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Blyth survived but took so long in recovery he was not returned to his old unit but reassigned to a different one. As he never came back from the hospital the men in Easy Company thought he died. He stayed in the army and fought in Korea, finally dying in 1967. Durning his service he earned a Silver Star, 3 Bronze Stars, and 3 Purple Hearts (his first was for his injury shown in Band of Brothers).
9:00 The US trooper who fired was "Shifty" Powers, Easy Company's best marksman - and he got the guy. Shifty was also very observant. A few months after this, when Easy Company was defending against Germans while overlooking a forest, Shifty spotted a single, fully-grown tree that hadn’t been there the previous day. (A single tree. In a forest full of trees. Go figure.) He and Sergeant Carwood Lipton persuaded the higher-ups to drop some artillery shells on that spot, and the German anti-aircraft battery being set up there (the tree was intended to camouflage the position) was abandoned due to the shelling. 15:35 Blithe suffered from what was then called “hysterical blindness.” Nowadays, this is recognized as being one of the symptoms of Conversion Disorder, which is a medical condition where the brain and body's nerves don't send and receive signals the way they're supposed to. Not surprisingly, some of the causes of Conversion Disorder are psychological in nature. Fantastic reaction, y'all! The post-episode discussions are some of the best I've come across. And yup, this series really hits hard.
Well done reaction - much better! Post watch discussion is really good. When Talbert got bayoneted by Smith, Talbert was wearing a rain poncho he found on a dead German, so he did look like a German soldier to Smith, in the dark.
Albert Blyth survived and went onto serve again in Korea, I’m enjoying your reaction and as you said at the end remember this is not an imagined story this is a very accurate retelling of history from the book written by Stephen Ambrose who spoke to as many survivors as he could, this should be shown in schools!
When they were making Band of Brothers, the internet was in its infancy. They went by the veterans' experiences. Even some of the veterans thought Blythe was dead at that year. It wasn't until after the miniseries was made that they found out about Blythe
The soldier that was in the store that exploded was Ed Tipper. He suffered 2 broken legs and lost his left eye in the blast. And in the book according to other soldiers he did walk on his broken legs at first. His daughter Kerry Tipper is a politician in the Colorado House of Representatives.
The amazing thing is that Ed recovered to play racquetball and ski into his 80s. I didn't realize this was showing real people the first time I watched it, but Ed later became my friend, which lasted until he died five years ago. Great guy who taught high school for his career. I loved his stories.
Don’t feel bad. I’ve seen this series from start to finish at least 10 times and I get emotional every single time. As a 36 year old man with a wife and 3 kids, it’s very easy to put yourself in their position where everything could be taken from you in a second. We owe what we have to those men who gave up what they had or never experienced so that we could enjoy life.
I seen you heard about the Blythe mix up but the reason behind it was post war he didn't keep in touch with anyone and no one heard from him, so they all assumed he had died from his wounds suffered
@@RKnights The mix up came about as two veterans went to the funeral of a guy named Albert Blythe in 1948. They didn't realise it wasn't the guy that they'd served with (Albert Blithe). They told this story to the historian writing the book and it got included in the series. They were apparently very upset that they'd got this wrong (they only found out after the series aired) as otherwise he would have been invited to their reunions.
The infantry that easy company had to fight at Brecourt Manor, Saint Côme-du-Mont and Carentan were mostly from the 6th Parachute Regiment of the 2nd Fallschirmjäger-Division, commanded by Oberst Friedrich von der Heydte. [They were experienced and trained as paratroopers also.] After capturing Carentan, the next morning easy company and the rest of the 506th PIR along with the 501st PIR were attacked about a mile southwest of Carentan. Two battalions of the 37th SS Panzergrenadier Regiment, supported by the 17th SS Panzer Battalion and elements of the 6th Parachute Regiment attacked the 2 regiments (501, 506) of the 101st division. Around noontime, some of the German units had reached positions within 500 yards of Carentan until attacked a little later by CCA of the U.S. 2nd Armored Division.
In the book also, Lipton was actually hit by a mortar round and not that anti tank gun shown in the episode. And I’m sure a lot will comment on this but Albert Blithe didnt die of his wounds, he went on to serve in Korea and died in 1967 after a surgery for a perforated ulcer. Winters has said many times the show depicted blithe wrong and that he was a hero and should be recognized as one.
My grandpa Nate fought in ww2 in the Pacific where he received a bronze star medal and his brother James was a Priest my grandfather Nate passed away on December 24th 2009 and my grandfather James passed away in 2021 both served in world war 2 and Korea
Great reaction, guys! I love how you are all very honest about how you might react (with modern ideals and understandings) if you found yourselves in similar situations, and that you also try to work out the logic or understand/relate to what is going on in the screen. I also couldn't help but notice that Julien seemed very upset by the last few minutes of this episode and remained that way through the aftershow discussion.... I wish I could tell you this was the most difficult episode you all will face, but that simply is not the case. Brace yourselves as you continue the show, as there are a lot of tough moments ahead. But, there are also some very brilliant, and even light-hearted/feel-good moments that will come up in the series....
