Connecticut veterans commemorative booklet. Vol. 8, no.9. Connecticut men of the United States Army, demobilization, Fort Devens, Massachusetts. November 19 to 21, 1945

              CONNECTICUT MEN
of the United States Army
Demobilization, Fort Devens, Massachusetts
November 19 to 21, 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.
Barbarotto, Benjamin J., Pfc, Sv. Btry., 232d F. A. Bn., 42d Div., Danbury.
" With thousands of really good tanks in our Army. I don't know why they would send a truck out to spearhead an attack but that is what happened to me in Germany. I was driving a truck filled with doughs and ran into a barrage so everyone bailed out real fast. When the war ended we were still in action and pushing along in Austria. There we remained after the war as occupation troops. The people there were kind to us and the country itself very beautiful. With thou­sands
of PWs and displaced people in Ger­many
with nothing else to do but eat up Uncle Sam's groceries, we spent the last six weeks in Europe chopping wood."
Barry, James F., Pfc, 707th M. P. Bn., Meriden.
" The 707th was activated in Niantic, and, outside of the National Guard outfits, is about the only one I know that was activated here in Connecticut. We landed in England in September of ' 42, so that makes three tur­key
days I missed. For sometime, I was en­gaged
in black market investigations in Cher­bourg.
One day I picked up three Germans who were impersonating FFI men. They had cards and uniforms of the French outfit, but when we got through with them all they had was a lot of grief."
Bogart, Thomas C, Cpl., 3d Emer. Rescue Sq., Hamden.
" It was hot, stinking, decaying jungle all the way. Just a year ago tonight, on the Island of Moratai, the Jap planes sneaked in
at dusk and caught the famous flight squad­ron,
' Jolly Rogers,' on the airstrip. They damaged some of the planes and strafed the rest. I was fortunate to be far enough away to miss most of the fireworks. The Philip­pines
was our first look at semi- civilization for some time. Later we went to Yokohama which was pretty well beat- up. On the sur­face
the Jap people were nice to us but what they were thinking, I don't know. They seemed to me to be alert and intelligent people."
Bolack, George, T/ 5, 449th A. A. A., Stratford.
" My luck ran out shortly after we reached Germany. We crossed the Moselle River and dug in. Big stuff was coming in. The second day a shell landed a few feet from my hole and a piece struck me in the eye. Luckily a medic was nearby and I received first aid right away. I was evacuated to a collecting station and three hours later was in England. Though my wound was quite painful I re­tained
consciousness all the way. After the loss of an eye, I was all through with combat. I was sent to a cooks and bakers school and was later transferred to a railroad company where I was a cook on the trains. There began the never- ending cycle of bringing fresh new replacements up to the front and the wounded war- wise soldiers back to base hospitals in the rear."
Bomster, Wallace T., T/ 5, 517th Port Bn., New Haven.
" Outside of being stationed in Cardiff, Wales, I didn't care too much for the Army.
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I had relatives there and spent a lot of time visiting them and it became almost like home. I landed at Omaha Beach on D- Day and went to work unloading supplies. Two weeks after we landed, there was a big storm which wrecked ships and equipment. It was so bad that even the troops couldn't make the shore and had to stay on the ships. I was later assigned to the 6th Brigade of the 1st Army and sent on to Antwerp. There I su­pervised
the unloading of ships and had civilian employees working for me. They struck for more pay saying that what they were getting wasn't enough because of the danger of buzz bombs."
Bosco, Peter J., S/ Sgt., Co. A., 359th Inf., 90th Div., New Britain.
" Although I was hit twice, I think that the Moselle and Saar crossings were about the worst experiences that I had. On them we were exposed to the heaviest fire that was ever thrown my way. Also when we made those crossings, the other sides were honey­combed
with mines and that made it all the tougher when we tried to dig in. I made the landing at Normandy with the outfit on D- Day and got hit the first time on the 14th. We were out in the open, moving up, when a plane bombed us with the result that four of us were hospitalized. The next time happened on January 7th at the Bulge. There were three of us in a foxhole, a lieutenant, a priv��ate
and me, and a shell burst right on top of the hole. The other two were killed instantly and I was hit and shell- shocked. I also had my feet frozen. I've had my share and was just as glad as the next guy when the Krauts called it quits."
Breault, Alexander C, T/ 4, 1818th Ord., Plainfield.
