Connecticut veterans commemorative booklet. Vol. 8, no.4. Connecticut men of the United States Army, demobilization, Fort Devens, Massachusetts. November 12 to 13, 1945

              CONNECTICUT MEN
of the United States Army
Demobilization, Fort Devens, Massachusetts
November 12 to 13, 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.
Angotto, Joseph P., Cpl., Co. L., 157th Inf., 45th Div., Greenwich.
" At Anzio a company of the 2d battalion was surrounded in the caves from which they were fighting. We were called upon to help them get out. I was a squad leader in a machine gun section and we got through without too much difficulty. The company that we relieved had about eight men left able to fight. We set up positions and stayed there for the rest of the night. The next day we found that we were under observation, so there was nothing left to do but wait and see what would happen. We waited for two more days. The third night, the British sneaked through the German lines and got to us. Just as soon as they got there, the Germans counterattacked but we beat them off. But they came again and again and forced us into the caves. There we found about 100 men wounded and about the same number of civilians looking for food and water. There were no food rations and no water. We stayed in the caves that night and the next night the captain ordered us to make a breakthrough and get back to the lines. We walked about a mile without sign of the enemy and walked right into an ambush. We lost many men and were holed up about three hours. Then we surrendered. The Jerries captured a whole platoon, ma­chine
gun section and most of the battalion. I was walking across a field with five other men with my hands in the air when the Jerries cut loose. The other five were killed and I was hit bad. I managed to crawl into a ditch. More British came and drove the
Jerries back. They picked me up and gave me first aid. The Germans counterattacked, but more British re- enforcements came to our aid. I was sent to a British hospital and later to a U. S. hospital in Naples. I was there four months. I got into the war in France and Germany, but it was never as tough as the campaigns in Italy."
Arnold, Lumis K., Pvt., 3119th Q. M. Service, Hartford.
" While I was doing guard duty in Germany to protect a depot of food and other supplies my post was stormed by a mob of civilians. They were hungry and ragged and they shouted in broken English for handouts of food and clothes. I was alone and I don't mind saying I was plenty scared. You half feel sorry for them, but the orders were to keep them away even if you had to fire over their heads to drive them off. I held them as long as I could but they kept getting more and more insistent so I began shooting over them and they dispersed."
Bandini, Adam A., Sgt., Co. A., 113th Med. Bn., 149th Cmbt. Team, 38th Div., New Canaan.
" I saw 199 days of action recapturing Bataan. When we landed resistance was light but as soon as we hit the Zig Zag pass on highway 7 into Manila the resistance got tough. Up to that time it was easy and we thought it was going to be a snap. One day alongside the road we saw a Jap whose leg had been neatly sliced the way a butcher cuts off steaks. He had been killed by a blow on the head from a blunt weapon like a shovel. Our captain ordered pictures taken
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of the body because he believed it was evi­dence
that the Japs had been eating each other like cannibals. The pictures were sent to the Sixth Army headquarters."
Barriuso, Amando, T/ 5, 310th Cmbt. Engr., 85th Div., Bridgeport.
" We were sent out one day to blow up a bridge behind the German lines at Cassino, but we ran into such a barrage of mortar, artillery and machine gun fire that we were driven back. That was a close call, but I guess I had a closer one at Minterno. We were coming back from clearing a mine field when we were attacked by a tank. There were six of us in the group and two were killed instantly. The rest of us had to get to cover in a hurry and then had to sneak back to the lines. During the drive on the Gothic line, we tried five times to put in a Bailey bridge before we were successful. The artillery fire was really heavy, and we could no more than get started when we would have to get out in a hurry. The life in the combat engineers is rugged all of the time."
Berry, Philip D., T/ Sgt., A. T. C. Alaskan Div., 1450th A. A. F. B. U., Hartford.
" This is one of those now it can be told stories. All during the war they hushed it up, but that didn't help to keep us any dryer. The place where I was stationed in Alaska was between Nome and Fairbanks. It was called Galena and was real arctic wilderness. About the only company we had was the Yukon River, and in the springtime it was very chummy company to say the least. The ice jam would break up and the swollen stream used to come rushing down through our post, flooding the barracks and soaking everything that wasn't boosted on piles. The flood would subside and then start again. It seems that those responsible for locating the post didn't figure on the flood and thought that being on the river bank was a nice location from a real estate
agent's point of view. Everything would stay wet and muddy for weeks and weeks and we just rowed from place to place or just sloshed around in high boots. We had to evacuate the barracks and figure out new ways for the planes to land when they would stop in to refuel."
Bukovesky, Nicholas, S/ Sgt., Co. D., 351st Inf., 88th Div., Bridgeport.
" Most everything that happened around me occurred while I was sleeping. In Attica, Italy, a shell landed during the night and showered my shelter half with shrapnel. Good thing it wasn't raining because the thing looked like a sieve and it stayed that way a long time before I could get a new one. Then another time a little further up the line when I was asleep again, dreaming of the Purple Heart, another shell landed and I got one. That Heart cost me wounds in the neck, arms and head. In fact it took five stitches to close the opening in my scalp and for weeks after I had dizzy spells."
Dary, Alan H., Pfc, Allied Military Government, Meriden.
" Hitler's personal sculptor is doing 30 years in the clink because of me. I had a job as investigator for war criminals while stationed in Germany and as interpreter- investigator while stationed in France. The way I came across this fellow was that he applied for a job as a school teacher, and in investigating him I recalled that his name was on the SHAEF blacklist. I went through all the files, got the dope on him— which was plenty— and had him arrested. When he came to trial, it turned out that he was away up there in the confidence of the Fuehrer. It wasn't such a bad job for an Army job as the work was mighty interest­ing.
We got a lot of arrests through the stool pigeons both in France and Germany. Turn­ing
up a top Nazi is pretty good going for an ex- insurance salesman isn't it?"
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Dimeno, Michael C, Pfc, 296th A. A., Stratford.
" About the toughest part of my five years service began on the island of Saipan when we made the beachhead there. During the invasion I had to unload the LSTs— then later carry gasoline and work on the air­strips.
All in all I was on that island for 17 months. You couldn't date any of the nurses or any of the other women; they were all for the officers. The thing that made me maddest along with the rest was building a seven- room house for one of the generals. The joint had flush toilets and hot and cold running water— and all we could do after was look in the windows."
Fadel, Conrad R., T/ Sgt., 201st A. A. A., 5th and 7th Armies, New Haven.
" When a Jerry plane strafed and hit the truck I was driving, I took a flying dive out of the seat and landed right in a cabbage patch, and there I lay hoping that that guy wouldn't come back and strafe those heads, including mine. I was working as a supply sergeant at that time delivering supplies to air crews. Before that I was a gunner in an ackack outfit guarding air fields in Corsica. There was lots of action there. The Jerries raided our field one day and put 35 B- 25s out of commission. We got two of the Jer­ries
but I don't know whether it was my gun or not. Corsica was a swell place to be stationed. The people were friendly and helpful."
Fortune, Charles W., S/ Sgt., 35th Air­ways
Det. Antilles Air Command, Stamford.
" I saw the last Nazi sub and its crew to be captured in the Caribbean Sea. It was that big one that finally went into Argentina for internment. The crew was a tough bunch and they even looked tougher in their beards and leather trousers. All of them were chained together and under heavy guard as they marched ashore at our base in Curacao, D. W. I. I dropped my work re­pairing
motors to watch them and like all the other fellows I was straining my neck because you don't see many Nazis in our corner of the world."
Frietas, Frank, Pfc, 111th Chemical Co., Stonington.
" One morning from my window in a Paris hotel I saw a fifth columnist captured and shot by a wild mob of Frenchmen and women, but first I saw him shoot a police­man
and one of the women in the mob. He was running for his life into the square brandishing a pistol. The whole mob was at his heels yelling ' collaborationist!' and other things in French which I couldn't under­stand.
Suddenly he swung around and fired point blank. The mob drew back and he emptied his pistol into them. Then they surged forward and I saw the gendarme and the woman lying in the street with a few persons hovering over their bodies. They cornered him in a doorway and shot him full of holes."
Gagliardi, Andrew P., T/ 5, 604th Ord. Bn., 1st Army, East Hartford.
" A buzz bomb landed right close to a spot where I was playing poker in Portsmouth, England, and not only scared the hell out of me but also stopped the game when I was in the middle of the hottest winning streak you ever saw. I was on a three- day pass to Paris for a battalion party when V- E Day rolled around. Coming back on the boat, I lost my wad in a crap game. I guess that buzz bomb put the whammy on me."
Geregitano, Albert N., Pfc, Co. L., 157th Inf., 45th Div., Stamford.
" I was buried alive on Anzio beach and never got a scratch, but until they dug me out it was tough. I was lying low in a forti­fied
foxhole with a heavy cover of boards and dirt and sandbags. The shelling was so intense no one could move outside and you didn't dare lift your head. All of a sudden a big shell landed squarely on the roof of the
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shelter and the whole thing caved in with a huge shower of dirt and muck. I was cov­ered
so completely I couldn't move a muscle; I had all I could do to breathe. After what seemed days someone heard me shout and started to dig me the hell out."
