MAJOR WINTERS.

Eleanor Roosevelt (via vitriiol)

“Oh, anyone care for a smoke?” for speirem​

“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 … 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 Foley (Band of Brothers p. 181)

We took a direct hit over the drop zone. I got out. Two others got out. The rest of the boys? They blew up over Germany somewhere. Boom. Oh, well, it wasn’t me.

austria

Three miles up, three miles down!

“Hey, you! That’s right, you stupid Kraut bastards! That’s right! Say hello to Ford, and General fuckin’ Motors! You stupid fascist pigs! Look at you! You have horses! What were you thinking? Dragging our asses half way around the world, interrupting our lives… For what, you ignorant, servile scum! What the fuck are we doing here?”

requested by nixonlew

band of brothers rewatch: [1.03] carentan

          → three miles up, three miles down! currahee! 

It’s been two years since I’ve seen home. Two years. This fucking war.