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A statue of William “Wild Bill” Guarnere was unveiled on Saturday next to Edward “Babe” Heffron. Though the South Philly-born soldiers passed away in recent years, the city has erected a monument in their memories at Herron Playground, 2nd and Reed Streets, in the neighborhood the heroes called home.
After his death, his granddaughter formed the Wild Bill Guarnere Memorial Fund to continue his tradition of giving back to veterans. September 19, 2015, the Fund presented an 8-foot bronze statue of Guarnere by sculptor Chad Fisher to the Delaware County Veterans Memorial.
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Nov 10, 2014 · Two World War II veterans from South Philadelphia, who parachuted with Easy Company into Europe to combat German forces in 1944, will be honored next year with separate bronze statues. William “Wild Bill” Guarnere and Edward “Babe” Heffron, both depicted in the television miniseries “Band of Brothers,” will not be memorialized together.
Dec 28, 2019 · The bronze statues of William “Wild Bill” Guarnere and Edward “Babe” Heffron, outside Herron Park on 2nd and Reed Streets, show the pair as they looked before they left the old neighborhood to fight in Europe during World War II.
Wild Bill Guarnere was one of the WWII Band of Brothers. His family wanted a statue of him as they remembered him, so this depicts him as an old man, in a wrinkled uniform, with only one leg.
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Sep 23, 2015 · Recently, hundreds gathered in Philidelphia for the unveiling of the Wild Bill Guarnere statue, about 18 months after the death of the U.S. Army soldier and member of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division whose story was portrayed in the HBO miniseries, “Band of Brothers.”.
Apr 28, 2015 · At the Delaware County Veterans Memorial in Newtown Square, Pa., a statue of Italian-American William “Wild Bill” Guarnere will be memorialized in perpetuity. His family offered an eight-foot bronze statue, weighing 1,300 pounds, for the memorial.
