From:
Ben517@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 9:08 PM
To:
undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: MAIL CALL NO. 1588- 517TH PRCT-JULY
22, 2008
70 Pleasant St. Cohasset, MA.
02025 ,781 383 0215 * Mail Call : Ben Barrett
Ben517@aol.com
Hello,
Please let me know if you are interested in Headlines from the war years.
Please let me know if you want to
receive Mail Calls or if you have a problem receiving them. You can always
read back 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
517th Annual
Florida Mini-Reunion January 17,18,19, 20,
2009
Banquet on the 20th (Tuesday)
and Departing on the 21st (Wednesday)
Hosted by: Leila Webb and Donna Hilliard
Location: Ramada Hotel &
Inn Gateway
Tele:
1(800)327-9170 FAX
1(407)396-4320
Helen Beddow
Hello Ben,
I have been away from the computer
since the reunion. After leaving St. Louis, we spent a week in Kansas, and
then after coming back to Savannah, I had foot surgery. I have been out of
the Mail Call circle for a while.
First of all, I want to thank Chris
and Bev for such a wonderful reunion. The location was great, the food was
great, and most of all, seeing and being with the 517th guys and their families
was just wonderful. Hal and I enjoyed seeing our old friends and meeting
new friends this year. This year's new friends will be next years old
friends. It is such a good feeling to see many more children of the 517th
men coming to the reunions, and seeing how they interact with our vets.
They are like sponges soaking up all the information they can
get.......awesome!
Thanks to Bev Strothkamp and a trip to Circuit City
for a new camera, I have a lot of good pictures. I tried to get pictures
of everyone, but I didn't succeed in doing that. My plan is to get a
picture of everyone that attended the reunion, (group or individual) and have it
in the T'bolt. Anyone that has pictures, please send them to me, and I
will use the ones that I need. When you send them, please list their names
if possible. I wrote down a lot of names as I took pictures (scraps of
paper etc) and that has helped...........but I do need help remembering that
many names. I want to get started on the picture section for the T'bolt as
soon as possible.
Again, a HUGE Thank You to Chris and Bev
and their families for such a wonderful reunion.
Ronald Stassen (Netherlands
friend)
Ben,
It’s my pleasure to look after the Grave of Robert P
Woodhull.
We may never forget, LEST
FORGETT
Unfortunately they made a mistake on his grave stone, we are still
trying to make the correction
work.
Best regards
Ronald
Gene Brissey
Gene Brissey
Back home in Albuquerque and trying to recall
the names of the hard working people who did so much to make the reunion such a
great success and enjoyable. I have no trouble remembering Bev, Claire, Helen,
Chris and the other lovely ladies who were there to greet us old men in the
"action" room. The refreshments were great! Thank you ladies. Even some of the
troopers helped. My commander Dick Seitz and his family added a lot, and of
course Ben was always there to help us get started. Good to see you again and
often, Ben. There is so much more that I would like to say but my eyes have
trouble finding the proper keys. May I say it was a great Reunion!
Gene
Headlines from the war years. July 20,
1944
