Dick Winters is also an author who’s written about his experience with Easy Company. Jocko Willink has a podcast episode dedicated to Dick Winters’ story, Podcast #75: Guidelines for Leadership and Honesty, Dependability, Discipline and Fairness. “Conversations w/ Dick Winters”. I highly recommend checking out the podcast if you’re interested and don’t have time to read the full book.
Mercurial_Rhombus
I finished watching Band of Brothers yesterday, now it’s my favourite series.
photojacker
This is a colorized photograph by /u/MyGrapefruit
burningxmaslogs
Still one of the best series I’ve seen on tv.. Band of Brothers
Firstdayeveryday
Is there any books on this exact invasion or battle… did they meet any resistance how many soldiers were killed? I’d love to here some real account’s of emotions going through these men before during and after they seized the compound.
RooLoL
What a group. I feel like I’m one of the boys after watching BoB so many times. Like I know their stories and where they’ve been and where they’ll go.
Such a great pic. This had to have been peak emotions.
notkaijustkay
Is that guy in the middle on his smartphone?
PropWashPA28
I just rewatched band of brothers. It’s weird watching a show from back then. Tv has come a long way.
tankbuster183
I live in South Jersey and was at a Flyers game in 2003 or so on Veterans Day. They had Bill Guarnere and Babe Heffron (both from Philly) bring the flags out and the ovation they got was great. I mean like goosebumps, almost tear inducing, a really cool memory.
purexattrition
If it’s colorized, how’d they know to make the dude on the right a soulless ginger?
Zbreece01
The guy kneeling, 5th from the left, is on his damn iPhone. I’d love to see what he was posting.
Flashgit76
This is the Kehlsteinhaus which Hitler got in the late 30’es. He only visited the house 5 times due to his fear of heights.
He preferred to stay at the Berghof which was at a lower altitude.
You can visit the Kehlsteinhaus yourself if you go to Germany, it’s a tourist attraction now with a cozy little restaurant.
The view is absolutely breathtaking.
WickedChef0323
Oh, how cool! I’m literally watching Band of Brothers for the first time right now. Seeing this pic makes it kind of surreal.
Super_Jay
These antifa demonstrations are getting out of hand!
chilldabpanda
I see Don Malarkey!! I had the pleasure of meeting him at USCG Small Boat Station Cape Disappointment Across from Astoria Oregon.
His stories were great!! And his name does in fact mean Bullshit!!
These guys are legends!!!
getahitcrash
What’s crazy about these guys is that they didn’t even start to get famous until Ambrose’s book came out in 1992. The 101st was a well-known unit but not Easy 2/506.
I love the series and re-watch it often. My only issue is that for too many, this is all they know of WWII and they have the impression that these guys won the war all by themselves and that they were by far the best unit in the Army.
And I know they said it in the series and because everyone loves the series and these guys they believe it too so what I’m about to say will go against the grain but…Patton 100% rescued the 101st and the 100% needed rescuing.
What Patton’s 3rd Army accomplished during the Battle of the Bulge is one of the most astonishing and incredible feats of arms in the history of warfare.
Im_Tiny_Rick
Every time this is posted it never had the right caption.
![Richard Winters and Easy Company at the Eagle's Nest, Hitler's former residence in the Bavarian Alps, 1945. [1200 x 814]](https://i.redd.it/30q5lfnoz2551.jpg)
m0nky27
Just finished rewatching Band of Brothers. What a fascinating bit of history. Great photo!
stovetopzzz
Great picture
Nowadays everyone would have a smartphone out…
Edit: I’m guessing the downvotes coming from said people
notbob1959
The photo wasn’t taken at Eagle’s Nest but about 3 miles northwest of there from a house near the Dietrich Eckart Krankenhaus:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/47%C2%B038'00.4%22N+12%C2%B059'11.1%22E/@47.6334444,12.984228,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d47.6334444!4d12.9864167
Compare to this modern photo taken from near the house:
https://i.imgur.com/OL6GHLd.jpg
funnybonzo
"Remember boys, flies spread disease; so keep yours closed" ~ George Luz
Probable_Platypus
He didn’t live at the Eagles Nest (~Kielsteinhaus). He used it a couple times.
