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If you get a chance this holiday weekend, revisiting episode 6 of Band of Brothers will add humanity to the Battle of the Bulge story we're telling here.
By recreating the actions of Easy Company, the episode offers an intentionally limited view of the Bastogne Siege.
If you get a chance this holiday weekend, revisiting episode 6 of Band of Brothers will add humanity to the Battle of the Bulge story we're telling here.
By recreating the actions of Easy Company, the episode offers an intentionally limited view of the Bastogne Siege.
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The central figure in this episode: Louisiana native Eugene Roe.
An Easy company medic, Roe tried to maintain physical and emotional distance from his men. He felt emotional attachments would hinder his ability to save them when needed.
The central figure in this episode: Louisiana native Eugene Roe.
An Easy company medic, Roe tried to maintain physical and emotional distance from his men. He felt emotional attachments would hinder his ability to save them when needed.
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He was desperate to save as many of his men as he could with the paltry supplies of bandages and morphine he scraped up from adjacent units and dead Germans.
Eugene Roe died of cancer in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 1988 at age 66.
He was desperate to save as many of his men as he could with the paltry supplies of bandages and morphine he scraped up from adjacent units and dead Germans.
Eugene Roe died of cancer in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 1988 at age 66.
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