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101st Airborne, Easy Company
506
Mr. Kos
May 23, 2011
Areas Inhabited by the Band of
Brothers
• Cap Toccoa, Georgia
for training
• England for European
training.
• France, Belgium, the
Netherlands and
Germany during there
missions.
History of the event
• United States declared war on Germany, Italy
and Japan
• Allies moving through Africa heading towards
Italy
• European countries need a new front in Europe
• In 1944, the allies will make an invasion in
France by coming across the English Channel
and also with paratroppers jumping behind the
enemy lines and linking up with them
Timeline of Events
December, 1944 –
Battle of the Bulge
June 6 – 1944:
D-Day
1942 – Formed
at Camp
Toccoa
September,
1944 –
Operation
Market Garden
December, 1944 Bastogne
November, 1945 Deactivated
1954 - Reactivated
April, 1945 – Eagle’s
Nest
Early Events
• “Each platoon contained three twelve-man
rifle squads and a six-man mortar team
squad.”
• Camp Toccoa, Georgia
– Parachute training
– Currahee
• England
• France
– D-Day
Easy Company
• D-Day objectives – Clear obstacles from
Causeway 2
• Brecourt Manor Assualt
– “There’s fire along that hedgerow there. Take
care of it.”
• Operation Market Garden
– “Out of ammo, God save the King”
Bastogne and Berchtesgaden
• Protecting cross-roads
– Surrounded by Germans
– Fought without winter clothing and low food
– “We didn’t need to be rescued by Patton.”
• Berchtesgaden home to the Eagle’s Nest
– Belonged to Hitler
– Occupied after his death
The End of Easy
• Prepared to go to the Pacific
• War ended before deployment
• Reactivated in 1954 for training
Relevant Quote
• “Are you a hero, Grandpa? No, but I
served in a company of heroes.”
• - Major Richard Winters interview, 2001
• Winters was very modest
• A collection of great men
How is Easy viewed today
• Associated with
toughness
• Dozens of books written
• “Band of Brothers” TV
series made
• Monument at Arlington
Cemetery, VA
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www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM1QDG_101st_Airborne_Memor
ial_Arlington_VA
How Did the United States
Change?
• US able to move well in Europe
• Accomplished missions well
• Served as model for military action
– Brecourt Manor
How did the World Change?
• Easy helped the allies
win World War II
• http://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=uuyXTFCq1k
Personal Connection
• Soldiers came from different backgrounds
• Relied on each other
Summarization
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The allies needed a new front
Easy trained to open it
Advanced through Europe
Endured incredible hardships
A group of heroes
Bibliography
• wikipedia
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