Once gathering or assembling on the ground, Easy Company disabled four heavy German machine guns threatening Allied forces moving along the Causeway 2 route. The men left the Upottery airbase located in Devon, England early in the morning on June 6, 1944. During the operation, the company was given the mission to capture the entrances to “Causeway 2” that was a route off of Utah Beach for the soldiers landing from sea a few hours after the company was tasked to secure and remove obstacles on the route. Easy Company’s Role in Operation OverlordĮasy Company saw major action during Operation Overlord (Battle of Normandy or D-Day). These include: Operation Overlord, Operation Market Garden, Operation Pegasus, Battle of the Bulge, Occupation Duty at Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest, and Austria. The men of Easy Company saw action in some of the largest campaigns or battles of World War 2. Easy Company World War 2 Battles Easy Company 506 PIR Logo A unique part of the company’s PT (physical training) was conducting formation runs in 3 x 4 column running groups to help encourage the unit to work as a team. There was also one machine gun attached to each of the rifle squads of Easy Company as well as a 60 mm mortar in each mortar team. Each of the platoons was to contain 3 x 12 man rifle squads as well as a six-man mortar team squad. During the original organization of E Company (Easy Company), there were three rifle platoons and a HQ (headquarters) section. The regiment was considered an experimental airborne regiment with the primary mission of parachuting from C-47’s over hostile territory. In 1942, the 506 th PIR (Parachute Infantry Regiment) was created at Camp Tocooa, Georgia and included Easy Company. The oral history was on the New York Times Extended Bestseller listing for hardcover nonfiction during the week of June 28, 2009. Included at the end of the book are three essays from the adult-children of deceased members of the company. The oral history helps trace the life stories of the 20 contributors from the time of their basic training through the major operations or campaigns they participated in during the Great War. The book was published by Penguin/Berkley- and credit for the authorship of the text is given to journalist Marcus Brotherton. 20 of the last remaining survivors from the company during WW2 contributed to tell their stories in an oral-history book project in 2009 called: We Who Are Alive and Remain: Untold Stories From the Band of Brothers.
Stephen Ambrose book, Band of Brothers (1992) by the same name. The experiences of the company during World War 2 were the basis of the Band of BrothersHBO miniseries (2001) based on the Easy Company 506 PIR.
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