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Published:
2020-08-07
Completed:
2020-10-16
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286,110
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108/108
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Band of Brothers - Sunshine Soldier

Summary:

Charlotte Tarvers is only 14 when the war breaks out, but 17 when she signs up. She's heard the stories from her parents, lovers who found each other by chance on the front lines in world war one in the country of France, now passing down the stories to their daughter. Her brothers sign up, leaving her younger brother and sister at home with her parents. Her best friend decides to sign up for the war as well, joining the Nurses' Corps. Thinking she will join her, Charlotte willingly agrees. However, upon receiving a letter from the U.S. Military Head of Board, she realizes she's being taken closer to the war, to the front lines even, as the first female combat medic in U.S. military history.

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'from this day to the ending of the world,
but we in it shall be remember'd;
we few,
we happy few,
we band of brothers;
for he to-day who sheds his blood with me
shall be my brother'

 

originally published on:wattpad

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(See the end of the work for notes.)

Chapter 1

Chapter Text

Introduction 

 

 

" who's that?"

" she's our sunshine soldier." 

 

 

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Charlotte Tarvers was never meant to be sent to Camp Toccoa, Georgia.

She was never meant to become a paratrooper.

She was never meant to become Easy Company's combat medic.

She was never meant to become the first female combat medic in the US military.

She was never meant to survive past D-Day.

She was never meant to help who she did in Holland.

She was never meant to make it through Bastogne.

She was never meant to make it to the Eagle's Nest.

She was never meant to be called a hero.

She was only meant to help people.

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band of brothers holds a special place in my heart. i've read the book and watched the series, and i feel that it is such a powerful story about a group of men who put themselves and their lives out there for their country. this is a fictional version of easy company's inpsiring story.

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in no way am i disrespecting or acting as if the actual men of easy company did this. this is a work of fiction, and a story based off of their story. this is solely based off hbo's mini series, band of brothers, and its actors and i intend to keep it to that, with my own oc weaved in. i respect easy company and each one of their men that fought for my country.

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my goal with this story is to start spreading awareness of the sacrifices the veterans of world war 2 made for our country, and to help the younger generation grow up reading and learning about it to honor and remember them. not many kids in the younger generation, outside of the band of brothers fandom or any world war 2 group ever really grasp the importance of what the veterans of world war 2 did, so i feel this will at least give younger generations the ability to relate to characters and still focus on the heroics of easy company and the rest of the soliders that fought, alike.

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" you are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are grey..."

-jimmie davis, 1940

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disclaimer!

as i have said, this is in no way created to disrespect the real men of easy company or any veterans from any country of the war

this goes along with the hbo show band of brothers, and what occurs in that show with characters and plotlines

and...i do not speak french except for how to say my name and that i'm american, so please excuse the terrible google translate french in here that is not at all reliable!

-thanks!!