Band of brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne: from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's nest
Stephen E. Ambrose
- Resource Type:
- Book (Print/Paper)
- Edition:
- 3rd Touchstone ed.
- Publication:
- New York : Touchstone, 2001
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- Summary:
- An account of E Company, 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army during World War II.
- Table of Contents:
- "We wanted those wings"; Camp Toccoa, July-December 1942
- "Stand up and hook up"; Benning, Mackall, Bragg, Shanks, December 1942-September 1943
- "Duties of the latrine orderly"; Aldbourne, September 1943-March 1944
- "Look out, Hitler! Here we come!"; Slapton Sands, Uppottery, April 1-June 5, 1944
- "Follow me"; Normandy, June 6, 1944
- "Move out!"; Carentan, June 7-July 12, 1944
- Healing wounds and scrubbed missions; Aldbourne, July 13-September 16, 1944
- "Hell's highway"; Holland, September 17-October 1, 1944
- Island; Holland, October 2-November 25, 1944
- Resting, recovering, and refitting: Mourmelon-le-Grand, November 26-December 18, 1944
- "They got us surrounded-the poor bastards"; Bastogne, December 19-31, 1944
- Breaking point; Bastogne, January 1-13, 1945
- Attack; Noville, January 14-17, 1945
- Patrol: Haguenau, January 18-February 23, 1945
- "Best feeling in the world": Mourmelon, February 25-April 2, 1945
- Getting to know the enemy: Germany, April 2-30, 1945
- Drinking Hitler's champagne; Berchtesgaden, May 1-8, 1945
- Soldier's dream life; Austria, May 8-July 31, 1945
- Postwar careers; 1945-1991.
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- Languages:
- English
- Language Notes:
- Item content: English
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- General Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Physical Description:
- 333 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Call Numbers:
- D769.348 506th .A57 2001
- ISBNs:
- 0743216458 (pbk.) [Invalid]
9780743216456
0743216458 - OCLC Numbers:
- 1053115321
46889027 [Invalid]