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2) Band of brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
Author
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Casemate Publishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
350 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
An anthology of first-hand accounts of the Baker Bandits, U.S. Marines on the front line of battle during the Korean War.
B-1-5 was a unique company in the Korean War. The Baker Bandits fought at Inchon, Naktong, Chosin Reservoir, Guerrilla Hunts and the many numbered hills. They inspired one B Company Commander, Gen. Charlie Cooper, to the extent that when he became Commanding General of the Marines First Division in 1977, his time with B-1-5 inspired...
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xxiii, 296 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Tom Hanks introduces the rousing story of two inseparable friends and soldiers portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers.William "Wild Bill" Guarnere and Edward "Babe" Heffron were among the first paratroopers of the U.S. Army-members of an elite unit of the 101st Airborne Division called Easy Company. Arguably the bravest, most efficient, physically fit, and tight-knit group of soldiers the Army has ever produced, the unit was called upon...
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
xxii, 297 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
They were the Easy Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Army Airborne, the legendary fighting unit of World War II. And there was one man every soldier in Easy Company looked up to--Major Richard D. Winters. Here is the compelling story of an ordinary man who became an extraordinary hero--from Winters's childhood in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, through the war years in which his natural skill as a leader elevated him through the ranks in combat, to now, decades...
Author
Publisher
Regnery History
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xxi, 346 pages, 8 unnumbered plates : color illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The True Story of Ronald Speirs and his Band of Brothers...His comrades called him 'Killer.' Of the elite paratroopers who served in the venerated {28}Band of Brothers
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xviii, 294 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
They were the men of the now-legendary Easy Company. After almost two years of hard training, they parachuted into Normandy on D-Day and, later, Operation Market Garden. They fought their way through Belgium, France, and Germany, survived overwhelming odds, liberated concentration camps, and drank a victory toast in April 1945 at Hitler's hideout in the Alps. Here, revealed for the first time, are stories of war, sacrifice, and courage as experienced...
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xv, 304 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
They were called Easy Company, but their mission was never easy. Immortalized as the Band of Brothers, they suffered 150% casualties while liberating Europe, an unparalleled record of bravery under fire. Dick Winters was their commander, and this is his story based on his wartime diary. Only Winters was present from the activation of Easy Company until the war's end. On D-Day, Dick Winters parachuted into France and assumed leadership of the company...
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xviii, 410 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"On the night of June 13th, 1944, a twelve-man SAS unit parachuted into occupied France. Their objective: hit German forces deep behind the lines, cutting the rail-tracks linking Central France to the northern coastline. In a country crawling with enemy troops, their mission was to prevent Hitler from rushing his Panzer divisions to the D-Day beaches and driving the Allied troops back into the sea. It was a Herculean task, but no risk was deemed too...
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
viii, 275 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, plates ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
As part of the elite 101st Airborne paratroopers, Lt. Lynn "Buck" Compton fought in critical battles of World War II as a member of Easy Company, immortalized as the Band of Brothers. Here, Compton tells his own story for the first time. From his years as a two-sport UCLA star who played baseball with Jackie Robinson and football in the 1943 Rose Bowl, through his legendary post-World War II legal career as a prosecutor, in which he helped convict...
12) Easy Company soldier: the legendary battles of a sergeant from World War II's "Band of Brothers"
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
277 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Sgt. Don Malarkey takes us not only into the battles fought from Normandy to Germany, but into the heart and mind of a soldier who beat the odds to become an elite paratrooper, and lost his best friend during the nightmarish engagement at Bastogne. Drafted in 1942, Malarkey became one of the one-in-six soldiers who earned their Eagle wings. He went to England in 1943 to provide cover on the ground for the largest amphibious military attack in history:...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 338 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The Allman Brothers Band's Brothers and Sisters was not only the band's best-selling album, at over seven million copies sold, but it was also a powerfully influential release, both musically and culturally, one whose influence continues to be profoundly felt. Celebrating the album's 50th anniversary, Brothers and Sisters the book delves into the making of the album, while also presenting a broader cultural history of the era, based on first-person...
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Full screen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (70 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Join Nat, Alex, and the band as they sign up for a battle of the bands charity event. As if battling one of the coolest bands around isn't enough, now Nat has to compete with the other band's lead singer for Rosalina's heart!
18) Band of brothers
Publisher
Legacy Recordings
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 audio disc (48 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (8 unnumbered pages : illustrations)
Language
English
19) One more moment
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Charlotte Clark offers to pay for Julian Grayson's coffee, the world-famous drummer assumes she wants something from him. But Charlotte has no idea who he is, and Julian can't resist keeping up the charade--being incognito is a novelty and a relief. He'll have to tell her...eventually. But as Charlotte cheerfully undertakes to transform his life, Julian realizes there's something about her that gives him what he hasn't felt in years: hope."...
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
xvi, 285 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The memoir of a sharpshooter and respected Band of Brothers soldier describes his childhood in Clinchco, Virginia, where he trained his rifle shooting skills and his transition to the blood-filled battles of World War II in France and Germany.