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 * Name: Easy Company 506
 * Country/Headquarters: Camp Toccoa, Georgia United States of America
 * Active Dates/Created/Commissioned: Founded on 1942
 * Branch of military: United States Army
 * Commander/battles: Major Richard Winters/Battles during WWII were; Battle of Normanday, Battle of Carentan, Operation Market Garden, and Battle of the Bulge

Friends
Richard Winters was a a United States army officer who commaned Easy Company 506 for a time. William S. Evans was the first Sargent for Easy Company 506. Norman Dike was a Company commander for Easy Company 506. Robert Sink was a United States Army Officer who fought in many wars. He was most famous for his command at Easy Company 506. Herbert Sobel was a commissioned officer with Easy Company 506 during WWII.
 * Friend #1: Richard Winters
 * Friend #2: William S. Evans
 * Friend #3: Norman Dike
 * Friend #4: Robert Sink
 * Friend #5: Herbert Sobel

About Me
We, Easy Company 506, were a parachute regiment that was created in 1942 at [|Camp Toccoa] , Georgia. The training we had was very difficult and never really easy. Our company had to attend a airborne school. We also had to perform battle drills and a massive amount of physical training. A famous exercise was the run of Currahee. It was a large steep hill that went on for miles. While training at Toccoa, we were under the command of, Herbert Sobel, who was known for being extremely strict. The training we had was mainly to push the soldiers to their limit, and to make them work together as a team.

We fought in Belgium in the Battle of the Bulge during December 1944 and January 1945 along with the rest of the 101st Airborne Division. In France in December the Germans had launched their offensive in the Ardennes. We fought in cold weather without any winter clothing. We were also limited with rations and ammunition. We have defeated the Germans offense. After that we moved into Germany. Between January 1st through the 13th, we had to take control of the Bois Jacques woods in Belgium. The towns, Foy and Bizory, were between the woods. The task that we had to do was to take the town of Foy. We were struggling at first in the attack. Our first plan did not initially work. Our soldiers were an easy target for the Germans to shoot at. Major Winters saw what the Germans were doing, so he ordered Lieutenant colonel Ronald Speirs to take over the attack. We were now prepared because we were confident in the new leader. At last we did take the town of Foy. The Battle of the Bulge isn’t the only battle we fought in. We fought in many other ones and all of them were equally as important.

Our troops in Easy Company 506 during the WWII were all very important. Our missions were that we had to be involved being parachuted from C-47 transport airplanes. These airplanes went over hostile territory. It is said that we are one of the best known companies in the United States. We were called the “Screaming Eagles” and since then its been a nickname that stuck. We also have a motto. The motto is “Currahee”. The name came from a Cherokee word meaning `We stand Alone`. Since then we were also named the Currahees. Overall Easy Company 506 played an important role as a parachute regiment.

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 * Easy Company 506 is also a television series called The Band of Brothers. It was created on September 9, 2001. This Television Series is based on what Easy Company had been through.


 * In May 1945, men in the easy company 506 captured Hitlers Retreat.


 * On Novemeber 1945 Easy Company was disbanded and then reactivated in 1954, but as a training unit.


 * Camp Toccoa was built in the 1930s’.