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However, Blithe was shot in his collarbone. He recovered from his wounds and was sent back to the states. In December , while on active duty in Germany, Blithe attended a ceremony in Bastogne commemorating the Battle of the Bulge.

He was diagnosed with a perforated ulcer and died in the ICU on December 17 after surgery. Blithe had attained the rank of Master Sergeant and was buried with full honors at Arlington National Cemetery. The other men of Easy Company never found out what happened to Blithe after he was wounded at the farmhouse. They assumed he succumbed to his wounds and the producers of the show did no further research. Having spent more than 20 years in the Army over the course of three wars, Blithe deserves more credit than he is given in Band of Brothers.

The last episode of the miniseries follows Major Dick Winters and Easy Company during the last few months of the war. After the official German surrender, Winters meets with a German Colonel who offers Winters his Luger pistol as his formal surrender.

Out of respect for a fellow soldier, Winters allows the Colonel to keep his sidearm. In reality, the surrendering German was a Major like Winters. I was assigned this Major and when he walked in, he presented me this pistol and offered his personal surrender, which naturally I accepted gratefully. So that would be the end of the war for his men and this is basically the end of the war for my men. There was no blood on it. The real-life exchange between the two Majors and the impression that the symbolic pistol left would have been more impactful than the surrender shown on screen.

At the end of the day, we will be hailed as geniuses if we get this 12 percent right. We are going to shoot for 17 percent. As with most Hollywood productions, the history was adapted for dramatic effect and series structure. Fieldgear U. Insignia U. Footwear U. Awards U. Sorry, we will not have Jump Uniforms until Summer We hope Now you can build your own impression for a paratrooper operating in Normandy of Easy Company, th Parachute Infantry Regiment, st Airborne Division as as see in "Band of Brothers".

The drop down boxes allow you to select sizes, upgrade components, and add options. If an item is out of stock, the shopping cart will not allow you to select it. Uniform Selections: Standard uniforms were worn during all combat operations from the first jumps in Tunisia and Italy, and throughout the Summer of in Europe.

The 11th Airborne worn the same uniform during operations in the Pacific. Both style are correct for Normandy. For specific information on any item with in a set go to that individual item page on our site and read the details and sizing information where it applies. Chest Size: Order your normal chest size. However, Foy was eventually captured from the enemy, as the German line in Bastogne fell apart.

The figurative gates of Germany were finally open. Although the th Parachute Infantry Regiment is still in service as a training unit of the U.