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Edward James " Babe " Heffron (16 May 1923 – 1 December 2013) was a private with E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army during World War II. Heffron was portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers by Robin Laing. In 2007, Heffron wrote Brothers in Battle, Best ...
Albert Blithe. Albert Blithe (June 25, 1923 – December 17, 1967) [ 2][ 3] was an American career soldier who served as a private first class with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division during World War II. He served again with the Airborne during the Korean War and was twice decorated ...
Watson's Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, 1857 - Area History: Chapter 13 - Part II, Vol II; The Tavern at the Ferry by Edwin Tunis pages 59–102; The Doan Gang: The Remarkable History of America's Most Notorious Loyalist Outlaws by Terry A. McNealy ISBN 978-1-59416-062-2; Between the lines: banditti of the American Revolution by Harry ...
William J. Guarnere Sr. (April 28, 1923 – March 8, 2014) was a United States Army paratrooper who fought in World War II as a non-commissioned officer with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division . Guarnere wrote Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends: Two WWII Paratroopers from the Original ...
Band of Brothers is a 2001 American [2] war drama miniseries based on historian Stephen E. Ambrose's 1992 non-fiction book of the same name. [3] It was created by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks , who also served as executive producers , and who had collaborated on the 1998 World War II film Saving Private Ryan . [ 4 ]
Franklin Music Hall is a concert venue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is in a converted building once part of the General Electric Switchgear Plant and opened in 1995. It has a capacity between 2,500 [ 1] and 3,000 people. [ 2] It is owned and operated by The Bowery Presents . The venue features a variety of musical acts in the rap ...
978-0743224543. Band of Brothers, subtitled, E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne: From Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest, by Stephen E. Ambrose, is an examination of a parachute infantry company in the 101st Airborne Division in the European Theater during World War II. While the book treats the flow of battle, it concentrates on the ...
Fisher Fine Arts Library. The Fisher Fine Arts Library was the primary library of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia from 1891 to 1962. The red sandstone, brick -and- terra-cotta Venetian Gothic giant, part fortress and part cathedral, was designed by Philadelphia architect Frank Furness (1839–1912).