Connecticut veterans commemorative booklet. Vol. 7, no. 15. Connecticut men of the United States Army, demobilization, Fort Devens, Massachusetts. October 23 to 25, 1945

              CONNECTICUT MEN
of the United States Army
Demobilization, Fort Devens, Massachusetts
October 23 to 25, 1945 STATE OF CONNECTICUT
EXECUTIVE CHAMBERS HARTFORD
To Connecticut Veterans of World War II:
Connecticut men have written brilliant pages in the military history of this nation since the days of Bunker Hill. Indeed, in days of peace Connecticut men prepared for war so well that they always have been among the first to fight.
In this, the greatest of all wars just ended, you, as a son of Connecticut, have courageously and faithfully main­tained
that tradition. In fact, you have raised it to new heights. You have added to the enduring list of victories, immortal names — Rendova Island, Kasarine Pass, Munda, Sicily, Weewak, Cassino, Luzon, Anzio, Normandy, the Ardennes Bulge, and more.
Chance and talents assigned many of you to tasks along the supply routes, in hospitals and at bases, or to toil and sweat in such places as the Lido Road and along the Persian Gulf. All these made victory possible. Connecticut men, too, played a glorious role in that part of the victory which is credited in the ledgers of history for the Air Force.
Your fellow citizens in Connecticut are highly proud of your service. And they are very, very grateful.
Yours very sincerely,
Governor
HERE ARE THEIR STORIES
War correspondents of World War II frequently embellished and often overwrote the action stories of modest soldiers. The aggregate result pleased editors, made headlines, and, on occasion, embarrassed the soldiers. In retaliation, the correspondents and their victims were labelled, in characteristic G. I. language, " Joe Blow". Actually, the " Joe Blows" were few and far between in this Army. The purpose of these stories is to record without embellishment, the mood, the impressions, the exciting events, of the worst and best of the great days, before time blurs memories with resulting confusion as to events, dates and places. These are soldiers' stories, here recorded as near verbatim as possible in soldiers' words. — The Editor.
Botham, George F., Jr., T/ 5, 51st Inf., 4th Armd. Div., Pomfret.
" The first good deal I had overseas was in Selb, Germany. The Army took over an entire street in the town and moved all the civilians out. The houses were as clean and modern as any over here, with electric lights and good plumbing in all of them. There weren't very many men in the town and I thought the German girls were all right. I was surprised to find so many of them spoke English. Those that didn't wanted to learn. Living like that was really wonderful after the war, but getting back here to this country was the happiest day in my life."
Burke, William H., Cpl., 522d Air Sv. Grp., ( Sep.) Waterbury.
" The day I'll remember longest of my 35 months overseas, was the day in December 1942. Ten fellows and myself were sent to a little town called Foucauld, located about 50 miles southeast of Casablanca. The place isn't even on a map. We were sent there as ground observers for the Air Corps. When we stopped the truck in the middle of the town and started to climb off, there wasn't a person in sight. Before a minute had gone by the whole town square was filled with Arabs. Where they suddenly appeared from, no one yet is able to figure out. We later found out that we were the first American soldiers the people in this town had ever seen. The way they crowded around us and looked us over we began to feel as though we had dropped in on another world. With
all the time I spent in Africa, I still haven't been able to figure out how Arabs can sud­denly
appear apparently out of nowhere."
Brangi, Anthony D., Sgt., Co. EL, 26th Inf., 1st Div., New Haven.
" D- Day on Omaha Beach in Normandy was the one I'll remember the rest of my days, as the roughest of my 27 months overseas. Little did I think then that a few months later I would be doing guard duty at Nuremberg where Goering, Goebbels, and the rest of the war crim­inals
were awaiting trial. The bunch of them really looked like ' they had it.' The SS troops we took out to work and guarded did not look as tough as they used to either, though inside I guess they were the same. We never handled them with kid gloves when we put them to work cleaning up the town. We let them know that someone else could do a little pushing around too."
Brozozowski, Charles J., T/ 4, 3d Tank Bn., 10th Armd. Div., Stamford.
" I was in France, Luxembourg, Belgium and Germany. I was in a lot of shelling around the Rhine River, but I was lucky and was not hit. It is not any too good in Europe as far as I am concerned. It is hard to express myself now that I am getting out; don't know what to say I am so over­joyed."
Caisse, Robert E., Pfc, 1408th Q. M. Co., 332d Air Sv. Grp., Newington.
" I'll always remember the reception we received entering Southern France. My outfit went in on D- Day plus three. Twelve
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fellows and myself were sent ahead to start working on a gasoline dump, preparing for stocking it with gas for a landing strip nearby. It was a small French town called Pijet, a few miles inland from St. Raphael where we had landed. No sooner had we started coming up the main street in the town when we were mobbed by civilians. They threw their arms around us, kissed us, and presented us with bottles of wine and bouquets of flowers. They all got together that night and by pooling all their food gave us a wonderful steak dinner. From then on I liked the French people. They treated us like kings. It wasn't the same in Italy, probably be­cause
there were too many soldiers there."
Carr, Thomas J., Pfc, 29th Inf. Regt., ( Sep.), Hamden.
" Of the the countries I've seen overseas, and that includes Iceland, England, France, and Belgium, I think that Ger­many
is far superior. It's cleaner, more modern and nearer to what this country is than all the others. Whatever I thought about the Germans as people, I have to say that they were darn good workers as we had a lot of them as KP's in our kitchen. You couldn't find any harder workers. The German girls weren't bad either. As for that non- fraternization order, it was the most foolish thing ever issued as it was impossible to keep to it even from the start. Although I guess we'll have to send food over there this winter, I don't think we should. They brought it all on themselves."
Clouse, James F., S/ Sgt., 892d Air Engr. Sq., 474th Air Sv. Grp.; Hamden.
" Good to be back? Are you kidding? It's the best day of my life. After 33 months overseas in England and France, I want to forget about the Army. I was a radio maintenance man for my outfit which was servicing a fighter wing. I liked
the work all right while the war was on, but now that it's over I want to be just a plain civilian again."
Cohort, Clifford W., T/ 4, 157th Inf., 45th Div., West Suffield.
" My outfit was in Munich doing oc­cupation
work when we heard the news of V- J Day. Since we were slated to go to the Pacific from Germany and had been pre­paring
for it, you can bet it was the best news I heard during all the time I was overseas. Twenty- six months overseas in Italy, France and Germany is enough. I had a pretty hot time of it when I served as a message runner in the company during and immediately after the breakthough at Anzio on our way up to Rome. It seemed to me then that the Germans were firing everything at us from the four points of the compass. The States . . . it's wonderful!"
Craft, George A., Cpl., 1909th Q. M. Truck Co., ( Sep.), Waterbury.
" I was a truck driver for most of my 38 months overseas. The best time I can remember ever happening overseas was on V- E Day. I was acting as dis­patcher
then and when we heard the news, the whole outfit stopped working. I think we drank half the cognac and wine there was in Italy that day and everyone was feeling pretty happy. Since a great many of the trucks and drivers were scattered all over Italy when the news came, and also stopped working and celebrated in whichever city or town they happened to be in, I had one devil of a time trying to get them all back again. But it was all worth it, even if I did have to work like a madman two days after to get everything straightened out."
Dablain, Charles A., Pfc, Hq. Co., 20th Inf., 10 Armd. Div., Torrington.
" At Bastogne during the Bulge, we were the first to enter the city and stop
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the German drive. On December 18 we were completely surrounded. We ran out of supplies and they were dropped to us from the air, the Germans got half of the supplies and we got the other half. Trucks made a run to get out of Bastogne and went 25 kilometers east of Bastogne and took up positions to pick up stragglers from other units. There at night we could see our guns land shells on the German positions. It's good to be home and I never want anything to do with the Army. Not that it's bad, but you're always obligated to someone."
Dappollonic, Benni G., Cpl, A. M. G., Farmington.
" As a truck driver my job consisted of taking trips into the country to farms and warehouses and hauling back wheat and grain which was later distributed to the civilian population by the Army. I spoke Italian, so got along pretty well in both Sicily and Italy where I was invited fre­quently
to private homes for meals. Except for the air raids we had in Sicily, I rather enjoyed the experience of overseas duty, but am mighty glad to be back."
Dingwall, Alexander G., S/ Sgt., 124th Q. M. Co., 74th Sv. Grp., Bridgeport.
" When we steamed into New York harbor about four o'clock in the afternoon, the Statue of Liberty was clouded with either fog or smoke, but I never saw any­thing
that looked as welcome in my life. I had read about Americans to returning this country and feeling ' funny inside' at the sight of it, and now I know just what that feeling is— it's just about the best homecoming feeling anyone could ex­perience.
