First to Jump: How the Band of Brothers was Aided by the Brave Paratroopers of Pathfinders Company

With firsthand accounts of WWII heroism from the US Army Pathfinders, New York Times bestselling author Jerome Priesler chronicles their escapades scouting behind enemy lines ahead of the Band of Brothers.

“When you land in Normandy, you will have only one friend: God.”
—General “Jumpin’” Jim Gavin to the Pathfinders of the 82nd and 101st Airborne divisions before D-Day, June 1944

When the invasion of Sicily almost ended in disaster, General Jim Gavin was determined to form a unit of spe...