FILE - Bradford Freeman, assigned to ‘Easy’ Company, 2nd Battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, prepares to meet friends on his porch on Sept. 3, 2020, in Mississippi.
"He was in every major engagement in Europe during World War II," Rufus Ward, a historian and 43rd FTS honorary commander, toldduring a 2020 interview. "He’s a true American hero and we need to honor those people … we owe them more than we could ever repay them." FILE - Band of Brothers veterans of Easy Company 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment Buck Compton, Ed Tipper, Bradford Freeman, Donald Malarkey, as they attend the formal unveiling of a memorial plaque at Stansted Airport, Essex, c
"Our dad was always astounded that a country boy from Mississippi was able to see so many places and meet so many interesting people," Freeman’s daughters wrote in his obituary.