Troops of the U.S. 173rd Airborne Brigade dash for cover after helicopter landing in the Viet Cong infested D-zone stronghold 20 miles Northeast of Saigon, Vietnam on May 4, 1966. Loaded down with ...

When Jim Matchin visits the home of his former unit, the 173rd Airborne Brigade, he sees memorials to fallen soldiers from World War II and conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Matchin, who served ...

Vietnam veterans who served with the 173rd Airborne Brigade will gather at a memorial at the National Infantry Museum & Soldier Center to remember 76 Sky Soldiers who died 50 years ago in the ...

VICENZA, Italy – On March 26, 2003, during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, 1,000 paratroopers or “Sky Soldiers” from the 173rd Airborne Brigade jumped into Bashur, Iraq as part of Operation ...

J. Ross Franklin, one of the two superiors whom Herbert accused of covering up war crimes, was deputy commander of the 173rd Airborne from December 1968 to June 1969. Advertisement ...

DeRuggiero, who served with the Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade, rescued three badly wounded paratroopers while exchanging fire with the enemy near Bao Loc, Vietnam on June 17, 1968, according to a ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. – Veterans and loved ones from the 173rd Airborne Brigade are paying tribute to those who gave the ultimate sacrifice. One hundred plus gathered at the 173rd Airborne Brigade’s ...

1 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption – The 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) conducted the annual Running of the Herd Nov. 7-8 at Caserma Del Din in Vicenza, Italy, a 24-hour relay race ...