The 506th Airborne Infantry Regiment Association
(Airmobile - Air Assault)

Organizational Information


The mission of the Association is to:
  • Preserve and honor the memory, the history, and the esprit de corps of those who have served in the 506th Parachute Infantry and its successors -- the 506th Infantry (Basic Training), the 1st Airborne Battle Group 506th Infantry; the 506th Infantry (Airborne); the 506th Infantry (Airmobile); the 506th Infantry (Air Assault); and the ); and the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 506th Infantry Regiment (Currahee).
  • Maintain a database of 506th Veterans and assist members in locating those Currahees with whom they served.
  • Sponsor periodic reunions that nourish and perpetuate the camaraderie and the Currahee spirit among 506th Veterans of all eras.

The vision for the Association is to establish an organization that:
  • Welcomes all Currahees who have served in the Regiment from activation in 1942 to the present and into the future.
  • Recognizes that each 506th Veteran has the right to participate equally with all other Currahees in Association activities. The Association prohibits any form of discrimination.

2010-2012 Officers:

MAJ(R) John Thomas Duckett, III - Chairman of the Board of Directors
Donald E. Thies - President
Hoyt Bruce Moore, III - Treasurer
Christopher D. Garrett - Secretary

Board of Directors:

  1. MAJ(R) John Thomas Duckett, III - Chairman of the Board of Directors / Reunion Committee Chairman
  2. Christopher D. Garrett - Secretary
  3. Ronald L. Helwig - Quartermaster
  4. Joseph E. Huesing - 1st Battalion Newsletter Reporter
  5. John O. Lally - Newsletter Editor / Media and Advertising Committee Chairman / Nominating Committee
  6. Alfred M. May - Charitable Funds Chairman / Active-Duty Liaison / Reunion Committee
  7. Michael J. Metzger - Nominating Committee Chairman
  8. Hoyt Bruce Moore, III - Treasurer / Membership Processing / Order Processing / Assistant Webmaster
  9. Eugene L. Overton, Jr. - Membership Director / Scholarship Committee / Reunion Committee / Nominating Committee
  10. COL(R) Bob Seitz - Widows, Orphans and Wounded Soldiers Committee / Hospital Visitation Team
  11. Donald E. Thies - President / WO&WS Fund Committee / Scholarship Committee

The Officers and Board of Directors were elected at the bi-annual general membership meeting at Harrisburg, PA, on July 31, 2010. The term of office is two years, which is the time until the next reunion in 2012.

Bylaws were adopted by Association members in April 2000, and the Association was incorporated in the State of California in September 2000, being subsequently granted tax-exempt status, both as a Section 23701W veterans organization from the State of California in February 2001 and as a non-profit organization under Internal Revenue Section 501(a) in May 2001. In addition, the Internal Revenue Service recognized the Association as a Section 501(c)(19) War Veterans organization, so donors making contributions to the Association can deduct such donations on their personal or corporate tax filings, as provided for by IRS rules and regulations. The Association is listed in IRS Publication 78, Cumulative List of Organizations described in Section 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions. For exemption/deduction purposes, the Association Employer Identification Number (EIN) is 91-2088108.

The IRS requires that the Association make available for public inspection the Association's annual information return; the exemption application with all supporting documents; and the IRS exemption letter at a cost to cover copying and postage expenses. These documents can be requested via US Mail from the 506th Association using an IRS Documents Order Form.

Alternatively, these documents can be requested directly from the IRS using IRS Form 4506-A (in Adobe PDF format).


Bylaws (as amended August 16, 2002 and May 19, 2006)
506th Association History

These pages are maintained by veterans of
The 506th Airborne Infantry Regiment Association (Airmobile - Air Assault)
Send any changes or corrections to: Hoyt Bruce Moore, III "The Moe"
This page updated 01/05/12