Roy W Cobb - The Man Band of Brothers Made A Villain

Of all the Easy Company Men portrayed in the Band of Brothers series, Roy W Cobb would have to be the darkest of them all, aside from a few documented incidents written up by other Easy Company Men, nothing is known for certain about Cobb, which raises the question. question of why he was so focused on in the series, Roy Cobb was possibly born in June 1914, although this is largely a guess after searching through death notices for the name and linking the most likely age at that moment, even then he would have been 28 years old when he joined Easy Company. which would have

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him possibly the oldest soldier in the company, if not for the regiment, even trying to find a real photo of Roy Cobb borders on the impossible.

If you Google his name, you end up with everyone from Eugene Row to a Bollywood actress, which makes it so difficult that his family has not

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his service record available, hence anything written about him outside Veterans' Memoirs are not reliable. Most likely a photo of Cobb. His middle name is listed as Wilson at one site, but the grave indicates his birth. year as 1915 and the burial place is in California, where other sources claim that he died in New York. That photo, by the way, was cut from this simple company group photo, but since the ID appears to come from a Band of Brothers Wiki fansite, it wouldn't be. making bets, the other photo that claims to be Roy is this one, but the source comes from Tick Tock.

I can't say for sure if the two men are the same. If all that isn't complicated enough, his story starts to get even murkier. Steven Ambrose in the book quotes Roy Cobb as an old soldier with 9 years of service. According to Ambrose, he landed with the 1st Armored Division in Africa, where he participated in Operation Torch in November 1942. He was evacuated after contracting yellow jaundice, but the troop ship. He was torpedoed and was transferred to a destroyer for the remainder of the voyage back to the United States, if the story is true and again I don't know how it can be verified when there is no service record, he may be the only one. member of the 101st Airborne Division who participated in both a sea landing and an air landing.

What is obviously a problem with the story is that by November 1942, when Cobb was in Africa, Easy Company had already a

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oned Takoa and by the time Cobb had swam back to the United States. The 506th would have already been at Camp M or even moved to Kentucky in mid-1943, since he could not have been in two places at once and was probably not on loan to the first division to participate in the torch. He wasn't in North Africa or with Easy Company until just before they were sent to England. Steven Ambrose seems to be the only source of information that apparently came from a letter from David Webster that I know of, the actor who played him. the series Craig Heeney has never said a word about the man he played or even the series itself on the website where we serve together.

Cobb is listed as serving in the 1st Armored Division from 1941 to 1943, as well as fighting in the Torch in 1942, then joining. the 101st in 1943, as the 506th only officially became part of the 101st in June 1943. Cobb would have joined them not long before the regiment left for the landing point in New York if Cobb had been able to carry out his Qualify jumps to earn your Jump Wings at that time. I suppose it is possible, but the schedule is very tight and I have never been aware of new recruits entering the regiment so late in the procedures, the only certainty is that Roy Cobb was a member of easy company on June 6, 1944 or before .

Follow his journey through Band of Brothers, as there are many more details about him in the series than in the real thing. Steven Ambrose's book features Cobb at different times, but most of the details come from David Webster's own book, Parachute Infantry. He was part of Cobb's platoon in Heo even though Webster was an original member of Easy as his book begins frustratingly with his jump to Normandy. Webster's family had contacted Stephen Ambrose after his death to publish his diary. Ambrose used Webster's notes not only to publish the parachute. infantry, but he used much of the information in his own book Band of Brothers as Webster microanalyzed the day-to-day events in his platoon.

His account of the company's early days would have been interesting during the descent into Normandy on June 6, 1944, Cobb was beaten by Flack inside the c47. George L, who was on Cobb's stick, had told the story that he traded jumping positions with Cobb because LZ was carrying a radio and a lot of extra weight, so he wanted to be closer to the gate. Welsh, who was the jump master on the flight, asked Cobb if he could hold out, to which Cobb said no. Welsh told him to stay on the plane after recovering in England. Cobb rejoined Easy Company upon his return to Alor in episode four of Band of Brothers Replacements.

Roy Cobb quickly becomes the most unpopular soldier in the company when he starts picking on the Replacements for using the presidential unit. Mention for his achievements in Normandy. Denver Bull Randman then responds to Cobb by reminding him that he did not participate in Normandy nor do I think this scene is an insult to both Cobb and Randleman. A paratrooper is highly unlikely to criticize another man whether or not he replaces him for using a unit citation and there is no way Randelman would tell Cobb that he didn't fight in Normandy when he was wounded by anti-aircraft fire before he could jump these These guys were

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and elite soldiers and while the Replacements might have received a cold reception, they were not left aside or disrespected, they would have to fight side by side and trust each other during the combat ahead.

