From: Ben517@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 9:22 PM
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: MAIL CALL NO.1423 517TH PRCT-NOVEMBER 1, 2007
70  Pleasant St. Cohasset, MA. 02025  *781 383 0215 * Mail Call : Ben Barrett  Ben517@aol.com
 
Hello,
 
Checks for the 517 video should be made  out to 517 auxiliary.
 
 Paratroopers' Odyssey is  available for $22.50. Send payment to Leo Dean.
 
You may at times have a problem viewing photos. However, we place most photos on the website under Training and WWII Photos .
 
Please try to send in donations by August 15 to Keep the 517 PRCT Association viable. Suggested amount $30.00 to  include Thunderbolt.  Auxiliary members $20.00 Plus $10.00 if you want to receive the for the Thunderbolt.  Send donations to  Leo Dean, 14 Stonehenge Lane, Albany, NY  12203.  Make checks payable to 517prct.  Donations for the Auxiliary should be sent to  Karen Frice Wallace   66295 Highway 20  Bend, OR 97701
 
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
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Frederic  Brega

Dear Ben, 

Hope you are doing well!

Here attached is a long article on the 517th PRCT in the Maritime Alps published in the November issue of the magazine MILITARIA. Its diffusion is for France, Belgium, Canada. The cover page is here-attached as well.

Maybe it would be interesting to keep a record of this article on the 517th Website. I imagine that many French-speaking people interested in the history of the regiment will be happy to have the possibility to download it.

 Click on links below.

Paras en Provence: Le 517th PRCT Dans Les Alpes Maritime
       from Armes Militaria Magazine (cover, article)

Your friend from Southern France,

 Frederic Brega

Steve Markle

Thanks for letting us know. I will see if there is any way to translate this (if you don't already have one).
 This looks very well done!
Thanks again for all you do....
-Steve
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Translation would be great. - Ben
Mike Kane

Thanks Ben. 

I met Frederic in New York City this past summer. He is really the nicest person you could meet.  He'd sent me a draft of the article earlier but the photos were not in high definition.  Thank you for sending the final along. 
 
I don't speak French but,  if you click on "select" on the toolbar when viewing the article, you can "block and paste" the text and put it into a translation website.  Its not exact but you get a pretty good idea of what it says.  The Google Translation site is at
 
 
There's another one at Alta Vista translation:
 
 
Frederic's eye for detail in the photos is remarkable.
 
Thanks for sending this. 
 
All the best,
Bob Barrett
Dad,

Not sure if I sent this to you already.  It is from a month ago. 

Bob

-----Original Message-----
From: DGentry509@aol.com [mailto:DGentry509@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 2:13 AM
To: webmaster@517prct.org
Subject: Check out Floyd A. Stott, I Company, 517th PRCT

Click here: Floyd A. Stott, I Company, 517th PRCT  

Hello Bob, I have a few comments regarding Lt. Stott's picture 15 through 17:

Picture 15. Question; what is the pin (Left side) on his hat? Answer-That is his LT rank which is also worn on  each epaulette.  

Picture 16. Statement- The patch on Floyd's hat must be the "unofficial" 517th one.

                 Correction- Not so, as it is the Airborne Patch which is worn by Officers on the right side of the Overseas Cap.

                Question; And the bars under his paratrooper pin? Answer- the bars are ribbons, one for 

                each of two Medals awarded at that time. If the picture was taken in Italy, on of the medals would be the EAME Campaign Medal. The dress uniform he is wearing was called Pinks and Greens.

 Picture 17. Statement- So young but so proud to be a Paratrooper in the 517th.

                 Question; Any idea when and where? Guesstimate this was taken upon his commissioning but before jump training. He may or my not have been in the regiment that was to become the 517th at this point.

Anyway Bob, this is what I see but putting it on paper raises some questions in my mind and a desire to see what ever records are available. Could you pass this info to Kenton Immerfall, Floyd's nephew so I can make direct contact with him and get copies of what he has? I wonder if he was OCS or ROTC.

Thanks very much, 

MSG Don R. Gentry
US Army Security Agency Retired
Still Serving
East Wenatchee, WA
509 884-2245

Morris McDowell

Ben/Howard Hensleigh,
In response to your mail call of the 31st. regarding Fred Harmon. Fred was a great person, and regarded the 517th as his family, he visited members and treated their children as his own. The person you met at Oklahoma was Fred's Nephew, Frankie Lindler. Yes Frankie looks a great deal like Fred.  Frankie took Fred to several reunions, and was very kind to Fred.  Fred will be missed by a great deal of people. Respectfully Morris McDowell 

Becky Martinette

Hi 517 Association
 
I am so sad to hear of Fred Harmon passing. He was such a great person.
He called me on several occasions to tell me a story about my father that he remembered from the past. He was one of those great people, from the great generation. He is a hero to remember with great honor.
Love and Peace be with you all
Becky Martinette  ( daughter of Maurice White H Co.)
Lory Curtis
 
Ben,
Got your CD, thank you so much for this music, "Blood on the Risers".  I will make a copy for my Dad and get it off to him.
Lory
Ray Estrella
 
Hello Ben, Ray Estrella here (Burt Duran's son-in-law). I hope that all is well with you and your loved ones. Just wanted to say hello and to Thank you for the mail call. You are responsible for maintaining a very important link in the 517 Organization. Your work is very much appreciated, and we look forward to all of the news that you provide. Take care and God Bless.
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Thanks Ray. It makes it all worthwhile. Ben