" I'll never forget our hell ride from Min ¬ dura to Okinawa. Kamikaze planes sank every ship on our convoy. One ship contain­ing
ammunition was sunk directly in front
of us. There was a terrific noise, a thick haze of smoke, and three minutes later there was nothing left. There were no survivors and it was an awful thing to see. Though a few pieces of spent shrapnel landed on our LST, God must have been with us on the hell ride. As we entered the harbor, the last Liberty ship in the convoy had been hit and was burning. To me, after I landed in Japan and saw the wrecked cities there, it was grim and well- deserved justice after seeing the white crosses all the way from New Guinea to Okinawa. The Japs seem to understand one type of government, a militaristic one. The school children still walk to and from classes like marionettes."
Canning, John J., S/ Sgt., Btry. C, 200th F. A. Bn., New London.
" The landing at Omaha wasn't too bad ex­cept
for the sniping which was very accurate and vicious. It's a lucky thing that there wasn't artillery fire to go with the sniping. I was a survey sergeant in charge of putting in and maintaining communications. At Caumont, France, there were five of us out in the open trying to put in an OP when an 88 landed right near us. My helmet was blown off and one of the other men was wounded. At Manchau we had just got into position when the Krauts saw us and threw 300 rounds of everything our way. That was about the hottest fire that I was ever under. The Ardennes push started just after that. We were supporting the 1st Division and got pushed back to Eupen, Belgium. Then we were moved to the rear to support other col­umns.
That was the toughest break of all for me as it happened just after mail call when I got 11 Christmas packages from home and had to leave them all behind. I suppose the Germans had a good time with my gifts."
Carey, Thomas M., Pvt., Btry. D., 473d A. A. Bn., 8th Armd. Div., Union City.
" In one year in the ETO, I made three
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campaigns, none of which were easy but ail of which I am trying to forget. I served as a machine gunner on a halftrack and saw a lot of Europe, but under lousy circumstances. My personal experiences wouldn't make good reading so I am going to skip it."
Corneau, Gaston E., S/ Sgt., 563d A. A. A., Taftville.
" The most interesting work I ever did was with the CID in Belgium as a special investi­gator
for all kinds of crimes, including black market activities, murders, rapes and rob­bery.
Before that, I was a platoon sergeant in automatic weapons, 40s and halftracks. I was in four campaigns in 13 months of fight­ing.
The worst experience that I ever had was while on a recon job to Ville Salmchateau on the outskirts of St. Vitte. There were two jeeps in the recon and we ran right into an ambush that looked bad. We had gone into German- occupied territory to scout out a bridge, which we didn't find. On the way back we found out that the Germans had blown up the bridge which we used in the crossing and apparently had us cut off. The captain who was with us did some quick work with his maps and figured that by crossing some fields we could get back to our own position. His figuring was correct but we just did make it in time as the Germans took off after us when they discovered that we hadn't fallen into the trap. I had a lot of interesting experiences over there and am glad that I didn't miss the boat either way."
Crohan, Thomas, T/ 4, 1733 Engr. Sv. Co., ( Sep.), New Haven.
" Arab bandits fired at my water truck while I was working on an airstrip in Iran, Persia. That was the nearest I ever got to any combat as all I did was construction work. We built air fields, barracks, clubs, mess halls and more things than I can remember. When these bandits fired at me I just turned around and headed for home. They seemed to take
delight in firing at us and then disappearing. Iran wasn't worth a damn; to me it seemed as if someone had set fire to the place and when I got there it was still burning."
Curtis, Joel S., Jr., Pfc, 359th Cmbt. Engr., East Hartford.
" If they hadn't stopped giving discharges at Camp Cook, California, I would have been a civilian by today. I had been out there since the first week in September just laying around and waiting for the white paper to come through. I was in the ETO for 20 months, most of the time as a gas man for our unit. In April I was sent to the 20th Armored Division where I became a can­noneer
and took part in the capture of Munich. I saw enough action there to last a long time."
DeCaro, Mario J., 449th A. A. A., Thompsonville.
" Normandy was the toughest because there Jerry was the strongest, but after that it was only a rat race until the end of the war. In Normandy I had my biggest thrill when our boys knocked down eight planes of an attacking ten. I had a three- day pass to Paris. Paris is somehow different than any other town in the world."
Esposito, Pasquale. Sgt., 653d A. A. A., Bridgeport.
