The company was referred to as "Easy" after the radio call for "E" in the phonetic alphabet used during World War II. The experiences of its members during that war are the subject of the 1992 book Band of Brothers by historian Stephen Ambrose and the 2001 HBO miniseries of …

May 30, 2022 · One of the most famous U.S. Army units of World War II, Easy Company successfully battled Nazi forces on D-Day, liberated the Dachau concentration camp, and even raided Adolf Hitler's Eagle's Nest. In 2001, HBO released the celebrated World War II miniseries Band of Brothers.

Aug 30, 2023 · The members of Easy Company valiantly served in the European Theater during World War II. Here's what they got up to following the conflict.

Oct 26, 2019 · One of the most well-known companies in the United States Army is Easy Company, of the 2nd Battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, of the 101st Airborne Division (the Screaming Eagles). The company was formed in 1942 as part of an experimental airborne regiment and fought in the European Theater of World War 2.

May 31, 2024 · Easy Company participated in the largest invasion in the history of Warfare on June 6, 1944, on the beaches of Normandy. Easy Company dropped behind enemy lines in the morning before the beach invasion started, clearing the way for the beachhead to be established.

Jul 6, 2022 · Bradford Clark Freeman, believed to be the last surviving original member of the historic World War II parachute infantry regiment of the US Army known as Easy Company, died Sunday in...

Jan 2, 2011 · In May 1945, the men of Easy Company, certainly one of the finest fighting forces of WWII, captured Hitler’s retreat at Berchtesgaden where they celebrated by drinking the Fuehrer’s champagne. They certainly deserved it!

May 16, 2024 · Toward the end of World War II, American soldiers of Easy Company were assigned to occupation duty in Germany, specifically to Berchtesgaden, which was home to Adolf Hitler’s famous Eagle’s Nest. Specifically, the duty of capturing the Kehlsteinhaus was given to the 101st paratroopers unit.

Dec 12, 2015 · Stephen Ambrose’s Band of Brothers describes how its Easy Company of the 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment led the assault to capture the town in January 1945. The 506th, including E Company, commanded by Lieutenant Norman Dike, attacked Foy.

The 132 enlisted men and eight officers who comprised Easy Company, 506th Parachute lnfantry Regiment, first came together in the summer of 1942 at an Army training base in Georgia called Camp Toccoa. Each of these men had volunteered to be airborne infantry soldiers.