Tulis hiji continuation for this paragraph - Sanajan dimimitian salaku 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment (517th PIR), hiji unsur ti 17th Airborne Division, anu 517th PRCT dibentuk nalika 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment digabungkeun jeung 460th Parachute Lapang Artillery Battalion (460th PFAB) jeung 596th Parachute Combat Engineer Company. 517th nempo lolobana tarung na (di Italia, Perancis Kidul
, jeung Battle of the Bulge) salaku unit mandiri. Dina ahir perang, unit ieu ahirna dihijikeun kana 13th Airborne Division.