Also Marky Mark's brother as soon as you hear his voice.
At this point I would be more likely to refer to Mark as Donnie's brother, he's distinguished himself quite well with his acting roles.
Also while I do love BoB they left a few things out, some trivial, some major, and at least one creative liberty they took was detestable and I'm surprised his surviving family didn't sue Hanks for slander.
Trivial: that German PoW Malarkey was chatting with on D-day? They weren't just from the same area of Oregon, they worked across the street from one another.
Minor: several surviving members of the 101st thought the show went overboard vilifying Sobel and credit the training he put them through for being the reason they survived the war.
Major: The nurse that they portray Roe meeting, Renee Lemaire, did not die in the bombing. She helped six men escape the burning building and died trying to save a seventh.
Major: Not entirely the shows fault because the survivors of the 101st lost contact with him and the author of the book didn't perform due diligence but Blithe didn't die in 1948. He was actually shot in the collarbone and made a full recovery. Went on to receive both bronze and silver stars for gallantry for his actions during the Korean War and died in 1967 in Germany of a perforated ulcer of all things.
Unforgivable: "Foxhole Norman" was actually a recipient of two bronze stars for gallantry, one of which he earned in Bastogne when "he personally removed from an exposed position, in full enemy view, three wounded members of his company, while under intense small arms fire". He did "fall apart" during the attack on Foy according to Lipton but he was shot in the shoulder, it wasn't just incompetence and cowardice. Winters' personal dislike of Dike probably had a strong influence on the way he was portrayed in the show.
