Renee Lemaire was 30 when she died Dec 24th 1944 from a German bomb. She apparently worked tirelessly with little food or sleep helping many wounded soldiers. What a remarkable lady she was. R.I.P
She was. I loved Band of Brothers and I love when you discover amazing people like her. I am a nurse so I can't imagine how hard her job was with virtually no supplies or equipment
Even though she said she never wanted to treat another wounded man, she immediately ran to help the next person who needed her help. That’s true selflessness.
@@randhika5636 still she brought him back to life in a way, he disconnected from the guys because he saw most of them die in his hands , it kills me to watch the pain he has, good acting
@@randhika5636 that doesn't mean they became friends I mean doc still loved her, and not in a romantic way at all. Doc highly respected and appreciated her because of her skills as a nurse and just how kind and special she was, they developed a unique bond that only combat medics have. Her death broke Doc's heart indeed
Historical records show that Doc and Renée didn't meet in real life, though it could've been possible. Even Doc's family confirmed that them meeting didn't happen and it was made for the show. The reason Renée was included was because the producers liked her story.
I dont think he would have been as good a doc as he was if not, he let go after that, he realised there was no escape...the main thing here is seconds after she said she didn't want to touch a wounded soldier she got up and did just that
@@BipoIarbear Huh...still alot of people died including millions of jews but his alternate version is that she wouldn't die so she can hook up with Doc after the war? Sound kinda odd to me or just a hopeless romantic in a grisly chaotic war where romance can go to hell.
@@noobzrule it's called "a theater of war" for a reason, 22 million people were killed just on the civilian side so I see what your saying and I agree we should never ever forget what happened. Now let's say u were there ,(I'm guessing you have in some capacity in one war or another or family ect) I'm my experience which is very minute as i was a royal engineer and communications so I never had to fire in anger , but still it is a pretty heavy toll on you, the moments like this where the humanity breaks back in is all that keeps people going, the relationships u make with your mates is the bits that you remember , early on in my career I spoke to a new officer, I'd fucked up on leave and got drunk and arrested so I had to parade every 4 hours for 14 days, because he was new he was duty officer a lot was just how it's done, but one day he asked me to help him do something afterwards, cant remember what it was but we had a little break and had a cig and he told me about his girlfriend he was going to marry and just normal bullshit , then out of the blue he said "if your honest and upfront about stuff 99% of the time people dont care what u have done and they will respect u more for it"...I'd lied about some of the stuff I'd done to get arrested ya see, and what he had done is ask around about me and after talking to me for the 2 week I had to parade obviously we talked a lot , 1 month later he died with a sgt trying to stop an IED in a building they had basically got stuck in , and u know what that 1 conversation we had changed my life the most, I cant even tell u his name, I just remember the kindness he showed me, and my point is even in that war a tiny bit of kindness did more for me than the 18 years of life I'd had already at that point, and he will be remembered , and that's kinda why I had to say something , he will be remembered as a good man by at least one person , this vid is how doc remembered renee , anyway just was something close to my heart there... (Doc roe with all my heart) type that in it's a super special video bout them
He talks about her having calming hands. Later in the series, during the last patrol scene, you can see him calming a dieing soldier with his touch. I like to believe he got it from her.
Fun fact: this scene is both Shane Taylor and David Leland's (the director of the episode, Bastogne) favorite scene. ☺️ And mine too (well, one of my many favorites from Band of Brothers.😆)
I've seen this scene a number of times and it still has the power to bring me to tears... two beautiful souls giving their all to others at a time of the worst in humanity. I wouldn't exist if it hadn't been for one of these nurses... my paternal grandmother. My grandfather was in the artillery in WWI, in charge of the teams that drew the artillery pieces. The only time I ever saw him cry was when he talked of the five teams of horses of his that were killed by shellfire (and the agony of having to euthanse the ones who were suffering, I imagine). He was in hospital from wounds when he met my grandmother, who was a wartime nurse. One of the tiny, incidental good things that can come from the horror of war.
During Market Garden there was Mrs Kate Ter Horst, the Angel of Arnhem. She cared for the wounded men of British 1st Airborne tirelessly, while minding her own children.
Thanks Claire. I have always wondered what happened to her. I have experienced this moment in war. I understand how cynical she has become yet there is hope in her voice. I understand this too. It is a tortuous irony to feel so much anguish and love for the suffering at the same time.
Renee was amazing - an angel- a saviour and i can only hope and pray her family will always be venerated for her bravery and sacrifice. doc roe and her belong together....rip
Remarkable Lady indeed, unbeknownst to her perhaps but not to God she did make a big difference in her time here as a "Beacon of Light" surrounded by so much darkness...♡
I certainly did not mean to apply inferiority, as they were both trained nurses. Apologies for the confusion. Anyway, Agusta Chiwy lived to the ripe old age of 94, passing away in 2015.
