The Story Of Easy Company

Hillenbrand aims the story towards anyone with a military backgroud or someone who is fond military survival stories. Hillenbrand references many WWII figures, places, techniques, or objects that people without knowledge of WWII or wars in general may not understand. This book could also be intended for anyone who is looking to gain determination or hope of their

On June 6th, 1944 at around 6:30 in the morning, members of the 299th Combat Engineer Brigade would make their way as some of the first men on Omaha and Utah beaches. On Omaha beach companies “A” and “C” would work the entire day under heavy fire while clearing obstacles and mines. Company “B” landed on Utah beach where they would clear mines and obstacles in order to allow tanks to travel up the beach. Company “B” would also be under direct and indirect fire, however, company “B” did not have any infantry support in front of them. The company was supposed to land on

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In “Company Aytch,” Sam R. Watkins first wrote this book to describe his experience at the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee, in 1864. As a soldier in Company H of the First Tennessee Volunteer Infantry Regiment, CSA, Watkins witnessed the panorama of war in grand scale as he marched and fought with the hard luck Confederate Army of Tennessee across the Western Theater. His honest, vivid, and dramatic memoir, published in the 1880s, is a classic that conveys the horrors, humor, and realism of the Civil War, and the firsthand experience of being in this war

The grey sky hung close to 16-year-old Ed and the other soldiers as they stood, lined up in the trench. Rain poured heavily over their helmets, draining into the mud. The French sun hid hazily in the smog-covered sky. THUD THUD THUD, cannons pounded shells through the air, towards the Germans.

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.

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With various backgrounds, and personal experience they all brought an interesting perspective to the company. Ray Nance was one of the officers in the company, he was a soft-spoken man, but with I high intelligence he was proud to be an officer in the National Guard. At 28 years old he Remembers minutes before the boys getting on the landing craft. He went by and softly touched all of the 34 on the shoulder, as he puts it " a good bye to my men". He knew just as the captain knew, most of the boys wouldn 't make it off the beach. He wasn 't as scared for himself as he was for his men, as most leaders should be.

There are few companies in the 101st Airborne that achieved the status the men of Easy Company would gain during their career in World War II. From the making of formation of the company at Camp Toccoa, in Georgia, the men of Easy Company were destined to impact the course of the war. They became legends in American military history with their acts of bravery and heroics they showed in the face of the German army. From Normandy to Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest, their fame grew with each great mission they accomplished. The generations that would follow respected the uniform they wore, and the company’s comradeship grew deeper than a normal soldier’s companionship would in a war with his fellow- man. Throughout the book, Stephen Ambrose, pointed

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