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978-0743224543. Band of Brothers, subtitled, E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne: From Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest, by Stephen E. Ambrose, is an examination of a parachute infantry company in the 101st Airborne Division in the European Theater during World War II. While the book treats the flow of battle, it concentrates on the ...
David Kenyon Webster (2 June 1922 – disappeared 9 September 1961, presumed dead) [1] was an American soldier, journalist, and author. During World War II he was a private with E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division. Webster was portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers by Eion Bailey.
Carwood Lipton. Clifford Carwood Lipton (30 January 1920 – 16 December 2001) [ 1] was a commissioned officer with Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, during World War II . On the battlefields of Europe, he was promoted to company first sergeant and was awarded a battlefield commission to second lieutenant.
It’s 9 September 2001. A young history buff called Tom is sitting down to watch the big new HBO series, Band of Brothers.Like many Americans, Tom’s family don’t have an HBO subscription, and ...
Herbert Maxwell Sobel (January 26, 1912 – September 30, 1987) [ 1][ 2] was an American soldier who served as a commissioned officer with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division during World War II. Sobel's story was featured in historian Stephen E. Ambrose 's book Band of Brothers, and he ...
William J. Guarnere Sr. (April 28, 1923 – March 8, 2014) was a United States Army paratrooper who fought in World War II as a non-commissioned officer with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division . Guarnere wrote Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends: Two WWII Paratroopers from the Original ...
With the Old Breed. 326 p. With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa is a World War II memoir by United States Marine Eugene Sledge, first published in 1981. The memoir is based on notes Sledge kept tucked away in a pocket-sized Bible he carried with him during battles he fought at Peleliu and Okinawa. The book formed part of the basis of the ...
A British star of the war drama Band Of Brothers has said he hopes to honour the legacy of the soldier he played in the series when he joins fellow cast members for a parachute jump over Normandy ...