The Filthy 13: from the Dustbowl to Hitler's Eagle's Nest: The 101st Airborne's Most Legendary Squad of Combat Paratroopers. The True Story of "The Dirty Dozen" by Jake McNiece [HQ, REGT (acting SGT, Demolition "Filthy 13")] and Richard Killbane Joseph R. Beyrle, Sr.
	The Cow Spoke French: The Story of Sgt. William True, American Paratrooper in World War II by William Merit True, II (F Co, 2nd BN, 506th PIR, Aug 42-Sep 45) and Deryck Tufts True
	The Simple Sounds of Freedom: The True Story of the Only Soldier to Fight for Both America and the Soviet Union in World War II about Joseph E beyrle  (I Co, 3rd BN, 506th PIR, 1942-1945) by Thomas H. Taylor (son of GEN Maxwell Taylor)

	Parachute Infantry : An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich by the late David Kenyon Webster (E/F Co, 2nd BN, 506th PIR, 1942-1945) New edition released November 2002
	A Soldier's Armageddon by James B. Simms (Anti-Tank Platoon, HQ, 1st BN, 506th PIR)
	The Story of a Soldier 1940-1971: The Airborne Spirit and Recollections of Colonel Edward S. Mehosky (RET.) U.S. Army, Infantry (H Co, 3rd BN, 506th PIR, 1942-1945) by his son, Ivan Paul Mehosky

	Freedom Found by the late Robert R. Webb, Sr. (SSG, HQ, 3rd BN, 506th PIR, 1942-1945) A paratrooper's personal story of the WWII battles of the 101st Airborne: D-Day, Normandy, Holland and Bastogne Contact: Robert R. Webb, Jr.
	MAGNEVILLE Ce Jour La . . . 6 Juin 1944 by Philippe R. NEKRASSOFF and Eric BRISSARD about the D-Day crash of Plane#15, which killed eighteen I Co, 3rd BN, 506th PIR paratroopers (available only in French)

Currahee Scrapbook, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 20 July 1942 - 4 July 1945, published in Germany in 1945. Out of print, but can sometimes be found on the internet on used book sites or eBay Auctions; prices can range up to $750.

	Currahee! : a Screaming Eagle at Normandy by Donald R. Burgett (A Co, 1st BN, 506th PIR, May 43-Dec 45)
	The Road to Arnhem : A Screaming Eagle in Holland by Donald R. Burgett (A Co, 1st BN, 506th PIR, May 43-Dec 45)
	Seven Roads to Hell : A Screaming Eagle at Bastogne by Donald R. Burgett (A Co, 1st BN, 506th PIR, May 43-Dec 45)
	Beyond the Rhine by Donald R. Burgett (A Co, 1st BN, 506th PIR, May 43-Dec 45)

	There It Is: A Canadian in the Vietnam War by Les D. Brown (1st BN, 1970)
	Ripcord: Screaming Eagles Under Siege, Vietnam 1970 by Keith William Nolan Now available in paperback at WalMart for $4.88.
	Hamburger Hill: the Brutal Battle for Dong Ap Bia, May 11-20, 1969 by Samuel Zaffiri
	God' Squad: Pages from a Chaplain's Vietnam Diary, 1967-1968 by Chaplain James L. Burnham (HHC, 3rd BN, 1968)
	The Stand Alone Battalion: a Pictorial Chronology of the 3-506 Vietnam Odyssey (1967-1971) by Jerald W. Berry (A/HHC, 3rd BN, 1967-1968) and LTC(R) Joe R. Alexander (A/E/HHC, 3rd BN, 1967-1968)
	Vietnam Diary, October 1967-July 1968: the Personal Record of a Battalion Surgeon with the 101st Airborne Division by Andrew Lovy, DO (HHC, 3rd BN, 1967-1968) Published by Exposition Press, 1970; out of print. Currently being revised, with a new edition to be available in the near future.

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