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Subj: Re: Mail Call
Date: 1/31/2001 2:20:39 PM Eastern Standard Time
From:    historian@thedropzone.org (Patrick O'Donnell)
Reply-to: historian@thedropzone.org (Patrick O'Donnell)
To:    Ben517@aol.com

Dear Ben:
 
>>> Ben said>>>>All Airborne should be indebted to you for the Drop Zone.

It's you guys and your sacrifices that my generation is indebted to.  I'm so
proud of every veteran that participated in Beyond Valor and all the help I
received from the associations.  It took a lot of guts to talk about some
of these very personal accounts.  The brotherhood, love towards one
another and  those that didn't return as well as those who died in their
arms, comes through in these stories.  Many of these accounts
brought tears to my eyes as well as those of the men I interviewed. I was
always asked to tell their story as they told it to me and not to sugarcoat
the war, I think that goal was accomplished.  You guys deserve all of the
credit for the sacrifices you made, and as Tom Brokaw correctly put are"The
Greatest Generation."
 
Pat
 
 
 

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Subj: Re: Mail Call NO. 55
Date: 1/31/2001 4:11:45 PM Eastern Standard Time
From:    artann3447@juno.com (Tom mcavoy)
To:    Ben517@aol.com




Hey Ben this is a repeat request, Maybe I missed your answere before??? 
Did John Alicki ever get his memoies  started??? They have to be ist
class stuff. ( Hope he reads this also) Tom McAvoy  funny thing I had a
noncombatant Officer write an ask me for a copy of mine.  I sent it to
him and he had the nerve to answere back and say I don't believe  what
you have written here??? That to me is funny, Every word was gospel
truth, Tom McAvoy
______________________________________________________________________Bob
Christie sent this.


Eleanor Roosevelt wrote:
> Many people will walk in and out of your life,
> But only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.
> To handle yourself, use your head;
> To handle others, use your heart.
> Anger is only one letter short of danger.
> If someone betrays once, it is his fault;
> If he betrays you twice, it is your fault.
> Great minds discuss ideas;
> Average minds discuss events;
> Small minds discuss people.
> He who loses money, loses much;
> He who loses a friend, loses much more;
> He who loses faith, loses all.
> Beautiful young people are accidents of nature,
> But beautiful old people are works of art.
> Learn from the mistakes of others.
> You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.
> Friends, you and me.......You brought another friend....and
> we started our group....our circle of friends.....and like a
> circle.....there is no beginning or end......
> Yesterday is history.
> Tomorrrow is a mystery.
> Today is a gift.
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Subj: Re: Parachute Soldier
Date: 1/31/2001 9:00:08 PM Eastern Standard Time
From:    BobPiper@webtv.net (Bob Piper)
To:    Ben517@aol.com




Ben, thanks for the message. It was certainly my  pleasure to attend the
gathering of the "Battling Buzzards" if only as an honorary member of
the 517.

Talked to Ed Flannery this afternoon to get the E-Mail address to check
in with you. I don't propose to send a lot of input to your regimental
news chain, but as an honorary 517'er
I'm interested in hearing about the fine folks that I met in Orlando and
the many that I've
known from days gone by.

         Airborne------Bob Piper
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Entry of Jan 31, 2001 at 19:02 [EST]
Name: Robert A. Alvey
Unit:
EMail: RAALVEY@msn.com
How I found the 517th page: From a search engine
Comments: My father, Haskel Dale Alvey, was a member of the 517th He died in
1971 and like most real veterans did not say much about his experiences. If
any of you remember him, I would apprieciate any information on his service
time. I have a letter stating that he was awarded the Bronze Star for action
in 1944. My father was the bravest man that I have ever known and he was
especially proud to have been in the 517th.
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Date: 2/1/2001 2:14:19 PM Eastern Standard Time
From:    vze2b3gy@verizon.net (ray hess)
To:    Ben517@aol.com




Ben: I am not sure if you received my new E-Mail address and I want to be
sure to keep getting you mail calls. You are doing a fine job for us old
bucks from the 517th. My new address is:   vze2b3gy@verizon.net    Thank you
for all of your work                              Ray R. Hess  formally the
'oldgrundsow
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Subj: Re: Christmas booklet 1944
Date: 2/1/2001 5:45:22 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: JNTURCO
To: Ben517



Hi Ben,
I wanted you to know I copied that booklet for you. Had a time being sure I
turned the pages right so I could put it together. I mailed it yesterday so
you should be getting it soon. I didn't try to staple it. Maybe you will want
to make more copies of it and it is easier when it isn't stuck together.
Looking forward to the reunion in May now that we decided to go.
Merle was supposed to have his surgery tomorrow but Mardy E-mailed me and
said he has a cold so they postponed it until next week. The waiting has to
be torture. He probably wants to get it over with so he can get on  with his
life.
Enjoy the booklet.
Leo

The booklet Leo is talking about is the 1994 rosters.
Ben
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Subj: Re: Still no message
Date: 2/1/2001 7:19:00 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: PRCT517
To: Ben517

I am placing this correspondence in "Mail Call" in case anyone else has a
similiar problem
Ben

In a message dated 2/1/01 12:24:22 PM Eastern Standard Time, Ben517 writes: