25/02/2026
Born in Arkansas on November 20, 1920, Denver Randleman dropped out of high school his junior year at the tail end of the Great Depression and went to work at a foundry in Michigan. In August 1942, he enlisted in the U.S. Airborne Infantry and was assigned to Easy Company. As seen in Band of Brothers, he trained at Camp Toccoa in Georgia under Captain Herbert Sobel. The other soldiers nicknamed him "Bull" because of his large build and gravelly voice.
Bull was the last man to exit Richard Winters aircraft during the jump into France on D-Day. Winters said that Bull was his "push man," explaining that you always pick a "big husky guy" as your last man out in case anyone wanted to change their mind. Bull's job was to give them a push out the door. Winters said that no one in stick #67 needed any encouragement.
Richard Winters called Bull a "good man" who was one of the "finest noncoms in Easy Company." Winters noted that Bull was loved by the men and was extremely dependable. "No matter what kind of job you gave him, he got it done," said Winters.
During Operation Market Garden in Holland, Bull was wounded when a piece of shrapnel hit his left shoulder. He took refuge in a vacant barn. When a German soldier entered the barn to search it, Bull bayoneted him and covered the body with hay. He then hid until the following morning when soldiers from A and D Companies rescued him.
Of his time with Easy Company fighting in the war, Bull commented, "Aside from my wife and my children, it's probably the most important thing that I'll ever do in my life." He is portrayed by Michael Cudlitz in Band of Brothers.
