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Book Report: Band Of Brothers By Stephen E. Ambrose

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NAME: Ryker McDonald Date:1/19/17 Book Report Title: Band of Brothers Author: Stephen E. Ambrose Point of View: Narrator, Soldiers. Genre: Non-Fiction Exposition: The exposition of Band of Brothers is in the beginning of the book where the U.S. recruiters are strolling through bars, and shops looking for men to help the cause in Europe. The recruiters introduce them to a new type of fighter, the paratrooper. Being created in WWII to bring a whole new aspect of advantage. A group of these soldiers called Easy Company part of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, start of at a training camp in toccoa, Georgia. The motto of the land being “Currahee”. Their

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