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re: Band of Brothers hero dies
Posted on 7/14/09 at 8:49 pm to 80sTiger
Posted on 7/14/09 at 8:49 pm to 80sTiger
He was a real American hero. God bless Shifty Powers.
I met a Navajo code talker a couple of years ago at the four corners. He had a Marine hat on and I asked him if he was one and he said yes. I bought a Buffalo nickel money clip from him that I still carry. I was honored to shake his hand. I had just heard an NPR story a few weeks earlier about them that said there were only about 400 still living.
I met a Navajo code talker a couple of years ago at the four corners. He had a Marine hat on and I asked him if he was one and he said yes. I bought a Buffalo nickel money clip from him that I still carry. I was honored to shake his hand. I had just heard an NPR story a few weeks earlier about them that said there were only about 400 still living.
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Posted on 7/14/09 at 8:51 pm to Triple6Rebel
double fail. ron livingston played capt. nixon, not shifty powers.
Posted on 7/14/09 at 9:55 pm to 80sTiger
thanks for sharing.
Posted on 7/15/09 at 12:04 am to 80sTiger
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Darrell "Shifty" Powers.
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Shifty volunteered for the airborne in WWII and served with Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the 101st Airborne Infantry
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He said quietly that he had been in the 101st
Posted on 7/15/09 at 7:56 am to Kige Ramsey
Clips of Shifty from BoB.
And a tribute video to him (cool pics, and great Skynyrd song): LINK
And a tribute video to him (cool pics, and great Skynyrd song): LINK
This post was edited on 7/15/09 at 9:39 am
Posted on 7/15/09 at 9:10 am to CocomoLSU
Shifty was the natural born shooter from Virginia... who shot the german sniper out of the window in one of the episodes.....
One of my favorite books/movies.....
RIP Shifty
One of my favorite books/movies.....
RIP Shifty
Posted on 7/15/09 at 10:41 am to kodi4lsu
Posted on 7/15/09 at 10:50 am to Tiger JJ
Does it really matter if it's a true story about the guy meeting Shifty in the airport?
The whole point is that most of the country has it's priorities screwed up when they worship celebrities and have elaborate funerals for them (especially ones who were likely pedophiles) and ignore the deaths of the true heroes in our country.
The whole point is that most of the country has it's priorities screwed up when they worship celebrities and have elaborate funerals for them (especially ones who were likely pedophiles) and ignore the deaths of the true heroes in our country.
Posted on 7/15/09 at 10:55 am to PsychTiger
Thanks for the service Shifty. God bless our heros.
Posted on 7/15/09 at 11:01 am to PsychTiger
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Does it really matter if it's a true story about the guy meeting Shifty in the airport?
Just posting additional information.
Posted on 7/15/09 at 11:41 am to PsychTiger
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Does it really matter if it's a true story about the guy meeting Shifty in the airport?
I don't know if it "matters," but I'd like to know if it was all just bullshite.
Posted on 7/15/09 at 3:53 pm to 80sTiger
That was a terrific story and a fantastic tribute to an American hero.
Well done! 
Well done!
Posted on 7/15/09 at 6:28 pm to 80sTiger
Got this same text in an email last night and the text was signed by Brig Gen Chuck Yeager with an email address.
Now I am wondering about the authenticity of the whole thing.
eta: I did see thing snopes thread on it.
This post was edited on 7/15/09 at 6:31 pm
Posted on 7/19/09 at 9:42 pm to Traveler
I don't know if anyone knew this but Eugene Roe, the cajun medic that the entire Battle of the Bulge episode is filmed around, lived and ran a construction company here in Baton Rouge until he died of cancer in 1998.
When I found this out after I saw BOB for the first time it just really hit me how this true American Hero lived here among us and we would have never known it if not for BOB.
to all those that fought for us in WWII.
When I found this out after I saw BOB for the first time it just really hit me how this true American Hero lived here among us and we would have never known it if not for BOB.
to all those that fought for us in WWII.This post was edited on 7/19/09 at 9:43 pm
Posted on 7/19/09 at 10:04 pm to extremetigerfanatic
Theres someone on the board who worked/works for Doc Roe's brother, I believe.
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