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Band of Brothers is a 2001 American war drama miniseries based on historian Stephen E. Ambrose's 1992 non-fiction book of the same name. It was created by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks , who also served as executive producers , and who had collaborated on the 1998 World War II film Saving Private Ryan . [3]
1940. In use. 1941 – ca. 1946. Camp Toccoa (formerly Camp Toombs) was a basic training camp for United States Army paratroopers during World War II, located five miles (8 km) west of Toccoa, Georgia. Among the units to train at the camp was the 506th Infantry Regiment.
View from Currahee Mountain. Technically a part of the Georgia Piedmont or "foothill" province, Currahee Mountain rises abruptly about 800 vertical feet (240 m) above the local topography and is the highest peak in Stephens County. Part of the mountain is in the Chattahoochee National Forest. On clear days, the peak's 1,735-foot (529 m) summit ...
Lynn Davis "Buck" Compton (December 31, 1921 – February 25, 2012) was an American jurist, law enforcement officer, and United States Army officer during World War II, serving as a paratrooper in "Easy Company" of the 506th Infantry Regiment within the 101st Airborne Division. After the war, he joined the Los Angeles Police Department and ...
Herbert Maxwell Sobel (January 26, 1912 – September 30, 1987) [1] [2] was an American soldier who served as a commissioned officer with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division during World War II. Sobel's story was featured in historian Stephen E. Ambrose 's book Band of Brothers, and he ...
Actors from HBO TV series Band of Brothers have taken part in parachute jumps to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Alex Sabga-Brady, who played Cpl Frank Mellet, and Christian Black who played ...
David Kenyon Webster (2 June 1922 – disappeared 9 September 1961, presumed dead) [1] was an American soldier, journalist, and author. During World War II he was a private with E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division. Webster was portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers by Eion Bailey.
Currahee, a corruption of gurahiyi, a Cherokee word possibly meaning "stand alone," may refer to: "Currahee", the motto of the 506th Infantry Regiment, a unit of the 101st Airborne Division. Currahee Mountain, a mountain located in Stephens County, Toccoa, Georgia which gave the motto to the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. "Currahee" ( Band ...