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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. **THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER** 25th Anniversary Edition. Foreword by Tom Hanks. The book that inspired Steven Spielberg's acclaimed TV series, produced by Tom Hanks and starring Damian Lewis. In Band of Brothers, Stephen E. Ambrose pays tribute to the men of Easy Company, a crack rifle company in the US Army. From their rigorous training in Georgia in 1942 to the dangerous parachute landings on D-Day and their triumphant capture of Hitler's `Eagle's Nest' in Berchtesgaden. Ambrose tells the story of this remarkable company. Repeatedly send on the toughest missions, these brave men fought, went hungry, froze and died in the service of their country. Celebrating the 25th anniversary since the original publication, this reissue contains a new foreword from Tom Hanks who was an executive producer on the award-winning HBO series. A tale of heroic adventures and soul-shattering confrontations, Band of Brothers brings back to life, as only Stephen E. Ambrose can, the profound ties of brotherhood forged in the barracks and on the battlefields. `History boldly told and elegantly written . . . Gripping' Wall Street Journal `Ambrose proves once again he is a masterful historian . . . spellbinding' People The book that inspired Steven Spielberg's acclaimed TV series, produced by Tom Hanks and starring Damian Lewis. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781471170058
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Book Description Softcover. Condition: New. As good a rifle company as any, Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, US Army, kept getting tough assignments--responsible for everything from parachuting into France early DDay morning to the capture of Hitler's Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden. In "Band of Brothers," Ambrose tells of the men in this brave unit who fought, went hungry, froze &amp; died, a company that took 150% casualties &amp; considered the Purple Heart a badge of office. Drawing on hours of interviews with survivors as well as the soldiers' journals &amp; letters, Stephen Ambrose recounts the stories, often in the men's own words, of these American heroes.<br />Foreword<br />"We wanted those wings"; Camp Toccoa, 7-12/42<br />"Stand up &amp; hook up"; Benning, Mackall, Bragg, Shanks, 12/42-9/43<br />"Duties of the latrine orderly"; Aldbourne, 9/43-3/44<br />"Look out, Hitler! Here we come!"; Slapton Sands, Uppottery, 4/1-6/5/44<br />"Follow me"; Normandy, 6/6/44<br />"Move out!"; Carentan, 6/7-7/12/44<br />Healing wounds &amp; scrubbed missions; Aldbourne, 7/13-9/16/44<br />"Hell's highway"; Holland, 9/17-10/1/44<br />Island; Holland, 10/2-11/25/44<br />Resting, recovering &amp; refitting: Mourmelon-le-Grand, 11/26-12/18/44<br />"They got us surrounded-the poor bastards"; Bastogne, 12/19-31/44<br />Breaking point; Bastogne, 1/1-13/45 <br />Attack; Noville, 1/14-17/45<br />Patrol: Haguenau, 1/18-2/23/45<br />"Best feeling in the world": Mourmelon, 2/25-4/2/45<br />Getting to know the enemy: Germany, 4/2-30/45<br />Drinking Hitler's champagne; Berchtesgaden, 5/1-8/45<br />Soldier's dream life; Austria, 5/8-7/31/45<br />Postwar careers; 1945-91<br />Acknowledgments &amp; Sources<br />Index. Seller Inventory # DADAX1471170055
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