This should be my third time watching the show, and it has been at least ten years since the first time I watched it.
Part One: Currahee
Major Battles: In 1942, the Easy Company, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, US Army, began recruit training at Toccoa Training Camp, Georgia, USA. Currahee is the name of the mountain when the recruits often run for training, and it is also a training slogan. It also means lonely side by side in Indian language.
Main characters: Herbert Sobel Lieutenant Herbert Sobel, the first company commander of E Company, was promoted to captain, but was transferred from E Company and replaced by Lieutenant Thomas Meehan Thomas Meehan.
In this episode, Richard Davis "Dick" Winters Second Lieutenant Richard Davis "Dick" Winters appears as 2nd Platoon Commander of E Company, later promoted to Lieutenant.
Part Two: Day of Days
Major Battles: On June 6, 1944, the most famous D-Day in history, E Company was parachuted into Normandy.
Main characters: John Hall John Hall, A Company Signal Corps, later killed.
In this episode, the 2nd company commander, Lieutenant Meehan, is killed in action and is replaced by Lieutenant Winters.
In addition, the director used the language of the camera and the sound of the Thomson submachine gun to imply that a platoon leader of D Company, Lt. Ronald Speirs, shot the prisoner of war.
Part Three: Carentan
Main battle: In June 1944, Company E destroys German howitzer positions outside Carentan, France.
Main characters: Albert Blithe Albert Blithe, Private 1st Platoon, E Company, was wounded and was promoted to Private.
In this episode, Lieutenant Winters is promoted to captain and officially takes over as company commander.
Part Four: Replacements
Major engagements: In September 1944, the E Company was airborne near Eindhoven, the Netherlands, after being replenished for Operation Market Garden.
Main characters: Denver "Bull" Randleman Sergeant Denver "Bull" Randleman, 1st Row 2nd Squad Leader, E Company.
Captain Winters continues to serve as the 3rd Company Commander of E Company in this episode.
Part Five: Crossroads
Main battles: In October 1944, Company E accidentally encountered the Germans near a crossroad somewhere in the Netherlands, and finally won more with less, and rescued the Red Devils of the British 1st Airborne Division near Arnhem, the Netherlands.
Main characters: Lieutenant Winters, 2nd Battalion deputy battalion commander Major Oliver Horton after the death of the deputy battalion commander, but the same rank.
In this episode, Lieutenant Frederick T. "Moose" Heyliger takes over as company commander, but he is accidentally shot by his own sentinel in Drier, the Netherlands. Lieutenant Norman S. Dike jr. took over as company commander.
Part Six: Bastogne
Major Battles: In December 1944, Company E was besieged by German troops in the forest outside Bastogne, Belgium, but held its ground. The Battle of Bastogne was part of the Battle of the Bulge.
Main characters: Eugene "Doc" Roe Corporal Eugene "Doc" Roe, E Company Medic.
Renee, a nurse at the Bastogne Medical Station (the show's only heroine), was left with a turban after a German bombing, but her whereabouts are not specified in the show. In reality, he was killed during the bombing.
In this episode, Captain Winters continues to serve as Deputy Battalion Commander of 2nd Battalion, and Lieutenant Deckard continues as 5th Company Commander of E Company.
Part Seven: The Breaking Point
Major Battles: In January 1945, the Battle of the Bulge continued as Company E fought in the Ardennes Forest near Bastogne, near Foy, and captured Foy.
Main characters: Carwood Lipton Sergeant Major Carwood Lipton, later promoted to second lieutenant. During the fighting in Belgium, he was the de facto leader of the E Company.
In this episode, Lieutenant Deckard misleads the battle and Lieutenant Spears takes over as the company commander.
Part Eight: The Last Patrol
Major Battles: In February 1945, Company E was at Haguenau, Alsace, France. They sent 15 scouts across the Moder River to capture enemy troops as prisoners.
Main Character: David Kenyon Webster David Kenyon Webster, Private 2nd Platoon, E Company.
Hank Jones Second Lieutenant Hank Jones, later promoted to Lieutenant.
In this episode, Captain Winters continues to serve as Deputy Battalion Commander of the 2nd Battalion, later promoted to Major.
Part Nine: Why We Fight
Major Battles: In April 1945, Company E discovered a concentration camp outside Landsberg, Germany.
Main characters: Lewis Nixon Capt. Lewis Nixon, demoted from regiment intelligence staff to 2nd Battalion combat staff.
Part Ten: Points
Main battle: In May 1945, Company E captured Hitler's "Eagle's Nest" in Berchtesgaden, Germany. The Germans surrendered in May and the Japanese in August.
Main characters: Everyone who survived the war and served in Company E.
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