Darryl "Shifty" Powers, Easy Company, 101st Airbor

[Matt Gunsch]

For you folks that have seen the HBO mini series Band Of Brothers, Darryl "Shifty" Powers passed away. Another one from the Greatest Generation has been Recalled to his unit Easy Company, 101 Abn.


Rest in Peace Shifty

Great story
http://www.odcmp.org/1006/default.asp?page=SHIFTY_RIFLE

[mustangdriver]

That is sad. I hate to see our WWII vets vanishing

[Jiggersfromsphilly]

I had the privledge of spending time with him at several Easy Co reunions and some other gatherings. He was a class gentleman who loved to fish and hunt and would talk for hours about them. The last time I saw him was just before a trip to Germany to visit the wounded in hospitals there. He was busy telling stories about his best friend Earl "One Lung" McClung. Earl would laugh and then tell one about Shifty and they would both double over in fits about the story. It seemed that each of them remembered the story about the other better than they did the ones about themselves.

Here is a perspective on him and the recent events of celebrity deaths.

From FinFanatic Blog,


Ed McMahon died on Wednesday, June 24th. On the morning of June 25th it was announced that 70's stunner Farrah Fawcett passed away. Then, before the sun could set on the East coast, pop icon Michael Jackson joined the other two. I was rather quick to report the deaths of Fawcett and Jackson, missed the McMahon death until after Jackson's. While I was writing about the death of Jackson, I realized that in the overall scheme of things, one of America's greatest hero's had passed away last week and he left this world with little fanfare.
His name will only be recognized by a handful, not the masses that come along with the likes of the trio mentioned above. His name was Darrel Powers. To his friends he was called "Shifty". A simple man from the hills and mountains of Virginia, Shifty Powers never recorded an album, never acted in a movie, and never sat on the "Late Show" or any other late night talk show. Instead, Powers was a part of a dying group of men and women who fought for this nation in World War II.
He will be immortalized however. Featured in the film "Band of Brothers" an epic 10 part mini-series on HBO, Shifty Powers was an "Easy" company man in the 506

[Second Air Force]

Thanks for posting that perspective. Each time I watch Band of Brothers and see the little interviews with the real troopers I can't help but think of the reunions that occur upstairs every time one of the survivors passes.

Godspeed, Sergeant Powers.

[B-25 C]

Gods Speed Shifty. I will never forget you.

[Robbie Stuart]

Thanks for your service "Shifty". You all were America's Greatest Generation.
Robbie