Dick Winters and the Band of Brothers by Kevin Hymel, Flint Whitlock ISBN B07GQ92DG4 instant download

Dick Winters and the Band of Brothers by Kevin Hymel, Flint Whitlock ISBN B07GQ92DG4 instant download

Follow the exploits of Easy Company as you’ve never heard them before, with plenty of surprises on every page.
It’s been nearly 20 years since its release, but HBO’s Band of Brothers continues to endure. Easy Company’s epic wartime journey from Camp Toccoa, Georgia, to Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest still captivates us all, and brings World War II to life in ways no television series has done before or since.
…And the best part is, all the stories are true. So wouldn’t you like to hear more?This exciting book, Dick Winters and the Band of Brothers, will help you do exactly that. From the infamous D-Day battery fight to confronting the SS at “The Island,” you’ll find pages and pages of new details about Easy Company’s odyssey into Germany. You’ll also find personal interviews and newly released material you won’t find anywhere else.
“There’s fire along the hedgerow there. Take care of it.”
This is where the book begins: First Lieutenant Richard “Dick” Winters receiving his D-Day orders from Captain Clarence Hester. (As you might remember, the order should have been given to Easy Company’s then-commander, Thomas Meehan, but his whereabouts were unknown at the time.)
Winters faced difficult numbers—the current Easy Company head count was 11 out of the nearly 200 that had left England. So he mustered a few volunteers from the 506th and formed an ad-hoc team of 17.
The rest of the story, of course, is history. But this book will show you quite a few details the miniseries didn’t mention. To cover their withdrawal after a successful mission, Sergeant Don Malarkey manned a 60mm mortar. He fired so many rounds, though, that he buried it into the ground; he had lost his base plate during his jump and was forced to bore-sight his weapon. The firing shattered every window in a nearby manor house.
And after he was able to collect more men and equipment, Winters reassembled his team and returned to the field, approaching this time from behind the machine gun turrets. You’ll read more about this