Roderick Strohl

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Nickname(s) Rod Name Roderick Strohl Rank Staff Sergeant		Years of service 1942-1945 Allegiance United States

Born June 24, 1922 (age 101) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ( 1922-06-24 ) Battles/wars World War II Battle of Normandy Operation Market Garden Battle of the Bulge Battles and wars Operation Overlord, Operation Market Garden, Battle of the Bulge, World War II
Service/branch United States Army

Book review band of brothers by stephen e ambrose

Band of Brothers, subtitled, E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne: From Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest, by Stephen E. Ambrose is an examination of a parachute infantry company in the 101st Airborne Division in the European Theater during World War II. While the book treats the flow of battle, it concentrates on the lives of the soldiers in and associated with the company.

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Background

The book rests upon interviews Ambrose conducted with former members of E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division. The veterans were having a reunion at a hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana; the interviews were conducted as part of a project to collect oral histories of D-Day for the National D-Day Museum in New Orleans. Ambrose was intrigued with the bond which had developed among the members of "Easy" company. He circulated his drafts among the surviving members of the company, asking for input, and then incorporating their ideas into later drafts. Ambrose said of the finished product, "we have come as close to the true story of Easy Company as possible."

The book consists of a foreword, epigraph and a maps section, followed by eighteen chapters. There is an afterward and a brief author's bio after the chapters.

Following the table of contents, the book's dedication reads:

To all those members of the Parachute Infantry
United States Army, 1941-1945
who wear the Purple Heart not as a decoration
but as a badge of office.

The epigraph is a quotation from Shakespeare's Henry V, from which the title of the book is derived:

From this day to the ending of the World,
...we in it shall be remembered
...we band of brothers.

The chapters are:

One – "We Wanted Those Wings"; Camp Toccoa, July–December 1942

Two – "Stand Up and Hook Up"; Benning, Mackall, Bragg, Shanks, December 1942-September 1943

Three – "Duties of the Latrine Orderly"; Aldbourne, September 1943-March 1944

Four – "Look Out Hitler! Here We Come!"; Slapton Sands, Uppottery, April 1 – June 5, 1944

Five – "Follow Me"; Normandy, June 6, 1944

Six – "Move Out!"; Carentan, June 7 – July 12, 1944

Seven – Healing Wounds and Scrubbed Missions; Aldbourne, July 13 – September 16, 1944

Eight – "Hell's Highway"; Holland, September 17 – October 1, 1944

Nine – The Island; Holland, October 2 – November 25, 1944

Ten – Resting, Recovering, and Refitting; Mourmelon-le-Grand, November 26 – December 18, 1944

Eleven – "They Got Us Surrounded—The Poor Bastards"; Bastogne, December 19–31, 1944

Twelve – The Breaking Point; Bastogne, January 1–13, 1945

Thirteen – Attack; Noville, January 14–17, 1945

Fourteen – The Patrol; Haguenau, January 18 – February 23, 1945

Fifteen – "The Best Feeling in the World"; Mourmelon, February 25 – April 2, 1945

Sixteen – Getting to Know the Enemy; Germany, April 2–30, 1945

Seventeen – Drinking Hitler's Champagne; Berchtesgaden, May 1–8, 1945

Eighteen – "The Soldier's Dream Life"; Austria, May 9 – July 31, 1945

Nineteen – "Postwar Careers"; 1945-1991

References

Band of Brothers (book) Wikipedia

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