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Joe Rantz’s story in the book is one of the most heroic true stories I have ever read. What he overcame to help row that team to a gold medal is truly inspiring!

I can say that BigJim McMillin ended up spending his winters on the island of Kauai at the Wailua Bay View condos. We met him, heard his story and watched as tears fell down his face. I asked him where he kept his medal,expecting it to be in a special room, but to our surprise, he pulled out a little red velvet bag from his front pocket. We all got to hold it and take photos. My jaw was on the floor from all of it. This man invited four of us to come in and have snacks and visit with him on this day in March of 2001. His daughter called while we were there. His nurse told her he was entertaining two young couples and she said don’t interrupt his visit and let him have fun and to have him call back to her later. I was BLESSED to meet this amazing kind man and to hear his story before it was ever a book or movie. I am also blessed to have the photos from that day and to hold such a medal in my hands. I’m still in awe of him. ♥️

If you haven’t read this book, The Boys in the Boat, you are missing magnificent, courageous group of young men. Thank you for your input. It was fun to hear about them again.

Amy, what a great video! Thanks....I walked out of the movie and said to met husband, "I don't know why they didn't tell us what happened to them!" Count on a genealogist to answer that question!

Neither Ms. Johnson nor Mr. Clooney the director of the film thought to mention that the coxswain Mr. Mock was Jewish.. An interesting fact that could have heightened the drama that the one calling the shots on the boat was on Hitlers undesirable list.

My Grandpa Joe did not work for an oil company. He was a Chemical engineer at Boeing.

This book should be a must read book in every school in the USA and Canada. It represents what people went thru and what people can accomplish.

Bobby Moch was my husband's family lawyer. My hubby owns a George Pocock single rowing shell; so light, delicate and Fine!.Thanks for this , i will pass some of these histories on to my guy to ask hime what he remembers.

I recently watched the movie and thoroughly enjoyed it and to top it off you're behind the scenes information and commentary was a added bonus thank you

The book was so awesome when I read it several years ago I had hoped it would become a movie, we need those stories to show what true sacrifice, hard work, determination and overcoming struggles are in the DNA of our great country. Glad you made this video

Best sports documentary book I ever read….way better than the new movie

My grandpa knew the coach! He and his dad used to hangout at the boat house on weekends and go to the local races.

Love this - thank you. Just see how much extra it is possible to get out by making sure that every possible record is found and examined closely.

Thank you, Amy, for the after story on the boys. I would like to add a little before information for Herbert Roger Morris. I find it interesting that he went into the dredging business. His grandfather, John Morris, was one of the fatalities in the Franklin Mine Fire of August 24, 1894. I have done a little (very little) research on John Morris, mainly because I was looking for the location of the community of Cedar Mountain where he resided with his family and where he was buried.

Brava, Amy. Thanks for this!

Thanks for the back story, really enjoyed the movie.

This was such awesome information! Bravo to your skills and thanks for sharing!

Bobby moch actually passed away in 2005. he was 90.

thanks so much for the history of the team. I did wonder how many had served in the military for WWII. Interesting too that the families were small in number, I wonder if that was the social upheaval from the depression and impending war.

interesting. almost all of this is in the book but the genealogy research confirms and expands

This is very interesting and really 'fleshes' out the background of these men.

Great book, movie was very well done.

The book should ❤be required reading for our " entitled " youth of today.

Bobby Moch passed away on 1/18/2005 at the age of 90

Another interesting thing. Joe’s parents were married by telephone 30 January 1899, Fred was born a few days later.

Thank you for your research on these men. I just watched the film and wanted to know what happened to all of them. Great post, many thanks.

Thank you! What a wonderful summary of the boys on the boat!!! Great research skills too

Excellent video! Very well done!

I have read it twice. Wonderful book

Excellent presentation, thank you for your effort. I found this interesting and informative.

Interesting family dynamic. Joe Rantz’s 15 years older brother Frederick married Thelma La Follette in 1919, 2 years later his father married her twin sister Thula.

