We who are alive and remain : untold stories from the band of brothers /

Brotherton, Marcus.

We who are alive and remain : untold stories from the band of brothers / Untold stories from the band of brothers Marcus Brotherton. - 1st ed. - New York : Berkley Caliber/Penguin Group, 2009. - xviii, 294 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

A future that nobody could prepare us for -- Young lions, east -- Yound lions, west -- The day everything changed -- Cutting teeth at Toccoa -- How the rest of us trained -- Aboard the Samaria, Toccoa men -- Atlantic crossings, replacements -- Aldbourne: calm before the storm -- A bad day for a lot of young men -- Fighting in Normandy -- The Battle of Carentan -- R&R in England -- The fight of our lives in Holland -- Defending the island -- Respite in Mourmelon -- Frozen hell -- Blood -- Enemy across the river -- Meeting a defeated aggressor -- Toasting victory -- Last duties in Austria -- Coming home -- Lives in freedom -- Thoughts on heroism -- Epilogue: Those who have been given much -- Memories of my father : Herbert Sobel / Michael Sobel ; Robert Burr Smith / C. Susan Finn ; George Luz Sr. / Lana Luz Miller and George Luz Jr. -- Appendix I : Easy Company's campaigns, 1944-1945 -- Appendix II : Summary of contributors' involvement in campaigns -- Appendix III : Understanding Easy Company's placement: Easy Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne, World War II -- Appendix IV : Known members of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division -- Appendix V : Killed in action, Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division.

From the co-author of "Call of Duty" comes a new collection of untold stories from the legendary Easy Company, the military unit immortalized in "Band of Brothers."

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United States. Army --Parachute troops.
United States. Army. Parachute Infantry Regiment, 506th. Company E.


Soldiers--United States--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Western Front.
World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.

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