I've been overseas 20 months. Of all the people 1 met overseas, the Flemish in Belgium appeared to me to be the most decent and I liked them a lot."
Fennelly, Joseph P., T/ 4, Hq. Co., 145th Inf., 37th Div., Hamden.
" We came into the north end of Manila and the first building we took was the Balentawak Brewery. The Nips had just pulled out and left a couple of vats of cold beer. In their haste they only fired a couple of bullets into the vats and when we entered the place was full of beer. We grabbed cans and out helmets and filied them up with beer. I filled a bucket that held about 10 quarts of beer. I drank all I could hold and the next day I thought I was dead. The closest call I had was while sleeping in a foxhole on New Georgia— a 500 pound Nip bomb landed 20 feet from me. I was asleep at the time and it threw dirt on me; I didn't know what happened. The next day I looked out of my hole and there was a crater big enough to drive a truck in.
Fink, Richard J., S/ Sgt., 60th Inf. Bn., 9th Armd. Div., New Britain.
" In 18 months overseas I was a sec­tion
leader of a machine gun platoon. All of it was pretty rugged though I guess at Bastogne, during the Battle of the Bulge, was the worst period of all. My outfit was caught without any warning at Bedford in Luxembourg without winter clothing and only one blanket per man in the mid­dle
of winter. We knew so little of what was happening that when we received orders to move, we thought we were being taken to the rear for a rest. Instead we went up to Bastogne to help an outfit there and, without winter clothing, found ourselves in some of the fiercest fighting we ever had. I wouldn't want to go through another winter like that for anything."
Fleece, William P., Pfc, Co. B., 47th Inf., 9th Div., New Haven.
" I was wounded fighting in Rovenich, Germany. Shrapnel hit me in the leg. I received the Bronze Star for evacuating a wounded buddy. I remember a funny incident, my Lieutenant and platoon
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Sergeant were arguing with a German officer as to who would surrender to who. This kept up for a few minutes. Then one of the Jerries threw a grenade at our Lieutenant; he managed to get out of the way unhurt, and we were forced to kill the German officer and his men."
Golden, David R., 1st/ Sgt., Co. E., 103d Inf., 43d Div., Windsor Locks.
" I don't want to say anything now that it's all over. I'd feel good if I could get a job when I get out."
Griffin, George F., S/ Sgt., Co. A., 145th Inf., 37th Div., Waterbury.
" We were spearheading into Manila and after clearing Plaridel that night I was put on a road block with my squad plus a machine gun squad. The Japs pulled a Banzai attack on us at 0200. The whole machine gun squad was killed by grenades. I was wounded in the chest and head by shrapnel along with three of my squad. We killed 11 Nips and droves the rest of them off. I thank God that I am alive. I was in on the fall of Manila, and also chased all over Luzon looking for ' The Tiger Of Malaya' General Yamashita."
Gwardyak, Eugene T., Pfc, Co. B., 47th Inf., Regt., 9th Inf. Div., Bridgeport.
" Landing on Omaha Beach D- Day plus six, we met light resistance. I went through France, Belgium and Holland and up to within 30 miles of Berlin. We met the first Russians on the bank of the Elbe. We had a three- day celebration with them. It is swell to be back and that is about all I have to say. The war is over and I want to forget about the whole thing. I came back alive and that is what counts."
Harkey, Henry R., Sgt., 11th Evac. Hosp., Bristol.
" Anzio was about the hottest place I've been in. I sweated out the Anzio Express, a railroad gun that gave us a lot of hell. I saw a lot from Casablanca to Tunisia.
Then to Sicily and to Italy and as far as 60 miles north of Rome. Then we went to Southern France on the invasion. We got to Augsburg, Germany. I remember most the day they told us we were going home. It's wonderful to be getting out.'
Holabird, Donald H., T/ Sgt., 460th Sv. Sq., 326th Sv. Grp., Branford.
" The Black Forest region in Germany reminded me in many ways of a lot of sec­tions
in New England. It was very clean and nice wooded groves were everywhere. I was at a place called Firth in Germany when V- E Day was announced and all the boys began to fire off AA guns and build bonfires. They also built a few fires in their innards when they obtained a few cases of German wine. We had a good celebration and with 90 points to my credit, I didn't hold back any myself."
Jones, William B., Pfc, 52d Inf., 9th Armd. Div., New Britain.
" It was in early December 1944 while we were waiting for orders to move some twenty trucks loaded with gasoline and ammunition that we learned that the Germans had started a push and were only a few miles away from us. At the time we were in a little town about five miles outside Bastogne. We took off to Bastogne where they turned us into in­fantrymen
to help the 101st Airborne out. After ten days of this, you can bet we were mighty glad to see the 4th Division who finally pushed their way in and helped us out."
Kratzer, Emil A., Pfc, 464th Amph., Bn. ( Sep.), Fairfield.
" New Guinea was not so hot. We brought assault troops to Neoenfoer. Things were very hot here on July 3, ' 44; then I went to the Philippines in January 1945 two days after the initial landings. Too much rice there. The women do most of the work in the Philippines!"
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Lawrence, Edwin W., T/ 5, Co. A., 102d Inf., ( Sep.), Stratford.
" I spent 23 months on Christmas Island located 95 miles from the Equator. As far as I'm concerned, it stunk! The rest of my time overseas was spent on the Island of Oahu, T. H. I really can't complain too much because as of today I will be a civilian. My time spent in the Army is water over the dam."
Licata, Vito A., T/ 5, Co. F., 397th Regt,, 100th Div., Cos Cob.
" I remember Rimling, France, where we went into an attack on the town and only 32 out of 185 men were not killed or wounded. The Germans pushed us out of the town and we were pulled back to re­organize.
Artillery, and tank fire, plus infantry, did the most damage to us."
Lorber, Irving P., Pfc, 462d Sv. Sq., 312th Air Sv. Grp., Hartford.
" My best day was when I walked up the gangplank to get on the boat coming- home with my 87 points nicely noted on my records. The places we were located in France and Germany were for the most part pretty poor. The engineers usually laid a landing strip down in the middle of a muddy field and we lived around it. As a mechanic on P- 47s my busiest days were in December 1944 when our planes were almost piling up on one another at the end of the field, having been shot up with flak or damaged in low dive- bombing attacks by the explosion of their own bombs. It's going to seem mighty fine to see the home town again as the last sight I had cf it was way back in 1941."
Lydiksen, Donald B., T/ Sgt., 48th Inf., 7th Armd. Div., Milford.
" I really don't have anything to say. I didn't like the countries I've been to; this includes England, France, Holland and Germany. I think the Bulge is where we took the worst beating. We were ordered
to hold a line for two days and held it for five days. The Jerries had plenty of fire power. I want to forget all about the war. I like traveling and seeing all different parts of the world, but not the way I did."
Lyon, Mortimer H., Pfc, 23d Engr. Bn., 3d Armd. Div., New Britain.
" The nearest thing to the Merritt Parkway that I have seen overseas were the Autobahn or military' highways in Germany. They were well constructed of concrete and all had lanes in the center. We didn't stop to pay tolls on them though when we were going through Germany. When my outfit was on the move, it was a difficult job to find them or even catch up with them. Sometimes they were 50 or 60 miles ahead with several by- passed towns in between you and the spearhead. During the Battle of the Bulge, it was even worse for you'd be sent to a town where the unit was supposed to be, only to get near there and find the Germans were occupying it again. I managed to see a lot cf the country, though, driving ration trucks around even if things did get a little too hot for comfort at times."
Martineck, John G., Pfc, 318th Sig. Co. Wing, ( Sep.), Wallingford.
" I was overseas 29 months and served as a telephone operator all that time. I was in Italy most of the time and saw enough of the place to know that it can't even be compared to anything in this country. The best day of my life was when I arrived back here. I'm satisfied to stay here now and forget all about seeing the world."
Mazza, Frank S., Pfc, Co. B., 24th Engr., 4th Armored Div., Waterbury.
" In two years overseas serving as a gunner in my outfit, probably the roughest day I remember was during the first week in September 1944 when we saved Com­bat
Command B from getting wiped out.
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Myself and 12 other fellows were ordered to go up and capture a German gun position of 88s at Pontschoff, which had been hammering away at Command B for a whole day. Under heavy artillery and small arms fire, we started up with the Germans throwing everything in the book at us. Under ordinary circumstances we would have turned back, but the orders were to get it at all costs— so we did. We eliminated the gun position all right and took a few prisoners along with the job. It was for this action I was awarded the Bronze Star."
