June 5-9, 2013 – Easy Company will be attending the Reading Airshow. John Primerano (RHQ/501) will be our guest. Wild Bill Guarnere will also be in attendance and will likely stop by the campsite for a bit. We will be attempting to conduct a living history display based on the hour-by-hour actions of Easy Company while they were in the marshalling area at Upottery Airfield. Please stop by and observe a company of troops preparing for an airborne operation.

July 19-21, 2013 – Easy Company’s 1st Platoon will be attending the private tactical event at Dunbarton, NH. This will be a Normandy scenario on an excellent site.

August 16-18, 2013 – Easy Company’s 2nd Platoon will be attending the annual Americans in Wartime Open House at the Tank Farm in Nokesville, VA. This awesome living history event features armored vehicles from multiple eras and locations and is open to the public.

Nov 15-17, 2013 – Easy Company’s 1st Platoon will be attending the private tactical event at Stonington, CT. This will be a Market-Garden event. Stonington features challenging terrain as well as good opposition.

Nov 29 - Dec 1, 2013 – Easy Company’s 2nd Platoon will be attending a private tactical at Enfield, NC. The event will be based on either a Market-Garden or Battle of the Bulge scenario depending on the weather.

Dec 13-14, 2013 – Easy Company’s 1st Platoon will be attending the private tactical event at Candia, NH. This is the Company’s last event for the calendar year and it will be a Battle of the Bulge scenario.

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Sgt Mike Mueller
Cpl Steve Squizzero

Congratulations to Capt (+) Steve DelSignore for being the first recipient of the annual E/506 (reenacted), Richard D. Winters Leadership Award. The award is presented annually to the trooper that demonstrates outstanding leadership for the previous calendar year and is awarded at the Company’s Ft. Indiantown Gap event. Special thanks go to George Luz Jr. for the wonderful gift.

Congratulations are also in order for Airman Nick Small who recently completed his first deployment with the USAF. Well done Nick!

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Babe Heffron – 16 May
Ed Shames – 13 June
Frank Soboleski – 18 June
Bill Wingett – July
Ed Pepping – 4 July
Paul Rogers – 12 July
Don Malarkey – 31 July
Ed Tipper – 3 Aug
Herb Suerth – 28 Oct

Ronald Ooms recently released E/506 veteran Clancy Lyall’s biography titled: Silver Eagle - The Official Biography Of "Band Of Brothers" Veteran Clancy Lyall. The book can be purchased here: LINK

Although not strictly about E/506, premier battlefield guide Paul Woodadge published Angels of Mercy, the story of Angoville au Plain during the opening stage of D-Day. The book can be purchased here: LINK

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