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Published: 2007-10-10 03:18:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 1789; Favourites: 19; Downloads: 0
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"He was there when he was needed, and how he got 'there' you often wondered. He never received recognition for his bravery, his heroic servicing of the wounded. I recommended him for a Silver Star after a devastating firefight when his exploits were typically outstanding. Maybe I didn't use the proper words and phrases, perhaps Lieutenant Dike didn't approve, or somewhere along the line it was cast aside. I don't know. I never knew except that if any man who struggled in the snow and the cold, in the many attacks through the open and through the woods, ever deserved such a medal, it was our medic, Gene Roe." - Lieutenant FoleyEugene G. "Doc" Roe
101st Airborne Division, E Company 2/506th
[1921-1999]
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Same. He is very inspirational. C :
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Yes, he is.. Because of BoB I want to know more about WW2, mostly about years 1944-45
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I had always been very fascinated by WWII, growing up. After seeing BoB, my fascination only grew. That series was done so well, that even a great deal of the dialog is non-fictional. Many WWII recount novels that I own, written from the point of view of many different survivors, recall the same exact dialog and the manner of which it was spoken.
I have a lot of respect for the series, because the creators shown a lot of respect for those who lived it.
WWII is a very interesting benchmark in human history, no matter who's side you are viewing it from. C :
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oh wow, I do not have many WWII books, I'm reading Citizen Soldiers by Stephen Ambrose 
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Oh, Stephen Ambrose is an excellant writer. I believe I have a few of his books.
One of my absolute favorites, that you may enjoy as well, is "Seven Roads to Hell" by Donald R. Burgett. It is a rather chilling recount of his time served in the European theatre; namely, his recount of the battle of Bastonge [which the majority of the book is about, and thusly titled for]. Bastonge was one of the most pivotal battles of the war and remains the segment I am most interested it - Band of Brothers' episode of Bastogne was Doc-Roe's part.
It is somewhat hard to find, except probably online, but I highly recommend it!
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oh wow, thank you, I'll search for it ^^ Oh yes, Bastogne... Roe was amazing there
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watching the band of brother marathon on spike right no,and its the doc roe episode. glad to see he got a da stamp
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That episode was one of my favorite for sure. It is also the only episode that is not narrated; I am so glad that they did it that way - it gives it a very powerful feel.
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doc roe = amazing
my grandfather was in Easy Co. with him 
great to see some other BoB fans out there!
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: ) Wow! Your grandfather is amazing man to have served in Easy; and to serve next to not only Doc Roe, but all of those very brave and amazing men. What an honor it must be to know you share blood with such a man. : )
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it really, truly is. it's sad that i never got the chance to meet him, but because of Band of Brothers my mom has dragged me and my siblings to the Easy Co. reunions, so I've gotten to meet a lot of the surviving vets, as well as some of the actors
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That's fantastic! It must be cool to get to speak to the actual vets and such; plus meeting the actors who portrayed them is pretty cool too. A lot of the actors looked surprisingly like the vets in their younger years. Amazing how they found people so similar, who also happened to be actors. : )
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it's pretty amazing. I gotta say, talking face to face with Wild Bill is something that I think every person should experience at least once in their lifetime, especially if he starts going off about his Vegas Broad... he's a kooky old man, that's for sure!
My mom actually just received a letter from Dick Winters and his wife a few days ago... he sends out a Christmas card to all the vets and their families, and my mom's on that list ^.^
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that's awsome
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Only very indirectly. He's a personal hero of mine, though I never had a chance to meet him, or talk to him, or anything of the sort. He was an army medic during WWII. He spoken of in the book "Band of Brothers" by Stephen Ambrose, as well as very well portrayed by actor Shane Taylor [coincidently my favorite actor too, haha.] in the HBO series "Band of Brothers".
He was a very heroic, impressive, man that I look up to very much; so I decided I'd make a little stamp for him since I finally learned how to make these things. : )
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