Gourlie, Donald W., Sgt., 435th Trp. Carr. Grp., 9th Air Force, Thompsonville.
" The Army depends on what kind of a deal you get. I got a good one, so for me the Army wasn't too bad. I was a control tower operator and was in on only one bombing and that was an easy one. I was on duty the day the paratroopers took off for the D- Day landings. The weather was good to start off, but it turned bad later in the day and some of the returning planes had diffi­culty
in landing. The next day I was again on duty when the gliders carrying the in­fantry
took off. We moved over on to the continent later on. From what I saw of those countries, I can't even imagine them to ever have been nice in any way. They were all beat up bad. I liked Scotland best of all."
Gualazzi, Geno C., T/ S, 703d Engr., Petroleum Dist. Co., Centerbrook.
" From Rome to Siena I drove a bull­dozer,
just as I did in civilian life— but for less mazuma. I was helping to build a pipe line and the worst thing that happened was when the cat dug up a dead body. Boy, did that smell! Anyway it took us two months to complete the line. Then I had a chance to visit some of my relatives in Paraso. They were overjoyed at seeing me and gave me chickens and cheese to take home, but the boys back at camp ate ' em all up."
Harrison, Lincoln R., Sgt., 461st Sv. Sq., 326th Sv. Grp., 9th Air Force, East Haven.
" Each night near Nancy, France, we'd get a raid by ' Bedcheck- Charlie,' the Jerry raider. He used to appear right after taps and let go on us just to keep things from settling down. It was supposed to be part of
their psychological warfare to keep us from getting any sleep. But as soon as his motor would drone off we'd hit the sacks for good. One night though he nearly caused real trouble. One of his bombs landed near our supply of 100 octane gas. If it had hit we really would have been in a jam, but as it was the only thing that happened was a few leaks in the drums from shrapnel."
Hunderlach, John F., Jr., T/ S, Sv. Co., 350th Inf., 88th Div., Middletown.
" On December 12, 1942, I sailed for Europe but when we got about 175 miles out at sea, something broke down in the ship and we had to come back so I spent that Christmas at home. I sailed again on Janu­ary
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career. I was with a service group then and remained with them for a long time, serving in Casablanca, Tunisia and Oran. I moved to Italy in December of ' 44 and was placed in the infantry. I think the closest call I had was when our company was riding bicycles to Vencenza and we rode right into a German ambush. After the first volley we got under what protection we could and fought them off until we were rescued by tanks. I think that experience will come back to me every time I see a bicycle."
Iannaccone, James C, Pfc, 19th Depot Sup. Sq., 9th Air Force, South Norwalk.
" No hits, no runs, no errors— that's me! I didn't hit anyone or get hit; I didn't get any hero medals; and I didn't foul up. And I was three months in the infantry, too, but that was only as a replacement. The Ger­mans
heard I was coming up so they folded rather than tangle with me. That made us both glad. I didn't want any part of the infantry after having been in the air force for so long."
Ippolitto, Anthony J., Pfc, Co. A., 152d Inf., 38th Div., Greenwich.
" Our convoy from New Guinea to Leyte was attacked by Jap Zeros and torpedo
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planes, but the gunners on the Liberty ships drove them off after shooting down six of them. We got off our ship on a Saturday and and the next day it was sunk by a sui­cide
plane. That was a taste of what was to come. Our first task was to crack the Zig Zag pass which an American general said could be held indefinitely by a large enough force. The Japs had a large force but we cracked it in 14 days. By that we cut off the Peninsula and isolated the Japs. Then we went to Corregidor and relieved L Com­pany.
We later went to the Zambeles moun­tain
range where we waited for the Japs. The 149th Regiment forced them on into our trap; this being like an American Indian ambush in the old days. We waited for them for 22 days and when they came we cut them down in bunches. They had no chance but we killed them cheerfully as they showed our guys no quarter. We were called the ' Avengers of Bataan' and I guess we were just that."
Kasuensky, John A., T/ 5, 127th Med. Maint. Ord., 3d Army, New Milford.
" 1945 came in with a bang for me, and I do mean bang. I was in Metz that day, about a mile behind the front lines, when the Germans staged a counterattack. I was out in the area working when the planes came over and strafed us good and proper. The worst part of it was that we had to keep right on working as we had to get parts up to the front lines in a hurry. We had another air raid after that with the bombs dropping less than a thousand feet from where I had been sleeping before the raid came. It would have been a nice trip if it hadn't been for the war."
Manno, Luigi, Pfc, Co. K., 262d Inf., 66th Div., New Britain.
" The battle of Pig Alley in Paris was my toughest. All of the GIs in Europe know of that battle. Boy, was that rough! I fought them off by the thousands. But, no kidding,
I did have one close call while I was work­ing
on the shores in France. The battalion I was with was almost wiped out by a Jerry tank. I didn't get it, but I don't know why because it was bad. I served with a recon­naissance
outfit in northern France and Ger­many
later on. Then I was with a Red Ball outfit hauling supplies to the front. I had lots of near misses on those trips. I was in Paris on V- E Day when the cognac flowed like water and that was good water! I was in Germany after the non- frat ban was lifted which made things very good for yours truly."
Martin, Ora, Cpl., 3403d Q. M. Truck Co., Hartford.
" I'll never forget the cold and all the snow that was on the ground during the Battle of the Bulge. I was with the 83d Division, driving with them for 21 days. I had to guard a six by six with my .50 machine gun as they brought up reinforcements. Every once in a while the Jerries'd let loose a bunch of ' Screaming Meemies' and we'd have to take a header out of the truck into the ditch. I never used my eyes so much in my life as I did while guarding those boys. I would sit there with my eyes roving all over look­ing
for anything that moved and looked like a German. Before this I was with the 4th Division. Those were the first troops to enter Paris and let me say that we sure were mobbed. They poured flowers and cog­nac
at us till we were buried and ' drowned.' You couldn't move faster than four miles per hour the happy crowds were so thick. It really was great stuff!"
McLaughlin, Vincent E., M/ Sgt, 395th Fighter Sq., 368th Fighter Grp., Hampton.
" The biggest scare that I ever got was on Normandy airstrip 3 when the gas alert was sounded. My gas mask was down at the bottom of my barracks bag and though I tossed everything out, it seemed I would never get to it. I could almost smell that gas
? coming. Finally I got it out and on and about five minutes later found out that the alarm was a mistake. I had a nice ride back across France in one of those 40 and 8 cars. Those cars aren't even good enough for the horses. I made one of those government sponsored tours into Switzerland which was very good. I had a good deal in the Army but I am giving it up willingly. Nobody has to twist my arm."
Mikulskis, Joseph A., Pfc, 346th Engr. Gen. Sv. Regt., Naugatuck.
" I went out into the woods one day on a personal matter when a Jerry sniper opened up on me. I was unprepared for him but I got under cover in a hurry and gave him the same dose he gave me. I crawled back to the lines after that, making sure that I would never get caught that way again. ' Bedcheck Charlie' used to make my life miserable while at a replacement depot. He used to come over almost every night and give a buzz job that took us right out of those beds. The Army wasn't bad."
Pappaceno, Michael J., T/ 4, 610th Ord. Bn., East Hartford.
" One solid month under artillery fire gave me a bellyfull of war. That happened in Munchen- Gladbach where the Germans were staging a counterattack. It seemed that I was ducking all of the time. I was in an ordnance unit servicing all kinds of tanks in the advance section. We went across the Ernie Pyle Bridge with the 9th Army, which was not bad until the Germans made a counterattack on the other side. That was bad. We were the only base shop on the front lines inside Germany. The Rhineland was a nice spot peopled with the nicest, friendliest girls you would ever want to meet. Being with them was nice duty. The Army would have been okay if I had duty like that all of the time."
Plavnicky, Charles J., S/ Sgt., 3160th OBA & FC Co., 6100th OBAM Bn., Bridgeport.
" I heard about the operation of the Hol- ten synthetic oil plant directly from one of the German slave laborers who worked in the place. He was a Russian and I was able to speak and understand enough Russian to get the story. The plant was the biggest in the world and the Germans kept it oper­ating
steadily in spite of our bombings. Countless times, I was told, Allied air raids would blast the place, and just as many times would they rebuild it and start in again, like ants when you step on their hill. An SS woman was in charge of the mess for the DPs who slaved in the place— and a mess it was. Each day a detail was sent out to catch rats for them to eat; they never had any meat. Day after day the only thing they got with their rat meat was cabbage and boiled potatoes. This guy told me that the SS dame forced them to leave the rats' heads on when they were served. If one of them didn't eat the meat around the head, he was punished. What a life! The PWs in this country and around Devens have it soft by comparison all right!"
