Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kunyange zvazvo yakatanga se517th Parachute Infantry Regiment (517th PIR), chikamu che17th Airborne Division, 517th PRCT yakaumbwa apo 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment yakabatanidzwa ne460th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (460th PFAB) uye 596th Parachute Combat Engineer Company. 517th yakaona yakawanda yehondo yayo (muItaly,
Maodzanyemba eFrance, uye Hondo yeBulge) seboka rakazvimirira. Pakupera kwehondo, boka racho rakazopedzisira rabatanidzwa mu13th Airborne Division.