The regiment jumped in fifty troopers near Bologna starting on 23 March 1945. These commandos armed the local resistance fighters and linked up with seventy escaped Russians. A number of air drops provided weapons for the rag-tag force.
They were able to attack German headquarters, cut roads and shell a number of installation. Just as important as the 600 or so Germans killed and 400 captured was the number of defenders taken from other duties to secure the rear area.
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