VICENZA, Italy — 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, ...

Memorial Day is a difficult day to write about and for many to think about as we remember our loved ones - ancestors and veterans - and especially those who died in a war. We remember the patriots of ...

HANOI, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Vietnam's parliament adopted reforms to the media and state secrets laws on Wednesday which press freedom advocates say will make it harder for journalists to protect the ...

Three Inland Valley soldiers, killed in action in Vietnam or Afghanistan, will be remembered June 1 in Columbus, Ga. when the 173rd Airborne Brigade National Memorial Foundation dedicates the 173rd ...

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 Battle ...

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 monument ...

The simple memorial stands in the shadow of Jacksonville National Cemetery's 40-foot, three-bell carillon tower near pristine white headstones in the 526-acre site. Planted on a walkway, the new ...

WASHINGTON — In early 1973, Army Chief of Staff Creighton W. Abrams Jr. received some bad news from the service’s chief of criminal investigations. An internal inquiry had confirmed an officer’s ...

Former Staff Sgt. Ryan M. Pitts became the third living "Sky Soldier" from the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team to receive the Medal of Honor in the past four years. Pitts joined Sgt. Kyle White and ...

George Pappas hold his .45 pistol in one hand and flashlight in the other as he crawls from a Vietcong tunnel in Vietnam on April 18, 1966. Paratroopers of the 1st Batt. 173rd Airborne Brigade ...

On a remote airfield at dawn in Frederick, Oklahoma, twenty-two veteran paratroopers took to the skies for a 60-second thrill ride - all as a way to honor those who have served and sacrificed among ...

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 ...