Hellcat News, (Springfield, Ill.), Vol. 36, No. 3, Ed. 1, November 1981 Page: 10 of 26
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Page 10
HELLCAT N EWS
Nov. 1981
still there and being used." Dr.
Everett Roeder says, "Will be
looking forward to the reunion in
'82 here in St. Louis. I will look up
John Critzas and see if I can help
in local arrangements. I joined the
12th in Barkley at 20 as an
A.S.T.P." "phenom' was one of
Co. B's Quiz Kids, now in private
practice as a dentist; Tony Trojan
says, "I didn't make it to the
Rochester reunion because I had
to give up a day at work due to a
last minute technicality concern-
ing my retirement, which was a
week after the convention. How-
ever, I do have some good memor-
ies of Stroudsberg.
Jim Atherton was in the hospi-
tal while we were in Louisville so
Fred Caravelli, Ed Kaminski and I
went around to see him. He
looked fairly well for a guy in the
hospital. We hope he is back home
by now; Allen Horowitz called us
and said to be sure to thank you
all for the card. He says it was
real nice of you to take time from
your fun to send it. Allen is still
taking it easy around his place but
is working on the 12th Armd.
stuff; Ed Kaminski's secretary,
Millie, writes that they enjoyed
the Rochester reunion very much
and want to thank all those who
worked so hard to make it a
wonderful gathering.
Joe Doaks writes, "Just a line
to say hello and hope you are all
well. We sure did have a nice
surprise. Wally Plautz and Bob
Kimball and their wives came to
Florida to see Doris and me. Man,
did they look fine. We had rain
every day that they were here.
They went to Donald Duck and
got wet. Haha. We got a friend-
ship card from Louisville. We sure
did feel good knowing that so
many of you were thinking of us.
We cried a little when we read
some of the things our friends
wrote. We sure got a great bunch
of guys in the 82nd. I was glad to
hear that Richard Lafleur got to
make it, as he had been sick. We
also had a nice letter from Bob
and Virginia Townsend. Doris's
blood pressure is back to normal
now. It jumps often and we have
to be careful. We really apprecia-
ted the card."
Murray Davis writes, "Manny
Rappaport called me for George
Bez's ADDRESS IN Detroit since
he was having a meeting with the
sales force for his ties and shirts
of his part of "Damon Creations."
Manny has been responsible for
buying the material, with trips to
Italy and Germany^ Also sales
meetings to help promote sales.
At any rate, Manny decided that I
should also meet George for a
Mini-reunion. We had not seen
George for over 25 years. Manny
wouldn't take no for an answer so
he sent me the plane ticket for the
trip. It was a grand reunion. I
arrived in Detroit a day before
Manny and had a chance to visit
with George and his family. Even
though that was back in June I
can feel the terrific thrill of
getting together after all that
time. We played golf together and
had dinner. It was the greatest.
Sorry we didn't get to the 82nd
reunion. Hope to make it next
year if Frank and Charlie give it
another try. P.S. Did not see an
article in the Sept. issue. Hope
you are all well."
With this we leave you good
friends till the next issue. All is
well in Medford. When we meet
again, we'll be a year older...one
step closer to Social Security.
Warm Regards
Charlie
92nd
Cavalry
Recon.
Squadron
ERNEST M. AKAIWA
82 N. BISHOP LANE
SOUTHAMPTON, L.I..NY 11968
Telephone [516]283-3069
BOOSTERS
Marty Boedeker — B
James Cuffia — D
Gene Dunaway — A
John Madigan — C
Tony Fama — C
Charles Kilmer — D
Errol Simons — C
John Sonntag — Hq
Bill Maggio — C
Sam White — A
Floyd Yenna — D
DUES BUT NO NEWS:
HQ. TROOP: Henry Arnold,
Leo Schultz, William T. Self,
Hollis D. Slater, John L. Sonntag,
Theodore Yelen.
A. TROOP: Winfred H. Cheek,
Gene C. Runaway, Ken Knorr.
B. TROOP: Martin Boedeker,
Edward A. Glod.
C. TROOP: Leonard C. Colby,
A familiar landmark to many in the 92nd. Recon. as it
looks today. Railroad Bridge at Kauferin which we drove
[clumped] across on the way to Lands berg Air Base.
[Courtesy of Eldon Kohler]
Marty Lifgren, James W. Worth,
Leo Zieglmaier.
D. TROOP: John Anundson,
Peter Colosimo, Thomas J. Conry,
R. Carlton Figg, Donald Higbee,
Theodore Present, Leroy Thomp-
son, Dolore A. Trudeau, Wayne
W. Walker.
E. TROOP: Marion M. Reid.
F. TROOP: Zilch
DUES AND/OR NEWS:
HQ. TROOP: Merrill H. Klas-
sy reminisces about his days as a
radio sergeant under Lt. Riccio
and M/Sgt. Domers. Merrill gave
me a short lesson on the history of
communications. He also included
a one act play. (Merrill, I'm going
to put the play on 'hold' until
another issue. I enjoyed it very
much. Vernon Rice certainly
would have given it a good
review.)
Marion M. McCracken visited
with Lloyd Davis and his family in
Indianapolis. Got a thrill from a
lap around the Indianapolis 500
Speedway. Marion is still working
at Goodyear, but plans to hang it
up in about two years. (I did some
moonlighting at the Speedway
when I was stationed at Fort
Benjamin Harrison.)
Jack Robinson is still with Levy
Brothers Department Stores as
Treasurer, trying to manage fi-
nances for 7 stores in California.
Ruth is back working half a day as
secretary to 2 lawyers. He is
looking forward to seeing Len
Dooley, Wayne King, Rarick and
the gang again.
Frank Terrano is still raving
about the reunion and seeing old
buddies again. Also raving about
his grandson that Clara and he
baby sit two days a week. He
regrets that he missed seeing the
Judge at the reunion.
A. TROOP: Ray C. Horn saw
the picture of Bud Kalish in the
September issue. Doesn't think
that Bud has changed much in the
last 35 years and sends a picture
taken somewhere in Germany by
a photographer who turned out to
be a German spy, as proof.
Myron E. Solberg feeling fine.
Has 3 sons, 2 married and 1
single, 2 granddaughters and 1
grandson. He and his wife have
worked at the Wisconsin Veterans
Home for the last 20 years. Hopes
to retire at 62. Also hopes to
attend his first reunion in St.
Louis. Extends an open invitation
to anyone coming to Wisconsin.
B. TROOP: Eldon H. Kohler:
Our 1981 'Point' man has filed
copious reports and pictures from
his trip. I'm going to have to feed
his interesting data to you over a
period of time. (Eldon keep re-
porting. We'll use it.)
C. TROOP: Anthony J. Fama
has 3 children...his oldest, Louis,
is an accounting major in his
sophomore year at Rider College
in Lawrenceville, New Jersey.
Wishes us all many more years of
good health.
"Lucky" Likens: currently re-
covering from an operation on his
knee. Had the cartilage removed
from his left knee three years ago
and it never did heal. This opera-
tion consisted of breaking the
knee below the kneecap and then
straightening the lower leg. Four
V* inch steel pins are put in the
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