*BAND OF BROTHERS* Ep 10 | Film Student Reacts | Points 

Don't miss the follow up documentary. It's very insightful.

Nothing has ever made me tear up as consistently, and without fail, as "I cherish the memory of a question my grandson asked me. Grandpa, were you a hero in the war? And grandpa said no. But I served in a company of heroes." Hell, I'm tearing up just typing it out.

15:38 this is lowkey one of my favorite moments in the series. Not only is it a great conclusion for Speirs' character arc, but it's also very good thematically. You may recall that Speirs was the character who shot all those prisoners, and in episode 3 he told Blythe, "The only hope you have is to accept the fact you're already dead." He basically gave up his humanity to get himself through the war and function as a good officer. But in this moment, he sees the blood on his hand, and realizes that there's been enough bloodshed. He says "Have the MP's take care of this piece of shit." The MP's are the military police. Speirs is saying, we are no longer just wantonly slaughtering people. It's time to go back to the rule of law; to civilization. He's regaining his humanity and proving to everyone that it is possible to come back from the edge, even after you've been through the hell of war. It's really amazing stuff.

I'm so happy they managed to produce this series when they did, being able to add the context of the real soldiers made it so much more impactful.

I have genuinely lost count of the number of times I have watched this series. The one that has never changed is that hearing Major Winters’ voice break as he’s telling that story about the letter will always make me tear up.

The last surviving veteran of Easy Company, Bradford C. Freeman, died on July 3, 2022, at the age of 97.

My grandfather served in world war 2 he was a paratrooper in the 82nd airborne, basically the 101st airborne's sister unit. 101st airborne is the unit that the 506th infantry regiment is in, as depicted in the show. He fought in all the same major battles depicted in this series, D-day, market garden, the battle of the bulge, though he wasn't in bastogne, surrounded like the 101st was. The 82nd went in afterwards with Patton and Montgomery's forces to smash through the German lines and push back their counter offensive. He also saw the camps. His name was Armando Ortiz. I come from a military family I'm an OIF vet myself. I think I've watch every reaction on RU-vid to this series it means a lot to me that young people care about this stuff.

The line from Nix perfectly encapsulates that generation. Dude is battalion S3 intelligence in the Army, not to mention a Captain and one of the only people in the 101st with 3 jump stars, but yet he said his parents will “expect him to make something of himself.” Just a different breed of human back in those days.

Things come full circle. David Webster's book about sharks (Myth and Maneater) was used for reference by novelist Peter Benchley for his upcoming novel, which was later turned into a movie directed by Steven Spielberg.

Its amazing, that over 20 years later, this show STILL holds up beyond so many contemporary shows. The writing, the cast, the emotional gravitas, and the cinematography take you from the beginning to the end. You go on a full journey with the men of Easy. Thank you for doing this video response series, as I always love seeing people have these strong emotions and connections to a piece of media like this.

In every episode there's at least one point that really makes one think. Beyond the set-piece moments like the discovery of the camp in Why We Fight or the church choir scene, there are little moments, like Malarkey collecting his laundry, which just bring home the weight of the events in different, thought-provoking ways. For me, one of the most inspired and moving moments was created by them keeping back the names of the talking head veterans to the end of the final episode. Only at the very end did we see who was who, or indeed that these were the actual people we'd been following through everything. My partner and I watch this series pretty much once a year. It never grows old and it never loses its power to move us.

'Generation Kill' is another miniseries like this I'd recommend, it follows a Marine unit during the '03 invasion into Iraq

That scene of the German general addressing his men was, I thought, a very good 'story' point because it reminds we viewers that the German's were not moustache-twirling cartoon villains and nor were the majority of them Nazi's. The Wehrmacht was professional, disciplined and darned good soldiers and my grandfather, who was 8th Army, didn't have a disdainful thing to say about them. As I have commented on your channel before, about him tangentially talking to me about it when I was a boy, he saw Belsen - but he did not connect the soldiers he fought in Africa, Italy and France with the monsters in human shapes that ran those places. I am also convinced that having seen what can be done to an unarmed people was the reason he never surrendered his Lee Enfield and it was near at hand (under his bed) to the day he died.

Check out the documentary We Stand Alone Together.

In addition to the documntary, Ron Livingston also did a video diary of the boot camp the actors did prior to filming the series. I highly recommend watching. It's available on RU-vid.

