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Band of Brothers is a 2001 American [2] war drama miniseries based on historian Stephen E. Ambrose's 1992 non-fiction book of the same name. [3] It was created by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks , who also served as executive producers , and who had collaborated on the 1998 World War II film Saving Private Ryan . [ 4 ]
In October 1977, the wing ended its "dual-base" commitment to NATO and changed to an air superiority mission with the wing beginning a conversion from the F-4D Phantom II to the F-15A Eagle; the 49th being the second USAF operational wing to receive the F-15A. Capt Thomas Vanderheyden was the initial pilot to start F-15 conversion.
Albert Blithe (June 25, 1923 – December 17, 1967) [2] [3] was an American career soldier who served as a private first class with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division during World War II.
Walter Scott Gordon Jr. (15 April 1920 – 19 April 1997) [1] was a non-commissioned officer with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army during World War II.
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.
Carwood Lipton was born and raised in Huntington, West Virginia.When he was aged 10, his father was killed and his mother paralyzed in an automobile accident. [3] Since Carwood was the eldest child, she told him to be the "man of the family". [3]
Winters was the subject of the 2005 book Biggest Brother: The Life of Major Dick Winters, The Man Who Led the Band of Brothers, written by Larry Alexander. His own memoir, Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters, co-written by military historian and retired U.S. Army Colonel Cole C. Kingseed, was
Edward James Heffron [1]: 8 was born in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1923, [1]: 87 the third of five children to Joseph (a prison guard) and Anne. The family was Irish Catholic and attended Mass every Sunday; Heffron and his siblings attended Sacred Heart Catholic School.