THE BRAVEST MAN IN THE TRENCH WAS THE ONE CRACKING JOKES
Rick Gomez had one of the hardest jobs that nobody talked about on the set of Band of Brothers. He was cast to play Technician Fourth Grade George…
THEY STEPPED INSIDE THE OLD PLANE AND THE METAL CHANGED EVERYTHING
Almost twenty years had passed since they first stood together in a cramped metal tube. Donnie Wahlberg, Frank John Hughes, and Neal McDonough were no longer the young…
THE HEAVIEST WEAPON ON THE BAND OF BROTHERS SET WAS A MEDICAL KIT
When the cast of Band of Brothers arrived at Captain Dale Dye’s infamous boot camp, nearly every actor wanted the same thing. They wanted to be the guy…
LORETTA SWIT KEPT HER HEAD DOWN DURING THAT FINAL SALUTE.
The restaurant was too bright, and the music was a little too loud for a Tuesday evening. But in the corner booth, the world had narrowed down to…
THE DAY COLONEL POTTER FINALLY BROKE THE ENTIRE SURGICAL TENT
I was sitting in a small, sound-dampened studio recently, doing one of those long-form podcasts where the host really wants to get under the skin of the “Golden…
THEY SAT IN THE BASTOGNE FOXHOLES AND THE SILENCE BROKE THEM
Almost fifteen years after the cameras stopped rolling, three men walked into a frozen forest in Belgium. They weren’t soldiers. They were actors. Scott Grimes, Richard Speight Jr.,…
THE “JUST MARRIED” SIGN MEANT GOODBYE… BUT THEY WEREN’T READY.
The sun in the Malibu hills still has that same biting, unforgiving heat it did forty years ago. Loretta Swit shaded her eyes, looking out over the dry,…
THE DAY THE COMMANDANT COULD NOT STOP LAUGHING AT STALAG 13
The interviewer leaned forward, resting his chin on his hand as he looked at the small, glass circle sitting on the table between them. It was a simple…
THE SCRIPT SAID GOODBYE… BUT HARRY MORGAN KNEW BETTER.
The restaurant was too quiet for a Saturday night in Los Angeles. Loretta Swit sat across from the man who had been her commanding officer for eight long…
HOW A SQUIRT GUN BLOOD PUMP BROKE THE MASH OPERATING ROOM
It is funny how memory works when you get to my age. People always ask about the heavy stuff, the episodes that made the world cry, or what…