Robert Burr Smith Nickname Smitty
Born. 02nd May 1924 Died 07th January 1983 ) (aged 58)
Place of birth:- Tacoma, Washington, United States
Lieutenant Colonel Robert Burr Smith (May 02 nd,1924 - January 07th,1983)
was an American Army Officer. He was famous for his service for Easy Company,
2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101 st Airborne
Division of the United States Army during World War ll.
Smith was one of the 140 Toccoa men of Easy Company.
Smith's life story was featured in the 2009 book We Who Are
Alive and Remain: Untold Stories from Band of Brothers.
Smith was born in May 2, I924 in Tacoma, Washington.
His family moved to Los Angeles when he was seven.
Smith was sent by his grandmother to Brown Military Academy
in Pacific Beach, California because he acted as
German soldiers and yelled 'Heil Hilter!' for fun with his friend.
Smith enlisted in the army at Rochester, New York in August I8,
I942 and volunteered for paratroopers. He was sent to Toccoa,
Georgia for training and befriended Warren 'Skip' Muck and
Donald Malarkey. William Guarnere in his biography said that
Smith ‘was a nice boy, so you blamed him for the devilment,
because nobody believe it‘ on 13 thJanuary , 1945, Smith was
wounded in Foy, Belgium and was evacuated to the hospital.
He met Perconte and Malarkey and the three rejoined Easy Company
in Germany before the end of the war. Smith returned to the States
in I974 and became the CIA liaison officer to the Delta Force.
In I980, Smith participated in the failed mission to free American
hostages in the US embassy in Tehran, Iran.Smith retired from the
CIA after a hang gliding accident. He was later diagnosed with lung
cancer. He died in January 7,1983.
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