By Michael Wisotzkey (Afireinside) (24.171.107.160) on Tuesday, February 04, 2003 - 10:51 pm:

"Got ya freaking Luger?!?!" - Guarnere to Malarkey as he comes back after going to fetch a Luger.

"Pretty good, isn't it?" - Webster to boy he gave the candy to.

"You did that" - ?? To Eugene, showing him his wounded hand that Eugenes gear cut.

Those are the ones I remember and like. Post yours!

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Tuesday, February 04, 2003 - 10:55 pm:

my gawd! this is going to be hard since there are so many of them!!! But, to start off: "we're paratroopers Lt., we're supposed to be surrounded"
Anyone need help with the quotes? You know who to email ;)

gold

By Aya (Aya) (203.126.27.196) on Wednesday, February 05, 2003 - 04:59 am:

"It's called 'wounded', peanut. Injured is for when you fall out of a tree."

Guess from who to who. I'm not even going to tell you which episode. HEHEHEHEH


Aya

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Wednesday, February 05, 2003 - 07:18 am:

Easy, Martin to Webb episode 7

gold

By Melissa Clay (Melissa2800) (66.166.47.71) on Wednesday, February 05, 2003 - 09:34 am:

I don't think there is anyone who can beat Gold with the BOB quotes!!
too many to list but here are a few of my favorites
"don't irrigate me"
"remember boys, flies spread disease so keep yours closed"
"i am shaking so goddamn much that i'm dancing"
Melissa

By Jocelyn (Jocey) (143.235.51.216) on Wednesday, February 05, 2003 - 11:30 am:

I have to agree with gold that's one of my favorites lets see, also:
"We're not lost Private, We're in Normandy" I think ya'll should know that one.
Also as bad as he was i happen to like
"hiho silver"

Currahee
Jocey

By Jonathan Jones (Jonjones) (81.131.174.178) on Wednesday, February 05, 2003 - 01:14 pm:

"Hi ho Silver" just about summed him up. Makes you think that if he was in the service about ten years ago he'd be shouting "Cowabunga!".

"Got a penny?"

Shakes head and quietly walks away.......

Jonathan.

By Chris Saunders (Space_Cowboy) (195.92.168.177) on Wednesday, February 05, 2003 - 01:32 pm:

Some of my favourites:

Episode 1 -
Sobel: What's your name, trooper?
Malarkey: Malarkey, sir.
Sobel: Malarkey. Is that slang for bulls**t?
Malarkey: Yes sir!

Episode 5 -
Hashey: Jesus Christ...It's a whole other company!
Martin: No s**t!

Episode 6 -
Guarnere: Crazy Joe" McKlosky was f**king nuts... that's why they called him "Crazy Joe!

Episode 10 -
Perconte: Hey George!
Luz: Yeah?
Perconte: Kind of remind ya of Bastogne?
Luz: Yeah, now that you mention it... Except, of course, there's no snow, we got warm grub in our bellies, and the trees aren't f**kin' exploding from Kraut artillery, but yeah... Frank... other than that, it's a lot like Bastogne.

Chris

By Iines (Iines) (195.197.127.161) on Wednesday, February 05, 2003 - 02:09 pm:

Guarnere:"How are those nuts, sarge?
Lipton:"Doing fine, Bill. Nice of you to ask."


Iines

By Michael Wisotzkey (Afireinside) (24.171.107.160) on Wednesday, February 05, 2003 - 05:52 pm:

Hahaha.
Notice all of Chris's had bad words in them :-p.

"Got A Penny" Is a good one!

By Jonathan Jones (Jonjones) (81.131.228.204) on Wednesday, February 05, 2003 - 06:48 pm:

Thanks Michael,

Will someone please post Skip Muck's lines in the theatre when someone asks him how's he doing?

The other one I love is from the real Popeye when he's talking about when they found all of the booze they discovered at the end of the war. It's just the look in his eyes and the way he says they opened up a bar! I really loved the way that guy came out with it.

Regards, Jonathan.

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Wednesday, February 05, 2003 - 10:38 pm:

Sure, my pleasure..
"Well, Don, I was at home at Tonawanda, but Hitler started this whole thing and now I’m here. How’d you make out in craps?"

gold

By Melissa Clay (Melissa2800) (66.166.47.71) on Thursday, February 06, 2003 - 08:54 am:

Was there a doubt that Gold would not know that particular quote?
lol
I also liked the "got a penny" & the nuts line with Lip & Guarnere.
Melissa

By Jocelyn (Jocey) (143.235.51.67) on Thursday, February 06, 2003 - 02:17 pm:

hey i also like

"All you have to do is remember what you learned in your trainging and i guarantee you gravity will take care of the rest."

Winters:Sergeat,
Guarnere:Sir?
Winters: I'm not a quaker.

Compton: What do you know about cooking you're Irish.

Webster: They got me!

By Iines (Iines) (195.197.127.142) on Thursday, February 06, 2003 - 02:32 pm:

Yes, that Webster's "They got me!" was great Poor Webster...

This is good one too:
ep 9.
Liebgott:"Then i'm gonna buy a big house with lots of bedrooms for all the little Liebgotts."
I just love the thought about little Joe Liebgotts running around a big house

Iines

By Jonathan Jones (Jonjones) (213.122.236.89) on Thursday, February 06, 2003 - 03:40 pm:

Thanks, gold!
You know this line? - Bull's advice about not winding up his new recruits whilst they're in the English pub?

My submission:
"Hey! Thanks for c******g in our foxholes....."
"Our pleasure!".

Regards, Jonathan.

By joao (200.163.13.106) on Thursday, February 06, 2003 - 05:28 pm:

Well i like this one:
"I ve allready seen the states , grew up there.
Thats why i came to europe. Just wish they told there was a war on."

By Michael Wisotzkey (Afireinside) (24.171.107.160) on Thursday, February 06, 2003 - 05:48 pm:

"Just one bar!"
? to ? with the candy bars. I done forgot. :P

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Thursday, February 06, 2003 - 10:07 pm:

Jonathan, i'm not sure if you mean this but here it is:
Randleman: They’re just serious fighting men, that’s all
Guarnere: Well, I think I’ll go introduce myself
Randleman: Careful what you say now, don’t take too much to set my guys off
Do you mean that scene?
Michael, that's Liebgott to Luz

gold

By Jonathan Jones (Jonjones) (81.135.99.90) on Friday, February 07, 2003 - 11:15 am:

You got it in one, gold! Cheers! Jonathan.

By Jocelyn (Jocey) (68.23.137.93) on Friday, February 07, 2003 - 12:19 pm:

Muck: Yeah it's kind of an Easy Company tradition, getting shot in the a**


jocey

Also:
Popeye on D-Day...
Compton: Where are ya hit?
Popeye:My a**,
Comton:your a**
Popeye: ididn't mean to goof up sir. (That's actually what popeye siad if you read to book)

Currahee
Jocey

By Janine (Janine) (139.134.64.157) on Friday, February 07, 2003 - 08:54 pm:

Gold I have a challenge for you (actually by the looks of things it's not really a challenge for you!) Can you quote the line that Penkala says to Muck after Buck tells them not to do anything stupid. I love that what he says

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Friday, February 07, 2003 - 09:35 pm:

My pleasure janine:

Penkala: Don’t do anything stupid? Who the hell is he talking to? A bunch of morons who volunteered to jump out of a perfectly good airplane, can you get any more stupid than that?

did you mean that?


gold

By Jonathan Jones (Jonjones) (213.122.98.180) on Saturday, February 08, 2003 - 05:20 am:

Hargh! You've got to love her......

Jonathan.

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Saturday, February 08, 2003 - 07:26 am:

Thank you thank you! Any others? ;)

gold

By Janine (Janine) (139.134.64.153) on Saturday, February 08, 2003 - 08:06 pm:

Thanks Gold! I am awed by your ability to memorise!!!

By Jonathan Jones (Jonjones) (81.131.47.161) on Sunday, February 09, 2003 - 01:39 pm:

Okay then, when Sobel is stuck at the barbwire fence whilst on manuevres. I'm never too sure who Luz mimicks as they all sound the same to me - but howabout that little pep talk Luz (who's hiding behind some hay) gives Sobel?

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Sunday, February 09, 2003 - 04:14 pm:

he was immitating Maj. Horton:
Luz: Is there a problem Capt. Sobel?
Sobel: Who said that? Who broke silence?
Tipper: I think it’s Major Horton sir
Sobel: Maj. Horton? What…is he…did he join us?
Tipper: I think maybe he’s moving between the platoons sir?
Luz: What is the godamn hold up Mr. Sobel?
Sobel: A fence sir. A…God! …a barbed wire fence
Luz: Oh that dog just ain’t goin’ hunt! (whipered: Shut it shhh…..shhhh) Now you cut that fence and get this godamn platoon on the move!
Sobel: Yes sir! Where’re my godamn wire cutters?!

Did that help?

gold

By Jonathan Jones (Jonjones) (81.131.118.15) on Sunday, February 09, 2003 - 07:18 pm:

It certainly did! I read that with a nice cold beer in my hand. Perfect way to end the evening!

Thanks a lot, gold! Regards, Jonathan.

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Sunday, February 09, 2003 - 10:30 pm:

Glad to be of help jonathan.

gold

By Iines (Iines) (195.197.127.171) on Tuesday, February 11, 2003 - 02:18 pm:

I almost forgot...Sisk at ep.6 aid station:
"I'm in heaven doc" and a beatific smile.
I love that quote

Iines

By Michael Wisotzkey (Afireinside) (24.171.107.160) on Tuesday, February 11, 2003 - 03:30 pm:

"Your hands". Doc Roe.

By Janine (Janine) (139.134.64.153) on Wednesday, February 12, 2003 - 06:58 pm:

"Three miles up, three miles down!"

By Janine (Janine) (139.134.64.153) on Wednesday, February 12, 2003 - 07:05 pm:

Does anyone know the quote where someone tells Perconte to stop brushing his teeth or the Germans will see him and shoot him dead. It's from episode 6

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Wednesday, February 12, 2003 - 11:12 pm:

Yeah, does anyone know?
Peewee: Frank, you keep cleaning those teeth the Germans will see you a mile away, shoot you dead
Perconte: Yeah, that’s right Peewee, you keep laughing. Hey doc. Hey, that’s my stuff. Oh come on doc


gold

By Janine (Janine) (139.134.64.157) on Thursday, February 13, 2003 - 06:03 pm:

lol. So Gold do you actually know every single line said in the series?

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Thursday, February 13, 2003 - 10:01 pm:

LOL, i'm not sure

gold

By Melissa Clay (Melissa2800) (66.166.47.71) on Friday, February 14, 2003 - 09:44 am:

Oh, come on, Gold!!!
She does!!!
Melissa

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Friday, February 14, 2003 - 09:46 pm:

LOL! I'm really not sure! :D

gold *blushes* :P

By Leonie ten Cate (Lechan) (217.120.162.33) on Saturday, February 15, 2003 - 08:38 am:

" Three miles up, Three miles down"
I love that one, when i go Jogging i constanly repeat those words in my head

When Eugene (eps 6) Walks over to Guarnere and ask;" Sergeant Guarnere, How's the leg?" Repeats Bill;" The hell with my leg, i'm pissin' needles"
I love that one

By Iines (Iines) (195.197.127.190) on Saturday, February 15, 2003 - 03:33 pm:

Leonie, i too repeat those words while jogging! It somehow helps really. And when i'm really tired i think Winters saying his "Hang tough"-phrase
Hang tough is one of my favourite quotes too.

I have one question: Why did they call Martin "Peewee"?

Iines

By Leonie ten Cate (Lechan) (217.120.162.33) on Monday, February 17, 2003 - 07:07 am:

That's one good question, Iines. And i don't have a clue... Maybe Marigold Papa, she knows about everything if it has to do with what they say

What did Winters say in the "Hang-touch"- phrase excactly? Maybe it could help me too

You know i'm from Holland, and my Englisch Teacher wants me to say words correctly Englisch, so when i say some quotes from BoB, she begon freaking out at me because it was more American Crazy or what ..?

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Monday, February 17, 2003 - 07:42 am:

LOL, this is tough, honestly, i have no idea why they called him Peewee, sorry to disappoint you I tried to ask around but no one seems to know, but i'll still ask around
Leonie, that's "hang tough". Yeah, you should take Maj. Winters' advice and hang tough ;)


gold

By Iines (Iines) (195.197.126.79) on Monday, February 17, 2003 - 02:53 pm:

Gold, you should know that;)
Leonie, yes, i too imitate their way to talk American english and in other hand they teach us real English in school, so i speak and write mixed English-America language now But it doesn't matter, because after all my english grade rised two numbers after BoB, there are so much to translate, especially in the book.
Isn't it amazing how British actors in BoB can speak American english so great?
Hang tough everybody

Iines

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Monday, February 17, 2003 - 03:45 pm:

Eeeeeps! Look what i have gotten myself into!!! It's not a quote after all!

gold

By Evelyn Kathleen K (Evelyn18kk) (66.46.60.94) on Monday, February 17, 2003 - 04:35 pm:

Well, looks like yall got most of my favorite quotes...I like the one with Eugene Roe and Heffron... "Babe" (said sarcastically...lol)

Hey gold, do you remember the line about stinky armpits :D lol I'm not getting disgusting!! Theres supposed to be a funny quote in the Bastogne episode...can't remember scene...

