Paratrooper David Kenyon Webster jumped into the chaos of occupied Europe on D-Day, fighting his way through Holland and finally capturing Hitler's Eagle's Nest.
The remarkable memoir of paratrooper David Kenyon Webster, member of 'Easy Company', the US Army mission to capture Hitler's Eagle's Nest. He records his fight through Holland taking enemy towns, taking a bullet in the leg, and enduring long periods of boredom punctuated by sudden moments of terror. This was the inspiration behind the hugely popular TV miniseries "Band of Brothers".