They fought on Utah Beach in Arnhem Bastogne the Bulge; they spearheaded the Rhine offensive & took possession of Hitlers Eagles Nest in Berchtesgaden. Easy Company 506th Airborne Division U.S. Army was as good a rifle company as any in the world. From their rigorous training in Georgia in 1942 to D-Day & victory Ambrose tells the story of this remarkable company which kept getting the tough assignments. Easy Company was responsible for everything from parachuting into France early D-Day morning to the capture of Hitlers Eagles Nest at Berchtesgaden. BAND OF BROTHERS is the account of the men of this remarkable unit who fought went hungry froze & died a company that took 150 percent casualties & considered the violet Heart a badge of office. Drawing on hours of interviews with survivors as well as the soldiers journals & letters Stephen Ambrose tells the stories often in the mens own words of these American heroes.