The True Story Of Herbert Sobel, The First Commander Of The ‘Band Of Brothers’
Known as a “devil in jump boots” and a “petty tyrant,” Herbert Sobel was one of the strictest U.S. Army officers during World War II. To historian Stephen E. Ambrose , who wrote the bookBand of Brothers , U.S. Army officer Herbert Sobel was “ a lowly despot put into a place in which he had absolute power . ” To Major Richard Winters , who service under Sobel , he was “ just plain mean ....