Carentan
- Episode aired Sep 16, 2001
- TV-MA
- 1h 2m
Easy Company takes on German troops in the French town of Carentan, and the battle takes its toll on one soldier who is badly traumatized by the experience.Easy Company takes on German troops in the French town of Carentan, and the battle takes its toll on one soldier who is badly traumatized by the experience.Easy Company takes on German troops in the French town of Carentan, and the battle takes its toll on one soldier who is badly traumatized by the experience.
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- TriviaThe soldier who's asked why he's still carrying his reserve parachute, Lt. Harry Welsh, did in real life make it back to England and have his chute made into a wedding dress for his bride, as he had hoped.
- GoofsIt is suggested that Albert Blithe was shot in the neck by a sniper, and the credits title card states that he died of his wounds in 1948. Fellow Easy Company soldiers had believed this to be true because they never saw him again at any reunions (they missed the first one due to still being in Europe). After the mini-series was broadcast, relatives of Albert Blithe came forward with information and documentation that Blithe was wounded in the right shoulder, recovered from his wounds, attended the 1st Annual Reunion of the 101st Airborne Division Association, and subsequently went on to have an outstanding Army career (including over 600 parachute jumps). Blithe spent the rest of the war in Army hospitals and wasn't discharged until October of 1945; during the Korean War he was part of the 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team and was awarded a Bronze Star and a Silver Star for jumping behind enemy lines. Blithe actually died in 1967 while on active duty in Germany, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors. At the time of his death Blithe held the rank of Master Sergeant and had been awarded three Purple Hearts, three Bronze Stars and a Silver Star.
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[Blithe gets out of his foxhole to investigate a noise. He hears a click and fumbles around trying to find his own clicker]
Capt. Ronald Speirs: [offscreen] Flash?
Pvt. Albert Blithe: Thunder... thunder!
[Speirs emerges from the woods]
Pvt. Albert Blithe: Lieutenant Speirs, sir.
Capt. Ronald Speirs: Where you goin', Private?
Pvt. Albert Blithe: Just... check out the noise, sir.
Capt. Ronald Speirs: I just came from there, everything's under control.
Pvt. Albert Blithe: Yes, sir.
[they walk back to Blithe's foxhole]
Capt. Ronald Speirs: Got some nervous privates in your company.
Pvt. Albert Blithe: We do, sir. W-we do, I can vouch for that.
Capt. Ronald Speirs: They just don't see how simple it is.
Pvt. Albert Blithe: Simple what is, sir?
Capt. Ronald Speirs: Just do what you have to do.
Pvt. Albert Blithe: Like you did on D-Day, sir?
[Speirs turns to go, but Blithe stops him]
Pvt. Albert Blithe: Lieutenant... sir, when I landed on D-Day, I found myself in a ditch all by myself. I fell asleep. I think it was, it was... airsickness pills they gave us. When I woke up, I didn't really... try to find my unit... to fight. I just... I just kinda stayed put.
[Speirs silently regards him for a moment]
Capt. Ronald Speirs: What's your name, trooper?
Pvt. Albert Blithe: I'm Blithe, sir. Albert Blithe.
Capt. Ronald Speirs: You know why you hid in that ditch, Blithe?
Pvt. Albert Blithe: [quietly] I was scared.
Capt. Ronald Speirs: We're all scared. You hid in that ditch because you think there's still hope. But Blithe, the only hope you have is to accept the fact that you're already dead. And the sooner you accept that, the sooner you'll be able to function as a soldier's supposed to function. Without mercy, without compassion, without remorse. All war depends upon it.
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