" Crossing the Rhine River was tough but the other side was no picnic either. We got it from all sides and also from the air. In fact I think the closest call that I ever had was here when a plane dropped a bomb about 25 yards from where I was digging in. I was a section chief for a 40mm and M- 51 halftrack outfit. Near the dam at the Ruhr pocket, we got lots of prisoners without looking for them. They would come over to us with their hands in the air asking to be taken by the Americans so there was nothing else we could do. When we got enough of them, we called up the CP, told the story
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and then told the Germans to wait. After a while, the MPs came up and took them away."
Fray, Warren A., T/ 4, Co. A., 93d Med. Gas Treatment Bn., Bridgeport.
" I was getting some sack time in as usual at our quarters at Liege when a buzz bomb hit about 75 yards away, and the next thing I knew I was out of the sack. I wasn't the only one who was on the floor because when I looked around there were guys picking themselves up all over the place. There were no injuries but we had to move to another installation. I was in the ETO for two years and went through all the campaigns at about 8 to 20 miles in back of the front lines. We did air evacuation work. I was at Salzwedel, Germany, on V- E Day and at Rheims on V- J Day. Now I am going to be home on Thanksgiving Day."
Giancarlo, Anthony D., S/ Sgt., 104th Chem. Co., Adv. Sec, Naugatuck.
" Getting clothes processed for an antici­pated
gas attack at the Bulge brought us up to Liege around Christmas time. On that day the city got a big air attack from the Ger­mans
with the bridge as a target. One bomber aimed at the bridge, overshot somehow, and dropped his bombs about 50 yards away from where we were stationed. Although we were never more than 14 miles behind the front lines, I got enough of the boom, boom stuff that day to last me for a long time. I had a pass to Italy where I visited some of my relatives. There is one country that got a bad beating. I am glad that I got to see the relatives, but am sorry that I had to see the homeland of my people in such a state. It is a tough memory to carry home."
Hubbell, Frederick M., Pfc, 517th Port Bn., Portland.
" I've just re- enlisted for three more years of service and will be going to Germany when my leave is over. I was over in the ETO
for 34 months and another three years is not going to hurt me. In the port battalion, you unload supplies and the work is hard. On D- Day in Normandy I did a 24 hour stretch and it was so hard that I haven't forgotten it yet. I was in Antwerp on V- E Day and took part in the celebration. The cognac flowed like water that day and there was so much fun that I hated to see it end."
I clone, Anthony D., T/ 5, 329th Inf., 83d Div., New Haven.
" Like everything else, the Army had its good and bad periods. I ran into one of the bad ones just as I reached a first aid station with a message. I got hit with a piece of shrapnel, but that was one time the shoe was on the other foot as one of the other aid men had to fix me up. As a combat first aid man attached to a rifle company, I landed D plus 10 at Omaha Beach and took part in five campaigns. During rest periods, I played the violin for the boys in the outfit. I liked that best of all. In France the mademoiselles were tres bien, and in Germany, the frauleins were sehr gut."
Jagun, Fred E., Pfc, 295th M. P. Co., Seymour.
" After sweating out the buzz bombs in Belgium, I went and got knocked down by one right near the end of the fighting. That happened one night while I was guarding the CBS installation, but I guess that I was very lucky as a civilian who was right near me was knocked right on top of me. He was all cut up by flying glass and I guess that the only reason that I didn't get it was because of him. I was in the ETO for 38 months, land­ing
in England in late September of ' 42 with the 29th Division."
Kasheta, Edward W., Cpl., Co. A., 93d Med. Gas Treatment Bn., South Windsor.
" One night while sleeping in a school building in Liege, I was awakened by the biggest noise I ever heard just in time to pull
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the blankets over my head and keep a shower of plaster out of my hair. A buzz bomb had hit a block away and the concussion had knocked the school for a loop. We went out and administered first aid to the injured and spent the whole night digging in the ruins. The streets were all covered with glass and buildings were shaking all around. It was risky business but it had to be done."
Kenneth, George F., Cpl., 50th Inf., 6th Armd. Div., Stamford.
" One incident really stands out in my mind. It was in the Ardennes. My platoon, aided by a company of tanks, had captured a little town in Belgium. We set up road­blocks
on the outskirts and quartered the re­maining
troops in the town. That night everyone was alerted as a counterattack was expected. First the Germans feinted with light tanks and located our gun positions. Then they sent in a barrage which KO'ed most of our anti- tank guns, followed by heavy Tiger tanks and Panzer Grenadiers and overran the town. After that we had a hell of a job fighting our way out. Next day we had to retake the town again. Later I had both of my feet frozen and was evacuated to England. After evacuation I was trans­ferred
to a labor supervision company. There our job was to aid and feed the displaced people of Europe who were part of Hitler's slave labor battalions. The work was some­times
pathetic, often amusing, and in all, very interesting."
