70 Pleasant St. Cohasset, MA. 02025 *781 383 0215 * Mail Call : Ben Barrett Ben517@aol.com

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Hello,

The registration forms that I send to all somehow had Washington instead of St. Louis as the city. The country and the dates were correct. Just checking to see if anyone reads this stuff.

I address both in person and in Mail Calls General Seitz as Dick. This is at his own request.

We are starting a fund with volunteer contributions to assist our friends from Belgium and France to attend the St. Louis reunion. You can send a contribution to Leo Dean at 14 Stonehenge Lane, Albany New York 12203

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You may at times have a problem viewing photos. However, we place most photos on the website under Training and WWII Photos .

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

Please try to send in donations 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 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

Ben

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West Coast mini

Palm Springs, CA

April 13-18, 2008

517TH ST. LOUIS REUNION BEGINS:

THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 2008 THRU MONDAY, JUNE 30, 2008

THE BANQUET WILL BE ON SUNDAY JUNE 29, 2008.

Recent website additions:
When Weather Changed History: The Battle of the Bulge
The Thunderbolt - August 1943

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

Lora Butler (Gerald Fryczynski 460

I am so sorry to hear of Mr. Marchand's passing. My mom and I were just talking about him today! He has continued to call my mother once or twice a month, keeping up correspondence after my father passed. I will let her know (she is in a rehab center recuperating from a broken shoulder). I am sure I can speak for her, and let his family and friends know how sorry we are. We have lost a good friend.

Lora Butler (Gerald Fryczynski)

Dick Seitz

Ben, just this hour received a phone call from 517th Dave Grange saying neither he nor his son can attend the 517th banquet in St Louis on 29 June. Young General Grange is having a" big affair" that same night and invitations, etc etc have been issued. Both Grange are extremely disappointed and want the Association to understand the would very like to be at the banquet, but it is impossible because of previous commitment. Dick Seitz

Tom McAvoy

Ben, I am not sure if this may be of interest to many 517 people, While I was in Regt. S-2 another trooper by name Ralph Antrime (from Penn) came down with Appendicitis while on Tenn. maneuvers, after recovery he was sent to the 513 in London England, stayed in the military and achieved the rank of Lt. Col. Retired after 20 years and became a hospital (I am not sure of his title), but a director of sorts. I found him in 1990 and drove up to Penn. to meet him and his wife, Very nice reunion after all the years, As a matter of fact he was the leader of the band that put on a dance for us in Toccoa, (for any of you that can remember that) I pushed him: When Ralph are you going to retire? He said several times if I do I will probably die right away. He called me a year or so later that I was the first to know he had just retired, And sure enough he passed away a short time later. (circulation problems)
Tom McAvoy

Kay (George) Mitchell

Hi Ben,

Wanted to share this with you and our Mail Call friends ... a day we will never forget.

I haven't received Mail Call in several days ... pray everything is OK with you.

God Bless,

Kay (George) Mitchell

WahkontahSvc@aol.com

Click here: 12-07-1941 - A Date That Will Live In Infamy, The Attack On Pearl Harbor By The Japanese Imperial Navy

Steve Markle

Ben....

If someone hasn't already pointed it out, the header for both of these referred to Washington, DC, not St. Louis.

-Steve-

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You are the first.. - Ben

From: joseph pettit [mailto:joepettit2003@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 7:04 PM
To: webmaster@517prct.org
Subject: Sgt Bernard Donohue
Gentlemen:

Searching for information as respects my brother -in-law( named above). He was in Co H, 3rd Battalion, trained at Camp McCall (1944). Was wounded in Italy and in Southern France, (Operation Dragoon.) Subsequently sent back to England for surgery, and then to the U.S.A.

Thank you,

Joe Pettit

517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team

2008 517th PCT
West Coast Party

Dates: April 13-18, 2008

Place: Quality Inn/Palm Springs, CA

Registration: $50.00 per Person

Room: $84.00 + Tax

Dates:

April 13^th – Early Registration, Optional

April 14^th – Official Registration, Hospitality Suite 140 10AM-10PM

April 15^th – Barbeque Buffet on the green for Troopers and their families 11:30AM- 1:30PM

April 16^th – Social Day – Golfing, Shopping, Follies

April 17^th – Men’s Business Meeting 10:00AM -11:30AM Conference Room

Farewell Banquet –Dinner and dancing Canyon Country Club

7:00PM – 10:00 PM

April 18^th – Check out. Have a safe trip home.

Hospitality Suite open daily in Room 140 10:00AM- 10:00PM

Open bar and snacks

Quality Inn

1269 East Palm Canyon Drive

Palm Springs, CA

Phone 1-800-472-4339

Be sure to mention the 517^th PCT

Please make registration check payable to William T. Christian (Bill)

Mail to: 17422 Parker Drive Tustin, CA 92780

Questions call (714) 838-0613 or BigZebra@sbcglobal.net

Families and Friends Always Welcome