Rabel, Michael A., Pfc, 195th M. P. Co., Bridgeport.
" My MP duties in Naples, Italy, con­sisted
mainly of helping to crack the black market there. We'd get word that one of our supply trucks was marked for a hi- jack job and then we'd be on hand to nab them red- handed. Some of our own men were in on the deals in cahoots with local racketeers. The only source of their black market goods was the stuff we would bring in and trans­port
around. One time I was waylaid by a couple of guys and beat up. I think they were in on the market. The reason was that they were trying to scare me away from their operations."
Ricci, Joseph A., T/ Sgt., 374th Sq.. 308th Bmb. Grp., 14th Air Force, Waterbury.
" Three hundred and eleven hours in the air was what I did in the CBI theatre. That made 44 combat missions and 14 trips over the Hump. As far as fighter opposition and flak were concerned, the missions were easy ; but the hops were very long, averaging about 10 to 14 hours. The Hump missions were mostly for the purpose of hauling gas back to the base for our own use. Flying over the Hump was dangerous because of the up and down drafts and the size of the mountains. They ranged from 13,000 to 20,000 feet. Running out of gas on one of these missions was about the toughest thing that could happen as there was no place to land. We lost one crew that way. Ceylon, India, is a nice place to spend a rest. It is 6,000 feet above sea level, nice and cool, and has lots of recreation."
Rondina, Raymond F., T/ 4, 117th Anti- Tank Co., 117th Inf., 30th Div., West Haven.
" Beer costs 48 cents a bottle in Massa­chusetts.
Maybe that's how that state is able to pay a bonus. I paid that much in Boston for the beer. I fought with the 30th Division which was called ' Roosevelt's SS Troops' by Axis Sally. It was tough at the Bulge with the cold and storm troopers alike combining against us. I got the infantry badge here. Before that I drove a truck which hauled a gun crew and towed the gun. Germany and the frauleins were okay after the war was over and the non- frat ban was lifted. Still, the ban didn't bother me much."
Rurkowski, Thomas J., Cpl, 87th Air­drome
Sq., Waterbury.
" Burying dead Japs on the island of Kwajalein in the Marshalls was the most gruesome task I had. There were about 7,000 of them, lying all over the place. We couldn't build anything because they were in the way. So we piled them on trucks and drove to one end of the island where I helped dump them into a big pit. We covered the bodies with quick lime and covered them over with a bulldozer. They certainly must
have been crowded on that place. It is only a mile and a half by a quarter of a mile wide. About the best part of the place was that there wasn't a single mosquito on it and not because of DDT either. ' Skeeters' just don't breed where Japs are living, I guess!"
Sauve, Renaud H., Cpl., 113th Cav. Ren. Sq., 9th Army, Willimantic.
" On Easter Sunday morning I was going after a Jerry in a foxhole. He was waiting for me and when I was almost there he stood up, drew a bead on me and then went down with his head almost blown off. No, I didn't get him, but if it hadn't been for the guy in back of me, he would have got me. That was too close for comfort. I was in a scouting recon outfit; our duties being to scout for the infantry, protect the spear­head
by drawing the enemy fire in order to determine their fire power and positions. I was almost captured at Beeck, Germany, when a hand grenade blew the jacket off the machine gun. The other man was in a fox­hole
and couldn't get out. I fought them with pistol and hand grenades and finally drove them off. Those calls were close enough for me to remember for a long time."
Schenone, Paul J., Pfc, 39th Gen. Hosp., Bristol.
" We had a bunch of Jap PWs working in our mess hall out in the Pacific. They looked like a bunch of spiders running around and some of them did their work okay. But one guy, about 16 years old, was fresh as hell. He wouldn't do any work and used to argue in Japanese whenever he was supposed to do anything. One day some of the other fellows and myself decided to fix him. So I grabbed his legs and my buddy grabbed his arms and we put him inside an empty bread box. The more he kicked and hollered the more we laughed. I think he thought we were going to bury him alive or something.
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After a while we let him out, and from then on he kept right on the job and shut up."
Scott, Nelson H., T/ 4, 103d Ord., M. M. Co., Bantam.
" As long as I live I'll never forget the horror of that first landing on Saipan. It was during the rainy season and the pup tent I was in that first night washed away and the mosquitoes were as thick as the rain drops. I had to sleep sitting up on my bar­racks
bag in the half- rigged tent with the water washing under it after I set it up again. It was two days before they unloaded the big tents and I'll say that a pup tent is no place to be in in that weather."
Swanson, Herbert W., S/ Sgt., 158th Cmbt. Engr. Bn., 1st Army, Windsor.
" On D- Day plus 13, we landed very easily at Utah Beach, but that night our bivouac area was bombed and strafed with a high casualty list resulting. That was the start of many bad days. I was a construction fore­man
and bridge designer, but I also doubled in brass at liaison work, reconnaissance and just plain fighting. Ours was one of the small battalions that held off Von Rund­stedt's
drive at Bastogne until we were re­lieved
by the 101st Airborne. I had a rather close call while riding in a truck one day
when an 88 landed right at our side. The driver was hit but managed to drive the truck to the side of the road where we ran for cover. We built the bridge at Vire, France, under constant and heavy artillery fire. It was plenty tough but we just kept on working as the job had to be done. I took four men with me on a scouting party at Perrier, France, to look for an ammo dump. We found it but ran into a machine gun with the result that one of the men was wounded and another reported missing. That, I guess, was the most vivid experience that I had; but the one that I like to re­member
is how three battalions of engineers held the Germans off for three days and nights at the Bulge, although they threw everything that they had at us. The engi­neers
wrote a long history in this war, too."
Szwejkowski, Victor P., T/ S, 16th Cav. Ren., 3d Army, Fairfield.
" The most vivid experience that I had was when we were out on reconnaissance and our tank was cut off by the Germans. We had parked at the foot of a hill during the night and when dawn came we saw the Jerries on the top and on both sides. They were trying to get in back of us to cut off our escape but we beat them to the punch and just managed to get out. We got on the Autobahn and left in a hell of a hurry. Ger­many
is very modern and clean where the war didn't hit, but I thought the beer was lousy. Their wine was pretty good though."
Uccellini, Frederick J., 1st/ Sgt., 168th Inf., 34th Div., Norwalk.
" I was hit at Anzio, Cassino and the Gothic line with the closest call coming at Cassino. A mortar shell hit directly in the foxhole I was sharing with another man. That was almost a tragedy for me, but I guess it was tougher for the other man as he got shell shocked. That was an awful thing to see. I was a platoon rifle sergeant and at Chivario, with nine men, helped beat off a German counterattack. There were about 70 men in the attacking party and we fought them from about four in the morn­ing
until daylight. They really scrammed then as they had no cover and we poured it on. I led the platoon that took the port of Rome. That one was easy, with very little resistance which gave way before the tanks on which we rode. We were also the first platoon to reach the Cassino line. We made and held the Rapido crossing after others failed. I was in the Italian campaigns and also made the invasion of Southern France. Italy was by far the toughest."
Wildman, Carl A., Sgt., 794th Sq., 468th Bmb. Grp., 20th Bomber Command, Bridge­port.
" I was in the CBI theater where all the coolie laborers laugh like hell when one of them gets killed. It seems that they have a superstition which makes them believe a dragon is following them wherever they go. This dragon is bad luck and their one aim in life is to get rid of it. When we came in with our trucks and planes they figured they had a way. So many, many times they would jump in front of a truck or car hoping that the dragon would follow and get killed, but
more than once they'd get killed themselves. And when they did all the others standing by would burst out laughing! Honest to God it was the damnedest thing to see. I saw one of them jump in front of a plane that was taking off and get mangled in the prop — and the rest just stood by and laughed and laughed!"
Wright, Donald E., S/ Sgt., 344th Sq., 343d Ftr. Grp., Bridgeport.
" Twenty- six months on the Rock. Sounds like being in Alcatraz, doesn't it? The Rock that I have reference to is the island of Shemya in the Aleutians. Boy, what a way to fight a war! There isn't a darn thing on it, and we had only one air attack and that proved to be a fizzle. We did have a little fun shooting down Jap fire balloons and making pets out of the rare foxes that in­habit
the island. The main recreation was hunting ivory from walrus tusks to make novelties. It was a tough way to earn a buck."
Yammarino, Louis, S/ Sgt., 151st Inf., 38th Div., Orange.
" The little brown brothers of the Philip­pines
who were supposed to be such great fighters— according to the reports from one of the leading American generals— wouldn't even fight for their own country. They didn't have it, but the men— little sawed- off guys— from the hills were tough. Some of them fought with bows and arrows and knives and were of great help. I was a squad leader and platoon guide and fought with them, so I know what I am talking about. I had 199 consecutive days of combat with all of them being in the Philippines. I don't know why anyone wants to fight for that country. It's dirty and backward and the people are the same. I fought under the greatest general in the Army— Krueger is his name."
