A thread 🧶… Pfc Joe E. Mann. 22 y/o and one of only two #medalofhonor recipients in #101stairborne division during #WW2. Many people visit the memorial to Joe near the site where he sacrificed his life to safe his mates every year. Fewer people know and visit the other memorial to Joe. 1/

A smashing day walking the Oosterbeek perimeter with five guests from Berkshire, UK, discussing the dramatic events taking place there in Sept 1944 and the experiences of British airborne troops and Dutch civilians in what became known as the ‘Witches’ Cauldron’.

Yesterday’s private tour in the Footsteps of Easy Company 506 in NL was a huge success. The client from Connecticut, US got into ww2 history through the series and wanted to visit the historical sites. Yesterday, the Netherlands was on the list. #easycompany #bandofbrothers #battlefieldtour

The church in Neuvilly-en-Argonne served as a medical facility during WW1. One of the patients treated here was Lt.Col. George S. Patton Jr., who was wounded on 26 Sept 1918 near Cheppy (4.5 mi to north) while leading his tanks, supporting US 35th Infantry Division to capture that village.

We started our day of touring today on the @wwiimuseum.bsky.social #easycompany tour with a visit to rhe beautiful @usabmc Luxembourg American Cemetery and a wreath laying at Warren Muck’s grave. Now onwards to Haguenau to visit the site of the Last Patrol. #ww2history #ww2travel #bandofbrothers

German cemetery at Recogne. A little of 6,800 men and boys are buried here, the youngest being 17. Coming here with a @wwiimuseum.bsky.social #easycompany tour group probably brings more visitors to this cemetery than German families visiting this year as few visit these graves.

US Netherlands Cemetery in Margraten always is a special place to visit on the @wwiimuseum.bsky.social #easycompany tours. This time, we laid our wreath at the grave of William Dukeman who was killed in action on 5 Oct 1944 at the ‘Crossroads’ near Heteren, NL.

A collage of photos of our Market Garden & Island day of this last @wwiimuseum.bsky.social #easycompany tour this Spring. Again a wonderful group to take to locations from series & beyond, sharing not only Easy’s story but of Market Garden as a whole. #ww2travel #ww2history #bandofbrothers

While on our visit to @dachaumemorial.bsky.social on this @wwiimuseum.bsky.social #easycompany tour, the drawing in this collage caught our attention. Drawn by Zoran Musič in 1974 & called ‘We are not the last’. Musič, a Dachau survivor, documented his experiences through art. More than sheer hell

During our visit at Luxembourg American Cemetery this morning on this @wwiimuseum.bsky.social #easycompany tour we laid a wreath at Pfc John Julian’s grave. After visiting the other Easy Company men buried there, our guests from West Point honoured their fellow West Pointer, General George Patton.

With only one man killed during the Siege of Bastogne, the most violent period for Easy Coy & many other units in the area was after the siege. The #easycompany memorial at Bastogne forcefully underlines this point. Visited on our @wwiimuseum.bsky.social #easycompany tour yesterday.

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Lt Raymond Schmitz started as the original assistant platoon leaders of Easy’s 2nd platoon before he went to 3rd. During Op Market he served with F/506 and was killed 22 Sept 1944. Last Monday, we laid a wreath at his grave on the @wwiimuseum.bsky.social #easycompany tour.

LtCol Robert Cole. Killed on 18 Sept 1944 during Op Market Garden and posthumously awarded the#moh #medalofhonor. According to Eisenhower, Cole was “… one of our ablest and certainly one of our most gallant officers.” We visit his memorial and grave on @wwiimuseum.bsky.social #easycompany tour

Recreating Dick Winter’s photo and a visit to The Crossroads are just two of the highlights on the @wwiimuseum #easycompany tour while in NL. Last Sunday was no exception with another splendid group of Americans following Easy’s footsteps.

