101st Airborne Division veteran, Ed Shames, tells the story of landing near the town of Carentan on D-Day, which had many enemy troops in and around the town. #WWII #DdayHistory #VeteranInterview #101stairbornedivision #ww2veteran #bandofbrothers #DDay1944 | Military History

14K views · 347 reactions | Veteran of the 101st Airborne Division, Ed Shames, shares how everyone on the plane he was supposed to be on was either captured or ki**ed on D-Day… #VeteranInterview #WWII #101stairbornedivision #ww2history #ww2veteran #bandofbrothers #DdayHistory | Military History | Facebook

Col. Ed Shames shares the story of capturing Hitler's mountain retreat, the Eagle's Nest, with the men of the 101st Airborne Division. Watch more of our interview with him here: https://bit.ly/2TEez08 | American Veterans Center

1.1K views · 48 reactions | Colonel Edward Shames, the last surviving officer of Easy Company, part of the famed 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division talks his expierence of combat from D-Day to the Eagle's Nest. He also talks about what he did with two very special bottles of cognac he liberated from Hitler's personal collection. Watch his amazing story here: https://youtu.be/uxJAtzQnyLM | American Veterans Center | Facebook