3-506 'STAND ALONE BATTALION' & TF 3-506 GIFTSHOP

We were among the first paratroopers to fill the ranks of the newly activated 3-506 in early 1967 and deployed with the battalion to South Vietnam in October 1967. We became Task Force 3-506th in January 1968 until May 1971. We were the "Stand Alone Battalion" and they called Us Currahees.