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France in 1944. Good morning. My name is matt holmgren. Im part of a group represent the f company of the 517th parachute regiment. It was short for parachute Regimental Combat Team. A world war ii unit that fought in italy, Southern France. It is a largely overshadowed unit of a war because it was smaller, about 2500 men throughout the war. It was comprised of three smaller units. The 596 airborne engineer company. 460th air battalion. Those three units together made that Regimental Combat Team...

The Scottsdale Civil War Roundtable kicks off its seasonal lecture series with historian Brian Jordan, who will present “A Monopoly of Misfortune: The Odyssey of an Immigrant Regiment in the