So the real life story of the meeting between Winters and the German officer is actually more poignant than was depicted in the show. Firstly, the officer was a major, not a colonel, and secondly, Winters did in fact accept his sidearm as a token of his surrender, and as he was inspecting it, a while later, he noticed it had never been fired. Richard Winters kept that pistol until the day he died and made sure it was never fired once.

Sgt Grant lived a pretty complete life, he suffered some tremors in his arm, and had severe headaches, but he was capable of owning and operating a tobacco shop for years. Also, the story of Speirs and the drunken replacement goes that Speirs pulled the trigger, but the gun jammed.

Herbert Sobel's story after the war was a tragic one. He was married, had a family, but, got divorced, and, lost everything. In 1970, he attempted to take his own life, but, failed, only succeeding in blinding himself. He died, penniless, and, alone, in a VA nursing home in 1987.

Band of Brothers is one of the best shows ever made. I have seen it so many times, and it makes me cry every time.

I saw something on RU-vid a few months back with George Luz's son where they asked about his father's stories. The man was blessed. He changed places on D-Day with another trooper (that one was shot and did not get to jump, forget the actor and the name of the trooper). During the terrible bombing where Luz sees his two comrades hit in the foxhole, in reality, the two had offered to have him use theirs as Luz had not had a chance to dig one himself, he had been working on other things. His nature was not to accept charity and told them he would be fine digging his own. When the bombing took place, he was actually in his own foxhole, saved by his refusal of their charity. His son also said that he was home when production called his mother to ask about him (he had already passed), they asked what he did after the war, and she had said he was handy around the house. They thought he was a handyman. He actually worked at the Pentagon. He was absolutely loved by everyone though, his son said.

The final interaction between Winters and Sobel was not fiction. If you read Winters book "Beyond Band of Brothers" he describes the interaction. I believe the quote Winters used in reality was "Captain Sobel, we honor and salute the rank". One of the greatest and probably most quoted lines in the series.

I’ve loved every single reaction of yours for Band of Brothers. It has been a series that I’ve grown up with but also the 101st is one I grew up with too. Great grandpa was glider pilot for the 101st in WW2 and both my parents were in the 101st as well so I love every single reaction from every channel that does the series and learns a bit about their history. Yours has been one of the memorable ones, Thanks for the amazing videos and I can’t wait for the follow up documentary!

The interviews get me every time. These wonderful men. All the things they've seen and done and the influence it had on their lives. That's why there was such an explosion of innovation and advancement after WWII. These boys got sent off and came back as men that were experienced and capable and knew that life was fragile and they made the most of it. Makes me think of J.R.R Tolkien. He was, obviously, a brilliant man in his own right but he also had significant life experiences that shaped him. He fought in WWI and was in the Battle of the Somme, one of the most brutal fights in the war. He saw suffering. He saw friends die. He saw how men act under pressure, both heroism and defeat. That shaped him. And through that he was able to write one of the greatest works of literature ever in Lord of the Rings and effectively created the modern "Fantasy" genre. There is incredible beauty that can come out of the experience of unthinkable loss and suffering.

I cannot tell you how many times I’ve watched this series. At least once every 2 years since it came out. Every time it gets to the last interviews in this episode, I’m crying like a baby. Every. Single. Time.

Please watch We Stand Alone Together after!!

18:13 Love the fact that the guy, who earlier in the episode was on his own vendetta, was giving the translation here. You can hear it in his voice and see it on his face that he can't help but see he and his fellow soldiers mirrored in the German soldiers here.

So glad to have been on this incredible journey as you experienced Band of Brothers and thank you for watching. These are reactions I will be watching again, in addition to my annual viewing of the entire series, which I have on DVD. I had been in the Navy for five years when this series first aired and it was amazing and thought-provoking. I love the friendship between Winters and Nixon. Such an unbreakable bond. Richard Winters was truly an exceptional man and leader; I would love to have met him before he passed away. The part about 1600 people attending the funeral of George Luz when he passed away gets me every time. For someone who was not a celebrity or famous and hearing that that many people went to his funeral says something about the man. The actor who played the German general making the speech to his men was Wulf Kahler(I think I'm spelling that right) also played Colonel Dietrich in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Most of the actors in this series I had never heard of before this series, but one I do remember was Scott Grimes, who played Malarkey. I watched him in some movies as a kid when I was a teenager in the 80's. Band of Brothers was the first adult role I saw him in. I am looking forward to your reactions to The Pacific, even though it is a much harder watch at times than Band of Brothers was. There is also the fact that some of the places the Marines fought in the Pacific I have been to during my time in the Navy. Walking on ground where people fought and died is an experience that makes you think. I felt the same during a trip to Gettysburg a couple of years before joining the Navy. Gettysburg is also a movie I highly recommend watching if you have never seen it.

