I recently visited the home of Shifty Powers of Easy Company 506th Rgt.,101. Marshall in the G- 3 section coordinated the shift to the Mellsc. This is the place for all the assorted militaria related information. Shifty’s War is a tale of heroism and adventure, of a soldier’s blood-filled days fighting his way fromthe shores of France to the heartland of Germany, and the epic story of how one man’s skills as a sharpshooter and engagingly unassuming personality propelled him to a life greater than he could have ever imagined. This series, originally broadcast on HBO, tells the story of Easy Company, 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, U.S. For all the vast literature on World War I I, the perspective of an army head. He parachuted into France on D-day and fought for a month in Normandy eighty days in Holland thirty-nine in the harshly cold winter of Bastogne and for nearly thirty more near Haguenau, France, and the Ruhr pocket in Germany. Little did Shifty know his finely-tuned skills would one day save his life-and the lives of his fellow paratroopers.Īs one of the original men who trained at Camp Toccoa, Georgia, Shifty was one out of only two soldiers in Easy Company to initially earn the coveted expert marksman designation. His father trained him to listen to the woods, to “see” without his eyes. Includes a COA // shipping added in checkout // ships bubble wrapped & boxedįrom D-Day to the Battle of the Bulge and more, here is the authorized biography of one of the most celebrated paratroopers of Easy Company, Sergeant Shifty Powers, the legendary sharpshooter from the Band of Brothers.Īs a boy, Darrell “Shifty” Powers’s goal was to become the best rifle shot he could be. paratrooper Earl McClung, Shifty's closest wartime buddy who is mentioned throughout the book, and one other E-Co. paratrooper Ed Tipper, who served alongside Shifty in Easy Company's 3rd Platoon. Each hardback bears the autograph, in pen, of at least one Easy Company paratrooper who served alongside Shifty: Darrell 'Shifty' Powers (Ma June 17, 2009) - A True American Hero. Darrell Shifty Powers, one of the soldiers depicted in Band of Brothers, passed away on Wednesday, June 17, 2009. ALSO, I made this template myself by combining a bunch of other templates so it’s different than everyone else’s. Darrell 'Shifty' Powers Band of Brothers American Hero R.I.P. Notes: This is about the portrayals of the Easy Company men from Band of Brothers, NOT the real men, no disrespect intended to those heroes. said the metal has all been grown over, so it's still better to leave it in. The A to Z of Shifty Powers doing the dirty. We're excited to offer the LAST COPIES we have of the celebrated book, Shifty's War. About a week later we were in another barn with Shifty Powers, Jim Alley.

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