From: Ben517
Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 3:11 AM
Subject: MAIL CALL NO. 728 517TH PRCT--JULY 25,2004
Hello,
 
I am having a problem with address book.Mail Call No. 727 was not deliverable to the following. If anyone on this list did receive Mail Call No, 727, please let me know or you will be clicked off my email roster.
 
Ben

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Website                      www.517prct.org
Mail Call                     Ben517@aol.com
Mail Call Archives     www.517prct.org/archives
Roster                        www.517prct.org/roster.pdf
Florida Mini-Reunion 2005
January 23-27, 2005
Kissimmee, FL

From Breckenridge to Bastogne by Merle McMorrow

John Krumm
 
Ben,
    Thanks a million for getting me back on Mail Call !!!  I have really missed it very much.  I will definitely go into the archives as you have mentioned to catch up on some of the correspondence
Howard Hensleigh
 
Ben: Here is a note for John Camp who is looking for a slogan for Don Boatright’s bench. "Attack" was used for the Regiment’s "patch". "Battling Buzzards" was used by Dick Spencer for the Combat Team as early as Italy. Dick was in G Co. and undoubtedly knew Don well. Capt. Hooper had G Co. sing "Airborne, We Fly The Sky". At least those were the first words of the song. We sang it on almost all of our marches. At the end of the 25 mile forced march in which G Co. broke an Army record, the Company sang it as they crossed the finish line carrying Glass who got in from furlough just in time to load up with equipment for the march. 1st Sgt. Long had his pencil ready to mark Glass AWOL when he showed up. He had to make the march as did all men reporting for duty, or be marked AWOL. The Company thought they sang it beautifully as they made the final sprint, but later we learned that Col. Walsh, who witnessed the finish, wasn’t convinced of G Co’s barber shop singing qualities. He was happy with what was expected, the broken record. Howard Hensleigh

Shirley McCarey

Hi Ben - Just a note to say I received my Thunderbolt - and wanted to say i sure like the new format and what a great idea to include the roster.    many thanks to all that worked on both.    read the note from steve gomez, whose dad was benito (Ben) Gomez.     he happens to live just a short walking distance from me.    i'll take my thunderbolt to him to read and enjoy.      and i am hoping to attend the reunion in savannah.       Shirley McCarey - Friend of the 517th 

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Gene Brissey

It was good noting that John Krumm has made contact again. Of course this is the second John, the first, his dad and I spent many memorable days together from the beginning to the end of the path of the 517th. Dad Krumm was with the unit after Bergstein, where I ended my stay with E Company, third platoon. Young John, his wife Irene, my wife Edie and I have enjoyed two trips together, to Belgium. The second trip included a week or so in France from Les Arcs to Sospel along the trail taken by the 517th in 1944. It was very good traveling with a younger man with great interest in where his dad spent an important part of his life. John, if you read this, welcome back. We will be in touch if you can keep that computer on the go.
Gene


Arni Hughson

Please add my name to your roster. It is always good to hear 517th news.
Thanks for getting in touch.   Arnie Hughson

Arnie served with D company. -Ben


Becky Martinette

Hi Ben,

I have not received mail call for a long time. I love mail call and all of your hard work. If I am not on the list will you please add me to the list.
Thank You
Becky

Bill Bolye
 
True as Steel
 
This was the motto as given the regiment by our original C,O,, Cl. L.A. Walsh.
As far as I kno w there was none other.
                                                         Bill Boyle
                                                         !st Bn.

Entry of Jul 25, 2004 at 11:19 [EST]
Name: SSG Michael S. Mullins
Unit: Grandfather Bernard (Moon) W. Mullins HQ Co 3rd BN?
EMail:
michael.mullins3@us.army.mil
How I found the 517th page: From a search engine
Comments: Hello, My name is SSG Michael Mullins and I am a paratrooper currently serving in Afghanistan. I am researching my Grandfather's WWII experience. Unfortunately, before he passed away, he never talked to anyone about the war. I have since discovered he received 4 bronze stars and was a member of the 517th prct. I also believe he spent time in HQ Co 3rd BN. I am desperately seeking any leads or information from anyone that might have known him. His name is Bernard W. Mullins ( his nickname was Moon), and he was wounded Christmas night in 1944 at the Battle of the Bulge. I have his DD 214, but it is very vague. Any information or leads you might provide me would be greatly appreciated. I can be reached at e-mail address: michael.mullins3@us.army.mil. Thank you.


John Alicki

                                 
To Kill an American

You probably missed it in the rush of news last week, but there was actually
a report that someone in Pakistan had published in a newspaper an offer of a
reward to anyone who killed an American, any American.

So an Australian dentist wrote the following to let everyone know what an
American is, so they would know when they found one. (Good on ya, mate!!!!)

An American is English, or French, or Italian, Irish, German, Spanish,
Polish, Russian or Greek. An American may also be Canadian, Mexican,
African Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Australian, Iranian, Asian, or Arab,
or Pakistani, or Afghan. An American may also be a Cherokee, Osage, Blackfoot,
Navaho, Apache, Seminole or one of the many other tribes known as native
Americans.

An American is Christian, or he could be Jewish, or Buddhist, or Muslim. In
fact, there are more Muslims in America than in Afghanistan. The only
difference is that in America they are free to worship as each of them
chooses. An American is also free to believe in no religion. For that he
will answer only to God, not to the government, or to armed thugs claiming
to speak for the government and for God.

An American is from the most prosperous land in the history of the world.
The root of that prosperity can be found in the Declaration of Independence,
which recognizes the God given right of each person the pursuit of happiness.


An American is generous. Americans have helped out just about every other
nation in the world in their time of need. When Afghanistan was overrun by
the Soviet army 20 years ago, Americans came with arms and supplies to
enable the people to win back their country.

As of the morning of September 11, Americans had given more than any other
nation to the poor in Afghanistan.

Americans welcome the best, the best products, the best books, the best
music, the best food, the best athletes. But they also welcome the least.

The national symbol of America, The Statue of Liberty, welcomes your tired
and your poor, the wretched refuse of your teeming shores, the homeless,
tempest tossed. These in fact are the people who built America. Some of them
were working in the Twin Towers the morning of September 11, 2001 earning a
better life for their families. I've been told that the World Trade Center
victims were from at least 30 other countries, cultures, and first languages
including those that aided and abetted the terrorists.

So you can try to kill an American if you must. Hitler did. So did General
Tojo, and Stalin, and Mao Tse-Tung, and every bloodthirsty tyrant in the
history of the world. But, in doing so you would just be killing yourself.
Because Americans are not a particular people from a particular place. They
are the embodiment of the human spirit of freedom. Everyone who holds to
that spirit, everywhere, is an American.

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