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ok, we like to talk about how David Kenyon Webster died at sea studying his beloved sharks, etc etc

but we don't talk about how Alton More, who loved his horses and raised them and presumably had a ranch or access to one all of his post-war life, died in a freak accident where his car hit a horse?

like--

c'mon now.

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Why we fight

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Thought you didn't smoke.

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Day of Days

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something that appeals to me so much about joe and web’s characters and their dynamic is that they both have such a vast capacity for violence but also tenderness all the same. like web will pull a gun on a german baker but he’ll give sad dutch kids chocolate. joe is aggressive and wants revenge against the germans but he’s so gentle and caring when his friends are hurt. they’re both such angry people and that anger comes out when they’re together but I think it only masks their soft underbellies, the fact that they both care a lot and have big hearts and that’s why they’re so affected by everything. that’s why web goes on that rant in the back of that truck, that’s why joe keeps shooting at the germans even when he doesn’t have to. they love too much they feel a lot and it consumes them and the war turns that love into rage. they don’t know where else to put it

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Band of Brothers 1x06

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they were literally looking at web like this

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Band of Brothers screencaps/edits (206/?)

Joe Toye in Currahee (1/2)

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luz & toye textposts part iii

part i, part ii

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(When talking about General LeClerc’s French troops)

The French also confounded Winters because the colonel acting as liaison between LeClerc and the 506th was always accompanied by a beautiful woman.

"And all I ever had was Nixon," Winters later remarked with a smile. "It wasn't the same."

—Biggest Brother, the Life of Major Dick Winters

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You see the three musketeers sit around the table here shooting the bull, so while it rolls on I'll see if I can make any sense out of this. The three are Irishmen-one Capt. Nixon, and Lt. Welsh and last of all the Major. Now Capt. Nixon is the biggest drunk I've ever seen, known, or hope to see. He's worth a small fortune, never'll have to work a lick in his life, but absolutely the most reliable man I've ever known. Welsh is as bullheaded as you'd expect an Irishman to be.

—May 16, 1945, Letter to DeEtta

At the present time we're (Nixon and I) ribbing Lt. Welsh about marrying an Irish girl by the name of Kitty Grogan. He hopes to be married inside of four months. We're carefully explaining that some 4F will grab her off before that. If he does manage to get married, we promise to steal the bride for the balance of his leave unless he hires us to protect him from others who may have the same intentions. Price is 1 qt. of scotch for Nixon and 1 qt. of ice cream for myself. He doesn't take us seriously.

—May 30, 1945, Letter to DeEtta

I've mentioned Capt. Nixon I believe, of Nixon, N.J. [W]ell I've got him writing his first letter since last Nov. to his wife. Quite a guy, he's having one hell of a time getting organized and down to work. Claims he hasn't anything to say to her, just to his dog. He has a baby boy that he's never seen, but he won't talk about his son, it's always his dog. Knowing you, why I know you could spend an enjoyable two or three hours talking about how awful he is-if you knew him. However I'll tell you he's idealistic. I've known him three years and lived and slept aside and fought with him for two. This guy loves one thing right at this stage of life: a bottle of spirits or a fight. He's OK in a fight, but Jesus, outside of that he's absolutely the most undependable man you'd ever want to find.

Since we've been overseas he's only run around with one girl. An English girl and she was anything but beautiful. However she was a good listener and companion. In fact I am not too sure but this guy might end up staying over here in England. Ah yes, things are really snafu-and don't ask me what that means.

Now here we have Welsh & Nixon mixing Vodka, rum & vermouth-oh boy it won't be long now.

—June 2, 1945, Letter to DeEtta

(Writing about the job offer at Nixon Nitration Works) “I don't count on a thing until I have it," Dick confessed, "but it sounds good."

—September 2,  1945, Letter to DeEtta

Do you know what this new regimental C.O. has gone and done? Declared me essential. Why? Well you know all those nice things one can say at a time like that. Me, with 100 points as of V-E Day, and about the only officer in the regiment who has enough points to get out, and who doesn't want any part of the army, stuck until the division goes home. Which won't be this year. Boy, do you smell smoke? Don't worry, it's just me.

Capt. Nixon left this week, which makes everything just dandy. I am about as lonesome as a lovesick swab who married a Wave on an eight hour pass.

—September 16, 1945, Letter to DeEtta

From “Hang Tough: The WWII Letters and Artifacts of Major Dick Winters”

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From Band of Brothers DVD Photo Gallery

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a total solar eclipse occurred on august 21st, 1914

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MASTERS OF THE AIR — part 2

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