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Albert Blithe saltó en Normandía con su unidad el Día D, al igual que muchos paracaidistas, se extravió y se unió a otros soldados perdidos tratando de encontrar sus respectivas unidades y objetivos. Blithe sufrió ceguera histérica durante la batalla del 10 al 15 de junio por Carentan, pero pronto se recuperó y se reincorporó a su ...
10 de jul. de 2009 · Albert Blithe saltó en Normandía con su unidad el Día D, al igual que muchos paracaidistas, se extravió y se unió a otros soldados perdidos tratando de encontrar sus respectivas unidades y objetivos. Blithe sufrió ceguera histérica durante la batalla del 10 al 15 de junio por Carentan, pero pronto se recuperó y se reincorporó a su ...
11 de oct. de 2023 · In real life, Private Albert Blithe died at 44 years old in 1967 of a perforated ulcer and kidney failure caused by chronic alcoholism. The mistake in Band of Brothers arose from the fact that both Bill Guarnere and Edward "Babe" Heffron swore they'd been to Albert Blithe's funeral in 1948.
Albert Blithe was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on June 25, 1923. His father was a deliveryman and his mother worked in the garment district. According to Blithe’s son, Gordon, young Albert was constantly in trouble and often ran with a rough crowd. After graduating from high school, Blithe took a job at Westinghouse Electric for a time.
23 de sept. de 2023 · In Band of Brothers episode 3, “Carentan”, Private Albert Blithe shows symptoms of conversion disorder, a condition which was once referred to as “hysterical blindness.” The affliction seems to have struck him during the Battle of Carentan. When Lt. Dick Winters goes to see him, Blithe reports that “things… they just kind of went black” during the battle.
Albert Blithe joined the army in 1942. The reason was he wanted to get out of Philadelphia for personal reasons and what better way to achieve that, then joining the army. Blithe trained at Camp Toccoa, Georgia in August 1942 under Captain Herbert M. Sobel. Albert loved the military and it became his pride and joy.
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