Band of Brothers
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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Roy Benavidez: 6 Hours of Hell, 37 Wounds, and the Medal of Honor
The true story of Roy Benavidez, the Green Beret who took 37 wounds in a six-hour Vietnam firefight,…
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Audie Murphy: The Most Decorated Soldier of World War II
The true story of Audie Murphy, the most decorated American combat soldier of World War II: his Medal…
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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…
Are Easy Company Members Still Alive? Last Survivors of Band of Brothers
No member of Easy Company from HBO Band of Brothers is still alive. Bradford Freeman died July 3,…
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Desmond Doss at Hacksaw Ridge: The Real Moments Mel Gibson Cut
The true story of Desmond Doss — the Seventh-day Adventist medic who saved 75 men at Hacksaw Ridge…
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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…
Band of Brothers
“Now I Know Why I Am Here” — Kaufering Camp True Story
Easy Company didn't discover the concentration camp first. The 12th Armored Division did. But what Winters saw at…
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The Band of Brothers Eindhoven Liberation — What Really Happened in September 1944
Dick Winters wrote that the Dutch were 'closing their shutters, taking down their flags.' The Eindhoven liberation in…
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Why Dick Winters Almost Quit Band of Brothers Over Script Changes
Dick Winters nearly walked away from Band of Brothers. He told Tom Hanks the scripts had too much…
Medal of Honor
Hershel “Woody” Williams: The Last WWII Medal of Honor Recipient — Full Story
The true story of Hershel "Woody" Williams — the Marine who destroyed seven pillboxes on Iwo Jima with…
Medal of Honor
John Chapman: The Air Force Combat Controller Who Fought Alone on Roberts Ridge
The full story of John Chapman — the Air Force Combat Controller who fought alone for nearly an…
Band of Brothers
David Kenyon Webster: The Band of Brothers Mystery
David Kenyon Webster survived D-Day and wrote the Band of Brothers real history. Then, in 1961, he sailed…
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