The title is taken directly from the wording of a note sent by a paratrooper company commander in response to a request to retreat under enormous German pressure. Captain "Red Dog" Dolan wrote to his men, "We hold here. There is no better place to die."
Of the approximately 850 82nd Airborne men who fought at La Fiere, nearly 500 were killed in action.
Noted military historian S.L.A. Marshall called this action remarkable. "La Fiere was probably the bloodiest small-unit struggle in the experience of American Arms..."