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THE MUSTER OUT ROLL CALL
Names, rank and addresses of Connecticut men discharged during the period, November 12 to 13, 1945 from the official Group Rosters, Fort Devens Separation Center, Mass.
ABDALLA, Douglas J., T/ 5
28 Wallace St., New Britain ADAMICKI, Vincent W., T/ Sgt.
329 Warren St., Bridgeport AHERN, Thomas E., T/ Sgt.
162 Madison St., Hartford AKERS, Paul R., S/ Sgt.
1020 Broad St., Hartford ALLARD, James E., Pvt.
39 Whiting Ave., Torrington ALPERT, Erwin V., T/ 5
425 Bellevue Rd., New Haven ALPERT, Julius, Pfc.
764 Orchard St., New Haven AMBROSE, Edward R., Pvt.
General Delivery, Southport ANGOTTO, Joseph P., Cpl.
237 Hamilton Ave., Greenwich ARNOLD, Lumis K., Pvt.
43 Bellevue Sq., Hartford AUDITORE, John, Cpl.
37 Putnam St., New Haven BABASH, Frank, Pfc.
40 Plattsville Ave., Norwalk BANDINI, Adam A., Sgt.
Smith Ridge Rd., New Canaan BARIL, Emilien J., T/ 3
495 Albany Ave., Hartford BARISANO, John P., T/ 5,
4 Pine Hill St., Simsbury BARLOWSKI, Stanley A., T/ 5
141 Curtiss St., Bristol BARRIUSO, Armando, T/ 5
998 Pembroke St., Bridgeport BARTLETT, Louis C, T/ 5
28 Hemlock Rd., Meriden BEATY, Thomas H., Jr., T/ Sgt.
116 Hungerford St., Hartford BEDNARSKI, Joseph, Pfc,
O'Hare Ave., Thompsonville BENSON, Charles W., Pfc.
152 West Main St., Rockville BENSON, Howard, Pfc.
South Main St., Unionville BERNHARDT, Norman C. T/ 4
Ridge wood Ter., North Haven BERRY. Philip D., T/ Sgt.
606 Farmington Ave., Hartford BIELUCZYK, Walter F., Pfc.
29 Merrian St., Meriden BIROK, John, Cpl.
RFD Box 131, Uncasville BLADE, Theodore A., T/ 5
375 Ocean Ave., West Haven BLASHKE, Gerhart O., T/ 5
10 Webster Ave., Bridgeport BLASZCYK, Stanley J., Jr., T/ 4
161 Soring St., West Haven BOBKO, George, Pfc,
Apt. 102, 121 Court I, Bridgeport BONAIUTO, Angelo, T/ 5
457 Wilmot Ave., Bridgeport BONANNO, Rosareo, Pfc,
218 Davenport Ave., New Haven BONFILS, Roger L., S/ Sgt.
38 Standish St., Hartford BORDELEAU, William R., Jr., S/ Sgt.
195 South Whittelsey Ave., Wallingford
BOROCZKY, John, Pfc.
739 Wordin Ave., Bridgeport BOUTON, Edwin H., T/ 5
North Wilton Rd., New Canaan BOWERS, James A., Jr., T/ 5
94 Bradley Ave., East Haven BOYINGTON, Alfred E., T/ 5
15 Lincoln St., Hartford BRADLEY, James A., Pfc.
28 Milford Ave., Branford BRANDOLINE, Arthur A., Pfc
279 Oak St., New Britain BREDICE, Frank J., S/ Sgt.
1509 Stratford Ave., Bridgeport BREVETTI, Frank, Cpl.
26 Eastern Ave., Waterbury BROCK, Albert R., Sgt.
c/ o Imperial & Franklin, Westport BROWN, Eugene H., Jr., T/ 5
RFD 2, Torrington BROWN, Robert E., Pfc,
9 Plymouth Ave., Norwalk BROWNSTEIN, Benjamin, Sgt.
9 Deerfield Ave., Hartford BUCKHOLTZ, Charles A., Pfc.
1568 Chapel St., New Haven BUCKMIR, George J., Pfc
672 Berkshire Ave., Bridgeport BUDNEY, Zigmund E., Pfc
50 Warsaw St., Deep River BUELL, John C, Sgt.
20 Harding Ave., Branford BUKOVESKY, Nicholas, S/ Sgt.
687 Hallett St., Bridgeport BURR, Willis C, T/ 5
Warrenville BUTLER, Percy, S/ Sgt.
Oenoake Ave., New Canaan CAMPANO, Edward F., T/ 5
216 Spring St., New Haven CAMPBELL, Robert V., T/ 5
173 Weed Ave., Stamford CANFIELD, James W., Sgt.
2945 Berlin St., Newington CATORE, Frank A., Pfc,
185 Rosette St., New Haven CAPLAN, Henry, Pfc,
392 George St., New Haven CAPP, Michael, Pfc
26 Rockwell St., Winsted CAREY, Earl V., Pfc.
17 Fairview St., Waterbury CARNEY, John D., Sgt.
21 Crown St., Hartford CARR, Malcolm D., M/ Sgt.
Milldale CARROLL, John J., S/ Sgt.
8 1/ 2 West Rocks Rd., Norwalk CASSAVECHIA, Quinto P., Pfc
Titicus District, Ridgefield CASTELLI, Louis, T/ 5
Rose Hill, Portland CAVANAUGH, James P., T/ 5
Jewett City Hotel, Jewett City CAVANAUGH, Thomas B., Sgt.
29 Maple Ave., Waterbury CERESNA, Martin, Jr., Pfc.
RFD 1, Box 179, Danbury
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CERRETA, Patrick B., Sgt.
239 Cook Ave., Meriden CERRETTA, Frank G., Pfc,
246 Jefferson St., Bridgeport CHANACA, Arthur N., Pfc.
531 Howard Ave., Bridgeport CHAPDELAINE, John L., T/ 4
54 Village St., Rockville CHAPMAN, Albert P., T/ 5
36 Jupiter St., Groton CHAPMAN, Harry A., Cpl.
60 High St., Norwich CHARRON, Donald, Pfc.
RFD 1, Oakdale CHESKY, Edward W., Jr., T/ Sgt.
74 Lawrence St., Hartford CIENIEWICZ, John J., Pfc,
Box 123, Lower Lane, Kensington CLARK, Edward E., Sgt.
27 West St., Naugatuck CLAVETTE, Jean, Pvt.,
30 Meadow St., Bristol CLEARY, John P., Pfc,
976 First Ave., West Haven CLEMENZ, William G., S/ Sgt.
Round Hill Rd., Greenwich COHEN, Leonard, T/ 3
1579 Main St., Hartford COHEN, Lester, T/ 5
467 Washington Ave., New Haven COLANDREA, Dominic, Pfc.
80 Fourth Ave., West Haven COLE, Thomas O., Cpl.
20 Bank St., Manchester COLETTA, Virgilio, Pfc.
281 White St., Danbury CONSIGLIO, Andrew, Pfc,
33 Franklin St., New Haven CORCORAN, Ellsworth S., T/ Sgt.
46 Manville St., Waterbury CORSO, Frank J., Cpl.
33 White St., West Haven COURTEAU, Earl L., T/ 5
57 Church St., Thompsonville COUTURE, Earl F., Pfc
21 Tracy Ave., Jewett City COWLES, Richard H., T/ 4
60 Sumner St., Hartford CRONAN, Carey F., T/ 4
W. N. H. C., 1110 Chapel St., New Haven CUBELLI,, Mario T., T/ 4
418 Center St., Bridgeport CULLEN, Gerald A., Pfc.
577 Quinnipiac Ave., New Haven CURRAN, Joseph F., Pfc.
20 Herold St., Bristol CURRAN, Joseph T., 1st/ Sgt
1499 Boulevard, New Haven CURRY, Francis S., Sgt.
11 Sargeant St., Hartford CUSTIS, Edward T., Pfc.
44 Curtiss St., Hartford DALE, Louis B„ S/ Sgt.
10 Crown St., Milford D'AMOUR Roderick I., Cpl.
96 Mansfield Ave., Willimantic D'ANDREA, Carl C, Pvt.
289 Bishop St., Waterbury DANIELLO, Fred R., Pfc
36 Chestnut St., South Norwalk DARAK, John, Jr., Cpl.
250 Connecticut Ave., Bridgeport DARBY, Charles P., Pfc.
121 Seymour Ave., West Hartford
DARY, Alan H., Pfc
741 Broad St., Meriden DAURY, Frank F., Pvt.
35 Lannen St., Waterbury D'AVANZO, Victor J., T/ 5
179 Flaxhill Rd., South Norwalk DA VIES, Robert C, Pfc
105 Tremont St., Ansonia DEAK, Augustus J., T/ 5
19 Fort Point St., East Norwalk DeFRANZO, Anthony J., T/ 3
421 Barbour St., Hartford DeLUCIA, Andrew, Pfc
87 Dix St., Hamden DEMPSEY, John M., T/ 4
198 Flanders St., Bridgeport DePALMA, David W., T/ 3
238 Poplar St., New Haven DEPRA, Stephen P., S/ Sgt.
99 South Water St., Greenwich D'ERRICO, Nicholas F., Jr., Pfc
113 Auburn St., New Haven DESMOND, Leo J., Sgt.
41 Carleton Ave., Bridgeport DeSORBO, Louis, T/ 5
188 St. John St., New Haven DeVITO, Pasquale A., T/ 5
31 North Leonard St., Waterbury DIMENO, Michael C., Pfc
11 Stratford Ave., Stratford DiPALMA, Louis, Pfc
142 Holroyd Ave., Bridgeport DONAHUE, James J., Sgt.
35 Orange St., Waterbury DORN, Howard A., T/ 3
RFD 1, Murray St., Norwalk DOWD, Clarence R., T/ Sgt.
