After careful consideration, the 506th Association has decided to reinstate the
Currahee Packages Project and to rename it so that it more accurately reflects
what this fund will attempt to provide in the way of support for the active duty
soldiers of the 506th Infantry Regiment .

This Fund will be used to provide morale boosting items such as Currahee Battle
Flags, 506th Association PX items, and other products that will be purchased
and sent to our troops.

The scope of this project will be based upon the level of support received.
Questions may be directed to me at AlfredMay@aol.com.

Fred May, Active-Duty Liaison/Charitable Funds Chairman

Over 1,400 Currahees have made the supreme sacrifice for our country. You
may have known some of them. But what you may not know is that there is no
single memorial to all the soldiers of our Regiment who have been killed in action.

This situation is about to change. Much of the work has been completed on the
memorial, however, we must still pay for the engraving of most of the KIA names.

This tribute to our fallen is being paid for by people like you. The Army has pro-
vided the land; however, soldiers, and veterans, along with Currahee friends and
family, will have to come together if we are to complete this project. Now is the
time to step up and take action. Click the links below to see what the memorial
looks like and how you can make this dream a reality.

The granite stones were put in place, and the formal dedication was held on
November 12, 2009. After two more years of fund raising, we had the funds
required to pay for the engraving of the WWII and Vietnam KIA names
(and the re-engraving of the Iraq and Afghanistan KIA names) on their
designated stone tablets. With all of the engraving complete, a Rededication
Ceremony was held on November 11, 2011. Money collected from now on
will be used for landscaping and perpetual care of the memorial.

$49,000 Construction Goal (completed)
$5,000 For engraving of KIA names from the next deployment
$16,000 Required for the Landscaping and Perpetual Care Fund
              (June 2012: landscaping/bench/pedestal)
$75,000 is our Goal, with more than $64,000 raised so far.

Click on the thumbnail to bring up the 15"x 5" photo.

In order to keep costs low for active duty soldiers, the 506th Association
participated in an effort to raise funds for the 2011 Grand Ball. All dona-
tions were tax deductible, and ALL Currahee veterans were invited.

2,000 people were expected to attend this ball, with more than half of them
being active-duty 4th BCT Currahee soldiers, most of whom would have
just returned, in August 2011, from a 1-year deployment to Afghanistan.

In order to keep costs low or free for active duty soldiers, the 506th
Association partnered with the active duty Command Team of the
4th Brigade Combat Team, 506th Infantry Regiment (Currahee) in
an effort to raise funds for the 2009 Currahee Rendezvous events.
All donations were tax deductible.

Check out the invitations and photos of active-duty 4th BCT Currahee
soldiers at the 2009 Rendezvous Grand Ball.

After careful consideration, the 506th Association Board of Directors decided
against asking our members to support a third Package Project for the deployment
of the Regiment to Afghanistan in 2008.

The reasoning behind this decision is the general falling off of support during the
2006 deployment, along with the increased requirements of supporting the entire
4th Brigade Combat Team, 506th Infantry as opposed to just the two 506th
Infantry Battalions.

The balance in the Currahee Packages Fund was spent on the creation, production,
and shipping to Afghanistan of the new Currahee Battle Flag, which was designed
by the active-duty troops of the 506th Infantry Regiment.

If anyone has questions regarding exactly what was done, please contact me at
AlfredMay@aol.com.

Fred May, Active-Duty Liaison/Charitable Funds Chairman