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Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends: Two WWII Paratroopers from the Original Band of Brothers Tell Their Story

Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends: Two WWII Paratroopers from the Original Band of Brothers Tell Their Story

Guarnere, William
Heffron, Edward
Post, Robyn

Paperback

Military BiographiesArmed ForcesWorld War II

Publisher Price: $20.00

ISBN10: 0425224368
ISBN13: 9780425224366
Publisher: Dutton Caliber
Published: Oct 7 2008
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.82
Height: 0.85 Width: 5.86 Depth: 9.12
Language: English
Tom Hanks introduces the remarkable (Publishers Weekly) true story of two inseparable friends and soldiers portrayed in the HBO(R) miniseries Band of Brothers.

Look for the Band of Brothers miniseries, now available to stream on Netflix!

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. The crack unit was called upon for every high-risk operation of the war, including D-Day, Operation Market Garden in Holland, the Battle of the Bulge, and the capture of Hitler's Eagle's Nest in Berchtesgaden.

In his own words, Guarnere gives a gripping account of D-Day from the paratrooper's perspective. Both men vividly re-create dropping into Holland to capture the roads and bridges between Eindhoven and Arnhem, known as Hell's Highway. Through much of 1944 both friends fought side by side--until Guarnere lost his right leg in the Battle of the Bulge and was sent home. Heffron went on to liberate slave labor and concentration camps and capture Hitler's Eagle's Nest hideout.

United by their experience, the two reconnected at the war's end and were inseparable up until their deaths. Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends is a tribute to the lasting bond forged between comrades in arms under fire and to all the brave men who fought fearlessly for freedom.

Includes photographs

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