34 Lilac St., Manchester DOWN, George L., Sgt.
899 Howard Ave., New Haven DOYLE, Charles E., Sgt.
8 Knowlton St., Stratford DOYLE, John B., Cpl.
17 Pratt St., Bristol DUCH, Joseph J., T/ 4
3335 Main St., Stratford DUDA, Francis J., T/ Sgt.
57 Granfield Ave., Bridgeport DUDLEY, Winston A., Pfc.
641 Capitol Ave., Hartford DUFFIELD, Theodore P., Sgt.
6 Alvord St., Stratford DUNN, Harold V., Pfc.
346 Salem St., Bridgeport DUPUIS, Milton W., Sgt.
70 Front St., Danielson DURAND, Donat J., T/ 4
42 Jackson St., Willimantic DURLEY, Theodore J., Pvt.
RFD 2, Bethany DUTTON, Clayton E., S/ Sgt.
55 Vermont Ave., Southington DRAGHI, Francis J., M/ Sgt.
28 Center St., Windsor Locks DRAKE, Kenneth B., T/ 5
27 Cooper St., Torrington DRISCOLL, Marcus J., T/ 5
339 South Ave., Bridgeport DWYER, John J., Jr., Pfc.
115 Grand Ave., New Haven EHLERT Joseph V., S/ Sgt.
72 View St., Bristol ELETTO, Louis M., T/ 5
113 Winfield St., East Norwalk
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ERICSON, Alfred E„ T/ Sgt.
33 Rogers St., Branford ERNARDO, Matthew, Pfc.
2 Lee St., West Haven EVANS, Robert, Jr., T/ 5
Hartford FABIANI, Maurice F., Pfc.
103 Frank St., Waterbury FADEL, Conrad R., T/ Sgt.
168 Peck St., New Haven FAHERTY, Edward R., Pfc.
103 Parker PL, New Haven FALLIS, John J., S/ Sgt.
136 Tremont St., New Britain FATTORE, Frederick F., T/ Sgt.
30 Smith St., Torrington FAUST, Earle M., Cpl.
1 Murray PL, New Haven FAY, Alfred T., Pfc .
338 Benham Ave., Bridgeport FENNER, Albert A., Sgt.
19 Coit St., New London FEOLA, Rocco J., T/ 5
30 High St., Southington FILOSSIE, Raymond L., Pfc.
North St., Hazardville FITHIAN, Lewis D., Cpl.
Box 273, Poquonock Bridge FLICKINGER, Glenn W., T/ 5
44 Union St., Thomaston FLOYD, Harvey C, Sgt.
195 Ellsworth Ave., New Haven FOGARTY, Joseph R., Pfc.
113 Wethersfield Ave., Hartford FOLEY, Daniel F., Pfc.
71 Burnham St., Hartford FORCTNELLI, Joseph, Cpl.
125 Scranton St., New Haven FORMAN, Harry, Sgt.
147 Cottage St., New Haven FORSTROM, Paul L., T/ 4
1127 Merritt St., Bridgeport FORTUNE, Charles W., S/ Sgt.
50 Lockwood Ave., Stamford FOSTER, Paul T., Cpl.
400 Perkins Ave., Waterbury FOX, David, T/ 5
381 West Main St., Norwich FRANCO, Mirand J., Sgt.
59 Yates Ave., West Haven FRATTAROLI, Joseph, T/ Sgt.
87 Spruce St., Stamford FRIETAS, Frank, Pfc.
43 Broad St., Stonington FULTON, John D., Pvt.
3 Nonatuck St., Thompsonville GAGLIARDI, Andrew P., T/ 5
17 Stanley St., East Hartford GAGNON, Brandon F., T/ 5
24 Harold St., Torrington GALL A, Michael S., Pfc.
87 Chestnut St., Bridgeport GALLAGHER, James R., Cpl.
RFD 3, Barlow St., Bristol GAMMARINO, John A., Pvt.
141 Carroll Ave., Bridgeport GANOSS, James G., Pvt.
381 Main St., East Hartford GARFALO, Harold, Cpl.
154 South St., Danbury GARNER, Raymond G., T/ 4
37 Spring St., Derby GATES, Curtis W., Jr., T/ 5
West Mystic
GAYESKI, Walter E., S/ Sgt.
9 Main St. Ext., Middletown GEREGITANO, Albert N., Pfc.
46 Fairfield Ave., Stamford GEREMIA, Joseph M., Col.
25 Castle St., New Haven GIBAULT, Armand L., T/ 5
15 Sixth St., Ansonia GILDARD, Fred E., Sgt.
II6 1/ 2 Woodstock Ave., Putnam GILMARTIN, Robert J., T/ 4
47 Park PL, Meriden GIUSTI, Fred J., T/ 5
47 Hill St.. Waterbury GOLDBERG, Arthur, Sgt.
23 Harland PL, Norwich GOLLETZ, Charles J., S/ Sgt.
104 Chapman St , New Britain GOODWIN, Raymond K., T/ 4
36 Tom Thumb St., Bridgeport GOURLIE, Donald W., Sgt.
44 New King St., Thompsonville GRABAREK, William H., Sgt.
438 Main St., Hartford GRADY, Thomas J., Pfc.
100 Carmel St., New Haven GRANATA, Anthony, T/ 4
Fitch Ave., Noroton Heights GRATTA, Noah, Pfc.
89 New Hanover Ave., Meriden GRAY, Edward W., S/ Sgt.
RFD 1, Winsted GRIFFIN, Joseph F., T/ 3
37 Village St., Rockville GROSS, Sherman, Cpl.
341 Peck St., New Haven GUALAZZI, Geno C, T/ 5
Main St., Centerbrook GUENIN, Lawrence R., T/ 4
14 Maple St., Noroton Heights GUNKEL, John H., T/ 5
82 Spruce St., Manchester HAJDASZ, Edward J., S/ Sgt.
451 Park St., Hartford HAJDON, Edward J., S/ Sgt.
31 Walnut St., Middletown HALL, Robert H., Sgt.
43 Mohican Ave., Waterbury HARPER, Stephen E , T/ 4
11 Church St., Naugatuck HARRISON, Lincoln R., Sgt.,
126 Prospect Rd., East Haven HARTEN, Frank D., T/ Sgt.
26 Mill River St., New Haven HATJE. Arthur W., Pfc.
151 Portsea St., New Haven HAVUNEN, Felix C , Cpl.
RFD 1, Jewett City HAWKINS, James, Pfc.
60 Dupont PL, Bridgeport HEDLER, Warren H., 1st/ Sgt.
3 Terrace Ave., Taftville HIGGINS, Bernard F., Jr., T/ 5
116 Brook St., Hartford HILL. William A., Cpl.
198 Glen St., New Britain HINCKLEY, Ralph B., Sgt.
Litchfield Rd., Torrington HINTON. Quentin D., Pfc.
104 Harris St., Kensington HIRCHAK, Rudolph R., Sgt.
84 Pine St., Torrington HIXON, Robert C, Pfc.
42 Woodledge Rd., Springdale
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HODES, Louis, Cpl.
50 Spruce St., New Haven HOEY, John J., Sgt.
Jarvis St., Cheshire HOFFMAN, Henry B., T/ 4
10 Berrian Pl., East Port Chester HOFFMAN, Hyman, T/ 5
43 South Mam St., Middletown HOGAN, Paul J., Sgt.
60 Arundel Ave., West Hartford HOLLORAN, Robert F., Pfc.
968 State St., New Haven HOLMES, Willie J., T/ 4
53 Bellevue Square, Hartford HORVATH, Charles E., Pfc.
28 Carey Hill, Willimantic HORVATH, Frank J., S/ Sgt.
27 Warren PL, New Haven HUDGA, Charles E , Tr., piC.
110 Holly St., Bridgeport HUDSON, Henry L., S/ Sgt.
36- H Bellevue Sq., Hartford HULTON, George C, S/ Sgt.
