173rd Airborne Brigade
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The 173rd Airborne Brigade is an airborne infantry brigade combat team (IBCT) of the United States Army based in Vicenza, Italy. It is the United States European Command's conventional airborne strategic response force for Europe.
173rd Airborne Brigade
The Tien Bing No. 6 exercise was held in Changhua, Taiwan. Airborne training exercise chief Major General Charles S. D'Orsa (left) Airlift Force Commander Brigadier General Richard H. Ellis and the 173rd airborne Brigade Commander Brigadier General Ellis W. Williamson (right) held talks in the exercise field, 1964
Paratroopers patrolling along the Song Be during Operation Silver City, March 1966
Specialist Six Lawrence Joel from the 173rd Brigade, receiving the Medal of Honor
Vicenza
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Vicenza is a city in northeastern Italy. It is in the Veneto region, at the northern base of the Monte Berico, where it straddles the River Bacchiglione. Vicenza is approximately 60 kilometres (37 mi) west of Venice and 200 kilometres (120 mi) east of Milan.
Clockwise from top: Villa La Rotonda; the classical temple in the Parco Querini; Piazza dei Signori; the Renaissance Basilica Palladiana; and a panorama of the city from the Monte Berico
Piazza dei Signori
Panoramic view from Monte Berico
Basilica Palladiana