Hello Barbara Firstly, let me just say that my interest in this matter is purely an attempt to understand what the war was about. My personal feelings are that so many died and so many lives were affected that the least I can do for all those brave people, whether relatives or not, is to try to understand a little of what they went through. I am able to live freely because of the sacrifices all of them made and for that I am truly grateful. Although some of my ancestors were involved in the war I am yet to establish exactly in what capacity as the information seems to be very sparse. I thought I would send a mail to say that there was a mini-series, it is now on DVD, called Band of Brothers. It focuses primarily on Easy Company, 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division and was produced and directed by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg. At the beginning of each episode there are interviews with some of those who served with Easy Company. One of the online accounts of the mini series is as follows: "Brothers tracks a group of real Army soldiers from boot camp all the way to their casualty-laden D-Day air drop with the mission objective of actually trying to capture Adolph Hitler at his Berchtesgaden "Eagle's Nest." The mini-series was based on a book written by Stephen E Ambrose and you can see a write-up on it at Amazon. Incidentally, Soble is quite heavily represented in the series though whether it is accurate is another matter. I am sure that there are many people that would criticise this series but for me, having no military experience, it gave a good representation of the horrors of war. Regards Angie (Living in Switzerland, though from London, England) -----Original Message----- From: Barbara Phillips [mailto:bphil1@earthlink.net] Sent: 10 May 2006 00:38 To: WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WORLD WAR II] Airborne Good Afternoon, I am wondering if there is anyone out there who knows anything about or anyone from the 101st Airborne, Army Aircorp. My Father was a veteran and served with that unit. He spoke fondley of a couple of buddies, one in particular a man I only know by the last name of Soble. Other than that he didn't speak much about the war. If there is anybody who knows anything or has any information I would appreciate it. My Father passed away in 1992. His name: Llewelyn Pierce Phillips Jr. nick names, Llew, Phill or Phillips Thank you, Barbara Ann Phillips bphil1@earthlink.net ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Military:_20th_Century/WORLDWAR2.html This is the link to our archives. You may search or browse. Also, subscribe or unsubscribe and contact admin. We are an international list. Please remember to tell us what country your ancestor was from and what country you are in now if different. This helps us help you. If you give dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx