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HELLCAT NEWS
September 1989
One of the guys quickly got up,
making a beeline for the toilet.
Pfc. Joseph Kennely of Brook-
lyn, a former artillery observer
with the 12th Armored Divis-
ion, smiled a weak smile and
said, "We all have the G. I.'s.
He's got it worse than we have.
He's got it bad. We can't eat
too much but we couldn't resist
this."
They had lived on watered
soup and bird-specks of bread.
One of the few times they had
meat was when a bomb killed
a couple horses.
"We used to dream up menus
in the camp," said Kennely.
"Our favorite menu was a
Super-Dagwood with a pan-
cake, six link sausages, another
pancake, a layer of bacon
strips, another pancake, then
two fried eggs, another pan-
cake, then a pound of melted
butter and finally sprinkle the
whole top of it with chocolate
chips. We used to have chocol-
ate with every menu. All of us
love chocolate . ..
Battalion
INOFIANCE
DONALD A. MERCIER
1204 BOLLES STREET
EAU CLAIRE, WI 54703
Phone (715)832-7898
HEADQUARTERS COM-
PANY - No letters or calls from
Headquarters Company this
month. Guess the heat is get-
ting to everyone.
SERVICE COMPANY - No
news from Service Company
either. They must all be on
vacation.
A COMPANY - Jack McKin-
ney sent in his 89 and 90 dues
for 12th ADA. Thanks Jack.
Claude Spargur wrote that he
has been doing volunteer work
at the Veteran's home four
hours a day, five days a week.
He is treasurer of the local
cemetery, does the bookwork,
and runs the operation besides.
In June he drove to Midlothian
and visited Howard and Louise
Emmett; in July he drove to
Urbana and visited Merle and
Francis Jackson and to Lincoln
to visit Paul and Dorothy
Boughan. He also called John
Brown who was busy baby
sitting at the time. Sure sounds
like Claude is keeping busy.
B COMPANY - No news here
either.
C COMPANY - Ilda Henley
writes that in 1950-51 she and
Bill and their oldest daughter,
Carolyn lived in Anchorage,
Alaska. One afternoon she had
gone shopping and had left the
windows open. When she got
home she found a couple inches
of volcanic ash covered every-
thing. It was a mess to clean
up, especially trying to get the
ash out of their hair. (She knew
we had just been in Alaska)
She enjoyed visiting relatives
in Kansas, and Colorado this
summer. Ilda and Carolyn plan-
ning on being in Reno for the
reunion in September.
Harry and Doris Morris re-
ceived information that Shirley
Golden is engaged. Isn't that
great. Happy for you Shirley.
That is all the news that I have
received from C Company for
this month.
D COMPANY - No news here
either. Everyone must be rest-
ing up for the 44th reunion in
Reno.
I'd like to remind you all that
the 44th Tank Battalion re-
union will be in Reno Septem-
ber 8, 9, and 10 at the Sun-
downer Casino and Hotel. If
you can't make that one maybe
you can attend the 12th Armor-
ed Division Association reunion
on those same dates in San
Antonio, Texas. They would be
happy to see you.
Being news has been so
scarce this time I'll tell you a
little bit about the trip Dorothy
and I took to Alaska in July.
After flying to Seattle and
visiting Vancouver, British Col-
umbia we spent four days cruis-
ing up the inside passage on
the Daphne. Was a nice cruise
ship with good sized cabins
and lots of excellent Italian
food. Stopped at Ketchikan,
Juneau, and Skagway, Alaska.
Ketchikan was once the Salmon
Capital of the World. Juneau is
the Capital of Alaska and the
location of the Mendenhall
Glacier. We were supposed to
cruise up to Skagway but the
ship hit a small iceberg damag-
ing the propeller. So they flew
us (our whole tour group of 35
people) to Skagway in small 5
passenger planes piloted by
bush pilots. Was quite an exper-
Buscavage listens, McNaull talks at KC. Photo: Earl
Norris, A/714.
ience. Skagway was the main
jump-off place for the gold
miners heading up to the Yukon
for the famed Klondike gold
rush in the late 1890s. From
Skagway we traveled all the
rest of the way by motorcoach.
Stopped at Whitehorse, Yukon
Territory, Canada the begin-
ning of the Alcan Highway.
We traveled the Alaskan High-
way stopping at beautiful
Kluane Park, and Sheep Moun-
tain in Canada, and then on to
Tok, Alaska. We must have
passed millions of scrub pines.
Then on to Fairbanks where
we took a neat River Cruise on
the Chena and Tanana Rivers.
We were able to see and touch
the oil pipeline too while in the
Fairbanks area. It is usually
fenced in and not accessable.
Interesting to learn all about
the pipe line and its effect on
Alaska. Then on to Denali
Park. A seven hour bus tour
through the park, on some real
exciting mountain roads, was
the highlight of the trip. Even
the park bus driver said we had
more close up animal sightings
than most trips she knew of.
We saw bears, moose, caribou,
sheep, and even a wolf. Was
quite an experience. Never did
see Mount McKinley as it was
socked in all the time. Then on
to Matanuska Valley were they
grow 50 pound cabbages, Port-
age Glacier, Mt. Alyeska Re-
sort, and then on to Anchor-
age, Alaska's largest city. From
there we flew directly to Saint
Paul/Minneapolis and then
home. We had some rain but a
lot less than I expected and it
didn't interfere with our sight
seeing. So all in all it was a
Reminders For Helping
With Problems
1. All people have problems
throughout their lives - some
big, some small.
2. We each "own" our own
problems and are responsible
for our actions. No one else can
solve our problems for us.
3. When you take over some-
one else's problem and give
him/her a solution, the person
learns nothing. Although the
person may feel relieved at the
time, he/she becomes depen-
dent on you for solutions and
doesn't develop his/her own
skills. When you find yourself
continually "rescuing" other
people from their problems, ask
yourself if you are trying to
make the world depend on you.
4. When someone talks to
you about a problem, listen to
what they are asking for - they
may want you to just listen.
Not everyone is lookin for help
in solving a problem.
5. Believe in people! We all
have wonderful potential for
finding and getting what we
want and need.
great trip. I'd recommend it.
In closing I have only one
thing to say. HELP!!! I need
some calls and letters. If I don't
get any I'll be boring you to
death with my life story. Take
good care of each other - and
WRITE, WRITE, WRITE.
Don 'Moe' Mercier
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