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con ! // junior // vintage and history enthusiast // band of brothers & dps enjoyer // WW2 special interest

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Another one of my favorite little unnoticeable moments is when Ron is in the eagles nest and bumps directly into a chair bc he wasn't paying attention to where he was walking it's so funny to me

This is our war criminal guys

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Fun fact Harry welsh was busted down to private like 6 times before he came to easy from the 82nd mostly due to fighting

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More photos of Blithe! I'm sure it's well known by now by most fans but Blithe lived untill the late 60s and actually fought in Korea!

Also fun fact he's from south Philly and NOT Southern like the show potrays I'm not sure why the show made that choice honestly

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One thing I thing I love about this show is how 'niche' in a way it is compared to some other ww2 shows and movies when it comes to some of their proping one of my favorite examples rn is that they show a ID Bracelets which is normal ofc but the fact that they show it with the para logo because these weren't just dog tags these were unofficial id's usually made by the man of gifted to them by a family member similar to sweetheart jewelry

These sort of id's were also used as sweetheart jewelry if it was made my family and was often mailed back to family if the soldier was found dead much like official dog tags but these are custom pieces so there's so many varieties and I think a good example is this page from life magazine (December 1944) of a girl wearing multiple Id bracelets which one of them have emblems and some dont

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A few photos I found of blithe

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Some more of my favorite screenshots from the show that I enjoy as a cinematography nerd

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I will always enjoy the way shane does his line deliveries

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my art for the 82nd anniversary of operation overlord/d-day (june 6-9)

cheers!

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More Super grainy band of brothers bts photos

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2 pixel shane doc roe behind the scenes (assembly from the first ep based off uniforms)

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I met Bill guarneres son at ww2 weekend and he gave me a free calendar :D

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Jump day gifset !!! Merry D day everyone !!

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Question for the bofb document nerds

So everywhere I look for Eugene roe it lists him as receiving a sliver star however I was under the impression of foleys recommendation never going high enough for it to be processed and given so do we know if this is for like a different event than what foley was trying to get him one for or was this somthing given postmortem /post war?? I'm yet to find documentation of this sliver star unlike the documentation of his purple hearts soo could this also be a document lost in that national records fire in the 70s ? I know some other personnel files from the 101st were lost

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@bleedingcoffee42 do you have any info on this?

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I have his discharge paperwork but nothing else and at this point I don't remember if I requested his file or not, but most all Easy guys things burned unless they were in Reserves for a while.

However, it's only a Bronze Star on his discharge with one Oak Leaf, so it may have been the one that everyone who served in all the campaigns got when Taylor decided to give them out in 1945. I don't have his paperwork for this one. I have the purple heart orders.

Here is the bit from Foley's file about him putting in the request for Roe:

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Thank you guyysss !!

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Adding some more on I think the confusion with his medals might comes from these fan made shadow boxes ? I think it could genuinely be that everyone ran with it upon seeing these but from what I know these aren't Eugene's real shadow boxes, I haven't seen his if it's out there but I'm assuming his is probably in his family's private collection or in a museum with no digital archive that's public

I'm assuming most of these creators either say foleys quote or a random website that listed it and added it to the shadow box and ran with it

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Articles about vera hunt roe (Eugene's first wife) from a English newspaper about her wedding and about her arrival to America

Transcript below!↓↓

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MRS. VERA ROE

wife of Pfc. Eugene Roe, who is now in Holland with American paratroopers. Mrs. Roe was the former Vera Hunt of Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The marriage took place in England in June of this year.

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Mrs. Eugene Roe Arrives Here From England:

We wish to welcome to our community Mrs. Eugene Roe, the former Miss Vera Hunt of Swindon, England, who arrived here last Sunday, April 7th. Mrs. Roe arrived in the States last week aboard the QUEEN MARY.

Her husband, until his discharge sometime in January, was a Sergeant in the Army Paratroopers. Sgt. Roe saw overseas duty in England, France, Belgium, Austria, Holland, and Germany and was a member of the 101st Army Paratroopers, 506th Division which was at Bastogne during the "Battle of the Bulge". He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Roe of this city.

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Some screenshots I really enjoy as a cinematography nerd

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Lewis Nixon, who was enjoying his favorite beverage, Vat 69, which Winters felt his friend consumed far too liberally. Ever since they had know each other, Nixon had been a hard drinker, and he had taken to hiding his stash in Winters' baggage during moves, knowing that it would remain undetected there.

"That stuff's going to kill you one day, Nix," Winters commented.

Nixon held up his flask in mock toast. "Here's to that day," he said and took a slug. He offered it to Lipton, who shook his head.

The Van Oers had a radio that Nixon had turned on and was now belting out a Benny Goodman tune.

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Gifset of Nixon looking irritated asf