Shames was at Normandy on D-Day and at the Battle of the Bulge, and he helped liberate the Dachau concentration camp. (JTA) –When Ed Shames described his Jewish self, he used the term “tough SOB.” ...

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — 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. Edward Shames was 99. An ...

Colonel Edward “Ed” Shames, last surviving officer of Easy Company, shares how he forged his mother’s signature to enlist and ...

What does it mean to serve your country? Army Col. Edward Shames, the last remaining member of World War II’s “Band of Brothers,” certainly answered that question. He died last week at age 99.

Col. Ed Shames said he could still hear the bullets piercing his parachute as he landed behind enemy lines in Normandy. Shames, 97, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, is the last surviving officer of Easy ...

TONIGHT WE DIE AS MEN: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE THIRD BATTALION 506 PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT FROM TOCCOA TO D-DAY By Ian Gardner and Roger Day Foreword by Ed Shames Osprey, $27.95, 344 pages ...

FILE - Edward Shames, center, hugs Ed McClung, center left, both members of the World War II Army Company E of the 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne, with veterans Jack Foley, left, Joe Lesniewski, ...

What does it mean to serve your country? Army Col. Edward Shames, the last remaining member of World War II’s “Band of Brothers,” certainly answered that question. He died last week at age 99.

FILE - Edward Shames, center, hugs Ed McClung, center left, both members of the World War II Army Company E of the 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne, with veterans Jack Foley, left, Joe Lesniewski, ...

What does it mean to serve your country? Army Col. Edward Shames, the last remaining member of World War II’s “Band of Brothers,” certainly answered that question. He died on Dec. 3 at age 99.

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