From: Ben517@aol.com
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 8:58 PM
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: Mail Call NO. 78
Hello,
Glad to hear that Roy Herren's operation was a success and is feeling well
enough to be sending jokes. You will have to contact him if you want to read
them.

Regardless of whether your present illness or disability derived from your
time in military service--you may be eligible for Department of Veterans
Affairs' (VA) low-cost prscription drug program.
For more information, call the Department of Veterans Affairs, toll free at
(877) 222-8387 (between 8.a.m and 8. P.m. Eastern time) or call your nearest
VA facility.

West Coast reunion is now taking place in Palm Springs. Would like to hear
from anyone at the reunion who has access to a computer.
Ben
Website------members.aol.com/prct517/
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Subj: Changing Email Address again
Date: 3/25/2001 4:48:14 PM Eastern Standard Time
From:    jdbutler@myexcel.com (J.D. Butler)
To:    jdbutler@myexcel.com
Friends,
I am changing my email address  again. It is jdbutler@myexcel.com
Please make note of this change in your contact address books.
I am sorry for so much confusion, but it comes with being an Old Codger!

Many thanks for your paticence,  jdbutler
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Subj: Bland
Date: 3/25/2001 6:32:18 PM Eastern Standard Time
From:    m5895@adacomp.net (murph)
To:    Ben517@aol.com
Hi Ben;
  Enjoy the email much.  Iam seeking info about John O Bland. He was in F co
1st pl 2nd or 1st squad..I was in the 3rd squad. If any one knows of him , I
will axcept a collect . 1-580-332-0121.
                                                     Merlin Allard F Co
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Subj:
Date: 3/25/2001 9:37:25 PM Eastern Standard Time
From:    ebgear@optonline.net (Ellen & Bill G.)
To:    ben517@aol.com
Thank you for your prompt reply to my singing the guest book.  I spoke to my
uncle tonight and relayed the information to him.  He had a story about the
attack on Manhay that you might enjoy. The way he remembers it, his unit was
moving up to a holding position in the dark of night.  They were dressed in
uniforms that were anything but uniform.  He said that the men wore
blankets, parts of German white snow camouflage, grease paint, branches,
etc. The only thing they had in common was their jump boots.  As they moved
toward the front, they had to pass through troops that were dug in, awaiting
the battle.  Everyone had their night vision and moved easily through the
mechanized troops that were there.  My uncle overheard one of the men in the
fox hole say to his buddy "Who the f..... are these guys!!??"  The buddy
replied "Shhhh, there're paratroopers!"  My uncle said that he felt like he
was ten feet tall!   One of his many proud moments as a member of the 517th.
Thanks again,  Bill Gearon for my uncle 1st Lt Raymond D. Gearon.
_______________________________________________________Subj: Re: Mail Call
NO. 77
Date: 3/26/2001 1:05:25 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: WWyatt4880
To: Ben517

Found another of our old troopers who was with F Company 517th all the way.
LAWRANCE A, (Fred) HYDEN Was from Logan. Utah. Now living in Ogden< Utah.
Address: 396 West 5300 South, Washington Terr. L/T, Ogden Utah, 84405. Phone
453-479-5672.  Told fred to look up your home page and sign the guest book,
Said he would have his kids help him on inter net, gave him the address. One
question for you Ben?  How do you get the printer to copy the roster of 2nd
Batalion, 517th from christmas 1944 christmas in france.  Tryed but only get
the index of the units?  HELP

Anyone else having this problem just move the pointer over to the roster side.
Ben
_________________________________________________________Subj: "Mail Call"
Date: 3/26/2001 8:49:51 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: LiddellDesigns@cs.com
To: Ben517
    Dear Mr.Barrett,
        I just wanted to thank you again for keeping my name, as well as my
Grandfather's name and information, on the web-site for the 517th members to
see.  I'm sure that, one day, we will run accross someone from F.Co. that
knew him and maybe even another soldier who was a good friend of his.  I know
that there has to be some old friends out there because everyone who knew my
grandfather, seemed to have loved him.  He had a very magnetic personality
and he was a very honorable man. 
       I also read the message that you posted on the web-site regarding the
"Mail Call" section.  It seems as though you have spent alot of your personal
time to help reunite alot of soldiers who were friends in the 517th (and/or
their families) and I think that it's a really commendable thing that your
doing and it says alot about you as a person.  (not to mention all of the
time and effort that you spent trying to help me find someone who knew my
grandad.) 
       Thanks again.
       Sincerely,
       Chris Liddell
_______________________________________________________Subj: Re: Mail Call
NO. 77
Date: 3/26/2001 4:36:17 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: Tomx517
To: Ben517

