Tag: Jim Pee Wee Martin

D-Day Veteran Immortalized in ‘Band of Brothers’ Dies at 101

A World War II veteran who parachuted into France with Allied troops on D-Day and was believed to be the last remaining member of the “Toccoa Originals” immortalized in the HBO mini-series “Band of Brothers” died on Sept. 11. Jim “Pee Wee” Martin was 101, a fitting number as he joined the 101st Airborne in 1942…


The Last ‘Toccoa Original’ Sees His D-Day Story Told Through Film and Song

Jim “Pee Wee” Martin remembers vividly where he was 78 years ago today. He can’t forget when he was floating to the ground from a plane in Nazi-occupied France facing heavy fire from the Nazis below. It was D-Day, just after midnight on June 6, 1944, when he made his first combat jump and landed…