Sign my name !?!? ahh...:S

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Tuesday, February 18, 2003 - 07:17 am:

Did ya mean this:
Malarkey: Joe this smells like my armpit
Muck: At least your armpit’s warm
Joe: You want syrup with that?
Malarkey: Joe, be honest, what’s in these things anyway, huh?
Joe: Nothing you won’t eat Malark
Muck: I won’t eat Malarkey
Hope that's what you were looking for

gold

By Evelyn Kathleen K (Evelyn18kk) (66.46.61.21) on Tuesday, February 18, 2003 - 03:05 pm:

Lol, yeah but there is that line that no one can really make out...but its funny anyway. Hey I was watching 2 VHS tapes last night, and found many others I liked!! They were the last 4 episodes...very sad ones...

Ok heres some more of my favs!
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Buck: Stop crying Malarky or i'll nail it to your head.

an other scene with Buck talking to Bill

Buck: Even if your dead I'll still kill you.
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Hey gold...please (if you dont mind!) recite Muck's-Kraut-cheese-stinks line! I love that line!
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Another line from...Speirs! Remember Perconte, Christensen and a replacement were discussing over " the legendary Speirs" and Speirs came up asked them what they were doing....and eventually he said this...had to laugh at the guys' faces...lol!

Speirs: Anyone care for a smoke?
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Ok...The Last Patrol episode...Love Nixons comments when he was chatting to Winters...

Winters: They want us to cross the river.

Nixon: Yeah, but that waters cold. Should get you some boats...
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Why we fight Episode

Perconte(to Luz): You grab the chicken, and I'll grab the eggs.

A wee while later...

Perconte: No dice with the frauline?
Luz: No dice, she smacked me in the mouth.
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Points Episode

Nixon(to Winters): I thought it might be you.I heard reports about a red headed eskimo. Thought I check it out.

Winters: Come to join me for a morning swim?

Nixon: Heh heh
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Same episode

Harry finds really nice cutlery for Kitty, Winters joins in, and Speirs tries too when...

Harry says: Don't even think about it!

(Lol!!)
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In the Eagle's nest...We over hear Nixon yelling "Hitler, Hitler, Hitler..." obviously he was drunk lol.

Harry: Hey Adolf! Love your Eagle's nest. Hope you don't mind we made ourselves at home. Love what you done with the place!
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Aren't they good quotes?

Evelyn (I'm still laughing)

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Tuesday, February 18, 2003 - 04:02 pm:

Very nice ones Eve. As requested, here you go:
Muck: Oh god! Jesus! Kraut cheese, tastes like... it stinks
Penkala: Bread’s stale too
Muck: Give me that!

gold

By John Wood (Woodman) (66.112.23.19) on Tuesday, February 18, 2003 - 06:57 pm:

Drop me into Berlin, I stick this knife in to Hitler's Throat. Roosevelt changes Thanksgiving to Joe Toye Day and gives me 10 grand a year for the rest of my F***in' life.

By Chris Saunders (Space_Cowboy) (195.92.194.16) on Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 02:14 pm:

I just remembered this one from Episode 6 - Bastogne:

Winters: Harry. Fire's not a good idea.
Welsh: Just a couple of minutes. We're in a dell.
Winters: A dell?? Like where fairies and gnomes live?
Nixon: I swear I thought I could smell a fire. I did smell a fire. Are you out of your mind?
Winters: Well, we're in a dell.
Nixon: Huh??

Chris

By Janine (Janine) (139.134.64.153) on Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 08:39 pm:

Perconte: Oh Skinny you got blood all over my trousers!
Sisk: I'm real sorry Frank!

By Janine (Janine) (139.134.64.153) on Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 08:44 pm:

Gold...or anyone else who may know this quote...do you know the rest of this quote: "feet, hands, neck, balls..." It's in episode 5 when they're in the trucks heading out for Bastogne.

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 07:10 am:

Here ya go:
Toye: What about socks Jr.? You got extra socks?
Suerth: A pair
Muck: You need 4 minimum. Feet, hands, neck, balls, extra socks warms them all. Ok we all remembered that one. Now if we could remember the socks
Guarnere: Yeah. I’d give my godamn boots for a cigarette
Muck: …ammo and socks

gold

By Evelyn Kathleen K (Evelyn18kk) (66.46.61.2) on Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 09:30 am:

Love the quotes!! LOL.

Evelyn

By Leonie ten Cate (Lechan) (217.120.162.33) on Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 11:48 am:

Yeah i love the quotes too, Evelyn!
Back to the Truck, i love the way they're all begging for something to that guy, Junior. Hehehe, Liebgott; What about a jacket, you got a jacket?
(Okay he didn't say jacket, just don't know how to write what he really said --*) LOL

He i love that part too, when Buck says to Malark; Stop cryin' Malarkey or I'll nail it to your head! Guarnere; Yeah it's made of wood anyway. Love that part.

Most of all i like the quote Frank Perconte said to the replacement O'Keefe. Don't know excectly what he said, but it was because of o'Keefe started to irritade him. Love that part...

By Leonie ten Cate (Lechan) (217.120.162.33) on Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 11:53 am:

Ow i forgot;
When Joe Toye got shot by the bombing in woods near Foy, and Guarnere tried to drag him to a foxhole (Which i thought was way to sweet of him ) and when Guarnere got shot too, I was looking with a face like; NOOOOOH!!!!!!!!!!

Then when Guarnere was taking to the jeep he still said; Hey Joe, I told you i'd beat you home!

And there was a little smile on my face ...

By Evelyn (Evelyn18kk) (66.46.60.161) on Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 01:40 pm:

yeah, I felt sad when Guarnere left...and Joe Toye...made me want to cry...and then Buck left too...and then I saw him in the last episode I cried and cheered! LOL.

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 04:15 pm:

Leonie, Lieb asked for a "coat"
And here's your Perco quote:
Perconte: Do you know why no one remembers your name? That’s cause no one wants to remember your name! There’s too many Smiths, DeMattoes, & O’Keef’s and O’Brien’s, who show up here, replacing Toccoa men. Then you damn replacements got killed in the first place! And they’re all like you; they’re all piss and vinegar. "Where the krauts at? Let me at ‘em. When do I get to jump into Berlin?" Two days later, there they are, with their blood and guts hanging out, and they’re screaming for a medic, begging for their godamn mother. The dumb f***s don’t know they’re dead yet. Hey, are you listening to me? Do you understand that this is the best part of f***in war I’ve seen? I got hot chow, hot showers, warm bed; Germany is almost as good as being home. I even got to wipe my ••• with real toilet paper today. So quit asking when you’ll get to see some action will you? And stop with the fuckin’ love songs! When you ship out? 2 weeks ago?

I hope you meant that Leonie


gold

By Leonie ten Cate (Lechan) (217.120.162.33) on Friday, February 21, 2003 - 12:42 pm:

Thanks Gold, that's excectly what i mean ! Thank you!

Here i got an other one which I don't know excecly, but i remember i liked that one.
I don't know which episode it was, one of the last i know... But E-compagnie was walking on a field heading for some kind of town, i could be Foy, but i'm not sure. When Perconte (again ) says something that begon with;

Why is Easy compagnie, the ONLY compagnie, who's either of the FRONT of an advence, OR...

And i forgot the rest... :S ....

Gold, if you like to solve this one...?
I'm sorry to bother you again...

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Friday, February 21, 2003 - 09:46 pm:

Hey no Problem Leonie. You're talking about episode 3, Carentan while they were moving out of Carentan to head out of town:
Perconte: Hey Luz?
Luz: What?
Perconte: How far are we goin’?
Luz: Oh Jesus Christ, Frank, I don’t know. Until they tell us to stop
Hoobler: High ground. There’s high ground up ahead
Perconte: Okay, genius, answer me this then: Why is Easy Company the only company who’s either at the front of an advance, or, like now, exposed at the far edge of the line?
Hoobler: To keep you on your toes
Perconte: No, that’s not what I’m saying. I’m saying that, we’re never in the middle. And we’re the 5th of 9 companies of this regiment, Able through Item. Think of it

gold

By Janine (Janine) (139.134.64.153) on Friday, February 21, 2003 - 11:31 pm:

Episode 8

Cobb: Do they want anyone from first?
Malarky: No
Leibgott: Is there anyone they don't want from second?


Grant: I can't believe they're gonna make Malarky lead it.
Heffron: Yeah, he only lost his 5 best friends. What the f**** does he have to live for?


Martin: Hey can you beleive this guy? Try to get him out of the war and he comes straight back.
Perconte: Oh yeah, well that's not what I heard. I heard the krauts were finished.
Leibgott: Yeah well just to make surewe have to ro across the f****** river tonight, grab a few and ask them in person.

By Leonie ten Cate (Lechan) (217.120.162.33) on Saturday, February 22, 2003 - 06:47 am:

Thanks Gold, you're the best

By Michael Wisotzkey (Afireinside) (24.171.107.160) on Saturday, February 22, 2003 - 01:38 pm:

Wowzers, I thought no one would respond to this thread. =)
<3
xMichael

By Michael Wisotzkey (Afireinside) (24.171.107.160) on Saturday, February 22, 2003 - 01:41 pm:

Ohh
Sobel :Malarkey, thats slang for bullsh*t isn't it?

Malarkey :Yes sir

Sobel : Ok, Private Bullsh*t .....

By Janine (Janine) (139.134.64.153) on Saturday, February 22, 2003 - 08:53 pm:

That is a classic quote! I can't believe it wasn't posted sooner. Thanks Michael

By Leonie ten Cate (Lechan) (217.120.162.33) on Sunday, February 23, 2003 - 07:13 am:

Yeah that's treu. I love that one
Private Bullsh!t... hehehe

Does anyone know were to find the lyrics of the songs they're singing? I remember two songs; the one they were singing running up Currahee, and one they sang while riding in trucks.

Glory, Glory what a hell of a way to die, he ain't gonne jump no more!
and something like;
Hi-Dee Hi-dee Christ Almighty, who the hell are we? Rim-Ram Gawd-Damn Parachute Infantrie!

I think those songs are pretty cool, if only i knew the lyrics

By Michael Wisotzkey (Afireinside) (24.171.107.160) on Sunday, February 23, 2003 - 12:11 pm:

Haha, yes, thanks.

I liked that song too. I had it stuck in my head for days! I love when Nixon just found out that his wife left him, and hes in the back of the truck all bummed out and hes mumbling the song.

Speaking of...

"Shes taking the dog...ITS MY DOG!"

<3
Michael

By Jasper (Toca) (213.93.57.5) on Sunday, February 23, 2003 - 01:03 pm:

she hates that dog :P

By John Wood (Woodman) (66.112.23.19) on Sunday, February 23, 2003 - 01:33 pm:

That song is in the book, I have seen it elsewhere, it is known as "Gory, Gory". The other one is when they were running up Currahee, passing Sobel, and is a different cheer. We had a fraternity cheer similar to it.

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Sunday, February 23, 2003 - 04:10 pm:

Here's what they sang up in Currahee: Fall upon the rises, fall upon the grass.
We never land on our feet, we always hit our •••.
Hidy-Hidy, Christ Almighty, who the hell are we?
Zim-Zam, God-Damn, we're the Airborne Infantry.
And the one they sang in episode 9:
"Is everybody happy" cried the sergeant looking up. Our hero feebly answered "yes" and then they stood him up; he jumped into the icy blast his static line unhooked…he ain’t gonna jump no more. Gory, gory what a hell of a way to die; gory, gory what a hell of a way to die; gory, gory what a hell of a way to die; and he ain’t gonna jump no more. The risers swung around his neck, connectors cracked his dome. Suspension lines were tied in knots around his skinny bones; the canopy became his shroud, he hurtled to the ground; and he ain’t gonna jump no more Gory, gory what a hell of a way to die; gory, gory what a hell of a way to die; gory, gory what a hell of a way to die… and he ain’t gonna jump no more
He hit the ground the sound was "splat", blood went spurting high; his comrades was heard to say "a hell of a way to die!" He lay there rolling in the welter of his gore; and he ain’t gonna jump no more Gory, gory what a hell of a way to die; gory, gory what a hell of a way to die; gory, gory what a hell of a way to die; and he ain’t gonna jump no more"
It's actually cut and there's more to that but that's what they sang. Hope that helps.

By Iines (Iines) (195.197.126.119) on Sunday, February 23, 2003 - 04:13 pm:

I love those songs too, and i usually find myself singing them in my head
That Nixon's divorce-thing was really sad...i can't understand those women who leaved their men when they were in war. Like they didn't have enough problems already.

Iines

By John Wood (Woodman) (66.112.23.19) on Sunday, February 23, 2003 - 06:55 pm:

GORY, GORY, WHAT A HELLUVA WAY TO DIE,
GORY, GORY, WHAT A HELLUVA WAY TO DIE,
GORY, GORY, WHAT A HELLUVA WAY TO DIE,
HE AIN'T GONNA JUMP NO MORE

He was just a rookie and he surely shook with fright;
He checked all his equipment, made sure his pack was tight;
He had to sit and listen to those awful engines roar;
"YOU AIN'T GONNA JUMP NO MORE"

( CHORUS )

"Is everybody happy" cried the sergeant looking up.
Our hero feebly answered "yes" and then they stood him up;
He jumped into the icy blast his static line unhooked,
AND HE AIN'T GONNA JUMP NO MORE.

( CHORUS )

The risers swung around his neck, connectors cracked his dome,
Suspension lines were tied in knots around his skinny bones;
The canopy became his shroud; he hurtled to the ground.
AND HE AIN'T GONNA JUMP NO MORE.

