Hellcat News, (Detroit, Mich.), Vol. 18, No. 12, Ed. 1, August 1964 Page: 2 of 4
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T h • HELLCAT NEWS
AUG. REPORT OF
UNIT REP OF
THE 714th
It seems like just a short
time ago that we all said
good-bye at the St. Louis Re-
union, yet that was almost a
year ago and we are one step
closer to old age. Or should I
say life begins at 40, instead?
I know that Inez and I are
looking forward to the Louis-
ville Reunion and we do hope
that we see an awful lot of
new faces as well as the usual
old faces. They are always
enjoyable to see again. Many
people probably say what is
there to do at a Reunion. Well
all I can say, if we do not do
anything else we do have a
good time visiting with each
other and talking about things
that have happened while we
were in combat and even be-
fore we went into combat, al-
so what we have been doing
with ourselves since we have
been back in civilian life. The
biggest thrill at Reunions is
the element of surprise when
somebody new appears on the
scene that has not attended a
Reunion. Then all H— breaks
loose and I do know in a lot
of cases the Tonsil Tonic (Slim
Nelsons Version) or whatever
name you have for it does get
consumed and the tongues
never stop until the wee hours
of the morning, if then.
I received the most wonder-
ful letter from Joe Mielnik and
Joe I will take you up on that
offer when we get together in
Louisville. I never realized you
had that same headache that
I have, that of a position on
the Grievance Committee. You
can never satisfy these people
because they never feel they
are being represented as good
as they should be. That's life.
We will be looking forward
to the Hector Family being
present for this big occasion,
as well as the Filberts, Mich-
els, Nelsons, Morgans, Reed-
ers, and many more of the
old 714th. Let's get with it
folks and be there so you will
not have to be marked absent.
I know that you would have
to use a big club on the
Johnsons, Kettlers, Milners, Sir
DeHart, Quicis, Beckadics, Sir
Keefer, Grathwohls and of ail
the latest fire balls of the
714th the Caulfields. I can still
hear those bells ringing that
they started when they attend-
ed their first Reunion in St.
Louis. I know that there
would be many more that would
start them bells a-ringing, if
they would just let themselves
go and make a Reunion. They
would really enjoy themselves
to no end.
I am going to end this re-
port right at this point ex-
cept for one main point that
it is a very important item
of business. Please take your
time while on the road and
get to Louisville safe and
sound. With all of the cars on
the highway today, we are
getting more and more crazy
drivers. Remember always to
give the other driver the right
a-way and I think that your
car will be in better condition
in the long run, possibly a lot
better than his will be. At
least you will make it to Louis-
ville and he will not make his
destination. SEE YOU IN LOU I
VILLE. WILL YOU BE THERE/
I WILL!
As Ever,
Ken. Warnes Sr.
R. D. No. 1, Box 86
Aurora, Illinois 60504
THOSE DAYS AT BARKELEY
William Johnson (B/714)
830 6th St. N.E., North Can-
ton, Ohio:- "After moving into
our new home it took me quite
a while to answer the letters
from all those nice people who
wrote to me after the last re-
union. Hope I didn't miss
anyone. I was particularly hap-
py to see the name of Char-
les Hisiger on the list of new
members. I had in the past
tried in many ways to con-
tact this man. My final effort
was through Arthur Arnold and
I am assuming that Arthur
came through for which I
thank him. We enlisted men
came in contact with many
officers. There were some that
we for some reason or other
thought just a little more of;
it wasn't a matter of ability
as individual officers. Maybe
it was because he was your
platoon leader and your feel-
ings were controlled by the
pride you had in everything
that you called yours. These
were my feelings to one Lt.
Charles Hisiger. I would hope
to think that the feelings were
mutual."
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SmwmJ* -m
This excellent shot taken in front of one of the luxury units
at Camp Barkeley, Texas was sent to us by Bill Harron (B/494).
Top row left to right we have Frentsos, Elhott. Drescher (K-
IA), Leverson and O'Brien. Bottom row left to right we have
Reilly, Harron, Wilson and Pensy.
NEWSLETTER
FROM 23RDTKBN
UNIT REP
At this time I haven't much
to report. I did receive a short
note from our former 1st sgt.
who later received a battle-
field commission and has now
retired from the army as a
major. He is H. H. Garitt of
D/23. He hopes to see me and
some of you ether fellows at
the reunion in Louisville, Ky.
His present address is at 735
Green Ridge Rd in Montgom-
ery, Ala. I am sure that he
would like to hear from
some of the boys. The last
time I saw him was at the
1946 reunion in New York at
the Hotel Aster. In fact at
that time he had just arrived
in the United States as a cap-
tain. He retired in 1960 and is
now employed with the Ala-
bama Civil Defense Dept. If
he hasn't sent in his dues we
will catch him in Louisville.
Here's hoping for a good turn
out from the 23 rd.
Fred Hancock
259 Bidwell Ave.
Staten Island, N.Y.
Fred P. Field (HQ/714) -
Hq. XXI Army Corps, IGMR,
Annville, Pa. 17003:- "We ar-
rived back in the states last
August after a wonderful 3
years in the Canal Zone. Re-
gards to all our friends."
66TH AIB REPORT
Have held off writing this
column as long as possible but
still seem to have come up
short on material. By the
time this column is cut we
hope that everyone has their
plans all made to come to
Louisville. I sure hope that the
66th has another good turnout
this year.
Many of the fellows have
asked about our 1st Sgt. J.D.
Grigg (C) Company. I wrote
to him at an old address that
was given to me and received
an answer a few days ago.
Jerry is still in the service
and his address is CWO—W—
3 Jerry D. Grigg, Installation
Maintenance, Ft. Carson, Col-
orado. Jerry and his family
actually live in Colorado Springs
and he tells me that he would
sure like to hear from some
of the fellows from "C' Com-
pany. Jerry has two children
and informed me that his wife,
whom many of you fellows met
while in service, was killed
in an auto accident in 1958.
Jerry has since remarried. He
won't be able to attend our re-
union this year but he would
be pleased to join the associ-
ation.
Here's looking forward to
seeing everyone in Louisville
soon.
G. R. O'Bryan
408 David
Bethalto, 111.
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