Band of Brothers is a ten part, eleven hour mini series directed by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg.

The author of this book starts off by explaining how Lima Company’s First Platoon started. Fresh new boots out of the SOI (School of Infantry) that were trained to fight in combat as well as open up to each other and create wonderful bonds with one another. After training, they were finally sent to AFG where they spent months patrolling and

The book generally describes the rise in the ranks of the main protagonist, Sam Damon, from an enlistee, to NCO, to Officer where he eventually reaches the rank of a division commander. The setting and time changes, beginning in World War I, the years between the two wars, World War II and finally a fictionalized Vietnam where Damon is an advisor. Throughout the book Damon is able to rise in the ranks thanks to political connections, audacity, and willingness. Through time Damon himself changes, becoming more self oriented, and looses some of his purity (for lack of a better description) as he rises in the ranks.

     During their battles the squad sees that survival is not something that is taught but a matter of pure chance. They see their allies shooting allies. Their close friends in the war are killed and they must face the reality that getting out alive is luck. The goal of killing the enemy turns into just trying to stay alive yourself. And when their time is done they are faced with mourning for those who fell and bitter sweet relief that it is over.

impacts on the soldiers. This novel depicts the life as a soldier in the German Army fighting

Sergeant York starts in Tennessee in the Valley of the 3 Forks of the wolf. His family is farmers but they are poor. It starts out with his mother in church and Alvin interrupting the church service with gunshots. Alvin was not a believer at the time. Alvin got drunk a lot of the time. When York was on his way to make a bad decision he was struck by lightning. He took it as a sign and found religion. Alvin decided to live life without anger and to marry his Gracie. Alvin starts to attend church and makes peace with his “enemies.” When the US entered WW1, Alvin did not register for the draft because he believed that killing is against the bible. When Alvin gets talked into joining he goes in as a ‘C.O.’ He was denied and drafted. When at camp, his shooting skills impressed his superior officers and Alvin get promoted to corporal and made him an instructor. When Alvin’s unit gets deployed, they set off to France to fight in the Argonne offensive. Alvin was able to kill many and make 132 of the Germans soldiers to surrender. Alvin and his remaining unit brought the German prisoners back to the camp headquarters. Alvin was awarded many medals of honor. Alvin was then known as the “greatest civilian soldier.” After returning home to Texas Alvin is reunited with his family and Gracie. Alvin was not proud of what happened and did not want to receive any attention. The people in his community came together and bought land for Alvin and Gracie to build a home and life a happy married life. This film was only made with the approval of Alvin York himself. It was a great comparison because it was a biography of Alvin’s life.

The unit, E Company was referred to as the easy company started a tough training program that started in San Diego which completed a year later on a small island in the Pacific Ocean called Tarawa. The six young men who raised the flag were part of a huge armada of ships that was more than 800 ships heading for a historic battle that would take place on this island which was later called Iwo Jima.

Douglas Brinkley uses several testimonies from the men who fought with Companies D, E, and F. These testimonies really bring the book alive, and it helps to tell the tail and connect the reader to the events. The descriptive tools used by Brinkley display a mental picture that is very detailed. These words are often used when Brinkley’s works, and he is a renowned

The next part of the book detailed a very sharp decline in the morale and unit cohesion of Bravo Company, but primarily first platoon. The death of Nelson and Casica was the first. Nelson and Casica died when a shooter opened fire on a TCP with a 9mm at

MAJOR CONFLICT • The men of the Alpha Company, especially Tim O’Brien, grapple with the effects—both immediate and long-term—of the Vietnam War.

This film depicts on how a group of young men, lead by Jed Eckert along with his brother matt Eckert and two young women; they find themselves fighting against the Russians, Cubans and Nicaraguan paratroopers that have taken over their small town of Calumet, Colorado. The film basically covers the backdrop of world war III in a smaller scale, where a group known as the wolverines, named after their high school football team, stands low for a few months in the mountains where they are forced to live as outsiders and depend on wild animals to survive. Without any means of communication with the outside population they are unaware of the rules and regulations that have been placed by the invaders; they have raided many of the homes

Alex Kershaw and the Bedford boys is a story from a little town of only 3000 in Bedford Virginia. It 's a small town that never recovered from the Great Depression. Effect of this is most of the young men in Bedford joined the towns armory National Guard unit. Alpha company was one of many company 's threw out Virginia numbering around 7500 guardsmen. In the days to come, it would be decided that the 29th infantry division the "Blue and grey" would land on the Normandy beaches to start the invasion. Alpha company and the boys from Bedford would soon be breaking threw the defenses at "Dog one “Omaha beach.

Through the years of the Vietnam War american involvement in the war grew bigger and bigger. The movie is about an American Battalion that was lead by U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Hal Moore going into Vietnam with the mission of taking out a group of vietnamese that attacked an U.S. army base. Lieutenant Colonel Hal Moore was in charge of the 1st battalion/7th cavalry. Lieutenant Moore gives a speech before he and his men are sent to Vietnam and he tells his men that he can’t promise to bring everyone home alive but he promises that he will be the first soldier to step onto the field and the last to step off.

Band of Brothers is a book written by Stephen E. Ambrose in 1992. This book follows the Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, through World War II. Ambrose wrote this book with interviews from veterans and the research he completed on his own. During three years (July 1942 - July1945) from their training in England to the end of World War II, Ambrose tells us the unbelievable story of the Band of Brothers.

The main character of this story is Desmond Doss. Desmond Doss is a Conscientious Objector and he decided to join the Army to serve his country. But since he was a Conscientious Objector he promised to himself that he would never touch a gun. While in boot camp he was mistreated by his sergeant and fellow soldiers for his belief. He later trained to become a Combat medic to help his fellow soldiers because he did not want to carry a gun. Before he got deployed he met Dorthy were he got married to her before going to Japan. While over there they attacked the ridge of Okinawa known as Hacksaw Ridge. Most men that were deployed of there were killed trying to take the ridge to gain a foothold in Okinawa, Japan. He was most well known for his action upon the ridge. He saved over 75 lives while not touching a single gun. After he saved another man he would say “Please lord let me get one more.” He ended up gaining the respect and adoration of the men he served alongside. At the end of the movie he was awarded the first purple heart for a Consensus Objector. Also because of his work inspiring the other soldiers they were able to take the ridge.

In the beginning is leads you to believe it is a case of betrayal the soldiers having pitted with one another to kill their leader who they all immensely disliked but as the movie continues it starts to show secrets one by one being uncovered and multiple possible conclusions that they could lead you to believe. The story gives twists that are predictable, it then follows with plot twists that were not predictable. Overtime you think you would have the movie figured out it would throw another twists at you that would once again leave you confused. The ending result is a plot twist not many would’ve expected and leaves the viewer shocked and surprised, though not displeased, as it ties together the story very well. All in all, Basic is a very good movie and was produced well with good plot twists and good storyline, with good highs and