We Who Are Alive and Remain
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We Who Are Alive and Remain: Untold Stories from the Band of Brothers is a military non-fiction book published in 2009 by Penguin/Berkley-Caliber publishers. Journalist Marcus Brotherton is credited with the book's authorship. Brotherton also co-wrote Call of Duty with Lt. Buck Compton.
The book lists 20 main contributors all of whom were members of Easy Company, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne, the company of soldiers that has come to be known as the original Band of Brothers. The company's nickname, Band of Brothers, was taken from the 1992 book of the same name authored by historian Stephen Ambrose
that was later turned into an HBO miniseries by Tom Hanks
and Steven Spielberg
in 2001.
The 20 contributors were all alive when the book was released in May 2009, except Norman Neitzke, who died December 8, 2008, at age 82, while the book was in the final stages of production.
The book traces the life stories of the contributors through basic training and the World War II
. Major campaigns of Easy Company include Normandy
, Operation Market-Garden in the Netherlands, Bastogne
in Belgium, Hagenau, Ruhr/ Germany, and occupation duties in Austria.
Three essays are provided at the back of the book in appendix form. The essays, titled Memories of my father, are from adult-children of deceased members of Easy Company. Mike Sobel talks about his father, Herbert Sobel. C. Susan Finn talks about her father, Robert Burr Smith, and George Luz Jr. and Lana Luz Miller (brother and sister) talk about their father, George Luz
Sr.
The book hit the New York Times Extended Bestseller list for Hardcover Nonfiction the sales week of June 28, 2009. The following week it climbed from #34 to #28.
The book lists 20 main contributors all of whom were members of Easy Company, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne, the company of soldiers that has come to be known as the original Band of Brothers. The company's nickname, Band of Brothers, was taken from the 1992 book of the same name authored by historian Stephen Ambrose
Stephen Ambrose
Stephen Edward Ambrose was an American historian and biographer of U.S. Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon. He was a long time professor of history at the University of New Orleans and the author of many best selling volumes of American popular history...
that was later turned into an HBO miniseries by Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks
Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks is an American actor, producer, writer, and director. Hanks worked in television and family-friendly comedies, gaining wide notice in 1988's Big, before achieving success as a dramatic actor in several notable roles, including Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia, the title...
and Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg KBE is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, video game designer, and studio entrepreneur. In a career of more than four decades, Spielberg's films have covered many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as an...
in 2001.
The 20 contributors were all alive when the book was released in May 2009, except Norman Neitzke, who died December 8, 2008, at age 82, while the book was in the final stages of production.
Contributors
- Rod Bain
- Don Bond
- Roy Gates
- Forrest GuthForrest Guth-External links:...
- Ed Joint
- Joe Lesniewski
- Dewitt Lowrey
- Clancy Lyall
- Al Mampre
- Earl "One Lung" McClung
- Norman Neitzke
- Ed "Doc" Pepping
- Frank PerconteFrank Perconte-External links:*...
- Darrell "Shifty" PowersDarrell Powers-External links:***...
- Frank J. Soboleski
- Herb Suerth, Jr. (current president of the Men of Easy Company Association)
- Buck Taylor
- Ed Tipper
- Bill Wingett
- Hank Zimmerman
The book traces the life stories of the contributors through basic training and the World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. Major campaigns of Easy Company include Normandy
Normandy
Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is in France.The continental territory covers 30,627 km² and forms the preponderant part of Normandy and roughly 5% of the territory of France. It is divided for administrative purposes into two régions:...
, Operation Market-Garden in the Netherlands, Bastogne
Bastogne
Bastogne Luxembourgish: Baaschtnech) is a Walloon municipality of Belgium located in the province of Luxembourg in the Ardennes. The municipality of Bastogne includes the old communes of Longvilly, Noville, Villers-la-Bonne-Eau, and Wardin...
in Belgium, Hagenau, Ruhr/ Germany, and occupation duties in Austria.
Three essays are provided at the back of the book in appendix form. The essays, titled Memories of my father, are from adult-children of deceased members of Easy Company. Mike Sobel talks about his father, Herbert Sobel. C. Susan Finn talks about her father, Robert Burr Smith, and George Luz Jr. and Lana Luz Miller (brother and sister) talk about their father, George Luz
George Luz
-External links:**...
Sr.
The book hit the New York Times Extended Bestseller list for Hardcover Nonfiction the sales week of June 28, 2009. The following week it climbed from #34 to #28.