To preserve the quantity of armor available, the infantry of the 9th Regiment, 3rd Fallschirmjaeger Division, had been ordered to clear the village first. A single 18-man Intelligence and Reconnaissance Platoon from the 99th Infantry Division along with four Forward Air Controllers held up the battalion of about 500 German paratroopers until sunset, about 16:00, causing 92 casualties among the Germans.
To preserve the quantity of armor available, .the infantry of the 9th Regiment, 3rd Fallschirmjaeger Division, had been ordered to clear the village first. A single 18-man Intelligence and Reconnaissance Platoon from the 99th Infantry Division along :with four Forward Air Controllers he?ld up the battalion, of about 500 German paratroopers until sunset about 16:00, causing 92 casualties among the Germans.