Band of Brothers
Tiara Marquez
Pr. Oldenburg
HIS 122
11/19/13
Band of Brothers Summer, 1942 a group of citizen soldiers would embark on an adventure none would soon forget. Coming from all walks of life they all came together in Camp Toccoa, Georgia, where they would endure the most intense training of their lives; not only was it intense but these brave Easy Company men, of the506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101at Airborne Division trained under the toughest officer imaginable Lt. Sobel. Luckily enough, Lt. Winters who was well liked by all the enlisted men had their backs. Each of these volunteer paratroopers would say later, who were also the first of their kind; that though he was not well liked; Lt. Sobel would give them the best training of their lives, they were in tiptop shape. The training of the 506th’s Easy Company to become paratroopers would last one full year. Even after jump training was done they would endure even more training in Aldbourne, England. In England they got use to the terrain, and do lots of night training, which would mock what was what to come in D-Day. The soldiers would become more at odds with Lt. Sobel, who ended up being transferred to a jump training school in France. In Aldbourne the jump training intensified. Easy Company jumped daily sometimes multiple times and every once in a while a night jump would be peppered in. The advancement they would later find out would be a night drop on the beaches of Normandy. On June 6, 1944 was D-Day, the soldiers were not exactly sure what to expect. In flight to get to their jump zones the C-47 had to make evasive moves and no one landed where they were suppose to. With Easy Company spread all over the coast of Normandy all the soldiers had to get his bearings and fight their way through France. Most of the men had not ever seen combat before. Lt. Winters took command of Easy Company to head into Carentan where they would fight for almost 30 days to then be replaced by the 83rd Infantry
Pr. Oldenburg
HIS 122
11/19/13
Band of Brothers Summer, 1942 a group of citizen soldiers would embark on an adventure none would soon forget. Coming from all walks of life they all came together in Camp Toccoa, Georgia, where they would endure the most intense training of their lives; not only was it intense but these brave Easy Company men, of the506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101at Airborne Division trained under the toughest officer imaginable Lt. Sobel. Luckily enough, Lt. Winters who was well liked by all the enlisted men had their backs. Each of these volunteer paratroopers would say later, who were also the first of their kind; that though he was not well liked; Lt. Sobel would give them the best training of their lives, they were in tiptop shape. The training of the 506th’s Easy Company to become paratroopers would last one full year. Even after jump training was done they would endure even more training in Aldbourne, England. In England they got use to the terrain, and do lots of night training, which would mock what was what to come in D-Day. The soldiers would become more at odds with Lt. Sobel, who ended up being transferred to a jump training school in France. In Aldbourne the jump training intensified. Easy Company jumped daily sometimes multiple times and every once in a while a night jump would be peppered in. The advancement they would later find out would be a night drop on the beaches of Normandy. On June 6, 1944 was D-Day, the soldiers were not exactly sure what to expect. In flight to get to their jump zones the C-47 had to make evasive moves and no one landed where they were suppose to. With Easy Company spread all over the coast of Normandy all the soldiers had to get his bearings and fight their way through France. Most of the men had not ever seen combat before. Lt. Winters took command of Easy Company to head into Carentan where they would fight for almost 30 days to then be replaced by the 83rd Infantry
Cited: Ambrose, Stephen E.: Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest. Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, New York, New York 2001 Tindall, George Brown & Shi, David Emory.: America: A Narrative History Ninth Edition Volume II. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, New York 2013