Palm
Springs,
CA Thursday
July 9 thru July 13
West
Coast Party
April
20-24,2009
Evan Brizius
Hello,
My name is Evan Brizius and I
am a high school student who has become interested on the wartime experience of
my great-uncle Raymond William Bosse. He said very little about his wartime
experience and died without telling any of my relatives much information.
However, I succeeded in finding a newspaper clipping listing his unit and used
that to track him to the 517th prct. I then checked him on the christmas roster
and he was listed there as technical sergeant in the 460th Artillery Battalion.
There wereonly two war
stories he told us. One was that he landed in a peach tree in Operation Dragoon.
The otherwas that the only reason he survived the war was because his jeep had a
flat tirein France sometime after Operation Dragoonwhich prevented him from
being ambushed and killed- as many others were that day. Does anyone from your
organization know anything about this second incident?
Thankyou,
Evan
Brizius
Phil Mc Spadden
Hi Ben....it's been a long time ago, but Ray Bosse
was the Battalion Supply Sergeant, under CWO Harp. I don't remember any
of his wartime scrapes, but do know he ran a good shop and took his job
seriously.
I do remember him telling me of landing in the
peach tree (or was it something else?) but I don't know of his flat tire that
'saved' his life. We can all count on little things that could have
affected our life one way or the other, and those of us who survived can count
at least one incident to that effect.
Sorry I can't tell you much more about Ray, except
that he was a real airborne type, and that says it all.
phil mc spadden
Rick Sweet
Hi Ben ,
I'm glad to see that you are back to work. Did you receive the
pictures of the 517th basket ball game ok? I thought they were neat and anything
I see about the 157th I'll try to collect it to add to the story. I own the
poker set complete with cards and poker chips that belonged to Lt Spencer during
the war. How about that? They look like they got allot of play. You have my
permission to use the pictures on mail call. I didn't know who they were
and thought most of the guys were sent home by then. I am happy that you are
feeling better! Airborne
SOB
Rick Sweet
Gilles Guignard
Dear Ben and Bob,
I have just received additional info about the trooper who took the
picture of the young French girl in l'Escarčne.
The 517th trooper who took the picture was known as "Charles".
With kind regards,
Gilles
Lory Curtis
What a beautiful commentary on the North Platte
Canteen! It made Goosebumps on me while watching!
The American
people are/were generous, loving, and kind.
Karen Goodlet
Ben, I would like to receive your mail calls at Ben517@aol.com. Thank
you ever so much. Good health to you and God Bless you. Karen
Goodlet
Mary Globokar
Thanks Ben
Have read some very interesting things.
Ed and I visited
La Rockette, on one of the tours
Teresa Messina (Airflight
attendent)
