Today, all of the Band of Brothers of Easy Company are now dead. The very last member of Easy Company to pass away was Bradford C. Freeman. He died on July 3, 2022, at the age of 97. Rest in peace, Easy Company, you will never be forgotten.

@shawnp6744

3 ай бұрын

Their legacy is forever. How many thousands of Easy Companies were there?

@carsen161616

3 ай бұрын

​@@shawnp6744 Originally Easy Company comprised of 132 enlisted, with 8 officers conducted at Camp Toccoa, Georgia. It grew to men who served under Easy Company to be around 366 men. 49 were killed, and causality are around debatable.

@Nerdthan2

2 ай бұрын

A generation that will never be forgotten! A generation of boys that became men when the world needed them the most! Fair winds and fair seas boy!

One thing I’ve always noticed was when Winters broke the news that the Japanese had surrendered, the look on everyone’s face wasn’t of joy nor sadness, it was more of “where do we go from here?” A lot of them had realized that was the last time they’d all be together it seemed and it just hit them.

@R12gsa09

Жыл бұрын

The honest reality of a soldier and a warrior, my brother.

@EricCole69

Жыл бұрын

I felt sadness in that scene tbh

@peggyferder8834

9 ай бұрын

I thought that very same thing as you

@georgewashington7982

5 ай бұрын

I saw it more as them thinking about all their brothers that didn’t make it back

@dd1862

5 ай бұрын

It's the reality that the war was finally over. Most of these guys were expecting to be sent to the Pacific and fight for another few year. Suddenly, it was over and they were going home.

“My friend Lou died in 1995” absolutely punches me in the gut every time I hear it.

Damn, 1600 people That's how you indefinitely know, hes one hell of soldier, and a man.

Dude as someone who works funerals. The fact that George Luz's funeral was visited by 1600 people is about the best commendation you can get as a person. You never see that many people for a funeral unless that person was (locally) famous to some extend

@peterlohnes1

Жыл бұрын

Since he was a handyman, I imagine he connected with each customer personally.

@Garderoba___

Жыл бұрын

I live in 7000 people village in Europe. In each funeral is almost full church, which means about 400-500 people. 1600 is not to much. 16 000 is much.

@michaelhayden725

Жыл бұрын

Luz was actually not a “handy man”. As I understand it he had a few different jobs and was working on a machine, possibly a commercial washing machine which fell on him. But yes reported by his son 1600 (approx) did attend his funeral. I wonder how many actually knew about his WWII service!

@commonsenseisntcommon1776

5 ай бұрын

Amen

@williamwindomtributesite1640

4 ай бұрын

I only just learned that Luz was born and raised in RI...as was I. #williamwindom82ndairborne.

My Dad was a WWII veteran, he passed away over 15 years ago. I have a plaque with his dog tags, medals, and picture hanging on my wall. I'm so proud to be his son and glad I took the time to listen to his stories.

@jimthomson2684

Жыл бұрын

Your job now is to pass those stories on to the next generation. Never forget.

@peterlohnes1

Жыл бұрын

And thank you to your father for all he did...make your life joyous, fulfilled and in peace, thats what they fought for.

@BryonLetterman

Жыл бұрын

Never forget that your dad was a hero and helped literally save the world. You have every right to be immeasurably proud of your father.

@commonsenseisntcommon1776

5 ай бұрын

God Bless you both, and may he rest in Peace , surely up in Heaven.

@phillipthomson

3 ай бұрын

You’re a good man for being humble.my father was a Korea and Malaya veteran I’m a veteran too.2 tours of Bosnia,Kosovo and Sierra Leone. My son now carries on as a soldier Rip easy company and warriors past

Sad that this entire generation is almost gone. This was a great mini-series and the ending was wonderful, a bunch of guys playing baseball, living in the moment not know what life after the war was going to be like for them and then you hear what happened to each and every one of the members of Easy Company, lives well lived.

@Erock927

Жыл бұрын

Not gone it endures through us and we need to ensure we honor their sacrifices.

@cameronmohwinkle5140

Жыл бұрын

@@Erock927 Man take a look around. Our country has completely lost its way and these younger generations couldnt care less about what any of these brave men did for us. Its a sad reality.

@Corristo89

Жыл бұрын

@@cameronmohwinkle5140 Sad, but unfortunately true. We've created a generation which utterly rejects self-sacrifice and responsibility. Ruthless self-optimization is the goal, others be damned. And the more you can lean on being "disadvantaged", the better. Being a victim is the goal, not the problem.

