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shoshiwrites · 5 months

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Band of Brothers Ages: IRL vs. Actors

Did you know that according to a 1947 study, almost half the men who served in WWII were still under age 26 by the end of the war?

What this is : A (very long) post comparing the ages of the actors in Band of Brothers vs. the IRL figures they are portraying.

Background: Did I need to do this? No. Did anyone ask for this? Also no. Did I do it anyway? Yes.

Disclaimers: This is SUPER approximate for the most part. I based IRL ages off of D-Day unless otherwise noted, and actor ages off of January 1, 2000, the year filming took place (the latter is where the most variation will be because I didn't try to figure out what month filming started). I also didn't fact-check birthdays beyond googling. Most are sourced from the Band of Brothers and Military Wikis on fandom.com, Wikipedia, and IMDb.

I broke them up into rough categories, which are, again, approximate. I know I often forget how young the real life people were here, and this was a good reminder of that. I also found it interesting to see which actors were actually younger than their roles!

Check it all out under the cut ⬇️

~10+ years older

Dale Dye (55) as Col. Robert F. Sink (39) (~16 years)

Michael Cudlitz (35) as Denver "Bull" Randleman (23) (~12)

Marc Warren (32) as Albert Blithe (20) (~12)

Rocky Marshall (33) as Earl J. McClung (21) (~12)

Frank John Hughes (32) as William J. Guarnere (21) (~11)

Neal McDonough (33) as Lynn D. (Buck) Compton (22) (~11)

Dexter Fletcher (33) as John W. Martin (22) (~11)

~5+ years older

Simon Schatzberger (32) as Joseph A. Lesniewski (23) (~9)

Richard Speight Jr. (30) Warren H. (Skip) Muck (22) (~8)

Jason O'Mara (30) as Thomas Meehan (22) (~8)

Ron Livingston (32) as Lewis Nixon (25) (~7)

Donnie Wahlberg (30) as C. Carwood Lipton (24) (~6)

Matthew Settle (30) as Ronald C. Speirs (24) (~6)

Nolan Hemmings (28) as Charles E. "Chuck" Grant (22) (~6)

Douglas Spain (25) as Antonio C. Garcia (19) (~6)

George Calil (26) as James H. "Mo" Alley Jr. (21) (~5)

Rick Gomez (27) as George Luz (22) (~5 year)

Scott Grimes (28) as Donald G. Malarkey (23) (~5)

Stephen Graham (26) as Myron "Mike" Ranney (21) (~5)

~less than 5 years older

Shane Taylor (25) as Eugene G. Roe (21) (~4)

Tim Matthews (23) as Alex M. Penkala Jr. (19) (~4)

Matthew Leitch (24) as Floyd M. "Tab" Talbert (20) (~4)

Peter O'Meara (30) as Norman S. Dike Jr. (26) (~4)

Tom Hardy (22) as John A. Janovec (18) (~4)

Rick Warden (28) as Harry F. Welsh (25) (~3)

Kirk Acevedo (28) as Joseph D. Toye (25) (~3)

Eion Bailey (25) as David Kenyon Webster (22) (~3)

Craig Heaney (26) as Roy W. Cobb (29) (~3)

Damian Lewis (28) as Richard D. Winters (26) (~2)

Robin Laing as Edward J. "Babe" Heffron (~2, 21/23)

Ben Caplan (26) as Walter S. "Smokey" Gordon Jr. (24) (~2)

David Schwimmer (32) as Herbert M. Sobel (33) (~1 year)

Michael Fassbender (22) as Burton P. "Pat" Christenson (21) (~1)

Colin Hanks (22) as Lt. Henry Jones (21) (~1) (age around Bastogne)

Bart Ruspoli (23) as Edward J. Tipper (22) (~1)

~Same age

Peter Youngblood Hills as Darrell C. "Shifty" Powers (21)

Mark Huberman as Lester "Les" Hashey (19)

Younger

Lucie Jeanne (23) as Renée Lemaire (30) (age around Bastogne) (~7)

Ross McCall (23) as Joseph D. Liebgott (29) (~6)

Simon Pegg (29) as William S. Evans (~33) (~4)

