Ben:  please give our love and best wishes to Howard Hensleigh.  What a treat it would be to meet him in person.  Have a great time.  Pat Seitz and Alan Greer

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"The First Platoon of Capt. Dalrymple's 596 Parachute Engineer Company had joined assault operations with elements of the 509 Parachute Inf. Battalion near Le Muy.  The Second Platoon, having been attached to 517 Second Battalion, conducted operations south of Les Arcs.  The Third Platoon had joined attack operations with 517 Third Battalion near Callian and later near Les Arcs.

The 596 Equipment List consisted of 58 equipment bundles containing 6000 pounds of explosives, 2000 pounds of mines, 14 mine detectors, 2 radios, 4 complete pioneer bundles, 3 machine gun bundles, 3 Basooka bundles, and 3 misc. equipment bundles.

By D Plus 3, German opposition within the confines of the Airhead had ceased.  On D plus 4, the Team was given a new mission to the east.  The Second and third Battalions were charged with the capture of Fayence and Callian.  This was accomplished by 21 August.

St. Cezaire fell to Companies G and I on the 22nd of Agust.  During the attack Company G had been pinned down, Company I surged through heavy fire up the mountainous slope to take the objective.  For this action, it earned a Commendation from Major General Robert T. Fredrick, commanding General of the First Airborne Task Force.

St. Vallier, Grasse, Bouyon, and La Rocquette fell in quick succession.  In the attack on La Roquette, Company E distinguished itself and also earned a Commendation from the Commanding General.

The Combat Team's momentum in the late summer was slowed by a line of enemy fortifications extending fro the Maritime Alps to the Sea.  The Germans attempted to hold a series of forts at all costs.  On 5 September Company D succeeded in taking some high ground near Col de Braus.  heavy fighting ensued.  Companies G and H were successful in capturing Col de Braus.  A step closer to the heavily defended Sospel Valley." 

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Tom Cross may have a better handle on it, but here is my version.

TIMING:  He was relieved shortly after we returned to Camp Mackall from Tennessee maneuvers, not as we were ready for overseas shipment.  We had time to become accustomed to the command of Lt. Col Rupert Graves prior to shipping overseas.

REASONS;  Col. Walsh did not get along well with the two Lts. Col from the 2nd Army who inspected us right after Tennessee.  One account is that he stood them at attention one evening during the inspection when he considered it his bedtime and left.  There probably was a dispute over inspection of our equipment shipped from Tennessee.  Col. Walsh wanted to clean it up before inspection and may have refused to go along with their demand to see it now. 

I have an impression which may be a misimpression that the maneuvers umpires, while highly satisfied with the performance of troopers and elements of command under Col. Wash, had questions regarding his performance in commanding the regiment during maneuvers.  We made some heroic forced marches, but some of the umpires may have questioned whether they were necessary, given the existing tactical situation.

Tom Cross and Dick Seitz, as Exec. and Commander of 2nd Bn., were much closer to this than I was but this is the way it looked from a junior officer's vantage point.  There were other junior officers who had been with Col. Walsh much longer than I and they would have seen it from a different angle. 

Howard Hensleigh

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From: Roy Scott <rscott4770@sbcglobal.net>
To: webmaster@517prct.org
Subject: Military Service
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:51:45 +0000

 

I am seeking any information concerning the military service of my father Kyle A. Scott. I believe he was in the headquarters company of the 2nd battalion. ie, where he served, how many jumps, actions in which he was involved. He never talked about any of his time in the service nor gave a reason for not talking about it other than "I don't want to talk about it".

 

Thanks

 

Roy A. Scott

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Helen Beddow

 

Audrey,

Diane's recipe's are great, and I have made copies of them.  Contrary to what Ben said regarding the chocolate chip cookie recipe being on the side of the box......my cookies using that same recipe, does not, and I repeat, does not come out like Tom Copy's mother's cookies.  I guess I do not have the right touch.  Audrey, it was great to see your name in Mail Call.  We have missed hearing from you.  We would love to see you in January at Kissimmee.  

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Gawd!!! Recipes??? What next? A Dear Abby column by Claire?- Ben