Eugene Roe - Blog Posts

no i will not elaborate

Winters: Are you okay and/or mentally stable?

Doc Roe: Sorry the person you are trying to reach can't come to the phone right now. Please leave a message after the beep.

Winters: Doc, this is a verbal conversation.

Doc Roe: Beeeeeep.

stephen e ambrose when researching easy company for band of brothers:

Doc Roe : Are you okay?

Babe: Yeah.

Doc Roe: Are you hurt?

Babe: No.

Doc Roe: *smacks him*

Doc Roe: Then what were you thinking

Babe: I lied to Gene. I told him I would leave hlm alone, but I will not.

Babe: I will remain close by to provide unseen moral support.

happy nineteenth anniversary, band of brothers

we few, we happy few, we band of brothers

eugene breaking an ankle and just walking it off torments my mind every day so i made it a gif

some bob trios:

Harry, Lip, Speirs: Harry, The Third Wheel

Dick, Speirs, Nix: Weirdly Competent Trio? they get shit done really fast and with minimal corrections-- which is weird, considering how goddamn chaotic their work system is

Dick, Speirs, Lip: Dick, The Third Wheel-- only he doesnt always know it. sometimes it's Dick, The Cockblock and when it is, he ALWAYS knows it, does it on purpose, and it pisses Ron and Lip off immensely

Dick, Nix, Harry: Classic Officer Trio, but also: you'd think Harry's the 3rd wheel-- you're wrong. Harry is the Oblivious Cockblock Offering Booze & Poker, Dick is the Third Wheel with Blue Balls, and Nix is the one who can never turn down a good game of poker

Dick, Lip, Nix: the familiar tableu of a spouse impatiently waiting for his husband to stop talking to their friend at the grocery store-- in this case, Lip is the friend, and Nix and Dick are the husbands but whoever does the impatient waiting depends entirely on the day they're having

Nix, Speirs, Harry: the "Our Braincells Are With Our Spouses" club, aka: the "Most Likely To Be Arrested" trio, aka: the "Someone Always Ends Up In The Hospital" gang, aka: the "Leaving Them Unsupervised Is Illegal and Punishable By Law" squad. surprisingly more chaotic energy than the classic mortar squad, ESPECIALLY when drunk

Skip, Penk, Malark: Classic Mortar Squad

Skip, Penk, Bill: Mortar Babies + Proud Daddy Bill

Skip, Malark, Babe: "Babe, no." "Babe, YES!"

Pat, Frank, Grant: XoXo, Gossip Gang

Pat, Bull, Johnny: Bitch Face Trio

Webster, Hoobler, Van Klinken: God help them they have 1/3rd of a braincell each and none of them know how to put it all together to make it work

Babe, Lieb, Grant: love causing mischief, but it’s pg-13 mischief at most bc Grant exudes calm and control. but also: the bane of Ron Speirs' existence. the three of them aren't scared of him so to have them all in one room together infuriates him to no end.

George, Pat, Frank: Let's Bully O'Keefe

Toye, Bill, George: a weird cross between "George, shut the FUCK up!" and #WillDieForGeorgeLuz

Bill, Ralph, Babe: Philly Gang, also: the bane of Eugene Roe's existence

Ralph, Babe, Eugene: too soft, cuddles galore, will probably die for each other if given a chance so maybe don't give them that chance

Babe, Reneé, Eugene: Let's Bully Eugene Into Taking Care of Himself

Babe, Reneé, Ralph: Let's Bully Eugene Into Taking Care of Himself 2.0, but also: #WillDieForBabeHeffron 

Eugene, Dick, Lip: Worried Mama Gang

Bill, Babe, Julian: Bill suddenly finds himself the single father to two teenagers with 0 self-preservation and a #DoItForTheVine attitude

George, Ron, Lip: Ron and George respect each other deeply because they are both willing to die for one Clifford Carwood Lipton. Lip, otoh, would like the both of them to be fucking normal for once in their goddamn lives.

Bill, Johnny, Bull: Exasperated Uncles Too Sober For This Shit Squad. pretty chill, actually. a deep friendship over pints of beers. surprisingly 0 chaos energy

Dick, Nix, Tab: two gay dads and their himbo son

Frank, Penk, George: oh my god who let these three clowns congregate this is DANGEROUS think of Lip's blood pressure for crying out loud-- chaotic energy ×100000000

Skip, Buck, Toye: the Don Malarkey Fan Club

Buck, George, Malarkey: have scammed all of Easy out of their cigarettes, money, and dignity

Webster, Nix, Lieb: Web and Lieb WILL find something to bicker about and Nix WILL find way too much delight in playing devil's advocate just to see how far these two will go to contradict each other

Lip, Speirs, Nix: Nix and Speirs get along too well and Lip is like 99.99% of their impulse control