Philip Barantini (19) as Wayne A. "Skinny" Sisk (22) (~3)

James Madio (24) as Frank J. Perconte (27) (~3)

Stephen McCole (25) as Frederick "Moose" Heyliger (27) (~2)

Matt Hickey (~16) as Patrick S. O'Keefe (18) (~2)

Incomplete/not found

Phil McKee as Maj. Robert L. Strayer (34)

Rene L. Moreno as Joseph Ramirez (30)

Doug Allen as Alton M. More (24)

David Nicolle as Lt. Thomas A. Peacock (24)

Rebecca Okot as Anna (Augusta Chiwy) (24) (age around Bastogne)

Alex Sabga-Brady as Francis J. Mellet (23)

Mark Lawrence as William H. Dukeman Jr. (22)

Nicholas Aaron as Robert E. (Popeye) Wynn (22)

Peter McCabe as Donald B. Hoobler (21)

Marcos D'Cruze as Joseph P. Domingus (not found)

#ty mercurygray for that sweet sweet jstor access #band of brothers #uhh one more disclaimer it's entirely possible that i mistyped stuff here and that i switched ages/etc.#i did try to proofread though!#anyway. i apologize if anyone has already done this.#shoshi.txt #sort of #it's also very possible that i spent too much time online today

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vera-keller · 10 months

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a conversation just now with @mrsgeorgeluz has reminded me to share with you these treats obtained from a two-day trip to aldbourne up in marlborough, wiltshire with @liebgottsjumpwings that we went on in march this year, so without further ado, here's our 2023 band of brothers aldbourne excursion report!

we started by taking a train up to oxford from london, drove further out to marlborough from park end station and followed this aerial photograph:

and this illustrated map, courtesy of the royal army service corps (as found from the aldbourne heritage center) and which, if our sources are correct, may have been drawn by pat christenson:

to the site where easy company set up their barracks back in 1943. our navigational abilities have, to our surprise, proven reliable. aldbourne is a very small village so the site wasn't far from the square, but it was a mildly frustrating walk interspersed with rain and beset by slippery gravel slopes BUT hi-ho silver bitches 😌

this is where the enlisted men and ncos lived in huts made of wood and brick and cinder blocks, constructed as part of a temporary encampment. these were described as "wood and quonset-type buildings with a potbelly stove in each and toilets outside" by don malarkey and tbh nobody loved them because the outdoor toilets apparently made everything smell like shit. the site was difficult to find at first and we used the shape of nearby roads and other infrastructure to roughly estimate its position but we found it and discovered that it is presently a football field.

unfortunately the rain picked up almost immediately when we got there and we did not bring adequate footwear, so we could not actually go onto the field and manually identify where each individual hut and building used to stand, as we originally planned to do. so we walked around the perimeter. only a handful of buildings from the encampment remain as most of them were removed by the village council after the war. one of the remaining buildings is the cookhouse. the other is a red cross hut, nicknamed the "nissen hut" by archaeologists and historians, which looked like this:

and which we did not have access to. at any rate i'm pretty sure it has been repurposed as a workshop.

we had lunch at the aldbourne post office and café,

aka downstairs from the room where dick winters and harry welsh were billeted!

here's dick's upstairs window overlooking part of the village square.

all of this is also on private property and the owners, who are also the proprietors of the café. according to the owners, various members of the band of brothers cast often make trips up here and i believe we missed peter youngblood hills (shifty powers) and nicholas aaron (popeye wynn) by a month or two.

then we decided that it was time for a pint. our first stop was the crown where unfortunately we did not take any photos, but it was the go-to pub for enlisted men. a short walk away is the blue boar aka the officers' club.

our last stop before we left had us going up to st. michael's church at the other end of the village green to pay our respects to the veterans buried there. we sat at the bench at the hilltop overlooking the village from across the cemetery. apparently this was dick winters's favourite spot to visit if he wanted some peace and quiet, and he wrote about it in his memoirs:

we were also invited to participate in the annual aldbourne excavation project by breaking ground heritage where archaeologists come by the former barracks site (aforementioned present-day football field) and dig for material culture. as the excavation took place in may and clashed with jules's thesis and my final exams, we were sadly unable to attend, but we did leave our contact details for next year's dig.

