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]
Active	1942–1945 1948–1949 1950–1953 1956–1984 1987–present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army
Size	Regiment
Garrison/HQ	Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Nickname(s)	"Currahee"[2]
Motto(s)	Currahee (Cherokee for Stands Alone)
Decorations	Presidential 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 streamers	World War II Operation Overlord Rhineland Battle of the Bulge Western Allied invasion of Germany 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

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.