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Band of Brothers Tour

Today: England: Littlecote House in Hungerford and village of Aldbourne, near where 101st Airborne soldiers trained for the invasion of Europe.

Monday: England: Southwick House, D-Day Museum. Ferry across English Channel from Portsmouth to Caen.

Tuesday: France: Sainte-Mère Église, Brécourt Manor, Utah Beach Museum, Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Dead Man's Corner, Carentan, Pointe-du-Hoc

Wednesday: France: Omaha Beach, American Cemetery, Pegasus Bridge

Thursday: Netherlands: Easy Company's Operation Market Garden drop zone, Wilhelmina Canal bridge, Uden and Veghel battle sites

Friday: Netherlands: Airborne Museum at Hartenstein, Crossroads battle site, Tor Schoonderlogt

Saturday: Belgium: Margraten Cemetery and Easy Company graves; Bastogne Historical Center

Sept. 13: Belgium: Woods at Foy, Halt Station, Recogne, Cobru, Noville, Luzory, Rachamps

Sept. 14: Luxembourg: Gen. George S. Patton grave; France: Fort Simserhof, Hagenau

Sept. 15: Germany: Dachau concentration camp

Sept. 16: Germany: Berchtesgaden

Sept. 17: Austria: Zell am See, Kaprun

Sept. 18: Return to America

Source: Stephen Ambrose Historical Tours


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