Easy Company Soldier: The Legendary Battles of a Sergeant from World War II's "Band of Brothers"
Written by Don Malarkey and Bob Welch
Narrated by John Bedford Lloyd
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Elite paratrooper Sgt. Don Malarkey takes us not only into the World War II battles fought from Normandy to Germany, but into the heart and mind of a soldier who 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.
Easy Company Soldier 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.
Don Malarkey
DON MALARKEY was born in 1921, and grew up in Astoria, Oregon. After trying to enlist in several branches of the service, he was drafted in 1942 and spent more consecutive days in combat than any other member of “E Company,” 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne--the most recognized fighting unit in American history. Today he lives in Oregon.
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Reviews for Easy Company Soldier
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5What a tremendous book. a direct testimony. insightful, inspired, no bullshit, no superman nuances, no political motivation, no grand philosophy of the world. A simple man, a tremendous war, the cold and the anger, the blood and the wounds, the friendship and the death, the regret, and the ownership of everything. Outstanding piece of history!
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5True Hero
All these great men are gone now but will never be forgotten.
I will pass these stories along to my boy. And he will to his. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Loved it! Even amends some the discrepancies from Band of Brothers. Highly recommend.