Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division

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U.S. Army company military unit

Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division was an elite U.S. Army paratrooper unit in World War II renowned for its pivotal combat role in the European Theater and later popularized by the book and miniseries "Band of Brothers."

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment	6
Easy Company	4
Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment	2
Easy Company (E Company), 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment	1
Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. Army company ⓘ military unit ⓘ
associatedWith	Band of Brothers ⓘ surface form: "Band of Brothers" veterans
authorWhoDocumented	Stephen E. Ambrose ⓘ
branch	United States Army ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
decoratedFor	valor in combat ⓘ
engagedIn	Battle of the Bulge ⓘ Battle of Normandy ⓘ surface form: Normandy campaign Operation Market Garden ⓘ Operation Overlord ⓘ Battle of the Bulge ⓘ surface form: Siege of Bastogne occupation of Berchtesgaden ⓘ
formedDuring	World War II ⓘ
garrisonedAt	Aldbourne, England (pre-D-Day) ⓘ
historicalReputation	elite U.S. paratrooper unit ⓘ
legacy	symbol of American airborne forces in WWII ⓘ
militaryBranchType	airborne infantry company ⓘ
militarySpecialty	airborne operations ⓘ
nickname	Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Easy Company
notableCommander	Herbert M. Sobel ⓘ Richard D. Winters ⓘ Ronald C. Speirs ⓘ
notableFor	advance into Germany and Austria ⓘ combat performance in World War II ⓘ defense of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge ⓘ participation in D-Day airborne landings ⓘ participation in Operation Market Garden ⓘ
notableMember	Carwood Lipton ⓘ Donald Malarkey ⓘ Edward "Babe" Heffron ⓘ George Luz ⓘ Lewis Nixon ⓘ Lynn "Buck" Compton ⓘ William "Wild Bill" Guarnere ⓘ
parentUnit	506th Infantry Regiment ⓘ surface form: 506th PIR, 101st Airborne Division
partOf	U.S. 101st Airborne Division ⓘ surface form: 101st Airborne Division 506th Infantry Regiment ⓘ surface form: 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
popularizedBy	Band of Brothers ⓘ surface form: book "Band of Brothers" Band of Brothers ⓘ surface form: television miniseries "Band of Brothers"
portrayedIn	Band of Brothers ⓘ surface form: HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers"
role	paratrooper infantry ⓘ
serviceBranch	U.S. 101st Airborne Division ⓘ surface form: U.S. Army Airborne Forces
theater	European Theater of Operations, United States Army ⓘ surface form: European Theater of Operations
timePeriod	1942–1945 ⓘ
trainingLocation	Camp Toccoa ⓘ surface form: Camp Toccoa, Georgia

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Band of Brothers → focusesOnMilitaryUnit → Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division ⓘ

1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment → associatedWith → Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division ⓘ

this entity surface form: Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment

506th Infantry Regiment → notableUnit → Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division ⓘ

this entity surface form: Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment

506th Infantry Regiment → hasSubunit → Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division ⓘ

this entity surface form: Easy Company (E Company), 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment

Donald Malarkey → memberOf → Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division ⓘ

this entity surface form: Easy Company

Donald Malarkey → notableUnit → Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division ⓘ