Books, Movies, and Music Written by or about Currahees


WWII 1942-1945

Call of Duty

Call of Duty: My Life Before, During and After the Band of Brothers
by LT Lynn "Buck" Compton (E Co, 2nd BN, 506th PIR, 1943-1945)
and Marcus Brotherton; Foreword by Senator John S. McCain

This book is searchable on-line.

Easy Company Soldier

Easy Company Soldier:
The Legendary Battles of a Sergeant from WWII's "Band of Brothers"

by Don Malarkey (E Co, 2nd BN, 506th PIR, 1942-1945)
and Bob Welch

This book is searchable on-line.

The Forgotten Battalion

D-Day's Forgotten Battalion
by Ian Gardner and Roger Day

Release Date: April 2009

Web Site: The Forgotten Battalion: The Untold Story Of 3/506th P.I.R.

Easy Photos

Easy Company 506th PIR in Photographs

Hand-bound, signed, limited edition

Web Site: Genesis Publications Forthcoming Titles

Brothers in Battle

Brothers In Battle, Best of Friends

by William "Wild Bill" Guarnere (E Co, 2nd BN, 506th PIR, 1942-1945),
Edward "Babe" Heffron (E Co, 2nd BN, 506th PIR, 1944-1945),
and Robyn Post


The Story of a Soldier

The Story of a Soldier
about
COL(R) Edward S. Mehosky
(C Co, 1st BN; H Co, 3rd BN, 506th PIR, 1942-1945)

by his son, Ivan Paul Mehosky

New Edition: expanded and updated

Beyond Band of Brothers

 Beyond Band of Brothers : The war memoirs of Major Dick Winters

by Richard D. Winters (E/HQ, 2nd BN, 506th PIR, 1942-1945) with COL Cole C. Kingseed

They were on Utah Beach

They were on Utah Beach
by Laurent Lefebvre

The story of D-Day, told by 71 veterans, including the following 506th PIR Currahees:
William M. Baird [F/HQ (Medic), 2nd BN]
Ellis E. Brown (I Co, 3rd BN)
Gordon F. Carson (E Co, 2nd BN)
Leo L. Gehrtz, Sr. [HQ (Commo), 2nd BN]
David M. "Buck" Rogers (HQ, 1st BN)
Robert B. "Burr" Smith (E Co, 2nd BN)
Woodrow H. Smith (G Co, 3rd BN; POW)
James William "Bill" Wheeler (HQ/E Co, 2nd BN)

Biggest Brother

Biggest Brother:
The Life of Major Dick Winters, The Man Who Led the Band of Brothers

by Larry Alexander

The Filthy Thirteen

The Filthy 13: from the Dustbowl to Hitler's Eagle's Nest:
The 101st Airborne's Most Legendary Squad of Combat
Paratroopers. The True Story of "The Dirty Dozen"

by Jake McNiece [HQ, REGT (acting SGT, Demolition "Filthy 13")]
and Richard Killbane

The Cow Spoke French

The Cow Spoke French: The Story of Sgt. William True,
American Paratrooper in World War II

by William Merit True, II (F Co, 2nd BN, 506th PIR, Aug 42-Sep 45)
and Deryck Tufts True

Autographed Trade Paperback
Custom Dedication Available


Behind Hitler's Lines

The True Story of the Only Soldier to Fight for Both
America and the Soviet Union in World War II
by Thomas H. Taylor (son of GEN Maxwell Taylor)
about the late Joseph R. Beyrle, Sr.
[I Co (RTO), 3rd BN, 506th PIR, Sep 42-Nov 45, POW 6/44-1/45]

Hardcover (out of print):
The Simple Sounds of Freedom
Paperpack (renamed): Behind Hitler's Lines

CPL Forrest Guth

The Way We Were: CPL Forrest Guth
(E Co, 2nd BN, 506th PIR, 1942-1945)

by Michel De Trez


China Spy

China Spy: the Story of Hugh Francis Redmond
(HQ, 3rd BN, 506th PIR)

by Maury Allen

Return to Normandy : with the RTN Association, Sainte-Mere-Eglise, June 5, 1994

by Robert L. Williams (HQ, 2nd BN, 506th PIR, 1942-1945)

My Return to Normandy: Plus My Rendezvous with Destiny & Joking Joe Jones

by Robert L. Williams (HQ, 2nd BN, 506th PIR, 1942-1945)

Parachute Infantry

Parachute Infantry : An American Paratrooper's
Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich

by the late David Kenyon Webster
(E/F Co, 2nd BN, 506th PIR, 1942-1945)

This book is searchable on-line.

