Band of Brothers

As good a rifle company as any, Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, US Army, kept getting tough assignments--responsible for everything from parachuting into France early DDay morning to the capture of Hitler's Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden. In "Band of Brothers," Ambrose tells of the men in this brave unit who fought, went hungry, froze died, a company that took 150% casualties considered the Purple Heart a badge of office. Drawing on hours of interviews with survivors as well as the soldiers' journals letters, Stephen Ambrose recounts the stories, often in the men's own words, of these American heroes.

Foreword

"We wanted those wings"; Camp Toccoa, 7-12/42

"Stand up hook up"; Benning, Mackall, Bragg, Shanks, 12/42-9/43

"Duties of the latrine orderly"; Aldbourne, 9/43-3/44

"Look out, Hitler! Here we come!"; Slapton Sands, Uppottery, 4/1-6/5/44

"Follow me"; Normandy, 6/6/44

"Move out!"; Carentan, 6/7-7/12/44

Healing wounds scrubbed missions; Aldbourne, 7/13-9/16/44

"Hell's highway"; Holland, 9/17-10/1/44

Island; Holland, 10/2-11/25/44

Resting, recovering refitting: Mourmelon-le-Grand, 11/26-12/18/44

"They got us surrounded-the poor bastards"; Bastogne, 12/19-31/44

Breaking point; Bastogne, 1/1-13/45

Attack; Noville, 1/14-17/45

Patrol: Haguenau, 1/18-2/23/45

"Best feeling in the world": Mourmelon, 2/25-4/2/45

Getting to know the enemy: Germany, 4/2-30/45

Drinking Hitler's champagne; Berchtesgaden, 5/1-8/45

Soldier's dream life; Austria, 5/8-7/31/45

Postwar careers; 1945-91

Acknowledgments Sources

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