Connecticut veterans commemorative booklet. Vol. 7, no. 18. Connecticut men of the United States Army, demobilization, Fort Devens, Massachusetts. October 29 to 31, 1945

              CONNECTICUT MEN
of the United States Army
Demobilization, Fort Devens, Massachusetts
October 29 to 31, 1945 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.
Amodio, Louis, Pfc, Co. F., 347th Engr., New Haven.
" I was with Sgt. Visel of New Haven when he stepped on a mine while he and three colored fellows were carrying up an assault boat to the Moselle River. Sgt. Visel lived but the three colored boys lost their lives. Another close call I had was while I was driving a truck loaded with materials for the Roosevelt Memorial Bridge. At that time the truck ahead of mine blew up when it ran over a mine. If I had been a few feet closer to him, I might have gotten in on that blast.''
Beardsley, George J., Cpl., 137th Inf., 35th Div., Bridgeport.
" In 16 months overseas as a gunner with an anti- tank outfit, only once did I have the experience of losing my gun to the enemy. That was during the Battle of the Bulge about five miles from Bastogne. We were holding the corner of this woods at a road junction when the Germans counterattacked. We remained with the gun firing away until we got zeroed in and the shells began to drop almost on the gun. It didn't take a very long conference for us to decide to get the hell out of there and we did, retreating back into the next woods."
Dobeck, John P., T/ 5, 8th Tank Bn., 4th Armd. Div., New Haven.
" Christmas Day 1944 will stick in my mind for a long while to come. It was during the Battle of the Bulge and I was call- up man for gasoline to refuel our tanks. I went back and forth all day
and night, a great deal of the time under fire. With a load of gasoline, that isn't too good a position to be in but I managed to get through it all okay."
Cassista, Raymond T., Pfc, 7th A. A. Bn., ( attached) 77th Div., Bridgeport.
" Within a period of three months my outfit made three initial landings with the 77th Division. On the landing of le Shima Island my LST followed the one in which Ernie Pyle was on. It was on the beach a few minutes later that he was shot by a sniper. I met him when he was with our outfit and thought he was a pretty swell fellow. The best day my gun crew had was on Okinawa when we shot down a Jap Betty and a Jap Zero, during a 12 hour raid in which the Japs lost some hundred odd planes."
Cubeta, Mike P., Cpl., 500th Sq., 355th Bmb. Grp., Middletown.
" I don't have to think long to figure out the day in my overseas experience that I shall remember for some time to come. My outfit was being shipped by convoy from the island of Biak to Leyte. It was about D- Day plus eight and we were in the harbor at Leyte getting ready to unload. All of a sudden, without any warning, some 15 Jap suicide planes shot out of the sky. I was on deck and didn't have time to do anything but crawl under one of the trucks and watch the show. Everyone was supposed to get down in­side
the boat in case of an attack, but there wasn't time. One of the Japs dove straight down for us, slanted off and plowed with
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a devil of an explosion right into an LST next to ours. Some two hundred of our men were lost on that boat and I under­stand
our gunners brought down nine of the Japs. Never again do I want to go through an experience like that."
Dahm, Douglas E., S/ Sgt., 394th Sq., 5th Bmb. Grp., West Hartford.
" I was an aerial engineer on a B- 24. Two of our engines conked out while on a raid to Borneo. One engine went on the way to the target and the other failed on the return trip to our base. This was an easy run and our engines just failed on us. We lost altitude but we stripped the ship of all excess weight and flew back to our base in Morotai. I flew missions to Manila, the ackack was intensive but we were hit only five times. I'm not interested in flying because after 500 combat hours I'm tired of flying."
DeBuono, Frank T., T/ Sgt. 89th Sq. 3d Atk. Grp., New Haven.
" As ground crew chief on an A- 26, I was in Japan with the second unit to land on Atsugi Air Field. The Japs gave us the best barracks and good treatment. They bowed, saluted and offered us transporta­tion
in modern cars to any place we wanted to go. There were many underground caves beneath our barracks and all around the field. I saw the destruction that our B- 29s dropped on Yokohoma and Tokyo. Everything was destroyed in the large target area. The only buildings left were in small unbombed areas. Street cars and trains were still running because we had used fire bombs, which did a lot of damage to things that would burn. Civilians showed signs of defeat on their faces but the soldiers were still arrogant. I met and talked to a Jap soldier who was a graduate of M. I. T. here in the States. He told me that he didn't want to fight and blamed everything on the militarists. Our rescued
prisoners couldn't believe their eyes and ears when the Red Cross offered them different things. They were still too frightened to believe that anyone was treating them like human beings."
Detmer, William, T/ 5, 1025th Cmbt. Engr., ( Sep.), Stamford.
" I landed in Glasgow, Scotland, August 1942. The city was very clean and the people treated us very well. My equip­ment
was sunk when the ship carrying our supplies was torpedoed by a German sub 200 miles out of Gibraltar. We were sent to Oran to unload ships while await­ing
new equipment. Oran was too dirty for humans to live in. At Anzio I was under fire for three months. Shrapnel knocked off my helmet and cut my clothes while I was working on building fortifica­tion
at Anzio, but I never was hit."
Elwell, Frederick W., Cpl., 341st Sq., 348th Ftr. Grp., Far Eastern Air Force, Stratford.
" I was a truck driver. The Japs dropped paratroopers on our camp on Leyte Island and they completely surrounded us. Two of our men on guard duty at the edge of camp were bayoneted. I spent that night in a foxhole watching for Japs and the next day we vacated the area under Jap sniper fire. I once drove into the Jap lines by accident and I was so close to the Japs that they were throw­ing
hand grenades at me. Fortunately they could not hit me and, boy, did I turn that truck around and make a run for it. I saw our own ammunition dump blow up on the beach at Orlandia and everyone had to duck our own shrapnel."
Feiman, Leo, Pfc, Btry. A., 894th A. W. Bn., Bridgeport.
" I was in the invasion of Oran and operated a machine gun there. Then at Salerno I was a machine gunner for a French outfit. The weather, rain and mud,
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mud and rain, will be in my dreams for a long time to come. I think the worst campaign of all was the one through Italy. I had my closest call when a German 170 hit four yards from our gun pit. But I was lucky — that was one hell of a big shell and only two of the guys were hurt. If we had been even an inch out of our hole, it would have been goodbye."
Fogg, Clifford H., T/ 5, 6th Armd. Grp., ( Sep.), Meriden.
" I know now why the Germans hated and feared the sight of our own air force for I was under one of our 1,700 plane raids and anything more terrifying I don't think can ever be imagined. It was during the breakthrough at St. Lo. I had driven up to the front a liaison officer who was supposed to report back on how the drive jumped off. Just preceding the push, the air force was coming over to plaster the enemy side and then our division was to advance. The first of 1,700 planes came over and started dropping, hitting their targets okay. Then something went wrong and all of a sudden all the succeeding waves began to drop in back of the line on our own men. I guess everyone went a little berserk, including myself. I jumped off the jeep and crawled under a light tank with eight or ten other fellows already huddled underneath. All we could do was crouch there in terror and watch one stick of bombs after the other come crashing down to explode among our own men. It seemed ten years later when it ended and I found out I was still alive and safe. Myself and the other fellows under the tank with me were the only ones alive in our whole area."
Gorfain, Alex A., Pfc, Med. Det., 137th Inf., 35th Div., New Britain.
" I never believed much in luck until one day near Rheinberg in Germany when the 137th had to form a task force
to assist the 8th Armored in taking the town. The Germans were putting up much stiffer resistance than had been expected and we received a call for casualties at the line. I piled into a jeep and started cautiously up this dirt road. The next thing I knew the jeep was almost lifted off the road by an explosion. Not knowing just what had happened or was about to happen, I stepped on the gas and kept going. A hundred feet or so ahead I pulled in back of a building to get my breath and realized that a 120 mortar shell had landed almost kerplunk into the jeep but that both myself and the vehicle were still okay. The reason I hadn't heard the shell coming was the fact it was a mortar— you can tell when an 88 is coming by the noise it makes through the air. That's what you call Lady Luck being with you, I guess."
Griffin, Albert, Pvt., 3215th Q. M. Co., ( Sep.), Hartford.
" I always thought, like everyone else, that the Quartermaster Corps was a pretty safe outfit to be in as it saw less action probably then other branches of the service, but after my 24 months over­seas
I've changed my mind. One of the closest shaves I had was near Avranches one night when Jerry raided our area. I was asleep in a pup tent around one o'clock in the morning when the planes came over. I didn't even wait to put on my shoes, but got out and hit my foxhole. Not a minute later a bomb came whistling down and exploded about 150 feet away. War is war no matter what outfit you're in."
Gussman, George, S/ Sgt., 3539th Ord. Co., New Britain.
" Germany may have been our enemy, but to me the people and especially the country looks a devil of a lot more civil­ized
than anything I saw over there.
