Major Dick Winters on Albert Blithe SURVIVING World War II (Band of Brothers)

Not too shabby indeed.

wow cant believe the show said he died in 48

Imagine surviving a bullet to the neck just for some TV show to come out half a century later and make the most famous thing about you DYING to that bullet in the neck.

After he recovered his wounded, he didn't come back to his unit in WW2?

how did winters only get to major seems incredible

He jumped in Korea. Massive respect

Dick winters was a gentleman

I find it odd that a lot of people evidently saw the Band of Brothers depiction and thought it reflected negatively on him. It really didn't. His fear was justifiable, and his bravery in overcoming it was heroic.

Courage is being scared to death and saying," screw it" and going anyway.

Wow! At the end of episode 3, they say he never recovered from his wound. Yet, he actually went and served in the Korean war and earned the silver and bronze star?? To add little embellishments for entertainment purposes is one thing, but to totally disgrace this man's service and legacy is shameful!

Thank You for making it clear about Albert Blythe. I don't know why they wrote that in there??? Hollywood! They will always find a way to mess it up when the story is perfect the way it really happened!

I loved Band of Brothers but it is not right that the series depicted this man so poorly. He deserved better.

This man and his generation were unreal. Absolute granite

Ohhhhh…. The waving flag banner is so obnoxiously patriotic…
Just stop the flag waving … it’s as nauseating as the rainbow flag…

People like to think of heroes as fearless. But true heroes go into battle despite their fears.

Ten serial kłamie....

I am the son of a WWII airborne infantry soldier, a corporal. Having watched my father all my life until his death and watching the interviews of the men of his generation, I am made profoundly aware of 2 things.
1. We are nothing like this generation today
2. In losing them we have lost something we will never regain

I hope at some point the official Band of Brothers goes back and sets the record straight, at least for how things ended up. Pretty easy too, all they'd have to do is change the title card or whatever it's called from saying he died to that he nearly died but recovered and went on to serve in Korea with distinction, etc.

Rest In Peace Maj D Winters 🤨😓🙏❤💯

Wow! Thank you Major Winters for setting the record straight. Even years later you're still looking after your men, Your Brothers. Just goes to show how a series or movie can shape perception of someone for the positive or negative. Blithe looks to have turned out closer to Spears in the end hey. Whatever you said to him in that moment must of been pretty profound. At least to Blithe. Great to hear that he found his way and was able to come home and enjoy some peace.

Major Winters got a couple of things incorrect there. Blithe was still in the army when died and he died in Germany

I’m so happy to hear this story. Hero in every sense.

Wow I need to read up on easy company more

Now there....is a stand-up guy.

hbo did hint at this... to be fair... when he picked up the flower that was the mark of the true warrior and dawned it, he meant it. AAAARO! MR BLITHE!

WHOA! what!?

Blithe actually won, not 1, but THREE (3) Bronze Stars; and eventually was promoted to Master sergeant (non combat, post-war).

Still keeping watch over his men. I never knew this about blithe, yes the movie made him look like a coward, mentally unfit wierdo

I can forgive them for not being able to tell what happened to Blythe because a record center containing an enormous amount of information about WWII soldiers located in St. Louis, Missouri had burnt down and many of the records of these men were lost. What I can NEVER forgive the series for is LYING about what happened to him. They should have simply told the truth said that no records pertaining to Blythe could be found because of the fire. [EDIT] A cousin of mine, an M.P., who saved the lives of numerous German POW's when they came under air attack by German fighters was awarded a Bronze Star but didn't receive it until late in his life as a result of the loss of the same records which were destroyed with Blythe's. [END EDIT]

There were many other errors which have never been brought to light.

Actually, Ambrose - or perhaps it was the fault of the miniseries - got a lot of other things wrong too. Ambrose has received all of the accolades for writing the book which the miniseries was based upon, but the leg work was done by graduate students who traveled all over the USA and the world to collect the information. Apparently Ambrose did little to corroborate their findings. For example ....

