Hellcat News, (Springfield, Ill.), Vol. 36, No. 3, Ed. 1, November 1981 Page: 11 of 26
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lower leg to hold it in place until it
heals. He has a large metal
contraption on the lower leg
holding the pins in place. The pins
should be out by the time you
read this. Says that if the knee
and leg turn out well they will
probably make the reunion in
'82. George Ridenour stopped in
early in the summer. Naturally
they won the war again. George is
enjoying retirement and he looks
great. Lucky plans to get to
Pueblo one of these days and see
Adam Gentz. Lucky and Marie
are enjoying retirement in Colo-
rado Springs. They are building a
cabin in the High Country and
have it about half finished. It is in
good hunting and fishing country
and the scenery is fabulous. Their
middle son lives out there and
helps with the heavy work at the
cabin. (I remember the night
that Lucky and I won the
war again at my house in
Verona, Italy-much to the con-
sternation of some of the SETAF
staff who had wanted to make
points with the VIP from Wash-
ington.)
John B. Madigan: just to bring
you up to date on 'old' Jack.
Retired since 1973-disability from
a family trucking business. Fight-
ing the battle of Parkinsonism
since 1970. Just my wife Marie
and I rocking on the front porch.
Joe LeDonne and A1 Zimmerman
(may he rest in peace) ride herd
on me. I hope that Remo Croce is
behaving himself. They were a
bunch of tough youngsters in
1942. Right out of the pool halls,
factories, and offices of the East-
ern seaboard. Good men and
rugged soldiers. (Jack, Remo
looks downright 'upright' just like
you would expect a district attor-
ney to look.)
Ralph K. Ritchie enjoys reading
about old friends.
William H. Schuch went to
Indiana on vacation. Contacted
L.C. Moore in Indianapolis to see
if he was still with us. Says that
he found he was doing fine, just
forgot to send in his dues. (Better
prod him again Bill. I don't think
he has sent them yet.)
'Spike' Simons had sickness in
the family. Everything is okay
now.
D. TROOP: Arthur Anderson:
enjoys reading about the boys
every month. James Cuffia: Mar-
garet and Wilton Bell visited
recently. They had a nice reunion
looking over the old pictures.
Jimmie and Betty extend an
invitation to anyone passing near
Leechburg, Pa.
Charles C. Kilmer: Lawrence
Garren and wife visited this sum-
mer. The Kilmers are going to
return the visit in October so that
they can join the birthday celebra-
tion for D Troop's oldest Hellcat,
Oscar L. Morgan. Seems that O.L.
is going to be 80 years young on
October 26. (The rest of the 92nd
wish Oscar a Happy Birthday
too!) Charles is fine and expects to
retire in about two years from
Bob Schmidt Chevrolet where he
has worked for 35 years.
E. TROOP: Eugene R. Eastham
noticed that there were some
Hellcats in Delray and Palm
Beach. Hasn't contacted anyone
yet. (Move out, Gene.)
Sam C. Pezzano still raving
about the wonderful time he and
Marge had at Rochester meeting
some of his old buddies that he
hadn't seen in 35 years.
TROOP UNKNOWN: Kenneth
Knorr: Two weeks after Roches-
Nov. 1981 HELLCAT NEWS Page 11
Bub Kalish and Ray C.
then.
Horn. A Troup 92nd as it was
ter, he and Edith and their son
Keith, took a week off. In Ohio
they visited Harold Schenck who
Ken hadn't seen in 36 years. In
Louisville they spent a day with
Louis 'Stumpy' Walton, who took
them out to the Patton Museum
at Fort Knox. In New Cumber-
land, West Virginia they spent 2
days with Gene and Ethel Duna-
way. Gene works for a race track.
Ken says he learned all about the
track except how to win on the
horses. (Ken, you don't have to
apologize for your writing. Your
two fingers do better than all of
mine.)
Elmer Reimer met Bill Bolin a
few weeks ago and had a nice
time comparing notes. Elmer has
been retired since 1979. Elmer
went to Rochester by way of
Bloomberg, Pa. and returned by
way of Washington, D.C. Says
that it was their second visit to
Washington as they spent their
honeymoon there in April, 1947.
Also says that they didn't see
much either time. (Bragging or
complaining, Elmer?)
I would remind you that if you
haven't paid your dues, you are
delinquent. While you are taking
care of this oversight, consider
whatever Booster Donation that
you can afford. Some of our old
friends may need that boost due
to age or inflation.
In closing, we have a mission
for B Troop. A note has been
received from Mrs. Don Peterson,
10407 N. Church St., Huntley, II.
60142. "Is there a booklet avail-
able that relates the activities of
the 92nd Recon during WW II?
Now that Don is no longer avail-
able to answer questions, our
SONS are suddenly interested."
(B Troop - move out. You can do
better than books.)
Needs Information without Ob-
ligation: "Can you possibly tell me
how I might get the WW II T/5
stripes? When I was given the
T/5 rating it was somewhere in
Germany and our supply did not
have such things. Now that uni-
forms are being put on display, I
would like to have them if poss-
ible."...'Scotty' Morgan D/92, 2260
E. Decatur, Decatur, II 62521.
(Since these things seem to be a
thing of the past, maybe it would
be a good idea if some of you men
that are in the area of 'Army
Supply' could check this out and
maybe we could gather a few for
our own personnel. I had never
given this type of thing a thought
in our distant past...EDITOR)
The following item was mailed
to the Unit Rep in June. The
Editor just now received it (Octo-
ber 2) so thought he should get it
printed in the news right away:
"We both thought we would be
able to attend the reunion this
year but we have two strikes
against us. Floyd's niece is being
married on the 18th of July and
two weeks ago he had another
light stroke, and on top of the
other one two years ago, it set
him back. He fought the one in '79
and I am hoping he will come
around and fight again. We both
read the POW article and Floyd
related the the experiences as he
was one for 105 days, which he
seldom talks about. We exchange
letters with Jim and Betty Cuffia
and the Secretary of each man
does the writing, namely Betty
and myself. Floyd enjoys getting
the letters and I also enjoy
reading them. Floyd encloses a
booster and said to wish all of the
men in the 92nd a 'good day.'
Maybe the booster will enable
someone to have an old friend
brought into their home. Hope
this finds all in good health."
Daphne Yenna for Hellcat, Floyd
Yenna, D/92.
Fellow Hellcats and Hellkittens:
"Since last I wrote, Floyd has
been back in the hospital twice.
Each time sets him back a little
bit more, at least since the first
stroke in July of '79. As you men
of the 92nd MECZ CAV know,
Floyd is a fighter, and he is still -
as he comes back each time. I
pray that this time he will also be
able to come back. The Prisoner
of War ordeal couldn't stop him so
I have good thoughts. We both
enjoy the news."
Floyd and Daphne: our
thoughts run good also. We can
recall, as no others, the days of
the 25 mile hikes, the dreaded
dust of Texas, the rains of central
Tennessee, our short term of
England in the fall of '44, the
wetness of France and the cold-
ness of Alsace-Lorraine and of
Germany. We also have the 'good
thoughts' of every man that had
the honest pride to have been
given the right to serve with us.
Perpetuity was a password and
the countersign was forward.
Good grace and God bless. (Editor)
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