Kertennis, John P., S/ Sgt., 597th Med. Ambulance Co., Goodyear.
" One hour after we left Saar Union, the town was leveled by a very heavy shelling. That was about the nearest I came to any- actual attack, but it was close enough. I was in the ETO for 14 months as a mess sergeant attached to the ambulance company which worked out of the first aid and clearing sta­tions.
I was with a very good outfit, com­manded
by one of the finest men I ever knew. We had our job to do and it was always done well. We saw quite a bit of Europe which I enjoyed very much."
Kozek, Charles J., Pfc, 23d Gen. Hosp., Southport.
" The eruption of Vesuvius and the simul­taneous
bombing of the harbor by the Ger­mans
gave me the most anxious moments that I had overseas. That was quite a show but I don't know which was the most spec­tacular—
the one put on by man or the one put on by Nature."
Lamore, Alfred J., Pfc, Btry. B., 48th Coast Arty., 81st Div., Hartford.
" Peleliu was one solid rock and it was our job to see that the Japs didn't take it. We fired on the other islands nearby to keep the Japs from re- grouping to attack. One night we allowed the Japs to come up to our shore before we fired on them with small arms; we were afraid to open up with artillery because there was danger of hitting our Navy. It took us about two hours to wipe them out and break up the attack."
Lassen, Richard H., Sgt., Hq., 71st Ren. Grp., Stratford.
" On the way back from taking reconnais­sance
photos of Biak Island to prepare for the invasion of the place we sighted a Jap ammunition ship steaming toward the island. The pilot tipped the nose of our B- 25 right at the decks and we blazed away. When the nose of the plane pointed skyward I let gc with my tail gun and the ship burst into flames and exploded. There was plenty of ackack from the ship and when we got back there were lots of holes in the plane, but none in us and we accounted for a ship."
Mastriano, Lawrence, Pfc, Sv. Co., 330th Inf., 83d Div., New Haven.
" A German tank shot away the rear end of the jeep I was driving in Normandy. I was going through a hedge row road and didn't see the tank until it was too late because by that time they fired one shot, hitting the rear of the jeep but not turning it over. I caught a piece of shrapnel in the face and I didn't wait for the Germans to fire again. I jumped out of the jeep and ran back to our aid sta­tion
where I was given first aid and sent up again. During the Bulge, two shells landed near my truck with one exploding and the other rolling under my truck but not explod­ing
as it was a dud. If the second shell went off it would have blown me right straight to hell."
Mauriello, Dominic P., Pvt., 197th A. A. A. Bn., 1st Army, Waterbury.
" We landed on the beach at Normandy on D- Day and then went right through with the 1st Army. We were in Germany on V- E Day and then suffered until the non- frat ban was lifted. After that it was easier to get around. I drove a halftrack during the war but after it was all over, I was just another member of the occupation Army. Germany is about the best of the European countries so far as natural beauty and progress are concerned."
McCullough, Arthur J., Jr., T/ 5, 93d Med. Gas Treatment Bn., Hartford.
" When we were packing up to leave Eng­land
and to go to the Continent, the buzz bombs fell all around our area and it seemed as though it was just a warning as to what was to come. We landed at Utah Beach on the 15th of July and started the first air evacuation depot for carrying the wounded to England. We followed the armies right through to Germany and even beat the in­fantry
to the Rhine. That was about the worst place of all as we ran into an artillery barrage there that almost pinned our ears back."
Merritt, Eli R., Pfc, 3124th Q. M. Co., New Haven.
" Loading ammunition during an air at­tack
isn't my idea of fun. I think I'd rather
feed a furnace 88s. The toughest time of all was feeding the Army ammunition after the big drive from France. Sometimes a convoy of over a thousand trucks would pull up to our dump and we wouldn't stop until they were all loaded. We worked day and night, slept a little and then back to work again. After the railroads were put into operation our job became a little easier. I liked Belgium because the people there treated us the best."
Moran, Robert E., Cpl., 33d C. A., West Hartford.
" I still can't believe I'm back in the States. It seems too wonderful to be true. I spent 22 months on the Islands. The Island Moratai was the toughest as Japs were always all around us. The cooks were almost afraid to open a flour barrel as one might pop out. We killed fifteen thousand of them after the island had supposedly been secured."