( CHORUS )

The days he'd lived, loved and laughed kept running through his mind,
He thought about the girl back home, the one he'd left behind,
He thought about about the medics and wondered what they'd find,
AND HE AIN'T GONNA JUMP NO MORE.

( CHORUS )

The ambulance was on the spot the jeeps were running wild,
The medics jumped and shouted and scream with glee
rolled up their sleeves and smiled
For it had been a week or more since last a chute had failed,
AND HE AIN'T GONNA JUMP NO MORE.

( CHORUS )

He hit the ground the sound was "splatt," blood went spurting high,
His comrades was heard to say a "helluve way to die!"
He lay there rolling in the welter of his gore,
AND HE AIN'T GONNA JUMP NO MORE.

( CHORUS )

There was blood on the risers, there was brains upon the chute,
His intestines were a' dangling from his Paratrooper suit
He was a mess; they picked him up and poured him from his boots,
AND HE AIN'T GONNA JUMP NO MORE.

( CHORUS )

By Evelyn (Evelyn18kk) (66.46.60.183) on Monday, February 24, 2003 - 08:12 am:

No offense, but those songs are disgusting! I mean, the poor paratrooper!

Ev

By Jasper (Toca) (213.93.57.5) on Monday, February 24, 2003 - 01:35 pm:

episode 1:

Randleman:
I'm gonna say something
Luz:
To who?
Randleman: Lt. Winters?
Winters: What is it?
Randleman: Permission to speak, sir.
Winters: Permission granted
Randleman: Sir, we've got nine companies, sir.
Winters: we do
Randleman: Why are we the only one marching every Firday, 12 miles in the pitch dark?
Winters: why do you think, Pvt. Randleman?
Randleman: Lt. Sobel hates us, sir
Winters: Lt Sobel does not hate Easy Company Pvt. Randleman.
He just hates you
Randleman: Thank you, sir!
He hates him back
He hates you too, Muck.

Episode 1:
Strayer:
Who was the idiot who cut that man's fence?
Sobel:
I was ordered to, sir
Strayer:
By who?
Sobel:
Maj. Horton, sir
Strayer:
Maj. Horton?
Sobel:
yes
Strayer:
He told you to do that?
Sobel:
Yes sir
Strayer:
He ordered you to cut the fence?
Sobel:
Yes he did
Strayer:
Maj. Horton is on leave in London

au...

and when Hoobler meet the British:
You're havind a Bath, if you half- incing that!

each episode are full of great words
I have so many of them

Toca

By MemphisBelle70 (205.188.209.69) on Monday, February 24, 2003 - 03:02 pm:

Toca-can you translate more of what the British soldier said to Hoobler for us yanks?? I couldn't make any of it out!
Robin

By Jasper (Toca) (213.93.57.5) on Monday, February 24, 2003 - 03:12 pm:

k, tomorrow is a nice day :D
(first I have to see the dvd again )

By Iines (Iines) (195.197.127.189) on Monday, February 24, 2003 - 04:23 pm:

Thanks for that song's words John
I didn't know it's so long...

Iines

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Monday, February 24, 2003 - 11:23 pm:

Not sure if i'm right or not but this is what i could make out.
Hoobler: Holy sh**!
British soldier: It’s alright Mate we’re Tommies.
Hoobler: Is all this real?
British soldier: Yeah. Yeah. Some of this is from the Hermans, some the tailors knocked up. A lot of it actually. You can get your mitspaws on some of this Jerry clobber. If you know what I mean?
Hoobler: Not really. Hey Mate, you got a luger? I’m dying to get my hands on a real luger.
British soldier: Yeah I got one here.
Hoobler: Boy, she sure is a doosey.
British soldier: Yeah it’s a pucker ain’t it?
Hoobler: What?
British soldier: Eh?
Hoobler: Hey Petty!
British Soldier: Hey mate. You’re having a bath if you think you’re half-incing that.
Hoobler: Oh yeah, sorry. Good luck
British Soldier: You too Mate

Anybody correct me please...

gold

By Jasper (Toca) (213.93.57.5) on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 06:11 am:

Hermans --> Germans? :P

By Leonie ten Cate (Lechan) (217.120.162.33) on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 12:41 pm:

Woww, thanks for the Lyrics, guys! I was seurching for it sinds i've seen BoB.
Thank you so much!!!

Is it really "Gory" ...? I thought it was "Glory"! Can someone tell me what Gory means?
I'm sorry i can't speak englisch that well...
They teach me all kind of stupid things at school what no-one cares about but i just want to learn to speak Englisch!!!!!!

Sorry,.... i just kinda let myself go....

By Iines (Iines) (195.197.126.118) on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 01:20 pm:

Leonie, i thought Gory is name, but i'm not sure...?
I agree, why we have to learn for exaple all kinds of math that we never need in our life really?? I think history and english are the best and most important subjects

Iines

By John Wood (Woodman) (66.112.102.114) on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 02:48 pm:

Gory refers to "Blood & Gore" type stuff. A gory movie is a movie with lots of blood and guts in it. So I am sure that is what they mean.

By Jasper (Toca) (213.93.57.5) on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 03:36 pm:

Iines, at History clas I don't learn about WW2
but I agree with you English and History are the best, although I don't have the great marks for English .

By Iines (Iines) (195.197.127.39) on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 04:25 pm:

Jasper, i don't have WW2 in scool either yet, but i will have it next autumn
I'm not so good in English either but the grade rised after BoB. Especially i know many kinds of weapon and army words now, after translatin the BoB book;)

Iines

By Jasper (Toca) (213.93.57.5) on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 04:38 pm:

hehe, k

By Jasper (Toca) (213.93.57.5) on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 04:41 pm:

(this song is in my head)

Fall upon the rises,
fall upon the grass
We never land on our feet, we always hit our ***
Hidy- Hidy, Christ Almighty, who the hell are we?
Zim- Zam, God-Damm, we're the Airborne Infantry

By Leonie ten Cate (Lechan) (217.120.162.33) on Wednesday, February 26, 2003 - 04:41 am:

Thanks for the translation of "Gory" guys !
I understand the song now

Yeah, my Englisch has emproved a lot since i'd seen BoB and since i'm a member of this site hehehe, thanks for that!

I completely agree with the two best classes we get, History and Englisch. Although i don't have any History anymore, now i have, what we call in Holland " MaatschappyLeer". We learn about how the world really is ( Money, rules, politic,-) Next week it'll go about politic, and i watched over the book and there comes a question; "Who was Hitler, what did he do?"

I think that question will take me some papers After i've seen BoB I know a lot of that creepy guy and i'm gonne tell everything i know !

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Wednesday, February 26, 2003 - 07:57 am:

Found this at wildbillguarnere site when it was discussed before:
Hoobler: Holy ***t!
Brit: Nah it's alright mate, we're tommies not boche.
Hoobler: Is all this real?
Brit: Yeah, yeah. Well some of it's from the Hermans something these toes knocked up. For you lads actually, so you can get your mince pies on some of this Jerry clobber, if you know what I mean?
Hoobler: Not really. Hey mate, you got a Luger? I'm dying to get my hands on a real Luger.
Brit: Yeah go on then, quick butchers yeah?
Hoobler: Boy she sure is a doozy.
Brit: Yeah it's pukka innit?
Hoobler: What?
Brit: Hey?
Hoobler (walking away): Hey Petty!
Brit: Here, mate! You're having a bath if you think you're half-inching that.
Hoobler: Oh yeah, sorry. Well good luck.
Brit: You too mate.

OK, now for what it means...

Hoobler: Holy ***t!
Brit: Nah it's alright mate, we're British not much to it.
Hoobler: Is all this real?
Brit: Yeah, yeah. Well some of it's replica, something the Army made. For you lads actually, so you can get your eyes on some of this German equipment, if you know what I mean?
Hoobler: Not really. Hey mate, you got a Luger? I'm dying to get my hands on a real Luger.
Brit: Yeah go on then, quick look yeah?
Hoobler: Boy she sure is a doozy.
Brit: Yeah it's top class [good] isn't it?
Hoobler: What?
Brit: Hey?
Hoobler (walking away): Hey Petty!
Brit: Here, mate! You're having a laugh if you think you're stealing that.
Hoobler: Oh yeah, sorry. Well good luck.
Brit: You too mate.

Thanks for that guy...and to wbg too

gold

By Iines (Iines) (195.197.126.73) on Wednesday, February 26, 2003 - 05:17 pm:

Thanks Gold, i was wondering what that Brit guy says and now i finally get to see it

Leonie, we had also that subject here an year ago, it was quite boring...money and law-things are so unexciting. But yeah, if it's about Hitler, then i would have really much to tell too;)

I had that Gory, Gory song in my head all the day in school and was near to come grazy...even though i like it so much

Iines

By Leonie ten Cate (Lechan) (217.120.162.33) on Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 06:39 am:

Hey Iines, i know what you mean! I got that song in my head too for days and days and no other human being at my school have seen BoB (They don't know what they're missin' ) When i started to sing the song everyone was looking to me like; What the heck are you singing??!!

But now i know the real lyrics i think i will sing a lot more now at school!

LOL

By Iines (Iines) (195.197.127.190) on Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 02:59 pm:

Hehee, yes i know that looks in people's face when i say anything about BoB;) I agree they miss really much when they don't see BoB.
Be awared or your friends get that song stucked to their heads too

Iines

By charles strode (Chuck6544) (198.26.123.36) on Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 10:48 pm:

how about this, the look on randelman and christiyions face when LT. Peacock is looking at the map, when winters is explaining to nixon who he wouldnt have as a company commander.

By charles strode (Chuck6544) (198.26.123.36) on Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 10:57 pm:

speirs explaining to blithe what it takes to function as a soldier should function. and by the way albert blithe showed alot of courage and that is one of my favorite episode. but the most powerful quote of all was

Speirs: im taking over!

By Leonie ten Cate (Lechan) (217.120.162.33) on Friday, February 28, 2003 - 12:14 pm:

Charles, i agree with you. I think Blithe was a really mentally strong man, with a lot of courage. When Welsh wanted some men to check out that building and Blithe said he would like to go, i almost started to cry. Then when he said he wanted to lead; there i went crying. When he got shot in his neck, i even started to scream... It's such a shame he never recovered from his woonds and died.

He must have been a great person.

By charles strode (Chuck6544) (198.26.123.36) on Saturday, March 01, 2003 - 02:45 pm:

since we seem to be running out of quotes how about expressions. the smile on lips face as speirs runs back through town, shiftys thumbs up
at carentan, joe toye using his brass knuckles on the german soldier at breacourt, and what iliked best about that was before the jump he was complaining about all the equipment he had carry along but asked about his brass knuckles , he said he had a use for them, that was funny. and the velocity buck had throwing grenades,i think the book points out compton was a baseball player
(ithink a catcher) for UCLA,the impact of the grenades probably knocked the enemy out before detonation.
the silence in the planes before the jump on d day (nojust brfore)butas soon as they take off,
and espcially winters expressons to doc roe which a smile in that kinda situation probably was a confidence boost.

By John Wood (Woodman) (66.112.102.114) on Saturday, March 01, 2003 - 02:49 pm:

Personally, I like the laugh Nixon gives Lt. Jones when he discovers that Jones graduated from West Point on June 6, 1944.

For quotes, How about the exchange between Nixon and Winters about Nixon continuing to hide his VAT 69 in Winters' footlocker.

By Michael Wisotzkey (Afireinside) (24.171.107.160) on Saturday, March 01, 2003 - 07:54 pm:

I found an mp3 of that song. It was actually by the 82nd Airborne.

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Saturday, March 01, 2003 - 08:43 pm:

How about the look on Winters' and Nixon's face in ep 4 when Nixon's helmet got hit?
John, you want me to quote them for you? ;)


gold

By charles strode (Chuck6544) (198.26.123.36) on Saturday, March 01, 2003 - 09:34 pm:

that was classic especially when nix told him to quit looking at him like that. also how about when
winters trows the urine on him to get him out of bed.

chuck

By charles strode (Chuck6544) (198.26.123.36) on Saturday, March 01, 2003 - 09:49 pm:

i also wonder about when nix offerd winters a drink from his flask on the train to port in NY and which winters said no, and nix said if i thought if you would drink it i wouldnt offer it to ya, after that he offers a drink to welsh who
does take a drink, what i wonder is if nix ever offerd welsh a drink again?

By Michael Wisotzkey (Afireinside) (24.171.107.160) on Saturday, March 01, 2003 - 11:32 pm:

"And Guarnere.." Winters

"Sir?" Guarnere

"I'm not a quaker" Winters

Boys laughing.

By charles strode (Chuck6544) (198.26.123.36) on Saturday, March 01, 2003 - 11:51 pm:

i like the naration muck gives to web during chow time about who all had been hit, and toye beforethat telling the camera man we didnt need F!#%ing rescued by patton, and yes john you hit it when nix tells lt. jones not to get hurt.

chuck

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Sunday, March 02, 2003 - 12:39 am:

Love that too!
Muck: Don’t worry, there’s enough crap flying around here you’re bound to get dinged some time. Almost every single one of these guys have been hit at least once. Except for Alley, he’s a two timer. He landed on broken glass in Normandy, and got peppered by a potato masher in Holland
Alley: You’ll find out son
Muck: Now bull, he got a piece of exploding tank in Holland. And George Luz here, has never been hit. You’re one lucky bastard
Luz: Takes one to know one Skip
Muck: Ah. Consider us blessed. And Liebgott, that skinny little guy, he got pinked in the neck in Holland. And right next to him, that other skinny little guy, that’s Popeye. He got shot in his scrawny little butt in Normandy. And ah…Buck got shot in his rather large butt in Holland.
Penkala: Yeah, kind of an Easy Company tradition to getting shot in the •••
Muck: Hey, even 1st Sgt. Lipton over there, he got a couple of pieces of a tank shell burst in Carentan. One chunk in the face, another chunk almost took out his nuts


gold

By Leonie ten Cate (Lechan) (217.120.162.33) on Sunday, March 02, 2003 - 04:39 am:

I really love the scene when Nix and Winters are at a room and Winters asks Nixon how his jump was that morning. When Nixon saiys he don't know what to write to the parents.
" Theyre sons didn't even made it out of the goddamned plain"
" Just tell them what you always do. Theyre sons died as heroes" Saiys Winters, then i shocked the first time i saw it when Nixon saiys;
" You really still believe that..?" And than with that look on his face...
I love that scene.

