VIDEO: ‘Band of Brothers’ cast trains to recreate D-Day parachute jump

Actors who played World War II soldiers on the HBO series Band of Brothers are training in Toccoa, Georgia to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day.

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[@HollywoodMarine0351]

List of actors making the jump: Dale Dye (Col. Robert Sink) Rick Warden (Lt. Harry Welsh) Doug Spain (Tony Garcia) Nolan Hemmings (Chuck Grant) Mark Lawrence (William Dukeman) Doug Allen (Alton Moore) Dexter Fletcher (Johnny Martin) Pete McCabe (Donald Hoobler) Rene Moreno (Joseph Ramirez) George Calil (James Alley) Bart Ruspoli (Ed Tipper) Christian Black (Walter Hendrix) Alex Sabga-Brady (Frank Mellet) Scott Gibson (Andy "Ack Ack" Haldane) in HBO's "The Pacific" will also join them.

[@SurvivingTheApocalypse]

Only 5 of the cast are jumping. George Calil, who played Sgt Alley; Christian Black, who played Walter Hendrix, Mark Lawrence, who played William Dukeman, Rene Moreno, who played Joseph Ramirez and Nolan Hemmings, who played Chuck Grant.

[@HollywoodMarine0351]

@@SurvivingTheApocalypse thanks for the update! I missed out going this year with two other Army Veteran actors to be part of the ground support team.

[@merrylmarsh9037]

Terrific that "Haldane" was a part of this. Thank You men for such a loving act of respect.❤

[@makeitsonumberone1358]

Weres the main cast?

[@abntemplar82]

well done gentlemen, now try jumping a C130. much better than a C47. trust me on this.

[@fnln544]

Absolute respect for these actors (some genuine armed forces veterans) honoring the American veterans ‘earning their jump wings.’

[@KarlPHorse]

People wonder what made Band of Brothers so special. It’s this. The fact that it was made by people who genuinely love and respect the real veterans and what they did for us. Band of Brothers turned out so good because it was a labor of love. The actors/staff/producers/director/etc. genuinely look up to those men. They are their heroes. And the result was probably the greatest show ever made in the war/historical genre. They were all in it 100%. So much so that 20 years later, a bunch of them decided to make a C47 jump in tribute. And I appreciate that.

[@legoeasycompany]

That fact made even just watching the behind the scenes amazing too, with Ron Livingston's snippets of it showing how much they cared plus the comradery. It's truly a shame we'll never see a WW2 mini series like it again

[@orion3253]

Steven Spielberg is the American Homeric Poet.

[@Facet_5_CUT_8XM]

Rest easy Easy Company! We’ll take the watch from here!

[@abntemplar82]

and what an honor it was following in their footsteps.

[@Facet_5_CUT_8XM]

@@abntemplar82 indeed!

[@nickg0411]

Band of Brothers is perhaps the greatest television series in history, the cast is also perhaps one of the greatest casts to ever be assembled . Thank you for your work and service in the names of those men.

[@RivetGardener]

These guys actually jumped? Hell yeah! Former 82nd Airborne Combat Infantryman here.

[@psotos]

AATW! 2/508

[@user-ch6xi7rh8k]

Awesome job guys, the BoB cast has always been so sincerely respectful and appropriate in every way to those Easy Co. veterans. It's just great to see and also appreciated.

[@jamesglennie7911]

Met a lot of these guys a few years ago when the family went across with my dad the D Day veteran. It was fantastic, they all wanted there photograph with him, he was the centre of attention, got a signed poster from them. He was the guest of honour last week at the various events that were laid on in Aberdeen by the Gordon Highlanders museum where he still volunteers. He is our hero.

[@W.A.T.P...55]

Lovely story

[@abntemplar82]

to all the actors who participated in this, well done and thank you. ALL THE WAY! oh just a reminder, the 101st is the 2nd best Airborne Division in the US Army...lol

[@HollywoodMarine0351]

If you are prior service (jump qualified), have you looked into Round Canopy Parachuting Team? I believe you would enjoy the experience and membership. 🪂

[@bryaninnc5511]

So true. AATW!

[@tobytaylor2154]

It's the British actors who got together to do this, they trained at toccoa to do it aswell ✌️🇬🇧

[@HollywoodMarine0351]

@@tobytaylor2154 British and American actors including Canadian actor Scott Gibson from The Pacific.

[@tobytaylor2154]

@@HollywoodMarine0351 maybe they joined them after the commentary of the drop and the interviews I heard from the drop zone in Normandy from a couple of them a cpl of weeks ago.

[@petershim5900]

The Band Of Brothers invokes such camaraderie and loyalty that it's palpable and as a viewer terribly emotional.

[@KatWomanHikes]

These guys are so amazing. And absolute sweethearts, every one of them. So excited to see this come to fruition.

[@merrylmarsh9037]

I am so looking forward to the documentary From Tacoa the Carintan. The men did an exceptional job in BoB and now to carry the memory of the men they characterised and make their action Live again is truly respectful and indeed loving❤

[@ereini0n]

This is so cool! Best of luck to these legends! 💙

[@ladycplum]

Thank all of you men for honoring the memory of the Screaming Eagles of 1944. I'm sure the men are looking down on you with pride.

[@maryhugo7222]

Watching this made me tear up. This is so wonderful to see, What these Incredible actors did to keep the memories Easy Company 506 as well as to Honor the men from Band of Brothers.

