![]() ![]() In chronicling the history of an American airborne unit in World War II, Ambrose shows how the boys of E (Easy) Company represented the best the U.S. Military Book Club main selection Literary Guild alternate. This is a terrific read for WW II actions buffs. The book is enlivened with pertinent comments by veterans of ``Easy Company,'' who recall not only the combat action but their relations with their officers (one company commander was a petty tyrant of the worst type, but his oppressive ways had much to do with the unit's impressive esprit de corps ) and their impressions of the countries through which they campaigned (hated the French, loved the Germans). Its troops saw their first action on D-Day behind the Normandy beachhead, took part in Operation Market Garden in Holland, held the perimeter around Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge, and were the first to reach Hitler's Bavarian outpost at Berchtesgaden. ![]() Formed in July 1944 and deactivated in November 1945, E Company was one of the most successful light infantry units in the European theater. Army infantry company over its span of organizational life. Ambrose ( Pegasus Bridge ) narrates in vivid detail the adventures, misadventures, triumphs and tragedies of a single U.S. ![]()
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