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During my 15 months overseas I managed to see quite a bit of most of the European countries, and did not think much of them. The fraternizing that is going on now can­not
be helped, but I think in the beginning the Army did the right thing in forbidding it."
Hill, James H., T/ 4, 267th Sig. Cons. Co., 659th T. D. Bn., Bridgeport.
" My job was to lay telephone wires between command posts, a great deal of the time while the area was under fire. One of the closest calls I ever had was near Carentan, France. I was walking along the side of a road stringing wire when I heard the whistle of an 88 shell coming. I hit the dirt and rolled down the side of the road into a ditch just as the shell struck in the midst of an AA gun placement 25 yards in back of me. When the dust cleared, I saw that there wasn't much left to either the gun or crew and thanked my lucky stars there was that 25 yards between us."
Lowrusewicz, Sigmund A., T/ 5, 46th Med. Bn., 4th Armd. Div., New London.
" We started at Normandy and went all the way through. I was a company aid man, but ended up by doing a little bit of everything including a period as a combat man at the Battle of the Bulge which to me was the roughest spot. In general, all the days were alike— some a little rougher than others."
Lynn, John C, T/ 5, 450th Engr. Depot Co., ( Sep.), Bridgeport.
" I think that France is 100 years be­hind
times. If Germany were not made up of Nazis, it would be the best country in Europe by our standards. I noticed while in Italy that for an Axis ally, Italy was about the most plundered country I was in. There are people in Europe who were glad that Germany was defeated, but they fear the Russian influence."
Marcy, Stanley T., Sgt., 129th A. A. A. Bn. ( Sep.), Stamford.
" I was on an A A gun trying to bring down a Jerry plane that dropped a bomb near us, knocking out a tank. I had plenty of hits on him but did not get credit for knocking him down. Our M- 4 tractor and gun broke down in a wooded area near Bad Kruznack where German troops were hiding out. I took my squad and went out to see if we could spot them. We found 15 Jerries lurking near our tractor and captured them. Two of my men standing next to me were hit by shrapnel but I think that was the closest I came to being hit."
Markey, Edward A., S/ Sgt., Sv. Co., 5th Inf., 71st Div., Canaan.
" I was battalion supply sergeant. The closest shave I had took place in Lambach, Germany. I was in charge of a kitchen and supply train when we were caught in a counterattack. The Jerries set fire to the town and the only way for me to get my trucks to a safe zone was to go through the burning town. I led them through safely with the loss of one truck and one driver wounded. I was also in the Pacific with the 102d Infantry Regiment. The Pacific theatre was much tougher to fight in. I was on the transport President Taylor off Canton Island in the Pacific when Jap subs forced us into shore and we hit a reef. The ship did not sink but it was never taken off the reef. We went ashore by barge."
McLellan, James A., T/ 5, Cons. Bn., 371st Engr., ( Sep.), New Haven.
" We built the first railroad bridge over the Rhine. I was a truck driver and was under continuous fire. Concussions from a German shell almost turned my truck over on its, side. I was treated very well everywhere I went but you couldn't trust the Germans. They always pointed out
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someone else as being a Nazi. I named my truck ' Miss New Haven' in hopes that it would attract someone from there, but I drove over 25,000 miles in Europe and never met anyone from New Haven."
Mecozzi, Thomas R., Pfc, 332d Engr. Regt., ( Sep.), Georgetown.
" I was on reconnaissance into the German lines and was caught in German crossfire. They were on both sides of us and two of the men with me were seriously wounded. We dug in and waited until dark and then started to crawl out. We had to crawl 200 yards to our own lines. I was lucky to make it without a scratch. The Russians were a tough bunch; they scared the Germans by just looking at them. I met my brother- in- law's parents in Magdeburg, Germany. They told me they were forced to live under Hitler's rule, but that they didn't care for him and would like to come to the States."
Meehan, James J., Pvt., 51st M. P., P. B. S., Stamford.
" I'll always remember the awful de­struction
I saw in Bagnoli, Italy. It was the worst I'd seen. And what a job we MPs had watching the civies there. They'd steal anything that wasn't either nailed down or guarded by a man with a gun. We had to keep the men in line, too, but that wasn't so bad. In about 50 years I'll go back— if someone pays me."
Molleur, Omer C., Pfc, Btry. D., A. W. Bn., 431st A. A. A., New Haven.
" Funny how little things, even corny things, strike you at certain times and help relieve the tension of tough moments. I recall during the invasion of Africa one such incident. As we approached the shore in our LCI there was hardly a ripple on the water it was so calm. But the men in the boat were just the opposite. Every one was tense and drawn. Their feelings weren't eased any either when the land batteries opened up and shells began dropping alongside. One shell dropped so close to the boat that we were all but drenched, and if it were possible, the tension increased. Then one fellow popped up with, ' Gee, ain't the water rough today!' We all laughed and you can't imagine how much easier we all felt."
Moor croft, Howard W., T/ 5, Div. Trains, 4th Armd. Div., New Britain.
" It was near Sartilly, France, that I had a bad time of it. There was more of the Luftwaffe in the air then I guess than at any previous time. It seemed that every time you got out on the road, a Jerry plane would bomb or strafe the area. I was never hit but I can't say the same for a lot of the other fellows who were with me."
Mrozinski, Theodore B., Pfc, 801st T. D., Ren. Unit, Bethel. " The thing that I shall always re­member
is that landing on the shore of Normandy. And next I shall never forget the Battle of the Bulge. The only thing I could think of then was, ' Won't it ever stop snowing— and when are we going to get a meal?' Every time I see snow I shall think of how I slept in it during the days of the German advance."
Paolillo, John B., Pfc, 332d Engr. Regt., ( Sep.), East Haven.
" I was giving a haircut to a buddy in Stolberg, Germany, when three planes came over to strafe and bomb us. My buddy just disappeared from under me and I went into the nearest hole. In Bel­gium
buzz bombs dropped around us every ten minutes. I was in a house getting my laundry from a Belgium woman when a buzz bomb landed close by. The woman ran for the shelter but I was so scared that I stood in the room and couldn't move. Plaster fell all over me and when the laundry woman returned she asked me if I was afraid. I just looked at her and said, ' No lady, only scared!' "
Plesz, Peter, S/ Sgt., 129th A. A. A. Bn., ( Sep.), Willimantic
" I was battalion supply sergeant, and I remember going from Luxembourg to Leige on the road that fell to the Germans just as I got through. I traveled with the messenger from battalion to battery and one night I missed the trip because of another job I was doing. The next thing I knew the messenger was in a hospital in England and the man who took my place was dead. A German shell hit the jeep they were riding in. That was my luckiest break in the Army— not making that trip. If I had gone that night with the messenger, I wouldn't be talking now."
Rossitto, Salvatore A., Pfc, Btry. B., A. W. Bn., 431st A. A. A., Portland.
" The mutilated bodies and the smell
of decaying flesh at the Dachau prison camp is vivid in my memory. I was among the first to enter the place a short time after the Germans fled. The poor devils were so glad to see us they jumped all over us. One of them tried to kiss me, but he was in such horrible shape I had to push him away."
Sansone, John J., S/ Sgt., 196th F. A. Bn., West Hartford.
" My job was a vertical control opera­tor
with a 105mm gun crew. On this par­ticular
day during the Battle of the Bulge, the Germans had received orders to take the town of Hofen at all costs. They had advanced so quickly that soon they had one of our forward OPs completely sur­rounded.
It wasn't but a few minutes after, that we received a message from the officer in that forward OP to fire on it. It was the first time we had ever had a call for fire on our own position so we got ahold of the major and told him the story. He replied, ' He called for it, give it to him.' Well, I plotted the target and we let go, then sweated out the results. The fire dispersed the Jerries all right, and how I shall never know, but all of our men, including the officer who called for the fire, got out alive."
Sas, Peter S., Pfc, 68th C. Arty. Bn., 44th Div., Jewett City.
" A German shell landed on a house in Italy that I was doing KP in. The house was demolished but I managed to crawl out unhurt. The people in Italy treated us fine but they were too poor to even look like humans. I was on a truck when Ger­man
snipers killed the man next to me. I noticed that the Germans were well dressed and fed in contrast to the other peoples."
Seeley, Joseph J., Jr., Pfc, Hq. Co., 907th Avn. Engr., Fairfield.
" I guess I have done a little bit of
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everything with my outfit which built a lot of the airfields in Burma and India. The greatest thrill we had was finishing the airfield in India from which the first B- 29 raid on Japan took off. I remember the first day we saw a B- 29 come in. Everyone was down at the field to see the plane and it sure looked big and powerful. A few days later we were all down at the strip again to ' sweat in' the planes returning from the first raid on Japan. Our work began to mean some­thing
to us from then on."
Silva, Joseph C, Pfc, 3218th Q. M. Sv. Co., ( Sep.), New London.
