
Acting
Carwood Lipton
Born — Died
1920-01-30 — 2001-12-16
Place of birth
Huntington, West Virginia, USA
Known for
Acting
Credits
3 titles
Clifford Carwood “Lip” Lipton (January 30, 1920 – December 16, 2001) was an American Army officer and World War II veteran. He served with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, rising from private to company first sergeant before receiving a battlefield commission as a second lieutenant. Born and raised in Huntington, West Virginia, Lipton enlisted in the U.S. Army in August 1942 and volunteered for the airborne forces. He trained with Easy Company at Camp Toccoa, Georgia, and later at Camp Mackall and Fort Benning before deploying to England in preparation for the Allied invasion of Europe. Lipton parachuted into Normandy on D-Day, June 6…
Known for
8.6Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as their journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men from paratrooper training in Georgia through the end of the war. As an elite rifle company parachuting into Normandy early on D-Day morning, participants in the Battle of the Bulge, and witness to the horrors of war, the men of Easy knew extraordinary bravery and extraordinary fear - and became the stuff of legend. Based on Stephen E. Ambrose's acclaimed book of the same name.
Band of Brothers
2001
8.7This tribute to the groundbreaking series that helped preserve the story of Easy Company and deepened public appreciation for the sacrifices of the Greatest Generation features new interviews with cast members Damian Lewis, Ron Livingston, Michael Cudlitz, Capt. Dale Dye, USMC (Ret.), David Schwimmer, and more. Through personal reflections and behind-the-scenes stories, participants revisit the experience of making the series and explore its lasting cultural resonance, and also includes never-before-seen archival footage and photographs of Easy Company and World War II.
Band of Brothers: Legacy
2026
7.4Over a period of two years, Mark Cowen and his crew travelled to thirty U.S. states and ten European cities, to interview the veterans of Easy Company. The stories told by the veterans themselves, create a history of the Second World War from the point of view of this heroic company of men, made famous in the mini-series Band of Brothers.
We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company
2001
