Ed Tipper survived getting hit with the mortar round. He lost an eye and was shipped back to the states. He eventually became a teacher, got married in his early 60s, had a daughter, and she now works in the state government of Colorado.
Albert Blithe did not die, as stated here. He survived, went on to serve in Korea, and, died in an Army hospital in Weisbaden, Germany, in 1967. He had remained in the service, and, attained the rank of Master Sergeant.
Because he was wounded so badly, he stayed in the hospital too long to return to the same unit, and, just fell out of touch with any of the other guys. So, a rumor started circulating that he had died in the 40s. After this first aired, one of his daughter corrected it.
Taking personal items from your enemy is as old as time and is allowed ( but some frown upon). As far as the blindness, the brain once overwhelmed to that level, shuts down parts of your central nervous system to protect itself...It's called "hysterical Blindness"
@@ronnieVanZant-rj6ed I'm an infantry vet. Although looting is often ignored, Article 8 of the Statute of the International Criminal Court defines looting as a war crime. You should take your own advice and stick to commenting on things you have experience with.
This episode is the one where The Operations Room's videos showing the exact circumstances of Easy Company's battles really start to come in handy. I think that the Battle of Carentan and the Battle of Bloody Gulch as seen in this episode are the two battles that the makers of Band of Brothers had to stray from reality the most. A huge factor of the Carentan fight was the terrain of the battle, and it was not possible for the producers to come close to matching it...the Germans had flooded large areas behind the beaches and the town could only be reached across a small number of causeways. Then, there was no possibility for them to accurately portray anything but a tiny portion of Bloody Gulch, since the real battle had 60 Sherman tanks against 12 German tanks...and there just are not that many running Shermans or German tanks. That channel I told you about called The Operations Room has complete coverage of these battles so you can see the full reality of them. ✌
Edward Tipper, who had been Sobel' s runner (messenger, map carrier, gopher), lost his eye to a mortar shell during the battle of Caretan and had to walk with a cane for a time. He returned to the US, became an English teacher, and died in 2017 at the age of 95. Actor Bart Ruspoli portrayed him.
at 22:00 this is Malarkey realizing Meehan didn't make it. In the beginning of episode 2 you hear a pilot shout "Tell Meehan to get them out of there!" just as it explodes. LT. Thomas Meehan and his whole plane perished in the crash. Sgt. William Evans(Simon Pegg) was also on that flight. There's a monument near where the plain crashed in France with the names of all the soldiers that lost their lives on that flight. A farmer over 40 years later found Sgt Evans' dog tags in a tree nearby the crash site.
24:00 One more thing: Well, two. Great reaction, MR, and also maybe the first Band of Brothers reaction I haven't seen a pile of spoilers in the comments, so thanks everybody for being very cool!
I don't know if anyone has commented about Blythe's blindness. I think it's a mental condition they were largely unaware of at the time called "hysterical blindness" when your mind can no longer deal with what it's seeing and just says "no more". Sometimes it's a bit selective, I had a friend in the army in the first Gulf War who was a chaplains assistant and was ordered to retrieve a leg from an armoured vehicle in hopes that they may be able to reattach it or something. So he went to the vehicle and couldn't find it but when they sent another to find it it was in plain sight. The first guys mind refused to acknowledge it because he couldn't deal with it. Hope this helps answer your question about it
Great reactions so far. I would recommend taking a day to watch and record your reactions to the rest of the episodes. Then you can edit and post on your schedule without worrying about accidental spoilers here in the comments. This is an awesome series and I'm looking forward to your next installment.
They only show you the names of the survivors that you see at the start of the episodes at the end of the series...so you do not know who survives and who dies. But by the time you see the names, you will have already guessed some of the identities just by watching the show. Yes...exactly...Blythe suffered from a type of conversion disorder...what was called hysterical blindness at the time...but as you said, his blindness was a mental issue. And they were back in England...there is a weird edit that makes it seem like they are not. What Lipton was referring to was the fact that there were many aborted operations in the time after they got back to England when the 101st Airborne was going to be para dropped, but then the operation was canceled...but this time the operation was Operation Market Garden.💯
18:43 That edelweiss story is an invention of Ambrose, or this TV series, based on myths. Edelweiss was an important symbol to the Gebirgsjäger (Alpine mountain troops, and others) but definitely in patch form in the field (though the actual Gebirgsjäger may have previously retrieved edelweiss flowers to give their ladies back home) and E Co. and the rest of the 506th were in reality fighting SS Panzergrenadiers at what's known as "The Battle of Bloody Gulch."
What Speirs said to Blithe is absolutely correct.. and of corse you can turn it off if you survive it all.. I mean you would be dead if you didn’t think that way in the first place lol. So we can worry about what we will feel like later on down the road if ya make it..
Ed Tipper survived getting hit with the mortar round. He lost an eye and was shipped back to the states. He eventually became a teacher, got married in his early 60s, had a daughter, and she now works in the state government of Colorado.
Albert Blithe did not die, as stated here. He survived, went on to serve in Korea, and, died in an Army hospital in Weisbaden, Germany, in 1967. He had remained in the service, and, attained the rank of Master Sergeant.
Because he was wounded so badly, he stayed in the hospital too long to return to the same unit, and, just fell out of touch with any of the other guys. So, a rumor started circulating that he had died in the 40s. After this first aired, one of his daughter corrected it.
