Hellcat News, (Godfrey, Ill.), Vol. 43, No. 11, Ed. 1, July 1990 Page: 3 of 36
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July 1990
HELLCAT NEWS
Page 3
Chow enroute to Innsbruck, Austria. Cpt. Kelly, T/5,
Erwin, T/5 Majorcheck, Cpt. Dietz, T/5 Sullivan, PFC
Licke, T/4 Morrison and S/Sgt Lippman (The Sad Sack
with the canteen in the center.) Courtesy of Hy Lippman
(Div Arty.)
to become in my estimation the
finest group of men anyone had
the privilege of training." (Pete
- have you had any contact
with Oliver, Seidenberg or Wolf
over the years. They worked for
me in the 92nd at one time.)
NOTES AND STUFF
Paul Beutel (Hq/119): "I'm
keeping busy with my chores
at the VFW and American
Legion. Keeps me out of the
pool halls. Bee and I are
anxiously awaiting the arrival
of our first great grand child
later this month. Boy, time sure
flies. Seems like just last year
we were on the Danube and the
war ended for us. We have had
nothing but rain here. Worst
floods in history. The Trinity
River here in Dallas is usually
about thirty feet wide. Just
south of town the levees went
out and it is now two miles
wide. But, I'll bet the old 119th
Engineers could throw a bridge
across it." (Paul - I'll bet they
could too.)
Jerry McCarthy (B/66) sent
this article by Dave Cunning-
ham which was published in
the 21 May 90 "Sporting
News": "Abbott Gets a Long-
Distance Save. The California
Angels are crediting pitcher
Jim Abbott with saving the life
of 85 year old conditioning
coach Jimmie Reese - even
though they were 3,000 miles
apart when Reese suffered a
coronary occlusion May 1.
Angels hitting coach Deron
Johnson, who saw Abbott win
in Baltimore that night, 7-1,
and who shares an Anaheim
apartment with Reese during
some stands, told the story:
'See, Abby and Jimmie are real
tight,' said Johnson. 'When
Abby beat the Orioles, Jimmie's
dentist (Dr. Norman Kumai)
called Jimmie to talk about it,
because he knows how close
they are. So they get to talking,
and the dentist asks Jimmie
how he's feeling, 'cause he
doesn't sound too good. And
Jimmie says he's having a little
pain in his chest.'
'After he hangs up, the den-
tist decides he'd better check
on him. Jimmie lives all by
himself out there in Westwood,
you, know, when we're on the
road. So he comes in and finds
Jimmie on the couch and takes
him to St. John's Hospital in
Santa Monica. Twenty minutes
later, Jimmie's having emer-
gency surgery (Angioplasty).
He had an 80 percent blockage
in the blood vessels near the
heart.'
'When you get right down to
it, Abby saved his life. What if
Abby didn't pitch that night?
Then the dentist doesn't call
Jimmie, and nobody knows.'
Reese has been in baseball
73 years, beginning as a batboy
for the Los Angeles (Pacific
Coast) Angels in 1917. He was
a roommate of Babe Ruth when
he played second base for the
New York Yankees in 1930 and
'31, and was with the St. Louis
Cardinals in '32." (Cono was
one of Jimmie's biggest fans.
His visits with Jimmie at Yan-
kee Stadium were his yearly
highlights. Ironically Cono
didn't get to read this because
he was feeling too bad.)
For your enjoyment at Char-
lotte, Cono tentatively had
entered into an agreement with
the 134th Ordnance and the
119th Engineers to share a
hospitality room. Don Hering,
the 134th Ordnance representa-
tive has reserved a large suite
in the Adams Mark from Wed-
nesday thru Saturday. To
finance the logistics of operat-
ing this room, $25.00 per couple
is requested. This averages out
to about $3.25 per person per
day and will cover drinks, food
and the cost of the room. If you
plan to use the hospitality
room, please forward your fee
to George Grimshaw who will
take over the reins of this
column as soon as I get to the
bottom of this months.
Some of you probably have
thought who does this "Guest
Ghost Writer" (G.G.W.) think
he is coming in here and writ-
ing this column. He must be
one of those experts from out of
town. To set the record straight
I feel quite comfortable doing
this since I spent time with you
on two occasions. I was on
detached service to Division for
a time at Camp Barkley. (My
Commanding Officer didn't like
the idea that he had two NCOs
on detached service. I still think
it was part of the reason that I
lost my stripes on the trumped
up charge of operating at the
crack of dawn without camou-
flage as soon as he had a
chance. The true fact is that we
had disturbed his sleep during
the night while he was inebri-
ated.) The other time was short-
ly after we landed in England
where I was part of Steve
Gardiner's crew. This lasted
until my parent unit left for
duty on the Cherbourg Penin-
sula at Carteret, France and
demanded that all their men be
returned to them. After the war
when we were transferred to
the 1st Armored Division I was
assigned to Division Head-
quarters. From these assign-
ments I remember many of
S/Sgt Lippman and Pvt
Minsky in front of a syna-
gogue in Augsburg. Court-
esy of Hy Lippman (Div
Arty).
your faces but not your name. I
do remember Ted Neighbors,
Lester Malloy, Hugh Black,
Morris Choyke and Cecil Pear-
son well.
Perhaps you're still wonder-
ing who I am. I'm the national
representative of the 92nd Cav-
alry, the unit that spearheaded
World War II for you.
I took this mission to improve
Cono's morale after I had found
a depressed man that I hardly
knew one evening. The last
time I saw him he was laugh-
ing and smiling. I am happy
that in some small way I made
life easier for him for a few
months.
It has been a pleasure work-
ing with you on detached ser-
vice again. George Grimshaw
will take over the task of ser-
ving as your national represent-
ative as of NOW.
Cono left a large pair of shoes
for George to fill. This is your
column. Help George make it
interesting for all.
See you in Charlotte,
Ernie Akaiwa
(92nd Cavalry)
Guest Ghost Writer
Div Arty men in the 17'x25' window of Hitler*s Living
room at the Eagles Nest. Courtesy of Hy Lippman (Div
Arty).
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