Mozzicato, John J., Pfc, 58th Gen. Hosp., VI Corps Task Force, Hartford.
" While being lifted from a foxhole, I was hit by shrapnel and so was knocked out twice, as I also had frozen feet. That was a tough experience but I managed to get over it. I started out in Algiers as chief patrolman for C Co., 324th Infantry Regiment, and made all the D- Days including Tunis, Sicily, Italy, Anzio and Southern France. There isn't much to say about landings as you are all tensed up and think of nothing but get­ting
in. Once the landings were made, my job was to go scouting for enemy positions and most of the time they weren't too hard to find. Near Sargmega, Germany, I was out on patrol for six days at one stretch. Three of these days were spent in a foxhole where I was pinned down, and those days were pretty long in passing. After all the D- Days I made, I am going to make T- Day in Hartford on Thursday."
Olmstead, Harry C, Jr., Sgt., Hq., 7th Ftr. Command, Bristol.
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" We moved into Iwo Jima before the island was entirely taken and were close enough to the Japs to be called neighbors. But there was nothing neighborly about either side as our troops advanced to blast them out and the enemy dug in deeper try­ing
to stay. Our planes had a very active part in the ground defense of this island and also took part in the air offensive over Japan."
Philbrick, Jackson E., Pvt., 45th Tank Bn., 13th Armd. Div., New Haven
" I am one of the few guys getting a dis­charge
today who hasn't been overseas. I think that I am the only one in this barracks without foreign duty. I was in the Army for one year and was stationed in Fort Knox all the time. There was a lot of chicken there and it wasn't a very good deal, but I guess that all of those training centers are the same. The hours were long and the pay was small; I didn't like the Army and that's all."
Precourt, Frederick O., Pfc, Co. C, 707th M. P. Bn., Hartford.
" In Antwerp, Belgium, the theatre in which we were billeted was hit by a buzz bomb and the roof caved in on us. The cor­poral
next to me was hit, but I got under the seats and had a close miss. Our outfit origi­nated
the Red Ball set- up from Cherbourg to Paris. We kept the supply lines open for Pat- ton's Army, controlling the longest line in the ETO. The outfit I was in was very good and being attached to it was a fine set- up."
Reynolds, Francis J., Pfc, Hq. Co., 306th F. A., 37th Div., Bridgeport.
" When I used to go to the moving pictures and see one of those travelogues which showed the beauty of the South Seas, I thought that it would be a grand thing to go there and actually see those places. I got my wish, but I didn't see any beauty and I would like to have a little talk with those guys who say, ' and now, as the evening sun goes down, we take a sad farewell of the beautiful little
island of so and so.' I guess I could give those fellows a few tips. I was through four cam­paigns
in the Pacific and visited many dif­ferent
place:, and they are all the same-— dirty. I think that the toughest day that I ever had was landing, or rather trying to land, at Leyte. We couldn't get ashore for about eight hours after we anchored because the Jap planes attacked and really laid it on. When we did get ashore, it was all tough. I got the Bronze Star for my part in holding back the Japs and also got the unit citation. We went right on through the Japs to Manila."
Smith, George W., Pfc, Co. D., 502d Pcht. Bn., 82d Airborne Div., Stamford.
" They called my outfit the guttiest outfit in combat and I was proud of that reputa­tion.
I made my first combat jump in Hol­land.
I was in the first wave and the flak was fairly light. The second wave really caught it. I landed in a flower bed, and it was a soft landing. The initial landing was highly successful. We reorganized and captured the Nymaker Bridge. There was a real hot spot as the Germans used every trick in the book to recapture that bridge. They sent down demolition crews in rubber boats trying to blow it up. We repelled every attack and were finally relieved by the British. On the way to our next objective I was shot in the eye by a sniper and was evacuated to Eng­land.
There I received excellent medical at­tention
and was soon well enough to rejoin my outfit. We were sent to the Breakthrough and there was the toughest deal of all. The weather was bitterly cold, with little chance ever to get warm and the shells poured in without a let- up. While flushing out some woods, I was again wounded, this time it wras a piece of shrapnel that bounced off a tree and imbedded itself in my right leg. I was evacuated to England again. I rejoined the 82d shortly before the end of the war. After
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the war we were sent to Berlin as occupation troops. The city itself is banged up so much it was hard to believe. The Russians were the most fun there for though they may not be one of the cleanest soldiers in the world they are one of the friendliest. They seem to have no sales resistance at all and one could sell them almost anything. Sometimes para­troopers
are regarded as overpaid. For my part I think we earn our extra fifty bucks. My future jumps will be limited to a diving board."