" I shall never forget Christmas Day last year and the Battle of the Bulge. It was near Belang, Belgium, and I was sent on a mission with some other fellows to retrieve a supply train. We got up to where the supply train was all right, but found that some unit of a Panzer outfit had cut off our way back. We hid for two days in a barn with only two K- rations among us. Except for the second day when the barn came under fire we were com­paratively
safe, but were pretty glad when our own forces drove the Jerries out of the area and we could come out and re­turn
to our own unit."
Spodnick, Paul, Pvt., 212th F. A. Bn., 6th Armd. Div., Stratford.
" I remember Belgium because that's where we met our stiffest fighting. I was driving an M- 7 out of Bastogne under heavy artillery and two men on my vehicle were wounded by a high burst of shrapnel. Belgium is a mass of destruction. In Germany a shell landed in front of my M- 7 and we rolled down a bank, turning over three times. I was damn lucky— I wasn't even scratched!"
Thorpe, Frank A., T/ 5, Div. Trains, 4th Armd. Div., Bridgeport.
" Truck driving during the Battle of
the Bulge was never like any truck driving I had done before. I hauled every­thing
from rations to replacement per­sonnel.
Near Leipzig we had more straf ¬ ings than I can remember, but always it was the other fellow's truck which got it. Guess I wore a lucky charm or some­thing."
Toth, Emil S., Sgt., Btry. B., A. W. Bn., 449th A. A. A., Bridgeport.
" What a scare I had the time that German soldier came up behind me and all I had was a pair of pliers. I had been stringing wire for a communication line and was just clipping off the end outside a field hut when I heard footsteps. The other guys in the detail were inside the hut and I was alone with no weapons, just the pliers. I looked around suddenly and he must have seen how startled I was because he laughed. Then he said ' Kamarad.' "
Trella, Frank, T/ 5, Co. B., 347th Engr. Regt., Meriden.
" I was credited with shooting down a German plane with an M- 1 rifle unas­sisted.
It was on New Year's Day 1945 during the Battle of the Bulge at about nine o'clock in the morning. Some 25 German planes flew over strafing our bridge. One came particularly low and I began firing. The bullets set the left wing on fire and he crashed in a nearby field."
Varanay, Joseph W., T/ 5, 6th Armd. Div., South Norwalk.
" I used to drive a French liaison officer around and it seems every time I was out with him, something happened. On one occasion we had gone up to the front for reconnaissance purposes and were stand­ing
by the jeep when an air burst exploded near us. I was unhurt but the officer was wounded. Two months later while this same officer was with me, we drove into the town of Mulhausen. This town had
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been taken for two days, but somehow or other the air force did not know it or else the Germans were using P- 47s. We had no sooner got half way up one of the main streets when a few P- 47s whipped down and strafed and bombed the place. I hit the dirt but quickly; the officer was a little slow and again was hit. It was a deep sigh of relief I breathed when they assigned me to drive for someone else a week after this experience."
Vassallo, Ralph J., T/ 5, Btry. C., A. W. Bn., 431st A. A. A., Hartford.
" Eating the food on the Limey ship from Scotland to Africa was worse than any battle. I'll never be able to look a lamb in the face again. But that's on the tough grub side. Here's something dramatic which I won't soon forget nor will the others. Just five minutes before the in­vasion
of North Africa the ship's radio was tuned to America. Roosevelt was getting ready to make a fireside speech. Just as he finished saying his opening ' Mah Frands' the guns from the shore began pounding us and we went over the side and on to the beaches."
Vertefeuille, Leo J., Cpl., 895th A. A. A. Bn., ( Sep.), Danielson.
" I was in the supply section on Anzio. It was hell on earth. I'd rather go through three more years of war then spend another day on Anzio— bombing and shelling 24 hours a day. The officers' mess was hit by a shell one morning as they were about to eat breakfast. I was in the next building and one hour later the Jer­ries
got the range on the building I was in. We got a direct hit and were pretty lucky to get cut up only by flying glass, plaster and wood. We then got orders to vacate all buildings and bury ourselves. I lived underground for 12 weeks. I married an Alsatian girl in France and I'm waiting for her arrival. I met her in
France while going to Germany and I returned from Germany to marry her."
Vitelli, Peter M., Pfc, 347th Engr. Regt., West Haven.
" We were lucky getting into Normandy on D plus 21 but it was rough sleeping on the ground. The cigarette shortage there was also tough. If it hadn't been for the guys behind the lines stealing them we would have had all we needed. There wasn't much action, just some shellfire and light enemy air bombings. I had to help build— or rather rebuild— tracks for trains and bridges. The outfit I was in is called the ' Hitch- Hikers' because we went to England from the States without official orders. But our motto was, ' We get it done.' "
Williams, Charles D., T/ 5, 46th Med. Bn., 4th Armd. Div., Danbury.
" I was overseas for 22 months, saw a lot of countries and still think the USA has them all beaten. I don't feel like talk­ing
about anything I have done over there or experienced. I'm home— that's all that counts."
Whitely, William J., T/ 5, 1798th Ord. Sup. & Maint. Co. ( Av.), South Norwalk.
" If you want to call twelve hours of hell an experience, well I had one on October 29 last year, right after the initial invasion of the Philippines. We had landed in San Pedro Bay and were still on the beach. The Japs did everything they could to mess it up. About 7 p. m. we had our first air raid and then about every fifteen minutes up until 8 o'clock the next morning, they came over in flights of varying sizes and strafed and bombed everything in sight. I stayed huddled in a foxhole on the beach and just prayed every time I heard a bomb come whistling down. Right off the beach I saw two LSTs get it and an oil tanker that lit up the whole area when it caught
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on fire. There were 48 separate raids that night, and that's a record as far as I am concerned."
Witteman, Marshall P., S/ Sgt., 866th A. A. A. Bn., North Haven.
" The one time I changed my MOS, I didn't need any orderly room permission to do it. This one day I went from a mess sergeant to a combat man quicker than you could write it down in my service record. We were on Leyte and it was just getting dusk when we saw a nice formation of planes coming over and thinking they were ours, remarked ' They look pretty good up there.' The next thing we saw was a flock of smoke bombs being dropped, and no sooner was this done than wave after wave of transport planes appeared. Jap paratroopers was right! We were alerted and stayed awake all night waiting for the attack. It came the next morning and we had to use our AA guns as field pieces. We were driven back across the airstrip and after a couple of Banzai charges we stopped them. It wasn't until 36 hours later that we re­ceived
help and the situation was put under control. I was damn glad to get back to cooking again I can tell you."
Young, Carl A., T/ 5, 21st Reforcement Bn., ( Sep.) Naugatuck.
" From Casablanca to Germany has been my overseas tour and it has been a long one. I drove a truck which took the replacements up to the front and brought those that had been on the line a long while back. Our biggest worry was strafing attacks and we had a lot of them in the early days. It was about 30 miles from Worms in Germany one day and I was driving up to the front with a truck load of replacements when a couple of Jerry planes swooped down and let us have it. We jumped out and made for the woods,
leaving the truck in the road. Two of the other five trucks in the convoy were hit and destroyed with a lot of their per­sonnel
shot up."
Young, Freddie, T/ 5, 3170th Q. M. Sv. Co., Stamford.
" My roughest experience was during the breakthrough in Belgium. It was the last week in December 1944 when my out­fit
was caught a few miles outside Bastogne. For five solid hours one day I stayed in my foxhole while artillery, mortar fire and small arms fire landed all around us. I wouldn't have given two cents then for my chances of getting out alive, but here I am and mighty damn happy too."
CONNECTICUT VETERANS COMMEMORATIVE BOOKLET
Vol. VII Oct. 31, 1945 No. 18
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 Connecticut men who served with the United States Army in World War II. The courtesies and assist­ance
of public relations personnel at the Ports and Separation Centers are herewith acknowledged.
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 200 public libraries in the State.
Reproduction of material from this book­let
is permissible only on written authoriza­tion.
The personal experience stories were reported by Hugh W. McCoy, Francis A. Stockwell, Jr., and George E. Allis. The cover illustration of the U. S. S. American Legion is from a U. S. Coast Guard photo.
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THE MUSTER OUT ROLL CALL
Names, rank and addresses of Connecticut men discharged during the period October 29 to 31, 1945 from the official Group Rosters, Fort Devens Separation Center, Mass.
ABRAMS, Alfred W., T/ 4
2338 Barnum Ave., Stratford ADAMS, George J., Pfc.
1747 Dixwell Ave., Hamden AHEARN, John J., T/ 4
87 North St., Danbury AIELLO, Christopher L., Cpl.
59 Belden St., Hartford ALMEIDA, Anibal S., Pfc.
62 Liberty St., Ansonia AMODIO, Louis, Pfc.
7 Edgar St., New Haven ANDE, John R., S/ Sgt.
20 Buckingham St., Oakville ANDERSON, Harold E. V., T/ 5
32 Winter Ave., Deep River ANDERSON, John O., Cpl.
229 High St., Baltic ANDERSON, Oscar F., T/ 4
163 School St., Bristol ARDIFF, George H., Pfc.
16 Spring St., Hartford ANDRUSCIEWICZ, John F., Pfc.
40 Carpenter St., Norwich ARLIO, James S., Pfc.
79 Cedar St., Bridgeport ARMACK, James, Jr., Pvt.
184 Murray St., Meriden ATKINS, Leon T., Pfc.
Salisbury AUSTIN, Adrian H., Pvt.