@cameronmohwinkle5140

Жыл бұрын

@@Corristo89 Hence why you see white men like Dylan Mulvaney turning trans just so they can be part of the oppressed and not a "privileged" white man. Until this nation is drawn into a war again our younger generations will never know the meaning of self sacrifice and patriotism. Sadly, i wonder if anyone would answer the call like these brave men did back then.

@35mm21

Жыл бұрын

Lost the last of my WW2 veteran relatives last year. 96 years old. Worked for 40 years as a brewer after the war.

The hardest part is everyone going they're own way.

@DEBASISHDAS-sj7pr

4 жыл бұрын

Joachim you were the German speirs

@IEversmann1

4 жыл бұрын

@@DEBASISHDAS-sj7pr Peiper did a lot worse than spiers

@DEBASISHDAS-sj7pr

4 жыл бұрын

I am talking about combat skills

@drillinstructorfitch5875

4 жыл бұрын

@@DEBASISHDAS-sj7pr Kurt Meyer was the german speirs

@DEBASISHDAS-sj7pr

4 жыл бұрын

@@drillinstructorfitch5875 ok🙃🙃

This is the craziest part of this series. These guys went home and jut faded back into us.

@sleepingdogpro

4 жыл бұрын

They were us - just normal people - and that's the biggest thing worth remembering, I think. They don't think of themselves as heroes because they think of themselves as normal, average folks. And we could be like this again, if we decided this is what we wanted America to be again. This is certainly the sort of America I think we're always able to be, if we want to be. The sort of America worth aspiring to and fighting for. Just normal, decent folks trying to do what needs to be done.

@nickmontalbano9573

4 жыл бұрын

Faded. But never forgotten.

@TheInfantry98

Жыл бұрын

That’s what the GWOT generation did as well but for some stupid fucking reason, your generation keep talking shit on those of us who fought.

The sheer _WEIGHT_ of the debt... we all owe these men... and all like them... just brings tears to my eyes.

@dmoney8602

Жыл бұрын

Loser

This ending no matter how many times I've watched it has brought a tear to my eye. Hearing the final paths they all took and when they passed away. Such a brilliant mini series. I haven't watched anything else that's came close.

@commonsenseisntcommon1776

5 ай бұрын

Same!

@siddharthkulkarni7559

4 ай бұрын

It also brings a sense of longing in me. Like look at them and look at me. It leaves me with a sense of hollowness.

My dad was born in Korea in 1932, then under Japanese occupation. My grandfather hid him when the NKPA invaded the South in 1950, got drafted into the nascent ROK air force, was discharged, went to medical school, came to the U.S. in 1957, married my mom in 1960 then they had my brother and I in 1963 and 1964. They moved to Wisconsin in 1971, became U.S. citizens in 1976 and lived in "their peaceful corner of the world" until they both passed away (mom in 2017, dad in 2021). When i see these Band of Brothers, i think of my dad doing his part for freedom in 1950's Korea. God bless our Greatest Generation.

They really were 'The Greatest Generation'. We celebrated my uncle's 101st birthday last weekend. He still gets around on his own and can see pretty good and mostly hear. He gave a toast "to those who never came back home" and cried the tears that only an old man can cry. Uncle Sal came home, became a school teacher, and never left town again.

@paulmaudsley2219

Жыл бұрын

You are so right, they are the greatest generation.

@peterlohnes1

Жыл бұрын

awesome...

@CraigWINNER

Жыл бұрын

I think this is all inspiring as I get older I feel and respect so much more than what I did then when I was younger. My Grandfather is 98 and served in Papua New Guinea with the Australian army during the war. God bless them all ....Lest We Forget

@johnarmstrong472

Жыл бұрын

​@@CraigWINNERWow, he survived that Hell and is still alive?? Must be made of iron! Incredible...

@ColdChillin20

Жыл бұрын

god bless him

Ordinary men that did extraordinary things.

@devonmartinski6596

4 жыл бұрын

Sarah James or’re they extraordinary men who did ordinary things?

@markstephen5028

4 жыл бұрын

Still the "Greatest Generation."

@jasoncabral3831

4 жыл бұрын

Ordinary men who, when needed, became extraordinary

@debetrolence1991

4 жыл бұрын

@@markstephen5028 stop with this greatest generation bullshit. The people serving overseas right now should be given equal respect.

@Xantosdude

4 жыл бұрын

I would also argue that Ordinary Men did horrific things as well. There is a book called Ordinary men that talks about that. If you're in a good mental state, I would urge you to read it. It follows Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the final solution in Poland. The men were older and supposedly more resilient to brainwashing, however, they committed sin that should/could not be repeated.

