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Jim Royer

   Ben,   Trenton Kenokida, in his mail-call, states that Gene Mars
(Chop Chop) WAS his grandfather, past tense. Ben, you replied , "Chop
Chop IS a member of the 517, present tense.
   Did Trenton imply that Chop Chop has passed away? We all know that
his wife, Jane passed away a few years ago, a shock to us all.
What a wonderful couple. I met them at our first reunion in 1984, on our
trip overseas and on many reunions after that.
   I do have a story about Chop Chop that I will share with Trenton on a
future e-mail.
   Any information about Chop Chop will be greatly appreciated.
Jim Royer, Hq. 3rd.

Ted Crawford

Ben I use tedcrawford@comcast.net now. I would consider a visit to a reunion and I believe I could haul my Uncle Alfred Lamb from F Company to one of them. He is now 80 and his wife (Dad’s sister) is ill, so it might be tough. He and dad enlisted together and fought through France and into the Bulge. He was wounded in the chest but survived during the Bulge. He was shipped back home to recover.   I still need to get you his history. (He tells a story that as 19 year-olds that ringing a church bell with a well placed shot from nearly a mile away was possible)

Regards,

Ted Crawford

Lud Gibbons

Hi Ben,

We will not make Florida this year to see you all in Georgia.

At the startup we knew your web site would be great for the 517th Association but had no idea how important it would be for our future.

Lud

Walter Smith

   I am sorry to be one of the procrastinators, but Peanie and I decided we are going to gamble on health and age to not be a hindrance for attending the great reunion in Savannah Ga..
       A problem: I tried to find the Thunderbolt or printed Ben517 email for details of the 'which activity' and 'how much' to send to you. Please tell me where to find the info and I'll quickly follow up with a check and activities in which we will participate. Sorry to put extra work on you dedicated volunteers.
Walter w smith HQ 1st

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Savannah reunion will be Aug. 15-19, 2005. Details later.

A person wrote a letter to the White House complaining about the
> treatment of a captive taken during the Afghanistan war. Below is a
> copy
> of the response.
>
> The White House
> 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
> Washington, D.C.
>
> Dear Concerned Citizen:
>
> Thank you for your recent letter criticizing our treatment of the
> Taliban and Al Qaeda detainees currently held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
> The administration takes these matters seriously, and your opinion was
> heard loud and clear here in Washington You'll be pleased to learn
> that, thanks to the concerns of citizens like you, we are creating the
> Terrorist Retraining Program, to be called the "Liberals Accept
> Responsibility for Killers" program, or LARK for short. In accordance
> with the guidelines of this new program, we have decided to place one
> terrorist under your personal care
>
> Your detainee has been selected and scheduled for transportation to
> your
> residence next Monday. Ali Mohammed Ahmed bin Mahmud is to be cared for
> pursuant to the standards you personally demanded in your letter of
> admonishment. We will conduct weekly inspections to ensure that your
> standards of care for Ahmed are commensurate with those you so strongly
> recommended in your letter.
>
> Although Ahmed is sociopath and extremely violent, we hope that your
> sensitivity to what you described as his "attitudinal problem" will
> help
> him overcome this character flaw Perhaps you are correct in describing
> these problems as mere cultural differences.
>
> Your adopted terrorist is extremely proficient in hand-to-hand combat
> and can extinguish human life with such simple items as a pencil or
> nail
> clippers. He is also expert at making a wide variety of explosive
> devices from common household products, so you may wish to keep those
> items locked up, unless you feel that this might offend him.
>
> Ahmed will not wish to interact with your wife or daughters since he
> views females as a subhuman form of property. This is a particularly
> sensitive subject for him. He has been known to show violent tendencies
> around women who fail to comply with the dress code that he considers
> appropriate, but I'm sure that over time they will come to enjoy the
> anonymity offered by the bhurka. Just remind them that it is all part
> of
> respecting his culture and his religious beliefs.
>
> Thanks again for your letter. We truly appreciate it when folks like
> you
> inform us of the proper way to do our job. Take good care of Ahmed and
> good luck!
>
> Cordially,
> Don Rumsfeld