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This article written by my Twin brother is the best one ever written about the Pathfinder operations on D-Day. It explains why the 505th was able to concentrate and take Sainte Mere Eglise. The 82nd originally had three regiments, 504th and 505th PIR and the 325 Glider Infantry. Well, The 504th had been chewed up in Anzio and so the 507th and 508th were attached for Normandy. 507th was transferred after Normandy to the 17th airborne Division; 508th remained attached to the 82nd. The rivalry between the regiments was intense and members of the 508th bore a grudge against Gavin and the 82nd up to 2004 when the regimental association was disbanded - they gave their memorabilia to Camp Blanding in Florida rather than to the 82nd in Bragg.. (clearer in the below link).
https://www.specialforces78.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/0417-Sentinel-News.pdf