Clifford Carwood Lipton (30 January 1920 – 16 December 2001)[1] was a commissioned officer with Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, during World War II.

[3] After completing one year at Marshall College in Huntington,[4] he left school due to financial troubles at home and went to work in war-related production.

Lipton always kept the men's spirits high and pushed them to their full potential, an act recognized by the officers of Easy Company.

Later that day, Easy Company was given the task of silencing an artillery battery at the estate of Brécourt Manor, half a mile (1 km) north of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont and three and a half miles (5.6 km) southwest of Utah Beach, where four 105 mm howitzers fired down onto a causeway exit off the beach and prevented the U.S. 4th Infantry Division from moving further inland.

[5] In the subsequent assault on Brécourt Manor, Lipton, teamed with Private Mike Ranney, climbed a tree at some distance, and using an M1 carbine, shot a German soldier defending the battery.

In October 1944, he helped rescue a large detachment of scattered troops of the British 1st Parachute Division who had managed to evade capture after the battle of Arnhem.

Lipton helped Easy Company capture Hitler's Eagles' Nest winter retreat at Berchtesgaden, where he became acquainted with Ferdinand Porsche (partially responsible for the Panther and Tiger tanks, as well as the design and production of the Volkswagen Beetle), who spoke English very well.

[11] Upon Lipton's return to the United States, he enrolled at Marshall University and completed his final three years graduating with a degree in engineering.

[12] Lipton appeared on two television shows, providing commentary in the HBO mini-series Band of Brothers and an accompanying documentary, We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company.