The patch. The design was created in the summer of 1942 at Camp Toccoa, Georgia, where the 506th trained and ran up and down Currahee Mountain. It's credited to William R. Donnan and/or Harold Donaghe of B Company, with artwork by Joe Witzerman of the 2nd Battalion. It was approved on 20 April 1943 and worn on the left jacket pocket, but only for a short time. When the 506th joined the 101st Airborne Division in June 1943, regimental insignia were no longer authorised, which makes the para-dice patch a rare piece of the regiment's early identity.
The regiment. The 506th went on to jump into Normandy on D-Day, land in Holland for Operation Market Garden, hold the line at Bastogne in the Battle of the Bulge, and finish the war at Berchtesgaden. Its Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, became world-famous through Band of Brothers.
The patch. The design was created in the summer of 1942 at Camp Toccoa, Georgia, where the 506th trained and ran up and down Currahee Mountain. It's credited to William R. Donnan and/or Harold Donaghe of B Company, with artwork by Joe Witzerman of the 2nd Battalion. It was approved on 20 April 1943 and worn on the left jacket pocket, but only for a short time. When the 506th joined the 101st Airborne Division in June 1943, regimental insignia were no longer authorised, which makes the para-dice patch a rare piece of the regiment's early identity.
The regiment. The 506th went on to jump into Normandy on D-Day, land in Holland for Operation Market Garden, hold the line at Bastogne in the Battle of the Bulge, and finish the war at Berchtesgaden. Its Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, became world-famous through Band of Brothers.
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