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![]() ![]() Colonel Ed Shames (deceased) Died : 2021 *Signature Value : £45 Editions signed : Clipped Signature. | Shames, Ed (Colonel Ed Shames (deceased)) Enlisting in September 1942, Ed Shames was to become one of the most respected officers in the 101st Airborne Division, a stickler for detail he always got the job done, and brought his men home. Originally assigned to I Company in the 3rd Battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment he was then transferred to Headquarters Company. He received a battlefield commission during the taking of Carentan in Normandy, and joined Easy Company in July 1944 as a 2nd Lieutenant prior to Operation Market Garden and the Battle of the Bulge. He died aged 99 on 3rd December 2021. |
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