Band of Brothers Episode 8 (The Last Patrol) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | TV Show Reaction and Commentary 

Thank you for watching the video, It means a lot to me . I will leave this pinned message here to REMIND everyone that i do not have TELEGRAM and there is no GIVEAWAY. Those you see are bot scams . Keep yourself safe and know that I would not ask for your info. ❤ ❤

Webster was in the hospital in England, and some of the others were in hospital in France. The guys in France could find a way back, but from England, Webster could not go back to his unit.

Sorry Biss. You have read Webster a bit wrong. He was machinegunned at the crossroads in Holland and was shipped to England for hospital. While he was there the rest of the guys got sent to Bastogne. He had been shuffled into a replacement squadron and had lost track of where Easy was located. The other guys were hospitalized on the continent and were not gone that long.

Webster wasn't trying to get out of anything, he was looking out for others.

This episode made Webster the guy that was resented for not getting back to fight in Bastogne. But he wasn't resented. Remimber that they deployed there hurriedly while he was still recovering. And once there, they were surrounded, so he had no way to get to them. He was shocked at how many of his buddies were gone. The writers wanted to portray a common phenomenon and decided to use him as that guy. Also, Liebgot was actually on patrol while Webster manned the machine gun. Webster was neither a coward nor a hero, just a guy doing his job. He admittedly never volunteered for anything, though. Sgt Martin was mad at Webster for suggesting that Mararky should not lead the patrol, but Malarkey had been in every combat action since Normandy without a break, and was traumatized by losing so many friends, so I think it was a good call. West Point New York is where the U.S. Military Academy is.

She loved Webster when he was giving chocolate bars to little Dutch kids. Totally misread his motivation this episode.

I don't think it's fair to consider anyone in that kind of situation a coward. Especially given most will never be there. It'd be like saying Jackson was stupid for running into his own grenade, or Cobb an asshole because he tried to drink his misery for his dead friends away. And besides, there's a later episode that addresses this with Webster, though it goes by pretty quick.

It wasn't that Webster was a coward who tried to get out of everything. He'd been with them since Toccoa after all. It's just to illustrate how much Bastogne/Battle of the Bulge changed Easy company into something different and unrecognizable from the one he knew

How is she misreading Webster so hard lol. None of the POV characters or narrators are bad guys, does she realize he is the narrator?

18:15 What Webster did in that scene was to hide a “satchel charge” with a time delay. It’s basically a big bag of explosives. He hid it because it was possible that other enemy soldiers would reoccupy the observation post, and they would have deactivated it if they had discovered it.

In the episode Webster is portrayed as not being fully accepted upon his return (though I've read this wasn't really the case). Webster wasn't malingering he was seriously injured and returned when medically released. Webster tried to get the new Lt. get his wish to run the patrol because it would give Malarkey a break - what he didn't realize was that Sgt Grant would be drafted to replace Malarkey and Grant was kinda pissed about it, so he made a point of putting Webster on the patrol. Webster then noticed that their were two translators on the patrol with 16 instead of 15 men so he acted to get Liebgot off the patrol. So Webster did nothing but try to help his brothers and was in fact a stand up guy.

Webster fought on D-Day and was wounded in operation Market Garden. He wasn't able to get back with the unit since his injury was more severe and he was shipped back to England. He is very familiar with combat.. just was hospitalized for the battle of the bulge.

You are reading Webster wrong. He was wounds were severe enough to keep him out of action longer. He was also looking out for the other translator Liebgott.

You misinterpreted webster a lot this episode. But you misinterpreted a lot of other scenes from the show as well.

A "West Pointer" is an officer who graduated from West Point, the US Army's service academy. It's one of the sources for officers for the US Army. In wartime, it is hard to keep up with the need for officers to lead. The military gets officers from their academies (4 years), Reserve Officer Training Corps in college (2-4 years ROTC), officer candidate school (OCS, 90 day wonders), and battlefield commission. The US has a service academy for every branch of the armed forces. Many fine officers have graduated from West Point, and many West Pointers have THOUGHT they were fine officers. There is a stereotype of West Pointers looking down of officers who did not attend "The Point".

