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LinkThe old man of Easy Company is gone.
Ed Mauser of Omaha, the oldest surviving member of the 101st Airborne Division's famed Band of Brothers unit in Europe during World War II, died at his home Friday. He was 94.
Mauser, who parachuted into France on D-Day and fought across Europe, was diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer in late December.
“It was a long trip, but everything comes to an end,” he said in a recent interview.
Edward “Babe” Heffron of South Philadelphia, Pa., an Easy Company veteran, said he was saddened by Mauser's death.
“It's a shame,” Heffron said. “Ed was a good soldier. He went through his share of hell.”
Mauser's death leaves 35 known living veterans of famed Easy Company.