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Sunday, March 02, 2003 - 06:58 am:

Hey Michael, i noticed your very first post in this thread and saw you put "??", that "??" was Babe Heffron

gold

By Lee Hicklin (Hicklin) (195.92.168.176) on Sunday, March 02, 2003 - 07:17 am:

Ok gold, whats the first word and last word said in the series? If you know, you obviously have the scripts!

By Michael Wisotzkey (Afireinside) (24.171.107.160) on Sunday, March 02, 2003 - 02:24 pm:

Thanks Gold.
By the way guys, that Airborne song is called "Blood Upon The Risers"

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Sunday, March 02, 2003 - 04:08 pm:

Lee, i don't have to have the scripts to know that and besides, where would i get the scripts? LOL! First word if you include the vets in the series would be "we" and last word would be "heroes". If you exclude the vets, the first word i can hear is "easy" and the last is "war".

gold

By Iines (Iines) (195.197.127.143) on Sunday, March 02, 2003 - 04:32 pm:

I'm not sure if this is already somewhere here but:
Shifty to Winters: "You've been...you've been...well, it's been a long time.
They way he says it with his soft voice got me as soon as i heard it

About expressions,
Luz in ep.7 when he says to Buck "Nothing stupid Buck" or something like that, he have so funny expression in his face

Iines

By John Wood (Woodman) (66.112.102.114) on Sunday, March 02, 2003 - 05:42 pm:

There are two veteran stories that still shake me up: First when the vet explains that every night he goes to bed and it's cold out, he tells his wife, "Thank God I'm not in Bastogne". I get misty just writing that one, the second was from the last episode, Winters relating a letter Mike Ranney wrote: "Grandpa, were you a hero in the war? 'No, but I served in a company of heroes". He may actually be saying "I served in the company of heroes", but either way it has the same meaning. Very stirring.

By charles strode (Chuck6544) (65.38.25.18) on Sunday, March 02, 2003 - 05:43 pm:

i think it was frost bite

By Melissa Clay (Melissa2800) (66.166.47.71) on Monday, March 03, 2003 - 08:32 am:

Charles,
Yes, Nix does offer a drink to Welsh again.
Remember in episode 8(the last patrol)after Lt Lipton & Lt Jones get their promotions & they are being congratulated by the other officers.
Nix makes a comment to Welsh about the scrape he got & how long he has been recovering then Nix gives Welsh his flask & says "don't go too far away with that!!"
It kinda of happens in the background of the scene, look closely.
Melissa

By Leonie ten Cate (Lechan) (217.120.162.33) on Monday, March 03, 2003 - 12:36 pm:

Yeah i really love the parts when the vet's may speak too. I don't really remember which episode that was, but a vet was speaking and he almost began to cry... and than i had to cry too....and then with the song they play at the begin of each episode i REALLY coudn't stop it.

you know, it may sound a little strange, but since i've seen BoB i really respect each man who's like 80 years old. Now i just realice what they've bin through.
Crazy isn't it?

By charles strode (Chuck6544) (206.37.17.94) on Monday, March 03, 2003 - 01:44 pm:

you are probably talking about when mr. malarky was speaking before episode7.

By charles strode (Chuck6544) (198.26.123.37) on Monday, March 03, 2003 - 01:45 pm:

you are probably talking about when mr. malarky was speaking before episode7,

By Leonie ten Cate (Lechan) (217.120.162.33) on Thursday, March 06, 2003 - 10:16 am:

Yes, that could be it, thanks for reminding me, Charles

By Penil Chhiba (Penil) (80.225.55.14) on Saturday, March 08, 2003 - 07:17 pm:

I can't believe nobody has mentioned what Speirs said to Blithe in the Foxhole at "Carentan". That quote is by far and away my favourite, and really seems to sum up his character.

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Saturday, March 08, 2003 - 09:28 pm:

Penil, here ya go:

Speirs: We’re all scared. You hid in that ditch because you think there’s still hope. But Blithe, the only hope you have is to accept the fact that you’re already dead. And the sooner you accept that, the sooner you’ll be able to function as a soldier is supposed to function, without mercy, without compassion, without remorse. All war depends on it

gold

By charles strode (Chuck6544) (198.26.123.36) on Sunday, March 09, 2003 - 07:20 am:

i read somewhere on this site where someone was comparing speirs to sobel andsaying they were alike in someways, i never saw any comparison,
i think they were trying to get the point across they were both diciplined hardasses, speirs was quiet, and kinda scary which worked well. sobel just ran his mouth and made eveyone hate him.

By Leonie ten Cate (Lechan) (217.120.162.33) on Sunday, March 09, 2003 - 09:14 am:

Yeah i like that quote of Speirs too. It's easy to forgot some very good quotes because...

There are so many of them !!!

That's why BoB is so great i guess. The words they say can really speak to your heart.

By Krzysztof (Krzysztof) (213.77.172.185) on Monday, March 10, 2003 - 07:46 am:

Hi all!!!

Do you know where can I download some songs, which were singing men from E company???

Cheers
Krzychu Suchowiecki

By Ewa ¯ukowska (Hawwah) (212.33.82.54) on Tuesday, March 11, 2003 - 02:43 am:

Here's one of my favourite quotes: "Don't salute the Germans!" - Webster to Janovec (I love the way he says it )

eve

By Leonie ten Cate (Lechan) (217.120.249.52) on Tuesday, March 11, 2003 - 07:49 am:

Krzysztof, that's one good question you asked there. I was looking for myself the other day for songs out the BoB series and i couldn't find it.

I am absolutely clueless and i hope someone does know it!!!

By Iines (Iines) (195.197.127.186) on Tuesday, March 11, 2003 - 02:41 pm:

Eve, i like that one too...and also the one when Webster talked to German prisoners in ep.8. His german isn't very great ;)

Iines

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Tuesday, March 11, 2003 - 04:04 pm:

Leonie, do you want the sound track? i know a link where you could download it, if you want it, do email me?

gold

By Penil Chhiba (Penil) (80.225.15.142) on Tuesday, March 11, 2003 - 07:23 pm:

lol yeah the Webster quotes are good. Do any of you know what Webster said to the two German POWs when he was escorting them to the van the day after the first patrol?

By Jocelyn (Jocey) (67.37.48.102) on Wednesday, March 12, 2003 - 01:22 pm:

here's a good one
Eps 7.
(After the second barrage)
Luz: (Pulls out a ciggy, lip takes it) I thought you didn't smoke?

Lipton: I don't.

Also for the songs, some where on this site there's a link i think to a site that has all the words and has some recordings of men singing them. i'll see if i can find it and i'll post it.

Currahee
Jocey

By Iines (Iines) (195.197.126.111) on Wednesday, March 12, 2003 - 02:59 pm:

Gold, does downloading cost something? I would really like to have the soundtrack!

Iines

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.161.234) on Wednesday, March 12, 2003 - 04:12 pm:

Iines, nope it doesn't cost a thing

gold

By charles strode (Chuck6544) (65.38.25.41) on Wednesday, March 12, 2003 - 09:16 pm:

hey gold, what is said to lt meehan on the plane just before the jump, i know someone hollers to lt meehan about sgt evans then, the n meehan walks down to him and says something to him him being sgt evans, i have played that scene over and over and still cannot undrstand what is said.
and another expression for everyone is at the end of episode 3 when malarky is picking up his luandry and the lady asks him qbout the soliers who shee thought forgot about their laundry, that was one of the saddest moments of the series.

By charles strode (Chuck6544) (65.38.25.41) on Wednesday, March 12, 2003 - 09:27 pm:

jocey, how about when lipton is standing by to talk to winters and as winters walks up says didnt figure you for a smoking man lip, lip says me neither.

By Jocelyn (Jocey) (67.37.48.57) on Wednesday, March 12, 2003 - 11:30 pm:

charles,
yeah i forgot that one, that was good too. I love lipton he was a good man.

currahee
jocey

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Thursday, March 13, 2003 - 07:20 am:

Charles:
(unknown): Lt. Meehan! Lt. Meehan! Bill could use some help
Meehan: Bill, Bill, hey Bill I need your help here!


gold

By Iines (Iines) (195.197.127.133) on Thursday, March 13, 2003 - 12:57 pm:

Gold,
That's great! Can you send me a link where to get it? My address is iines-86@luukku.com.
Many thanks

Iines

By Penil Chhiba (Penil) (80.225.36.148) on Thursday, March 13, 2003 - 07:43 pm:

re: Lt Meehan quotes. I find the whole beginning of episode 2 very upsetting, because of what did eventually happen to Meehan and the rest of the troops in his plane. I do often think also just what the Normandy campaign would have been like for Easy Company had Lt. Meehan survived .

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Thursday, March 13, 2003 - 10:07 pm:

Iines, I'll post it here for everyone who's intersted:
http://www.foolofatook.net/BoB/index.html
Enjoy!


gold (thanks to choi for that)

By Iines (Iines) (195.197.127.135) on Friday, March 14, 2003 - 07:04 am:

Thanks so much Gold! I love those songs, especially "Winters on subway"

Iines

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Friday, March 14, 2003 - 07:18 am:

You're very welcome. Choi did a terrific job on those didn't she?

gold

By Krzysztof (Krzysztof) (213.77.172.185) on Friday, March 14, 2003 - 10:07 am:

GOLD, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS SITE.

KRZYSZTOF SUCHOWIECKI

By Leonie ten Cate (Lechan) (217.120.162.33) on Friday, March 14, 2003 - 12:33 pm:

Sorry that i react so slow, Gold!

I already have the soundtrack, but thanks anyway !!!

By christine (Tendmd) (168.215.239.3) on Sunday, March 23, 2003 - 03:06 am:

I want to add to the best bob dialogue:

From episode “Carentan”
Lipton was hit by a granade blast and talbert was attending to him. Lipton was looking at his lower limbs and talbert checked out the wound and said “Its ok, lip. Everything’s where it should be.”

From episode “Points”
Winters: “Captain Sobel, you salute the rank, not the man”
The expression of nixon was priceless. It was like a silent reprimand to winters but it was funny. Love that scene.

Perconte: “no dice with the froilan?”
Luz: “no dice with the froilan, she smacked me in the mouth.”

Christine c”,)

By Brandee Patrie (Boot) (198.81.26.142) on Sunday, March 23, 2003 - 02:24 pm:

One of my favorite quotes is kind of a sobering one-Roe in his foxhole in Ep. 6: "lord grant that I shall not seek so much to be consoled as to console, to be understood as to understand all, to be loved as to loved, with all my heart, with all my heart" Fitting prayer for a medic, even more so because his grandmother would pray to release the pain.

By Brandee Patrie (Boot) (198.81.26.142) on Monday, March 24, 2003 - 12:03 am:

does someone know the French Roe speaks in Ep. 6 (besides asking Rene her name)?

By gary_nephil (147.8.235.61) on Monday, March 24, 2003 - 04:00 am:

brandee, Roe's prayer is my favourite too and it has become my everyday's prayer before bed. the prayer really means a lot to me.
"your touch calms people" becomes my motto too. i wish i could do the same when i become a doctor after my graduation in 2 yrs time.

gary

By John Wood (Woodman) (66.112.102.46) on Monday, March 24, 2003 - 11:56 am:

When he is reaching in to the soldier's belly, he is saying "On ne Trouve pas", or "can't find it". He is feeling for a major blood vessel.

By Brook Seifert (Brook_Seifert) (12.23.0.60) on Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 09:22 am:

When watching "Bastogne" for the millionth time, I caught a line from Toye that I found quite humorous. When Doc Roe asked him where his boots are, he told him, "Up General Taylor's •••..." I think what made the line humorous was the way Toye said it - almost out of frustration and disgust...

By Leonie ten Cate (Lechan) (217.120.162.33) on Saturday, March 29, 2003 - 04:07 am:

Oww i love that prayer too of Eugene, i'm so thankfull that you put this one the site, i couldn't hear it that good on TV, so thank you so much! The prayer is really great, It's so real... It's beautifull..!

By Warren Stewart (Warreng83) (24.67.253.203) on Saturday, April 19, 2003 - 01:56 am:

The following isn't in the movie, but it is in the book on pages 373-374.

And Webster wrote, "began a party unequalled. Popping corks, spilling champagne, breaking bottles. Raucious laughter, ringing shouts, stuttering, lisping sentences. Have anusher glash. Here, goddammit, lemme pop that cork--ish my turn. Ishn thish wunnerful? Shugalug. Filler up. Where is Hitler? We gotta thank Hitler, the shun uvva bish. Bershteshgaden. I love you. And that was the end of the war."