Thanks, Kid. My dad ws one of the band -17th Airborne, decimated at Armheim, then 101st for the war's duration. They were remarkable men.

No member of Easy company is alive today. Bradford Clark Freeman, believed to be the last surviving original member of the historic World War II parachute infantry regiment of the US Army known as Easy Company, died Sunday in Columbus, Mississippi. He was 97.he passed in 2022.

This show is just my escape from life it's that meaningful to me, especially when everything was okay after the war & they just carried on with their lives, struggling, working, trying new experiences. Like damn it just gives me a lot more hope in life that what I have is nothing compared to what they had to endure, it just makes me a lot more grateful for the things we have in this timeline in history and how these brave men were the ones who had to fight for it, so that we can enjoy this. They shall not be forgotten.

Joe Liebgott was not a taxi driver before or after the war. He was a barber. Also, he was Catholic and not Jewish.

They are all gone now. For the Fallen- Stand down now good and faithful servanst. Your long watch is over. We have the Conn now. Go rest high on that mountain brothers. Be at ease, Rest in Honored Peace. Go forth and war no more. God's Speed and God bless. Prayers for your families and friends. Prayers for those still on watch. Fair Winds and Following Seas Brothers All Hands render Honors as the 24 Hallowed notes sound. And one more time this old Doc whispers, Semper Fi........

Band of Brothers is one of the series I have to watch in full every year. I’ve seen it at least 30 times. I hope to carry this on every year for the rest of my life.

I served in the 101st Airborne 00-03 took part in both invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq…i was an infantrymen I was a 19 year old kid… this series makes me cry every time I watch it…the pain and mental things I feel everyday have started to wear on me all these years later…I don’t really talk to anyone cause I feel ashamed of my feelings…. I definitely feel what these men went through….war is hell and affects both sides for the rest of their life’s….

This last episode reminds me of my father-in-law who was a waist gunner on a B-24 Liberator. He came home, married his sweet heart, had a daughter, went to work for GE, adopted a brother and sister (my wife) , became a lay preacher, and was generally a kind / gentle man who love to talk boxing (he boxed while in the army). His younger brother served in Korea and no one in the family knew, except his wife, that he had earned a silver star and purple heart. It all came out at Kenny's funeral. It's amazing that these men, so traumatized by war, went on to live content and productive lives.😊

I have an annual watch of this, and my father and i used to watch it together before he passed away in 2019. We both would choke up at Winters final words of that story of the company of heros.... Every time.

Sad to see the series come to an end. Have been a wonderful journey with you. Thank you for these reactions!

I've watched this series and reactions more times than I can count. "...but I served in a company of heroes," gets me every...single...time. Greatest series ever.

I don't know how many times I have watched this series and having your reactions, along with your technical commentary, was another fascinating wrinkle. I remember waiting each week for a new episode to air on Sunday nights while the country was trying to mourn and move forward from 9/11. I don't know if I will ever be able to watch it and not think about that day, however, seeing the heroism and humility of the Band of Brothers men was, and is, a reminder that we can move forward. Thank you for choosing this series to watch and react.

101st has strangely become the most famous unit during their short time in WW2. My grandad in 4th Royal Tank Regt fought in France, got rescued from Dunkirk, fought in North Africa for 3yrs (getting badly injured by a Tiger tank), then liberated Italy before transferring and heading back for D-Day and ended up in Berlin. Six years of war - the only difference is no one made a TV series about them.

What I remember most about the first time I watched Band of Brothers is that the first two episodes aired the Sunday night before 9/11. It was a jarring juxtaposition, every Sunday night afterward comparing what they had gone through versus what we all knew was coming for us.

Well reacted! The great thing about reaction videos is that the rest of us can't experience the first time we watched these things except through you all who do it. Well done! You give us some feeling of the first time we watched. Again, well done!

