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Dog and Fox companies, were walking down the road to
Carentan when they came to an intersection and one or two German machine gun teams began firing on them. Mortars and tanks soon joined the fight. The American soldiers all jumped into ditches for cover. Winters saw this and as Malarkey wrote, Winters "got hotter than I've ever seen him." It was a fast attack, at the end of which Malarkey said that he could hear moans and groans of wounded soldiers and occasional gun shots. Also at the end of the battle Winters was slightly wounded in his lower right leg by a ricocheting bullet fragment. The Germans mounted a counterattack, but 2nd Battalion held onto Carentan.
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company to take cover after coming under fire. With the unit unable to proceed, he was informed by his subordinates that they would get killed if they didn't advance into the town, as they were now unprotected from enemy fire. At the same time, Captain
Richard Winters, former company commander and now acting battalion commanding officer, radioed to Dike, telling him the same thing. Dike ordered 1st platoon on a flanking mission around the town, and then found cover and froze, ignoring Winters' orders. As Carwood Lipton, the first sergeant at the time, later put it: "He fell apart."
868:, the effort took place during the night of 22–23 October 1944. On the south bank of a Dutch river, Canadian engineers and a patrol of E Company observed the signal and launched their boats, but the British were some 500 to 800 meters upriver of the crossing point. Upon reaching the north bank, E Company established a small perimeter while its soldiers headed east to locate the British troops. The men quickly moved downstream and in the next 90 minutes all of them were evacuated, except for one Russian who was captured by the Germans. The Germans opened fire sporadically and some
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401:, which consisted of around 80 volunteers from every unit who would land first and guide the way for the main waves of the invasion. Being a Pathfinder was a difficult job, and it meant being out in front and facing the German army alone. Shortly before the invasion, Ranney wrote to Winters, pleading his case, and five days before the invasion, orders came in transferring Ranney back to Easy Company.
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781:, and marched down the road into Son behind the 2nd Battalion's other two companies. On reaching the Son Bridge, they were met by enemy harassing fire while the bridge was destroyed by the Germans. After the Regiment's engineers constructed a makeshift crossing, E and the rest of the 506th moved out for Eindhoven. These events were omitted from the
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also developed their own concerns about Sobel's leadership. Winters later said that he never wanted to compete with Sobel for command of Easy
Company; still, Sobel attempted to bring Winters up on trumped-up charges for "failure to carry out a lawful order". Feeling that his punishment was unjust, Winters requested that the charge be reviewed by
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hedgerow and exploded, killing all aboard. The crash was witnessed by Ed Mauser of E Company's 2nd
Platoon, who had leaped from plane #69 after it was hit by flak and the pilot turned on the green jump light. Mauser's neck was snapped back by his plane's prop blast and he faced backward as he floated downwards, giving him a view of plane #66.
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order. Having completed this, he then ran back through the German-occupied town. Carwood Lipton later stated that "the
Germans were so shocked at seeing an American soldier running through their lines - they forgot to shoot!" Speirs was reassigned as commanding officer of E Company and remained in that position for the rest of the war.
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of E Company's 2nd
Platoon; later a Major commanding the overall 2nd Battalion), said E Company originally "included three rifle platoons and a headquarters section. Each platoon contained three twelve-man rifle squads and a six-man mortar team squad. Easy also had one machine gun attached to each of
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Plane #66 led a diamond formation that also included #67 to the left, #68 to the right, and #69 in the trailing position. Over France, the plane carrying Stick #66 was hit by anti-aircraft fire. The pilot did a 180-degree turn and turned the landing lights on as the plane lost altitude, but it hit a
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With the capture of Foy, the Allies defeated the German line in
Bastogne. Afterward, E Company and the rest of the 506th PIR moved into Germany. The 101st Airborne Division was awarded a unit citation for holding the line at Bastogne. E Company suffered 82 casualties including 15 killed in action.