One more WW2 soldier finally going home. Thanks to the great work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to do around the world. 👇

Today’s visit to the Eagle’s Nest was the last stops on the Easy Company tour that began, for the guests, in England. It was a great pleasure to guide the second half, from Eindhoven to here for the @wwiimuseum.bsky.social and @battlefielddisc.bsky.social Great stops, great groups and new friends

A visit to the Eagles Nest marked the end of another fabulous @wwiimuseum.bsky.social #easycompany tour. From Albourne to the Eagles Nest, guests travelled in the footsteps of this company, famed by the HBO series. 1/2

Today we visited Dachau, the first Nazi concentration camp. A place of unimaginable suffering—but also a place of remembrance and warning. History happened here. We must never forget what hatred can lead to. @wwiimuseum.bsky.social @battlefielddisc.bsky.social

Our visit to @dachaumemorial.bsky.social today on our @wwiimuseum.bsky.social #easycompany tour. Evocative, sobering, heartbreaking … but also an essential visit in understanding ‘Why We Fight’ as one of the episodes is titled. #bandofbrothers #ww2travel #holocaust #neveragain

Our visit to the Luxembourg American Cemetery is always impressive. Though all US war cemeteries in Europe are well-kept, this one is always extremely immaculate imo, adding much to its serene atmosphere. @wwiimuseum.bsky.social #easycompany tour last Wed #bandofbrothers #ww2travel #ww2history

Walked the Bois Jacques today on our Easy Company tour—where the 101st held fast in snow and shellfire during the Battle of the Bulge. The foxholes are still there. Powerful to stand where they stood. @wwiimuseum.bsky.social @battlefielddisc.bsky.social #WWII #BandOfBrothers #Bastogne

Bois Jacques #easycompany positions and the memorial at the former railway crossing. Invariably, this visit always is one of the highlights on the @wwiimuseum.bsky.social Easy Company Tour, also last Tuesday. #bandofbrothers #ww2travel #battleofthebulge

One of the nice things in Bastogne nowadays are the 1944/45 photos at squares & buildings showing what it looked like during the Battle o/t Bulge. Here are some examples, pics taken last Tue on our @wwiimuseum.bsky.social #easycompany tour. #battleofthebulge #bandofbrothers #ww2travel #thenandnow

Paying our respects to the fallen at the Margraten American Cemetery in the Netherlands. We presented a flowers at one of the Easy company soldiers and I visited my adopted soldier. A good visit! With @battlefielddisc.bsky.social guiding the @wwiimuseum.bsky.social Easy company tour

Catching up with some photos of this @wwiimuseum.bsky.social #easycompany tour. Last Monday, we visited the Netherlands American Cemetery where we laid a wreath at the grave of Robert van Klinken, one of the company’s men. Robert was killed in action on 20 Sept 1944 in Nuenen, 24 years old.

Visited the Luxembourg American Cemetery today, where 5,000 Americans are buried, including Gen. George S. Patton. Perfect rows of white crosses remind us of the cost of liberating Europe. A solemn, humbling place. #WWII #Patton @wwiimuseum.bsky.social @battlefielddisc.bsky.social

Schoonderlogt estate, where Winters had his picture taken under the arch. Always a favourite location on the England to The Eagles nest tour with The National WWII Museum In challenging weather with strong winds and the odd downpour we managed to have a great day. With @battlefielddisc.bsky.social

Easy Company during #operationmarketgarden and on #theisland was the theme of today’s touring on @wwiimuseum.bsky.social #easycompany tour, with a sprinkle of the Waal Crossing and Arnhem Bridge. A fab day with a very enthusiastic and inquisitive group.

Honoured and humbled as I received news that I finally am an adoptant of a grave at the Netherlands America Cemetery. Please meet Clarence Fahnert, 20 y/o from San Antonio, TX. A waist gunner with 385th Bomb Group, he was killed 3-Mar-1944 near Boxtel, NL on his first mission.

Former Concentration Camp Dachau. The only camp that existed for practically the entire nazi era. The template for all other camps. The place where infamous camp commandants and other nazi thugs were trained. A harrowing place, but important to visit on the @wwiimuseum #easycompany tour.

Flowers & wreaths for #USMemorialDay greeted us as we visited Luxembourg American Cemetery on our @wwiimuseum.bsky.social #easycompany tour this morning. It was heartwarming for our guests to witness that European countries remain appreciative of the sacrifice of these men and women.

