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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/band-of-brothers-hero-mauser-dies.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Ed Mauser, a member of the Band of Brothers, has died aged 94 (AP)" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/min-band-of-brothers-hero-mauser-dies.jpg" alt="Ed Mauser, a member of the Band of Brothers, has died aged 94 (AP)"/></a></p>
<p>The oldest member of the &#8220;Band of Brothers&#8221; who fought in some of the Second World War&#8217;s fiercest European battles has died at 94.</p>
<p>Ed Mauser had shunned the limelight and kept his service with the US Army unit a secret, even from some of his family.</p>
<p>He was the oldest living member of Easy Company, better known now as the Band of Brothers.</p>
<p>But his role came to light only after his brother-in-law got him a copy of the HBO mini-series Band Of Brothers, said Terry Zahn, who met Mr Mauser during a 2009 Honour Flight trip to Washington DC to see the wartime memorial.</p>
<p>Mr Mauser, who died in Omaha, Nebraska, on Saturday, told his family that some of the things in the mini-series, like the locations of buildings, were not quite what he remembered from being there in person. But before that, &#8220;he never talked about it for years and years and years&#8221;, said Mr Zahn, president of the Midwest chapter of the 101st Airborne Division Association.</p>
<p>Born in 1916 in LaSalle, Illinois, Mr Mauser was drafted in 1942 and volunteered for the 101st Airborne Division. He was assigned to Company E, 506th Regiment &#8211; Easy Company &#8211; which took part in the D-Day invasion of France and the follow-up Operation Market Garden. The 101st also helped defend Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge.</p>
<p>The mini-series followed Easy Company from its training in Georgia to the war&#8217;s end in 1945. Its producers included actor Tom Hanks and director Steven Spielberg. Mr Mauser was not among the soldiers portrayed.</p>
<p>Mr Zahn said he kept his service a secret, even from his relatives. After it became known, he reunited with some of his army buddies and made a few public appearances, but preferred to stay out of the limelight.</p>
<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t call me a hero,&#8221; Mr Mauser told the Lincoln Journal Star in a 2009 interview. &#8220;I was just one of the boys. I did what I was told, and let&#8217;s leave it at that.&#8221;</p>
<p>Mr Mauser had been fighting pancreatic cancer when he died, Mr Zahn said. He is survived by a daughter, Laurie Fowler of Omaha.</p>
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