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Posted - March 09 2014 : 8:09:43 PM http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/03/09/bill-wild-bill-guarnere-band-brothers-fame-dies-at-0/ . "All we knew was he lost his leg, and that was it," William Guarnere Jr. said. "People knew more about (his service) than we did."
The HBO miniseries, based on a book by Stephen Ambrose, followed the members of Easy Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne Division from training in Georgia in 1942 through some of the war's fiercest European battles through the war's end in 1945.
Its producers included Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg. Guarnere was portrayed by the actor Frank John Hughes. . Guarnere, whose combat exploits earned him his nickname, lost his leg while trying to help a wounded solider during the Battle of the Bulge. His commendations included the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars and two Purple Hearts. |
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