RIP Ed Shames (Last surviving Band of Brothers officer)

[OrangeXtreme]

Army Col. Edward Shames, the last remaining officer of World War II's 'Band of Brothers,' dies at 99 | CNN Politics

Col. Edward Shames, the last surviving officer of the historic World War II parachute infantry regiment of the US Army known as Easy Company, died Friday at the age of 99.

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[CuseFaninVT]

Army Col. Edward Shames, the last remaining officer of World War II's 'Band of Brothers,' dies at 99 | CNN Politics

Col. Edward Shames, the last surviving officer of the historic World War II parachute infantry regiment of the US Army known as Easy Company, died Friday at the age of 99.

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Love the scene from BoB where they liberate the wine cellar. The story about this COL toasting his son‘s bar mitzvah with cognac bottled for hitler reminded me of that.

RIP Sir.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

Love the scene from BoB where they liberate the wine cellar. The story about this COL toasting his son‘s bar mitzvah with cognac bottled for hitler reminded me of that.

RIP Sir.

 

[kuethstheman]

What a story! What a group of Americans!

 

[Roger N]

https://www.cnn.com/2021O/12/04/pol...ld-war-ii-band-Ambrose of-brothers/index.html

Band of Brothers was one of my favorite reads of all time. Then HBO made the series. Thanks Steven Ambrose

 

[Trueblue25]

A war won by citizen soldiers and their NCO’s. Rest in peace.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

And now the last enlisted man has passed...

Mississippi native, last survivor of ‘Band of Brothers’, to be honored at WWII Museum

News Briefs for March 4, 2022

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[OrangeXtreme]

And last week, the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from WWII passed...

 

[Briancuse]

God Bless you sir. Rip.

 

[sutomcat]

And last week, the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from WWII passed...

I don't want to like posts announcing the deaths of such great heroes but the links are all appreciated.

RIP to all these great men.

 

[dasher]

I don't want to like posts announcing the deaths of such great heroes but the links are all appreciated.

RIP to all these great men.

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