[@USNveteran]

This is a nice gesture/salute to the real Band of Brothers & all others who served in WWII. At least nobody was shooting at them, someone I served with once said "You would be surprised what you can do when someone is shooting at you". Thanks to all now serving, those who have, and those who will in the future. FLY NAVY!!!

[@stevee7467]

Well done to all those that took part.

[@aprilsmith3683]

You chaps are just marvellous for doing this...🇿🇦

[@regularnimnule9715]

What a wonderful tribute - much respect to them for doing this. Think also of the almost unbelievable courage of the original paratroopers: most of them jumped when their planes were only around 600 feet and often doing 150mph. They had a few seconds before they hit the ground - not a leisurely drift down. We must never forget.

[@johndonovan5752]

I guess the last actor said he had a small part in Band of Brothers, but it played a big part in my life. What a wonderful line!

[@oskifan1]

Going through the cast list and their bios, it's shocking how many of actors were British including Damien Lewis (Winters).

[@johnmagill7714]

Dick Winters himself had no issue with it.

[@poorfordtransitowner1627]

If you need proper acting ask the british we speak proper american lol

[@frenchsteam7356]

Well done Lads, you have more guts than a certain British Prime Minister!

[@christopherfisher7805]

Men doing man stuff!! Love it!!❤❤

[@Jazzman-bj9fq]

Good stuff! I just watched the series again this last week. It's great to watch for me because I get some nice memories from my service and my time in jump school (two times due to an injury first time around, lol). I did 8 years in myself, never fortunate enough to serve in an Airborne unit and luckily never had a rouond fired at me in combat... I have the utmost respect for the veterans of WWII, Korea, Vietnam and the GWOT. American service men and women past and present on average are only about 1% of the population but what a tremendously large contribution they have made. Rest easy Heroes!!

[@TheBlackPrince447]

Massive respect, that takes balls.

[@georgemorley1029]

Outstanding tribute. Outstanding.

[@carenboston2996]

Cool👍

[@candyapu3]

That is amazing they did this and also amazing no one got hurt. They didn’t really touch on this in band of brothers but static line jumping is super rough on the body

[@helenel4126]

Each actor is twice the age of the actual heroes who jumped, fought, and risked their lives in support of liberty. Think about that.

[@georgemorley1029]

That’s no small feat.

[@tobytaylor2154]

This is the British actors who got together to do this, they trained at toccoa for this aswell. ✌️🇬🇧

[@66jediknight]

Do we know which cast members are doing this and their respective men from Easy Company that they portrayed in the Band Of Brothers?

[@HollywoodMarine0351]

List of actors making the jump: Dale Dye (Col. Robert Sink) Rick Warden (Lt. Harry Welsh) Doug Spain (Tony Garcia) Nolan Hemmings (Chuck Grant) Mark Lawrence (William Dukeman) Doug Allen (Alton Moore) Dexter Fletcher (Johnny Martin) Pete McCabe (Donald Hoobler) Rene Moreno (Joseph Ramirez) George Calil (James Alley) Bart Ruspoli (Ed Tipper) Christian Black (Walter Hendrix) Alex Sabga-Brady (Frank Mellet) Scott Gibson (Andy "Ack Ack" Haldane) in HBO's "The Pacific" will also join them.

[@kenolsen208]

You guys are True Hearts!

[@joed9491]

This is it? I would've thought we'd see a much longer documentary on their training then the actual jump itself, perhaps even with a GoPro attached. This is a pretty big deal to honor those soldiers they portrayed but there hasn't been much publicity about it.

[@HAL_9000__]

Interesting. They even used the vintage planes from way back then. It’s too bad they didn’t have cameras in the plane as they approached the door opening and jumped out. Currahee! 🇺🇸

[@Airland_combat]

W Band of Brother's cast

[@libertyvilleguy2903]

Cool. Wonder why they’re wearing the shoulder flashes of the 82nd, not the 101st.

[@bryaninnc5511]

Wasn’t it just the instructor? He’s probably an 82nd vet.

[@mrhamburger6936]

During the D day jump in 1944 you have to wonder how many parachutes didn't work on that day

[@alexfish3120]

Are they the cast of Band of Brothers? 🧐

[@samuelculper4231]

Dale Dye for President 2024 🇺🇸

[@funrun07haan50]

When ww2 memories get lost is the moment the world start ww3

[@reddevilparatrooper]

Hope they paid attention to PLFs. 🙄

[@lefterisgeorgiou4424]

Spartans!

[@DragonNectar]

if these men would see what the world looks like today. They fought the wrong enemy.

[@scottdunkirk8198]

This is why ww2 living history is around too to tell their story

[@makeitsonumberone1358]

This is great but no disrespect these guys but were are the main cast?

[@tobytaylor2154]

If you scroll through the comments somebody has listed all their characters names, Lt Welsh is the highest rank who jumped

[@nocturnalrecluse1216]

Typical of Hollywood to hire British actors to represent American heroes.

[@ashleybunch9872]

The younger generation has no idea what pearl harbor is in in 1942

[@turkwlf]

It was December 7th, 1941

[@tobytaylor2154]

Or how to write a coherent sentence 🤔

[@caseybrown2313]

leave it to fox to make a video worth nothing

[@historymatters6627]

They went through hell, so we could make something of the future..