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Shield shaped with banner fitted along bottom of shield, pewter colored coin 2 inches wide x 2-1/2 inches high.

The 1-506 IN was redesignated as the 506 RCT at Fort Campell as part of the Army's transformation towards a modular force in September, 2005.

Currahee is the Regimental Motto and is the American aboriginal Cherokee Indian equivalent for "Stands Alone." The 506th was the sixth parachute regiment constituted in the US Army.

The 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment was activated on 20 July 1942 at Mount Currahee, Camp Toccoa, Georgia, as part of the newly formed 101st Airborne Division. Currahee is a Cherokee Indian word meaning "Stands Alone," a phrase which later became the Regiment's motto. Led by their Regimental Commander, COL Robert F. Sink, the Regiment conducted a 137-mile forced march from Camp Toccoa to Fort Benning to begin Airborne training. They were the first Parachute Infantry Regiment to complete Airborne training as a unit.