I love the ending scene is the men playing baseball. The National Pastime and a simple game the brings Americans together in times of hardship and uncertainty.

@youtubecommenter37

5 жыл бұрын

lacouerfairy if this was modern times in Iraq, all the Soldiers would have been huddled in a CHU playing Call of Duty lol or doing CrossFit at the gym

@Jonathan-om1wq

Жыл бұрын

@@youtubecommenter37 We actually played baseball on Sundays at Al Asad in 2015-2016 lol.

Shifty was still alive when this was made, he does some of the commentary before each episode and has a piece about him in the last episode. He was sent home after the German surrender but was hit by a drunk-driving officer on his way but survived. He died a few years ago, 2009 I think. RIP

@michaelhayden725

Жыл бұрын

In the 10 or epilogue part - Shifty's family are interviewed, as are Joe Toy's - the love the families had for their fathers was plainly evident. I especially like the scene where Tipper's daughter comes up to him, hugs and kisses him. So very moving. RIP the Men of Easy. Thank you for your service.

As a medic myself, I can only hope to aspire to the level of Doc Roe. Respect.

The sheer amount of actors who went onto be superstars in their own right is a testament to this show

Every time I watch this 10-part series, I have tears in my eyes even though the times of laughter. They were the best of the best... all of them.

@texas9076

Жыл бұрын

They defeated the wrong enemy

@LesterMoore

Жыл бұрын

And not an LGBTQ in the group.

@brianjungen4059

Жыл бұрын

@@texas9076no they didn’t.

@madtown8788

7 ай бұрын

​@@texas9076 say what?

Glad to see the Army went back to the old brown color uniform. It honors men like these. Found out reading the obituary for the janitor at my old elementary school, a quiet friendly man, had been a member of the 101st and had parachuted into Normandy on D-Day. To him, the men of Easy Company, their comrades, and their descendants, thanks.

I cry every time I watch this scene. By the end of the series you feel such a connection and bond with these brave men who sacrificed everything for their country.

@cameronmohwinkle5140

Жыл бұрын

Gearing up to watch it through for the third time. I have made it a tradition to watch it every May for memorial day and make sure i go down to the WW2 memorial in washington dc as well to pay my respects. Such a fantastic series, and i follow it up with watching the pacific then haha.

I have watched this scene over a hundred times and I cry every time. God Bless our soldiers.

This scene breaks me every single time. What special men they were

@Laxplayer6359

4 жыл бұрын

Yea this scene nearly breaks me

@dbrown3582

11 ай бұрын

Absolutely, they fought for our freedom

I can only imagine what that feeling is like. To be told the war is over, and you'll be going home while others aren't.

This might be my favorite show, I served in the U.S. Navy and my grandfather was a German officer who moved to Pennsylvania after the world. He reminded me of these men, in alot of ways... They may have been on different sides, but something about their character makes them all stand out. RIP

Never fails to illict (VERY MANLY) tears from these young eyes.

RIP Dick Winters.

this is the best scene of a tv series or movie i ever saw.

One of the greatest shows and stories of all time

This show will always be my favourite. Can watch it a gazillion times. Love and respect to Easy Company, from India 🇮🇳

@mssedmebich1621

Жыл бұрын

This and The Pacific will always be my WW2 favorites.

Remember the other companies of men who went through the same experience on different battlefields . All heroes, all a band of brothers. Thank you..

Veterans Day 2019 was day before yesterday. Some of the guys from the 101st are still alive, now in their 90s or past 100. My uncle served with the 101st, as an officer in Vietnam.

My dad was a gunner in a B26 9th Army Air Corps. He missed D Day but was in the battle of the bulge. He came back and married and had 5 kids. He became a civil engineer for the state of California building freeways in Northern California. He retired in 1975 after 20 years. He died in 1986.

This scene kicks me in the feels...every time

@Just_aDad

Жыл бұрын

Same, EVERY TIME! I’ve seen this scene at least a dozen times.

One of the best series ever made.

Beautiful. Made with incredible fidelity to the book, as well as love and respect for the men whose story it told. ❤🏆🥾🍻

makes me cry how good never forget what these guys did

War is over! This phrase must have been amazing for these heroes to hear…. ❤

Sad indeed. My father died in 2013. He the most honorable man I've ever known. God keep all of them safe and at peace. A generation like that will never, ever be again.