Honeyridge Rd., Stamford AUSTIN, Millard B., Jr., Pfc.
39 Bretton Rd., Middletown BAILEY, Harry, Pfc.
171 William St., Middletown BALDINO, John J., Pfc.
375 East Main St., Bridgeport BARBAGALLO, Salvatore R., S/ Sgt.
317 Garden St., Hartford BARKASY, Joseph, Pfc.
599 Pine St., Bridgeport BARKER, Raymond F., Pfc.
166 Lincoln St., Middletown BAROFF, Harrison, Sgt.
41 Millard St., Torrington BARONOWSKI, John J., S/ Sgt,
73 Elizabeth St., Norwich BARRETT, Guy T., S/ Sgt,
Brooks House, RFD 2, Middletown BARRY, Raymond F., Pfc.
20 Howard Ave., East Norwalk BARSTIS, John A., S/ Sgt.
630 E. Main St., Waterbury BARTHEL, George, T/ 4
RFD 5, Box 63, Danbury BATES, Harry M., T/ 5
392 Main St., Danbury BEARDSLEY, George J., Cpl.
147 East Ave., Bridgeport BECKWITH, Irwin W., S/ Sgt.
27 Secret Lake Rd., Canton BEGANSKY, John S., Cpl.
128 Ward St., Hartford BELANGER, Leonard W., Sgt.
741 Tolland St., East Hartford
BELANGER, Walter J., Pfc.
129 Main St., Stafford Springs BELBUSTI, Albert, T/ 5
158 Frank St., New Haven BELEKEWICZ, William B., T/ Sgt,
21 Seymour St., Hartford BENDOTT, Salvatore P., Pfc.
22 Holmes Ave., New Britain BENE, Steve, Jr., Pfc.
46 Butler Ave., Bridgeport BENNETT, Albert E., Pvt.
242 Park Terrace, Hartford BENNETT, Albert F., Pfc.
43 Myrtle Ave., Milford BENTLEY, Raymond L., S/ Sgt.
113 Earle St., Hartford BERCOWETZ, Herman S., T/ 5
Bloomfield BERRY, Bruce R., Pfc.
New Milford BERVICHONAK, Philip J., Sgt.
26 St. Paul St., Waterbury BIALECKI, Edward J., T/ 5
491 Main St., Ansonia BIS, Joseph, Pfc.
28 South Governor St., Hartford BITEL, Joseph A., S/ Sgt.
North Farms, Wallingford BIVONA, Augustus L., Cpl.
19 Division St., Stamford BLACKMAN, George J., Pfc.
15 Baldwin Rd., Woodbridge BLAKESLEE, Nelson, Pvt.
137 Front St., New Haven BLAKESLEY, Donald L., Pfc.
83 Mapleton Ave., Suffield BOBECK, John P., T/ 5
183 Green St., New Haven BODAK, Alton, Pfc.
188 Prospect St., Ansonia BONAQUISTO, Joseph S., S/ Sgt.
271 Front St., Hartford BOSSONNETTE, Adjutor A., T/ 5
23 Oak St., Danielson BOUDREAU, Alfred J., Pfc.
16 Hopkins St., Hartford BRACH, Casimer P., T/ 5
64 Sunnyside Ave., Stamford BRANCUCIO, John J., Cpl.
171 Hawkins St., Derby BREKOVSKY, Michael, Pvt.
807 Washington Village, South Norwalk BRIGNOLA, Nicholas T., T/ 5
615 Grand Ave., New Haven BROWN, Elliot K., T/ 4
75 Legrand Ave., Greenwich BROWN, Jesse S., T/ 5
East Canaan BROWN, Walter M., Pfc.
1922 Main St., Hartford BROWN, Whittlesey L., Cpl.
128 Maple Ave., Hartford BRUNT, William S., Pfc.
125 Taft Ave., West Haven BRUSCHEIT, Walter J., T/ 5
163 Bassett St., New Haven
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BRYER, William G., T/ 5
69 Elm St., Stonington BUBIEL, Charles M., S/ Sgt.
103 Central St., East Hartford BUKOWY, Benjamin F., T/ 5
Woodland Ave., Stamford BURDICK, Robert P., Pfc.
75 Union St., Manchester BURKE, Anthony T., Pvt.
6 Quinlan Ave., Meriden BURKE, Laurence W., T/ 4
90 Ivy St., New Haven BURNSIDE, Douglas S., Pfc.
71 Park St., Hartford BURROWS, Harold C, Pfc.
62 Lamberton St., New Haven BUSH, Howard E., Pfc.
Brookside Court, South Norwalk BUSHNELL, Howard I., S/ Sgt.
Main St., Pequabuck BUSHNELL, Harold H., S/ Sgt.
Deep River St., Centerbrook BUTKIEWICZ, Edward J., T/ 5
RFD 2, Camp St., Forestville BUTMON, George, Pfc.
33 Albanv Rd , Avon BUTTERY, Robert N., Cpl.
Box 329, Niantic CADORETT, Lionel E., Sgt.
14 Terrace Ave., Taftville CAHILL, Joseph P., Pfc.
38 Horton Ave., Meriden CALDARELLA, James J., T/ 5
209 Newington Rd., Elmwood CAMPANELLA, Angelo P., S/ Sgt.
24 Fair St., Norwalk CAMPANELLI, Louis L., S/ Sgt.
48 Gladiola St., New Britain CARCIO, Peter, Sgt.
42 Dover Rd., Manchester CARINI, Robert J., T/ 5
567 Main St., Glastonbury CARL, Charles T., Sgt.
274 Dixwell Ave., New Haven CARLETON, Donald J., S/ Sgt.
963 Grand St., Bridgeport CARLSON, Douglas A., Sgt.
526 Palisado Ave., Windsor CARON, John F., Pfc.
Westford CARPP, Alex, Sgt.
72 Liberty St., Ansonia CARRIER, Philip B., Pfc.
Box 145, Flanders Rd., Niantic CARRIERO, Anthony S., Pfc.
Long Hill Ave., Shelton CARUSILLO, Alexander, T/ 5
290 Congress Ave., Waterbury CASSISTA, Raymond T., Pfc.
797 State St., Bridgeport CATHCART, Thomas H., Pfc.
Sharon
CAWLEY, Lawrence R., S/ Sgt.
RFD 1, Branford CERRETANI, Dominick A., Sgt.
112 Locust Ave., New Canaan CESERO, Carmine J., T/ 5
1997 Main St., Bridgeport CHAMBERS, George K., S/ Sgt.
326 Camp St., Meriden CHAMPAGNE, Edward C, T/ 5
28 Albert PL, Waterbury CHANDLER, John T., Pfc.
8 Willow St., New Haven CHERKOWSKY, Harry J., Pfc.
16 Lafayette St., Stamford
CICHON, Stanley F., Cpl.
29 Ash St., Willimantic CLOCK, Howard G., S/ Sgt.
1235 Forest Rd., New Haven COCHRAN, Benjamin H., Pfc.
Box 286, Winsted COHEN, George B., Pfc.
18 Kenilworth St., Waterbury COHEN, Henry, T/ Sgt.
50 Gilbert Ave., New Haven COHEN, Jacob R., Cpl.
131 Greenwood St., New Haven COLLINS, Robert L., T/ 3
2702 Whitney Ave., Hamden COSTA, Antonio B., Pfc.
43 Liberty St., Danbury COSTA, Paul J., Pfc.
94 Parallel St., Bridgeport CRIMMINS, Eugene K , Pfc.
10 Pleasant St., Stamford CUBETA, Mike P., Cpl.
89 William St., Middletown CURTIN, John M., Pfc.
12 Highland Ave., Danbury CUTLER, Michael, Pfc.
112 West St., New Britain CWIKLA, Francis W., Pfc.
57 Montowese St., Hartford CYR, Clarence A., T/ 3
25 Hawthorne St., Stamford DABKOWSKI, Walter S., T/ 5
255 Grove St., New Britain DAHM, Douglas E., S/ Sgt.
1100 Farmington Ave., West Hartford D'AMICO, Salvatore P., Sgt.
177 William St., Middletown D'ANDREA, Anthony J., S/ Sgt.
24 Rachelle Ave., Stamford D'ANDREA, Malvino, Pfc.
289 Bishop St., Waterbury DART, Howard H., Pfc.
Bayonet St. Ext., New London DeBALD, Joseph, Pfc.
