harvey donald "hank" riebe (october 10, 1921 – april 16, 2001) was a major league baseball catcher for four seasons with the detroit tigers (1942, 1947–1949). he also received a bronze star and two purple heart medals while serving in the united states army during world war ii. he was a survivor of the sinking of the troopship off the coast of france on december 24, 1944, in which 763 soldiers lost their lives.