We have fought for our nation around the globe with no place in America to call our own. We have left our mark on history; we need a place in which to preserve our legacy. We remember, but we have no place to reflect. It's time to change that. We are the ones to change it.
The 173d Airborne Brigade Memorial will be located at a prime site on the Walk of Honor at the nation's new National Infantry Museum, immediately adjacent to Fort Benning, Georgia.
The 173d has many markers and monuments. Its Medal of Honor recipients are recognized throughout the nation. Our fallen comrades are named in state memorials and on The Wall. But there is no place where all this comes together, no place to tell our story.
This is our chance to be honored as one unit, the finest airborne troops in history.
It brings us all together at a place almost every one of us has trained and many have served.
It provides a permanent memorial in the U.S. accessible to all of us Sky Soldiers, family, friends.