Episodes

  • Undeclared BoB - Wrap Up

    Undeclared BoB - Wrap Up
    Jun 8 2017
    Well, here it is: our final episode on Band of Brothers and the men of Easy Company. In this wrap up, we discuss further details about a number of the men, particularly ones who weren't featured much in the Ambrose book.

    We've really loved covering this series, and learning more about this incredible group of veterans, and, whether they'd call themselves this or not, heroes. It's been an honor. We hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did.

    Here is a list of books that we recommend if you're interested in learning more.

    We Who Are Alive and Remain - by Marcus Brotherton
    A Company of Heroes - by Marcus Brotherton
    Biggest Brother - by Larry Alexander (about Richard Winters)
    Beyond Band of Brothers - by Richard Winters
    Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends - by Bill Guarnere and Babe Heffron
    Easy Company Soldier - by Don Malarkey
    Call of Duty - by Buck Compton
    Shifty’s War - by Darrell "Shifty" Powers
    Parachute Infantry - by David Kenyon Webster
    Silver Eagle - by Ronald Ooms (about Clancy Lyall)
    In the Footsteps of Band of Brothers - by Larry Alexander
    Fighting Fox Company - by Bill Brown and Terry Poyser
    D-Day by Stephen Ambrose
    The Longest Winter - by Alex Kershaw
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    2 hrs and 18 mins
  • Undeclared Band of Brothers - Points

    Undeclared Band of Brothers - Points
    Jun 1 2017
    Well, we've reached the end of the mini-series, guys. It's sad. Well, the episode itself isn't, because we see Easy Company take Hitler's Eagle's Nest, get a bunch of fancy booze, loot some fancy stuff, and the war ends so they all get to go home. But it's sad for us because we've really enjoyed talking about this show, and these guys.

    Next week we will be doing a wrap up, and we'll talk about what the surviving members did after the war. So it's not quite over yet.

    Additional info: Sgt. Grant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_E._Grant

    Alton More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alton_More

    Donald Malarkey: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Malarkey

    Veterans Day tribute to an Oregon hero: Don Malarkey

    Malarkey and Buck meet Prince Charles: http://www.valorstudios.com/Band-of-Brothers-with-Prince-Charles.htm

    Easy Company living legacies: https://www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/living-legacies-real-band-brothers-vets-just-wont_quit.html/2

    AV CLUB http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/band-brothers-points-205379 Points

    http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/band-brothers-why-we-fight-205104 Why we fight
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    1 hr and 29 mins
  • Undeclared Band of Brothers - Why We Fight

    Undeclared Band of Brothers - Why We Fight
    May 25 2017
    In this episode, Easy Company finds a concentration camp. We've all seen pictures, or footage, of the camps, but most of the soldiers who were fighting in the war hadn't even heard rumors of the existence of them.

    In doing some research, I found some footage taken by the US Army of the townspeople cleaning up after the prisoners were released, like Nixon goes to observe in the episode. It's awful, but I think necessary to watch to fully grasp what the price of this war was for so many people. I will link it below, along with some other info on the camps.

    This episode is rough, and we tried to discuss it as best as we could.

    Video of the the camp Easy company was part of liberating, as it was being cleaned up by the townspeople. The Text is in German, but is easily translated through Google. http://www.buergervereinigung-landsberg.de/geschichte/orginalfilm.htm

    More info about the Camp, and who actually found it first: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaufering_concentration_camp
    https://www.scrapbookpages.com/DachauScrapbook/DachauLiberation/KauferingIVLiberation.html

    Joe Liebgott: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Liebgott
    http://militarypower.wikidot.com/joseph-liebgott
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    1 hr and 51 mins
  • Undeclared BoB - The Last Patrol

    Undeclared BoB - The Last Patrol
    May 19 2017
    In this episode, Webster returns to a less than welcoming response from his comrades in Easy, and Lt. Jones joins the company pretty much straight out of West Point on his way up the ladder. And, as usual, Easy is tasked with a potentially dangerous patrol to get some prisoners over other companies despite their exhaustion and the fact that they've been on the front lines pretty much since D-Day.


    Some additional info:


    Pvt. David Webster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kenyon_Webster
    http://www.davidkenyonwebster.com/


    Lt. Hank Jones: http://apps.westpointaog.org/Memorials/Article/14163/


    The Patrol: http://www.dday-overlord.com/eng/band_of_brothers_episode_8.htm


    An account of a tour someone took with Guarnere and Heffron of the places Easy Company fought. http://www.historynet.com/world-war-ii-in-the-footsteps-of-easy-company-during-a-band-of-brothers-tour.htm


    The AV Club recap: http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/band-brothers-last-patrol-204901
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    1 hr and 30 mins
  • Undeclared BoB - The Breaking Point

    Undeclared BoB - The Breaking Point
    May 11 2017
    This is a rough one, you guys. It's pretty much non-stop from beginning until end, with Easy Company losing quite a few of their men due to horrific wounds, emotional burn out, or death. Winters' hands are tied and he can't get rid of their useless CO, until Dike almost gets more of the men killed. Enter Lt. Spiers!

