Currahee Reunions and Other Events


2008 Currahee Reunion
Wednesday, August 13 to Saturday, August 16, 2008
Reno, NV

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Mark your calendar and start making plans to attend the 506th Association's 2008 Currahee Reunion.

Hotel Accommodations

Headquarters for the 2008 Currahee Reunion will be the

Circus Circus Hotel
500 North Sierra Street
Reno, NV

Special Reunion room rates in each of the hotel towers are:
Sky Tower:
          Sunday - Thursday = $59 or $68.01 per night to include tax
          Friday & Saturday = $89 or $102.14 per night to include tax
Main Tower:
          Sunday - Thursday = $69 or $79.44 per night to include tax
          Friday & Saturday = $99 or $112.37 per night to include tax

Room Reservations:
Direct hotel phone numbers are 800-648-5010 or 775-329-0711
Use the Reservation Code I 101
(I as in "India")

NOTE: stop by the 506th Association Welcome Table in Mandalay Room B to pick up welcome packets; reunion name tags; tickets for the Unit Social and the Memorial Dinner; register late for the reunion; pay your Association membership dues; and/or check your listing in the 2008 Association Roster.

Reunion Registration Form

Reunion Schedule of Events
(contained within is information about the101st Association events and fees)

506th Unit Social

Currahee Memorial Dinner
(at the Silver Legacy Resort Hotel)

Reunion Attendees List



Other Events of Interest to Currahees

NOTE: The appearance of an announcement does not constitute endorsement by the 506th Association;
nor does the 506th Association exercise any control over activities at these events.

Dates

Event

August 12-16
2008
The Stand Alone Battalion Reunion in Reno, NV:
3rd Battalion (Airborne), 506th Infantry (Currahees), 101st Airborne Division (Screaming Eagles)
- Reunion Hotel: Sands Regency Hotel & Casino
- Reunion Message Board
- additional information

August 13-17
2008
101st Airborne Division Association "Rendezvous in Reno":
- Reunion Hotel: Circus Circus Hotel
- additional information

August 13-17
2008
Task Force 3-506th Airborne Infantry Association/John P. Geraci Chapter, 101st Airborne Division Association would like to invite LZ Betty Veterans to their Association/Chapter reunion by attending the 101st Airborne Division Reunion in Reno at the Circus Circus, August 13th thru 17th 2008. This will be a Large Gathering of Eagles with the 506th, 502nd and the TF 3-506th and LZ Betty Veterans holding their reunions alongside the 101st. More information TBA
Contact info:
Mike Krawczyk
abncibrvn@verizon.net
David Goddard davidgoddard@northerncapital-wi.com
Roosey & Carolyn Mitchell cmitch7360@comcast.net

September 12-23
2008
Operation Torch 2008 in Belgium and Holland:
- additional information

September 25-28
2008
11th Biannual reunion of the 1st Brigade (Separate), 101st Airborne in Hampton, VA:
- includes 3rd Battalion, 506th Infantry, 10/67-08/70
- additional information

September 26-29
2008
Tiger Bravo, B Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Airborne Infantry (1967-1968) Reunion in Arlington, TX:
- additional information

October 2-4
2008
Currahee Military Weekend in Toccoa, GA:
- additional information and registration forms

October 9-12
2008
2008 FSB Ripcord Association Reunion in Laughlin, NV:
- Reunion Hotel: River Palms Resort & Casino
- additional information and registration forms


July 17-19
2009
Stand Down 2009
A Co, 1st BN, 506th Infantry (Airborne-Airmobile) Reunion in Nashville, TN:

- additional information TBA

August 2009
Currahee Rendezvous 2009 at Fort Campbell, KY and Nashville, TN:
- additional information TBA

October 7-10
2009
2009 FSB Ripcord Association Reunion in Myrtle Beach, SC:
- additional information TBA

October 6-11
2010
2010 FSB Ripcord Association Reunion in Des Moines, IA:
- additional information TBA

October
2011
2011 FSB Ripcord Association Reunion in Springfield, MO:
- additional information TBA

2012
2012 FSB Ripcord Association Reunion in Laughlin, NV:
- additional information TBA

2013
2013 FSB Ripcord Association Reunion in Myrtle Beach, SC:
- additional information TBA



Past 506th Association Reunions
1996 Reunion Photos
1997 Reunion Report and Photo
1998 Reunion Report
2000 Currahee Reunion at Fort Campbell, KY:
Millennium Reunion Photos
B/2-506th Unit Dinner Photos
2002 Currahee Reunion:
After-Action Report
Reunion Attendees List
Timonium, MD Events
Washington, DC Bus Trip
2002 Currahee Veterans Memorial Jump:
Currahee Jump Photos

Easy Company & WWII Reenactor Photos
Chambersburg Herald-Mail On-Line Article
2004 Currahee Reunion at Des Moines, IA:
After-Action Report
Reunion Attendees List
Memorial Dinner

Other Reunion Events
2004 Currahee Veterans Memorial Jump:
Currahee Jump Photos
2006 Currahee Reunion at Colorado Springs, CO:
After-Action Report
Reunion Attendees List
Reunion Events
'Band of Brothers' Jump for Old Times Sake
The Gazette (Colorado Springs) On-Line Article
2007 Gathering of Currahees at Fort Campbell, KY



After-Action Reports and Photos
of Other Currahee Reunions
3rd Battalion, 506th PIR Reunion, Kansas City, 1946
G Company, 3rd Battalion, 506th PIR Reunion, Dayton, OH, 1992
G Company, 3rd Battalion, 506th PIR Reunion, Xenia, OH, 1993
3rd Battalion, 506th Airborne Infantry Reunion, Hampton, VA, 1999
506th PIR Millennium Reunion, Toccoa, GA, 2000
1st Platoon, A Co, 1st BN, 506th Vietnam Reunion, Indianapolis, IN, 2001
3rd Battalion (Airborne), 506th Infantry Reunion, Kansas City, KS, 2001
B Co, 2nd BN, 506th Airmobile Reunion, Panama City Beach, FL, 2001
506th PIR 60th Anniversary Reunion, Toccoa, GA, 2002
Band of Brothers, Easy Company Reunion, Phoenix, AZ, 2002
B Co, 2nd BN, 506th Airmobile Reunion, Waukesha, WI, 2003
2003 Camp Toccoa Paratroopers Reunion, Toccoa, GA
Band of Brothers, Easy Company Reunion, Phoenix, AZ, 2003
2004 Camp Toccoa Paratroopers Reunion, Toccoa, GA
'Band of Brothers' troops pay a visit to Hanau on way to Bastogne reunion: article from the European edition, December 16, 2004 Stars & Stripes
B Co, 2nd BN, 506th Airmobile Reunion, Saint Louis, MO, 2005
A Co, 1st BN, 506th Vietnam: 2005 Stand Down After Action Report
3-506th (Currahee) 2005 Reunion, Arlington VA
3rd BN, 506th Vietnam Reunions Photos/After Action Reports/Attendees (1997-2007)
A Co, 1st BN, 506th Vietnam: 2007 Stand Down After Action Report



506th Currahee Reenactors

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)

Previous Currahee Reenactors Events
WWII Weekend, Reading, PA Air Show, June 2003
WWII Weekend, Eisenhower Farm, Gettysburg, PA, September 2003
WWII Weekend, Reading, PA Air Show, June 2004


These pages are maintained by veterans of
The 506th Airborne Infantry Regiment Association (Airmobile - Air Assault)
Send comments to: Hoyt Bruce Moore, III "The Moe"

This page updated 06/20/08