A Company of Heroes (PBS Documentary) - 1 Hour

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I watched a documentary on PBS this evening "A Company of Heroes" that I thought was very good. I have the series "Band of Brothers" about Easy Company, but have not yet watched it. I was so impressed with the documentary I saw tonight, that I "googled" it and found a link to it on 'You Tube.'

Here are a couple other web site links related to the documentary:

DVD - Valor Sudios (A Company of Heroes)
PBS Site - A Company of Heroes

A Company of Heroes is an intimate, revealing portrait of the lives of the men who fought for our freedom during some of the darkest days.

Compiled from the veterans' notes, journals, letters, photographs, and the author's personally conducted interviews with the surviving contributors, this unique volume features the never-before-told stories of the Band of Brothers from more than twenty children and other family members.

The Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks-produced epic World War II television series Band of Brothers is based on a true story adapted from the best-selling book by Stephen Ambrose.

The story depicts a regiment of U.S. Army Airborne Soldiers (Paratroopers) who parachute into France on D-Day, and climaxes with their daring capture of Hitler's fortified mountain retreat in Bavaria.

The music was composed by the award-winning Michael Kamen, and the new lyrics are by English songwriter Frank Musker. Sung by the lovely Katherine Jenkins in London, England.

Requiem for a Soldier

You never lived to see
What you gave to me
One shining dream of hope and love
Life and liberty

With a host of brave unknown Soldiers
For your company, you will live forever
Here in our memory

In fields of sacrifice
Heroes paid the price
Young men who died for old men's wars
Gone to paradise

We are all one great band of brothers
And one day you'll see we can live together
When all the world is free

I wish you'd lived to see
All you gave to me
Your shining dream of hope and love
Life and liberty

We are all one great band of brothers
And one day you'll see - we can live together
When all the world is free

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Music by Michael Kamen
Lyrics by Frank Musker
Published by Music Sounds Better / BMG Music
Publishing UK Ltd./ Copyright Control/ Sony /
K-Man Corp./ ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd.
Additional percussion and programming
by Nick Patrick
Orchestra arranged and conducted
by Nick Ingman
Produced by Nick Patrick

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