A country boy trains to be a paratrooper at Fort Bragg. You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page www.imdb.com/title/tt0165081/
I am a 77 year old marine from second anglico . We all went to army jump school as the Marines didn't have their own school . I went airborne in 1965 as all of anglico were radio operators , forward observers . I was proud to have done this and regular Marines had a problem with our jump boots and gold jump wings . We also had Navy udt 11 and 12 going through at the same time . I don't remember any fun times at all , but this is still a good movie of sorts .
I am proud of all of you who had the guts to make it and did so willingly. I'm a disabled Marine and a brotherhood is a bond that can't be beat no matter which uniform you wear..God bless you all
..because of the draft... the army was pretty slack but now they are square away soldiers, i would even be proud to be a soldier today....i join the marine corps in 68, i got stationed in Hawaii but like a dummy I volunteered for Vietnam...that was the best move i ever made, i got hurt and got out with a disability and retired at 24 with couple grand a month .....whole bunch of my friends never made it back.....I live for them....thank God..
My father was 82nd Airborne, 30 years (1942-1972). I was an "Airborne brat." Spent my life at Ft. Bragg, Ft. Ord, Ft. Jackson. He retired as a jump master. WWII, Korea and Vietnam (3 times).
82nd Airborne Division is a brotherhood that no other branch understands. Division is home and past and present Paratroopers always have a special bond, AATW 😎👍❤️🇺🇸🎖
No one can understand an 82nd Airborne Division Paratrooper Brotherhood. Anyone can jump and be qualified but to be an Eighty Deuce and embedded with its legacy is a special brotherhood AATW ❤😎🇺🇸🎖
I remember my 4 years in the 82nd fondly but me and LT's sometimes did not always get along. 1 delayed my promotion to SGt because he acted knowing only part of the facts. I changed companies and got promoted. It was weird how that happened. Word got out I was not happy and the other company recruited me so I went there.
I went through one of the last airborne training classes at Ft. Bragg. Graduated in June 1961 while assigned to Mortar Battery 1/187th. This movie brings back the memories loud and clear!.
My grandfather was Co. I 505th P.I.R - RCT 82nd AB in WWII. He had 3 battle stars in his jump winds and a silver battle star in his ETO Campaign Medal. My dad took basic at Fort Benning in 1967, he said all them Airborne boys did was run, run to chow, run to the barracks, even run in their sleep. I found out that first hand when I went thru it in 1989.
My grandfather Master Sergeant James Blue (82nd Airborne, 508th PIR, A Co. WWII 1919-2004) played himself as the 82nd Airborne museum curator seen at 1:09:00. This movie is priceless, to be able to go back and watch that portion when I feel the memory of him is fading away. Wish I would have known about this movie when he was alive.
Was stationed Bragg March 64 until Dec 65 when the unit 1st MI battalion went to Vietnam. Wife and kids stayed in Fayetteville. After a year there, went back to take the family to Fort Ord. My next time I went to Vietnam, my wife and kids went back to Fayetteville.
I’m proud to say that General James Gavin , Jumping Jim Gavin was raised in my coal mining hometown of Mount Carmel Pennsylvania. Anyone that was in the 82nd will know him and may have jumped with him in WW2, At 78, I’m the youngest of the 5 Miller brothers who proudly served Our Country. My brother Harold was in WW2 and served in Sicily and Italy and at one point served under another famous General George Patton.
I saw the movie about a year after I graduated from Jump School ( May 1963)....very accurate, aside for the basic training stuff at the beginning. also never seen a 'bully' amongst the troops...If that happened other troopers woulda stepped up and put him in place or on the ground.....he woulda never completed Jump School cause he'd a been half dead or gone...... BTW I stayed on jump status for the next 24 years.....
Being raised in the The All American city, Fayetteville, North Carolina, I can honestly say that I enjoyed watching this movie; especially seeing the old barracks building from almost 70 years ago.
I did jump school in October of 76. Jump Master school in September of 82. Graduated a week before my son was born. October of 2001 I was priveliged to pin blood wings upon that same son.
I still love this movie, well, to me a documentary type of movie because it does show what a Airborne paratrooper goes through. My dad died 6 years ago and I still cry when I see this, since this is where I was born and lived a good part of my life. I still recognize all the scenery , even though it's changed and been built up, the All American Freeway, modern brick buildings instead of wood. I miss those WW2 era buildings. Of course, after 911, it really changed. Ft Bragg is now a closed base, the museum is off the base. It's still home for me with a different generation of Airborne Paratroopers.
As a result of multiple rounds of BRAC - many base closures were experienced . . . amongst all the services. My big closure was Lowry AFB, Denver, CO. Only survival was a big hanger that housed many Armed Forces aircraft no longer in the inventory. Air Force Accounting & Finance remained active for a few years, as well. Aurora, got it's golf course. Buckley Air Nat'l Guard Base by default became its' only active airfield, however it's inevitably surrounded by the Aurora community, as Denver really grew, in population. 🎭 🇺🇸
I remember when I went to Fort Dix for basic combat training in 1963 those WWII wooden barracks we were in all had a number on them that began with the letter "T". We were told that the "T" stood for "Temporary".
Reporting for jump school after basic,, Pvts did not blouse boots or wear glider patches until completing jump coarse,, now back to movie to find other Hollywood F ups,, i was 101st in '67-'70,
Stand up, hook up, shuffle to the door.. .jump right out and count to four. I wanna be an airborne ranger. Fill my life with fun and danger! 82nd Airborne (70-72) Great memories! Great experience! Great buddies!
I remember hollering that cadence while running. I wasn't in the Airborne, I was in the 864th Engineer Battalion at Ft. Lewis Wa. Jan 78 to Sept 80. 2 mi were okay those 5 mi. runs were killer. There was an Airborne unit on Ft. Lewis but I can't remember if it was the 82nd or the 101st.
Was in airborne assigned basic training, AIT and then Ft. Benning jump school in 1962. We received no passes, leaves, dances or leave the post basic through jump school so the movie was not what we experienced. They allowed no time for other than training. It did have many correct training depictions. Was a Rigger. Did have opportunity to meet two of the 39 original US Army paratroopers, one in my company. Also have met a number of D-Day 101 and WWII Veterans. Was discharged shortly before 101 was sent to Vietnam.
