Band of Brothers E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne From Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest /
"They came together, citizen soldiers, in the summer of 1942, drawn to Airborne by the $50 monthly bonus and a desire to be better than the other guy. And at its peak -- in Holland and the Ardennes -- Easy Company was as good a rifle company as any in the world. From the rigorous training in Ge...
| Main Author: | Ambrose, Stephen E., |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Simon & Schuster,
[2001]
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| Physical Description: |
333 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Edition: | Classic edition. |
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Sample text Table of contents Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- "We wanted those wings"; Camp Toccoa, July-December 1942
- "Stand up and hook up"; Benning, Mackall, Bragg, Shanks, December 1942-September 1943
- "Duties of the latrine orderly"; Aldbourne, September 1943-March 1944
- "Look out, Hitler! Here we come!"; Slapton Sands, Uppottery, April 1-June 5, 1944
- "Follow me"; Normandy, June 6, 1944
- "Move out!"; Carentan, June 7-July 12, 1944
- Healing wounds and scrubbed missions; Aldbourne, July 13-September 16, 1944
- "Hell's highway"; Holland, September 17-October 1, 1944
- Island; Holland, October 2-November 25, 1944
- Resting, recovering, and refitting: Mourmelon-le-Grand, November 26-December 18, 1944
- "They got us surrounded-the poor bastards"; Bastogne, December 19-31, 1944
- Breaking point; Bastogne, January 1-13, 1945
- Attack; Noville, January 14-17, 1945
- Patrol: Haguenau, January 18-February 23, 1945
- "Best feeling in the world": Mourmelon, February 25-April 2, 1945
- Getting to know the enemy: Germany, April 2-30, 1945
- Drinking Hitler's champagne; Berchtesgaden, May 1-8, 1945
- Soldier's dream life; Austria, May 8-July 31, 1945
- Postwar careers; 1945-1991
- Acknowledgments and sources
- Index.