Penkala has one of the best lines in the entire series in a fox hole in Bastogne "i am shaking so much I'm feel like I'm dancing" i just love that line!
As far as series go , in my humble opinion, “Band of Brothers” is the best .. every actor made his character come to life , made each character their own . Very few actors can do this , you usually get the same character from the same actors over and over again…This time was different ! This time the story was told the people portrayed were spot on and history came to life .. Thank you folks for these artifacts and the stories behind them, thank you to the cast and crew of B.O.B.
I have a book plate that was signed by Bradford Freeman. He was the last surviving member of Easy Company. Mr. Freeman passed away on July 3,2022 at the age of 97. RIP Mr. Freeman.
Been waiting for this update.. That helmet is amazing, you can see the imprint ! The bullet was tumbling and hit it side on ! What an incredibly lucky guy ! 👍😲 Dale Dye was their Drill Sergeant ? Oh boy that would have been tough !
@@samholdsworth420 I doubt that the 9mm fired by the mp40 would have penetrated the helmet at all let alone at any distance. 9mm back then were not as powerful as they are now with the advancement of the powders.
The old dog tags were made by company or battalion administration on a small portable hand press. It was not unusual for mistakes to be made. What is most probable, a company clerk came round to the tent to make replacement or updated tags, perhaps for more than one soldier. He would have stamped the tag in the tent, and handed it to the soldier for inspection. Any mistake would have rendered the tag useless, and it would have been bent and tossed, probably missing the container it was supposed to go in. A new blank would have been inserted in the hand press, and another made on the spot. The tags were very important in every day service, not just to identify the soldier if he perished. The religious “preference” was optional, but was most useful in identifying soldiers in need of last rites, religious observances, etc. The tags carried mandatory Geneva and Hague legal information, along with (later in the century) allergies to medicines, food, marital status, etc. I still have the last tags I was required to wear, as well as the first pair issued. These small hand presses were still in use when I first took the oath of enlistment back in 1973.
Very well done. I do have a question...why not show a little more of the places in Aldbourne as far the room where Winters stayed? I know it's a private residence, but did anyone ask if they would mind showing the view from Winter's room? It would have also been nice to see the pub and anything interesting there as well.
U can go inside the blue boar on google earth street view if u don’t live near enough to actually visit. Street view is brilliant to explore the village if u can’t go there, only small. Go round the square, u can see the entrance to where the Able company stables were behind the pub, loads of stuff u can find
The guy whos helmet that was, was very very lucky. St Come Du Mont wasn't a good place to land, they landed right on top of a German gathering area where there was a field kitchen and basically a small base. it was a bit of a turkey shoot and Lt Col Bob Wolverton who was in charge of 3rd Batt was caught up in a tree and shot dead before he even touched French soil. Most of his stick were killed or taken prisoner as it was an area heavy full of enemy. The German 6th Fallschirmjager headquarters were nearby.
I live in Alton in Staffordshire which, as some of you will know, is the home of Alton Towers. During WWll the Towers was requisitioned by the MOD & was used as an Officer cadet training unit. I just wonder how many artefacts lay beneath the surface and will lay there forever because the theme park is there now.
My dad was a WWII vet. He fought in the pacific. He died 14 years ago. Yesterday, going through some old boxes, I found his dog tags. It was strange seeing this pop up on RU-vid today.
Based on my personal experience seeing dog tags made while in the Army, I will surmise that the one you found was most likely bent in half and discarded immediately after it was made when it was discovered that the name was misspelled. It was folded in half so it was not used/worn by the person named - a common practice.
Agreed. This is the way mis- stamped tags were handled then. BTW. The myth of the divot being to somehow to hold tag in place in dead soldier's mouth... ah. No. Divot is to hold tag in place in stamping machine!
Carl fought with Easy to the end of the war and was honorably discharged Jan, 1946 at Fort Dix, NJ, holding the rank of Sergeant. He married Monica in 1946 and had 5 children. He worked as a salesman and tax collector. He passed June, 1988, aged just 65.
That's from him being a pathfinder who ended up volunteering for a lot of different things and was rolled into different units during some of the heaviest fighting periods of the whole war. You got to remember bro this was in 1944-1945 during a bad period of the war where papers records etc other than dead living or units weren't a big priority at all especially the dropped in airborne units who linked up and rolled into a bunch of mish mashed units to go fight.
Wow this was amazing 🤩 to find out the history of there’s brave men xx it made me feel as if I was there with them I live in Warrington Cheshire I use to go to Burtonwood American air force live there and it closed back in the 80s it not there now there’s houses there xx but I remember going there a was a floral decorator/ florist and gardener x and I use to decorate the stage for the American dinner dances they also had a store there that was good to xx
Gettysburg museum of history in Pennsylvania has Dick winters military belongings on display with letters he wrote metals he earned the side arm he carried and much more ..his family Grave site I visited once and his headstone is an ordinary one for such an extraordinary person buried next to his mother I placed flowers on her grave because Dick wasn’t the type to want fanfare and was an inspiration to us all !
Rick Warden if I'm not mistaken, he made a jump on a D-Day, for a reenactment and Rick jumped out in full gear with a picture of J Murray's son who passed away at a young age. Josh Murray is the owner of J Murray helmets, and does a fantastic job of repairs and making reproduction M1 helmets. If you have never heard Josh, and his wife's story of how they got started, it's on RU-vid and it's very good story of how he got started in business. Sometimes we have to go through hell to get to the glory of what God has for us all
Had to watch this video because of Band of Brothers ofcourse. But as a HAM I found the antennas @22:00 very interesting too. First time I saw a picture of a 3 element Yagi in use with the US army
Every person no matter american, canadian, german or any other person that is somehow involved to do the good thing in ww2 i feel as a obligation to never forget what they did here
A few days after my mother had passed away, several of us, her extended family, were in her home arranging for the final disposition of her belongings. When my niece came out of her bedroom and asked me: “Do you know what these are?” Although I had never seen them before and didn’t know they even existed, I replied, “Yes, I do.” Two small aluminum disks on a leather cord. They were my (maternal) grandfather’s dog tags from World War One. I have them now.
Band of brother's is the best show on ww2 bar none ! It shows what the greatest generation went through from beginning to end to rid the world of fascism .
Ok, let’s be thorough here. Why would 2 G.I.s remove at least one of their dog tags and discard it if they weren’t injured or KIA? This would seem to be unusual behavior as the tags were very important in identifying you if you were KIA.
The chain could have broke, misspelling is a definite problem. Tags are not difficult to produce, literally a five minute task for a clerk in the orderly room. I've had multiple sets issued to include a set with misspelled name that was replaced within the hour.
your helmets pretty farbe my friend. if you believe that 101 helmets original i have a bridge to sell you. cool to see the actors all these years later. great job guys!!! those dogtags are awesome!!!fenstermakers story is fascinating.
GREAT STORY BAND OF BROTHERS!! CASTING?? THEY COULDN'T CAST AMERICAN ACTORS!!! THE ACCENTS ARE SO FUNNY !! THEY SPEAK CLEARLY AND YET CHANGE BACK ?? IT DOESN'T MAKE THEM ANY BETTER AS ACTORS!! LOL!!
