Hello,
We are keeping an email roster of relatives and friends of the 517 for a future project.. Let us know of any additions or corrections.
Ben
Website-----prct517.home.attbi.com or members.aol.com/prct517/
Mail Call--Ben517@aol.com
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Subj: Funeral on Wednesday
Date: 2/25/2003 10:57:59 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: coonas@webtv.net ( June Huffman )
To: Ben517@aol.com
I have just been advised that Joe Senter Eng 596 died on Friday. He
will be buried in the National Cemetery in Dallas on Wednesday @ 1:00.
I am pleased you have this news process going. It will help keep the
517 going and strong. Thanks.
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4/2003 12:05:16 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: hhensleigh@earthlink.net
Ben: Tom Cross's 1989 Static Line squib on REMEMBER could have been the inspiration for Tom Brokaw's book. Ike took his staff to the death camps just to record what had happened and what we brought to an end. It was so bad one of the guys fainted. The question of "was it worth it" in Band of Brothers was answered not in words, but in the discovery of the nearby death camp. No one asked that question after that.
My best, Howard Hensleigh
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Subj: Re: MAIL CALL NO 427 517TH PRCT
Date: 2/23/2003 7:03:04 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: Zoning
Ben,
Please add me to the roster of relatives:
Bosse, Jon -------------------- son of Leon Bosse
Thanks.
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Subj: Fwd: ISN'T IT AWESOME?
Date: 2/23/2003 9:36:31 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: jalicki@yahoo.com ( BOOM BOOM ALICKI )
To: ben517@aol.com
http://community.webtv.net/Marienbad/ISNTITAWESOME
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Subj: Re: MAIL CALL NO 427 517TH PRCT
Date: 2/23/2003 11:10:49 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: JOEMACK610
Hi Ben,
Tom Dormans' letter was really right to the point. Unfortunately, France is not the only country that shows ingratitude towards the United States. I only wish that somehow people would get the thought out of their minds that this thing about Iraq is all about oil. It is much more than just oil, it's for the liberation of a country full of freedom loving people who are being oppressed by a tyrant, and holding them as hostage for his own purposes. It is also for the safety of all people in Arab countries, and the suppression of terrorism which threatens the whole world.
Joe Mackiewicz
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Date: 2/24/2003 8:53:47 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: Camrod518
Hi Ben......Sorry about the blank page. What I really wanted to do was have you add a name.....Pat MacKenzie.......son of Jim.....Hdqs 2nd. Thanks a lot! Really appreciate all the work you do..........Dorothy MacKenzie
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From: ngott@neteze.com
To: Ben517@aol.com
Hi,
Thought your readers might enjoy the following.
Nila
Dear Ma and Pa;
Am well. Hope you are. Tell Brother Walt and Brother
Elmer the Marine Corps beats working for old man Minch by a
mile. Tell them to join up quick before maybe all of the
places are filled. I was restless at first because you got
to stay in bed till nearly 6 a.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. Men got to shave but it is not so
bad, they get warm water.
Breakfast is strong on trimmings like fruit juice, cereal,
eggs, bacon, etc..., but kind of weak on chops, potatoes,
ham, steak, fried eggplant, pie and other 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 again.
It's no wonder these city boys can't walk much. We go on
"route" marches, which the Platoon Sergeant 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 gets sore feet and
we all ride back in trucks. The country is nice, but awful
flat. The Sergeant is like a schoolteacher. He nags some.
The Capt. is like the school board. Majors and Colonels
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
bulls-eye is near as big as a chipmunk and don't move. And
it ain't shooting at you, like the Higgett 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 fellers get into this setup and come
stampeding in.
Your loving daughter, Gail
P.S. Speaking of shooting, enclosed is $200 towards a new
barn roof and Ma's teeth. The city boys shoot craps, but
not very good.
Nila Gott
See my website!
home.neteze.com/ngott
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Subj: AUCTION
Date: 2/18/2003 11:07:09 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: grandstadlers@msn.com ( Tom Stadler )
To: BEN517@AOL.COM
DESCRIPTION OF A FRENCH RIFLE FOR SALE ON E-BAY
NEVER SHOT-----DROPPED TWICE
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How many
Frenchmen would it take to defend Paris? We don't know. It's never been tried - Jay Leno??
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Subj: New email address
Date: 2/24/2003 3:19:00 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: e.monfort@belgacom.net
Dear friends,
Please take note of my new email address
e.monfort@belgacom.net
Sincerely
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Eddy MONFORT
15, Rue de la Gotte
B-6960 MANHAY
BELGIUM
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Eddy Monfort is our Belgian friend who is
writing a book about the Ardennes during he time that we were involved.
Ben
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