the aldbourne scenes in the hbo miniseries, by the way, weren't actually filmed in aldbourne. they were filmed in hambleden, buckinghamshire, which we might visit next year on our way back to london.

unlike the easy men, unfortunately we did not go on to invade fortress europa after leaving wiltshire. here we are:

if you're thinking of making a trip to aldbourne yourself and want to know 1.) how to go about it without joining a tour group, 2.) what's the best way to get there or 3.) how to participate in the 2024 archaeological excavation project (where you'll definitely be seeing me), do not hesitate to get in touch with us. we may be a couple of silly geese but we're excited to share anything we know with you.

#victoria's livejournal #easy company #hbo war #military history #mutuals: jules #also bffl jules

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remixinc · 3 months

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AT&T 'Sound of Silence' from Will Dohrn on Vimeo.

AT&T “Sound Of Silence”

Directed by Will Dohrn DOP: Norm Li @norm_li EP: Deannie O’Neil @deannieo EP: Daniel Wolfe @danieljudewolfe Managing Partner: Kelly Bayett @kellybayett HOP: Paige Kauffman @thatgirlpk

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Director’s Assistant: Kalynn Youngblood @nnylak

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Producer: Mary Church Color: Company3 @company_3 Artist: Simon Bourne Producer: Chris Anthony @chrisanthonyproducer

VFX: Mathematic Supervisor: Vincent Blin Producer: Andrew Turner

Music, Sound Design and Mix: Barking Owl @barkingowlsound CD: Kelly Bayett @kellybayett EP: Ashley Benton Sound Design and Mix: Gus Koven @guskoven Vocal Artist: Amira Unplugged

Edit: Cut and Run @cutandrunedit Editor: Beau Dickson @beauadickson EP: Marcia Wigley

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catherinesvalois · 2 years

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Shifty being humble. Band of Brothers (2001)

#band of brothers #band of brothers hbo #hbo band of brothers #hbogifs #hbodaily #hbowardaily #hbowar #hbo war #shifty powers #darrell powers #wwII #world war ii #peter youngblood hills #band of brothers 2001 #tvgifs #rebeccapearson #he's so adorable #gifs: mine

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yourspeirs · 2 years

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"Don't miss, Shifty."

and he didn't.

#shifty powers #darrell powers #band of brothers #hbo war #easy company #peter youngblood hills

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aegondluvrs · 1 year

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this genre of behind the scene pics are so fucking funny im howling

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phoenixes-and-wizards · 3 years

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luz: alright, you little shits, listen up

luz, looking at shifty: no, no, not you, shifty

shifty: um, okay?

luz: you’re an absolute angel and we’re thrilled to have you here

(insp.)

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whatahelluvatodie · 4 years

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Henry V by Band of Brothers cast

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lyselkatzfandomluvs · 2 years

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Band of Brothers screencaps/edits (470/?)

Darrell "Shifty" Powers

March 13: Happy birthday

#band of brothers #shifty powers #48 hour pass!#peter youngblood hills #my bob edits #my gifs #my edits #my BoB birthday sibling!

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keoghans · 4 years

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Bradycardia / Grant!Davis series

Here we have yet another part of the series of my beloved new character Hannah Davis and my bOI Chuck Grant. This one is kinda lame but I still like it.

Warnings: idk medical condition?

Bastogne. Frozen hell on earth, located in Belgium.

The cold seemed to never end, like Belgium only had one season. And the paratroopers were unprotected, underfed and almost under constant attack.

Chuck held it in most of the time, except when Penkala, Muck and Malarkey were near. Those three always brought smiles and fun anecdotes for them to fill the down time.

But the NCO spent the majority of his time alone in a foxhole, until he was told by Lipton to move, so Shifty and Malarkey would be in his.

“Go with Hannah, she has been alone most days,” Lip said, “she needs some company, we all deserve some”.

He sighed, already feeling the dread of awkward conversations between him and Shifty’s friend. Hannah had always seemed like a nice woman, very tough for fighting for her place in the Forces, but they never exchanged that many words.

But orders are orders and there is no place for questions.

As he got closer to her foxhole, he noticed the brunette brushing her hair with her fingers, her helmet hanging in her knee, reminding him of the times he had seen his mother brush her hair with her fingers after swimming in the local pool, where she took him and his brother for many summers.

“Finally, some stinking ass shit called food for our bellies!” exclaimed Luz, filled with cynicism, as the men formed a queue with their tin cups in hand.

“You would eat anything you can find that is slightly edible, Luz,” Skip joked, earning a push from the aforementioned paratrooper, the men laughing around them.

Chuck stood between Christenson and Perconte, in complete silence, thinking about the meals he used to enjoy back in his house in Los Angeles. The onion salted beef with peas and potatoes his mother made, pulled chicken with the secret sauce his brother did, and those amazing burgers served at Old Rick’s in downtown.

His stomach grumbled as the rest of his body shook from the cold. His face felt still as a rock, even though his head was covered with a scarf like a hiyab, he could feel the sharp teeth of Winter biting down his skin. Chuck wondered how the hell did they land in such place, without winter gear, without proper food, without a good amount of ammunition.

He felt frustrated for the men he commanded, being Staff Sergeant, and he couldn’t protect them properly. Though he knew how the chain of command left even Winters unprotected, he wanted to scalate and yell at everyone who was supposed to send the men into war properly armed and prepared.

“Medic! Roe!” a loud voice yelling came into notice, shaking him from his thoughts. McClung was running towards them, and silence fell upon the group of soldiers waiting for their dinner.

“What’s going on? Are they attacking? I don’t hear anything!” Malarkey exclaimed, just a few feet from the group.

“No, it’s Davis, I saw her in her foxhole. I—I thought she was asleep, so I shook her to wake her up and she just felt limp to the side… I think she’s—,” he stopped talking abruptly, his eyes wide open and shook.

Without another word, Doc Roe, Winters, Shifty and Chuck ran towards her foxhole.

Chuck shook with fear as he saw two other paratroopers around her body, sprawled across the snow.

“I—I thought she was asleep, sir, I swear, I—Jesus,” Chuck said to Winters, as he fell to his knees to hold her head while Roe worked on her.

Doc Roe opened her shirt up, revealing her chest and placed his ear in the middle of her breasts, asking everyone for silence, while Winters held her hand from the other side.

“There’s a very faint sound, she’s probably in Bradycardia, I’m gonna try rubbing her chest. Chuck, talk to her, try to wake her up,” Eugene commanded, forming a fist with his right hand, and pressing up and down her chest.

“Hannah? Hannah, wake up, come on. It’s Chuck, I’m here, we have food, come on, please, wake up,” Chuck started, his voice dripping with worry.

“Hannah, please, you need to wake up. It’s Shifty. Winters, Eugene and Chuck are here! Come on, we still have to fight, let’s go, Davis, come on!” Shifty added, applying pressure to her legs.

“It’s not working, and she could lose it… there’s only one thing I can do right now,” Doc Roe said, and without waiting another second he made a tight fist with his right hand, charged it up and slammed it against the left side of her chest.

Hannah suddenly woke up, taking a big breath in like she just came from underwater. She was panting, her hands were shaking as she took notice of the men around her.

Chuck felt like his heart just came down from his throat, as one of her hands found his around her face.

“Hannah? Listen to me, you were in syncope. Your pulse went so low from the cold, you passed out. I are you drinking enough water? Eating?” Eugene asked her, holding her hand as he took her pulse.

She nodded silently, looking only at him.

“Well, we barely have food, Doc, I’m sure she’s eating as much as any of us, which isn’t much,” Shifty added.

“I’m sorry that I have to ask this but, are you menstruating by any chance?” Eugene asked.

Another nod.

“That could also explain what happened to you…”

“Doc, take her to the Aid Station, get a hot meal, get her hydrated and get back here tomorrow. That’s an order, Davis, don’t come back until you’re fully recharged,” Winters ordered, somehow managing to balance firm and genuine concern in his voice.

