What Happened to Buck Compton? Paratrooper, Then Prosecutor
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Joe Toye: The True Story of Easy Company’s Toughest Sergeant
How did Joe Toye lose his leg, and why did he have four Purple Hearts? The true story…
Earl “One Lung” McClung: the Band of Brothers soldier Shifty Powers called the best shot in Easy Company
Earl “One Lung” McClung was a scout and sergeant in Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,…
Bill Guarnere: The True Story of Easy Company’s “Wild Bill”
Most soldiers who lose a leg in combat lose it running for cover. Bill Guarnere lost his running…
Bill Kiehn: How the Band of Brothers Potatoes Soldier Really Died
He is on screen for about thirteen seconds. A grinning paratrooper holds up a sack of potatoes he…
Brécourt Manor Assault: How 12 Paratroopers Knocked Out Hitler’s D-Day Guns
The 12-man Easy Company assault on a four-gun German artillery battery on D-Day, taught at West Point as…
Albert Blithe: What Really Happened After Band of Brothers
Band of Brothers says Albert Blithe died in 1948 from his Normandy wounds. He didn't — he recovered,…
Bill Guarnere: The True Story of Easy Company’s “Wild Bill”
Most soldiers who lose a leg in combat lose it running for cover. Bill Guarnere lost his running…
Bill Kiehn: How the Band of Brothers Potatoes Soldier Really Died
He is on screen for about thirteen seconds. A grinning paratrooper holds up a sack of potatoes he…
Lewis Nixon: The Real Story of Easy Company’s Whiskey-Loving Officer
A German MG 42 round pierced the front of his helmet near Koevering in September 1944. The bullet…
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