Kamilisha sentensi ifuatayo: Ingawa ilianza kama 517 Parachute Infantry Regiment (517 PIR), sehemu ya 17 Airborne Division, 517 PRCT iliundwa wakati 517 Parachute Infantry Regiment iliunganishwa na 460 Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (460 PFAB) na 596 Parachute Combat Engineer Company. 517 aliona zaidi ya mapigano yake (katika Italia,
Kusini mwa Ufaransa, na vita ya Bulge) kama kitengo huru. Mwishoni mwa vita, kikosi hicho kiliunganishwa na Kikosi cha 13 cha Airborne.