You throw the word “coward” around way too easily. Did you miss the fact than Webster had fought on D-Day and was later wounded in Market Garden? That powder is a sulfa drug (antibiotic) not a coagulant. Lt Jones was about a year or two younger than most of the guys. In fact older than Jackson. He was inexperienced but had been training for the war for 5 years.

Webster was absolutely not being a coward trying to get out of his duties. The other guys in the company were just stressed and bitter and exhausted. Maybe even a little jealous, that he didn't have to go through the fighting in Bastogne. The other guys in Easy company who snuck out of the aid stations to get back to the company, were technically going AWOL, which is a punishable offense. Webster had been shipped to a hospital to be worked on and go through physical therapy a long way from the front. In his case, he wasn't lying or making excuses when he said that he didn't know how he would've been able to get back. The other guys in the company venting their stress and frustration from what they had just gone through, but Webster hadn't actually done anything wrong. Battle fatigue, plain and simple.

Webster wasn't a coward.

Webster was trying to become one of the group again by going on th mission and looking out for the ones who were war weary

I get somewhat annoyed when a lot people always tell reactors to "get ready to cry" for episode 9, I like people to go in blind with no expectations other than the ones the show has already provided.

Ok, Biss you have to do a reaction to this series with your parents. That would be a interesting watch. I hope you come armed with tissues for the next episode.

Biss, if you look back again at episode 3 or 4, you see Webster was the one giving chocolate to a little boy in Holland. He got shot afterward in combat and sent to England. There's a sea between England and France, that's why Webster couldn't get back to the company like other boys who were hospitalized in the continent. So no, he wasn't a coward nor wanting to protect himself at all cost.

Tom Hanks even enlisted his own son in the War...that's dedication. This is when Winters essentially Dad arms and protects his men of Easy Company in anyway he can, even by lying. Currahee ♠ P.S. Webster was doing the opposite, he felt guilty for not being with them in Bastogne and wanted to prove himself to the men again.

Martin was just angry at Webster because it was Websters idea that Martin got replaced with malarkey for the mission.

Webster placed a Satchel Charge. A bag full of explosives set on a timer. If you noticed as they moved out in the end, Cobb was in a Military Police jeep. He was arrested here after drunkenly striking Lt Foley. He was later court martial Ed and discharged from the army, however Cobb was one of the most combat experienced guys having almost 10 years in the army before becoming a paratrooper.

Webster didn't deserve anything. He was doing what everyone else was doing, not real eager to get shot at, but not dodging it either.

Webster didn't have to be in the war at all if he didn't want to. He was rich and well-educated, and could have gotten totally out of it if he chose. But he wanted to do his duty. Still, he didn't want to do anything more than his duty. He refused multiple offers of promotion, and did try to get out of lots of assignments. Complicated guy. The others liked him, so don't read too much into their annoyance.

14:38 "I feel like Webster is a bit of a coward." Why? Because he didn't leave the hospital like a few other guys? All wounds are not created equal. Joe Toye got shot in the muscle of his arm. He left the hospital after just a few stitches and a few days to recover. Joe could walk out of the hospital after 3 days with just his arm in a sling. Webster got his leg ripped apart by machinegun fire. Machinegun bullets are big and nasty and do huge amounts of damage. Webster couldn't even walk for over a month, and then he needed crutches to get around for another month. He also needed rehab to learn to walk and run again. Now just exactly how does that make him a coward? As soon as he could recover from that serious injury and build up his leg muscles so he could walk and run, he went back. He wrote letters about how happy he was to be back with his Easy Company brothers. Several of Webster's officers recommended him for promotion but Webster refused every time - they don't even recommend bad or cowardly soldiers. He earned multiple medals during the war: Bronze Star Medal Purple Heart with one oak leaf cluster Good Conduct Medal European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with Arrowhead and 4 service stars World War II Victory Medal Army of Occupation Medal Presidential Unit Citation with one Oak Leaf Cluster Combat Infantryman Badge Parachutist Badge with 2 jump stars That first one, especially, doesn't go to cowards.

I've read Webster's memoir Parachute Infantry: An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich. I found it interesting that even Webster himself said that he did not take risks and did his best to do as little as possible in terms of recieving accolades. He wanted to do his part in the war but also wanted to survive.

