1. Clifford Carwood Lipton was a commissioned officer with Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, during World War II.
26 Facts About Carwood Lipton
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Carwood Lipton has said "it was the greatest honor ever awarded" to him.
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Carwood Lipton eventually earned a promotion to first lieutenant before leaving the army.
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Carwood Lipton was featured in the 2010 book A Company of Heroes: Personal Memories about the Real Band of Brothers and the Legacy They Left Us, and portrayed by Donnie Wahlberg in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers.
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Carwood Lipton was born and raised in Huntington, West Virginia.
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Since Carwood was the eldest child, she told him to be the "man of the family".
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Carwood Lipton was assigned to Easy Company of the 506th, becoming one of its first four privates.
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Carwood Lipton quickly rose through the ranks of the company, becoming a Sergeant pretty early, then Platoon Sergeant prior to D-Day.
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Carwood Lipton eventually became company first sergeant, after Bill Evans, the original Company First Sergeant since Toccoa, was killed in action in Normandy, and acting Company First Sergeant James Diel was given a battlefield commission and transferred within the 506th.
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Carwood Lipton always kept the men's spirits high and pushed them to their full potential, an act recognized by the officers of Easy Company.
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Carwood Lipton was the jumpmaster on one of the C-47 Skytrains during the American airborne landings in Normandy in the early-morning hours of 6 June 1944.
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Less than a week later, Carwood Lipton took part in the Battle of Carentan, a coastal town that needed to be captured for the Allies at Utah Beach to link up with the Allied forces further toward the east.
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Carwood Lipton's wounds were minor and earned him his first Purple Heart.
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Carwood Lipton was with Easy Company when they liberated Eindhoven, a city in the southern Netherlands near the country's Belgian border.
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Carwood Lipton was part of an advance team that scouted ahead of the rest of the company.
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Carwood Lipton later witnessed the horrors of the Holocaust at Kaufering concentration camp.
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Carwood Lipton helped Easy Company capture Hitler's Eagles' Nest winter retreat at Berchtesgaden, where he became acquainted with Ferdinand Porsche, who spoke English very well.
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Carwood Lipton remained with Easy Company until the unit was disbanded after Japan surrendered.
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Carwood Lipton remained in the Army Reserve through the Korean War, but would never be deployed overseas again.
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Fresh with his degree, Carwood Lipton received a job with Owens Illinois Inc.
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In 1966, Carwood Lipton moved to Bridgeton, New Jersey, where he became an administrative manager.
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Carwood Lipton spent his retirement years in the town of Southern Pines, North Carolina.
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Carwood Lipton appeared on two television shows, providing commentary in the HBO mini-series Band of Brothers and an accompanying documentary, We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company.
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Carwood Lipton died on 16 December 2001, of pulmonary fibrosis in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
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Carwood Lipton was survived by his wife Marie, three sons from his first marriage to Jo Anne who died in 1975, five grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.
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Carwood Lipton was the recipient of the following military decorations and service medals:.