For the last seven years, I've watched the entire series every Memorial Day. It's one of my favorite days of the year. I've really enjoyed / appreciated / marveled at your emotional and insightful perspective of probably the best thing ever made for TV. Thank you.

The last insert of major winters gets me every damn time! I am 53 I have known many veterans of the second war war including my own great uncles. And whenever I’m in their presence, I get an overwhelming sense of pride and humility from the men who have done and seen more as kids then we ever will and our adulthood .younger generations today. Are all lost in their own existential crisis. these kids had to fight and die in a world crisis for survival.! And they need to know that it might give them a sense of humility as well

I have watched this series every year since it debuted. Can't get enough of the history it tells.

Enjoyed your reviews and reactions very much! For more information and to answer some of your questions here are a few books that I've read. Some were written by the soldiers themselves. The BOB story is real life history - yes, the screenwriters had to fill in dialog where historical content was not available, but major actions were for the most part related very well. Hang Tough (letters of Dick Winters) - Dorr and Frederick, Saving My Enemy (Malarkey) - Welch, Easy Company Soldier - Malarkey, We Who Are Alive and Remain - Brotherton, Biggest Brother Life of Dick Winters - Alexander, Band of Brothers - Steven Ambrose, Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends - Guarnere and Heffron, Post, Beyond Band of Brothers - Winters, Shifty's War - Brotherton, In the Footsteps of the Band of Brothers - Alexander, Airborne (Ed Shames) - Gardner, Parachute Infantry - Webster, Fierce Valor (Ronald Spears) - Frederick and Dorr Interestingly, accounts of some incidents in the BOB story differ between the original writers but that is to be expected. A couple of my recent reads were the book by David Webster of his adventures and the book about Spears by Frederick and Dorr - yes, Spears did execute enemy soldiers and shoot one of his own who refused to follow orders. But you have to read the book for context. Enjoy!

Loved your reactions to each episode. As other's have pointed out, they are all gone now. I have and have read, "Fierce Valor". It is the biography of Speirs. Yes he did shoot the German prisoners. But the 101st parachuted into the middle of the enemy. They could not keep prisoners in that case. Yes Spiers shot one of his own men. Spier's team was on an undercover mission. The guy was drunk, Spiers ordered him to return the CO. The guy jumped up and pulled his weapon. Spiers shot him in self-defense. It was investigated and Spiers was cleared. Great series. As I said, loved your reaction. As we say in Texas; y'all be safe.

What I found especially interesting was how the writers, director, and actors effectively captured the sense of ever-increasing, oppressive fatigue as the members of E Company progressed through the war. Well done.

Jacqui it was such a JOY to watch it and relive it through your beautiful eyes, you are so pure and genuine, it really is uplifting. You - especially you, a film student - deserve to treat yourself to yeat another fantastic documentary besides We Stand Alone Together: the Ron Livingston video diaries of the cast's boot camp under captain Dale Dye! (who plays Col. Sink in the series) Loves from Paris Also, you've given me not one, but two synchronicities here. One of them, a wink to my late dad, who took me to the 40th anniversary of D Day where we became lifellong friends with a Utah Beach veteran, and with whom I watched the show when it was released. Eternal gratitude to the Greatest Generation

Like many of the people on here, I've watched Band of Brothers too many times to count and I'm at a loss for superlatives to use for this series. I will just say it's the best I've ever watched. Your reactions just added to my enjoyment, sharing some of the same reactions as mine. And your knowledge of the technical side of film making highlighted things I knew little about, which also added to my enjoyment of your reactions. It was a perfect marriage between the series and your covering it. Thank you. One suggestion for the future, From the Earth to the Moon, about the space race in the 60's. A lot of the production people for Band of Brothers are involved in it also, again with Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg .creating it.

The final reveal of the real men of easy company always gets me. Glad was able to finally watch through your perspective. I picked up way more things about film and music through your watch.

Easy Company is the most ironic name in military history. From D-DAY all the way to Hitler's Eagle's Nest, there was nothing Easy about it. I never want things I love to end, but you want the pain to end for these Men, and the peace to begin. The German Field Marshall's speech is actually what ties the entire concept of of the series together unexpectedly...No matter what side you were on you were suffering. I implore you to see "We Stand Alone Together" and Ron Livingston's (Nixon) Bootcamp Diary. It makes you appreciate the series even more. "Were you a hero in the War Grandpa? Grandpa says no, but I served in a company of heroes" Near tears every time. Thank you so much for taking this journey. Currahee! ♠ Winters may be the best, and Nixon may be one of the most entertaining. But Spiers might be my favorite. Also see "The Fallen of World War 2" to get some perspective on the scale of this tragedy.