McNamara, Joseph S., S/ Sgt., 384th Port Bn., Trans. Corps, New Haven.
" I remember going into Casablanca. There isn't a country I've seen that I like, this includes Africa, Sicily, and Italy. It feels damn good to be going into civilian life."
Meyer, John H., T/ 4, Ord. Sec, 7th Army Hq., Waterbury.
" Driving staff cars and jeeps around for the brass hats gave me a lot of chances to see things I otherwise would have missed. I remember one time in particular when I drove our Colonel over to General LeClerc's headquarters where he was to receive a French decoration called the Legion of Lorraine. After the ceremony, I was invited to eat with the French soldiers and what a meal we had! They had raided a German officers' mess and besides wonderful food, we had all the swell liquor we wanted. Those French soldiers were pretty good eggs and sure liked parties. I taught them to sing ' John Brown's Body' and the ' Beer Barrel Polka' before the evening was through and picked up a couple of little French tunes myself. It wasn't so funny though driving back after with a complete black­out
in force and no lights."
Migliaccio, Patsy P., T/ 5, 82d F. A. Bn., 1st Cav. Div., New London.
" I was in more than 40 air raids on Leyte in less than three months, and had the toughest time at the Momato Air Strip in the Admiralty Islands. The Japs tried to push us off the strip. We were the first ones in Manila and also the first ones in Tokyo. I didn't think too much of Tokyo. I think the 1st Cavalry Division is the best in the Army!"
O'Connor, Joseph E., S/ Sgt., A. P. O. 536, 7th Army, Stamford.
" I was one of the few fellows in the Army who had the same kind of job in the Army as in civilian life, a postal clerk in Stamford and the same thing in the Army. However, my locations ranged from Italy, North Africa, and France to Germany. I was at the money order window with my biggest job being on the lookout for counterfeits. I did get stuck once with a five hundred franc note, but that's the only time. You could tell way before the Army started to crack down that black market activity was going on, for privates were mailing home twenty- three hundred dollars worth of money orders at a time. The new restrictions put in force later stopped that sort of stuff though."
O'Connor, Timothy P., T/ Sgt., 775th Sq., 463d Bmb. Grp., Norfolk.
" I've been to Labrador, Iceland, Green­land
and England. Also to South America, Africa, Puerto Rico and Cuba. Becoming a civilian is just like another Army day."
Omicioli, Anthony F., Pfc, 378th Med. Coll. Co., ( Sep.), Portland.
" My work overseas and in civilian life were alike in some respects and a great deal different in others. I was a truck driver before the war and in the Army, an ambulance driver. I took cases from clear­ing
stations to evacuation hospitals. We
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could carry four litter cases or eight walkees. There were too many times during my 30 months overseas when I didn't think I would ever make it back here for me to ever make the slighest complaint about the U. S. A. again. After seeing North Africa, Italy, France and Germany, this is the best spot in the world."
Piazza, Samuel D., Sgt., Co. C, 24th Engr., 4th Armd. Div., Wallingford.
" The best day of my life was when we hit the good old U. S. A. For the last few months we had been serving as occupation troops in Germany which I did not like too well. They wanted too much spit and polish and rigmarole which doesn't go in our Army. That stuff is all right for the German Army. While the fighting was on, I was a construction foreman engineer. The roughest deal we ever had was during the Battle of the Bulge clearing out the mines in the roads so that our tanks and trucks could break through and make contact with friendly units. We were under fire all the while from 88s and small arms which did not help any."
Poirier, Roland J., T/ 5, 344th Engr. Regt., 7th Armd. Div., Waterbury.
" The most important thing in my mind right now is getting out. I was with the General Butler task force in France, we worked with the FFI. I went in on the attack on Lorial, France. After our planes finished strafing, it was an easy attack after that. I had my share of Europe, overseas 40 months. The invasion of Southern France was an easy landing. We walked in without any resistance. I don't think I'll ever be as happy as I am now that I'm getting out. I never was cut out to be a soldier; I just went over and did my job."
Provera, Luigi, Pfc, A. T. Co., 26th Inf., 1st Div., Hartford.
" There was one time when I thought I would never see anything worse than D- Day on Omaha Beach, but after Aachen and the Siegfried Line I changed my mind. I was a cannoneer, and this one particular day I remember I was on a half- track crossing the Ruhr River. About twelve noon we received orders to take a high hill ahead. The infantry went through the woods as the road wasn't clear, but we didn't know that. We were on our way up this slope in the middle of the road when the Germans let go with machine guns, mortar fire and small arms. We were pinned down for a while until we unhooked the gun, got into the half- track and slid down the road until we got around in back of a house. With the help of a tank- destroyer we started back again and made it, blasting the German gun positions away. When we stopped we found we had two flat tires on the gun carriage and only six rounds of ammuni­tion
left."
Quist, Ralph A. Cpl, 6th F. A., Bn. 37th Div., Washington.
" Thing I remember the most is trying to find fellows from Connecticut. I met my brother in Manila for the first time in four years. The earthquakes in Bougain­ville
fascinated me very much, it was a picturesque sight to see. I enjoyed fishing with hand grenades in Luzon's Caqoyan River. The thought of being home and getting discharged in difficult to grasp, but nevertheless it's wonderful to be getting out."
Ranaudo, Rocco A., S/ Sgt., 48th Inf. Bn., 7th Armd. Div., Waterbury.
" I traveled from Omaha Beach, Nor­mandy,
to the Baltic Sea. This is the best country in the whole world. I visited Paris, where I saw the Eiffel Tower and Napoleon's Tomb. The three toughest battles I've been in were Overloon, Hol-
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land, Miejel and the Battle of the Bulge. It was a mess. I didn't know what was going on. There's nothing like getting out. I've been waiting a long time for this day."
Richards, Edward P., Sgt., 2239th Trnr. Co. Det., 77th Bn., Torrington.
" I was in the Chemical Warfare Service when I left the States for Panama. We wired up smoke generators for smoke screens to protect the Panama Canal from air raids. We went to San Jose Island to work with the British and Canadians on secret gases. We tested different gases using goats. We also tested German and Japanese gas masks to see what gases would break the canisters. This work I would say was very interesting, although at times dangerous. The happiest moment of my life was when the discharge insignia was sewn on my blouse."
Ruselowski, Michael, T/ 5, Co. B., 88th Engr. Hv. Pontoon Bn., Watertown.
" Every time 1 go out rowing in a boat again, I'm going to remember that night rowing infantrymen across the Saar River in assault boats while the Germans fired on us with everything from mortars, machine guns, and artillery to small arms. We would take nine fully equipped men over at a time, starting right after dark and making as many trips as possible until daylight. On the return trip we brought back the wounded. It was in December and besides being cold as the devil, the river was flooded and the current was swift. We kept this up for three nights and though I was lucky, some of the other fellows weren't and never did make the other side."
Russell, Everard B., Pfc, 594th Engr. Bn. and Shore Regt., ( Sep.), Hartford.
" There isn't much to tell. I was in New Guinea, New Britain, the Admiralty Islands, Philippines and Japan. I'd like to forget about the Army completely.
This is one of the most exciting moments of my life— becoming a civilian again."
Samsel, Joseph J., Sgt., 542d Regt., Shore Bn. Hq. Co., Meriden.
" Went up the New Guinea coast, Netherlands East Indies and up to Cebu in the Philippines. It was not too easy, we hit the beach and there were mines in the water. It was rugged. I lost a lot of my buddies in Biak, N. E. I want to see one special sight in Middletown. Of course it's a girl!"
Sheen, Vincent F., T/ Sgt., 32d Mobile Reclm. and Rpr. Sq., 327th Sv. Grp., New Haven.
" New Year's Eve 1945 is one holiday I shall remember. We were located outside of Rheims and the Luftwaffe about that time was making its last final fling in the air. As it happened, I was Sergeant- of- the- Guard that night. About eleven o'clock two Jerry planes came over for a strafing job on our field. They shot up the road nearby and caused a jeepload of our fellows to run off the road into a tree. One of the fellows was killed, the others injured. Then they worked over the field but without too much success. I was kept ' on the go' the rest of the night and thought at the time—' This is a heck of a way to spend New Years'.' You can bet this New Year's is going to be a lot different!"
Sokol, Alfred I., Sgt., 12th Photo Ren. Sq., 3d Photo Grp., Bridgeport.
" The closest shave I ever had was back in Naples, in October ' 43, just after we had taken the city. It was about one o'clock in the morning when the Germans made a 30 plane raid on the shipping in the harbor. A bunch of us fellows were sleeping in this Italian apartment house when we were awakened by the ack- ack guns and the sound of the planes diving. We didn't hear the bomb, but the next
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thing we knew we heard a terrific ex­plosion
and we were knocked out of our beds across the floor. By the time we were out of our room, every Italian in the building was up running all over the place and shouting and yelling they were so scared. Only one bomb had dropped on the building but it made a direct hit and practically cut the place in half. We felt pretty lucky after seeing the damage the bomb had done, but it took a long time to get back to sleep that night I can tell you."
Temple, James R., Pfc, 1635th Ord. Sup. Maint. Co. ( Avn), AAFSC, West Hartford.
" After being overseas since November 1942, all I can say is that there was never a better sight in my life than New York when we landed. I was in the combat area almost all the time I was in North Africa as an ambulance driver, but guess luck was with me for I never had anything happen to me. My job wasn't very inter­esting
except once when I was taken off driving and put in charge of an Italian engineering project."
Valente, George, Pvt., 48th Inf., 7th Armd. Div., New Britain.
" The worst I was in was the Bulge. I was a halftrack driver for an assault platoon. Our platoon was lucky, we didn't suffer any casualties. I was glad to see the weather clear and see the air support show up. Those planes were a great morale builder. After we crossed the Rhine, it was easy going. We spearheaded for the 1st Army across the Rhine and closed the Rhur pocket. There's nothing like getting out. It's been a long time."
Wilk, Herman L., T/ 5, 703d T. D. Bn., 3d Armd. Div., New Britain.
" My outfit was called the ' Spearhead Division' and we lived up to it even though General Patton's outfit got a lot of
credit for what we did because the news­papers
confused the two so many times. We set a record when we drove 101 miles in one day from Marburg to Baderborn. I was driver on a 6x6 carrying ammunition to our tanks. When the Germans tried to get back to Avranches, we had gone so far ahead that they cut the road back of us. We then had to wait six hours before we could make contact again. Back in August 1944, I had another ' hot' ex­perience
when some of our tanks were zeroed in by German machine gun and artillery fire and were without ammuni­tion.
Before I got through to them, my truck was riddled with shrapnel and bullet holes. Guess I must wear a lucky charm, for here I am back here."
Wolak, Andrew J., Pfc, 93d Armd. F. A. Bn., Rockfall.
" I served as a lineman 25 months over­seas
up through Italy, France and Germany. I guess Cassino was as rough a spot as any place I have seen action. My job was to string wire from the command post to the forward observer. The only actual happy day I had overseas was when I heard the news that the war had ended. I was in Austria then and am damn glad to be back here now for the Army did not waste any time in returning to regular garrison routine with polishing shoes a dozen times a day and all the other red tape that goes along with it's being put in force."
Zabawa, Harry, Pfc, 62d Flight Wing, ( Sep.), New Haven.
" I landed in Africa and stayed there four months. I didn't like it there; it was too warm. The French trains were awful; it took us seven days to go from Oran to Casablanca. A bomb went through our building in Naples, I happened to be on guard duty that night and I was blown out the door. It is hard to believe that I'm in the States again."
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THE MUSTER OUT ROLL CALL
Names, rank and addresses of Connecticut men discharged during the period, October 23 to 25, 1945, from the official Group Rosters, Fort Devens Separation Center, Mass.
ALLEN, Anthony B., Pfc.
712 Howard Ave., Bridgeport ALLEN, Robert E., lst/ Sgt.
3 Ford St., Manchester ALTIERI, Carmine, T/ 5
372 Madison Ave., Bridgeport AMOROSO, Frank R., Sgt.
76 Summer St., Stamford ANDORRA, John S., T/ 5
528 Brookside Road, Fairfield ANDRADE, Armando G., Pfc.
782 North Main St., Waterbury ANDREWS, Lowry B., Sgt.
35 Taylor Ave., South Norwalk ARCHER, Elton B., Sgt.
47 Putman Lane, Stamford AUDEN, Wilbert N., S/ Sgt.
9 Durkin St., Manchester AVERY, George H., Cpl.
Hoskins Road, Simsbury BAILLARGEON, Armand R., S/ Sgt.
142 Jackson St., Willimantic BALDWIN, Lynn A., T/ 5
Park Lane, New Milford BARONE, Attorino J., T/ 4
404 Main St., Ansonia BARTLES, Raymond W., Jr., Pfc.
38 Hungerford St., Hartford BARUFFI, Louis J., Pvt.
107 Daly Ave., New Britain BASHAR, John, Pfc.
172 Hollister St., Stratford BEARLE, Charles O., Pfc.
181 Smith St. Ext., Derby BELANCIK, Andrew J., lst/ Sgt.
225 Prospect St., Torrington BELLAGAMBA, Silvio J., Pfc.
18 Danbury Road, Ridgefield BELLARIA, Julius C, T/ 4
111 Davenport St., Bridgeport BELOIN, Ernest E., Pfc.
527 Robert St., Devon BENOIT, Oscar A., Pfc.
RFD 8, Norwichtown BENTLEY, Bennett, T/ 5
173 Pulaski St., Bridgeport BENTLEY, Harvey W., Pvt.
32 State St., Waterbury BERGQUIST, Philip E., T/ 5
West Redding BERNSTEIN, Paul, S/ Sgt.
230 Madison Ave., Bridgeport BINKOWSKI, John C, Pfc.
22 John St., Derby BISAILLON, Euclide J., Pfc.
418 South Main St., Waterbury BLAKE, Robert W., Sgt.
2 Alvord St., Stratford BLAKESLEE, William G., Pfc.
307 Greenwich Ave.. New Haven BLAKESLEY, Eldridge W., Pvt.
29 Darien St., Hartford BLEVINS, Larry, Jr., Pvt.
602 Palisado Ave., Windsor BODIE, Joseph S., Pfc.
72 Halley Ave., Bridgeport BOGUE, Eugene E., Sgt.
3 Fort Rachel, Mystic BONAZZO, Joseph F., Sgt.
654 Huntington Road, Bridgeport
BONETT, Thomas L., Pfc.
1327 Silas Deane Highway, Wethersfield BORCZ, Eugene J., lst/ Sgt.
74 Water St., Derby BORKOWSKI, Stanley, Pfc.
143 Legion Ave., New Haven BOSCO, Anthony, T/ 5
85 Woolsley St., New Haven BOTHAM, George F., Jr., T/ 5
Pomfret BOWEN, James P., Cpl.
122 Adelaide St., Hartford BOWES, William H., Sgt.
20- 27 Success Park, Bridgeport BRADLEY, Robert M„ T/ 4
291 Franklin Ave., Hartford BRAINARD, Arthur H., Pfc.
RFD 1, Monroe BRAND, Joseph, Pfc.
Box 17, Voluntown BRANGI, Anthony D., Sgt.
160 Wolcott St., New Haven BRESNAHAN, John P., Pfc.
260 Meriden Road, Waterbury BRIER, Isidore, Sgt,
RFD, Box 16, Newtown BRITTON, Ernest R., T/ 5
80 Water St., Torrington BROTHERS, Victor J. G., T/ 4
8 Red Hill St., Tarriffville BROZOZOWSKI, Charles J., T/ 4
35 Harbor St., Stamford BUCKLAND, Wilbur F., Jr., Cpl.
128 Maple Ave., Hartford BUDZYN, Anthony J., Pvt.
733 Hamilton Ave., Waterbury BUFFALINO, Mario J., T/ 5
58 Bodwell St., Hartford BURGESS, Russell W., Cpl.
34 Livingston St., New Haven BURKE, George R., Cpl.
31 Alton St., Waterbury BURKE, James G., Sgt.
243 Maple Hill Ave., Newington BURKE, William H., Cpl.
31 Alton St., Waterbury CAISSE, Robert E., Pfc.
152 Rowley St., Newington CAMPOLI, John L., Pfc.
296 Alexander Ave., Bridgeport CAPONE, Leonard, M/ Sgt.
449 Walnut St. Ext., Waterbury CARR, Thomas J., Pfc.
57 Swarthmore St., Hamden CASALE, Daniel R., S/ Sgt.
1887 Main St., Newington CATANI, Bruno J., Pfc.
4 Goodman Place, Hartford CELINKA, Adam J., S/ Sgt.
River St., Poquonock CHAGIN, Stephen, T/ 4
355 Brook St., Seymour CHAPMAN, Frederick E., Cpl.
311 Main St., Portland CHERHONIAK, Stephen, T/ 5
RFD 2, Maple St., Seymour CHERRY, Howard C, Pfc.
