Khost province, Afghanistan, Aug. 17, 2013: Sgt. Joshua Sutherland, left, helps 2nd Lt. George Fletcher up a waterfall as Sgt. Damon Miers looks on. The members of Easy Company were assisting Afghan security forces in searching a remote village in Khost province.

Assigned to the 4th Combat Brigade Team, 101st Airborne Division, the men of 1st Platoon are members of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, one of the most famed units in the U.S. Army thanks to the book, later made into an HBO miniseries, “Band of Brothers.”

The sun-baked mountains of Afghanistan are far removed from the hedgerows of Normandy and the frozen forests of Belgium where Easy Company first made a name for itself during World War II, but the soldiers today are keen to live up to that heritage.

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