@14:03 when Webster asks the German soldier where that family in the car was going. I never noticed this before, but when Webster starts tossing their luggage out of the backseat and the wife starts complaining, the German soldier never says a word. That's interesting.

I can never watch episode 9 and 10 without welling up with tears. In my opinion Band of Brothers is the best mini series ever made.

One of my favorite little Easter eggs (so to speak) is the silver set that Harry and Winter’s split. To this day that is the main silver set for the Winter’s family.

My grandpa was a non combat veteran, however Winters story of his grandson's question about if he was a hero make me think of my grandpa and so many verterans that have lost friends and brothers. The real heroes are those that never made it back, the company of heroes are your brothers next to you. It brings a tear to my eyes everytime. Also easy company is extremely unique because of their company reunions that still went on far past the shows production until the last death of the Tacoa men with Don Malarkey.

My daughter got the opportunity to go to France before D-Day and during as a class trip from her high school. Before she went, I sat on with her for a weekend and went through the entire series Band of Brothers, play them over again in episodes. She didn’t understand and explained it to her. When she came back from France, she brought a little piece sand of Omaha Beach and a little bowl for me. And she cried and said thank you for showing me that series Dad. She explained her well. The French take care of the fallen soldiers and the cemeteries. Each village volunteers to take care of certain soldiers to take care of the graves and they still do it to this day. She said I wish we did that in America and I explained we do, most people just don’t know it. I firmly believe a series like this should be mandatory in history with high school students before they graduate ! There are so many young in the century that don’t understand they turn their nose up after Vietnam! By the way, there were a lot more officers in the army and Vietnam than they ever were in World War II

On the recent DDay remembrance on June 6th in Normandy, six of the actors in this series parachuted with a group as part of the days activities.

This is probably the best mini-series of all time. The choice, to follow a single company right through their experiences in World War 2, allowed the audience to get to know all the characters. The settings, props, wardrobe etc looked spot on. I am sure that there were inaccuracies, but only real experts on the War are likely to have noticed them. Lighting was used to great effect, to allow us to see what we needed to in the dark without giving too much. You have to watch the documentary that came with the DVD boxset. That gives even more details on these extraordinary men that fleshes out who they were even more. Like many of your fans, I have watched this series so many times that I have lost count, but while watching your reactions, your reactions made my throat start closing up, and moisture fill the corners of my eyes. I await with bated breath for your next video.

The german general giving the speech was Theodor Thormsdorf aka ,,Crazy Theo". That guy was wounded over ten times during the war. Several times it was serious, on enemy´s side of front or both. He was leading from the front like Winters even as a high officer, when really didn´t have to.

This is the ultimate definition of a life changes series! Your reactions have been outstanding! I served in the Army from 1997-2001 and i've had the opportunity to retrace the 501st Campaign through Europe. I've watched this series once a year since the year it came out...including reactions to Band of Brothers on RU-vid...i've probably seen this episode 75 times. I'm 75 for 75 in tearing up/crying when that last line is delivered by Major Richard Winters.

1:10 I have great news for you: This show is just as wonderful to experience in subsequent viewings. I watch it about once a year. It never gets old...

I’ve really enjoyed watching each and every episode of your reactions. It’s been wonderful to see how you’ve come to appreciate this generation that fought to stop the enslavement of the world.

i dont know how many times i have watched this series and reactions to it, it is great to get a recap and see new people see the brilliance and emotions of this series. mini series? put all episodes together and it would be one of the top movies ever.

To add some extra context to the real event depicted when Speirs decides to spare the drunk soldier who murdered those people: According to Speirs himself, his decision not to shoot the man was not out of mercy, but because he wasn't totally certain that the men had actually found the real suspect. If he had been certain that it was indeed the killer, he says that he would have likely shot him then and there, but he couldn't be sure that this wasn't some other innocent drunk bystander who had nothing to do with the situation, which is why he felt it best to turn him over to the Military Police. In the end, they had indeed found the right guy.