266 Ashmun St., New Haven CHIDEKEL, Louis, Pfc.
195 Ward St., New Haven
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CIANCIOLO, Philip W., Jr., Pfc.
49 Broad St., Torrington CLARK, Clayton E., T/ 4
Liberty St., Madison CLOUSE, James F., S/ Sgt.
135 Cannon St., Hamden CODY, Howard J., Pfc.
128 Enfield St., Hartford COLANGELO, Angelo V., T/ 3
60 Geddes Terrace, Waterbury COLEMAN, Thomas E., T/ 5
79 Ralston Ave., Hamden COLLIER, Edward D., Jr., T/ 3
121 Beacon Ave., New Haven COLSON, Clifford W„ T/ 4
Ratley St., West Suffield CONROY, Joseph T., Sgt.
77 Center St., Windsor Locks CONSIGLIO, Anthony, Pfc.
107 Columbus Ave., New Haven CONVERSE, Harry M., S/ Sgt.
RFD 1, Stafford Springs COOK, George A., T/ Sgt.
76 Sherman Ave., Meriden COOK, Henry I., T/ 5
74 High St., Bristol CORBY, Albert E., Cpl.
Box 1304, Brookside Rd., Waterbury COREY, George H., Pfc.
4 High St., Ansonia CORMIER, Alfred J., M/ Sgt.
87 Grove St., Elmwood COULTER, Malcolm W., S/ Sgt.
Taintor Hill, Suffield COURTNEY, Thomas L., Jr., Pfc.
240 Gilbert St., Bridgeport CRADDOCK, James, S/ Sgt.
34 Sanford St., Hartford CRAFT, George A., Cpl.
233 Walnut St., Waterbury CRAVISH, Michael J., Sgt.
Allentown Road, Route 2, Bristol CURRID, Stanley D., Pfc.
86 Henry St., Bridgeport DaBLAIN, Charles A., Pfc.
805 Goshen Road, Torrington DAPPOLLONIC, Benni G., Cpl.
Colton Court, Farmington DATTALO, Anthony, S/ Sgt.
55 Bayview Ave., South Norwalk DATTILO, Joseph, Sgt.
1574 State St., New Haven DAVEY, Polycrates M., S/ Sgt.
54 Harrison St., New Britain DeCARO, Nicholas A., Sgt.
18 Woodlawn Ave., Thompsonville DECHO, William, S/ Sgt.
South Kokorat St., Seymour DeDONATO, George A., 1st/ Sgt.
12 York St., Norwalk DeLAPORTA, Alfred F., Sgt.
Vaux Hall St., Ext., RFD 2, New London DelGOBBO, Domenic F., S/ Sgt.
136 Locust St., Waterbury DeRISO, Casper, Pfc.
219 Indian Neck Ave., Branford DeROSA, Anthony, T/ 5
2532 North Ave., Bridgeport DEVEREAUX, Raymond M., Sgt.
21 Thomas St., Waterbury DiBIANCO, Raffaele E., Pfc.
49 Arch St., New Haven DiCERBO, George, Pfc.
255 County St., New Haven DIETCH, Philip R., Pfc.
40 Stevens St., New Haven
DILLON, James P., Sgt.
98 Lewis St., Bridgeport DiMAURO, Sebastian M., T/ 5
13 Rutland St., Ansonia DINGWALL, Alexander G., S/ Sgt.
17 Herkimer St., Bridgeport DINNENY, Edmund M., T/ 5
158 Gorman St., Naugatuck DORAIS, Joseph A., Pfc.
37 Railroad Ave., South Norwalk DORE, Ernest, T/ 5
RFD, Eagleville DORMAN, Kenneth L., T/ 5
1198 Dixwell Ave., Hamden DRAKE, Robert F., Pfc.
26 Chapel Ave., Willimantic DRAPEAU, Richard J., Pvt.
12 Park St., Meriden DROTTER, John L., Pfc.
169 Sheridan St., Bridgeport DRUSZYNSKI, Mitchell, Pfc.
26 North St., Danbury DUBOFF, Mortimer, Pvt.
48 Smallwood Road, West Hartford DUFRANE, Francis A., 1st/ Sgt.
18 Allyn Place . Stamford DULAC, Edward G., S/ Sgt.
406 North Main St., Waterbury EDWARDS, William R., T/ 4
207 Farmington Ave., Hartford EGAN, James F., T/ 4
Box 306, Danbury EHREARDT, Edwin A., Pvt.
241 South St., Hartford EISENMAN, Earl G., T/ Sgt.
30 Chapel St., Bridgeport EMIELITA, Rudolph P., Pfc.
Brushy Plain, Branford ENOS, Charles J., T/ 5
272 Bayonet St., New London ESPOSITO, Martin S., Pfc.
602 Center St., Bridgeport FARCHAUS, Edwin A., T/ 5
Box 256, Thomaston FAZZUOLI, Silvio G., Pfc.
64 Whiting St., Hamden FEDUS. Frank F., S/ Sgt.
53 Imlav St., Hartford FENN, George, T/ 5
51 Ferndale Ave., Waterbury FENNELLY, Joseph P., T/ 4
155 Treadwell St., Hamden FERACO, Vincent P., Pfc.
32 Summit St., Norwich FINK, Richard J., S/ Sgt.
19 Murray St., New Britain FINOIA, Domenico M., T/ 5
21 Mead St., New Haven FISHER, William S., T/ 5
248 State St., Bridgeport FLANAGAN, Edward J., Pvt.
58 Prospect St., Moosup FLEECE, William P., Pfc.
541 Ferry St., New Haven FOLEY, James J., Sgt.
132 Park Ave., Derby FORESTIERE, Leo J., Pfc.
57 Grand St., Hartford FORTUNA, Stephen E., Pvt.
24 Willison St., Bridgeport FOX, Robert M., Sgt.
38 Carol Drive, Manchester FRANCO, Joseph, T/ 4
372 Grand Ave., New Haven FRANKO, John L., Pfc.
22 Maiden Place, New Haven
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FRAY, Ralph L., Pvt.
RFD 3, Waterbury FRENCH, George R., Pfc.
40 Meadowview Ave., Stratford FURLO, Daniel M., Sgt.
72 Central St., Ansonia FUSCO, Peter R., Pfc.
150 Moreland Ave., Waterbury GABUNAS, John J., Sgt.
62 Marshall St., Windsor GAGLIONE, Frank A., Jr., Pfc.
39 Wales St., Waterbury GALANTO, John J., T/ 4
25 Portland St., Middletown GANZ, Raymond S., T/ 4
1544 Asylum Ave., Hartford GARBIEN, Joseph E., Pfc.
26 Olivia St., Derby GARDNER, Roy M., Jr., Pfc.
218 Cedar St., New Haven GARNER, Phillip B., Pfc.
116 Fuston Ave., Torrington GATES, Francis S., Pfc.
124 Blake St., New Haven GAWEL, John A., Jr., T/ 5
24 North George St., Meriden GOLDEN, David R., 1st/ Sgt.
60 Spring St., Windsor Locks GOLDSTEIN, Harvey S., Sgt.
57 Maple Ave., Collinsville GOLDSTEIN, Samuel, Sgt,
10 Irving St., Hartford GOLEBIESKI, Stanley J., Sgt.
77 Third Ave., Seymour GOYAN, Emil, Pfc.
1 Larkin St., Glenbrook GRABOWSKI, Alex S., Pfc.
230 Wolcott St., New Haven GREENE, Wallace T., T/ 4
264 Lexington Ave., Bridgeport GREENSPAN, Morton S., Pfc.
45 Vernon St., New Haven GREGUS, Robert J., Sgt.
25 Talcott Ave., Rockville GRENON, Robert E., Sgt.
Andover GRIFFIN, George F., S/ Sgt.
35 Raleigh Ave., Waterbury GRIFFITH, William H., Pfc.
82 West St., Manchester GRISKA, Joseph M., T/ 5
35 Charles St., Waterbury GROCHOWSKI, Edward, Pfc.
293 Lincoln St., Waterbury GROSSO, Tony J., Pfc.
8 Oakland Heights, Bethel GRUHLE, Alfred R., Pfc.
33 Dupont Place, Bridgeport GULISH, Peter, T/ Sgt.
98 Price St., Bridgeport GUTT, Edward A., Pfc.
26 Woodbridge St., Hartford GWARDYAK, Eugene T., Pfc.
812 State St., Bridgeport HAGGERTY, William F., Pfc.
761 Main St., Willimantic HALL, Melvin O., Sgt.
23 Parkmore St., New Britain HAMM, Elwood R., Pfc.
125 Jefferson St., Hartford HAMPTON, Edward R., Jr., Pfc.
Newtown HANSEN, William F., Pfc.
