FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) – The 101st Airborne Division is trying to save its illustrious 506th Infantry Regiment, whose origins date to World War II’s fabled “Band of Brothers,” from deactivation under ...
CAMP CLARK, Afghanistan — “One more ridge line.” Strung out along a steep, rocky canyon in rural Khost province, the men in 1st Platoon had been hearing that all morning from the Afghan police ...
Descendants of World War II veterans who inspired the book and subsequent HBO miniseries “Band of Brothers” visited Fayetteville and Fort Bragg on Sept. 18-19 for the group’s 79th reunion. The ...
We travel to Kaprun, Austria, where Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment ended their war in the summer of 1945. By matching famous wartime photographs to the modern landscape, we ...
As a young man, U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Connor Cozad grew up watching Band of Brothers, a 2001 HBO miniseries depicting the history of "Easy" Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry ...
Few younger people truly got to know World War II like the cast of "Band of Brothers." Not only was the show based on a meticulously researched history of "Easy" Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th ...