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
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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, froze, and died, in a company that took 150 percent casualties and consider the Purple Heart a badge of office. -- adapted from back cover. |
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Physical Description: |
333 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9781501179402 1501179403 |
Author Notes: |
Ambrose is considered to be one of the foremost historical scholars of recent times and has been a professor for over three decades. He is also the founder and president of the National D-Day Museum in New Orleans. His works include D-Day: June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II, Citizen Soldiers: The U. S. Army from Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany, June 7, 1944-May 7, 1945, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest and Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson and the Opening of the American West. Abrose served historical consultant on the motion picture Saving Private Ryan. (Bowker Author Biography) |