Band of Brothers (book)

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Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest is a factual account by historian Stephen Ambrose of the exploits of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army during their training and the latter days of World War II. It was made into a 10 part television mini-series by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks.

[edit] Important soldiers

• Lynn "Buck" Compton
• William "Wild Bill" Guarnere
• Joe Liebgott
• C. Carwood Lipton
• George Luz
• Don Malarkey
• Warren Muck
• Lewis Nixon
• Alex Penkala
• Frank Perconte
• Shifty Powers
• Denver "Bull" Randleman
• Mike Ranney
• Eugene Roe
• Paul Rogers
• Robert Sink
• Ronald Speirs
• Floyd Talbert
• Buck Taylor
• Ed Tipper
• Joe Toye
• David Webster
• Harry Welsh
• Richard D. Winters
• Robert "Popeye" Wynn