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Gary R
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From: Illinois
Registered: 8/22/2016
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posted 8/22/2016 6:11:04 PM    
My Dad, Wesley M. "Perk" Russell and my Uncle William R. "Bill" Burke Jr. were both trained at Ft. Knox. During their time there, the both of them competed in boxing and won several fights. My Uncle Bill Burke won Llightweight Championship. Any and all information on these two would be appreciated. Thank you in advance. Gary R.
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MikeWoldenberg
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From: University at Buffalo (NY)
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posted 8/22/2016 7:41:16 PM
Hi, I will check the Hellcat News Archives. In the meantime, Billy Conn who fought
Joe Louis twice and almost became the champ once,
trained boxers for the 12th Armored.
I will tray and get you specific information.
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Gary R
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posted 8/23/2016 2:48:41 PM
My dad told me that a professional boxer tained them. He also said, while on leave, they would spar with the professionals, to earn extra cash. Again, thank you for your help.
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MikeWoldenberg
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From: University at Buffalo (NY)
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posted 8/24/2016 7:54:42 AM
One way to find the information:
Click on HELLCAT NEWS ARCHIVES (to the left of this
message):
Click on ADVANCED SEARCH
Fill in the TITLE as HELLCAT NEWS
Fill in the DATE RANGE as : 1942-1945
Fill in CONTENT (inside pages) BOXING
At this point you will seem thumbnails of the HELLCAT NEWS. Click on the first one. You get a large page.
See SEARCH INSIDE. Make sure you write:
BOXING
Then click on this. You will see
"sequence 7" This means page 7. Click on the
image. Page 7 has several words (boxing) outlined
in yellow. Read the whole article for names and other
clues.
Now continue your search by clicking the BACK POINTER
at the top. Go to the first display showing other thumbnails of issues. Click on the next one. Repeat the whole process
for the second thumbnail. In some cases there will be more
than one page ("sequence") for a given issue.
I did not finish my search for the names you wanted to
find. However, there was Billy Conn, and another pro
boxer who coached the 12th ARmored. Also, there was
a middleweight contender who wss an enlisted man in the
division. Finally, many names are mentioned. Boxing was
very popular. I believe that Harry? Coombes was an outstanding fighter for the division.
Please let me know if you find what you were looking for.
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harry dhans
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posted 8/25/2016 10:20:36 PM
HCN has a sports column. You might find something there if not under boxing.
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MikeWoldenberg
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posted 8/26/2016 6:46:22 AM
Yes, Harry. However, all the boxing information is associated
with the word "boxing." I tried looking up names of boxers but it is easier to simply read the columns associated with
boxing. However, I did not use the search term "boxer".
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Gary R
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From: Illinois
Registered: 8/22/2016
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posted 8/26/2016 8:30:50 PM
Mike,
Thanks, I looked through those papers but did not find what I was looking for.
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harry dhans
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posted 8/28/2016 2:20:14 PM
didn't find them yet. Did find a connection with the Golden Gloves program
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bmccarthy
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From: Gloucester MA
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posted 10/30/2016 3:48:07 PM
Robert Demarsellis Spec Serv Ofc
was with HQ Co Division Trains and told me he ran the boxing program from the management perspective
If you google his name as well you might come up with some more photos such as these
495th boxing team
http://www.12tharmoredmuseum.com/photoalbum_02.asp?c=Sports
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bmccarthy
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From: Gloucester MA
Registered: 3/7/2008
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posted 10/30/2016 4:17:39 PM
you might also want to search the Camp barkeley news as well.
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth598395/m1/5/zoom/?resolution=4&lat=4632.191490068515&lon=2272.8734611391765
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