People of the American Civil War by state, Articles incorporating text from Wikipedia, American military personnel of World War II, E Company, 506th Infantry Regiment (United States), "2nd Battalion 506th Infantry: Lineage and Honors", https://abc3340.com/news/local/94-year-old-veteran-embarks-on-trip-back-to-normandy-for-75th-anniversary-of-d-day, "HBO miniseries premiere spurs D-Day memories", http://www.tircuit.com/bandofbrothers/messages/135/785.html?1029780467, http://www.menofeasycompany.com/home/index.php?page_id=48, http://newsblaze.com/story/20060707093604nnnn.nb/topstory.html, WWII Army Enlistment Records: on-line NARA Archival Database, The Band of Brothers' Middle East USO Tour, The Band of Brothers' visit with Prince Charles, https://military.wikia.org/wiki/List_of_Easy_Company_(506_PIR)_veterans?oldid=5171521, Enlisted on 19 August 1942 at Tacoma, Washington. Its producers included actor Tom Hanks and director Steven Spielberg. Enlisted on 10 May 1944 at Tacoma, Washington. Anything in particular about Donald, or anything he said that stuck with you even after the show?You know, Donald wasn't like that. This was never about me, it was really about his family. and volunteered. By signing up to the VICE newsletter you agree to receive electronic communications from VICE that may sometimes include advertisements or sponsored content. Trained at Camp Toccoa. One of the Few Surviving Heroes of D-Day Shares His Story Army medic Ray Lambert, now 98, landed with the first assault wave on Omaha Beach. … 1st Class Andrew Porch), Brig. "Most of what they reviewed with me was what I learned in Boy Scouts, except giving shots, because we were to give all the shots. It chronicled their wartime experiences, from Easy's basic training at Toccoa, Georgia, through the American airborne landings in Normandy, Operation Market Garden, the Battle of Bastogne and on to the end of the war at Hitler's Eagle Nest. War veteran Edward Tipper, whose service with the Easy Company unit during WWII was memorialized in the book and HBO series “Band of Brothers,” died on Feb. 1. Private First Class Herbert John Suerth, Jr. Corporal Donald S. Bond (youngest living member). He held that moment very close to him, the deaths, and that showed his sweet side. Episode eight, when he's become weathered, and is seen a lot more, shows the differences in him. Now at the age of 94, Tipper can reflect on his time in the unit from the comfort of his home in Lakewood, Colorado. He never sat me down and said this is how it is, or do this or do that. And it was thanks to this show that I even knew a thing about him or Easy Company. "He was the most generous of men," Handwerk said. There are of course things added to Band of Brothers, like me singing, I'm sure as hell he didn't do that, but it was added for the entertainment value of it. Enlisted on 13 August 1942 at Leavenworth. Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg always made it about the veterans, not the actors, so I really didn't want any attention from it. Why would you want to talk about that?