Read another story from us: Band of Brothers Airborne Vet Who Did a 2nd Normandy Jump at 93 Years Old Receives Award Brigadier General Anthony McAuliffe and his staff gathered inside Bastogne’s Heintz Barracks for Christmas dinner December 25th, 1944. Gordon Carson and Frank Perconte, Easy Company, 101st AirborneĮasy Company during Operation Market Garden Guth fought in D-Day, the Netherlands, and the Battle of Bulge.ĭon Malarkey, left, with Burr Smith in Austria near war’s end. Guth’s uniform was also unique Guth sewed many extra pockets on it. For instance he could make an M-1 rifle fully automatic.
Guth had the ability to repair and modify weapons. Smith, Muck, Malarkey, Randelmann, Serila, Sheehy, Burgess, Lowery, Grant, Cunningham, bain, Toye at Camp McKallĮasy Company’s David Kenyon Webster, author of “Parachute Infantry – An American Paratrooper’s Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich”įorrest Guth and Floyd Talbert with locals on D-day morningĪlbert Blithe at Camp Toccoa, Georgia, in 1942.įorrest Guth (1921 2009) One of the original 140 men who trained under Sobel at Camp Toccoa. Luz is credited with keeping Easy Company morale up with his humor in dire times. George Luz (1921-1998) Fought in Normandy, the Netherlands, and the Battle of Bulge. Left to right: Forrest Guth, Floyd Talbert, John Eubanks, unknown, Francis Mellet on D-Day Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division.Įasy Company members Joe Liebgott, Eugene Roe and Burton Christenson in Eindhoven, 1944.ġ01st Airborne Medic Eugene Roe, a member of Easy Company, Band of brothers. William Dukeman Pat Christenson, Denver ‘Bull’ Randleman and Bill Dukemanįloyd Talbert Earl ‘One Lung’ McClung Don Malarkey and Floyd TalbertĬaptain Richard D. Skip Muck is the man on the right looking at the camera. Richard Winters (facing the camera in the back) teaching his soldiers to pack their parachutes. More photos Richard Winters and Harry Welshīurr Smith was killed by a direct mortar hit along with PENKALA near FOYįloyd Talbert, unidentified soldier, Paul Rogers and Forrest Guth Army, the direct lineage of E Company is today inactive.
E Company’s contribution to the fight was rewarded with patrol duties in mostly safe areas during the last few months of the war.Īlthough the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment is still in service as a training unit of the U.S. The figurative gates of Germany were finally open.Īs the war was nearing its end, the company was assigned to occupation duties which included guarding Berchtesgaden, better known as Adolf Hitler’s famous Eagle’s Nest. However, Foy was eventually captured from the enemy, as the German line in Bastogne fell apart.
Some of their more notable actions from this period involved taking control of the Bois Jacques woods area, and the frustrating attack on the town of Foy, where they dealt with fierce resistance as well as the breakdown of the chain of command. The men from Easy Company took part in the famous Battle of the Bulge, and fought under horrible winter conditions, suffering from a general lack of supplies and ammunition. Their next stop was the winter offensive in December 1944 and January 1945 in Belgium. In late October 1944, they would play a key role in evacuating over 100 British soldiers who were trapped behind German lines near the village of Renkum, close to the town of Arnhem. General Anthony Clement “Nuts” McAuliffeĪfter the liberation of France, E Company was sent to assist the British forces around Eindhoven, as part of Operation Market Garden. While the “E” stands for “Easy,” these men were anything but, jumping into Normandy behind enemy lines as part of the 2nd Battalion hours before the invasion.ĭuring Operation Overlord, E Company was part of the airborne invading force which was to secure the rear and provide cover until the Omaha and Utah beachheads were linked.Īmong their most famous endeavors was taking and holding the town of Carentan―a crucial strategic point, without which the outcome of the Allied invasion could have taken a different turn. Major Richard Winters Captain Lewis Nixon & Lieutenant Harry Welsh Austria 1945