Culver, Indiana: Culver Military Academy. European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal.Since the series, his son Michael Sobel has spoken out on his behalf, and the Band of Brothers book and miniseries have been criticized for their portrayal of Sobel. Stephen Ambrose gives numerous examples of this in his book.
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Sobel was portrayed as a petty and capricious disciplinarian in the television series Band of Brothers, generating much debate. He died there of malnutrition on 30 September 1987. Soon afterward, he began living at a VA assisted-living facility in Waukegan, Illinois. Both of his optic nerves were severed by the shot, leaving him blind. The bullet entered his left temple, passed behind his eyes, and exited the other side of his head. In 1970, Sobel shot himself in the head with a small- caliber pistol in an attempted suicide. He remained in the Army National Guard, eventually retiring at the rank of lieutenant colonel. He worked as an accountant before being recalled to active duty during the Korean War. Sobel returned to the United States in 1945, and was honorably discharged from the Army on 18 March 1946.
Sobel was assigned as the regimental S-4 ( logistics) officer on 8 March 1945. Sobel earned a Combat Infantryman Badge as part of Regimental Headquarters Company. First Lieutenant Thomas Meehan replaced Sobel, and was one of several officers (including Richard Winters) to succeed him in that post before the end of the war. Īfter a period of training in the United Kingdom before the Normandy invasion, Sobel was reassigned from command of Easy Company to command the jump school at Chilton Foliat. In Band of Brothers, author Stephen Ambrose reports that the insults directed at Sobel by the soldiers under his command were often anti-Semitic. However, Sobel was despised by his soldiers for being petty and vindictive. He trained his men intensively, and was eventually promoted to the rank of captain in recognition of his ability as a trainer. Promoted to first lieutenant, Sobel commanded Company E for all of their basic training at Camp Toccoa, Georgia.
He was commissioned as a second lieutenant. Sobel enlisted in the United States Army on 7 March 1941 and volunteered for the paratroopers. He graduated from the University of Illinois, majoring in architecture. He attended the Culver Military Academy in Indiana. Sobel was born in Chicago, Illinois, to a Jewish family. Sobel was portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers by David Schwimmer. (26 January 1912 – 30 September 1987) was an American commissioned officer with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division during World War II. Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division
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