A new book - Easy Company, 506th PIR, In Photographs, from Genesis Publications - contains over 400 rare and unseen photographs, many taken by the soldiers of Easy Company themselves. Easy Company ...

Bradford Clark Freeman, believed to be the last surviving original member of the historic World War II parachute infantry regiment of the U.S. Army known as Easy Company, died Sunday in Columbus, ...

At the end of World War II, the 101st Airborne Division settled in the stunning Austrian town of Zell am See. Colonel Bob Sink of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment chose the elegant Grand Hotel on ...

Popular history says Easy Company stormed in and “saved the day.” The real fight was bigger and messier. This on-location breakdown follows 3/506 PIR (E, G, H, I Companies), elements of 2/506 (F & HQ) ...

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. -- The Filthy Thirteen -- a nickname given to the 1st Demolition Section of the Regimental Headquarters Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, in World ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Edward Shames, a World War II veteran who was the last surviving officer of “Easy Company,” which inspired the HBO miniseries and book “Band of Brothers,” has died. He was 99. An ...

Freeman was a paratrooper and private first class with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division during the war. A mortarman, he parachuted into France at ...

FILE - Edward Shames, center, hugs Ed McClung, center left, both members of the World War II Army Company E of the 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne, with veterans Jack Foley, left, Joe Lesniewski, ...