We who are alive and remain

Description:

From Marcus Brotherton, co-author of Call of Duty, comes a new collection of untold stories from the Band of Brothers.They were the men of the now-legendary Easy Company. After almost two years of hard training, they parachuted into Normandy on DDay and, later, Operation Market Garden. They fought their way through Belgium, France, and Germany, survived overwhelming odds, liberated concentration camps, and drank a victory toast in April 1945 at Hitlers hideout in the Alps. Here, revealed for the first time, are stories of war, sacrifice, and courage as experienced by one of the most revered combat units in military history. In We Who Are Alive and Remain, twenty men who were there and are alive todayand the families of three deceased othersrecount the horrors and the victories, the bonds they made, the tears and blood they shedand the brothers they lost.

subjects: World War, 1939-1945,  United States,  Campaigns,  United States. Army. Parachute Infantry Regiment, 506th. Company E.,  American Personal narratives,  Soldiers,  United States. Army,  Regimental histories,  Parachute troops,  Biography,  History,  Nonfiction,  World war, 1939-1945, personal narratives, american,  World war, 1939-1945, regimental histories,  World war, 1939-1945, campaigns, western front,  Military biography

Places: United States,  Western Front