Before Ranger school, went through jump school in '77. Movie brings back stuff that I forgot. I do remember not having much personal time as these guys. Thanks for posting.
This is the first time I've seen" Airborne". I Am Prior Service USMC and US Army, and, it brings Me memories of My time at the US Army Basic Airborne Course at Fort Benning, Georgia in 1996. While I was in the 3d Ranger Battalion, I attended SERE High - Risk at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. This is a good movie. AIRBORNE ALL THE WAY!!🇺🇸🦅🗽🔫
A great movie and a fantastic snapshot of the American peace time Army. Korea was a decade behind them and Vietnam was three years away. The draft got some, but there were still plenty of volunteers. Life was good in 62.
What a wonderful time in american history.A great film...clearly meant to boost the moral of the common man entering the Airborne.I really wish I had joined the Army Airborne.For those reading and young enough to do so.....DO IT!...You will change your life and thank me later.
I had already gone through basic at Fort Ord, and AIT, before Jump School at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. “Rondevous with Destiny”. My father was killed in combat in WWII, with the 100 division.
I took basic @ Ord, also in 71. Everyone there was from Cal. or Tex., except me. I'm from WV.The recruiter, my uncle, gave me 5 choices for basic. At the time the 82nd needed people, so I went from basic to jump school the to the 82nd, without AIT. There were others too. We had on the job training. 319th artillery, fire direction center 13E.
My brother actually WAS Drill Sergeant at for the 82nd Airborne at Ft. Bragg in the late 60s, probably one of the best they ever had. Unfortunately (or, maybe, fortunately), I went through Basic and AIT at Ft. Sam Houston for medic training, so I never saw him "in action".
I graduated from the 82nd Airborne Jump School at Fort Bragg on January 18.1962. We were the 1st class to return to Fort Bragg, at that time. It seems from time to time Fort Bragg's school closes and they transfer jump school training to the 101st Airborne...until they need more capacity, then Bragg reopens. :-) AIRBORNE ALL THE WAY!!! Reading the comments, I forgot to mention...as jump school trainees we lived in our assigned units (which would be our permanent barracks with qualified paratroopers)...and took a lot of harassment as 'Legs' (Non Qualified Jumpers) living with paratroopers. :-)
I graduated 82nd Abn jump school at Bragg In March 1960. I was in B Co, 2nd Abn Battle Group, 501st Inf in what was then called “the new division area” which was company sized concrete buildings. Then sent to Mainz, Germany in early January 1960 and assigned to the 1st Abn BG of the 504th Inf where I stayed till January 1963.
In the 70s I went to jump school as a SP4. 0 week at Ft Benning the black caps would give me 40-50 man details to be marched marched around for post details. For years, troopers at Ft Bragg would run up to me and say, Sgt....do you remember me? I was on a detail at jump school you were in charge of!"
I've always loved this film.Its like a time travel back in time.My dear dad,(R.I.P.)arrived in San Antonio,TX in 1952 from Philly.He said,they all got off train wearing winter overcoats,while the awaiting sgt's were on the platforms in the Texas heat wearing short sleeves in khakis-😎😡😳😳😳-
I have two cousins who were both at Bragg in the early 60's when this movie was filmed there. One was in the 325th and the other was in the 187th Rakkasans before the went to Ft. Campbell. My cousin who was in the 187th later went to Vietnam and served 3 tours with the 173rd Abn.
+J High Just to correct a point, the 187th from Bragg 'was not' the one at Campbell. At Campbell we had the 2d Abn Battle Group, 187th Infantry (my unit when I went through jump school at Campbell in Sept 1959) and at Bragg they had the 1st Abn Battle Group, 187th Infantry.
+John Linardy Thanks for the info. I know he was in the 187th at Ft. Bragg, but I'm not sure they were part of the 82nd Airborne Division or a separate unit.
Joined the 187RCT at Bragg's Smoke Bomb Hill in '55 which went to Campbell as cadre to reactivate the 101 in '56. We got cap patches and permission to wear bloused boots on our class A's right off. The corcoran Jump Boots were made in my home town, Stoughton, MA. They told us "Rakkasan" means "Falling Umbrellas" but it's really "Raka San" and in Japanese means "Madame Parasol".
OMG this is great, ,my first time watching it , I was 1/508th in the 82nd, 71-74 , lot of this was still the same when I went thru . Brings back many memories
I was shocked, what a good movie for 1962. It had my attention and learned a few things, like when the black man in the first jump said "There's nothing wrong with being afraid, unless you give into it". For a minute I thought I was living in a 'Raceless' world. Some great men produced this movie based on great principles. I see where they stole 'Goomer Pyle'
I remember getting on the Amtrak train at that same location in the 70's, stop back last year to see the new Airborne and Special Operations Museum, its right across the Street from the still standing train platform. But the old Hays Street is gone... none of the old bars, just lots of old memories
In '64 I took my basic at Ft. Jackson, SC. They also had Air Borne training there. We could see them training, at times, from where we were. They even had a special way of lacing their boots that we weren't allowed to do. About hair cuts, just one of these actors had more hair than was on Ft. Jackson the whole six weeks I was there. The only soldier that I know of that was given the privilege of "just a little off the top" was Elvis Presley. I understand that he was in Germany the same time that I was but at a different location. That was the same time period that Roy Rodger's adopted son died on his bunk, in Germany.
I saw this a long time ago and really liked it. I was thrilled to find it on youtube. Bobby Diamond, who plays Slocum, played a part in the "Aunt Bea's Invisible Beau" episode of the Andy Griffith show in 1965.
I have to go through the Andy Griffith show and look for him. I remember there being an episode named that. I ran across this while looking for something similar. The guy that played Sgt. White looks exactly like one of the villains men that played on The Wild Wild West. He was on most of the episodes and had no speaking parts, at that time if they didn't have any lines they weren't mentioned in the credits. Just wondered if anyone mentioned it in the comments.
Jump School at Benning in 72, Assigned to 1-325 AIR afterwards and for the next seven years. Went off to other units for a while, then back to 2-504 PIR for Desert Storm. The movie is great for a 1962 production. What got me the most was that I made my first four jumps out of a C-119. Last jump was out of a C-141. Didn't do a 130 until I got to Bragg. The Boxcar was a great jump!
