Connecticut veterans commemorative booklet. Vol. 7, no. 16. Connecticut men of the United States Army, demobilization, Fort Devens, Massachusetts. October 25 to 28, 1945

              CONNECTICUT MEN
of the United States Army
Demobilization, Fort Devens, Massachusetts
October 25 to 28, 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 immortal names to the historic list of victories — New Georgia, Tunisia, Cassino, Anzio, Normandy, Ardennes Bulge, Hurtgen Forest, Leyte, Luzon, Ruhr Pocket, Apennines, Okinawa, 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 this 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.
Alfano, Frank, T/ 5, 1379th Engr., Petroleum Dist. Co., Cromwell.
" I served from Africa to Germany— but I missed out on Italy. While I was on the island of Corsica, I had a chance to talk to some of the civvies. And let me tell you, they don't think much of us Ameri­cans.
Why? Well, it seems that the Jerries had been using one of their cemeteries for an ammunition dump and we, of course, bombed it. They were yelling because the tombstones got all mixed up."
Batailo, Michael, T/ 5, 102d Cav. Sq., Greenwich.
" The most miserable day I can re­member
of my overseas experiences hap­pened
in January of 1945 when my outfit had to wade the Ruhr River. The bridge we originally had expected to cross over on had been blown up. It was cold as the devil and the current was pretty strong, let alone the fact that the enemy was trying to prevent us from getting across. We made it though."
Bilewicz, Constant S., Cpl., 868th A. A. A., A. W. Bn., Stratford.
" For once in my Army career I hit things right on the button. After 39 months overseas I came home on Sep­tember
2 and was in the house only a few hours when V- J Day was announced. No more of those South Pacific islands for me! The weather here isn't too hot right now but it's a hundred per cent better than the heat and rain of the South Pacific."
Boutieller, George C, T/ 4, Hq., 240th F. A., Winsted.
" I spent most of the time in the quarter­master
corps. I was stationed in Cher­bourg,
France, handling supplies. The nearest I ever got to the front was when
I was in Metz and the front lines were only 35 miles away. I didn't think much of Europe. The countries over there are 50 years behind us. I also was in the British West Indies, Bermuda, Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. I've been in the Army five years, 42 months of which were spent overseas."
Brazel, Frank J., T/ 4, Hq. Btry., 904th F. A., 79th Div., West Hartford.
" We landed in Normandy on D plus
11 and headed toward Paris. All along the road when you'd see those refugees just walking along almost in a daze, not know­ing
where they are going or when they'll ever be able to get back— well, by gosh, it makes you wonder. Sure, I got a Bronze Star. It was for directing fire by radio all through combat. After helping to shoot that place up, I wouldn't go back for a million dollars. Besides, I've got a good job waiting and pretty soon I'm going to step right into it."
Brighindi, August J., T/ 5, 63d Inf. Div., Bridgeport.
" My worst day overseas was also my first day of action which came at the Siegfried Line. I was a cook and a rifleman in my outfit and remained overseas 33 months. This returning to ' civilization' again is so perfect it's like entering a new world."
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Burke, Albert J., T/ 5, 25th Field Hospital, ( Sep.), East Hartford.
" Twenty- six months in Burma has con­vinced
me that it is about the filthiest place on this earth. The weather did not make life any pleasanter for us out there either, especially during the monsoon season. Even the liquor was hard to take. They called it saki, but to me it tasted like a kerosene and motor oil combination. When we were first out there you could get a canteen cupful from a native for thirty cents, then inflation set in and when we left you paid three dollars for the same amount ... if you wanted it. Give me the U. S. A."
Cailloutte, John F., Pvt., Co. B., 83d Ren. Bn., 3d Armd. Div., Meriden.
" I have been three and a half years with my outfit and am mighty proud of it. I was a gunner on a scout car equipped with a 37mm gun. We weren't called the ' Spearhead Division' for nothing, as we were the first American unit to reach German soil and also took the first town in Germany, a place called Rotgun. The roughest battle experience I can remember took place during the Battle of the Bulge."
Callahan, Edward L., Pfc, Hq. Btry., A. W. Bn., 430th A. A. A., Bridgeport.
" I went from Normandy on D plus 2 all the way through to the Elbe. We hit Paris August 27, the day after the city was liberated and with half- tracks we went up and down the streets picking off snipers. In a place called La Loope, about 95 miles from Paris, quite a while later, I met some swell French people. They lived in a beautiful chateau. I think their name was ' Edow,' or something like that. They were wonderful to me and I visited as long as I was around. Someday I hope they can visit me in Bridgeport— or, who knows, I may get a chance to call on them again."
Chorna, Russell M., S/ Sgt., 526th Ftr. Sq., 86th Ftr. Grp., Stamford.
" I was one of those guys who was in charge of refueling planes. We were stationed at Pomigliano in Italy, and that darn place was a constant target for Jerries. Just when we'd be in the midst of getting some A36s ready for the air, down they'd come and strafe the hell out of us and drop their bombs. Ernie Pyle wrote about our outfit in his book ' Brave Men' under a chapter called ' Dive Bombers.' I've got two unit citations, and from Sicily to Germany I picked up seven campaign stars. The outfit invaded Sicily, fought all the way up the boot to Bologna and then invaded Southern France. We went through France to Darmstadt, Germany, and it was there that I heard the news I'd been waiting so long to get. The first thing I thought of on that V- E Day was my kid brother, Pete, a prisoner in Germany for 14 months. ' He'll be getting out,' I said to myself."
Couch, Frank, Pfc, Hq. Co., 12th Regt., 4th Div., Torrington.
" I want to forget about Normandy. We had stiff resistance and our advance was about 100 yards a day. The Germans had their best troops all with automatic arms. The reason I want to forget it is because I was wounded in Normandy. We were in an advance from hedgerow to hedgerow when a mortar shell landed about 25 yards from me, killing three men and wounding me in the right leg. I've sweated a long time for this day. Freedom from the Army! That's the whole thing."
Crossan, Thomas, T/ 4, 218th Ord. H. M. Co., ( Sep.), Southport.
" The Royal Hawaiian Hotel was the only good thing about the whole island of Hawaii and that was for officers only. I can't say I thought much of the natives. After three years in the Army, most of the
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time as a cook, I have discovered that civilian life is the only life for me even though I did have it pretty lucky, having been overseas only three months."
Czarnota, Lawrence J., T/ 5, 121st Cav. Ren. Sq., ( Sep.), New Britain.
" I liked my job as gunner and assistant radio operator. There were times though when we were engaged in action in the Prooy Forest in France that I wasn't quite sure. We were alongside the 79th Division and the fighting was really rugged. The forest was so thick with trees and brush that even during daylight you could not see over eight to ten feet ahead. The rain and mud didn't help things any cither. When we entered Austria near Wolfgang, my outfit was assigned the job of guarding the King and Queen of Belgium. I had the opportunity to speak to them both and liked them very much as they appeared so democratic and ' natural'."
DeGange, Anthony J., Sgt., Army Air Corps, New London.
" I was a weather observer in the CBI. I was on an outpost with six men, sending weather reports to our base. I made two trips to Shanghai, a place that was strictly unfavorable in feeling towards the Americans. It's great to get out after five years and I guess everyone feels the same."
Dunn, Michael J., T/ 4, 25th Field Hospital, ( Sep.) Middletown.
" When you have to drive a truck seven hours uphill to get over one mountain, and that is winding around one large bend after the other, you know you have come up a high mountain. That is the kind of a road the Lido road was, which I hauled hospital rations over for 24 months. The length of the so- called highway is 645 miles from one end to the other and at no one stretch can you go faster than 25 miles per hour. I have made 11 complete trips on it at times when the dust was so thick you
couldn't see five feet in front of you, and again during the monsoons when the mud was almost to the fenders. If I live to be a hundred, I don't think I shall ever see another road like it."
Ferrara, John J., Pvt., 286th Joint Assault Sig. Co., 1st Brig., Windsor Locks.
" I've been to Africa, Sicily, Italy and France. I had an eight day furlough to Switzerland and the people there treated us damn good. Four of us picked up a jackass in Africa and put it on a sleeping buddy. It scared the hell out of him, and the expression on his face when he woke up was something I'll never forget. I went into the Casbah in Algiers and all the stories I ever heard of the place were true. The place is enough to scare you. I saw Mt. Vesuvius erupting while I was in Naples. I was in plenty of shell firing and bombings, but I was never wounded."
Garner, Phillip B., Pfc, 6th Port Hq. Co., Trans. Corps, Torrington.
" I went overseas April 1943. My first stop was in Oran, and my job was embark­ing
troops that were heading for the front lines. From Oran I went to Bizerte where we received more troops and made ready for the invasion of Sicily. Some parts of Africa were pretty. After I left Africa, I went to Sicily and unloaded supply ships. I then went into the invasion of Southern France. After such a long period of time, it's great to be home again with my wife and son. The Army as a whole is a great experience for a young man. Any man that has been in service has seen a lot and doesn't really care to discuss some of his experiences."
Genga, Adam, M/ Sgt., 98th Bmb. Grp, Stratford.
" I went over to the Middle East Indies in July 1942 and covered all of North Africa chasing Rommel. I then went to Italy with the 15th Air Force. I spent a
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few good months in Italy. I was awarded the Legion of Merit for meritorious service. I came home after 22 months overseas to become one of the cadre on a B29. I stayed in the States for eight months and then was off to the Pacific, six months on Guam, and was sent to Saipan for ship­ment
home. My four years in the Army were not too bad."
Hall, Francis O., Pfc, H & S Co., 1274th Cmbt. Engrs., 15th Army, New Milford.
