By Basset on Saturday, August 18, 2001 - 08:09 pm:| By Basset on Saturday, August 18, 2001 - 08:09 pm: |
This is when the action really starts. Easy Company's first mayjor battle of the War.They take on the 6th Fallsschirmjager (Parachute) Regiment & the 17 SS Panzergrenadier Regiment at the Nomandy Town of Carentan. Lots of Action Tanks ect..
| By Anonymous on Sunday, August 19, 2001 - 02:08 pm: |
What? D-Day isn't enough? Landing in the dark, miles from the DZ? Capturing German artillery???
| By KidNapEasyWhite on Sunday, August 19, 2001 - 08:49 pm: |
Bassett, I beg to differ. The first major engagement of the Normandy campaign for E/506th was the action at Bre'Court manor outside Ste. Marie du Mont. While they may not have been at Company strength, it still was where the cornerstone of the Company leadership functioned as a unit. It was also where the majority of the Valor awards for E/506th were earned for the entire war. A little known side note about this battle (which lasted several hours)...eliments of Dog Company, 506th were sent to take the guns earlier and before the Easy company group. This group was nearly decimated. Having walked the path of attack with Veterans of E Company who were involved in the attack, the amazing thing is that all this occurred while a German heavy weapons section of MG 34' & MG 42's rained machine gun fire on them and limited movement to the trench system.
Carentan was and is significant, however, the action at Bre Court made Easy Company.
Currahee!
KidNapEasyWhite
| By steve on Thursday, September 20, 2001 - 07:53 pm: |
What do you think about this comparing to saving private ryan?
| By Spliffy (Spliffy) (213.48.230.52 - 213.48.230.52) on Friday, October 12, 2001 - 06:17 pm: |
This series started recentley in England, and I think it is AWESOME. As good as shaving Ryans privates :-) but on every WEEK!! Suddenley it doesn't feel so bad paying for the TV licence...Can't wait for next week.
| By Axeblood (Axeblood) (198.109.216.143 - 198.109.216.143) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 - 01:16 am: |
saving private ryan was good but what makes this much better is that it shows all aspects of war and shows it from all eyes right down to the medics up to the commaning officers i have not yet read the book but this has inspired me to go get it and read it
| By Jane Lindholm (Jlindholm) (204.48.169.252) on Monday, June 10, 2002 - 11:27 pm: |
New- Cpl. Joe Leibgott, S.Sgt. Floyd Talbert [Matthew Leitch] and Sgt. George Luz [Rick Gomez] compare souvenirs; Tab got a German poncho which will get him and Pvt. George Smith into trouble later.
New- Pvt. Albert Blithe [Marc Warren], Pvt. Frank Perconte [James Madio] and Pvt. Bill Dukeman [Marc Lawerence] compare notes after D-Day.
Look for a nice article on Mark in the 'Cast' section.
New- Lt. Harry Welsh [Rick Warden] gets the men ready to march into Carentan [located 10 miles south of Utah Beach, France]
| By Jane Lindholm (Jlindholm) (204.48.169.252) on Monday, June 10, 2002 - 11:40 pm: |
Pvt. Ed Tipper [Bart Ruspoli] has a close encounter with a mortar
Joseph Liebgott [Ross McCall] reassures Tipper and calls for help.
Damian Lewis and Shane Taylor
| By irene vrinte (Gijoe) (131.174.244.2) on Tuesday, June 11, 2002 - 10:22 am: |
waaahhhhhhhhh thanks so much jane!!!!!
i LOVE that pic where Lieb comforts Tipper; so sweet!!!!!!!!!
keep up the good work 
irene
| By Jane Lindholm (Jlindholm) (67.227.12.62) on Tuesday, June 11, 2002 - 06:00 pm: |
I know, the Leibgott/Tipper scene is my very favorite. You notice, right away, Joe says, 'Loooking good, Buddy, looking real good. But you gotta sit down.' The other two stand there in shock. Joe is reassuring and nurturing. He's there for his 'brother'.
Thanks for the nice words. Stay turned for more goodies.
