596th Parachute Combat Engineer Company (United States)

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unit_name=596th Parachute Combat Engineer Company


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type=Parachute Combat Engineer Company
branch=Combat Engineers
dates=1943-1945
country=USA
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battles=Italian Campaign, Operation Dragoon (their first combat jump), and Battle of the Bulge
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anniversaries=During World War II, the 596th Parachute Combat Engineer Company (596th PCEC) was trained at Camp Mackall, North Carolina. It was then Company C of the 139th Airborne Engineer Battalion. When C/139 was combined with the 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment (517th PIR) and the 460th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (460th PFAB), the combined unit formed the 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team (517th PRCT). The 517th PRCT saw most of its combat (in Italy, Southern France, and the Battle of the Bulge) as an independent unit.

Notable soldiers of the 596th

* Robert Dalrymple, 596th PCEC Commander

External links

* [http://517prct.org/documents/short_history/596_short_history.htm 596th PCEC History] , from the [http://517prct.org/table_of_contents.htm 517th PRCT Home Page]
* [http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/517/517.html 517th Unit History]