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yilai:
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we
have to move. They can't be far away
their story, it was my book. John Howard was unhappy at being unable to suggest changes and corrections. Since the publication of Pegasus Bridge [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], he has convinced me that he was right, and I was wrong. Had I had time and allowed John and others to make corrections [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], criticisms, and suggestions, it would have been a more accurate and better book.
So I have circulated the manuscript of this book to the men of Easy Company. I have received a great deal of criticism, corrections, and suggestions in return. Winters and Lipton especially have gone through it line by line. This book is, then [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], very much a group effort. We do not pretend that this is the full history of the company, an impossibility given the vagaries of memory and the absence of testimony from men killed in the war or since deceased. But we do feel that, through our constant checking and rechecking, our phone calls and correspondence, our visits to the battle sites, we have come as close to the true story of Easy Company as possible.
It has been a memorable experience for me. I was ten years old when World War II ended. Like many other American men my age, I have always admired��nay, stood in awe of��the G.I.s. I thought that what they had done was beyond praise. I still do. To
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