It's not easy to watch. I am happy to be seeing it with these guys. Julien and the rest of us are emotional guys not afraid to bare our souls. Julien is an awesome guy
13:17 The soldier that was wounded is Ed Tipper. He survived his wounds, and the War. His daughter Kerry is featured with her father in the BoB documentary "We Stand Alone Together". She currently serves in the Colorado State Legislature as a State Representative.
I had a great uncle who lied at 17 to join the Merchant Marines. They derpped up the spelling of his name, but he never corrected it for fear of getting caught and booted out.
Blithe not only survived, he volunteered for the Airborne in Korea, where he received a Silver Star and Bronze Star for valor. Winters said in an interview not long before he died, that one of his biggest regrets of the series was how Blithe was portrayed. He did have issues - including the hysterical blindness (as shown) - but was a hell of a soldier.
I really love you guys heartfelt reactions. And that you google things yiu dint understand, and that you're not afraid towards show some feelings. Nicely done!
In a real firefight like the entry into Carentan you might be able to deploy smoke in front of the enemy (via artillery, mortars, grenade launcher, hand) and get good and close before they can see you clearly. Smoke can be a real asset when assaulting a position. One of those fight smarter not harder things. Think about how you'd feel if you had your machine gun position all set up with a clear field of fire, thinking you're ready to repel the enemy, and then a bunch of paratroopers blind you with smoke before running right up to you and ripping you up with small arms or blasting you with frags.
The powder they were sprinkling on the wound is called Sulfa Powder. It's was an antibacterial powder used to help keep infections in the wound down until the Soldier can be gotten to an aide station or field hospital. It also helped the blood in the wound to coagulate so the bleeding could be stopped.
@@MoMoMyPup10 Plasma was used in WWII in place of whole blood because it was easily transportable and didn't spoil as whole blood would. It was used in place of whole blood for transfusions and could be given to Soldiers on the battlefield who had been wounded and were in need of a transfusion quickly and easily. It has been said the were it not for plasma, there would have been many more battlefield deaths than there were during WWII
Penicillin actually existed at that time, but it was so hard to culture and produce with the crude means they had at the time, it meant only a few doses were available over a period of weeks. Sulfa had its problems. A fair number of people had serious allergic reactions to it and it had to be applied directly to the wound area instead of being injected, so further tissue damage might be inflicted while using it. It wasn't until after the war that a method of quickly mass producing Penicillin was developed.
To comment on your questioning if the soldiers were out in the open at the beginning of the battle in carentan, they were, and according to multiple soldiers they do not know how Winters was not hit by gunfire because he was out there pushing the men to move forward
Trivia time to lighten up this beautiful dark show, The 'crazy" chaplain absolving wounded para's in the middle of the Carentan assault is played by none other then Doug Cockle. This genius is the iconic voice actor of Geralt of Rivia in the Witcher games.
Lots of guys enlisted together. One of my mother's cousins, his childhood friend and he enlisted for the Korean War. He came back, but this best friend didn't, died next to him. And death is random. Worked with a guy, who fought in Nam, while he was on the crapper, an enemy mortar shell landed between his legs ... it was a dud ;-) In WW II, you fought until victory or death. In Nam it was a one year rotation in country. in Afghanistan tours were very short ... to manage the PTSD.
For an extraordinary example of a kid entering the military during WWII check out the story of Audie Murphy. He was just a young, small, scrawny kid who ended up being one of the most decorated soldiers of the war, including the Medal of Honor. See the movie "To Hell and Back", the war story of Audie Murphy, starring Audie Murphy.
Re: The watches. Keep in mind most of these young men had grown up incredibly poor during the Great Depression and had absolutely nothing when they entered the services- and thus looting was a thing. My Father served in WWII and Korea and grew up as one of 13 kids in the rural South (farmers). When he was in the Army during WWII it was the first time he had ever had 3 meals a day in his lifetime. He loved Army food despite everyone else complaining. He loaned out his pay with interest to other guys in his unit and then would collect the next payday and send the money home to his family and just keep the interest.
Great reaction once again. Y’all are so authentic and fun to watch. After this series, I really hope you watch and react to the follow up series Spielberg and Hanks made about the Pacific Theater of war during WW2. It’s called The Pacific. Hope you check it out!
There hasn't been a Purple Heart manufactured since WWII. They expected so many more casualties, especially if the US invaded Japan. All the Purple Hearts issued for Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm Afghanistan are 80 years old now.
Actually, with the exception of the snipers most fire was to shake up the opposing soldiers and screw up their aim. Ite suppressing fire would be used to open up an opportunity to let the other members of the squad to close with the enemy.
Great Reaction guys, For World war 1 you should do both "1917" and Peter Jackson's "They Shall Not Grow Old" both very good, 3:32 OMG my drinking buddy LOL i was about to pass out on my bunk and he comes up "Sarg, look i found 2 beers lets drink them" i can't recall for the life of me what i said. but as it went black i heard him "oohh your going to feel that in the morning", also for this part of the fighting they are fighting German Paratroopers (6th FJ) and the flower they talk about was a German Mountain Troops thing (also used as their insignia) not Paratroopers. 8:20 mark XXX was telling us about this , while he was kissing the dirt he looked up and saw Winters in the road yelling and swearing and throwing his gear then he came over and started kicking well XXX got scared seeing that so he got up and ran forward XXXX was near by and he just shook his head saying we had friends pinned down. 9:38 mark 2 E co. troopers got statues in their home town, and Winters likeness was used for 1 in Normandy to honor all Junior Officers who fought in France. after this aired i was sitting with my drinking buddy and he said Blyth was a good soldier and wasn't too thrilled about how he was portrayed. 18:25 Talbert was wearing a German Zelt (camouflage shelter half) to stay warm that night, so he looked like a German and Smith stuck him a few times. 22:39 think that SP Tank is now in the U.S. in New England.
