PHILADELPHIA (CBS) ---Today is the 50th anniversary of the arrival of the first U.S. ground troops in Vietnam. A Philadelphia man was among those who landed that day (May 5th, 1965), with the 173rd ...

Veterans of the U.S. Army’s 173rd Airbone Brigade from throughout the nation will meet later this month to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the brigade and pay tribute to their fallen brothers in ...

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, ...

On the 8th of November, On Nov. 8, 1965, the young men of the 173rd Airborne Brigade — the unit later adopted by the city of Rochester — were decimated in a battle in Vietnam. "We lost 48 kids out of ...

CLINTON -- Route 173 between Clinton and Phillipsburg has been named in honor of the 173rd Airborne Brigade. Legislation sponsored by state Sen. Michael Doherty (R-23) has been signed into law. The ...

FORWARD OPERATING BASE FENTY, Afghanistan Nov. 20, 2007 -- "On the 8th of November, the angels were crying as they carried his brothers away. ... There were few men left standing that day," sings the ...

LEBANON TWP. - A ceremony officially renaming a portion of Route 173 as the 173rd Airborne Brigade Highway is taking place at noon Sunday at the township's Memorial Park. Colonel Gregory Anderson, ...