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I received word today (January 9th, 2011), that Major Richard “Dick” Winters passed away quietly on January 2, 2011. Although I never did get to meet him, I feel honored to have exchanged emails with him. For those of you who don’t know...
John “Jack” Agnew, a member of the Demolitions Platoon Regimental HQ 506 PIR died on April 8, 2010. Jack was a member of the group referred to as the “Filthy 13”, the group that inspired the movie “The Dirty Dozen”. Jack, died in suburban...
Darrell "Shifty" Powers, E Co, 506th PIR WWII, died Wednesday June 17, 2009. We Stand Together, Then, Now and Always Veteran a part of 'Band of Brothers' - Roanoke.com
I received this from Dick Winters this morning, and I thought I would share it. Dick is a member of the 506th Infantry Regiment Association (Airborne – Air Assault – Air Mobile) and I have the distinct honor of being one also. By Samantha Bates...
There is a story making its rounds on the Internet about a fellow Currahee 2LT Brian Brennan of the 101st Airborne who was wounded in Afghanistan a year ago. The reason for all the hoopla is that the soldier woke from a coma a year later, after hearing...
A bridge in northeastern Kentucky will be named in honor of a fallen soldier. Spc. Jeremy R. Gullett was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division Air Assault based at Fort Campbell...
By Noelle Phillips - The State (Columbia, S.C.) http://www.centredaily.com/living/story/799165.html COLUMBIA,S.C. — Sgt. Albert "Frankie" Smith was killed in Holland in 1944, but his voice did not die. Last month, Bill Sellars received...
For those of you who don't know what it means, it's an Indian word spoken by a special group of guys that I had the pleasure to serve with in Korea. They are the 1st Battalion 506th Infantry , and are the last of a famous unit known as "The...