36 Hill St., Jewett City DeBUONO, Frank T., T/ Sgt.
31 Whiting St., New Haven DECHARNAIS, Albert J., S/ Sgt.
55 Mountain Ave., New London DELAHANTY, Raymond F., Pfc.
626 Hamilton Ave., Waterbury DELILLO, Eugene, Pfc.
64 Elizabeth St., Waterbury DELVECCHIO, Michael C, S/ Sgt.
Bldg. 35, Apt. 19- 204, Y. M. V., Bridgeport DeMARCO, Romero, Pfc.
35 North Spring St., Meriden DEMO, Joseph, Pfc.
33 Lake Ave. Ext., Danbury DENI, Walter J., Pfc.
21 Winter St., Thompsonville DENOMME, Lawrence J., Pfc.
28 Matherson St., Jewett City DENTON, John P., T/ 5
37 Webster Hill Blvd., West Hartford DEOTTE, Henry M., Pfc.
162 Woodstock Ave., Putnam DERBYSHIRE, Edwin, S/ Sgt.
21 Moss Ave., Danbury DEROCHICK, Frank, S/ Sgt.
RFD 9, Norwichtown DESSERT, Leo J., T/ 4
25 Grove St., Wauregan DETMER, William, T/ 5
45 Woodlawn Place, Stamford DEUEL, Charles W., T/ 5 Box 18, South Windham
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DICENZO, Vincent A., Pfc.
Box 43, Winsted DIMAURO, Sebastian F., T/ 5
238 William St., Middletown DINAPOLI, John D., T/ 5
10 South Elm St., Waterbury DINNEAN, Raymond J., Sgt.
285 Lombard St., New Haven DODD, Edward T., S/ Sgt.
81 No. Main St., Waterbury DOERSCHUCK, Francis C, T/ 5
98 William St., West Haven DOKLA, Stephen R., Pfc.
70 Rufus St., Ansonia DOLPH, James K., 1st/ Sgt.
Dennison Rd., Essex D'ONOFRIO, Edward M., S/ Sgt.
473 Newhall St., Hamden D'ONOFRIO, Leonard S., Pfc.
353 Putnam St., Bridgeport DONOHUE, Joseph W., T/ Sgt.
77 Williams St., Hartford DOUVILLE, Gerard J., Sgt.
70 Jarvis Rd., Manchester DOYON, Francois L., T/ 5
76 Jacobs St., Bristol DROUGHT, Frank J., Pfc.
7 Rugby St., Stamford DRZAL, Francis M., T/ Sgt.
RFD 1, Box 41, New Milford DUBUC, Raymond A., S/ Sgt.
266 Colony St., Meriden DULSKI, Victor R., Cpl.
5 Fairfield Ave., Stamford DUMAS, Theodore L., T/ 4
Box 174, Plainfield DUSTIN, Forest G., Pvt.
Colebrook River EDGERTON, John U., Cpl.
RFD 1, Willimantic EGAN, Martin F., Pfc.
30 Laurel St., Waterbury ELLIOTT, Joseph L., Pfc.
40 Beechwood Ave., Milford ELWELL, Frederick W., Cpl.
367 Highland Ave., Stratford FAZEKAS, Geza J., T/ 5
79 Longfellow Ave., Bridgeport FAZZINO, Nicholas, Pvt.
35 Hubbard St., Middletown FEDELI, John E., S/ Sgt.
595 West Main St., Norwich FEDERICI, Nicholas A., T/ 5
92 Alanson Rd., Bridgeport FEIMAN, Leo, Pfc.
184 Wayne St., Bridgeport FERRAUIOLO, Philip, Sgt.
66 Beach St., New Haven FILIP, Francis P., T/ 3
63 Hammond St., Rockville FINLAYSON, Harold, Sgt.
Gen. Del., Bridgeport FINNUCAN, John T., Sgt.
34 Mott St., Ansonia FITCH, John R., Sgt.
58 Alenier St., Hamden FITZGERALD, Thomas H., S/ Sgt.
469 Piatt Ave., West Haven FITZPATRICK, Cornelius T., Pfc.
153 Sherwood Ave., Bridgeport FLAMMIA, Vito D., Pvt.
225 Chase Ave., Waterbury FLEMING, Joseph E., Cpl.
49 Merriman St., Bristol FLYNN, Kenneth T., T/ 3
36 Taylor Ave., West Haven
FLYNN, Milton T., S/ Sgt.
c/ o Robert Carlson, Doubling Rd., Greenwich FOELL, Henry J., Jr., T/ 5
5 Stow Ave., Middletown FOGG, Clifford H., T/ 5
281 Hanover St., Meriden FOLEY, James H., T/ 5
58 Colonial St., Hartford FORNA, David C, Cpl.
107 Olmsted St., East Hartford FORFA, Phillip T., Sgt.
599 Lafayette St., Bridgeport FORTIN, Percy J., T/ Sgt.
121 Pulaski St., Torrington FRANCIS, Joseph P., T/ 4
Gen. Del., Lakeville FRANKLIN, James A., S/ Sgt.
135 Valley Rd., Cos Cob FRAZZETTA, Samuel S., S/ Sgt.
Episcopal Rd., Berlin FRENCH, Warren E., S/ Sgt.
7065 River Rd., Essex FRYE, George F., T/ Sgt.
1430 Main St., Bridgeport FURGALACK, Stephen Z., S/ Sgt,
14 Mosher St., Meriden FUSCO, Mario P., Pvt.
23 Wooding St., Hamden GABOARDI, Frank G., Pfc.
114 Osborne St., Danbury GAGNE, Theodore, Cpl.
RFD 2, Winsted GAGNON, Lorenzo T., Pfc.
167 Providence St., Putnam GARCEAU, Albert H., Pfc.
19 South Second Ave., Taftville GARY, Arthur M., Pfc.
697 Orchard St., New Haven GATTING, Charles W., Pfc.
79 West St., Poquonock GAUTHIER, Adger B., T/ Sgt,
Jordan Rd., RFD Rt. 1, Willimantic GAUTHIER, Romeo A., Jr., Sgt.
13 North Walnut St., Wauregan GIERAS, John, T/ 5
212 Pleasant St., Hartford GOLDEN, Norman E., S/ Sgt.
81 Burritt Ave., Stratford GIAQUINTO, Vincent, Pfc.
157 Columbus Ave., New Haven GIFFORD, Lester D., T/ 5
RFD 5, Norwich GIORDANO, Louis J., T/ 4
656 Third Ave., West Haven GODFREY, Douglas J., S/ Sgt.
120 Rose Hill Ave., Danbury GOLDSPINK, Edward F., T/ 5
RFD Gaylordsville St., Sherman GOLEMBESKI, Walter A., Jr., Sgt.
17 Ford St., Milford GORFAIN, Alex A., Pfc.
35 City Ave., New Britain GOREL, John J., Jr., Pfc.
98 Adelaide St., Hartford 6 GOULET, Gerard J., T/ Sgt.
55 West St., Bristol GRADOVICH, Stanley P., Cpl.
RFD 15, Newtown GRECO, Angelo G., T/ 5
246 Springdale Ave., Meriden GREENIER, Irving J., T/ 5
205 W. Washington St., Forestville GREGOR, John, S/ Sgt.
56 Smalley St., New Britain GRIFFIN, Albert, Pvt.
Hartford
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GROSKI, William F., T/ 5
Apt. 305, 29A, Bldg. 46, Y. M. V., Bridgeport GROSS, Alexander, Pfc.
63 Church St., Hartford GROSSMAN, George F., Cpl.
39 Newport Ave., Stratford GUNN, Charles B., S/ Sgt.
664 Third Ave., West Haven GUSSMAN, George, S/ Sgt.
25 Hulbert St., New Britain HAGGERTY, Eugene M., Pvt.
184 Thomas St., West Haven HAITSCH, Milton A., S/ Sgt.
36 Grand St., Danbury HALL, Edward T., Sgt.
9 Bullock St., Putnam HARRIS, George F., T/ 5
Kent
HAYES, Edmond J., S/ Sgt.
1238 State St., New Haven HEINRICH, Chester E., Pfc.
7 Town St., Norwich HERMAN, Morton E., T/ Sgt.
1823 Asylum Ave., West Hartford HERMENZE, James C, Pfc.
1948 Sturges Highway, Westport HILL, James H., T/ 4
Bridgeport HIRMKE, Charles M., Pfc.
1010 Birmingham St., Bridgeport HODES, David G., Pfc.
197 Ward St., New Haven HOLYCROSS, Joseph A., Jr., Cpl.
Amity Rd., Bethany HORELICK, Walter M., Pvt.
