From: Ben517@aol.com
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 7:17 PM
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: MAIL CALL NO. 625 517TH PRCT ---JANUARY 16 2004
Hello,
This is the second Mail Call today. I want to get Howard Hensleigh's message out and I would like to get identification of photos for Eddy Monfort as soon as possible. This may be the last Mail Call until I get back from Florida Jan. 25.
 
Ben
 
 
 
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Howard Hensleigh
 
Dear Ben,

Jan and I are leaving the beautiful snow covered hills and forests of New England (brrrrrrrr!!) for sunny Florida today and will be at the hotel from this evening 16 Jan 04 until next Friday 23 Jan 04. If anyone comes in early, check us out. We are looking forward to seeing all of you there, including a face or two like, the Tommy Priests’, we haven’t seen for almost 60 years.

The authors Joe David Brown and David Webster are a contrast. If you are looking for an accurate account of what actually happened in Southern France, you will not find it in Brown’s book, Kings Go Forth. It is fiction with a lot of interesting factual things thrown in.

Soft landings in FL, Howard Hensleigh

Entry of Jan 15, 2004 at 16:18 [EST]
Name: Tom Evans
Unit:
EMail: thomas.evans@wap.org
How I found the 517th page: Other
Comments: My father was Malcolm Evans of Company A. He served under Major Don Fraser and jumped in southern France. I recently read the Battling Buzzards book, but wish that I had read it earlier. What a tough bunch! If anyone has anything to share about my father, I'd like to hear from you.

These are the photos of members of "H" Co. that Eddy Monfort  wants identification. I believe the soldier in the center is Ed Winship. Can anyone name these soldiers

L to R:  ??, Ed Winship, ??

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Here is a site where you can find the names of anyone killed in World War 2.
Click on the site then Army, State and County. I found the names of seven members of my high school class.-Ben
 
Bob Barrett
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert N. Barrett [mailto:rbarrett@alum.mit.edu]
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 12:24 PM
To: WebMaster
Cc: dawjr@snip.net; Ben517@aol.com
Subject: FW: MAIL CALL NO. 624 517TH PRCT--JANUARY 16, 2004

Dave,
 
We recently corresponded about Albert Caraciolo's entry on your Chester County Hall of Heroes web site.
 
It turns out that my correspondence was included on a email list to the current alumni of the 517th PRCT.  Because of that, one of the members of Company C did some research on Albert Caraciolo, and also located and called Albert's nephew (named Albert after his uncle).
 
I thought you might be interested in the whole story, so I have attached Nolan Powell's complete message below.  It turns out that we do have a "Record of Company C" on our website, which describes the battle for Logbierme.  Furthermore, Nolan also mentions that in Logbierme there is a monument with five crosses for the five 517th Troopers killed there. One has Albert Caraciolo's name on it.
 
Note:  Nolan Powell, a recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross, was also a private with Company C, and was wounded in the same battle as Albert Caraciolo.
 
Regards,
 
Bob Barrett
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From: WebMaster [mailto:webmaster@chesco.org]
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 12:46 PM
To: r4b4@comcast.net
Cc: Don Wambold
Subject: RE: MAIL CALL NO. 624 517TH PRCT--JANUARY 16, 2004
Bob,
 
Thanks so much for your dudiligence on this!
 
This information is extremely helpful to us.  If the nephew and his wife can provide or lead us to any additional information, pictures, etc. we will update the story on the HOH site.
 
I will keep you posted.
 
Thanks again.
 
 
Dave
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Rich Winship
 
Hi, Ben,

That was amazing timing!  You're e-mail came in just as I was on the website looking at the same pictures you sent me! 

I just got off the phone with my dad.  Because he's virtually blind due to glaucoma, he probably won't be able to help identify the other guys in the picture.  I say probably because every once in a while a tunnel of vision will open up for him, so he's going to try.  I've e-mailed the pictures to him. If he recognizes anyone, I'll e-mail you right away.  Or maybe I'll just send an e-mail directly to Eddy Monfort.

Sorry, I haven't contributed much to Mail Call, but I'm an avid reader and look forward to each edition.  It's really great to get to know the guys who served with my dad, through their stories and comments.  You may not realize how much it means to family members to connect with all of you who shared such an unbelievable experience with our fathers, grandfathers, etc.

Hope the reunion is fantastic!  Hopefully, one of these days I'll get to one.

Best wishes,

Rich Winship