    We have a lot of links for you with this one, because so much happened to so many people.

    Foy: http://argunners.com/foy-belgium-1945-now-easy-company/
    Bastogne & Foy: http://www.ronaldspeirs.com/military/ww2/belgium-bastogne/

    Photos of Easy Company Foxholes still in the Bois Jacques Forest in Belgium: https://www.landmarkscout.com/easy-company-101st-airborne-division-in-the-battle-of-the-bulge-foy-belgium/

    Ronald Spiers: http://www.ronaldspeirs.com/

    Carwood Lipton: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/24/us/c-carwood-lipton-81-figure-in-band-of-brothers-dies.html

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carwood_Lipton

    http://articles.latimes.com/2001/dec/28/local/me-18490

    Bill Guarnere: http://www.marcusbrotherton.com/know-bill-guarnere-1923-2014-love/
    http://www.history.com/news/bill-guarnere-member-of-world-war-ii-band-of-brothers-dies
    https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/life-legacy-wild-bill.html
    http://militaryhistorytraveler.com/2014/04/wild-bill-guarnere-interview/

    Bill and Babe: http://www.phillymag.com/news/2014/03/14/band-of-brothers-vets-wild-bill-guarnere-babe-heffron-remembrance/

    Joe Toye: http://www.marcusbrotherton.com/an-unimagined-success/
    https://veteransfuneralcare.com/obituary/Joe-Toye
    https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19055725

    "Skip" Muck and Alex Penkala: http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/33956-muck-and-penkala-grave-markers-in-luxembourg/
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Muck
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Penkala

    Donald Hoobler: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Hoobler

    Lt. Dike: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Dike

    The AV Club recap: http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/band-brothers-breaking-point-204650
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    2 hrs and 15 mins
  • Undeclared Band of Brothers - Bastogne

    Undeclared Band of Brothers - Bastogne
    May 4 2017
    In this episode we follow Easy Company's medic Eugene "Doc" Roe as he tries his best to hold his fellows, and himself, together while they deal with a lack of supplies, food, ammo, warm clothing, boots, and morale for weeks in the coldest winter Belgium had ever seen. It's rough.

    On the history side of things, we discuss the real Doc Roe, Renee LeMaire and Augusta Chiwy, We sing the praises of Shifty Powers, and learn a little more about Norman Dike.

    The Siege of Basogne: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Bastogne

    http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/CSI/CSI-Bastogne/MITCHELL.asp.html

    http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/wwii/articles/bastogne.aspx

    Renee Lemaire: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9e_Lemaire

    http://www.regjans.com/renee-lemaire/

    Augusta Chiwy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusta_Chiwy

    Eugene Roe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Roe



    AV Club recap: http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/band-brothers-bastogne-204326

    Mark Watches 'Bastogne' recap: http://markwatches.net/reviews/2014/05/mark-watches-band-of-brothers-part-6-bastogne/
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    1 hr and 37 mins
  • Undeclared Band of Brothers - Crossroads

    Undeclared Band of Brothers - Crossroads
    Apr 27 2017
    In this episode, Easy Company is still in Holland, and with too few men are expected to hold the town they're in from the Germans. When Winters is promoted (because he is the greatest of all time, and it's noticed by his superiors), Easy is given a new CO, "Moose" Heyliger, who leads a successful rescue mission of 140 British soldiers before being seriously injured in what surely was called "friendly fire" but was actually a jumpy soldier not waiting to confirm identity before shooting. This brings them their worst CO, who we'll talk about more in the coming episodes.


    Here is a detailed description of the fight at the crossroads: https://www.warhistoryonline.com/featured/easy-company-crossroads-battle.html


    Operation Pegasus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Pegasus


    "Moose" Heyliger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Heyliger
    Heyliger's legacy: https://www.army.mil/article/49035


    The AV Club recap: http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/band-brothers-crossroads-204013
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    1 hr and 58 mins
  • UndeclaredBoB - Replacements

    UndeclaredBoB - Replacements
    Apr 20 2017
    Easy Company jumps safely into Holland, their ranks refilled with replacements, expecting a quick operation of securing bridges and liberating the Dutch from the clutches of a battered and weakened German army. Only it's the opposite, which they learn the hard way. Thousands of soldiers from America, the UK, and Poland, acting on extremely poor intelligence and the arrogance of British and American generals, are casualties of Operation MARKET-GARDEN, one of the biggest failures in World War II.

    They need to start listening to Winters.

    For more information on MARKET-GARDEN:
    Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Market_Garden
    101st in MARKET-GARDEN: http://www.ww2marketgarden.com/marketgarden101stairbornedivision.html
    http://www.historynet.com/world-war-ii-101st-airborne-division-holds-the-line-along-hells-highway.htm

    The AV Club recap from 2014:
    http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/band-brothers-replacements-203739
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    1 hr and 36 mins