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In either case, Dike was immediately relieved by First
Lieutenant Ronald Speirs under orders from Captain Winters. To countermand Dike's previous orders, Speirs himself ran through the town and German lines (as the 1st platoon had no radio), linked up with the Item Company soldiers and relayed the
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would allow the
Americans to link Omaha and Utah beaches, providing access for armor and equipment. The Germans were aware of its strategic importance and had established defenses. Donald Malarkey wrote later that Lieutenant Winters made him mortar sergeant of second platoon. E Company, along with
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The tension that had been brewing between
Winters and Sobel came to a head. For some time, Winters (then a 1st lieutenant) had privately held concerns over Sobel's ability to lead the company in combat. Many of the enlisted men in the company had come to respect Winters for his competence and had
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Most of Easy Company's headquarters section was assigned to Stick #66, with Robert Burr Smith and Joseph "Red" Hogan assigned to other planes to save weight. The 17 members of Stick #66 included company commander Meehan and three of its most senior non-commissioned officers: First Sergeant Bill
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Division Headquarters ordered the attack to begin at 0900 hours. During the assault, newly appointed company commander Lieutenant Norman Dike led E Company forward, then ordered 1st platoon (led by Lieutenant Jack Foley) to the left and lost contact with them. Dike ordered the remainder of the
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The loss of so many officers and NCOs on D-Day brought a few changes to Easy Company. Technically, Lieutenant Raymond Schmitz, 2nd Platoon Leader, was still with Easy Company but got injured the day before D-Day after demanding Richard Winters wrestle him, and was replaced by Buck Compton.
391:. Winters' court-martial was set aside and he returned to Easy Company as a lieutenant of 1st Platoon. Winters later said he felt that despite his differences with Sobel, at least part of Easy Company's success had been due to Sobel's strenuous training and high expectations.
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140 men formed the original E Company in Camp Toccoa, Georgia. A total of 366 men are listed as having belonged to the company by the war's end, due to transfers and replacements. 49 men of E Company were killed in action.
319:, a large, steep hill whose trail ran "three miles up, three miles down". The troops also performed formation runs in three four-column running groups, an innovation that was adopted by the Army in the 1960s.
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With Meehan missing (it was only discovered later that he had been killed), Richard Winters was the most senior officer in Easy Company and took command. After assembling on the ground, the men of E Company
315:. Before attending paratrooper training, the unit's troops performed the standard battle drills and physical training that comes with being in the parachute infantry. One of the exercises was running
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In October, E Company helped rescue more than 100 British troops trapped since September's Battle of Arnhem in German-occupied territory by the Lower Rhine near the village of Renkum. Dubbed
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and were soon encircled by the Germans. E Company fought in frigid weather under German artillery fire without winter clothing and with limited rations and ammunition.
968:, Easy Company's lineage and history is carried on as Alpha "Easy" Company, 2-506 Infantry, in Third Brigade Combat Team, "Rakkasan" in the 101st Airborne Division.
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of Normandy, France, in the early hours of the morning of 6 June 1944. Easy Company flew in eight aircraft in Sticks #66-73, with about 17 paratroopers per stick.
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Sobel, who was known for his extreme strictness, got the troops in such impeccable physical condition that they were able to skip the physical training portion of
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recalled later that he had strategized various combat situations with Sergeant Murray while the rest of Easy Company went to the movies the day before the jump.
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until XXX Corps infantry took up the task. As Market Garden progressed, the company and the rest of the 101st joined the 82nd Airborne on "the island" north of
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series, with E having been portrayed as landing in the Netherlands and then marching into Eindhoven to join up with the British Army advancing from the south.
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Still, Sink realized that something had to be done and decided to transfer Sobel out of Easy Company, giving him command of a new parachute training school at
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who were considered to be the ringleaders of the NCOs, Terrence 'Salty' Harris and Myron Ranney, and transferred them to A Company and I Company respectively.
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house. After that, the company was sent to Austria for further occupation duty. The company mostly attended to various patrols, awaiting the end of the war.
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citing the company's 1st Platoon for gallantry in action, calling their attack a "daring act and skillful maneuver against a numerically superior force".
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910:. The 101st was in France in December when the Germans launched their offensive in the Ardennes. They were told to hold the vital cross-roads at
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Note: The commanders are listed by chronological order of their command; the other lists are sorted by rank, then alphabetically by last name.
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The Memorial plaque near RAF Upottery, Devon, UK, showing the names of those who died in transit from the base to France on 5 and 7 June 1944.
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According to Clancy Lyall, Dike stopped because he had been wounded in the right shoulder (which Lyall saw), not because he had panicked.
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rounds fell near the crossing, but the fire was inaccurate. The men were later flown back to the UK, rejoining the men who had escaped in
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Panel discussion with Lynn "Buck" Compton, Bill Guarnere, Edward "Babe" J. Heffron, Donald Malarkey, and Earl McClung, 10 November 2006
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E Company and the rest of the 506th PIR were disbanded in November 1945. It was reactivated in 1954 as a training unit. Under the
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421:, E Company's mission was to capture the entrances to and clear any obstacles around "Causeway 2", a pre-selected route off
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Evans, Staff Sergeant Murray Roberts (the Supply Sergeant) and Sergeant Elmer Murray (the Operations Sergeant). Sergeant
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Between the days of 1 to 13 January, the company took control of the Bois Jacques woods in Belgium, between the town of
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Private First Class Bradford Clark Freeman (4 September 1924 – 3 July 2022). He was the last living member of the unit.