Good reaction guys. Keep an eye on Lt. Spiers ( the one telling Blithe about being a soldier and who killed the German prisoners) in coming episodes. You won't be disappointed.
There are 3 videos made by the youtube channel The Operation Room that highlighted events in this series. It was this episode and the last episode about taking out the 88s. Would love to see you guys react to it. The 3rd one is from episode 5 so that one can be delayed a bit if you guys decide to check them out.
I concur....Operations Room is a TERRIFIC companion to the series. One very minor correction, the guns at Brecourt turned out to be 105mm howitzers, though they had been reported to be 88mm before Easy took them out. 🖖✌
Most combat arms soldiers are just young men who have no inherent desire to harm anyone, but they are thrown into situations where they have no choice to protect themselves and their comrades. If you haven't heard of the "Christmas Truce" which occurred between some trenches during WWI, look it up. Remarkable...and understandable.
The white powder they pour on the wounds is Sulfa (sulfanilamide) an early antibiotic. It wasn't water soluble, so it acted like a clotting agent as well.
I see some folks already mentioned it so I won’t explain any of the details but yeah, Blythe survived and had a solid military career. That was one of the few real (if understandable) mistakes in this series.
Well, Blith did not die then and in fact went on to have a good carrier in the Army to 1967. Good reaction guys. As to the advice on how to cope with the fear, some can some cant and to be honest there is no hard and fast way to tell who can and can't. Many is the self-proclaimed coward that has in the moment stood in the line when many others ran. In that moment I was angry at the thought I was being forced to choose only one of two paths, die as a coward and hide or die as a Man and face that and work hard to take as many of them as I could first. As it turned out, I got more of them they got of us. It was not till after that I realized the vehicle, I taken cover behind with two others was on fire and had ordinance in it that was cooking off. We got doubly lucky. Bless and be well guys.
Buddy taking it real hard. It's okay Julez. It just shows how much respect you have for these men. Thanks for another great video guys. After this episode I think we can all agree that hedgerows fucking suck.
I think you guys would really enjoy The Longest Day - (Trying to get hold of the colour version is difficult). It covers D-Day from multiple perspectives and has some great cinematography.
The name of the WW1 documentary you referred to was called, "They Shall Not Grow Old". It WAS extraordinary! It was put together by Peter Jackson, who took thousands and thousands of feet of footage shot during the First World War. In much of the footage, the men were looking at the camera and talking. Movies in those days were silent, so there was no way to know what the men were saying. Jackson had lip readers watch the footage. They were able to determine exactly what they were saying, while being filmed. They then had professional actors speak the words, matched with the lip movements of the soldiers. The result was phenomenal. It's one of the most captivating pieces of film I've ever seen., documentary, or otherwise.
Would love for you guys to react to “We Stand Alone Together” after this as its a documentary about easy company and would also highly recommend then reacting to “The Pacific” another HBO masterpiece in a different theatre of WW2 👍🏻
Spier's speech to Blythe was very similar to what James Jones (author of From Here to Eternity) wrote of what he called "The evolution of a soldier": The only hope you have is to give up hope. Jones would have known; he served on Guadalcanal and on New Georgia, in the Solomon Islands in the Pacific.
If any god had a role in this butchery it was Ares or Belatucadros. Those are my gods because they make sense. Your god is too savage and cruel for me. Cool reaction. Love your site.
Tipper the guy who got blown up, was very lucky, the blast broke both of his legs, blew his Hemet off, causing some skull damage, and he lost an eye, the only reason, he was standing when the others found him, was because of the shock of a morter going off next to him.
Asking if Perconte was taking the watch off of a dead enemy or dead GI. It was a dead enemy. It was a “code” in that you only take what the Army issued from dead GIs. In Ep2 Winters took the rifle of the dead trooper still hanging in the tree. Take their ammo, blanket, raincoat, etc that the government gave them. Leave behind personal stuff like Wallets, watches, eyeglasses, etc. Stuff from dead enemy was fair game.
The US Army in WW2 had a rule that a soldier could not be held accountable for anything they did or said in the first five seconds after waking. It was there for a good reason. My grandfather served in the Pacific; island fighting. Until the end of his life, when grandma wanted to wake him up, she had to go down to the end of the bed and poke his foot from a distance with a golf club. If she just tried to shake or touch him awake, his hands would be around her throat immediately. That’s how strong the ‘sleep alert and ready to fight’ instinct could get.
They still have that rule in the military. When I was in, dispatch might be sent to wake someone in their dorm room. We had a guy that would punch anyone within 5 second range. The guys would wake him by poking him with a telescoping pole to avoid being decked out.
Remnants of Japanese soldiers infiltrating the line at night and killing sleeping Americans. It made our men so jumpy at night and gave them nightmares afterwards.
