E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne : from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's nest /
First Statement of Responsibility
Stephen E. Ambrose.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
1st Touchstone ed.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Simon & Schuster,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1993.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
335 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, maps ;
Dimensions
24 cm
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
"A Touchstone book."
Text of Note
Originally published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 1992.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, U.S. Army, was as good a rifle company as any in the world. From their rigorous training in Georgia in 1942 to D-Day and victory, Ambrose tells the story of this remarkable company, which kept getting the tough assignments. Easy Company was responsible for everything from parachuting into France early D-Day morning to the capture of Hitler's Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden. "Band of Brothers" is the account of the men of this remarkable unit who fought, went hungry, froze, and died, a company that took 150 percent casualties and considered the Purple Heart a badge of office. Drawing on hours of interviews with survivors as well as the soldiers' journals and letters, Stephen Ambrose tells the stories, often in the men's own words, of these American heroes. Show More Show Less.
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
United States.-- History.
United States.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
World War, 1939-1945-- Airborne troops.
World War, 1939-1945-- Campaigns-- Western Front.
World War, 1939-1945-- Regimental histories-- United States.