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.190.70.251) on Saturday, April 19, 2003 - 09:59 am:

Ooohhh, i love "the shun uvva bish!" ;)

gold

By Janine (Janine) (139.134.64.153) on Sunday, April 20, 2003 - 09:43 pm:

That would have really been a sight; to see all the Easy men drunk! lol

By christine (Tendmd) (203.172.8.96) on Wednesday, April 23, 2003 - 06:29 am:

yeah, and at the documentary of the dvd, shifty powers and one lung mclung were being interviewed and narrated that it was the first time that they saw the whole platoon "drunk as a skunk" and in the morning they were lining up for their formation wearing only their underwear. LOL!!!

christine

By Timothy Andrew Ross (Ghosthunter) (24.71.223.140) on Thursday, May 29, 2003 - 07:42 pm:

How's this for one, I always keep this in mind when someone thinks I have finally lost my mind (usually buddies in my chemistry class). I believe it was Spiers in Bastong that said to a group not to do anything stupid and one of them responds, "He's talking to a group of people who decided to jump out of a perfectly good airplane, how stupid is that." I also like when Sobel said to Malarky in Toccoa, "Rust on the butt plate private bullsh*t."

By alan james o'reilly (Alanor) (62.254.64.5) on Friday, May 30, 2003 - 04:36 pm:

Very many thanks guys, for starting this thread. Aphorisms (not to be confused with insects ladybirds eat) are a great form of speech, showing language at its best, I think.

I collated some "Winters-isms", which I'll put up asap, mostly free quotations of the major's, some are observations, but you'll get the drift. Some have been mentioned already, like the "paratroops surrounded" one.

In the meantime, this thought would have had a resonance with Doc Roe and his medical colleagues.

“Here in hospital a man realises for the first time in how many places a man can get hit” Paul Baumer, All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque

Regards
Alan O'R

By Olivia (Olivia) (140.203.7.37) on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 06:00 am:

I have had this line from Crossroads in my head for days. It's just the wat Lt Peacock says it.
Lt. P: Jeez captain they're SS.

And I love the one with Doc ROe and Guarnere in Bastogne.
Doc: Hey Bill how's the leg?
Guarnere: Never mind the leg doc Im pi**ing needles here.
Doc: .... What can I say Bill drink plenty of water
Guarnere: ??? It's pi**in that hurts

In Episode 1 the British soldier in the Jerry clobber is speaking Cockney rhyming slang
Boche means Germans. Mince pies is eyes.
Half-inching is pinching(stealing) etc

By Olivia (Olivia) (140.203.7.37) on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 06:04 am:

Oh yeah and
Bull: Sh*t Cobb you weren't in Normandy neither

Luz: Hey Buck are you gonna play lefty all night?
Buck: George Luz, what would I do without George Luz. Hooo!

By M. Williams (Marine) (152.163.252.100) on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 12:12 pm:

popeye after getting pinked in the behind. " heck i just got here"

buck was shot in his rather large •••, ( as buck shakes his bum lol)


mike

By Timothy Andrew Ross (Ghosthunter) (192.139.27.18) on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 03:28 pm:

This has been stuck in my mind for quite some time, it is when they are running Curahee after having the spegetti lunch (sorry for the implorable spelling). Here it goes:

"Pulling upon the risers,
Falling upon the grass,
Never landing upon our feet,
We always hit our •••.

"Aye, aye christ almighty, who the hell are we,
Zim, zam, God damn, we're airborne infantry."

The second time "Aye, aye" becomes "Tide, tidee."

By Jocelyn (Jocey) (67.37.48.227) on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 03:54 pm:

hey to everyone who is interested, i was in the store the other day and here in the states the soudtrack to BoB is out. so if you live here in the states you could go find it if you want it.

Currahee
jocey

By Esteban Hernandez (Esteb6644) (24.130.115.9) on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 05:42 pm:

Is any one here, because this my first conversation on this website?

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 12:38 am:

Awesome Jocey!!! I hope they'll be out here in my country soon too!!! *fingers crossed*

gold

By jasmine (203.168.166.147) on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 04:58 am:

what about nix and winters were talking about how to get rib of duke.....
oh and 'the night of the knief'.....
and what about toye hit twice in the the first epi
he said somehting like 'f@#king twice'....
i think it's pretty funny too....

Jasmine

By charles strode (Chuck6544) (198.26.123.36) on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 08:37 am:

how about when malarky runs out to fetch what he thought was a luger, and they quit firing on him.
petty says they must the must think hes a medic or something, wild bill responds with hes gonna need a medic not in those exact words.

By christine (Tendmd) (202.163.230.158) on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 09:34 am:

i share gold's sentiments regarding the BoB soundtrack, hope they release it here!!! Pleaseeee!

christine

By M. Williams (Marine) (152.163.252.100) on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 12:47 pm:

hmmmmm wishing ya had the sound tracks huh? well if anyone wants one i could mail a copy or two. email me and well make arrangements....mike

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Saturday, June 14, 2003 - 04:09 am:

Charles:
Malarkey: I think one of those dead krauts has a luger?
Liebgott: Keep your head low Petty, come on move it! Have a little suppressing fire why don’t ya?
Guarnere: Jesus Christ! Malarkey!
Liebgott: Now they stopped firing! Beautiful!
Petty: Christ, they must think he’s a medic or something!
Guarnere: He’s gonna need a godamn medic!
Malarkey: okay, okay, okay
Liebgott: Malarkey
Guarnere: Forgot your friggin’ luger? Or you want I should go and get it for you, you stupid Mick!


gold

By Emily Mann (Em_Ace) (82.36.19.246) on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 - 01:20 pm:

some of my favourites are -

Bill Guarnere: Crazy Joe" McKlosky was fucking nuts... that's why they called him "Crazy Joe!

Buck Compton: Where you hit, Private?
Popeye Wynn: I fucked up. My •••, sir!
Buck Compton: Your •••?

George Rice: It looks like you guys are going to be surrounded.
Richard Winters: We're paratroopers Lieutenant. We're supposed to be surrounded.

Richard Winters: Captain Sobel, you salute the rank, not the man

Ronald Speirs: We're all scared. You hid in that ditch because you think there's still hope. But Blithe, the only hope you have is to accept the fact that you're already dead. And the sooner you accept that, the sooner you'll be able to function as a soldier is supposed to function. Without mercy. Without compassion. Without remorse. All war depends on it.

Warren Muck: Lipton here, almost got his nuts blown off in Carentan.
Bill Guarnere: Yeah, how are those nuts of yours doing, Sarge?
Carwood Lipton: They're doing just fine.

George Luz: Hey Janovek, what ya reading?
John Janovek: It's an article on why we're fighting the war.
George Luz: Why are we fighting the war, Janovek?
John Janovek: It appears the Germans are bad, very bad.
George Luz: The Germans are bad, huh? No shit...

Herbert Sobel: What's your name, trooper?
Donald Malarkey: Malarkey, sir.
Herbert Sobel: Malarkey. Is that slang for bullshit?
Donald Malarkey: Yes sir!

Frank Perconte: Hey George!
George Luz: Yeah?
Frank Perconte: Kind of remind ya of Bastogne?
George Luz: Yeah, now that you mention it... Except, of course, there's no snow, we got warm grub in our bellies, and the trees aren't fuckin' exploding from Kraut artillery, but yeah... Frank... other than that, it's a lot like Bastogne.
Frank Perconte: Right?
George Luz: Bull, smack him for me please?
Thump!
George Luz: Thank you!

Warren Muck: I swam the across the Niagra once
Alex Penkala: Yeah
Warren Muck: I swear. On a bet
George Luz: What in a barrel?
Warren Muck: No..God...I didn't go over the falls George. I swam across the river. Ten miles up from the falls. I tell ya that current is damn strong, It must have carried me at least two miles down stream before I made it across. But I got across. Now personally I didn't think it was all that stupid. But my mom and my sister Ruth...they gave me all kinds of hell

Pvt. Hashey: Jesus Christ...It's a whole other company!
Sgt. Martin: No shit!

Richard Winters: Harry. Fire's not a good idea.
Harry Welsh: Just a couple of minutes. We're in a dell.
Richard Winters: A dell?? Like where fairies and gnomes live?
Cpt. Nixon: I swear I thought I could smell a fire. I did smell a fire. Are you out of your mind?
Richard Winters: Well, we're in a dell.
Cpt. Nixon: Huh??

Bill Guarnere: Once we get into combat, they only people you can trust is yourself and the fella next to you.
Joe Toye: Hey. As long as he's a paratrooper.

Bill Guarnere: I don't know whether to slap you, kiss you, or salute you!

Frank Perconte: Now just think, if you had any class or style like me, somebody might've mistaken you for somebody.

Bill Guarnere: I like Winters, he's a good man. But when the bullets start flying, I don't know if I want a Quaker doing my fighting for me.

sorry if thats to many to read.

By Debbie (Dogpower) (166.121.37.7) on Monday, July 21, 2003 - 07:25 pm:

Winters: If Easy runs into any trouble, you let me know okay?
Nixon: Yeah. If you run into any bacon sandwich, you do the same yeah?
Winters: ...Yeah.

Yeps, or something like that, according to my warped memory. >.< I like the way Nixon keeps harping on bacon sandwich.

By cherub (Cherub) (68.161.66.40) on Wednesday, July 23, 2003 - 12:14 am:

hey. I was just scanning through the posts, and I came across someone saying that Speirs had some good quotes...I love Speirs hehehe. Here's one.

Episode 10 (At the roadblock)
-"Terrific! Let's find out where Hitler lived."

I liked Eion Bailey's lines in Episode 9, when they were passing the surrendering German troops.

Webster: Hey! Hey, you! That's right! That's right! Say hello to Ford! And General *effing* Motors! Look at you! You have horses! What were you thinking?!
(Garcia pulls him down)
Webster: (mutters)Dragging our a**es half-way around the world (then shouts) and for what?! You insolent, servile scum! What the *eff* are we doing here!?

Luz, episode 3, headed for Carentan.
Luz: (quoting..was it Gen Taylor?) Give me three days and three nights of hard foightin'! Aaand, you will be relieeeved! (also) Another thing to remember, boys. Flies spread disease! So keep yours closed!

Harry Welsh, episode 3, near the farmhouse.
Welsh: Martin, Dukeman you just volunteered. Hubba, hubba. (hehe I love the hubba part)

Still Harry, still episode 3, talking to Winters.
Welsh: That's why I joined the army. To please General Taylor.

I also liked his "War is hell" line.

Aaaaaggggghh...I have to stop. Maybe I should just list 'em somewhere else or sumpin. :D

By jenna (Chicachuck17) (65.24.89.47) on Wednesday, July 23, 2003 - 04:50 pm:

oh no keep goin... you have good ones
hehehehe :-)

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Wednesday, July 23, 2003 - 09:49 pm:

LOL! So hard to stop right? ;0

gold

By charles strode (Chuck6544) (198.26.123.36) on Thursday, July 24, 2003 - 06:18 am:

anybody wanna smoke!

By alan james o'reilly (Alanor) (81.108.149.41) on Thursday, July 24, 2003 - 02:56 pm:

Winters-isms

I have to get these down, before I lose the piece of paper with them on. Please bear with me re the inevitable repetitions, and also some digression, to put things in context:

The first quotes are from Chris' post of 4th March 2002, from the article on the major in
Army Magazine, January 2002, by Col. Cole C. Kingseed, USA Ret.

To West Point cadets:

"Hang tough and take care of your soldiers."

On the toughest challenges:

"[In war], to be able to think under fire.
In peace, the toughest challenge is to be fair."

On the latter, the fact that leaders in every sphere won't rise to the challenge has spawned the huge raft of so-called 'equality' legistlation that is stifling so much of national life.

From the series (apologies that quotes are approximate).

Ep. 2. "I made a promise to God that if I survived the war, I would find a quiet corner of the earth somewhere and live in peace."

He did and still is, food for thought...

Ep. 4. (To Capt. Nixon, about the big picture) "Any word on the divisions up north?"
Capt Nixon: "Looks like we're going to have to find another way into Germany."

Or as Lt. Gen. 'Boy' Browning said to Field Marshall Montgomery on the eve of 'Market Garden' "Sir, I think we might be going a bridge too far."

Ep. 5. "We're paratroopers, Lieutenant, we're supposed to be surrounded." Thanks, Emily, for mentioning this was to Lt. Rice. I'm not sure if anyone knows who actually said it at Bastogne. Various versions exist.

Ep. 6. (To Doc Roe) "Eugene, get back to Bastogne, get yourself a hot meal and some rest."

Winters was taking care of his soldiers, knowing full well how much depended on Doc Roe. Such enlightenment could not be taken for granted and was wholly exceptional in earlier wars:

On the eve of the battle of Culloden, near Iverness, April 16th 1746, an English redcoat said of his commanding general, the Duke of Cumberland, "A lot of people don't like our Billy Cumberland but we reckon he's all right. At least he feeds yer, which is more'n some of 'em do!" (Cumberland's army bloodily crushed the Jacobite rebellion of 1745 under Bonnie Prince Charlie. Afterwards, the duke was known as 'Butcher' Cumberland.)

Napolean, outstanding general that he was, callously abandoned two of his armies; following the battle of the Nile in 1794 and after the retreat of his grand army from Moscow in 1812. 450,000 of his 500,000 troops perished between Borodino and Vilnius.

As late as WW1, Robert Graves records in "Goodbye to all That" what happened when two junior subalterns, 2nd Lt.'s Henry and Hill of the Middlesex regiment, reported to HQ after a disastrous day's fighting at the battle of Loos, Sept. 25th, 1915. Their battalion had lost 550 men, including 11 officers killed.

