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Hi Ben:   I agree with Mary Jane.  It is time to reprint the Article she wrote on you.  I know you do not like to bring attention to yourself but I really believe many people, I for one would enjoy reading Mary Jane's article again !!!!!!!   BOB----IF YOUR DAD WILL NOT RUN THE ARTICLE IN "MAIL CALL" COULD YOU PLEASE RUN IT.   Happy Valentines Day all.   Chris Lindner Chris                                               We have many articles on the web site concerning 517 members and would like to get more stories, whether by members themselves or by relatives or friends of members. We need present troopers to tell us stories about troopers who are no longer with us or about troopers with whom we have little or no information. Tom Cross promised to sent information about Dave Armstrong. Lou Scaringi mail below is what we want to know about.   We now have on the web site Many historical items about the 517.Click on sites below. - Ben   Training and WWII Photos                     517th History and Archives:    Meet the Troopers                  Soldier Stories         WWII Recollections - Soldier's Stories   Lou Scaringi   Ben, I just read Mail Call 1720 that Tom and Wayne Cross are making headway in researching the problems of the 551st PIR trying to keep contact with the 517th PIR at Trois Ponts.  This called to mind an action I experienced during that operation for which I received the following citation: Award of Bronze Star Medal Technician Fourth Grade Louis T. Scaringi (then Corporal), 33 783 720, 517th Parachute Infantry, United States Army, for heroic achievement near Trois Ponts, Belgium, 3 January 1945.  Technician Fourth Grade Scaringi was serving as radio operator for his battalion commander when it was discovered that the battalion's right flank was being mistakenly subjected to the small arms fire of another friendly unit, which had come up in the rear.  Operating difficulties made contact by radio with this unit impossible and Technician Fourth Grade Scaringi volunteered to go to the unit's  forward elements and stop the fire upon his comrades.  Under heavy enemy artillery, mortar and small arms fire, plus the small arms fire of the friendly unit, he traveled to the unit's advance line and halted its fire upon his battalion's right flank.  His action undoubtedly saved the lives of some of his comrades and was an inspiration to all who witnessed it.  Entered the military service from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.                                                        E. G. Chapman,                                                    Major Gereral, U. S. Army                                                              Commanding After the was in Europe ended, I was transferred to the 82nd Airborne in Berlin for occupation duty where I was awarded this medal by COL Reuben Tucker, Commander of the 504th PIR.  This touches on the difficulty we had in radio transmission and reception in the Trois Ponts area, perhaps because of the terrain.  I hope Tom and Wayne are successful in their efforts.  Pat Seitz and Allan Greer   Ben:  Happy Valentines Day to all the members of the 517th, their families and many supporters in France and Belgium, with a special valentine of gratitude to you and Bob for all that you do to keep us connected in mind, spirit and email!  Please let Ms. Hanron know she has some great ideas.  We've delighted in hearing of the 517th members encounters with 10th graders and their recognition of you!  Pat Seitz and Alan Greer Steve Markle   Ben,       I was researching another member of the 517 recently (Arthur L Markle) to determine whether he is (distantly) related to our family, and came across the full manifest of the ship Madawaska Victory on August 20, 1945 that carried the majority of the returning members of the 517 from the War in Europe. I see that you have a few pages displayed on the site already, but if anyone is interested in the full list, I have compiled it into a single PDF file with bookmarks.   It includes HQ and HQ CO, HQ 3rd Bat, Companies A, B, G, H, and I, along with the Medical and Service Companies attached.   It would appear that the units that followed a couple of days later on August 22, 1945 on the Oneida Victory were (at a minimum), Companies C, D, E, and F. Maybe Gene Frice or others from these Companies can comment this. I found a listing of the arrival of the Oneida Victory but it did not include the passenger manifest.   Unfortunately there are few pages that have some of the named no longer legible.   http://www.markleweb.com/gallery/d/18106-4/Madawaska+Victory+August+20+1945.pdf? (7.77mb)   If anyone knows information about Arthur, I would love to hear from you. He entered from Detroit Michigan, was wounded during the War (earning a Silver Star) and was a member of Company I.   -Steve-  Chet Lery Jr. Hi     My dad ( Chester Lery Sr. ) has a new E mail address is csm1sgt3c@verizon.net. Dad is living with me now and has had some health issues over the last two years. He moved back from Florida in 2007. Our address is 400 Walnut Creek Pike, Circleville, Ohio 43113. I am Chet Lery Jr. and if you want to send him E mails to get him back to speed with the 517 he would like that. I know he wants to hear from you. The 3cs are Chet Sr., Chet Jr. and my wife Cathy.     From 3cs