They were the real life 'Band of Brothers'. Known officially as Company "E", 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, 'Easy Company' was among the first to land on ...

I read with special interest the article “Joy, sadness intertwine at Normandy’s D-Day commemorations” (June 7). Two Pennsylvanians were among the many heroes who made history on D-Day, June 6, 1944.

Lancaster County's Dick Winters is memorialized with a statue in Normandy, France, that pays tribute to all junior officers who participated in the D-day invasion that ultimately led to the Allied ...

SAINTE MARIE DU MONT, France (June 12, 2012) - Along the causeway to Utah Beach stands a new monument to combat leadership, dedicated June 6, in memory of Maj. Richard Winters, who led paratroopers ...

Dick Winters, a native of Ephrata in Lancaster County, was the commander of Easy Company, 2 nd Battalion, 506 th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the 101 st Airborne Division, in World War II. His ...

Susquehanna Valley native and World War II hero Dick Winters will be honored in France on the anniversary of the 1944 D-Day invasion in Normandy.The World War II Foundation will unveil the Richard ...

It’s now the stuff of legend: The D-Day parachute drop that scattered them across Normandy dairy fields. The out-numbered assault on Nazi machine gun nests, poised high over Utah beach to cut down ...

Band of Brothers follows Easy Company from boot camp to their missions at the end of World War II. The miniseries is based on Stephen E. Ambrose's best-selling book Band of Brothers. Damian Lewis, ...

PHILADELPHIA - Even as Parkinson's disease began taking its toll on Dick Winters, who led his "Band of Brothers" through some of World War II's fiercest European battles, the unassuming hero refused, ...