[NSRCA-discussion] FW: [ATR Ltd.] Fw: Very Important......

Thu Jul 16 03:14:39 AKDT 2009

Is anyone doing a daily report from the Nats on the 'net?

Jay Marshall 

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RS,

Everybody very busy at the Nats.  

VB
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From: "Richard Strickland" <pamrich47 at hotmail.com>
To: "NSRCA DISCUSSION" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 11:24:51 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] FW: [ATR Ltd.] Fw: Very Important......

List is fairly quiet--off another.
RS

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Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2009, 9:27 PM

We're hearing a lot today about big splashy memorial services.

I want a nationwide memorial service for Darrell "Shifty" Powers.

Shifty volunteered for the airborne in WWII and served with Easy  

Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the 101st  

Airborne Infantry. If you've seen Band of Brothers on HBO or the  

History Channel, you know Shifty. His character appears in all 10  

episodes, and Shifty himself is interviewed in several of them.

I met Shifty in the Philadelphia airport several years ago. I didn't  

know who he was at the time. I just saw an elderly gentleman having  

trouble reading his ticket. I offered to help, assured him that he was  

at the right gate, and noticed the "Screaming Eagle," the symbol of  

the 101st Airborne, on his hat.

Making conversation, I asked him if he'd been in the 101st Airborne  

or if his son was serving. He said quietly that he had been in the  

101st. I thanked him for his service, then asked him when he served,  

and how many jumps he made.

Quietly and humbly, he said "Well, I guess I signed up in 1941 or so,  

and was in until sometime in 1945 .. . . " at which point my heart  

skipped.

At that point, again, very humbly, he said "I made the 5 training  

jumps at Toccoa, and then jumped into Normandy . . . . do you know  

where Normandy is?" At this point my heart stopped.

I told him "yes, I know exactly where Normandy is, and I know what  

D-Day was." At that point he said "I also made a second jump into  

Holland, into Arnhem." I was standing with a genuine war hero . . . .  

and then I realized that it was June, just after the anniversary of  

D-Day..

I asked Shifty if he was on his way back from France, and he said  

"Yes. And it's real sad because, these days, so few of the guys are  

left, and those that are, lots of them can't make the trip." My heart  

was in my throat and I didn't know what to say.

I helped Shifty get onto the plane and then realized he was back in  

Coach while I was in First Class. I sent the flight attendant back to  

get him and said that I wanted to switch seats. When Shifty came  

forward, I got up out of the seat and told him I wanted him to have  

it, that I'd take his in coach.

He said "No, son, you enjoy that seat. Just knowing that there are  

still some who remember what we did and who still care is enough to  

make an old man very happy." His eyes were filling up as he said it.  

And mine are brimming up now as I write this.

Shifty died on June 17 after fighting cancer.

There was no parade.

No big event in Staples Center.

No wall to wall back to back 24x7 news coverage.

No weeping fans on television.

And that's not right.

Let's give Shifty his own Memorial Service, online, in our own quiet  

way. Please forward this email to everyone you know. Especially to the  

veterans.

Rest in peace, Shifty.

Chuck Yeager, MajGen. [ret.]  

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