@@NickB1967 I think alot of the confusion is because August story wasn't well known until after this series was made. Like you say Roe didn't work with them during the war. The nurses were with 10th Armored Division Aid Station and Roe was going to the 101st Airborne Aid Station. Artistic License was taken so they could shine a spotlight on these heroic women. "You're a good nurse" was a quote from the 10th Armored Doctor Prior who was impressed with both women's ability.
Love this scene. Reminds me of a time when I was a cadet in the army and I was talking to a another female cadet from another unit. We hardly knew each other but we talked and connected on some level, she even asked if I wanted some of her chocolate from her ration pack. But because she was a higher rank she was called up and I never got to see her again. Reminds me of this scene alot .
A certain kind of person is the type the show always portrayed, the type of person that is always trying to help someone or seek out a problem they can fix. Even here, when they talk about the difficulty of her situation, she's breaking apart the chocolate with the intent to offer it to Eugene. If the world was just these two people, we would be saved.
She says she never wants to touch a wounded soldier ever again with such passion then a wounded soldier turns up an without hesitation she's up an there
I don't normally get sad at deaths in war movies. I understand why it happens, and shit does happen, but I did get sad at Renee's death. As soon as the church exploded, I knew she was done for. But Doc Roe finding her headscarf in the ruins was what did it for me.
That's ths most terrifying thing about God's gifts:it's up to the person to see it. She had calming hands in a time of war... the thing that victims of war needs. This poor woman(in this show) did not see it. I do not know the historical character.
@@iraliston i disagree. There is more than one point to be made which is why it's such a great scene and dialogue. From a Christian perspective it is definitely a gift from God. From a Christian perspective the point Pharoc makes is completely true in the context of this scene. It is definitely isn't reading something more into the scene either as Roe himself in the scene is the one that calls it a gift from God and the Church is used as context throughout the Bastogne episodes.
@@BipoIarbear Good point how she saved Roe. Also adds to Pharoc point about it being a Gift. She was doing the Lords Work and being burnt out or worse traumatized by it then dying in an instant can be seen as her getting "called home" to Jesus because her job was done even if she didn't realize it.
@@thomasdemay9805 notice how she's said she didn't want to touch another person who was injured too? And as soon as the injured guy turned up she went into auto pilot an just jumped into action 😔
@@foxja1 not alot was known about her until after this series. She wasn't well publicized in Belgium and in US even less so. Lots of creative license was taken (in a good way) to set up this interaction but they tried to stay as true to details as possible too. Renne and Augusta were volunteers for the 10th Armored Division and worked at a different Aid Station than the one Doc Roe went to. Since the show isn't about 10th Armored they wouldn't have been seen but they are also considered heros of the battle and part of the lore of the battle so creative license was used having Roe go to their Aid Station that way they women could be included in the Episode and their story could be told. Renee was really said to have a calming influence. "You're a good nurse" is an actual quote Dr. Prior (the 10th Armored Doc) said to both Renee and Augusta because he was very impressed with them. Augusta (Anna) was really born in the Congo. The fact the names both start with an A can't be a coincidence. The show was made based off the book based off the testimony of the 101 Airborne who were being treated by a different nursing staff. Likely the 101st soldiers knew about her, saw her working but not really gotten to know her personally. So you can see how she ends up mentioned in their stories with details about her being from the Congo but not have had alot of information about her. The guy who made the documentary about Augusta is a historian himself and mentions how he had heard about her from knowing about the 101st Airborne but knew nothing about her and her story sounded mythical and then he had to do alot of research to find her name and track her down. He only got the motivation to do so though after he saw her (Anna) in Band of Brothers and started thinking about how she deserves more recognition for her heroism that the details about her became more well known.
In reality, these two never met in real life it was all "Hollywood Romance" and one day THE Renee was actually asked if she had ever met Eugene Roe and her reply was, "she has no knowledge of it at all"
The directors could have hurt us a lot more by showing the audience her mangled body or something like that. If he got her scarf, then he definitely would have seen her body. Sad...
I doubt it. Hershey formula has stayed very consistent throughout the years. I also doubt anyone else had the resources or access to dairy that he did. It was probably Hersheys or nothing.
One thing a lot of people miss-- when she tossed to Hershey bar to Rowe and say "Chocolate= boom boom!" That was one way that horny GI's who didn't know french or flemish or the local patois would try to get girls to have sex with them in exchange for a chocolate bar. Renee was actually making a somewhat risque joke with Rowe. Shows that somewhere inside that heroic, kind, suffering woman there was still a bit of the joyful young girl of her youth.
Seeing as it is in Belgium it would make sense for a nurse to answer the country’s call for assistance. They gravitated to the area they were needed, the 10’s aid station.
@@MrFrikkenfrakken Then again, it would make no sense at all. The Belgians were among the worst of the European powers in the savagery with which they treated the Congolese. Still, a nurse is a nurse and she did an amazing job.
Just watched a documentary about her called Searching for Augusta. Her mother was a Congolese woman, her father was a Belgian veterinarian who worked in the Congo and took her with him back to Belgium. She was in Bastogne visiting him and her aunt when the fighting started.
