Edward Boyce

Private First Class Edward Boyce is the main protagonist of the 2018 film Overlord. Ed Boyce is a former black paratrooper who was in a all black paratrooper called the 555th also known as the Triple Nickels (A band of paratroopers who take out wild fires). But his life changed forever on April, 1944 when President Roosevelt gave the order to desegregate the entire U.S. Military. Boyce and another paratrooper, Charlie Dawson, became one of the first black paratroopers in an all white unit of paratroopers. The unit he was assigned to was given an assignment to embark on a mission to destroy a Nazi jamming tower on June 5-6, 1944. He is a man of principle that developed a strong bond to his friends and tried to prevent the Nazis from hurting innocent people. Boyce accidentally discovered the Nazi experiments with the Tar Serum when he was scouting the Ciel Blanc Church. He commenced his teammates to put their lives on the line to destroy the lab and prevent further immoral experiments from being carried out.

Trivia

 * Boyce is from Louisiana.
 * Boyce learned how to speak French from his Haitian grandmother.