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Format:
Book
Title:
Beyond band of brothers : the warm memoirs of Major Dick Winters
ISBN:
9780425208137

9780425213759
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
NY : Berkley Pub. Group, 2006.
Physical Description:
xv, 304 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
1. Band of brothers. Beginnings -- There is nothing easy in Easy Company -- From Benning to Shanks -- Old beyond my years. 2. In the time of Achilles. Day of days -- Carentan -- Holland -- The island. 3. In war's dark crucible. Interlude -- Surrounded again -- The final patrols -- Victory. 4. Finding peace after a lifetime of war. Occupation -- Coming home -- Stee Ambrose slept here -- Reflections.
Summary:
They were called Easy Company, but their mission was never easy. Immortalized as the Band of Brothers, they suffered 150% casualties while liberating Europe, an unparalleled record of bravery under fire. Dick Winters was their commander, and this is his story based on his wartime diary. Only Winters was present from the activation of Easy Company until the war's end. On D-Day, Dick Winters parachuted into France and assumed leadership of the company when their commander was killed. He led them through the Battle of the Bulge and into Germany, where they liberated an S.S. death camp from the horrors of the Holocaust and captured Berchtesgaden, Hitler's alpine retreat. After briefly serving during the Korean War, Winters was a highly successful businessman.--From publisher description.
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