Tom Hanks introduces the âremarkableâ (Publishers Weekly) true story of two inseparable friends and soldiers portrayed in the HBOÂŽ miniseries Band of Brothers.
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William âWild Billâ Guarnere and Edward âBabeâ Heffron were among the first paratroopers of the U.S. Armyâmembers of an elite unit of the 101st Airborne Division called Easy Company. The crack unit was called upon for every high-risk operation of the war, including D-Day, Operation Market Garden in Holland, the Battle of the Bulge, and the capture of Hitlerâs Eagleâs Nest in Berchtesgaden.
In his own words, Guarnere gives a gripping account of D-Day from the paratrooperâs perspective. Both men vividly re-create dropping into Holland to capture the roads and bridges between Eindhoven and Arnhem, known as Hellâs Highway. Through much of 1944 both friends fought side by sideâuntil Guarnere lost his right leg in the Battle of the Bulge and was sent home. Heffron went on to liberate slave labor and concentration camps and capture Hitlerâs Eagleâs Nest hideout.
United by their experience, the two reconnected at the warâs end and were inseparable up until their deaths. Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends is a tribute to the lasting bond forged between comrades in arms under fire and to all the brave men who fought fearlessly for freedom.
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