Webster's reception was better than depicted. Most of his friends were happy to see him, He also wasn't a part of the patrol. instead, he manned one of the overwatch machine guns.

Last patrol is probably my least favorite. But it's more a case of the other episodes being so good

This one surprised me, Bis... you usually read these episodes pretty well, but you really missed the mark on this one. First of all, Webster is portrayed as being unwelcomed, but trying to help out where he can. In the episode, he's not trying to get out of anything. The other guys are accusing him of that. It real life, Webster had a more serious wound than depicted in the Crossroads episode, and had been evacuated to England. So he had no choice but to stay there and go through all the physical therapy, etc. The other Easy company guys who found their way back after being wounded were only at nearby field hospitals, or at least in the same country. Also, when the real Webster returned to the unit, he was very welcomed by everyone he had been friends with. As far as Cobb goes, the show depicts him having a really slight verbal disagreement with Lt. Jones, and SSGT Martin. In reality, the real Cobb was drunk, and assaulted Lt. Foley. He was court martialed, but he didn't get discharged right away. He was actually still with Easy when the war ended in Europe. He won't be depicted any more in this series, so it's safe to tell you that Roy Cobb died of cancer in early 1990, at a decent age of 75. There's actually a lot more about this episode that's really inaccurate to the real events that happened. Webster didn't go on that patrol. He was manning a machinegun. Cobb - instead of saying "fuck his misery" - in fact actually hurled a grenade over the river to put the wounded German out of his misery. Lt. Jones didn't go on the real patrol either, and had been with easy for a little while by the time the depicted patrol happened. Buckle up. The next episode hits hard!

I suggest KELLY'S HEROES. Fun with a fabulous cast.

Try not to judge so quickly I understand this girl doesn’t know the full story or anything about war and stuff like that but she is a different level of clueless even when it comes to pretty obvious things like how Webster got injured he literally tried to get back to easy company but he couldn’t it’s not because he wanted to milk the hospital stay but because he actually couldn’t up until now I’ve given her the benefit of doubt but now after 8 episodes it is obvious she chooses not to understand situations I hope in future shows and irl she is not so quick to judge!!

Yea this episode did a horrible job portraying Webster, considering he wasn't even on this patrol. He was manning the .50cal on the US side of the river.

Wow, kind of MISUNDERSTOOD what was going on with Webster and Jones. Webster was getting people with bad attitudes OUT of the way. Stopping them from doing patrols that might result in people getting killed, OR positioning people to "get a breather" by recommending shuffling people around. Webster was doing what GOOD soldiers will do. They see the unit's strength and weakness, not just in numbers or gear.... but in attitudes and emotional state. And he did this, NOT out of "fear"... but out of "concern" for the men around him, who he had known in combat as well. They knew that Webster COULD fight, but after Bastone, there were too many people "not in the right head space" to keep sending into combat.... and Webster realized that WOULD get people killed who shouldn't have been. Jones, on the other hand, was promoted NOT as "an award for doing good", but as a way of "getting rid of him". He was "too eager" to go on patrol or get into combat. He didn't have the experience of combat that would have earned the respect of the men serving under him, meaning that they would NEVER accept his "orders" without pushing back against him. So, by promoting him and assigning him "to regiment", what Winters was doing was putting Jones in a position to DO LESS with the men, but also more "organizing and securing supplies"... meaning he was giving Jones a "safe and cushy job that wouldn't put others at risk". Now, TO BE FAIR..... Winters did this for 2 simple reasons. First off, he was getting Welsh back, meaning an experienced and respected officer to put in charge of 2nd platoon. But, more importantly, Lipton's promotion had "gone through" and Winters wanted Lipton to take over a platoon as well, I think the 1st platoon which was Buck's platoon before he was taken off the line after Toye and Garneere were injured. Winters knew the men would ALL respect and listen to Lipton WITHOUT question, and be happy with both Welsh and Lipton "in command" as that would be closer to the original leadership from their days in basic training. (The ones they had been with the longest and trusted the most). So, Winters promoted Jones and "got rid of him" to make room for a new leader of a platoon to step in.... two men who he had known and who the men would follow into combat if needed without reservation or resistance.

