How You Can Help the 'Band of Brothers' Cast Recreate Easy Company's Drop into Normandy 80 Years Later

Capt. Herbert Sobel may not be leading their training this time, but the memory of Easy Company is ready to make at least one more jump into Normandy.

On March 25, 2024, several actors from the beloved 2001 HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers" traveled to Camp Toccoa, Georgia, to begin airborne qualification training. It was the first part of "Currahee to Normandy," a nonprofit effort to honor the courage and sacrifices of all the men and women who fought to liberate Nazi-occupied Europe eight decades ago that will see the cast make a jump into Normandy during the 80th anniversary commemoration of Operation Overlord, which began with D-Day, June 6, 1944.

While the "Band of Brothers" cast members underwent a significant amount of training for the series, they never actually made a jump from an aircraft. Now fully trained and qualified just as their real-world counterparts from Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division were, the actors plan to make two jumps into Normandy wearing authentic uniforms and gear. Even better, they want to do it from "Placid Lassie," a Douglas C-47 Skytrain that actually participated in the D-Day invasion.