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During December 1944 and January 1945, E Company and the rest of the 101st Airborne Division fought in Belgium in the
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One of the foxholes that still exist in the Jacques Woods, occupied by E Company in December 1944 and January 1945
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135 Paratroopers of Easy Company, 506th Infantry Regiment in Austria, after the end of World War II, 1945
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A Company of Heroes: Personal Memories About the Real Band of Brothers and the Legacy They Left Us
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E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)
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by defending the roads and bridges that would allow British armored divisions to advance into
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Nine members of E Company were killed in action in Holland with at least 40 wounded.
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In February 1944, First Lieutenant Thomas Meehan was given command of Easy Company.
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1955:
The Biggest Brother: The Life of Dick Winters, The Man Who Led the Band of Brothers
1725:"World War II Veteran Donald Malarkey, Portrayed In 'Band Of Brothers,' Dies At 96"
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270:. The experiences of its members during that war are the subject of the 1992 book
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The 506th PIR was an experimental airborne regiment created in 1942 to jump from
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1879:"Edward Tipper, one of the few remaining in the "Band of Brothers," dies at 95"
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E Company landed on its designated drop zone in the Sonse Forest, northwest of
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1436:"75 years from that long day in Normandy – we still have something to learn"
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262:. The company was referred to as "Easy" after the radio call for "E" in the
1756:"William Guarnere dies at 90; member of legendary WWII 'Band of Brothers'"
814:. During the days following the link-up, E Company defended the towns of
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Staff Sergeant Earl 'One Lung' McClung (27 April 1923 – 27 November 2013)
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Staff Sergeant Denver "Bull" Randleman (20 November 1920 – 26 June 2003)
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Staff Sergeant Herman "Hank, Hack" Hanson (3 January 1918 – 15 May 1971)
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Toward the end of the war, E Company was assigned to occupation duty in
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By the time the company was pulled off the line, 22 of its men had been
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While waiting for the invasion of Normandy, Easy Company was located at
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1685:"Edward D. Shames, Last Living 'Band of Brothers' Officer, Dies at 99"
1653:"Lynn D. 'Buck' Compton dies at 90; judge also known for WWII service"
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Sergeant Warren Harold "Skip" Muck (31 January 1922 – 10 January 1945)
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First Lieutenant Norman Staunton Dike Jr. (19 May 1918 – 23 June 1989)
1993:
We Who Are Alive and Remain: Untold Stories from the Band of Brothers
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We Who Are Alive and Remain: Untold Stories From the Band of Brothers
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Technician 4th Grade Frank Perconte (10 March 1917 – 24 October 2013)
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First Lieutenant Harry F. Welsh (27 September 1918 – 21 January 1995)
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At the conclusion of Market Garden, the company relieved the British
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30:"Easy Company" redirects here. For the DC Comics fictional unit, see
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Technician Fourth Grade George Luz (17 June 1921 – 15 October 1998)
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river. Along with a platoon from Fox Company and support from the
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We Who Are Alive and Remain: Untold Stories from Band of Brothers
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506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division
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and Bizory. E Company was assigned to capture the town of Foy.
1911:"Bradford Freeman, Last of the 'Band of Brothers,' Dies at 97"
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First Lieutenant Thomas Meehan III (8 July 1921 – 6 June 1944)
762:, E Company was assigned to support the British forces around
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for the Allied forces landing from the sea a few hours later.
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Sergeant James H “Moe” Alley (20 July 1922 – 14 March 2008)
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Shortly after their transfer, Harris and Ranney joined the
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its rifle squads, and a 60mm mortar in each mortar team."
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on D-Day that threatened forces coming along Causeway 2.
372:(NCOs) decided to give the regimental commander, Colonel
1848:"'Band of Brothers' WWII Vet "Babe" Heffron Dies at 90"
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and force a crossing over the major bridge across the
1787:"Band Of Brothers Hero, Darrell 'Shifty' Powers Dies"
333:(originally a 2nd Lieutenant under Sobel, serving as
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857:companies on 5 October 1944. Colonel Sink issued a
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2338:Military units and formations established in 1942
329:E Company's third-ever commander, 1st Lieutenant
2029:Winters, Richard D.; Kingseed, Cole C. (2006).
