Currahee Reunions and Other Events

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.

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)