AFTER THE 1ST BATTALION 505 MISSION was accomplished on D-Day morning at dear expense to the A/505 and 507 and 508 troopers, Captain F. V. “Ben” Schwarzwalder determined that he and his group of 507 men would attempt to cross to the west over the 750-yard La Fière causeway to join the 507 PIR. This is where the misdropped 507th was supposed to be in the first place, on the west side of the Merderet River at their original DZ, Amfreville.