On June 7 Australian time, a day later than Europe, I started watching the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers for what must be my fifth tour. It tells the story of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment in the 101st Airborne Division during World War Two: from its jump into Normandy on D-Day June 6 1944, to the end of the war in Europe less than a year later. It’s a dramatic masterpiece that rends my heart every time.