A Soldier's Armageddon

A Soldier's Armageddon

by the late James B. Simms (Anti-Tank Platoon, HQ, 1st BN, 506th PIR)
 

A Military Interlude: Cornfield to Academia to Parachutes
by the late LTC Harold W. "Hank" Hannah
[HQ (CO), 1st BN and HQ (S-3), REGT, 506th PIR, 1942-1945]


Freedom Found

Freedom Found by the late Robert R. Webb, Sr.
(SSG, HQ, 3rd BN, 506th PIR, 1942-1945)

MAGNEVILLE Ce Jour La

MAGNEVILLE Ce Jour La . . . 6 Juin 1944

by Philippe R. NEKRASSOFF and Eric BRISSARD
about the D-Day crash of Plane#15, which killed eighteen
I Co, 3rd BN, 506th PIR paratroopers
(available only in French)

Epic of the 101st Airborne

Out of print: The Epic of the 101st Airborne:
A Pictorial Biography of the United States 101st Airborne Division
published by the Unit Public Relations Office, Auxerre, France, 1945.
Editor: David J. Phillips (G Co, 3rd BN, 506th PIR, 1944-1945).


The picture to the left is from the spiral-bound 2006 reproduction printing, which is titled
The Epic of the 101st Airborne A Pictorial Record of a Great Fighting Team

Currahee Scrapbook


Currahee Scrapbook, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
20 July 1942 - 4 July 1945,
published in Germany in 1945.

Out of print

Fighting Fox Company

Fighting Fox Company of the 506th PIR, World War II
by William Frederick "Bill" Brown

Self-Published Out of print

Winning Wars without Heroes

Winning Wars Without Heroes

by SGT Tom Adams
[a.k.a. Edward Piniak (F Co, 2nd BN, 506th PIR, 1943-1945)]


Currahee! at Normandy

Currahee! : a Screaming Eagle at Normandy

by Donald R. Burgett (A Co, 1st BN, 506th PIR, May 43-Dec 45)

This book is searchable on-line.

Road to Arnhem

The Road to Arnhem : A Screaming Eagle in Holland

by Donald R. Burgett (A Co, 1st BN, 506th PIR, May 43-Dec 45)

This book is searchable on-line.

Seven Roads to Hell

Seven Roads to Hell : A Screaming Eagle at Bastogne

by Donald R. Burgett (A Co, 1st BN, 506th PIR, May 43-Dec 45)

This book is searchable on-line.

Beyond the Rhine

Beyond the Rhine

by Donald R. Burgett (A Co, 1st BN, 506th PIR, May 43-Dec 45)

This book is searchable on-line.

Band of Brothers

Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne
from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

by the late Stephen E. Ambrose

HBO Band of Brothers

Band of Brothers HBO Mini-Series

VHS Tape Set

DVD Disc Set

Saving Private Ryan


Saving Private Ryan

Fiction - DVD Format



1st Airborne Battle Group 1956-1964

An American Insurrection

An American Insurrection: The Battle of Oxford, MS, 1962

by William Doyle

"On October 1, 1962, in the early morning, a force of nearly 30,000 American combat troops raced toward Oxford, MS in a colossal armada of helicopters, transport planes, Jeeps and Army trucks. Their mission was to save Oxford, the University of Mississippi and a small force of federal marshals from being destroyed by over 2,000 white civilians who were rioting after James Meredith, a black Air Force veteran, arrived to integrate the school."

The 1st Airborne Battle Group, 506th Infantry were the first US Army troops to arrive in the area.

