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pastlivesandpurplepuppets · 2 months ago

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Every morning Dad got up early and made breakfast for her. If it was the dead of winter he pulled Mom’s car up to the front of the house, cleared off the snow, and turned on the heater for her. Every night after work Dad had a cocktail with Mom and they chatted about the events of the day. We went to family gatherings, where Dad was always well liked and lively. He was a great dad—very loving and attentive. He doted on my mother and was very much in love with her. I never heard him use profanity or witnessed him losing his temper. He never raised a hand to us kids when we didn’t deserve it—and there were plenty of times we did deserve it and didn’t get it.

~ Michael Sobel (Sobel's son)

#We Who Are Alive and Remain: Untold Stories from the Band of Brothers #band of brothers #herbert sobel #two things: first of all i am always so baffled that apparently it's not perfectly obvious/#/perfectly shown in the show that sobel made easy company into what it became. this tightknit more closer than brothers unit #to me the 'sobel got short-end of a stick' and wasn't portrayed how he was complaining has always seemed ludicrous #secondly: everything sobel's family said and complained about - i am kind of side-eyeing #sorry but sobel was for years in VA assisted-living facility. michael himself said that the living conditions there were horrible #yet none of them did anything to move him somewhere better? to be there more often so that they would have known when he died and be there #when he was cremated?#sounds to me that the fuss they made about how sobel was portrayed in the show/book was perhaps to do with their own guilt #anyway. may sobel rest in peace and we all know he is one the greater reasons why the easy company was so damn magnificent

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