Not much has changed except its Sergeant Airborne now. The infamous black hat. I dont think I ever ran so much in my life, oh maybe Air Assault school.
Was never Airborne but in Fork Polk 65-67. Barracks and mess halls look the same. Long time ago but still have memories of events and the people. Glad I served.
Airborne is a 1962 American film written and directed by James Landis and starring Bobby Diamond. As of 2009 it is in the Public Domain and can be streamed on TH-cam or downloaded via the Internet Archive. The film tells the story of a young man (Diamond) and his journey to become a US paratrooper. Airborne features training methods used by the US jump school at the time and is an interesting historical document in this respect. Closing credits indicate that the film is dedicated to the veterans of the US 82nd Airborne (All American) Division who established the traditions of the unit in World War II. In 1964, Diamond graduated from Ulysses S. Grant High School in the San Fernando Valley. He has two sons from a previous marriage to Tara Parker. His interest in the law was spurred by his efforts to procure a student draft deferment during the Vietnam War... (WTF?)- I say again Bobby, (WTF?) *Update:* Bobby Diamond, who portrayed a young orphan opposite Peter Graves and a wild stallion on the 1950s NBC series Fury, has died. He was 75. Diamond died May 15, 2020 of cancer at Los Robles Regional Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
this was produced 12 yrs before i went to jump school and i never saw this movie until many years later it was fun to watch and took be back to jump school thanks for sharing and all that watch this video i hope you enjoy it
What an enjoyable movie. Who needs all those movies with special OTT sound efxs? As a person who jumped a few times for recreational purposes in the 90's our parachutes were so easy to manoeuvre that landing was as easy as getting off a sofa chair...The parachutes back then were so tough to control.
That means your dad was a jumpmaster. He hung out of planes to see the dropzone and then directed the jumpers on the aircraft to jump when the green light came on. He also checked all of the jumpers equipment.
@@kjvnews8326 He was a private in WW2 but stayed in the 82nd until 1972. He was a jumpmaster and instructor at Ft. Gordon and served on General Westmorland's staff in Saigon on his 2nd tour of Vietnam. He retired as a Sgt. Major. When I was born, in Pittsburgh, the middle child of 7, the last 2 were born at Ft. Ord, California and the youngest in La Rochelle. France. We ended up at Ft. Bragg when I was 9. At 13, we were transferred to Ft. Jackson SC where my father was a DI on "Company B, Tank Hill." Then transferred to Ft. Gorden as a jump instructor in AIT. Why do you ask? Being an obvious news station, I would be happy to speak with you about my father's service in the 82nd.
@@jaygreider4753 I served in the 5th Special Forces group for 2 1/2 years & C Co. 3rd Battalion of the 325th Infantry in the 82d for another 2 1/2 years. I had about 100 jumps. While in S.F. I worked as a DZSO Drop Zone safety officer and set up the DZ's on Bragg for many jumps. All of the DZ's on Fort Bragg were named after World War II battlefields where the airborne jumped - Normandy, Nijmegan, St. Mere Eglise, Sicily & Luzon. My daughter was born in Fayetteville in 1980. Now sh'e's 40. Except for Jungle training in Panama & northern warfare training in Alaska my whole time after basic at Dix, AIT, at Ft. Jackson & Jump school at Benning, I was at Bragg the entire time. My father took basic at Bragg and was sent to Korea in 1950 where he lost 3 friends.
@@kjvnews8326 I was at 3rd and 325 as well , that was in 79 when the hostages hav been taken in Iran, we are packed up and ready to go then at the Old World War II barracks with barbwire on alert status.
Wish I'd just went ahead to jump school that the Army offered to all active duty during boot camp. A National Guard recruiter where I work said "Yea but your ankles, knees and back are thanking you 20 years later."
I went through Benning Jump School, 42nd Co. N9 as a sergeant E5 in 1980--I was 40. I had never seen this film before but it sure brought some memories up for me, especially the "Git down and Git 10"
I went through jump school in 1959 when it was still at Ft. Bragg. This fim brought back lots of memories, especially shots of the old jump school area. I still remember my jump instructor's name was SGT. Burns (old 'blood Burns'). I wonder if anyone else remembers this time...................
+Rusty White No Rusty, Ft. Bragg hasn't had a jump school area for many years. I believe they moved both airborne schools from Ft. Bragg and Ft. Campbell and consolidated them at Ft. Benning where all airborne training is now conducted. Not sure when this happened, probably in the late '60s or '70s. Too bad. I visited the old division area in 2010 and they had torn down most of the old barracks allready, replacing them with new ones. You could still see where the old jump school area used to be, but it's all gone now... All the way....
That's correct Billy. The original jump school was at Fort Benning, but jump schools at Ft Bragg and Ft Campbell were in operation thruout the '50s and '60s to train airborne troops for the 82nd and 101st airborne divisions. Ft Benning also had a jump school during that time, but most if not all training for the army's airborne divisions were conducted at locations specific to the needs of the 82nd and 101st. Other services and allied militaries used Ft Benning during that time. Not sure when the army decided to close down the schools at Ft Bragg and Ft Campbell and return all airborne training to Benning, but there was something special about being assigned to and living in one's TO&E unit while going thru jump school. I think that made it all the more special when you finally graduated jump school and were welcomed by your barracks mates! It might be more cost effective, but nothing could replace the honor and satisfaction of doing it the hard way....................
@19:18 there talking about this guys girlfriend experience. my dad wrote his mom asking if he could a picture of this girl he knew because all the guys had pics of their girls and he didn't LOL!
20 retired but my heart was rear detachment but I did my fair amount time in elite combat arms units at fort devens ten group ma and fort drum worse assignment was fort sill Ok two tours Korea one 2 I'd in armor camp Cassy second was Pusan
I remember seeing this as a kid, I read about the airborne in WWII. I always wanted to be airborne, Glad I am AATW. I'm just a simple old soldier who is a hell raiser and a paratrooper. lol.
Excellent film, very enjoyable, and it’s not the first time I have watched it, it’s one of those films that you can watch time and time again. I do wish though that the screen writers would have not had the two sergeants saluting each other, a Non-Com never has and never should salute each other.
