re: Finally starting Band of Brothers for the first time

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Only episode that I do not enjoy is #3 Carentan. Albert Blithe was poorly portrayed. He went on to serve with distinction in other conflicts. The episode ends saying that he died from his wounds. This is a reflection of Amrbose's laziness as a researcher. He stole other people's work and never bothered to confirm info.

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Agreed. They do not give out bronze and silver stars to people who are too afraid to fight.

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Blithe also served in Korea with the 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team where he was awarded a Bronze Star and a Silver Star for jumping behind enemy lines surrounded by a Chinese battalion.[9] He was later assigned to the Military Assistance Advisory Group in Taiwan. He never retired from military service.[citation needed]

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Blithe was portrayed in the popular HBO series Band of Brothers. In the end screen of episode 3 "Carentan", Blithe is said to be "never recovered from the wounds he received in Normandy." and would claim that he later died in 1948. This was a false death claim as none of the other veterans from Easy Company found out what happened to him, and believed he died in 1948 from his wound. Stephen Ambrose, who collected the veteran's memories, regarded this as factual information, and wrote that in his book "Band of Brothers, E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne: From Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest (1992)". The Blithe family later refuted this which led to corrections in the subsequent editions of that same book.[10] The movie, resultant DVDs or Blu-Ray discs would not have such changes, and would still present the false death claim.

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Great mini-series and better than the Pacific.