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
Website
www.517prct.org
Mail Call Ben517@aol.com
Mail Call Archives www.517prct.org/archives
Roster
www.517prct.org/roster.pdf
| 517th PRCT Auxiliary Mission Statement |
| 517th PRCT Auxiliary Member Application 2007-2008 |
| 517th PRCT Auxiliary Officers and Committee Members 2007-2009 |
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
7470 Highway 192 West
Kissimmee, Florida 34747
Tele: 1(800)327-9170 FAX 1(407)396-4320
web site: www.ramadagateway.com
Contact: Leila Webb
4155 Kissimmee Park Road
St. Cloud, Florida 34772
Tele:(407)892-3595
Welcome to Texas!!
Please give a call when you get here. I live a few hours away.
Please let me know if there's anything I can do to help you both get
settled. You won't need those heavy coats this winter!
Sincerely, gratefully and respectfully yours,
Gina Votti
daughter of Carl Votti, Company B
512-444-8000 (office & cell)
Hello gentlemen!
My name is Greg Morehead and I was honored to be at St Charles County Airport for the performance of the Commemorative Airborne Jump Team. I'm working on a story for Warbird Digest which is about the partnership between the warbird operators, such as the CAF and the Black Sparrow, and the jump teams, and how their teamwork offers a unique living history experience.
I think your thoughts as veterans of the REAL paratroopers of WWII is a critical component to the article.
If you have time could you please answer a few questions for me? If I use any material I will be sure to quote you as the source!
1.) How do you feel about reenactment jumps such as the one the CAJT and the Black Sparrow performed in St Louis?
2.) Did the face to face interaction with the young jumpers bring back a flood of memories? Any specific thoughts you'd like to share?
3.) Do you feel the CAJT's representation was accurate?
4.) Any other thoughts?
Take care and God Bless You!
Greg Morehead, Staff Photographer
Warbird Digest
513-267-3154
Here SHE is, the USS New York, made from the World Trade Center !
USS New York
It was built with 24 tons of scrap steel from the World Trade Center .
It is the fifth in a new class of warship - designed for missions that include special operations against terrorists. It will carry a crew of 360 sailors and 700 combat-ready Marines to be delivered ashore by helicopters and assault craft.
Steel from the World Trade Center was melted down in a foundry in Amite , LA to cast the ship's bow section. When it was poured into the molds on Sept 9, 2003, 'those b i g rough steelworkers treated it with total reverence,' recalled Navy Capt. Kevin Wensing, who was there. 'It was a spiritual moment for everybody there.'
Junior Chavers, foundry operations manager, said that when the trade center steel first arrived, he touched it with his hand and the 'hair on my neck stood up.' 'It had a big meaning to it for all of us,' he said. 'They knocked us down. They can't keep us down. We're going to be back.'
The ship's motto? 'Never Forget'
Please keep this going so everyone can see what we are made of in this country!
