Shames (born June 13, 1922) is a retired United States Army enlisted man and officer who later served in the U.S.
Army Reserve.
During World War II he was assigned to the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division.
Shames is the last surviving officer and, following the death of Donald Malarkey, oldest surviving member of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment.
He is Jewish and was affected deeply by seeing Nazi Germany's concentration camps.