When the jeep came, Shifty lifted her up and placed her on the front, while Doc Roe took a seat next to the wheel, still holding onto one of her hands.

“Wait! Sir, can I go in Eugene’s place? Shifty can cover my place, or Penkala, he’s nearby with Luz and Muck,” Chuck asked Dick, taking off his helmet.

“Grant, we—,”

“Sir, I should’ve checked on her better, she could be dead right now because I didn’t look out for her as I should’ve… and we all do that with each other. I want to be there now, please… sir,” Chuck insisted. Winters stared at him for a moment, noticing the worry in his eyes and his tone of voice.

“Tell the nurses there exactly what the Doc said, and never leave her side. Find food for both and don’t come back, like I said, until she has at least some colour in her skin,” Dick said, signaling Eugene to get off the jeep.

“Thank you, Sir, thank you,” the NCO replied, taking Eugene’s place.

“Ask for Renee, tell her I sent you, she’ll help you,” Eugene said before the jeep drove away.

“Here, hot meals like Winters said,” Chuck said. He came back with Renee, placing a small battered plate in front of Hannah, who looked exhausted, but with some color back in her skin.

“Thank you,” she said, sitting up against the wall. Both were sitting in the back of the church, where the soldiers with minor injuries stayed. “So, bradycardia, bleeding and dehydration… and I almost died?”

“Bradycardia isn’t that bad, just… it’s like your body went into hibernation, and the bleeding from your period didn’t help. Which brings me to this,” Renee replied, and pulled a few pads made from fabric that look like the bandages Roe used to cover wounds, “They’re sanitary serviettes. I managed to find a few and cleansed them in hot water, for you,” she explained, placing them in the pocket of her jacket.

“Thank you, Renee, really,” Hannah said, finding some comfort in another woman who understood her problem. Renee squeezed her arm with a warm smile and left to keep helping the other soldiers.

“You look better…” Chuck started, sitting next to her, “Listen, I’m sorry I didn’t notice at first, I… I really thought you were deep asleep and since you haven’t been sleeping well in the last few days, I just thought I’d get food for both and come back to the hole, and well—,”

“Chuck, it’s okay, really. You’re not a medic, you’re not supposed to know this shit can happen…” Hannah said, taking a bite of her food. She noticed the concern in his eyes before, but wasn’t strong enough to speak. “You think I can snatch a purple heart for this?” she joked, making Chuck snort.

“I’m sure Gordon can spare another one, or we’ll just steal it from his stuff,” he replied, smiling at her.

Chuck took notice of her smile, suddenly. How some of her teeth were slightly crooked, how her nose crinkles and the corner of her lips twitches while she laughs.

But he promptly caught himself, clearing his throat and pulled his attention back to the conversation and his food.

“God, I miss my grandma’s cooking so much right now,” Hannah said, looking down at the plate.

“I miss my mother’s. But at least we didn’t have to eat those disgusting beans we get served on the field,” Chuck replied, passing her a bit of bread.

“Would it be bad to reveal that I had a syncope on purpose so we would have a better meal?” Hannah joked, earning a small push from Chuck.

“Don’t even joke about it, I was scared shitless… don’t tell anyone I just said that,” Chuck said, looking at her a tad sternly. Hannah smiled to ease up his worry.

“Sergeant, you did help me wake up, and came here with me. If something ever happens to you, I’ll be there too. Just… try not to get bradycardia or shot, okay, you’re probably a lot heavier than me and I don’t wanna have to carry you,” she responded, chuckling.

“Are you calling me fat?”

“Well, you’re no Skinny Sisk”.

“Anyways, if anything happens to me, I’ll be sure to be near someone that can carry me; like Lt. Speirs or Doc Roe,” Chuck said, and kept eating with Hannah, cracking jokes every now and again.

#chuck grant #chuck grant imagine #chuck grant x oc #chuck grant one shot #band of brothers #band of brothers imagine #band of brothers fanfic #band of brothers one shot #my work #nolan hemmings #damian lewis #peter youngblood hills #rocky marshall #shane taylor #fanfic #fanfiction #hbo war #hbo #hbo war fanfiction

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