#smokey gordon

[staud]

BAND OF BROTHERS REWATCH | 06. Bastogne

MEDIC!

#band of brothers #babe heffron #renee lemaire #smokey gordon #carwood lipton #buck compton #hbo war #hbowardaily #history #gif #just realized next ep is THAT ep #mom im scared #bobrewatch

[dontirrigateme]

More from the Oh Shit folder

#band of brothers #easy company #hbo war #norman dike #smokey gordon #walter gordon #ron spiers #oh shit

[hbowardaily]

This is round 2 of the polls. All other polls in this round can be found here.

#band of brothers #ultimatehbowarpoll #round 2 #carwood lipton #smokey gordon #hbo war

[blood-mocha-latte]

how many times did i die without noticing? // abigail smith

#rie posts #click for better quality #everyone knows why webster's here :) #also please don't kill me actually #band of brothers #hbo war #skip muck #alex penkala #don hoobler #smokey gordon #albert blithe #chuck grant #david webster

[1waveshortofashipwreck]

Should've Been Born Later, Nix - Chapter 7: The Boys Back Home

Easy Company x Fem!OCs

Chap. Synopsis: What will happen when some of Easy Company's most valuable soldiers disappear?

Words: 2,135

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Author's note: Hey everyone! Apologies for the delay with the chapter lol 🫠 This chapter is the point of view of the men in Bastogne!! Also, because this is my fanfiction and I can do whatever I want, there will be some soldiers who somehow survived their demise in previous episodes (Miller? Dukeman? PERHAPS) Anywho, thank you as always for reading and be on the lookout for Chapter 8! 🥰

"Luz!" Carwood cried over the last shell to drop. He watched the radioman dive into the foxhole - George met the same fate as the nine others who dropped into that hole, none of them came out. Lipton was astonished. At most, a foxhole could fit three of the men comfortably, perhaps four if needed. But ten men in one? Lipton should have seen a dog pile of olive drab stretching above the opening. Instead, he saw an empty hole in the ground. The First Sergeant blinked and rubbed his eyes, making sure what he saw was indeed reality. The foxhole stayed empty when he opened his eyes.

Lipton sprinted from where he was taking cover, desperately searching for Lieutenant Dike. He knew that Dike was the least preferable choice, especially in a situation like this, but the officers Lipton would have preferred to ask for help had disappeared. After an agonizing search mission, Lipton finally found the Lieutenant - Dike was absentmindedly strolling along, looking at the trees around him with a glassy, thousand-yard stare. “Lieutenant Dike!” Lipton called out, scrambling over tree roots and broken branches. Dike snapped back to reality, his posture automatically improving when he saw First Sergeant Lipton.

“What is it, First Sergeant?” Dike asked, trying to be authoritative. The yawn that followed his words worked against him. Carwood began to speak, but his words were caught in his throat… how in the world was he going to tell the lieutenant what just happened?

“Sir… we um…” Lipton tried to force the words out of his mouth.

“Spit it out, First Sergeant Lipton!” Dike ordered, irritation evident in his voice. Lipton paused, taking a breath before responding to the officer.

“Sir… several men are gone…”

“First Sergeant, this is war, we're going to have casualties every day.”

“Not like that sir, I mean… they've disappeared…”

Dike stared blankly at the NCO, wondering if he heard him right.

“Where did they go, Carwood?” Hearing Dike use his first name gave Lipton a feeling he could only describe as ick, but nevertheless, he continued.

“Sir, I saw ten men go into a foxhole, but when I reached them, the foxhole was empty.”

“And you’re sure you went to the right foxhole?” Lipton had to pause and take a breath before answering.

“Yes, sir.” In a flurry of urgency that Lipton had never seen from Dike before, the lieutenant had rounded up Compton, Peacock, Shames, Foley, and Welsh, as well as radioed to Colonel Sink. Lipton hastily repeated his experience to the officers, who were just as hesitant to believe Lipton as Dike was. 