I was in Bastonge (Belgium) in 2022 to visit the Bastonge War Museum, when you watched "Band of brother" that museum is awesome. Also just a view miles down the road you can visit the Foxholes where easy-company was. There is also a Memorial with some names of the men of Easy who died there, names of men that also are on the show. Humble and awesome.

Thank you. I really enjoyed the insights you had in your reactions. I've seen the series a few times myself and a few times watching through different RU-vid Reactors. You had some of the best insights into the writing and technical aspects. Also you had some great insights into the story telling. Thank you.

End of WW2, dad had linked up with Russians, liberated concentration camps, was an SP at Neurenberg Trials, lost his general (Patton) went to NC 109th special forces, then to Panama and started jungle warfare school, then was an Enchon Raider in Korea, then went through a real nightmare.... Later became a doctor.

The last shots of WWII in Europe were officialy shot at village Slivice on 14th May. Last cohesive German force was in Protektorat Böhmen und Mahren (current Czech republic), what was left of Army group Mitte, over 1 million soldiers. On 5th of May uprising started all over Czech, the biggest one in its capitol, Prague. 7th and 8th of May were peak of the Prague uprising, germans were trying to get to americans for surrender, instead of russians. On 9th of May Red army finally liberated Prague and rest of the germans retreated at Slivice. When americans refused their surrender, they surrendered to the Red army. This is basicaly forgotten outside of Czech republic, because Battle of Berlin is known as Last battle.

I watch this series at least once a year... I had a number of grandparents and great uncles serve in WW2. Most in the Pacific Theater. One of my grandfathers wasn't allowed to go because he owned a sizable farm even though he was part of the then Calvary.

You HAVE to do the Pacific next! PLEASE 😂

The series makes only passing reference to the task those men faced at the end of this campaign. They were to be reassigned and begin training for the upcoming invasion of Japan, an event promising to be multiples in terms of difficulty and loss in comparison to the invasion they had just completed. My late ex-father-in-law was in an armored division scheduled for that invasion. After returning home from Europe, he had a period of leave at the end of which he was to report to a training base in California in preparation for that invasion. It was while he was hitch-hiking his way to report, that he heard the news that an atomic bomb had been dropped on Hiroshima. He knew at that moment that he would not face being assigned to yet another invasion task force. It meant that thousands and thousands of American soldiers would now go home to their families rather than being killed on the islands of Japan. I think the soldiers portrayed in this series would be very pleased with your reviews and responses to the presentations herein. I sincerely hope that their stories are never forgotten, and they continue to serve as outstanding examples of both exemplary soldiers, and the senselessness of war. God bless the men of Easy Company.

Was a wonderful trip through one of the all time greats with you! Thanks for sharing! :)

I was struck the first time I saw this episode during the baseball scene with Winters voiceover, telling the story of what happened to Easy Company after the war, by how many of Easy Company went into construction as their post war careers. I wondered if it was because they had seen so much wanton destruction during the 11 months they were in combat in Europe, that the idea of building new roads & houses, appealed to them.

Phenomenal show. Phenomenal reaction throughout. I've certainly enjoyed all the nuance in the discussion of the show and its more technical merits, but also your unabashed emotional reaction to the show and its characters and their journeys, whether long or short. While some other episodes, such as Bastogne, will always carry the emotional shock and horror of war, this episode, in spite of two terrible moments, will always carry that hopeful emotional impact and its subsequent relief of Winters sharing snippets of the future of some of the characters that we've come to love.

For those of us who have watched this series, it is now our responsibility to show it to future generations, lest we forget what real sacrifice, bravery, and hardship look like.

This is the second comment I’ve made on this episode, but one of the very few remaining men from the British landings 6 June ‘44 on Sword Beach (Caen/Ouistreham) was lauded as a hero on the 80th anniversary I hate the word celebrations, but in this context, it was a celebration of peace. He said “ No!! “, I’m not a hero, the real heroes are all those, from all sides, Allied or Axis who are buried in the many War Cemeteries or are STILL in unmarked, undiscovered graves who never got to go home. They are the heroes….. Respect.