Drives my brain nuts that WW2 is made to seem like it happened so long ago in history books yet the men that experienced such history were still alive and working in the 90’s and early 2000’s. Odd how they left out the updates on Bill Guarnere and Don Malarkey when they were such a big part of the books and the Easy Company civilian life back home after the war.

the band of brothers series they had the best actors and that music is beautiful makes me cry just fits in with the series best ever I have watched 🥰

Sadly all the original members of easy company are no longer with us. Stand down heroes, you service is done and noted RIP 🙏🙏🙏

The best generation. It will be a long time before we get such a generation again if we ever do.

@michaelnilsen9791

4 жыл бұрын

And I hope we never do lose a generation on that horrific scale again. It's been done twice remember.

@SilentRaider53

4 жыл бұрын

@@michaelnilsen9791 You get my point. I'm not asking for a world war.

@michaelnilsen9791

4 жыл бұрын

@@SilentRaider53 I apologise if you thought that had even entered my head. All I meant was many countries have lost their best on the altar of war, no more.

I can watch this many times and still cry every time best show I ever saw😢

It truly was the greatest generation.

I can relate to this I am a veteran and we have reunions we all trained together good times and sad times its 30 years since i stopped wearing a uniform but the bond between us is still there The guys you meet in service are special and yes we all move on to civilian life

Magnificent men of an era gone by. May God bless each and every one of them, and may they remain in our memories forever. 🙏

They all still young and gained life experiencednthe hard way.. Came back with the memories they had to remember for the rest of their life.. They are not heroes but they are the bravest one..

One of my favorite parts in this series. So many, on so many different fronts, each with their own stories. My grandfather was a Sea Bee, island hopping across the Pacific and ended the war trying to clean up the Philippines. My late father-in-law got to his base in what now Dhaka, Bangladesh (East Pakistan then) at the age of 18. An aircraft mechanic. I can only imagine the shape some of those aircraft were in when they returned from missions. They had a group, The CBI (China, Burma, India). They disbanded on a given date in the early 2000s so the remaining guys wouldn't have to shut things down. I grew up in the 1960a, so many of these men were my Boy Scout leaders, and teachers, and just neighbors and was taught that the way to repay the debt was to leave your part of the world a little better than it had been.

WTF!!! Speirs is smiling?

@cryptidian3530

4 жыл бұрын

He's thinking of offering cigarettes.

@jerryu8166

4 жыл бұрын

@@cryptidian3530 No, not cigarettes Victory Cigars

So beautifully written and played. It brought tears to my eyes. Even though I am not an American, to this very day I remain grateful to the Allied Servicemen & Women that helped save the world and keep us free. Lest we Forget!

Each and every one of them were true life Legends who went on to live such humble lives. They don’t make Men like this anymore

They stood up for a few moments after Major Winters breaking the news of the surrender of the japanese armed forces, the war is over, sounded too good to be true. Those warriors have endured so much in the war liberating people against tyranny, their heroic acts will always be remembered in the human history. My respect and gratitude A random user from the other side of the world with different ideology but the expression of hope for the continued peace.

@cdjhyoung

Жыл бұрын

I respect your sentiment, but disagree on this: these men were not warriors. They were every day Joes called on to do the near impossible and survive the trauma they saw and inflicted. A few months of training does not a warrior make. That said, many of them carried the emotional scars of the war until the end of their lives. My father included. It cost him one marriage, and almost his second one also. He found it difficult to make and hold onto friends, or make any attachments for that matter. Some men die on the filed of battle. Others survived to be tortured by what they had seen or done. All of them are heroes in their own right.

I went to Normandy and have noticed recently that I have been very disturbed by the visit. I enjoyed the trip, but, it was rather haunting walking where so many had died so young. I worry too much about things in life even when I remind myself of how trivial those things are. I can't imagine the feelings of so many as they went to war and during the invasion of Normandy and beyond. It saddens me deeply to think about all the loss. So many people lost to the ways of a selfish, sociopathic leader and those who blindly followed.

@BaileysMariner

Жыл бұрын

Same, I visited Normandy with my parents on holiday, I guess I was 12 or so. I knew about world war 2 generally speaking, from the odd comic or movie, but I vividly remember walking on the beach with my dad solemnly telling me about the battle that took place there. I'm 40 now, and it's one of those moments that would shape my whole life. I've always been so grateful for that. rip dad

Tear jerking moment to hear the words “War’s over” hard to imagine the relief and sense of achievement

@jonathanbirch2022

Жыл бұрын

Also the feeling “what do we do now?”

