Hello,
We will have information about Snowbird mini-reunion
Kissimmee, FL Jan 20-22, 2008 in later
Mail Calls.
Please let me know if you want to receive Mail
Calls or if you have a problem receiving them. You can always read Mail Calls by
clicking on
www.517prct.org/archives
Ben
Recent website additions:
1st Lt. Floyd A. Stott, I
Company (KIA)
Robert
Magnuson and friends, H Company
1983
517th Reunion Booklet - San Mateo, CA
1993 517th Reunion Booklet - Niagara Falls, NY
1991
517th Reunion Booklet - Sparks, NV
596th PCEC portraits
Colonel Bill Boyle in
Southern France
517th Regimental S-2 Section
in France 1944
Bill Boyle news
article
Darrell
Egner
Ben
Andy Borowitz wrote a column in our News Paper and quoted Tony Snow (Press
Secretary) as saying the $75,000 asking price was an appropriate price to pay to
see VP Cheney. The 517 must be very well thought of as we got him for free
except for the security issues. Sure makes me feel good. I just wish
the country would let Bush and Cheney finish the job they started.
Darrell Egner
Gene Frice
Ben,
Spent the last two days with the good folks of
Lemmon, SD. Such a
great group. I have always said the heart of America is
not in Los
Angeles, San Francisco (God forbid), New York or other
such
communities -- The "heart" rests in the central US-such as Lemmon,
SD.
The Lemmon community conducted their tribute to their
home town
son LTC Gordon Lippman of the 517th (WWII,Korea, Viet Nam
KIA) The
community also held their centennial birthday of 100
years.
They had invited me to visit as a 517 member in
honor of LTC
Lippman. We also have a new supporter from the the 101st
Airborne
(Viet Nam) who spoke on his research of the 517th.
Mission
accomplished on July 12th. We have a new family of 517th
supporters
with the entire community of Lemmon (pop 1400). They gave me
a
wonderful reception. I could not travel in their three block
community
without men, women and children stopping to express their thanks
to
the 517th-much like Le Muy.
Ben, you sure earned
your "salary?" the last month or so. Busy
mail call. Again, thanks for all
the hard work and excellent service
to the 517th.
Currently in Billings, Montana in the long road to OR and CA. I
have found
the new wireless service for computers in the hotels to be
an excellent means
of communication. Considerable improvements has
been accomplished in this
service in the last several months and all
over the country. It used to be
similar to pulling teeth to use the
early wireless means-when and if it was
available.
We owe thanks to all the lovely ladies and
gentlemen of the "aux"
for their hard work on the excellent reunion in
DC.
Hey Ben, in using the wireless while enroute-I am
receiving the
text, however no pictures? It just may be the hotel's
formatting.
Gene Frice, F Co
Bob Hart
Ben, I receive and want to continue receiving mail calls. I look forward to
seeing them every night. Was unable to get to the reunion due to
other
commitments, from sounds of it, I missed a good one.
Bob Hart D CO. 517
Lou Darden
Ben, Please add my Daughter & Son to
Mail call List. Jesse Darden
Thanks
Elaine
Ben and Bob,
My apologies for just realizing Ben's affiliation to H
Company! I am attaching a 2 more photos from
Europe. I sent to other to Bob last night along with the silly
question if he was in contact with anyone from H Company.
There is a series of a jump over somewhat flat, open land -
any chance that this was jump school? Three of these attached - the
guys are also shirtless, and in one case pantless....
Ben, do you know if my uncle Bob Magnuson ever attended a
reunion? The last I know of him was a postcard from Hawaii in the late 60s
or early 70s. After the War he spent some time up in Kodiak,
then went back to work at a machine shop in Seattle while learning to
fly floatplanes. He flew out of Lake Union for awhile and then moved
to San Diego (by 1957).
Thank you,
Elaine
Elaine
On Ancestry.com the list is under the New York
Passenger LIsts, 1820-1957. I got to it by searching for an exact
match on Robert L Magnuson and opening the passenger lists. You can
also go to the database and search on Madawaska Victory as the
ship, Le Havre as
the port of departure and the year 1945. There are over 3000
passengers and include at least "H Company" and "I Company". I have Uncle
Bob's Embarkation card from the trip back.
