The company's nickname, Band of Brothers, was taken from the 1992 book of the same name authored by historian Stephen Ambrose that was later turned into an award-winning HBO miniseries by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg in 2001.
[1] The title of the book comes from 1 Thessalonians 4:17: "Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air."
The book traces the life stories of the contributors through basic training and World War II.
The essays, titled Memories of my father, are from adult-children of deceased members of Easy Company.
The book made the New York Times Extended Bestseller list for Hardcover Nonfiction the sales week of June 28, 2009.