![]() He was generally considered to be the best shot in Easy Company. Company members say Powers saved many lives that day. ![]() With the aid of First Sergeant Carwood Lipton, Shifty made a heroic attempt and silenced the German with his M1 right between the eyes. While in Foy, a German sniper shot three members of Easy Company, and everyone hid for cover. He also participated in the Allied military operation Operation Market Garden in the Netherlands, and the Battle of the Bulge in Foy, Belgium. He eventually came in contact with Floyd Talbert and the two made their way to Easy Company. Powers jumped into Normandy on D-Day, missing his drop zone. and volunteered for the paratroopers with his newly met good friend, Robert 'Popeye' Wynn. Powers enlisted on August 14, 1942, at Richmond, Virginia. This experience proved useful later as many of the skills he obtained helped him as a soldier. Shifty spent a great deal of time in the outdoors hunting game prior to joining the service. Powers was born in Clinchco, Dickenson County, Virginia. His story was also featured in the 2009 book We Who Are Alive and Remain: Untold Stories from The Band of Brothers. The 2011 book Shifty's War by journalist Marcus Brotherton, published by Penguin/Berkley-Caliber, captures Sgt. Powers was portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers by Peter Youngblood Hills. "Shifty" Powers (Ma– June 17, 2009) was a non-commissioned officer with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division during World War II. * European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, and others Many b&w personal photos fromįamily collections are included.E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division The author alsoĭraws on his own face-to-face interviews with Shifty's family,įriends, and members of Easy Company. Made for the purpose of creating a 2001 HBO mini-series based on theīook Band of Brothers by historian Stephen Ambrose. Talked about his life, which were part of a collection of recordings Shifty, and on archived audio and visual recordings of Shifty as he Shifty's voice, the author draws on his own phone interviews with In order to write the book as a first-person narrative in Return to his rural hometown after the war, his career there, and hisįamily. Thisīiography focuses on his experiences in the war, and also describes his Regiment, 101st Division, to earn the coveted marksman designation. Soldiers in the legendary Easy Company 506th Parachute Infantry These skills in his military service in WWII, becoming one of only two ![]() He honed his tracking, hunting, and rifle shooting skills. Shifty Powers grew up in a remote mining town in Appalachia where "Shifty" Powers, the legendary sharpshooter from the Band of Shifty's war the authorized biography of Sergeant Darrell APA style: Shifty's war the authorized biography of Sergeant Darrell 'Shifty' Powers, the legendary sharpshooter from the Band of Brothers.Shifty's war the authorized biography of Sergeant Darrell 'Shifty' Powers, the legendary sharpshooter from the Band of Brothers." Retrieved from MLA style: "Shifty's war the authorized biography of Sergeant Darrell 'Shifty' Powers, the legendary sharpshooter from the Band of Brothers." The Free Library.
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