There is not a day that goes by but I think of something that happened to me in the war with occasionally remembering some of my buddies.Carwood Lipton
I cherish the memories of a question my grandson asked me the other day when he said, 'Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?' Grandpa said 'No...but I served in a company of heroes'.Richard D. Winters
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers. For he today that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition. And gentlemen in England now a-bed Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.William Shakespeare reference in the book
They relied on each other. And the world relied on them.Stephen E. Ambrose
Their determination and sacrifices combined to keep the nation and the world safe.Stephen E. Ambrose
They were ordinary men who volunteered for an extraordinary mission.Stephen E. Ambrose
Nobody panicked. It was an inspiration to everybody. It was certainly an inspiration to the men.Major Richard Winters
The responsibility is one I will neither share, nor delegate. The final decision is mine.Carwood Lipton
We went in as soldiers. We came out as killers.Garnier, Easy Company
"What's wrong, Buck? Is it the wounds? Is it the pain?" Compton was silent for a moment, then said, "It's the faces."Lieutenant Buck Compton
The men in the paratroop school were better than the average. But that was because the methods the Army used to select them were brutal and ruthless, which the rigors of combat proved to be essential.Stephen E. Ambrose
We were not just a band of brothers. We were a band of brothers in the truest sense of the word.Sergeant 'Bull' Randleman