Band Of Brothers Hero, Darrell ‘Shifty’ Powers Dies

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gpschmidt	Band Of Brothers Hero, Darrell ‘Shifty’ Powers Dies	Lead	[-]
Posts: 631 (06/21/09 12:35 AM) active member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : None Don't know if any of you caught this. Another hero passes. RIP Mr. Powers. http://www.tricities.com/tri/news/local/article/band_of_brothers_hero_darrell_swifty_powers_dies/25556/ Greg
zeebill		#1	[-]
Posts: 3632 (06/21/09 06:34 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Nothing local was mentioned that I saw about his passing so I thank you for passing this on. In reading the article it became truly apparent that there is so little we can say about these men who did so very much and indeed are the reason we live the life we enjoy today. Now he like so many others belongs to eternity. May this humble hero Rest in Peace! Bill
ParallaxBill		#2	[-]
Posts: 16292 (06/21/09 08:15 AM) Owner/operator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Really hate to hear that but they have been passing on since the series was being produced. Nothing can stop time for any of us. Parallax *Lee Enfield Collector's Society member #3* *Mauser Shooter's Association member #17* Forum administrator for the Carolina C&R Shooting & Collecting Club,
usernamehasbeentaken		#3	[-]
Posts: 556 (06/21/09 02:09 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	it's always sad to read about the loss of another member of the Greatest Generation especially today...on Father's Day thanks for sharing Greg a bit ironic perhaps, but my oldest daughter and SIL blessed me with the DVD boxed metal tin of Band of Brothers this morning I'll make the time for this series Bob
cheapdad		#4	[-]
Posts: 1363 (06/21/09 04:32 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	My Grandma taught us the importance of knowing the previous generations..Memorial Day was always spent at the cemetary being "introduced" to family members, and hearing the stories again..... It worked well when we all lived close by...however, over the years, we've all moved...seems farther and farther apart. The lessons stay--we always attend the local Veterans Cemetary on Memorial Day to remember, recognize, and be taught.... This Cemetary is just a few short blocks from our house--you might recognize Ed "Too Tall" Freeman from the "We Were Soldiers" story... Cheapdad
Ed Novak		#5	[-]
Posts: 2005 (06/21/09 05:01 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	In these days of so much trouble of every kind, the loss of Sgt Powers and each of his WWII comrades loosens the hold our memories have on our own history. The young people of today, hopefully will have their own heroes in the decades to come, as meaningful to them as ours are to those of us who were babes in arms when our heroes guaranteed the freedom and safety of the world. NRA Endowment member LECS #2
m1 talker		#6	[-]
Posts: 6837 (06/21/09 05:55 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Scott- that is an excellent picture of Cheapson. Unfortunately he is getting to look more like his old man every time I see him or a picture of him. He still resembles Cheapmom a bit, however. Happy Father's Day to you and your family, now that you are living in Boise. Sure would like to go shooting with you again. Curt
Crunch130		#7	[-]
Posts: 892 (06/21/09 06:11 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I'm glad that the WWII veterans finally got some long-overdue recognition. Easy Company and "Saving Private Ryan" spoke for all WWII vets. However, in the 1960's and 70's the honor due them was upstaged by the hippies protesting that we needed to get out of Vietnam, and the media and much of rock music (Four Dead in Ohio, On the Eve of Destruction, Blowin' in the Wind, etc ad naseum) who served as their two-bit whores. Don't trust anyone over 30, right? It is a national disgrace that it took SIX DECADES to build a WWII memorial. By that time, 3/4 of the WWII vets had died of old age. Including my dad, one of Patton's infantry. No names on the memorial; each star represented 100 men. But the baby boomers, the "Me" generation, would do well to learn from the humility of the Greatest Generation. Rest in peace, Shifty. Dad, happy Father's Day! Wish you were here... Crunch
Plain Old Bill	We'll remember....	#8	[-]
Posts: 2122 (06/21/09 07:17 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	A few years back, we saw "Shifty" and a few other of the Band of Brothers cast at the Mid-Atlantic World War II Weekend. We literally ran right into them as they were preparing to board their van at the end of what must have been a long, hot day for them...all of them took the time to say hello and talk for a bit with my sons, tired as they were. "Shifty" made quite an impression on them with his soft-spoken comments and his gentle smile. We've been lucky enough to encounter "Wild Bill" Guarnere, who sat and talked to us for 45 minutes while his daughter? went and had a bite to eat. Quite a character! From South Philly, no less.... These guys are special. Can't help but feel the world is a little diminished with the loss of any of them. Lost my dad on Groundhog Day. Miss him terribly. Happy Father's Day, Doc Kennedy! Last Edited By: Plain Old Bill 06/21/09 07:25 PM. Edited 1 times.
flectar	Sorry to see this....	#9	[-]
Posts: 820 (06/23/09 02:27 PM) Host Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I was honored to meet Mr. Powers, along with Buck Compton and Don Malarkey a couple of years ago in Louisville at The Show of Shows/National Gun Day. There's not much I can add to what has already been said about these fine men. My sympathy to Mr. Powers family.
WVBrady		#10	[-]
Posts: 28 (06/24/09 11:02 PM) active member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	The thing that I remember about Shifty was that he said words to the effect that in other situations that some of the German soldiers and he might have had something in common; they might have liked to fish; they might have liked to hunt... How sad that people that might have been friends wound up fighting each other.
ParrisIsland79		#11	[-]
Posts: 216 (06/25/09 02:19 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Rest in Peace Shifty.