He was an intellectual, as much an observer and chronicler of the phenomenon of soldiering as a practitioner. Soon thereafter, Easy Company discovered their first concentration camp, the Kaufering concentration camp complex.Īuthor Stephen Ambrose wrote of Webster: "He had long ago made it a rule of his Army life never to do anything voluntarily. : 201 : 220 What he found was a regiment decimated by combat in the Battle of the Bulge, exhausted, weary and bitter over his absence and the loss of friends. Released by the hospital in February 1945, Webster rejoined his unit. He was evacuated to a hospital and spent the next several months recuperating in England.
During an attack in the no-man's land called "the Island" (also referred to as "The Crossroads"), he was wounded in the leg by machine gun fire. After Market Garden failed, the company shifted toward Arnhem.
A few months later, he parachuted into the Netherlands as part of Operation Market Garden. On D-Day, Webster landed nearly alone and off-course in flooded fields behind Utah Beach, and was wounded a few days later. He parachuted into France on D-Day with Headquarters Company of the 2nd Battalion, then requested a transfer to Easy Company, with which he served until his discharge in 1945.
Webster trained with Fox Company of the 2nd Battalion at Camp Toccoa. He used his middle name while addressing his family in his letters to home rather than his first name, David. In 1942, he volunteered for the paratroopers before finishing his degree. He was educated at The Taft School, Watertown, Connecticut, then enrolled as an English literature major at Harvard University. Webster was born in New York City of English and Scottish descent. Webster was portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers by Eion Bailey. During World War II he was a private with E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division. E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Divisionĭavid Kenyon Webster (2 June 1922 – disappeared 9 September 1961) was an American soldier, journalist and author.
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