Hello,
We soon hope to make changes on our website including getting a domain name for it.
Ben
Website---prct517.home.attbi.com
Mail Call---Ben517@aol.com
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Subj: Re: MAIL CALL NO. 423 517TH PRCT
Date: 2/15/2003 11:57:41 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: coonas@webtv.net( June Huffman )
To: Ben517@aol.com
So sorry to hear about Ed's death. Please express my sympathy and
prayers to his family. Thank you for the information. This web is
going to keep the 517 strong. Keep up the good work!
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Entry of Feb 16, 2003 at 02:18 [EST]
Name: NEIL BLANTON SON OF WILLARD BURKE BLANTON
Unit: US NAVY
EMail: BLANTONTEMS@AOL.COM
How I found the 517th page: Other
Comments: BEN IVE BEEN TO THIS WONDERFUL SITE BEFORE. IM LOOKING FOR ANYONE WHO REMEMBERS MY DAD WILLARD BURKE BLANTON CO.B HE NEVER TALKED ABOUT THE WAR
I'VE RECEIVED ALL HIS AWARDS AND MEDALS BUT LIKE OTHER VETS HIS RECORDS WERE
DESTROYED. HIS DISCHARGE PAPERS SHOW HIM BEING IN ALL YOUR CAMPAIGNS, HE WAS WOUNDED 23 DEC 1944 RETURNED 25 DEC 1944 WHICH I TAKE WAS THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. HE LEFT THE SERVICE AS A
SERGEANT. I REALLY HOPE THIS RINGS A BELL WITH SOMEONE IN YOUR FINE ORG. LET ME CLOSE BY SAYING THANK YOU FOR MAKING OUR COUNTRY FREE
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Subj: AAAAAAAAA s
Date: 2/14/2003 11:22:28 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: abnvaquero@yahoo.com
Hi Ben, Thanks for the 'Mail Call'. Have noticed
that it consists mostly of 2nd and 3rd bn. troopers.??
I'll answer that myself, its because that is who
sends in the info...
Also a question, what is the deal on all the A A A s
interspersed in the messages I
receive? Or is my
"Model T" IMac that's the problem?
Mark Baird
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Subj: In Rememberance of Ed Flannery
Date: 2/15/2003 8:52:15 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: LiddellDesigns@cs.com
Dear Mr. Barrett,
I had just sent mr. Flannery an e-mail wishing him to get well soon. I didn't know how serious things were, I just knew from mail call that he was ill. I've corresponded with Ed Flannery many times over the years and he was a REALLY good guy. (just like all of the 517th members that I've met.) The world lost a real hero.
My condolences to you and all of his friends and family.
Sincerely,
Christopher M. Liddell
(a 517th "Grandson")
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Subj: Fwd: An American
Date: 2/15/2003 11:48:40 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: coonas@webtv.net( June Huffman )
To: Ben517@aol.com
Subject: An American
You
probably missed it in the rush of news last week,
but there was actually a report that someone in Pakistan had published in a
newspaper an offer of a
reward to anyone who killed an American, any American.
So an Australian dentist wrote the following to let
everyone know what an American is, so they would know when they found one:
An American is English, or French, or Italian, Irish, German, Spanish,
Polish, Russian or Greek. An American
may also be Canadian, Mexican, African, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean,
Australian, Iranian, Asian, or Arab, or Pakistani, or Afghan. An American
may also be a Cherokee, Osage, Blackfoot, Navaho, Apache,
Seminole or one of the many other tribes known as native Americans.
An American is Christian, or he could be Jewish, or Buddhist, or Muslim. In
fact, there are more Muslims
in America than in Afghanistan. The only difference is that in America they
are free to worship as each of
them chooses. An American is also free to believe in no religion. For that
he will answer only to God, not
to the government, or to armed thugs claiming to speak for the government
and for God.
An American is from the most prosperous land in the history of the world.
The root of that prosperity can
be found in the Declaration of Independence, which recognizes the God given
right of each person the
pursuit of happiness.
An American is generous. Americans have helped out just about every other
nation in the world in their
time of need. When Afghanistan was overrun by the Soviet army 20 years ago,
Americans came with arms and
supplies to enable the people to win back their country. As of the morning
of September 11, Americans
had given more than any other nation to the poor in Afghanistan.
Americans welcome the best, the best products, the best books, the best
music, the best food, the best
athletes. But they also welcome the least.
The national symbol of America, The Statue of Liberty, welcomes your tired
and your poor, the wretched refuse
of your teeming shores, the homeless, tempest tossed. These in fact are the
people who built America. Some
of them were working in the Twin Towers the morning of September 11, 2001
earning a better life for their
families. I've been told that the World Trade Center victims were from at
least 30 other countries, cultures, and first languages, including those
that aided and abetted the terrorists.
So you can try to kill an American if you must. Hitler did. So did General
Tojo, and Stalin, and Mao Tse-Tung, and every bloodthirsty tyrant in the
history of the world. But, in doing so you would just be killing yourself.
Because Americans are not a particular people from a particular place. They
are the embodiment of the human spirit of freedom. Everyone who holds to
that spirit, everywhere, is an American. Pass this around the world. ___________________________________________________________________
Subj: Fwd: Camp Toccoa History Project
Date: 2/15/2003 3:38:30 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: MMcmor8391
To: Ben517
File: 517th_PRCT_Intro_Ltr.doc (23040 bytes) DL Time (TCP/IP): < 1 minute
Ben:
Here is a letter which is self-explanatory:
Subj: Camp Toccoa History Project
Date: 2/15/2003 12:40:24 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: brianebehrens@hotmail.com
To: mmcmor8391@aol.com
Mr. McMorrow,
It was good talking with you this morning. Attached is my letter I would
like to have published in the next edition of the Thunderbolt newsletter.
The letter explains my project and mentions that I will be attending the
Oklahoma City Reunion this summer. I have also included in the letter a
reference to two photographs of the new monument and flagpole which will be
dedicated at the site of the former Camp Toccoa at the Camp Toccoa Reunion
in Toccoa, GA, September 25-28, 2003. I will be sending you copies of the
photographs via separate emails as well as hard copies in the postal mail.
Please include these photos with my letter in the next publishing of the
Thunderbolt.
I will also send you a check for $25 for the Thunderbolt. Please add my
name to the newsletter's mailing list.
Sincerely,
Brian E. Behrens
7555 Cavaletti Circle
Cumming, GA 30040
(770) 667-3320
brianebehrens@hotmail.com
I just started a message, then right-clicked and it gave me a menu to insert a picture. Or you can just cut and paste this one.