"Band of Brothers"

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This paper briefly examines Stephen Ambrose's book, "Band of Brothers," which was supposedly taken from Act IV, Scene 3 of William Shakespeare's "Henry V." It also discusses the mini-series, based on the book and lists the ten episodes, with a brief description, in the series. The paper suggests the lessons that should be learned regarding war, from this book.

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"The title of Stephen Ambrose's book Band of Brothers was supposedly taken from Act IV, Scene 3 of William Shakespeare's Henry V. It is part of the speech delivered by Henry V before the Battle of Agincourt and indeed the lines We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; / For he to-day that sheds his blood with me / Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile, capture the essence of brotherhood of war where men (and women nowadays!) with varied backgrounds became brethrens in the face of the horrors of war and battle. The HBO mini-series adaptation of Ambrose's book gave the visual and auditory narrative of the accounts presented in the book. The series portrays the evolution of Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of U.S. 101st Airborne Division from their training days in Camp Toccoa, Georgia during the summer of 1942 to their "baptism of fire" in various battles in the European Theater of Operations up until the fall of the Nazi Regime and their capture of Berchtesgaden prior to the conclusion of World War II."

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