TY - BOOK AU - Ambrose,Stephen E. TI - Band of brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest SN - 0743216385 AV - D 769.348 506th .A57 2001 PY - 2001/// CY - New York PB - Simon & Schuster KW - United States KW - Army KW - Parachute Infantry Regiment, 506th KW - Company E KW - History KW - USA KW - Parachute Infantry Regiment (506) KW - swd KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Regimental histories KW - Campaigns KW - Western Front KW - Weltkrieg (1939-1945) N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; "We wanted those wings"; Camp Toccoa, July-December 1942 -- "Stand up and hook up"; Benning, Mackall, Bragg, Shanks, December 1942-September 1943 -- "Duties of the latrine orderly"; Aldbourne, September 1943-March 1944 -- "Look out, Hitler! Here we come!"; Slapton Sands, Uppottery, April 1-June 5, 1944 -- "Follow me"; Normandy, June 6, 1944 -- "Move out!"; Carentan, June 7-July 12, 1944 -- Healing wounds and scrubbed missions; Aldbourne, July 13-September 16, 1944 -- "Hell's highway"; Holland, September 17-October 1, 1944 -- Island; Holland, October 2-November 25, 1944 -- Resting, recovering, and refitting: Mourmelon-le-Grand, November 26-December 18, 1944 -- "They got us surrounded-the poor bastards"; Bastogne, December 19-31, 1944 -- Breaking point; Bastogne, January 1-13, 1945 -- Attack; Noville, January 14-17, 1945 -- Patrol: Haguenau, January 18-February 23, 1945 -- "Best feeling in the world": Mourmelon, February 25-April 2, 1945 -- Getting to know the enemy: Germany, April 2-30, 1945 -- Drinking Hitler's champagne; Berchtesgaden, May 1-8, 1945 -- Soldier's dream life; Austria, May 8-July 31, 1945 -- Postwar careers; 1945-1991 N2 - A look at the exploits of the men of E Company during World War II describes how they parachuted into France early D-Day morning, parachuted into Holland during the Arnhem campaign, and captured Hitler's Bavarian outpost UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/simon031/2001020134.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0631/2001020134-t.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0641/2001020134-s.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1005/2001020134-b.html ER -