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Guarnere was assigned to Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. He made his first combat jump on D-Day as part of the Allied invasion of France. Guarnere earned the nickname "Wild Bill" because of his reckless attitude towards the enemy.
The Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, Emmy Award-winning HBO mini-series Band of Brothers, where he received worldwide acclaim for his performance as Wild Bill Guarnere. He appeared in Scott Thomas's 2001 Deranged aka Anacardium as "Rich".
Staff Sergeant William J. "Wild Bill" Guarnere Sr. (28 April 1923 – 8 March 2014) (served as a platoon leader as Staff Sergeant, before demotion) [30] Staff Sergeant Herman "Hank, Hack" Hanson (3 January 1918 – 15 May 1971) Staff Sergeant Denver "Bull" Randleman (20 November 1920 – 26 June 2003)
William "Wild Bill" Guarnere and Donald Malarkey both appear alongside their families, as does the family of Lynn "Buck" Compton and also the families of Corporal Eugene Sledge and Private Robert Leckie, two of the members of the 1st Marine Division who are central characters in The Pacific. [69] [70] [71]
Village Roadshow Television is developing a scripted series and a two-part docuseries based on the story of convicted serial killer William Dathan Holbert, better known as “Wild Bill,” who is ...
Edward James Heffron [1]: 8 was born in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1923, [1]: 87 the third of five children to Joseph (a prison guard) and Anne. The family was Irish Catholic and attended Mass every Sunday; Heffron and his siblings attended Sacred Heart Catholic School.
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Staff Sergeant William "Wild Bill" Guarnere, a colorful noncom of Company E who maintained a website devoted to the history of the 506th until his death in 2014. The website continues to be maintained.