" I was driving a truck with materials and supplies for the Quonset huts we were building for the bombed- out Londoners. And the toughest time I had was when an English contractor bumped into my truck and damaged his whole front end. He raised the devil and tried to sue the United States Government, but my CO. told him FDR wouldn't let him. He finally calmed down and agreed that the accident was his fault. But I had to fill out more damn forms reporting the trouble than I'd ever seen in my life. I celebrated V- E Day at the Red Cross canteen with coffee and doughnuts."
Handleman, William J., Pfc, 169th F. A. Bn., 43d Inf. Div., Hartford.
" Just as soon as I get back home I am going to take off for a farm my family has up in Vermont and get one long rest. Three years in the Pacific as a cannoneer for a 105mm howitzer from Guadalcanal to the Philippines has tired me out. It has been so long since I have seen the folks that I am getting nervous now when I think I shall be seeing them in just a few hours. The roughest action I experienced was on New Georgia when our command post was attacked and we had to lay down a concentration of fire to relieve the pressure on them. The Jap is a pretty good soldier and his training seems to specialize in infiltration tactics at night, which we had
plenty of experience with in the jungles."
Howley, Joseph P., T/ Sgt., Chinese Ord. Replacement Center, Bristol.
" I trained Chinese to repair optical equipment, such as lenses and glasses. I was in Kweilin, Kweyang and Kungming, China. In China there is utter disregard for sanitation— the cities and the people were filthy. This is the best feeling I've had in the Army in four years now that I'm getting in ten minutes."
Johnson, Nels C, T/ 4, 218th Ord. Hv. Maint. Co., ( Sep.), New Haven.
" Three months in Hawaii was enough for me. The only good thing I can say about the place is that the weather is about as ideal as anyone could want it. Whoever raved about Waikiki Beach evidently never visited the place, as we have a thousand beaches right here in our own country that would make that place look sick. I'll take Connecticut and our own state beaches any day."
Kankel, John W., Pfc, 793d A. A. A., A. W. Bn., Waterbury.
" That slogan ' Remember Pearl Harbor' won't be hard for me to keep in mind because I was stationed for 12 months on Ford Island right in the bay. The com­munications
station where I worked was a few hundred feet from the spot where the Battleship Arizona lay under water. It was rather monotonous work being lo­cated
there, but I guess someone had to do it. The natives for the most part seemed to me to be a pretty poor lot and mostly intent on making a dollar off the American soldier."
Keenan, James F., Pfc, 1595th Ord. Sup. Maint. Co., 312th Sv. Grp., Hartford.
" The days overseas for me were all pretty much alike with none in particular more outstanding than the other. I spent 23 months over there as an air ammunition worker servicing P47s. Our busiest days
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were during the Battle of the Bulge when every plane we had was being put in the air. What I saw of France was all right and Paris was a pretty nice city and about the best one I visited."
Lamb, Walter R., Cpl., Hq. & Hq. Sq., 14th Air Depot Grp., Meriden.
" I served in Ranaghat, India, at a supply depot handling all supplies for the China- Burma- India theater, and operating repair and salvage warehouses. I can't say much about Ranaghat because the place was off limits. It was located 40 miles north of Calcutta. We were in the worst malaria section of India. My world tour started nine months ago in Los Angeles and took me to Bombay, Calcutta, Karachai and back to the States. I'm glad to be back home and to be with my wife again."
Lazzari, Evo, S/ Sgt., 27th Inf. Div., New Haven.
" Okinawa was the roughest deal for me, probably because the Jap artillery and mortar barrages were worse there than any other place I had been which included the Marshalls, Saipan and a number of other places. My duties as section sergeant in heavy mortars consisted of forward ob­serving
in the front lines, to spot and knock out targets before the infantry advanced. The Jap soldier is a rough customer because he has so little regard for his own life and is as sneaky an in­dividual
as you can find anywhere. I was on Ie Shima before coming home doing garrison duty and it feels mighty good to be here after 42 months away."
Lewandowski, Michael J., Jr., Pvt., 453d Amph. Truck Co., Meriden.
" At 3: 15 in the morning of the invasion of France I backed my duck off LST- 310 with the 111th Field Artillery from the 29th Division. We had to circle around in the choppy water of the Channel, 17 miles off the invasion coast for an hour. Water
got into the gas line and the motor conked out. We were slapped around by the waves and every minute I thought the damn thing would turn over. So I told one of the guys to send an SOS with his flashlight and a British patrol boat spotted us and took the duck in tow alongside. The waves kept battering us so hard against the sides of that boat that I told the men they had better hop aboard the other vessel. Just as the last man, a Life photo­grapher,
climbed to the deck, the duck was swamped by a wave and sank. It was at Eargerbac, Germany, near the Austrian border, that my CO. came along and said, ' Boys, I think the war is over. We are going home soon— all of us!' "
Mack, Francis L., M/ Sgt., 3d Photo Ren. Sq., Rockville.
" I was on Hickam Field December 7, 1941, when we were first attacked by the Japs. It was believed at first that I was the first man from Connecticut killed by the Japs. I felt scared that day and I don't think I'll ever forget it. The biggest thrill of my Army career was when I was crew chief on the plane, Tokyo Rose, the first plane ( B29) to fly over Tokyo. I spent six months in Africa mapping from the Red Sea to Dakar; we had started at the Belgium Congo. You can't compare New England with any other part of the world. The roughest tour of duty I had was my last one. I was in the Marianas and the place was a hell hole."
McClosky, Walter V., T/ 5, 459th Amph. Truck Co., 5th Engr., Spec. Brig., Norwich.
" After training in England, I was put in the first wave to hit the beaches of Normandy on ' H- Hour' but we were shelled off two times and had to hit the water each time. But finally we made it, and that became history. But the closest call I had during that time was while I
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was driving a duck and a bunch of snipers opened up on us. I grabbed a gun but there were no cartridges in it and I was helpless except for the good shooting of the boys whose guns were loaded and who broke up that attack. When we got to the Rhine, I drove my duck over against light opposition. Then at the Elbe I was ordered to stand by with my duck in case the bridges were blasted out. If that had happened, I was to take men over in the old crate. One day we were cut off in the corridor to the Elbe and it took the Second and Fifth Armored to pull us out. Boy, was that a close call, too!"
McGarry, William T., T/ 4, 689th Engr. Co., ( Sep.), Bridgeport.
" I've hit Luzon and Leyte. The landings were tough. My job was to go in first and estimate how much equipment was needed by the general engineers. On the side, we served as a demolition. Planes hit one of the LSTs that was alongside of ours and one of our men was killed. I saw service in the Dutch East Indies where we laid out the extension on the old Jap air strip on Biak for our own use. I served also in New Guinea, at the port of Finchaven and up to Madang. My stay in New Guinea was a nightmare. I want to get back to college and forget about the Army."
Meek, William L., Sgt., 922d Sig. Co., 56th Air Depot Grp., Buckland.
" Spending Christmas Eve in a foxhole was one experience that I'll not forget for a while to come. We were stationed on Guam in 1944 and the field was pretty well crowded with B29s and B24s. When the raid started we were all in a theater watching a movie but it did not take long for us to get out and hit our holes when the siren sounded. About 25 Jap Zeroes came over, dropped a few eggs then did a strafing job. The alert was on for most of that night so there was nothing to
do but remain in our foxholes. You can bet this Christmas will be different."
Mihocko, George, T/ Sgt., Co. A., 117th Inf. Regt., 30th Div., Bridgeport.
" I was in England, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. I didn't like Europe. I'd rather be back here than over there. It feels very good to be getting out. It's all over and I want to forget about it."
Miller, Albert E., T/ 5, 204th Gen. Hosp., ( Sep.), Wallingford.
" It was too bad that we didn't have more to celebrate with when we heard the best news of our lives. We were on Guam when over the radio came the news that the war was over; but the most we could dig up was a few warm bottles of ration beer. It has been seven years since I have been home, for just before I entered the Army I had been knocking around for a couple of years. That with 42 months overseas is a long time. The best thing I ever saw overseas was a USO show off the Carrier Apollo with Dennis Day, Tommy Riggs and Jackie Cooper. If we had had more shows like that overseas, life wouldn't have been half bad."
Montagna, Raymond J., Jr., T/ 5, Co. B., 60th Infantry, Thompsonville.
" At the battle of Hoven in Germany, near Duren, we were pinned down at their final protective line for two hours. Our tanks couldn't do a damn thing and they were shelling us with 88s. But even though the shells were falling in the same area, our CO. had a hunch the Germans had retired but were keeping the same range so we'd think they were not retreating. He ordered us to cease fire and advance. His hunch was right. They had retired and so we took the town of Hoven. When they first told me V- E Day had come, I could hardly believe it. Boy, no more Europe for me!"
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Nacewicz, John S., T/ 5, 7th Gen. Hosp., ( Sep.), Bridgeport.
" I was stationed in the hospital 18 miles north of London near a Mustang factory. About half the time the Jerries were sending over V- 1s and V- 2s and they were dropping all around us but their aim was too bad to get the factory, al­though,
just before I got there, one of them had burst almost on the hospital and the concussion had caved in a wall on one of the wards. Sixteen of the fellows got Purple Hearts for that. I recall one wounded soldier in the ward I was working in who developed heart trouble and was on his way out. We hated to tell him and I was sitting by his bed as he died. He was from the mid- West and just as he closed his eyes he was showing me a picture of his wife and a baby he'd never seen."
Oleski, John P., Pfc, 5th Inf. Div., Newington.
