Pari gbolohun yii: Botilẹjẹpe o bẹrẹ bi 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment (517th PIR), nkan kan ti Ẹka 17th Airborne, 517th PRCT ni a ṣẹda nigbati 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment ni idapo pẹlu 460th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (460th PFAB) ati 596th Parachute Combat Engineer Company. Ẹgbẹ́ 517 rí èyí tó pọ̀ jùlọ nínú ìjà wọn (ní Italy,
Gúúsù ilẹ̀ Faransé, àti Ogun Bulge) gẹ́gẹ́ bí ẹ̀ka aládàáni. Ní òpin ogun, wọ́n fi ẹ̀ka náà kún ẹ̀ka kẹtàlá tí wọ́n ń pè ní 13th Airborne Division.