"Band of Brothers" 16x20 Photo Signed by (8) With Ed Mauser, Buck Compton, Frank Perconte, Ed Shames, Brad Freeman, Wild Bill Guarnere, Don Malarkey & Babe Heffron (PSA LOA)

Photo measures 16" x 20" in size and has been hand-signed and inscribed in black felt-tip pen by (8) Band of Brothers veterans. Signatures include Ed Mauser, Buck Compton, Frank Perconte, Ed Shames, Brad Freeman, Wild Bill Guarnere, Don Malarkey and Babe Heffron.

The "Band of Brothers," otherwise known as "Easy Company," was an experimental airborne regiment created in 194 at Camp Toccoa, Georgia. Their missions were to involve being parachuted from C-47 transport airplanes over hostile territory. Major Richard Winters described their organization as follows: "The company included three rifle platoons and a headquarters section. Each platoon contained three twelve-man rifle squads and a six-man mortar team squad. Easy also had one machine gun attached to each of its rifle squads, and a 60mm mortar in each mortar team."

Before attending paratrooper training, the unit had to perform the standard battle drills and excruciating amounts of physical training that comes with being in the parachute infantry. One of the more famous exercises in the television series was the regular running of Currahee, a large, steep hill. The phrase "3 miles up, 3 miles down" was derived from this run. Easy Company, while training at Toccoa, was under the command of Herbert Sobel, who was known for his extreme strictness.

Also as part of their physical training, the members of Easy Company performed formation runs in three-four column running groups. This type of training was ahead of the rest of the Army, which didn't adopt formation running until the 1960s. The purpose of this training was to push the soldiers to their limits, and to teach them how to work together as a team.

The autograph includes an official PSA/DNA hologram and matching LOA for authenticity purposes.

Authentication: PSA LOA

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