CREST (Front of Coin)

Gentlemen, look at the front of your coins.

At the top, you will see our unit's crest.

A winged swordbreaker surmounts a demi-roundel and a hub.
The winged swordbreaker cleaves between 2 caltraps.
Within the caltrap to the right (as one looks forward) is a fleur-de-lis.
Within the caltrap to the left (as one looks forward) is a bugle horn.
Protruding from each of these caltraps are 3 spikes.

Gentlemen, the meaning of our crest.

The winged swordbreaker stands for the impenetrable might of the United States Army airborne soldier.

The 2 caltraps represent the enemy lines behind which he is dropped to wreak havoc and accomplish his mission.

They are 2 in number representing our unit's 2 combat jumps.

The fleur-de-lis, the heraldic symbol of French kings, within the caltrap to right is symbolic of our combat jump into Normandy.

The bugle horn, from the coat of arms of Eindhoven, is symbolic of our combat jump during "Operation Market Garden."

The spikes protruding from the caltraps stand for the unit's WW II decorations.

The demi-roundel represents the town of Bastogne, a strategic nexus of lines of communication which our regiment help to defend.

The hub commemorates our epic and heroic stand at Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge.

SHIELD (Front of Coin)

Gentlemen, below our crest, you will see our unit's shield.

A lightning bolt bisects our shield.

Above the lightning bolt are 6 parachutes.

Below the lightning bolt is the silhouette of a mountain .

And at the bottom of our shield is a scroll with the word "Currahee" written upon it.

Gentlemen, the meaning of our shield.

The lightning bolt stands for the modus operandi of the United States Army airborne soldier.
He strikes with speed, surprise, suddenness, stealth, shock, and strength.

The six parachutes stand for the fact that we were the 6th parachute infantry regiment constituted in the United States Army.

The silhouette of a mountain represents Currahee Mountain in Toccoa, Georgia where our unit was born. Just as that mountain stands out among all the other mountains surrounding it, so do we, the 1-506th, stand out and above all the other soldiers in the United States Army.

Finally, the word "Currahee" is the Cherokee word for "Stands Alone."

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS (Back of Coin)

Gentlemen, turn over your coins.

The five geographic locations on the back of your coins denote the 5 areas of operation in which our regiment has served.

At Normandy, we seized the high ground and prevented the Germans from reinforcing the beach.

At Eindhoven, we captured the town and also help to evacuate the British 1st Airborne from Arnhem.

At Bastogne, we held the town of Neville, 4 miles north of Bastogne, and helped to repulse the final Wehrmacht offensive of the war.

In Vietnam, we earned our 3rd Presidential Unit Citation for gallant service at Dong Ap Bia.

Now we find ourselves in Korea. Our selfless devotion to duty and our commitment to the defense of freedom against a hostile, totalitarian, cult of personality, expansionist communist aggressor to the North, truly allows us to proclaim . . . STANDS ALONE!!!