Jack Agnew

Jack Agnew was a member of the Filthy Thirteen, a group of men assigned to the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) of the 101st Airborne Division in World War II. The Filthy Thirteen was to jump into Normandy on June 6th ahead of other d-day invasion units and perform sabotage by destroying bridges thus preventing the Germans from reinforcing their defenses on the beaches.

Jack Agnew and the rest of the Thirteen are easily distinguishable from other 101st Pathfinders not just because of their mission but because they shaved their heads into a Mohawk style and painted their faces as Indian warriors. They were also assigned to regimental headquarters and not a pathfinder company.

Watch the men in England on June 5th as they check their equipment and prepare to load up into their C-47 plane for the cross channel flight and parachute drop in our DVD, the Invasion of Normandy. See other men of the 101st Airborne prepare for D-Day as well as many scenes after landing in France in this raw combat film footage taken by the US Army Signal Corps Photographic Section. See Jack Agnew in this unedited footage; this is military history on film!

Jack Agnew on Film

Watch Jack on the following combat film dvd by Combat Reels:

101st Airborne Division in Normandy 1944

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The Army Signal Corps had the duty of capturing the war in photographs and on film. These men did not carry arms, they carried cameras and many went in harms way to capture footage. We salute these men for a job well done! [ More Info ]