70 Pleasant St. Cohasset, MA.02025 *781 383 0215 * Mail Call : Ben
Barrett
Ben517@aol.com
Hello
REGISTRATION FORM
Howard Hensleigh
Note to Terry Casey: Your brother, Jim Birder, is with
Bob Reber, our third Bn. mortar platoon leader, in the close up picture, the one
in which Jim does not have his overseas cap on and Bob does. Bob was
seriously wounded by an incoming mortar south of Stavelot, Belgium. He was
rehabilitated in VA hospitals but passed on several years ago. Tom
Reber, Bob's son, is an active member of our Auxiliary. He would like to
hear from you. I recognize the officer in the other picture but can't call
his name for sure without some research. I think it was Woodward or
something like that. He was a replacement, somewht older and
commanded one of the 3rd Bn. companies by the time we came home.
Lory Curtis
Ben,
I want to wish every mother a very happy and special
mother's day
this May 14, 2006. The best way for me to do this is to
attached a
mother's day message dated 6 May 1943, Camp Toccoa,
Ga. It is typed
with 517th Letter head which makes me believe the 517th
had these
prepared for the men to send to their mothers. What a great
tribute to
the 517th. In case you cannot open the attachment; It
said:
Dearest Mother:
On this happy day, I
want to thank you sincerely for all you
have done for me. I feel
helpless to repay you. You labored and toiled
for me night and
day. You worked hard to make my life happy.
Everything that's best in
life-- I owe to you. I shall never forget
everything you did for
me.
My Dad signed the message and below his signature is a poem
written
by Rev Robert Kearn. It says:
Mother of Mine.
God's
finger painted the dawning
and traced all the sliver there,
But dearer to
me is the silver
He laid on my mother's hair
Ah sweet is the light on
the waters
and blue are the summer skies;
But sweater and deeper their
love-light
That shines in my mother's eyes.
The sun sparkles bright on
the dew-drops,
That lie in the rose's vase,
But heaven's own beauty
awakens
In the the smile on my mother's face.
Oh God the works of thy
fingers
Are wondrous and so Divine;
But this is the earth's rarest
beauty--
That wonderful MOTHER OF MINE!
by Rev. Robert Kearn,
C.SS.R.
(Chaplin overseas)
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY
Lory V. Curtis,
son of Bud Curtis, HQ, 1st BN
Kathy McIntosh
To scott Atkinson,
My father, jesse k davis has a very
go friend in france that is a
historian and knows every battle the 517th was in and he lives in so
france. When we were there he
was talking of putting a tour together for family members that wanted to
know all about the history of the 517th. He took us on
wonderful tours and showed us all the maps of the battles. Here is his
email and feel free to contact him. He is a wealth of information.
Tell him jesse sent you……..his name is keith Sutton. He lives in so
france and is a historian and
works in London. Have a wonderful
trip. Kathy mc intosh
rosemaryandkeith@aol.com
Boom Boom Alicki
Hi! Hope all is well with the Barrett
Family.
I am sending by U.S. Mail a letter and Certificate of
Appreciation (Half size) sent to me this past week from the Department of the
Army and signed by the Chief of Staff and Secretary of the Army.
The
document is entitled, "Freedom Team Salute".
With the coming of Armed
Forces Day and Memorial Day it would be appropriate to use some of the material
on our website. If not, file it with my book, "A Veteran's
Remembrance".
Again, my wholehearted gratitude to you and Bob for the
excellent contribution you render to keep the 517th Parachute Combat Team memory
alive.
Lyle Madison
HELLO BEN: WE WILL BE UNABLE TO ATTEND
THE REUNOIN THIS
YEAR IN PORTLAND. I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM
A BRIAN JOYCE FROM W. ROXBURY, MASS. ASKING FOR MATERIAL ABOUT MY PARTICIPATION, DOCUMENTS, ETC IN THE GREAT WAR. HE IS WRITING A BOOK ABOUT
THE AIRBORNE IN WW2. HAVE YOU HEARD Of HIM?
THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO FOR OUR ASSOC.
LYLE MADISON