Famed WWII "Easy Company" Veteran Edward "Babe" Heffron Visits Radnor Library

Join us for a Veteran's Day event at Radnor Memorial Library, presented in partnership with Radnor Historical Society and Bateman Gallagher American Legion Post 668, on Wednesday, November 9, 7:30pm.

If you watched the outstanding, award-winning HBO miniseries Band of Brothers (based on the book by Stephen E. Ambrose), you will recall Babe's portrayal as one of the guys from South Philly, a private who was with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment in the 101st Airborne Division in the Army. "Wild Bill" Guarnere was also portrayed in the series and like Babe, fought in several major battles including Operation Market Garden in the Netherlands and the Battle of the Bulge at Bastogne, Belgium.

Eighty-eight year old Babe Heffron, is a co-author of Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends: Two WWII Paratroopers from the Original Band of Brothers Tell Their Story. His co-author is his close friend, fellow paratrooper, Bill Guarnere. Guarnere can't be with us because he has a committment in New Orleans and implores us to have a good time without him. It looks to me like both men have no plans on letting the dust settle on their boots anytime soon. I heard that Heffron just returned from a trip to Virginia, and after Radnor, is expected at West Point.

If you watched Tom Hanks' and Steven Spielberg's excellent dramatization of the war experiences of real men from Easy Company, then I know you'll be there. On Wednesday night, Babe will talk about his portrayal in the miniseries, his book, and his post-war life.  I'm sure he has some good stories...that are really history lessons for us all. We'll have books available for purchase.

See you at the Library!

Pam