{"product_id":"us887-easy-company","title":"US887 Easy Company","description":"\u003cp\u003eEasy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (506th PIR) was an airborne infantry unit in the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division during World War II. Made famous by Stephen Ambrose's 1992 book and the 2001 HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, it is one of the most celebrated rifle companies in American military history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"E\" (Easy) Company:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eIn WWII military phonetic alphabet, \"E\" stood for \"Easy.\" Easy Company was the 5th company of the 506th PIR (part of 2nd Battalion).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e506th PIR:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e506th Parachute Infantry Regiment—an elite experimental unit formed in 1942 at Camp Toccoa, Georgia, trained to drop behind enemy lines via parachute.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMajor Combat Engagements\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eD-Day (June 6, 1944 - Operation Overlord): Parachuted into Normandy behind Utah Beach. Easy Company famously neutralized a German artillery battery at Brécourt Manor, an assault tactics case study still taught at West Point today.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOperation Market Garden (September 1944): Parachuted into the Netherlands to capture strategic bridges around Eindhoven and Nijmegen.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBattle of the Bulge (December 1944 – January 1945): Defended the critical crossroads town of Bastogne, Belgium, holding off surrounding German forces in freezing conditions without adequate winter clothing, food, or ammunition.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdvance into Germany \u0026amp; Austria (1945): Captured Hitler’s mountain retreat, the Eagle's Nest (Kehlsteinhaus), in Berchtesgaden before serving occupation duty in Austria until demobilization.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpecific rules for Captain Richard Winters, Lieutenant Ronald Speirs and First Sergent Carwood Lipton can all be found in the Bulge: American Command Card Pack. Use the other figures to complete your Band of Brothers and mix them in with the other miniatures from your force.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHIS PRODUCT CONTAINS:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e20x metal Infantry Figures including;\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCaptain Richard Winters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCaptain Lewis Nixon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLieutenant Ronald Speirs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFirst Sergent Carwood Lipton\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTechnical Sergeant Amos 'Buck' Taylor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStaff Sergeant Staff Sergeant Denver \"Bull\" Randleman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStaff Sergeant William \"Wild Bill\" Guarnere\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTechnical Sergeant Donald Malarkey\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFirst Lieutenant Harry Welsh\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrivate Eugene Roe figure\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCorporal Darrell Powers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese miniatures are supplied unassembled and unpainted\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Entoyment Wargaming and Hobby Centre","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56417728758139,"sku":"US887","price":9.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/4960\/9012\/files\/us887-easycompany.jpg?v=1789419813","url":"https:\/\/entoyment.co.uk\/products\/us887-easy-company","provider":"Entoyment Wargaming and Hobby Centre","version":"1.0","type":"link"}