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Within Easy Company they had made the best friends they had ever had, or would ever have. They were prepared to die for each other more important, they were prepared to kill for each other.
Stephen Ambrose
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Stephen Ambrose
Age: 66 †
Born: 1936
Born: January 10
Died: 2002
Died: October 13
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Illinois
Stephen Edward Ambrose
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