From: Ben517
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 3:30 AM
Subject: MAIL CALL NO. 762 517TH PRCT-SEPTEMBER 22, 2004
Hello,
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Florida Mini-Reunion 2005
January 23-27, 2005
Kissimmee, FL

2005 Biannual Reunion
August 15-19, 2005
Savannah, Ga.


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Jerry Davis doesn't live here anymore. Please don't send anymore emails.

Boom Boom Alicki
Subject: The Quilt


Sent to me by our friend Shirley Curley <Thetraveler@pnx.com>
 
Click here: The Quilt

Tom McAvoy
No No Kathy this is the old man, Art McAvoy to you, We did have a son Tom
but he was not a paratrooper, He and I have the exact same name??? kind of
Junior  Senior??? Art McAvoy Sr. I was in the 517 PRCT Regt. 2 years 2
months and 14 days???

Randolph Coleman
Hi Ben, For Lory Curtis, the picture of Sospel was great. Funny, I did not think it was so great "back then". Almost makes me want to do it again...almost Randolph Coleman

 
NEWS RELEASE
 
Date:   September 21, 2004
 
Contact: Cynthia Brown
  706-886-2132 or toccoaga@alltel.net
  www.toccoagachamber.com
 
Subject: 2004 Camp Toccoa Reunion
 
 Plans are finalized for the 2004 Camp Toccoa Reunion scheduled for October 8-10, and everyone is invited to attend the weekend honoring the World War II Paratrooper Infantry Regiment Veterans who trained on Currahee Mountain.  There is a wide variety of activities taking place throughout the community and we hope that you will plan to be part of this memorable occasion.
 Friday’s activities include a barbecue, guided community tour and book signing for several authors of military related books.  The Stephens County Historical Museum will be open during the entire weekend, including all day Friday.
The schedule for Saturday is full of fun and exciting things to do.  The day begins with the Currahee Challenge Road Race on the mountain where the PIR’s trained and will include a 10K, 5K and 1-mile fun-run.  Afterward, activities get underway at the R.G. LeTourneau Airport and will include:  military memorabilia
show, airborne operations, two re-enactments and the opportunity to visit with those participating in the encampment on the battlefield.  A banquet to honor the veterans and those registered for the reunion will feature the Army Band from Fort McPherson and speaker, Brigadier General Benjamin Freakley, Commander US Army Infantry Center and Commandant US Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia.
A remembrance service at the PIR Monuments on Currahee Mountain will be held on Sunday with the Reverend Henry Fields and Major General Julian Burns, Chief of Staff US Army Forces Command at Fort McPherson, Georgia.  The military memorabilia show will open after the program and two additional re-enactments and airborne operations will take place at the airport.
Pre-registration is required for meals and you may get the forms at www.toccoagachamber.com or by calling 706-886-2132.  There is a $5 fee each day for the re-enactments, airborne operations and military memorabilia show with all proceeds going to the Stephens County Historical Society Museum Building Fund.  The money will be used to construct a new facility to appropriately display memorabilia for Camp Toccoa and the remainder of military heritage items that have been donated to the Museum.