What is Edward Tipper?
Private First Class '''Edward J. Tipper Jr.''' (August 3, 1921 – February 1, 2017) was an American military person. He was a former private of the [[Easy Company]], 2nd [[Battalion]], [[506th Parachute Infantry Regiment]] in the [[101st Airborne Division]], [[United States Army]] during the [[Second World War]]. He was one of the 140 original Toccoa men of Easy Company. Tipper was portrayed in the [[HBO]] miniseries ''[[Band of Brothers (TV miniseries)|Band of Brothers]]'' by [[Bart Ruspoli]]. Tipper's life story was featured in the 2009 book ''We Who Are Alive and Remain: Untold Stories from Band of Brothers''. Tipper was born in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]].<ref>Brotherton, pp. 9-10 </ref> He signed up to the United States Army because of the [[Attack on Pearl Harbor]]. He studied at the [[University of Michigan]] and at [[Northern Colorado University]]. Tipper died on February 1, 2017 in [[Lakewood, Colorado|Lakewood]], [[Colorado]], aged 95.<ref>{{cite web|title=A Farewell and Final Thank You to Edward Tipper, ‘Easy Company’ D-Day Survivor and Museum Friend|url=http://www.nww2m.com/2017/02/a-farewell-and-final-thank-you-to-edward-tipper-easy-company-d-day-survivor-and-museum-friend/|website=www.nww2m.com|access-date=February 6, 2017|date=February 6, 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{cite book|title=We Who Are Alive and Remain: Untold Stories from Band of Brothers|first=Marcus |last=Brotherton|publisher=Berkley Trade|year=2009|isbn=0425234193}} *{{cite book|title=Band of Brothers: Easy Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest|url=https://archive.org/details/bandofbrothersec0000ambr_a7s6|first=Stephen E.|last=Ambrose|publisher=Simon & Schuster|year=1992|isbn=978-0-7434-6411-6}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tipper, Edward}} [[Category:1921 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:People from Detroit]] [[Category:Military people from Colorado]] {{US-bio-stub}}