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Hardcover Easy Company Soldier: The Legendary Battles of a Sergeant from World War II's "Band of Brothers" Book

ISBN: 0312378491

ISBN13: 9780312378493

Easy Company Soldier: The Endless Combat of a Sergeant from World War II's "Band of Brothers"

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Sgt. Don Malarkey takes us not only into the battles fought from Normandy to Germany, but into the heart and mind of a soldier who beat the odds to become an elite paratrooper, and lost his best friend during the nightmarish engagement at Bastogne.Drafted in 1942, Malarkey arrived at Camp Toccoa in Georgia and was one of the one in six soldiers who earned their Eagle wings. He went to England in 1943 to provide cover on the ground for the largest amphibious military attack in history: Operation Overlord. In the darkness of D-day morning, Malarkey parachuted into France and within days was awarded a Bronze Star for his heroism in battle. He fought for twenty-three days in Normandy, nearly eighty in Holland, thirty-nine in Bastogne, and nearly thirty more in and near Haugenau, France, and the Ruhr pocket in Germany.This is his dramatic tale of those bloody days fighting his way from the shores of France to the heartland of Germany, and the epic story of how an adventurous kid from Oregon became a leader of men.

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Rated 5 stars
Not a lighthearted book but beyond worth the read

Malarkey was not ever severely physically wounded but mentally and emotionally was severely wounded by the war. He is very straight forward with this, beginning the book with him in a very rough mental state in the woods of Bastone, he does talk of the good times he had growing up and of the bits of fun he had when not in battle but they do not by any means make up the majority of the book. He has a way of talking about certain...

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Should Be Required Reading For All Returning War Vets!

Don Malarkey offers yet another heart-felt memoir from those brave Band of Brothers, Easy Company, 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment. Malarkey writes deep from the heart on every page of this gripping account of his life. From humble beginnings growing up in Astoria, Washington to attending the University of Oregon, Malarkey beautifully describes the people, places, and occurrences that had the most influence on his life. Like...

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The Band of Brothers memoir you've always wanted to read.

I've been a fan of Band of Brothers since it aired, and by extension, a fan of E/506 for about that long. The guys of Easy 506th have been writing a lot of books lately, and I have them all, and love them all, to a greater or lesser extent. But this one beats them all. "Malark" lays it all out, shows all his cards, keeps nothing back, makes himself tell all the things his comrades still try to shield in silence or jargon or...

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Rated 5 stars
The best of the bunch

Truth be told, I am not the kind of person who writes many book reviews. Honestly, this is my first. This book meant enough to me to take the time to write a few words on its behalf. In the Ambrose book and HBO mini-series, Malarkey always stood out to me as the heart of Easy Company. I have read through Bill and Babe's book ... which I enjoyed, Webster's book, Major Winters' book, Compton's book, but this one was different...

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At last!

This is the companion book to Dr. Ambrose's Band of Brothers that we've been waiting for since the late professor published his opus in 1991. Unlike many other books, this one provides a thought provoking and fresh look at the rise of the 506th Parachute Infantry Division and their training in the American south prior to deployment overseas. And while this book centers on the training and subsequent invasions, it's not the...

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