They really resent Tom Hanks and company preaching about how they needed to get men's stories right, but then making up stories to create drama as the series progressed, Cobb became more objectionable, but outside of one incident towards the end of the war which we will get to shortly. there is no record of him being belligerent or unpleasant to any of his fellow company members. Ambrose wrote that Cobb was tall, thin, and invariably good-natured. Not much is known about Cobb's time in Holland during Market Garden, as Webster does not mention him once during the operation. they were obviously in a different platoon as Webster being wounded at the end of Holland Cobb's time at Bastone is also a mystery.

Ambrose doesn't write about him again until they reach Hagan Now France in January 1945, however the series had Cobb smugly telling The Replacements. how to use his gear before the jump and fight in Nunan with a grease gun before ending up in a state of stress at the end of the battle. I have no doubt that the entire representation of Roy Cobb before and in Holland was dramatized by the story of Roy Cobb. It actually only comes to light when Easy Company arrives at the relative rest area of ​​Hagau, France. Writers Eric Bour and Bruce McKenna really enjoyed this episode if they tried to bring the story even remotely close to a historical fact: the story of David Webster. who was the main focus of the episode was a total disaster even though the period was covered extensively in his book.

This will be covered in a future video even though Cobb was involved in one of the most serious events within the company itself during the entire War. He chose to run with a different story that was completely made up, it is likely that Cobb was portrayed as an outsider in The Replacements in the episode leading up to the final Patrol. David Webster was now in Roy Cobb's platoon at Hagan and speaks of him constantly in the The memoirs of him during this time as Webster's Book are a tedious account of what they ate day by day and which officer he disliked most.

There is not much interesting story that can emerge as a highly educated individual. I feel that Webster would not have agreed to have his war diary published in his original form; For the most part, Cobb was just another member of the platoon who did the same thing as everyone else without complaining too much that he was chosen to participate in the famous Patrol contrary to the series. Donald Malarkey was not in Webster's or Cobb's platoon, but rather who was a sergeant named mcgr. The trouble began on the night of the patrol when Cobb and another soldier, Wisan, discovered bottles of brandy in an a

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oned house and began fighting among themselves after drinking heavily in At the beginning of the patrol, Cobb's rubber boat had been overturned by ENC and when he was about to attempt to swim across the stream, Lieutenant Henry Jones, the patrol leader, according to Webster, had ordered him to return to the operation, a wounded German had been left in the water. opposite shore and his moans and groans were getting on the men's nerves.

Just before dawn, Cobb crawled to the creek and threw a grenade, killing the man. What happened next is inexplicably not mentioned in Webster's Book even though he would have been present. It is possible that the entries were missing or lost. The account comes from Steven Ambrose, who does not mention the source. The cob that followed the patrol was still drunk on brandy and had had an argument with Private Robert Marsh, who was also in his platoon. Lieutenant Foley, who was the leader. From the first platoon he separated the two men and began to berate Cobb, who was out of bounds for disobeying orders and being drunk and disorderly.

Cobb lost his cool and began badmouthing Foley before attacking him. Two men grabbed Cobb and took him to the ground. Sergeant Martin, who was also present, pulled the .45 on him, but he was told to holster his weapon. Foley had Cobb arrested and taken to the regiment to be locked up. Foley then reminded the court marshal for Cobb, when he took the papers to sink, he told Foley that he could have saved them all. Wiseman, the other man involved in the fight, was also tried for being drunk and disorderly. There have been many versions of this story, including Cobb punching Foley and pointing a gun at him, but it seems that's how it was.

Let's not get too serious about how Ambrose described it, since Cobb was apparently allowed to stay with the company through Germany and Austria. This easy company photo that I show often was taken in Austria, so it proves that Cobb was still in the company according to Clancy Lyall. Cobb was given to him to take care of, as he knew Cobb best. Roy was a good guy, he was a good soldier when he wasn't drinking, but if there was a bottle in the middle of the German headquarters, he would go out and look for it. It was the problem with him as a fighter, he was quite good, there is no doubt about that Lyall stated in his biography Silver Eagle, he also said that Cobb never complained about not being promoted.

Roy Cobb received a general discharge at the end of the war, it is not clear what he did. in civilian life and he appears to have died in New York in 1990. In my opinion, the series was unfair to the memory of Roy Cobb. He was portrayed as an arrogant bully and a bitter man, while apart from the incident with Lieutenant Foley very late in the series. War was as good a soldier as any on Easy. I didn't hear any of the veterans complain about Cobb either. What do you think of Roy W. Cobb? Was he made out to be a bad guy just to fulfill that role?

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