Currahee Reunions and Other Events

A Currahee Reunion not only provides an opportunity to reestablish friendships with those you served with, but also a wide spectrum of those who served throughout the various eras of the Regiment. The 2010 Reunion events include a Regimental Buffet, Currahee Memorial Dinner, Association General Membership Meeting and Reunion Hospitality/Display/Quartermaster Sales Room.

Hotel Accommodations

Headquarters for the 2010 Currahee Reunion will be the

Four Points by Sheraton Harrisburg
800 East Park Drive
Harrisburg, PA 17111

Special Reunion room rates are $89 + 11% Room Tax and include free parking and complimentary breakfast.

Room Reservations:
Direct hotel phone number: 717-561-2800
Use the Reservation Code 506th Currahee
Direct on-line reservations: www.starwoodmeeting.com/Book/2010Currahee (then click on Book Now)

NOTE#1: reservations received after the cut-off date of June 26, 2010 will be provided on a space and rate available basis only. Adjoining Rooms, Cots and Cribs are available upon request on a first come-first serve basis and are not guaranteed. (Cots are an additional $10.00 each per day). Specific room numbers can be requested but are not guaranteed. Refrigerators and rnicrowaves can be requested upon availability at $10.00 each per day. All rooms are non-smoking, and if smoke is detected, a charge of $200.00 will be applied. All reservations must have a valid credit card at check-in that will authorize for the full stay, including taxes plus 38% for any incidental charges that may incur. If no credit card is available at check-in, the full nights' stay, including taxes plus an additional $200.00 in cash is required. The $200.00, if not used, will be returned in check form within 2-3 weeks.

NOTE#2: stop by the 506th Association Welcome Table located in the East Park Room to pick up welcome packets; reunion name tags; tickets for the Buffet Dinner and the Memorial Dinner; register late for the reunion; pay your Association membership dues; and/or check your listing in the 2010 Association Roster.

NOTE#3: contact Reunion Planning Committee Co-Chairmen Gene Overton charlie35@si.rr.com or Tom Duckett duckett@culver.org if you need additional information or have questions.

In August 2003, the 506th Association Board of Directors approved the recognition and sanctioning of the 506th Currahee Reenactors. This group is headed up by two seasoned reenactors: Duane Gregory and Jim Radel, who have agreed, at their own expense, to organize two group of reenactors.

Duane and Jim are both 506th PIR WWII Reenactors, but plans are in the process of recruiting both WWII and Vietnam-Era Reenactors for this group. The mission they have agreed to take on is to correctly portray the 506th Regiment during these two combat eras through their participation in high school presentations, living history/reenactment events as well as reenactments during the 506th Association Reunions.

There are a number of WWII 506th PIR Reenactors out there, all wearing Airborne Wings on their uniforms, but Duane and Jim have plans in the works for the WWII segment of their group to go through Jump Training at Fort Bragg, NC, in order to be qualified to jump out of a C-47 aircraft and to have the Vietnam reenactors go through Air Assault Training. Contacts and arrangements to accomplish this have already been set up at the Special Operations Center at Fort Bragg by the 506th Reenactors Senior Advisor, Clarence "Clancy" Lyall (E Co, 2nd BN, 506th PIR, 1944-1945; 1st ABG, 1956-1958).

Contact Duane Gregory at airborne506@verizon.net or 570-784-2293; or Jim Radel at radel@evenlink.com if you are interested in joining the 506th Currahee Reenactors.

A Rifle for Shifty: October 2006 article by Jim Radel about Darrell "Shifty" Powers (E Co, 2nd BN, 506th PIR, 1942-1945)