WILD BILL GUARNERE MEMORIAL FUND

ON MARCH 8, 2014 WE LOST AN ICONIC PHILADELPHIA WAR HERO, WILLIAM "WILD BILL" GUARNERE. WILD BILL, A SOUTH PHILADELPHIA NATIVE, WAS A MEMBER OF EAST COMPANY, IN THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II, WHERE HE WAS WOUNDED IN ACTION AND LOST A LEG. GUARNERE BECAME FAMOUS AFTER BEING PORTRAYED BY ACTOR FRANK JOHN HUGHES IN THE 2001 HBO MINISERIES BAND OF BROTHERS, PRODUCED BY STEVEN SPIELBERG AND TOM HANKS. TOGETHER WITH HIS BEST FRIEND, BABE HEFFRON AND AUTHOR ROBYN POST, THEY WROTE "BROTHERS IN BATTLE - BEST OF FRIENDS". WILD BILL CONTINUED SERVING HIS COUNTRY BY DONATING TO VARIOUS CHARITIES, CHILDREN AND INDIVIDUALS IN NEED THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE. THROUGH FUNDRAISING EFFORTS, THE GUARNERE FAMILY WOULD LOVE TO KEEP THE TRADITION GOING IN WILD BILL'S NAME SO THAT HIS NAME AND GENEROSITY WILL LIVE ON FOREVER. THE WILD BILL GUARNERE MEMORIAL FUND'S PURPOSE IS TO RAISE MONEY FOR A STATUE AND CONTINUE TO DONATE TO VETERANS, VETERANS FAMILIES AND/OR CHILDREN