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"From this day to the ending of the world, …we in it shall be remembered… We few. We happy few. We Band of Brothers. For those who shed their blood with us today shall always be our Brothers” (Henry V). Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg presents Band Of Brothers. “Based on the bestseller by Stephen E. Ambrose, Band Of Brothers tells the story of Easy Company, 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army. Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as soldiers’ journals and letters; Band Of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men, who knew extraordinary bravery and extraordinary fear. They were an elite rifle company parachuting into France early on D-Day morning, fighting in the Battle of the Bulge, and capturing Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest at Berchtesgaden. They were also a unit that suffered 150 percent casualties, and whose lives became legend” (1). Band Of Brothers won the Golden Globe® for best mini-series or movie made for television. This epic mini-series has 10 episodes, about an hour each episode. If you watch the DVD, the bonus features include: an 80 minute documentary “We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company,” a 30 minute “Making of Band Of Brother