I watched glued to the screen when it first premiered. I have watched it religiously each year since and multiple times as a reaction reviewer. My father served as Colonel LaMays crew chief in the 8th Air Force. He was a Brown Shoe. He joined out of Highschool and served in England, Okanowa, and Korea. He retired out in 69 from Civil Service after 25 in the main line. I had hoped what they did for these guys they would do for the Pilots and crews in the Bombers. A fact little disgust is in 9 months in the air campaign over France and Germany lost 25,000 people. By comparison it took the Marines fighting in the Pacific took 3 years to lose 24,000. I have a picture of my dad all decked out in his dress mess, but he has this odd far away look in his eyes. I never understood it till I became aware of that fact. And realized he was far away thinking of all those he knew and were gone in an instant. They literally fell out of the sky.

Dear Jacqui, thanks for your reaction to my favorite Series of all times. I watched Band of Brothers so many times that i can not count it on both of my hands at the same time. You have my full respect for getting through Ep.9, many of the people i watched the series with ended up not watching that episode. And it is hard to watch, our modern mind, even though we know what happend, cant really put it in pictures, what a human can do to another human being. A thing Band of Brothers did really good. I am German, born in the 90s, I am also a kind of a history nerd/buff. I love reading about history and taking it all in, consuming it. And for me especially WW2 is important as my Grandparents never really spoke about what they saw or what they experienced. Some didnt want to, maybe because it would open old wounds, some didnt remember because they were children during that time. All i know is that my Grandma (fathers side) was born in Ukraine, in 1930 and that they first fled from the germans, only to flee from the soviets after. Or how my Grandpa's parents (mothers side) came from Königsberg, today known as Kaliningrad. And they got dispelled from there by the soviets post war. I dont know why History is so important to me to be honest, maybe because i live the sentence "Never again", maybe because i feel like its important to know what horrible thinks people did to each other, in a time long before i was born, or my parents for the fact where born. I visited Concentration Camp memorials all over Germany, i have been to Auschwitz and i have to say, everybody should do that, so that we all say, "never again". Even though i, or my parents didnt live in that time, deep down i feel the need to remember people of what happend, because i fear what would happen if i dont. Maybe thats why History is so important to me, why Band of Brothers is such a good series, why i watched it so many times. Maybe its the fact that these people, that can tell us about what they saw and experienced, however painful it was, get fewer and fewer every year. When i was in school we had a Holocaust Survivor come to our german School, from her home in Israel, touching german soul for the first time every since she left and said to never return. She told us her story, what happend, how she barely made it out, showed us Photos. I remember to this day, how someone asked her if she is still mad at us germans and what she thinks about Germany today. She said: "At first I was, they killed my family after all, but i ask myself if it would bring any good to hate people, would i then be not the way they were to me, would i be any better?" "No, i dont hate germans, especially not those that listen to a old womens live story and learn from it!" Later i found out she died of old age, only 4 months after that visit. We, as a class, visited the Camp she survived and laid down flowers at the site where the rest of her family was buried in a mass grave after the camp was freed by British troops. I tend to ramble and write long text sometimes, sometimes i drift of with what i am writing. But i am telling this because i feel Band of Brothers is doing one thing in particular very very good. Letting those people, that really experienced it speak for themselves, tell their story, the memories they made, the friends they lost and putting that in a format that people can watch over and over again. As i said before these people sadly perish away every year. Every year there are fewer and fewer people that are able to remind our generation of "Never Again". But we at least have some of them in here, in this series. If you read all of this, thanks for your time.

That last line of the series always get me in the feels too because i had two of my great grandpas that died long before i was born that fought in World War 2 and i got to hear stories about both of them and i just know i'm here because they fought and survived, i also think that's why i have such a fascination with history.

At this very moment I’m in a hotel in the Piedmont region of Italy and if I go out onto the balcony, I have a view of the Austrian Alps from the Italian side. I just wish you, and all of your fans could see the beauty and majesty of the panorama laid out in front of me. Simply stunning. So you can understand their reluctance to leave that area and if you hadn’t enough points, to go and continue your career in the Pacific war if you were unlucky.