Pat, Webster, Janovec: Janovec and Web are surprisingly petty and salty together and it feeds Pat's wine-aunt soul to hear them talk shit about ppl who annoy them

Janovec, Tab, Skinny: Horny(TM)

Speirs, Moore, Toye: Feral(TM)

George, Frank, Tab: the instigators of the Easy Company pillow fight

Webster, Lieb, Cobb: have you seen Web and Lieb team up just to bitch at Cobb? it's GLORIOUS

Smokey, Webster, Pat: Cultured Warriors capable of creating some serious masterpieces together... if only they'd stop bickering for five seconds

Hoobler, Shifty, O'Keefe: smol beans who somehow? always manage to pick up smol animals? befriend stray kittens???? disney princess energy?????

Shifty, McClung, Eugene: they don't need to say much to each other to understand each other. in the silence, there is meaning, so in silence they stay. unless of course they have something to bitch about that these city dwellers they're surrounded with can't understand, then it's fair game.

Smokey, Skip, Lip: Let's Bully Lip-- even if Speirs is around because Smoke and Skip are just so unbearably charming in their ribbing even Speirs can't resist cracking a smile

Dick, Tab, Buck: just guys bein' dudes, jocks bein' tough. they talk exclusively in sports analogies

Easy Company Sleepover??

The chaos

Heffron: EYYY WHO’S STILL UP?

Toye: *squints* Well me now, dipshit

Guarnere: SHH I need at least 10 hours if I’m gonna look fresh tomorrow

Talbert: Ok, seriously everyone simmer down, let’s just sleep

No one:

Webster: …What’s the meaning of life?

Liebgott: cAn wE nOt??

Shifty: Guys pls be quiet or Captain Winters will hear us

Luz: Wait turn the lights on, I can’t find Malarkey!

Malarkey: I’m under the bed!

Skinny: What the actual f—

Muck: That looks so fun! *gets under bed*

Penkala: Midnight pillow fight! *hits Gordon*

Gordon: Ow! What the hell is in your pillowcase? Fuck, I’m bleeding!

Roe: *asleep*

Christenson: Shhh did you guys hear that?

Speirs (outside peeping in the window): be silent.

Doc Roe: I just want you to know that if you ever hurt Shifty, I will hunt you down.

Skinny: And do what?

Doc Roe: What?

Skinny: Hunt me down and do what?

Doc Roe: I will hunt you down, and… probably… explain how hurtful your actions were.

“No medic has ever been so…very small. You’re very small, Doc. You’re a tiny thing.”

— Babe Heffron

Eugene “Doc” Roe

 A slightly longer post dedicated to the “smol” baby of Easy Company: Doc Roe. 

First off, it was extremely hard to find stuff about Roe….anywhere. I’m not kidding when I say this boy deserves the world and barely got any recognition. 

So let’s start off with a photo or two of the real Eugene Roe: 

Eugene G. Roe 

Roe was born in October 1922. He was born in Louisiana. He was the third of five children. He was only educated until the point of elementary school, he eveb took a boat to school. He dropped out while still in “grammar school”. He then worked on shrimp boats and other jobs to help the family. He later worked with machinery and oilers for money as he grew up. 

When the war started, he didn’t enlist for an entire year after Pearl Harbor. He finally enlisted on December 12, 1942 in Lafayette, Louisiana. He had no medical experience, but was trained as a combat medic. He worked hard to gain his spot and was assigned to Easy Company while it was still under the command of Sobel. 

Roe jumped on D-Day. 

Roe was known for being a quick thinker. One story Roe had told his grandson was of a time is Bastogne where he had no supplies and a man had a serious head injury. Roe packed snow and mud into the injury and bought enough time for the man to get help. 

Roe was helping anyone he could, not matter the situation. He ran out into the open during a German artillery strike. He ran out into the open without weapons and dragged a wounded man back. Roe was described as the most dependable. caring person in Easy Company. He was recommended for a silver star but the citation was set aside and forgotten about. He was known for getting to anyone who needed help, even if they weren’t sure how he got there. 

Roe was injured in his jump into Holland. He landed on barbed wire and cut open his leg. He received another purple heart but when and how he was injured was not stated and is unknown.

By the time Easy Company arrived Germany, he married a British woman named Vera. They had started dating during his time in England. They were supposed to be married on June 6, 1944 but Roe was parachuting into enemy territory. (I hope Vera took that as a valid excuse when she was waiting at the alter) Roe came home first and left his wife to cross over later.

When Easy Company was in the Eagle’s Nest, Roe’s unofficial job was to drive the drinks back and forth to the enlisted men. Roe was given a wedding present from Easy Company: a set of forks and knives from Hitler’s personal set. Roe didn’t keep these for his entire life. instead he gave them to a World War II museum in  Baton Rouge, where they were set on display. 