This is another great reaction...keep them coming. But one note for Julien regarding being drafted for a foreign war vs a homeland invasion...World War 2 and the fight against Hitler and the Japanese and Mussolini, was all a foreign war for the United States. I am sure that he would not be hesitant to be drafted to fight the Nazis, so I just wanted to let him know that his categorization is a bit off. Perhaps he meant he would more easily accept being drafted into a war where the US was attacked than he would be if he were being drafted to fight in a a war of aggression or regime change? ✌
@@julienn8844 As always...no need to ever apologize for words not coming out of your mouth not quite matching what you want to say. You guys are saying lots of stuff off the cuff in reaction to the shows, I get it that it does not come out right sometimes. 💯✌
The US just has the purple heart for being wounded but the Germans had three wound badges if memory serves..Black, silver and golds...Black for minor injuries, silver for serious wounds and gold for near death injuries sustained in battle
The under-age soldier wasn't anything new the British forces in ww1 had over 250,000 boy soldiers and the same happened in ww2. I had a great uncle that served 1914- 1918 in the first war lied about his age put it up to 18 was 15, then when ww2 came along lied again and took a few years off to reenlist he survived both. His son also enlisted for ww2 was killed in action at the end of the war .
I meant in the show but if I could buy one, I would be the first one to line up. Ths winchester is great. Love the design and how much we dominated with them.
You need to watch the so called "11 episode " titled We Stand Alone Together" where you really get to know the actual men of Easy Company.... Its the perfect wrap up to 5his series
@@RKnights I smooshed that subscribe button with a stick and smacked that notification bell with a mallet. I'm getting a new computer monitor tomorrow.
no my friends theres no statue of none of them they were all but forgoten heroes, its why they made this show, one of the greatest piece of cinematic in history, in a way this is their statue
the info they give on Albert Blythe is incorrect. he actually survived his wounds and made the Army his career. He died while stationed in Germany in 1967. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Blithe
A lot of young men lied about their age. the youngest person to serve in WWII was Calvin Graham who finagled the system and served in the US Navy at the age of 12. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Graham
Boys, congrats on the reactions. Your videos can't drop fast enough....lol
Appreciate that 😀
Actually Bligh survived but the men of Easy company thought he had died
We found out. Someone told us.
Thank you frank !
Blyth survived but took so long in recovery he was not returned to his old unit but reassigned to a different one. As he never came back from the hospital the men in Easy Company thought he died. He stayed in the army and fought in Korea, finally dying in 1967. Durning his service he earned a Silver Star, 3 Bronze Stars, and 3 Purple Hearts (his first was for his injury shown in Band of Brothers).
9:00 The US trooper who fired was "Shifty" Powers, Easy Company's best marksman - and he got the guy. Shifty was also very observant. A few months after this, when Easy Company was defending against Germans while overlooking a forest, Shifty spotted a single, fully-grown tree that hadn’t been there the previous day. (A single tree. In a forest full of trees. Go figure.) He and Sergeant Carwood Lipton persuaded the higher-ups to drop some artillery shells on that spot, and the German anti-aircraft battery being set up there (the tree was intended to camouflage the position) was abandoned due to the shelling.
15:35 Blithe suffered from what was then called “hysterical blindness.” Nowadays, this is recognized as being one of the symptoms of Conversion Disorder, which is a medical condition where the brain and body's nerves don't send and receive signals the way they're supposed to. Not surprisingly, some of the causes of Conversion Disorder are psychological in nature.
Fantastic reaction, y'all! The post-episode discussions are some of the best I've come across. And yup, this series really hits hard.
Well done reaction - much better! Post watch discussion is really good. When Talbert got bayoneted by Smith, Talbert was wearing a rain poncho he found on a dead German, so he did look like a German soldier to Smith, in the dark.
We are working on it. We are new to all of this and it has been fun so far. Interacting with the people has been a highlight 😀
Albert Blyth survived and went onto serve again in Korea, I’m enjoying your reaction and as you said at the end remember this is not an imagined story this is a very accurate retelling of history from the book written by Stephen Ambrose who spoke to as many survivors as he could, this should be shown in schools!
At the end of the episode it said he never recovered from his wounds and died in 1948. He actually lived until 1967.
When they were making Band of Brothers, the internet was in its infancy. They went by the veterans' experiences. Even some of the veterans thought Blythe was dead at that year. It wasn't until after the miniseries was made that they found out about Blythe
The soldier that was in the store that exploded was Ed Tipper. He suffered 2 broken legs and lost his left eye in the blast. And in the book according to other soldiers he did walk on his broken legs at first. His daughter Kerry Tipper is a politician in the Colorado House of Representatives.
The amazing thing is that Ed recovered to play racquetball and ski into his 80s. I didn't realize this was showing real people the first time I watched it, but Ed later became my friend, which lasted until he died five years ago. Great guy who taught high school for his career. I loved his stories.
The real Ed Tipper was speaking before the episode started. He’s the one that said he would either die quickly or not get hurt at all.
FUN FACT: The priest at 14:19 is actor Doug Cockle who is also the voice actor of Geralt of Rivia in the Witcher games.
WHAAAAT?! That's nuts, I had no idea!
I did not know that. Cool.
