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information Mail Call No 1916
Len Kneale
Hi Ben,
Thank you for the mention of James Victor
Quarante passing on Thanksgiving. My wife "Wanda Quarante Kneale" of Castro
Valley, Calif. is Vic's oldest daughter. He also has two other daughters Lynda
Keen of Jamestown, Ca. and Vikki Ghafari of Moraga Calif. His son James lives in
Newark, Calif.
Vic has 9 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
On Christmas day we had approx. 40 members of the family over for dinner
and we held a memorial for Vic. His grand daughter Sahra wrote a short biography
of Vic a couple of years ago, he really enjoyed it when she interviewed him for
this. Vikki read the bio and there weren't many dry eyes in the house. We're
sure Vic was there with us and his spirit I know will be felt by all of us
especially at Christmas, as this was his favorite holiday. He was devoted to his
wife Patricia who passed 3 1/2 yrs. ago. and his children and grand children and
great grand children. All of his children spoke at the memorial and talked about
their dad, and the joyous times that were had at their house. He would call all
of the kids at 5:00 a.m. every Christmas morning to make sure everyone was awake
and ready to bring the kids to their house to start the day.
We will all
miss him, and look forward to seeing him when our time comes.
Thank you
again for all that you do for the hero's of this
country.
Sincerely,
Len Kneale
Michael Wells
Hello to all the 517th members, Auxiliary, European friends and those
that peruse this website! I hope that Christmas was good for you and that
2010 will be a great year for making great memories.
Just a note to let folks know that there have been conversations going on
about the possibility of a National Reunion for 2010. More to come on this
topic after the holidays are over.
Wanted to give a public THANK YOU to Wade Gilbert (IAVI)
for making the 517th Video available to so many. I am sending a copy
to each of my sisters; who are spread from the Bahamas to Washington
state! Couldn't think of a better gift!
Last but not least, certainly a heartfelt THANKS to you, Ben, and to Bob,
for the work you do to keep this website current and a VERY valuable source of
information for persons looking for information about the 517th in
particularly and WWII in general.
I will be updating my step-father's (Chester A. Wells) information
shortly; to include new information and information about letters he sent
home.
May God Bless!
Michael Wells
Aux. Pres.
Hello!
Someone has just signed your guestbook!
Name: Max
Whipps
From: Portland, OR
E-mail: webmaster@14cav.org
Great
Website! It gives me something to shoot for.
Michael Wells
Ben:
I'd like to start on the G and I company morning reports that you sent
to me. Do you have any objections if I were to ask on MailCall if anybody
else would like to help with this endeavor? If others were to help, I'd
have to send them some of the morning reports to transcribe; I would do my
best to keep them from getting "lost!"
If there is a National Reunion in 2010, I'd like to have the reports
available for folks to peruse. I have found the H company reports to be
fascinating; from a personal and historical perspective!
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Get all the help that you can. I would have done them myself if the task
was easy. I had offers from others to do other battalions or companies and
if they are still willing to do so they can send me a mailing address and I will
send them copies and as Michael has found out it is not a piece of cake. - Ben
Pat McCarey
Update on Shirley,,,
We found out late this afternoon (after knowing
what else she had) Mom
has had another Stroke on Christmas. It has set
her back somewhat but
not really that bad. She is a trooper and will
come out of it.
As always keep the Prayers a coming and going
!!
thanks,,,,,
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"In God we
Trust"
John 14-6
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