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Michael A. Sura, H Co. biography
St. Cezaire and Les Arcs today
A Company in Life Magazine 1944
Pvt. Harry A. Hill, B Company - 200 photos and clippings
Nila Gott (Vasquez)
Not Ready To Die is the life of a man spent trying to survive in the harsh New Mexico badlands during the 1930s. World War II took him into the 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team, where he made the famous Dragoon jump. The book contains stories of his survival
Books and References about the 517th
Hi Ben, Missed you. I moved and just finally got settled. Please put me back on your list. I"m at oknerr@comcast.net. Hope you all had a good time at the reunion. Oscar Knerr
Hi Ben,
Just wanted to let you know that the article about the
517th from last week’s Mariner appears to have been picked up by many
of the weeklies across Massachusetts as well as both dailies and weeklies across
the country.
Thus far I know it is in publications in Connecticut,
California, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas and Maryland. In MA it appeared in the
Brockton Enterprise, Waltham, Norwood, Taunton to name a few.
In case someone is in touch and says they saw you “in the
news” that’s why!
I’ll look one up and send you the link. Have a safe trip home
and will see you soon!
MJ
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WWII vet uses Web to
stay connected - Leesville, LA - Leesville Daily Leader
Source: leesvilledailyleader.com Bob Barrett
Betty, I just added the Biography and photos to the web site. I also found a couple of other notes about Myrle that I tacked onto the end. http://www.517prct.org/bios/myrle_traver/myrle_traver.htm Let me know if you want any changes. Bob Barrett -----Original
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From: Betty Traver [mailto:mybet@cox.net] Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 11:38 AM To: webmaster@517prct.org Subject: Pictures Bob, Picture on left taken April 1943 just before Myrle went into the service. He was 18. Picture on right taken in DC 2007. He was 82 ans is now 84. Picture of Myrle between his friend and his brother. Myrle was on furlough. We do not have a formal picture of him in his uniform. Betty | |
Ben, we were off the computer for over a year when we moved
from Colorado to Florida (Florida is now our permanent home). Yes, we are
planning on being in Kissimmee in January. We enjoyed the people so much
in Salt Lake and hope to attend another national reunion.
We
haven't been getting Mail Call and would like to be on that distribution list
again. We changed our Email address and don't mind who knows the
address. Our new Eaddress is:
paratrooper517@hotmail.com
Billie has been going into the archives and
printing those out for me to read (the ones after the closing of the Salt Lake
reunion).
We pray you are preserving your strength so all your helpers
can continue to have your input regarding the 517th.
Thank you
Ben!
Lucky Hiers