He was also interested in sharks, which led him to write a book on the subject, entitled ' Myth and Maneater: The Story of the Shark.'

This is said to have taken place while the 506th were rounding up food, and water for the sick, and starving survivors of the camp.Īfter the war, he got a job as a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Daily News, and The Saturday Evening Post. 45 pistol to a shopkeeper's head after seeing the horrors committed to the Jewish people of Europe, when the shopkeeper refused to be quiet. Webster was present during the liberation of Landsberg Concentration Camp, he was rumored to have put his government issue. While recuperating in England, he missed The Battle of the Bulge, and rejoined his unit in February 1945, this is chronicled in the HBO miniseries ' Band of Brothers.' He also jumped into Holland during Operation: Market Garden, he was wounded in the leg during this campign in a no-man's land called ' The Island,' near Arnhem, according to the HBO miniseries, Band of Brothers, Webster had stated after he was shot, ' I'm hit, I can't believe I said that.' He attended only one semester at Harvard before his patriotic nature led him to join, and serve his country, he had also wished to see the war from a writer's point of view.ĭuring the D-Day landings, he landed nearly alone, and way off course near Utah Beach, and was wounded a few days later. Webster joined the Army in 1942, and was trained with the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, although, originaly, it was a different company, he would join up with Easy Company after the D-Day landings. Served with the 506th Parachute Infintray Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division. Served with Distinction during World War II.

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