35 Whitney St., Westport HORSEY, Albert R., Sgt.
101 Burr Rd., Bridgeport HORRIGAN, John F., Pfc.
28 E. Walnut St., Stamford HOVANEC, John S., T/ 5
405 Jane St., Bridgeport HOWARD, Robert T., S/ Sgt.
30 Linwood St., New Britain HUBBELL, Edward J., T/ 5
41 New Haven Ave., Woodmont HUNT, Joseph S., Cpl.
22 Cliff St., New London HUTKA, Joseph T., S/ Sgt.
16 Kirby St., East Port Chester INGERSOLL, Willis F., T/ 5
RFD 5, Danbury INGLETON, Eric A., T/ Sgt.
52 First Ave., West Haven INSALACO, Camilo R., T/ Sgt.
Plains Rd., Willimantic IRELAND, Howard N., T/ 3
32 Edgewater Drive, Old Greenwich JANELLE, Thomas F., Pfc.
736 West Main St., New Britain JANOWSKI, Vincent, Pfc.
34 Airliner Ave., Portland JENKINS, Merle E., Cpl.
Granby JOHNSON, Benjamin, Pfc.
145 Pemberwick Rd., Greenwich JOHNSON, Frank E., Pfc.
111 Smith Ave., Norwich JOHNSON, Frank W., Pfc.
94 Sachem St., Norwich JOHNSON, Nicholas K., T/ 5
2139 Main St., Hartford JOHNSON, Raymond A., S/ Sgt.
75 Quercus Ave., Willimantic
JONES, Frederick L., T/ 5
35 Putnam St., New Haven JORDAN, Charles G., T/ 4
97 Veauxhall St., New London JOYCE, Thomas C, Pfc.
6 Peck St., New Haven KALISH, Robert S., T/ 4
Evergreen Rd., Cromwell KANDETZKI, Robert P., S/ Sgt.
24 Culloden Rd., Stamford KANE, Edward R., Pfc.
194 Olivia St., Derby KANE, Henry M., Pfc.
c/ o Martin Eagens, 42 Spring St., Waterbury KAWECKI, Peter, S/ Sgt.
50 Alden St., New Britain KELLY, William L., T/ 4
83 Prospect Ave., West Haven KENEFIC, John W., Pfc.
65 Osborne Ave., Norwalk KENNEDY, Vincent F., S/ Sgt.
25 Anderson Ave., Stamford KENNELLY, John P., Pvt.
167 South St., Waterbury KEREKES, John, Pfc.
135 McKinley Ave., Stratford KICZA, George, T/ 4
East St., Suffield KIDA, Walter F., Pfc.
54 Stonington St., Hartford KIESEL, William G., T/ 4
177 Greenwich Ave., Stamford KILFEATHER, Thomas P., Pfc.
18 Wolcott St., New Haven KILLEN, Murray A., Cpl
3 Kenyon Court, Hartford KILLIAN, William O., Pfc.
16 Lexington St., Bristol KIMBERLEY, Robert M., Cpl.
60 Glen Ave., Stamford KINNEY, Leslie G., Cpl.
RFD 1, Amston KLAPIK, John A., Cpl.
Long Hill Ave., Shelton KLATTE, Albert G., T/ 5
RFD 4, Danbury KLOSKOWSKI, Eugene J., Pfc.
336 Kensington Rd., Kensington KLOTZ, John, Jr., Sgt.
149 Lower Lane, Berlin KOLAR, George H., S/ Sgt,
63 Lebanon Ave., Willimantic KONCKI, Anthony E., Sgt.
111 Hicks St., Meriden KONEFAL, Lucas J., T/ Sgt.
Cedar St., Rockfall KONKONSKI, Walter J., Pfc.
2 Pearl St., Norwalk KPOEC, John V., Pvt.
59 Willowbrook Ave., Stamford KRAJEWSKI, Stanley J., Cpl.
125 Birch St., Manchester KROMBEL, Edmund F., T/ Sgt.
24 Hillcrest Ave., West Haven KRUPA, Anthony M., Pfc.
116 Linden St., Torrington KRUPA, Valentine W., Pfc.
59 Merriam St., Meriden KUBIK, Joseph F., Jr., Sgt,
645 Orchard St., Bridgeport KUBISH, Julius, S/ Sgt.
180 Hillcrest Ave., Newington KUCZYNSKI, John P., Sgt.
63 Walnut St., New Haven
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KUEHN, Charles A., Cpl.
79 Walter Ave., West Hartford KURYLO, Michael J., T/ Sgt.
174 East St., Wallingford KUSY, Frank P., T/ 5
158 Walnut St., Hartford KWAPIEN, Frank A., Pfc.
Virginia Ave., Thompsonville KYSEK, Victor, Pfc.
187 Glen St., New Britain LaCHANCE, Bertrand J., T/ 5
691 So. Main St., Waterbury LaFAUCI, Eugene C, Pfc.
37 Lamont St., Waterbury LaFLEUR, Howard P., Pvt.
RFD 106, South Coventry LAJEWSKI, John, S/ Sgt.
104 Meadow St., Wallingford LANE, Harry L., Sgt.
Box 103, Brookfield LAPENNA, Nicholas, T/ Sgt.
1 1/ 2 Elliott Pl, Hartford LATELLA, Alfred, Pfc.
181 Columbus Ave., New Haven LAWLOR, Edward F., S/ Sgt.
123 Charles St., Waterbury LAWRENCE, Clifford E., T/ 5
East St., Middletown LEANDER, Armand J., Sgt.
Box 34, Hazardville LEE, Robert D., T/ Sgt.
606 Wilmot Ave., Bridgeport LEE, Theron H., T/ 4
38 Thompson St., West Haven LEONARD, Walter A., T/ 5
88 Hallack St., New Haven LEPPER, William C, T/ 5
330 Capitol Ave., Meriden LEVY, Benjamin, S/ Sgt.
846 Albany Ave., Hartford LEWIS, Charles W., Cpl.
8 Prospect PL, West Haven LICARI, Paul, Cpl.
61 Charles St., New Haven LINDERS, Raymond E., M/ Sgt,
258 Parker St., Manchester LINDROTH, Norman E., S/ Sgt.
117 Whiting St., New Britain LINGIS, Joseph A., S/ Sgt.
17 Chambers St., Waterbury LOWDEN, Ralph C, T/ Sgt.
771 Asylum Ave., Hartford LOWRUSEWICZ, Sigmund A., T/ 5
New London LUBOV, Sol, S/ Sgt.
192 Orchard St., New Haven LYNN, John C, T/ 5
1603 East Main St., Bridgeport MacALLISTER, Thomas C, T/ Sgt.
42 Hubbel PL, Devon MAFFEI, Joseph L., Cpl.
41 Culloden Rd., Stamford MAIORANO, Vincent P., Pvt.
339 Washington Ave., West Haven MANTIGLIA, Joseph E., Sgt.
State St., North Haven MANULLI, Joseph, T/ 5
91 Derby St., New Britain MARCY, Max R., T/ 4
26 Norwich Ave., Colchester MARCY, Oliver A., Pfc.
RFD 1, Pomfret Center MARCY, Stanley T., Sgt.
23 Plymouth Rd., Stamford
MARCY, Willard A., Pfc.
Pomfret MARESCO, Peter O., T/ 4
392 Madison Ave., Bridgeport MARINO, Joseph R., Pfc.
1 River Rd., Middletown MARINO, Sebastian, S/ Sgt.
265 East Main St., Middletown MARKEY, Edward A., S/ Sgt.
Canaan MAROTTA, Frank, Jr., Pfc.
56 Bedford St., Hartford MAROTTOLO, James A., Sgt.
797 State St., New Haven MARRO, Ralph P., Pfc.
82 Webb St., Hamden MARTINO, Albert D., T/ 5
8 Seventh St., Derby MASEWICZ, Charles S., Jr., Cpl.
74 West St., Southington MAZIARZ, Frank J., Jr., Pfc.
44 Groton St., Hartford McBRIDE, Walter, T/ 5
South St., Plymouth MCCARTHY, Wilfred T., Cpl.
17 Allendale Rd., Hartford McCORMICK, William L., Sgt.
129 So. Main St., Torrington McGUIRK, Harold F., T/ 4
38 Flaxhill Rd., South Norwalk McKAY, Kenneth K., Jr., S/ Sgt.
c/ o Katherine E., McKay, Danielson McKENNA, William H., Sgt.
83 Douglas St., Hartford McKEON, John B., T/ 5
145 Church St., West Haven McKINLEY, Patrick J., Pfc.
93 Railroad Ave., Greenwich McLELLAN, James A., T/ 5
694 Howard Ave., New Haven McNEIL, Daniel J., S/ Sgt.
2 Putnam PL, Greenwich McWILLIAMS, Alden S., M/ Sgt.
Arch St., Old Greenwich MECCA, Dominic L., Cpl.
45 Oak St., Waterbury MECOZZI, Thomas R., Pfc.
Redding Rd., Georgetown MEEHAN, James J., Pvt.