Doc will always will be my favourite character, I don’t know why, I just do

When I was in Korea back in 1994 we had a softball game as part of the "Indianhead Olympics" being held throughout the 2nd ID area...we had to have KATUSAs on our team even though they didn't even know what a softball was.....we lost 36-7.

R.I.P Lynn D. "Buck" Compton

Imagine playing baseball with the Alps as your background

@dr.polansky4192

3 ай бұрын

not american so i don't play baseball, but yes living in the alps is da best

Everytime I watch this scene at the end of the series, I always tear up. I make sure I never watch the series unless watching all of it, every episode. I love military history and military knowledge in general. After all I've learned from these two subjects, it always makes me feel like a soldier has a closer connection with his fellow man than any civilian could with his co-workers.

So crazy to think most of the guys were aged between 18-25 when they first jumped on D-Day. After spending their early 20s in war, they now have to rejoin society and try to live a normal life. Such extraordinary men, we will never see their like every again.

This scene brings tears to my eyes. To sum up the stories of all these men… truly amazing. This series is special, it’ll always be one favorite War related series and maybe just favorite tv series of all time. What these men did for us is something we can never ever stop appreciating them for. We have our freedom today because of men like this. 🙏🙏🙏🙏 I am an Iraq army veteran myself and re joining society after my deployment was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. I did see combat and I spent about 5 years using drugs after I got back to cope. Been sober 3 years now but I can relate to how re joining society is extremely difficult. And these guys had it WAY harder than I did. Their style of combat was insanely worse than today’s style imo. I’m glad some of them were able to find nice, peaceful lives after war. That’s all I ever wanted as well.

I do not have a lump in my throat nor am I crying...I'm just choking on a piece of fruit and there just so happens to be a freshly cut piece of onion nearby

The best series ever made! God Bless you all!!

Thank you for your sacrifice and service, Easy Company. You and all who served will not be forgotten.

Each man lived with their own demons, together they were brothers, supporting each other, going home means loneliness

Love how they did this scene just like how “The Sandlot” did its ending

@JohnEDoey

10 ай бұрын

I know, I thought the same thing!

The Greatest Generation. We need people like them, now.

Such a moving episode, loved it!

Very emotional ending truly the greatest generation.

The greatest war series ever made.

A generation off men that should never be forgotten

Such a touching scene, great upload. Love BoB

"Ronald Speirs became superman and he keeps saving the world until today".

A friend’s father is a 102 year old Army Air Corps veteran of WW2. He flew B-24’s.

It is up to we, many of whom were raised by these people, to keep their memory alive. It’s the duty of all of us to keep memories alive, for veterans of every conflict.

God bless those brave men.

Incredible. THANK YOU.

I love this movie, it’s my favorite ❤

How do you return to the normal world after this… I’ll always have such a high level of respect for these heroes

Just finished watching this last week for the first time and I absolutely loved it. Now I’m on ep3 of The Pacific and then I’ll give Masters of the Air a watch too. As a side note I absolutely adore the homage they payed to the movie “The Sandlot” from 1993 with this baseball scene.

@siddharthkulkarni7559

4 ай бұрын

Pacific is great, with much better battle scenes, but unnecessary explicit scenes peppered throughout.

Loved that series.

That generation was the toughest bunch of men ever. My dad was one of them.

Goosebumps every time

Does anyone else wonder what happened to Hitler’s photo albums?

@stevenm3823

4 жыл бұрын

Probably end up on an episode of Pawn Stars

This scene is the best adult adaptation of the sand lot ending that one could possibly make

got to say how well trained they were before being deployed helped them survive, a year + training.

Best IIWS series ever❤️❤️

Truly the greatest generation.

04:47 those lines can send chills down the spine.

Its tough to watch it reminds me of my friends I served with that i loved and haven’t seen in years

Watching this video reminds me of when I was in the ARMY years ago. Sometimes I wonder where the soldiers are and what they are doing. My father told me to make the state of HAWAII and our family PROUD and I told. My son the same, he gets out of the MARINES in 4 years and he is E-7,maybe he might make. Master SERGEANT. I'm finished

From a First War War poem: They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them

My dad was training in the BC mountains to invade Japan when he heard the news... "He's gone now." Miss you dad. 😢

If this doesn’t make you cry, are you even human?

They all had great lives and wonderfull careers, yeah that sounds like how veterans get on after war not 1 having ptsd

America you had it all, and yet you gave it all away 😢

Spears was such a badass.

The world is a poorer place without these men.

sadly all of the men in easy company are no longer with us