Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends
by William "Wild Bill" Guarnere, Edward "Babe" Heffron, Robyn Post
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Author: Edward "Babe" Heffron, Robyn Post, William "Wild Bill" GuarnereEdition: Paperback
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Published: 2008-10-07
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Berkley Trade
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Book Review: One of the Best Personal Reflections on the European Front in WWII
Summary: 5 Stars
I recently read this book this week! I read it in 2 days actually. I had been watching the band of brothers DVD set for the third time through and felt like I wish I had some more material so then I started doing the research and BAM! Here is some of the best set of eyes you could get for the insite for the war! I really liked the fact that Wild Bill was in charge of so much and took care of so many people. You dont really get that from the movie so much its more from Winters perspective and then of Roe and Lipton with some others sprinkled in.
Babe Heffron was a character as well, I have to say that the horror he described at the concentration camp and that of the woman who caught his attention was striking to my mind. Here was a beautiful woman kept unlike the rest of the people (he mentions her hair even!) and then you find out why! The Nazis were some of the worst outfit of human beings and these boys gave their lives for the cause of freedom (not literally lives as they are still alive but definately you can tell they left something on the battlefield over there they will NEVER get back.) And so this is why I am recommending everyone who likes this sort of history read this work. This isnt some Scholar writing from a tactical point of view or a boring narration, this is 2 of Easy Company's surviving finest giving great insite into the war, their experience, and probably most importantly the bravery of those men who did in fact give there lives. Babe and Bill thanks for serving and fine job indeed.
Summary of Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends
Tom Hanks introduces the ?remarkable?(Publishers Weekly) story of two inseparable friends and soldiers portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers.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. Both men fought side by side?until Guarnere lost his leg in the Battle of the Bulge and was sent home. Heffron went on to liberate concentration camps and take Hitler?s Eagle?s Nest hideout. United by their experience, they reconnected at the war?s end and have been best friends ever since. Their story is a tribute to the lasting bond forged between comrades in arms?and to all those who fought for freedom.
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