Stoler, William Z., Sgt., Co. D., 707th M. P. Bn., Stamford.
" The most tragic thing I ever saw hap­pened
on Christmas Eve just outside of Cherbourg harbor when a troop ship was hit by a torpedo and went down with a loss of 503 men out of 2000 abroad. I was on shore duty at the time but there was nothing that I could do to help as I could not leave my post. The next day, two English corvettes were also torpedoed and sank with a big loss of men. We were the first MP battalion in the ETC, and in my duty I ran into some funny experiences. One of these was while we were guarding a place off limits to American troops. It was the custom of American colored troops to change clothes and passes and dog tags with Moroccan troops, who wore our uniforms, and thus enjoy the pleas­ures
of places that were out of bounds to American troops. I learned to ask in Moroc­can,
' Who are you?' When the Americans heard this question, they couldn't answer as they didn't know the tongue and I would shack them away. They used to get pretty mad, but what was a fellow going to do? I saved them a lot of grief although they didn't know it at the time."
Sutton, Robert H., Pfc, Co. A., 873d Avn. Engr., Torrington.
" In spite of Jap shells which undid our work on the strip and the close fighting, I helped to get planes taking off from Zam-
boanga in the Philippines within five days. It was my job to drive one of the trucks as soon as they could be landed on the beach­head.
And what a week that was! The Japs were 100 yards away to one side of the un­completed
airstrip where we were struggling with construction equipment and the in­fantry
was between them and us blazing away to beat hell. This kept on for five full days and all the time we kept working on that airstrip, never knowing when they might possibly break through. It was worse suspense than the landing when they churned up the water with their coast mortars."
Thoma, Edward J., T/ 4, 142d Cmbt. Engr., 42d Div., Norwich.
" We were bringing the infantry across the river at Wurzburg, Germany, when all of a sudden we ran into the worst barrage of all kinds of fire that was ever thrown our way. We had thought that the Germans were all cleared out, but soon learned that they weren't. Those assault boats and the men they carried really caught it that day. We had a very heavy casualty list for that cross­ing
and though we wiped out the Germans once we got ashore, that didn't pay for the men we lost. At the Danube River crossing, our squad of engineers was ordered to pre­vent
the Germans from blowing up the bridges. We were unable to stop them, but made them pay a heavy price for what they did. We were right with the infantry all of the time and went through the Siegfried Line with them. I was with a great outfit and would be back with them again if ever cir­cumstances
made such a move necessary."
Timbrell, Ernest S., Sgt., Co. B., 583d Bn., 583d Sig. A. W., Meriden.
" The invasion of Biak Island was three days behind me when I had the experience of seeing a fleet of Jap planes battle our anti­aircraft
just over my head. Our radar picked up a Jap fleet of 18 planes heading our way for a raid, so when they could be seen with
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the naked eye we were all ready for them. It was a field day! Nearly every one was shot down and none had a chance to do us any damage."
Vimer, Raymond O., S/ Sgt., 738th Hq. Gun Btry., Seymour.
" The Japs love to bomb on a bright moon­lit
night. Christmas night of ' 44 is one I'll always remember. All night long the Jap bombers came in and bombed and strafed our airstrip. I was on a 50 caliber machine gun and kept firing until the barrel was red hot. I didn't knock any planes down but I helped keep theirs up higher and disturbed their accuracy on their bomb runs. After 22 months in the Pacific, I think I'll be one of the state's most contented civilian bartenders in my Dad's place in Oxford."
Vishno, Abraham M., T/ 4, Hq. Btry., 2d F. A. Bn., XIII Corps, New Haven.
" The Navy came in and gave us a hand in the Brest Peninsula campaign. We had landed at Omaha Beach on August 16 as a detachment to the 3d Army but broke off with the 4th Armored for the fight at Brest. That lasted 43 days, rough days, with the ship War Sprite coming in toward the end to knock out the coastal emplacements. That gave elements of the 8th Division a chance to make a pincer play and come in from the northwestern corner and shut off that part of the peninsula. After that, we went to Hol­land
and from there took part in the drive to the Ruhr. The British 2d Army was on our right flank in that drive. Just before V- E Day we arrived at Arnberg on the bend of the Elbe River and there, after our own hard fighting, could sit on a hill and watch the Russians and Germans fight. It was something to see the Germans, both military and civil, trying to get away from the Rus­sians
and reach the American side of the river. I was in the Army for 44 months and, besides the European service, also had duty in the Panama Canal Zone and Guatemala,
It's a long time, but I guess that it didn't do me too much harm."
