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Hello,
Last Mail Call was No.1756, March 27, 2009
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info:
Howard Hensleigh
Note regarding the VA: Things have changed a lot since we returned
to the States in 1945. Although I lost hearing from a mine explosion in S.
France and got a purple heart for the wounds sustained, the VA at that time
would not recognize the disability. Now as Ben says it is fairly routine
to get hearing loss recognized as a disability and digital hearing aids for both
ears to boot. Howard Hensleigh
Pat
Seitz
Ben: incredible, the 2001 exchange between Mike Spano
and Fred Beyer and the addition by Bill Gearon. How do you retrieve these
jewels? Hope Rob and Mary Lloyd have access to such things.
Tom McAvoy
I was point man in Italy, H company, and the Sgt. Goldberg just before I went out came to me and
said, Tom. He had it on
pretty good authority that if I as first scout would hold my rifle by the barrel
with the stock up over my shoulder that the enemy would let me and the second
scout go by just to get to the rest of the squad (where the fire
power was). We had not gone not 50 yards until this German steps out
from behind a bunch of tall bushes and opens up on the squad with a machine
pistol and got near everyone, I dropped down out of sight as soon as I heard the
enemy fire, and rolled away from where the enemy saw me drop down and it was a
good thing as another German with a machine pistol open up on where I drop down
from before I rolled away, The
second scout was not injured either. Tom McAvoy
Grace Spano
BEN, THIS IS MIKE'S WIFE GRACE ANSWERING YOUR
MAIL. MY HUSBAND MIKE HAS PASSED AWAY ON 9/4/2008. HE WENT IN FOR A RE-DO
ON HIS HEART AND NEVER SURVIVED THE SURGERY.
I AM TRYING TO NOTIFY HIS E-MAIL FRIENDS AS THE MAIL COMES
IN.
THANK YOU FOR ASKING FOR HIM.
HE CERTAINLY ENJOYED HEARING FROM ALL OF
YOU AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT.
MIKE517TH'S WIFE GRACE
GRACE
Dear Ben,
I wish to thank you for the "Worth another look" piece you put
in Mail Call of 27Mar2009. I know I've seen, read, and copied this
information before but I never tire of reading about those Brave Young Soldiers
who stood and fought beside my uncle. Thank you for those memories from
Mike Spano, Fred Beyer and the nephew (Bill) of Lt. Ray Gearon in October of
2001. Yes, I made a hard copy, once more, of what these men
remembered.
Question: Did Mike Spano and Fred Beyer ever physically
see each other again?
Kenton Floyd Immerfall
Nephew of "Stozie"
Bob Barrett
Gene Snyder