1:30 This was a really sweet and well-phrased sentiment, especially about a show as powerful and important as this one. Cheers and Happy (almost) Independence Day Jacqui. 🥃☮❤

points was a way to try to bring some equity during the demobilization after the war. Length of service: One point for each month of service in the Army, and one additional point for each month of overseas service Decorations: Five points for each battle star or decoration, including a Purple Heart or a medal for merit or valor, such as a Silver Star Campaigns: Five points for each campaign (the war was broken down by campaign, not about battles although Normandy’s first few weeks was one campaign. Children: Number of dependent children under age 12 i think was 12 points each

there was a Band of Brothers symposium last year featuring panels by the cast, crew and relatives. It's all on youtube and well worth a watch for a deeper look behind the series

It doesn't matter how many times you see this series, it's equally impactful each time. It's sad to know that they've now all passed away, which is why it's so important for this to always be available for new generations to watch.

There is an older movie, called "The Big Red One" it's a WW2 movie directed my Samuel Fuller. Fuller was a veteran of WW2 of the 1st Infantry Division, "The Big Red One". One of his themes is the difference between killing and murder. A soldier in war time kills, if there is no war it's murder. It's worth a watch, Jacqui.

I’ve watched this series dozens of times. Been a fan since this came out, I even have the box set on VHS.

I speak from experience when I say that the scenic view from the Eagles nest is INCREDIBLE.

The last line from Winters gets me EVERY time.

I've been thinking about this lately as I've rewatched BoB (for about the 100th time) having been to Bastogne and just got back from the 80th Anniversary in Normandy. Obviously the actors aren't the soldiers ages,but it's so wild thinking that these individuals were so young Winters was about 26 years old leading these men through this war. I think Colonel Sink wasn't even 40 (although looked much older in the series) The things these men did at the ages they did and too think although comments like "we'll see how you do on the interview" is a joke. some of them were coming back barely out of college age going back into the "real" world. The things they did just make you feel like they should have been so much older to get through what they did and to be able to handle it

This series and everyone involved are treasures!

Band of Brothers is an amazing series that will stand the test of time! The greatest generation lives on through this series! Thanks for sharing with us! 🇺🇸

Points were given for length of time in the service. My dad was in WW2 with Patton 90th inf Div. Bronze star Metz battle.

A little thing that goes under the radar sometimes - the general 'interviewing' Winters said that he should be running one of the battalions - generally, that'd be a Lt Colonel.

"Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?" is the one the few times (including episode 9) that gets me emotional in this series.

Something to be noted about the general is that his uniform lacked the Nazi party insignia. He wasn't a Nazi, just a loyal soldier

If you don't feel something at the end when the real soldiers are sharing their stories, you might be dead inside. Winters gets me every time.

20:42 Grace Nixon actually has an interesting story herself. She was a Japanese American and was in an interment camp during the war.

Thank you so much Jacqui. It was so great watching you discover this fantastic series, and to hear your valuable insights. Your reaction videos have been the highlights of my past couple of months. I hope to see you explore more exceptional TV shows, although Band of Brothers is the pinnacle. If you're looking for another masterclass in cinematography and editing as well as screenwriting and ensemble acting, I'd suggest you couldn't find a better exemplar than The West Wing.

My grandpa was a veteran from WWII, US Navy Boatswains Mate 2nd Class (1925-2007). He fought in the South Pacific on board on a US Destroyer Escort, heading to the Island of Tarawa Atoll, one of the Japanese occupied Islands. After the US occupied Tarawa, my grandpa's old injury from half of his body of being broken from an half ton steel beam fell on him. You wondering how did he make it in the Navy with that injury, well this one doctor fixed my grandpa up so well he was able to get back up, there is a certain way of bringing the bones together but still trying to look for it. Through the remainder of the War, my grandpa was the Master of Arms in Richardson Center in Hawaii. When Okinawa was finally occupied many US soldiers and US Navy Men were getting orders to be on board planes and ships to get ready for the invasion of Japan, my grandpa received those orders to be on board ship, even though his legs couldn't take it because from the old injury, he still followed orders and got ready. After the two atomic bombs dropped on the two cities of Japan on August 6th and August 9th in 1945, then on August 10th Japan Surrendered. My grandpa told me he was sleeping on board ship still in the harbor in Hawaii where he could hear fireworks, cheers, and the crying of men and women could be heard. V-J Day! I know that the Atomic Bombs in WWII is still a controversy, but if my grandpa was still today he would say that, "It is thanks to the Atomic Bombs that I have lived, and my daughter being born, and my grandson here being born. It is thanks to the atomic bombs that my child and my grandchild are born and alive. So here is a question to you and for you, If the Atomic Bombs were a mistake to use, then is my daughter and grandson a mistake for being born?"