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837:. On 5 October 1944, 1st Platoon fought in the
510:Capt. Richard Winters/1st Lt. Fredrick Heyliger
311:, Georgia, under the command of 1st Lieutenant
2055:Works about E Company, 506th Infantry Regiment
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891:Names of E Company fallen on the monument in
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464:disabled a battery of four German heavy guns
304:transport airplanes into hostile territory.
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1405:"Ed Mauser: Easy Company's Silent Brother"
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790:On 19 September, the company departed for
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802:. Their advance was halted by the German
551:1st Lt. Thomas Peacock/1st Lt. Jack Foley
2033:. Waterville, Maine: Large Print Press.
1877:Worthington, Danika (11 February 2017).
477:
432:in Devon, England, and dropped over the
1976:. New York City: Simon & Schuster.
1682:Goldstein, Richard (24 December 2021).
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758:As part of the ultimately unsuccessful
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1481:"Easy Company in France: After D-Day"
1076:(31 December 1921 – 25 February 2012)
1069:(30 September 1918 – 11 January 1995)
1028:(26 January 1912 – 30 September 1987)
7:
1403:Hymel, Kevin M. (16 November 2016).
1100:(30 January 1920 – 16 December 2001)
342:Mutiny protesting Sobel's leadership
2333:Companies of the United States Army
1827:from the original on 8 October 2023
1754:Morrison, John F. (10 March 2014).
1704:from the original on 4 January 2022
1608:from the original on 4 October 2017
1131:William J. "Wild Bill" Guarnere Sr.
1113:Don Malarkey with U.S. soldiers in
1093:(31 January 1924 – 5 December 1996)
1043:Frederick Theodore "Moose" Heyliger
810:and they were forced to retreat to
2127:E Company, 506th Infantry Regiment
2014:. New York City: Berkley Caliber.
1995:. New York City: Berkley Caliber.
1908:Goldstein, Richard (6 July 2022).
1651:McLellan, Dennis (23 March 2014).
1126:(30 July 1921 – 30 September 2017)
1038:(21 January 1918 – 2 January 2011)
948:, Germany, home to Adolf Hitler's
182:Western Allied invasion of Germany
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1930:from the original on 5 March 2023
1723:Paoletti, Gabe (4 October 2017).
1491:from the original on 2 April 2015
1434:Finkel, Gal Perl (12 June 2019).
1210:(25 June 1923 – 17 December 1967)
1196:(3 August 1921 – 1 February 2017)
638:S/Sgt. C. Carwood Lipton (acting)
248:506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
1889:from the original on 2 July 2023
1858:from the original on 2 July 2023
1797:from the original on 2 July 2023
1766:from the original on 2 July 2023
1735:from the original on 2 July 2023
1663:from the original on 2 July 2023
1448:from the original on 23 May 2020
1203:(2 June 1922 – 9 September 1961)
1164:Walter Scott "Smokey" Gordon Jr.
1083:(13 June 1922 – 3 December 2021)
1045:(23 June 1916 – 3 November 2001)
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573:T/Sgt. Donald Malarkey (acting)
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1846:Muse, Queen (2 December 2013).
1189:(16 May 1923 – 1 December 2013)
1166:(15 April 1920 – 19 April 1997)
1055:(20 April 1920 – 11 April 2007)
831:43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division
254:, the "Screaming Eagles", is a
1957:. New York City: NAL Caliber.
1252:, Chapter 2, second paragraph.
1156:(10 July 1921 – 18 March 2000)
1154:Robert Emory "Popeye" Wynn Jr.
1146:(13 March 1923 – 17 June 2009)
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1785:Brown, Roger (20 June 2009).
1627:Winters & Kingseed (2006)
1479:Malarkey, Don (7 June 2011).
1328:Winters & Kingseed (2006)
1316:Winters & Kingseed (2006)
1286:Winters & Kingseed (2006)
1274:Winters & Kingseed (2006)
1262:Winters & Kingseed (2006)
1144:Darrell Cecil "Shifty" Powers
1098:Clifford Carwood "Lip" Lipton
962:Combat Arms Regimental System
307:E Company was established at
1598:"Belgium - On the defensive"
1124:Donald George "Don" Malarkey
1036:Richard Davis "Dick" Winters
2301:We Who Are Alive and Remain
2010:Brotherton, Marcus (2010).
1991:Brotherton, Marcus (2009).
1187:Edward James "Babe" Heffron
1091:Robert Burnham "Bob" Brewer
966:U.S. Army Regimental System
141:"Currahee" (We Stand Alone)
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1791:The Bristol Herald Courier
1194:Edward Joseph "Tip" Tipper
1117:, Kuwait (September 2008).
