Private Albert Blithe was one of the Easy Company paratroopers featured in Episode 3 Carentan of the HBO Band of Brothers mini-series. In that episode, Blithe is first struck with a temporary case of hysterical blindness and then severely wounded in the neck. Fellow Easy Company Currahee veterans had thought that Blithe did not recover from his neck wound and had died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1948. Easy Company is a famous company in the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division that served in World War II on the frontlines in the European Theater. ... Band of Brothers is an acclaimed ten-part television miniseries about World War II, co-produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks. ...

Private Blithe was actually wounded in the right shoulder. He recovered from his wounds, and attended the 1st Annual Reunion of the 101st Airborne Division Association. Before his military career ended in 1967, Albert Blithe had achieved the rank of Master Sergeant and had fought in the Korean War, completed over 600 parachute jumps, and was given a MAAG assignment in Taiwan United States Master Sergeant insignia U.S. Marine Corps Master Sergeant insignia U.S. Army Master Sergeant insignia U.S. Air Force A Master Sergeant is: the eighth enlisted rank in the United States Marine Corps, just above Gunnery Sergeant, below Master Gunnery Sergeant, Sergeant Major, and Sergeant Major of... Combatants Western Allied/UN combatants: South Korea, United States Communist combatants: North Korea, Peoples Republic of China, Soviet Union Commanders Douglas Macarthur Park Chang-Ju Jang Tak-Sang Kim Il Sung Oh Chol-Lyong Mun Dong-Gee Choi Un-Hyeok Strength Note: All figures may vary according to source. ... The Military Assistance and Advisory Group of the United States was established in September 1950 to advise the French in its fight against the Viet Minh, who were fighting for an independent Vietnam. ...

Blithe died in 1967 from kidney failure while on active duty in Germany, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors. Renal failure is when the kidneys fail to function properly. ... Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia, is an American military cemetery established during the American Civil War on the grounds of Arlington House, formerly the estate of the family of Robert E. Lees wife Mary. ...

Master Sergeant Albert Blithe after recieving the Paratrooper of the Year Award Image File history File links Blythe. ...