This book is about Easy Company of the 506th regiment in the U.S.A's 101st airborne division. It talks about there travels from camp Toccoa all the way to Hitler's Eagles Nest. It talks about there struggles from hunger to not being properly equipped for the cold weather. Most of the story takes place in the European Theatre.

I gave this book 5 stars because it has everything I like in a book. It has plenty of action, but it also makes you think. It gives a fantastic idea of what these soldiers had to go through in battle. One of things it explains well is the sense of comraderie needed to be successful in battle. "The result of these shared experiences was a closeness unknown to all outsiders"(21). This quote is talking about the type of relationships the company has after basic training."On a night march they would hear a cough and know exactly who it was; on a night maneuver they would see someone sneaking through the woods and know who it was from his silhouette"(21). After only 6 weeks of basic training they knew all of this about there fellow comrades. All of this knowledge is imperative in war.

The book also gives a very detailed account of their surroundings. Even if the reader has never been to these areas the book can explain it so you feel like you are there."The area in which it fought was a 5 kilometer wide "island" that lay between the Lower Rhine on the north and the Waal River on the south"(141). These types of explanations can be found anywhere the company moves to throughout the book.