Shifty's War is a tale of heroism and adventure, of a soldier's blood-filled days fighting his way from the shores of France to the heartland of Germany, and the epic story of how one man's skills as a sharpshooter propelled him to a life greater than he could have ever imagined. He parachuted into France on D-day and fought for a month in Normandy eighty days in Holland thirty-nine in the harshly cold winter of Bastogne and for nearly thirty more near Haguenau, France, and the Ruhr pocket in Germany. As one of the original men who trained at Camp Toccoa, Georgia, Shifty was one out of only two soldiers in Easy Company to initially earn the coveted expert marksman designation. Little did Shifty know his finely-tuned skills would one day save his life-and the lives of his fellow paratroopers. His father trained him to listen to the woods, to see without his eyes. This article appears in: Summer 2012 By Marcus Brotherton Darrell Shifty Powers was a soft-spoken machinist who never aspired to greatness. As a boy, Darrell Shifty Powers's goal was to become the best rifle shot he could be. Shifty Powers, one of the Band of Brothers, recalls how he survived the war without a scratch, only to be nearly killed at war’s end. Sold out a decade ago, this hard-to-find Main Edition print is from an edition of 850 limited-edition prints, signed by artist John Shaw and including the autographs of 3 Band of Brothers paratroopers who fought in the Bois Jacques: Shifty Powers (separate signature card), 'Wild Bill' Guarnere, and Earl McClung. 1 He is perhaps best known for his supporting role of Sgt. Shifty's War is a tale of heroism and adventure, of a soldier's blood-filled days fighting his way from the shores of France to the heartland of Germany, and the epic story of how one man's skills as a sharpshooter propelled him to a life greater than he could have ever imagined.From D-Day to the Battle of the Bulge and more, here is the authorized biography of one of the most celebrated paratroopers of Easy Company, Sergeant Shifty Powers, the legendary sharpshooter from the Band of Brothers. Plot Band of Brothers is a dramatized account of 'Easy Company', part of the 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, assigned to the United States Army s 101st Airborne Division during World War II. Peter Youngblood Hills (born 28 January 1978) is an Anglo -American actor. Little did Shifty know his finely-tuned skills would one day save his life-and the lives of his fellow paratroopers. War : The Authorized Biography of Sergeant Darrell Shifty Powers, the Legendary Shar Pshooter from the Band of Brothers by Marcus Brotherton (2012. With Kirk Acevedo, Doug Allen, William Armstrong, Philip Barantini. His father trained him to listen to the woods, to see without his eyes. INTRO: Band of Brothers is a ten-part video series dramatizing the history of one company of American paratroopers in World War TwoE Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne, known as Easy. As a boy, Darrell Shifty Powers's goal was to become the best rifle shot he could be. From D-Day to the Battle of the Bulge and more, here is the authorized biography of one of the most celebrated paratroopers of Easy Company, Sergeant Shifty Powers, the legendary sharpshooter from the Band of Brothers.
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