Don’t feel bad. I’ve seen this series from start to finish at least 10 times and I get emotional every single time. As a 36 year old man with a wife and 3 kids, it’s very easy to put yourself in their position where everything could be taken from you in a second. We owe what we have to those men who gave up what they had or never experienced so that we could enjoy life.
Could not agree more!
I seen you heard about the Blythe mix up but the reason behind it was post war he didn't keep in touch with anyone and no one heard from him, so they all assumed he had died from his wounds suffered
Yeah, it was a relief to hear that he survived. Plus go to the Korean war! What a hero
@@RKnights The mix up came about as two veterans went to the funeral of a guy named Albert Blythe in 1948. They didn't realise it wasn't the guy that they'd served with (Albert Blithe). They told this story to the historian writing the book and it got included in the series. They were apparently very upset that they'd got this wrong (they only found out after the series aired) as otherwise he would have been invited to their reunions.
The infantry that easy company had to fight at Brecourt Manor, Saint Côme-du-Mont and Carentan were mostly from the 6th Parachute Regiment of the 2nd Fallschirmjäger-Division, commanded by Oberst Friedrich von der Heydte. [They were experienced and trained as paratroopers also.]
After capturing Carentan, the next morning easy company and the rest of the 506th PIR along with the 501st PIR were attacked about a mile southwest of Carentan. Two battalions of the 37th SS Panzergrenadier Regiment, supported by the 17th SS Panzer Battalion and elements of the 6th Parachute Regiment attacked the 2 regiments (501, 506) of the 101st division. Around noontime, some of the German units had reached positions within 500 yards of Carentan until attacked a little later by CCA of the U.S. 2nd Armored Division.
Thank you so much for the feedback. Wow 😯!
Spot on. Cheers from Germany!
In the book also, Lipton was actually hit by a mortar round and not that anti tank gun shown in the episode. And I’m sure a lot will comment on this but Albert Blithe didnt die of his wounds, he went on to serve in Korea and died in 1967 after a surgery for a perforated ulcer. Winters has said many times the show depicted blithe wrong and that he was a hero and should be recognized as one.
My grandpa Nate fought in ww2 in the Pacific where he received a bronze star medal and his brother James was a Priest my grandfather Nate passed away on December 24th 2009 and my grandfather James passed away in 2021 both served in world war 2 and Korea
May your grandfather rest in peace and know that his service and your great uncle is extremely appreciated!
It gets harder with each episode....deep breaths boys deep breaths
Trust me this one had some pulls on our hearts. Hope you enjoy the reaction
This episode hit our hearts! We can’t wait for you guys to see our reaction 😊
It hurts
The white powder you were asking about is Sulfa powder. It was a treatment to stop the bleeding and sanitize the wound.
Entry points into Carentan were very limited. They had to use the roads out in the open because all the fields were flooded.
Hearing this makes sense as when the germans were running we see them encumbered a bit in the fields -Julien
Bazookas were used for anti armor and anti infantry use. Punching holes in walls and destroying tanks. That stuff
Great reaction, guys! I love how you are all very honest about how you might react (with modern ideals and understandings) if you found yourselves in similar situations, and that you also try to work out the logic or understand/relate to what is going on in the screen. I also couldn't help but notice that Julien seemed very upset by the last few minutes of this episode and remained that way through the aftershow discussion.... I wish I could tell you this was the most difficult episode you all will face, but that simply is not the case. Brace yourselves as you continue the show, as there are a lot of tough moments ahead. But, there are also some very brilliant, and even light-hearted/feel-good moments that will come up in the series....
It's not easy to watch. I am happy to be seeing it with these guys. Julien and the rest of us are emotional guys not afraid to bare our souls. Julien is an awesome guy
@@RKnights emotional guys are the best. Maybe that’s why I’m loving your reactions even more than usual. ❤️
13:17 The soldier that was wounded is Ed Tipper. He survived his wounds, and the War.
His daughter Kerry is featured with her father in the BoB documentary "We Stand Alone Together". She currently serves in the Colorado State Legislature as a State Representative.
I had a great uncle who lied at 17 to join the Merchant Marines. They derpped up the spelling of his name, but he never corrected it for fear of getting caught and booted out.
Blithe not only survived, he volunteered for the Airborne in Korea, where he received a Silver Star and Bronze Star for valor. Winters said in an interview not long before he died, that one of his biggest regrets of the series was how Blithe was portrayed. He did have issues - including the hysterical blindness (as shown) - but was a hell of a soldier.
Yeah we learned that from other comments. Turns out he was a bad ass :-)
The powder is a disinfectant or a powder to help stop bleeding called Sulfa Powder but I forget the specifics of its use.
it more or less cleans the wound well makeing a putty like glue after it mixs with your blood to help keep the said wound closed.
@@chipkolat4055 Thank you!
I really love you guys heartfelt reactions. And that you google things yiu dint understand, and that you're not afraid towards show some feelings.
Nicely done!
In a real firefight like the entry into Carentan you might be able to deploy smoke in front of the enemy (via artillery, mortars, grenade launcher, hand) and get good and close before they can see you clearly. Smoke can be a real asset when assaulting a position. One of those fight smarter not harder things. Think about how you'd feel if you had your machine gun position all set up with a clear field of fire, thinking you're ready to repel the enemy, and then a bunch of paratroopers blind you with smoke before running right up to you and ripping you up with small arms or blasting you with frags.