164 Campfield Ave., Bridgeport HUNDERLACH, John F., T/ 5
RFD 1, Middletown HUSTED, Charles L., T/ 5
135 George St., East Haven HUTA, Peter, Cpl.
Box 9, Gilman HUTCHISON, Robert G., T/ 5
373 Wood Ave., Bridgeport HYDE, James A., T/ 5
RFD, Colchester IACINO, Frank A., Jr., Sgt.
101 North Main St., Winsted IAIENNARO, Peter C, Pfc.
2 Morgan PL, Waterbury IANNACCONE, James C, Pfc.
254 Ely Ave., South Norwalk IANNUCCI, Curtiss F., T/ 5
28 Academy St., New Haven INVERNALE, Nicholas, Pfc.
128 Putnam St., New Haven IOVINO, Ralph, T/ 4
346 Greene St., New Haven IPPOLITTO, Anthony J., Pfc.
Greenwich IRISH, Loren M., Cpl.
RFD 1, Colchester JACOBS, Donald B., Sgt.
16 Main St., Collinsville JACOBSON, Einer H., T/ 5
16 Chapin PL, Hartford JAKUCENIS, Vincent J., S/ Sgt.
268 Dayton Rd., Bridgeport JANICKI, Romuald, Pfc.
253 Augur St., Hamden JASINSKI, Czeslaw R., Sgt.
224 Booth St., New Britain JEANNETTE, William F., Pvt.
642 Broad St., Meriden JENKINS, Arland, T/ Sgt.
11 Harvey Rd., Windsor JEROLMON, Frederick C, T/ 5
24 Church St., Hamden JODOIN, Paul E., Pfc.
290 Park Terrace, Hartford JOHNSON, Alf S., Cpl.
2134 Madison Ave., Bridgeport JOHNSON, Earl N., T/ 4
58 Prospect St., Portland JOHNSON, Iver, Pfc.
1639 State St., New Haven JOHNSON, John A., Sgt.
28 Lake Ave., Danbury
JOHNSON, Winfield C, T/ 5
30 Helen St., Hamden JUREK, Edward J., T/ Sgt.
21 Williams St., Meriden JUREWICZ, Walter J., Pfc.
45 Prospect St., Naugatuck KABA, Minfo J., Pfc.
100 Main St., Stafford Springs KACZENSKI, Chester H., T/ 5
111 1/ 2 Hobart St., Meriden KACMARCIK, Stanley, T/ 3
1124 Barnum Ave., Bridgeport KADAR, William J., Pfc.
97 York Rd., Fairfield KAILUKAITIS, Joseph E., T/ Sgt.
995 Bank St., Waterbury KANTROWITZ, Harold D., Cpl.
331 Edgewood Ave., New Haven KASUENSKY, John A., T/ 5
RFD 3, New Milford KAVANAUGH, George M., Cpl.
Box 75, Rockfall KEARNS, John J., Jr., Pfc.
65 Seaside Ave., Stamford KEEFE, Robert A., Jr., T/ 5
114 Osborn Ave., New Haven KEELER, Gerald E., Pfc.
Route 1, Lake Ave., Danbury KERI, John A., Pfc.
15 Woodward Ave., South Norwalk KIEBURG, George A., Jr., T/ 5
24 Hatch St., Mystic KLEIN, Harold J., Sgt.
655 Clinton Ave., Bridgeport KLICHOWSKI, Walter J., Cpl.
101 Gold St., New Britain KNIGHT, Nelson F., Pfc.
Middle Road, Hazardville KNOUSE, Donald L., Cpl.
Box 205, Norwich KOEPE, Werner F., T/ 3
159 Derby Ave., Derby KOJIAN, Michael M., Pvt.
427 Main St., Hartford KOLENDO, Stanley J., Cpl.
520 West River St., Milford KOLESAR, Joseph, Pfc.
691 Wordin Ave., Bridgeport KONEFAL, Anthony L., T/ 4
Box 107, Rockfall KONOLD, Neil J., T/ 5
438 Ferry St., New Haven KOSTYK. Michael S., Sgt.
30 Warren St., Wilson KOUACS, William, T/ 5
100 Clarence St., Torrington KRASSELT, Donald F., T/ 4
37 Highview Ave., West Haven KRAUCALIS, Stanley W., Pfc.
20 Beach Ave., Terryville KRAUSE, Edward D., Sgt.
Rowayton Ave., Rowayton KREILHEIM George F., Jr., Pfc.
10 Young St., New Haven KULISH, Anthony E., T/ 5
238 Ludlow St., Stamford KURTZ, Max H., T/ 4
13 Harriet St., Norwalk KWASNIEWSKI, Frank H., T/ 5
39 School St., Naugatuck LABANARA, Arthur L., T/ 4
439 Savin Ave., West Haven LAMBERT, Milton N., Pfc.
47 River St., Baltic LANDOW, David, Pfc.
494 Winthrop Ave., New Haven
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LANDRY, Wilmer E., T/ 5
52 Priscilla Circle, Bridgeport LANGLEY, Albert, Sgt.
Gen. Del., Hartford LATTANZIO, John J., T/ 5
20 Colley St., Waterbury LAWRENCE, William E., Pfc.
472 Nichols St., Bridgeport LECHOWICZ, Stanley, Pfc.
591 Zion St., Hartford LEVINE, Benjamin E., T/ 5
392 Washington Ave., West Haven LIEBER, Solomon, T/ 4
26 Seyms St., Hartford LIGHT, Owen W., Pfc.
72 Lynnbrook Rd., Bridgeport LINDERS, Ernest C, Jr., Sgt.
258 Parker St., Manchester LISZKA, Edmund, T/ 5
216 Sedgwick Rd., West Hartford LEFFINGWELL, Roland F., Cpl.
146 View St., New Haven LEICHTMAN, Edward, S/ Sgt.
759 Hancock Ave., Bridgeport LEWIS, Roger T., Cpl.
318 Asylum St., Norwich LINCOLN, Asa C, Pfc.
Cromwell LINDGREN, Lawrence E„ Jr., Pfc.
Scotland LOGAN, Robert W., Pfc.
Short Beach Rd., East Haven LONGO, Albert, Pvt.
79 Mill River St., New Haven LORUSSO, Donald, Pfc.
71 Fairfield St., New Haven LUCAS, Edward B., S/ Sgt.
1537 Stratfield Rd., Bridgeport LUCEWICZ, Andrew J., T/ 5
233 Bishop St., Waterbury LUCY, Joseph D., T/ 4
1117 Kossuth St., Bridgeport LUKOWSKI, Joseph, Sgt.
109 Roosevelt Ave., Norwich LUNDE, Fred J., S/ Sgt.
80 Aldine Ave., Bridgeport LYNCH, Daniel J., T/ 5
1776 Seaview Ave., Bridgeport MACHALOWSKI, Harold A., T/ 4
675 Hallett St., Bridgeport MAGDON, Frank J., Pfc.
628 William St., Bridgeport MAHER, Charles A., T/ 5
6 Chestnut St., Darien MAHONEY, Patrick J., Pfc.
164 Baldwin St., Waterbury MAHRT, Timothy K., T/ 4
50 Atlantic St., Stamford MALINOSKY, Walter, Pfc.
8 Englewood Ave., Bloomfield MANNO, Luigi, Pfc.
39 Acorn St., New Britain MARCHITTO, Alphonse, Pfc.
444 Legion Ave., New Haven MAREK, Joseph J., Pfc.
46 Hillside Ave., Unionville MARIEL, Renald J., Pvt.
1 Pleasant St., New Haven MARSZALEK, Joseph, Pfc.
70 Beaver St., New Britain MARTIN, Ora, Cpl.
44 Sanford St., Hartford MASTRIANNI, George, T/ 4
122 West Main St., Plainville MAUZAKA, Arthur F. » Cpl.
856 State St., New Haven
MAYS, Julian, T/ 5
57 Bellevue St., Hartford MAZZAMAURO, Antonio, T/ 4
82 Griggs St., Waterbury McBRIERTY, Douglas O., Sgt.
405 Farmington Ave., Hartford MCCARTHY, Donald A., T/ 5
500 Fountain St., New Haven McCURRY, John M., Jr., Pfc,
298 Greenwich Ave., New Haven McKAY, Alexander T., Cpl.
2- A Regent St., Hartford MCLAUGHLIN, Peter J., Sgt.
