Faatumu le fuaiupu lenei: 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 tuufaatasia le 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment ma le 460th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (460th PFAB) ma le 596th Parachute Combat Engineer Company. O le vaega lona 517 na vaaia le tele o ana taua (i Italia,
Sa i le itu i Saute o Falani, 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.