From:
Ben517@aol.com
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 8:19 PM
To:
undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: MAIL CALL NO. 1549- 517TH PRCT-MAY
23, 2008
70 Pleasant St. Cohasset,
MA. 02025 ,781 383 0215 * Mail Call : Ben Barrett Ben517@aol.com
Hello,
Sign up today for National Reunion. Only 35 days until we will be in St, Louis.
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. Try to make August 15 as the deadline date so that we
wont forget to make annual contributions.
517TH ST. LOUIS REUNION BEGINS:
THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 2008 THRU MONDAY, JUNE 30, 2008
THE BANQUET WILL BE ON SUNDAY JUNE 29
Information and Registration Forms:
Daniel Curtis
To all the Troopers of the 517th,
Thoughts of all of you, your
comrades already deceased, and all those who gave the ultimate sacrifice in
battle for freedom will be in the hearts of my entire family this weekend. As I
march in our local Memorial Day parade for my Fire Company I will have thoughts
of all you brave men and all that each of you sacrificed for my family and
myself. Thank you just does not sound like enough to offer, so I will add my
daily prayers for all of you and your families. We will never forget!
Daniel
Curtis, nephew of Pfc. Danny Ogniewski Co D
Virgina Wells
Dear Ben,
I am the cousin of Bettye Davis. Bettye
invited my husband, Harvey, and me to the 517th. reunion in Palm Springs,
CA. It was a pleasure meeting and chatting with many of the 517th. men and
their families. What a fabulous group you are and I hope we can meet again
in Palm Springs.
Mail Call is so informative and brings back many
memories of the times. We are a US Navy family and were in Hawaii December
7, 1941. Our attachment to our military continues today. You and all
of our military are in our thought and prayers always, especially on this
Memorial Day.
Sincerely,
Ginny Wells (Virginia Wells)
Helen Beddow
Ben,
I have seen the Kansas graduation test several times, and I
have to say I am proud that I was born and raised (on a farm) in Kansas. I
had a couple of aunts and uncles that took that test......unbelievable compared
to today.
Helen
Jean-Loup
Dear Ben
Concerning the family of a 517 vet who will
be visiting southern France: I will be in the region of Nice in august
and September, and may be able to help them out. I can be contacted at
jean-loup@gassend.com or schyzowolf@yahoo.fr By the way, Mr Orengo and his wife are from
Sospel, southern France; not Belgium.
Jean-Loup
Chris Liddell
This picture is pretty awesome. Temps were approaching 105
and they Soldiers were wearing wool!
If after seeing it, you'd like to know more, see attached link.
Merle Traver
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