2004 West Coast Party
April 19-22, 2004
Palm Springs, CA
Gene Frice
Ben,
I will be at
Palm Springs and will have a lap-top available.
Things are calming down for the Frice family following Marg's departure. We are
having the San Luis Obispo service on April 10.
The
family thanks all in the 517th for their prayers for Margaret. At a law
enforcement gathering of some 1500 officers last week in in Long Beach, CA they
had a moment of silence and prayer for her. She was active with several military
and law enforcement organizations for many years. We will all miss her. God
Bless you all.
Gene Frice and family,
PS-The
Frice family (Gene, Karen, Laurie and Robin) are all headed to DDay, 5June04
(60th anniversary) with Don Lassen's "Static Line." I will return to Southern
France for the August 15, 60th anniversary)
Nolan Powell
Thomas Dorman
Obituaries in the News
By The Associated
Press
April 3, 2004, 8:10 PM EST
Aaron Bank
LOS ANGELES --
Retired Army Col. Aaron Bank, a military icon called "the father of the Green
Berets" for his role as the first commander of the Army's elite Special Forces,
died Thursday, family said. He was 101.
In 1952, the Army approved 2,300
spaces for men in a Special Forces unit, the 10th Special Forces Group
(Airborne), at Fort Bragg, N.C. Bank was a key figure in pushing for its
creation.
He also is credited with writing a memorandum suggesting that
Special Forces soldiers be allowed to wear berets as a mark of distinction.
The Army initially turned the idea down. But in 1962, four years after
Bank retired from the military, President John F. Kennedy authorized Army
Special Forces to wear berets. All soldiers began wearing berets in 2001, but
most wear black.
Lou Holzworth
Ben.. it appears he was getting overseas pay of 10.00 a month.. we never got combat pay...just our jump pay I think.. Holzworth... any other of the troops think different.. this was my guess...
Jean Michel-Le Muy Museum
| Subj: | Celebrations of the 60th |
| Date: | 4/3/2004 3:38:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time |
| From: | jibege@9online.fr |
| To: | PRCT517@aol.com |
| Sent from the Internet (Details) | |
Hello Mr Hennessey,
I was browsing the 517 PIR email and saw YOU! My father in law Ed Marconi (deceased) was in Co A of the 517.
Hello 517, Mr Hennessey was in my fathers battalion of the 345th Inf Regiment of the 87th Golden Acorn Division. We email each other from time to time and I had assisted him in getting his profile onto the HBO Band of Brothers web site a couple of years ago.
Hope all is well,
John Bramswig
son of S Sgt William Bramswig Co F 345th, 87th
son in law of Ed Marconi Co A, 517
Gene