It was here he encountered Private Albert Blithe and told him that the reason Blithe hid in a ditch and didn't fight was that he still believed there was hope but he must lose hope to truly function as a soldier. He took part in the battle of Carentan and was moved to hold the line at a field outside the town. Speirs then helped in the Brecourt Manor Assault, where he took 5 Dog Company Soldiers and a Fox Company Soldier and single-handedly took out a 105mm Howitzer. Malarkey (according to the series) was nearby when it happened. On D-Day morning, it was said he gave cigarettes to Nazi POWs and immediately shot them with his submachine gun. Speirs, his unit and Easy Company eventually dropped into Normandy on 6 June 1944. At Aldbourne, he married a British widow and together they had a son named Robert. After training, he headed to England to await their next mission. He was later transferred to Dog Company, 2nd Battalion, and made 1st Lieutenant. Speirs joined the 101st Airborne and was assigned to Baker Company, 1st Battalion, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne, at Camp Toccoa. He then went through military training in high school and eventually made 2nd Lieutenant. Ronald Speirs was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on 20 April 1920 and later emigrated to Boston, Massachusetts on 26 December 1924.
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