reporter: after that battle, duffie turned to poetry and nominated for a pulitzer prize four soldiers, four different battles, now forever link by their determination to save their brothers in arms no matter the danger courtney kube, nbc news, the pentagon the last surviving member of the fame world war ii unit, easy company has died he and his company inspired the book and miniseries band of brothers playing a key role in liberating concentration camps and fighting in d day in the battle of the bulge. tonight, his family is remembering him as a kind, generous and humorous gentleman. he was 97. when we come back tonight, what s lost? trying to find a sense of come for amid all the tragedy