"flying a b-17 is a lot like playing jazz" —rosie rosenthal, probably
Cpt. H. Sobel: *Bullies Lt. Dick Winters, and his overall company, with the most insane orders (which are impossible to comply to), and gives him the option to a) suck it up, or b) take him to be Court Martialed*
Lt. D. Winters: *decides to take him to be court martialed*
Cpt. H. Sobel:
Lewis Nixon:
Band of Brothers & Troubled Birds
“When examining the letters and memoirs of soldiers from the Medical Department, it soon becomes apparent that the image created by the infantry is different from reality. The medics of the Second World War did not receive the thorough training that was expected of them, they were prone to psychological breakdowns, and under extreme conditions, they were even insubordinate.
Their war was no different from the men they were attached to.”
Robert Del Toro, Fighting a War Without Rifles: Deconstructing the Image of the Unflappable Medic
I’m glad we’re going to Europe. Hitler gets one of these right across the windpipe, Roosevelt changes Thanksgiving to Joe Toye Day, pays me ten grand a year for the rest of my fuckinging life.
It’s not a perfect edit but yeah he my boo
Nobady :
Absolutely nobady in easy company:
David Webster :
modern day au where nix is so tired of sobel’s shit that he writes all his reports in WordArt text because he didnt actually specify what kind of font you should use
Babe: Can you dust my wets?
Doc Roe: You can just ask for Parmesan cheese
Babe, confused, lifts all of his spaghetti with his hands: Please. My wets.
Toye: Tis but a scratch.
Roe: A scratch? Your leg’s off!
“what the hell is your issue?” yeah you’re gonna need to be more specific buddy