Roe took home a German Luger with a swastika on it. His mother didn’t like that. She scolded him and threw it out into the bayou.

Doc and his wife settled down in Baton Rouge and had three kids. Roe took his children hunting and fishing and horseback riding. Roe had two girls, one he named Marlene after a World War 2 song “Lili Marlene” and one son, Eugene Jr. 

His children said he smoked a couple packs until the day he died. Which was authentically shown in the show along with his favorite type of cigarettes. He also was known to drink a lot of whiskey. Roe always wore cowboy boats and smoked and had a deep tan due to outside work.

Even though Roe was quiet and calm, he made it known not to mess with him. His grandson recalled a time where he forgot to tell Roe he was out hunting and Roe was back waiting for him with a shotgun, ready to shoot whoever was on his property. He was also known for his positive outlook on life. Roe was a firm believer in that everything could be fixed.

Roe worked in construction after the war and was known to figure things out easily with little experience. He was a naturally quick thinker. He retired later in life and soon started reconnecting with Easy members.

After 27 years of marriage, Vera and Roe divorced. Roe remarried shortly after but Vera never remarried. 

Roe developed lung cancer in the 1990s. He fought it for many years but soon gave into the pain on December 30, 1998. (Author side note: this was 2 days after I was born)

His funeral was small and private. But Roe’s story lived on with the rest of Easy, who adored their Doc “Bud” Roe.

“When examining the letters and memoirs of soldiers from the Medical Department, it soon becomes apparent that the image created by the infantry is different from reality. The medics of the Second World War did not receive the thorough training that was expected of them, they were prone to psychological breakdowns, and under extreme conditions, they were even insubordinate. 

Their war was no different from the men they were attached to.”

Robert Del Toro, Fighting a War Without Rifles: Deconstructing the Image of the Unflappable Medic 

Doc Roe

Venus! Eugene Roe

Inspired by Venus, the Bringer of Peace from the seven movement orchestral suite The Planets by Gustav Holst.

some BoB characters as greek gods and goddesses because why not

dick winters - athena, goddess of the just war, wisdom and handicraft

lewis nixon - dionysus, god of wine, grape-harvest, fertility and festivity

harry welsh - eros, god of love

ronald speirs - ares, god of the violent war and brutality

carwood lipton - hestia, goddess of hearth, care and sacrifice

eugene roe - asclepius, god of medicine

darrell "shifty" powers - artemis, goddess of hunt, wild animals and moon

george luz - hermes, the herald of gods, protector of thieves, travellers and merchants

joe liebgott - nemesis, goddess of revenge

david webster - apollo, god of arts, light and knowledge

Ok so get this, inktober prompts but with band of brother characters.

that 2017 movie call me by my nickname

*Easy being bored while heading to England on the boat* part 2

Guarnere “I’ve played Craps, Poker, Go fish, Rock Paper Scissors, Gin Rummy, Eye Spy, and a very awkward game of hide and seek involving a confused private from Fox company.”

Welsh “What if I got Kitty a German knife? Would she like that? Spreading butter with one of Hitler’s knives?”

Martin “move over Bull needs another bunk. *whisper* over grown bastard…”

Shifty *climbing up the bunks* “I call top!” “Well because I’m the sniper, and I…need to see.. Really far…” “Okay, yes, I am just trying to get away from George’s snoring”

Muck “No, its a perfectly good idea. The only flaw is we’re idiots and it won’t work.”

Roe “Coffee, as black as my soul.” *Shifty hands Roe a cup of milk with a twisty straw*

Buck “Hey George- Stop screaming it’s only me. Yes I am aware my hand is bleeding.”

Roe: What doesn’t kill you gives you a lot of unhealthy coping mechanisms, and a really dark sense of humor.

Gene: I’m leaving- Nobody here except Winters has common sense or a regard for their own safety. 

The rest of Easy Company in the background:

@rayleighshughes​, our convos have given me inspiration that can last me until the end of time- how many times can i fucking thank you, ma’am??

i saw this screencap of eugene and i knew what i had to do

i present to you:

easy co as new girl quotes

*none of the gifs are mine*

winters

nixon

spiers

guarnere

toye

roe

babe

lipton @ spiers

webster @ liebgott

bonus:

sobel

part 2??

thanks @floydtab again for your help 💕

gene: speaks french

babe, crying: how do you do that with your mouth

Easy as random memes on my phone part 1:

talbert:

liebgott @ web:

malark, skip & penk:

german pow's & speirs:

babe:

buck:

lip, martin & luz (in that order):

winters about nix:

i keep shitting out shitty content on the daily. am i sorry? no not one bit 😎✌🏻