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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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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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…
Band of Brothers
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…