We Stand Alone Together (TV Movie 2001)

We Stand Alone Together: Directed by Mark Cowen. With James Alley Jr., Roderick Bain, Lynn ‘Buck’ Compton, Antonio García de Pedro. Compiled over two years, an ‘on-camera oral history’ of Easy Company, told by the veterans themselves. Accompanies the mini-series Band of Brothers.

“One of the things that set Band of Brothers apart from other war- based mini-series was the inclusion of interviews with the actual surviving members of Easy company. This 80 minute (when shown on BBC) programme allows us to get to know the real men behind the story and what they did with their lives after the War. So in a very real sense, this is the 11th episode in the series. The interviews were very moving. Almost 60 years on, the men involved are still very deeply affected by their experiences. Well worth watching. My one small complaint was that I found it difficult to associate the men being interviewed with the characters in the series. It might have been nice if some brief clips had been included, or a photo of the actor had been displayed. But that would probably have detracted from it.”