I wish I had about a half dozen of these hats like they are wearing here at 4:56. They sure were comfortable. I wore these same hats when I was in Germany 1961-1964.
My Dad was drafted, into the Army, during the Korean war, and went straight in to the Medical Corps, because he had a college degree in Psychology, and that's where they needed him.
Amazing, was this country ever as sane and right as this? Sure let's you know in terms of social atmosphere what we have lost in the post 1965 world.....
I was at FT Bragg in 1972 assigned to the 573rd Personal Service Unit. We handled the records for all the Airborne support units. I was in the Actions section and handled retirement actions. No building wise change. The Barracks on that slightly slopeing hill was the location of our barracks. I liked the set up at Bragg better than my two other stateside assignments: Ft Lewis and Ft McClellan. Not the most interesting job however. My best duty station was in VietNam. If I was in better shape, I would have made a career out of the Army. But I got out and resumed teaching Math at UNLV
All of the DZ's on Fort Bragg were named after World War II battlefields where the airborne jumped - Normandy, Nijmegan, St. Mere Eglise, Sicily & Luzon.
I joined the Army Natl. Guard in 1963, at age 17 & went through "Basic" in early '64 & wished that they left me with the amount of hair that the soldiers still had, in this film! They even charged me $.90 each week, to do it! (p.s Actor/Director Terry Gilliam (Monty Python) was my "bunk mate"!) p.p.s. My uncle, Thomas Walsh, lost his leg, fighting at Anzio!
I really had fun at Jump School at Ft.Benning in 1986.It was tough but the Black Hats made it fun.There were tough guys who quit even before training started.Every morning the Black Hats begged people to quit.The guys who were with me back then who survived training and eventually made 5 jumps to become Paratroopers I never forgot them.Most went to the 82nd ABN,me I went to the 1/508th PIR in Panama.Good times great memories.
I am a 77 year old marine from second anglico . We all went to army jump school as the Marines didn't have their own school . I went airborne in 1965 as all of anglico were radio operators , forward observers . I was proud to have done this and regular Marines had a problem with our jump boots and gold jump wings . We also had Navy udt 11 and 12 going through at the same time . I don't remember any fun times at all , but this is still a good movie of sorts .
Thank you for your service. Your a hero in my book.
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Opening shot of the Fayetteville depot is pure gold to us rail enthusiasts. Great movie around. Thanks.
Yes very impressive indeed, what kind of locomotive/engine is that, I don't think that size ever pulled something over here in Europe. C
@@christersvensson4948 EMD E6A #513 built 1941 for the Atlantic Coast Line(ACL) Railroad.
I am proud of all of you who had the guts to make it and did so willingly. I'm a disabled Marine and a brotherhood is a bond that can't be beat no matter which uniform you wear..God bless you all
Semper Fi,, jarhead
*When this movie was made I was a year old, 18 years later I would go through the same training... and ended up at the 82nd*
..because of the draft... the army was pretty slack but now they are square away soldiers, i would even be proud to be a soldier today....i join the marine corps in 68, i got stationed in Hawaii but like a dummy I volunteered for Vietnam...that was the best move i ever made, i got hurt and got out with a disability and retired at 24 with couple grand a month .....whole bunch of my friends never made it back.....I live for them....thank God..
My father was 82nd Airborne, 30 years (1942-1972). I was an "Airborne brat." Spent my life at Ft. Bragg, Ft. Ord, Ft. Jackson. He retired as a jump master. WWII, Korea and Vietnam (3 times).
82nd Airborne Division is a brotherhood that no other branch understands. Division is home and past and present Paratroopers always have a special bond, AATW 😎👍❤️🇺🇸🎖
No one can understand an 82nd Airborne Division Paratrooper Brotherhood. Anyone can jump and be qualified but to be an Eighty Deuce and embedded with its legacy is a special brotherhood AATW ❤😎🇺🇸🎖
I remember my 4 years in the 82nd fondly but me and LT's sometimes did not always get along. 1 delayed my promotion to SGt because he acted knowing only part of the facts. I changed companies and got promoted. It was weird how that happened. Word got out I was not happy and the other company recruited me so I went there.
MY DAD..PVT. LEONARD VILLA..82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION..WW11..(D-DAY)..2 BRONZE STARS..1 COMBAT STAR..1 PURPLE HEART..ALL AMERICAN..🇺🇸🫡🙏
What holds up a chichens a$$. A leg
@@edalice1926 ya right ..lololol
I went through one of the last airborne training classes at Ft. Bragg. Graduated in June 1961 while assigned to Mortar Battery 1/187th. This movie brings back the memories loud and clear!.
Thank you for your service!
Ft. Benning for me, but that was 16 years after this movie.
My grandfather was Co. I 505th P.I.R - RCT 82nd AB in WWII. He had 3 battle stars in his jump winds and a silver battle star in his ETO Campaign Medal. My dad took basic at Fort Benning in 1967, he said all them Airborne boys did was run, run to chow, run to the barracks, even run in their sleep. I found out that first hand when I went thru it in 1989.
i think ALL basic trainees ran everywhere, i know we did at Ft Sam Houston, Texas
My grandfather Master Sergeant James Blue (82nd Airborne, 508th PIR, A Co. WWII 1919-2004) played himself as the 82nd Airborne museum curator seen at 1:09:00. This movie is priceless, to be able to go back and watch that portion when I feel the memory of him is fading away. Wish I would have known about this movie when he was alive.
+npadams221 That's so cool!
+npadams221 AATW!
npadams221 Amen. Great memory!
I looked out for him in the movie :)
You are blessed
Was stationed Bragg March 64 until Dec 65 when the unit 1st MI battalion went to Vietnam. Wife and kids stayed in Fayetteville. After a year there, went back to take the family to Fort Ord. My next time I went to Vietnam, my wife and kids went back to Fayetteville.
I’m proud to say that General James Gavin , Jumping Jim Gavin was raised in my coal mining hometown of Mount Carmel Pennsylvania. Anyone that was in the 82nd will know him and may have jumped with him in WW2, At 78, I’m the youngest of the 5 Miller brothers who proudly served Our Country. My brother Harold was in WW2 and served in Sicily and Italy and at one point served under another famous General George Patton.
