The last survivor of the 'Band of Brothers', Colonel Edward Shames, died at 99

2021-12-05T11:57:49.584Z

Colonel Edward Shames, the last surviving officer of the historic World War II Parachute Infantry Regiment of the US Army known as the 'Easy Company' and known today throughout the United States, died last Friday in Virginia at the age of 99. world as 'Band of brothers'. During the Second World War, Shames "was a member of the renowned 'Easy company', 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, now known worldwide as the 'Band of brothers'", reads the obituary published by the Hollomon- brown Funeral Home & Crematory. The story of the 'Easy company' was later immortalized in the Hbo miniseries 'Band of brothers', based on theNew York Times bestseller of the same name by Stephen Edward Ambrose.