In short
A research-first guide to the Filthy Thirteen and the wider world of the 506th PIR and 101st Airborne. Where a listing links to a retailer, that link may be an affiliate link, and we say so.
Primary & source-proximate material
- U.S. Army, “‘Filthy Thirteen,’ 506th PIR live on at Camp Toccoa, Ga.” — an official Army article connecting the unit to its training home at Toccoa.
- Army University Press / NCO Journal, “The Filthy 13” — a concise, professionally edited overview of the unit’s history and legacy.
- U.S. Army, “Limited print depicts famous D-Day jump” — an Army article discussing the famous war-paint image and the men pictured.
- U.S. Army Center of Military History — the Army’s official history office; useful for the 101st’s role in Normandy, Market Garden, and the Ardennes.
Books about The Filthy Thirteen
- Richard Killblane & Jake McNiece, The Filthy Thirteen (2003) — the memoir at the center of the unit’s modern story.Affiliate
- Jack Womer & Stephen C. DeVito, Fighting with the Filthy Thirteen (Casemate, 2012) — the war through the man who became section sergeant.Affiliate
- Richard Killblane & Brian Miller, War Paint (2013) — a researched account of the Normandy jump and the campaigns that followed.Affiliate
- Jerome Preisler, First to Jump (2014) — centers on the Bastogne pathfinder mission.Affiliate
101st Airborne & 506th PIR context
- Rapport & Northwood, Rendezvous with Destiny — the classic divisional history of the 101st Airborne.Affiliate
- Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers — follows E Company of the 506th PIR; valuable for Toccoa training and the regiment’s combat path.Affiliate
Videos, archives & museums
- The Filthy Thirteen: Real Stories from Behind the Lines (2006) — a documentary featuring interviews with surviving members.
- The National Archives (NARA) — 506th PIR unit records and after-action reports (College Park); Army photographs (Still Picture Branch); personnel and morning reports at the National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis.
- Currahee Military Museum, Toccoa, Georgia — preserves material tied to the regiment’s origins and the “Currahee” legacy.
- The National WWII Museum, New Orleans — artifacts, documents, and oral histories spanning the airborne campaigns.