I got an email the other day about Shifty Powers, one of the original members of the Band of Brothers Easy Company, 2-506th Infantry announcing his passing last month. If you’ve watched Band of Brothers or read the book as often as I have, Shifty feels like an old friend. Someone put together some clips of the Shifty Powers character in the movie and put it on YouTube;
After I got the email, I noticed the folks at Blackfive got it, too, and one of the commenters recommended that we declare today Shifty Powers Memorial Day, so rather than reproduce everything, go read it at Blackfive’s post.
I found this interview with Shifty at home on YouTube;
Duty, Honour, Country. Those feloows understood those words and lived them.
God Bless them all…….
Have I told you about Frank? A WW2 veteran that joins us every week in West Chester in the rain, snow, heat and cold. The Greatest Generation – that is an understatement:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ufJVZmTtfE