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Ben
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, Location:
Ramada Hotel & Inn Gateway
Tele:
1(800)327-9170 FAX
1(407)396-4320
Contact: Leila Webb, Helen Beddow and
Lou Darden
Tele:(407)892-3595
Room Rate
- $65.00
Registration Fee - $40.00
Palm
Springs, CA
West
Coast Party
April 20-24,
2009
Gene
Frice
Ben,
for Kathy Perkowski (Walt
Perk)
Kathy,
I saw your email in our 517 Mail Call. I
have known your dad and Carol quite well for all these years since the start of
the 517. How come he can stress everyone out at the gym and can't press a comp
key-he always was stubborn. Sorta fits the bill for F Company.
We have lost many of our comrades over the
years. I don't know if he heard we lost another F Company fighter last week,
Gary Davis of the 2nd Plt passed after a long fight with cancer. Members of my
family traveled to Spokane to be with the Davis tribe. He was another fine
soldier. Jeanne may be reached at jgdavis101@netzero.net
My wife (Margaret) and I used to visit
with your Dad and Mom just about once or twice a month when I was an
instructor at Fort McPherson in Atlanta in their Terrorism program. We used to
occasionally stay with them and they would accompany us on frequent occasions to
the fort club. Saw them at a reunion several years ago, but sure miss seeing
them on a monthly basis. Is your mom still the champion bowler and Walt at the
gym?
Drop me a line and "yo all" come to the
next reunion-and get them there.
Regards,
Lyn Vickers
Hi Ben....
I am down in Harlingen TX taking care of my
sick mother. Imagine my surprise when on the local TV they showed a bldg
at the S. Texas Academy for Med Tech being named for a
paratrooper....little did I realize that it was a member of the 517th, Erwin
Scott..as I see in this MAIL CALL. They had a very nice news item on it
this past week. When I saw his picture from WW2 & the paratrooper
patch on him, I was determined to look & see if he was a member.
Thanks to his nephew, Scott Atkinson, I dont have to do any
research.
Gas is $1.77 here & the weather is
lovely....tho I cant wait to get back home to NW Florida!
Happy Vets Day--one vet to
another!
Lyn Burton-Vickers
The Widdah Lyn and The Fine Old Gent, Cocoa
(Poopin
Pepper the Crappin Cajun--May she rest in
peace--1998-2008
Robert Kennedy
Robert W Kennedy
Happy Birthday Walt PERKOWSKI FROM ANOTHER F COMPANY 85
YEAR OLD BUDDY.
Hi Frank,
Click on link and scroll down and you will find a photo with
Ismael. Name is misspelled but we had only one Ramos in H
Co.
Frank Ramos
Ben: Thank you so much for the photo, that was
real exciting to see him in the field with his buddies. I have sent a copy
of your note and the attached pictures to all my family including grand
kids. Bill Ford (Company H) has a photo of my brother taken
somewhere in France in front of a church door with a bunch of guys some before
they went on a patrol according to Ford. Bill showed it to me
in Atlanta, GA when I met him the first time at his home and misplaced to
photo before he could make a copy for me. I will call him to tell
him about this photo and may know the fellows in the picture.
Fred Harman and Herb "Bill" Ford, both referred it my
brother as "Ray-mus" for Ramos. Thus, the misspelling of
Ramous.
Best