From: Ben517@aol.com
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 8:44 PM
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: MAIL CALL NO.1514 517TH PRCT-MARCH 31, 2008
 70 Pleasant St. Cohasset, MA. 02025 , Phone 781 383 0215 * Mail Call : Ben Barrett  Ben517@aol.com 
Hello
I would like to send out Mail Call everyday when possible and so when I have little mail, I will try to include an article concerning events of the early forties.
                   
 There is still time to register for the Palm Springs Reunion April 13-18.
 
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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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

Recent website additions:

Lester Gene Hyman and friends, 596th PCEC

Lots of pictures of the 596th, most unidentified soldiers

517th Victory in Europe Prop Blast - May 19 1945

Toivo Moisio (?), Company D

Blue Book Magazine articles - 1947-1948
George W. Cavnar, Reg. HQ

The Thunderbolt - August 1943

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

Eddy Monfort
-----Original Message-----
From: Eddy MONFORT [mailto:e.monfort@belgacom.net]
Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 4:52 PM
To: webmaster@517prct.org
Subject: Allan Johnson

Dear Friends of the 517th,

I don't write you often but often, I visit your website and  I appreciate always your job and the precious informations you have on it. It's a treasure for the people like me, who are interesting by WWII and specialy about 517th who fought in Manhay during the Bulge.

Say hello to your father from his friend of Manhay.  Unfortunately, I will can not coming this year at the annual reunion of the 517th, but I hope coming next year. Since a few months, my private live is changing with a new family and childrens, so' it's the reason who I can not coming this year...  So', I will be so happy to meet my friends and penfriends of the 517th in a next reunion !

Today, I write you for an another reason.  I have some good friends who write books on the Battle of the Bulge and specialy about the German tanks like Panther or Tiger.  These friends are already published a book intituled " Duel in the Mist" The authors are Roddy MacDowell from England - Simon Voster from Belgium , Timm Haasler from Germany and an another guy from Switzerland.  Actually, I gave them some help to found photos for there researches.  Yesterday, I'm looking your website and I fall on two photos from Allan Johnson of the 596th with a Tiger tank abandoned during the Bulge in the village of Goronne (Belgium). 

So' my question is :

Can you gave us the address of Mr Allan Johnson of the 596th or Steve Markle to asking him the permission to used both of the pictures in a book, including of course credit of the photo ? 

In the hope to obtain a contact with Mr Johnson, I thanking you in advance with the best wishes from Belgium.

Sincerely yours,

Eddy Monfort

MANHAY

Steve Markle

This was the only picture that I could quickly identify w/ a tank in the picture.
 
 
These were part of the unidentified group that we have from Allan's collection.
 
As far as I am concerned for the photos that I have been entrusted with, the recognition belongs to the soldiers pictured, the people who have taken such good care of the pictures over the years and the 596 and 517. Not me.
 
I am just happy to see people place a value to them.
 
Bob.... any story behind the tanks in the picture?
 
-Steve- 
Patricia and Roland Orengo
 

Hello Ben,
we have already booked, the 1st of February, the Sheraton Westport Hotel * 900 Westport Plaza*.
we gave a number of credit card but we have changed our credit card. It's the same bank but it's the gold instead of mastercard.
If there is a problem because of this, tell us.
Thanks so much.

Patricia and Roland Orengo
Sospel, France
                                  *****************
                            Matter has been taken care of.-Ben
Bob Cooper
 
 Ben
I need help making hotel reservation's for our reunion Sheraton Westport Hotel St louis Ms is this the Right Hotel.   telephone number
Never had this Problem before
 
Robert R Cooper Thank You
 
                                         ************
 
Ben
Problem solved
Thank You
I called before and got some one worse than Tech support Thanks again
Bob
Fritz Crytzer
 
My Dad, Ira C. Crytzer, Jr., was in the 517th, Company I (I think).  His memory is gone, but he told me that he fought in Anzio.  I believe the 504th was there.  Was the 517th attached to the 504th in any way, or fought there separately?  If so, Rick Atkinson's recent book, The Last Battle, needs to be ammended.  Can you help?

Thanks, Fritz Crytzer 

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