Currahee Shield with Airborne Wings

Size: 4.25 inches x 2.25 inches This patch was specially designed for the 506th Association. It features Airborne Wings and the distinctive insignia of the 506th Infantry: the Regiment Motto and the Shield from the Coat of Arms.

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Currahee Shield with Air Assault Wings

Size: 4.25 inches x 2.25 inches This patch was specially designed for the 506th Association. It features Air Assault Wings and the distinctive insignia of the 506th Infantry: the Regiment Motto and the Shield from the Coat of Arms.

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Currahee Shield Patch

Size: 3 inches x 3.5 inches This distinctive insignia of the 506th Infantry is the Regiment Motto and the Shield from the Coat of Arms.

101st Currahee Patch

(L): Size: 3-7/8 inches x 3-7/8 inches

(R): A Vietnam Currahee veteran sewed the 101st Currahee patch on his gun bag.

506th Infantry Background Trimmings

506th Infantry Flash Size: 1.75 inches x 2.25 inches (unauthorized)	506th Infantry Oval (authorized until May 1968)	2-506th Infantry Oval
	1-506th Infantry Oval	3-506th Infantry Oval
	Size: 2.25 inches x 1.375 inches (horizontal blue battalion bars authorized May 1968-current)

WWII Currahee Shield Patch

Size: 3.25 inches x 3.5 inches This is the original WWII design for the Currahee Distinctive Unit Insignia. NOTE that the official design for the Coat of Arms and Distinctive Insignia of the 506th Infantry Regiment that were adopted on December 27, 1951 is a "mirror image" of the original shield design.

Para-Dice Pocket Patch

Size: 3 inches diameter The 506th PIR Para-Dice (Pair-O-Dice) Pocket Patch design is attributed to William R. (Bill) Donnan and/or Harold Donaghe (both from B Co, 1st BN, 506th PIR), who created it at Camp Toccoa, GA in the summer of 1942. Joseph E. (Joe) Witzerman (HQ, 2nd BN, 506th PIR) did the art work. Joe was later transferred to a special Army artist unit. PFC William R. Donnan was transferred out of the 506th PIR in June 1944, and on July 15, 1944, was in a Detachment of Patients honorably discharged at Walter Reed General Hospital in Washington, DC. The design consists of a diving eagle in front of a parachute canopy and a pair of dice, showing a "5" and a "6" and connected with a large black "0" , signifying the 506 attacking from the sky. The Para- Dice patch was approved on April 20, 1943 and was worn on the left jacket pocket. However, since this was a regimental insignia, it was not an authorized patch once the 506th PIR was attached to the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, NC, on June 1, 1943.

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