506th Infantry Regiment

E182651

The 506th Infantry Regiment is a historic U.S. Army airborne infantry unit best known for its World War II service with the 101st Airborne Division, including the actions of its famed "Easy Company" depicted in Band of Brothers.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army unit
airborne infantry regiment
infantry regiment
alliance Allied Powers
associatedDivision 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)
associatedSymbol Currahee Mountain
battle Battle of Carentan
Battle of the Bulge
Siege of Bastogne
linked to: Battle of the Bulge
branch United States Army
conflict Iraq War
Vietnam War
War in Afghanistan
World War II
country United States of America
countryMilitary U.S. Army
linked to: United States Army
decorations Belgian Fourragère
linked to: Belgian Fourragere

French Croix de Guerre
linked to: Croix de Guerre

Presidential Unit Citation (United States)
garrisonDuringWWII Toccoa, Georgia
hasBattalion 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment
2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment
4th Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment
hasSubunit Easy Company (E Company), 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment
heritage Currahee Regiment
higherCommandDuringWWII XVIII Airborne Corps
mediaSubject numerous World War II histories
motto Currahee
nickname Currahee
notableFor airborne assaults in World War II
defense of Bastogne
portrayal in Band of Brothers miniseries
notablePersonnelUnit unit of Major Richard Winters
notableUnit Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment
operation Normandy landings
linked to: Battle of Normandy

Operation Market Garden
Operation Overlord
partOf 101st Airborne Division
popularCultureDepiction Band of Brothers
role airborne infantry
service United States Army Airborne
serviceBranchType airborne forces
theaterOfOperations European Theater of Operations
trainingLocation Camp Toccoa
type parachute infantry (historical)
warfareType airborne warfare
light infantry warfare

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Currahee associatedWith 506th Infantry Regiment
Currahee mottoOf 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
linked to: 506th Infantry Regiment
1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment partOf 506th Infantry Regiment
2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment partOf 506th Infantry Regiment
2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment hasParentFormation 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
linked to: 506th Infantry Regiment
Donald Malarkey memberOf 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
linked to: 506th Infantry Regiment
Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division partOf 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
linked to: 506th Infantry Regiment
Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division parentUnit 506th PIR, 101st Airborne Division
linked to: 506th Infantry Regiment
Richard D. Winters unit 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
linked to: 506th Infantry Regiment
Carwood Lipton unit 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
linked to: 506th Infantry Regiment
Lewis Nixon partOf 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
linked to: 506th Infantry Regiment
William J. Guarnere memberOf 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
linked to: 506th Infantry Regiment
Currahee Military Museum hasMainTheme 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
linked to: 506th Infantry Regiment