Maj. Dick Winters
(1918-2011)
After the war, Winters went on to work at Lewis Nixon's family business and was called up for duty during the Korean War. He went on to work as a supervisor in New Jersey.
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TSgt. Don Malarkey
(1921- )
After the war, Malarkey returned to school at the University of Oregon. After graduation, he became a sales manager at a car company. Though he is now retired, he continues to travel around speaking to groups on his experiences during the war.
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Capt. Lewis Nixon
(1918-1995)
After the war, Nixon worked at his family's company in New Jersey with Dick Winters. After he married for the third time he finally got his life together and quit drinking.
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2nd Lt. Carwood Lipton
(1920-2001)
After the war, Lipton enrolled at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia and graduated with a degree in Engineering. He moved around throughout the United States, London, and Scotland for his work. Retiring in California.
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Medic Eugene Roe
(1921-1998)
Not much is known about Roe after the war other than he become a construction contractor.
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SSergeant Darrell "Shifty" Powers
(1932-2009)
In BoB we see the men of Easy rigging a lottery for men who didn't have enough points to go home so Shifty could go. After he won, he was headed to the airfield to fly home when the car he was riding in was involved in a bad collision. After the war he went to work for Clinchfield Coal Corporation and worked as a machinist.
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SSergeant Denver "Bull" Randleman
(1920-2003)
After the war, Randleman worked as a service manager. He would later become a successful construction contractor.
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Sergeant George Luz
(1921-1998)
After the war, Luz returned to to Rhode Island and married wife, Del. He worked as a maintenance consultant.
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Sergeant Frank Perconte
(1917- )
After the war, Perconte returned to Joiliet, Illinois and worked as a postman. He has been active in telling his story of his time during the war.
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1st Lt. Lynn "Buck" Compton
(1921-2012)
After the war, Buck went to law school and became lawyer in 1946. He later went on to join the Los Angeles District Attorney's office and was the lead prosecutor of Sirhan Sirhan, who was accused of murdering Robert F. Kennedy.
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SSergeant William "Wild Bill" Guarnere
(1923 - )
After the war, Guarnere was given full disability, working odds 'n' end type jobs. He became active in various veteran associations and now helps put together the Easy Company reunion.
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Lt. Col. Ronald Speirs
(1920-2007)
After the war, Speirs decided to continue to serve in the military. He went on to serve in the Korean War. In the late 1950's he was appointed as the governor of Spandau Prison in Berlin, where prominent Nazi officials like Hermann Goerring resided during the Nuremberg Trials.
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Pfc. David Kenyon Webster
(1922-1961)
After the war Webster worked as a reporter. He published his memoirs of his wartime experience a few years after the war ended.
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