David Kenyon Webster

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David Webster in Eindhoven on September 17, 1944

David Kenyon Webster (born June 2, 1922 ; missing since September 9, 1961 ) was an American journalist , writer and soldier . He is portrayed by Eion Bailey in the miniseries Band of Brothers .

Life

David Webster was born in New York on 2 June 1922, attended school in Watertown ( Connecticut ). Before joining the 101st Airborne Division paratroopers in 1942 , he studied English literature at Harvard University . Hence the nicknames Einstein and Professor.

After training as a paratrooper with the F Company, Webster jumped on June 6, 1944 with the E Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Normandy and took part in the subsequent attack on Carentan . In September 1944 Webster jumped over Holland as part of Operation Market Garden and was wounded in the leg on October 5, 1944 in a skirmish against units of the Waffen SS . After this wounding he was taken to a hospital in England and returned to E-Company in February 1945, where he served the remainder of the war.

After World War II, Webster graduated from college and worked as a journalist for the Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles Daily News . He was also very interested in sharks. Among other things, he wrote the book "Myth and Maneater: The Story of the Shark." On September 9, 1961, Webster drove off the coast of Santa Monica and disappeared. He has been missing since then. David Webster left a wife and three children.

Awards

literature

  • David Kenyon Webster (1994). Parachute Infantry: An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich. Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 0-8071-1901-6 .
  • David Kenyon Webster (1972). Myth and maneater: The story of the shark. Angus and Robertson. ISBN 0-207-12265-2 .
  • Stephen Ambrose (1992). Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-7434-6411-7 .

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personal data
SURNAME Webster, David Kenyon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American journalist, writer and soldier
DATE OF BIRTH June 2, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH new York
DATE OF DEATH after September 9, 1961