 The success was credited to the initiative, stamina, and daring of individual parachutists, who decided how best to accomplish some part of the overall mission.The capture of a key causeway from Utah Beach at Pouppeville by a scratch force of about 100 officers and men, formed around a nucleus from the 3rd Battalion (division reserve) of the 501st, was typical.Members of this ad hoc force included both General Maxwell Taylor and Assistant Division Commander Gerald Higgins.