21:50 "What is the cause of that death?" A grenade blew up a few feet in front of him. That damage to his face wasn't his only injury. He probably had pieces of grenade all over his body. At the end, it sounded like he was gurgling on blood, so maybe his lungs were pierced and he was drowning in blood. No, he didn't die from panic or stress. He died from his injuries.

You are far too hard on Webster. I never picked up a coward vibe ever with him. He is very empathetic much like Buck Compton is. I never noticed, but I don't think the new officer refused the food because it was unappetizing. That dude refused the food because he had a wicked case of the bubble guts because he was about to go into his first real fight.

Your father must have been born during Ceausescu's rule..probably has a lot of stories about life under that regime..

"legit waiting to be exploded"...like virtually everyone in Ukraine today

It seems that you didn't understand what Winters said about getting a fond night's sleep, instead of doing another payroll. No reaction to a brilliant moment.

Webster wasn’t trying to shrug his duty. Despite the way it sounds, he was unable to get back to the company like everyone else as he was in England not in France like the others who got back sooner. Oh, and he did what he could to take pressure off men who had been through worse while he was recovering after being shot. I didn’t see anything to indicate anything cowardly. just the opposite.

The powder put on wounds was “Sulfa” an antibacterial to fight infection

Biss once again you are judging people too soon like you did in several episodes webster is not a coward... please dont judge people to quickly

Why do people feel it necessary to tell her anything that has not shown yet? Like for instance she said she has been told to get ready for tissues.l in next episode. Why not let the story come to her naturally? Get her natural reaction….isn’t that what this channel is about. Why people feel the need to be the one that tells her what her reaction will be? They may say they are not giving anything away but of course they really are.

4:55 "What is a West Pointer?" West Point is a college run by the US Army. You can get bachelor's degrees in 45 academic majors such as foreign languages, management information systems, history, economics, and mechanical engineering. Enlistment in the Army is required, but of course, graduates can instantly be officers if they have good grades and show good leadership potential. Lt. Jones here is a West Point graduate. He has the rank of lieutenant so he must have done well at West Point.

Moral of the story for your intro: war sucks, and this why we need to watch BoB, so we fear for our kids, and make sure they don't have to tell a story like this one day.

27:20 you can see Cobb (the drunk guy) being arrested by MP's in the jeep. I heard Nixon got Col. Sink blackout drunk that night so he could not hear that no battle was being fought overnight.

Webbster was from a very high class family and highly educated he couldve easily been an officer out of danger he signed up for paratroopers himself againts the wishes of his family and there is a letter he sent back to his mother where you can clearly see you judged him very wrong :D he also fought with easy the whole time and dodged bastogne only because he got shot in operation market garden where you also said he was hot lol Cobb (the drunk man) was also done very dirty by this show and most of the screentime he got is him being very rude or bulling the newbies in the earlier episodes but in reality he was a true hero and out of 101st he saw the most combat even before 101st was deployed for D-day he fought in armored divisions in north africa which i think would be a pretty cool detailed if they said that

West Point is our prestigious Army academy. That being said, they are respected less than Green to Gold. Like the battlefield commission you see here. A non-comissioned officer that's bumped up to commissioned officer usually gets more respect than a West Pointer, or "ring tapper" as we call them. A class ring from the academy means nothing. I served under 2 ring tappers, but they earned respect on the field.

Jackson may had Shrapnells from his Grenade and Debree in his Neck, Lungth and maybe Brain. And it took some Time to get him across the River and untill Doc Roe arrived.

A lieutenant outranks any sergeant, BUT a sergeant got promoted to that position, the lieutenant is just starting out (especially if they are a Platoon Leader). So, each platoon has a Platoon sergeant AND a lieutenant. The idea being that the Platoon Sergeant will teach the Lieutenant how to lead a platoon, with as much tact as possible ("pardon me sir, but" is sergeant for "you are being an idiot, so shut up and watch me"). West Point is the Army's College, graduates are expected to make the Army their career (or at least do a 6 year term or two). This is why they move him to headquarters, he will be with the army when the war is over, meantime they are making sure he sees a little of everything. The other officers were either "battlefield" commissions (promoted sergeants) or went to Officer Canidate School after basic training. Most anyone who had a college degree would have had a chance to go if they didn't already do ROTC at College (which is why Webster sticks out, still being a Private, despite being a college boy). New graduates of OCS are "90-day wonders" (it was a 3-month course), officers who stress that they went to West Point are "Ring Knockers" (tend to show off their class graduation rings). Given enough time in action, all that tends to be forgotten.

