From: Ben517@aol.com
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 7:08 PM
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: MAIL CALL NO 1763- 517TH PRCT- APRIL 3, 2009
 70 Pleasant St. Cohasset, MA. 02025 ,781 383 0215 * Mail Call : Ben Barrett  Ben517@aol.com 
 
Hello
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Leo Dean has informed me of gifts for the Film project from Kathy Perkowski, Mickey Moses, Jeff Barrett, and Steve, Anfelina, Rosalinda and Trevor Markle
 
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Darrell Egner

Ben

I received the attached E-mail from a very dear friend, Janice Smith.  Her husband John and I Officiated Tennis for about 26 years.  Janice was the CEO of the First Coast Tennis Foundation in North Florida and received grants for FCTF and helped get money for our Umpires Association.  She and John decided to retire and move to the Tenn. Mountains.

As you can see she has offered to help the 517 PRCT obtain a grant for our Movie Project.  The purpose of this message is to get the opinions of our members to see if we should pursue this kind offer.  Without the full cooperation of many people in the 517 this project would never get off the ground.  Just to name a few key people that would need to help is,  Leo Dean,  Ben Barrett, Bob Barrett, Howard Hensleigh, Dick Seitz, Rob & Mary Lloyd McDonald (Movie Producers), Helen Beddow and Darrell Egner and way to many others too many to name in this Memo.

All of you please respond to me at BIGDEGNER@COMCAST or through Mail Call and let me have your opinions.  Should we proceed or not?  I am completely sold on the Movie and with a grant who knows this could help to get on PBS or other channels.  The purpose of the Movie is to let our children and the World know what a small Combat Team did to keep America free.

Darrell Egner
President 517 PRCT


----- Forwarded Message -----
From: bigdegner@comcast.net
To: DARRELL EGNER
Sent: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 21:05:59 +0000 (UTC)
Subject:

Darrell,

I was reading Mail Call about the possibility of a grant for the film
project.  Just wanted you to know that I'd be happy to help with the grant
writing process, if the group decides to go after one.

I'm not a professional grant writer, and there may be one of those in your
group of someone affiliated with your group.  But I have been moderately
successful with grant apps to USTA and related sources.  A lot of
cooperation between the grant writer, org. Treasurer, and a "facts about the
organization" person will be involved.

Janice Smith, Tournament Manager
ATP Gator Bowl Junior Tennis
Championships
904.910.8820

Bob Dalrymple
 
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Wesley Perry
Thanks Mr. Hensleigh

I m reading more and I m thinking that He started with the 13th and some how was moved to the 1st Allied Task Force.  I have promotion papers from the 1st Allied task force promoting my grandfather from corp. to Sgt.  What would you make of this information.  Im just reading and learning about all of this so I m trying to put it all together.  Any advice you may have is helpful.  Did the 517th get attached to the 82nd later in the war.  If you would like I could also email you some more pictures and documents.  Send me an email addy to makwaperry@yahoo.com. or call me at 517-515-9588.  I would love to talk with you.

Thanks

Wesley Perry

--- On Tue, 3/31/09, Ben517@aol.com <Ben517@aol.com> wrote:

From: Ben517@aol.com <Ben517@aol.com>
Subject: (no subject)
To: makwaperry@yahoo.com
Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2009, 11:16 PM

Note to Wesley Richard Perry:  I cannot be helpful in the details of your grandfather's assignment to parachute units, but will do what I can.  First, you have it right that the major battles listed for your grandfather fit the 517th, and I know of no other parachute outfit they do fit.  The 517th was the parachute regiment of the 17th Division in 1943, but we were not part of the 13th Division until our combat was over in the spring of 1945.  We were scheduled to jump across the Rhine with the 13th in the spring of 1945, but Patton drove 50 miles in two days and crossed the river at Worms, right where we were to land and the jump was cancelled at the last moment.  The rest of the 13th never saw a day of actual combat.  The 17th came over from England well after the bulge hit, were hauled in by truck, although some will tell you they jumped in, and did see combat through the rest of the European campaign.  There is a slight possibility that your grandfather was transferred into the 82nd late in 1944, but if he was with us, many of our high point men went into the 82nd after VE Day.  Others with some search engines may be able to give you more details.  Best regards, Howard Hensleigh
Don Gentry
 
Lud Gibbons
Hi Darrell
 
I will get in touch with Gene Frice we will figure something out for the Plaques, and submit it for review!
 
Lud Gibbons
From an old Mail Call

Hi Ben,
I think this letter was from the young German in the book
Battling Buzzards. Page page 256    The letter was with some of my fathers war things.
I wish I had his sisters address, or knew who she was..
Becky