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2005 Camp Toccoa Reunion
Oct 7-9, 2005

Annual Florida Snowbird Mini-Reunion 2006

January 22-26, 2006
Bradenton, FL

Recent website additions:
Airborne Invasion of Southern France
Entry of Sep 05, 2005 at 16:08 [EST]
Name: Calvin R. Perkins
Unit: RA MACV-292nd RVN 70-71
EMail: labmanhntr@yahoo.com
How I found the 517th page: Heard from a member of the 517th
Comments: My uncle, Sgt Leslie E. Perkins, 517th C Co, 1 Bn has rarely ever spoken about his military experiences. I have been trying to put together a family military history for him, and his two brothers whom all served in WWII. I don't want their personal sacrifices and heroism to be forgotten. Leslie Perkins served with some of the finest fighting men in our history and I am forever grateful for all of your service to preserve freedom and democracy for the world. God Bless you all for what you did for all of us. Les is a quiet man, very humble and will not voluntarily speak of his service. He did tell me that there is quite a bit of unit history on the internet, which I have been taking advantage of. Any of his friends who have photos or stories of Les, I would love to hear from you. He lost all his military mementos in a fire some years ago. I'm trying to learn about the 517th awards and citations as well as his own personal awards, badges, medals etc.. nephew Calvin R. Perkins 885 Orange St. Red Bluff, CA 96080-4229 labmanhntr@yahoo.com
Bob Barrett

In case people could not load the last MailCall, here is that lawn chair drill team on a web site:

http://mediafetcher.com/?p=73&page=2

Ken Meise

I have a new email ratter@optonline.net Ken Meise

My father Prv Edward Meise Co C said he remembers a patch being a claw for the 517th. I don't see that on you site.

I think his army days were the best even though he was wounded. He wanted to re-enlist but they said no due to being wounded. He said during basic training at Toccoa. There was a big hill they would run up and no one could ever reach the very top. Lots of stories including the time the men were dropped from the plane 500 ft. he said there was almost a mutiny and the CO had to come down. He said as soon as the chute opened they hit the ground and some guys broke their legs because it was so low. Anyone remember him?

Patricia and Roland Orengo