Geronimo: The U.S. Airborne in World War II (DVD, 2003)

I thought the interviews with the real paratroopers is a valuable insight as to what things were like for our troops. My uncle was killed june 6th 1944 as a paratrooper with the 501st PIR on D-Day. I recommend this DVD to anyone interested in the Airborne of WW2. There are interviews from people of the Band Of Brothers Fame of the 506th PIR 101st airborne. Good Stuff.

I bought this dvd as a Christmas gift. After viewing we were very pleased with the content. It was a very historic history of the U.S. Army Airborne and their role in WWII. There was quite a bit of historic footage and concise interviews with actual veterans.

I liked the perspective given from the Airbourne side and learning the growth and developement of the divisions. Not only the 101st Division "The Screaming Eagles", but also the 82nd from the famous "Rainbow Division" of World War I.
It lets you have more background all the way from the first jumps in North Africa, to Sicily, the drops behind the lines at Normandy on D-Day, then again in Holland, the defending Bastonge by both Airbourne Divisions.
There are a lot of interviews from some of the people that served in the Airbourne and then also footage on training and the beginning of things to be tradition from that point on.
It was film in both color and black and white and so there is lots of original footage from training and action too. Definetly worth the 2 1/2 hours that seems like a lot less time then that.