Wheway, Philo C, T/ 3, 214th Ord. Co., F. A., Bridgeport.
" We were just getting ready to sail for the Pacific when the first reports that Japan had surrendered came through and halted the trip right there before it got started. That was a lucky break as I guess we would have continued if we were underway. Although I was in the Army for five and a half years, I was overseas for only 8 months. I went in first with the National Guard outfit. Our unit landed in England and was sent almost immediately to France and ended up in Ger­many.
I was in Paris on V- E Day and the celebration they held was one of the wildest I ever saw. I was with a good outfit and had a good trip all the way through."
Williams, Donald W., 1st/ Sgt., 705th T. D. Bn., Waterbury.
" On Christmas Day of last year, my outfit made its best record by knocking out 17 Ger­man
tanks. That was at Bastogne where we had been totally cut off for the entire week. We had been surrounded by the German air­borne
troops and also their mechanized units. The 4th and 11th Armored had managed to get out before the trap was sprung on us. On Christmas Eve, we had 160 wounded men whom we couldn't evacuate, but who were getting first aid treatment in a church we used for a hospital. That night the church was hit and 90 of the men were killed. That was tough going. Altogether we got 43 tanks, with most of them being knocked out at the Bulge. The other places where we ran into the most trouble were at St. Malo and Brest where we were under fire from coastal guns for long periods. There were five TDs lost in these campaigns. Until February of this year, I was a platoon sergeant in charge of four tank destroyers. I had lots of close misses for which I am thankful. They are much easier to take than hits."
13
THE MUSTER OUT ROLL CALL
Names, rank and addresses of Connecticut men discharged during the period November 19 to 21, 1945 from the official Group Rosters, Fort Devens Separation Center, Mass.
AARONSON, Isadore, S/ Sgt.
675 Garden St., Hartford ACAMPORA, Joseph A., Sgt.
401 Grand Ave., New Haven ADAMS, Leon R., T/ 4
RFD 2, Danbury ALBEKE, William C, M/ Sgt.
371 Weaver St., Greenwich ALBRIGHT, Allen K., Sgt.
153 Buena Vista Road, West Hartford ALDI, Medore, Sgt.
110 Beacon St., Hamden ALLEN, Clarence H., Jr., Pvt.
347 Stillman St., Bridgeport ALLEN, Truman J., Pfc.
7 Woodland St., Simsbury ALTIERI, Frank M., T/ 5
63 Orchard St., New Haven AMICONE, George, T/ 3
38 Traverse St., Waterbury ANDERSON, George E., T/ Sgt.
82 Grove St., New Milford ANDERSON, Roy F., T/ 4
Honey Pot Glen, West Cheshire ANDERSON, William H., Sgt.
16 Pleasant St., Cos Cob ANTON, Frederick W., Jr., Pfc.
80 Vencellette St., Bridgeport ARGO, Anthony T., T/ 5
RFD, Lake St., Moosup ASHLEY, Leon, Pfc.
11 Third St., East Norwalk AUGER, Harvey J., Pvt.
7 Buena Way, Bridgeport AZELBY, William J., Jr., Pfc.
118 Norman St., Bridgeport BAKER, Philip A., S/ Sgt.
222 Clark St., New Britain BALDWIN, Joseph M., S/ Sgt.
192 Washington Ave., West Haven BARBAROTTO, Benjamin J., Pfc.
4 Clason Place, Danbury BARKER, Frank M., T/ 5
Spring Lake, Wallingford BARNEY, Peter, Cpl.
75 Woolsey St., New Haven BARNICO, Albert W., T/ 4
8 Mott St., Ansonia BARRETT, John, Pfc.
190 South Park St., Willimantic BARRY, James F., Pfc.
241 Grove St., Meriden BASKERVILLE, Stedman E., Pfc.
South Main St., Colchester BATEMAN, Horace W., T/ 5
11 Maple Branch St., Meriden BEAULIEU, Luc C., T/ 4
33 Jacobs St., Bristol BECKWITH, Russell G., T/ 4
South Windham BELLIVEAU, Joseph W., M/ Sgt.
Olive St., RFD 21, New London BENNETT, James, Sgt.
