold

By Julia (Julia) (202.158.116.31) on Thursday, January 01, 2004 - 08:06 am:

Happy New Year, everyone!

I cannot choose the best scene of BoB, they are all great. But I feel like sharing my favourite ones per episode.

Episode 1:

1. "Sir, we got nine companies, Sir."
"Yeah, we do."
"How come we're the only company marching every Friday night, 12 miles, full pack in the pitch dark?"
"Why do you think, Pvt. Randleman?"
"Lt. Sobel hates us, Sir."
[stunned look on Winter's face] "Lt. Sobel does not hate Easy Comapny, Pvt. Randleman. He just hates you."
"Thank you, Sir."
Gotta tell you this scene shows that even in the exhaustion from marching and running Currahee, humor still exists. And how Winters answered Randleman in a straight face that way, at least I know this man does have a bit sense of humor.

2. As mentioned before, when Pvt. Gordon running the 12 miles by himself, the camera shot him from the back, capturing the three other fellas accompanying him. Love the score. It inspires the solidarity of the men.

3. When Liebgott took offense by Guarnere calling Sobel a Jew, I like the comment from Tipper: "Fighting over Sobel. That's smart." Hehe .. never thought that these guys did fight with each other, seeing how close they would gonna be through the war.

4. When Luz imitating Major Horton. The facial expression from Tipper who stood beside Sobel keeps bringing a smile on my face.

5. The old man riding his bike on the T-intersection, kept encountering the group led by Winters from every direction. It is just funny, especially when he asked if the group led by Sobel would be the enemy, and Winters answered by a yes. Pretty much describing the episode.

6. Before the take-off, when Winters helped his men up on their feet. I like to see how the camera focused on their face and their hands.

7. Of course, the take-off. Love the score, love the sight of the airplanes.

*to be continued* =D =D =D

By Julia (Julia) (202.158.116.31) on Thursday, January 01, 2004 - 08:08 am:

Happy New Year, everyone!

I cannot choose the best scene of BoB, they are all great. But I feel like sharing my favourite ones per episode.

Episode 1:

1. "Sir, we got nine companies, Sir."
"Yeah, we do."
"How come we're the only company marching every Friday night, 12 miles, full pack in the pitch dark?"
"Why do you think, Pvt. Randleman?"
"Lt. Sobel hates us, Sir."
[stunned look on Winters' face] "Lt. Sobel does not hate Easy Company, Pvt. Randleman. He just hates you."
"Thank you, Sir."
Gotta tell you this scene shows that even in the exhaustion from marching and running Currahee, humor still exists. And how Winters answered Randleman in a straight face that way, at least I know this man does have a bit sense of humor.

2. As mentioned before, when Pvt. Gordon running the 12 miles by himself, the camera shot him from the back, capturing the three other fellas accompanying him. Love the score. It inspires the solidarity of the men.

3. When Liebgott took offense by Guarnere calling Sobel a Jew, I like the comment from Tipper: "Fighting over Sobel. That's smart." Hehe .. never thought that these guys did fight with each other, seeing how close they would gonna be through the war.

4. When Luz imitating Major Horton. The facial expression from Tipper who stood beside Sobel keeps bringing a smile on my face.

5. The old man riding his bike on the T-intersection, kept encountering the group led by Winters from every direction. It is just funny, especially when he asked if the group led by Sobel would be the enemy, and Winters answered by a yes. Pretty much describing the episode.

6. Before the take-off, when Winters helped his men up on their feet. I like to see how the camera focused on their face and their hands.

7. Of course, the take-off. Love the score, love the sight of the airplanes.

*to be continued* =D =D =D

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By Julia (Julia) (202.158.117.21) on Thursday, January 01, 2004 - 08:28 am:

Whoa, double post, huh? Sorry =D. Thought the first message was failed to be posted. How can I delete one?

Anyway, here is Episode 2:

1. "What's that guy's problem?"
"Gonorrhea."
"Really?"
"His name, dummy. Guarnere, gonorrhea, get it?"
"So besides having a sh**ty name, what's his problems?"
*lol* It is even more funny when Hall finally fired back to Guarnere in the Brecourt Manor battle, calling him Gonorrhea.

