From: Ben517@aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 4:41 PM
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: MAIL CALL NO. 686 517TH PRCT--MAY 5,2004
 

Hello,

 
Tom Reber has just updated the roster. It is a good idea to check the roster  www.517prct.org/roster.pdf  to make sure that you are on it and all information is correct. Members, relatives and friends of the 517 are on it , It makes it possible for you to receive The Thunderbolt and Mail Call if you wish to receive them.
 
I am enclosing the Contents page of our website in case you haven't visited the site  lately. Just click on any item and you will get  just about anything you want to know about the 517 PRCT. 
 
Ben
Website                      www.517prct.org  
Mail Call                     Ben517@aol.com
Mail Call Archives   www.517prct.org/archives
Roster                        www.517prct.org/roster.pdf
Claire Giblin
 
Hi, Ben
 
and thanks for the picture of the Palm Springs reunion.  Looks like a good time was had by all.
 
And thanks for the roster of the attendees.  We note that the 596 was well-represented.  Gentlemen, I don't know if you missed my dad's appeal on a previous mail call, but we are hoping that someone from the 596 will be able to recall something - anything - about their stay in the Chablis area.  The rest of the 517 was in Auxerre at the time, we think.
 
When we went back in 1999, we were unable to locate where Dad had been.  He remembered that there was water running through the town, but the buildings were not right, and it wasn't what he remembered as "Chablis."  We asked many locals, only to be told that those who might know were either dead or "fou," which I think translates to age-related crazy or dementia.  As amusing as that was, we still don't know where to look.  If anyone knows even a little something about this mystery, please share it and maybe we can put the pieces together for this August.  I'm wondering if, due to the German occupation, whether street and town signs were accurate.  Any clues or insights here?
 
Thanks to all and continued prayers and wishes for recoveries to our dear Jesse and Lou Darden and Joe and Edith Miller. 
 
And as always, thanks to you, Ben, for all you do.  My very best to your better half, Miss Fran.
 
Claire Giblin
daughter of Allan Johnson, 596
Leahaan Larson
 
Gene,
 
Glad to hear that someone had some information about the ID papers.  I can send you more pictures of it if you would like.  Just need your email.  Thanks for the help.
 
Leahann Larson
Bill Boyle
 
Tait was in Hq.1st Bn. I knew him. I will scratch my brain and get back
                                               Bill Boyle
Subj:     Re: Alex Tait   
Date:     5/4/04 10:48:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time   
From:    bucynski@pennswoods.net (Kirk & Toni Bucynski)
To:    BoomBoomAlicki@aol.com
  
  
Thank you so much for responding so promptly to my email -- I just knew when
I read your name that for some reason it sounded familiar to me .... at some
point either Grandpa or Grandma must have mentioned you or I read a
Christmas card long ago.  I am so excited to get in contact with some brave
men who knew my grandfather at such an important time in not only his life
but in world history.  I have the deepest respect and admiration for all of
you who faithfully stood by our country and willingly put your lives on the
line so that our generation yet today may be free.  I have recently been
watching the mini-series on the History Channel "Band of Brothers" and am
deeply struck with the bravery and true "guts" of our soldiers.  As I watch
the series, I try to pick up on things such as the individual's rank,
duties, and other details to try to get a sense of what Grandpa would have
done (what his job would have been exactly) and what types of things
(situations) he would have encountered.  I just wish he was here again to
ask - but as you indicated, we are losing your generation quickly and it is
not God's will to have individuals on earth permanently.

If you have any particular stories - (especially concerning Grandpa) I would
love to hear them if you have the time.  I truly miss him so much and this
is one of my few connections -- he always called me his "little patriot" --
I have learned well I guess.  I am a high school teacher and my kids in
homeroom always say the pledge nice and loud!

Thank you again and hope to hear from you soon!

Toni
Entry of May 03, 2004 at 20:54 [EST]
Name: Tony Rubino
Unit:
EMail: mailto:toneyr@optonline.net
How I found the 517th page: From a search engine
Comments: My father Joseph M Rubino served with D Battery 460th (He died about 5 years ago). I thought I'd wish you guys all the best. And, yes I have my copy of "Paratroopers Odyssey" to pass on ton my son. May God never forget the sacrifices that those living and dead have made in defense of their country!

517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team  1943-1945

Recent website additions:
2004 West Coast Party - April 2004 photos
Renton and Lissner in Nice
F Company photos from Sgt. Randolph Coleman
Meet the Troopers
Escapades autobiography by "W.T.W."

Carl E. Votti (B Co. ) page

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See the commemorative drawing provided by the WWII Airborne Demonstration Team:
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