506th Links
The 506th Airborne Infantry Regiment Association
An excellent resource for many aspects of the regiment’s history from WWII and beyond
‘Tonight We Die As Men’
The untold story of the Third Battalion, 506th PIR, from Toccoa to D-Day – on-line shop
The Screaming Eagles Living History Group
A group of guys from all walks of life that have a common interest and passion for the 101st Airborne Division during the Second World War, our aim is too faithfully portray the young Paratroopers who trained and fought in this war during the 1940′s.
Marcus Brotherton News
Follow the blog news from Marcus, author of ’A Company of Heroes’. A link to his website is also on this page.
The Para Research Team
A fantastic resource of WWII U.S. Airborne Forces
Airborne in England
Matthew Pellett’s site covering tours and information on the camps and bases in England of U.S. Army Airborne Units in WWII
‘Band of Brothers’ 2010/11 Cast Interviews
A great online audio resource provided by Ross Owen and Black Sky Radio
Relive History 44 – 45
Specialist tours relating to the 101st Airborne Division in Northern Europe
WW2airborne.com
‘A Tribute to the Men who Cleared the Way’ – 101st Airbone WWII site run by John Klein
Battle at Best
A site dedicated to the liberators of WWII.
Ordinary people who answered their call of duty to
ensure freedom for all.
Band of Brothers.nl
The site of fellow 101st Airborne enthusiast Ronald Stassen from the Netherlands dedicated to the liberators of his country in WWII.
D – Day, Normandy and Beyond
D-Day Normandy and Beyond, in honour and respect for the veterans of world war 2.
Dead Man’s Corner Museum
Dead Man’s Corner Museum
2, Village de l’Amont
50500 Saint-Côme-du-Mont – France
Tél. : 02.33.42.00.42
E-mail : carentan.101@orange.fr
Wild Bill Guarnere. Com
Wild Bill Guarnere.com is a digital tribute to William J. Guarnere, a member of the 101st Airborne, 506th P.I.R. Easy Company, United States Army. Known by his war comrades as “Wild Bill,” the site aims to chronicle his life, as well as document his heroism. It is maintained by his immediate family.
Trigger Time & Mark Bando Books
Mark Bando’s excellent site and forum of the 101st Airborne in WWII
Donald R. Burgett
A site and forum of the former A/506th WWII Veteran and author Donald Burgett
Ramsbury at War
Roger Day’s site about WWII in this part of Wiltshire, including material on the 506th
Museum and Research Centre with on-line databases, Kansas, USA
Veterans History Project
The Veterans History Project of the American Folklife Center collects, preserves, and makes accessible the personal accounts of American war veterans so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand the realities of war.
The Second World War Experience Centre
Their mission: To collect and encourage access to the surviving testimony of men and women who lived through the years of the Second World War and to ensure that different audiences share and learn from the personal recollections preserved in the collection.
Paul Woodage – D-Day Historian ‘Battlebus’
Battlebus provide D-Day Tours and Normandy Battlefield Tours for small groups and individuals with knowledgeable and experienced staff. Battlebus is owned and managed by Paul and Myriam a British/French married couple.
Currahee Military Museum
Currahee Military Museum named after the WWII training camp located at Currahee Mountain, Georgia
Musee – Airborne, St-Mere-Eglise, Normandy
This museum of legends is a hymn to the extraordinary epic of the American parachutists of the 82nd and 101st airborne divisions who dropped on Sainte-Mère-Eglise in the night of 5-6 June, 1944.
Some accommodation if visiting the Cherbourg Peninsula in Normandy, if you can reccomend other places through personal expereience I will be glad to list these also.
Le Ferme Delaunay – St Come du Mont
In the Bayeux area try this link