2. Malarkey met one German POW from Eugene, Oregon. The conversation was so friendly, seemed like there was no boundary between enemy and friend. And then the shock came when Malarkey witnessed the gunfire shooting those POWs.

3. Grenade hit Joe Toye two times. He sure was a one lucky b*****d! Hehe ..

4. Malarkey ran to the dead enemy, searching for luger, and the Krauts stopped firing thinking he was one of the medic. Hah. You know when Malarkey finally decided to run back to his company, the firings around him were both hilarious and scary.

5. "I'm not a Quaker". And the laughs. Enough said. =D

*again, to be continued*

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By Lucinda May (Looby_Loo) (195.92.168.166) on Thursday, January 08, 2004 - 12:57 pm:

Hi everyone, I'm new as well
I totally agree with all of your choices - isnt it so darn hard to choose just one?! I also love the part in Carentan where Tipper is badly wounded and Liebgott reasures him: 'Lookin real good, but you gotta sit down.'
I also love Episode 1: Curahee, especially when Sobel is inspecting the men and says 'Malarkey, isn't that slang for bulls**t?' to which Malarkey replies 'Yes sir!' Hahaha! I love to watch the way Sobel is so mean to the guys but they still prevail, eg when he sends them up Curahee in the middle of their spaghetti, and he's insulting them, eg 'You're a wash-out Pvt Hoobler!' But Luz starts them singing and they just rise above it all, like the fab paratroopers they are
Luv n hugs,
Lucy x x x

By Lucinda May (Looby_Loo) (195.92.168.166) on Thursday, January 08, 2004 - 01:05 pm:

I also love that 'got a penny' scene, but I can never find it! Does anyone know which episode it is? I love all Luz's bits, he's just such a character. He seems eternally cheerful and I think he would have done a great job in keeping up the morale of E company.

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.169.209) on Friday, January 09, 2004 - 07:34 am:

hey lucy and welcome. nice choices there
that was episode 5.

gold

By Julia (Julia) (202.159.17.74) on Monday, January 12, 2004 - 01:13 am:

the scenes continue ..

Episode 3:

1. When Winters screaming and kicking some butts, encouraging his men to move out of the ditches and into Carentan.

2. The Irish Father who prayed for the dead men on the street, while bullets and mortars shooting around him. For a reason, I think this man had a guardian angel too, the same angel that protect the medics.

3. As mentioned before, Liebgott comforting Tipper who was badly wounded. I had seen the scene rolled on the opening credits before, and I never thought it would be that horrible, yet so tender the voice coming from Liebgott. That was the first time I put my special attention on him, all the way through the series =D.

4. When .. Strayer (?) asked for Winters' approval to cross and move the wounded. The exchanging look between Winters and Nixon was great. A short one, but very well-executed. Even without words, I could tell they were both confused and amazed at the same time. Then Winters got hit *lol*. So much for the amazement.

5. Winters comforting Blithe who had a hysterical blindness. One of the most memorable scenes.

6. More: "Don't they know we're just getting settled here?"
[Speirs stared back at More, quietly and kinda fiercely .. and the just left without saying a word .. hehe ..]
Muck: "Nice, Groucho. Real smart. You know you're taking your life in your own hands."
Then the talk about Speirs began to start.

7. When Blithe asked Speirs about what he did on D-Day, Speir's mouth was a bit open, like he wanted to answer that question, but then he just started to leave. I figured the gesture was more likely that he was annoyed and bored with the rumors, yet he was determined to stay quiet. Then the speech he gave to Blithe. I noticed the tears rolling down on Blithe's cheek while he was listening to it. Poor boy, how scared he was at that time.

