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Washington Reunion. Arrival Wednesday June 27. Banquet Sunday July 1. Depart Monday July 2 .

Banquet at Kissimmee Reunion. Wednesday, January 24

I have just received the Morning Reports and General Orders for the 517. These cover the years 1944-45. It will take some time to index them all but when I have done so, I will be able to let anyone know what their company was involved with on any date during the war years. I will be able to inform you whether you were WIA or AWOL on a certain date. I hope to bring the Casualty Reports up to date. However, there will be months of work before I have everything in order. Some are difficult to read since they are copies from microfilm. I have also received Chronicles and other news items.

Some Quotes from the Chronicles:

Berlin Sally "You men of Five-Seventeen are much better than we anticipated. You are foolhardy***You will lose many men !

Major General Fred L. Walker 36th Infantry Division, commended the Combat Team for their part "in inflicting on the Wehrmacht, the worst defeat in the history of the German Army"

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I hope to have Registration Forms for the Washington Reunion in Tomorrows Mail Call.

I leave Sunday for the Florida Reunion and therefore future Mail Calls will have to wait until I return.

Ben

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Reunions Florida Snowbird Mini-Reunion January 21 - 25
2007 Palm Springs, CA Mini-Reunion April 15 - 20

Washington, DC National June 27 - July 2

Click on http://517prct.org/auxiliary/ to find the mission of the Auxiliary and an enrollment form

Recent website additions:
596th Parachute Combat Engineer Company
Odas Sweet and friends, H Company
Videos from Col de Braus - October, 2006
Donald Chaulk and friends, HQ Co. 3rd Bn
Blue Book Magazine articles - 1947-1948

Helen Beddow

Hal and I are sorry to hear of the death of Ben Shankman. We offer our condolences to Ida. Hal and I went to our first 517th Reunion in Columbus, GA and as luck would have it, we were in the "other hotel" down the street from the main event. When we walked into the Hospitality Room, and knew absolutely no one, it was rather scary. We just happened to meet Ben and Ida, and they took us under their wing, introducing us to other people. Their hospitality and laughter meant a lot to Hal and myself. Thanks to Ben and Ida, as well as Glen and Marguarite Hunt, we got to meet many wonderful people. It was a fantastic way to start our journey with the 517th. Farewell, Ben, and the very best to Ida.