The video starts saying "the Americans were not expected to medal let alone win". This is not true. The USA won the eights title at every Olympics from 1920 to 1956. Meaning the previous 4 titles had been won by the USA. The Washington crew did the fastest time in the semi-finals in Berlin. They were absolutely expected to win.

Wait, where did you get that Joe Rantz went on to work in the oil industry? I had read that he worked for Boeing for his whole career. Did I have that wrong?

I haven't watched the movie, but loved the book! Thanks for sharing more of their stories.

Joe did indeed become a chemical engineer, and he may have done some work in the oil industry for a while, but he put in over 30 years with Boeing.

Well done. Thanks for the information on the Boys. Great movie.

Thank you for doing this! It was a beautiful movie and I wondered about the lives of the characters.

Camer here after watching the movie thanks for info.

Thank you for doing this research

thank you, i wondered about all this ever since i saw the docu.

Great book, there was a book mobile come to my grandsons school and was giving away books. He went into the truck and grabbed two. Not long after we had a wind storm in our small town 50 miles from Seattle. We grabbed flashlights and he gave me "The Boys in the Boat".

J'ai regardé le film et je suis heureux de voir la suite de leur vie. Ayant fait de l'aviron, je me suis retrouvé des années en arrière. Quand on finit une course on est tétanisés au point de ne plus pouvoir se lever. Fantastics boys!!!.

Thank you for doing this.

Thank you for this video. I just learned about them and was wondering what happened to them.

Good job on the research

Read the book. Amazing story.

Best book I have read in a while

Saw the movie, and with your presentation here will definitely buy and read the book. Great work on your part Amy. Thank you.

Well done!

Bobby Moch passed away in 2005 not 1991!!

The Boys in the Boat is one of my favorite books. The movie didn’t do it justice.

was definitely more common to go by a middle name back then. my grandfather is called “bob” short for “robert” but his first name is george. my parents also continued this naming convention with me though unfortunately it has aged quite poorly due to how records are much more stringent in the modern times in America and with how uncommon the convention has become

Bobby Moch didn’t die in 1991 but in 2005, per Wikipedia

Bob Moch is my great uncle. He died in 2005 LOL. You killed him in 1991!

Thank you.

Interesting how when people post things such as this, people come out of the woodwork with, “My so and so worked with, went to school with, lived next door, stepped on my foot, blah blah”.

thank you!

Great movie

Great book-- but I would argue that they WERE expected to medal given what Al Ulbrickson said leading up to the Olympics.

I have a family reunion coming up! There will be about 40 of us and I am going to ask some questions to the oldest and 2nd oldest generations. What type of questions should I ask? The eldest will be 98 and the youngest at 32

I love that Moch's Dad was Swiss. Not I am biased as a Swiss just saying.

I loved the movie it was so good ❤❤❤

The book outshines the movie.

I can't find any information about Don Humes degree from the University of Washington. Did he not graduate??

Great not good great book to read. Was given as a Christmas gift and had never heard of the boys. Wow what a story.

What language should be used for entering names of family members? What if their names were changed due to immigration to another country?

Inspiring story, and I look forward to the movie. However, since when has the word "medal" become a verb? I know they use it in all these competitions, but I'm so sad about the bastardization of the English language.

Some of your facts are incorrect. Robert Moch died in 2000. He graduated from Harvard. I worked at the same law firm in the ‘90s.

Joe had to have some real mental strength to overcome what he did. It would be easy to use that background to be a common drunk.

Did the crew ever earn any money????? Did they win cash?

I thought they were all working class boys, doesnt sound like they had humble beginnings to me,

Thanks for sharing this information, we very much enjoyed this movie. However just don't quiet understand why they could not find or use all real American actors! Don't we here in The States have American actors that can act out our American parts speaking our American language!

Making Americans outsiders and underdogs in this event is a rather large stretch Check out Olympic history.

sappy movie - who cares?