Hellcat News, (Detroit, Mich.), Vol. 19, No. 2, Ed. 1, October 1964 Page: 2 of 9
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The HELLCAT NEWS
U.S. ARMY
ARMOR CENTER
"Home of Armor"
FORT KNOX, Ky., Aug. 9 —
On Friday, July 31, 1964 a group
of visiting members of the 12th
Armored Division Association
(inactive) took part in a tour
of the post. Following their
arrival in busses from Louis-
ville where they had (been
having their convention at the
Brown Hotel, members of the
association took part in a
wreath laying ceremony held
at the Court of Honor at Brooks
Field, Fort Knox.
Major General J. E. Bastion,
Commanding General, US Army
Armor C enter, Fort Knox,
greeted the group to Fort Knox,
and in his address he mention-
ed the fact that 12th Armored
Division "Hellcats" gave the
Army the new basic concept
of Airmor — Tne Combined
Arms Team. By .this he refer-
red to the marriage of Armor
and Infantry by stating "Your
unit, together with the other
great Armor Divisions, first
married the Armor and Infan-
. try elements."
The units is known for the
'fighting during World War II
in the Rhineland, Ardennes-
Alsace, and Central Europe.
The unit was de-activated after
the war, but members of the
division formed an association
that now numbers 1063. The
president is Mr. John Clarke,
and the secretary Mr. Larry
Mintz, has an office in Detroit,
Mich., at 20020 Snowden Ave.
Members of the association
came from all over the United
States to take part in the cere-
mony at the Court of Honor.
Most of the original members
of the association took their
training at Fort Knox.
Master of ceremonies for the
wreath laying ceremony was
Mr. Leonard P. Dooley, who
now works for the Daily News
in La Salle, 111.
WREATH LAID AT HELLCAT
MEMORIAL
Lloyd J. Eneix (Med/66) Rt.
No. 3 Maple Lake, Bridgeport,
W.V.: - "I was hoping to get
to Louisville this y ear as I espe-
cially wanted to see Ed Shee-
han and maybe some of the
other fellows from Kentucky
but things dcn't always work
out the way yotu want. Hope
you had a great turnout and a
real good time. Regards to all."
*
Members of the 12th Armored Division Association took part
in a wreath laying ceremony held at the Court of Honor at
Brooks Field, Fort Knox.
NOTE FROM THE
92nd RCN UNIT REP
Well here it is October al-
ready and I am sure all the
Hellcats are back at work by
now. I do hope that all our
members are putting a little
aside each week for the 1965
Cleveland Reunion. I am sure
Jack Miller and his committee
will put on a great one and I
can already hear that band
playing "Down By The O-
HI-O".
Our good friend Dick Hendry
(82nd) has given up his gas
station. He has a new job with
the iJoliet Township High School.
He has complete charge of all
the vehicles. He really has a
big job. However I am sure
that Dick will keep those wheels
rolling come rain or storm or
sleet or hail. Ed Brovic's mo-
ther had an operation and is
coming along very nicely. God
bless her. I received a nice let-
ter from George and Kay Dre-
her. They want to thank Gene
Blackford for the lovely gift
they received. It was a 2 quart
casserole. I hope and pray that
George and Kay will have many
more wonderful years together.
They are just a wonderful
couple.
Well fellows this is kind of a
skimpy column this month but
you haven't been writing to me.
In order to make up a column
a unit rep has to have the
material. So let's get with it
and drop me a few lines. You
would be surprised how pain-
less an effort it is once you
get started.
So long for now and take
good care of yourselves.
Bernard Bombasaro
113 Arizona Ave.
Joliet, Mich.
William iS. Maggio (C/92) 551-
5.i Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11220:
— "My family and I enjoy
reading the paper very much.
Bill has been working hard. My
health has been up and down
the ladder tout God is .good and
we all know that. We will toe
moving to our new home at 154
Helene St. Islip Terrance, L.I.
We have been packing for weeks.
By the way if any of our Hell-
cat friends will want to visit us
we'll sure have the -room now.
Sincerely hope everyone is well
and blessings and best wishes
to all."
NOTE FROM 23rd
TANK BN UNIT REP
I regret to say that I have
no news of the 23rd tank bat-
talion at this time. In my last
report I stated that I wanted
to reach a membership of 100.
Well I'm going to correct that
statement. As of the new rost-
er we have 113 members sixty-
three of whom are unpaid. I'd
like to make it 200 by next re-
union time. Some of you fel-
lows must know of an ex-Hell-
cat who is not paid up or has
never been a member. How a-
bout attempting a little re-
cruiting job. I have started work-
ing on the unpaid members
myself and hope to see some
results but in many instances
a personal contact from one of
you will do the trick. The 23rd
never sat on their hands back
in the old days. Let's get off of
them now.
There isn't any 23rd news
but I am sure of you fellows
in our group have little fellows
in the 9 to 12 year age bracket.
Well we are very proud to have
the Little League champions
here on Staten Island, N.Y.
They are the Mid Island Little
League. They won all their
games and won the series over
Mexico by a score of four gam-
es to none. All these young
lads are from around the
neighborhood and they are a
fine bunch of boys.
Well I hope to have more to
report for my next issue and
I hope those dues are coming
through. If you fellows will
just give me a little cooperation
I'll do all I can. It is pretty
discouraging not to have at
least one news item for an is-
sue. You don't have to know
me personally to write After
all we are all Hellcats!
Fred J. Hancock
258 Bidwell Ave.
Staten Island 14, N.Y.
Edward C. Leen (C/66) 1134
Rogers Ave. Brooklyn, N.Y. 11-
226:-"Have been home from
work for three months with
eye trouble. Had an operation
in May but recovery is slow.
Hope you had a good time at
the reunion." Ed. note: We did
have a good time Ed and we
wish you a speedy recovery so
that you can make the next
one with us.
send in a
xmas ad!!!
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Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.). Hellcat News, (Detroit, Mich.), Vol. 19, No. 2, Ed. 1, October 1964, newspaper, October 1964; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth410015/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum.