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Band of Brothers
Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest | Stephen E. Ambrose
Through soldiers' journals and letters, describes Easy Company's contributions to the campaigns in western Europe and recounts their stories of survival.
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Coffeymuse
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I really need to read the book the miniseries is based on as I really enjoyed the miniseries.

#Schoolspirit
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
@Eggs

Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 🙏🏻👏🏻 2mo
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peaKnit
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#wondrouswednesday @Eggs

1. The Ardennes forest.
2. Tagged - fun fact, Stephen Ambrose grew up in Whitewater and graduated from the Highschool my parents (and all of my aunts, uncles and cousins) later attended and an aunt now teacher in the building which is now a middle school.

@Kshakal @JenReadsAlot @BethM

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Jedi_Bruno
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Absolutely loved it. The HBO series doesn't give these men enough credit for their bravery sacrifice and sheer will to survive. Read this book and you'll have a new appreciation for what our armed services did in WW2.

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TheRiehlDeal
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Mehso-so

This is an important book for sure, but all the military jargon and what not went over my head. It‘s amazing and commemorable what these guys went through.

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Sparklemn
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Pickpick

This book was wonderful. Highly recommended if you enjoy the Band of Brothers mini-series like I do. 💙

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Tanisha_A
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I don't know why it's always that the books women and men are reading in shows are the same books i really want to read but haven't got to yet. #tbr

This show is so GOOD, and i feel like reading the book it's based on. Tagged.

Freespirit I loved A Tree Grows in Brooklyn!💕 4y
Tanisha_A @Freespirit I have the beautiful orange wall edition of it, but i am separated from it right now due to Covid (it's in another city). I am very keen to get to it. 😊 4y
Sleepswithbooks The book was good 💛 4y
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OriginalCyn620
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#IfYouLikeThis

Since #SavingPrivateRyan is loosely based on the Niland brothers who fought in the war, one might also enjoy these stories of other real soldiers, also brothers, just in a different way.

Klou Wonderful!! 4y
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OriginalCyn620 Good choice! 5y
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tristan.bissett
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This story follows the men of Easy Company, 506th regiment, 101st Airborne division of the US army from their training camp in Georgia, to England to the allied invasion of Normandy on D-day. Informative, detailing and action packed. Band of Brothers is a must read for any WWII geek or action seeking reader. Must read of the X-mas break!

Cfischbuch Would this be a good choice for our library? 5y
MrsBabki After reading this, I can‘t wait to read your first assignment for me! I already missed out on four months with you! I have to soak up the next six! 5y
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I‘m impressed by thought soldiers who fought in WW2

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Blueberry
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Eggs Perfect👏🏻👏🏻 5y
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writerlibrarian
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1️⃣ What I'm doing tonight. Watching episode 1 and episode 2 of Band of Brothers on the eve on the 75th of D Day.
2️⃣ Jules Verne's Michel Strogoff
3️⃣ St-Louis Blues
4️⃣ Bonheur d'occasion which I hated with the power of a 1000 ☀️

@tournevis

tournevis Bonheur d'occasion. On adore ou on déteste. Pas de millieu. 5y
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The 2001 HBO mini-series which is based on this book stands as one of my favourite pieces of television in existence. I was worried the book was going to be hard-going compared to the easy (no pun intended) consumption of the visual dramatization I know & love. I needn't have worried. It was every bit as compelling, memorable, emotional. My reunion with the men of Easy Company was a joy. Cont. in comments ⬇️⬇️⬇️

readingjedi Cont. The camaraderie and spirit of those guys is just so inspirational given the hardships and losses they suffered, the bonds forged seemingly unbreakable. What they achieved in military terms was incredible. And Dick Winters was such an incredible soldier and leader - the devotion he inspired is humbling. Loved the epilogue which details the lives of the men post-war. Sobbed almost as much as I did at the end of the TV series! 6y
readingjedi Photo (not mine) is the divine Damian Lewis as Dick Winters. 6y
writerlibrarian I am due to for a rewatch this summer. I ❤️ this book and that series. I loved Speirs. https://youtu.be/14i_1xx4u3I 6y
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readingjedi @writerlibrarian Yeah, Speirs was extra! 6y
Maggie_Reads Damien Lewis...😍😍😍 6y
DrexEdit True story: Stephen Ambrose is from my hometown. He's the only writer I can think of from my tiny hometown off the top of my head. There is a poet from the next tiny town over though! 😊 6y
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Just started this one. I adored the mini-series based on it - though I can't quite believe that was in 2001! I'm hoping it's not going to be too dry for me, it was the personalities of the men and the relationships between them that I loved about the series rather than the military aspect.

paulfrankspencer Men's relationships can be fairly dry too, relatively speaking... 6y
charreads I love Band of Brothers! I have read the book and watched the series and was not disappointed. I‘ve been to Toccoa (not much left hardly anything sadly) and up Currahee (cheated and drove to the top but hope to hike it one day). There are also Easy Company tours you can go on but as interesting as it would be it‘s expensive. 6y
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MrBook
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I finally got the May Staff Picks up on the library website. Tells you how busy I‘ve been 🙄🙈.

Have you read any of these?! The one on the bottom next to AQOTWF is Tim O‘Brien‘s “The Things They Carried”. My goals was to include a variety of fiction and non-fiction covering a bunch of the wars the US has fought.

#LitsyLovesLibraries

RealBooks4ever Always wanted to read AQOTWF. 6y
Kaila-ann The things they carried was amazing and I have a copy of AQOTWF but haven‘t read it yet. 6y
Kimberlone Memorial Day themed? So many great picks in there. I once went through a military/war history faze and have read many of those. The Things They Carried is one of my favorite books of all time! 6y
Olivia306 I read some of them: ‘The Naked and The Dead‘ and AQOTWF (heartbreaking in their own right), BoB too (after watching the show). I‘ve got ‘Unbroken‘ on my TBR list, having heard great things about it. 🤓 6y
Kaye I‘ve read Unbroken. 5 golden stars. I‘ve also read Killer Angels. It was ok.... maybe 3.5 🌟 6y
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Mehso-so

This book was a bookclub pick last year which I never got around to finishing. Finally I have. It is an important read but just something I‘m not very interested in. I find blow by blow war books boring.

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Sleepswithbooks

“In one of his last newsletters, Mike Ranney wrote: “In thinking back on the days of Easy Company, I‘m treasuring my remark to a grandson who asked, “Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?”
“No,” I answered, “but I served in a company of heroes.”

Tears came to my eyes.
#nonfiction #Veterans

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Sleepswithbooks
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Mood getting ready for a 13 hour work shift. “This book isn‘t going to read itself!!”

#iwouldratherbereading

rather_be_reading 😂😂 6y
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Sleepswithbooks
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My dad lent me his book from my last visit home ... I‘m planning on reading in bed all day like a lazy koala 🐨 #loveourveterans

Kaye The Hubster loves this book ! 6y
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Saknicole
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There are few things sweeter than the relationship between real life Nixon and Winters. #bestbookfriendship #riotgrams #wwii

Kimberlone ❤️❤️❤️❤️ 6y
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captainpunchmerica
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Doing some WWII research, and the #riotgrams challenge comes just at the right time! Day 2 - Library Love.

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Saknicole
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#summerreadinggoals All war related in someway, if you provide the allowance that Moby Dick is a man vs nature conflict. Nightwatch is the only female heavy book, which I'll probably be dying for after the rest! I'm also armed with many audio & ebooks! #war #vietnam #wwii #manvsnature #lesbian

Kimberlone OMG YOU ARE READING MOBY DICK 6y
Saknicole @Kimberlone that's the plan, but I've started it the last 2 Summers and not gotten far. Maybe this year?! 6y
Saknicole @Kimberlone have you read it? 6y
Kimberlone @Saknicole no way! Only excerpts. There‘s no way I could get through endless chapters discussing the whaling industry 6y
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AmberWB
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1. More Than Words- Extreme or Porch- Pearl Jam
2. Band of Brothers- really good so far!
3. No idea- Lord of the Rings?
4. Consider yourself tagged!