Jane
| By irene vrinte (Gijoe) (131.174.155.188) on Wednesday, June 12, 2002 - 01:50 pm: |
wow great i come here almost every day so i'll stay tuned! yep a great scene there with Joe en Ed. Lieb is so sweet!
irene
| By Wicus Eksteen (Rsa101e) (168.209.98.67) on Friday, July 26, 2002 - 07:34 am: |
Hi Jane, Wicus here from South Africa. I would just like to know why would the German poncho
get them into trouble later
Wic RSA
| By irene vrinte (Gijoe) (62.251.0.23) on Friday, July 26, 2002 - 01:42 pm: |
read the sonnet 'night of the bayonet'!
haven't you seen epi 3? or read the book!
if this doesn't work for you, i'll explain it but really should see it! much better!
HAHAHAAAAAAAAA everybody remember that one????
irene
| By Jane Lindholm (Jlindholm) (67.227.12.92) on Friday, July 26, 2002 - 04:37 pm: |
Wicus,
In Carentan, Sgt Tab Talbert was wearing his German poncho when waking up Pvt George Smith. Smith mistook him for a German and bayonetted him.
As Irene says, this is in the ep and in the book as well. I enjoyed Iain Robertson's raspy voiced pleas after he realized what he had done. It was a mistake, these things happen.
South Africa, huh? Cool I've communicated with peeps from Australia, Philippines, Brazil all over Europe. It's incredible the reach BOB has had. I just wish more vets were internet savvy and could see how they have touched so many lives.
Jane
| By irene vrinte (Gijoe) (62.251.0.23) on Saturday, July 27, 2002 - 05:46 am: |
yeah me too jane.
btw no need to say who 'rescued' Talbert?
irene (aka GIJoe/Lieblova)
LOL!
| By Wicus Eksteen (Rsa101e) (168.209.98.67) on Monday, July 29, 2002 - 05:27 am: |
I shall watch ep3 again tonight, for I do remember something about it, but have to make sure. All my friend think I am crazy for loving the book and series so much to actually talk about it on the net, but they have'nt watched it yet, so the do not understand. I have always been interested in the wars especially WWII. My Grand Father use to tell me about his brother, who fought up in Africa, and lost his life there.
South Africa Fought for the allied forces.
Thanks again for the info Jane and Irene, and I would just like to say that it is so nice to se females interested in the war, for my girl friends aren't interested at all.
Wicus
| By Amy Welsh (Jacobi) (203.54.7.210) on Tuesday, October 01, 2002 - 02:00 am: |
Where I live, we were shown Currahee and Days of Days in one sitting, then the next week, the "series" format began. That is, one ep per week (which is killing me by the way, we just watched Bastogne yesterday). So after loving the first showing, this episode BLEW ME AWAY!!! I loved Marc Warren's performance of Blithe. It was just perfect. His facial expressions seemed to denote a sense of naiviety that broke my heart. This is definately one of my favourite episodes. Well done to everyone.
| By cias (Cias) (208.148.113.10) on Tuesday, October 01, 2002 - 02:19 am: |
For those of you who haven' t read the HBO Message Boards, Albert Blithe did not die in 1948. He recovered from his wounds, fought in Korea and lived until 1967. A great-nephew, Jeff Blithe, posted this on the boards and Albert' s grave was found and the data matched what Jeff had said. Some of the events were based on memories of the vets many years later. Some confusion was inevitable.
Gary
| By Jonathan Jones (Jonjones) (213.122.104.37) on Tuesday, October 01, 2002 - 07:41 pm: |
Wicus, it is some measure of how South Africa was thought of that Churchill rarely held top level meetings/appearances without the presence of a high level representative from SA in attendence.
After all, you gave us the word, "Commando"!
Regards, Jonathan.
| By Wicus Eksteen (Rsa101e) (168.209.98.35) on Wednesday, October 02, 2002 - 02:57 am: |
Hey Jonathan, thanks for the info, I am just sad
that these days our goverment is pretty useless, I mean look at Zimbabwe. They are useless, they are just sitting back and watching inocent people starve. In those days, they would have sorted out Mugabe quikly.
wicus
| By Jonathan Jones (Jonjones) (213.123.50.141) on Wednesday, October 02, 2002 - 02:42 pm: |
Wicus, you do have a point. Is it right that Jo'Burg is the murder capital of the world? Tell me it ain't so. All I hear of SA these days are dodgy stories and I'm hoping that it's unfair coverage.
