Green Beret reacts to Band of Brothers EP. 3 

Eh, there’s a lot they got wrong cause they based it on the Ambrose book and Ambrose was a lazy historian. He would get just one account of something and use it, never checking to see what anyone else saw or knew. For example, Lt. Dyke portrayed as purely a coward. He was likely wounded when leading the foy attack and that’s why he stopped, not that he froze up. Or Liebgott being Jewish. He wasn’t. One guy said he was and that became gospel.

Blithe was NOT the only thing Ambrose got wrong, as stated above. Dude was a shit historian and did very little follow up research or verification

The did Blythe dirty, he retired a MSG in 1967…. 1 Silver Star, 3 bronze stars and 3 Purple Hearts… dude was a Killa!

@@nickbryan217he didn’t retire, he died from a medical issue. Either way, the show gets it wrong. And it’s even worse because of how easy it would have been to not make that mistake. Just a little research and there wouldn’t have been an issue.

He died a lonely man, though. Very interesting but ultimately sad story.

He actually turned out to be one Hell of a soldier in the end.

it's such a bizarre mistake to make in this series. There are minor mistakes, misleading scenes, condensing events, veteran's personal biases, etc. All of which are understandable and kinda goes without saying. And then there's mistaking that someone died when he didn't.

I believe it was because he fell out of touch with the rest of Easy and everyone assumed he didn't survive his wounds.

i hear but not sure this is true,that this is because he didn't get back in touch with the rest of E company so they think he die due to his injury understandable tbh

​@@ExUSSailor As a WW2 vet he didn't even have to fight in Korea, but he volunteered. Because he still had this barrier to get through unlike the others who already conditioned themselves to deal with combat, that may have equipped him to deal with bigger challenges in a better way down the road. I think it already shows this when he volunteers for the mission and as point when no one else wanted to at all. Up until it said he died from his wounds in '48, the series does Blythe's character accuracy and credit in dealing with his fear, even if it doesn't represent Blythe accurately after that.

He was also with Bull when he fired 2 rifle grenades at those retreating germans.

I’m glad they picked the British guy. He absolutely killed the role.

Glad that they were alive for that! Hard to believe this is 22 years old now

Thats what I was told before I deployed by a brother. He said once you accept the fact your already dead, then you can be your best and not have that fear. Thank God I didn't cause welost alot of good men. I thank God everyday that I'm still here

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And he went on to command Easy after Winters.

Lt Welsh had pushed forward with at least a squad if not most of his own platoon.

That mindset changed my career and ultimately helped me get through a 13 month tour in Pakistan.

Something like that happening is so strange. I wanna know the science behind how high-levels of stress can cause blindness.

They did Blythe dirty….. made him look like a coward almost and he was 19-20 year old kid that survived the war and actually fought again in Korea and stayed in the Army until he died in 1967. Made it to Master Sergeant, picked up a silver star, 3 bronze stars, and 3 Purple Hearts…. Dude was a Killa

​@@KahinAhmed72 I'm a retired Doctoral-level therapist and Clinical Supervisor (ret) with nearly half-a-century of experience. I specialized working with the most serious of Mental Health and Social Functioning issues, the most challenging of populations. Every therapist works with stress and trauma. PTSD and other Trauma comes in many forms and like in medicine, it can help to see a specialist. I'm not a specialist in combat-related PTSD. Furthermore, Neurological problems due to stress/trauma is a tricky business as you have to differentiate between neurological symptoms/issues caused by a biological disease and issues that are the result of trauma. For example, many soldiers that were exposed to the "Burn pits" in Iraq and Afghanistan later developed neurological symptoms as a result of the toxins from those burn pits. This would not be (or should not be) classified as Trauma/Psychological caused. HOWEVER, if you're blind, or can't move half your body, or you are catatonic, this is real and there are tests (such as the soft-foam ball to the face for blindness) that can be done if the person is faking. But "faking" represents a pretty serious Mental Health issue in and of itself. Finally, no one knows how they would handle combat until they are in it. And even people who have seen quite a bit of combat can encounter a situation where their brain says, "Enough, I'm done." (For example, First Lieutenant "Buck" Compton. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xRABw5oiF5Y.html ) This is especially true if there aren't breaks/leave, if the mission tempo is too high, extreme privation, etc. These vets in Band of Brothers are the Right Stuff. It's because of them we aren't speaking German or Japanese. They are true survivors and true heroes. .

P.s. "I wanna know the science behind how high-levels of stress can cause blindness." - Kahinahmed6886 Normally, "high-levels" of stress won't cause this, though it can. What dramatically increases a soldier's risk for PTSD is catastrophic-levels of stress and trauma, experienced chronically (over and over). Seeing fellow soldier's die and/or become severely wounded over and over, being "shelled" over and over where you have no control over whether you live or die, being sent again and again into harms way. Any given human can handle only so much.

I like Welsh's approach the most. "It's all just a game Blithe, moving the ball 1 yard at a time."

what are you talking about? I said Blithe was envisioning Winters and he wasn't really there

@@FNGACADEMY Yes, I remember that part too. It's no big deal -- It's when you guys were talking about Winters helping Blithe in the hospital when he's temporarily blind. I went back and looked and the time stamp is 27:01. It made me pause the video and think that as much as you love Winters, you'd like him even more if you knew that it's not an exaggerated character. I'm enjoying your reactions!

@@FNGACADEMY If i may, you should go for the Operation Room channel. They have well documented videos about the Brécourt Manor assault and the battle of Carentan, portrayed in episode 2 and 3 of BoB. They have plenty of videos about other battle and wars, including some about much more recent events like Iraqi Freedom or the war in Afghanistan.

I’d be interested in Sean reviewing the police tactics in episode 1 of The Walking Dead

I've been listening to the podcast "Warriors: In Their Own Words." It's amazing. Most of these guys have passed away now but their stories are absolutely incredible. Such bravery, loyalty and creativity under pressure, it just defies belief.

There’s definitely a ton of books that could be turned into Band of Brothers type series if the budget was there. Unfortunately it’s not the type of thing the studios are pushing these days

@@williamflowers9435 it'll come back around and we'll see more of them being made again. they're just stuck on the whole middle east thing because it's fresh in peoples minds so it's easy money.

This and The Pacific should be shown throughout the year in every school instead of the garbage they indoctrinate kids with

@@williamflowers9435 absolutely. These are true americans. Not some jackass making tik toks about being a super hipster.

“He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.” Attributed to Tacticus and Oliver Goldsmith

At least he didn't say literally