506th Infantry Regiment (United States)

506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (506th PIR)
506th Airborne Infantry Regiment (506th AIR)
506th Infantry Regiment (506th IR)
Distinctive unit insignia[1]
Active1942–1945
1948–1949
1950–1953
1956–1984
1987–present
Country United States
Branch United States Army
SizeRegiment
Garrison/HQFort Campbell, Kentucky
Nickname(s)"Currahee"[2]
Motto(s)Currahee (Cherokee for Stands Alone)
DecorationsPresidential Unit Citation (4)

Valorous Unit Award (2)
Meritorious Unit Commendation (5)
French Croix de Guerre with Palm
Netherlands Orange Lanyard
Belgian Croix de Guerre with Palm

Belgian Fourragère
Campaign streamersWorld War II

Vietnam War

  • Counteroffensive, Phase III
  • Tet Counteroffensive
  • Counteroffensive, Phase IV
  • Counteroffensive, Phase V
  • Counteroffensive, Phase VI
  • Tet 69/Counteroffensive
  • Summer-Fall 1969
  • Winter-Spring 1970
  • Sanctuary Counteroffensive
  • Counteroffensive, Phase VII
  • Consolidation I
  • Consolidation II

Iraq Campaign

Afghanistan Campaign
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Robert Sink
Insignia
World War II era pocket patch
"Pair of Dice"
1st Battalion Background Trimming
2nd Battalion Background Trimming
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The 506th Infantry Regiment, originally designated the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (506th PIR) during World War II, is an airborne light infantry regiment of the United States Army. Currently a parent regiment under the U.S. Army Regimental System, the regiment has two active battalions: the 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment (1-506th IR) is assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, and the 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment (2-506th IR) is assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division.

The regiment served with the 101st Airborne Division in World War II. Regimental elements have served with the 101st in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Regimental elements have also served in peacetime with the 2nd Infantry Division, and deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom.[3]

The World War II actions of Company E ("Easy Company") of the regiment's 2nd Battalion were portrayed in the 2001 HBO miniseries Band of Brothers.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Heraldry was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Special Unit Designations". United States Army Center of Military History. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  3. ^ Clarke, Jeffrey. "506th INFANTRY REGIMENT (CURRAHEE)". Lineage and Honors. Department of the Army. Retrieved 25 November 2013.