With most of the company scattered throughout the Cotentin Peninsula, many would form ad hoc units with paratroopers from other outfits until they could reorganize with Easy Company. Meehan and most of the headquarters section were killed when their C-47 was downed. The company would participated in Operation Overlord, but 1st Lt. Thomas Meehan while transferring two of the company's platoon sergeants out of the company. Robert Sink gave command of Easy Company to 1st Lt. Richard Winters and an ensuing NCO mutiny. Prior to the invasion, Sobel was relieved from duty and reassigned to Chilton Foliat as a result of a court-martial fiasco involving his then X.O. In March of 1943, the company would relocate to Camp MacKall for advanced field training exercises before shipping out to Aldbourne, England in September for the planned invasion of Europe. Those who successfully made the five jumps from a C-47 would become qualified Army parachutists. After spending a few weeks familiarizing themselves with the equipment and jumping off towers of varying height, the men entered the final stage of parachute school. The initial stage of parachute school (physical training) was skipped when it was realized that the Toccoa men were in much better physical condition than the jump training instructors. Their final destination was Fort Benning, where the unit underwent jump training. While the men detested their commander for his harsh and unforgiving attitude, many veterans have attributed Sobel's training methods to their soldiering abilities and perseverance on the battlefield.Īfter the initial training phase was completed, Easy Company participated in a well-publicized 115-mile march to Atlanta, Georgia, along with the rest of the 2nd Battalion. They would also endure a grueling obstacle course on a daily basis, as well as frequent calisthenics drills and night marches. The men would run up the nearby Currahee Mountain three to four times a week, completing the six mile round trip in fifty minutes. Under the command of Sobel, the men of Easy Company were pushed to its limits during the training phase of the unit to weed out unfit soldiers. Leo Boyle, Bill Guarnere, Carwood Lipton, John Martin, Robert Rader, and Amos Taylor. James Diel, Terrence Harris, and Myron Ranney, and Sgts. After Easy Company had completed jump training in Fort Benning, the cadre was reassigned and replaced by enlisted men from the original group of privates, including 1/Sgt. The cadre of drill instructors assigned to train Easy Company consisted of 1/Sgt. Lewis Nixon would eventually join Easy Company as an assistant to Winters in 2nd Platoon. Matheson, Richard Winters, and Walter Moore were the original leaders of the three platoons. Clarence Hester serving as his executive officer. Easy Company's initial commander was 1st Lieutenant Herbert Sobel, with 2nd Lt. Each platoon consisted of two 12-man rifle squads (later changed to three) with a machine gun team and a 6-man mortar squad. The company consisted of a headquarters section and three platoons. It was an experimental airborne unit consisting of volunteers trained to jump from C-47 transport planes into hostile territory.
This will include include handguns and rifles -Learning how to properly clear firearms and identify them as cleared -Drills to familiarize students with common times when firearms safety rules are broken: loading, unloading, reloading, holstering, and unholstering -Identifying dummy ammunition and blank ammunition to confirm they are not real/live ammunition -Identifying dummy guns, blank guns, and replica guns to confirm they are not a live firing weapon -Safe use of camera set ups and blocking to prevent breaking the 5 Rules of Firearms Safety Workshops are held at: Griffin Martial Arts Center - 1454 Williamson Rd.Easy Company was activated in 1942 at Camp Toccoa, Georgia, as a part of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. What you will learn: -The 5 Rules of Firearms Safety -Proper handling for on-set and on-camera. This workshop is a required prerequisite to attend any of our future tactical workshops. All training will be conducted with inert dummy firearms. Upcoming training dates: 11/20 (1pm - 4pm) - ON-SET FIREARMS SAFETY - $50 This workshop is designed to train actors, directors, producers, and crew members proper firearms handling/safety for set.