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Latest information on reunions. NEW:

Annual West Coast Party 2005
April 10-16, 2005
Palm Spring, CA
More info soon

2005 Biannual Reunion
August 15-19, 2005
Savannah, GA

Registration due before July 10, 2005!

Tom Cross

Ben:

I read Mail Call No. 858 with pleasure and pride at the responses to the question of support for our foreign guests and comrades. The spirit of the Battling Buzzards is alive and well.

Regards, Tom

Kathy McIntosh

ben,

i am writing to see if there are any rv spaces available for the palm springs reunion. thanks

kathy mc intosh

jesse k davis

thank you ben, we have heard from bill

John Bramswig

Hello Ted,

My father in law was in Company A - Ed Marconi - deceased. Jumped into
France, Battle of the Bulge - Occupation in Germany.

Any memories you my have that your dad told you about Company A is
appreciated.

John Bramswig

Entry of Feb 26, 2005 at 11:20 [EST]
Name: John Ecklund
Unit:
EMail: John.Ecklund@hill.af.mil
How I found the 517th page: From a search engine
Comments: I am the great nephew of Harold C. Daniels, who is buried in Henri-Chapelle. My Grandma talks of you a lot. Wish I could've known you. Thank you so much for your sacrifice. Love always. John Ecklund and Family (grandson of of his sister Delores)

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Harold Daniels was in medical Co. I did not know him. John must be referring to the 517th PRCT.--Ben

John Ecklund

Delores is his younger sister, and my grandma. She was about 9 or 10 years old when he was sent to Europe and I think that he was about 22.

My grandma talks of Harold often so I thought I would try to find out some information about him. She has a lot of pictures of him and of other soldiers - though I'm not sure who they are. She also has a whole company picture.

John Ecklund

PMT Wheels

BLDG. 507

(801)775-6689

John.Ecklund@hill.af.mil

Pat Seitz and Allan Greer

Dear Ben:

We would like to add our contribution to the fund to bring the 517th's European friends to the reunion in August. Where do we sent our contribution? Many thanks for all you do.

Sincerely, Pat Seitz and Alan Greer

Bob Barrett

Dad,

I received the following request looking for info about the Dragoon After Action Reports. If you remember, I received some of them, but we were asked not to post them yet. I don't remember why.

I looked through the few that I have, and there is only one short mention of running into a group of the 551st, but not what this guy is looking for. I thought I'd pass it on to you, in case anyone has the other AA reports. I suspect that they contain only the 517th info.

Bob

-----Original Message-----
From: andrew peitsch [mailto:andyp@ameritech.net]
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 11:12 AM
To: webmaster@517prct.org
Subject: Question Regarding the After Action Report you have posted for Operation Dragoon

Sirs,

I am very interested in the After Action Report for Operation Dragoon. Do you know if it only contains information on the 517th? or does it include the 551st? If so, is there a way to get a copy of the original report from you? I'll be happy to pay copy costs and postage. Please let me know. I am researching the 551st and am trying to find what information I can. I will be interviewing a surviving veteran of the 551st this coming weekend.

Sincerely,

Andy Peitsch

Royal Oak, MI

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I have responded to Andy Peitsch Andyp@ameritech.net and told him about the many references in Paratroopers' Odyssey about the 551. Others that wish to do so can also send him info about the 551 Bn.-Ben