Colonel Edward Shames, the last surviving officer from the East Company World War II paratrooper company featured in Band of Brothers miniseries, died at 99 years old on Friday.
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) Edward Shames, 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. He was 99.
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NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Edward Shames, a World War II veteran who was the last surviving officer of “Easy Company,” which inspired the HBO miniseries and book “Band of Brothers,”