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Lewis Nixon III (September 30, 1918 – January 11, 1995) was a United States Army officer who, during World War II, served at the company, battalion, and regimental level with the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division.
Sep 24, 2023 · Lewis Nixon III was Richard Winters' best friend and had a significant role in both the war and in Band of Brothers. Nixon struggled with alcoholism throughout his life but eventually found peace and happiness with his third wife, Grace.
Nov 29, 2021 · Lewis Nixon III has become one of the most storied figures in the Allied invasion of Europe during World War II. A member of the 101st Airborne Division, he parachuted into Nazi-occupied France and joined assaults like the Battle of the Bulge and Operation Market Garden to help thwart the Axis in Europe.
Nov 6, 2023 · The real Lewis Nixon III, the real Band of Brothers soldier played by Ron Livingston, first became friends with Dick Winters during their time in Officer Candidate School, and the two of them remained close throughout the war and after its end.
Lewis Nixon III (September 30, 1918 – January 11, 1995) was a commissioned officer with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division during World War II.
Mar 20, 2022 · Born Lewis Nixon III on September 30, 1918, in New York City, he was the eldest of the three children of Stanhope Wood Nixon and Doris Ryer Nixon. His baby brother named Fletcher Ryer died...
Jan 9, 2024 · Ron Livingston plays Lewis Nixon III in the Band of Brothers cast, another central character in the show. Richard Winters' close friend and fellow second lieutenant of Easy Company's 2nd Battalion, Nixon shares many of Winters' campaigns during the war but does not have the same trajectory up through the ranks.
Feb 10, 2022 · Captain Lewis Nixon III fought with the 101st Airborne Division's Easy Company alongside Major Dick Winters in historic clashes like D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge.
Aug 30, 2023 · After working for his friend and fellow Easy Company paratrooper Lewis Nixon and attending Rutgers University, Winters was recalled to active duty to serve in the Korean War.
Captain Lewis Nixon III was a United States Army officer who, during World War II, served at the company, battalion, and regimental level with the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. Nixon was portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers by Ron Livingston.
