MG ELLIS WILLIAMSON MEMORIAL BENCH There is another new addition to the foot print of the 173d Airborne Brigade National Memorial on the Walk of Honor of the National Infantry Foundation campus. As a result of generous contribuions from Chapters I (Sigholtz Chapter) and IX (New England Chapter) and individual Sky Soldiers in these Chapters, […]
In Memoriam
Karen K. Riester: Memorial Foundation Board of Directors, 2010 – 2018; Director of Protocol and Gold Star Coordinator. Memorial Foundation Board of Directors, 2006 – 2016 Craig D. Ford: RTO – 1964 – 1966; Memorial Foundation Board of Directors, 2006 – 2018. Foundation Treasurer Don Dali: Combat Medic – 1964 – 1966; Memorial Foundation Board of […]
503d Infantry Regiment Marker
The Board of Directors of the 173d Airborne Brigade Memorial Foundation takes pleasure in announcing that the 503d Infantry Regiment (Airborne) marker featuring the familiar blue and while Regimental Crest now proudly stands on the National Infantry Museum’s Walk of Honor adjacent to the 173d Airborne Brigade National Memorial. The 503d Parachute Infantry Regiment was […]
The Brigade’s 50th Anniversary
On March 26, 1963, an experiment began that would change the lives of generations of warriors, their loved ones and our Army. It was the birth of the first, and only, separate Airborne Brigade in the United States Army. It was led by a soldier who both understood and appreciated the strategic value of a […]