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, ...

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Reddit Share on LinkedIn Share via Email VICENZA, Italy – The 173rd Airborne Brigade's legacy was written in blood long before the mountains of Afghanistan ...

VICENZA, Italy – Paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade persevered through a rainy formation on Thursday, 25 May, in front of their brigade headquarters on Caserma Del Din for a Memorial Day ...

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 ...

Eighteen leaders in the 173rd Airborne Brigade from around the country spent the weekend in Rochester, their home away from home, for an annual organizational meeting. Rochester "adopted" members of ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A new monument honoring some of the Army’s finest paratroopers, nicknamed the sky soldiers, is now sitting at Fort Jackson National Cemetery. That monument, honoring the 173rd ...

Jim Matchin, a Vietnam veteran with the 173rd Airborne Brigade, spoke at a building renaming ceremony on Caserma Ederle in Vicenza, Italy, on October 8, 2025. The 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry ...