Ahakoa i timata ia hei 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment (517th PIR), he waahanga o te 17th Airborne Division, i hangaia te 517th PRCT i te wa i whakakotahihia ai te 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment me te 460th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (460th PFAB) me te 596th Parachute Combat Engineer Company. Ko te 517th i kite i te nuinga o tana whawhai (i Itari, ki te Tonga o Parani
, me te Pakanga o te Bulge) hei waahanga motuhake. I te mutunga o te pakanga, i uru te waahanga ki te 13th Airborne Division.