You can go visit, but his actual residence was destroyed in the war
nnorargh
Can anyone assign names to them?
jonnieecho1jr
I hope they wiped there feet on the way out.
crockfs
the by sitting in the middle looks like nixon
BasicallyAggressive
I recommend the HBO adaptation called Band of Brothers, great series!
FrenchieB011
DO NOT FORGET THE FRENCH :D, who were also there to drink hitler entire wine reserve
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http://www.gastoneve.org.uk/obersalzbergfr.html
Hops143
Where’s Nix’s Vat 69?
iFragFamilys
Dick Winters is also an author who’s written about his experience with Easy Company. Jocko Willink has a podcast episode dedicated to Dick Winters’ story, Podcast #75: Guidelines for Leadership and Honesty, Dependability, Discipline and Fairness. “Conversations w/ Dick Winters”. I highly recommend checking out the podcast if you’re interested and don’t have time to read the full book.
Mercurial_Rhombus
I finished watching Band of Brothers yesterday, now it’s my favourite series.
photojacker
This is a colorized photograph by /u/MyGrapefruit
burningxmaslogs
Still one of the best series I’ve seen on tv.. Band of Brothers
Firstdayeveryday
Is there any books on this exact invasion or battle… did they meet any resistance how many soldiers were killed? I’d love to here some real account’s of emotions going through these men before during and after they seized the compound.
RooLoL
What a group. I feel like I’m one of the boys after watching BoB so many times. Like I know their stories and where they’ve been and where they’ll go.
Such a great pic. This had to have been peak emotions.
notkaijustkay
Is that guy in the middle on his smartphone?
PropWashPA28
I just rewatched band of brothers. It’s weird watching a show from back then. Tv has come a long way.
tankbuster183
I live in South Jersey and was at a Flyers game in 2003 or so on Veterans Day. They had Bill Guarnere and Babe Heffron (both from Philly) bring the flags out and the ovation they got was great. I mean like goosebumps, almost tear inducing, a really cool memory.
purexattrition
If it’s colorized, how’d they know to make the dude on the right a soulless ginger?
Zbreece01
The guy kneeling, 5th from the left, is on his damn iPhone. I’d love to see what he was posting.
Flashgit76
This is the Kehlsteinhaus which Hitler got in the late 30’es. He only visited the house 5 times due to his fear of heights.
He preferred to stay at the Berghof which was at a lower altitude.
You can visit the Kehlsteinhaus yourself if you go to Germany, it’s a tourist attraction now with a cozy little restaurant.
The view is absolutely breathtaking.
WickedChef0323
Oh, how cool! I’m literally watching Band of Brothers for the first time right now. Seeing this pic makes it kind of surreal.
Super_Jay
These antifa demonstrations are getting out of hand!
chilldabpanda
I see Don Malarkey!! I had the pleasure of meeting him at USCG Small Boat Station Cape Disappointment Across from Astoria Oregon.
His stories were great!! And his name does in fact mean Bullshit!!
These guys are legends!!!
getahitcrash
What’s crazy about these guys is that they didn’t even start to get famous until Ambrose’s book came out in 1992. The 101st was a well-known unit but not Easy 2/506.
I love the series and re-watch it often. My only issue is that for too many, this is all they know of WWII and they have the impression that these guys won the war all by themselves and that they were by far the best unit in the Army.
And I know they said it in the series and because everyone loves the series and these guys they believe it too so what I’m about to say will go against the grain but…Patton 100% rescued the 101st and the 100% needed rescuing.
What Patton’s 3rd Army accomplished during the Battle of the Bulge is one of the most astonishing and incredible feats of arms in the history of warfare.
Im_Tiny_Rick
Every time this is posted it never had the right caption.