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Over the course of ten episodes, Band of Brothers depicts a dramatized account of Easy Company's exploits during World War II. [4]Episodes include their training at Camp Toccoa, the American airborne landings in Normandy, Operation Market Garden, the Siege of Bastogne, the invasion of Germany, the liberation of the Kaufering concentration camp, the taking of the Kehlsteinhaus (Eagle's Nest) in ...
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We Who Are Alive and Remain: Untold Stories from The Band of Brothers. Berkley Caliber. ISBN 978-0-7434-6411-6. Brotherton, Marcus (2011). Shifty's War: The Authorized Biography of Sergeant Darrell 'Shifty' Powers, the Legendary Sharpshooter from the Band of Brothers. Berkley Caliber. ISBN 978-0-425-24097-7.
Robert Burnham "Bob" Brewer (31 January 1924 – 5 December 1996) [1] was a United States Army officer during World War II, assigned to E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division.
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Band of Brothers. New York City: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-74322-454-3. Brotherton, Marcus (2009). We Who Are Alive and Remain: Untold Stories from the Band of Brothers. New York City: Berkley Caliber. ISBN 978-0-42522-763-3. Brotherton, Marcus (2010). A Company of Heroes: Personal Memories About the Real Band of Brothers and the Legacy They ...
The book lists 20 main contributors all of whom were members of Easy Company, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne, the company of soldiers that has come to be known as the original Band of Brothers. The company's nickname, Band of Brothers, was taken from the 1992 book of the same name authored by historian Stephen Ambrose that was later turned into an ...
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 lives of the ...