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* [[A Father to His Men]] - Richard Winters. Due to his leadership and exceptional concern for them, the men of Easy Company universally consider him the best commanding officer they ever had. Averted in the case of [[The Neidermeyer|Herbert Sobel]]. While the men of Easy Company attribute his harsh training methods to their survival during the war, he had no redeeming qualities and was therefore universally hated.
* [[Field Promotion]]: First Sergeant {{spoiler|Lipton}}, to Second Lieutenant.
** It's pointed out that it was fortunate he didn't die on his mission the previous night, as he was discharged from the enlisted ranks that day and only commissioned as an officer the following day: had he died, he would have died as a civilian (not really
* [[Five-Man Band]] - More like a fifty man band with numerous replacements, but many members of the company will fit into one or several of the traditional roles, usually with several guys at the same time. But, since they're all guys and this is [[The Forties]], [[The Chick]] is rather predictably missing. For example, Major Dick Winters can simultaneously be [[The Hero]] and [[The Lancer]]... For [[Badass|obvious reasons]].
* [[Freak-Out]] - "[[Heroic BSOD|M-m-muh-m-MEEEEEEEEEEEEEDIIIIIIIIIIIIICCCCCCCCC!!!!!!!!!!]]"
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*** However, the series does go to great lengths to point out that for every badass in the army, there are countless other men [[Killed Off for Real|who weren't so lucky]].
* [[Wham! Episode]] - It's about war, so there are wham moments in [[War Is Hell|pretty much every episode]], but episodes 6, 7 and 9 are particularly wrenching.
* [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]] - Each episode had been topped and tailed by interviews with the survivors. After the final episode, the interviewees
* [[You Are in Command Now]]: During D-Day, the plane carrying Easy Company's CO and HQ section is shot down and destroyed, leaving Winters as the highest ranking officer and de facto leader of Easy. Easy's replacement CO is then subsequently shot by friendly fire and is shipped back to the States, leaving Winters the acting CO yet again until he is officially promoted to the position.
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