The oldest member living of the now famous Easy Company passes away.
The oldest living member of Easy Company, the World War II unit made famous by the TV miniseries “Band of Brothers,” has died.
Ed Mauser passed away on Friday at the age of 94, according to the Omaha World Herald. He had been suffering from pancreatic cancer.
“It was a long trip, but everything comes to an end,” Mauser said in an interview not long before his death, according to the Herald.
The 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Easy Company, parachuted into Europe in June 1944, near Normandy, France.
The unit later fought in the Battle of the Bulge and occupied Eagle’s Nest, Hitler’s mountainside retreat.
The HBO miniseries, produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, was a huge hit and made many members of the company household names.