Omega--webster - Emily/♒ / 🇺🇸🇩🇪 /loves History

Luz: Lipton, it's time to stop treating me like a child. And it's also time to stop feeding us dinosaur-shaped chicken.

Lipton: But you love your dinosaur chicken!

Luz: Yeah...when I was eight.

Perconte: We are men now, Lip.

Babe, playing with his chicken: Rawr!

AKA

Some Eugene Roe Headcanons That No One Asked For

Whenever they run across a well stocked aid station or field hospital he always pockets a couple of extra syrettes and bandages.

When he gets his hands on supplies he splits them evenly between himself and Spina but if there is an odd number and it can’t be split evenly, he gives the most to Spina without making it obvious. (Spina is terrible at both scrounging and stealing and Roe knows it)

If he had been part of that Hershey bar scene, he would have just taken one and no one would have protested because it’s Doc and he saves their asses. (Of course he wouldn’t have had to take one because Luz would have offered him one because again it’s Doc)

Some of the doctors at aid stations are stuck up sons of bitches who look down on medics as lesser versions of nurses in combat boots. Roe steals their cigarettes while cursing them out under his breath in Cajun.

Roe is one of the few not intimidated by Speirs. Really he isn’t intimidated by any COs. He’s here to do a job, take care of his company, and if anyone, no matter the rank or reputation, gets in the way, he will put them in their place.

He teaches Spina Cajun words. Or at least tries to. Once, just to be a little shit, he taught Spina some made up words that sounded absolutely ridiculous. But Roe couldn’t keep a straight face and Spina caught on.

He has everyone’s past and present wounds and illnesses memorized. Everyone’s. He knows their wartime medical histories better than he knows some of their names.

No other medics do rounds like Roe does. Spina was surprised when he joined Easy and found out that Roe insists on at least two rounds every day, one in the morning and one at night. It helps him keep track of how everyone is doing and sometimes brings to light things that the men wouldn’t normally complain about. Spina quickly gets used to doing rounds too.

Roe loves sweets. Spina swears every tooth in Roe’s entire mouth is a sweet tooth.

Babe, explaining love languages to Liebgott: … so, like, my love language is physical touch, but Gene’s is acts of service.

Liebgott:

Babe: What’s your love language?

Liebgott: Physical touch.

Babe: Punching doesn’t count.

matching webgott icons for you and a friend.

Easy as random memes on my phone part 1:

talbert:

liebgott @ web:

malark, skip & penk:

german pow's & speirs:

babe:

buck:

lip, martin & luz (in that order):

winters about nix:

i keep shitting out shitty content on the daily. am i sorry? no not one bit 😎✌🏻

Winters: We’re a perfectly normal family

Luz: *playing 7 nation army with forks hitting the piano*

Liebgott: *setting David’s clothes on fire*

Roe: *praying in the corner while Babe tries to “cut” his hair*

Winters: Yep! Perfectly Norma-! LEWIS NIXON PUT DOWN THE VODKA ITS 11 IN THE MORNING

Krauts: GET YO DOG

Winters, deadfaced: it don't bite

Speirs: *is shooting Krauts left and right*

Krauts: YES IT DO

Eugene “Doc” Roe

 A slightly longer post dedicated to the “smol” baby of Easy Company: Doc Roe. 

First off, it was extremely hard to find stuff about Roe….anywhere. I’m not kidding when I say this boy deserves the world and barely got any recognition. 

So let’s start off with a photo or two of the real Eugene Roe: 

Eugene G. Roe 

Roe was born in October 1922. He was born in Louisiana. He was the third of five children. He was only educated until the point of elementary school, he eveb took a boat to school. He dropped out while still in “grammar school”. He then worked on shrimp boats and other jobs to help the family. He later worked with machinery and oilers for money as he grew up. 

When the war started, he didn’t enlist for an entire year after Pearl Harbor. He finally enlisted on December 12, 1942 in Lafayette, Louisiana. He had no medical experience, but was trained as a combat medic. He worked hard to gain his spot and was assigned to Easy Company while it was still under the command of Sobel. 

Roe jumped on D-Day. 

Roe was known for being a quick thinker. One story Roe had told his grandson was of a time is Bastogne where he had no supplies and a man had a serious head injury. Roe packed snow and mud into the injury and bought enough time for the man to get help. 

Roe was helping anyone he could, not matter the situation. He ran out into the open during a German artillery strike. He ran out into the open without weapons and dragged a wounded man back. Roe was described as the most dependable. caring person in Easy Company. He was recommended for a silver star but the citation was set aside and forgotten about. He was known for getting to anyone who needed help, even if they weren’t sure how he got there. 

Roe was injured in his jump into Holland. He landed on barbed wire and cut open his leg. He received another purple heart but when and how he was injured was not stated and is unknown.

By the time Easy Company arrived Germany, he married a British woman named Vera. They had started dating during his time in England. They were supposed to be married on June 6, 1944 but Roe was parachuting into enemy territory. (I hope Vera took that as a valid excuse when she was waiting at the alter) Roe came home first and left his wife to cross over later.

When Easy Company was in the Eagle’s Nest, Roe’s unofficial job was to drive the drinks back and forth to the enlisted men. Roe was given a wedding present from Easy Company: a set of forks and knives from Hitler’s personal set. Roe didn’t keep these for his entire life. instead he gave them to a World War II museum in  Baton Rouge, where they were set on display. 

Roe took home a German Luger with a swastika on it. His mother didn’t like that. She scolded him and threw it out into the bayou.

Doc and his wife settled down in Baton Rouge and had three kids. Roe took his children hunting and fishing and horseback riding. Roe had two girls, one he named Marlene after a World War 2 song “Lili Marlene” and one son, Eugene Jr. 

His children said he smoked a couple packs until the day he died. Which was authentically shown in the show along with his favorite type of cigarettes. He also was known to drink a lot of whiskey. Roe always wore cowboy boats and smoked and had a deep tan due to outside work.

Even though Roe was quiet and calm, he made it known not to mess with him. His grandson recalled a time where he forgot to tell Roe he was out hunting and Roe was back waiting for him with a shotgun, ready to shoot whoever was on his property. He was also known for his positive outlook on life. Roe was a firm believer in that everything could be fixed.

Roe worked in construction after the war and was known to figure things out easily with little experience. He was a naturally quick thinker. He retired later in life and soon started reconnecting with Easy members.

After 27 years of marriage, Vera and Roe divorced. Roe remarried shortly after but Vera never remarried. 

Roe developed lung cancer in the 1990s. He fought it for many years but soon gave into the pain on December 30, 1998. (Author side note: this was 2 days after I was born)

His funeral was small and private. But Roe’s story lived on with the rest of Easy, who adored their Doc “Bud” Roe.