“So they’re just… gone?” Harry asked, still skeptical.

“I wish I had more information for you sir, but all I saw was the men go into the foxhole and not come out,” Carwood replied, defeat evident in his voice.

“Shit…” Welsh muttered under his breath. The Irishman stared at the ground in front of him, wondering how he let two of his closest friends just disappear.

“So who all are we missing?” Buck interjected. He stood with his arms crossed, instinctively taking command of the conversation.

“Captains Winters and Nixon, Lieutenant Speirs, and then Roe, Luz, Liebgott, Guarnere, Toye, Malarkey, and Randleman,” the NCO listed off the men he saw disappear, and prayed he would see again.

What Lipton did not see was Skip Muck quickly scrambling back to his foxhole. He had originally made his way to CP to ask Captain Winters a question, but when he overheard the discussion between Lipton and the officers, panic consumed the soldier’s thoughts. Muck all but fell into Penkala’s foxhole, unaware that he inadvertently elbowed his best friend in the face.

“HEY! What the fuck!?” Penkala yelped in surprise, his hands shooting to his cheek.

“Keep it down, Penk! I gotta tell you something,” Muck hushed the soldier, looking to make sure no one else was around. “I just heard Lipton telling Buck that we lost a bunch of men.”

“Like, to a sniper?”

“No, like they fucking disappeared.” Alex rolled his eyes, figuring Skip was just up to his usual mischief.

“Yeah, and I’m marrying Rita Hayworth.”

“Penk, I’m serious. Winters, Nixon, and a few others are gone and they have no fucking idea where they went.”

“Wait, what’d you say?” Muck and Penkala looked up to see that Shifty Powers had joined them in their foxhole. The rifleman looked at his two friends with shock and concern - how could the soldiers just disappear, especially vital officers like Winters and Nixon?

“He said we’re missing half the fucking company!” Penkala’s voice raised again, becoming more distressed by the minute.

“I said keep it down, you ass-hat!” Skip punctuated his interjection with a sharp whack to the back of Penkala’s head. “Look, we all know Dike isn’t gonna do shit. When Colonel Sink gets here, we need to back Lipton up and make sure Sink knows what’s happening.”

“I can go round up some of the other NCOs and tell them,” Shifty offered, gathering up his rifle to go find the rest of Easy Company’s leaders.

“Alright, we’ll come find you once Sink gets here,” Penkala replied before Shifty set off on his solo mission. Before long, the Virginian had gathered up Alley, Christianson, Grant, Martin, McClung, Perconte, Sisk, Talbert, Popeye, and Smokey Gordon. Of course, the trio of Hashey, Garcia, and Miller wanted to tag along as well - even if they did not have a leadership role, they wanted to help their company however they could.

“I really hope Bull’s okay…” Hashey muttered to no one in particular, crossing his arms to conserve the little warmth he had. “First he went missing in Holland, now we lose him in Bastogne…”

“Yeah, we need to keep a leash on him or something!” Miller snickered to his friends before Babe Heffron bumbled up to the group. The redhead resembled a baby horse learning to gallop as he jumped and weaved past tree roots and foxholes making his way to the group of soldiers.

“The fuck is this I hear about Gaurnere missing!?” Babe’s respirations were loud and labored as he attempted to catch his breath. Before anyone could respond, Lipton came across the group of soldiers all congregated near CP.

“Hey fellas, everyone doing all right?” Carwood asked nervously - he loved his men, but he knew they were up to no good if too many were in one place without a good reason.

“We heard about the men going missing,” Smokey replied, Mississippi accent thick in his words.

“We want to help, Lip, however we can,” Floyd Talbert added. He nervously shifted his weight from one foot to the other, Smokey glancing a look of concern at his best friend. 