If you get to sad…I’m in the uk if you need a hug 😊

Biss,when you have taken your break for a bit about war,do the series Pacific,it was the following series to the Band Of Brothers 😊

Love that intro. Great job.

Madalina Spiers...... just dont accept any cigarettes from in, you should be fine.....

Wedt Point is the US military academy. Graduates are automatically commissioned 2nd Lieutenants in the Army.

COMEDY FOR MADALINA = OVERBOARD Kurt Russell and wife Goldie Hawn 1987

:::Salute::: Well done Captain Bisscut. The Company will be ready for Episode 9.

Being in the Hospital --- In Webster's case, it was IMPOSSIBLE for him to "leave the hospital" because he was IN ANOTHER COUNTRY! He was wounded in Holland, and still RECOVERING in Holland when Easy Company got sent to Bastogne in BELGIUM. So, not only would have had to find a way out of the hospital without being caught, but ALSO be able to get a ride to another country without being caught AND find E-Company on his own. The OTHERS who DID return, did so from the "Aid Station" which would have been only a few meters, maybe a mile, away from the rest of the unit. So for them it was more or less a simple "self release" from the Aid station, learning what direction to go, and walking MAYBE up to a mile to find their unit. West Point -- USA Military Academy, or "Military University" that is a combination of both a university education as well as "military officer training" courses. West Point, while considered during WW 2 to be MOSTLY USA Army focused, trains officers for ALL branches. (Navy, Air Force, Marine, Army). At this time, each branch has their OWN "academy" as well. Air Force --- Colorado. Navy -- Maryland Marines -- Virginia Army -- New York (Modern day West Point) Why "only 2nd platoon" --- At this point, 2nd platoon was the ONE platoon that was considered to be the "strongest" (in numbers) AND 'most experienced" (fewest replacements). Meaning that when it came time to pick a platoon to do something, 2nd was picked due to being thought of as the platoon most likely to do the job. Jones/Winters conversation --- While Winters didn't want Jones to go due to being "too new" to combat, it was ACTUALLY the moment he spoke up saying that he talked to Malarkey and that "he wouldn't mind if I took his place" that made Winters want to GET RID of Jones. Winters saw that sort of interaction from an officer as a sign of WEAKNESS. Jones should have "pulled rank" (Point out that AS an officer, HE should be in charge... NOT the sarge) and ORDERED Malarkey to "stand down" as Jones took command. Instead, by saying "Malarkey doesn't mind", it was a sign to Winters that Jones would ALWAYS be undermined by a sarge and not ACTUALLY lead the men... in combat or out of combat. So why did Winters let Jones go --- Well, obviously to get SOME experience "in the field". But notice that he assigned Jones "as an observer". Meaning that Jones was there TO LEARN, NOT LEAD. That is why Martin would lead the assault. Martin's problem with Webster --- Martin was upset about HAVING to do the patrol, and saw Webster "going soft on Jones". Meaning that Martin thought Webster was "babying" Jones, who clearly couldn't stand up for himself. Outside of that, there wasn't really a problem between the two. As far as Webster talking to Winters about 2 translators... that was due to Leibgott's comment hinting at "shooting the officer" (Fragging) Jones to get rid of him, which Webster couldn't support doing to someone who was completely 'unproven'. Webster WAS NOT afraid ---- He was trying to get rid of the guys in the patrol WITH BAD ATTITUDES! Webster was not afraid of combat at all, being both a D-Day and Operation Market Garden veteran. What he WAS afraid of, was men with bad attitudes, who appeared to have "given up" or "cut-throat towards others" as BAD men to go into combat with. They were the ones who would either get themselves killed from carelessness, or get SOMEONE ELSE killed by not supporting them. Webster was actually doing his JOB as a soldier, finding the best people for the job that had a higher chance of making it out, saving others AND knowledge of HOW to do the job. What did Webster do in the scene --- Uh, the MOST DANGEROUS JOB of setting the timer for the explosives to destroy the building. At ANY time he was trying to get the timer into position, OR placing the satchel charge, it could have gone off in his face. (The WW 2 timers were rather "twitchy" to how they were handled as most of them were crude "chemical reaction" based times). The guy you saw "freaking out" due to Jackson's wounds was the "supply mailman" who asked Winters to join the assault, which is why he was freaking out over someone being injured. Building hit at the end of episode --- THAT was the building that Webster and the rest of the platoon had been staying in. Had they NOT left when they did, they all would have been killed before the replacement troops could have arrived to relieve them.

