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Did You Know?

- The number of U.S. armed forces personnel who served in World War II between Dec. 1, 1941, and Dec. 31, 1946 was 16.1 million.

- The average length of active-duty by U.S. military personnel during WWII was 33 months.

- The proportion of U.S. military personnel who served abroad during WWII was 73 percent.

- The average time U.S. personnel served overseas during WWII was 16 months.

- A total of 292,000 U.S. soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines were killed in battle in WWII.

- The number of other deaths sustained by U.S. forces during WWII was 114,000.

- 671,000 U.S. troops were wounded during WWII.

- 5.7 million World War II veterans were counted in the 2000 Census. The census identified the period of service for World War II veterans as September 1940 to July 1947.

- The estimated number of WWII veterans living in California in 2002 was 475,000, the most in any state. Other states with high numbers of WWII vets included Florida (439,000), New York (284,000), Pennsylvania (280,000), Texas (267,000) and Ohio (208,000).

- The estimated number of women in 2002 who were WWII veterans was 210,000. These women comprised 4.4 percent of WWII vets.

- The proportion of all veterans in April 2000 who were WWII veterans, was 22 percent.

- The median age of WWII veterans when the last census was conducted was 76.7 years old.

- The proportion of WWII veterans who were still employed in 2000 was 11.6 percent.

- The number of WWII veterans in 2002 who received compensation for service-connected disabilities was 440,000, about half the number in 1990 (876,000) and nearly two-thirds less than the nearly 1.2 million disabled WWII vets in 1980.

- The projected national expenditure for veteran’s benefits in 2004 was $62 billion.

- Approximately 44,198 Canadians were killed in WWII. Along with this number, 55,368 Canadians were wounded.

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James "Mo" Alley (GEORGE CALIL)
Jim Alley came from comfortable circumstances in Mount Ida, Arkansas, where his father owned the local liquor and hardware stores. The excitement of the paratroops appealed to Alley, so he volunteered in 1942 and joined Easy at Camp Toccoa.

Albert Blithe (MARC WARREN)
Albert Blithe grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia and completed his high school education before he enlisted in early 1942. He volunteered for the paratroops and trained with Easy Company at Camp Toccoa.

Burton "Pat" Christenson (MICHAEL FASSBENDER)
Pat Christenson, one of Easy's golden boys from California, volunteered for the paratroops in 1942 after a recruiting poster caught his eye.

Roy Cobb (CRAIG HEANEY)
A nine-year army veteran when he joined the paratroops, Colorado native Roy Cobb met up with Easy Company in training at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.

Lynn "Buck" Compton (NEAL McDONOUGH)
A native of Los Angeles, Buck Compton was a standout baseball and football player at UCLA before he went to Officer Candidate School. He completed jump training at Fort Benning, Georgia, and joined Easy Company as a 2nd Lieutenant in Aldbourne, England, in December 1943.

Norman Dike (PETER O'MEARA)
New Yorker and Yale graduate Norman Dike transferred from Division HQ to become Easy's commanding officer in early November 1944.

Joseph Dominguez (MARCOS D'CRUZE)
Santa Barbara native Joe Dominguez completed basic training at Camp Roberts, California, then volunteered for the paratroops. He joined D Company at Fort Bragg in 1943 and transferred to Easy in the summer of 1944 after the Normandy invasion.

William Dukeman (MARK LAWRENCE)
Bill Dukeman from Colorado volunteered for the Airborne in 1942 and went through basic training at Camp Toccoa.

William Evans (SIMON PEGG)
Texan William Evans joined the paratroops in 1942 and was assigned to Easy Company at Camp Toccoa.

Jack Foley (JAMIE BAMBER)
Jack Foley from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, joined Easy Company as a replacement officer in late November 1944 while they were in Holland.

Anthony Garcia (DOUGLAS SPAIN)
Born and raised in Cheyenne, Wyoming, Tony Garcia became one of the first replacements for Easy Company, joining them in England after their return from Normandy.

Walter Gordon (BEN CAPLAN)
Walter Gordon grew up solidly middle class in Jackson, Mississippi and had completed two years at Millsaps College before Pearl Harbor. When he tried to enlist, Gordon discovered he was colorblind and was turned away by the Marines and the Navy. He enlisted in the Army in Philadelphia and was able to finesse his way through their colorblindness test. He volunteered for the Airborne in order to do something meaningful and reported for basic training at Camp Toccoa.

