April 12, 2024
Rod Bain FAMOUS FABRICS HORRORS OF WAR WWII 1/1 AUTOGRAPH BAND OF BROTHERS RARE!
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Rod (Roderick) Bain FAMOUS FABRICS INK HORRORS OF WAR II WWII 1/1 AUTOGRAPH ORIGNIAL MEMBER OF THE BAND OF BROTHERS/EASY COMPANY RARE! Technician fifth Grade Roderick G. Bain (May 13, 1922 – February 5, 2014) [1] was a non-commissioned officer in the Second Platoon of Easy Company , 2nd Battalion , 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment in the 101st Airborne Division , United States Army during the Second World War . Bain was one of the 140 original Toccoa men of Easy Company. His life story was featured in the 2009 book We Who Are Alive and Remain: Untold Stories from Band of Brothers . Bain was a member of the US Army Reserve, but he volunteered on August 19, 1942 and enlisted in Fort Lewis at Tacoma, Washington . He volunteered for Airborne Command Parachute School and was sent to Camp Toccoa , Georgia for training under Captain Herbert Sobel .[3] There he befriended Donald Malarkey , who was only a ferry ride away from where he lived. [4] Bain followed Easy Company to the U.K. and prepared for the invasion of Europe. Bain received the news that his stepbrother, Glen Spriggs, was killed while taking flight training in Texas, right before the Invasion of Normandy .[3] Bain was one of the radiomen of the company. He was often selected for patrol missions because of his radio skills. Bain often had worse time during the missions, because
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