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Message: [QUOTE="Orangeyes, post: 292319, member: 34"] "The opening shots of the battle were fired at twilight when an MG-42 in the manor’s main house opened up on troopers of Lieutenant John J. “Red Dog” Dolan’s A Company/505th PIR. After making contact with the enemy, Dolan’s 505th troopers attempted to flank the enemy by maneuvering around to attack the north side of the manor. In doing so, they ran into more small-arms and machine-gun fire. Soon thereafter, a force of 80 507th paratroopers led by G Company commander, [B][COLOR=#ff0000]Captain Ben Schwartzwalder[/COLOR][/B], joined the developing battle. Several units were simultaneously converging on the same objective in a piecemeal, uncoordinated manner. The western side of the La Fière manor was mainly pasture, and on its eastern side were orchards and earthen mounds. Most important, a vast network of crisscrossing hedgerows dominated the manor’s eastern approaches – the area through which the 82d would have to fight. After moving only a short distance, [COLOR=#ff0000][B]Schwartzwalder’s[/B][/COLOR] group came under fire from one of the same machine guns that had stopped Dolan’s 505th paratroopers earlier that morning. At about the same time, the 508th’s regimental commander, Colonel Roy Lindquist, arrived on the scene with a group of troopers that included men from C Company/505th PIR. These units continued to converge on the objective until elements of the 505th and the 508th began to enter the manor grounds through its backyard. Sporadic shots continued briefly and then one of Dolan’s men fired an M-1A1 “bazooka” into the stoutly built stone house. Shortly thereafter, a 508th PIR sergeant darted through the front door and emptied a full magazine from his M-1A1 Thompson submachine gun up through the floorboards of the second story. What was left of the German force immediately surrendered, and the battle for the Leroux manor at La Fière was over. With La Fière, Cauquigny, and the roadway between them in the hands of the 82d Airborne Division, [COLOR=#ff0000][B]Captain Schwartzwalder[/B][/COLOR] led his 507th troopers across the causeway. When they reached the west bank, [B][COLOR=#ff0000]Schwartzwalder[/COLOR][/B] left Lieutenant Levy and eight men to guard Cauquigny and then moved out to locate Lieutenant Colonel Timmes. At La Fière, paratroopers of the 505th began digging in and preparing to defend the manor. Two Bazooka teams positioned themselves near the bridge, and a 57 mm anti-tank gun was positioned at the bend in the road above the manor overlooking the causeway. "Thank God for the Late Syracuse Coach Captain Floyd “Ben ” Schwartzwalder" Nice re-find Mike [/QUOTE]

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