Today, Kris and I were reflecting on people who made an impression on our lives and also made a mark in history...of course, Merle J Jensen was first, Harold West and others...then we went to others, unbeknownst at the time, were heroes on a magnificent level, but to me, they were co workers and customers..................
Hal..in my early days at the bank was a Marketing "guy" that I had taken out on numerous calls...until one bank party when the topic came around to baseball and I was talking up Chicago White Sox..only to find the below as the evening wore on.................................................
Harold "Prince Hal" Newhouser (May 20, 1921 – November 10, 1998) was an American former professional baseball player. In Major League Baseball (MLB), he pitched 17 seasons on the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians, from 1939 through 1955. Newhouser was an All-Star for six seasons,[a] and was considered to be the most dominating pitcher of the World War II era of baseball, winning a pitcher's triple crown for the Tigers in 1945.
After his retirement from baseball, Newhouser was away from baseball for 20 years while he served as a bank vice president. He later worked as a scout for several MLB teams. While scouting for the Houston Astros, he was angered when the team did not listen to his recommendation to draft Derek Jeter and instead picked Phil Nevin. He quit shortly after. Newhouser was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1992. He died several years later in a Michigan hospital.
Then...I had to reflect on the old customer who I had at my desk may times as a Manager of the Keego Harbor Office..... Dr. Furlong, as far as I knew, was a retired pediatrician....when Marylee and I we planning to go to Europe, he asked where and if we were going to France...of course...
Months later, one of my staff said they thought he did something important since a building was names in his honor in Pontiac.....
At this point of life, I look back at the people who I have crossed paths and feel I posted a Plus in their lives.....in the case of the above...I am overwhelmed that I crossed paths with GODS...
Harold A. Furlong
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Harold Arthur Furlong | |
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Medal of Honor
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| Born | August 1, 1895 Pontiac, Michigan |
| Died | July 27, 1987 (aged 91) |
| Place of burial | Oak Hill Cemetery, Pontiac, Michigan |
| Allegiance |  United States of America |
| Service/branch |  United States Army |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Unit | 353d Infantry Regiment, 89th Division |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
| Awards |  Medal of Honor |
Medal of Honor citation[edit]
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, 353d Infantry, 89th Division. Place and date: Near Bantheville, France, 1 November 1918. Entered service at: Detroit, Mich. Birth: Pontiac, Mich. G.O. No.: 16, W.D., 1919:Citation: Immediately after the opening of the attack in the Bois-de-Bantheville, when his company was held up by severe machinegun fire from the front, which killed his company commander and several soldiers, 1st. Lt. Furlong moved out in advance of the line with great courage and coolness, crossing an open space several hundred yards wide. Taking up a position behind the line of the machineguns, he closed in on them, one at a time, killing a number of the enemy with his rifle, putting 4 machinegun nests out of action, and driving 20 German prisoners into our lines.[1]