I just finished reading David Kenyon Webster's book, 'Parachute Infantry' and his accounts differ remarkably with some of the things in the miniseries. For instance: perhaps you remember the scene where they are riding by in vehicles when some French soldiers pull several German soldiers from a building and shoot them in cold blood and Perconte just looks at O'Keef and shrugs. In reality this did not occur in France but in Germany and they weren't German soldiers in hiding but children. There were three young German boys just walking along, one of whom was wearing a German military coat, probably because he was cold, and a French SOB shot him. The other boys began to cry and pray and he shot another. Webster said when they they had driven out of view he heard the third shot. Webster was not part of the assault on the house in Haguenau to get prisoners - he was on the bank operating a machine gun. There was no "Jackson" who was accidentally injured by a grenade he had thrown. Someone did die but it was after they had returned from the mission to get the prisoners. The Germans shelled them from across the river and a shell exploded near the place they had taken the German prisoners and that's how the guy got hit. Johnny Martin did not lead the assault - the American lieutenant (Jones) did. The wine cellar that Winters took Nixon to did not happen like that either. Lutz found the place being ransacked by a bunch of different units. He managed to fill a small vehicle with bottles of champagne and took them back to Easy Company. Webster and another guy returned with Lutz to get more. He said the place had no light as it did in the miniseries and they had to use matches and cigarette lighters to see and the floor was covered with wine and broken glass. The Eagle's Nest was not neat and orderly like it is in the miniseries. It was a total wreck after much allied bombing. The book was a real eye-opener which causes me to now doubt many of the other things shown in the miniseries. Remember, Webster died at sea in the 1960s so his book was written LONG before Steven Ambrose's accounts and Webster's recollections would have been relatively fresh. And ....just for the record .... Webster was THERE and Ambrose and his grad students weren't.

Bill Guarnere also stated that Liebgott was not Jewish - he was Catholic, but much of Liebgott's characterization in the series was based upon his character's Jewish ethnicity.

Why did they misrepresent his life like that? That pisses me off

Any war movie about the US is not true. They fail half the time to mention how the Allies saved their asses especially the Canadian forces who did most of the fighting and the US took the credit

Finding the best in his men right to the end

but in the movie it said that blithe kia because of his wounded

Guy got no respect on Band of Brothers, purple heart, silver star, bronze star, should have gotten much more respect and reality. Was a hero. They were all heroes, still a little truth and fairness goes a long way.

Both Blythe and Lt Dike where portrayed very unfairly by BoB. Dike in particular was shown in a terrible light when, in fact, he never showed cowardice and was only replaced by Spiers because he had been wounded. Personally i find it inexcusable to portray somebody as a coward simply for dramatic effect, these men were heroes who in many cases gave everything. They deserved more respect.

Great series, but they did blithe wrong.

You are my hero mr winters I tell my child of what hero’s should be and look like ur it and god bless the other hero’s left over there sir

I am glad i saw this as Blithe was judged unfairly compared to the rest, i’m glad he carried on.

Not

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In the series Blithe is portrayed as a tragic figure, but knowing the full story the real man's life was anything but tragic. To think after all he'd been through he volunteered to fight again in Korea and became a decorated war hero.

I want to thank all the men in women who have served this country during times of peace and war. To all the combat veterans who have faced hell and suffered survival guilt, Thankyou! And my biggest gratitude and heart felt thanks goes to the fallen who have sacrificed their lives so that I can endure freedom. Much love and respect to the military wives and husband's who wait for their loved ones to come home unharmed. My heart weighs heavy on the families of the fallen, for they surfer the loss of a loved one that they will never hold in their arms again... Thankyou and Godbless ( I love my athiest veterans as well)💜 🇺🇲🦅

Blithe was a god damn hero

Who in this world is more trustworthy than Richard Winters,?

Just watched BoB again last week, and Blithe's ending is still not fixed. This really needs to be remedied. They did an entire episode based on this soldier, and ended up botching the ending. Yes, I do understand that there was a mistake in some book or information where they did actually think that Blithe passed away just after WW2. But we know now that isn't the case. I mean the guy was Division Trooper of the Year, and was awarded a Silver Star. BoB is a great show, but this really is a bad spot in the series

How did HBO get their research so wrong with Mr Blithe!

No thanks.

In the closing credits, I couldn't understand why they stated that Blythe died from his wounds when I had read exactly what Major Winters states in this video. What was the point??

That’s upsetting none of that was mentioned in the series