By Chris Anderson, Senior Historian I’ve been thinking about my friend and mentor Richard “Dick” Winters a lot recently. Probably because this is the time of year when I’m usually in the midst of a Band of Brothers® Tour and I’m missing the thrill of showing people where Easy Company made history. Since … Read More
We are delighted to share “Through My Father’s Eyes,” a video by George Luz, Jr. about his father, Easy Company member George Luz. George originally shared stories of his father, who was a paratrooper with the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, with his local PBS station in Rhode Island in an episode called “Hometown Hero.” He has graciously … Read More
By Chris Anderson “One of the pillars of Easy Company,” was how Major Richard Winters described him. George Luz was born into a large Portuguese-American family in Fall River Massachusetts on July 17, 1921. Moving with his family to Rhode Island in search of work, Luz quit school in his junior year to help his … Read More
By Ron Drez Herb Suerth, Jr. was part of the historic Band of brothers of WWII whose surviving members are now down to a precious few. When the original book was released in 1992, his exploits were not included, and when Steve Ambrose and I did the original interviews, he was not part of it. … Read More
I was saddened to learn of the death of Don Malarkey, one of the last of the rapidly vanishing Band of Brothers. I first met Don on May 5, 1988 when I walked into the Company E reunion being held in the Monteleone Hotel in New Orleans. (Photo: Don Malarkey in 1945) Steve Ambrose and … Read More
It is hard to believe that 25 years ago Stephen E. Ambrose’s book Band of Brothers was published. His extraordinary story of the ordinary men who fought in Easy Company during WWII is as engrossing a tale today as it was then. To honor this momentous occasion, we share with you some of quotes from … Read More
Our historian Kevin M. Hymel has been a popular historian with Stephen Ambrose Historical Tours for more than 10 years. Kevin leads Stephen Ambrose Historical Tours’ In Patton’s Footsteps Tour as well as many of our other WWII tours. Like all of our historians, he is a leader in his field and published author. He was … Read More
We are delighted to share a short video that includes clips of a panel discussion between WWII Easy Company veterans, actors from the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, and our chief historian, Ron Drez. Hosted by 3-time World Series-winning pitcher Curt Schilling, American heroes Ed Tipper, Al Mampre and Babe Heffron, will remind you that … Read More