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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
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, Helen Beddow and Lou Darden
4155 Kissimmee Park Road
St. Cloud, Florida 34772
Tele:(407)892-3595
Room Rate -
$65.00
Registration Fee - $40.00
National Reunion Palm
Springs, CA Salt Lake City West
Coast Party July
2009 April 20-24,
2009
Dick
Seitz I am very
happy to report that in the fall 2008 issue of Airborne Quarterly, a National
publication is an account of E Co night crossing of th Var River and capture of
La Roquette. It is an exciting and detailed account of the brave highly qualified
517th Troopers conducting a very important and successful mission. A big
well done to the fine men of E company. Dick Seitz
Manhay Dec.
27. I don't believe that we had any
media at Manhay - Ben From Website 1945 Jan 06 - Starts
and Stripes - War Correspondent's Notebook - Col de Braus (pdf*)
Phil MccSpadden A very close friend made this up and
sent it to me for Christmas...don't know how he did or even where he got the
photos, but it shows several photos of the Sky Dive I did on my 80th birthday
with my youngest daughter, Maya. Even though the photos are small, I think
you can see we did enjoy ourselves. Saw an ad in magazine recently of some
hang glide photos from a place not far from here....think I will check it out
for my 85th b/day!! Thanks, Howard for doing this! Happy New Year to
all....love, phil
John Buchalski THOUGHT I WOULD PASS THIS ON AS YOU MAY KNOW OF SOMEONE IN
THIS JOHN.................... Nearly 11,000 survivors receiving retroactive VA payments
WASHINGTON (AFRNS) – Official from the Department of Veterans
Affairs have identified nearly 11,000 surviving spouses of deceased veterans who
will receive a lump-sum payment before the new year to correct an error in their
VA benefits. Also documented were more than 73,000 who had been previously paid. VA officials are
still tracking down eligible survivors. "I
am pleased that our task force working to correct this problem has been able to
identify this first group this week," said Secretary of Veterans
Affairs Dr. James B. Peake. "We understand the
difference these funds can make for these surviving spouses, especially during
the holiday season." Payments were
released to these survivors Dec. 29. The total value of the payments is
about $24 million. At issue is a
1996 federal law that makes a surviving spouse eligible to receive the veteran's
VA compensation or pension benefit for the month of the veteran's death.
VA officials failed to properly implement that law in all
cases. Most likely to have been affected by this
problem are surviving spouses who never applied for VA survivors' benefits
following the death of a veteran. Eligible for the payment are surviving
spouses of veterans who died after Dec. 31, 1996. The department does not
have current addresses for many
of them, which makes the process of contacting them
difficult. VA
has established a special Survivor Call Center (800) 749-8387 for spouses who
believe they may be eligible for this retroactive benefit. The call center
is open Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
CST. Inquiries may also be submitted through the Internet
at www.vba.va.gov/survivorsbenefit.htm .
(Courtesy of VA)
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