The powder they were sprinkling on the wound is called Sulfa Powder. It's was an antibacterial powder used to help keep infections in the wound down until the Soldier can be gotten to an aide station or field hospital. It also helped the blood in the wound to coagulate so the bleeding could be stopped.
Isn't that the 'plasma' that Doc Roe was always looking for more of?
No, plasma is the liquid part of blood in which all the blood cells are suspended.
@@somethingawful100 so how is Doc looking for 'the liquid part of blood' for treating wounds on the battle field?
@@MoMoMyPup10 Plasma was used in WWII in place of whole blood because it was easily transportable and didn't spoil as whole blood would. It was used in place of whole blood for transfusions and could be given to Soldiers on the battlefield who had been wounded and were in need of a transfusion quickly and easily. It has been said the were it not for plasma, there would have been many more battlefield deaths than there were during WWII
Penicillin actually existed at that time, but it was so hard to culture and produce with the crude means they had at the time, it meant only a few doses were available over a period of weeks.
Sulfa had its problems. A fair number of people had serious allergic reactions to it and it had to be applied directly to the wound area instead of being injected, so further tissue damage might be inflicted while using it.
It wasn't until after the war that a method of quickly mass producing Penicillin was developed.
To comment on your questioning if the soldiers were out in the open at the beginning of the battle in carentan, they were, and according to multiple soldiers they do not know how Winters was not hit by gunfire because he was out there pushing the men to move forward
Trivia time to lighten up this beautiful dark show, The 'crazy" chaplain absolving wounded para's in the middle of the Carentan assault is played by none other then Doug Cockle. This genius is the iconic voice actor of Geralt of Rivia in the Witcher games.
Loving your reactions to these videos guys, looking forward to seeing 7, 9 and 10. Incredible episode of TV. Keep up the good work.
Lots of guys enlisted together. One of my mother's cousins, his childhood friend and he enlisted for the Korean War. He came back, but this best friend didn't, died next to him. And death is random. Worked with a guy, who fought in Nam, while he was on the crapper, an enemy mortar shell landed between his legs ... it was a dud ;-) In WW II, you fought until victory or death. In Nam it was a one year rotation in country. in Afghanistan tours were very short ... to manage the PTSD.
Blithe didn't die. He survived and fought in the Korean War
For an extraordinary example of a kid entering the military during WWII check out the story of Audie Murphy. He was just a young, small, scrawny kid who ended up being one of the most decorated soldiers of the war, including the Medal of Honor. See the movie "To Hell and Back", the war story of Audie Murphy, starring Audie Murphy.
Re: The watches. Keep in mind most of these young men had grown up incredibly poor during the Great Depression and had absolutely nothing when they entered the services- and thus looting was a thing. My Father served in WWII and Korea and grew up as one of 13 kids in the rural South (farmers). When he was in the Army during WWII it was the first time he had ever had 3 meals a day in his lifetime. He loved Army food despite everyone else complaining. He loaned out his pay with interest to other guys in his unit and then would collect the next payday and send the money home to his family and just keep the interest.
That's awesome 😀
Looting is a thing in every army in every war, growing up poor has nothing to do with it.
Love the reaction my dudes ❤. Also I love how y'all are in the front row of a cinema hahaha.
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Great reaction once again. Y’all are so authentic and fun to watch. After this series, I really hope you watch and react to the follow up series Spielberg and Hanks made about the Pacific Theater of war during WW2. It’s called The Pacific. Hope you check it out!
We will
There hasn't been a Purple Heart manufactured since WWII. They expected so many more casualties, especially if the US invaded Japan. All the Purple Hearts issued for Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm Afghanistan are 80 years old now.
Actually, with the exception of the snipers most fire was to shake up the opposing soldiers and screw up their aim. Ite suppressing fire would be used to open up an opportunity to let the other members of the squad to close with the enemy.
Great Reaction guys, For World war 1 you should do both "1917" and Peter Jackson's "They Shall Not Grow Old" both very good, 3:32 OMG my drinking buddy LOL i was about to pass out on my bunk and he comes up "Sarg, look i found 2 beers lets drink them" i can't recall for the life of me what i said. but as it went black i heard him "oohh your going to feel that in the morning", also for this part of the fighting they are fighting German Paratroopers (6th FJ) and the flower they talk about was a German Mountain Troops thing (also used as their insignia) not Paratroopers. 8:20 mark XXX was telling us about this , while he was kissing the dirt he looked up and saw Winters in the road yelling and swearing and throwing his gear then he came over and started kicking well XXX got scared seeing that so he got up and ran forward XXXX was near by and he just shook his head saying we had friends pinned down. 9:38 mark 2 E co. troopers got statues in their home town, and Winters likeness was used for 1 in Normandy to honor all Junior Officers who fought in France. after this aired i was sitting with my drinking buddy and he said Blyth was a good soldier and wasn't too thrilled about how he was portrayed. 18:25 Talbert was wearing a German Zelt (camouflage shelter half) to stay warm that night, so he looked like a German and Smith stuck him a few times. 22:39 think that SP Tank is now in the U.S. in New England.
the powder was Sulfa Powder
Good reaction guys. Keep an eye on Lt. Spiers ( the one telling Blithe about being a soldier and who killed the German prisoners) in coming episodes. You won't be disappointed.