Good for you and your brothers! You should be proud with such an impressive family legacy. 👍
I saw the movie about a year after I graduated from Jump School ( May 1963)....very accurate, aside for the basic training stuff at the beginning. also never seen a 'bully' amongst the troops...If that happened other troopers woulda stepped up and put him in place or on the ground.....he woulda never completed Jump School cause he'd a been half dead or gone......
BTW I stayed on jump status for the next 24 years.....
I am honored that I got to be a part of this history as an Airborne Infantry Soldier. People thought I couldn't do it, but I did it. 1999-2011
Same here;" C-1st Bn-17th(Air Cav)-82nd Airborne."-
Way to go Brother
Thank you!!
Blood in The Risers
Being raised in the The All American city, Fayetteville, North Carolina, I can honestly say that I enjoyed watching this movie; especially seeing the old barracks building from almost 70 years ago.
Fought side by side at Normandy , June 6th 1944 , along with the British and Canadian Airborne Regiments . Thank you .
No. Thank you. Were not speaking German or Japanese due to brave men such as yourself. God Bless the greatest generation
I did jump school in October of 76. Jump Master school in September of 82. Graduated a week before my son was born. October of 2001 I was priveliged to pin blood wings upon that same son.
MY DAD WAS A D.I. IN THE AIRBORNE DURING THE KOREAN WAR ; I AM SO PROUD TO BE HIS SON ; HE IS MY HERO!!!!!!!!
Where was he stationed ? My pop was a DI at Ft Jackson in S.C. during Korea.
@@MrChasP you must mean Drill Sergeant not DI. It's the Army not the marine corps.
@@robertsettle2590 Capitalize the Marine Corps boy
He's not only your hero, he's America too.
@@hiflca oohrah
What a great documentary. I’m beyond proud my Father served in the 82nd Airborne. My uncle was in the 82nd as well and was in the Gulf War.
I still love this movie, well, to me a documentary type of movie because it does show what a Airborne paratrooper goes through. My dad died 6 years ago and I still cry when I see this, since this is where I was born and lived a good part of my life.
I still recognize all the scenery , even though it's changed and been built up, the All American Freeway, modern brick buildings instead of wood.
I miss those WW2 era buildings. Of course, after 911, it really changed. Ft Bragg is now a closed base, the museum is off the base.
It's still home for me with a different generation of Airborne Paratroopers.
As a result of multiple rounds of BRAC - many base closures were experienced . . . amongst all the services. My big closure was Lowry AFB, Denver, CO. Only survival was a big hanger that housed many Armed Forces aircraft no longer in the inventory. Air Force Accounting & Finance remained active for a few years, as well. Aurora, got it's golf course. Buckley Air Nat'l Guard Base by default became its' only active airfield, however it's inevitably surrounded by the Aurora community, as Denver really grew, in population. 🎭 🇺🇸
I remember when I went to Fort Dix for basic combat training in 1963 those WWII wooden barracks we were in all had a number on them that began with the letter "T". We were told that the "T" stood for "Temporary".
Tore down what was “The New Divison” Barracks
@@texman8150 I'm from jersey and we always did our nat guard training there those barracks are still there Doughboy field etc
@@patricklaurojr7427 Fort Dix. home of The Ultimate Weapon. I am the Infantry, follow me. Thanks for the update. That's amazing.
Reporting for jump school after basic,, Pvts did not blouse boots or wear glider patches until completing jump coarse,, now back to movie to find other Hollywood F ups,, i was 101st in '67-'70,
Stand up, hook up, shuffle to the door.. .jump right out and count to four. I wanna be an airborne ranger. Fill my life with fun and danger! 82nd Airborne (70-72) Great memories! Great experience! Great buddies!
I remember hollering that cadence while running. I wasn't in the Airborne, I was in the 864th Engineer Battalion at Ft. Lewis Wa. Jan 78 to Sept 80. 2 mi were okay those 5 mi. runs were killer. There was an Airborne unit on Ft. Lewis but I can't remember if it was the 82nd or the 101st.
Was in airborne assigned basic training, AIT and then Ft. Benning jump school in 1962. We received no passes, leaves, dances or leave the post basic through jump school so the movie was not what we experienced. They allowed no time for other than training. It did have many correct training depictions. Was a Rigger. Did have opportunity to meet two of the 39 original US Army paratroopers, one in my company. Also have met a number of D-Day 101 and WWII Veterans. Was discharged shortly before 101 was sent to Vietnam.
Gotta love these service recruitment movies. The 60's version of Top Gun and very enjoyable to watch.
This is one of the best!
Both of my brothers were in the Air Force during the Vietnam Was . I am proud of them. One served 22 years and the other served 21 .
This is the group my Dad was in, when I saw the sign co. C 504 I yelled OMG dad's group. THANKS FOR LOADING IT.
1/325 csc then C company
As a Veteran of 82nd I am proud to have served. AATW..
Before Ranger school, went through jump school in '77. Movie brings back stuff that I forgot. I do remember not having much personal time as these guys. Thanks for posting.
Went to Jump School in 77. Graduated in March. 45 Company.
This is the first time I've seen" Airborne". I Am Prior Service USMC and US Army, and, it brings Me memories of My time at the US Army Basic Airborne Course at Fort Benning, Georgia in 1996. While I was in the 3d Ranger Battalion, I attended SERE High - Risk at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. This is a good movie. AIRBORNE ALL THE WAY!!🇺🇸🦅🗽🔫
that course still is hell ... but worth it
Iggy tufty Fry & %"%7" 66%
What 2as difference between the marines and the army
A great movie and a fantastic snapshot of the American peace time Army. Korea was a decade behind them and Vietnam was three years away. The draft got some, but there were still plenty of volunteers. Life was good in 62.
What a wonderful time in american history.A great film...clearly meant to boost the moral of the common man entering the Airborne.I really wish I had joined the Army Airborne.For those reading and young enough to do so.....DO IT!...You will change your life and thank me later.
I had already gone through basic at Fort Ord, and AIT, before Jump School at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. “Rondevous with Destiny”. My father was killed in combat in WWII, with the 100 division.
