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July 2012
HELLCAT NEWS
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Pui, MD, an eminent leader in the research and treatment
of pediatric leukemia at St. Jude, was named the recipient
of the 2011 Henry M. Stratton Medal from the American
Society of Hematology (ASH). The award recognizes the
progress Dr. Pui has made in the fight against this blood
cancer during the past three decades. He was also named as
recipient of the 2011 Joseph H. Burchenal Memorial Award
for Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Research from the
American Association for Cancer Research (ACCR).
We believe St. Jude is the best pediatric cancer research
and treatment center in the world. But no center can keep
that claim without dedicating itself to innovation and
constant improvement. With that in mind, we are pursuing
plans for a new facility that would further our effort in
saving lives and finding cures.
JOKE TIME: Three little boys were concerned because
they couldn’t get anyone to play with them. They decided
it was because they had not been baptized and didn’t go to
Sunday School. So they went to the nearest church. Only
the janitor was there. One little boy said, “We need to be
baptized because no one will come out and play with us.
Will you baptize us?” “Sure,” said the janitor. He took them
into the bathroom and dunked their little heads in the toilet
bowl, one at a time. Then he said, “You are now baptized.”
When they got outside, one of them asked, “We’re not
Kathlick ... because they pour the water on you. We’re not
Babtist... because they dunk all of you in the water. We’re
not Methdiss ... because just sprinkle water on you.” The
littlest one said, “Didn’t you smell that water!?” They all
joined in asking, “Yeah! What do you think that means?” “I
think it means we’re Pisscopailians.”
AN OLD CELTIC BLESSING: May those who love us,
love us. And those that don’t love us, may God turn their
hearts, and if he doesn’t turn their hearts, may he turn their
ankles. So we’ll know them by their limping.
A day hemmed in prayer is less likely to unravel.
Take care, until next month, keep a smile on your face, a
song in your heart, and a prayer on your lips for our service
men and women. A prayer for our President and his staff to
get our dear country back to GOD!!!
56TH ARMORED INFANTRY
A. Edward Pierce
14 Valley View Rd, Yardville, NJ 08620-2633
609-585-6315 piercejr9@aol.com
We begin this month with the first installment of Carroll F.
Kane’s [C] story titled “My Life in the Army of the United
States. ” It is a well-written, interesting narrative that I
believe you will find quite enjoyable. Here goes:
During the 1941-42 school year, I was studying
engineering at the University of California at Los Angeles.
I came home to Alliance, Nebraska, at the end of the spring
semester. The army was building an Air Base outside of
Alliance and I obtained a job working as a technician in the
materials testing laboratory for the Architect-Engineering
firm that was in charge of the construction. As work
progressed it looked like I could continue to work until
about Thanksgiving time. Therefore I decided to continue
working and return to school for the spring semester in
January 1943. My plans were changed when I received
a letter from the draft board ordering me to report for a
physical in February 1943. A group of us went by bus from
Alliance to Fort Warren outside of Cheyenne, Wyoming,
on the 9th of February. We were given our physical exami-
nations and I was accepted for the Army. I wanted to go
into the Navy but my eyes were not good enough. I was
sworn into the Army of the United States on the 11th of
February 1943. We were then given a seven-day leave to
go home and settle any business.
We went by train to Denver, Colorado, on the 18th
of February and reported for active duty at Fort Logan,
Colorado, on the 19th of February. At Fort Logan we were
issued uniforms and our civilian clothes were sent home.
We were at Fort Logan for about a week, taking aptitude
tests, attending lectures, receiving our shots, etc. We were
also interviewed as to our civilian occupations and asked
what branch of the army we wanted to be in. I don’t think
this had much to do with where we wound up. At the end of
the week I was assigned to the Signal Corp attached to the
Army Air Force.
A group of us were taken to Denver and put on the train to
St. Petersburg, Florida. This was a long trip, going through
Kansas City, St. Louis, Atlanta, Jacksonville and finally to
St. Petersburg. We spent the day in Jacksonville waiting to
make connections with the train to St. Petersburg, where we
were assigned to training companies. The Army had taken
over most of the hotels and cafeterias in St. Petersburg. My
company was billeted in the Applegate Hotel. All of the
doors had been removed from the rooms and double deck
bunks were placed in each room. There were four men in
each room. We ate in one of the cafeterias.
The training routine was as follows: Revelry at 0600; we
then marched to the cafeteria for breakfast. After breakfast
we marched to the beach for two hours of calisthenics
followed by two hours of close order drill on a parking lot
near the beach. After the close order drill we marched to the
cafeteria for lunch. After lunch we had lectures on various
aspects of the Army. Some of these lectures were held at
the baseball field where the New York Yankees held spring
training.
We were also given various tests to determine what
specific jobs we would be assigned. As part of our training
we had to stand guard duty. I only had to stand guard
once, outside of one of the hotels from midnight to 0200.
Although this was in March it was quite cold. We had on
our woolen uniforms, field jackets and overcoats and still
were cold. We also had to do kitchen police (KP) duty. I
had KP twice. One time we were at one of the large hotels
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