E Company, 506th Infantry Regiment (United States)

E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)
Active
  • 1942–1945
  • 1954–2014
Country United States of America
Branch United States Army
TypeInfantry company
RoleAir Assault Forces
Nickname(s)"Easy Company"
Motto(s)"Currahee" (We Stand Alone)
MarchBlood on the Risers
EngagementsWorld War II
Commanders
Colonel of
the Regiment
Robert Sink
Notable
commanders
Herbert Sobel
Ronald Speirs
Richard Winters
Frederick Heyliger
135 Paratroopers of Easy Company, 506th Infantry Regiment in Austria, after the end of World War II, 1945

E Company, 2nd Battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, the "Screaming Eagles", is a company in the United States Army. The company was referred to as "Easy" after the radio call for "E" in the phonetic alphabet used during World War II. The experiences of its members during that war are the subject of the 1992 book Band of Brothers by historian Stephen Ambrose and the 2001 HBO miniseries of the same name.