Challenges hes faced there and plans for the future. Its the second Largest Government Department with more than 250,000 employees. The Heritage Foundation hosted the 50minute event. Welcome. I serve as president of the i want to welcome everyone today. My name is brian rogers. I serve as president of the Jesse Helms Center foundation. Were located in North Carolina just outside of charlotte. The purpose of the helms center, a Nonprofit Organization that houses the senators archives. We focus on youth programming for on Free Enterprise as well as hosting lectures with our partner here at the Heritage Foundation and other lectures we do throughout the state and our country. So why the helm center lecture . Jesse helms served in the United States senate for 30 years. In 1994, he became chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee becoming the second north carolinian to do so besides nathanial macon. He was a leader, top leader, in a modern conservative movement. He along with Margaret
Parachute Regimental Combat Team. U. S. Soldiers who fought in the Maritime Alps of 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, which the entire campaign was attaching larger divisions where they were needed throughout the war. We are representing them during their Maritime Alps campaign in the south of france near the italian border. They were test with protecting the right flank of the main advance of the rome river valley. That came from the operation dragoon campaign in august 1944. The second invasion of france, overshadowed by ope
And which they were tasked with protecting the flank of the main advance of the seventh army of the river valley, that came from the operation from the invasion of southern faced, august and the forgotten invasion overshadowed by Operation Overlord the victim enormity operations, originally both operations were designed to take place simultaneously, they would hammer in the anvil and trap the germans and liberate france but unfortunately due to lack of Landing Craft they were, higher command was not able to have both operations at the same time in normandy was team the most important operation as we know from history what happened there, but operational again this Southern Operations were delayed and that originally took place on august 15th. Troops were stranded along the beach, they were prepared for an onslaught but not a single german soldier appeared, not even something sort of overhead, mine detector squads clear the roads so that things could continue on their way, and prisoners
They fought in the Maritime Alps in france. I am part of a group or presenting the parachute infantry regiment. This was short for parachute regimental combat. It is a world war ii unit that fought in italy, Southern France. It is a largely forgotten unit. It was a small unit. It numbered about 2500 men throughout the war. It was comprised of three smaller units. The 596 Airborne Company and and the 460th. Those three units maybe Regimental Combat Team. The higher army command would attack units where they were needed as they were needed. We are representing them during their time in the autumn of 1944. That was in the south of france and the french alps near the italian border where they were protecting the right flank. That came from the invasion of Southern France. It was overshadowed by the famous normandie operation. Originally, both operations were designed to take place simultaneously. This is the hammer and the and fill. Due to lack of Landing Craft and aircraft, they were not
F company of the 517th parachute infantry regiment, which was part of a unit that was called the 517th prct. It was short for parachute Regimental Combat Team. A world war ii unit that fought in italy, Southern France. It is a largely forgotten unit. It was a small unit. There were about 2500 men throughout the war. It was comprised of three smaller units. Parachute unit, the 596th Airborne Company and and the 460th. Those three units maybe Regimental Combat Team. The higher army command would attack units where they were needed as they were needed. We are representing them during their time in the autumn of 1944. That was in the south of france in the french alps, where they were cast with protecting the right flank. That came from the invasion of Southern France in august of 1944. It was overshadowed by operation overlord, the famous normandy operation. They were nicknamed hammer and anvil. Due to lack of Landing Craft and aircraft, they were not able to have both operations at the s