8. The battle outskirt Carentan. It was so good and intense. When Winters encouraging Blithe by touching his shoulder and said "Get up on your feet! Come on, Blithe. Stand up, soldier!". Then he fought together with Blithe, firing his weapon from above Blithe without any cover at all. Jeez .. I saw the spinning bullets out of the weapon. Good shot. And when Welsh took McGrath to the open field for shooting down the German tanks with bazooka, hearing McGrath kept saying "You're gonna get me killed, Lieutenant. I knew you'd get me killed." as the tanks approaching them closer and closer .. *holding my breath*

8. "The Night of the Bayonet" poem. Hehehe ..

9. The riding of Malarkey and More. The score! I love it. It captured the excitement of those two young men having a rare good time in the middle of war.

10. The laundry pick-up. *sniff*

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By George Luz Jr. (Luzjr) (68.229.84.24) on Monday, January 12, 2004 - 09:25 pm:

Hi all,

Lets see my favorite part of the series was the last episode "We Stand Alone Together". The Men of Easy Company. Listening to the men in there own words was very moving. The impact that this made on these soldiers life's has been with them for almost 60 years.
HBO, Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg the actors and writers and many more deserve a huge amount of credit for the effort required to tell this story.
One may say that it has brought us all together.

George Jr.

By Nick (Hamham21) (216.26.9.146) on Monday, January 12, 2004 - 11:01 pm:

I would have to say before they are on there way to normandy End of episode 1 and episode 2 the music and the Faces when winters looks down at the whole invasion fleet that whole part is amazing they were emabrking on a great crusade

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.169.209) on Tuesday, January 13, 2004 - 07:20 am:

amen to that last statement Mr. Luz Jr.

gold

By Bradley Peterson (Brad) (140.254.79.248) on Tuesday, January 13, 2004 - 08:50 am:

I still can't get through the end of the last episode not deeply moved.

George Jr., your dad was a helluva guy by all accounts. I read somewhere that your mother thought that his character in BoB was not as funny as the real-life George. In fact, I thought your dad's sense of humor came across much more clearly in David Kenyon Webster's "Parachute Infantry". Webster clearly really liked your dad. I think we all do.

By Julia (Julia) (202.159.17.74) on Tuesday, January 13, 2004 - 11:43 pm:

Episode 4:

1. The daylight jump. For me, it was more interesting to see than the D-Day jump. Firstly, it was bright .. I can catch the details clearly, and it was amazing to see so many parachutes filled in the sky. Secondly, it was a successful jump .. and the camera shot the landings soft and nice.

2. The people of Eindhoven, welcoming the soldiers. To see the people kissing the soldiers. The expression of Perconte when Lipton pulled him away from the hug of a lady *lol* .. no matter how many times I repeated the scene, I still laughed as loud as always. And the kiss Winters got right on the lips .. tsk .. I am jealous. The head shaving scene was kinda eerie though.

3. Webster gave the chocolate to the little kid. So cute (Webster and the kid) =D. On the other hand, the scene brought quite a message.

4. Nixon got a bullet shot through to his helmet.
The dialogue afterwards was funny.
Winters: "Nix!"
Nixon: "I'm alright, I'm alright. [pause] Am I alright?"
Winters: Yeah. Yeah. You feel alright?"
Nixon: Yeah. Quit looking at me like that!"
The expression from both men was even funnier .. hihihihi ..

Episode 4 is the least of my fave episode. I don't know, maybe it is because this episode telling the story of Operation Market-Garden's failure. Anyway, I still have the highlights written above, which manage to keep me watching =D.

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By Bradley Peterson (Brad) (140.254.79.248) on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 - 08:16 am:

Julia,

1. E Company was lucky. Other 506th companies, mostly 1st Battalion I think, encountered fire on the DZ. I liked that scene, too, even though the sky filled with parachutes was computer generated. I also read somewhere that the most popular scenes with the surviving members of E company who attended the premier in Normandy were the jump scenes.

2. Yeah, the head shaving was kind of creepy. The woman with the swastika painted on her forehead was not, I understand, typical. The French did that, but the Dutch didn't.

