From:
DGentry509@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 11:07
PM
To: webmaster@517prct.org
Subject: MAIL CALL NO. 398
517TH PRCT December 17, 2002
Hello,
Thanks
to all for letting me know that they received the photos in last Mail Call. Most
seem to have gotton them without any problem. The photos reminded those that
were there about the cold and snow.. It was the coldest winter in Europe for the
preceding fifty years.
Ben
Website--members.aol.com/prct517/
or prct517.home.attbi.com
Mail
Call--Ben517@aol.com
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Subj: Questions from
Father
Date: 12/16/2002 5:23:26 PM Eastern Standard Time
From:
lory.curtis@jordan.k12.ut.us
Ben,
My father, Bud Curtis has two questions. First, he received 3 purple
hearts while assigned with the 517th. Is there any way to find out dates,
and places those awards were issued? Second, my father would like to know
what medals and awards, if any the French government gave to the 517th? He
has heard of a Liberty Freedom Medal that WWII veterans have received from the
French government.
Thanks for your help.
Lory Curtis, son of Bud
Curtis
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Subj: 517 wings background
patch
Date: 12/16/2002 7:51:56 PM Eastern Standard Time
From:
eharger@chartermi.net
Hi
Ben:
Great job
keep it up! Bulge pics came thru here great, I could almost feel the
cold!
A friend in
Belgium wants to know the colors of the little patches for our wings. I know the
517's was blue with a silver edge, what was the color of the 460th. and
596th.?
Anyone out
there that can help, thanks.
More later, I'm afraid some of you old warriors
are getting senile. Acknowledging the request for brevity, and fully
appreciating the effort required for our news letter, I'll try
to educate those of you piecemeal. I have a sound
clip of
Dan Rather
interviewing a FEMA agent ff the 911 tower attack during which the agent says,"
We were sent to NY the eve of Sept. 10 to handle the attack on Tues".!!!!!!! or
words to that effect.
I will
forward to anyone interested! as I said more later.
Blue Skies
El
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Subj:
Re: MAIL CALL NO. 397 517TH PRCT
Date: 12/16/2002 8:56:24
PM Eastern Standard Time
From: Genesir
Ben,
The
entire message and photos came thru just fine via AOL. Good job-and I
appreciated your jumping on the museum for their recent mis-identification of
the 517. I will be in FL in Jan (actually will be there several weeks prior on
something else). I believe you were listed as one of the "volunteers." See ya
and thanks.
Gene Frice, F
Co.
PS check out: http://www.earthviewer.com/evhtml?tfile=ccim.v3%2Fnav_center.html&vfile
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Subj:
Re: MAIL CALL NO. 397 517TH PRCT
Date: 12/16/2002 9:07:28 PM
Eastern Standard Time
From: MMcmor8391
Ben:
I also am on aol and
the pictures are fine.
Merry Christmas and thanks for all you do to keep
this outfit alive and
well.
Merle
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Subj:
Re: MAIL CALL NO. 397 517TH PRCT
Date: 12/16/2002 9:40:03 PM
Eastern Standard Time
From: NHerren
To: Ben517
I received the pictures and it looks very cold
there as I have heard it was.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.
Naomi
Herren
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Subj: Re: MAIL CALL NO. 397
517TH PRCT
Date: 12/16/2002 9:43:23 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: TDorman323
To: Ben517
Pictures
came through perfectly. Thanks for sharing. My dad always got very sad this time
of year. He really grieved for the guys who did not make it home.
All the
best,
Tom
Dorman
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Subj:
Re: MAIL CALL NO. 397 517TH PRCT
Date: 12/17/2002 12:45:42 AM
Eastern Standard Time
From: obmb@msn.com
Hello Ben,
Pictures received - and
Oscar says it was cold. Thanks a bunch,
Merry Christmas.
Martha
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-Subj: RE: MAIL CALL NO. 397
517TH PRCT
Date: 12/17/2002 9:21:36 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: RayhessR@netscape.net
Good
Morning Ben! I received the Photos Okay. After I finished looking at them I was
shivering. Just thinking how cold I was and how scared Best regards Ray
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Subj:
Re: MAIL CALL NO. 397 517TH PRCT
Date: 12/17/2002 9:34:30 AM
Eastern Standard Time
From: seitz2@webtv.net
Ben, got the
photo. Airborne all the way. Always , many thanks for all
you do
in keeping us together. Warm best wishes. Dick
Seitz.
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Subj:
RE: MAIL CALL NO. 397 517TH PRCT
Date: 12/17/2002 10:38:59 AM
Eastern Standard Time
From: lory.curtis@jordan.k12.ut.us
To: Ben517@aol.com
I just saw the picture of the 517th moving up to
St Vith. My father, Bud Curtis was with HHC, 1st BN when all of you
entered the Battle of the Bulge. I asked him how he kept warm. He said,
“you never stopped moving.” I next asked him how he kept his feet from
freezing. He said, “ I had on 13 pairs of socks and over shoes (galoshes).
How any of you survived just the elements is beyond me, let alone being
engaged in combat. I remember being deployed to Korea as an Army
helicopter pilot, living in a tent, in the snow, in the winter time, and dealing
with what I thought were hardships. I never had it so easy compared to
what you folks had to deal with. To all members of the 517th and everyone else
that was there, thank you for your service to our country, and making it
possible for me to enjoy the freedoms of America.Lory V. Curtis, MAJ, AV, USA
(Ret)
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Subj: Thanks
Date: 12/17/2002 11:28:40 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: LiddellDesigns@cs.com
To: Ben517
Good morning old friend.
The "old" part doesn't mean "old
in age" just being a friend for more than a short time. :-) Anyway, I
don't consider 41 as being old. ;-)
I just wanted
to say thanks for posting my petition on the 517th web-site. I'm sorry to
have to ask you this again but, when and where is the upcomming reunion going to
be held this year. I have had 3 or 4, 517th members ask me to please come
so they can meet me in person. (some of the ones that I have continued to
coorspond with over the past 3-5 yrs.) Mearle McMorrow and Gene Frice and
yourself are three of them. I'm really going to try to make it this
year. Hopefully, business will pick up by then so I can go.
(business has been worse this year than ANY year since i started my business 10
yrs. ago. even the first year!) My income will be less than half, this
year, than it was last year. Needless to say, Tammy and I are having to
tighten our belts. The good thing is that we havn't been late on any
payments or missed any meals.
Back to work I
go.
Have a great Christmas and New
Years!!
Chris
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Subj:
Missed reports
Date: 12/16/2002 9:50:51 PM Eastern Standard
Time
From: hammel@coastalnet.com
To: Ben517@aol.com
Appreciate the reports. Changed servers but not my address and had
problems for a few days If convient please send me 393 and 394
Dick
Hammel
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Subj:
Web site stats
Date: 12/17/2002 12:16:40 PM Eastern Standard
Time
From: rbarrett@alum.mit.edu
Dad,
For your info, we have been keeping some
statistics on who has visited the 517th web site for the past year or so.
303 days to be exact. During this time, we have tracked 5732 visitors,
from 40 different domains/countries, and from every continent. I thought
you might be interested in the geographic breakdown of what countries have
visited the site, so I have attached a picture of the stats.
Unfortunately, anyone coming from a business location (.com) or a network
provider (.net) will not show the country, but most of those are US
based.
Bob
