Last Band Of Brothers Blog!

Chapter 18 is basically the last chapter of the book. Chapter 19 just talks about what the lives of the people are like after the war. But chapter 18 takes place in Austria where the book finishes out. The men are now about ready to go home since the war is over for them. They are super happy that they no longer have to fight or die. I really want to watch the whole series on TV now because this was a really good book to read.
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Band Of Brothers Chapter 17

So this chapter starts out with the description of Hitler's Eagle Nest. It has some of the most valuable things you could think of in there and everyone wants to be the first there to loot the place. Winters is told to go set up a command post in one of the German houses. They tell the people they have 15 mins to get out. They don't get out so he storms in and takes over the house. Asked about how he felt about this he said he didn't feel anything after what they have done to the Americans and the conditions they stayed in.

Band Of Brothers Chapter 16

So the men are advancing more and finishing up all of the little stuff. On one guard post though some men were not informed that some of the other soldiers were going to be taking a boat across. when they heard the people in the water they opened fired and killed all of them. Deaths were mistaken identity took place were not to uncommon. More men got promoted and more men got sent back as most were not career military. They was also a parade that the men put on for General Eisenhower.

Band Of Brothers Chapter 15

So in this chapter the men move into Germany. They are not really fighting with them but instead living with them and protecting the town. The men said they liked really liked living with the Germans because they were really close to how they lived. The men missed home so that would have to be really nice for them. Other then that the men are running through training exercises

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Band Of Brothers Chapter 14

In chapter 14 the men still face battle. It is not as intense but the are still fighting and losing people. They are cleaning up and trying to finish everything. At night they describe all the firing as the 4th of July. There were so  many lights and sounds in the sky it was unbelievable. The men received letters also which boosted their moral a little. Finally the men of easy were told they were to head back and someone else would be on the front line. It was nice being able not to have to be on the front and be in a constant battle. Some of the men could not handle it and wanted liquor. They went out and got some and when they came back they were really drunk and started trouble. The mens attitude were down but their hopes that it was almost over and they did not have to survive for to much longer was a good feeling.

Band of Brothers Soundtrack - Main Theme
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Band Of Brothers Chapter 13

Chapter 13 is another chapter where the men are able to rest a little more and they go off into another battle. They are getting tired of the same thing over again but they keep fighting because there is no one else that is left to fight. Easy has took many damages and really should not be fighting anymore because of this. The men are at least becoming better equipped now as they get the winter gear six weeks late. After their last battle they have become famous for the unrealistic victory over the Germans.  The men have been through a lot and it does not seem like they will be able to do much more now.

Jackpot!

I was reading about the two winners of the Mega Million jackpot and I decided to blog about it. There were a total of two winers. One one 380 million, second largest ever. The largest was in 2007 and it was 390 million. The other person won 190 million which still isn't a small sum. My question is what would you do with all that money. Yes the government takes a lot of it for themselves but still that is so much money. The big winner is going to appear today on TV but the other one has not come forward yet.

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