4. I liked that scene, too. Said something about both Nixon and Winters and their relationship that wouldn't have come out another way. In Webster's book, he talks about Nixon wandering around from company to company showing off his dinged helmut (Webster didn't like Nixon much, a lot of it being that he was an officer from Yale!).
I actually like episode 4 quite a lot. I have a harder time with The Breaking Point and The Last Patrol because the men had become so jaded. It's just hard to see them under such conditions.

By Julia (Julia) (202.159.17.74) on Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 11:17 pm:

Brad,

True, the living members of E Company should be very proud and excited to see the jump scenes. They were there, and they did one hell of a job. Even myself feel proud of the men. Jumping out of the plane, right into behind enemy lines .. If I were them, I were sure I'd be scared to death from the moment the plane took off. I've read the Ambrose's book, and saw the sketch made by Christenson about the D-Day jump. The situation looked horrible.

The friendship between Winters and Nixon always amuses me. The series drew it clear enough for me to picture how close they were. For instant, I notice in the series, Nixon always addressed Winters by "Dick". And Winters addressed Nixon by "Nix" or "Lew". And the humor never stops.

Which brings me to my highlights on Episode 5:

Maybe it's because of Tom Hanks, I found the episode is softer and more sentimental. Not to mention the nice editing. Or maybe because this episode is focussing on my most favorite character of the series =D.

1. Winters gave a morning wake up to Nixon. Love that scene. Love it. Love it. After watching the preview of the shoot-out at the beginning of the episode, I didn't expect to see this kind of scene. It was heart-warming to see best friends being playful in the morning.

2. I like to watch the expression from Winters when he was excluded from the Operation Pegasus briefing. It was like he wanted so much to be involved in it, but he couldn't. Instead he was ordered to make reports. He was annoyed, huh? =).

3. "I don't know why I'm still doing this."
"What, drinking?"
"No, hiding it in your footlocker. I'm a captain, for Christ's sake."
"Well, why don't you just give it up?"
"Drinking?"
"No, hiding it in my footlocker, you're a captain, for Pete's sake."
Nixon continued to say something about quitting drinking, just to raise his drink and said cheers to Winters in the end. The chuckle of disbelief came from Winters. And so did it come from me *lol*. The ping-pong conversation was nice.

4. The whole action in the dike. Starting from Winters solo run, followed by his men. I could hear only the breathing and the running sound, yet I could feel the tension so heavy. I am stunned by the bravery. When Winters encountered the sentry and shot him, I thought, "Okay, that was one-on-one. Fair enough." But when the camera's angle turned to the right to capture other enemies (meaning: lots of enemies) in sight, I couldn't help the "Whoa!" *shocked*. And after everything was done, when Nixon came approaching Winters and saw the result of the action, I am wondering how Nixon was feeling about his best friend surviving such a narrow escape. Most of all, I am wondering how Winters was feeling at that time. The silence was defeaning. They certainly were lucky, lucky men.

5. While Winters typing the report, there's a lot of close up shots. And the scenes switched back and forth with the action. That's how I like it so much. Such as one close-up of Winters came with the whisper of "Fix bayonet!", and the scene changed into the men fixing bayonets. Or when the gun firing became the key typing. Smooth.

6. Paris. Personally I think this sequence is a bit slow and the score had successfully brought the feeling of loneliness in it. But again, the editing is so nice. When Winters dropped a coin at the cafe, the coin was picked up by the young boy in the metro. And the face of the boy turned out to be the face of the sentry he shot at the dike. And lastly, the bath tub scene. Why .. I just love how it's done .. never thought that the hot water in the tub could bring so much relief .. hahahaha ..

7. Compton in the theatre, with Winters sitting behind him. The blank stare of Compton said something had happened to him, and the knowing stare of Winters said that he knew something had changed in Compton. When the order came for the men to move out, I like it how Winters waited silently for Compton to leave his seat. There was an unspeakable understanding between the two men, and somehow I realize that they both were quite good friends.

