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The 506th PIR was an experimental airborne regiment created in 1942 at Camp Toccoa, Georgia. Easy Company missions were to involve being parachuted from C-47 transport airplanes over hostile territory. Major Richard Winters described the original organization of Easy company as follows: "[Easy] company included three rifle platoons and a headquarters section. Each platoon contained three twelve-man rifle squads and a six-man mortar team squad. Easy also had one machine gun attached to each of its rifle squads, and a 60mm mortar in each mortar team."

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  • E Company, 506th Infantry Regiment (United States)
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  • The 506th PIR was an experimental airborne regiment created in 1942 at Camp Toccoa, Georgia. Easy Company missions were to involve being parachuted from C-47 transport airplanes over hostile territory. Major Richard Winters described the original organization of Easy company as follows: "[Easy] company included three rifle platoons and a headquarters section. Each platoon contained three twelve-man rifle squads and a six-man mortar team squad. Easy also had one machine gun attached to each of its rifle squads, and a 60mm mortar in each mortar team."
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  • 18(xsd:integer)
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Nickname
  • "Easy Company"
Country
  • United States of America
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Caption
  • Easy Company
Dates
  • * 1942–1945
  • * 1954–present
Unit Name
  • E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne
notable commanders
  • 8(xsd:integer)
  • 15(xsd:integer)
Battles
  • World War II
  • * Battle of Normandy
  • * Battle of the Bulge
  • * Battle of Carentan
  • * Operation Market Garden
March
Motto
  • "Currahee"
Size
  • 140(xsd:integer)
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  • The 506th PIR was an experimental airborne regiment created in 1942 at Camp Toccoa, Georgia. Easy Company missions were to involve being parachuted from C-47 transport airplanes over hostile territory. Major Richard Winters described the original organization of Easy company as follows: "[Easy] company included three rifle platoons and a headquarters section. Each platoon contained three twelve-man rifle squads and a six-man mortar team squad. Easy also had one machine gun attached to each of its rifle squads, and a 60mm mortar in each mortar team." The training was not easy. Besides attending the standard airborne school, the unit had to perform battle drills and excruciating amounts of physical training. One of the more famous exercises was the regular running of Currahee, a large, steep hill. The phrase "3 miles up, 3 miles down" was derived from this run. Easy Company, while training at Toccoa, was under the command of Herbert Sobel, who was known for his extreme strictness. Also as part of their physical training, the members of Easy Company performed formation runs in three-four column running groups. The purpose of this training was to push the soldiers to their limits, and to teach them how to work together as a team.
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