E Company, 506th Infantry Regiment (United States)
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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.
135 Paratroopers of Easy Company, 506th Infantry Regiment in Austria, after the end of World War II, 1945
The Memorial plaque near RAF Upottery, Devon, UK, showing the names of those who died in transit from the base to France on 5 and 7 June 1944.
Names of E Company fallen on the monument in Foy
One of the foxholes that still exist in the Jacques Woods, occupied by E Company in December 1944 and January 1945
506th Infantry Regiment (United States)
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The 506th Infantry Regiment, originally designated the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment 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 is assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, and the 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment is assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division.
506th Infantry Regiment (United States)
Kenny Kays Receives Medal of Honor from Richard Nixon
Soldiers from Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, patrol the DMZ in Korea near GP Ouellette in 1987.
Iraqi National Police and U.S. Army Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, discover a weapons cache in Dora, Baghdad on 8 Oct. 2006.