173rd Airborne Brigade “Sky Soldiers” africa and eventually through France and

and eventually through France and into Germany itself

Army to make a combat jump during World War II

the landings in Normandy

was merged with the Corps of Engineers on March 1863

President Kennedy famously stated that "All free men

173rd Airborne Brigade “Sky Soldiers” africa and eventually through France and173rd Airborne Brigade Sky Soldiers Full Color Metal Decal The 173rd Airborne originally was activated in 1917 as the 173rd Infantry Brigade and assigned to the 87th Infantry. The Brigade went through a series of re designations and reorganizations, culminating in the re designation in February 1942 as the 87th Reconnaissance Troop, 87th Division. The Brigade experienced extensive combat in Europe as part of General George S. Patton's Third Army, to