256 West Broad St., Stamford MELNICSAK, John R., Sgt.
1779 W. Broad St., Stratford MESHKUN, Charles A., Pfc.
52 South St., Hartford MESSIER, Joseph E., T/ 3
180 Church St., Willimantic MIDDLETON, William F., Pfc.
18 Tomlinson Ave., Plainville MIDURA, Thomas A., Sgt.
19 Willow St., Hartford MIHAY, Alexander W., Pfc.
65 Morehouse St., Bridgeport MIODUSZEWSKI, Chester, T/ 3
64 South Main St., Jewett City MIRO, Anthony S., Pfc.
171 Ellis St., New Britain MISH, John E., Cpl.
74 West St., Thompsonville MISKI, Frank, Sgt.
132 Alfred St., Bridgeport MITCHELL, Norbert E., S/ Sgt.
26 Smith St., Danbury MOLLEUR, Omer C, Pfc.
38 Whalley Ave., New Haven
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MONAHAN, John, Pvt.
15 Christopher St., New Haven MONGRAIN, Francis C, T/ Sgt.
12 Park St., Meriden MONTESI, Bruno, Sgt,
28 Christopher St., New Haven MOORCROFT, Howard W., T/ 5
59 Massachusetts Ave., New Britain MORADIAN, Arthur G., Pfc.
77 Hewitt St., Bridgeport MORI, Elisio, Sgt.
21 Stage St., Stamford MORRIS, Sydney C, Sgt.
62 Beach St., Bridgeport MORRISSEY, William J., Pfc.
22 Portland Ave., Georgetown MROZINSKI, Theodore B., Pfc.
75 Worcester St., Bethel NADILE, Anthony M., T/ 5
29 High St., Willimantic NEMETH, Ernest, Sgt.
440 Mt. Grove St., Bridgeport NISKI, Joseph S., T/ Sgt.
697 East Main St., Meriden NITKOWSKI, Chester J., Pfc.
248 Crown St., Meriden NORDGREN, Julius W., Cpl.
56 Commonwealth Ave., New Britain NORKUS, Alexander B., 1st/ Sgt.
99 Myrtle Ave., Bridgeport NORTON, Allen B., Pfc,
32 High St., New Haven NORTON, Joseph D., Cpl.
1287 Howard Ave., Bridgeport NORTON, Raymond W., Pfc.
72 Second St., New Haven NOSAL, Edward M., S/ Sgt,
Dublin St., Box 5, Higganum NOTT, Robert H., Sgt.
21 Washington Ave., Hamden NUZZO, Daniel G., Pfc.
18 Davenport Ave., Saugatuck NYE, Franklin K., Pfc.
124 Orchard St., Norwich NYLEN, Hubert R., T/ Sgt.
109 Beecher Ave., Waterbury O'BRIEN, William P., Pfc.
1650 Broad St., Hartford OBIER, Augustus J., Cpl.
524 Russell St., New Haven O'DONNELL, Eugene F., Pfc.
20 Church St., Plantsville OHLIGER, John, Pvt.
149 Englewood Ave., West Hartford OLDRIN, Percy J., Sgt.
1 Benedict St., Norwalk OLENIK, Joseph, Pvt.
279 East Ave., Bridgeport OLDS, Gordon N., T/ 5
6 Elm St., Mystic O'NEILL, Walter P., S/ Sgt.
40 Fairfield Ave., Noroton Heights ORAWSKY, Thomas, T/ 5
Gardiner St., Noroton Heights OTTO, Max, T/ 4
791 Atlantic St., Stamford OWAROFF, George M., S/ Sgt.
61 Coit St., New London PACE, Joseph R., Pfc.
74 Virgil St., Stamford PACHOLSKI, Steven W., T/ 5
115 College St., Middletown PALMIERI, Frank, T/ 3
770 Legion Ave., New Haven
PANILAITIS, Leo, Pfc.
Bunker Hill Rd., Watertown PAOLILLO, John B., Pfc.
78 Hemingway Ave., East Haven PARADISE, Paul P., Sgt.
Umpewaug Hill, West Redding PASEK, Michael A., Pfc.
151 Governor St., Hartford PENNEY, Everett H., T/ 5
Central Village PENSAK, Aaron M., Sgt,
311 Fairview Ave., Bridgeport PERDREAUX, Fred E., T/ 5
Box 421, Sandy Hook PERKINS, Charles A., Jr., S/ Sgt.
105 New Haven Ave., Woodmont PERSECHINO, Paul, 1st/ Sgt.
227 East Pearl St., Torrington PETIT, Edward B., T/ 5
41 View St., Bristol PETROCCIA, Vincent J., Pfc.
13 Falls Ave., Oakville PETROSKE, Joseph F., Pfc.
85 Highland Ave., Meriden PIANTA, Guido J., S/ Sgt.
226 Bokum Rd., Essex PIERON, John K., T/ 5
105 Babcock St., Hartford PIKE, Carl R., T/ 5
313 Franklin Ave., Hartford PLESZ, Peter, S/ Sgt.
130 Chapman St., Willimantic PLOCHARCZYK, Bernard W., S/ Sgt,
171 Ellis St., New Britain POLLOCK, Henry J., Pvt.
239 Litchfield St., Torrington POLOSKI, Anthony, T/ Sgt.
RFD, Warehouse Point POOLE, Roy B., Pfc.
1 Lisso Ave., Old Greenwich POPOVICH, John, T/ 4
113 Gale Terrace, Meriden PORTE, Raymond, T/ 4
93 Magnolia St., Hartford POTZ, Edward F., Sgt.
210 Park Rd., West Hartford PRATT, Dwight C, T/ 4
RFD 1, Norfolk PRESIASH, Tony, T/ 5
163 Oak St., New Britain PROCCE, Saverio A., T/ 5
59 Highland Ave., Bridgeport PROTA, Donald, Pvt.
339 Munson St., New Haven PTOLOMEY, James M., S/ Sgt.
72 Broad St., New Britain PUCCINO, Nicholas, 1st/ Sgt.
50 Walnut St., New Haven QUADRATO, Louis, S/ Sgt.
148 Meriden Rd., Waterbury QUARANTA, Michael, Jr., S/ Sgt.
17 Grand St., Greenwich RABIS, John, S/ Sgt.
147 Mount Vernon Rd., Bristol RADAWICH, Adolph F., Sgt.
22 Pond Meadow Rd., Westbrook RADWICK, Walter A., Pfc.
32 Aetna St., Naugatuck RAJOTTE, Bruno J., Cpl.
19 Lincoln PL, Bristol RAYNER, Kenneth E., T/ 4
Old Stamford Rd., New Canaan REDA, Ralph N., Sgt.
14 Spruce St., Norwalk
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REILLY, Edward J., S/ Sgt.
163 Lee Ave., Bridgeport RENZULLO, Michael J., Sgt.
49 Fowler St., Torrington REYNOLDS, Thomas B., T/ 5
16 Willis St., New Haven REYNOLDS, William J., T/ 5
76 Collins St., Waterbury RICCIO, John J., T/ 4
454 Pembrooke St., Bridgeport RICCIUTI, John P., Pfc.
16 Brown St., New Haven RIVELLINI, Louis J., Pfc.
426 West Rock Ave., New Haven ROBITAILLE, Leo C, Pfc.
17 So. Main St., Moosup ROGALA, Edward J., T/ 5
31 Beuna Vista Ave., New Britain ROSSITTO, Salvatore A., Pfc.
208 Main St., Portland ROYS, Robert E., Sgt.
61 Rivercliff Drive, Devon RUCINSKI, Edmund M., Sgt.
28 Bristol St., West Haven RUOTOLO, Frank D., Pfc.
1374 Whalley Ave., New Haven RUSSELL, Wesley E., Pvt.
151 Cold Spring St., New Haven RYAN, Francis E., T/ 4
550 Broad St., Meriden SABOTTKE, Herbert F., Sgt.
30 City Ave., New Britain SALAMACHA, Nicholas, Pfc.
Town St., East Haddam SALCITO, Leonard M., T/ 5
40 Leonard St., Waterbury SALVINO, Frank F., Pfc.
39 Cherry St., Noroton Heights SAMBUCO, Orlando, Pfc.
72 Meriline Ave., Waterbury SANSONE, John J., S/ Sgt.
23 Price Blvd., West Hartford SAROFIN, Joseph, S/ Sgt.
South Main St., Terryville SARRA, Joseph J., T/ 4
38 Pinehurst Ave., New Britain SAS, Peter S., Pfc.
Russell St., Jewett City SAUER, Daniel M., Sgt.
19 Balmforth Ave., Danbury SAWIN, Gordon L., T/ 5
15 State St., Meriden SCHIPPANI, James, T/ 4
990 Grand St., Bridgeport SEAGRAVE, Clarence C, Pfc.
107 Chestnut St., Middletown SEELEY, Joseph J., Jr., Pfc.
215 Riverside Drive, Fairfield SENDROWSKI, Roman P., Pfc.
15 Edmund St., Manchester SERVADIO, Albert J., S/ Sgt.
Outpost Farms, Ridgefield SHANNON, Jerry J., S/ Sgt.
