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William J. Guarnere Sr. (April 28, 1923 – March 8, 2014) was a United States Army paratrooper who fought in World War II as a non-commissioned officer with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division . Guarnere wrote Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends: Two WWII Paratroopers from the Original ...
- 1942–1945
- United States Army
Mar 10, 2014 · “Wild Bill” Guarnere, the nickname he earned as a fearless combat soldier against the Germans, was a member of the legendary “Band of Brothers” — Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry ...
Mar 10, 2014 · Guarnere, who lost his leg in the Battle of the Bulge, passed away at 90 in Philadelphia. He was one of the soldiers whose life was dramatized in the HBO miniseries based on Stephen Ambrose's book.
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Mar 8, 2014 · William "Wild Bill" Guarnere was born in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 28, 1923. He was the youngest of 10 children born to Joseph and Augusta Guarnere, who were of Italian origin. On 31 August 1942, Guarnere enlisted in the military and started training at Camp Toccoa, Georgia. Guarnere was assigned to Easy Company, 2nd Battalion ...
Mar 9, 2014 · William “Wild Bill” Guarnere, one of the World War II veterans whose exploits were dramatized in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, died Saturday night of a ruptured aneurysm. He was 90.
Oct 7, 2008 · William “Wild Bill” Guarnere and Edward “Babe” Heffron were among the first paratroopers of the U.S. Army—members of an elite unit of the 101st Airborne Division called Easy Company. The crack unit was called upon for every high-risk operation of the war, including D-Day, Operation Market Garden in Holland, the Battle of the Bulge ...
[Annotators Note: William Guarnere was a paratrooper in Company E, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division.]In the book and the series the company was together and went out to attack the guns [Annotators Note: the German artillery battery emplaced at Brecourt Manor]. Guarnere does not recall it happening that way.
