DEAR BEN I WOULD LIKE TO BE INCLUDED IN YOUR MAIL CALL. I WAS
IN D COMPANY AND THEN TRANSFERRED TO 2ND BATTALION S2. I WAS 517
FROM THE INCEPTION UNTIL END OF WORLD WAR II. GOOD LUCK NACE
Tom McAvoy
Neal McAfee asked for any information about his Great Uncle (Cleo
Nelson
Browning). I was in Regt. Hdq. Co. in Toccoa Ga. (during our
basic
training March 1943). At the time we had been separated into 3 Platoons
Demo, Communication, and Intelligence, however we were not
separated as
far as sleeping arrangements in the barracks. One of our
guys was named
Browning, (don't ever recall hearing his first name). If I
remember
correctly, he was in the Communication platoon. Do or did
you ever hear
of what your uncle did in the 517? Some-where I remember
he was also in
S-3 (Plans & Training) (later on in the last few weeks at
Toccoa). A very
nice guy but quiet. I also remember I think he was from
Atlanta Ga.
Believe it or not this is the first I had heard he was KIA
in combat?? I
suffered several injuries on the drop into France, and was Flown
home 30
days after the drop. Tom McAvoy
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Go to WWII Recollections
- Soldier's Stories on the
website and read Mike Spano's and Fred Beyer's account of the
incident in which Cleo Browning was KIA.--Ben
Harold Harms
Mail Call: Please sign up Harold E. Harms
known as Gene Harms to Mail call. He served from Feb 45 onwards and is
still living in Girard Illinois