They fought on Utah Beach in Arnhem Bastogne the Bulge; they spearheaded the Rhine offensive and took possession of Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest in Berchtesgaden. Easy Company 506th Airborne Division U.S. Army was as good a rifle company as any in the world. From their rigorous training in Georgia in 1942 to D-Day and victory Ambrose tells the story of this remarkable company which kept getting the tough assignments. Easy Company was responsible for everything from parachuting into France early D-Day morning to the capture of Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest at Berchtesgaden. BAND OF BROTHERS is the account of the men of this remarkable unit who fought went hungry froze and died a company that took 150 percent casualties and considered the Purple Heart a badge of office. Drawing on hours of interviews with survivors as well as the soldiers’ journals and letters Stephen Ambrose tells the stories often in the men’s own words of these American heroes.

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