Books, Movies, and Music Written by or about Currahees


WWII 1942-1945

Deliver Us

Happy Landings & Happy Landings II (eBook)
by Richard E. Turner (B Co, 1st BN, 506th PIR, 1942-1945)

Deliver Us

Deliver Us From Darkness:
The Untold Story of Third Battalion 506 Parachute
Infantry Company During Market Garden

by Mario J. "Hank" DiCarlo (H Co, 3rd BN, 506th PIR, 1942-1945),
COL(R) Edward D. Shames (I/HQ, 3rd BN; E Co, 2nd BN, 506th PIR, 1942-1945),
and Ian Gardner

Filthy 13

Fighting With the Filthy Thirteen:
The World War II Story of Jack Womer - Ranger and Paratrooper

by Jack N. Womer [HQ, REGT (Demolition)]
and Steven DeVito

Shifty's War

Shifty's War: The Authorized Biography of
Sergeant Darrell "Shifty" Powers, the Legendary
Sharpshooter from the Band of Brothers

by Marcus Brotherton

This book is searchable on-line.

Tonight We Die As Men

Tonight We Die As Men: The untold story of
Third Battalion 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment
from Toccoa to D-Day

by Ian Gardner and Roger Day

The Forgotten Battalion

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

by Ian Gardner and Roger Day

DVD Format

From Toccoa to the Eagle's Nest

From Toccoa to the Eagle's Nest:
Discoveries in the Bootsteps of the Band of Brothers

by Dalton Einhorn

A Company of Heroes

A Company of Heroes:
Personal Memories about the Real Band of Brothers

by Marcus Brotherton

We Who Are Alive and Remain

We Who Are Alive and Remain:
Untold Stories from the Band of Brothers

by Marcus Brotherton

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.

Easy Photos

Easy Company 506th PIR in Photographs

Hand-bound, signed, limited edition

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

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

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 Thirteen: 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

This book is searchable on-line.

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


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 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

Out of print--limited availability


China Spy

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

by Maury Allen


Return to Normandy

Return to Normandy: "Getting a Jump on History"

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

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


Freedom Found

Freedom Found by 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
and available for purchase through HistoryNet

Currahee Scrapbook


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


A 2009 reproduction printing, which is titled
Currahee
is available for purchase through HistoryNet

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 Stephen E. Ambrose

Camp Toccoa

Camp Toccoa: First Home of the Airborne
by G.G. Stokes, Jr.

This book is searchable on-line.

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
as sung to the tune of
"High above the Chattahoochee near the Upatois"

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

Poems of the Vietnam War

After Action Report: Poems of the Vietnam War

by John Owen Lally (A Co, 1st BN, 1970-1971)

The author will donate all profits from the sale
of this book to the 506th Association.

Leave No Man Behind

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

by Bill E. Bell (C Co, 2nd ABN, 1966-1967) and George J. Veith

Proud to Serve my Country

Proud to Serve my Country

by Captain Vazquez-Rodriguez (C/HHC, 2nd BN, 1969-1970)

Available from either Amazon.com or AuthorHouse

This book is searchable on-line at Amazon.com.

Last Warrior Standing

SGT. Rock: Last Warrior Standing

by Rocky Olson (A Co, 2nd BN, 1968-1969)

Dear America

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

This book is searchable on-line.

Pages 59-60 contain letters from
Salvador Gonzalez (D Co, 1st BN, 1968-1969)

Warriors Remembered

Warriors Remembered -- Vietnam Veterans Welcome Home
(Vietnam Veteran Memorials from 50 states)
by COL(R) Albert J. Nahas

brother of
COL(R) Nicholas M. Nahas (C/HHC, 3rd BN, 1967-1968)

Twelve Days in May

Twelve Days in May:
the Untold Story of the Northern Thrust into Cambodia


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

Available in hardcover and soft cover versions

Never a Hero

Never a Hero

by Richard DeSoto [C Btry, 5-22nd FA; HHC (FO), 3rd BN, 506th, 1968-1969]

Circle of Helmets

Circle of Helmets: Poetry and Letters of the Vietnam War

by COL(R) Rick St. John (A/B/E/HHC, 2nd BN, 506th, Aug 66-Dec 68)

Forgotten Honor


Forgotten Honor:
the True Story of an American Hero

by Eric Poole about

SGT Leslie Halasz Sabo, Jr., (B Co, 3rd BN, KIA 05/10/70)
awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor on 05/16/12

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

The Protected Will Never Know

The Protected Will Never Know
Vietnam Memoir - 10th Anniversary Edition

by Don Meyer (D Co, 3rd BN, 1969-1970)

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
COL(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 "Jerry" W. Berry (A/HHC, 3rd BN, 1967-1968)

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]

War Stories

War Stories with Oliver North: the Siege of Firebase Ripcord

DVD Format

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)

First Mole

First Mole

by John Barber (C Co, 3rd BN, 506th, 1967-1968)

Fiction - this book is searchable on-line.

War Without End

War Without End, Amen: A Vietnam Story (Kindle Edition)

by Tim Coder (B Co, 1st BN, 506th, 1969)

Fiction - this book is searchable on-line.

The American War

The American War

by Don Meyer (D Co, 3rd BN, 1969-1970)

Historical fiction - available from either the author
or from Amazon.com

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)
Fantasy -
Video Trailer

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)

Fictional 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)

Battle Scars

Battle Scars: Some Wounds Aren't Seen

by Mark Irvin Kirkmeyer [C Co (Medic), 1st BN, 1987]

Shifty's War

Memoirs from Babylon:
A Combat Chaplain's Life in Iraq's Triangle of Death

by CPT(CH) Jeff Bryan (B Co, 1st BN, 1993-1994)

about his experiences in Iraq while serving in the
4-31st INF, 2BCT, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry)



 Task Force Currahee
Republic of Iraq 2004-2005

FRONTLINE: The Wounded Platoon
about Third Platoon, Charlie Company, 1st BN, 506th

DVD Format

Platoon Roster

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)



 4th BCT, 506th
2004-current

They Fought for Each Other

They Fought for Each Other:
The Triumph and Tragedy of the Hardest Hit Unit in Iraq

by Kelly Kennedy

(about the 1-26th INF, 2nd Bde, 1st Infantry Division,
attached to HHC, 506th RCT, Aug-Nov, 2006)



Vietnam 1967-1971
CD Order Form

Coming Home

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

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

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

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

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.



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This page updated 04/24/13