From: Ben517@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 7:44 PM
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: MAIL CALL NO. 1177 517TH PRCT- SEPTEMBER 5, 12006
70  Pleasant St. Cohasset, MA.02025  *781 383 0215 * Mail Call : Ben Barrett  Ben517@aol.com
 
 Hello,
 
When you send  changes in your address to me also send them to Tom Reber reber83@insightbb.com . so that he can attempt to keep the roster  www.517prct.org/roster.pdf  up to date. Only Tom could take on this task
 
Ben
Website                                   www.517prct.org                                                        
Mail Call                                  517th Mail Call
Mail Call Archives                 www.517prct.org/archives
Roster                                     www.517prct.org/roster.pdf
Reunions              Kissimmee , FL     Mini               January 21-25
 2007                      Palm Springs, CA Mini                April
                             Washington, DC      National        June 27-JULY 2
Darrell Egner
 
 Claire Giblin
 
I don't know what you are studying in school but you can always be a tour guide.  What a wonderful story you told, it brought back a lot of memories.
 
Since the war I have been to Europe about 20 times and you saw more in a few days then I did in all our trips.  I will admit that I didn't find the 517 again until 1986.  In the war I never knew where we where as the higher ups didn't share this information with us grunts.
 
Thanks for a great decryption of your trip.
 
Regards,
 
Darrell Egner
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That is why I chose Claire for coordinator for the Washington reunion. -  Ben
Helen Beddow
 
 want to thank Tom Reber for his time and dedication in updating the 517th Roster.  It is absolutely fantastic!  I was so glad to see a tab for the Auxiliary as it will be a wonderful tool to help with getting the Auxiliary off to a wonderful start this year.  I know it takes time and effort to keep things up-to-date, and the entire Roster is very much appreciated.  
Bob Dalrymple
 
Dear Ben, What a  fine tribute by those 30 men ! I'm impressed by their dedication . We do have some true friends in Southern France . And many thanks to Claire for her lively report . I am looking forward to meeting her and Kaare in DC. Thank you Claire . Bob  
 
Ben, Oh yes , and the photos were a bonus . Bob
Darrell Egner
 
 Ben
 
This was the best Mail Call in a long time!  You and Bob just get better with age. OOPS.  I wish I could say the same.
 
First the description of the trip to France from Claire Giblin makes me want to take this trip next year.
 
Then the pictures from David Jordan were really great.  The only thing I noticed was the troopers in the pictures were much cleaner then we ever were in France.  The guy wearing the 45 pistol reminds me of Jessie Darden.
 
You two keep up the wonderful work you do.
 
Best Regards,
 
Darrell Egner
Lou Darden
 
Ben  Please check your heading about the 2007 reunions. The Kissimmee, FL reunion is listed as KISSIMMEE, CA
Thought you might want to edit that. LOU DARDEN
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Just trying to find out if any one reads this stuff.-Ben
-------------- Forwarded Message: --------------
From: Gilles GUIGNARD <rotmcook@yahoo.com>
To: webmaster@517prct.org
Subject: 517
Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 10:55:33 +0000

Hello,

Thanks so much for putting our photos online!
i hope il get a few comments now my email address is
on your site!
British pathfinder's name is Jim Chittenden, he and
his pathfinder team got dropped from a Mitchell bomber
at 4:30 AM on aug 15th 1944 to set up a radar.

if you are interested i have small but serious blogs
about some US units in Southern France.
here are the links:
www.dogface43.skyblog.com
www.dogface44.skyblog.com
www.dogface42.skyblog.com

Thanks again and kind regards Gilles

Gilles Guignard
Boom Boom Alicki
 
True Georgia Ghost Story, Confirmed
  This happened about a month ago just outside a little town in the low country of Georgia, and while it sounds like an Alfred Hitchcock tale, it's real. This guy was on the side of the road hitchhiking on a real dark night in the middle of a thunder storm.
 
Time passed slowly and no cars went by. It was raining so hard he could hardly see his hand in front of his face. Suddenly he saw a car moving slowly approaching and appearing ghostlike in the rain.  It slowly crept toward him and stopped. Wanting a ride real bad the guy jumped in the car and closed the door, only then did he realize that there was nobody behind the wheel.
 
The car slowly started moving and the guy was terrified, too scared to think of jumping out and running. The guy saw that the car was slowly approaching a sharp curve, still too scared to jump out, he started to pray and begging for his life; he was sure the ghost car would go off the road and in the marsh and he would surely drown, when just before the curve, a hand appeared through the driver's window and turned the steering wheel, guiding the car safely around the bend.
Paralyzed with fear, the guy watched the hand reappear every time they reached a curve. Finally the guy, scared to near death, had all he could take and jumped out of the car and ran to town. Wet and in shock, he went into a bar and voice quavering, ordered two shots of whiskey, then told everybody about his supernatural experience. A silence enveloped and everybody got goose bumps when they realized the guy was telling the truth and not just some drunk.
About half an hour later two guys walked into the bar and one says to the other: "Look Bubba, there's that idiot who rode in our car when we was pushin it in the rain."