Major J.W.Vaughn was the highest ranking officer in the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment...to lose his life on June 6,1944."After enduring basic training at Camp Toccoa ,Georgia.Easy Company heads to Aldbourne,England to prepare for the invasion of Europe.In the weeks before D-Day，Easy Company heads to Uppottery,England to prepare for the drop into Europe.In Toccoa ,Ga.,1942,a disparate group of young men begins voluntary training to become members of one of America's newest military regiments - the paratroopers.Under the harsh leadership of Lt.Sobel(David Schwimmer),members of the newly formed Easy company go from green civilians to some of the Army's most elite soldiers.As training progresses,a rivalry flares between Sobel ,whom the men despire,and Lt Winters(Damian Lewis),a junior officer who's earned the respect and admiration of Easy Company.The actors endured a gruching two-week boot camp where they learned the basics,from how to wear a uniform and stand at attention,to sophisticated field tactics and parachute jump training.The average day was 16 hours long,beginning at 5:00a.m. ,rain or shine,with strenuous calisthenics and a three-to-five-mile run,followed by hours of tactical training ,including weapons handling and jump preparation.There were night operations,foxhole digs and guard duty;they crawled through mud,slept on cold ,wet ground,and had no showers.The highlight and culmination of boot camp was a trip to the Royal Air Force Base at Brize Norton,the training ste fir british paratroopers,where each actor jumped from the 40-foot jump tower and earned his wings.
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