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 8-13 2009 April 20-24, 2009
Merle Mc Morrow
Ben:
I don't know if you ended up in Berlin on
Occupation Duty after conclusion of hostilities but many of the 517 men
did. In order to pacify many who could think of nothing other than "when
do we get to go home" started education classes. I took a number of
courses and have attached copies of certificates for two of them.
I also signed up for an art course but
failed to graduate. I knew they had scheduled nude models for the
class. By the second day the instructor suggested I give up my position to
someone that would probably show more promise. I think if I had been given
more time I could have been another Picassos.
Merle
Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
From Dec 14, 1944
Hamburg Iowa Reporter - Dick Spencer's account of Howard Hensleigh in Les Arc
Merle McMorrow
Ben:
If you live long enough some strange things occur from time to time.
During the Christmas Holidays I attend the funeral of a fellow I started working with in 1949 and continued to work with until retirement in 1980. After the funeral we had lunch and I began a conversation with a fellow sitting next to me at the table. It turned out he was with Army Service Forces, Fourth Service Command headquartered at Camp Mackall N.C. In fact he said he signed the Field Order that sent the 517th overseas.
He remained at Camp Mackall throughout the war and was in charge of guarding the railroad crossings and bridges over which the train bearing President Roosevelt's body would pass. Attached is the Field Order an attachment of soldiers from Camp Mackall were responsible for in NC.
Merle
Michael Wells
That would be great.
For the Casualty reports, I posted everything Clark Archer transcribed. The problem is that I think he created this info by looking at the Morning reports, one by one, and summarizing the names of everyone who had casualties day by day. I would love to have a volunteer spend time going through the Morning reports to finish the job. But it could be difficult, since there are hard to read, and Clark knew a lot of the names and events. But if we have a volunteer, that would be great. You would have to send batches of the morning reports to that person. They should know what they are getting into. But even a little at a time would be great. Also, I would prefer to get it in electronic form, maybe in a spreadsheet, rather than in handwritten notes. Then it could be made searchable by name.
BB