" I was in Rheims when the war ended in Europe, and I also saw the men who signed the surrender there. Before that I had been in the infantry as a mortar and rifle man and after getting wounded, was transferred to the air corps. The life I led in the air corps and the one I led in the infantry was like the difference between living in poverty and luxury. Those air corps boys really lived all right overseas compared to the existence of the infantry."
Papielion, John F., Pvt., Co. I., 117th Inf. Regt., 30th Inf. Div., Wauregan.
" I've seen pretty rugged action at St. Lo, but once we started to roll we pushed those Jerries back. We had plenty of artillery and plane support; those planes did a wonderful job. I went on a patrol with two buddies into the German lines to secure a rowboat for further patrol use, as we had a small body of water between our lines and the Jerry line. The engineers
could not get to us and supply us with rubber boats and we had to get one the best way we could. It was one of those volunteer missions and I came through okay. I think I was lucky because the odds were against us. It's going to be good to be called ' Mister' again after three and a half years in the service. But I think it was well worth it."
Rea, Patsy D., T/ 5, 11th Evac Hosp., ( Sep.), Bridgeport.
" My outfit always seemed to get more than its share of tough breaks, but on Anzio it seemed to go the limit. We were there for four solid months, under fire all the while. I was a surgical technician and during the action- filled days worked as many as twenty straight hours in the surgical tent. The biggest thrill of my lifetime came when I visited a small town in Italy called Vialpecorina and met my mother's people there for the first time. It would be hard to imagine anyone being more overjoyed to see someone than they were, and I guess I felt about the same."
Petruzzello, Louis, T/ 5, 118th Engr. Cmbt. Bn., ( Sep.), Middletown.
" The day I remember most of all the three years I spent overseas was February 17, 1943, when I was on one of the ships of a convoy in the Coral Sea headed for Guadalcanal. Seven Jap torpedo planes attacked us while we were having chow down below and I think I have had in­digestion
ever since. The boat I was on knocked down one of the Japs with its 5- inch gun and the other ships of the convoy counted for five more of them. I have seen all the places from New Zealand up through to the Philippines, and of them all, the island of New Georgia was best. They can give the Philippines back to the Japs as far as I am concerned."
Sansone, Leonard, Sgt., 489th Sq., 340th Bmb. Grp., Stamford.
" It will take a long time for me to forget the night of May 13, 1944. My outfit was on Corsica, and being a crew chief, I was sleeping in a tent on the line. About 3 o'clock in the morning I was awakened by the sound of planes and looked out of my tent to see the whole field lit up by flares dropped by Jerry planes. The next minute frag bombs began to drop all over the place and being without a foxhole, I hit the ground in my tent. One of the bombs hit a closely parked plane and in a moment the flaming gasoline had spread all over and my tent began to blaze. I got the hell out of that tent quick and stayed behind a tree watching the ' show' which went on for the next hour. Never again do I want to sweat through a night like that one."
Saulenas, Stanley P., Pfc, 48th Sig. Hv. Constr. Bn., Waterbury.
" Probably the hottest spot I was ever in during my overseas tour was in the hold of a Liberty ship anchored about three miles off Omaha Beach on D- Day at the start of the invasion of Normandy. I was helping with the unloading of the boat. We were transferring the cargo to ducks
and barges that brought the rations and equipment to the beachhead. It was a good thing that we were busy as the deuce for otherwise we would have had too much time to think about what a nice tempting target we were making for the Luftwaffe and German shore batteries."
Schaefer, Alden E., Pvt., 1st Inf. Div., Wilson.
" I was a rifleman with my outfit and we hit Omaha Beach on D- Day, which turned out to be the hardest day in combat I was to see. The happiest day of my life was when I boarded the boat to get back here, and the two years I spent overseas I chalk up as the kind of experience I never want to repeat again."
Senatore, Louis, Pfc, 25th Field Hospital, ( Sep.), East Haven.
" Since last seeing home I have been all around the world. Most of my overseas time has been spent in the CBI theater and for a long while we were stationed in Burma near Lashio. Our hospital there took care of Chinese soldiers who did not impress me too much. The weather and the monotony of Burma made every day seem like a Blue Monday, for our enter­tainment
facilities amounted to almost nothing. I can't express in words how good it feels to be back here."
Sorbo, Tripoli T., T/ 5, 39th Cmbt. Engr. Regt., Stamford.
" During my 33 months overseas I managed to see practically all of Europe. My most unusual experience was the plane ride back home. For the first time in the air, I had a pretty long trip for we took off from Naples, came down to Africa, then to South America and the U. S. A. It sure is a fast way to get places."
Suntava, Michael P., T/ 5, 186th F. A. Bn., Bristol.
" Of all the countries in Europe that I have had the opportunity of visiting, I
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had the best time in Czechoslovakia. This was because I was able to speak Polish, one of the few fellows in my outfit who could and I managed to get out and be invited around to civilian homes. I made several friends in the city of Pilsen while stationed there for occupation duty so remember that city best. My job in the Army was cook. Of all the action I ex­perienced,
the Battle of the Bulge was the roughest."
Szakala, Andrew J., T/ 4, 959th Ord. Co., Hv. Automotive Maint., Stamford.
" I've been all through New Guinea, Luzon and the Philippines. I had a good time. I've been bombed but never touched. I was a trouble shooter and used to go up to the front lines and take the trucks to the rear for repairs. It's swell to be getting out after 20 months spent overseas without a furlough."
Tornatore, Frank P., Pfc, Hq. Btry., 430th A. A. A., A. W. Bn., Thompsonville.
" At Magdeburg, Germany, I was cutting a guy's hair when a bunch of 88s came over. We hit the ground and although it was only for about ten minutes, it seemed like ages. Then I got up and the guy said, ' How about cutting the rest of it off?' I said, ' Hell, man, you almost lost your whole damn head!' But I finished the job, hoping like hell no more 88s would ever come over again and thinking about the little place I'm going to have for myself where they'll never know an 88 from a bottle of hair oil."
Tracy, Raymond M., T/ 5, Btry. A., 312th F. A., 79th Div., West Hartford.
" I don't mind tellin' that one night in a pitch black deserted village near Saar ¬ burg I had the pants nearly scared off of me. I was in an F. O. group and it was about 11 p. m. when I lost my bearings and stopped in a little square. The other guys were all either ahead of me or to the
rear. I didn't know which way to head so I lit my flashlight to check a map. Pow! From somewhere a rifle went off and the bullet knocked the flashlight right out of my hand. It was probably a sniper be­cause
there were some left in the town; but sometimes I think it was one of our guys. You weren't supposed to show any lights in that town. I got a Bronze Star for directing fire. When V- E Day was announced I was in a hospital in Paris. I had everything— appendix, yellow jaun­dice
and trench foot, but the news was so good I felt like jumping up and dancing."
Twomey, Hugh J., Jr., T/ 5, 762d M. P. Bn., New Haven.
" Having been a policeman for the New Haven Road in civilian life, my work in the MPs in counter- intelligence on Hawaii was along similar lines. We were pretty busy out there as the natives operated countless gyp- joints and were pretty good in shaking down our soldiers. The only drawback about our work is that ' nobody likes an MP' even though out there we had one of the best outfits in the whole Army."
Vail, Robert P., T/ 5, 762d M. P. Bn., Greenwich.
" After 30 months in the Army, I am ready to get into those civilian clothes, but quick! I worked in a stockade out in Hawaii, being a ' wet nurse to a flock of eight- balls.' I can't say I liked my job. The prisoners were treated all right out in our stockade and ate the same food as we did. Nothing out of the ordinary ever happened in my work. The natives, which we called ' gooks,' were slovenly and lazy and seemed to spend all their energies in trying to find new ways to exploit the American soldier. Yes sir, I am ready to stay in this country for good."
Viebey, Vincent J., Sgt., 387th Sq., 365th Ftr. Grp., Bristol.
" My outfit was known as the ' Hell
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Hawks' and they certainly lived up to their name during the Battle of the Bulge. We were credited with turning the tide when it was impossible to get infantry and tank support during the height of the action there. Our P47s were used for everything, and as an armament flight chief, that was the busiest period I ever spent all my time in the Army."
Zdon, Francis V., Cpl, 13th Trp. Carrier Sq., 13th Air Force, Derby.
" The highlight of my three years in the tropics was the day I learned I was coming back to the good old U. S. A. My job consisted of maintenance work on C47s. I enjoyed the work, but the terrific heat and humidity of the islands we were stationed on usually had us flat on our backs by the end of a day's work. One of the worst places was Biak Island in New Guinea, located only one degree from the equator. We found the brown- skinned gals on the island getting whiter as each month passed by and the local drink called Filipino Tuba tasting more and more like bourbon. I think I got off the place just in time."
Zilko, Leon H., T/ 4, Hq. Co., 128th Inf. Regt., 32d Inf. Div., Bristol.
" I was a mechanic on Luzon. I never did anything important. I didn't like it over there and I'm glad to be back in God's country again. I'll be glad when I'm out and I'll never re- enlist."
CONNECTICUT AT WAR
Official figures on the number of Con­necticut
men in the armed services during World War II are as yet unavailable. The best estimate, from the State Selective Service Headquarters, is 250,000. The same source reports 182,162 men from Connecticut were drafted prior to V- J Day.
The estimate on the total number in­dicates
that an additional 70,000 Con­necticut
men were members of the Con­necticut
National Guard, were com­missioned
from civilian life, or volunteered for the various branches of the armed services.
Official Navy figures as of June 30, 1945, list 61,915 Connecticut men were serving in the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard.
Selective Service reports a total of 33,833 Connecticut men discharged from the armed services prior to V- J Day.