The Bois Jacques and former #easycompany positions we visited on the @wwiimuseum.bsky.social Easy Company Tour yesterday, the day after #USMemorialDay The US flags dotting the area and positions created an extra and humbling dimension to our visit. #bandofbrothers #ww2travel #battlefieldtour

Today’s visit to the Netherlands American Cemetery and our ceremony at on of the #easycompany graves on our @wwiimuseum Easy Company Tour was extra impressive and poignant, coinciding with #usmemorialday #bandofbrothers #ww2travel #battlefieldtour

Still patches of snow around and a bit chilly. As always, a visit of the Eagles Nest is always stunning and a fitting Grande Finale of this episode of @WWIImuseum #easycompanytour #bandifbrothers #ww2travel #battlefieldtour

A visit to the Eagles Nest overlooking Berchtesgaden, our last stop and literally a highlight of the tour. Tomorrow we are all heading home and it it was an absolute pleasure to guide this Engeland to the Eagles nest tour for @wwiimuseum.bsky.social with @battlefielddisc.bsky.social

Dachau concentration camp, site of unspeakable horrors. We learned about the camp today, how it came to be, what it was like to be a prisoner there and what happened after liberation. Another profound stop on @wwiimuseum.bsky.social Easy Company tour. With @battlefielddisc.bsky.social

Visiting Dachau today on the @wwiimuseum #easycompany tour, we passed Pastor Niemöller’s cell in the infamous Bunker. Incarcerated in 1937, Niemöller survived the war and was liberated in April 1945 in Tirol. 1/2

Our visit to Luxembourg American Cemetery yesterday on the @WWIImuseum #easycompany tour included a wreath laying at John Julian’s grave. One of 5 Easy Coy men buried there. #bandofbrothers #ww2travel #battlefieldtour

Paying our respects to the fallen is an important part of a battlefield tour. We visited the men of Easy company and General Patton, all buried at Luxembourg American Cemetery. Now we are heading to Haguenau on @wwiimuseum.bsky.social England tothe Eagles nest tour w @battlefielddisc.bsky.social

Chateaux de Clervaux, the ‘Alamo of the Ardennes’. Around 100 US soldiers held out here from 17 Dec 1944 till around noon on the 18th, seriously delaying German 2nd Panzer Division going for Bastogne. 1/2

The Easy Company memorial at Bois Jacques, visited during our @wwiimuseum.bsky.social #easycompany tour. It is always interesting to point out that all fatalities of Easy, apart from John Julian, occurred in Jan 1945 during so called ‘offensive phase’. #bandofbrothers #ww2travel #battlefieldtour

Lyman Hart from Rochester, NY served in E Coy, 334th Infantry, 84th Division. Killed 21 Nov 1944 near Beeck, DE during Operation Clipper. 1/2

The grave of Cpl William Dukeman, one of the #easycompany originals, killed in action 5 Oct 1944 at the Crossroads on The Island, 23 years old. Visited today on @wwiimuseum.bsky.social #easycompany tour. #bandofbrothers #ww2travel #battlefieldtour

Margraten American Cemetery, where 8301 servicemen are buried and a further 1722 are remembered on the walls of the missing. We visited this to pay our respects on the @wwiimuseum.bsky.social England to the Eagles nest tour with and for @battlefielddisc.bsky.social

18 Sept 1944, on the edge of the Sonse Forest near Best, 29 year old LtCol Robert Cole is in the fields in front of their positions to oversee the laying out of air recognition panels during heavy fighting. While there a bullet hits and kills him. 1/2

This may look like an ordinary field but this is where Dick Winters and part of Easy company did the bayonet charge during the battle of the crossroads. We visited this with a group from the National WWII museum. With @battlefielddisc.bsky.social we will guide two groups to the Eagle’s nest.

A few pics of today’s @wwiimuseum.bsky.social #easycompany tour on Op Market Garden. Apart from visiting places where Easy Company was, we also visited the sites of several other pivotal actions of this ill-fated operation. #bandofbrothers #ww2travel #battlefieldtour

Two coaches on this @wwiimuseum.bsky.social #easycompany tour. Together with @bfxpl.bsky.social we are ready to go and explore Op Market Garden and Easy’s role in it today. #ww2travel #battlefieldtour #bandofbrothers