That guy is like a rock star among them.
There are 3 videos made by the youtube channel The Operation Room that highlighted events in this series. It was this episode and the last episode about taking out the 88s. Would love to see you guys react to it. The 3rd one is from episode 5 so that one can be delayed a bit if you guys decide to check them out.
Operations Room is awesome. Another great channel for day to day histroy is 'World War Two' channel with Indy Neidell.
I concur....Operations Room is a TERRIFIC companion to the series. One very minor correction, the guns at Brecourt turned out to be 105mm howitzers, though they had been reported to be 88mm before Easy took them out. 🖖✌
They leave out that Blythe survived and served in Korea an was awarded several medals. He passed away a few yrs or so after he returned from Korea.
Most combat arms soldiers are just young men who have no inherent desire to harm anyone, but they are thrown into situations where they have no choice to protect themselves and their comrades. If you haven't heard of the "Christmas Truce" which occurred between some trenches during WWI, look it up. Remarkable...and understandable.
The white powder they pour on the wounds is Sulfa (sulfanilamide) an early antibiotic. It wasn't water soluble, so it acted like a clotting agent as well.
Hey, just found you guys. I like the chemistry you all have...I look forward to more stuff.
I hope you stick around. We just started and hope to grow. Thanks for joining us for this journey.
I see some folks already mentioned it so I won’t explain any of the details but yeah, Blythe survived and had a solid military career. That was one of the few real (if understandable) mistakes in this series.
Well, Blith did not die then and in fact went on to have a good carrier in the Army to 1967. Good reaction guys. As to the advice on how to cope with the fear, some can some cant and to be honest there is no hard and fast way to tell who can and can't. Many is the self-proclaimed coward that has in the moment stood in the line when many others ran. In that moment I was angry at the thought I was being forced to choose only one of two paths, die as a coward and hide or die as a Man and face that and work hard to take as many of them as I could first. As it turned out, I got more of them they got of us. It was not till after that I realized the vehicle, I taken cover behind with two others was on fire and had ordinance in it that was cooking off. We got doubly lucky. Bless and be well guys.
I enlisted out of high school for the first Gulf War. It was over before I got out of boot camp.
My brother fought in that war
All time favorite
loved the reaction! you guys need a headphone warning for us with headphones though! I about went deaf about 5 times lmao
Yeah sorry about that. Emotions run high with this show
Episodes 6-10 are a roller-coaster of emotion and it gets a bit harder to watch and keep your composure
Spears is the MAN!!!!!!!! You will see. So is Winters both were close friends in real life as well.
Spears is awesome
Buddy taking it real hard. It's okay Julez. It just shows how much respect you have for these men. Thanks for another great video guys. After this episode I think we can all agree that hedgerows fucking suck.
I was choking hard ngl. Ty though for the support
@@julienn8844 The end of this episode made my “tough” teenager get up and leave the room in tears.
@@falsenostalgia-shannon honestly not surprised
I think you guys would really enjoy The Longest Day - (Trying to get hold of the colour version is difficult). It covers D-Day from multiple perspectives and has some great cinematography.
I’ve been waiting for episode 3 to drop
The name of the WW1 documentary you referred to was called, "They Shall Not Grow Old". It WAS extraordinary! It was put together by Peter Jackson, who took thousands and thousands of feet of footage shot during the First World War. In much of the footage, the men were looking at the camera and talking. Movies in those days were silent, so there was no way to know what the men were saying. Jackson had lip readers watch the footage. They were able to determine exactly what they were saying, while being filmed. They then had professional actors speak the words, matched with the lip movements of the soldiers. The result was phenomenal. It's one of the most captivating pieces of film I've ever seen., documentary, or otherwise.
Would love for you guys to react to “We Stand Alone Together” after this as its a documentary about easy company and would also highly recommend then reacting to “The Pacific” another HBO masterpiece in a different theatre of WW2 👍🏻
We are making a To Watch list
Spier's speech to Blythe was very similar to what James Jones (author of From Here to Eternity) wrote of what he called "The evolution of a soldier": The only hope you have is to give up hope. Jones would have known; he served on Guadalcanal and on New Georgia, in the Solomon Islands in the Pacific.
My grandpa drove a tank in ww2. Never got to hear any of his story's. He died before i got to know him
The tank running over that soldier… 😲🤭 Awful! Don’t even want to imagine that!
Great reaction again y'all. I'm sure you heard by now about Blythe so I'll spare you. Looking forward to episode 4.
Thanks for hanging out with us 😀
That powder is a hemostatic agent, makes blood clot quicker. It's not used in civilian medicine typically and can leave big painful scars.
Blthe did survive the war and went on to have a distinguished military career.
Good reaction guys.
Nice react
If any god had a role in this butchery it was Ares or Belatucadros. Those are my gods because they make sense. Your god is too savage and cruel for me. Cool reaction. Love your site.
I love this reaction so much for another one of my favourite movie 😊
I'm probably the 247th guy to tell you the series is mostly accurate but they F* up here. Blythe lived to see them claim he died. :)
Hopefully you can see why they are a "Band of Brothers."
