Subj: MAIL CALL NO 331 517TH PRCT
Date: 7/18/02 8:28:07 AM Pacific Daylight Time
From: Ben517
BCC:
Hello,
We now have over 180 members and friends on our email roster. I try to send Mail Call out via blind copy method so that you will only see your own name when you receive it.
Ben
Website---members.aol.com/prct517/ or prct517.home.attbi.com
Mail Call---Ben517@aol.com
___________________________________________________________Subj: the 517th
Date: 7/15/2002 3:44:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: DJordan@BancFirst.com
To: ben517@aol.com
I would like to be a part of the mailing list for the 517th. My personal
e-mail address is djordan75@hotmail.com
My great uncle Pvt. Robert A. Harp was KIA at St. Vith on 1/22/45 with the
2/517th HQ Co. Maybe I can get in contact with someone who knew him.
Thanks,
David Jordan
___________________________________________________________________________Subj: Re: MANHAY
Date: 7/15/2002 5:41:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: Mike517TH
BEN....THANKS. THAT MUST BE THE STORY I REMEMBERED SEEING WHILE STILL IN MANHAY. EDDY MONFORT PROBABLY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THAT CLIPPING FOR REPRODUCTION IN HIS BOOK. THANKS AGAIN. MIKE SPANO
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Date: 7/16/2002 8:35:08 AM Eastern Daylight Time
From: hhensleigh@earthlink.net
Dear Ben:Yesterday was a good day. Two pieces of mail made it so. July 2, I was sitting in the VA at West Roxbury, waiting as I'm sure many of you have done, so I passed the time by puling out a complimentary issue of Static Line Don Lassen had sent me. After reading the well written 517th column by our president, Allan Goodman, I had some additional time and read the 13th Division column. The subject was the formation and history of the 13th’s Recon. The writer of the column was Edmund F. Lucey, 1 Merrill Ave., Haverhill, MA, not too far from Carlisle. He mentioned that our Maxwell T. James had joined the 13th Recon. I dropped him a post card and asked if he knew Russ Miller who was with B Company through the war. He remembered. Here is his response. Russ Miller was our first C. O. He was responsible for organizing the 13th Recon. Eight of us were awaiting assignment to one of the Paratroop Divisions (82nd, 17th, 101st). We were bivouacked in a boiler room of a large building in Auxerre when Lt.. Miller asked us if we’d like to join the 13th and start a Recom. Outfit. We agreed and were assigned to a chateau just outside Auxerre. Lt.. Max James took over from Lt. Miller and became permanent C. O. We came over as paratroop replacements on the "Maurantania". It was the largest troop movement in WWII."The other letter was from Leo Dean, our Association Secretary, full of news about other members and his mini reunions with his 517th buddies. Leo was in Regimental S-1 and became Regimental Sergeant Major "just in time for the Bulge".
--- Howard Hensleigh
--- hhensleigh@earthlink.net
____________________________________________________________________________Subj: I changed e-mail address
Date: 7/17/2002 2:23:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: whgraham@frontiernet.net
To: Ben517@aol.com
Please update to whgraham@frontiernet.net
Thanks for keeping the 517th Mail Call coming in. It helps to know what Y'all did for us.
Bill Graham, son of W. Jack Graham HQ 1st
__________________________________________________________________________Subj: <no subject>
Date: 7/17/2002 10:08:05 AM Eastern Daylight Time
From: finbar@inycwireless.com
Mr. Barrett --
This update to let you know that I have e-mailed Marvin Miller and Nolan Powell regarding the battle for Hotton, Belgium, and will call Clark Archer later today.
Thanks again for your help.
Bob McDonald
___________________________________________________________________________Subj: Re: 517 Cap
Date: 7/17/2002 9:50:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: chris.lindner@lycos.com
Hi Ben:
Thanks alot for getting the cap.
I am going to St. Louis Saturday to visit my family and I am bringing my scrap book of the 517th for my family to see. I have it all put together and I think they will be surprised at the information I have. I can't wait to show them all of it.
Have a great day.
Chris
_________________________________________________________________________Subj: 517th PIR list
Date: 7/17/2002 11:20:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: DGentry509
To: Ben517
CC: baysinger1@juno.com
Hello Ben,, My name is Don Gentry. My cousin married Richard Baysinger who was a member of this Unit. He was wounded on 20 Dec 44 and off the line for a while and then returned to duty.
I was on a recent tdy to Ft. Bragg and started looking around for info after Dick told me his unit. There is a nice memoriel outside the Airborne Museum in downtown Fayetteville. After finding that, I started looking on the internet, printing pages, etc. which I took to Dick. I am tdy again and can't wait to get home as I had asked him to look over the papers and put his thoughts and stories to paper.
Dick is 80 and spry a can be. Still cuts firewood, splits, loads and gets it back to town. He had no idea about reunions or web pages. I have included him on this email as a cf. Please sign us both up for unit news and events.
I hope he will have some input to your organizations "story area".
Don Gentry
MSG Ret. USA
___________________________________________________________________________Subj: Letter About Army Life
Date: 7/18/2002 10:09:46 AM Eastern Daylight Time
From: CackyG
To: Ben517
This is another take on life in the army.
> Dear Ma and Pa:
> Am well. Hope you are. Tell Brother Walt and
> Brother Elmer the Army beats working for Old Man Minch a mile.
> Tell them to join up quick before maybe all the places are
> filled. I was restless at first because you got to stay in bed till nearly
> 6a.m.(!), but am getting so I like to sleep late. Tell Walt and
> Elmer all you do before breakfast is smooth your cot and shine
> some things -- no hogs to slop, feed to pitch, mash to mix, wood
> to split, fire to lay. Practically nothing. You got to shave, but
> it is not bad in warm water. Breakfast is strong on trimmings
> like fruit juice, cereal, eggs, bacon, etc., but kind of weak on
> chops, potatoes, beef, ham steak, fried eggplant, pie and regular
> food. But tell Walt and Elmer you can always sit between two city
> boys that live on coffee. Their food plus yours holds you till
> noon, when you get fed. It's no wonder these city boys can't walk
> much. We go on "route marches," which, the Sgt. says, are long
> walks to harden us. If he thinks so, it is not my place to tell
> him different. A "route march" is about as far as to our mailbox
> at home. Then the city guys all get sore feet and we ride back in
> trucks. The country is nice, but awful flat. The Sgt. is like a
> schoolteacher. He nags some. The Capt. is like the school board.
> Cols. and Gens. just ride around and frown. They don't bother you
> none. This next will kill Walt and Elmer with laughing. I keep
> getting medals for shooting. I don't know why. The bull's-eye is
> near as big as a chipmunk and don't move. And it ain't shooting
> at you, like the Higsett boys at home. All you got to do is lie
> there all comfortable and hit it. you don't even load your own
> cartridges. They come in boxes. Be sure to tell Walt and Elmer to
> hurry and join before other fellows get onto this setup and come
> stampeding in.
> Your loving son,
> Zeb
> P.S. Speaking of shooting, enclosed is $200 for barn roof and ma's teeth.
> The city boys shoot craps, but not very good. - Z.
>