"In those first few days and weeks after the suicide, everyone we talked to was as shocked as we were. To this day nob…"

"Sometimes the greatest signs of strength are demonstrated when you relive the hardest parts of your life. I'm not a m…"

"As young people, my generation would see a lot of death. I don't think I ever grew accustomed to it. It came in darkn…"

"Back at Toccoa, Easy Company had been led by Captain Herbert Sobel (portrayed in the Band of Brothers miniseries by D…"

"But success in a military operation always feels short-lived. You shoulder your rifle and move on from there to the n…"

"Secrets have power over us. Only when secrets are revealed can truth be known and freedom brought about."

"Sergeant Bill Guarnere sat with me on many of those nights. He was much more softhearted than he ever let on. In the …"

"Just before Christmas, 1944, we got word that the Germans had closed the circle around Bastogne. This meant that the …"

"Although I was affected by the horrors of Bastogne, I do not believe I was clinically shell shocked, as the series po…"

"The life I've led has only been made possible because I'm an American. The astounding people I've met along the way, …"