"The colonel and the adjutant were sitting down to a meat pie when Hill and Henry arrived. Henry said: 'Come to report, sir. Ourselves and about ninety men of all companies. Mr Choate is back, unwounded, too.'"

The colonel remarked casually, 'So you've survived, have you [and] all the rest are dead?' He then summarily re-allocated the command structure and dismissed the two subalterns. Graves continues:

"Not having been offered a piece of meat pie or a drink of whisky, they saluted and went miserably out. The adjutant called them back. 'Mr Hill! Mr Henry!' 'Sir?' 'I saw some men in the trench just now with their shoulder-starps unbuttoned and their equipment fastened anyhow. See that this does not occur in future. That's all.' Henry heard the colonel complaining from his bunk that he had only two blankets and that it was deucedly cold night."

Lt. Choate reported a little later. He then helped himself to a piece of pie and a glass of whisky, saluted and went out, leaving his superiors speechless. It comes as no surprise to learn that Choate was a journalist in peacetime. The regard of the ordinary soldier for officers like Colonel Sink and Major Winters should therefore be seen in the context of these accounts.

Ep. 7. (To Lt. Dike) "I'm relying on you, get it done."

Lt. Dike was a capable staff officer, in the wrong place. Winters tried to think for him but as we know, the situation was only redeemed after Winters' summons: "Lieutenant Spiers, to me!" The incident illustrates the desperate shortage of trained junior leaders that all armies suffer from in times of crisis.

Ep. 8. (To Lt. Jones' request to accompany the patrol) "Denied, anything else?"

Standard ROTC training is "when you give a command, give it clear." Viewers will recall that everything the major said was with striking clarity. Webster got round the problem, of course and the rest of the ep showed how Lt. Jones proved himself a good officer, according to the old military criterion that "an officer or NCO can demand obedience but he has to command respect."

Ep. 9. (To Leibgott, on returning the inmates to their camp) "We've got to, Joe, it's Colonel Sink's order."

Or as the Germans would say "An order is an order."

Ep. 9. "[The citizens] are going to get a helluva shock tomorrow...[we're] finding camps like this all over Germany."

The shock is with us today, as are the camps, though not in Germany.

Ep. 10. (Implied from Nixon's sceptical query) "They died like heroes."

Never easy to keep things in perspective, especially when everyone else is "browned off" with the circumstances (British expression, circa 1940s.)

Ep. 10. (To Spiers (?)) "Ron, nobody gets hurt, not now."

Taking care of his soldiers again. Sadly, it was not to be but not through lack of trying, on the major's part.

Ep. 10 (To Powers) "You're a helluva fine soldier, Shifty."

Said, I think, to alleviate Powers' concern that he could never explain the war to the folks back home. All that was necessary was for them to understand that their son had served honourably and well. As Alan Moorhead said in his book "The Desert War, 1940-1943,"

"A great number of people at home who referred emotionally to 'Our boys' would have been shocked and horrified if they had known just how the boys were thinking and acting. They would have regarded them as young hooligans. And this was because the real degrading nature of war was not understood by the public at home, and it never can be understood by anyone who has not spent months in the trenches or in the air or at sea."

Powers, incidentally, with his sniper's ability, personified that great character of 'the American rifleman', who even today stands firm against an increasingly authoritarian establishment. In the 1960's, a sitcom called "Stockdale" was broadcast, the central character being a young enlisted airman from the backwoods. His marksmanship was so astonishingly accurate that his CO said, "Stockdale, don't you ever miss?" to which the airman replied, "Did once, my daddy liked to have tanned the hide off me." Thus Shifty got the company out of a jam at Foy!

Ep. 10. (On viewing the column of German POWs) "They still march proud."

In other words, a soldier is a soldier, whatever his circumstances.

Ep. 10. "Captain Sobel, you salute the rank, not the man."

Self explanatory. I think Sobel's best line was in Ep. 1. running up Currahee. "Do NOT help that man! Do NOT help that man!" Standard operating procedure in an attack. The line given to the character of a Gallipoli veteran describing an infantry assault, in a play about Australia's ANZAC day, is very real:

"You'd have your bayonet out and you'd hear a sound. It'd be yourself, sorta screamin'. The worst of it was, you couldn't help your mates, you had to keep pushin' on."

I must admit, when watching David Schwimmer attempting to collapse the parachute in Ep. 1., I was waiting for him to shout "RACHEL! HELPP!"

Ep. 10. (In response to Lipton's tactful reply about his pending transfer according to protocol, following promotion.) "It's an idiotic theory, particularly in your case."

The major understood the difference between a superior who simply demands obedience and one who commands respect. Most establishments have no time for such nuances and prefer the simplicity of rigid rules and 'diktats'. Nothing gets the backs up of a skilled and intelligent workforce quicker. Winters must have been a superb personnel or 'HR' manager at Nixon Nitration, probably the best they ever had.

Finally, a quote comes to mind that one would like to apply to men of Easy who made the supreme sacrifice during the war or have passed away since. It comes from the book "Good Bye Dolly Gray," the story of the Boer War by Rayne Kruger. Kruger recounts the defence in August 1900 by about 70 Afikaaner policemen or 'Zarps' who fought against a British infantry assault supported by artillery. The Zarps, outnumbered 20:1, were almost wiped out and "The scene amid the yellow-stained granite deeply moved one of the British newspaper correspondents:

"The dead lay where they had fallen. Not one ill-featured face was there; no man could be ill-featured who had the heart to hold this post against that hurricane of death. Peace, unbroken peace to their souls, for they were brave men.""

Or as I think the major would say:

"Hang tough."

Regards
Alan O'R
North Yorkshire

By jenna (Chicachuck17) (65.24.89.47) on Friday, July 25, 2003 - 07:55 pm:

wow
i applaud

By cherub (Cherub) (68.161.66.40) on Friday, July 25, 2003 - 08:02 pm:

Great post, Mr. O'Reilly!

'I must admit, when watching David Schwimmer attempting to collapse the parachute in Ep. 1., I was waiting for him to shout "RACHEL! HELPP!" '

Hehe that's a good one! I believe Schwimmer did a good job of portraying Sobel (all the chicken----ness was very convincing), of course the casting is superb, as well.

When I read in the book about the part when Shifty met the accident on his way home, he wasn't only injured but he was stripped of his souvenirs and his backpay. In the movie, I felt as if Winters said it best, "You're a helluva fine soldier, Shifty. There's nothing else more to explain." He has done more than enough. When I saw him in the documentary, I admired how well-spoken Shifty is. He never deserved such an unfortunate fate with him being robbed. But I think the most important part of that story was that Shifty made it back, and he is all right.

By alan james o'reilly (Alanor) (81.108.149.41) on Saturday, July 26, 2003 - 09:38 am:

Dear Jenna and Cherub

Thank you very much for your encouraging remarks. I certainly agree that Shifty's accident seemed a cruel twist of fate but it was heartening to see him interviewed on the documentary. A soldier and a gentleman, definitely.

Best regards
Alan O'Reilly

By jenna (Chicachuck17) (65.24.89.47) on Saturday, July 26, 2003 - 09:43 am:

that a**hole couldn't find a snowball in a blizzard
Ep.6 Luz talking about Lt. Dike i think but i'm not sure

By Chris Saunders (Space_Cowboy) (195.92.168.173) on Saturday, July 26, 2003 - 04:37 pm:

Episode 4 - When Sgt Martin informs the British Tank commander of the German tank up ahead: -

Brit Tank Commander: Well if I can't see the bugger then I can't bloody well shoot it!

How British!
Chris

By Colenenoel (Colenenoel) (68.98.252.9) on Tuesday, July 29, 2003 - 03:29 pm:

I don't know if I saw it listed before but the end of The Last Patrol as Nixon and Winters are about to get into the car.

Nixon: "Oh, before I forget Col. Sink is a bit unhappy with the appearance of your uniform. He says it' not befitting your rank"

Nixon tosses the oak leaves to Winters

Winters: "Oak Leaves"

By Leonie ten Cate (Lechan) (195.85.166.52) on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 09:39 am:

I'm thankfull for all these quotes you guys put on this page, i just baught a new agenda for the new schoolyear and i'm bussy with writing all the beautifull quotes of BoB in it so i guess i just want to thank you for writing lines down which i may have not noticed watching the series. If you have some more real good quotes i'll be happy to hear it ! Thank you...!

By John Wood (Woodman) (66.143.35.229) on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 02:20 pm:

How about when Guarnere says of Lt. Dike, "He's got his head so far up his ••• that lump in his throat is his chin".

By Joost van Nunen (Wapenbroeders) (195.240.71.171) on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 04:37 pm:

There should be a bob agenda with quotes in it already, wouldn't that be great!
Hey i think i tell HBO merchandise to make them,
(jep they certainly gonne listen to me :P NOT)
Currahee,
Joost

By Manda (Manda) (128.193.26.145) on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 06:46 pm:

John,
That one was my favorite, too. And in the beaurocratic nightmare that is my job, I have to admit to using that one on occassion :-)
Manda

By Leonie ten Cate (Lechan) (217.120.162.33) on Thursday, July 31, 2003 - 08:27 am:

Yeah Joost, it would be great if that kind of agenda already excisted, but to bad!!! (well i haven't found any here in Holland, any of you guys did somewere else..?) It would be great . I got some other lines to which i have seen on an other WW2 site;

'Always remember, never forget. If you love your freedom, thank a Vet.' Love this one .
'Freedom is not for free' True, it could cost lives.
'All gave some, some gave all.' The US + Europe gave soldiers, these soldiers gave everything, to overcome the enemy. Beautifull line ...
'An attack could be soft... like a needle in the heart.'
And ofcousre not to forget i have;

'From this day,
Till the ending of the world,
We in it shall be remembered.
We lucky few, We Band of Brothers,
For he who today shared his
Blood with me,
Shall be my brother'
My absolutely favorite from BoB.

By Brook_Seifert (209.227.119.200) on Thursday, July 31, 2003 - 12:41 pm:

Leonie,
After reading "All gave some, some gave all", it reminded me a sign I see here in New York City. I live next door to a New York City Firefighter, and he has a sign with the quote on his car. After the tragedy of losing 343 firefighters on September 11, 2001, I know that he spent many, many hours digging through the rubble searching for his "Band of Brothers"...

By Jason Schamberger (Schammy) (64.42.220.123) on Thursday, July 31, 2003 - 12:47 pm:

Here are two of my favorite, both from Ep. 3: Carentan...

1. Spears to Blithe....

You know why you hid Private, because you still think there's hope...once you begin to accept the fact that your already dead, you'll be able to function like a true soldier, without thought, without remorse...

2. Welsh to Blithe...

"It's all a game Blithe, we're just moving ball forward one yard at a time."

By Leonie ten Cate (Lechan) (217.120.162.33) on Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 02:21 pm:

Brook,
I know, that's a beautifull quote and i can imagine that that firefighter new it to. I saw the quote on a site which was made by a WW2 veteran. And he had realy good quotes. So stupid of me i didn't wrote down the URL... i'm sorry for that, else i would have posted it here. I'd do my best to find it again.

By Michael Robert (Mrm47) (12.80.111.151) on Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 03:55 pm:

Here's one of my favorites from episode 1.

Nixon: Sobel's a genius. I had a headmaster in prep school who was just like him. I know the type.

Winters: Lew, Michaelangelo's a genius. Beethoven's a genius.

Nixon: You know a man in this company who wouldn't double-time Currahee with a full pack just to piss in that man's morning coffee?

By Rafn Þórisson (Skytta) (193.4.198.10) on Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 08:01 am:

my faviorite quote is when Winters is thinking who can replace Lt Dike when he mension Shames"Shames has just seen to many War Movies his alwys yealing(dont know how it is written shauting)or.....

Rabbi @ Iceland

By Tash (Sorcy) (203.10.1.25) on Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 10:59 am:

He he those are all really good quotes but one of my faves is from Winters
"What's that? A piece of paper? I don't wanna see another piece of paper!"
That cracked me up. Poor dear. He wanted to keep an eye on his men but got stuck doing the paperwork.

By Tash (Sorcy) (203.10.1.25) on Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 11:04 am:

OOooh and also does anyone know...
What is a mennonite? This one got me stumped cause i couldn't hear what Guarnere said.

By Susan Lentz (68.52.78.181) on Sunday, August 17, 2003 - 07:09 pm:

Tash, A Mennonite is one of our religious sects. They forgo most modern things, though if I recall correctly (there was a group living near me growing up)they do drive cars and trucks (always black, and they used to paint the bumpers back when they were metal). They painted the bumpers because they did not approve of shiny, showy things; they have special schools for their children, dress in old fashioned clothes,the women don't wear makeup, etc - basically they live a self contained life in their own communities,usually out in the country, outside of small towns. I think they are Dutch in origin, the women (who all seem to have long hair) wear small bonnet type hair coverings - sometimes lace - but always a little something. They are much more 'modern' than the Amish, as the Amish still drive horse and buggies and really live as in the 1800's - no electricity or anything. We always thought of the Mennonites as 'liberal' Amish!

By Tash (Sorcy) (203.10.1.25) on Monday, August 18, 2003 - 08:39 am:

Ahh ok then thanks for that Susan. Living in Australia and not being religious myself I don't know much about the religions of others so I apologise for my ignorance.

