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Immortalized as the band of brothers, they suffered huge. Dick winters led them through the battle of the bulge, the attack on foywhere easy company reached its breaking pointand finally into germany, by which time each member had been wounded. Publishers weekly they were called easy companybut their mission was never easy. Band of brothers is a homage to these people generally and also, in particular, to company e, second squadron, 506th parachute infantry routine, 101st airborne department.
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