A Look Back at Our Trip in April:
We were honored to be joined by our special guests:
Erik Jendresen
Erik Jendresen wrote episode 1 ”Currahee”, episode 5 “Crossroads” and episode 10 “Points” of the Band of Brothers series. As the lead writer and supervising producer for the series, he also wrote the series bible and the poem “The Night of the Bayonet,” immortalized in episode 3 “Carentan”!
Mark Lawrence
Mark Lawrence portrayed Corporal William Dukeman in Band of Brothers. Mark studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York, and in 2019 starred in and directed the production “The Zoo Story” by Edward Albee at the Sunflower Theatre in Colorado.
Rene Moreno
Rene Moreno portrayed Private Joseph Ramirez in Band of Brothers. You will also recognize him from his roles in the movies Young Guns 2 & Bio Dome.
Most recently, Rene completed Jump School with the All Airborne Battalion and has participated in 8 jumps including 2 in Normandy!
Freddie Joe Farnsworth
Freddie Joe Farnsworth is a Marine and combat veteran who served in Desert Shield and Desert Storm. After his time in the Marine Corp he began a new career in the film industry. He has been involved in many productions including Spy Game, Captain America: The First Avenger, & Rules of Engagement.
Freddie Joe worked with Capt. Dale Dye on both Band of Brothers and The Pacific as an assistant military advisor and also appeared in both series. He appeared in episode 3 (Carentan) of Band of Brothers as Sgt. Farnsworth and episode 9 (Okinawa) of The Pacific as Lt. Thomas "Stumpy" Stanley.