There is no doubt
Just a heads up, it’s going to get rough
I'm afraid
Tipper the guy who got blown up, was very lucky, the blast broke both of his legs, blew his Hemet off, causing some skull damage, and he lost an eye, the only reason, he was standing when the others found him, was because of the shock of a morter going off next to him.
Asking if Perconte was taking the watch off of a dead enemy or dead GI.
It was a dead enemy. It was a “code” in that you only take what the Army issued from dead GIs. In Ep2 Winters took the rifle of the dead trooper still hanging in the tree. Take their ammo, blanket, raincoat, etc that the government gave them. Leave behind personal stuff like Wallets, watches, eyeglasses, etc. Stuff from dead enemy was fair game.
The US Army in WW2 had a rule that a soldier could not be held accountable for anything they did or said in the first five seconds after waking. It was there for a good reason.
My grandfather served in the Pacific; island fighting. Until the end of his life, when grandma wanted to wake him up, she had to go down to the end of the bed and poke his foot from a distance with a golf club. If she just tried to shake or touch him awake, his hands would be around her throat immediately. That’s how strong the ‘sleep alert and ready to fight’ instinct could get.
They still have that rule in the military. When I was in, dispatch might be sent to wake someone in their dorm room. We had a guy that would punch anyone within 5 second range. The guys would wake him by poking him with a telescoping pole to avoid being decked out.
Remnants of Japanese soldiers infiltrating the line at night and killing sleeping Americans. It made our men so jumpy at night and gave them nightmares afterwards.
This is another great reaction...keep them coming. But one note for Julien regarding being drafted for a foreign war vs a homeland invasion...World War 2 and the fight against Hitler and the Japanese and Mussolini, was all a foreign war for the United States. I am sure that he would not be hesitant to be drafted to fight the Nazis, so I just wanted to let him know that his categorization is a bit off. Perhaps he meant he would more easily accept being drafted into a war where the US was attacked than he would be if he were being drafted to fight in a a war of aggression or regime change? ✌
Precisely what i meant! Sorry for the confusion/miswording.
@@julienn8844 As always...no need to ever apologize for words not coming out of your mouth not quite matching what you want to say. You guys are saying lots of stuff off the cuff in reaction to the shows, I get it that it does not come out right sometimes. 💯✌
@@iKvetch558 Thank you for understanding then. I hope you continue on this journey though and maybe check out the other series we will get going! ❤
300th like, enjoy your reactions fellas.
The US just has the purple heart for being wounded but the Germans had three wound badges if memory serves..Black, silver and golds...Black for minor injuries, silver for serious wounds and gold for near death injuries sustained in battle
The under-age soldier wasn't anything new the British forces in ww1 had over 250,000 boy soldiers and the same happened in ww2.
I had a great uncle that served 1914- 1918 in the first war lied about his age put it up to 18 was 15, then when ww2 came along lied again and took a few years off to reenlist he survived both. His son also enlisted for ww2 was killed in action at the end of the war .
Wow, my respects to your family for their sacrifice. It amazes me that so many boy soldiers were fighting at the time.
HES LOOKING FOR A 1897 WINCHESTER TRENCHGUN! good luck my friend, they are 5 figures
I meant in the show but if I could buy one, I would be the first one to line up. Ths winchester is great. Love the design and how much we dominated with them.
@@julienn8844 AGREED! i was curious myself then i saw the price and almost cried
You need to watch the so called "11 episode " titled We Stand Alone Together" where you really get to know the actual men of Easy Company.... Its the perfect wrap up to 5his series
We plan to. We keep hearing that it is a must.
How come Gerard has the coolest chair?
He got lucky that day 😀
Good news was that Tipper was sent home , and only died a few years ago..
Got to run straight in, terrifying but it will get them out of sniper's view. The minute you stop you're pinned down
Zeroed they have their position, it’s artillery.
You guys have lively and fun reactions to watch.
Thanks. I hope you stick around to see more
@@RKnights I smooshed that subscribe button with a stick and smacked that notification bell with a mallet. I'm getting a new computer monitor tomorrow.
Bet that metallic clink sound from the m1 doesn't sound so great anymore
8:25 is a based reference, C&C was the shit but sadly EA did Westwood dirty...
Julien you’ll need suck it up man. It gets worse. Y’all need to cover the pacific after this.
Nah imma be bawling like a little girl.
Lol we all will
Speirs all day long every day. Looks like you guys got most of the info below, so I won't repeat.
no my friends theres no statue of none of them they were all but forgoten heroes, its why they made this show, one of the greatest piece of cinematic in history, in a way this is their statue
There's a statue of Richard Winters at the Normandy Memorial cemetery.
There are statues of Bill and Babe in Philadelphia, plus the Dick Winters one Brett mentioned.
Audio so poor, i cant hear clearly
and the video on the top, disappear when you talk,
the info they give on Albert Blythe is incorrect. he actually survived his wounds and made the Army his career. He died while stationed in Germany in 1967.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Blithe
Thanks for the link
A lot of young men lied about their age. the youngest person to serve in WWII was Calvin Graham who finagled the system and served in the US Navy at the age of 12.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Graham