Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ko da yake ya fara ne a matsayin 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment (517th PIR), wani ɓangare na 17th Airborne Division, an kafa 517th PRCT lokacin da aka haɗu da 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment tare da 460th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (460th PFAB) da 596th Parachute Combat Engineer Company. 517th ya ga mafi yawan yaƙe-yaƙe (a Italiya, Kudancin Faransa
, da yakin Bulge) a matsayin ƙungiya mai zaman kanta. A ƙarshen yakin, an haɗa sashin a cikin 13th Airborne Division.