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Darrell Cecil "Shifty" Powers (13 March 1923 – 17 June 2009) was a non-commissioned officer with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division during World War II. Powers was portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers by Peter Youngblood Hills.
What follows is the first chapter from the new book, Shifty’s War: The Authorized Biography of Sergeant Darrell “Shifty” Powers, the legendary sharpshooter featured in Band of Brothers. This work is a posthumous memoir that reflects the recollections of Shifty Powers’s experiences.
Staff Sergeant Darrell C. "Shifty" Powers was a non-commissioned officer with Easy Company , 2nd Battalion , 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment , in the 101st Airborne Division during World War II . The real Shifty Powers.
May 1, 2012 · As a boy, Darrell “Shifty” Powers’s goal was to become the best rifle shot he could be. His father trained him to listen to the woods, to “see” without his eyes. Little did Shifty know his finely-tuned skills would one day save his life—and the lives of his fellow paratroopers.
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In this video I will be showing you the entire life of Darrell Shifty Powers a member of Easy Company (Band of Brothers) during the Second World War.
Veterans of Easy Company, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne. Darrell Powers was born on March 13th, 1923 in Clinchco, Virginia. He grew up at the same place, taking advantage of the great outdoors to become familiar with rifle shooting and quickly became an excellent shooter.
D-Day, Normandy and Beyond veteran Darrell 'Shifty' Powers shares his memories of WW2 and the 101st Airborne.
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From D-Day to the Battle of the Bulge and more, here is the authorized biography of one of the most celebrated paratroopers of Easy Company, Sergeant Shifty Powers, the legendary sharpshooter from the Band of Brothers. As a boy, Darrell "Shifty" Powers' goal was to become the best rifle shot he could be.
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Shifty Powers saying good bye to Major Winters. From the episode 'Points'.
May 3, 2011 · A tale of heroism and adventure-a memoir about Sergeant Darrell "Shifty" Powers, a highly respected Band of Brothers soldier. When he was a boy growing up in the remote mining town of Clinchco, Virginia, Shifty Powers's goal was to become the best rifle shot he could be.
