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Ben,

    Thank you for your prompt response.  It is a pleasure to hear from you.  I would like to thank you for your service.  Your generation has always been heroes to me.  You were truly citizen soldiers.  I am a third generation combat infantryman with 12 years in the Army, and I am always put in awe when I read, hear, or watch old accounts of the battles fought in WWII.  There will never be another war like that one.  My grandfather passed away in 1980.  My father served in Vietnam, but he and Papaw never traded war stories.  I always remained very close with my grandmother until her passing in late 1999.  Sources within the family have always been a little confused when it came to my grandfathers service in WWII.  He never spoke of it much with anyone.  I do know that he had some nasty scars on his back that were said to be from hand to hand combat.  His DD 214 has him listed as receiving 4 bronze stars with "V" device, CIB, jump wings, and a purple heart.  I also have confirmed through one of my uncles that he made the jump into southern France with the 517th.  My Grandmother also regularly received the "Thunderbolt".  But she never knew what specific units he was in.  She said that he moved around to a few different units.  I assume they were all within the 517th.  He went in with them to Italy, and left them in December 44.  I am very glad you run this website and I check it every chance I get for new information.  I appreciate your help with my endeavor.  If I can be of any assistance to you in any way, please let me know.  Also, thanks for adding me to the Mailcall.

Sincerely,
SSG Michael S. Mullins 
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Michael is a paratrooper serving in Afghanistan and is the grandson of Bernard W. Mullins Hq. 3rd Bn. Guestbook entry 7-25-2004. He is seeking information about his grandfather. You can email him at michael.mullins3@us.army.mil

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> Ben, Jesse has sent you a copy of a history of the
> 460th hqt.  It is written by Fred Brown.  He passed it
> out at one of the past reunions.  I am going to use
> you as a tester for a program I have that I have not
> used before. Please let me know if you receive these
> pages.  It is the same history that Jesse has sent by
> snail mail. It will probably need to be read with
> adobe reader.  We are leaving for Austin, TX in the
> morn. (7/26)  I am suppose to have the 3" screw
> removed from my ankle on Wed. the 28th.  Will let you
> know when we get back home. thanks for the help. LOU

                                                        

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Dad,

I posted the 460th history by Fred Brown, as ent by Lou Darden. 

http://517prct.org/documents/460_history/460_history.htm

But 1.)  It is difficult to read.  I could use a bigger or clearer copy.

2.)  It is almost exactly the same as the 460th Short History as published by the Airborne Quarterly, which we already have on the web site, with a few changes at the end:

http://517prct.org/documents/short_history/460_short_history.htm

This looks like it might be the original version, which was re-edited for the Airborne Quarterly.

Bob
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