Lipton was about to express his gratitude to his company before Colonel Sink’s Jeep was seen pulling up beside the rest of the group. Lipton quickly went to grab the company’s officers as Sink nodded in thanks to his driver and stepped out of the car. With a loud, abrupt command to “Ten-Hut!” from Buck Compton, the gathered men snapped to attention and saluted the colonel, who offered a gentle salute in return.

“At ease men,” Sink instructed before turning to the officers, “I knew it was bad when I was getting a call from Dike.”

Lipton and Welsh needed to bite their cheeks to hide their amused smiles. “We’re not sure what to do, sir, or if anything can be done…” Buck replied to the colonel before taking a step back - the blonde gestured for Lipton to step up, an instruction to inform Sink of their predicament.

“Carwood, tell me exactly what you saw.” The rest of the gathered men leaned in as Sink spoke, anxious to understand what was happening.

“Ten men went into a foxhole while we were getting shelled, sir, but the foxhole was completely empty when I went to check on them afterward. There was absolutely no trace of anyone being in that foxhole, sir, and now we can’t find any of the men I saw go in.”

The older man nodded in understanding, silently processing Lipton’s words. “Who all went in?” The NCO repeated the names from earlier, ending with Captains Winters and Nixon. Sink simply looked down at the snow. “And you have no idea where the hell any of them went…”

“No sir,” Lipton replied quietly.

The colonel simply let out a sigh and shook his head, “I’m sorry boys, but since it was during a shelling and they were last seen going into a foxhole, the higher-ups probably aren’t going to authorize a search party,” he sent a determined look to the men, “I’m going to do everything I can to push the request through, but I better not hear of anyone taking matters into their own hands.” Before getting back into his Jeep, Sink turned to Lieutenant Dike, or rather, where Dike should have been. “And where the hell is Dike?”

“We don’t know, sir, we looked for him before you arrived but didn’t find him,” Welsh chimed in. Sink rubbed his forehead in irritation before turning to Buck and Welsh.

“All right, I’m making this an official order. Lieutenant Compton, if Dike isn’t to be found and a decision needs to be made, your company comes to you. Harry, you’re second in command. You kids do what you think is right. You’re good soldiers with smart heads on your shoulders.” Sink nodded to the officers and saluted the men before getting back in his Jeep and driving back to Regimental HQ - the poor man put his head in his hands, his most trusted officers were gone without a trace, and there was virtually nothing he could do to help them.

As if on cue, Dike returned to the company, “What are we all standing around for? We have a line to protect!” Dike crescendoed his voice to try and be more authoritative, but his efforts fell flat. Eyes rolled and voices groaned as the gathered men all dispersed and returned to their assigned duties - well, all except for Babe, Talbert, Smokey, McClung, Shifty, Alley, Grant, and Popeye. As everyone was trying to leave, Smokey grabbed the sleeve of whoever he could.

“Y’all, this isn’t right, we need to do something,” the machine gunner pleaded in a hushed tone.

“You heard Sink, though, there’s no way they’re gonna authorize a search party,” Moe replied, his brows furrowed in confusion.

Popeye took a beat before he chimed in, “...why do we need to wait for authorization?”

“Because only a general can authorize a search party,” Talbert answered the Virginian - while he did not agree with the policy at all, he knew that there was no getting around it.

“But didn’t Sink say that he left Buck and Welsh in charge if Dike isn’t around? They’re not the type to snitch,” Grant offered to the conversation, scrunching his shoulders up for warmth like a turtle retreating into its shell.

“Hell, they might be happy to help out,” Gordon affirmed the NCO. The men looked around at each other with uncertainty - what if Dike found out? Or Peacock? To be honest, it was probably worse for the latter officer to discover the plot. Thomas Peacock tries his best to be a good captain, but these efforts cause him to be rather heavy-handed with the rules. If Peacock were to hear of the plot to find the missing soldiers, he would surely either tell his superior officers or try to stop the soldiers himself.

“What if we get caught?” Shifty asked nervously - while he wanted to help his friends, the poor boy was nervous to hatch a plot like this.

