E/506th trooper Don Moone, Eindhoven, Holland, Sept. 1944
Lt. Richard Winters, England, 1944
"A Truly Moving Experience of a Lifetime"
The battlefield comes alive with stories and insight into this remarkable era by utilizing decades of personal research on the Men of Easy Company & the 506th Parachute Infantry. Previously undisclosed personal stories and recollections of these historic fighters, obtained from years of maintaining close, personal relationships with these men, highlight your experience.
Band of Brothers Tours takes you to private locations and sites in Europe that are not accessible to the general public. You will stand at the trenches of the guns at Brecourt, the very spot in Holland where R.D. Winters' famous attack took place; and in the foxholes at Bastogne where the Men of Easy make their famous stand. You will discover how these ordinary young men left the farms and the factories and became some of the most celebrated and extraordinary heroes in history. You will laugh at their antics, weep for their suffering, and be awed by their complete dedication to each other and to their wartime mission. Join us and share in some of the most compelling and inspiring heroics and sacrifices in American history, and discover why they are truly "The Greatest Generation."
"It is our hope that we do justice as is due to the men of Easy Company, and bring to light the great distances they covered, the long time they sacrificed, and the supreme courage and dedication which they themselves probably view as anything more than doing the right thing at the right time."
-a personal letter from Tom Hanks to Jake Powers, March 13, 2001
