The brigade traces its lineage to the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, created in 1942, at Camp Toccoa, Ga. The 506th was among several parachute regiments created to sneak behind enemy lines in ...

Easy Company were the 2nd Battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, US 101st Airborne Division during World War II, though they are better known to many as the company of soldiers ...

Private Jim ‘Pee Wee’ Martin parachuted into Nazi-occupied France with the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) ahead of the D-Day landings. He went on to jump into Holland for Operation ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Combat Air Museum welcomed a historic World War II plane Monday. Two groups of passionate reenactors have followed to bring the exhibit to life. Airborne Division, Dog ...

At 0330, October 5, 1944, a patrol of five members of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), 101st Airborne Division was ordered to occupy an outpost near the south side of the ...

TONIGHT WE DIE AS MEN: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE THIRD BATTALION 506 PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT FROM TOCCOA TO D-DAY By Ian Gardner and Roger Day Foreword by Ed Shames Osprey, $27.95, 344 pages ...

During World War II, Shames “was a member of the renowned Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division now known globally as the ‘Band of Brothers,’” according ...

As the birthplace of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, many Soldiers of the 4th Brigade Combat Team have made the sojourn to Currahee Mountain to run the famed trail in preparation for ...

Today, 96-year-old Paul Rogers of Overland Park is considered the oldest surviving member of Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the 101st Airborne Division, which was ...

The flag of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, who were made famous as the "Band of Brothers" in World War II, is seen on a wall on June 27, 2013, inside the museum at Fort Campbell ...

Easy Company were the 2nd Battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, US 101st Airborne Division during World War II, though they are better known to many as the company of soldiers ...