“We can’t just do nothin’! We all know they’d do the same if it were any of us out there!” The man from Philly interjected, earning Babe a smack on the head from Grant.

“Where would we even start?” McClung asked the group.

“Well, best thing to do would be to investigate the foxhole and see if there are any clues,” everyone turned in shock to see Lipton returning to them. “I needed something from CP, and then I noticed all of you still over here, I figured you were up to no good,” the first sergeant said with a smile, earning him a loving slap on the back from Grant and Johnny Martin. The rest of the afternoon was about to be spent brainstorming, at least until one of the men needed to take their turn watching the line.

All of the men felt nervous, but especially Babe. Guarnere is his best friend, it would be one thing if Babe knew that he was wounded, even killed, but not knowing what happened to Bill was eating away at Babe worse than anything he had ever felt before.

~~~~~

Chapter 6 | Chapter 8 (coming soon!)

Taglist: @b00ks1ut , @blueberry-ovaries , @bucky32557038ww2 , @claudycod , @dontirrigateme , @easycompany123 , @emilee1421 , @executethyself35 , @hanniewinnix , @ithinkabouttzu , @jump-wings , @panzershrike-pretz , @stolen94 , @themysciraprincess , @xxluckystrike

Thank you so much as always for reading and stay tuned for Chapter 8! 😁

#band of brothers #hbo #hbo war #easy company #should've been born later nix #band of brothers fanfic #easy company x oc #my writing #emily shut up #edward heffron #babe heffron #BaaaaAAAaAaaaAaaAAAAbe #carwood lipton #clifford carwood lipton #buck compton #lynn compton #harry welsh #chuck grant #floyd talbert #skip muck #warren muck #alex penkala #smokey gordon #darrell c powers #shifty powers #earl mcClung #one lung mcclung #popeye wynn #robert wynn #James alley

[3milesup]

okay so, on the occasion of alton’s birthday imma just drop here this gifset of debatable quality that has been sitting in my drafts for about as long as the smokey/alton fic no one asked for that the gifset is related to (read: for years), and i’m gonna stare at it till my writer instinct kicks in and i edit it for posting... because this rare non-existent-pair has been living in my rotting brain rent-free ever since i saw the series, don’t get me started on how and why, and i am just that self-indulgent^^

anyway, don’t mind me here, i just miss the bob fandom and my tumblr times a lot. something something wanna bounce back bcs it was the best times or whatever.

from 3milesup with love <3

#probs doesnt make sense to anyone but me #but if you looked closely you'd see it too i swear #alton more #walter gordon #band of brothers #band of brothers gif #smokey gordon #my luvs

[rebeccapearson]

band of brothers appreciation week 2023 day three: underrated characters {insp.}

#bobweek2023 #bobedit #hbowaredit #perioddramaedit #band of brothers #moe alley #pat christenson #smokey gordon #alton more #ed tipper #popeye wynn #tv: band of brothers #gifs* #honestly there were so many characters i wanted to include #but i decided to just stick with some toccoa guys :')

[oatflatwhite]

#band of brothers #hbo war #bobedit #hbowaredit #renee lemaire #eugene roe #doc roe #smokey gordon #first thing that came to mind i'm so sorry #liz makes things #liz.txt

[vera-keller]

easy company registration cards part 2

part 1

included in this compilation under the cut are the registration cards of 13 more easy company veterans featured in band of brothers (2001). all are taken from publicly available draft records held in online databases and collected by me, and contain details like the registrant's serial number, physical attributes, date and place of birth, phone number, residential and mailing addresses, place of employment and nominated next of kin, as well as their handwriting sample and signature. like or reblog if you use or save.

a note about draft registration

