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Band of Brothers, a 10-episode miniseries based on the historical non-fiction book of the same name by writer Stephen Ambrose, tells the story of Easy Company, one of the subdivisions of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division during World War II. The miniseries follows Easy Company from their training at Camp Toccoa, Georgia through the cessation of hostilities in the European theater, showing Easy's role in several major conflicts such as the D-Day invasion and the Battle of the Bulge, among others.

The similar - but unrelated - HBO series The Pacific aired in 2010.

Contents 1 Main Cast 2 Episodes 3 In-Depth 4 DVD and Blu-ray Releases 4.1 DVD 4.2 Blu-ray 5 Soundtrack Releases 6 External Sites

Main Cast

Actor	Character
Main Cast
Dale Dye	Colonel Robert Sink
Damian Lewis	Major Richard Winters
Ron Livingston	Captain Lewis Nixon
Matthew Settle	Captain Ronald Speirs
David Schwimmer	Captain Herbert Sobel
Neal McDonough	1st Lt. Lynn "Buck" Compton
Rick Warden	1st Lt. Harry Welsh
Donnie Wahlberg	2nd Lt. C. Carwood Lipton
Frank John Hughes	Staff Sergeant William Guarnere
Kirk Acevedo	Staff Sergeant Joseph Toye
Matthew Leitch	Staff Sergeant Floyd "Tab" Talbert
Dexter Fletcher	Staff Sergeant John Martin
Peter Youngblood Hills	Staff Sergeant Darrel "Shifty" Powers
Scott Grimes	Technical Sergeant Donald Malarkey
James Madio	Sergeant Frank Perconte
Rick Gomez	Sergeant George Luz
Michael Cudlitz	Sergeant Denver "Bull" Randleman
Richard Speight, Jr.	Sergeant Warren "Skip" Muck
Shane Taylor	Corporal Eugene "Doc" Roe
Ross McCall	Corporal Joseph Liebgott
Peter McCabe	Corporal Donald Hoobler
Tim Matthews	Corporal Alex Penkala
Nicholas Aaron	Private Robert "Popeye" Wynn
Eion Bailey	Private David Kenyon Webster
Marc Warren	Private Albert Blithe
Robert Laing	Private Edward "Babe" Heffron

Episodes

#	Title	Airdate
1	Currahee	September 9, 2001
2	Day of Days	September 9, 2001
3	Carentan	September 16, 2001
4	Replacements	September 23, 2001
5	Crossroads	September 30, 2001
6	Bastogne	October 7, 2001
7	The Breaking Point	October 14, 2001
8	The Last Patrol	October 21, 2001
9	Why We Fight	October 28, 2001
10	Points	November 4, 2001

In-Depth

• At a Glance: Additional information about the series

DVD and Blu-ray Releases

DVD

Title	Release Date	#
Complete Series
Band of Brothers	November 5, 2002	6	purchase

Blu-ray

Title	Release Date	#
Complete Series
Band of Brothers	November 11, 2008	6	purchase

Soundtrack Releases

Title	Release Date	Music By	#
Soundtracks
Band of Brothers Soundtrack	August 28, 2001	Michael Kamen	20

External Sites

• Official HBO website for Band of Brothers
• Official History Channel website for Band of Brothers
• Band of Brothers and background of 1LT Thomas Meehan III