Edward Shames, last 'Band of Brothers' officer, dies at 99

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Edward Shames, a World War II veteran who was the last surviving officer of the company that inspired the HBO miniseries and book “Band of Brothers,” has died at age 99.

An obituary posted by the Holomon-Brown Funeral Home & Crematory said Shames, of Norfolk, Virginia, died peacefully at his home on Friday.

“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 theShames was the first member of the 101st to enter Dachau concentration camp, just days after its liberation.

 

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