Shifty Powers: The Sharpshooter Who Almost Died Going Home
He survived Normandy without a scratch. He walked out of Bastogne with all ten fingers and both boots.…
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Band of Brothers Cast: Every Actor and the Real Soldier They Played
Most people can name the actors. Damian Lewis. Tom Hardy before anyone knew him. The man from Friends,…
What Happened to Buck Compton? Paratrooper, Then Prosecutor
The verified true story of Buck Compton: Jackie Robinson's UCLA teammate, D-Day Silver Star, and the prosecutor who…
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”
Bill Guarnere lost his right leg running toward the shelling, not away from it. On January 3, 1945,…
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…
Did Albert Blithe Really Go Blind, and Did He Die in 1948?
Band of Brothers says Albert Blithe died in 1948 from his Normandy wounds. He didn't. He recovered, served…
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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…
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…
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…
Are Any Easy Company Members Still Alive? The Last Survivor
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 without…
Dick Winters: The Complete Biography of Easy Company’s Real Leader
Dick Winters jumped into Normandy at one in the morning on June 6, 1944, with a broken wristwatch,…
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…
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…
What Happened to Captain Sobel: The 1970 Shot That Blinded Him
A man who trained 140 soldiers so well that they survive Normandy, Bastogne, and the deadliest war in…
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