122 Thorme St., Bridgeport HANSEN, Ellwood F., Pfc.
58 Davenport St., Stamford
HARKEY, Henry R., Sgt,
Camp St., Bristol HARRISON, Frederick W., T/ Sgt.
24 Summer St., New London HART, Wilson N., M/ Sgt.
95 Maple Ave., Windsor HAWKINS, Guy O., T/ 5
13 Center St., Hartford HEALEY, George J., Jr., T/ 5
610 William St., Bridgeport HENNESSEY, William F., S/ Sgt.
167 Seymour St., Hartford HENNINGS, Robert D., S/ Sgt.
Easton Road, Westport HENRY, Ivan W., Pfc.
21 River Road, Collinsville HIGGINS, James O., Pvt.
390 Vine St., Hartford HLAVNA, Leonard H., T/ Sgt.
134 Chestnut Grove, Watertown HOLABIRD, Donald H., T/ Sgt.
43 Averill Place, Branford HOLT, Albert L., Pvt.
51 Pliny St., Hartford HOMMELL, Kenneth L., T/ 5
RFD 5, New Britain HONSINGER, William A., Pfc.
Box 15, Cut Spring Road, Stratford HORVITH, Stephen T., T/ 5 104 Barker St., Hartford HUBNER, Walter J., Jr., T/ 5 164 Front St., Middletown HUDACH, Jan M., S/ Sgt.
94 Pulaski St., Torrington HULL, Lester N., Cpl.
1803 Asylum Ave., West Hartford HURLBUT, Elmer B., S/ Sgt.
RFD 3, Winsted INCERTO, Rocco J., Pvt.
56 Chapel St., Norwalk INGRAM, Phillip, Pfc,
5 Rose Park Ave., Stamford INNAIMO, Domenico L., Sgt.
463 Congress Ave., Waterbury IVES, Rollin E., T/ 4
679 East Main St., Meriden IZIDRO, Anthony, Pfc.
87 Putnam St., New Haven JACOBS, David R., Pfc.
405 Whitfield St., Guilford JAGACIEWSKI, Edmund, Cpl.
25 Sexton St., New Britain JANEL, Frederick, Pfc.
189 Kneen St., Shelton JASTRZERSKI, Joseph, Pfc.
32 Lisbon St., Hartford JENDREWSKI, Mitchell F., Pvt.
Box 44, Sterling JENSEN, Tellef, T/ 4
37 Martin Road, East Haven JERMANTOWICZ, Alphonse C, Cpl.
20 Henry St., Stamford JOHNSON, Albert G., Pfc.
R. R. 145 A., Old Lyme JOHNSON, Herbert N., Pvt.
1874 East Main St., Waterbury JOHNSON, Ralph O., Sgt.
60 Upton St., Bristol JONES, William B., Pfc.
68 Franklin Square, New Britain JUDD, Henry A., S/ Sgt.
Middlebury KAFKA, William F., Pfc.
71 West Main St., Meriden KALETER, Vincent J., Cpl.
365 Huntington St., New Haven
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KALINOSKY, Frank W., Pvt.
58 Congress Ave., Shelton KANIA, Stanley, Pfc.
154 Franklin St., New Haven KARR, Arthur, S/ Sgt.
72 Lindale St., Stamford KEANE, Thomas P., S/ Sgt,
10 Harrison St., Danbury KEATING, John J., Pfc.
296 McKinley Ave., New Haven KEDIKAS, Joseph, T/ 5
Water St., Warehouse Point KELLOGG, Martin W., Pfc.
60 North Main St., West Hartford KELLY, Matthew J., Cpl.
234 New Britain Ave., Hartford KILLARD, Joseph P., Pfc.
58 Crescent St., Hartford KING, George C, Jr., Pfc.
Old Lyme KINNEY, Ole F., Pfc.
RFD 2, Southbury KIPP, Edward S., Sgt.
Lakeville KLEZUN, Joseph, T/ 4
417 North Main St., Waterbury KLIMANOSKI, Chester L., Pfc.
28 North Riverside Ave., Terryville KLOSKOWSKI, Henry S., T/ 5
77 Silver St., New Britain KNABLIN, John M., Pfc.
403 Spruce St., Bridgeport KOMARZENIEC, John, Pfc.
91 Giles St., Waterbury KOSINSKI, Berard J., T/ Sgt,
36 Wyllys Ave., Middletown KOSKOWSKI, John P., Cpl.
62 Carol Drive, Bristol KOST, Peter P., T/ 5
Osburn Road, Fairfield KOWALSKI, Casmir, Sgt.
981 State St., New Haven KOWALSKI, Chester, S/ Sgt.
262 East Albert St., Torrington KOZON, Frank J., Jr., Pfc.
16 Kent Ave., Suffield KRATZER, Emil A., Pfc.
706 Riverside Drive, Fairfield KRENICKI, Max, T/ 4
Harwinton Ave., Terry ville KROLL, Joseph F., Pfc.
101 Parallel St., Bridgeport KRULICKI, Stanley F., M/ Sgt.
6 Wood St., Terryville KURCINIK, Steven A., S/ Sgt,
Lebanon KVART, Arthur E., T/ 4
121 Standish St., Hartford KWASNIEWSKI, Walter J., Pfc.
7 White St., Norwich LAFERRIER, Joseph H., Cpl.
12 Hill St., Jewett City LaFLASH, Joseph A., Pfc.
142 Main St., Baltic LARKIN, Herbert N., Pfc.
Sharon LARKIN, John J., Sgt.
46 Norwich St., Hartford LaROCHE, Alfred W., Sgt,
106 Maple St., Poquonock LARSON, Charles F., T/ Sgt.
58 Sunnydale Road, East Hartford LASPINO, Andrew A., Pfc.
182 Liberty St., New Haven LAWRENCE, Edwin W., T/ 5
35 Vennan St., Stratford
LAWRENCE, George E., T/ 4
Box 955, Darien LAWRENCE, Harry C, Pfc.
Brainard Hill, Higganum LaROCQUE, Albert H., Pfc.
160 Manchester St., Hartford LeCLAIR, Oscar D., Sgt.
79 Buckingham St., Oakville LEE, Bernard F., Pvt.
58 West Wooster St., Danbury LEINERT, Richard J., Sgt.
Box 43, Darien LENART, Andrew B., Sgt.
46 Franklin St., Wallingford LENIS, Michael A., T/ 4
39 West St., Bristol LEPPER . Robert R., Sgt.
245 Burnsford Ave., Bridgeport LEVEILLE, Louis J., Pfc.
22 South Whittlesey Ave., Wallingford LEVINSON, Herbert, S/ Sgt.
739 Blue Hills Ave., Bloomfield LEVULIS, Albert A., Pfc.
550 Stanley St., New Britain LIBERTI, Bart A., Pfc.
80 Scott Ave., Seymour LICATA, Vito A., T/ 5
211 River Road, Cos Cob LINCOLN, Paul E., T/ 4
132 North St., Watertown LISITANO, Louis S., S/ Sgt.
550 High St., Middletown LITTLE, Stanley, Pfc.
243 Fern St., Manchester LOCKWOOD, Robert J., Pvt.
8 Dayton St., Sandy Hook LOISELLE, Arthur H., T/ 5
328 Valley St., Willimantic LONDONA, John, T/ 5
476 Howe Ave., Shelton LONGO, Anthony J., Sgt.
Woodford Ave., Plainville LONSKI, Casimer F., Pfc.
36 Clinton St., New Britain LORBER, Irving P., Pfc.
105 Kent St., Hartford LUCIANO, Eugene W., T/ Sgt.
237 East Main St., Torrington LYDIKSEN, Donald B., T/ Sgt.
28 Elm St., Milford LYON, Mortimer H., Pfc.
12 Lyons St., New Britain MACCHIO, Victor N., Pfc.
8 Greenway St., Springdale MACHURAT, Stephen, Pfc.
102 Brook St., Forestville MAFFUCCI, Alonzo J., T/ 4
29 Main St., Stamford MAHONEY, James M., Cpl.
265 View St., New Haven MAKULIS, John J., Sgt.
113 Wells St., Manchester MALINOWSKI, Stanley A., T/ 4
194 Alden St., New Britain MALLANIK, Frank J., S/ Sgt.
187 Perry Ave., Norwalk MANN, Frank, T/ 5
12 Davenport Ave., Greenwich MANNING, Arthur, T/ Sgt,
308 Enfield St., Enfield MANZO, Louis, Cpl.
105 Davenport Ave., New Haven MARKEVEYS, Charles J., T/ 4
472 West St., Bristol MARREN, John J., Jr., Sgt.
23 Foley St., West Hartford
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MARSA, Gustave A., Pfc.
