Hello,
I try to answer all questions that I receive either in the guestbook or in Mail Call. I do place them in "Mail Call" so that others who may have more information than I do can add it to them.
Ben

Website-----------------members.aol.com/prct517/

Mail Call-----------------Ben517@aol.com

_________________________________________________________                         

Subj: Laying On the Deck
Date: 12/12/2001 7:34:35 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: BoomBoomAlicki
To: Ben517

Howard Hensleigh was correct regarding  my grammar.........Howard it was just the Brooklyn coming out of me...."youse guys."  Laying or lying they were still cuddled under those blankets.
                                                         Boom Boom
_____________________________________________                    

Subj: Re: MAIL CALL 195 517TH PRCT
Date: 12/12/2001 7:49:19 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: JOEMACK610
To: Ben517

Hi Ben,
   That poem submitted by Falbey was a doozy - it was great and amusing and it gave us all a good laugh - that's what we all need at a time like this - it kind of lifts the spirit to know that there is something out there that gives us something to laugh at besides gloom and doom.
    I would like to wish all in the 517th family a MERRY CHRISTMAS ans A HAPPY NEW YEAR - GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND THIS GREAT COUNTRY.

                                             Joe Mackiewicz
__________________________________________________________________________________________--

Subj: Seargent Rock
Date: 12/12/2001 8:23:43 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: Kmeisear15
To: Ben517

What ever happened to Sergeant Rock of co C?  Ed Meise wanted to know
_________________________________________________________________________----
Entry of Jun 9, 2001 at 17:48 [EST]
Name: Ronald J. Rock
Unit:
EMail: DAROCKS4@aol.com
How I found the 517th page: From a search engine
Comments: My father was SGt. Robert J. Rock of C company. I am looking for anyone who can give me some information about his army days. I attended a reunion with him in the early seventies at Ft. Bragg. I was just a young boy then. He passed away in 1977 and I would like to find some of his army buddies. Please contact me if you have any information. Sincerely Ronald J. Rock
________________________________________________________________________                               

Subj: Re: Mail Call 195
Date: 12/12/2001 8:02:20 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: BoomBoomAlicki
To: Ben517

Michael Lind seeking information on NEIL SCHMID.  Trooper  assigned to Regimental Headquarter, Demolition Platoon was a RICHARD V. SCHMITT.
I believe Neil Schmid was in the 2nd Bn. Michael Lind should write or telephone Clark Archer at 525 N Halifax Ave, Apt # 6, Daytona, Beach, Fl 32118, Tel. No. 386-258-6033. Good luck.
                                                                             Boom Boom
___________________________________________________________________________                    

Subj: Re: Mail Call 195
Date: 12/12/2001 8:27:31 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: Ben517
To: BoomBoomAlicki

Hi Boom Boom,

   The 1994 Christmas roster has a Neil F. Schmid Tech. fifth gr. Also has a Pvt. Richard V. Schmitt.
Ben
__________________________________________________________________   

Subj: Schmid & Schmitt
Date: 12/12/2001 9:02:57 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: BoomBoomAlicki

Ben
I believe we  trashed this out earlier in the year when the SCHMID grandson was seeking info. He was directed to me  I provide him with all the information on Schmitt (confusing isn't it) which was incorrect until we contacted Clark Archer who set the record straight.
How are you doing for an ole Trooper? Hope all is well with you and your family. All is well on this end. Keeping in shape as well as I can and grateful to be allowed  to see the sun rise each day.
                                                                    Boom boom

_____________________________________________________________________________________

Subj: Re: MAIL CALL 195 517TH PRCT
Date: 12/12/2001 9:31:33 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: hhensleigh@earthlink.net
Dear Ben:

Lt. Gen. McNeill is a great successor to Mat Ridgeway and Dick Seitz.  We knew Mat was good, but he proved it again in Korea. 

