Don't forget that Band of Brothers was also based on true events. If you want to augment your connection with these guys, read the Ambrose book, it's amazing. There are even photos of the guys as young men and as old geezers at their reunions. Speers has a really sweet photo posing with a pair of grenades tied to his collar, smiling like he'd just scored the winning TD.
Seriously heart-wrentching stuff when you follow them, in your mind, from training, through war, and revisit them in their old age.