Microblog #2: Band of Brothers

I have now finished the story of the Easy Company, the Band of Brothers. The story of volunteers turned to war heroes had me intrigued since the beginning. The struggles the soldiers had to face, mentally, physically, and emotionally were crazier than I had imagined for soldiers. I was also shocked at how many abrupt and accidental deaths there were. A person would be doing something and a second later they are instantly dead. For example, Corporal Donald Hoobler had just shot a German on horseback and stole his Luger as a souvenir. He was extremely excited as he went back to his friends. Then all of a sudden the Luger in his pocket fired accidentally and "went through his thigh, severing the main artery" (Ambrose 198). He died. I was just so taken aback. He didn't need to die; he shouldn't have died, but in warfare, death comes in all ways: abrupt, slow, painful, accidental. Since this is a war book, there are tons of military terms and acronyms. I found myself forgetting certain terms and acronyms which occasionally got confusing. I would just need to go to the internet and search it up which bothered me a little bit. In reading this intriguing story of a company of volunteers from all around the U.S. who become an extremely successful Paratrooper Infantry Regiment (PIR), you have to remember some military terms and remember many characters which can get a little hard to remember. Keeping notes makes this a much easier read, which makes this great book much more enjoyable.