555 Pine St., Bridgeport MARTINECK, John G„ Pfc.
42 East St., Wallingford MARTONE, Samuel D., Pfc.
1892 Main St., Bridgeport MATURO, Carmine A., Sgt.
19 Winthrop Ave., New Haven MAZZA, Frank S., Pfc.
Waterbury McAULIFFE, Robert F., T/ 5
1555 East Main St., Bridgeport McBRIDE, William A., Sgt.
37 Grove St., Ansonia MCCARTHY, Edward J., T/ 5
124 Canterbury St., Hartford MCCARTHY, Lewis D., Jr., Pfc.
80 John St., Hartford McCORMICK, John P., T/ 5
21 Stage St., Stamford McGINNIS, James F., Pvt.
Box 53, Brookfield McMICHAEL, James A., Pvt.
19 Bellevue St., Hartford McNAMARA, Joseph S., S/ Sgt.
365 Howard Ave., New Haven McNAMARA, Walter J., S/ Sgt.
19 Golden Hill, Danbury McSHEFFERY, Charles, Jr., T/ 5
168 Brimfield Road, Wethersfield MEADE, Robert H., Pfc.
148 West St., Danbury MEIER, Raymond O., Pfc.
371 Central Ave., Norwich MENGACCI, Raymond A., T/ Sgt.
35 Lounsbury St., Naugatuck MENGOLD, Walter F., Pvt.
Route 2, Stepney MERCIK, Louis J., Pfc.
340 West Main St., Norwich MESSIER, Armand A., Pfc.
East Summer St., Plantsville MEYER, John H., T/ 4
2 Chestnut Ave., Waterbury MIGLIACCIO, Patsy P., T/ 5
10 Belvedere St., New London MIHALIAK, John J., Cpl.
RFD 3, Stafford MILLER, Albert F., T/ 5
11 Townsend Ave., New Haven MILLER, Harry Y., T/ 5
678 Elm St., New Haven MILLER, Leverett N., Pfc.
Box 38, Middlebury MILLER, Philip W., S/ Sgt.
143 Curtis St., Meriden MILLER, Robert E., Pfc.
30 Orange Ave., Milford MILLINGTON, Gerald T., S/ Sgt.
5 Gold St., Meriden MINALGA, Louis S., Pfc.
579 Black Rock Turnpike, Bridgeport MINER, Howard M., Pvt.
51 Division St., Stamford MISTURA, Carl F., Cpl.
553 Congress Ave., Waterbury MOCKER, Milton L., Pfc.
38 Cottage St., Stamford MOHR, Francis J., S/ Sgt.
21 Orchard St., Cos Cob MONTY, George E., Pfc.
Box 42, RFD, Baltic MOORE, James, Pvt.
154 Dixwell Ave., New Haven MOORE, Robert J., T/ 4
19 Grand St., Danbury
MORGAN, William E., Pfc.
44 Bridge St., Shelton MORKYS, Edward J., Cpl.
82 Chambers St., Waterbury MORRISON, Walter S., Pfc.
59 Henderson St., Bristol MORRISON, William N., Pfc.
Winsted MUCIK, Thaddeus W., T/ 3
161 Liberty St., Meriden MULLEN, Edward K., T/ Sgt.
Gen. Del., Enfield MURATORI, Raymond J., Pfc.
122 Penn Ave., Bridgeport MUSILLI, Cesidio G., Pfc.
Box 74, New Canaan MYERS, Allen E., T/ 3
169 Bunker Ave., Meriden NELSON, Knut A., Sgt.
24 Westend Ave., Old Greenwich NELSON, Walter R., T/ 5
Garfield Ave., Middletown NEWMAN, William H., Pfc.
13 South A St., Taftville NIELSEN, Aage, Cpl.
40 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport NOLAN, Daniel F., Pfc.
30 Barnes St., Waterbury NOLAN, Philip B., T/ 5
33 James St., Hamden NOWAK, Henry A., T/ 5
476 Nott St., Wethersfield O'CONNOR, Joseph E., S/ Sgt.
32 Hundley Court, Stamford O'CONNOR, Timothy P., T/ Sgt.
Windon Road, Norfolk OLAH, John W., S/ Sgt.
348 Osborne St., Bridgeport OLBRIAS, Stanley, Jr., Pfc.
150 Charter Oak St., Manchester OLENDER, Edward M., T/ Sgt.
35 Ward St., Hartford OLIVER, Robert A., Sgt.
281 Silver Lane, East Hartford O'LOUGHLIN, Clifford W., Pvt.
143 Oakland Terrace, Hartford OMICIOLI, Anthony F., Pfc.
Portland OROS, Elias A., Cpl.
506 Gregory St., Bridgeport OSTREICHER, John C, Cpl.
7 Burritt Ave., South Norwalk OUELLETTE, Frank J., T/ 4
73 Richmond Hill, New Canaan PACOWTA, Michael, Pfc.
RFD 1, Shelton PAGANO, Joseph A., T/ 5
122 Derby Ave., New Haven PALMER, Anthony J., Sgt.
490 South Ave., Bridgeport PARNOFF, Henry C, Pfc.
35 Arch St., New Haven PARSAIN, Peter, Cpl.
RFD 2, Rockville PAZEN, Clement G., S/ Sgt.
266 Maple Ave., Hartford PENDERGAST, Louis P., Pvt.
21 George St., Danbury PERA, Louis F., Pfc.
118 Irvington St., New Haven PERKINS, Floyd T., T/ 5
RFD 2, Mystic PERNEREWSKI, Kenneth J., S/ Sgt.
368 Willow St., Waterbury PESSINI, Henry G., S/ Sgt.
15 Alsop Ave., Middletown
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PETERSEN, William J., S/ Sgt. 144 Deming St., Manchester PETERSON, John M., Cpl. Box 168 Mine Road, Bristol PETTINICCHI, Americo, S/ Sgt.
442 Sylvan Ave., Waterbury PHANEUF, Leo J., Cpl.
46 West Park St., Willimantic PIAZZA, Anthony J., S/ Sgt.
1520 Noble Ave., Bridgeport PIAZZA, Samuel D., Sgt.
East Central St., Wallingford PICCIALLO, Michael. L., Cpl.
38 Ann St., Stamford PIEGER, William V., T/ 5
126 Barnum Terrace, Stratford PISKORSKI, Chester F., Pfc.
67 Booth St., New Britain POIRIER, Roland J., T/ 5
26 Walnut St., Waterbury POTTER, Richard H., S/ Sgt.
1189 Hope St., Springdale PROCACCINI, Canstanzo, Cpl.
Box 721, Springdale PROVERA, Luigi G., Pfc.
86 Franklin Ave., Hartford QUAGLINI, Francis R., Cpl.
Suffield St., Windsor Locks QUIGLEY, John C, Pfc.
Box 98, Pomfret QUINTIN, Victor L., Pfc.
Box 302, Race Brook Road, Orange QUIST, Ralph A., Cpl.
Washington RAHRIG, Stephen F., Jr., T/ 3
868 Howard Ave., Bridgeport RANAUDO, Rocco A., S/ Sgt.
103 Granby St., Waterbury RANNEY, William L., T/ Sgt,
92 Elm St., Windsor Locks REUT, John, T/ 5
1583 Stratford Ave., Stratford REYNOLDS, John H., Pvt.
61 Harbison Ave., Hartford RICHARDS, Edward P., Sgt.
424 Migeon Ave., Torrington RICHARDSON, Robert C, Pfc.
96 Greenwood Ave., Bethel RIGHI, Joseph, Pfc.
57 Jackson St., New Britain RISPOLI, James J., S/ Sgt.
147 Mount Pleasant St., Meriden ROBEL, Donald P., Pfc.
411 Temple St., New Haven ROBERTS, Raymond J. E., Pfc.
11 State St., North Haven ROBERTS, Thomas M., Cpl.
739 Beechwood Ave., Bridgeport RODDY, Walter T., Pvt.
519 Maple Ave., Hartford ROGERS, David E., Pfc.
11 South St., Willimantic ROGG, Alton L., T/ Sgt.
256 Lindley St., Bridgeport ROMANO, Earl E., T/ 5
85 Campbell Ave., West Haven ROMANO, Mario, T/ Sgt.
25 Truman St., New London ROOT, Gerald K., Pfc.
94 North St., Collinsville ROSANO, Dionigi D., Pfc.
71 Birdsey Ave., Middletown ROSENBERG, Walter, Pfc.
91 Railroad Ave., Greenwich RUEDEMANN, Benjamin, S/ Sgt,
11 Slocum St., Norwalk
RUSELOWSKI, Michael, T/ 5
North Field Road, Watertown RUSSELL, Everard B., Pfc.
