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, ...
As 173rd Airborne Brigade jumpmaster Sgt. 1st Class Thomas Harris stood at the open door of the C-130 Hercules, the roar of the engines and the rush of the wind filled his ears. He had jumped at ...
Thompson continued that theme Saturday by calling for a few moments of silence for those service members killed in Iran along with the hundreds if not thousands of innocent civilians killed. Serving ...
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Andrew Brown had so much he wanted to tell the Rochester crowd. But when the time came, words failed the 69-year-old Vietnam veteran from Chicago. "I had some more words to say, but they’re gone," ...
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 ...