70 Pleasant St. Cohasset, MA.02025 *781 383 0215 * Mail Call : Ben
Barrett Ben517@aol.com
Hello,
Time is getting short. We have to make plans about inviting our foreign
friends to the Portland reunion.. Funds have to be donated for this purpose. Any
member who has visited areas in France and Belgium where the 517 has history,
knows that it is hardly impossible to repay them for what they do for us when we
go over there.
Plans have to be made now to collect such funds and how to distribute
them. It would be simple to divide funds donated for this purpose and
distributed equally among our guest and let them do what they want with it. Pay
for flights, hotel, tours or get drunk.
Bob Christie, out treasurer, has agreed to collect the funds .
Ben
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West Coast Reunion 2006
Palm Springs, Ca. April 2-7
Annual reunion July 17-22, 2006
Portland , Oregon
Joe Calder
Howard's Winter Best. Paxton, McMahan, Cooper and Dick Spencer.
Howard's Winter Best. Paxton, McMahan, Cooper and Dick Spencer.
Standing: Lt Col Forest Paxton, Major Robert McMahon,
Capt Grant Hooper,
bottom Lt. Dick Spencer, Lt. Howard
Hensleigh
Date : Tue, 7 Mar 2006 14:59:01
EST
Subject : 517 Reunion
dear Ben,
and friends of the 517th,
We miss last reunion, but really want to come this year,
It a bit late to tell you cause the USA want to have the new Biometric passport and it will be available in 2 weeks and we will know the delay to make it. In my country you don't have to be busy if you want something !..; but we are collecting the money for the air passage. What the 517th can take in charge financially for us Ben ? do we have to pay for the hotels ? If our passport are OK, we will be 5 , Eric and wife, Me, Lizy and my son Adrien. So 2 rooms be OK if you have to put a reservation. HOPE MY COUNTRY WILL HURRY UP FOR THIS PASSPORT !!!
speak you soon.
warmest regards
Jean Michel and Eric
If 517th friend want to contact us for august anniversary trip in DZ Email us: jimi-lizy@infonie.fr
Subject : 517 Reunion
dear Ben,
and friends of the 517th,
We miss last reunion, but really want to come this year,
It a bit late to tell you cause the USA want to have the new Biometric passport and it will be available in 2 weeks and we will know the delay to make it. In my country you don't have to be busy if you want something !..; but we are collecting the money for the air passage. What the 517th can take in charge financially for us Ben ? do we have to pay for the hotels ? If our passport are OK, we will be 5 , Eric and wife, Me, Lizy and my son Adrien. So 2 rooms be OK if you have to put a reservation. HOPE MY COUNTRY WILL HURRY UP FOR THIS PASSPORT !!!
speak you soon.
warmest regards
Jean Michel and Eric
If 517th friend want to contact us for august anniversary trip in DZ Email us: jimi-lizy@infonie.fr
Chris Liddell
Dear
Ben,
Please post on Mail Call that my prayers and thoughts go out to the Fritz Coffman family. I'm glad that he got to see you guys one last time before he passed away. I'm sure that meant a lot to him.
Also, please include my condolences to the family and friends of Mikael Compton as well., "a good friend of the Museum and the town of Le Muy" (I assume that he was a big supporter of the museum, etc.) "as well as a member of the British Parachute Regiment from the Independent pathfinder platoon that jumped in the first wave of D day in Southern France". (posted by Jean Michel Soldi & Eric Renoux)
Thanks
Chris Liddell
Please post on Mail Call that my prayers and thoughts go out to the Fritz Coffman family. I'm glad that he got to see you guys one last time before he passed away. I'm sure that meant a lot to him.
Also, please include my condolences to the family and friends of Mikael Compton as well., "a good friend of the Museum and the town of Le Muy" (I assume that he was a big supporter of the museum, etc.) "as well as a member of the British Parachute Regiment from the Independent pathfinder platoon that jumped in the first wave of D day in Southern France". (posted by Jean Michel Soldi & Eric Renoux)
Thanks
Chris Liddell
Danny Ogniewski
MY families sympathy is with the Coffman Family in their time of
loss. We will as younger families of this group of brave men carry on their
memories and respect them always for the sacrifices they all made for our daily
freedom. Our hearts and prayers go out to you and your family.
Daniel Curtis, nephew PFC Danny Ogniewski KIA 517th D Co.
Daniel Curtis, nephew PFC Danny Ogniewski KIA 517th D Co.
Jim Royer
Ben, How sorry I was to read Audrey's e-mail of Fritz
passing away. We
became very good friends. It is due to our reunions that I now know
more of our men then I did during the war years. I am going to miss
Fritz.
For some reason Audrey is unable to send me an e-mail because I receive
them in a blank white space. She does receive my e-mails ok.
Our prayers are for Audrey and the members of her family.
We are losing to many and to fast. We must keep our reunions going.
Jim Royer
became very good friends. It is due to our reunions that I now know
more of our men then I did during the war years. I am going to miss
Fritz.
For some reason Audrey is unable to send me an e-mail because I receive
them in a blank white space. She does receive my e-mails ok.
Our prayers are for Audrey and the members of her family.
We are losing to many and to fast. We must keep our reunions going.
Jim Royer
Gentlemen
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