Daniel's Daughter Cathy:
"Unfortunately my father never spoke about the war. We didn't learn about his connection to Band of Brothers until shortly before his death.
I know my father was with Easy Company from beginning to end. He enlisted in August of 1942."
LEFT: Top row fltr:
Carwood Lipton - Ledley R. (Ridley) Pace - James "Moe" Alley - Carl Fenstermaker - Mike Ranney - ? - Daniel West.
Middle row fltr: Kenneth Baldwin, Wayne "Skinny" Sisk
Front is Bill Maynard
This postcard Daniel send to his girl friend Elisabeth Chisholm. They were not married at that time. He met her during his training at Ford Bragg.
After his discharge in 1945 he married her in 1946.
At the southern edge of the village was the Marmion Farm situated. A German headquarter and supply depot. (right)
There were 3 different US groups that attacked the farm.
The attack only took about 5 or 10 minutes and they took the buildings. After a while the Germans started to attack again.Though the Americans did not have any automatic weapons with them they held the place all day and the morning of the next.
Than, around noon, about 150 men, sea borne infantry who had landed on Utah Beach, arrived at the farm, which was good because their ammunition was dangerously low.
The ones from E-Co who were part of the attack were:
David Morris - Forrest Guth - John Eubanks - Ed Tipper - Campbell Smith - Floyd Talbert - Francis Mellett - Walther Gordon - Daniel WestPAGES
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