Edward J. 'Babe' Heffron, of 'Band of Brothers' fame, dies at 90

[steve58]

To the end, Edward James "Babe" Heffron insisted that he wasn't a hero, that his service in World War II was simply part of an obligation to serve his country in a time of need.

But when fame followed him in the wake of Stephen Ambrose's book "Band of Brothers" and its HBO miniseries, Heffron, who died Sunday at the age of 90 after a short battle with colon cancer, used it to praise the sacrifices made by countless men and women during America's most trying times.

"He felt the heroes were the moms who sent their kids off and the guys who never came back," Ed Zavrel, Heffron's son-in-law, told FoxNews.com Tuesday night. "Babe didn't consider himself a hero, just a guy who did his job."

As a paratrooper in Company E, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, Private Heffron joined Easy Company shortly after the Normandy invasion and participated in some of the war's fiercest battles, including the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium. He received a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/12/03/edward-j-babe-heffron-band-brothers-fame-dies-at-0/?intcmp=latestnews

[Barthheart]

So few left.... RIP.  :(

[Greybriar]

Rest in peace, Babe.

So few left.... RIP.  :(

I wonder how many are left. World War II has been over for nearly seventy years.

[OJsDad]

Rest in peace, Babe.

So few left.... RIP.  :(

I wonder how many are left. World War II has been over for nearly seventy years.

Grandpa will be 96 at the beginning of the year.  Toured Europe with Patton and Third Army. 

[BanzaiCat]

Wow.

:(

Hard to believe it's been 70 years...

RIP Babe.

[LongBlade]

Rest in peace, Babe.

So few left.... RIP.  :(

I wonder how many are left. World War II has been over for nearly seventy years.

Grandpa will be 96 at the beginning of the year.  Toured Europe with Patton and Third Army.

I still see them from time to time, but all the more notable because there are so few left.

[Staggerwing]

Wow.

:(

Hard to believe it's been 70 years...

RIP Babe.

A true eye opener. When I started reading books about WW2 and building my first models it had only been about 25 years. I even had a grade school teacher who fought in the Pacific.

[Martok]

RIP, Mr. Heffron.  Thanks for all you did.