Fort Ord?.Were you in the "Hourglass"division?.
Musta been a challenge, maturing thru life . . . without one's father ! 😬
I took basic @ Ord, also in 71. Everyone there was from Cal. or Tex., except me. I'm from WV.The recruiter, my uncle, gave me 5 choices for basic. At the time the 82nd needed people, so I went from basic to jump school the to the 82nd, without AIT. There were others too. We had on the job training. 319th artillery, fire direction center 13E.
@@airborne82nd1971 did the same. Basic at ORD in '71 then straight to Benning for jump school then to 1/17 cav for OJT
My brother actually WAS Drill Sergeant at for the 82nd Airborne at Ft. Bragg in the late 60s, probably one of the best they ever had. Unfortunately (or, maybe, fortunately), I went through Basic and AIT at Ft. Sam Houston for medic training, so I never saw him "in action".
I graduated from the 82nd Airborne Jump School at Fort Bragg on January 18.1962. We were the 1st class to return to Fort Bragg, at that time. It seems from time to time Fort Bragg's school closes and they transfer jump school training to the 101st Airborne...until they need more capacity, then Bragg reopens. :-) AIRBORNE ALL THE WAY!!! Reading the comments, I forgot to mention...as jump school trainees we lived in our assigned units (which would be our permanent barracks with qualified paratroopers)...and took a lot of harassment as 'Legs' (Non Qualified Jumpers) living with paratroopers. :-)
I graduated 82nd Abn jump school at Bragg In March 1960. I was in B Co, 2nd Abn Battle Group, 501st Inf in what was then called “the new division area” which was company sized concrete buildings. Then sent to Mainz, Germany in early January 1960 and assigned to the 1st Abn BG of the 504th Inf where I stayed till January 1963.
What holds up a chickens azz
My dad was drafted in 1960 and went to jump school at Ft Benning then on to Bragg with the 82nnd
In the 70s I went to jump school as a SP4. 0 week at Ft Benning the black caps would give me 40-50 man details to be marched marched around for post details. For years, troopers at Ft Bragg would run up to me and say, Sgt....do you remember me? I was on a detail at jump school you were in charge of!"
I've always loved this film.Its like a time travel back in time.My dear dad,(R.I.P.)arrived in San Antonio,TX in 1952 from Philly.He said,they all got off train wearing winter overcoats,while the awaiting sgt's were on the platforms in the Texas heat wearing short sleeves in khakis-😎😡😳😳😳-
I have two cousins who were both at Bragg in the early 60's when this movie was filmed there. One was in the 325th and the other was in the 187th Rakkasans before the went to Ft. Campbell. My cousin who was in the 187th later went to Vietnam and served 3 tours with the 173rd Abn.
+J High Just to correct a point, the 187th from Bragg 'was not' the one at Campbell. At Campbell we had the 2d Abn Battle Group, 187th Infantry (my unit when I went through jump school at Campbell in Sept 1959) and at Bragg they had the 1st Abn Battle Group, 187th Infantry.
+John Linardy
Thanks for the info. I know he was in the 187th at Ft. Bragg, but I'm not sure they were part of the 82nd Airborne Division or a separate unit.
I was in the 325th (Headquarters/Medics) in 1961-63
Joined the 187RCT at Bragg's Smoke Bomb Hill in '55 which went to Campbell as cadre to reactivate the 101 in '56. We got cap patches and permission to wear bloused boots on our class A's right off. The corcoran Jump Boots were made in my home town, Stoughton, MA. They told us "Rakkasan" means "Falling Umbrellas" but it's really "Raka San" and in Japanese means "Madame Parasol".
OMG this is great, ,my first time watching it , I was 1/508th in the 82nd, 71-74 , lot of this was still the same when I went thru . Brings back many memories
My father was 82nd, 505
Jump instructor.
I was shocked, what a good movie for 1962. It had my attention and learned a few things, like when the black man in the first jump said "There's nothing wrong with being afraid, unless you give into it". For a minute I thought I was living in a 'Raceless' world. Some great men produced this movie based on great principles. I see where they stole 'Goomer Pyle'
I remember getting on the Amtrak train at that same location in the 70's, stop back last year to see the new Airborne and Special Operations Museum, its right across the Street from the still standing train platform. But the old Hays Street is gone... none of the old bars, just lots of old memories
The Hay Street bars were all torn down in the early-mid ninties, ending City Halls's decades-long battle with Ricks Lounge.
Ricks Lounge
You you mean Fayette- Nam ?? 🪖🗡⚔️🪂☠️💀🍻🍺🤪
I’m in jump week right now. They played this in the shed for us.
It's easy to spot the real Joes from the actors....this is better than any thing I see today...kinda makes me miss the Army
My father served with the"Flying Red Assholes" 11th Airborne(1952-1956,Germany), then finished up with 16 years as a reserve as an weapons instructor.
In '64 I took my basic at Ft. Jackson, SC. They also had Air Borne training there. We could see them training, at times, from where we were. They even had a special way of lacing their boots that we weren't allowed to do. About hair cuts, just one of these actors had more hair than was on Ft. Jackson the whole six weeks I was there. The only soldier that I know of that was given the privilege of "just a little off the top" was Elvis Presley. I understand that he was in Germany the same time that I was but at a different location. That was the same time period that Roy Rodger's adopted son died on his bunk, in Germany.
When I was a kid I'd lay on the floor eating dry Cheerios from a big mixing bowl, glued to the TV watching movies like this.
I saw this a long time ago and really liked it. I was thrilled to find it on youtube. Bobby Diamond, who plays Slocum, played a part in the "Aunt Bea's Invisible Beau" episode of the Andy Griffith show in 1965.
I have to go through the Andy Griffith show and look for him. I remember there being an episode named that. I ran across this while looking for something similar. The guy that played Sgt. White looks exactly like one of the villains men that played on The Wild Wild West.
He was on most of the episodes and had no speaking parts, at that time if they didn't have any lines they weren't mentioned in the credits.
Just wondered if anyone mentioned it in the comments.
