Edward Shames - wikipedia Edward Shames Edward D. Shames 1st Lieutenant Edward Shames, 1945 Nickname ( s ) `` Ed '' ( 1922 - 06 - 13 ) June 13, 1922 ( age 96 ) Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States Allegiance United States Service / branch United States Army Rank Colonel Service number 13117836 ( enlisted ) Unit 101st Airborne Division I Company, 3rd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment Battles / wars World War II Operation Overlord Operation Market Garden Battle of the Bulge Relations David Shames, father Sadie Shames, mother Anna Shames, sister Simmie Shames, sister George Shames, brother Colonel Edward D. Shames ( born June 13, 1922 ) is a retired United States Army enlisted man and officer who later served in the U.S. Army Reserve. During World War II he was assigned to the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. Shames is the last surviving officer and, following the death of Donald Malarkey, oldest surviving member of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. He is Jewish and was affected deeply by seeing Nazi Germany 's concentration camps. A character based on Shames appeared in the television series Band of Brothers. Contents 1 Early life 2 Military Service 2.1 World War II 2.2 Post-war 3 In popular culture 4 References 5 External links Early life Shames was born in Virginia Beach, Virginia, the son of David and Sadie Shames. His father died when he was five. Military service World War II Shames read about and applied for duty with the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. In August 1942, Shames was called to active duty. He was sent to Toccoa, Georgia for training, starting as a private in Item Company, 3rd Battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. In England, Shames was promoted to Operations Sergeant. Prior to the paratroopers making their jump on D - Day, he built the sand tables the airborne unit used in planning the airdrop into Normandy. Shames made his first combat jump into Normandy on D - Day as part of Operation Overlord. On 13 June 1944, he received a battlefield commission to second lieutenant, although the formal commission was completed in England. He was the first NCO in the Third Battalion to receive such a commission in Normandy. He was transferred to Easy Company and took charge of its third platoon. Shames fought with Easy Company in Operation Market Garden and volunteered for Operation Pegasus led by Frederick Heyliger. He was wounded once in his left leg during the campaigns. He then fought with the rest of E Company in the Battle of the Bulge in Bastogne. In Foy, Shames and Paul Rogers knocked out a German tank with a bazooka. In Germany, he saw some of the concentration camps in which the Germans imprisoned Europe 's Jews and was deeply affected, because he is Jewish. Post-war After World War II, he served in the United States Army Reserve and retired as a colonel. In popular culture Shames was portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers by Joseph May. References ^ Jump up to : Airborne : The Combat Story of Ed Shames of Easy Company, Ch 1 Jump up ^ p. 54, Alexander ^ Jump up to : Edward Shames 's Biography Jump up ^ p. 117, Winters Jump up ^ Location 895, Ooms Jump up ^ p. 298, Alexander Sources Alexander, Larry ( 2011 ). In the Footsteps of the Band of Brothers : A Return to Easy Company 's Battlefields with Sgt. Forrest Guth. NAL Trade. ISBN 978 - 0 - 451 - 23315 - 8. Ambrose, Stephen E. ( 1992 ). Band of Brothers : Easy Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler 's Eagle 's Nest. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978 - 0 - 7434 - 6411 - 6. Brotherton, Marcus ( 2011 ). Shifty 's War : The Authorized Biography of Sergeant Darrell ' Shifty ' Powers, the Legendary Sharpshooter from the Band of Brothers. Berkley Caliber. ISBN 978 - 0 - 425 - 24097 - 7. Ooms, Ronald ( 2013 ). Silver Eagle - The Official Biography of ' Band of Brothers ' Veteran Clancy Lyall. Pneuma Springs Publishing. ISBN 9781782282648. Gardner, Ian ; Day, Roger ( 2010 ). Tonight We Die As Men. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 184908436X. Gardner, Ian ; Dicarlo, Mario ( 2013 ). Deliver Us From Darkness. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1782008306. Gardner, Ian ( 2014 ). No Victory In Valhalla. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1472801334. Gardner, Ian ( 2015 ). Airborne : The Combat Story of Ed Shames of Easy Company. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1472804856. Winters, Dick ; Kingseed, Cole C. Beyond Band of Brothers : The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters. External links Edward Shames 's page on US Airborne Appearances on C - SPAN Band of Brothers ( book ) ( miniseries ) Military units E Company, 506th Infantry Regiment ( United States ) 506th Infantry Regiment 101st Airborne Division Major engagements Invasion of Normandy Operation Market Garden Battle of the Bulge Notable personnel Albert Blithe Robert B. Brewer Lynn Compton Walter Gordon William Guarnere Edward Heffron Frederick Heyliger Carwood Lipton Donald Malarkey Salve H. Matheson Lewis Nixon Darrell Powers Edward Shames Robert Sink Herbert Sobel Ronald Speirs Edward Tipper Richard Winters David Kenyon Webster Robert Wynn Related articles We Who Are Alive and Remain Stephen Ambrose Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edward_Shames&oldid=864784095 '' Categories : American military personnel of World War II 1922 births Living people People from Virginia Beach, Virginia Military personnel from Virginia Band of Brothers characters Operation Overlord people United States Army colonels American Jews American Jews in the military Talk Contents About Wikipedia Simple English Edit links This page was last edited on 19 October 2018, at 12 : 45 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: who played ed shames in band of brothers
Answer: Joseph May