8. For sure, the best quote of the series: "We're paratroopers, Lieutenant. We're supposed to be surrounded.". And the following scene when Winters was watching his men marching into the woods. I found myself very much wanted to tell them to go back instead of going in there. I mean, hell, the others were retreating, then why should they went the other way around? I didn't want anything to happen to Easy Company. But seeing the determination on the men's faces, and when Winters finally joined the march (his men were walking on both sides of the road, and he was walking right in the middle), I felt I would love to follow him into hell as well.

Thus the ending. With uncertainty. Brilliantly opened to what might come next.

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By Julia (Julia) (202.159.17.74) on Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 11:20 pm:

By Sargon Henderson (Sargonism) (66.229.16.209) on Friday, January 16, 2004 - 03:29 am:

My first post to this site�
I had the pleasure of receiving the complete set as a Christmas gift 2002. I have since watched the whole series about 30 times over. Some more then others, but I would say every disk has been watched between 30 and 50 times. I think this thread should be split into categories. Most moving, most memorable, funniest, as mentioned above the most moving �part� is the documentary with all the real men. Dick and his �No, but I served in a company of Heros� wells my eyes thinking about it. Funniest is when Martin asks Lutz �Where is everyone?� and Lutz responds in a humorous tone �I have no idea!�. Most memorable is the grenade that didn�t get thrown, and the family that was saved because of it.
The �best scene� to me was when Spiers took command of Easy. It�s a turning point for Easy. You go into the battle worried for the lives of everyone in Easy, just as Lipton warned Winters. You can see Dick pulling out his hair yelling at Dike. Winters calls Spiers over and still without swearing, yells at him to take command of Easy and take them on in. It�s the beginning of a huge relief on Easy. Having watched it so many times and knowing all the cracks Guarnere makes about Winters religion I wonder what religion he is. No drinking, no swearing�. But we know he�s not a Quaker.

By Sargon Henderson (Sargonism) (66.229.16.209) on Friday, January 16, 2004 - 03:31 am:

oops,
Posted twice.

By Bradley Peterson (Brad) (140.254.79.248) on Friday, January 16, 2004 - 08:21 am:

Julia, I agree, Episode 5 was very artfully done. The transitions were really marvelous in that episode, especially when Winters is getting some R&R in Paris.

The incident of Winters waking up Nixon really happened. If I not mistaken, that is the only time in the series that Winters actually laughs (he chuckles a few other times and grins a lot, but this time he really laughs). It's funny how such totally different guys became so close.

Sargon, Winters was a Protestant. He discovered early that the men respected him for not drinking, smoking, or cursing, so he maintained this throughout the war (though he DID have a pull of Calvados at the end of D-Day, who wouldn't? He was surprised it had no effect on him...). Anyhow, he wasn't a Quaker or a Menonite (as Guarnere jokes after Winters leaves). The decision he made about his behavior was a personal one, not a religious one.

And, by the way, in recorded conversations Winters **does** use occasional mild curse words, pretty much like most people. You'd hardly notice it if you weren't paying close attention.

By George Luz Jr. (Luzjr) (68.229.84.141) on Sunday, January 18, 2004 - 08:49 pm:

Hey there Brad,

Sorry for the delay. Actually the whole Luz family is very pleased with Rick Gomez and his ablility to capture my Dads humor.
Your right about Websters book, there are several passages in there that really illustrate my Dad and his behavior with a little more depth. One sideline is that Barbara Webster Embree played a significant role in getting his book published.
Thanks again.

By Donald van den Bogert (Bogeyz) (213.84.187.190) on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 08:23 am:

The cinical sence of humor is what a lot of the friendships are (were) about.

The scene where Winters remarks he is not a Quacker.

* Holland 2002: Bill Guarnere signing my book while I talked about Winters. Bills remark 'He is still a Quacker !'. (I have got that on videocam).

* Bastogne 2002: Bill & Babe planting a tree in Rachamps near the Church were in episode 7 the songs are being sang for Easy Company, Bill on Babe's digging efforts: 'That the hardest labour I have ever see him do !'.

They are a team, like Laurel and Hardy, tongue-in-cheek fun all day !

Donald

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