Jump School at Benning in 72, Assigned to 1-325 AIR afterwards and for the next seven years. Went off to other units for a while, then back to 2-504 PIR for Desert Storm. The movie is great for a 1962 production. What got me the most was that I made my first four jumps out of a C-119. Last jump was out of a C-141. Didn't do a 130 until I got to Bragg. The Boxcar was a great jump!
I enjoyed this movie overall As a US Army paratrooper it was nice to see the jump towers and training again. It was a great time.
Not much has changed except its Sergeant Airborne now. The infamous black hat. I dont think I ever ran so much in my life, oh maybe Air Assault school.
Badass film, thanks for sharing. Makes me proud to be 82nd
I was with the 503rd at Bragg in 1980. Loved it there. Awesome movie
Was never Airborne but in Fork Polk 65-67. Barracks and mess halls look the same. Long time ago but still have memories of events and the people. Glad I served.
Airborne is a 1962 American film written and directed by James Landis and starring Bobby Diamond. As of 2009 it is in the Public Domain and can be streamed on TH-cam or downloaded via the Internet Archive. The film tells the story of a young man (Diamond) and his journey to become a US paratrooper. Airborne features training methods used by the US jump school at the time and is an interesting historical document in this respect. Closing credits indicate that the film is dedicated to the veterans of the US 82nd Airborne (All American) Division who established the traditions of the unit in World War II. In 1964, Diamond graduated from Ulysses S. Grant High School in the San Fernando Valley. He has two sons from a previous marriage to Tara Parker. His interest in the law was spurred by his efforts to procure a student draft deferment during the Vietnam War... (WTF?)- I say again Bobby, (WTF?)
*Update:*
Bobby Diamond, who portrayed a young orphan opposite Peter Graves and a wild stallion on the 1950s NBC series Fury, has died. He was 75. Diamond died May 15, 2020 of cancer at Los Robles Regional Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Oh Lordy! Do I remember
This day, back in 1965. We sure were stupid!
But Young!
this was produced 12 yrs before i went to jump school and i never saw this movie until many years later it was fun to watch and took be back to jump school thanks for sharing and all that watch this video i hope you enjoy it
remember seeing this movie in 63 during basic trng at Ft Knox a lot of laugthing and wise cracks during the movie
that May 1964 the ridgeway caps we wore like the movie was phased out and was issued the baseball cap still remember those caps
When I was in 1-505 82nd 2010-2014 it was just like this lol but my jump school in sept oct 2010 was at fort benning
What an enjoyable movie. Who needs all those movies with special OTT sound efxs? As a person who jumped a few times for recreational purposes in the 90's our parachutes were so easy to manoeuvre that landing was as easy as getting off a sofa chair...The parachutes back then were so tough to control.
Dad had jump wings with a star and cresent leaves around the star. Over 300 jumps.
That means your dad was a jumpmaster. He hung out of planes to see the dropzone and then directed the jumpers on the aircraft to jump when the green light came on. He also checked all of the jumpers equipment.
@@kjvnews8326 He was a private in WW2 but stayed in the 82nd until 1972. He was a jumpmaster and instructor at Ft. Gordon and served on General Westmorland's staff in Saigon on his 2nd tour of Vietnam. He retired as a Sgt. Major. When I was born, in Pittsburgh, the middle child of 7, the last 2 were born at Ft. Ord, California and the youngest in La Rochelle. France. We ended up at Ft. Bragg when I was 9. At 13, we were transferred to Ft. Jackson SC where my father was a DI on "Company B, Tank Hill." Then transferred to Ft. Gorden as a jump instructor in AIT. Why do you ask? Being an obvious news station, I would be happy to speak with you about my father's service in the 82nd.
@@jaygreider4753 I served in the 5th Special Forces group for 2 1/2 years & C Co. 3rd Battalion of the 325th Infantry in the 82d for another 2 1/2 years. I had about 100 jumps. While in S.F. I worked as a DZSO Drop Zone safety officer and set up the DZ's on Bragg for many jumps. All of the DZ's on Fort Bragg were named after World War II battlefields where the airborne jumped - Normandy, Nijmegan, St. Mere Eglise, Sicily & Luzon. My daughter was born in Fayetteville in 1980. Now sh'e's 40. Except for Jungle training in Panama & northern warfare training in Alaska my whole time after basic at Dix, AIT, at Ft. Jackson & Jump school at Benning, I was at Bragg the entire time.
My father took basic at Bragg and was sent to Korea in 1950 where he lost 3 friends.
@@kjvnews8326 - Blue Falcons ! Ci A - mid 70's
@@kjvnews8326 I was at 3rd and 325 as well , that was in 79 when the hostages hav been taken in Iran, we are packed up and ready to go then at the Old World War II barracks with barbwire on alert status.
The BEST, AIRBORNE ALL THE WAY...BEST of BROTHERS.
Fresh off the boat. Vietnam. 1965.67
1st cav
Wish I'd just went ahead to jump school that the Army offered to all active duty during boot camp. A National Guard recruiter where I work said "Yea but your ankles, knees and back are thanking you 20 years later."
This was a really great movie...thanks for this upload!
Today 8/16/22 is the Airborne's Birthday. Kinda like the Marine Birthday but without the crayons.
Made a Navy dude laugh!
The 82nd airborne , sister to the 101 airborne . Thank you .
And your point is?
3/505 PIR 82d Airborne Division '86-'90 . Miss my brothers
I went through Benning Jump School, 42nd Co. N9 as a sergeant E5 in 1980--I was 40. I had never seen this film before but it sure brought some memories up for me, especially the "Git down and Git 10"
This was so enjoyable to watch! Yes, I’m the corny type. When Slogam came with his big guitar and Elvis haircut, the Sergeant said, Hello Melvis 😂😂! ❤
Awesome I was in Charlie Company 1/504 a few years later but still this is pretty cool.
I went through jump school in 1959 when it was still at Ft. Bragg. This fim brought back lots of memories, especially shots of the old jump school area. I still remember my jump instructor's name was SGT. Burns (old 'blood Burns'). I wonder if anyone else remembers this time...................
+oldcw2 Isn't it still at Ft Bragg?