May bin Laden soon have a face to face opportunity for forgiveness.  Or, as suggested by the last verse of our poem of the day, may he be brought to justice in a place that's a little warmer than his caves.  Howard Hensleigh
_______________________________________________________________________

Subj: jesse update
Date: 12/12/2001 10:18:13 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: Ltlpws5355

i thought i would write to all of you instead of one at a time.  dad has alot of friends.
to day he was transferred out of icu and up to a medical surgical floor.  good thing as he fell last nite in icu with a nurse standing next to him.  they didn't tell me.  i found out late today....he got all his tubes out nose, bladder, etc.  he has a drain left in his belly.  he walked in the hall alll around the unit and was very short of breath but did ok.  he was exhausted when i left and just wanted to sleep.  no hallucinations today.  has required no pain meds today so he was not seeing bugs or ducks....tomorrow he should get to start to eat and drink.  so it will be a lot of walking....he is doing excellent after what he went thru......more tomorrow..... and ben, all he wanted to see was his mail calls he's missed about the 517th....kathy
                                       *****************
How about sending messages to Jesse by regular mail, email(Ltlpws@aol.com) or via "Mail Call."
Ben

______________________________________________________________________________________

Subj: Fwd: HI from Texas
Date: 12/13/2001 10:01:16 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: jalicki@yahoo.com

Ben
With Shirley McCarey's permission, I submit her
message for MAIL CALL.
        Boom Boom
Note: forwarded message attached.

Hi ---

Husband Curley and I maybe twice a week, stop off at the little Donut shoppe on the highway --- yesterday, I stopped in by myself and half of "the group" was there --- these are all widows, and retired guys.    Anyway, one of the fellas told me last week, that he loved reading books about history - I told him about "The Battling Buzzards" - so yesterday, brought him my book.    One of the fellas at the table looked the book over and I showed him the picture of Seitz - he said he knew him or OF him.  That he, during the 60's, was in CO. C, in the 173rd Airborne Brigade.   He was in Okinawa.     His name is Julian Meadows.   I know ya'll don't know him, but just wanted you to know that it's still a small world.  

Have great Holidays.

Love,     Shirley
_________________________________________________________________________________________________-

Subj: Re: Laying On the Deck
Date: 12/13/2001 11:16:22 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: hhensleigh@earthlink.net
Hi Ben,

I did appreciate John Alicki's response.  It's good to know that others remember for two reasons.  It confirms what really happened  and secondly it confirms that two old geezers like Boom Boom and me still have brain cells that function.  And, Boom Boom not only survived the 517 escapades, he survived Pearl Harbor.  HH
___________________________________________________________________________                                    

Subj: Re: MAIL CALL 195 517TH PRCT
Date: 12/13/2001 12:00:12 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: CackyG
To: Ben517

Congratulations on over 10,000 hits on web site.  I'm very glad you had the nerve to tackle setting up this site for all the 517th to enjoy. 

Mail Call is getting better and better with so many of the guys posting their stories.  Thanks to all of you who take the time to do this. 

Dot Lubic
__________________________________________________________-                                 

Subj: Santa Rosa Trip
Date: 12/13/2001 2:23:32 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: Genedie77

Ben, those of us who shared the ship with WACS obviously have a few stories, especially if we were lucky enough to have a lady to share the long days at sea.
Those who did had little time to go to the ships store to buy gum, candy, etc. So my good friend Roger Bender and I went into business. With five dollars each we bought about 300 items at three cents each and strolled the decks selling them for five cents each. This business continued for about 12 days resulting in a profit of over $100.00 for each of us. Those young folks sure liked to chew and eat candy or what ever else we could find to eat. Too bad we couldn't sell blankets because the cool night air must have been uncomfortable.
Gene Brissey
____________________________________________________________________________-                     

Subj: Fw: 
Date: 12/13/2001 6:31:33 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: chrcook@juno.com
To: Ben517@aol.com

--------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Harry K Saunders" <trooper@softdisk.com>
To: "Bob Christie" <chrcook@juno.com>
 
Hello Bob.  I am not going to make it down for the reunion in January.  The Doctor does not want me to do any traveling for a while until he can find out what my trouble is.  He did tell me that my heart was enlarged then I have some other problems.  Boy it is hell when you get old.  I was really looking forward to seeing ever one.  But it seems like every time I want to go some place I have a problem.   Harry K. Saunders