"Band Of Brothers"

Now I've promised you a review on this book so here it is:

"Band Of Brothers" by Stephen Ambrose is very interesting, if you're in to WWII history at all. As I love WWII history I enjoyed this book. In this book you will learn about the 506th Regiment 'E' Company 101st Airborne Division, " The Screaming Eagles." You will learn about brutally intense training at Toccoa, dropping for the first time in Normandy on D-Day, and ultimately, the surrender of Germany and the end of WWII.

This book is filled with stories of the soldiers, quotes from personal diaries, and interviews.

There is a lot of swearing all through the book { as most war books have } as well as some crude humor, and a bit of innuendo, but that is more toward the end of the book. The violence is not very intense. Also some people might take offense at the amount of drinking that goes on in the books. I would say this is probably not a book for someone under the age 15.

If you decide to read the book please make sure you read the last chapter,
" Post War Careers." This chapter tells about some of the men's lives after the war.

One of the stories is about a man { Stg. Skinny Sisk} that was haunted for all the things he had done in the war and took to drinking heavily. He stayed that way until his sister's daughter { only 4 years old} told him that Jesus loved him. It sounds like he became a Christian and was ordained in 1949 into the ministry.

Altogether I enjoyed the book so I give the highly action packed "Band Of Brothers" 3 1/2 stars.