Regards, Jonathan.
| By Wicus Eksteen (Rsa101e) (168.209.98.35) on Thursday, October 03, 2002 - 02:53 am: |
Hi Jonathan,
I stay in Johannesburg, and it being the murder capital of the world, that is a little heavy, there is a lot of crime in this City. I just think that it is due to the problem of too many people and not enough work. So they go over to doing bad things, wich leads to hatred towards people with money and unfortunetly to murder. Otherwise it is a very exciting city with many different cultures, and plenty to do. You should visit our country one day, and see for your self.
Wicus.
| By Jonathan Jones (Jonjones) (213.1.101.240) on Thursday, October 03, 2002 - 04:54 pm: |
Hiya Wicus,
SA has always been on my hit list for a visit. I've always wanted to visit Natal as I'm interested in 1879. I also enjoyed the "Shaka" series. My question about Jo'Burg originated from figures that were released in the press about two years ago based upon the findings of one of those world organisations, that we always hear about.
The findings were very biased against your neck of the woods, I'm afraid. But as I've said, I've always wanted to visit anyway.
Regards, Jonathan.
| By Wicus Eksteen (Rsa101e) (168.209.98.35) on Friday, October 04, 2002 - 04:38 am: |
Hi Jonathan,
Natal is an excellent place to visit, very beautiful and tropical. Two other provinces a definate to visit is Cape Town and Mpumalanga, where the Kruger National Park is. Plus Mpumalanga is one of SA's most beautiful and green provinces. Ooo how can I forget, if you like seafood and hiking, a good place to visit is Knysna.
Try these places first then Jo'burg, for they are better.
Wic
| By Jonathan Jones (Jonjones) (62.7.98.216) on Friday, October 04, 2002 - 08:06 am: |
Hey Wicus! Thanks for the guide, mate. It'll happen oneday, I assure you. Just as soon as I've been over the North Sea to another of my goals to visit, Arnhem.
Take care, mate. Jonathan.
| By emma scott (Hope_N_Glory) (195.92.168.168) on Thursday, November 07, 2002 - 05:10 pm: |
hey guys and girls. i was just wondering did tipper who liebgott is seen comforting in a scene from the carentan episode survive his injuries? oh and have u checked the poem out that i found,in the just the faqs message board. it kinda stood out 2 me. wud really like 2 know wot u lot thought of it.
| By homefront41 (Homefront41) (198.81.26.142) on Thursday, November 07, 2002 - 05:44 pm: |
Emma, Yes, Ed Tipper did survive his injuries, though he lost the sight of one eye. I never read Tipper’s name without thinking of Ambrose’s synopsis of his life after the war: U of Mich, Col State, 30 years a teacher in Denver area, retirement, at 61 a serendipitous meeting and marriage to a 34-year-old woman from Costa Rica, new daughter at 62, new home at 71, cancer in the early 90s -- and there he is in 2001, looking just fine, thanks, in his apricot polo shirt telling us about his war, but the best is seeing him with his beautiful daughter in We Stand Alone Together. As I approached my 61st birthday this year, Tipper’s story is just one more opportunity for me to be inspired by Band of Brothers. BK
Here's Ed Tipper at the Emmys with his wife, Rosie. Another of Ed and his daughter Kerry at the D-Day Normandy Premiere of BoB in June 2001.
| By emma scott (Hope_N_Glory) (195.92.168.163) on Friday, November 08, 2002 - 05:12 pm: |
wow thanks so much. its good 2 know he survived and hes had a gud life. thanks 4 letting me know. always wondered what had happened 2 him.
| By Michael Wisotzkey (Afireinside) (66.156.146.219) on Sunday, November 17, 2002 - 11:55 am: |
Its night, Blithe in his foxhole with some other guy, he goes away for a while and another guy jumps in and says "How you doing Blithe?"
Is that Speirs?
:S <--the confused face.
xoxo.
Michael
| By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.170.2.88) on Monday, November 18, 2002 - 08:51 am: |
the first guy with him in the foxhole was Johnny Martin, he went off cause "the back teeth are flouting..." And the other man who jumped in beside Blithe was Harry Welsh
gold
| By Cesar Elias Sanjur III (Cesare) (200.46.128.91) on Wednesday, January 15, 2003 - 06:36 pm: |
Hi!
