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]]>Band of Brothers Cast Reunion 2016- BASTOGNE
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]]>Requiem for a Soldier performed live by Katherine Jenkins
Music by Michael Kamen
Lyrics by Frank Musker
You never lived to see
What you gave to me
One shining dream of hope and love
Life and liberty
With a host of brave unknown soldiers
For your company, you will live forever
Here in our memory
In fields of sacrifice
Heroes paid the price
Young men who died for old men’s wars
Gone to paradise
We are all one great band of brothers
And one day you’ll see we can live together
When all the world is free
I wish you’d lived to see
All you gave to me
Your shining dream of hope and love
Life and liberty
We are all one great band of brothers
And one day you’ll see – we can live together
When all the world is free
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]]>Battlefield Historian Reg Jans talks about Capt. Richard Winters’ Command Post in Bastogne.
Battlefield Experience: www.regjans.com
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]]>For the first time ever, on 9-10 and 11 December 2016, actors from the miniseries ‘Band of Brothers’ are coming to Bastogne. Fifteen years after the premiere, American, British and French actors from the popular HBO show are, unsalaried but highly motivated, coming to meet their fans but more important: To pay their respects to all the WWII veterans and civilians. During some private and public events they will raise funds for the non-profit WWII Foundation to support its cause to document and preserve history and to produce documentaries about the heroes of World War Two.
More info: http://www.wwiifoundation.org/
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]]>Inspired by Dr. Stephen Ambrose’s bestselling book and the successful HBO series Band of Brothers, many people have travelled the world following the footsteps of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment in the European Theatre of Operations.
Hence, the story of this rifle company has triggered the interest for future generations and motivated people of all ages to learn more about WWII History and the heroes from many other different units, who, seven decades ago, fought for a free world.
However, although Band of Brothers focuses on the men of Easy Company and their actions during World War Two, it does not give the reader/viewer a proper insight into the movements of these men and their actions/positions at the Battle of the Bulge. Because of this, misconceptions and assumptions have become a rule rather than a fact. Despite so much detailed info now in the public domain such as AAR’s, Morning Reports, Scrapbooks and the outstanding book ‘No Victory in Valhalla’ by Ian Gardner, it is still a nightmare for travelers and history buffs alike to retrace the steps of Easy Company and to better understand what really happened to them.
Unintentionally misinformed, many still believe that the last attack on Foy was launched from the Bois Jacques and are therefore unaware as to the numerous other tactical movements that were necessary to defend Bastogne and the subsequent push-back attacks.
Alike the other allied troops that were deployed during the Battle of the Bulge, Easy Company endured the terrible weather conditions. Being short of ammo, warm clothing and decent food, they were all there for the same reason: To hold at all costs!
On 18 December 1944 at 1530hrs, poorly equipped and short of decent winter clothing the 101st Airborne Division departed France from Camp Mourmelon le Grand, just east of Reims. After a journey of some 115 miles, the four hundred vehicle column split up at Barrière Hinck. Directed to the village of Champs (Bertogne) the badly informed 506th PIR de-trucked shortly after midnight. Passing through Champs and Hemroulle on foot, 1st and 3rd Battalion’s advanced to their first positions north of Bastogne while 2nd Bn moved into the hamlet of Luzery.
According to Babe Heffron who was about 8 feet away from Hoobler when he shot himself, the gun was a Belgian 32 with no safety. It was in his pocket and he stood up to shake the snow off of himself. When he started to shake, the gun went off. Hoobler had picked up the pistol off a dead German after the 4-5 October 1944 ‘Crossroads’ battle in the Netherlands. ‘Frenchy’ Lamoureux was right nearby Hoobler at the moment of the incident.
“On the 2nd of January 1945 “E” Company was sent on a company mission going north into the Bois Jacques woods to determine where the German front lines were. We hit German positions shortly before dark. This was the day Don Hoobler killed himself accidentally. During the night Burr could be heard yelling to German outpost sentry’s. Probably taunting them. Late the next morning we returned to our original positions and got the heavy 88 attack that took Bill and Joe’s legs plus about 15 other casualties. I do not recall if Burr was one of them.” – Don Malarkey
Jack Foley was initially assigned to 2nd Platoon as Buck Compton’s assistant platoon leader, but when Peacock returned to the States on a furlough and Ernest Mann suffered a mental breakdown, Foley was transferred to 1st Platoon where he served out the remainder of the war.
On 10 January, Heffron and Alex Carrillo were running through the artillery fire when it started. Babe ended up in a hole with Al Vittore. They could see George Luz running as well. He got to within 20-30 feet from Skip and Alex when the shell hit their hole. Luz then crawled toward Babe and Al and they pulled him into their hole. All George could say was, “They’re gone. There’s nothing left.”
-0900hrs. Easy company jumps off from here with 1st and 2nd Pltn on the western side of the N30 and 3rd Pltn on the eastern side.
-1000hrs. I-Co (22 men) attack down the road towards the center of Foy.
-1100hrs. H-Co, 2nd Bn HQ, 1st Pltn F-Co and heavy weapons are sent in (Ronald Speirs).
-1530hrs. Foy secured and Easy-Co pulled out after 6 ½ hours of fighting.
-1600hrs-0230hrs. Germans counter attack. Foy still secured. 11th Armored tanks roll in.
-End of the battle at Foy.
After being wounded in the Netherlands, Cpt Ronald Speirs rejoined the Division as an unassigned officer.
“At Foy, he was the first officer I saw when I turned around. It could have been anybody, but it was Speirs. I didn’t ask, “OK, would you mind taking over?” No, I just turned around, saw him and said take over. It was just a roll of the dice that he was standing there when I needed someone.” – Dick Winters
As 1st Sgt. Carwood Lipton remembered Speirs’ dash, “…he just kept on running right through the German line, came out the other side, conferred with the I Company C.O., and ran back. Damn, that was impressive.” – Carwood Lipton
“On the 13th we continued our attack on Foy. The town was full of snipers. One of them had what was left of the 3rd Platoon pinned down pretty good. He shot and killed Frank Mellet right in front of me. Finally, Shifty Powers got the sniper with a shot right between the eyes. Even after we took the town, though, it was still dangerous. At one point we were in the town when all of a sudden an 88 round came crashing in. It landed in the snow and was a dud- thank goodness, as it landed between a couple of us who had no place to go. If it had been live, I wouldn’t have made it. It scared the hell out of us.” – James Alley
During the attack on Noville, Ed Joint got wounded. He was hit by mortar fire (It was actually the same screaming meemie attack that wounded Brad Freeman) and his arm was a mess. Ed was evacuated and after a little while in a field hospital he got transferred to a good army hospital in Cherbourg.
I remember the last town we were in was Rachamps. It was the last place we took, and they shelled us the whole night before we left. Finally, they pulled us back out to some buildings, and we were given a chance to rest in what was left of a couple of them. Even though we were all crammed into these two buildings, being off the line felt damn good.” – James Alley
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