Charles "Chuck" Grant (NOLAN HEMMINGS)
Californian Chuck Grant joined the paratroops in 1942 and trained at Toccoa with Easy.

William "Wild Bill" Guarnere (FRANK JOHN HUGHES)
The youngest of ten children from the tough streets of South Philadelphia, Bill Guarnere enlisted in the Citizen Military Training Corps at age 15 with the encouragement of his mother, who saw it as his chance to get fed, clothed, and out of the city. Guarnere spent three years in the CMTC, but the program was cancelled when the war broke out. Drawn by the excitement of the Airborne, he enlisted in 1942 and attended basic training at Camp Toccoa.

Lester "Leo" Hashey (MARK HUBERMAN)
A Maine native, Les Hashey overcame childhood polio to volunteer for the paratroops after being inspired by a short film on the subject. Along with other replacements, Hashey arrived in Scotland on June 6, 1944, dismayed to miss Operation Overlord and certain that the war would be over soon.

Edward "Babe" Heffron (ROBIN LAING)
Babe Heffron left his poor neighborhood in South Philadelphia to become a paratrooper because he figured "if you're going to buy the farm, you might as well buy it early." Heffron trained at Fort Benning and joined in Easy as a replacement after the company returned from Normandy in July 1944.

Frederick "Moose" Heyliger (STEPHEN McCOLE)
Moose Heyliger, a native of Acton, Massachusetts, volunteered for the paratroops after three years in the National Guard and graduation from Officer Candidate School. He joined Easy Company at Camp Toccoa in 1942.

Donald Hoobler (PETER McCABE)
A small-town boy from Ohio, Don Hoobler volunteered for the paratroops in 1942, joining Easy for basic training at Camp Toccoa.

Eugene Jackson (ANDREW LEE POTTS)
Eager to enlist, sixteen-year-old Eugene Jackson needed his parents' signature to leave his Pennsylvania home and join the army. After fighting with the infantry in Africa, Jackson volunteered for the paratroops and joined Easy in England after their return from Normandy.

Henry Jones (COLIN HANKS)
Hank Jones grew up in Pennsylvania and New York, then followed in his father's footsteps to graduate from West Point on June 6, 1944. He attended Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia, and while there decided to transfer to the Parachute School. He was originally intended to be an officer in the 13th Airborne Division, but overstaffing led to his being made a replacement officer for the 101st. He joined Easy as a platoon leader in February 1945.

Joseph Lesniewski (SIMON SCHATZBERGER)
Joe Lesniewski left his home in Erie, Pennsylvania, to complete basic training with the Air Force in 1942. Seeking more action, Lesniewski volunteered for the paratroops and trained at Camp McCall, North Carolina, later that year. He was sent to a camp in Belfast, Ireland, in January 1943 and joined Easy Company in Aldbourne, England, in the spring of 1944.

Joseph Liebgott (ROSS McCALL)
Joe Liebgott lived in San Francisco before volunteering for the Airborne and training at Camp Toccoa in 1942.

C. Carwood Lipton (DONNIE WAHLBERG)
Carwood Lipton was born the son of a successful contractor in Huntington, West Virginia. His father was killed in an auto accident when Lipton was ten, leaving the family in a tight financial spot that his mother eased by running a boarding house. He worked jobs all through high school and was able to complete a year and a half at Marshall College in Huntington before his money ran out. Lipton was working as a machinist's apprentice at International Nickel when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. A Life magazine article about the paratroops captured his imagination, but his factory job was considered essential industry, and the plant manager wouldn't release him. Determined to fight, Lipton got the help of a former boss to skirt the truth with the draft board about his employment so he could enlist. He volunteered for the Airborne and joined Easy Company for basic training at Toccoa in the summer of 1942.

George Luz (RICK GOMEZ)
A Rhode Island native, George Luz volunteered for the paratroops in 1942 and went through basic training at Camp Toccoa.

Donald Malarkey (SCOTT GRIMES)
Don Malarkey, a native of Astoria, Oregon, worked for two years after his high school graduation and was in his first semester at the University of Oregon in the fall of 1941. After Pearl Harbor, he tried to enlist in the Marines but was turned down because of dental problems, then was discouraged from joining the Air Force because he lacked the requisite high school math courses. When he was drafted in July 1942, Malarkey volunteered for the paratroops and joined Easy Company at Camp Toccoa.

John "Pee Wee" Martin (DEXTER FLETCHER)
Born and raised in Columbus, John Martin graduated from high school and worked construction for a time in California before following in his father's footsteps to labor for the railroad back in Ohio. He enlisted in August 1942 and joined the paratroops because he was eager to see combat. He completed basic training at Camp Toccoa.

