About the Band of Brothers Tour:
Major Dick Winters said, "What you have experienced is very special. This tour is special. There is nothing else like it."
Says Paul Rogers, "...You can almost see the battles and the awful shelling...You can read a book and enjoy it, but if you go to the places it makes it all so real. You will never forget this."
Immortalized by the Stephen Ambrose best-seller, Band of Brothers, and brought to millions more in the epic Steven Spielberg/Tom Hanks HBO miniseries of the same name, the men of Easy Company were on an extraordinary journey during WWII. From D-Day to V-E Day, the paratroopers of E Company, 101st Airborne, 506th PIR participated in some of the war’s most critical battles and proved to truly be a company of heroes.
Stephen Ambrose Historical Tours has meticulously
crafted the original Band of Brothers Tour, a unique tour that follows the path of Easy Company
from its
training
bases
in Toccoa, Georgia and England into combat in Normandy, into Holland where we explore Operation Market Garden,
then to Belgium, and on to final victory at Berchtesgaden, Adolf Hitler's
Alpine retreat.
You'll stand with Easy Company
veterans in the very foxholes and precise locations where they
fought in some of the most climactic battles of World War II.
Our Easy Company Tour is based on the recollections of the paratroopers themselves and
the extensive research of Dr. Stephen Ambrose and the editors
of Military History Quarterly and World War II magazines, you'll
have an experience unparalleled in its accuracy and insight.
*Since the tour's inception, Stephen Ambrose Historical Tours has had the privilege of bringing Easy Company Veterans on our Band of Brothers Tours. As the years allow, we will continue to have Band of Brothers Veterans accompany us on this tour, to allow us to see history through their eyes and further make the tour an unforgettable experience. We have been fortunate to have these Easy Company veterans travel with us in the past: Dick Winters, Shifty Powers, Bill Guarnere, Babe Heffron, Earl McClung, Paul Rogers, John Agnew, Forrest Guth, Buck Taylor, Bill Wingett, Paul Miller and Frank Perconte. |
 Tour Includes:
• Replica Airborne Jump Jacket as worn by the cast in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers
• Trans-Atlantic airfare from Atlanta, GA to London, England and from Munich, Germany to Atlanta, GA
• English Channel crossing to Normandy via ferry
• Full time historian and logistical escort
• Educational road book full of maps and historical information
• First class accomodations(3 or 4 star hotels)
• Rooms with private bath or shower, hotel taxes, porterage (where available) and service charges
• Touring by first class air-conditioned motorcoach
• 13 Breakfasts, 2 lunches 12 Dinners and a Welcome Reception
• All entrance fees to museums and attractions
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