These figures provide as basis for an estimate that there were 125,000 to 140,000 Connecticut men in the Army as of V- J Day, September 2, 1945.
CONNECTICUT VETERANS COMMEMORATIVE BOOKLET
Vol. VII Oct. 28, 1945 No. 16
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 courtesies and assistance of the pub­lic
relations personnel at Fort Devens Separation Center greatly facilitated the gathering of the material for the booklet. The personal experience stories were re­ported
by Frank A. Stockwell, Jr., George E. Allis and Hugh W. McCoy. The cover picture of the U. S. S. Admiral C. F. Hughes is from Acme Newspictures, Inc.
Copies of this booklet are provided for the men whose names appear on the Muster Out Roll Call herein. A copy is on file for reference purposes at each of the two hundred public libraries in the State.
Reproduction of material from this booklet is permissible only with written authorization.
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THE MEN ARE COMING HOME
Connecticut men are coming home by the thousands from Europe and the Pacific. Estimates based on total troop shipment figures from the War Shipping Administration indicate that 6,000 ar­rived
in the States in October, and the arrival of 8,500 in November was pre­dicted.
There are now 551 transports, with a capacity of 585,000 men, operating, 393 in the Atlantic area and 155 in the Pacific. The men are coming home in every size and type of vessel that floats, with scores making the trip on little freighters that bring from 10 to 30.
More than 20 big passenger liners are in the service, including the Cunard Line Queens which carry upwards of 15,000 men on each trip, and converted American passenger liners such as the S. S. America, renamed the U. S. S. West Point, which brings 6,000.
The big boats, notably the Queens, arrive at home ports to be greeted by much publicity and big headlines, but it is the more than 500 converted freighters of the WSA fleet which account in great part for the huge troop movement totals.
The cargo ships, converted at a cost of more than $ 250,000,000, have a carrying capacity of over 500,000 men. They carry from 500 for the smaller ships, up to almost 2,000 for the Victory ships, of which 100 are in service. The 216 Liberty ships in the service carry 750 men in summer and 550 in winter.
In addition to the WSA fleet some 250 combat type vessels constructed by the Maritime Commission for the Army and Navy are in troop service, chiefly in the Pacific, and some LSTs have been used.
In late October the Navy an­nounced
that the battleship U. S. S. Washington, seven aircraft carriers, one escort carrier and six cruisers would enter the " ferry" service, and estimated that they would bring home 145,000 men by February 1.
In the Pacific area at this writing, 540 of an original 800 fighting and supply ships of the fleet have returned to the United States. Most of them came with every inch of space crowded with home­ward
bound soldiers, sailors and marines.
There are no official figures available on the number of Connecticut men in the armed services on V- E or V- J Day, or on the number of Connecticut men returned to the States since those days. However, if the proportion of Connecticut men in the Army is similar to the proportion of Connecticut residents in the nation, the following estimates should be approxi­mately
correct.
On that basis there were 52,000 Con­necticut
men in Europe, the Mediter­ranean,
and Africa on V- E Day, and about half of them have been returned to the United States at this writing. On the same basis it is estimated that more than 5,000 Connecticut men came home in the two months between V- J Day and Nov. 1.
The Fort Devens Separation Center was originally set up in June to discharge men at the rate of 300 per day under the point discharge system. As of the date of this book the average number being separated daily was 1,200.
Estimates indicate that between V- E Day and V- J Day about 6,000 Connecticut men were discharged at Devens. Including the 515 men whose names appear in this booklet, a total of 19,144 Connecticut men have been separated there since V- J Day.
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STATE AIDS AND BENEFITS
The laws of the State of Connecticut provide for many forms of aid, benefits and preferences for veterans, and for their next of kin in varying degrees. The following digest is designed to inform of the aids, benefits and preferences, and to designate the local or state agency charged with providing full information to veterans. There are thirty- four full- time and eight part- time Veterans Centers operating which serve 86 of the 169 cities and towns in the State. In some smaller towns the Town Clerks act as a " Veterans Center".
Tax Exemptions — File discharge with your Town Clerk; notify local assessors and collector.
Local Taxes — Any veteran is exempt from taxes on real or personal property up to $ 1,000 in valuation. Disabled veterans are exempt up to $ 3,000, according to disability ratings. This ex­emption
is in part valid for veterans' wives, and next of kin, as specified by the Statutes. See Local Tax Collector.
Local Business Taxes — ( Personal property) on stock, fixtures and equipment of new businesses established by veterans, for three years. See Local Tax Collector.
Old Age Assistance Taxes — Servicemen are exempt, during active service in armed forces, and veterans may secure refund if they paid while in active service. See Local Tax Collector.
State Unincorporated Business Taxes — On new businesses established by any veteran, good for three years. See Tax Commissioner, State Office Building, Hartford.
Free Business Licenses — Most licenses are free; renewals usually unnecessary for varying periods. See your Town Clerk.
Professional Licenses — Qualified veterans can be admitted to the practice of law or chiropractic without examination in most cases. Contact your county Bar Association, or the Board of Chiro­practic
Examiners, State Office Building, Hartford.
State Employment Preference — Veteran pas­sing
state civil service examination has five points added to score; ten, if he has a disability rating. Names placed on list of eligibles in the order of such augmented score.
The State's general policy on veteran's job preference, which has not the effect of law, was established by the 1945 General Assembly, with passage of the following:
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representa­tives:
" 1. That it shall be the policy of the State, acting through the Connecticut Veterans Reemploy��ment
and Advisory Commission, to encourage Connecticut employers to voluntarily set aside a minimum of 25 per cent of post- war jobs for veter­ans
of World War II.
" 2. That it shall be the policy of the State until July 1, 1950, to give preference to veterans of World War II in all State positions outside the classified service of the merit system act and in all positions involving contractual services and part time services and in all cases where compensation is paid by the State whether on a fee basis or otherwise.
" 3. That until July 1, 1950, it shall also be the policy of the State that appointing officers of the State, as defined by Sec. 2049 of the General Statutes, shall, other conditions being equal, give preference to veterans of World War II in filling State positions from registers of eligible candidates furnished by the State Personnel Department."
Educational Aids — With satisfactory cre­dentials,
a veteran can secure free a grammar school or high school diploma from the State Board of Education, State Office Building, Hartford.
Free instruction in secondary subjects ( high school courses) will be furnished by the State Board of Education if your town can't do it. See your local school officials.
Financial aid for college educations for children, 16 to 23, of servicemen killed in service. Consult the State Board of Education.
Aid for Needy Veterans — If you are being cared for under legal direction of the Veterans Home Commission, your children under 16, husband, wife or widowed mother can receive weekly finan­cial
assistance up to $ 10. for an adult and $ 6. for a child. Apply to the Commission, through the Veterans Home, Rocky Hill.
If you need temporary financial assistance because of a service disability, contact the Veterans Home Commission, Rocky Hill.
Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Fund — Many of the veterans' aid benefits set out above are pay­able
from the income produced by this fund which is to be augmented by a portion of the Connecticut tax on cigarettes until the principal of the fund reaches $ 15,000,000. Disbursements of these funds to carry out aid provisions to veterans, and certain relatives and next of kin of veterans pursuant to statute, are through the State Treasurer of the American Legion, State Office Building, Hartford.
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THE MUSTER OUT ROLL CALL
Names, rank and addresses of Connecticut men discharged during the period, October 25 to 28, 1945, from the official Group Rosters, Fort Devens Separation Center, Mass.
ABBOTT, Lester, Pfc.
181 Wooster St., Hartford ACABBO, John, T/ 5
70 Hemlock St., West Haven ALBERT, Claude L., Sgt.
57 Divinity St., Bristol ADAMS, Raymond G., Pfc.
Moosup
AFFANNATO, Michael J., Cpl.
20 Highland Ave., Bridgeport ALFANO, Frank, T/ 5
South St., Cromwell ALLEN, Charles N., Pfc.
38 Margaret Road, Manchester ALLEN, Lewis E., Sgt.
1892 Main St., Hartford ANDERSON, Raymond, Pfc.
1414 State St., New Haven ANGLEASTRO, Frank D., S/ Sgt.
42 Wilson St., Stamford ANTANAITIS, Peter, Sgt.
115 Whiting Road, East Hartford ATCHISON, William A., Pfc.
7 Lawrence St., South Norwalk AUGUST, Herbert J., T/ 5
22 Lincoln St., New Britain AVERY, Sherman U., Jr., Pfc.
11 Summer St., Derby BACCO, Felix P., 1st/ Sgt.
19 Warren St., Stamford BACHMAN, Arthur K., T/ 5
343 Park Ave., Bridgeport BAILEY, Harry, Pvt.
171 William St., Middletown BAILEY, Sheridan N., Pfc.
Canaan BALDWIN, David S., Cpl.
37 Bradley Ave., Branford BALDYGA, Constanti P., Pfc.
117 Brook St., Forestville BANZIRUK, Daniel, T/ 5
RFD 1, Terryville BARRIERE, Raymond A., Pfc.
Box 413, Norwich BARSHCENSKI, Anthony J., T/ 5
186 Farmington Ave., Bristol BARTLETT, LeRoy E., Sgt.
205 Washington Ave., Waterbury BASSETT, Howard E., Pfc.
25 Richwood St., Waterbury BATAILO, Michael, T/ 5
East Stanwich Road, Greenwich BATTAGLIA, Salvatore, Pfc.
Box 474, New Britain BATTLES, Eugene C, Pvt.
94 Sterling Road, East Hartford BEAL, Bruce H., T/ Sgt.
Talcottville BELOTZ, Morris, S/ Sgt.