By Susan Lentz (68.52.78.181) on Monday, August 18, 2003 - 10:07 am:

That's ok Tash, I don't know much about them myself, and most people in the States probably have never heard of them. FYI, groups like that are usually pacifists. In fact, I think they consider themselves removed from the community at large. I don't think that they vote or interact much with the rest of us, though I may be wrong about that. I can only guess that during WW2 there was some resentment against all these groups, which is probably why they were mentioned in BOB at all. Guarnere mentions them (if this really happened, I can't remember all the details from the book) when he finds out Winters isn't a Quaker. The two are vastly different though. Quakers are much more integrated into the community - often fully integrated, like former President Nixon. The common element here is the pacifism, though some Quakers served in noncombat positions.

By miri (67.233.112.211) on Monday, August 18, 2003 - 12:02 pm:

Hi, I'd like to enlarge the definition of Mennonite posted here. Mennonites by and large do not live like the Amish, who do live separately from the world. Some confusion arises about the two groups because they both were part of the Protestant Anabaptist (adult baptism, rebaptism) movement during the 17th century. The group split later, with the Amish choosing to shun the world. Mennonites live simply, but completely in the world. Yes, they do have a strong commitment to pacifism, and to social justice.There are several excellent official websites sponsored by the Mennonite church if you wish more information about their specific beliefs. www.mennoniteusa.org

By Susan Lentz (68.52.78.181) on Monday, August 18, 2003 - 05:20 pm:

Thanks for the web site, it was really interesting as I had no idea that there would be such a thing. The congregation located close to me growing up must have been more conservative, as they did not go to school with us or hold jobs in the community - didn't mean to paint them all with the same brush. I did not see any reference to their country of origin. Do you happen to know if there was a common country, or if they happen to speak a different language in the home? Just interested really. Thanks.

By emberly prothero (Emberly) (144.35.254.5) on Friday, September 19, 2003 - 01:48 pm:

All of the above are great quotes and some are my favorite. But here are some that, I think, havn't been mentioned.
In Berchtesgaden near Hitler's eagle's nest:
Winters to Nixon- "Happy VE-day"

In the last episode with welsh,winters and Nixon talking:
Welsh to Nixon- "You in on this too?'
Nixon- "I can't let him go by himself. He don't know where it is."

Webster yelling at that German cook after they found the camp:
Webster- "How about a human being? You one of those?"

By Max Davis (Hilts) (195.93.32.14) on Monday, November 10, 2003 - 12:34 pm:

How could you all forget, "This isn't Spaghetti, It's Army noodles and ketchup, classic!

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.165.243) on Monday, November 10, 2003 - 06:42 pm:

bwahahaha! "this ain't spaghetti, this is army noodles with ketchup" ;)

gold

By Max Davis (Hilts) (195.93.32.14) on Tuesday, November 11, 2003 - 12:15 pm:

I know its not a quote, but how bout the look the 82nd Airbourne guys give Winters when he reaches into his flies to retrieve his compass

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.165.243) on Wednesday, November 12, 2003 - 06:10 am:

that goes to one of the best scenes thread!

gold

By Debbie (Dogpower) (165.21.154.17) on Thursday, November 13, 2003 - 03:41 am:

*grins* Gold, could you help me with this quote? It's this part in Ep. 9 (I think!) where the boys are singing some song. Then this private (O'Keefe?) goes up reaaaaally high on the last line and someone says something like, "O'Brien, you sit on your bayonet or somethin'?" Anyone remember that?

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.165.243) on Thursday, November 13, 2003 - 06:14 am:

Pvt. Patrick O’Keefe: …right behind the rain
Christenson: Hey O’Keefe, are you sitting on your bayonet there? Why don’t you leave the singing to Luz?
Luz: Unless you wanna do like surrey with the fringe on top O’Keefe?

gold

By Debbie (Dogpower) (165.21.154.17) on Thursday, November 13, 2003 - 07:45 am:

*faint* You've hit it gal! *grins* Yep, that was it...

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.165.243) on Thursday, November 13, 2003 - 08:30 pm:

hehe. more quote questions, debs? ;)

gold

By Max Davis (Hilts) (195.93.32.14) on Sunday, November 16, 2003 - 02:01 pm:

Hey Marigold, you know your stuff!!!, Were you executive producer on the mini-series or what!!!!, nice to see that someone takes the time to respond to a lot of the threads, keep up the excellent work!!

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.165.243) on Sunday, November 16, 2003 - 08:54 pm:

LOL Max, thank you.

gold

By Amanda Franche (Cfmedic) (216.208.194.36) on Saturday, December 06, 2003 - 10:46 pm:

I don' know if anyone still puts things in but here is my fav quote.
Welsh: no playing grap fanny with the man in front of ya Luz.

Guess what episode it is from?. heheheh

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.186.51) on Saturday, December 06, 2003 - 11:39 pm:

ep 3, carentan. ;)

gold

By Amanda Franche (Cfmedic) (216.209.98.26) on Sunday, December 07, 2003 - 01:16 pm:

Holy poo. Are you watching the movie when people put up these quotes?.

By Amanda Franche (Cfmedic) (216.208.194.34) on Sunday, December 07, 2003 - 08:43 pm:

Heres one from Luz I love this.
Luz: a**hole couldn't find a snowball in a blizzard.

You probably know where that one is from

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.186.51) on Monday, December 08, 2003 - 07:51 am:

lol no i don't watch the movie when people put up these quotes.
and yes i know where that one is from. ep 6, bastogne.

gold

By Amanda Franche (Cfmedic) (206.172.221.161) on Tuesday, December 09, 2003 - 07:02 pm:

"Youre okay every thing is right where they should be"

Talbert to Lipton

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.186.51) on Wednesday, December 10, 2003 - 06:04 am:

ep 3 ;)LOL sorry i couldn't help guessing. a friend of mine used to play guessing quote games! ;)

gold

By Wonsuck Choi (Brisk) (67.22.178.104) on Wednesday, December 10, 2003 - 09:09 pm:

"Oh well it wasn't me" ... Nixon

After barely surviving from the jump that has gone bad and killed many.

By Kyle Herring (Historybuff2008) (24.143.29.134) on Tuesday, December 16, 2003 - 08:18 pm:

Most useless sentence I've ever heard:

"Find some cover!" -Lt. Compton during the artillery barrage in Bastogne outside of Foy.

By Martin Goransson (213.113.178.112) on Sunday, December 28, 2003 - 01:22 pm:

Just found this page and just discovered the series in fact!

Fav quote off the top of my head: Webster in #9

-Say hello to Ford and General Motors. Your´re on horses, what were you thinking??

By Denniger (Denniger) (217.82.4.147) on Monday, December 29, 2003 - 07:41 am:

This has to go in the "scene thread" as there are no spoken lines at all.. but in episode nine, where Nixon goes into a German house, and its obviously very well furnished, he takes the needle off the record player, sees the liquor, smells and dismisses it..(sorry pal, its not Vat 69!) Then he sees the photos of the German officer and his Frau, tosses his- SMASH, he turns around, and there she is- that hardened, dignified, angry, defiant look on her face..arms crossed.. (WAS machen Sie hier in meinem Haus!?!) Then she looks over to the smashed photo of her Mann.. (probably KIA, no one knows) and Nixon- embarrassed by his actions, turns to leave. Confronted by the Frau in her well to do home, and that dignified stare match was to much for him. Pausing at the door with the yapping dog..he leaves. Great scene!
Then later their eyes meet again, as she is flailing about pulling on dead
bodies...

By Bradley Peterson (Brad) (140.254.79.216) on Monday, December 29, 2003 - 12:40 pm:

"(probably KIA, no one knows)" My (maybe feeble) recollection is that the picture frame had a black ribbon on it, indicating that he was indeed KIA.

"Zim-Zam, God-Damn, we're the Airborne Infantry "
One of the few errors in the series. The 506th would have sung the last phrase as "we're parachute infantry."

There are some funny moments in Episode 9 when they are riding in the DUKWs. After Luz asks Janovec about what he's reading. Luz, with mock incredulity, says "Janovec's reading an article here that says the Germans are BAD" (just noticed in editing someone else also mentioned this earlier). In the same scene, Liebgott is telling Webster that he, too, loves reading. Then he names several comic books... The look on Web's face is priceless.

In Episode 3, Welsh asks Winters how his wounded leg is feeling. Winters just looks at him and says "Hurts." Welsh grins and says "War is hell."

gold, I am AMAZED at your ability to discern what the Cockney soldier was saying to Malarkey in Episode 1. I usually don't have any trouble with various British (English, Scottish, Irish, or Welsh) accents, but I could hardly understand a WORD of that. Tip of the hat to ya...

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.169.209) on Tuesday, December 30, 2003 - 04:15 am:

thanks Bradley, but i had a few helpers. ;)

gold

By charles strode (Chuck6544) (198.26.123.36) on Tuesday, December 30, 2003 - 12:22 pm:

another priceless expression) spiers confronts the soldier who shot sgt grant, all the easy guys in the the room taking shots at him and spiers puuts his sidearm to his head. ( malarky closes his eyes i think anticipating spiers was gonna do it.

By Martin Goransson (213.113.178.128) on Tuesday, December 30, 2003 - 02:07 pm:

New favorite!

Anyone recognize it?

-That´s why they gave us ice cream.

Priceless!

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.169.209) on Tuesday, December 30, 2003 - 11:05 pm:

Guarnere! Ep 1.

gold

By Amanda Franche (Cfmedic) (216.209.144.86) on Sunday, January 04, 2004 - 07:57 pm:

"maybe they arn't sending us to europe maybe there are sending us to some place like Africa."
"my brother is in Africa he says it's hot there."
"really Africa's hot"
"shut up"

By Nick (Hamham21) (4.4.46.78) on Sunday, January 04, 2004 - 09:59 pm:

i have a few quotes i like "jesus Christ" when guarnere is reching for the gun and bullets keep hitting the gun where his hand is i just like how he says it

or Roe to Penkala when he patched him up "you dont want to go out in this S*** and you call for a medic" I aint going back to no AId station well your in luck penkala we aint got no aid station.

or the best quote is Wentsers Ending quote on EPidode 8


"I wondered if people back home would ever know what it cost the soldiers to win this war? In America things were beginning to look like peacetime the standard was on the rise night clubs were booming you couldn't get a hotel room in Miami beach it was so crowded how could anyone ever know the price paid by soldiers in complete terror agony and bloodshed if they have never been to places like Normandy, Bastogne or Haguenau".

David K. Webster

Marigold correct me if im wrong please

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.169.209) on Monday, January 05, 2004 - 07:04 am:

good...but here's the whole right quote:
I’d wondered if people back home would ever know what it cost the soldiers to end this war. In America, things were already beginning to look like peacetime. The standard of living was on the rise, racetracks and nightclubs were booming. You couldn’t get a hotel in Miami Beach, it was so crowded. How could anyone ever know of the price paid by soldiers in terror, agony, and bloodshed, if they’d never been to places like Normandy, Bastogne, or Haguenau...
you just missed a few words ;)

gold

By Michael Wisotzkey (Afireinside) (24.171.110.89) on Monday, January 05, 2004 - 10:22 pm:

Martin, that would be Guarnere in Episode 1.

By Michael Wisotzkey (Afireinside) (24.171.110.89) on Monday, January 05, 2004 - 10:25 pm:

I just relized, i didn't expect this post to get this big! This is probably the most talked about post on the board! Awesome! We almost wrote the script!

By Nick (Hamham21) (216.26.4.127) on Tuesday, January 06, 2004 - 12:56 am:

one other good one is
Lip: Hey Muck whats the word?
Muckh you know sitting around freezing our A** off singing dikes praises

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.169.209) on Wednesday, January 07, 2004 - 06:37 am:

you want the whole series' script? lol j/k. ;)

gold

By charles strode (Chuck6544) (198.26.123.36) on Wednesday, January 07, 2004 - 08:02 am:

go for it gold, come on you can do it

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.169.209) on Thursday, January 08, 2004 - 06:54 am:

lol, do what? the whole script? but distributing it would be illegal ya know.

gold

By Nick (Hamham21) (4.10.183.254) on Thursday, January 08, 2004 - 03:15 pm:

hey marigold more help please whats the full day of days quote winters says at the end of episode 2? the small farm one

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.169.209) on Friday, January 09, 2004 - 07:06 am:

"That night, I took time to thank God for seeing me through that day of days. And prayed I would make it through D plus one. And if somehow, I managed to get home again, I promised God and myself that I would find a quiet piece of land some place, and spend the rest of my life in peace…"

gold

By Jane Smith (Ravensmith) (66.241.85.221) on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 11:31 pm:

My favorite was when Lt. Heyliger got shot accidentally by the sentry and Doc Roe asks Welsh and Winters if they gave him morphine.

"Yeah, 2 or 3 syrettes maybe"
"Jesus. 2 or 3 syrettes maybe? Were you trying to kill him?"
"It was 2"
"It's a good thing he's a big man."
"He was in a lot of pain doc, we didn't know."
"Well, you oughta know. You are officers and you are grown men. You oughta know!"

I know I got it wrong. It was actually funny to see Winters and Welsh reprimanded by the medic.

By Jane Smith (Ravensmith) (66.241.85.221) on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 11:42 pm:

Also, when jackson was dying in the basement in Haguenau and they're all hysterical and the medic comes in and Doc says, "give me a light. Somebody give me a light. Okay Jackson, just look at the light" and everybody (including the Germans) calms down. It was like they all thought, "Okay Doc's here. Everything's going to be okay now."

Can you tell who my favorite character is?

