I didn't want them to love me I wanted them to respect me. In a 2006 interview for Military History magazine, Shames explained his reputation as a "screamer" to his men, demanding not just "discipline," but "perfection." He was also the first member of the 101st Airborne to enter the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau, shortly after its liberation.Īccording to his obituary, when Easy Company entered Hitler's "Eagle's Nest," near the town of Berchtesgaden, Shames acquired a few bottles of cognac that were labeled "for the Fuhrer's use only." It was with this cognac that Shames toasted his oldest son's Bar Mitzvah. He fought in Operation Market Garden, Operation Pegasus (a rescue mission that saved 125 trapped British troops), and the Battle of the Bulge.
An operations sergeant, he was still 21 years old when he parachuted into Normandy on D-Day, after which he received a battlefield commission to second lieutenant, and took charge of Easy Company. The last surviving officer of Easy Company, whose exploits were recounted in the book and HBO miniseries, "Band of Brothers," Edward Shames (June 13, 1922-December 3, 2021) was involved in some of the most important battles of World War II. following the D-Day invasion, and led Easy Company during some of World War II's most important battles. Now, I probably failed part of that, but I still work at it."Įdward Shames was promoted to 2nd.
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The third day after he had lost the election, he goes on the Letterman show."ĭavid Letterman: "Bob, what have you been doing lately?"ĭole: "Apparently, not enough, in any event!"ĭole nonetheless became a familiar face as a TV pundit, including in 2003 as a dueling commentator with former President Clinton on "60 Minutes." He was also a lobbyist, a fundraiser for the National World War II Memorial, an advocate for people with disabilities, and an unlikely pitchman (for Pepsi, Visa, and even Viagra).Īmong the honors presented to Dole were the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal.ĭole once said, "My pledge one time was to make a difference in the life of at least one person every day. He lost, but as his wife, Elizabeth (who later became a Senator herself) said, "Bob Dole is a fighter. He spent 27 years in the Senate but resigned, quitting his post as Majority Leader, when he ran against President Bill Clinton in 1996, becoming the last presidential candidate to have served in World War II. They lost that contest, and Dole was unsuccessful when he sought the Republican presidential nomination in 1980 and '88. He was President Gerald Ford's VP pick when he ran for election in 1976. In 1950 Dole was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives, and, after a stint as County Attorney of Russell County, was elected to the House in 1960, and later the Senate. He said he decided on a life of public service while still recovering from his wounds: "I figured out that lying in bed the rest of my life was not an option," Dole told "Sunday Morning" correspondent Rita Braver. The support from his hometown, he told "Sunday Morning" in 2021, was symbolized by a cigar box: "My friends in Dawson's Drugstore in Russell, Kansas, when they heard that I was wounded, they passed the box around and kept it on the counter, and asked people to give money." His terrible wounds, from which he spent three years recuperating, would cost him the use of his right arm. A young Army Captain, he was advancing against Nazi fortifications in Italy when he was hit by gunfire. The Kansas-born Robert Dole (July 22, 1923-December 5, 2021) was a high school athlete who wanted to be a doctor, but World War II intervened.
The Associated Press contributed to this gallery. DAVID AKE/AFP via Getty ImagesĪ look back at the esteemed personalities who left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.īy senior producer David Morgan. Senator Bob Dole campaigns for president in 1996.
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