When the NCOs all agree to "no longer serve as an Non-Commissioned Officer in Easy Company" and are brought in front of Colonel Sink, Lipton is busted down to Private but why is Sergeant Harris the only one dismissed out of the regiment..?
Ta.
It was Myron "Mike" Ranney, not Lipton, who was busted down to private (along with Terrence "Salty" Harris).
It had been brought to Colonel Sink's attention that Harris and Ranney were the ringleaders of the rebellion (which was true), so that's why he came down hardest on them. In real life, both were transferred out of Easy and became pathfinders, but before D-Day Ranney was able to rejoin the company; the miniseries, perhaps because of time constraints, doesn't go into Ranney's off-and-on status. Harris remained a pathfinder with his new company.
Harris had been one of the most well-liked members of Easy, and news of his death in Carentan devastated more than a few members of the company; they felt he had died among (relative) strangers, instead of being among the soldiers who respected and knew him so well. They never forgave Sink for transferring him out of Easy.
Thanks Murph, that's really insightful.
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