Band of Brothers : E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
by Ambrose, Stephen E. (Author)
Summary
Easy Company, 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army, kept getting the tough assignments. They were responsible for everything from parachuting into France early D-Day morning to the capture of Hitler's Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden. Ambrose tells of the men of this brave unit who fought, went hungry, f... Full description
- 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
- The 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
- The breaking point, Bastogne, January 1-13, 1945
- Attack ; Noville, January 14-17- 1945
- The patrol, Haguenau, January 18-February 23, 1945
- "The 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
- The soldier's dream life, Austria, May 8-July 31, 1945
- Postwar careers, 1945-1991,