I noticed a link on your site to Ancestry for WWII
records, but not sure if there are any issues with using their scans. Let
me know if you don't have a subscription to Ancestry and what you think we can
legally do. I don't mind downloading a boatload if it will make the
information available to those connected with the 517th. Those pages were
submitted separately from the main passenger and crew
list.
Since I have photos I assume are 517th
but not identified - are you in contact with someone who may be able to
identify them as 517th H Co before you post them? There is an
interesting group with good faces but that may need to be cropped down or
brushed to eliminate a a clear name and DOD of a German soldier.
It would be interesting to know the location and the troopers names. I was
just checking to see if I could blur the dead man's name, but full photo is
better if I can figure that out. The first of this series that I saw was
odd in that there is an upholstered chair at the bottom of a set of stairs and
it looks very out of place. But when you see the series of photos you see
the building is to the left of the stairs. I've cropped a couple down and
attached. The ones with the chair can't be cropped without cutting out the
soldier's faces.
PS - you can show my maiden name Elaine
Berger. If someone associated with Uncle Bob sees that they might now the
name, but wouldn't know my married name anyway.
Bob Barrett
<r4b4@comcast.net>
wrote:
Hi
Kenton,
Photos are posted
at: http://www.517prct.org/photos/floyd_a_stott/floyd_a_stott.htm
Thanks!
Bob
Barrett
From: Kfihome46@aol.com
[mailto:Kfihome46@aol.com]
Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 3:14
PM
To:
r4b4@comcast.net
Subject: Floyd
A. Stott photos
Bob,
I'm going to try this
once again. I still don't know how to enhance the DPIs on my Scan mode so
I copied the following photos to 4X6 size and hope they come through okay.
If not, I am going to package the 4X6 photos and send them off to you at 27
Fuller Meadow Rd, North Andover, MA 01845.
I tried to organize
the photos is what looked like chronological order. But first, I wanted
the photos of Floyd and most likely 517th buddies in hopes that they can go on
the 517th site. I'm hoping someone will recognize these brave men and let
us know who they are.
1st Lt. Floyd A. Stott, I
Company (KIA)
Image #1 - Floyd
Stott is holding the ball. Who might the others be?
#2 -
Floyd is on the right. Who might the other soldier be? I believe I
have the Hamilton watch that is on
#3 -
Floyd's printing on the back states, "A Hot Spot before finally taken.
Note schrapnel marks on
#4 -
Floyd wrote, "December 21, 1943 - Maxton - Laurinburg Air Base, North Carolina -
Type of plane: C-47
#5 -
Nothing on the back but probably taken about the same time. Must be jump
training.
#6 - The
next 3 of Floyd must be in Europe. Any idea exactly where and
when?
#7 - The
back says "Italy - August 4, 1944" He is so thin. And a
cigar?
#8 -
Back: "Lt. F. A. Stott, Home-made showers in Italy. See the 2 kids and
My Tan."
#9 -
Back: "Lt. F. A. Stott, Italy - Officer's Club." Where might this
be?
#10 -
Back: "Southern France Sept 44." Any idea where this might
be?
#11 -
Back: "One of Jerries artillery hits on a hotel we stayed in." Any idea
where and when?
#12 -
Back: "One good Jerrie (dead) Oct" Would this most likely be
France?
#13 -
Back: "Two Good Nazis (dead)" I wish I could read what is on the
markers.
#14 -
Back: "Five Good Nazis - (Dead) Nov '44" How sad. In about a month
Floyd would also die.
#15 - A
smaller size laminated in plastic. What is the pin (left side) on his
hat?
#16 - The
patch on Floyd's hat must be the "unofficial" 517th one. And the bars
under his paratrooper pin?
#17 - So
young but so proud to be a Paratrooper in the 517th. Any idea when and
where?
Thank you, Bob, for
all you and Ben do for those of us still keeping the memory of our loved ones
alive. Again, I apologize for taking so much time to get to this.
But I will keep at it until you let me know something came through. If you
can't put all of the photos on the 517th site I'll
understand.