Other veterans discuss the pride they felt being part of the regiment and explain the difficult training that prevented many men from joining the regiment. First, Lipton and others describe how they became interested in being paratroopers. Zimmerman Don Malarkey Norman Neitzke Patrick O'Keefe and Ed Tipper. Martin Denver "Bull" Randelman Don King Henry C. Pickel Earl "One Lung" McClung Joseph Lesniewski James "Moe" Alley Edward "Babe" Heffron John W. Stokes Shifty Powers Bill Wingett Rod Strohl Robert "Popeye" Wynn Paul "Buck" Rogers William "Wild Bill" Guarnere Rod Bain Robert L. The following veterans provide commentary in the program: Herbert J. Photographs and film footage illustrate the stories that are told the narrative is guided by intertitles. The program consists primarily of monologues from Easy Company veterans. Story idea? You can reach Mike Woods at 92 or at: charter.Continue searching the Collection WE STAND ALONE TOGETHER: THE MEN OF EASY COMPANY (TV) SummaryĪ documentary about the soldiers of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division - the World War II volunteer parachute regiment. He was tough as nails, had a wonderful sense of humor and possessed a first loyalty to Easy Company that was second to none.” “George Lus typified the average soldier in Easy Company. “One of the pillars of Easy Company,” Winters told. To Richard, though, Lus was much more than a soldier who could bring levity to a company that faced a daily battle with life and death. And everybody will always remember who George Lus is.” So, we were we were surprised and admired the young kid (Rick Gomez) who did play our dad and did a great job. He was a radio guy, but he was the funny guy. So, we had no idea how much of dad was going to be in this.
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said when the “Band of Brothers” series was released, his family was surprised at how much his dad was a part of it. It’s through this program he is doing what was asked of his family keeping alive the memory of his father and Easy Company, of which there are no surviving members. has been touring the country telling the story of Easy Company in a presentation called “Through My Father’s Eyes.” He told my mom, “It’s you and your family’s responsibility to carry on the message of George and all the men he served with.” “And he said that this now is your responsibility. “Winters had sent a Christmas card to my mom,” he said. Richard Winters, and it was a letter he sent to Lus’ wife following his death that changed the course of Lus Jr.’s life. But it might not have happened that way’ kind of thing. “When I asked about how accurate it was, (Darrell) Shifty Powers said, ‘Well, you know, it happened. I don’t need to see it again.’ But most of the guys enjoyed it, to a degree. “Some of the guys saw the series, some of the guys didn’t want to see the series,” Lus Jr. He was on hand for the series debut in Normandy, as were about 50 members of Easy Company. reconnected with many of the men from Easy Company and attended their annual reunions. The series debuted in 2001, three years after George Lus passed. That book would turn into the HBO miniseries “Band of Brothers,” with Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks as executive producers. We all did the same stuff.’ But my sister pushed him to get some stories in there.” Right? So, it wasn’t like, ‘I’m not doing that for that guy.’ It was just that, ‘Don’t get my stories in there. “He got together with his buddies every year. said of his father on being part of the book. “He really didn’t want it to do that,” Lus Jr. When it was all over, historian Stehpen Ambrose wrote a book on Easy Company called “Band of Brothers.” Easy Company was part of the Allied invasion on D-Day, fought in the Battle of the Bulge, liberated the Dachau concentration camp and raided Hitler’s “Eagles Nest” after he committed suicide. He would wind up in Easy Company of the 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division during World War II. But, as a child of the Great Depression, the job paid $50 more a month than the job that was paying him $16 a week. He signed up for the Army in 1942 despite the objections of his father. Like so many in his generation, George Lus had done so much. "And at that moment, I just said, ‘Let’s see if I can just do more in life than what I’m doing now.’ Not that I was doing nothing, but that was my moment to take over and to carry on what he had done.” “When they turned it around, he put his hand on the casket and with tears coming down his eyes, he was rubbing the casket,” said Lus, who spoke at EAA as part of the Aviation Adventure Speaker Series. There are no living members of Easy Company, the unit depicted in 'Band of Brothers'.It was turned into a HBO miniseries by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks.'Band of Brothers' was orginially a book by historian Stephen Ambrose.
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