The powder isn't a coagulant. It's sulfur powder to try to prevent infection.The coagulant powder didn't come about until the 80'd or 90's. In WWII penicillin was brand new. Not available very close to the front.

Ignorant, inexperienced nuggies aren’t nuggies. If he still steps up AFTER he sees combat, you can start saying he’s got nuggies.

@BissFlix. West point is a military academy - or to put it term more easily understood:- a "military university" where the "students (cadets) urn a "military degree" (a Commission / rank) after about 2 -3 years of extremely hard work. West-Point is considered one of the World's best, like the British Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, the French École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr , the German Bundeswehr University Munich, etc.

every time I watch this somebody react to this episode, i ALWAYS laugh at how everyone judges a soldier wounded in battle, not coming back from the hospital and rehab fast enough for them and a coward :/ EVERY TIME lol and i'm not innocent in this. I kinda reacted the same way the first time I saw this.. but then I QUICKLY realized I was an ass lol

An unconditional surrender is a surrender in which no guarantees are given to the surrendering party. It is often demanded with the threat of complete destruction, extermination or annihilation. In modern times, unconditional surrenders most often include guarantees provided by international law. Announcing that only unconditional surrender is acceptable puts psychological pressure on a weaker adversary, but it may also prolong hostilities. Dwight D. Eisenhower's headquarters in Reims by Gen. Alfred Jodl, Chief of Staff of the German Army. The unconditional surrender of the German Third Reich was signed in the early morning hours of Monday, May 7, 1945, at Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) at Reims in northeastern France. The surrender of the Empire of Japan in World War II was announced by Emperor Hirohito on 15 August and formally signed on 2 September 1945, bringing the war's hostilities to a close. By the end of July 1945, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) had become incapable of conducting major operations and an Allied invasion of Japan was imminent. Together with the United Kingdom and China, the United States called for the unconditional surrender of the Japanese armed forces in the Potsdam Declaration on 26 July 1945-the alternative being "prompt and utter destruction". While publicly stating their intent to fight on to the bitter end, Japan's leaders (the Supreme Council for the Direction of the War, also known as the "Big Six") were privately making entreaties to the publicly neutral Soviet Union to mediate peace on terms more favorable to the Japanese. While maintaining a sufficient level of diplomatic engagement with the Japanese to give them the impression they might be willing to mediate, the Soviets were covertly preparing to attack Japanese forces in Manchuria and Korea (in addition to South Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands) in fulfillment of promises they had secretly made to the United States and the United Kingdom at the Tehran and Yalta Conferences. Both countries are prosperous today. My question would be why would people want to try again? I have my doubts that Third Reich movement ever truly surrendered to the point of never being hostile, again. They may call themselves something different, but it's the same twisted attempt. I am wondering what it would take to truly never have to fight this fight again, if the unconditional surrender didn't stop it.

One fun detail that was incorporated was Cobb being taken away in a jeep by Military Police for being drunk...very quick scene.

Hi.. Biss Madalina ❤ did you know that Tom Hank's son Collin Hank's was in this episode.. love your channels and you Mwaah! So gorgeous.. and it's funny and also nice to see your passion when it comes to something that annoys or upsets you.. like your neighbours! Did you crank your music lol😂 anyway Hi from Perth Western Australia the edge of the world XOXO

26:18 Lt. Jones (2LT) gets a promotion to first lieutenant (1LT) on his second day in the field. It's not for bravery. He's a smart guy, top grades in college, and "regiment" (the leadership of the entire army) wants him there instead of on the front lines where he might die. In other words, somebody thinks this guy might be a colonel or general one day and they're moving him out of danger. I personally think Executive Producer Tom Hanks didn't want his son to get shot by a Nazi...

