In the stories, the unit saw action in every combat zone in the European theatre. Unlike actual units, the unit has at least one african american member, which was in defiance of racial segregation policy of the Army.
Inner core members included:
Sgt. Frank Rock
Bulldozer - A large, strong and not terribly bright member.
EasyCompany was the phonetic designation of the fifth company in a US Army infantry regiment before the adoption of the NATO standard alphabet.
"EasyCompany" has been famously used by a fictional cast of comic book characters, and by a real life company of the 101st Airborne whose story was told by historian Stephen Ambrose and later in a television miniseries based on the book.