111 Edwards St., Hartford RUSSO, Salvatore A., Pfc.
405 Wayne St., Bridgeport RUSTEK, Valentic J., Cpl.
20 Bank St., Portland RUSZCZYK, Stanley, T/ 5
26 Spring St., Union City RUTOVICH, Stanley J., Pfc.
211 Harbor St., Branford RYAN, Donald F., T/ 5
Bradley Highlands, Woodbridge SADDIG, George A., Pfc.
713 Winchester Ave., New Haven SALMON, James C, S/ Sgt.
83 Hughes St., Plainville SALZO, Anthony, T/ 5
124 Atwater St., New Haven SAMSEL, Joseph J., Sgt.
4 Lake St., Meriden SANDQUIST, Stanley E., Cpl.
131 Gilbert Ave., Hamden SANDULLI, Joseph C,. S/ Sgt,
64 Cook St., Waterbury SANFORD, Junious R., Pfc.
147 Hollywood Ave., West Hartford SAUERMANN, Lloyd H., T/ Sgt.
Waverly Ave. Ext., Portland SCHIESSL, George M., Pvt.
74 Sanford St., Hartford SCOTT, Harold R., Pfc.
56 Wellington St., Hartford SERRA, Concetto S., Pvt.
183 Washington St., New Britain SHABON, Michael, T/ 3
731 Winchester Ave., New Haven SHEEN, Vincent F., T/ Sgt.
24 Douglas Ave., New Haven SHORT, John J., Pfc.
11 Myrtle Court, Bridgeport SHUHY, Joseph, T/ 3
29 Pemberwick Road, Greenwich SIEVERT, Elmer F., T/ 5
Sievert's Corner, Saybrook SILVA, John L., Pvt.
33 Twelfth St., New London SILVESTRO, Ralph L., S/ Sgt.
35 Sedgwick Ave., Stratford SIMARD, Omer J., Sgt.
868 Park St., Hartford SIMONELLI, Pasquale V., Sgt.
331 Knapp's Highway, Bridgeport SKIDD, Thomas E., Sgt.
89 Van Buren Ave., Norwalk SMITH, Albert L., Sgt.
15 Beldon Hill Road, Norwalk SMITH, Douglas, Pfc.
101 Norman Road, East Hartford SNOPKOSKI, Joseph F., Cpl.
30 Osborne St., Danbury SOKOL, Alfred I., Sgt.
108 Walter St., Bridgeport SOLTYSHAK, Walter I., T/ 4
487 Bostwick Ave., Bridgeport SPADACCAINI, James, T/ 5
41 Glastonbury Ave., Rocky Hill STALEY, George H., Jr., T/ 5
28 Bonsilene St., Woodmont STARR, Robert H., Cpl.
Box 75, Avon STEPANIK, Joseph E., Pfc.
Box 118, Montville STEPNOSKI, Fred H., Pvt.
534 Eddy Glover Blvd., New Britain
19
STILSON, Merwin L., Pfc.
125 Wilson St., Bridgeport SUDAC, Daniel G., Pfc.
39 Elm St., Branford SULLIVAN, William J., T/ 5
125 Park St., Bridgeport SUROVY, John D., Pfc.
10 Southwell Ave., Danbury SWASEY, Andrew B., Sgt.
76 Queens Ave., Stratford SWINGLE, Robert P., Pfc.
3 Center St., Pequabuck SZCZUR, Stanley W., T/ 5
River Road, Suffield SZYPULA, Felix S., T/ Sgt.
627 Hope St., Springdale TEFFT, Luther E., T/ 4
Box 11, Oakdale TEMPLE, James R., Pfc.
35 Mohegan Drive, West Hartford THIEL, Henry A., Pfc.
21 East Baltic St., Norwich THIEME, Charles E., S/ Sgt.
115 William St., Stamford THOMAS, Collins R., S/ Sgt.
174 Ellsworth Ave., New Haven THOMAS, John R., Pfc.
37 Roberts St., Middletown TISDELL, Michael J., Pfc.
19 Newbury St., Hartford TONUCCI, Angelo, Pfc.
17 Vineland Terrace, Hartford TUZ, John, Pvt.
81 Howard Ave., Ansonia TWINING, David J., Cpl.
RFD, Burlington USACONIS, Anthony G., Pvt.
Main St., Scitico VACCARIELLO, James J., T/ 5
16 Silver St., New Britain VAGNONE, Achille M., T/ 5
5 Ardmore Road, Stamford VALENTE, George, Pvt.
63 Grove Hill St., New Britain VAN WHY, Theodore, S/ Sgt.
160 Williams Ave., Winsted VEILLFUX, Eugene J., Pfc.
28 Wadsworth St., Hartford VENEGONI, John M., Pfc.
Owen St., Stamford VENTO, Dominic A., Pfc.
166 Alden St., New Britain VISEL, Arthur J., Sgt.
2653 Whitney Ave., Hamden VOELKEL, Fritz, Pfc.
Westbrook VOLLES, Harold K., S/ Sgt.
10 Kramer Ave., Waterbury WALUKIEWICZ, John E., T/ 5
71 Roath St., Norwich WANAT, Michael, Jr., 1st/ Sgt,
3162 New Post Road, Southport WEISS, William, S/ Sgt.
162 Lee Ave., Bridgeport WHEELER, George J., S/ Sgt.
892 Lindley St., Bridgeport WHEELER, Russell B., T/ 5
42 Collins St., Hartford WHITTAKER, Edward A., Pfc.
280 Whalley Ave., New Haven WILBY, John F., T/ 5
444 Hillside Ave., Hartford WILK, Herman L., T/ 5
100 Beach St., New Britain WILLIAMS, Horace, 1st/ Sgt.
183 Wethersfield Ave., Hartford WILLIAMS, Milford L., Pfc.
239 Park St., Hartford
WOLACK, Andrew J., Pfc.
Box 105, Rockfall WOOD, Edward, S/ Sgt.
366 Maple Ave., Hartford WOODWARD, William B., S/ Sgt.
Bettswood Road, Norwalk WORSAA, Gerald C, Sgt,
18 Edge wood St., Hartford WROBEL, Julian J., Cpl.
Box 131, Main St., Moosup WYLIE, Howard R., Sgt.
29 Lilac St., Manchester YACAKOWSKI, Paul P., S/ Sgt.
60 Oak Ridge St., Greenwich YANOTTI, Arthur E., T/ 4
18 Noble St., Stamford YORSKI, Edward P., T/ 4
Lazy Lane, Southington YOUNG, George L., Pfc.
259 Fairview St., New Britain YURCHYK, John, T/ 3
429 Tudor St., Waterbury ZABAWA, Harry, Pfc.
3 Ridge St., New Haven ZAINO, Fred J., S/ Sgt.
454 Park St., Bristol ZALENSKI, Theodore S., Pvt.
97 Spring St., West Haven ZAVRAS, Arthur P., Pfc.
68 Woodside St., Stamford ZELISKO, George F., Sgt.
59 Roosevelt St., Bridgeport ZEMAN, Paul J., T/ Sgt.
42 Taylor Ave., South Norwalk ZERANSKI, Henry J., Pfc.
298 West Washington St., Forestville ZITO, Joseph P., T/ 4
146 High St., Middletown ZURAW, Michael, Sgt.
276 Derby Ave., Derby
CONNECTICUT VETERANS COMMEMORATIVE BOOKLET
Vol. VII Oct. 25, 1945 No. 15
CARLETON B. CLYMA, Editor
This booklet is published by the State of Connecticut, through the Office of the Governor, as an addition to the souvenirs and memorabilia of the Connecticut men who served with the United States Army during World War II.
The assistance of public relations officers at Fort Devens Separation Center greatly facilitated the gathering of material for the booklet. The personal experience stories were reported by Francis A. Stockwell and George E. Allis. The cover picture of the S. S. Argentina, is from the Press Asso­ciation.
Copies of this booklet are provided for the men whose names appear on the Muster Out Roll Call herein. None are available for general distribution. A copy is on file for reference purposes at each of the two hundred public libraries in the State.