Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends

"They were young, strong, oversexed, and over there -- just the kind of heroes that history makes out of two guys from Philadelphia." -- Tom Hanks William "Wild Bill" Guarnere and Edward "Babe" Heffron were among the U.S. Army's first paratroopers -- members of the 101st Airborne Division in an elite unit called Easy Company. Arguably the bravest, most physically fit, and most tight-knit group of soldiers the Army has ever produced, the unit was called upon for every high-risk operation of the war, including D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge. Born eighteen days apart and growing up blocks from each other in South Philly, Guarnere and Heffron didn't meet until they joined Easy Company. Through much of 1944, the friends fought side-by-side -- until Guarnere lost his leg in the Battle of the Bulge and was sent home. Heffron went on to liberate concentration camps and capture Hitler's Eagle's Nest hideout. United by their experience, the two reconnected at the war's end and have been the best of friends ever since. Their story is a tribute to the lasting bond forged between comrades in arms -- and to all those who fought for freedom. William "Wild Bill" Guarnere and Edward "Babe" Heffron enlisted in the U.S. Army when they were eighteen years old. Both men were portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks. They live in South Philadelphia. Robyn Post has been a professional journalist for thirteen years and profiled the two men for Philadelphia Magazine. Reader of over 200 audiobooks, Dick Hill has won three coveted Audie Awards and has been nominated numerous times. He is also the recipient of several AudioFile Earphones Awards. AudioFile includes Dick on their prestigious list of Golden Voices.