The first in a series of remembrances on the 20 years since 9/11, Deadline talks exclusively with Tom Hanks (tomhanks) about ‘Band Of Brothers,’ 9/11, legacy & “The Common Good” NeverForget
, there is only one member of Easy Company still alive today which is Col. Edward Shames. What importance does a show likeIf the series fails to show that the human condition then is the exact same now as then, we’ve failed the mission. Boys then went off to save the world — in vast numbers — with no idea of when the war would end. Ed Shames — and every man of Easy Company — volunteered for the work. Time calls for such volunteers, such heroes, every few weeks, in every era.
Where are we now, 20 years later? As Harry Truman said: “It is easier to remove tyrants and destroy concentration camps than it is to kill the ideas which gave them birth and strength.”
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