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Of all the leaders of Easy Company, Speirs commanded them for the remainder of the war.
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Robert Speirs wrote: The problem is that the less intelligent, being less prosperous, vote themselves other people's money.
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While this may or not be true, it is known that Speirs shot and killed one of his sergeants for not following orders during another attack.
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It is thought that today, Speirs would have been court-martialed for some of his actions, but at the time, his worth as a combat commander was too important to lose.
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In this battle, Speirs needed to unite two groups of American soldiers.
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After World War 2, Speirs remained in the army and fought again during Korea.
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Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, but a citizen of the United States, Speirs was just 21 years old when World War 2 broke out in the United States.
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Bill Speirs was the very very acceptbale face of Trade Unionism.
Bill Spiers Alan Smart 2009
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Speirs went onto fight in the Battle of Bastogne (also called the Battle of the Bulge), where he was ordered to take over command of Easy Company during the assault on the city of Foy.
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It was also mentioned that Speirs worked hard on getting his reputation as a killer and would sometimes kill for simply the shock value.
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