Band of Brothers

I've just come back from spending the weekend walking in the footsteps of the 'Band of Brothers'!
Well, not all of them of course but the bit where they experienced very tough times at Bastogne during the 'Battle of the Bulge' which, you will recall, took place in the Ardenne on the Belgian/German border.
Wandering around the frozen, snowy landscape really focusses ones mind on the privations and personal sacrifices these, and others, endured.
This was my second visit, the first being in 1968 when I discovered all sorts of paraphenalia left over from the battle by both the Allies and Axis forces. On this occasion, with the ground covered in 25cm of snow, no such relics were obvious.
A sad and moving experience but something i just needed to do!

The oldest living Easy Company member is Frank Perconte, aged 94, and the youngest is Don Bond aged 85. To date, and following the death of 86-year-old Hank Zimmerman, an an amazing 32 Easy Company members remain living.