28 St. John's Place, Torrington MCLAUGHLIN, Vincent E., M/ Sgt.
RFD 1, Hampton
MCLAUGHLIN, William A., T/ 5
77 Broad Place, Forestviile McLOUGHLIN, Elmore, T/ 5
42 Yale St., Hartford McNERNEY, James J., Sgt.
332 Winchester Ave., New Haven MECOZZI, Albert R., Pfc
Box 4, Georgetown Dist., Westport MELLUZZO, Francis J., T/ 3
34 Bodwell St., Hartford MENTA, Giovanni A., Pfc.
40 West St., New Haven MESITE, Salvatore, T/ 5
24 Garden St., Meriden MESSING, Michael, S/ Sgt.
1036 Winchester Ave., Hamden MEYER, Theodore V., T/ 5
32 Watertown Ave., Waterbury MIKA, Frank A., Pfc.
265 Lafayette St., New Britain MIKULSKIS, Joseph A., Pfc.
1 Arch St., Naugatuck MILAS, Bernard A., Cpl.
226 Barnum Terrace, Stratford MINEO, John, T/ 4
228 Newhall St., New Haven MINER, John S., Pfc
213 Union Ave., West Haven MINGIONE, Stanley M., S/ Sgt.
281 St. John St., New Haven MISUK, Bruno A., Pfc.
104 Willow St., Meriden MITCHELL, Charles R., S/ Sgt.
212 West Ave., Stamford MONTE, Charles, Jr., Sgt.
Durham Rd., Guilford MOORE. Robert J., S/ Sgt.
9 Mill St., New Milford MOREHEAD, Charles L., Pfc
302 Elm St., New Britain MORRIS, John S., T/ 5
29 Clay St., Thomaston MORRISON, Robert F., Pfc.
32 Pearl St., Mystic MOSKOWITZ, Arthur N., Pfc.
1384 Norman St., Bridgeport MOSOVICH, Joseph, Pfc.
10 Rose St., Foxon Park, East Haven MUMFORD, Harry S., Jr., T/ 5
442 Ann St., Hartford MURCKO, Albert T., S/ Sgt.
1514 Pembroke St., Bridgeport MURPHY, Howard E., Sgt.
154 Hawthorne Ave., Derby MURPHY, John F., Pfc
299 Exchange St., New Haven MURPHY, Robert S., Sgt.
74 Reservoir St., Bethel MURRAY, Woodrow W., S/ Sgt.
Willington Ave., Stafford Springs
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NADEAU, Joseph F., T/ 5
65 New King St., Thompsonville NAUGHTON, Frank J., T/ 5
116 Gorham Ave., Hamden NEARY, Donald J., 1st/ Sgt.
25 Burritt Ave., Stratford NELSON, Charles W., Pfc.
1 Ely Rd., Farmington NOLAN, Francis J., M/ Sgt.
159 Linnmoore St., Hartford NOLL, Louis, Sgt.
579 Main St., New London O'BRIEN, Robert W., T/ 5
146 Holly St., Bridgeport OGRINC, Anthony, Pvt.
4 Smith St., East Norwalk O'HARA, Francis R., Cpl.
93 North St., Danbury O'LEARY, Peter, Pfc.
390 Ferry St., New Haven OLSEN, OSCAR N., Pfc.
75 Dodd Ave., Bridgeport OLSON, Frederick, Pfc.
120 Westville Ave., Danbury O'NEIL, Clifford J., T/ 5
5 Eleanor St., Stratford OPPENHEIMER, Marshall M., T/ 5
107 Edwards St., Hartford ORUBONIK, Charles R., T/ 5
1689 Noble Ave., Bridgeport PARANTO, Lester F., Pvt.
332 North Front St., New Haven PANARONI, Anthony J., T/ 5
76 Porter St., New Haven PANE, Joseph J., Sgt.
143 Crystal Ave., New London PAPALLO, Roy V., S/ Sgt.
8 Artizan St., Meriden PAPPACENO, Michael J., T/ 4
19 Melrose St., East Hartford PARKIN, Bernard, Pfc.
140 Central Ave., Bridgeport PATANIA, Paul, Pfc.
177 High St., New Britain PAUL, Frank, Pfc.
74 Tenth St., New London PeCORD, Leo R., T/ 4
120 Colt St., East Hartford PEHOTA, Thomas J., Pfc.
Box 11, Rockfall PELLEGRINI, Gene, Pfc.
751 Dixwell Ave., New Haven PERRELLI, Pasquale, Pvt.
48 Brower St., West Haven PERRY, Thomas A., T/ 4
3 Jackson Ave., Mystic PETRONE, Thomas J., Sgt.
43 Campfield Ave., Hartford PHELAN, James A., S/ Sgt.
51 Nelson Ave., Waterbury PHELON, Philip A., Cpl.
146 Jefferson St., Hartford PHELPS, Harry J., Pfc.
Gen. Del., Rockville PIASCYK, Chester F., S/ Sgt.
21 Pearl St., New Haven PILATO, Salvatore, Pfc.
28 King St., New Haven PINKUS, Sherwood I., Cpl.
15 Judson Ave., New Haven PISACANE, Ernest, T/ 4
524 Howe Ave., Shelton PITKIN, Howard F., M/ Sgt.
96 McKee St., Manchester
PJURA, Andrew C, T/ 4
237 Clover St., Stratford PLATT, Donald H., T/ 3
112 Clinton Ave., Bridgeport PLAVNICKY, Charles J., S/ Sgt.
1273 Central Ave., Bridgeport PORA, John L., T/ 5
228 Yantic St., Norwich PORTOLESE, Frank, Pfc.
78 Dix St., Hamden POTTER, William O., T/ 5
South Willington POPOFF, Robert P., Pfc.
423 Lydall St., Manchester PRAYGOCKI, Theodore S., T/ Sgt.
40 Oak St., Bristol PTASZEK, Stephen, Pfc.
28 Scranton St., New Haven PUGLIESE, Henry T., Pfc.
34 Orange St., Waterbury PULIS, Walter R., Pfc.
39 Houston Terrace, Stamford PUNZO, Frank F., T/ 5
1270 Townsend Ave., New Haven PUSKAS, James G., Sgt.
Riordan St., South Norwalk QUIGLEY, John E., T/ 4
351 Savin Ave., West Haven QUINN, James A., Jr., S/ Sgt.
31 Wawecos St., Norwichtown QUINT, Alvin S., Cpl.
94 South Quaker Lane, West Hartford QUINTILANI, Joseph, M/ Sgt.
33 Baltic St., Norwich QUIRK, Edward P., S/ Sgt.
19 Bank St., Portland RABEL, Michael A., Pfc.
693 Pembroke St., Bridgeport RABINOVITCH, Samuel D., Pfc.
23 Park St., Norwich RACZKA, Chester S., S/ Sgt.
244 Russell St., Middletown RANDOLE, Paul E., Pfc.
Canaan REITER, Gilbert, Pfc.
152 Court A. YMV, Bridgeport REAY, Glendon H., Cpl.
113 Stewart St., New Britain REBERIO, William P., Pvt.
138 Winter St., New Britain REED, Roland K., Jr., Pfc.
Copse Rd., Madison RENTZ, George R.# T/ 4
213 Fairview Ave., Bridgeport REYNOLDS, John D., T/ 4
307 Harmony St., Bridgeport REZNICK, Paul P., 1st/ Sgt.
58 Calhoun St., Torrington RICCI, Joseph A., T/ Sgt.
Oak Ave., Waterbury RICCIARDI, Ralph, Cpl.
2810 East Main St., Waterbury RICCIO, Leon S., Pfc.
23 Nesbit Ave., West Hartford RICH, Gilbert A., Sgt.
144 Center St., Southington RIFFON, Adam, Cpl.
232 Oak St., Bridgeport RILEY, Edward J., T/ 4
215 Ocean Ave., Stratford RIVA, Angelo G., T/ 3
Box 232, East Canaan ROBERTS, Francis M., T/ 5
155 Aldrich Ave., Moosup
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ROBERTS, Kenneth F., T/ 4
116 New Britain Ave., Rocky Hill ROEBUCK, Stephen J., Pfc.
11 Arcadia St., Norwich ROLLINSON, Arthur, Cpl
76 West St., Shelton ROMANOS, John, T/ 4
731 Elm St., Stamford RONDINA. Raymond F., T/ 4
407 Yates Ave., West Haven ROSATO, Raymond, Pfc.
126 Hillcrest Ave., Waterbury RUDOLF, Samuel J., T/ 4
3 Day St., South Norwalk RURKOWSKI, Thomas J., Cpl.
175 Monmouth Ave., Waterbury RYAN, James F., Cpl.
269 South Marshall St., Hartford SADOWSKI, Joseph E., Pfc.
1069 Barnum Ave., Bridgeport St. KING, Joseph K., T/ Sgt.
44 Mountford St., Hartford St. PIERRE, Eugene J., Pfc.
RFD, Woodstock Valley SALINSKY, Michael J., S/ Sgt.
381 Pleasant St., Willimantic SALTIS, Joseph F., T/ 5
107 Governor St., Hartford SAMUL, Anthony B., T/ 4
54 Overlook Ave., New Britain SANDOR, Robert, Pfc.
Sound View Ridge, Glenville SANTELLA, Adolph, Sgt.
