William 'Bill' Guarnere

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William 'Bill' Guarnere

Born April 28, 1923 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died March 8, 2014 · aged 90

William J. “Wild Bill” Guarnere (April 28, 1923 – March 8, 2014) was an American Army non-commissioned officer and World War II veteran. He served as a Staff Sergeant with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, and was one of the original members of the company trained at Camp Toccoa, Georgia. Born in South Philadelphia, Guarnere enlisted in the U…

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Band of Brothers: LegacyBand of Brothers: Legacy · 2026
Band of Brothers: Legacy
★ 8.72026
MovieDocumentaryWar
This tribute to the groundbreaking series that helped preserve the story of Easy Company and deepened public appreciation for the sacrifices of the Greatest Generation features new interviews with cast members Damian Lewis, Ron Livingston, Michael Cudlitz, Capt. Dale Dye, USMC (Ret.), David Schwimmer, and more. Through personal reflections and behind-the-scenes stories, participants revisit the experience of making the series and explore its lasting cultural resonance, and also includes never-before-seen archival footage and photographs of Easy Company and World War II.
We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy CompanyWe Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company · 2001
We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company
★ 7.42001
MovieDocumentaryWar
Over a period of two years, Mark Cowen and his crew travelled to thirty U.S. states and ten European cities, to interview the veterans of Easy Company. The stories told by the veterans themselves, create a history of the Second World War from the point of view of this heroic company of men, made famous in the mini-series Band of Brothers.
Band of BrothersBand of Brothers · 2001
Band of Brothers
★ 8.62001
SeriesDramaWar & Politics
Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as their journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men from paratrooper training in Georgia through the end of the war. As an elite rifle company parachuting into Normandy early on D-Day morning, participants in the Battle of the Bulge, and witness to the horrors of war, the men of Easy knew extraordinary bravery and extraordinary fear - and became the stuff of legend. Based on Stephen E. Ambrose's acclaimed book of the same name.

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