Battling BuzzardsBy: Gerald Astor The Few and the Brave Convinced by 1943 that the assault upon Nazi held Europe would yield swiftly to elite troops, the U. S. Army created parachute regimental combat teams. Drawing on daring volunteers willing to hurl themselves from airplanes and hit the ground fighting, the 517th PRCT became one of the most highly trained airborne units in the world. Blooded in northern Italy in 1944, the Battling Buzzards dropped at night in