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.169.209) on Thursday, January 22, 2004 - 06:26 am:

you got most of it right:
Welsh: I can’t remember. 2,3 syrettes maybe
Roe: 3 syrettes maybe?
Winters: Yeah
Roe: Jesus Christ! Were you trying to kill him?
Welsh: I think it was 2
Roe: You don’t think it might be important to let me know how much medication the man had huh, cause I don’t see both syrettes on the man’s jacket
Winters: Sorry doc
Roe: It’s was a good thing he’s a big man, maybe he’s got a chance!
Welsh: He was in a lot of pain doc; we didn’t know what to do
Roe: Well, you know you oughtta! You are officers you are grown ups, you ought to know! All right, let’s go. Come on move it!

By alan james o'reilly (Alanor) (62.254.64.6) on Thursday, January 22, 2004 - 01:51 pm:

The above posts reveal an important issue. How much training was the soldier given in First Aid? I think in WW2 men were taught simply to dust sulphur powder into a wound, then apply a dressing - the casualty's dressing. (You would need your own for when you got wounded.)

Despite all the experience of WW2, it appears that post-war RN officers and ratings received no emergency medical training, a tragic oversight that was highlighted in 1949 when Chinese communist shore batteries opened fire on the British frigate HMS Amethyst as she was proceeding up the Yangzte River to take over from the destroyer HMS Consort as guard ship to British subjects in Nanking.

Amethyst's crew suffered many fatal casualties, including her captain, Commander Skinner, RN and - worst of all- the doctor, Surgeon Lieutenant Alderson, RN (I think that was his name, I may be wrong) and the Sick Berth Attendant, equivalent to a medical corpsman or RAMC orderly. The result was that untrained men were helpless as their friends bled to death around them. The Amethyst's 2IC, Lieutenant Weston, RN, himself wounded in the abdomen during the incident, subsequently recommended compulsory First Aid training for all naval personnel.

The film "Escape of the Amethyst" has a chilling quote when, during the communist bombardment, a sailor finds the surgeon face down on the deck, slain by a shell splinter:

"Oh God! Doc!"

By Jane Smith (Ravensmith) (66.241.88.9) on Thursday, January 22, 2004 - 04:13 pm:

Good point Alan. I didn't know anything about medics until episode 6. I found this quote on this website under Medic Eugene Roe/Medics/Medics in the Bulge which has an interesting article by Ralph Storm (don't know how to post the link).

"Usually the most difficult part of medical evacuation was in getting patients from the front line to aid stations. Keith Winston of the 100th Division medics in his V-Mail Letters of a Combat Medic, wrote how it was done under ideal conditions: "A boy gets hurt on the line. Within a minute or less a telephone message is sent back to our forward aid station, a distance of 300 to 1000 yards from the front, where a Sergeant and four litter bearers are always on hand. They rush right up to the line with a litter.

During this time…the company aid man is administering first aid on the spot… usually consisting of stopping the bleeding with sulfanilamide powder externally, bandaging and giving wound pills internally. By that time, another litter team is there and carries the casualty to the nearest point where a jeep can travel… anywhere from 25 to 3000 yards, depending on conditions. The boy is then rushed to the aid station, one to three miles behind the line. Here the physician removes the first aid bandage, makes a proper diagnosis, applies a more permanent bandage, administers blood plasma if needed, and in severe case, give morphine… Next the boy is rushed by ambulance to a clearing station farther to the rear. Here he may be given an emergency operation. Then the casualty is taken by ambulance to an evacuation hospital further back where first class attention is administered."

So all the front line medic needed to know how to do was stop the bleeding and bandage the wound. Rarely did they give morphine or plasma like they showed in BoB.

By Amanda Franche (Cfmedic) (216.208.194.52) on Thursday, January 22, 2004 - 08:16 pm:

I am sorry but Alan it's not sulpher they used it was sulpha a white powder anti-bacterial that is no longer used today due to medical advancements. Just like they no longer use surets they use morphine suringes.

By alan james o'reilly (Alanor) (62.254.64.6) on Friday, January 23, 2004 - 06:25 am:

Thanks Amanda

My mistake, it is sulphonamide powder, as Jane indicates. Brenda (n) McBryde describes its use when treating a badly burnt artilleryman at a Maxillo-Facial unit near Eindhoven early in 1945.

See "A Nurse's War" Chapter 12.

Regards
Alan O'R

By Jane Smith (Ravensmith) (66.241.85.194) on Friday, January 23, 2004 - 09:55 pm:

Here's another favorite scene:

Renee: what?
Doc: your hands
Renee: my hands?
Doc: you're a good nurse
Renee: no. i never want to treat another wounded man again. i'd rather work in a butcher shop.
Doc: but your touch calms people. that's a gift from God.
Renee: no, it's not a gift. God would never give such a painful thing.

Regarding sulfanilamide, what happened if you were allergic to it? Or to penicillin? I wonder how many wounded men we lost because of an allergic reaction? I'm allergic to sulfa-based meds and I almost died from it. My guess is that allergies weren't as prevalent back then as they are now.

By alan james o'reilly (Alanor) (62.254.64.6) on Saturday, January 24, 2004 - 12:43 pm:

Hi Jane

Interesting question. Browsing around the web, I find a couple of sites that indicate that reactions to a course of penicillin are just that, not an allergy as such. The books on WW2 nursing that I've read don't seem to mention penicillin allergies so they must have been rare.

Neither is anything mentioned in those books about allergies to sulpha based medicines either - it may be that your harrowing experience was caused by a later variant.

Researching into effects of mepacrine or quinine hydrochloride, taken by British personnel in WW2 to ward off malaria, I find that nausea and dizziness were side effects, along with a yellow tinge to the skin. Mepacrine was replaced by chloroquine after the war, which evidently didn't taint the skin but is said to cause hair loss with prolonged use. This suggests that changing the formula prevented some side effects but inflicted others. Maybe this also is true with sulpha based treatments, though I'm guessing.

Since we're into quotes here, this one from Nursing Officer Zena (n) Potter, QAIMNS/R, stationed on Gibraltar, 1941-42, seems typical w.r.t. the efficacy of pencillin, in this case to combat sepsis induced by burns.

From "Quiet Heroines" by Brenda (n) McBryde, p 59:

"We nursed a lot of [burnt] seamen, for whom we had the greatest regard and admiration. They deserved the best we could give them, but sometimes that was not enough. Some did not survive. Penicillin would have made a great difference, but it was not available then."

Regards
Alan

By Jane Smith (Ravensmith) (66.241.90.170) on Saturday, January 24, 2004 - 01:51 pm:

I read somewhere on this site that the Germans didn't have penicillin. Not only that, but penicillin was in short supply and you had to give a lot of it, and they were finding that most of it was being excreted through the urine. So they found a way to harbor the penicillin from the soldiers' urine samples and reuse it. They gave it to the wounded French soldiers I believe.

By Tim Ross (Ghosthunter) (24.71.223.140) on Saturday, January 24, 2004 - 02:40 pm:

Penicillin was developed shortly before the war started if I remember correctly. It was developed by scientists in Ontario and no one really knew if it was going to work or not. It was tested and of course there were going to be some allergic reactions but since it was new to the body many did not suffer any problems. That would also be the main reason why the Germans did not have Penicillin for the war, it was strictly used by the allied forces.

By Derek D. Tircuit (Dtircuit) (68.105.8.183) on Saturday, January 24, 2004 - 03:01 pm:

From our buddies @ PBS:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/dm28pe.html

-Adios,

Derek

By alan james o'reilly (Alanor) (62.254.64.6) on Saturday, January 24, 2004 - 03:41 pm:

Thanks to all for this additional information. An informative website, Derek. We tend to take these advances for granted these days but 60 years ago - a different story:

From Quiet Heroines, p 135:

"One morning in April 1943 a stranger appeared on the wards of the 98th BGH (British General Hospital) at Chateaudun on the Constantin Plateau (North Africa).

"'He's wearing a panama hat and khaki shorts,' Assistant Matron Ursula Dowling reported to Matron [Thorpe], 'and he hasn't got his knees brown yet.'

"'That,' said Miss Thorpe, 'is Professor Fleming. He has come to try out his new drug.'

"A seriously ill man, whose wound was infected with gas gangrene was selected for what is believed to be the first use of penicillin in the field. Until now, no-one had survived this dreaded condition. When the tell-tale bubbles could be felt beneath the tissues, the man was beyond the help of contemporary medicine. Yet, to the astonishment of the staff at 98th BGH, this man recovered."

In December 1943, none other than Mr Churchill was successfully treated with penicillin for pneumonia that he had contracted during a visit to North Africa. I believe that helped to boost its production.

Alan O'R

By Nick (Hamham21) (4.4.40.175) on Saturday, January 24, 2004 - 07:36 pm:

Im highly Alergic to Penicilian and Sulpha i almost died from it once

By Jane Smith (Ravensmith) (66.241.89.87) on Sunday, January 25, 2004 - 12:38 pm:

Hey Nick,
I'm the one who's allergic to sulfa too. Maybe we should start a new thread on here for everyone to list their allergies! ;)

By Jane Smith (Ravensmith) (66.241.89.87) on Sunday, January 25, 2004 - 04:15 pm:

Okay, I'll start. I'm allergic to:
- shellfish (but I still eat it)
- dogs and cats (but we still have a dog)
- dust (we have plenty of that too)
- sulfa (i stay away from red wine - the sneezing i can handle, the migraines i can't)

By Amanda Franche (Cfmedic) (216.209.98.48) on Sunday, January 25, 2004 - 06:32 pm:

Iam allergic to
milk(but very mild)
House Dust
House Dust Mites
Tree
Eastern Weeds
Hay Dust
Birch
Hazel
Cat Hair

By Amanda Franche (Cfmedic) (216.209.98.48) on Sunday, January 25, 2004 - 06:51 pm:

This is from Guarnere
"This ain't spagehtti this is army noddles with ketchup. I LOVE THAT.

By Nick (Hamham21) (4.4.40.175) on Sunday, January 25, 2004 - 11:12 pm:

Amanda that was Frank Perconte who said that he was talking to Guarnere

By Xenoxsis (194.192.143.141) on Thursday, August 16, 2007 - 05:31 am:

Amanda just to get the whole quote:

Cook: Hold on, more coming
Cook: (To winters) These guys are packing it away
Soldier: This stuff is orange. Spaghetti ain't supposed to be orange.
Perconte: This ain't spaghetti this is army noodles with ketchup.
Guarnere: You ain't gotta eat it
Perconte: Oh, come on, Gonnorrhea, as a fellow Italian you should know that calling this crap spaghetti is a mortal sin.
Hoobler: You don't want it? I'll have it.
Perconte: I'm eating here!
Guarnere: Hey! Get outta here.
Sobel: Orders changed! Get up! Lectures are cancelled. Easy Company is running up Currahee! Move! Move!
Sobel: Three miles up, three miles down! Hi-yo, Silver! Let's go! Let's go!

And the conversation between Nixon and Winters at episode 1:

Nixon: I think it's clearing up.
Nixon: Think it's clearing up?
Winters: Nope
Nixon: I think it's clearing up.
Nixon: How are your men?
Winters: They'll be fine.
Nixon: Five o'clock in New York. Four o'clock in Chicago.
Winters: Happy hour, huh?
Nixon: Yeah, happy hour...A couple of drinks, maybe and early dinner before the theater.
Nixon: Civilized place for civilized men.
Winters: Should have been born earlier, Nix.
Nixon: What, and give up all this?
Nixon: We'll go to Chicago. I'll take you there.
Winters: Yeah...We'll see.
Nixon: Acutally, you know who's from there?
Winters: Who? Oh, him.
Nixon: 712 days with that son of b**ch and here we are.

By Xenoxsis (194.192.143.141) on Thursday, August 16, 2007 - 05:35 am:

Amanda just to get the whole quote:

Cook: Hold on, more coming
Cook: (To winters) These guys are packing it away
Soldier: This stuff is orange. Spaghetti ain't supposed to be orange.
Perconte: This ain't spaghetti this is army noodles with ketchup.
Guarnere: You ain't gotta eat it
Perconte: Oh, come on, Gonnorrhea, as a fellow Italian you should know that calling this crap spaghetti is a mortal sin.
Hoobler: You don't want it? I'll have it.
Perconte: I'm eating here!
Guarnere: Hey! Get outta here.
Sobel: Orders changed! Get up! Lectures are cancelled. Easy Company is running up Currahee! Move! Move!
Sobel: Three miles up, three miles down! Hi-yo, Silver! Let's go! Let's go!


And the conversation between Nixon and Winters at episode 1:

Nixon: I think it's clearing up.
Nixon: Think it's clearing up?
Winters: Nope
Nixon: I think it's clearing up.
Nixon: How are your men?
Winters: They'll be fine.
Nixon: Five o'clock in New York. Four o'clock in Chicago.
Winters: Happy hour, huh?
Nixon: Yeah, happy hour...A couple of drinks, maybe and early dinner before the theater.
Nixon: Civilized place for civilized men.
Winters: Should have been born earlier, Nix.
Nixon: What, and give up all this?
Nixon: We'll go to Chicago. I'll take you there.
Winters: Yeah...We'll see.
Nixon: Acutally, you know who's from there?
Winters: Who? Oh, him.
Nixon: 712 days with that son of b**ch and here we are.

By Xenoxsis (194.192.143.141) on Thursday, August 16, 2007 - 05:37 am:

Darn it posted twice...Sorry...

By CoCo (69.11.4.229) on Thursday, October 04, 2007 - 07:16 pm:

"1st Lt. Dike: 1st sergeant Lipton? you get things organized here. I'm gonna go for.....................help!"

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