World War II Hero Famous For ‘Airborne Beer’ Dead At 98

Virginia Kruta, The Daily Wire

An American paratrooper — who once famously delivered beer to a wounded soldier in his helmet — died on Wednesday at the age of 98.

Vincent Speranza, a kid from Hell’s Kitchen who served with the 101st Airborne Division in Bastogne, Belgium, returned to the United States after World War II and spent twenty years teaching history.

Rest in Peace, Vince Speranza

23 March 1925-2 August 2023

Thanks for the memories#WWII pic.twitter.com/vbIGSBNs5M
— XVIII Airborne Corps & Fort Liberty (@18airbornecorps) August 2, 2023

But Speranza truly became a legend amongst the locals during the Battle of the Bulge in December of 1944 — when, at the behest of another wounded soldier, he went looking for something to drink.