225 Pequonnock St., Bridgeport SHEA, James J., Pvt.
81 Woodbridge Ave., East Hartford SHEEHAN, Philip J., Pfc.
1011 Campbell Ave., West Haven SHERIDAN, Francis J., T/ 4
40 Vernon St., Hartford SHIELDS, Robert A., S/ Sgt.
354 Elm St., West Haven SIKERITZKY, Alexander N., T/ 3 145 Hemlock St., West Haven
SIKORA, Alexander J., Pfc.
146 Governor St., Hartford SILANO, Joseph J., T/ 3
174 Harwinton Ave., Torrington SILMON, Henry J., T/ 5
39 Bellevue Square, Hartford SILVA, Joseph C, Pfc.
New London SIMKOWSKI, Stanley J., S/ Sgt,
77 River St., Baltic SIMPSON, John T., T/ Sgt.
234 Tunxis Hill Rd., Fairfield SIPAY, Steven J., T/ 5
Wooster Terrace, Shelton SIWAKOSKI, Edward T., T/ Sgt,
Brainard Rd., Branford SKORUPSKI, Casimer P., Sgt.
81 Oak St., New Britain SLINKO, Stanley W., S/ Sgt.
537 Lafayette St., Bridgeport SLINN, James, Pfc.
152 East Main St., Waterbury SMITH, Fred, Pfc.
17 Emmett St., Stamford SMITH, Harold V., Cpl.
660 High St., Middletown SMITHLOCK, Frederick J., Pvt.
329 Grand Ave., New Haven SMYKAL, George, T/ Sgt.
7 Brown Ave., Jewett City SORBO, John G., S/ Sgt.
43 George St., Hamden SPENCER, Leslie R., Jr., Pfc.
Walnut St., Ivoryton SPENCER, William R., Sgt.
123 Newhall St., New Haven SPILKA, Frank S., Sgt.
156 Smith St., New Britain SPODNICK, Paul, Pvt.
268 Huntington Rd., Stratford SPORTELLI, Salvatore J., Pvt.
420 Carroll Ave., Bridgeport STACHELSKY, Clemens J., T/ Sgt,
232 Woodland St., Manchester STANCO, Michael F., T/ Sgt.
10 Earl Ave., Oakville STANSLASKI, August J., Pfc.
82 South Whittelsey Ave., Wallingford STEARNS, Richard A., T/ Sgt.
19 Cleveland Ave., Hartford STEGER, Sylvester T., Pfc.
52 Mason St., Greenwich STEVENS, Robert E., M/ Sgt.
2 Brady Court, Hartford STOCK, Jack, Cpl.
1907 North Ave., Bridgeport STORNIOLO, James P., Pfc.
120 Shaw St., New London STRAIT, Albert C, T/ 5
40 Jefferson Ave., Danbury SULLIVAN, Eugene J., S/ Sgt.
1554 Main St., East Hartford SUMMERS, Patrick F., T/ 5
114 High St., Shelton SUTKITIS, Samuel E., Pfc.
84 South Leonard St., Waterbury SWEENEY, Thomas E., Cpl.
3 Pine Ave., Uncasville SWETT, William A., Pvt.
Hartford SQUIRES, Wilfred N., S/ Sgt.
597 Vernon St., Manchester SUMBOSKY, Henry B., T/ 5
72 Mountain Ave., New London
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SURPRENANT, Marshall J., Jr., Pfc.
8 Bridge St., Occum TARTAGLIO, Thomas G., T/ 4
2266 East Main St., Bridgeport TATA, Harry F., Pfc.
114 Ridge St., Waterbury TATA, Louis I., Pfc.
89 Clowes Ter., Waterbury TAYLOR, Eldie T., Pfc.
64 Vine St., Waterbury TELESCA, Thomas J., Pfc.
41 Pilgrim Ave., Waterbury TESTA, Daniel P., Sgt,
407 Fairfield Ave., Waterbury THACKSTON, Russell S., M/ Sgt.
2 Latham St., Groton THOMAS, William E., Pfc.
Box 57, Gaylordsville THOMAS, William J., Pfc.
Box 67, Montville THORPE, Frank A., T/ 5
375 East Main St., Bridgeport TIBERIO, Edward I., T/ 5
RFD, New Milford TIER, Oswald R., Cpl.
3280 East Main St., Waterbury TKACH, Samuel, Cpl.
14 Zipp Ave., Forestville TOBIAS, Leonard W., T/ 4
34 Wakefield St., Hamden TOMAIUOLO, Anthony J., S/ Sgt.
28 Goodsell St., Bridgeport TOMASO, Louis J., Pfc.
42 Ashford St., West Haven TOMKIEL, Henry J., Sgt.
8 Mechanic St., New Haven TOTH, Emil S., Sgt.
465 Bostwick Ave., Bridgeport TOTH, Peter, Pfc.
45 Bancroft St., Fairfield TRELLA, Frank, T/ 5
48 Court St., Meriden TREML, Bernard G., T/ 3
173 Edgewood St., Hartford TUREK, Paul J., Pfc.
81 Hale Ter., Bridgeport TURINA, Francis J., T/ 4
350 Riverside Ave., Torrington TURNER, Elwin B., T/ 5
21 Hungerford St., Hartford ULISNYAK, Joseph, Cpl.
526 Midland St., Bridgeport UMBERFIELD, John D., Jr., M/ Sgt.
16 Marshall St., West Haven UNBRICHT, Charles F., Pfc.
9 Remington St., Hamden USEFORGE, Edward K., Cpl.
82 Sargeant St., Hartford VACCARO, Enrico F., S/ Sgt.
21 Cross St., Hamden VAGLIONE, Thomas G., Sgt.
109 Portsea St., New Haven VAITEKUNAS, Vitold P., Sgt.
97 Myrtle Ave., Bridgeport VALENTINO, Michael, T/ 5
1000 Hope St., Springdale VARANAY, Joseph W., T/ 5
45 Ely Ave., South Norwalk VASSALLO, Ralph J., T/ 5
190 Homestead Ave., Hartford VECCHIO, Vincent J., S/ Sgt.
212 Knowlton St., Bridgeport
VERTEFEUILLE, Leo J., Cpl.
78 Franklin St., Danielson VESTEWIG, Ernest, Sgt.
26 Academy Ave., Waterbury VICKERS, Herbert R., Cpl.
East Main St., Jewett City VITELLI, Peter M., Pfc.
115 Admiral St., West Haven VOLNA, Andrew, T/ 5
Berrien Place, East Port Chester VOSKA, Edward J., 1st/ Sgt.
43 Bungalow Pk., Stamford WAGNER, William H., Sgt.
110 Atwater St., New Haven WAKEMAN, Everett V., Pfc.
Hillspoint Rd., Westport WALSH, Matthew J., Jr., Pfc.
255 Seaside Ave., Stamford WATROUS, Edgar C, S/ Sgt.
38 Commerce St., Clinton WAWER, Stanislaus, Pfc.
46 Winter St., Willimantic WEITZ, Edward P., T/ 5
69 Coolidge Ave., Stamford WELCH, Burton A., T/ 5
21 Forest Ave., Ansonia WESER, John A., M/ Sgt.
Marshall Ridge, New Canaan WHITELY, William J., T/ 5
Keeler Ave., South Norwalk WILCOX, Kenneth C, Pvt.
71 Grove St., Clinton WILLIAMS, Charles D., T/ 5
Golden Hill, Danbury WILSON, Russell Y., S/ Sgt.
147 Prospect St., Norwich WINGO, Louis E., S/ Sgt.
35 Bishop Rd., West Hartford WINKLER, Roland F., S/ Sgt.
856 Capitol Ave., Hartford WITTEMAN, Marshall P., S/ Sgt.
Sackette Point Rd., North Haven WOITKO, John, Pvt.
50 Wardwell St., Stamford WOOD, Stancliff H., Cpl.
89 Chestnut Hill Ave., Glastonbury WORDEN, Robert J., Pfc.
191 South Leonard St., Waterbury WYSOWSKI, Steven J., Pfc.
Black's Hill Rd., Shelton YONTA, Louis J., Pfc.
Moosup YOUNG, Carl A., T/ 5
88 Ward St., Naugatuck YOUNG, David E., T/ 5
31 Main St., Moosup YOUNG, Freddie, T/ 5
148 Stillwater St., Stamford YUDAIN, Bernard L., Sgt.
57 Hoyt St., New Canaan ZAJKOWSKI, Paul S., Jr., Pfc.
35 Brock St., Stamford ZAVODNY, John J., T/ 4
36 Columbia St., Bridgeport ZITO, Alphonse, S/ Sgt.
54 Prospect Place Ext., East Haven
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