Characters from Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy...

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Richard Winters - This was the primary figure of the book. At Easy Company's inception, this figure began as 2nd Lieutenant.

Herbert Sobel - This figure was Easy Company's first commanding officer and was loathed by the men for his demanding, tyrannical and arrogant nature.

Ronald C. Speirs - This tough, handsome soldier successfully led the attack on the final German gun that his commander was ordered to disarm on D-Day.

David Kenyon Webster - This Harvard English major found it difficult to adjust to the raucousness of military life and did not...
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