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Parachute Battalion is a 1941 American war film directed by Leslie Goodwins and starring Robert Preston and Nancy Kelly. The supporting cast includes Edmond O'Brien, Harry Carey, and Buddy Ebsen. It was produced and distributed by RKO Pictures.
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Quinn's character is loosely based on Marcel Bigeard, the actual commander in French Indochina, who led the unit that was the predecessor to the 6th Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment (the 6th Colonial Parachute Battalion). Bigeard later commanded the 3rd Colonial Parachute Regiment in French Algeria.
The battalion was led by Charity Adams, the first Black woman to be commissioned into the WAC. She received her mission order to deploy to Europe in late 1944, and the 6888th’s 855 members were ...
Capt. Mary Kearney and Maj. Charity Adams, played by Kerry Washington in "The Six Triple Eight," inspect the first arrivals to the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion at a temporary post in ...
The Netflix movie also marks both Perry and Washington's first time leading a war film (she had a supporting role in Spike Lee's "Miracle at St. Anna"). Adams "wrote a really fantastic memoir that ...
Parachute is a 2023 American drama film directed by Brittany Snow in her directorial debut. Snow co-wrote the script with Becca Gleason. Produced by Yale Entertainment, the film stars Courtney Eaton and Thomas Mann. Parachute had its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival in March 2023, and was released on April 5, 2024, by Vertical.
Guardians of the Galaxy star Dave Bautista has an unexpected role in Brittany Snow's directorial feature debut, Parachute.