Band of Brothers
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…
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True stories behind Band of Brothers — the real soldiers, the historical accuracy, and what the show got right and wrong.
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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…
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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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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…
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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,…
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The Real Story of D-Day’s Invasion Stripes — and What Band of Brothers Got Right
The black-and-white stripes painted on Allied aircraft for D-Day were not a TV-show prop. Here is the real…
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Richard “Dick” Winters: The Complete Biography of Easy Company’s Real Leader
Richard “Dick” Winters jumped into Normandy at one in the morning on June 6, 1944, with a broken…
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D-Day Paratroopers: Why the T-5 Jump Was a Nightmare
Before their boots touched French soil, something violent happened to every single man in the sky. They did…
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Ronald Speirs: What Band of Brothers Didn’t Tell You
Ronald Speirs killed prisoners, shot his own sergeant, and sprinted through enemy fire at Foy. The true story…
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Herbert Sobel — Band of Brothers’ Forgotten Captain
A man who trained 140 soldiers so well that they survive Normandy, Bastogne, and the deadliest war in…