![]() The book unfolds like a novel as we follow the men in training, to England, the drop on the eve of D-Day, the Holland drop, Bastogne and the end of the war in Berchtesgaden. A great deal of the success of the book was due to the character and personality of the eventual Commander of E Company, Dick Winters, who gave extensive interviews himself and drew in the other members of the company to tell their stories. Ambrose met some of the men of the company during a reunion in New Orleans and immediately sensed a good book. The book was followed by a TV miniseries of some acclaim as well as books published by individuals within the company, one as recently as 2008. ![]() ![]() ![]() This single company of WWII 101st paratroopers was put into a glare of publicity by the publishing of Band of Brothers in 1992 by Stephen Ambrose. ![]()
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