{"id":1541616,"date":"2022-07-06T14:19:06","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T18:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1541616"},"modified":"2022-07-06T14:19:14","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T18:19:14","slug":"last-remaining-member-of-legendary-band-of-brothers-dead-at-97","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/last-remaining-member-of-legendary-band-of-brothers-dead-at-97\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Remaining Member Of Legendary \u2018Band Of Brothers\u2019 Dead At 97"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flast-remaining-member-of-legendary-band-of-brothers-dead-at-97%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1541616&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Bradford Freeman, the last remaining member of the legendary Easy Company, 101st Airborne Division \u2014 immortalized in the miniseries \u201cBand of Brothers\u201d \u2014 has died at the age of 97.<\/p>\n<p>Freeman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/last-surviving-band-brothers-member-bradford-freeman-dead-97?intcmp=tw_fnc\">passed away<\/a> on Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle, in Caledonia, MS, according to a report from Stars and Stripes.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Profound sadness to learn of the passing of the last surviving member of easy company Mr.Brad Freeman, to my freinds that knew him and to Mr.Freemans family, my deepest sympathy and best wishes.<br \/>Gods speed Sir.\u2764 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xyxQpxDARp\">pic.twitter.com\/xyxQpxDARp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Band of Brothers Behind the Scenes (@BandBehind) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BandBehind\/status\/1544062297173360645?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur dad was always astounded that a country boy from Mississippi was able to see so many places and meet so many interesting people,\u201d Freeman\u2019s daughter\u2019s wrote in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legacy.com\/obituaries\/name\/bradford-freeman-obituary?pid=202316343\">obituary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mississippi State University President Mark E. Keenum <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msstate.edu\/newsroom\/article\/2022\/07\/bradford-freeman-former-msu-student-and-last-surviving-member-band\">responded<\/a> to the news that the famous MSU alumnus had passed, saying, \u201cMr. Freeman was a true hero. He and so many of his generation stepped up during our nation\u2019s time of need. \u00a0I am so thankful for the legacy of the men and women of this \u2018greatest generation\u2019 who sacrificed so much for all the freedoms and liberties we tend to take for granted. I\u2019m also proud that Mr. Freeman was a Bulldog.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trained as a paratrooper with\u00a0with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, Freeman was a 19-year-old private first class (PFC) when he parachuted into <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/klavan-why-trumps-d-day-prayer-reading-important-daily-wire\/\">Normandy<\/a> on June 6, 1944, as part of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/biden-slammed-for-whiffing-on-d-day-for-the-second-year-in-a-row\/\">Operation Overlord<\/a>. Because he was a mortarman, he jumped with a base plate attached to his chest.<\/p>\n<p>Freeman was part of every major engagement in Europe, parachuting into Normandy and then fighting in Operation Market-Garden. He was later wounded during the German siege of Bastogne \u2014 better known as the Battle of the Bulge. Once he recovered from his injuries, he returned to his unit \u2014 where he participated in the occupations of Berchtesgaden in Germany and Austria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was in every major engagement in Europe during World War II,\u201d local historian Rufus Ward said during an event for Freeman\u2019s 96th birthday. \u201cHe\u2019s a true American hero and we need to honor those people \u2026 we owe them more than we could ever repay them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He returned to his hometown after the war, where he married Willie Louise Gurley in 1947. He worked as a mail carrier for 32 years.<\/p>\n<p>Freeman was portrayed in HBO\u2019s \u201cBand of Brothers\u201d by actor James Farmer.<\/p>\n<p>The last remaining officer from the legendary unit, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/last-surviving-band-of-brothers-officer-a-jewish-soldier-who-toasted-his-sons-bar-mitzvah-with-cognac-stolen-from-hitlers-eagles-nest-dies-at-99\/\">Edward Shames<\/a>, passed away on Dec. 3, 2021. Shames was the first member of the 101st Airborne to walk into Dachau, the Nazi regime\u2019s longest-operating concentration camp, and he famously toasted at his son\u2019s bar mitzvah with cognac \u2014 labeled \u201cfor the Fuhrer\u2019s use only\u201d \u2014 that he stole from Adolf Hitler\u2019s Eagle\u2019s Nest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bradford Freeman, the last remaining member of the legendary Easy Company, 101st Airborne Division \u2014 immortalized in the miniseries \u201cBand of Brothers\u201d \u2014 has died at the age of 97. Freeman passed away on Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle, in Caledonia, MS, according to a report from Stars and Stripes. 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