• The wardrobe department hired the Corcoran boot company to manufacture 500 pairs of paratrooper jump boots to the original Army specifications
  • 2,000 German and American uniforms were purchased or manufactured
  • All of the 1,200 civilian costumes were authentic vintage clothing
  • All of the insignia are either originals or exact replicas, down to an identical stitch count on the "screaming eagle" patch, and "wings" pins cast from original molds.



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