Earl McClung (ROCKY MARSHALL)
Earl McClung was born on an Indian reservation in Northeastern Washington. He was drafted right out of high school in 1942 and completed his basic training with the infantry. He volunteered for the paratroops and transferred to Easy Company at Fort Bragg in the summer of 1943.

Thomas Meehan (JASON O'MARA)
Philadelphia native Thomas Meehan transferred into Easy Company as its commanding officer in Aldbourne, England, late in 1943.

Alton More (DOUG ALLEN)
The son of a Casper, Wyoming, saloonkeeper, Alton More volunteered for the paratroops in 1942 and joined Easy after basic training at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Warren "Skip" Muck (RICHARD SPEIGHT, JR.)
Skip Muck left the small town of Tonawanda, New York, in 1942 to volunteer for the paratroops. He trained with Easy at Camp Toccoa.

Lewis Nixon (RON LIVINGSTON)
Lewis Nixon was born in New York but had traveled the world extensively complements of his wealthy family before attending Yale. After college, Nixon attended Officer Candidate School and was briefly attached to the Military Police before volunteering for the Airborne. He joined Easy Company as a 2nd Lieutenant at Camp Toccoa.

Patrick O'Keefe (MATT HICKEY)
A young replacement from Maryland, Patrick O'Keefe enlisted at the age of seventeen in order to finance his college education. He joined Easy in March 1945, when the company came off the line after Bastogne and Haguenau.

Thomas Peacock (DAVID NICOLLE)
A battalion supply officer in Normandy, Washington native Thomas Peacock transferred into Easy as a platoon leader when the company returned to England in July 1944.

Alex Penkala (TIM MATTHEWS)
A native of upstate New York, Alex Penkala joined Easy Company for training in Aldbourne, England, before the Normandy jump.

Frank Perconte (JAMES MADIO)
Frank Perconte came to the paratroops from Joliet, Illinois, and was one of the first privates assigned to Easy Company at Camp Toccoa.

Cleveland Petty (ADAM JAMES)
Texan Cleveland Petty joined Easy Company at Fort Bragg, North Carolina in the summer of 1943.

Darrell "Shifty" Powers (PETER YOUNGBLOOD HILLS)
Shifty Powers grew up enjoying the great outdoors in Clincho County, Virginia. He worked as a machinist in a Navy yard after high school but, anxious not to be deemed essential and prevented from leaving the job, Powers volunteered for the paratroops in 1942 and trained at Camp Toccoa.

Joseph Ramirez (RENE L. MORENO)
California native Joe Ramirez volunteered for the Airborne in 1942 and completed his basic training at Toccoa.

Denver "Bull" Randleman (MICHAEL CUDLITZ)
Bull Randleman left his home in Arkansas in 1942 to volunteer for the Airborne and complete basic training with Easy at Camp Toccoa.

Myron "Mike" Ranney (STEPHEN GRAHAM)
Mike Ranney grew up in North Dakota, then joined the paratroops in 1942, training at Camp Toccoa.

Eugene Roe (SHANE TAYLOR)
Eugene Roe was a native of Bayou Chene, Louisiana. When he volunteered for the paratroops, he was tapped to serve as one of three company medics for Easy, despite having no previous medical experience. He completed his basic training at Camp Toccoa.

Edward Shames (JOSEPH MAY)
Edward Shames was born in Norfolk, Virginia, and was in naval school when the war broke out. He volunteered for the paratroops in September 1942 and was assigned to I Company in the 3rd Battalion of the 506th. Shames then transferred to HQ company and, after receiving a battlefield commission at Carentan, joined Easy Company as a 2nd Lieutenant after the Normandy invasion in July 1944.

Col. Robert F. Sink (DALE DYE)
Bob Sink was born in Lexington, North Carolina and attended Duke University before transferring to West Point, from which he graduated in 1927. He entered the Army as an Infantry 2nd lieutenant and worked Normal Infantry assignments until 1940. He volunteered for a time with the 501st Parachute Infantry Battalion at Fort Benning, then with the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment. When it came time to select a commanding officer for the new 506th P.I.R., Col. Sink was tapped. He took the regiment, including Easy company, through its formative training and was so influential that the group was nicknamed the "Five-Oh-Sink."

Wayne "Skinny" Sisk (PHILIP BARRANTINI)
A native of West Virginia, Skinny Sisk volunteered for the Airborne in 1942 and become one of the first privates assigned to Easy Company at Camp Toccoa.

Herbert Sobel (DAVID SCHWIMMER)
Chicagoan Herbert Sobel spent some early years in military school, then served with both the National Guard and the Military Police at Fort Riley, Kansas, for a time. He was called into active duty as an officer from the reserves a year before Pearl Harbor. He was the initial member of Easy Company and the group's commanding officer at Camp Toccoa.

Ronald Speirs (MATTHEW SETTLE)
Ronald Speirs was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and grew up in Portland, Maine. Military training during high school led to a commission in the infantry, but Speirs soon volunteered for the paratroops. He was a platoon leader in D Company at Toccoa in 1942 and joined Easy Company in Bastogne.

Ralph Spina (TONY DEVLIN)
Ralph Spina grew up in Philadelphia, knowledgeable from an early age about how to make money at concessions and the racetrack. He was drafted into the Army in February 1943 and was put into a Medical Detachment, as there was a great need for additional medics. After training, he was shipped over to England, where he volunteered for the paratroops and became assigned to the Airborne Medical Detachment. He was attached to Easy by Bastogne, in December 1944.

Maj. Robert Strayer (PHIL McKEE)
Robert Strayer grew up in Rutledge, Pennsylvania and showed an early interest in a military career. He took correspondence courses through the Army while still in high school and enlisted in 1930, right after graduation. Strayer heard about the paratroops while in communication school and became an officer in the first experimental group. When the 506th P.I.R. was formed in 1942, Strayer was selected to be the 2nd Battalion's commander, thus overseeing Easy's progress from the very beginning.

Floyd "Tab" Talbert (MATTHEW LEITCH)
Floyd Talbert grew up in Kokomo, Indiana. In the tough years after the Depression, Tab and his four brothers worked odd jobs in carpentry and on farms throughout high school to help out. After graduation he worked for a short time for Union Carbide at Haynes Stellite, but drawn by the daring nature of the new group called the paratroops, Talbert joined Easy for basic training at Camp Toccoa in the summer of 1942.

Edward Tipper (BART RUSPOLI)
Born in Detroit, Ed Tipper also spent some of his early years in his parents' native Ireland. After graduating as the president of his high school class in Detroit, Tipper tried to join the Marines but was turned away because of an imperfect bite. Determined to find a better group, he volunteered for the Airborne and went through basic training at Camp Toccoa.

Joseph Toye (KIRK ACEVEDO)
The son of a Pennsylvania coal miner, Joe Toye enlisted in the Army the day after Pearl Harbor. He completed basic training with the infantry and was stationed in Washington, D.C. in early 1942. Eager to see more action and excited by the prospect of a bigger salary, Toye volunteered for the paratroops and joined Easy at Camp Toccoa in July 1942.

David Kenyon Webster (EION BAILEY)
New Yorker David Webster had completed one year as an English major at Harvard University when he volunteered for the paratroops in 1942. Partly out of patriotism, and partly out of a writer's need to experience the war firsthand, Webster trained with the 506th Regiment, but not Easy Company, at Camp Toccoa. He jumped into Normandy with 2nd Battalion HQ and was wounded and evacuated to a hospital in England. Upon Easy's return from France, Webster transferred into the company.

Harry Welsh (RICK WARDEN)
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Harry Welsh volunteered for the paratroops in April 1942 and was assigned to the 82nd Airborne. He displayed enough leadership potential to be repeatedly promoted to sergeant and a propensity for fighting that got him repeatedly busted back down to private. Welsh was sent to Officer Candidate School, then transferred into Easy Company as a 2nd Lieutenant in May 1943.

Richard Winters (DAMIAN LEWIS)
Richard Winters was raised in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where the Pennsylvania Dutch work ethic was drilled into him at an early age. He graduated from Franklin Marshall College in 1941 and enlisted to fulfill his obligation to the Army. During basic training, Winters was amazed when an officer lectured for an hour about a particular type of rifle while holding the wrong rifle in his hand and became determined to attend Officer Candidate School. It was also during basic that Winters, so impressed by the paratroopers he saw, decided to volunteer for the Airborne. He joined Easy Company as a platoon leader at Camp Toccoa in the summer of 1942.

Robert "Popeye" Wynn (NICHOLAS AARON)
Popeye Wynn grew up in South Hill, Virginia, and started work in a Norfolk Naval Yard after high school. He enlisted in the paratroops in 1942 and completed basic training at Toccoa.