Recent website additions:
1944 Dec 14 - Hamburg
Iowa Reporter - Howard Hensleigh in Les Arc
Electricity for Beginners;
Joigny, France, 1945
1944
Christmas V-Cards by Dick Spencer, done for the 3rd
Battalion
596th PCEC
Newsletters 1980-1983
Sospel 1944 and 2008
Pvt. Richard Whidden, D
Company
Col de Braus battle - 64th
anniversary
Sospel 1943 and nows
National Reunion
Palm
Springs, CA Salt Lake City
West
Coast Party July 8-13 2009
April 20-24, 2009
Isabel S. Carrillo
Hi Ben,
My brother Michael Carrillo send me the email that you
sent him about my dad. My name is Isabel S. Carrillo, only girl of
Mr. & Mrs. Jesus Y. Carrillo. Here an update on my folks. They
both are still living. Dad turned 92 on Christmas Day. He's getting
up there. He's had 3 small strokes and has short term memory.
His long term memory is gone. I'm not sure if he remembers any of the
past. He also has Parkinson's. So he's a little bent over making him
a little smaller then he already is. But his spirits are good and he just
keeps walking with his walker everyday. He lives alone and is doing well.
I see him every day. My mother had a stroke 3 years ago and is paralyzed
on the left side. She lost her short term memory and has keep her long
term memory. So her and dad complement each other. She reminds him
of the past. Her spirits are good also. She lives in a Nursing home not
far from where my dad lives. He sees her everyday and they spend most of
their days reminiscing the past. They are still very much in love with each
other. So, Ben please pass it on to whoever and let them know Mom and Dad
are still kicking and doing well.
Sincerely yours,
Isabel S. Carrillo
THE MUSEUM
To celebrate Martin Luther King Day, the Airborne & Special Operations
Museum will present “The Integration of the 82d Airborne,” a special
presentation by museum curator Dr. John Duvall on Monday, January 19 at 1 p.m.
at the museum.
According to Dr. Duvall, years before desegregation
the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, or "Triple Nickles," [sic] succeeded in
becoming the nation's first all-black parachute infantry test platoon, company,
and battalion.
Admission is free but will be limited to the first
250.
THE MUSEUM
Located in downtown Fayetteville, the
Airborne & Special Operations Museum is part of the U.S. Army Museum System
and tells the story of Army airborne and special operations units from 1940 to
the present. Museum hours: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon – 5
p.m. Sunday. Closed Monday; open Federal holiday Mondays. For more information
call 910.643.2774 or visit the website at
www.asomf.org
“Within a few years of the formation of the 555th Parachute Infantry
Battalion, in 1947, it was absorbed into the 82nd,” said Duvall. “As a result,
the “Triple Nickles” were some of the first black soldiers to work and train
side by side with white soldiers.”
Dr. Duval will also discuss the life
of Fayetteville’s own First Sergeant (Ret) Fred Farmer, who passed away in 2008,
and his accomplishments while with the 555th. Farmer remained in active duty for
29 years, completed two tours of duty in Vietnam, and retired as a Senior Army
Aviator. He received 34 air medals including the Master Parachutist and Glider
Badges, Air Medal with 17 Oak Leaf Cluster, two Army Commendation Medals, and
the Vietnamese Cross for Gallantry.
Actions are the seed of fate
deeds grow into destiny. Harry S.
Truman
All my
life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about
it. Harry S.
Truman
All
the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time
flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed
to do anyway. Harry S.
Truman
Always
be sincere, even if you don't mean it. Harry S.
Truman
