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    Post by [WoF]GoA.Pun Mon Feb 08, 2010 3:26 pm

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    Subject: Shifty on HBO's "Band of Brothers"


    Wonderful story.

    Shifty on HBO's

    "Band of Brothers"

    Written by Chuck Yeager



    Shifty volunteered for the airborne in WWII and served with Easy Company
    of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the 101st Airborne
    Infantry. If you've seen Band of Brothers on HBO or the History Channel
    , you know Shifty. His character appears in all 10 episodes, and Shifty
    himself is interviewed in several of them.

    I met Shifty in the Philadelphia airport several years ago. I didn't
    know who he was at the time. I just saw an elderly gentleman having
    trouble reading his ticket. I offered to help, assured him that he was
    at the right gate, and noticed the "Screaming Eagle," the
    symbol of the 101st Airborne, on his hat.

    Making conversation, I asked him if he'd
    been in the 101st Airborne or if his son
    was serving.

    He said quietly that he had been in the
    101st. I thanked him for his service, then asked him when he served, and
    how many jumps he made.

    Quietly and humbly, he said "Well, I guess I signed up in 1941 or so,
    and was in until sometime in 1945.... "at which point my heart skipped."

    At that point, again, very humbly, he said "I made the 5 training jumps
    at Toccoa, and then jumped into Normandy..... do you know
    where Normandy is?"

    At this point my heart stopped.

    I told him "yes, I know exactly where Normandy is, and I know what D-Day
    was."

    At that point he said "I also made a second jump into Holland, into
    Arnhem."

    I was standing with a genuine war hero...
    and then I realized that it was June, just
    after the anniversary of D-Day..

    I asked Shifty if he was on his way back
    from France, and he said "Yes. And it's real sad because, these days, so
    few of the guys are left, and those that are, lots of them can't make
    the trip."

    My heart was in my throat and I didn't know what to say. I helped Shifty
    get onto the plane and then realized he was back in Coach while I was in
    First Class. I sent the flight attendant back to get him and said that I
    wanted to switch seats.

    When Shifty came forward, I got up out of
    the seat and told him I wanted him to have
    it, that I'd take his in coach.

    He said "No, son, you enjoy that seat. Just knowing that there are still
    some who remember what we did and who still care is enough to make an
    old man very happy."
    His eyes were filling up as he said it.

    And mine are brimming up now as I write this.

    Shifty died on June 17, 2009 after fighting cancer. There was no parade.
    No big event in Staples Center. No wall to wall back to back 24/7 news
    coverage. No weeping fans on television. And that's not right.

    Let's give Shifty his own Memorial Service, online, in our own quiet
    way. Please forward this email to everyone you know. Especially to the
    veterans.

    Rest in peace, Shifty....
    Chuck Yeager, MajGen. [ret.]
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