during the second world war, the united states selective service system conducted a total of six draft registrations, the records of which are held collectively in two groupings at the national personnel records centre in st. louis, missouri. members of easy company were drafted in all but one of these registrations from october 1940 through to december 1942. the six registrations are as follows:

16 october 1940: males aged 21 to 35 "within the continental united states". winters, nixon, welsh, toye, perconte and liebgott were among those registered on this date.

1 july 1941: males "who had reached 21 since the first registration". lipton and speirs were registered on this date.

16 february 1942: between the ages of 20 and 45 "who had not previously registered". roe, bull, malarkey and luz, among others, were registered on this date.

27 april 1942: between the ages of 46 to 65 "not eligible for military service". no known easy company members were registered on this date.

30 june 1942: between the ages of 18 to 20. talbert, webster, grant, guarnere, babe, shifty, skip and christenson, among others, were registered on this date.

10-31 december 1942: "those who reached the age of 18 after 12 november 1942". penkala, who turned 18 in august 1942 three months before the cutoff, was nonetheless among those registered in this period.

if you have a family member or ancestor who served in a branch of the us armed forces during either the first or second world war, chances are that you can find their registration card on databases like ancestry.com and familysearch.org.

david webster

john martin

burton "pat" christenson

edward "babe" heffron

albert blithe

darrell "shifty" powers

floyd talbert

warren "skip" muck

alex penkala

alton more

walter "smokey" gordon

james "moe" alley

edward tipper

#band of brothers #hbo war #ww2 #ww2 history #military history #easy company #easy company registration cards #david webster #johnny martin #pat christenson #babe heffron #albert blithe #shifty powers #floyd talbert #skip muck #alex penkala #alton more #smokey gordon #moe alley #edward tipper

[fayestardust]

BoB inktober day 31. Purple heart.

I know I'm a day late, but to finish off this whole inktober challenge, here's Smokey Gordon with his three purple hearts reciting 'The Night of the Bayonet'.

Thanks to everyone who's been following along. Which drawing has been your favourite?

#art #my art #sketch #drawing #fanart #wacom #illustration #inktober #band of brothers #smokey gordon

[onelungmcclung]

You still looking for scissors?

#band of brothers #bobedit #hbowaredit #hbo war edit #doc roe #smokey gordon #roe x smokey #edit #** #all things vis a vis smokey are underrated including but not limited to this relationship #he knows company gossip. he looks after people. he pays attention.

[sanmuffins]

The struggle to find scissors is real... for doc Roe~

Band of Brothers part 6: Bastogne

I was having fun making this and it took me 3 hours.

#art #artwork #draweveryday #drawing #artistic #band of brothers #band of brothers fanart #artsy #airborne #digitalillustration #digitalart #digitaldrawing #eugene roe #doc roe #easy company #world war 2 #ww2 #hbo miniseries #smokey gordon

[dontirrigateme]

I lied, I have more from the outskirts. And more after this. Probably one of my favorite battles from the series, so there's a lot.....

@1waveshortofashipwreck

#band of brothers #bob #hbo war #hbowar #easy company #smokey gordon #alton more #skip muck #frank perconte #george luz #donald hoobler #lewis nixon #well hello second armored #carentan

[hbowardaily]

#band of brothers #hbo war #ultimatehbowarpoll #ed tipper #smokey gordon #round 1

[otherperson12]

Random Band of brothers headcanons pt.1

change my mind

George Luz craves for people acceptance so he jokes with everyone to please them

Bull stay hungry after every army meal (big boy needs big meals) but he keeps sharing of his plate with everyone

Eugene Roe smokes a lot (at least five cigarettes at day, one in every meal)

Frank Perconte hates bugs and is the responsible of keeping the barracks clean (he is obsessive).

Carwood Lipton knows how to knit

Skip, Penkala and Malarkey smokes weed with Chuck and then asks Bull for food

