<Table> <Tr> <Th> Actor </Th> <Th> Role </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Eddie Albert </Td> <Td> Colonel Thompson , 29th Infantry Division </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Paul Anka </Td> <Td> Private , 2nd Ranger Battalion </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Richard Beymer </Td> <Td> Private Arthur ' Dutch ' Schultz , 82nd Airborne Division </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Red Buttons </Td> <Td> Private John Steele , 2nd Battalion , 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gary Collins </Td> <Td> Officer on destroyer bridge ( uncredited ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Crawford </Td> <Td> Colonel Eugene Caffey , Commander , 1st Engineer Special Brigade ( uncredited ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mark Damon </Td> <Td> Private Harris ( uncredited ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ray Danton </Td> <Td> Captain Frank , 29th Infantry Division </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Fred Dur </Td> <Td> Major , 2nd Ranger Battalion </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Fabian </Td> <Td> Private , 2nd Ranger Battalion </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mel Ferrer </Td> <Td> Major General Robert Haines , Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ( SHAEF ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Henry Fonda </Td> <Td> Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt , Jr. , Assistant Commander , 4th Infantry Division </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Steve Forrest </Td> <Td> Captain Harding , 2nd Battalion , 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Henry Grace ( dubbed by Allen Swift ) </Td> <Td> General Dwight D. Eisenhower , Supreme Commander , Allied Expeditionary Forces ( uncredited ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Peter Helm </Td> <Td> Young private , 29th Infantry Division </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jeffrey Hunter </Td> <Td> Sergeant John H. Fuller , combat engineer , 29th Infantry Division </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Alexander Knox </Td> <Td> Lieutenant General Walter Bedell Smith , Chief of Staff , SHAEF </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mickey Knox </Td> <Td> Downed Airman , ( uncredited ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dewey Martin </Td> <Td> Private Wilder , 4th Infantry Division ( scenes deleted ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Roddy McDowall </Td> <Td> Private Morris , 4th Infantry Division </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Meillon </Td> <Td> Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk , Commander , U.S. Naval Forces ( uncredited ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sal Mineo </Td> <Td> Private Martini , 82nd Airborne Division </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Robert Mitchum </Td> <Td> Brigadier General Norman Cota , Assistant Commander , 29th Infantry Division </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tony Mordente </Td> <Td> Cook , 82nd Airborne Division ( uncredited ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bill Nagy </Td> <Td> Major , 2nd Battalion , 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Edmond O'Brien </Td> <Td> Major General Raymond O. Barton , Commander , 4th Infantry Division </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ron Randell </Td> <Td> Joe Williams , war correspondent </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Robert Ryan </Td> <Td> Brigadier General James M. Gavin , Assistant Commander , 82nd Airborne Division </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tommy Sands </Td> <Td> Private , 2nd Ranger Battalion </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> George Segal </Td> <Td> Private , 2nd Ranger Battalion </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bob Steele </Td> <Td> Paratrooper , 82nd Airborne Division ( uncredited ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Rod Steiger </Td> <Td> Destroyer commander , United States Navy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nicholas Stuart </Td> <Td> Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley , Commander , First Army ( uncredited ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tom Tryon </Td> <Td> Lieutenant Wilson , 2nd Battalion , 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Robert Wagner </Td> <Td> Private , 2nd Ranger Battalion </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Joe Warfield </Td> <Td> Army medic ( uncredited ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Wayne </Td> <Td> Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin H. Vandervoort , CO , 2nd Battalion , 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Stuart Whitman </Td> <Td> Lieutenant Sheen , 2nd Battalion , 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment </Td> </Tr> </Table>
<Table> <Tr> <Th> Actor </Th> <Th> Role </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Eddie Albert </Td> <Td> Colonel Thompson , 29th Infantry Division </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Paul Anka </Td> <Td> Private , 2nd Ranger Battalion </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Richard Beymer </Td> <Td> Private Arthur ' Dutch ' Schultz , 82nd Airborne Division </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Red Buttons </Td> <Td> Private John Steele , 2nd Battalion , 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gary Collins </Td> <Td> Officer on destroyer bridge ( uncredited ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Crawford </Td> <Td> Colonel Eugene Caffey , Commander , 1st Engineer Special Brigade ( uncredited ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mark Damon </Td> <Td> Private Harris ( uncredited ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ray Danton </Td> <Td> Captain Frank , 29th Infantry Division </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Fred Dur </Td> <Td> Major , 2nd Ranger Battalion </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Fabian </Td> <Td> Private , 2nd Ranger Battalion </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mel Ferrer </Td> <Td> Major General Robert Haines , Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ( SHAEF ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Henry Fonda </Td> <Td> Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt , Jr. , Assistant Commander , 4th Infantry Division </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Steve Forrest </Td> <Td> Captain Harding , 2nd Battalion , 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Henry Grace ( dubbed by Allen Swift ) </Td> <Td> General Dwight D. Eisenhower , Supreme Commander , Allied Expeditionary Forces ( uncredited ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Peter Helm </Td> <Td> Young private , 29th Infantry Division </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jeffrey Hunter </Td> <Td> Sergeant John H. Fuller , combat engineer , 29th Infantry Division </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Alexander Knox </Td> <Td> Lieutenant General Walter Bedell Smith , Chief of Staff , SHAEF </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mickey Knox </Td> <Td> Downed Airman , ( uncredited ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dewey Martin </Td> <Td> Private Wilder , 4th Infantry Division ( scenes deleted ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Roddy McDowall </Td> <Td> Private Morris , 4th Infantry Division </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Meillon </Td> <Td> Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk , Commander , U.S. Naval Forces ( uncredited ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sal Mineo </Td> <Td> Private Martini , 82nd Airborne Division </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Robert Mitchum </Td> <Td> Brigadier General Norman Cota , Assistant Commander , 29th Infantry Division </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tony Mordente </Td> <Td> Cook , 82nd Airborne Division ( uncredited ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bill Nagy </Td> <Td> Major , 2nd Battalion , 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Edmond O'Brien </Td> <Td> Major General Raymond O. Barton , Commander , 4th Infantry Division </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ron Randell </Td> <Td> Joe Williams , war correspondent </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Robert Ryan </Td> <Td> Brigadier General James M. Gavin , Assistant Commander , 82nd Airborne Division </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tommy Sands </Td> <Td> Private , 2nd Ranger Battalion </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> George Segal </Td> <Td> Private , 2nd Ranger Battalion </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bob Steele </Td> <Td> Paratrooper , 82nd Airborne Division ( uncredited ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Rod Steiger </Td> <Td> Destroyer commander , United States Navy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nicholas Stuart </Td> <Td> Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley , Commander , First Army ( uncredited ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tom Tryon </Td> <Td> Lieutenant Wilson , 2nd Battalion , 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Robert Wagner </Td> <Td> Private , 2nd Ranger Battalion </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Joe Warfield </Td> <Td> Army medic ( uncredited ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Wayne </Td> <Td> Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin H. Vandervoort , CO , 2nd Battalion , 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Stuart Whitman </Td> <Td> Lieutenant Sheen , 2nd Battalion , 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment </Td> </Tr> </Table>
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Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin H. Vandervoort , CO , 2nd Battalion , 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin H. Vandervoort , CO , 2nd Battalion , 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment