Band Of Brothers

just started watching this a couple weeks ago TW put me on to it bloody excellent.

Its probably the best thing TV has ever seen mate ... enjoy


That reminds me, this Pacific thing should be starting soon?

You know summat, i'm in a minority of 1, but i never got it at all.....

And War stuffs my favourite genre....

Have to say though, looking forward to Pacific much much more...

AND you never finished Generation Kill? Whats going on?

Watched 4, 3 to go mate, its on disc so it'll get watched....

I always thought Band of Brothers was like an Army soap opera.....and again, i know i'm in a minority...

its truly awesome. will start watching now.

Gaz you need to watch all of band of brothers before you watch the pacific it truly is excellent.

The-Wall wrote:

Gaznandi wrote:

Watched 4, 3 to go mate, its on disc so it'll get watched....

I always thought Band of Brothers was like an Army soap opera.....and again, i know i'm in a minority...

There is 10

I was referring to Generation Kill mate, of which there are 7 episodes in full....

stranger wrote:

Gaz you need to watch all of band of brothers before you watch the pacific it truly is excellent.

I did watch them all mate when they were originally on tele, just never got it like other folk seem to....

ah right got u now m8

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Major Richard D. Winters (1918 - 2011)
Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division


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Major Richard D. Winters (born January 21, 1918) is a former United States Army officer and decorated war veteran. He commanded Company "E", 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, during World War II. Company E, also known as "Easy Company" (per the contemporaneous Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet), parachuted into Normandy in the early hours of D-Day, and fought across France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and eventually into Germany. Later in the war, Winters rose to command the 2nd Battalion. Following the end of hostilities Winters was discharged from the army and returned to civilian life, working in New Jersey. In 1951, during the Korean War, Winters was recalled to the Army from the inactive list and briefly served as a regimental planning and training officer on staff at Fort Dix, New Jersey. Although issued orders for deployment, he was not sent to Korea. After discharge he worked at a few different jobs before founding his own company and selling farming products. Winters has been featured in a number of books and was portrayed in the 2001 HBO mini-series Band of Brothers by Damian Lewis. He has been a regular guest lecturer at the United States Military Academy at West Point. He retired in 1997.

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I cherish the memories of a question my grandson asked me the other day when he said, "Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?" Grandpa said "No... but I served in a company of heroes."