Bill makes the best real italian pasta, he cooks and very well

Bill used to box with his brothers and then with Toye and Liebgott in the army

Dick Winters is a religious baby virging boy (is the mockery of the other officers)

Popeye is skinny but likes to fight (he ends at med bay)

christenson, tipper, chuck and shifty are a choral quartet. (Christenson is a musician, plays piano, guitar and banjo) sometimes Toye joins them

Every time Luz makes a funny comment or something stupid, Martin is like: "what am I doing here...".

Donald Hobbles (my sweet baby boy) is ALWAYS hungry and tries steal food (he is very clumsy)

Sisks, at first, was shocked by blood and all of that but then he understood that is part of war

a large part of the company goes to the brothels together and shares the same whores

Malarkey cooks but doesn’t taste too well and anyone has the heart to not eat it because he is standing with big puppy eyes waiting for everyone to eat his food

Skip is a fucking stealer (takes everything from the poor malarkey)

EVERY TIME that the comapany has their passes Floyd is like: “I’m gonna need more condoms”, Roe gives him five and Tab uses them all

Joe Toye is very ashamed of his lack of education and when no one sees him he practices his reading.

Liebgott took Eugene's scissors to cut the boys' hair. (Doc is like: where I put my fucking sizzuhs…)

Roe takes everything (medical stuff, blankets, extra socks for other, etc) from Perconte and Frank always tries to avoid him

George hates showers (me too, George, me too) so Lip (as the responsible mother she is) has to drag him to the showers like a 7 years old kid

Nixon buys everything for Dick (like a sugar daddy)

No one can beat Toye at arm wrestling (maybe Bull)

EUGENE ROE AND LEWIS NIXON EPIC CHESS GAMES (and george luz is the commentator as if ir were a baseball game)

heffron got his first real binge and bar fight thanks to bill guarnere

#band of brothers #hbo war #band of brothers book #eugene roe #dick winters #band of brothers incorrect quotes #band of brothers meme #bill guarnere #lewis nixon #babe heffron #donald malarkey #easy company #fanfic #george luz #jhonny martin #bull randleman #smokey gordon #shifty powers

[1waveshortofashipwreck]

Easy Company as Pokemon Trainers Part 3

guess what lads we goT MORE COLLAGES OF THE BOYYSSS!!!

Find Part 1 (Guarnere, Popeye, Luz) here and Part 2 (Speirs, Roe, Lipton, Winters) here ! I might make a masterlist/place for the links after this post lol

Smokey Gordon - Steel Type Trainer

Companion Pokemon - Empoleon

Joe Liebgott - Fighting Type Trainer

Companion Pokemon - Lucario

Bull Randalman - Ground Type Trainer

Companion Pokemon - Clodsire (no I didn't give him dugtrio to represent hashey garcia and miller idk what you're talking about)

Harry Welsh - Ice Type Trainer

Companion Pokemon - Glalie

Shifty Powers - Fairy Type Trainer

Companion Pokemon - Dachsbun

(Honestly Shifty's and Luz's might be my favorites lol)

Other Collages in the Works - Buck Compton (Rock), Chuck Grant (Steel), Babe Heffron (Ice), Don Malarkey (Grass), Johnny Martin (Ground), Skip Muck (Water), Lewis Nixon (Psychic), Alex Penkala (Bug), Frank Perconte (Rock), Floyd Talbert (Dragon), Joe Toye (Dark), David Kenyon Webster (Psychic)

Other Ideas I wanna work on - Pokemon League Easy Company, Easy Company with non-battling jobs, multi-type/more personalized teams for the Boys (shoutout to @neptunes-blue for the idea!!)

Taglist: @panzershrike-pretz , @neptunes-blue , @dontirrigateme for smokey ✨

If you have any PokeBoB ideas/requests or you want to be added to the taglist please let me know !! 💖💕

#All images taken from Google photos and my Easy Company folder in my photo app! #All credit to the rightful owners!! #PokeBoB #pokemon #band of brothers #hbo #hbo war #easy company #my babies #smokey gordon #walter gordon #joseph liebgott #joe liebgott #denver randalman #bull randleman #harry welsh #darrell c powers #shifty powers #steel type #fighting type #ground type #ice type #fairy type