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1st Battalion at Soy, Belgium, 22-24 December 1944
3rd Battalion at Bergstein, Germany, 4-8 February 1945
1944 Dec 14 - Hamburg Iowa Reporter - Howard Hensleigh in Les Arc
Click on Salt Lake City Reunion
Palm Springs, CA Thursday July 9 thru July 13
April 20-24,2009
Wayne Cross
Ben, I was looking through my Father's papers last night
and came across the attached picture of Col. John Lissner. Looking at this
picture of John, I recalled his funeral where his son gave a most
eloquent review of his life. John was an exceptional man. During the
war he lead Co. F of the 2nd Battalion where he was awarded the Silver Star for
action at Col de Bras and the Croix de Guerre for action at Draguignan. He
was a Gold Glove boxer, played Football and Baseball for Iona and, as I recall
the story, was delivered to the Army Induction Center by two policemen who
sported bloody and broken noses! In many respects John was the heart and
soul of the 517th because he embodied the many traits the troopers all shared in
common. I hope John, Mary Ann and Brian still check in on Mail Call as I
wanted to share this photograph with them.
-wayne
Lory Curtis
I had finalized the national
reunion a few weeks back and I believe I sent Darrell, and Claire the final
outline for the reunion from Armed Forces Reunion. I don't remember anyone
getting back with me about it being approved, but I think Darrell said it looked
good. My question is when will it appear on Mailcall and in the
Thunderbolt? Please let me know.
Thanks
Lory
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Lory send it to me and I will put it in Mail Call.-Ben
Howard Hensleigh
Dear Gilles:
I made one omission by not adding Joe Calder who was 3rd Bn. S-4 all the way through the war and back home with us.
When I returned to law school there were three of us who made it through college and the war and had gone through ROTC and OCS together. Almost all of the other students were returning veterans. It was hard to chain ourselves to the desks after three years or so on the go out doors in the Army.
My best, HH
Scott Ramsey
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Scott Ramsey
WWII Interviews
Below is a link to a
local newspaper article concerning my interviews.
http://www.newsherald.com/news/trying_69686___article.html/city_war.html
Mechanicsville, VA
While later on leave in Nice, the trooper had the picture printed and
offered it to Marinette.
Marinette is alive and well and still lives in l'Escarène.