85 Gilbert St., West Haven SANTORE, Gennaro, T/ 5
136 East St., New Haven SANTOS, Frank J., S/ Sgt.
245 Columbus Ave., New Haven SAPIO, Frank E., T/ Sgt.
258 Hallock Ave., New Haven SAUVE, Renaud H., Cpl.
15 Fairview St., Willimantic SAVARD, Wilton C, S/ Sgt.
340 Collingwood Ave., Bridgeport SAWLAN, Michael A., Sgt.
52 Charter Oak Ave., Hartford SCALO, Joseph E., Pfc.
171 Madison Ave., Bridgeport SCAMPORLINA, Joseph V., T/ 5
27 River St., Waterbury SCHEIDEL, Richard F., Pfc.
Collinsville SCHENONE, Paul J., Pfc.
Camp St., Forestville SCHIEDEL, Anthony J., M/ Sgt.
RFD 2, Collinsville SCHINITIS, Edward F., Pfc.
62 Black Rock Ave., New Britain SCHOTTA, Robert R., M/ Sgt.
634 Third Ave., West Haven SCHMIDT, Louis, Jr., Pfc.
40 Burwood Ave., Stamford SCHMIDT, Rudolph A., Jr., Pfc.
202 Coe Ave., East Haven SCOTT, Nelson H., T/ 4
Bantam SEAR, Roland G., Pvt.
21 Thompson St., Rockville SEMAN, John J., Pfc.
109 Deacon St., Bridgeport SHAPIRO, Arnold W., Cpl.
690 Washington Ave., West Haven SHARP, Charles S., T/ 5
32 Depot St., Suffield
SHARPE, Richard J., M/ Sgt.
Pomfret Center SHAUGHNESSY, Robert, T/ 4
32 St. John PL, Westport SHEA, Gerald T., T/ Sgt.
39 Truman St., New Haven SHEFLOTT, William E., S/ Sgt.
10 Cliff St., New London SHIMANSKY, Herbert B., T/ Sgt.
945 Forbes St., East Hartford SHUTRAN, John, Pvt.
27 Union St., New Britain SIEMER, Charles E., T/ 4
104 Latimer St., East Hartford SIENKO, Chester A., Pfc.
6 Thompson Court, Thompsonville SIMPSON, Edward W., Pfc.
34 Foote Rd., East Haven SINKEVICH, Albert J., T/ 4
119 Ledgeside Ave., Waterbury SKAWINSKI, Thaddeus M., Pfc.
43 View St., Meriden SMITH, George J., Jr., Pvt.
602 Main St., Middletown SMITH, William W., Pvt.
15 Hoyt St., Norwalk SOCHA, Stanley J., Cpl.
34 Charter Oak Ave., Hartford SOUCIE, Ludger E., T/ 5
153 Babcock St., Hartford SQUIER, Frederick S., Sgt.
38 Maple St., Seymour STAVOLA, James F., S/ Sgt.
21 Annawan St., Hartford STIMPSON, Albert A., Pfc.
627 Campbell Ave., West Haven STINSON, Thomas A., Pfc.
42 Pease St., Thompsonville STRAZZA, Jerry A., Pfc.
18 Alexander St., Greenwich STRODE, Howard, T/ Sgt.
69 Clifton Ave., Ansonia SULLIVAN, Daniel F., Pfc.
189 Brook St., Hartford SULLIVAN, John L. G., T/ 4
7 Harrison St., New London SWANSON, Herbert W., S/ Sgt.
467 Broad St., Windsor SWEENEY, Lawrence W., Pfc.
24 Lounsbury St., Waterbury SYLVESTRE, Anthony, S/ Sgt.
43 Howard St., Waterbury SZWEJKOWSKI, Victor P., T/ 5
123 Massachusetts Ave., Fairfield TAZELAAR, Bruce C, Pfc.
Phelps Rd., Warehouse Point TEAL, Samuel L., Pfc.
47 Kennedy St., Hartford THIFFAULT, Alphonse F., T/ 3
328 Wilson St., Waterbury THOMPSON, Howard W., T/ 4
RFD 1, North Stonington TICKEY, Charles F., T/ 4
198 Adams St., Bridgeport TOCKER, Thaddus W., Sgt.
Main St., Deep River TOCZKO, Henry S., T/ 4
133 Broad St., New Britain TODICE, Frank, S/ Sgt.
153 Kneen St., Shelton TOSTO, Salvatore J., Cpl.
98 Spring St., Middletown TOTH, Frank, Jr., Sgt.
824 Knapps Highway, Fairfield
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TOTTENHAM, Francis J., T/ 5
200 Minerva St., Derby TRAMONTANO, Salvatore R., Pfc.
71 Concord St., Hamden TRASKOS, Walter J., T/ Sgt.
Box 134, Rockfall TRAVERS, Wallace W., Cpl.
14 Liberty St., New Britain TRUSZ, Daniel C, T/ Sgt.
6 Rockwell PL, Derby TUCKER, Albert R., T/ 5
28 Milford Ave., Branford TUREK, Edmund F., Sgt.
East St., Suffield TYNIK, Mike, Pfc.
88 Derby St., New Britain TYRRELL, Ralph A., Pfc.
447 Meriden Rd., Waterbury UCCELLINI, Frederick J., 1st/ Sgt.
77 Fair St., Norwalk URSO, John P., Pfc.
46 Spring St., South Norwalk VALENTINI, Alexander, Pfc.
131 Prospect St., Stafford VALENTINO, Clement A., T/ 4
203 Hamilton St., New Haven VanALSTYNE, Jared W., Pfc.
90 Edson Ave., Waterbury VanREET, Henry, T/ 5
RFD 3, Box 187, Bridgeport VASALE, Arpad L., T/ 5
Old Range Rd., Wilton VECCA, Antonio J., Pfc.
32 Cherry St., Middletown VERDI, Clement A., T/ 5
90 Rosette St., New Haven VELLA, Alphonse J., T/ 4
27 New St., Thompsonville VOLPE, Anthony J., Pfc.
41 Jackson Ave., Bridgeport VIRAG, John S., Pfc.
1144 Black Rock Turnpike, Fairfield VUOLO, August J., Pfc.
75 Clark St., New Haven WADSWORTH, Harold F., Pfc.
Spring St., Warehouse Point WARECKA, John J., Cpl.,
Box 71, Higganum WEBSTER, Albert H., T/ 4
95 Colt St., East Hartford WEIR, Albert L., Pvt.
10 Orange St., Hartford WEISING, Walter J., T/ 4
30 Meade Ave., Eastport WELCH, Charles W., T/ 5
454 Riverside Ave., Westport WELCH, Thomas F., T/ 5
133- D, Charter Oak Terrace, Hartford WENGROW, Arthur, Pfc.
440 Arctic St., Bridgeport WHALEN, John J., Pfc.
36 William St., New Haven WHEATON, Harold E., Pfc.
Lebanon WHITE, Leonard A., Pfc.
Reynold's Bridge, Thomaston WILDMAN, Carl A., Sgt.
3969 Main St., Bridgeport WILKIALIS, Henry L., Pfc.
22 Second Ave., Danbury WILLARD, Frank J., Pfc.
1499 Main St., East Hartford WILLIAMS, Harold C, Pvt.
651 Orchard St., New Haven WILLIAMS, John, Pfc.
96 Webster St., New Haven
WILLIAMS, Lawrence D., M/ Sgt.
223 Beardsley St., Bridgeport WILLS, Jerry, Pfc.
Willimantic WILSON, James H., T/ 3
51 Arch St., Manchester WILSON, John H., T/ 4
1 Star St., Mystic WINTER, Peter P., 1st/ Sgt.
42 Austin St., Danbury WISHNEUSKY, Frank C, T/ 5
902 Quaker Lane, West Hartford WOLF, Irving S., Cpl.
58 Grove St., Thomaston WODZINSKI, Chester F., Pfc.
143 Housatonic Ave., Derby WOJNAGI, Michael, Jr., T/ 5
1604 Barnum Ave., Bridgeport WOOSTER, George R., Pvt.
17 Wharton St., West Haven WOPSCHALL, Fred C, T/ 3
41 Irving St., Hartford WRIGHT, Donald E., S/ Sgt.
85 Higgins Ave., Bridgeport WUJTEWICZ, Henry S., Cpl.
132 Crystal Ave., New London YAMMARINO, Louis, S/ Sgt.
Ohman Ave., Orange YOCHER, Fred L., Pfc.
340 Howard Ave., New Haven ZAIKO, Stanley, Cpl.
14 Crown St., New Britain ZEBROWSKI, Joseph W., T/ 5
15 White St., Thompsonville ZUBER, Felix J., Sgt.
38 Bartlet Manor, Norwalk ZUBRICK, Alexander J., T/ 5 15 Prospect St., Seymour
CONNECTICUT VETERANS COMMEMORATIVE BOOKLET
Vol. VIII Nov. 13, 1945 No. 4
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 Joseph O. Keating and Hugh W. McCoy. The cover illustration of the S. S. Aiken Victory is from a U. S. Maritime Commission photograph.
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