Shortly thereafter, the soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Richard Dick Winters resumed their march and at dawn reached a farm where most of the Easy men were. After a short but violent fight, the Americans are masters of the situation, without any wounded on their side. Guarnere opened fire without receiving the order, hence his nickname: “Wild Bill”. Later in the night, Winters fell on a German patrol with caravan at the intersection of D423 and D115. Malarkey, and also two soldiers of the 82nd Airborne who had also missed their parachute. Winters, on the other hand, walked south when he joined some of his men, including William Bill Guarnere, Donald G. The most impressive story of the various landings is undoubtedly that of Bull Randleman who is obliged to fight in duel and bayonet with a German soldier just after his parachute, which was not shown in the film. The first American soldier that Winters found after his parachute was in fact a Supply Sergeant of Company F and not Private John Hall (identified as belonging to the Able Company) as shown in Band of Brothers. The plane of First Lieutenant Meehan is shot down over Beuzeville-au-Plain and he is killed with all the stick of paras in this crash. The presence of this battery was the cause of the problems encountered by the pilots of American planes to carry out the parachutages. At Sainte-Mère-Eglise there was a 88 mm FLAK battery that included more men and firepower than the German 91st Infantry Division on site. Winters was parachuted east of Sainte-Mère-Eglise, about half an hour before the arrival of the men of the 505th PIR (Parachute Infantry Regiment) of the 82nd Airborne Division who were to be parachuted into the area. It took a few days for the survivors of these parachutages to rejoin their company.Ĭlick here to discover the Easy Company battle order before D-Day The E-Company is not spared by these bad parachutages and many soldiers did not find their rallying zone. Very dense in the Cotentin sector, it disrupts many hastily piloted American pilots and many parachutages are totally missed, some parachutists having arrived more than 20 km from their rally zone. A few hours later, in the night and above France, the FLAK (defense against German aircraft) opened fire. Band of Brothers Episode 2 The true story of the men of Easy Company, 506th PIR, 101st AirborneĮpisode 1 – Episode 2 – Episode 3 – Episode 4 – Episode 5 – Episode 6 – Episode 7 – Episode 8 – Episode 9 – Episode 10Įpisode number two begins with a plan on the C-47s of the Easy Company en route to the parachute zone.
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