112 Asylum St., New Haven BEREY, Leon L., Sgt.
200 Prospect Ave., Shelton BERNIER, Thomas J., T/ Sgt.
30 Arch St., Waterbury BIBEAU, George E., Pfc.
44 Brooklawn St., New Britain
BIK, Russell J., Sgt.
40 High St., c/ o Mrs. Mary Poe, Rockville BILEWICZ, Constant S., Cpl.
415 Jackson Ave., Stratford BLAIR, Louis G., S/ Sgt,
Box 165, Thompsonville BLAKEMAN, George E., Pfc.
83 Newfield Ave., Bridgeport BONANOMI, Louis T., Sgt.
Chester BONKOWSKI, John S., Pfc.
Box 116, South Coventry BOODLEY, Howard L„ Pfc.
85 Smalley St., New Britain BOROWY, Joseph, Jr., Cpl.
107 North Main St., Southington BOTTAGARO, James, Pfc.
16 Larsen St., South Norwalk BOURGEOIS, Rene J., T/ 4
177 High St., Baltic BOUTIELLER, George C, T/ 4
Winchester Hotel, Winsted BRAZEL, Frank J., T/ 4
57 Auburn Road, West Hartford BRIGGS, Vernon L., T/ Sgt.
384 High St., Middletown BROWN, Arthur H., Pfc.
91 Wooster St., Hartford BROWN, Lee M., T/ 4
176 Ward St., New Haven BRIDGES, Charles R., Pfc.
Box 117, Granby BRIGHINDI, August J., T/ 5
93 Wood Ave., Bridgeport BRUCE, Douglas M., Pfc.
1454 Dixwell Ave., Hamden BRUNO, Livio, T/ 5
635 Congress Ave., New Haven BRUST, George A., Pfc.
RFD 1, West Stafford Springs BUCIONIS, Alphonse M., Cpl.
Saybrook Road, Middletown BUKSAR, George, Jr., Pvt.
1072 Pembroke St., Bridgeport BURDICK, Carl E., T/ 5
30 New St., Danbury BURKE, Albert J., T/ 5
6 Hammer St., East Hartford BUSH, Allan K., T/ Sgt.
49 Crestview Ave., Springdale BUTLER, Richard C, Sgt.
50 Merrell Ave., Southington BUZEL, George, T/ 5
Route 1, Greenwich BWORKIN, Israel, Pfc.
297 Federal St., Bridgeport CAILLOUTTE, John F., Pvt.
43 North 4th St., Meriden CAITHAML, James R., T/ 5
37 Park Terrace, Bridgeport CALIFANO, Anthony, T/ 4
10 Bates Court, South Norwalk CALLAHAN, Edward L., Pfc.
1645 Park Ave., Bridgeport CALVER, John H., Pfc.
19 Church St., Plainville
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CARACAUSA, Salvatore A., Sgt.
813 Ocean Ave., New London CARBONE, Albert J., Pfc.
152 Park St., West Haven CARMICHAEL, Robert A., T/ 5
37 Hubbard St., Middletown CARNEGIE, Stanley G., Pfc.
23 North Court, New Haven CARPENTER, Bernard H., T/ 5
304 Windsor Ave., Wilson CATALINO, Paul J., T/ 5
20 Union St., New Britain CAVALIER, Thomas, Pfc.
23 Greenwood Hill, Stamford CAVALLARO, Michael H., Pfc.
21 Mt. Pleasant St., Derby CEBULA, Edward W., T/ 5
10 Laurel St., Rockville CHAMBERLAND, Wilfred A., T/ 5
Railroad St., Baltic CHENDALI, Reno A., M/ Sgt.
Washington Ave., Niantic CHIARAPPA, Richard J., Sgt.
52 Bretton Road, Middletown CHIUCARELLO, Lawrence J., S/ Sgt.
4 Court St., Waterbury CHOMA, Russell M., S/ Sgt.
205 Greenwich Ave., Stamford CHRISTOPHER, Philip L., S/ Sgt.
5 Yost St., South Norwalk CHUEKA, Michael K., T/ 5
526 Center St., Southport CIERESZEWSKI, Benjamin A., T/ 5
44 Slater Ave., Jewett City CIPRIANO, Felix C, Pfc.
393 Piedmont St., Waterbury CLARK, Arthur M., Pfc.
RFD 2, Wallingford CLARK, Charles F., S/ Sgt.
206 Farmington Ave., Hartford CLARKE, John L., T/ Sgt.
171 Baker St., Hartford CLULEY, Ralph P., T/ Sgt.
59 Lanark Road, Stamford COLAVECCHIO, John N., Cpl.
122 Grant St., Hartford CORATELLI, Victor J., Pfc.
146 North Orchard St., Wallingford CORATO, Peter P., Cpl.
245 Greene St., New Haven CORBIN, Emile A., Pfc.
173 Oak St., Hartford CORCHINSKI, Robert W., Pvt.
Station 16, Waterford CORRETTE, George H., T/ 4
806 Broad St., Hartford COSTELLO, Ralph, S/ Sgt.
244 Jefferson St., Bridgeport COUCH, Frank, Pfc.
49 Washington Ave., Torrington COUTU, Edward, S/ Sgt.
40 Merchants Ave., Taftville CROOMS, Henry G., Pfc.
61 Russell St., Hartford CROSSAN, Thomas, T/ 4
64 Arbor Terrace, Southport CZARNOTA, Lawrence J., T/ 5
98 Henry St., New Britain DAKERS, David S., Pvt.
844 Main St., Bridgeport DALY, Francis A., T/ 5
73 Lewis St., Naugatuck DAMERON, Charlie J., Cpl.
320 Garden St., Hartford D'AMOUR, Theodore A., T/ 5
6 Fuller Ave., East Hartford DAURIO, Henry, Pfc.
175 James St., New Haven
DeCAMILLO, Anthony, T/ Sgt.
254 Pacific St., Stamford DeCARLO, Joseph S., S/ Sgt.
529 South Main St., Naugatuck DECKER, Claude B., T/ 3
RFD 1, New Milford DeGANGE, Anthony J., Sgt.
33 Ocean Ave., New London DELLA FERA, Edward M., T/ 5
47 Putnam St., Hartford DELLAVOLPE, Richard R., T/ 5
95 Bradley St., New Haven DeLUCA, Peter P., S/ Sgt.
319 Connecticut Ave., Bridgeport DeMARTE, Martin B., T/ 4
4 Rowan St., East Norwalk DESROSIERS, Henry A., S/ Sgt.
2 South Fifth Ave., Taftville DEVAN, William C, Pfc.
593 Noble Ave., Bridgeport DeVINE, George F., Pfc.
229 Franklin Ave., Hartford DODD, Charles W., Sgt.
Wapping DONOFRIO, Peter, Pfc.
33 Mt. Pleasant St., Derby DOWLING, Francis J., Cpl.
187 Britannia St., Meriden DOWLING, Francis J., S/ Sgt.
20 Edward St., Waterbury DREGA, Adolph, Cpl.
318 Quinnipiac Ave., New Haven DREW, Francis R., Pfc.
RFD 2, Salisbury DRIEND, Edward J., Pfc.
466 Legion Ave., New Haven DRIGNAT, Emil E., Pfc.
33 Sheffield St., Waterville DUBIEL, Stanley A., T/ 4
147 Governor St., Hartford DuCHARME, Albert G., T/ 4
119 River St., Thomaston DUNBAR, Charles J., Pvt.
19 South Woodbine St., Hartford DUNN, Louis E., Sgt.
522 High St., Middletown DUNN, Michael J., T/ 4
29 Butternut St., Middletown DUNN, William E., T/ 5
34 Bancroft Ave., Bridgeport DUNN, William E., T/ 4
1195 North Ave., Bridgeport DuQUETTE, Roland R., Pfc.
495 Compo Road, Saugatuck DURICA, Stephen J., Sgt.
55 Priscilla Court, Bridgeport DUTCHER, Burton L., T/ 5
Grove Point, Westport DUTKO, Theodore C, T/ 3
426 Knapp's Highway, Bridgeport DUVAL, Edward A., Pfc.
Prospect Hill, New Milford DWORKIN, Samuel, Pfc.
297 Federal St., Bridgeport DYER, Julius J., T/ 5
133 Columbia St., Bridgeport DYKES, Edward , Pfc.
Nut Plains Road, Guilford DYTKO, Anthony, T/ 4
42 Maple St., Seymour DZIOMBA, Charles W., T/ 5
181 West Town St., Norwich EDMONDS, Joseph H., S/ Sgt.
1054 Dixwell Ave., Hamden EDWARDS, Charles W., T/ 4
57 Maple Ave., Danbury EELLS, Albert E., T/ 4
144 Oakland St., Manchester EGAN, Maurice F., Pfc.
232 Hillside Ave., Waterbury ELLIOTT, Clifton F., Pfc.
9 Fuller St., Waterbury ELLIOTT, Walter G., S/ Sgt.
38 1/ 2 Broadway Ave., Norwich ENSIGN, Donald L., Pfc.
124 Bond St., Hartford ERIKSON, William L., T/ Sgt.
961 West Boulevard, Hartford ERLICK, Matthew A., Pfc.
17 Summer St., Middletown FARACLAS, Gregory N., T/ 4
616 Ferry St., New Haven FEIMAN, Leo, Pfc.
185 Wayne St., Bridgeport FERNANDEZ, Manuel, T/ 4
35 Vetruni St., Meriden FERRARA, John J., Pvt.
75 Grove St., Windsor Locks FERRIGNO, Andrew, T/ 5
22 Mill River St., New Haven FIELD, Joseph W., T/ 5
32 Maple Hill Ave., Newington FINN, Edward C, T/ Sgt.
216 Coram Ave., Shelton FIORE, Lawrence, . Sgt.
RFD 1, Auburn St., South Norwalk FLANAGAN, Bernard J., Sgt.
