In Popular Culture
- The book Band of Brothers tells the story of Easy Company, and was the basis of a successful TV miniseries, aired on HBO.
- In the film Saving Private Ryan, the titular Pvt. James Francis Ryan of Iowa state he was assigned to Baker Company (B Co.) 1-506th. Captain Miller also encountered 506th Pathfinders early on in the movie during the search for Pvt. Ryan.
- In the video game Call of Duty, the player character in the American campaign is depicted as a soldier from the 506th as denoted by the Poker Spade insignia on his M1 helmet.
- in the film Saints and Soldiers the characters are from the 506th Infantry Regiment, as depicted by the black Spade on their helmets.
- In the Tom Clancy novel Without Remorse, Emmet Ryan, father of Jack Ryan, claimed to have jumped on D-Day with "E 2-506th".
- In the Company of Heroes computer game, the player controls paratroopers from 506th's Fox Company in some of the main campaign missions.
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