Tusi se faʻaauau mo lenei parakalafa - E ui lava na amata mai o le 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment (517th PIR), o se vaega o le 17th Airborne Division, o le 517th PRCT na faia ina ua tuʻufaʻatasia le 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment ma le 460th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (460th PFAB) ma le 596th Parachute Combat Engineer Company. O le 517th na vaaia le tele o ana taua (i Italia, i Saute o Farani
, ma le Taua o le Bulge) o se vaega tutoatasi. I le iʻuga o le taua, na tuufaatasia ai le vaega i le vaega lona 13 o le Airborne.