Bradford Freeman, last "Band of Brothers" survivor has died

[rebewranger]

Bradford Freeman, last "Band of Brothers" survivor has died
By Associated Press
July 5, 2022 at 8:58 p.m. EDT
 
CALEDONIA, Miss. — Bradford Freeman, the last survivor of the famed Army unit featured in the World War II oral history book and miniseries “Band of Brothers” has died at the age of 97.

Freeman died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital–Golden Triangle, according to Lowndes Funeral Home in Columbus, Mississippi.

Freeman was born in Artesia, Mississippi, and a graveside funeral service will be held Friday in Caledonia, Mississippi, where he lived, according to the obituary.

Freeman was an 18-year-old student at Mississippi State when he enlisted to fight in World War II. He volunteered to become a paratrooper and became a mortarman in Company E, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/bradford-freeman-last-band-of-brothers-survivor-has-died/2022/07/05/b688139c-fcc6-11ec-b39d-71309168014b_story.html

[rebewranger]

With the US degenerating into a meaningless third world nation, people such as he, who fought to keep America great, must be relieved to transfer to a better base in another world.

[MajorClay]

The last of the greatest generation. I wonder how many Navajo codetalkers are left? How many Tuskeegee Airmen? The last of the Band of Brothers.  RIP