+Rusty White No Rusty, Ft. Bragg hasn't had a jump school area for many years. I believe they moved both airborne schools from Ft. Bragg and Ft. Campbell and consolidated them at Ft. Benning where all airborne training is now conducted. Not sure when this happened, probably in the late '60s or '70s. Too bad. I visited the old division area in 2010 and they had torn down most of the old barracks allready, replacing them with new ones. You could still see where the old jump school area used to be, but it's all gone now... All the way....
The original airborne school was at Ft Benning. Other school were established later and then closed. Depended on the needs at the time.
That's correct Billy. The original jump school was at Fort Benning, but jump schools at Ft Bragg and Ft Campbell were in operation thruout the '50s and '60s to train airborne troops for the 82nd and 101st airborne divisions. Ft Benning also had a jump school during that time, but most if not all training for the army's airborne divisions were conducted at locations specific to the needs of the 82nd and 101st. Other services and allied militaries used Ft Benning during that time. Not sure when the army decided to close down the schools at Ft Bragg and Ft Campbell and return all airborne training to Benning, but there was something special about being assigned to and living in one's TO&E unit while going thru jump school. I think that made it all the more special when you finally graduated jump school and were welcomed by your barracks mates! It might be more cost effective, but nothing could replace the honor and satisfaction of doing it the hard way....................
@19:18 there talking about this guys girlfriend experience. my dad wrote his mom asking if he could a picture of this girl he knew because all the guys had pics of their girls and he didn't LOL!
My dad was 82nd airborne and went ranger. Somehow he wound up a MP in Vietnam doing river patrol. Uncle was 101st in Korea. Me I went Navy
20 retired but my heart was rear detachment but I did my fair amount time in elite combat arms units at fort devens ten group ma and fort drum worse assignment was fort sill Ok two tours Korea one 2 I'd in armor camp Cassy second was Pusan
Gotta love these old films! Thanks so much for the upload! :)
I love all my military
Really enjoyed that!
That sure as hell isn't the Airborne Shuffle, them boys are moving out!! The 34 foot tower, truly separates the jumpers from the Legs.
I remember seeing this as a kid, I read about the airborne in WWII. I always wanted to be airborne, Glad I am AATW. I'm just a simple old soldier who is a hell raiser and a paratrooper. lol.
In 61, when I went in, it was buzz cutting. No hair left. None of that trimming shit. It was In and out of the chair in less than a minute.
Charles Mitchell same with the Navy in 1979. And we didn’t get one shot it was more like 10.
Lol ,I remember almost going into shock when I saw my ID without hair .
Roy 1776 that’s where the term “ALL Ears & Eyebrows” originated! My Army basic training ID card is proof of that too !
Damm straight too! The barbers were butchers who enjoyed their work. It was 100% humiliation, but then we all looked the same.
Same with me when I was in, in the late 60s.
One of the best films I’ve seen
Excellent film, very enjoyable, and it’s not the first time I have watched it, it’s one of those films that you can watch time and time again. I do wish though that the screen writers would have not had the two sergeants saluting each other, a Non-Com never has and never should salute each other.
It is common for NCO’s in formation to salute each other. In fact, it is a requirement to acknowledge orders. Field Manual 22-5 Drill and Ceremonies.
I wondered if anybody caught that. Out of the 13 years I was in I've never seen NCO's salute each other.
Maybe in the drill and ceremonies manual but I've never seen it.
I wish I had about a half dozen of these hats like they are wearing here at 4:56. They sure were comfortable. I wore these same hats when I was in Germany 1961-1964.
Thank you for your service
Everyone who enlist in the Army should go airborne.
My Dad was drafted, into the Army, during the Korean war, and went straight in to the Medical Corps, because he had a college degree in Psychology, and that's where they needed him.
Life in the Old Army !
When I went to jump school I was like Slocum. 5’7 and about 135 lbs. But I was an E-4 and stick leader. Took no crap.
Proud to be 1/505, 82nd Airborne. 1977-1980.
Thanks so much for uploading this! 2/321 FA & 3/319 AFAR 82ND 1984-1987
Amazing, was this country ever as sane and right as this? Sure let's you know in terms of social atmosphere what we have lost in the post 1965 world.....
“One for the Airborne!” Hahahahaha, if only I had a nickel for every time I heard that.
I love my wings today just as much as I did when they were pounded into me.
82nd Airborne Div.
92-95
One of the movies that inspired me to go airborne
I was at FT Bragg in 1972 assigned to the 573rd Personal Service Unit. We handled the records for all the Airborne support units. I was in the Actions section and handled retirement actions. No building wise change. The Barracks on that slightly slopeing hill was the location of our barracks. I liked the set up at Bragg better than my two other stateside assignments: Ft Lewis and Ft McClellan. Not the most interesting job however. My best duty station was in VietNam. If I was in better shape, I would have made a career out of the Army. But I got out and resumed teaching Math at UNLV
thank you for share this other
One of the guys my church Was airborne 1961.
What a good movie ive seen this a few times in the past year lol
thank you 4 sharing.
All of the DZ's on Fort Bragg were named after World War II battlefields where the airborne jumped - Normandy, Nijmegan, St. Mere Eglise, Sicily & Luzon.
I joined the Army Natl. Guard in 1963, at age 17 & went through "Basic" in early '64 & wished that they left me
with the amount of hair that the soldiers still had, in this film! They even charged me $.90 each week, to do it!
(p.s Actor/Director Terry Gilliam (Monty Python) was my "bunk mate"!) p.p.s. My uncle, Thomas Walsh, lost
his leg, fighting at Anzio!
I remember watching this in the pax shed at airborne school, they play this when theres delays before a jump.
Our address was 207 Seawright Dr. when we lived on Ft. Bragg. Dad was a jumpmaster there in '62
Been there done that Airborne 101 !!! the c-130 the cadillac, the c-119 it's silly younger brother ! and the c -124 the finest !! 1962
C-124 jump commands. “Everybody upstairs downstairs. Everybody downstairs-outside!”
I really had fun at Jump School at Ft.Benning in 1986.It was tough but the Black Hats made it fun.There were tough guys who quit even before training started.Every morning the Black Hats begged people to quit.The guys who were with me back then who survived training and eventually made 5 jumps to become Paratroopers I never forgot them.Most went to the 82nd ABN,me I went to the 1/508th PIR in Panama.Good times great memories.
A thoroughly interesting watch.