658:S/Sgt. James Diel (acting)
428:The company departed from
405:Operation Overlord (D-Day)
368:A number of the company's
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1972:Ambrose, Stephen (1992).
1953:Alexander, Larry (2005).
1817:"Military Hall of Honors"
1105:Non-commissioned officers
1074:Lynn Davis "Buck" Compton
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666:1/Sgt. C. Carwood Lipton
370:non-commissioned officers
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1081:Edward David "Ed" Shames
1019:Richard Winters in 2004.
713:S/Sgt. C. Carwood Lipton
710:S/Sgt. C. Carwood Lipton
663:1/Sgt. C. Carwood Lipton
296:Training and composition
244:E Company, 2nd Battalion
83:United States of America
2328:101st Airborne Division
2158:Operation Market Garden
2137:101st Airborne Division
2132:506th Infantry Regiment
2031:Beyond Band of Brothers
1409:Warfare History Network
760:Operation Market Garden
754:Operation Market Garden
698:S/Sgt. William Guarnere
641:2nd Lt. Francis O’Brien
542:1st Lt. Richard Winters
507:1st Lt. Richard Winters
440:Destruction of Stick 66
252:101st Airborne Division
172:Operation Market Garden
1821:Military Hall of Honor
1729:All That's Interesting
1224:Brécourt Manor Assault
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839:battle of "the island"
800:11th Armoured Division
680:S/Staff. Floyd Talbert
593:2nd Lt. Edward Shames
581:2nd Lt. Robert Mathews
548:1st Lt. Thomas Peacock
516:1st Lt. Ronald Speirs
513:1st Lt. Norman Dike Jr
457:Brecourt Manor assault
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350:, Wiltshire, England.
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1053:Ronald Charles Speirs
1026:Herbert Maxwell Sobel
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841:that lay between the
794:, accompanied by six
719:T/Sgt. Amos J. Taylor
716:T/Sgt. Amos J. Taylor
695:Sgt. William Guarnere
635:3rd Platoon Assistant
617:2nd Platoon Assistant
607:2nd Lt. Robert Brewer
598:1st Platoon Assistant
590:2nd Lt. Edward Shames
587:2nd Lt. Edward Shames
504:1st Lt. Thomas Meehan
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32:Easy Company (comics)
2279:David Kenyon Webster
2153:Invasion of Normandy
1201:David Kenyon Webster
1199:Private First Class
1192:Private First Class
1185:Private First Class
804:107th Panzer Brigade
707:3rd Platoon Sergeant
689:2nd Platoon Sergeant
671:1st Platoon Sergeant
655:1/Sgt. William Evans
630:2nd Lt. Henry Jones
620:2nd Lt. Buck Compton
584:2nd Lt. Warren Roush
568:1st Lt. Buck Compton
565:2nd Lt. Buck Compton
562:2nd Lt. Warren Roush
2168:Invasion of Germany
2163:Battle of the Bulge
1122:Technical Sergeant
908:Battle of the Bulge
883:Battle of the Bulge
774:in September 1944.
722:S/Sgt. Paul Rogers
601:2nd Lt. Harry Welsh
554:1st Lt. Jack Foley
545:2nd Lt. Harry Welsh
530:1st Lt. Harry Welsh
177:Battle of the Bulge
150:Blood on the Risers
2214:Frederick Heyliger
1916:The New York Times
1852:NBC10 Philadelphia
1690:The New York Times
1485:The History Reader
1441:The Jerusalem Post
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1096:Second Lieutenant
1089:Second Lieutenant
1021:
1011:Company commanders
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896:
853:, they routed two
610:2nd Lt. Jack Foley
578:3rd Platoon Leader
559:2nd Platoon Leader
539:1st Platoon Leader
501:Commanding Officer
470:Leadership changes
434:Cotentin Peninsula
419:Operation Overlord
415:
260:United States Army
241:
225:Frederick Heyliger
167:Operation Overlord
124:Air Assault Forces
101:United States Army
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2234:Salve H. Matheson
2040:978-1-59413-236-0
2021:978-0-42523-420-4
2002:978-0-42522-763-3
1983:978-0-74322-454-3
1964:978-0-45121-510-9
1760:Los Angeles Times
1657:Los Angeles Times
1340:Brotherton (2010)
1301:Brotherton (2010)
1276:, pp. 54–55.
1264:, pp. 16–17.
1079:First Lieutenant
1072:First Lieutenant
1041:First Lieutenant
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972:Notable personnel
940:Occupation duties
866:Operation Pegasus
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