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Col. Ed Shames, last of the Band of Brothers officers, has died at 99
Posted on 12/5/21 at 12:15 am
Posted on 12/5/21 at 12:15 am
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Edward Shames, a World War II veteran who was the last surviving officer of “Easy Company,” which inspired the HBO miniseries and book “Band of Brothers,” has died. He was 99.
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Shames was involved in some of the most important battles of World War II. During the war, he was a member of the renowned Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division.
“He made his first combat jump into Normandy on D-Day as part of Operation Overlord. He volunteered for Operation Pegasus and then fought with Easy Company in Operation Market Garden and the Battle of the Bulge in Bastogne,” according to the obituary.
My family and I had the opportunity to meet him around 2008 at the WWII museum in New Orleans, where he was helping to promote the book Tonight We Die As Men, for which he wrote the foreword and which was another excellent book about the war. He was an extremely sharp, warm, and friendly man. My young (at the time) son was in awe of him during the meet as Col. Shames took a photo with him. I still have the photos posing as well as his autographed copy of the book. :csb:
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Posted on 12/5/21 at 12:16 am to shutterspeed
Posted on 12/5/21 at 12:19 am to shutterspeed
Posted on 12/5/21 at 12:24 am to shutterspeed
RIP
Posted on 12/5/21 at 12:24 am to shutterspeed
RIP, TYFYS.
Posted on 12/5/21 at 12:39 am to shutterspeed
Posted on 12/5/21 at 12:42 am to shutterspeed
He might have known my Houstonian great-uncle who died on D-Day in a plane.
Posted on 12/5/21 at 12:54 am to shutterspeed
At 99 can you imagine the things he has seen during his lifetime.
Posted on 12/5/21 at 5:53 am to shutterspeed
REST IN PEACE, BROTHER! May you find peace at the end of your Rendezvous with Destiny
Posted on 12/5/21 at 6:26 am to shutterspeed
Posted on 12/5/21 at 7:15 am to shutterspeed
Curahee
Also to add my favorite part:
Also to add my favorite part:
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When Germany surrendered, Ed and his men of Easy Company entered Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest where Ed managed to acquire a few bottles of cognac, a label indicating they were ‘for the Fuhrer’s use only.’ Later, he would use the cognac to toast his oldest son’s Bar Mitzvah,” the obituary said.
This post was edited on 12/5/21 at 7:17 am
Posted on 12/5/21 at 7:18 am to Tigerstark
When I say flash you say
Posted on 12/5/21 at 7:22 am to shutterspeed
Just finished rewatching Band of Brothers a few weeks ago. True heroes
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“When Germany surrendered, Ed and his men of Easy Company entered Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest where Ed managed to acquire a few bottles of cognac, a label indicating they were ‘for the Fuhrer’s use only.’ Later, he would use the cognac to toast his oldest son’s Bar Mitzvah,” the obituary said.
Posted on 12/5/21 at 7:32 am to PowerTool
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He might have known my Houstonian great-uncle who died on D-Day in a plane.
Aggies.. always got to make it about themselves
Posted on 12/5/21 at 7:33 am to shutterspeed
Posted on 12/5/21 at 7:41 am to shutterspeed
May he RIP like he deserves. Much better and braver man than I am.
Posted on 12/5/21 at 7:53 am to Tigerstark
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When Germany surrendered, Ed and his men of Easy Company entered Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest where Ed managed to acquire a few bottles of cognac, a label indicating they were ‘for the Fuhrer’s use only.’ Later, he would use the cognac to toast his oldest son’s Bar Mitzvah,” the obituary said.
what a legend. RIP Ed. 
Posted on 12/5/21 at 8:10 am to shutterspeed
Posted on 12/5/21 at 8:49 am to shutterspeed
Absolute Legend. Storms Hitler’s bunk, takes his cognac and toasts his oldest son with the bottle years later.
Posted on 12/5/21 at 8:53 am to Tigerstark
quote:damn, thats savage
When Germany surrendered, Ed and his men of Easy Company entered Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest where Ed managed to acquire a few bottles of cognac, a label indicating they were ‘for the Fuhrer’s use only.’ Later, he would use the cognac to toast his oldest son’s Bar Mitzvah,” the obituary said.
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