127 Madison Terrace, Bridgeport FLANNERY, Robert T., Pvt.
19 Lander St., New Haven FLEMING, John J., Cpl.
Guilford FOLEY, John F., T/ 5
270 Huntington St., New London FORD, Henry F., T/ Sgt.
35 Grandview Terrace, Hartford FORGETTE, Thomas J., Pfc.
221 DeForest Ave., Bridgeport FORTIN, Joseph F., Pfc.
31 Charter Oak Ave., Hartford FORTUNA, Joseph S., T/ 4
453 Hallett St., Bridgeport FORTUNA, Salvatore J., T/ 5
9 Rome Ave., Middletown FREEMAN, John J., T/ 5
128 Village St., Hartford FUCCI, Joseph P., T/ Sgt.
1297 Pembroke St., Bridgeport FUSCO, Franklin, Sgt.
24 Gilbert St., Waterbury GADSKY, Edward J., Pfc.
28 Yarwood St., Stratford GAGNON, Adrian J., Cpl.
Box 221, Plainfield GALEMBA, Henry M., T/ 5
162 Pope St., Bridgeport GALLO, Anthony, Sgt.
Boston Post Road, Stamford GAMBLE, David S., Pfc.
194 Fountain St., New Haven GANCH, John P., T/ 4
179 West Liberty St., Bridgeport GANEZER, Nathan, Pfc.
64 Elizabeth St., Waterbury GARALA, George D., Sgt.
169 Prospect St., Winsted GARBARINO, George L., T/ 4
158 Broad St., Milford GARLOCK, Charles D., Jr., S/ Sgt.
19 Forest Ave., Ansonia GARNER, Philip B., Pfc.
398 Prospect St., Torrington GATTO, James A., Pfc.
66 Warren St., New Haven
GAUDIO, Italo P., T/ Sgt.
54 Clinton Ave., New Haven GAWITT, Henry E., Cpl.
48 Goodyear Ave., Naugatuck GENGA, Adam, M/ Sgt.
55 Sidney St., Stratford GENTILE, Anthony, Sgt.
45 Harpers Ferry Road, Waterbury GEORGE, Anthony M., T/ 4
280 Main St., Torrington GEORGE, Frank, Pfc.
862 Winchester Ave., New Haven GIUSTO, Albert L., S/ Sgt.
245 Macauley Ave., Waterbury GLEASON, William F., Pfc.
112 South St., Stamford GLOSS, Samuel H., Pfc.
Parallel St., Norwalk GLOVER, Ulysses A., T/ 5
38 Pliny St., Hartford GNITZCAVICH, George J., Cpl.
8 Meriden St., Pequabuck GOLDSON, Ernest, Pfc.
60 Vine St., Waterbury GOODRICH, Stanley O., M/ Sgt.
524 Main St., Portland GOODWIN, Arthur H., T/ Sgt.
Woodbury Road, Watertown GORBETT, Robert D., S/ Sgt.
50 Daycotan Place, Torrington GORDON, Benjamin, Pfc.
1613 Stratford Ave., Bridgeport GORMAN, Russell F., T/ 3
52 Monroe Ave., Waterbury GOYETTE, Francis J., Pfc.
RFD 1, Baltic GRAHAM, Peter F., T/ 4
281 Knowlton St., Stratford GRANBACK, Allen, T/ 5
160 Selleck St., Stamford GREANEY, Patrick P., Pvt.
82 Campfield Ave., Hartford GREENE, James F., Pvt.
45 White St., Shelton GUERRERA, Rocco F., Pfc.
87 Avon Ave., Waterbury GUGLIELMINO, Salvatore, T/ 5
31 Fair St., New Haven GUSTAFSON, Arthur H., Pfc.
RFD 1, Bridge water GUZZARDI, Michael M., T/ 5
93 River St., Waterbury HADDAD, Assad J., T/ Sgt.
643 Main St., Winsted HALL, Francis O., Pfc.
Housatonic Ave., New Milford HANDLEMAN, William J., Pfc.
31 Enfield St., Hartford HANUSHICK, Mike, T/ 5
201 Holly St., Bridgeport HARRIS, Frederick C, S/ Sgt.
RFD 1, Rockfall HARRIS, George F., Pvt.
75 East Harold St., Hartford HART, Fred J., Pfc.
787 Bank St., Waterbury HART, Harry J., M/ Sgt.
1716 North Ave., Stratford HART, Willie L. A., T/ 5
250 Brooklawn Ave., Bridgeport HAUGH, William F., Sgt.
31 Edgerton St., Manchester HAWTHORNE, Albert L., 1st/ Sgt.
99 United Homes, East Hartford HAYES, John E., S/ Sgt.
106 Ashley St., Hartford HEALY, Robert T., 1st/ Sgt.
Apt. 217, Marina Village, Bridgeport HEGE, David F., M/ Sgt.
108 Kenyon St., Hartford HICKEY, Frederick P., T/ 5
59 Collins St., Hamden HICKEY, Maurice F., Cpl.
43 East View St., Hartford HICKS, Floyd J., T/ 4
11 Ringgold St., West Hartford HILL, Charles I., Pfc.
72 Poquonock Road, Groton HOFFLER, James C, Pvt.
133 North Elm St., Waterbury HOISKA, Reino, T/ 4
807 Prospect St., New Haven HOPP, Oscar W., Pfc.
35 Cove Ave., East Norwalk HORNUNG, Harry H., Pvt.
87 Plymouth Lane, Manchester HOWLEY, Joseph P., T/ Sgt.
122 Stewart St., Bristol HUMPHREY, Thomas J., T/ 5
189 West Center St., Manchester HUTSON, Thomas S., S/ Sgt.
c/ o Gassaway, Norwalk HYDE, Asa W., T/ 5
313 Pequot Ave., New London HYSON, Arthur D., S/ Sgt.
45 Glenbrook Road, West Hartford INORIO, Michael A., Pvt.
133 Cove St., New Haven JAINCHILL, David, Sgt.
499 Garden St., Hartford JANIAK, Alexander, Cpl.,
88 Main St., Stafford Springs JANKOWSKI, Richard J., Pvt.
168 Spring St., Union City JANUS, Buhosh, T/ 3
754 Lafayette St., Bridgeport JENKINS, James C, Cpl.
93 Suffield St., Hartford JOB, David H., Pfc.
612 Bedford St., Stamford JOHNSON, Gilbert, Pfc.
MacDonald Ave., Cromwell JOHNSON, Nels C, T/ 4
186 Grand Ave., New Haven JOHNSON, Richard A., S/ Sgt.
107 John St., Southport JOHNSON, Richard E., S/ Sgt.
RFD 1, Oakdale JULESON, Joseph E., Pvt.
East Autumn St., Norwalk KANIA, Alfred J., T/ Sgt.
26 Putnam St., Waterbury KANKEL, John W., Pfc.
26 Bronson St., Waterbury KARPOWITZ, Joseph P., Pfc.
120 Center St., c/ o Tabaka, Shelton KASPER, Stephen, Pfc.
934 Connecticut Ave., Bridgeport KEEGAN, Edward J., Pvt.
191 Valley St., New Haven KEENAN, James F., Pfc.
527 Zion St., Hartford KEENE, Lloyd W., Cpl.
23 Riverside Ave., Norwalk KELLY, Joseph W., Pvt.
9 Brook St., Stamford KEMP, Lawrence J., Sgt.
125 Washington St., Waterbury KENNEDY Joseph L., Jr., Pfc.
179 Ridgefield St., Hartford KENYHERCZ, John A., T/ 5
458 Hollister Ave., Bridgeport KIDA, John, Pvt.
54 Stonington St., Hartford KOENIG, Eric, Pfc.
28 Linden St., New London
KOMOROWSKI, Chester F., T/ 4 368 North Main St., Norwich KOT, Stanley, Pfc.
238 Main St., Bridgeport KOVACS, Michael, T/ 5
79 Prince St., Bridgeport KOWALSKY, Joseph S., Cpl.
1975 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport KOZLOWSKI, Walter J., S/ Sgt.
12 Armstrong Place, Bridgeport KUUSELA, Ahti S., Pfc.
Glasgo KUZIA, Francis B., Pfc.
72 Central St., Ansonia LaFRANCE, Roland E., T/ 5
109 Center St., West Haven LaHAYE, Raymond L., 1st/ Sgt.
112 Warren St., Meriden LAMB, Walter R., Cpl.
27 Park St., Meriden LAMONTAGNE, Egide J., T/ 5 18 Careyhill St., Willimantic LaROSA, Edward, S/ Sgt.
1877 Baldwin St., Waterbury LAWLER, George J., T/ 5
RFD 2, Stepney LAWLER, Peter L., Pfc.
