him. Legacy Sobel was portrayed as a petty and capricious disciplinarian in the television series Band of Brothers, generating much debate. Stephen Ambrose gives numerous examples of this in his book. 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, and for the book's depiction of Jewish soldiers. An Ohio Jewish newspaper observed in 2022 that "in many ways, how Ambrose and the men of Easy Company thought of Sobel simply fits the stereotype of the weak Jew." It observed that the last surviving officer of the company, the highly respected and decorated Edward Shames, was Jewish, but that "fitting less the stereotype, his Jewishness goes unnoticed." Honors and awards Combat Infantryman Badge Parachutist Badge Bronze Star Medal American Defense Service Medal American Campaign Medal European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal World War II Victory Medal National Defense Service Medal References Bibliography External links The Unvarnished Truth About Captain Herbert Sobel 1912 births 1987 deaths United States Army personnel of World War II Band of Brothers characters Military personnel from Chicago United States Army officers University of Illinois School of Architecture alumni Jewish American military personnel Culver Academies alumni 20th-century American Jews Deaths by starvation