Band of Brothers: A New Discovery

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🗓️ 16 November 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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In part 2 of this series on Easy Company and the American 101st Airborne Division, we are back in the village of Aldbourne, following in the steps of the infantrymen as they trained, relaxed and got to know Britain in preparation for the liberation of Europe. The team make an exciting discovery that gives them a direct link to soldiers of Easy Company.

This episode was produced by Marian Des Forges and James Hickmann and edited by Dougal Patmore.

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0:00.0	Every household will get help with energy bills this winter.
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0:24.6	Find out more at gov.uk forward slash help for households today.
1:24.6	The US was dragged into the Second World War following the attack on Pearl Harbor and Hitler's declaration of war.
1:30.2	American troops started flooding into Britain.
1:33.0	It would be a gigantic armed camp as troops prepared for the liberation of Europe,
1:37.4	which would begin on Deade June 4, 1944.
1:40.6	But there are plenty of time in the meantime to prepare, to train, to fall in love,
1:44.2	do some drinking and the local pubs to get to know Britain.
1:47.0	And that's what one particular unit did in the beautiful village of Allpon.
1:50.9	That unit of the millions of Americans that arrived in Britain during the war is probably the most famous.
1:57.3	They are easy company of the 506th parachute infantry regiment,
2:01.8	the 101st Airborne Division.
2:04.0	They are the famous band of brothers, so-called, because they feature in the best-selling history book
2:08.5	and the smash hit TV show that we all remember, no, and love.
2:13.8	Well now a team of volunteers, including archaeologists and military veterans,
2:17.8	have been digging in the village of Allpon in Wiltshire, where easy company
2:21.3	spent the line share of their time here in the UK.
2:24.2	I went to visit in May or check out the dig.
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