E Company, 506th Infantry Regiment (United States)
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Easy Company was the 5th company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, U.S. 101st Airborne Division during World War II on the frontlines in the European Theater. It was immortalized in the Stephen Ambrose book Band of Brothers, which was made into a successful mini-series on HBO/BBC. The men of Easy Company had jumped into Normandy on D-Day, where they lost over 60 men, and then captured the town of Carentan and many others. After being in France for 33 days, they returned to Aldbourne, England where their replacements came in. After 3 months, they went into Holland by Operation Market Garden. It was a successful jump with no casualties, but after coming out of Eindhoven they came into the town of Nuenen which was full of Germans and their armor. They ended up retreating with many casualties. Then they came to Bastogne in Belgium where they went into the woods with little ammo, food and warm clothes. The times were tough there as they were zeroed in by German artillery and there were some casualties. Later General Patton's men broke through behind them and they got food, ammo and warm clothes through to the men, although none of the men thought they needed to be rescued. Easy Company then moved into the woods near the town of Foy where they eventually made their assault on Foy. Next, Easy Company moved back into France and then pushed the Germans into Germany where they came across a concentration camp. Later, they reached Hitler's Eagle Nest which had been previously captured with little resistance. Finally, they moved into Austria where the war in Europe and against Japan ended. Easy Company was said to be one of the best units in the history of the US Armed Forces.
Members
Higher Authorities
- Major General Maxwell D. Taylor (101st Airborne Division CO)
- Brigadier General Anthony McAuliffe (101st Airborne Division XO)
- Colonel Robert Sink (506th Regiment CO)
- Lieutenant Colonel Robert Strayer (2nd Battalion CO)
- Major Richard Winters (E Company CO (third) - 2nd Battalion XO)
- Major Clarence Hester (506 PIR G-3)
- Captain Salve Matheson (506 PIR G-4)
- Major Oliver Horton (2nd Battalion XO)
- Captain Lewis Nixon (2nd Battalion S-2 - 506 PIR G-2 - 2nd Battalion S-3)
Commanding Officers
- In order of Commanding Easy.
- Captain Herbert Sobel (first)
- First Lieutenant Thomas Meehan (second)
- First Lieutenant Fred "Moose" Heyliger (fourth)
- First Lieutenant Norman Dike (fifth)
- Captain Ronald Speirs (final)
Other Officers
- First Lieutenant Lynn "Buck" Compton
- First Lieutenant Jack Foley
- First Lieutenant Harry Welsh
- First Lieutenant Henry Jones
- First Lieutenant Thomas Peacock
- First Lieutenant Edward Shames
- First Lieutenant John Pisancin
- First Lieutenant Robert Mathews
- First Lieutenant Sterling Horner
- First Lieutenant Robert Rousch
- First Lieutenant Robert Brewer
- First Lieutenant George Lavenson
- Second Lieutenant C. Carwood Lipton
Members
- In order of ranking, if ranking the same, alphabetical using last name.
- First Sergeant William Evans
- Technical Sergeant Donald Malarkey
- Staff Sergeant Charles "Chuck" Grant
- Staff Sergeant William "Wild Bill" Guarnere
- Staff Sergeant John Martin
- Staff Sergeant Darrell "Shifty" Powers
- Staff Sergeant Floyd "Tab" Talbert
- Staff Sergeant Joseph Toye
- Sergeant James "Moe" Alley
- Sergeant Leo Boyle
- Sergeant Gordon Carson
- Sergeant Burton "Pat" Christenson
- Sergeant Forrest Guth
- Sergeant Walter L. Hendrix
- Sergeant William Kiehn
- Technician Fourth Class George Luz
- Sergeant Warren "Skip" Muck
- Technician Fourth Class Frank Perconte
- Sergeant Robert Rader
- Sergeant Denver "Bull" Randleman
- Sergeant Paul Rogers
- Sergeant Wayne "Skinny" Sisk
- Sergeant Roderick Strohl
- Sergeant Amos "Buck" Taylor
- Corporal William Dukeman
- Corporal Walter "Smokey" Gordon
- Corporal Donald Hoobler
- Corporal Earl "One Lung" McClung
- Corporal Alex Penkala
- Technician Fifth Class Eugene "Doc" Roe
- Technician Fifth Class Joseph Liebgott
- Private Albert Blithe
- Private Roy Cobb
- Private Rudolph Dittrich
- Private Joseph Dominguez
- Private Antonio "Tony" Garcia
- Private Lester "Leo" Hashey
- Private Edward "Babe" Heffron
- Private Eugene Jackson
- Private John Janovec
- Private John Julian
- Private Francis Mellet
- Private James Miller
- Private Alton More
- Private Patrick O’Keefe
- Private Cleveland Petty
- Private John Plesha
- Private Joseph Ramirez
- Private Ralph Spina
- Private Edward Tipper
- Private Allen Vest
- Private David Kenyon Webster
- Private Robert "Popeye" Wynn