@GarthRanzz
#trivialthursday

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AmberWB
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I‘ve been teaching World War 2 for the past few weeks, which made me want to watch this mini series again. I‘ve owned the book for years and have yet to read it. Going to start it tonight.

Kaye Gosh that‘s gotta be my husbands favorite ever. He has read it, listened to it and watched the movie countless times. 7y
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Emmalibby
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#oldestbook on your shelf for #febinbooks18
I probably own older books than this from my teenage/child years but those are all boxed up so are no longer on my shelf.
I've probably owned this for 15 years and it is brilliant. If no one had watched the tv series go watch it!

(And also my Harry Potter books which I've had since they came out originally)

#readingchallenge #challenge #nonfiction #history #military

Emmalibby @Emilyjayne it's a monthly challenge where you post each day based on a bookish theme, hosted by @bookisglee. I can't link on here but you can see the challenge prompts on one of my earlier posts. ☺ 7y
paperbacksandlotsoflaughs @Emmalibby brilliant thank you!x 7y
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Cinfhen
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#FierceFeb I know this month is meant to be about girl power, but I can‘t help but think about the #unity amongst a soldiers platoon. I haven‘t read the book, but the miniseries was excellent. Images from Google

Cathythoughts This is lovely ❤️❤️❤️ 7y
batsy 👍👍 7y
Sue One of my favourite Henry V speeches! 7y
LondElle89 Great book, I would suggest reading the personal stories of some of the soldiers themselves., if you enjoy BoB. 7y
DebinHawaii Whoops! I have only sporadically been doing the 'girl power' thing! 😆 7y
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What a gut-wrenching experience. I've recently come to love military non-fiction novels and this one is like no other. It goes in depth about Easy Company of 106th Regiment who fought in WW2. It brings you close to combat, death and comradeship. If you haven't already, watch the mini-series 'Band of Brothers' it takes this novel and brings it to life. I even think the series is more relatable than the novel.
#military #war #nonfiction

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Oh, this morning's Litsy lovefest has a theme. During the summer of 2012, I read almost nothing but WWII literature, and I binge-watched both "Band of Brothers" and "The Pacific" (and sobbed my way through both). Stephen Ambrose's book, which inspired the miniseries, reads as swiftly as any military fiction, but packs the emotional punch that only the true stories of real folks of The Greatest Generation can. #bandofbrothers #stephenambrose

Caroline2 I love the Band of Brothers series and I've watched it several times! I defo need to read the book!! 7y
actualdisneyprincess IT IS JUST SO BEAUTIFUL. 😭😭😭 I can't wait to hear what you think of the book!!! 💖 7y
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writerlibrarian
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This is the accounts given by the veterans of E Company of the incredible days between 1942, when they arrived at Camp Toccoa to the last days in August 1945 in Austria. In between get D-Day, Operation Market Garden in Holland and the Bulge up front and personal. The best parts are the soldiers' points of view, how they managed and to quote Generation Kill : Marines make due. Well, the men of E Company made due to the power of a thousand.

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writerlibrarian
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Obvious but totally the book I want for this day. #inmemoriam #maybookflowers

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DMC_run8
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Pickpick

As the war was coming to a close on the European front, troops came upon Dachau. After all the horror they had witnessed in battle, this was the worst thing they had seen.

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GoneFishing

Chickenshit is so called - instead of horse- or bull- or elephant shit - because it is small-minded and ignoble and takes the trivial seriously.

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CouchCrewChief
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Having been in the Army this book really pulled at me, it brought back all the feelings of being with my brothers. You feel as though you are there with them, through thick and thin. Through bullets and cold. Must read for military or history fans.

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