They would literally insist on going hungry for one another, freezing for one another, dying for one another. Often three such entities would make up a squad, with incredible results in combat. evolved never to be relinquished, never to be repeated. Groups of threes and fours, usually from the same squads or sections, core elements within the families that were the small units, were readily recognized as entities. There were many entities in our close-knit organizations.
Kurt Gabel of the 513th PIR described his experience in words that any member of E Company could have used: “The three of us, Jake, Joe, and I, became. Their identification worked downward, from the Army to the Airborne to the 506th to 2d Battalion to Easy Company to platoon to squad.
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