Biss how about giving yourself some comic relief throw in a fun WWII movie 🍿 to watch "Kelly's Heroes" with a young Clint Eastwood as Kelly is excellent

Saludos cordiales desde 🇺🇾😎✌️

I don't think Webster was a coward or trying to get out of anything. He was more concerned with not being made to feel like an outsider for being away so long, which is why he kept trying to help get others out of patrols. Everything he does in this episode is him trying to become part of Easy Company again - which is why he helped the new Lieutenant, as he was in exactly the same position (except no one could talk to him the way they did to Webster due to his rank). Any initial hesitancy from Webster is purely down to the fact that compared to Easy Company - who just survived Bastoge and Foy - he was little better than a fresh recruit. Also, the scene with Private Cobb - the drunk soldier who was mouthing off to Webster - happened a bit differently in real life. Rather than arguing with Webster and Sergeant Martin, he actually punched Lieutenant Foley and was then kicked out of the military. Despite Webster's accounts that he was "invariably good-natured" rather than a bully, Colonel Sink told Foley after he struck him, "You could have saved us all a lot of trouble. You should have shot him"

Sulfa drugs, the power used on wounds wasn't an anti coagulant but rather a synthetic antibiotic used before the mass production of penicillin. And by the way the young Lieutenant was played by Colin Hanks, Tom Hanks son.

14:29 "I feel Webster does not like Martin". It is the other way around. Martin is pissed at Webster because he suggested Lt. Jones replaced Malarkey. Since Lt. jones did not have any experience, Capt. Spiers picked Sgt. Martin to lead the patrol

22:50 "He's a human being, no?" No. To you and me, yes, he is. Since the dawn of time, humans have fought wars to kill other humans. As far back as recorded history, every army on earth has used the same essential training: teach your men that the enemy are not humans. It's hard for a human to kill another human, even in war. It's much easier for a human to kill an enemy who is not a human, is beneath human, some kind of enemy animal. That's why soldiers all have insulting nicknames for the enemy: they're never shooting a "German person", but rather a "krout" or a "nazi" or a "Fritz" or a "Jerry" or a "Heinie" or many other nicknames. It dehumanizes them. It makes the psychologically more capable of killing them.

West Point is the United States most prestigious military academy pretty much every famous US General in history went there. Eisenhower, Payton, Omar Bradley, Pershing etc

I think Jackson died as a result of grenade fragments piercing one or both of his lungs, resulting in drowning in his own blood. He could have survived the burns and damage to his face. The bag that Sergeant Martin was playing with in the Germans' house was a Satchel-Charge, a way of carrying around a lot of high explosive for demolition of enemy bunkers and such. He was setting a detonator into the explosive to go off some time later (fuses were very imprecise in WW2 - the same length of a chemical fuse could vary by hours), and then hiding the satchel-charge.

Author Stephen Ambrose wrote of Webster: "He had long ago made it a rule of his Army life never to do anything voluntarily. He was an intellectual, as much an observer and chronicler of the phenomenon of soldiering as a practitioner. He was almost the only original Toccoa man who never became an NCO. Various officers wanted to make him a squad leader, but he refused. He was there to do his duty, and he did it - he never let a buddy down in combat, in France, Holland, or Germany - but he never volunteered for anything and he spurned promotion".

"West Pointer" - That means I think he's a graduate from a military base called "West Point".

Great. Not far to go now, Bisscute. Hate to see you so sad. Would much rather see that mischievous grin or nice smile. Still watching and digging your reactions to films and the great music jams, too. Still liking that super sexy accent and seductive voice. I think you may be a good singer. Gotta show us your singing voice, Madalina. Okay. Big shoutout from your guy, here, in the States. Be seeing ya on the next. Peace and love, Madalina. Later, doll.