Someone told me! glad he lived a bit longer, still died pretty young, though
He also earned a bronze and silver star for his actions in Korea
Taking personal items from your enemy is as old as time and is allowed ( but some frown upon). As far as the blindness, the brain once overwhelmed to that level, shuts down parts of your central nervous system to protect itself...It's called "hysterical Blindness"
Technically it is "looting" and is a crime - in reality it is just ignored.
@@allantassie5354 Go back to your admin tent and quit writing about subjects that are OBVIOUSLY foreign to you...PLEASE!!!!!
@@ronnieVanZant-rj6ed I'm an infantry vet. Although looting is often ignored, Article 8 of the Statute of the International Criminal Court defines looting as a war crime. You should take your own advice and stick to commenting on things you have experience with.
This episode is the one where The Operations Room's videos showing the exact circumstances of Easy Company's battles really start to come in handy. I think that the Battle of Carentan and the Battle of Bloody Gulch as seen in this episode are the two battles that the makers of Band of Brothers had to stray from reality the most. A huge factor of the Carentan fight was the terrain of the battle, and it was not possible for the producers to come close to matching it...the Germans had flooded large areas behind the beaches and the town could only be reached across a small number of causeways. Then, there was no possibility for them to accurately portray anything but a tiny portion of Bloody Gulch, since the real battle had 60 Sherman tanks against 12 German tanks...and there just are not that many running Shermans or German tanks. That channel I told you about called The Operations Room has complete coverage of these battles so you can see the full reality of them. ✌
I’ll check it out after I finish the show 😉
Edward Tipper, who had been Sobel' s runner (messenger, map carrier, gopher), lost his eye to a mortar shell during the battle of Caretan and had to walk with a cane for a time. He returned to the US, became an English teacher, and died in 2017 at the age of 95. Actor Bart Ruspoli portrayed him.
at 22:00 this is Malarkey realizing Meehan didn't make it. In the beginning of episode 2 you hear a pilot shout "Tell Meehan to get them out of there!" just as it explodes. LT. Thomas Meehan and his whole plane perished in the crash. Sgt. William Evans(Simon Pegg) was also on that flight. There's a monument near where the plain crashed in France with the names of all the soldiers that lost their lives on that flight. A farmer over 40 years later found Sgt Evans' dog tags in a tree nearby the crash site.
24:00 One more thing: Well, two. Great reaction, MR, and also maybe the first Band of Brothers reaction I haven't seen a pile of spoilers in the comments, so thanks everybody for being very cool!
They're in England. He said they're going back to France and will not be coming back to England again.
Spiers was speaking facts to Blithe.
The elders names (that are actual easy company soldiers) will be revealed at the very end. You are doing a GREAT job and keep up the effort.
One thing I wish more war movies and shows would make clear is that the term "casualty" refers to both dead AND wounded men.
I don't know if anyone has commented about Blythe's blindness. I think it's a mental condition they were largely unaware of at the time called "hysterical blindness" when your mind can no longer deal with what it's seeing and just says "no more". Sometimes it's a bit selective, I had a friend in the army in the first Gulf War who was a chaplains assistant and was ordered to retrieve a leg from an armoured vehicle in hopes that they may be able to reattach it or something. So he went to the vehicle and couldn't find it but when they sent another to find it it was in plain sight. The first guys mind refused to acknowledge it because he couldn't deal with it. Hope this helps answer your question about it
Great reactions so far. I would recommend taking a day to watch and record your reactions to the rest of the episodes. Then you can edit and post on your schedule without worrying about accidental spoilers here in the comments. This is an awesome series and I'm looking forward to your next installment.
Hysterical blindness
They only show you the names of the survivors that you see at the start of the episodes at the end of the series...so you do not know who survives and who dies. But by the time you see the names, you will have already guessed some of the identities just by watching the show.
Yes...exactly...Blythe suffered from a type of conversion disorder...what was called hysterical blindness at the time...but as you said, his blindness was a mental issue.
And they were back in England...there is a weird edit that makes it seem like they are not. What Lipton was referring to was the fact that there were many aborted operations in the time after they got back to England when the 101st Airborne was going to be para dropped, but then the operation was canceled...but this time the operation was Operation Market Garden.💯
Good reaction. It is hard at first to keep up with the names of the Easy Company men. A few more episodes and you''ll know them well.
Real "young Christopher Lloyd" energy up here in this channel! 😆
Thank you haha I love Christopher Lloyd so happily take that compliment 😄
@@millennialreacts It's a bit uncanny, bro! 😲
18:43 That edelweiss story is an invention of Ambrose, or this TV series, based on myths. Edelweiss was an important symbol to the Gebirgsjäger (Alpine mountain troops, and others) but definitely in patch form in the field (though the actual Gebirgsjäger may have previously retrieved edelweiss flowers to give their ladies back home) and E Co. and the rest of the 506th were in reality fighting SS Panzergrenadiers at what's known as "The Battle of Bloody Gulch."
What Speirs said to Blithe is absolutely correct.. and of corse you can turn it off if you survive it all.. I mean you would be dead if you didn’t think that way in the first place lol. So we can worry about what we will feel like later on down the road if ya make it..