It was an honor to call Darrel my Friend

In his book it's mentioned that in his later years he would fire his M1 from the front porch, even though he didn't see well and spent a lot of time listening to the audible Bible. Another interesting story was him noticing a tree that suddenly appeared, the Germans put up a fake tree as an observation post and no one noticed except Shifty. Seems everyone remembers him as a class act.

Shifty. A country boy, Hero and loyal warrior. 😢 RIP soldier.

One of the things i admired about B of B was the short commentary from the actual men portrayed in the series. Mr Powers comments about not having hard feelings for the Germans was interesting to me. I remember him saying, in a different situation him and the Germans might have been friends and could have had things in common. As Shifty put it, he was just doing his job and the Germans were doing their job. Interesting perspective.

2009, the same year my WWII Seabee dad passed. RIP, Shifty. "You were a good soldier."

Shifty was one of my favorites in Band of Brothers along with Winters and Speirs. 👍

Shifty was my favorite in 2001, I was 13 and my dad had gotten me a garand to shoot. He was soft spoken and a great shot, he also seemed to be extremely humble. Keep em coming.

Shifty was basically a superhero with his eyesight

Shifty has to be one of the favourite true characters Band of Brothers. I recall one other KZfaq video in which Shifty’s keen power of observation was mentioned. The story goes that during the Battle of the Bulge, Shifty told Captain Winters one morning that a tree had appeared in the distance overnight that had not been there the previous afternoon. Captain Winters called in an artillery strike on the offending tree 🌲 which turned out to be camouflage for a German position, which from memory included an artillery piece. I also understand that the nickname SHIFTY came from his prowess on the basketball court. It’s such a great nickname. ✅👍

He should have had a larger part in the miniseries

I love these extra stories we get about the men of Easy Company that weren't in the documentary. I gotta say that when I first signed up for the Army in 1988 I picked Airborne Infantry. After thinking it over I switched my MOS to 13f which is a forward observer lol. I just couldn't see myself jumping out of an airplane so I have a ton of respect for those men.

Shifty was the Hawkeye for easy company, if he would’ve been properly trained as a sniper he would’ve been a force to be reckon with.. although he had the fundamentals down to the core.

Popeye asked for his $5 back ...yeah most army thing i heard lol

Thanks. RIP. God Bless

This channel is absolutely fantastic! Your narration and research are spot on and you're not biased.. Something that's hard to find. Subbed!

They repped him well in BoB, thanks much for the history. Take care.

What a boss!!! Always loved shifty in band of brothers. It infuriates me that all his stuff from the war was stolen after he got in the accident in Germany

This is becoming one of my favorite channels on KZfaq. The research and story telling that are put into these videos is amazing. Thank you!

Love these, thank you for creating them.

Thanks for bringing these stories to life

Thanks! Keep it coming, you are doing a good job 😊

I love your videos. Thank you so much.

Sobel may have turned “Easy” into a good company but without proper leadership in the field they would not have lasted long in a war zone.

Great info on Power's later life. BTW, Ed Shames last name is pronounced "shamuhs" still with the long "a" but with "es" added as a syllable.

I really didn't know or want to hear the last part of this. I didn't know some dirtbag stole all of his war souvenirs. I guess back then you could still count on there being a scumbag thief around. AIRBORNE ALL THE WAY SHIFTY!

Thanks!

Can you imagine he served with a group of men where it could be said that he only earned a bronze star

You’re a hell of a fine solider Shifty 🫡 (him not talking about it makes sense after that scene). Glad he got to reconnect w Easy after BoB. I bet a lot of soldiers we know and love wouldn’t have made it if shifty didn’t take out snipers.

Did we ever hear why he was called Shifty?

You’re doing a great job of filling in bits and pieces. I understand you use AI for commentary because you are deaf. It never bothered me because of the great content.

Rest in peace hero.