18:10 "I really don't understand what he did there. If anyone can explain the scene with Webster and the bag and the table?" I don't know. All I can see is your bookshelves. I'll go load up the episode and watch it so I can see it. OK, it looks like Webster was arming a satchel charge (a heavy explosive) to make a booby trap for the Germans. Just before he ran out of the house he hid it in a cabinet. He set a timer on it. At 25:15 Winters says "Any moment now that outpost we hit last night will go up in flames" referring to Winters' satchel charge. It explodes at 26:07.

Sorry - but I just can't help commenting again after hearing you go on and on about Webster at every opportunity, as if you've seen him behave from the beginning of the series like a soldier who's constantly shirking and avoiding danger. Get off of your Webster rant - he was in the thick of it from the beginning. You sound a bit like that bully, Cobb.

WTF? 😡 Webster wasn't trying to get out of anything. You are usually pretty perceptive, but you totally missed on this one.

Webster was from a VERY wealthy and influential family. He was attending Harvard University when the war broke out. His family wanted to pull all the right strings to get him an Officer's commission and get him stationed Stateside (i.e at the War Department or on some General's staff in Washington, etc.) so that he would never go overseas or see combat thereby keeping him safe - but he would have none of it. He left Harvard and enlisted as a lowly private in the airborne infantry. He wanted to experience the war from the same level as the common soldier so that he could write about it later in life - therefore he wanted to make sure that while he was there, alongside them, he didn't take any unnecessary risks so as to ensure his best odds of surviving the war and being able to tell the story of his fellow soldiers. That's why he did his duty, no more but no less either - only what they asked of him. He didn't volunteer for anything that would put him at extra-ordinary risk (well, compared to the status quo that is) to better increase his odds of making it through the war. BUT, if he was chosen or ordered to do something, he went. No questions asked.

West Point is the elite officer training school for the Army. Annapolis is for the Navy, US Air Force Academy for the Air Force. To go to one of those schools you have letters of recommendation from your home state's representatives in Congress. Think you are forgetting the episode Webb got wounded to call him a bit of a coward. He wasn't trying to avoid the patrol this episode either.

From what I read Webster was a good soldier. He just didn’t volunteer for anything, but he did what he had to. He definitely wasn’t a coward.

Btw, the "that guy was like :

Chapter 9 was the least sad and the most boring for me, I will always think that it was there to fit the agenda of nazis are horrible and allies are saints, yeah, Soviet Union had gulags and killed as many ppl as nazis yet you hardly see it in WWII movies. I watched the 1st time I saw this series, but after that I skipped it every single time.

I LOVED this episode! Reaction was great. Bout to watch 9, hope you brought the tissues.

17:30 What exactly were you smoking when you were watching this, girl?

If you want some comedy there is none better than Mel Brooks. You could try Spaceballs which is a send up of Star Wars.

Love watching your reaction Biscut! where are you from? this is a wonderful film/series.

Webster wrote a book about his experience in the 101st and they use a lot of it as a source for the series. He's an interesting character. Definitely did his part in the war, jumped into Normandy and fought in France and Holland but didn't volunteer for anything, wasn't interested in promotion and didn't like the way a lot of the officers were. Also, he wasn't on the patrol as depicted, he was manning a machine gun on the other side of the river to cover their escape.

The choking from the dying man, in this instance, is most likely blood in his lungs. Which was also likely the cause of death from the information presented.

Video audio is very low in this one, I can hardly hear what they're saying. Other than that, great reaction as always.

Nixon calling Lt Jones a west pointer means he went to West Point New York which is where the U.S Army Academy is.

A West Pointer is a graduate of the United States Military Academy located at West Point, New York.

West Point was the United States military Academy, is the United States military Academy

This is the most historical inaccuracy of series because once you're one of the boys, you're forever their mate, under-minding the comradeship between brotherhood isn't great depiction and merely theatrical. Men are simple minded creatures, we don't nitpick over something like that, friends who lost contact over years even reunited like they met yesterday and Easy men of all aren't petty, they have trust beyond than couples or friendships any-other we can't even imagine, they trusted each others with their lives.

He's from the US Army Military academy. West Point

West Point is a college fir the US Army. it’s graduates have become some of the most respected Army officers