![]() ![]() He volunteered to be a paratrooper following the attack on Pearl Harbor and was assigned to the Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division. He was the oldest surviving member of WWII’s Easy Company when he passed away on September 30.Ī recipient of the Bronze Star and Purple Heart, Malarkey was also awarded the French Legion of Honor Medal, France’s highest military honor, in 2009. ![]() Famous for his D-Day heroism with the rest of the Normandy Invasion troops, he wrote an autobiography of his service as well as being featured in the book and miniseries, Band of Brothers. Donald Malarkey, a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne Division’s famous Easy Company in World War II and one of the last surviving members of the “Band of Brothers,” has passed away at age 96. ![]()
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