Currahee Song

We Stand Alone
sung to the tune of
“High above the Chatahoochee on the Upatoi"

Click on the leftmost arrow 

to hear the 1st Airborne Battle Group Currahees
sing the entire song from the original 45 rpm record



Vietnam 1967-1971

Leave No Man Behind

Leave No Man Behind:
Bill Bell and the Search for American POW/MIAs from the Vietnam War

by Garnett "Bill" Bell (C Co, 2nd ABN, 1967) and George J. Veith

Nam Sense

Nam Sense: Surviving Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division

by Arthur Wiknik, Jr. (A Co, 2nd BN, Apr 69-Mar 70)

Troubled Hero

Troubled Hero: A Medal of Honor, Vietnam, and the War at Home

by Randy K. Mills about
Kenneth M. Kays [D Co (Medic), 1st BN, 1970, MOH)

Available from either Amazon.com or the Indiana University Press

Hell on a Hill Top

Hell on a Hill Top: America’s Last Major Battle in Vietnam

by MG Ben L. Harrison, US Army, Retired
(CO, 3rd Bde, 101st Division, Jun 70-Dec 70)

There It Is

There It Is: A Canadian in the Vietnam War

by Les D. Brown (A Co, 1st BN, Mar 70-Oct 70)

Ripcord

Ripcord: Screaming Eagles Under Siege, Vietnam 1970

by Keith William Nolan

Voices from Vietnam

Voices from Vietnam (Voices of the Wisconsin Past)

by The Wisconsin State Historical Society

One of the photos on the front cover is by Don Thies (B Co, 2nd BN, 1970-1971).
The photo is of CPT Roy W. Turgeon, Jr. (CO, B Co, 2nd BN, 1971), writing a letter
home from FSB Kathryn in May 1971.

Hamburger Hill

Hamburger Hill:
the Brutal Battle for Dong Ap Bia, May 11-20, 1969

by Samuel Zaffiri

God's Squad

God's Squad: Pages from a Chaplain's Vietnam Diary, 1967-1968

by Chaplain James L. Burnham (HHC, 3rd BN, 1968)

The Stand Alone Battalion

The Stand Alone Battalion: a Pictorial Chronology
of the 3-506 Vietnam Odyssey (1967-1971)


by Jerald W. Berry (A/HHC, 3rd BN, 1967-1968) and
LTC(R) Joe R. Alexander (A/E/HHC, 3rd BN, 1967-1968)

Combat Surgeon in Vietnam

Combat Surgeon in Vietnam

by Andrew Lovy, DO (HHC, 3rd BN, 1967-1968)

My Gift to You

My Gift to You

by Jerald W. Berry (A/HHC, 3rd BN, 1967-1968)

Personal Narrative

With the "Screaming Eagles" in Vietnam:
A Personal Narrative of a Soldier in the 101st Airborne Division, 1968-1969


by Roger Borroel (B Co, 2nd BN, 1969)

A Young Soldier's Adventure in Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division, 1968-1969:
A Brief Scrapbook


by Roger Borroel (B Co, 2nd BN, 1969)

The Teenager and the War: Vietnam: War Stories of a "Screaming Eagle"

by Roger Borroel (B Co, 2nd BN, 1969)

Kill Me If You Can

Kill Me If You Can, You SOB
dedicated to
LTC Manuel A. Alves [HHC (BN CO), 3rd BN, Dec68-Jul 69]

by Bob Miller (192nd Assault Helicopter Company, 1968-1969)

Words for Warriors

Words for Warriors:
A Professional Solider's Notebook

by COL(R) Ralph Puckett [HHC (BN CO), 1st BN, Apr 68-Jul 68]

Cup of Death

The Cup of Death
Book One: The Chronicles of the Dragons of the Magi

by Frank A. Herda (A Co, 1st BN, Mar 68-Jul 68; MOH)

On-line short story prequel:
The Awakening: Chronicles of the Dragons of the Magi



 Airmobile-Air Assault 1972-1987

Arcturus

Arcturus

by Michael J. Mollenhour
(1st Platoon Leader, C Co, 1st BN, 1973-1975)

Novel about Jack McDonald [CO, C Co, 1st BN, 506th]

This book is searchable on-line.



 Republic of Korea 1987-2004

Hardship Tour

They Call it a Hardship Tour

by Terry L. Clees (A Co, 1st BN, 1989-1990)



 Task Force Currahee
Republic of Iraq 2004-2005

Triumph and Tragedy in the Midst of War

Faith in the Fog of War:
Stories of Triumph and Tragedy in the Midst of War


by CPT Chris Plekenpol (CO, A Co, 2-72nd AR, 2004-2005)

This book is searchable on-line.

