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Band of Brothers

Band of Brothers. The Real Guys. Richard Winters. Pennsylvania Later worked for Nixon’s company in Edison, NJ and went to Rutgers University Still alive. Lewis Nixon. New Jersey Went to Yale

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Band of Brothers

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  1. Band of Brothers The Real Guys

  2. Richard Winters • Pennsylvania • Later worked for Nixon’s company in Edison, NJ and went to Rutgers University • Still alive

  3. Lewis Nixon • New Jersey • Went to Yale • Family owned Nixon Nitrate which is located today beneath Middlesex County College/Raritan Industrial Center • Overcame his alcoholism later in life • Died of diabetes in 1995

  4. Ron Speirs • Maine • Made a career out of the Army • Fought Korean War • Governor Berlin during Cold War • Died 2007 • Top Pic: Winters & Speirs

  5. Carwood Lipton • Born West Virginia • Became an engineer • After war lived in NJ • Died in 2001

  6. Lynn “Buck” Compton • California • Athlete played college baseball with Jackie Robinson • Played in the Rose Bowl for UCLA • Lead prosecutor for Sirhan Sirhan who killed RFK • Retired Judge

  7. Denver “Bull” Randleman • Arkansas • Died 2003 • Winters said he was one of the bets soldiers that he ever knew

  8. Joe Toye • Pennsylvania • Lost leg in Bastogne • He had 4 purple hearts/most times wounded • Died of cancer 1995 • Side Pic: Malarkey, Toye, Muck

  9. Wild Bill Guarnere

  10. Wild Bill Guarnere • South Philly • Enlisted at 15 • His mom made him finish high school while he worked a night job • Most known for losing his leg in the Battle of the Bulge saving his friend Joe Toye • Met his wife when she was 13 & he was 16 and promised her he would marry her when he returned from WWII • Still alive

  11. “Babe” Edward Heffron • Born South Philly • Worked in Camden, NJ • Best Friend was John Julian who died in Bastogne on Jan 1, 1945 • Heffron stopped celebrating New Year’s Day after the death of Julian • Still alive

  12. John Julian • Friend of Heffron’s • Died Jan 1, 1945 Battle of the Bulge

  13. Eugene Roe • Louisiana • Medic • After WWII was a fisherman • Died of cancer 1998

  14. The Real Guys • Top: Guarnere & Heffron • Bottom: Guarnere, Roe, &

  15. Donald Malarkey • Oregon • Still Alive

  16. George Luz • Massachusetts/ Rhode Island • Know for his humor • Died in 1998 in work accident

  17. Joseph Liebgott • Family was from Germany and moved to US • Sent children to Catholic school to hide Jewish heritage • After war lived in California became a cab driver & barber

  18. David Kenyon Webster • Wealthy family from Connecticut • Harvard • Refused to become an officer because he wanted to see war from the grunt prospective • His war diaries became memoirs of the war • Last to leave war from 101st • Became journalist • Died 1961 lost at sea

  19. Darrell “Shifty” Powers • Top Pic: Shifty & Lipton • Virginia • Enlisted with his friend “Popeye” • Saved the 101st twice-once in Foy and in Bastogne • Best shot in Easy Company • Died June 2009 of • cancer

  20. Frank Perconte • Illinois • After the war was a postman • Still Alive

  21. Antonio “Tony” Garcia • Died 2005 stroke • Stayed friends with Hashey after war (below)

  22. Lester Hashey • Maine • Died 2002

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