Band of brothers
Subtitle: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne : from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's nest
By: Stephen E. Ambrose.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 1992
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 335
Subjects: United States. Army. Parachute Infantry Regiment, 506th. Company E -- History; World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front
Description: "As good a rifle company as any in the world. Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, U.S. Army, kept getting the tough assignments 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 in this brave unit who fought, went hungry,froze, and died, a company that took 150 percent casualties and considered the Purple Heart a badge of office." -- Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.