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Edward "Babe" Heffron served as a private in Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army during World War II. He enlisted in 1941 at age 18, trained at Fort Benning, Georgia, and became a machine gunner upon joining "E" company in Aldbourne, England. He helped liberate Son and Eindhoven, Holland, in Operation Market Garden, defend Bastogne, Belgium, at the Battle of the Bulge, liberate the Kaufering concentration camp in Landsberg, Germany, and capture Hitler's Eagle's Nest in Germany. He received the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart for his service and returned home to South Philadelphia after the war in December 1945.
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