424 Ferry St., New Haven LAZZARI, Evo., S/ Sgt.
381 Columbus Ave., New Haven LEACH, Wendell C, T/ 3 47 North St., Milford LECK, William A., S/ Sgt.
173 Spring St., Meriden LEE, Archie F., Pfc.
164 Spruce St., Bridgeport LeMAY, Rhule, T/ 5
1349 Chapel St., New Haven LEWANDOWSKI, Michael J., Jr., Pvt.
24 Grant St., Meriden L'HEUREUX, Eugene, Pvt.
720 Park St., Hartford LIBBY, George D., Pfc.
257 North Main St., Waterbury LIEBL, Jacob, Pfc.
74 Wilson St., Hartford LIGHT, Justin, Sgt.
146 Ridge wood Road, West Hartford LIGI, Navio J., T/ 5
Railroad Ave., Ridgefield LINDBERG, Paul E., T/ 5
211 Calhoun Ave., Bridgeport LIVOLSI, Joseph F., T/ 5
22 Columbia St., Ansonia LONDA, Daniel S., Pfc.
16 Moss Ave., Danbury LONG, Thomas B., 1st/ Sgt.
364 Sigourney St., Hartford LORD, Frederick, Jr., Pfc.
21 Bailey Ave., Darien LOWCYZE, Michael, Sgt.
98 Main St., Hartford LOWNDES, Frederick W., Pfc.
40 Evans Ave., East Hartford LUCIANO, Anthony, Pfc.
RFD 3, Norwalk Road, New Canaan LUDWIG, Hugo H., T/ 4
42 Winthrop St., Hartford LUKACSIK, John, Pfc.
180 Caroline St., Bridgeport LUZIO, Anthony, Pfc.
551 Baldwin St., Waterbury LYNCH, Daniel E., T/ 3
52 Lafayette St., Waterbury LYNCH, Harold P., T/ 5
140 At water St., New Haven LYNCH, Thomas J., Jr., Cpl. 33 Evelyn St., Bridgeport MacDONALD, Euerle L., Pfc.
Box 272, Derby Ave., Orange MACK, Francis L., M/ Sgt.
41 Vernon Ave., Rockville MADDEN, James H., T/ 4
15 Hammer St., East Hartford MADIGAN, Francis E., Pvt.
21 Levesque Ave., West Hartford MADSEN, John S., S/ Sgt.
23 Pardee Place, New Haven MAGLIETTO, Anthony F., S/ Sgt.
99 Brookfield Drive, East Hartford MAGNI, Louis J., T/ 5
325 Edgewood Ave., Waterbury MAHER, George M., T/ 5
284 Blatchley Ave., New Haven MAHER, Michael T., T/ Sgt.
Pomfret Center MAILLIE, James C, T/ 5
24 West Brother Drive, Greenwich MAKOWSKY, John, Jr., 1st/ Sgt.
18 Elm St., Branford MALLEY, John F., S/ Sgt.
1308 Enfield St., Thompsonville MALLOY, Joseph T., S/ Sgt.
63 Cleveland Ave., Hartford MANGINO, Michael F., Pvt.
Fitch St., North Haven MANSFIELD, James M., Sgt.
227 Jane St., Bridgeport MARFIAK, Theodore A., T/ Sgt.
505 Park Ave., Torrington MARINELLI, Lawrence, T/ 5
17 Edson Ave., Waterbury MARTON, Michael S., Pfc.
1919 Blackrock Tpk, Fairfield MAY, Samuel J., Pfc.
456 Ocean Ave., New London MCCARTHY, Robert C, Pfc.
21 Pawcatuck Ave. Pawcatuck McCLOSKY, Walter V., T/ 5
336 West Main St., Norwich McCOY, Robert E., S/ Sgt.
730 Orange St., New Haven McGARRY, William T., T/ 4
2990 North Main St., Bridgeport McGUIRE, Patrick H., S/ Sgt.
58 Prospect St., Terry ville McKENNA, Thomas J., Sgt.
20 Kirkham St., Newington MEAD, Arthur A., T/ 5
RFD 3, Danbury MEEHAN, James J., Pvt.
256 West Broad St., Stamford MEEK, William L., Sgt.
Buckland St., Buckland MELVIN, Donald E., T/ 5
Genesee St., Foxon Park, East Haven MIAZGA, Antoni J., Pfc.
40 Laurel St., Hartford MIHOCKO, George, T/ Sgt.
1062 Stratford Ave., Bridgeport MILLER, Albert E., T/ 5
46 Prospect St. Wallingford MILLER, Albert W., T/ 5
Box 118, Voluntown MILLER, Frank W., T/ 5
13 Woolsey St., New Haven MILLER, Frederick C, T/ 5
Station 30, South Windsor MILLER, Lewis E., Sgt.
8 Division St., New London MILLER, William J., Pfc.
54 West Burnham St., Hartford MILLETT, Linwood K., 1st/ Sgt.
54 Chestnut St., Manchester MOGIELNICKI, Frank J., Pfc.
55 Market St., New Britain
MOLBOSKI, Peter M., Cpl.
Box 26, Montville MOLNAR, Steve, T/ 4
741 Elm St., Stamford MOLZAHN, Herman J., Pfc.
64 East St, Wallingford MONTAGA, Raymond J., Jr., T/ 5
1 Summer St., Thompsonville MOODY, Malcolm N., S/ Sgt.
Randolph Road, Middletown MORRIS, James F., Pfc.
98 Seaside Ave., Stamford MORRO, Anthony, T/ 5
246 Hamilton St., New Haven MORROW, Warren M., Pfc.
53 Evergreen Ave., Hartford MORTENSEN, Alfred I., Pvt.
86 Heath St., Hartford MOSES, Stanton W., S/ Sgt.
580 Fern St., West Hartford MOTHIS, Henry L., S/ Sgt.
58 Loomis St., Hartford MOTTO, Charles J., Pfc.
92 Clark St., New Britain MOZZI, John A., S/ Sgt.
402 Soundview Ave., Stratford MUIR, Lester R., T/ Sgt.
58 Ranney St., East Hartford MURO, Frank M., T/ 5
43 Haven St., New Haven MURPHY, Thomas J., T/ 5
14 Townhill Ave., Danbury MURRAY, Edward W., S/ Sgt.
306 Boys Ave., Goodyear MUSHIN, Aaron, T/ 5
487 Washington Ave., New Haven NACEWICZ, John S., T/ 5
448 Columbia St., Bridgeport NADOLNY, Leo J., Pfc.
240 Governor St., New Britain NASH, Samuel T., Pvt.
100 Portland St., Hartford NEARY, Donald J., 1st/ Sgt.
25 Burritt Ave., Stratford NEDWITCH, Stephen, Cpl.
Compo Road, Westport NEUMANN, Arthur L., 1st/ Sgt.
73 West St., Seymour NEWMAN, Arthur D., Jr., Pvt.
642 Washington Ave., New Haven NEWMAN, Fritz H., Sgt.
35 Babcock St., Hartford NIKSA, Lucian J., T/ 4
343 High St., New Britain NOON AN, Albert J., Sgt.
245 Success Ave., Bridgeport NORRIS, Harold, S/ Sgt.
14 Kennedy St., Hartford NOVAK, Raymond B., T/ 4
29 Howard St., Stratford NOWAK, John F., Pfc.
99 Brainard Road, Thompsonville NYARY, Alec S., T/ 4
7 Mayflower Ave., Stamford OBERSIADI, Frank J., Pfc.
Box 386, Sandy Hook O'CONNELL, James H., T/ 5
5 Water St., Putnam O'DONNELL, Leo R., T/ 5
224 Jefferson Ave. New London O'KRASKA, Daniel R., Pfc.
42 Ward St., Hartford OLESKI, John P., Pfc.
154 Hillcrest Ave., Newington O'RILLEY, Philip T., S/ Sgt.
334 Maple St., New Britain ORLANDO, Salvatore, T/ 4
88 East Center St., Wallingford ORSINI, Angelo M., Pfc.
72 Bellevue St., Waterbury ORSO, John C, T/ 5
95 Hawthorne Ave., Waterbury ORVIS, Frank H., Pfc.
48 Sterling St., Hartford OSBORN, Francis T., T/ 5
50 Webster St., New Haven PAHOLSKY, Walter J., T/ Sgt.
Box 35- A, Dividend Road, Rocky Hill PALMIERI, Philip A., Pfc.
155 Helen St., Hamden PAPIELION, John F., Pvt.
Chestnut St., Wauregan PARISI, Pasquale A., T/ 5
1959 State St., Hamden PATERNOSTER, Virgil F., S/ Sgt.
33 High St., Waterbury PAWLOWSKI, Alex P., T/ Sgt.
33 Redfield St., New Haven PECK, Edward, T/ 5
2 Glynn Ave., Middletown PELLEGRINI, Alfred, Pfc.
40 Third St., Hamden PENNEY, Herman E., Pfc.
195 Spencer St., Manchester PEPE, Stephen, T/ 4
965 State St., New Haven PEREGRIN, John J., T/ 5
103 Main St., South Meriden PERKINS, Joe D., Pfc.
Box 338, Canaan PERKOWSKI, Edward, Sgt.
75 Henry St., Stamford PERLMAN, Arthur, T/ 5
36 Hoyt St., New Canaan PERNICIARO, Peter A., T/ 5
604 Newfield Ave., Stamford PERUCCIO, James P., Pfc.
41 Olmstead St., East Hartford PETERSON, Norman W., S/ Sgt.
95 Cumberland Ave., Wethersfield PETROSKE, Leon P., S/ Sgt.
5 Locust St., Meriden PETRUZZELLO, Louis, T/ 5
243 Pearl St., Middletown PINTO, Ralph, Pfc.
39 Wilson St., New Haven PIORKOWSKI, Julius C, Sgt.
21 Mission St., Stamford PONZO, Louis O., Pfc.
25 Prince St., New Haven PRATSON, Andrew H., Pfc.
62 Cross St., Thompsonville PREDZIMIRSKI, William, Pfc.
114 New St., Seymour QUOKA, Paul., Pfc.
25 Second Ave., Seymour QUINLAN, William J., T/ 5
57 Manila Ave., Woodbridge RAGONESE, Ilio A., Pfc.
36 Moore Ave., New London RAINVILLE, Charles J., Jr., Sgt.
Pond Hill Road, RFD 2, Naugatuck RANSOM, Leon L., Pvt.
