Reseña del libro "Fighting fox Company: The Battling Flank of the Band of Brothers"
Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division has become one of the most famous small units in U.S. history, thanks to Stephen Ambrose’s superb book Band of Brothers, followed by portrayals in film. However, to date little has been heard of Fox Company of that same regiment—the men who fought alongside Easy Company through every step of the war in Europe, and who had their own stories to tell.Notably this book, over a decade in the making, came about for different reasons than the fame of the “Band of Brothers.” Bill Brown, a WWII vet himself, had decided to research the fate of a childhood friend who had served in Fox Company. Along the way he met Terry Poyser, who was on a similar mission to research the combat death of a Fox Company man from his hometown. Together, the two authors proceeded to locate and interview every surviving Fox Company vet they could find. The result was a wealth of fascinating firsthand accounts of WWII combat as well as new perspectives on Dick Winters and others of the “Band,” who had since become famous.Told primarily through the words of participants, Fighting Fox Company takes the reader through some of the most horrific close-in fighting of the war, beginning with the chaotic nocturnal paratrooper drop on D-Day. After fighting through Normandy the drop into Holland saw prolonged ferocious combat, and even more casualties; and then during the Battle of the Bulge, Fox Company took its place in line at Bastogne during one of the most heroic against-all-odds stands in U.S. history.As always in combat, each man’s experience is different, and the nature of the German enemy is seen here in its equally various aspects. From ruthless SS fighters to meek Volkssturm to simply expert modern fighters, the Screaming Eagles encountered the full gamut of the Wehrmacht. The work is also accompanied by rare photos and useful appendices, including rosters and lists of casualties, to give the full look at Fox Company which has long been overdue.Table of ContentsPREFACE & ACKNOWLEDGMENTS1 Toccoa2 Parachute School3 Furloughs, Camp Mackall, and the Tennessee Maneuvers4 Fort Bragg, Camp Shanks, and the HMS Samaria5 England6 D-Day Flight7 D-Day Night Jump8 Chaos, Confusion, and First Blood9 First Day in Normandy10 Normandy11 Carentan12 Winding Down13 Back in Aldbourne14 Holland15 On the Move and Black Friday16 Gus and Pop17 The Island18 Patrols19 Quail Hunting20 Bastogne21 Foy22 On the River23 Tent City24 The Rhine25 The Alps26 Moving BackAFTERWORD Two Men Who FoughtAPPENDIX A Company RostersAPPENDIX B D-Day SticksAPPENDIX C Orel Lev’s Distinguished Service Cross CitationAPPENDIX D Manning Haney’s Distinguished Service Cross CitationSelected BibliographyINDEX
