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Call : Ben Barrett Ben517@aol.com
Hello,
I sent Mail Call 1776 and my friend MAILER - DAEMON said
that it could not be delivered ,especially to comcast friends, and so I sent it
out a second time with no changes in address book and it was delivered to
all????????
Note message from Lory Curtis in you want to receive
paratrooper wings.
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Dean
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July 9-13, 2009
Recent website additions:
A Company in Life Magazine 1944
Pvt. Harry A. Hill, B Company - 200 photos and clippings
Pvt. Richard L. Lynam, H Company, KIA
Operation Dragoon After Action Reports
Mail Handling Procedure During the Invasion of Southern France
Gene Frice
all
Report on the hospitalization of Betty
Davis (Jerry Davis): The good news is that Betty is recuperating in
the the Palm Springs, Eisenhower Hospital. During the Palm Springs
517th gathering our medical specialist, daughter ("Florence Nightingale,
Karen RN"), noted Betty was apparently suffering from a serious medical
condition. At midnight, Betty was taken to the emergency room and suspicions
confirmed. On Thursday a successful operation was made and today Betty is
resting with Jerry at her bedside. Cards and get well wishes may be sent to
their home as Betty's stay in the hospital is not known. Jerry has remained in
our 517th Quality Inn until Betty's condition improves. Betty and Jerry Davis,
1501 Gary Way, Carmichael, CA 95608-5929. Jerry's cell 916 801
3800
Karen, by the way has been
nominated by the Palm Springs ER professionals as an associate member to their
staff due to her 32 hrs spent in the Palms Springs ER,
in the week, with various medical problems with members of the 517th, 2007 Palm
Springs. In fact I was present when the Supervisor in the ER said to Karen,
"Karen, why don't you just come to work in our ER, it would make it much easier
on all of us."
God Bless Betty, Jerry and all
517.
Gene Frice, F Co- Ass't ER
Supervisor
Irma Targnion
WE are so happy because you will come to Belgium. I think it is a good idea
to rent a car in Brussels (Brussels Airport) We shall try to prepare a nice
visit for you and your family in Ardennes and to visit at ease the
places Ben likes to see and of course to meet some people of our committee.
Maria will be so happy. I shall write more very soon. I'll send informations
for the roads. Best wishes and thank you for coming. Love. Irma
Irma Targnion's Story
Battle of
the Bulge
Lory Curtis
Ben,
I see on Mailcall Bob Dalrymple, Eileen Shaw and Bruce
Broudy all would like me to get them paratrooper wings with combat
star. Please have them email me at lcurtis@utah.gov so I can
correspond with each of them.
Thanks
Lory Curtis
P.S. It is nice to see my brother
Tim finally on Mail Call.
Myrle Traver
Lory Curtis, .
Put me down for one of the combat wings with the
star. Do I send the money to you or wait until the reunion?
Betty and I will be attending with our son and
daughter-in-law. See you in SLC
Myrle Traver
- The Schmidt
Bergstein Attack - Jan-Feb 1945 by Myrle Travers, F
Co
Mary Globker
Hi Ben
I would like two of the wings. How do I
order them?
Mary Globokar
Gene Frice
Ben
A long document-recommendations?
During the Palm Springs, 2009 gathering a 517 related
document came to my attention. The 517 material is 65 years old and can be best
titled in my language "Order of Battle, 517, Italy, France, and Germany," or as
the document reads, "517 Italian Campaign, to "Dragoon." and the Ardennes," to
the end of the war, and unfortunately, the 13th Abn Div. I know no other way to
identify the document as to the headquarters, or the author.
The document came to me via Rita Davis (no relation to
Betty) and Rita's husband, another Davis (whew). I, and several others,
including Ben, examined the document. We all concluded the material had
successfully been hidden for all these years. Likely the written (hand written)
material had never been seen by Clark Archer. I wish I could identify the source
and the headquarters. It contains too much unrelated material to have been the
517th (maybe) or the First Allied Airborne Army, certainly not the
13th.
The material includes identification, in one
paragraph of the 517; starting in Toccoa, Camp Macall, and Tennessee, to our
subsequent transfer out of the 17th Div, to IV Corps and the 5th US Army in
Italy.
The documents identify no individuals. It does identify
all units, including the French, British, US, and the Germans. It identifies
cities or villages liberated (and by whom, aircraft departure points by unit.
The number of aircraft (445 sorties), parachute troops (6,500), glider forces
2600 in 410 sorties, 9,100 troops total, to include the wings and groups-to
include the aircraft for each drop zone. Wow!
I could go on and on in identifying all the data in the
15 pages of hand written documentation of how WE won the war.
Now...daughter Karen made several copies of a 15 page,
11x17 inch document (difficult) and spent $ 50.00, doing so. Im sure many 517th
members would desire copies of this most valuable bit of our history. For those
that desire a copy I would recommend a round financial figure of $ 10.00 which
would certainly cover additional copies as well as the mailing cost of
(approximately $ 5.00). Any balance will go to the 517th fund.
A second and possibly much a better option is to put
all the material on a CD-however, legibility-fine, hand printed, material may be
a problem. I would ask Ben, Bob and Wade to examine this possibility.
If you desire the mail option: Gene
Frice, Worldwide Security Services, PO Box 5459, Bend, OR 97008-5459. I'll
handle the mailing-Karen has enough to do.
Your obedient servant,
Gene Frice, F Company
Dixie Welborn
Hi, Ben ---- Please let Lory Curtis know that I would like to order one of the 517th combat
wing pins that denotes the jump into Southern France in August, '44. My husband was one
of the many troopers that made this historic jump --- Guy B. Welborn, "C" Company.
----- thanks --- and by the way, we have already made our reservations for the reunion and
are certainly looking forward to seeing all of youse' guys/gals and enjoying the many activities
that Lory has planned.
Dixie Welborn