188 Capen St., Hartford RATKEVICH, John, Pfc.
Wheeler St., Shelton RAY, Allen E., T/ 5
16 Ritch Ave., Greenwich REA, Patsy D., T/ 5
127 Goodwin St., Bridgeport REILLY, Harry J., T/ 5
97 Mt. Pleasant St., Derby RENZULLI, Ralph A., T/ 4
297 Westport Ave., Norwalk REUTENAUER, George R., T/ 4
9 Jane St., Hamden
RHRENS, Kenneth, S/ Sgt.
111 Grant St., Waterbury RICCIUTI, Nunzio, Pfc.
58 Pikeman St., Waterbury RICHARDSON, Kenneth F., T/ 5
814 Jones Hill Road, West Haven RIOUX, Cyprien G., T/ 5
16 State St., Meriden ROLL, George A., S/ Sgt
11 Armonk St., East Port Chester ROSENBLATT, Itzel M., Sgt.
165 Linwood St., New Britain ROSS, Walter A., Jr., M/ Sgt.
RFD 1, Somers RUTHER, Edward, T/ 5
36 Van Zant St., East Norwalk RYAN, Thomas M., T/ 5
143 Woodland St., Hartford RYAN, William J., Pvt.
76 Coe Ave., East Haven ST. ARNAULT, Florian E., Pfc.
180 Willow St., New Haven SALLING, George A., Pfc.
26 Forest Court, Bridgeport SANBORN, Raymond E., Pfc.
South Main St., Moosup SANFORD, Albert O., Pvt.
187 Franklin St., Stamford SANGIL, Nicholas, Sgt.
38 Union St., New Britain SANSONE, Leonard, Sgt.
121 Culloden Road, Stamford SANTOLO, Michael V., Jr., T/ 4
72 New Haven Ave., Waterbury SAULENAS, Stanley P., Pfc.
29 Lawrence St., Waterbury SCACCO, Michael, T/ 5
16 Branch St., Waterbury SCEPANSKI, Stanley T., M/ Sgt.
21 Deerfield St., East Haven SCHAEFER, Alden E., Pvt.
49 Olga Ave., Wilson SCHNABEL, Robert J., S/ Sgt.
6 Highland St., Bethel SCHNEIDER, Andrew A., Cpl.
206 Savoy St., Bridgeport SCHULTZ, August A., S/ Sgt.
126 Fair St., Wallingford SELKE, William A., T/ 5
30 Relay Place, Stamford SENATORE, Louis, Pfc.
483 Main St., East Haven SERUS, Thomas R., T/ 5
134 Asylum St., Norwich SHANLEY, Howard J., Sgt.
79 Martin St., West Haven SHENKMAN, Louis J., Pfc.
Box 25, Moodus SHERMERLUK, Michael W., T/ 5
279 Garden St., Hartford SHINDELL, Morris M., T/ 5
130 Sherman Ave., New Haven SICIGNANO, Pasquale, Pvt.
304 Portsea St., New Haven SIMOES, Antonio, Pfc
26 Pahquioque Ave., Danbury SIMON, Joseph, Sgt.
43 Noble St., Stamford SLINK, Carl C, Cpl.
133 Valley Road, Cos Cob SMITH, Charles C, Cpl
364 Laurel St., Hartford SMITH, Nelson W., S/ Sgt
252 Center St., Meriden SMULLEN, John H., 1st/ Sgt.
64 Beacon St., Hamden SOLEMENE, Michael A., S/ Sgt.
296 Exeter St., Bridgeport SOLIANI, Mayo R., T/ 4
14 Perkins St., Torrington SORBO, Tripolle T., T/ 5
24 Hall Place, Stamford SOTTOSANT, Michael G., Cpl.
165 River St., Waterbury SOUZA, Manuel D., T/ 5
493 North Main St., Norwich STARINO, Nicholas J., T/ 5
46 Monroe St., Branford STRAKNA, Albert R., Cpl.
Slater Ave., Jewett City STROUSE, Benjamin, Jr., Pfc.
116 Canner St., New Haven SUELLO, Edward S., Pfc.
88 George St., New Haven SULLIVAN, Francis S., T/ 5
54 Nelton Court, Hartford SUNTAVA, Michael P., T/ 5
31 Kelly St., Bristol SUPRYNOWICZ, Frank A., Cpl.
99 Hotchkiss St., Middletown SWANSON, Edmund W., S/ Sgt.
29 Sound View Terrace, New Haven SWANSON, John J., Pfc.
Box 94, East River SWEENEY, Francis J., T/ 4
43 Chapel St., Woodmont SWIATEK, Walter J., Cpl.
64 Pearl St., New Haven SZABO, Frank, Jr., T/ 4
303 Bostwick Ave., Bridgeport SZAKALA, Andrew J., T/ 4
29 East Meadow St., Stamford TAYLOR, Floyd M., T/ 4
76 Hamilton Ave., Norwich TARDIEU, Eugene J., Pvt.
921 Howard Ave., New Haven TEDESCHI, Joseph, Sgt.
63 Puritan Lane, Stamford TERRY, Walter M., Jr., M/ Sgt.
31 Mead St., New Canaan THIBODEAU, Patrick A., Pfc.
8 Woodbine St., Bristol THIMAN, Robert, T/ 4
61 Stowe Ave., Milford THOMAS, Leigh F., Pfc.
66 Tom Thumb St., Bridgeport THOMAS, Russell A., Pfc.
135 Camp Ave., Newington TISANO, Peter J., S/ Sgt.
5 Hyde St., Springdale TOBEY, James L., Pfc.
53 Fort Point St., East Norwalk TONUCCI, Enio P., S/ Sgt.
435 Columbus Ave., New Haven TORNATORE, Frank P., Pfc.
74 Highland Park, Thompsonville TORSIELLO, Chester S., Pfc.
62 Cort Ave., Torrington TOTORA, Vincent C, S/ Sgt,
242 Center St., Bridgeport TOZZOLI, Mario J., Pfc.
49 Hazel St., Stamford TRACY, Raymond M., T/ 5
72 Oakwood Ave., West Hartford TRAINOR, Frank J., Jr., T/ 4
403 Pleasant St., Willimantic TRANI, Anthony J., T/ 5
56 Acton St., Hartford TREADWELL, William S., T/ Sgt.
216 Greenwood Ave., Bethel TWOMEY, Hugh J., Jr., T/ 5
1411 Chapel St., New Haven
TYBORSKI, John E., Pfc.
197 Gold St., New Britain UPCHURCH, James M., Cpl.
32 Magnolia St., Bristol UPRIGHT, Harry L., Pvt.
1 Orchard Terrace, Union City URICCHIO, Prosper A., T/ 3
116 Franklin Ave., Hartford VAIL, Robert P., T/ 5
40 West Elm St., Greenwich VALENTINE, Clarence L., T/ 4
11 Wall St., Stamford VALLERY, Anthony V., S/ Sgt.
32 Standish St., Hartford VALINE, Fred R., T/ 5
Beaverbrook St., Danbury VANCOUR, Hugh E., Pfc.
346 Crown St., New Haven VASQUES, Salvatore J., Pvt.
380 Garden St., Hartford VERES, Frank S., Pfc.
90 Fifth St., Bridgeport VERRILLO, Frank J., Cpl.
131 Fairfield Place, Fairfield VICTOR, Edward G., T/ 4
115 Mulberry St., Plants ville VIEBEY, Vincent J., Sgt.
169 Queen St., Bristol WALSH, Edward J., T/ Sgt.
43 Oak Ave., Milford WALTERSDORF, James J., T/ 5
950 Reservoir Ave., Bridgeport WATERHOUSE, Gilbert H., S/ Sgt,
131 Park Road, West Hartford WEBB, Frank E., Pfc.
Goodhill Road, Westport WELZ, Henry A., Jr., Pfc.
61 Spring St., Rockville WIDELL, Ernest C, T/ Sgt.
42 Vera St., West Hartford WIERZBIGKI, Albert W., Pfc.
43 Kittery St., Milford WIHBEY, Francis R., S/ Sgt.
671 Meriden Road, Waterbury WILLIAMS, Pearlstine, Pfc.
97 Front St., Hartford WILLUMITIS, Charles M., M/ Sgt.
109 Hollister St., Manchester WINDISH, Frank J., T/ 4
169 Adrian Ave., Newington WINTER, Gerhard R., T/ 5
94 Valley St., Bristol WOODRUFF, Russell E., T/ 5
207 North Main St., Bristol WYNUS, George R., Pvt.
59 Oakwood St., Bridgeport WYSOCKI, John A., Cpl.
84 Maple St., Bridgeport YETZ, Salvino S., S/ Sgt.
50 Cedar St., Hartford YOUNG, Jewell B., Pvt.
80 Lawn Ave., Stamford ZEMAITIS, Anthony M., Pfc.
Linkfield Road, Thomaston ZAMBARDO, Primo T., Cpl.
23 Ash St., Bridgeport ZDON, Francis V., Cpl.
195 Caroline St., Derby ZELINSKY, Herman, S/ Sgt.
57 Pearl St., Norwich ZILKO, Leon H., T/ 4
26 Terry Road, Bristol ZUKOWSKI, Edward J., S/ Sgt.
Hanover ZYSKOWSKI, Peter J., Pfc.
44 Smith St., New Britain