I watched with great interest this episode's battles with the Fallschrimtruppen and the German panzers... and although I watched the stiff resistance von der Heydte's men gave to the 101st at Carentan, I watched in disbelief when the German armoured vehicles and tanks couldn't tear a gap in the American lines. Don't get me wrong, I'm not rooting for the Jerries :-) But I was to become an infantry officer before the 1989 U.S. invasion of my country (now I'm finishing Law School) and from my point of view the SS officer in charge of those panzers was a dud! Even with the sudden appearance of the 2nd Armoured Division's Shermans, the Jagdpanther with its 88mm gun and sloped armour was more than a match for the American tanks. My little brother says that maybe when they watched the Sturmgeschütz III blowing from McGrath's bazooka shot they thought the paras had antitank weaponry with them. In any case, they were supposed to be Eastern Front veterans (and SS soldiers) and to have run from the 506th shows you that sometimes you can have all the guns but if you don't have enough fighting spirit...
Bye,
Cesare
| By mercurio, michelle (Mmercurio) (61.9.60.20) on Friday, February 14, 2003 - 02:43 am: |
Hi again.
I'm curious about those hedgegrows in Normandy, because i was reading this book and there's a part where it describes these hedgegrows and how the soldiers faced the challenge that these hedgegrows presented. Anyway, is there a picture somewhere of those hedges? There's one picture from the book but i still can't quite imagine it. And also I read somewhere that the series' recreation of the hedges don't really compare to the real thing.
By now, i realize that i'm probably flooding the mailboxes of those who receive these posts thru their emails. Sorry about that
:p (michelle)
| By Mmercurio (Mmercurio) (61.9.60.247) on Friday, March 07, 2003 - 10:57 pm: |
Hi, me again.
I was wondering, in one of the scenes where Lt. Compton was playing darts with Mr. Heffron and the others, i noticed some of the guys have these white border around their jump wings. Is there some significance to this or is it just a variation on the uniform issue?
| By Penil Chhiba (Penil) (80.225.25.54) on Saturday, March 08, 2003 - 03:27 pm: |
Just one question I wanted to ask. Just as the battle with the Panzer Grenadier regiment begins, we see Lt Welsh calling in the OP. Where exactly was the OP positioned? From what I can see, it seems as though it's positioned in the hedgerow on the other side, but isn't that hedgerow where the Panzer Grenadiers are positioned?? I'm a bit confused..
| By Brook Seifert (Brook_Seifert) (209.227.119.199) on Monday, March 24, 2003 - 10:22 am: |
Question for all...when Lipton got hit, Tab came over and put a piece of cloth around his arm. Does anyone know why he did this?
| By cias (Cias) (208.148.113.235) on Monday, March 24, 2003 - 02:37 pm: |
There is something wrong with the posting mechanism.
Just push once and wait. I got three notifications of the last post. As long as it' s been doing this, there must be no way to fix it. You can click on your
topic above the preview. That will take you to the top of the thread from whence you can come down to check your post. Gary
| By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.161.234) on Monday, March 24, 2003 - 11:39 pm: |
Brook, according the the book , when Lipton got hit, his arm got wounded too.
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| By Lucinda May (Looby_Loo) (195.92.168.167) on Wednesday, January 07, 2004 - 05:11 pm: |
Hi everyone!
Can I just say how HAPPY I am to find other peeps who love Band of Brothers just as much as me - all my friends are baffled by the way I watch something HISTORICAL every night (I got the DVD box set for Xmas - thank you Santa!)!!!
I love the scene with Lieb and Tipper as well, I watched that over and over again at first! ;)
I was just wondering whether you could settle an argument for me?! You know when Luz and Hoobler are checking the houses in Carentan, and Luz kicks open the door only to find a terrified family there, he DOESN'T shoot them does he?! My brother insists he does, cos the scene that follows immediately after (Lip running up the stars) begins with a shot. But I find this EXTREMELY unlikely! Luz is such a nice guy, they wouldn't do that. Any way, I think my brother is wrong, who agrees?! Come on people, prove him wrong!!!
Thank you!
Luv n hugs,
Lucy x x x
| By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.169.209) on Thursday, January 08, 2004 - 07:38 am: |
hello lucy and welcome. we are glad to have you with us as well
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