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Ronald Speirs
Lieutenant Colonel
Ronald C. Speirs
(20 April 1920 – 11 April 2007) was a
United States Army
officer
who served in the
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
of the
101st Airborne Division
during
World War II
. He was initially assigned as a
platoon leader
in either Charlie or Baker
Company
of the 1st Battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. Speirs was reassigned to Dog Company of the 2nd Battalion prior to the
invasion of Normandy
in June 1944, before his unit was absorbed into
Easy Company
, of which he was given command during the assault on Foy after the
Battle of the Bulge
in
Bastogne
. Speirs also served in Korea, where he commanded a
rifle company
, and later became the
American
Governor
for
Spandau Prison
in
Berlin
. He reached the rank of
captain
while serving in the
European Theater
during World War II and retired as a lieutenant colonel. Speirs was portrayed in the television miniseries
Band of Brothers
by
Matthew Settle
.
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