Let Us Die to Make Men Free

Faith in the Fog of War:
Let Us Die to Make Men Free

by CPT Chris Plekenpol (CO, A Co, 2-72nd AR, 2004-2005)



Vietnam 1967-1971

Coming Home

CD Order Form

Wait on the Bridge

songs written and sung by Dan Nightingale "Dozer" (A Co, 1st BN, 1970)

1. Coming Home
2. Matter Of Time
3. Tell Me
4. Hot LZ
5. Love Can Be Simple
6. Scattered By The Light
7. Working Man
 8. Tell You So
 9. See The Light
10. Comes Around
11. Got A Dream
12. Little Child
13. It Ain't Rain
14. Real Love

Click on the leftmost arrow

to listen to a sample from Track #6 Scattered By The Light
Dan wrote the song Scattered By The Light in reference to the "dawn on the morning
after the attack" photo on the 506th Association March 11, 1970 A/1-506th web page
and has donated 25 copies of this CD to the 506th Association, with all proceeds from
the sales of these 25 CDs going to the 506th Association.

Wait on the Bridge

CD Order Form

Wait on the Bridge

songs written and sung by Dan Nightingale "Dozer" (A Co, 1st BN, 1970)

1. Not Too Late
2. Wait On The Bridge
3. Don't Tell Me
4. Memories In Time
5. All Mothers Weep
6. Jesus
7. John (Forever Living)
8. Nashville
  9. Be With You Tonight
10. Old Glory
11. Grand Old Time
12. Bring It Down
13. In His Arms
14. Flashback
15. Shining Star

Click on the leftmost arrow

to listen to a sample from Track #10 Old Glory
Dan has donated 30 copies of this CD to the 506th Association, with all proceeds from the
sales of these 30 CDs going to the 506th Association.

Call Me Crazy

CD Order Form

Call Me Crazy

songs written and sung by Dan Nightingale "Dozer" (A Co, 1st BN, 1970)

1. I Was Born In This Country
2. When The Evening Comes
3. Fleeting Heart
4. Call Me Crazy
5. Put Your Life In His Hands
6. I'll Remember Forever

  7. So Freedom Can Fly
  8. Designated Driver
  9. Ever Since
10. Back In 69
11. A Long Time Ago
12. Give Me Back My Ring

Click on the leftmost arrow

to listen to a sample from Track #7 So Freedom Can Fly
Dan has donated 60 copies of this CD to the 506th Association, with all proceeds from the
sales of these 60 CDs going to the 506th Association.

Lover's Midnight Concerto

CD Order Form

Lover's Midnight Concerto

songs composed and performed by Bill Vega
(C Battery, 2nd BN, 319th FA, in support of the 506th, 1969-1970)

1. Lover's Midnight Concerto
2. I Miss Our Souls Touching in the Moonlight
3. I'm Looking for a Woman Without
Love Who Still Has a Heart
4. Pretty Blues Jazz Me
5. End of the Trend
6. Do Something Spiritual
7. My Love is Still Glowing
8. One Less Feeling to Feel 
          

Click on the leftmost arrow

to listen to a sample from Track #1
Bill will donate 50 copies of this CD to the 506th Association, with all proceeds from the
sales of these 50 CDs going to the 506th Association.

Piano, Spirit in My Hands

CD Order Form

Piano, Spirit In My Hands

songs composed and performed by Bill Vega
(C Battery, 2nd BN, 319th FA, in support of the 506th, 1969-1970)

1. Summers Fashion Spirit
2. Music Lover
3. Love Has Come To Me From Old San Diego
4. Summer Star Blue
5. Piano, Spirit In My Hands
6. High, High Above Me
7. Never Stop Loving The Truth

  8. You Can't Burn Me Cause I'm Cool
  9. When Our Eyes Meet Our Hearts Speak
10. No, I Can't Let Go
11. For You I'll Love Again
12. All These Elements Of Love I Want
To Know
13. On My Beach I Listen To Sound Waves

Click on the leftmost arrow

to listen to a sample from Track #5
Bill will donate 50 copies of this CD to the 506th Association, with all proceeds from the
sales of these 50 CDs going to the 506th Association.



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 09/03/08