Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends Two WWII Paratroopers from the Original Band of Brothers Tell Their Story

Name: Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends Two WWII Paratroopers from the Original Band of Brothers Tell Their Story
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ISBN: 9780425224366

ISBN-10: 0425224368

ISBN-13: 9780425224366

Edition: N/A

Authors: William Guarnere, Edward Heffron, Robyn Post

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Tom Hanks introduces the remarkable(Publishers Weekly) story of two inseparable friends and soldiers portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers. William Wild Bill Guarnere and Edward Babe Heffron were among the first paratroopers of the U.S. Armymembers of an elite unit of the 101st Airborne Division called Easy Company. The crack unit was called upon for every high-risk operation of the war, including D-Day, Operation Market Garden in Holland, the Battle of the Bulge, and the capture of Hitlers Eagles Nest in Berchtesgaden. Both men fought side by sideuntil Guarnere lost his leg in the Battle of the Bulge and was sent home. Heffron went on to liberate concentration camps and take…

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List price: $18.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/7/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.99" wide x 9.00" long x 0.92" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Foreword



Preface


Introduction



Groomed for War on the Streets of South Philly



Earning Those Coveted Jump Wings



D-day: Wild Bill's Revenge



England: Garrison Duty and Piccadilly Lilies



Holland: Parades, Grenades, and Hell's Highway



Mourmelon-le-Grand: R & R Interrupted



Bastogne: Code Word for Hell



Germany: Now I Know Why We're Here



Back Home in South Philly



Back to the Places We Fought



"Babe, Meet Babe": Band of Brothers Goes to Hollywood


Epilogue


Acknowledgments


Index