Ben:
   Reference your comment regarding Bobby Liddell Co. F, 517 PRCT. Ask his
son to call John Lissner in Niceville, Florida at telephone number
850-897-5116. His home address is: 1271 Whitewood Way, Niceville, FL 32578.
   John was in Co. F from the beginning and knows everyone in that Company.
Regards, To
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Entry of Mar 25, 2001 at 17:24 [EST]
Name: Kelly Edwards
Unit: daughter of Melvin Edwards D. Co., 517th
EMail: kedwards@nts-online.net
How I found the 517th page: Other
Comments: I would like to reestablish contact with members of the 517th,
especially those of D. Co. I have missed being a part of something that meant
so much to my dad.
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Subj: Re: Roy Is Having A Carotid Edarterectomy-3/23/01
Date: 3/26/2001 12:20:06 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: ROYHERREN
To: klink@localline.com
BCC: Ben517

The operation went off real good. The Doctor afterwards was asked by Our Son
(Russ)and Wife( Naomi ) if I was to be put on a strict diet and he says
somebody that is 81 + should not have to diet to live that long. HA!
Let him eat whatever he wishes. I liked him right away. But this AM after a
good shower and a good night's rest in my own bed was an upper.
Thanks! For your concern will keep you posted if any thing out of the
ordinary crops up The best of health to every one. Monday Afternoon
From The Sunny south,   Roy & Naomi Herren

I told Fran about the diet bit.My wife who was an army nurse in WW2 said that
she wasn't  too concerned about me having a heart attack and going quick.She
just didn't want me to have a stroke and have to take care of me.
Ben
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Subj: Bronze Star for 517th Members
Date: 3/26/2001 6:49:04 PM Eastern Standard Time
From:    robert_del_carlo@hotmail.com (ROBERT DEL CARLO)
To:    PRCT517@aol.com
CC:    Ben517@aol.com

This information may not be new to surviving veterans of the 517th however,
all who were awarded a Combat Infantry Medal also qualify to receive a Bronze
Star. No doubt most, if not all, of the brave men who served in the 517th
would be entitled to this decoration and rightfully so!  I was reading the
about decorations at The Institute of Heraldry website via the 517th website
link. Clicked on Other Links to Web, Military Uniforms and Medals, then The
Institute of Heraldry and on Bronze Star ribbon. [See: Paragraph 5. (c)
background information section about the Bronze Star]. My family is trying to
locate some pictures of other members of the 517th taken in Rome, Paris, and
some combat pictures that my dad had. Some of them were taken in the winter
of 1945 and they are very graphic (fallen comrades and German solders). I'll
let you know if we find them. Thank you for adding dad's picture and v-mail
to the website. Thanks again for all of your efforts.
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Subj: Re: Biannual Reunion
Date: 3/26/2001 3:50:28 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: Tomx517
To: chrcook@juno.com
CC: LRL24, Wild bill 517, Ben517, MMcmor8391, edfla@netzero.net

Achtung Minen----
   It was my understanding from what was informally discussed at the Orlando
517 Mini Reunion this past January, when we were all gathered around the
conference table in the Hospitality Suite, that Merle was going to open the
subject of future Biannual 517 Reunions for discussion at the Bismarck
Reunion. If my memory serves me correctly we talked about exploring the
possibility of establishing a Permanent Reunion Committee and using the same
geographic and hotel facility for this purpose-or something along these lines.
   I believe I heard the above discussed before tapping into the Cognac
supplied by Ed Flannery and his, for the first time in past reunion history,
outstanding and well equipped airborne bar.
   Am I alone on this one?
Regards, Tom
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Subj: Re: Biannual Reunion
Date: 3/26/2001 5:21:58 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: Tomx517
To: chrcook@juno.com
CC: LRL24, Ben517, Wild bill 517, MMcmor8391, edfla@netzero.net

To All: This is a "fool-on and follow-on" to my last message. I should have
included the following statement which is now presented: "Regardless of where
the next Biannual Reunion is held I will be there providing Ed Flannery's
high new airborne bar standards are met and present."       
   I tend to get my priorities mixed up some time. This message is more in
line with my Camp Toccoa and evermore airborne philosophy.
Regards, Tom

How about it Ed?The next reunion is now and is in Bismarck. We want Tom to be
there. If only we could get Bob Christie to do the cooking.
Ben
_______________________________________________________Subj: Re: Mail Call
NO. 77
Date: 3/26/2001 8:45:14 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: CackyG
To: Ben517
Great mail call.  You are really getting inquiries about relatives that
served in the 517th.  I think it is very commendable that 517th members are
helping fill all these requests whenever possible. 

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