Who landed on the beach?
In general every one except the 2nd and 3rd Battalions of the 503rd para inf , the 462nd para FA battalion [less those who might have come in with the 1st Battalion], Co. C 161st para engineers, [less those elements with the 1st Battalion] Landing on the beach were 1st Battalion, 503rd [reinforced] 3rd Battalion, 34th Inf [reinforced] Battery A, 950th AA AW Battalion 18th Portable Surgical Hospital [reinforced] 174th Ordnance Service Detachment [Bomb Disposal] Detachment 98th Signal Battalion Detachment 592nd Engineer Boat and Shore Regimentt Detachment 1st platoon, 603rd Tank Co. Detachment 592nd JASCO [A signal unit some of whom may have jumped] Detachment 6th SAP [forward air controllers] 3rd Platoon Anti Tank Company, 34th Infantry Regiment 3rd Platoon, Cannon Company.