Description[]
Travis Shackelford is a Warrior Hero in Empire Earth who is available in WWII. He appears in the German Campaign where he was the commanding officer of British forces in London. His appearance was heavily based on General George S. Patton. Also, his sound files starts with "dpatton". This could suggest that Shackelford was originally going to be named after the General himself. The reason why the developers chose a different name is unknown.
Official Bio[]
Travis Shackelford was born at home near Austin, Texas, and graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point in 1917. His first combat experience came in France during the First World War, just a short time after graduation. Shackelford led a platoon of the 306th Battalion of the US 77th Division. German forces surrounded the 306th and other so-called "lost battalions" in the Argonne Forest on the 3rd of October, 1918. Shackelford personally led forays against the enemy lines to keep from being overrun. For more than four days he battled, with neither food nor sleep, before reinforcements finally broke the encirclement and rescued them. The War ended shortly thereafter. By 1941, Shackelford was a committed "tank man." He fought against Rommel's Afrika Korps, helping to drive them from North Africa. As a Brigadier General in Patton's 3rd Army, he was instrumental in rescuing paratroopers of the US 101st Division who were surrounded in the city of Bastogne during the infamous Battle of the Bulge. Shackelford himself led the point tank of CCB, 7th Armored Division, and was first to break the ring of enemies besieging Bastogne. Waving off the cheers of the grateful troopers he said, "Boys, I know what you've been through. I was just repaying an old debt." Five years later in Korea, Major General Travis Shackelford chose to remain with the rear guard holding the road open for Americans fleeing from the Yalu river. Though his body was never recovered, his selfless sacrifice is credited for helping to save thousands of men who surely would not have survived otherwise. He is officially listed as "Missing in Action" on the rolls of the US Army.
History[]
To be added.
Trivia[]
- In the Russian Campaign scenario, "The Crocodile," a Russian guard in the beginning of the scenario, who asks to "Check the Potato Truck for a Dangerous Criminal (Grigor Stoyanovich)," is the exact same clone as Travis Shackelford except dubbed with a Russian Accent, and a different name, which is Yuri.
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