In 2004 I was able to get the addresses of several of the men from Easy Company of the 2nd Battalion 506th Parachute Regiment..known to many of us through the Band of Brothers book and mini-series.

Bill Guarnere, still feisty as ever tore me a new one when I told him he was a hero to me...The real heroes never came home, he wrote.

I also wrote to and received responses from:

Dick Winters
Don Malarkey
Darrel Powers

Unfortunately, I lost those letters during Hurricane Frances...they got wet and mildewed after my roof was ripped off.
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