34 Erin St., Middletown BENOIT, Joseph C, T/ 3
Box 208, Plainfield BENSON, John L., T/ 5
37 Winter St., Bridgeport BERNIER, Earl P., S/ Sgt.
Pleasant Valley, Barkhamsted BESCHLE, Frank G., Jr., S/ Sgt.
11 Center St., Danbury
BETLINSKI, Edward H., Pfc.
831 Milford Point Road, Milford BEYO, Edmund V., Pfc.
16 Oak St., Rockville BIENKOWSKI, Chester A., T/ 5
56 Grand Ave., Rockville BLACKMAN, Howard M., T/ Sgt.
Brookfield BOGART, Thomas C, Cpl.
1416 Whitney Ave., Hamden BOLACK, George, T/ 5
372 Soundview Ave., Stratford BOMSTER, Wallace T., T/ 5
24 Sherland Ave., New Haven BONACCI, Dominic M., T/ 5
26 Franklin St., Danbury BONELLI, Donald F., Sgt.
60 Tower Ave., Hartford BONESI, Jack, Pfc.
63 Ann St., Bridgeport BONNER, James C, T/ 5
115 Linwood Ave., Bridgeport BOPKO, Charles, T/ 5
255 Judson Ave., Bridgeport BOSCO, Peter J., S/ Sgt.
67 Beaver St., New Britain BOULET, Earl W., T/ 5
Box 264, North Grosvenordale BRACH, Cyprian S., T/ 5
64 South Underhill Ave., Stamford BRADLEY, Kenneth A., S/ Sgt.
306 Woodbury Road, Box 46, Watertown BRAND, Harold O., Pfc.
Taits Mill Road, Trumbull BRATZ, Gustave R., Cpl.
573 Hollister Ave., Bridgeport BREAULT, Alexander C, T/ 4
102 Third St., Plainfield BROWN, Arthur S., Pvt.
Maple Ave., Southport BROWN, David, Pfc.
188 Washington Ave., New Haven BROZOWSKI, John J., Pfc.
70 Birch St., Manchester BRUNO, James J., Sgt.
93 Valley Road, Cos Cob BRUNO, John J., T/ 4
85 Rockford Ave., Hamden BRUSH, Howard F., S/ Sgt.
86 Northfield St., Greenwich BUCINSLEY, John L., Pfc.
RFD 2, New Milford BUEDDEMAN, Norman L., Cpl.
1380 Cut Spring Road, Stratford BURKE, Benjamin J., Cpl.
Beaver Brook, Danbury BURLENSKI, Walter, Pfc.
517 North Main St., Waterbury CAGGINELLO, Daniel J., T/ 5
95 Myrtle Ave., Stamford CALDWELL, John A., T/ 4
180 Barbour St., Hartford CALDWELL, Richard D., Pvt.
126 Cherry St., New Britain CALLAHAN, Arthur C, S/ Sgt.
150 Berlin Ave., Southington CAMIRE, Albert J., T/ 4
149 Surrey Drive, Bristol CAMPANA, Rocco, Pfc.
19 Piave St., Stamford CAMPETELLE, James A., S/ Sgt.
63 Washington Ave., New Haven CANELLI, Frank, Cpl.
50 Walnut St., New Haven CANNELL, Ernest W., Pvt.
126 Linden St., New Britain CANNING, John J., S/ Sgt.
208 Montauk Ave., New London CARDILLO, Anthony B., Pfc.
8 Elwood Place, Norwalk CAREY, Thomas A., S/ Sgt.
771 Farmington Ave., West Hartford CAREY, Thomas M., Pvt.
Box 18, Union City CARNEMOLIA, Michael J., S/ Sgt.
676 Garden St., Hartford CARPENTER, Omar S., Pfc.
116 Union St., Willimantic CARRIER, Edgar L., Pfc.
13 Tommeck Lane, Stamford CASERTA, Anthony J., Pfc.
31 Hull St., Ansonia CERINO, Anthony, Pfc.
28 Boston Ave., Stratford CHAGNON, Robert N., Cpl.
1193 South Ave., Stratford CHAMPAGNE, Wilfred C, Pfc.
1391 Main St., Bridgeport CHARPENTIER, Robert A., Pfc.
1 East Ave., Norwalk CHIAPPETTA, William A., T/ 4
40 Moshier St., Greenwich CHIRSKY, John S., Jr., Pvt.
571 Bruce Ave., Stratford CHOTI, James V., T/ 4
399 Laurel Hill Ave., Norwich CHURNEY, Martin S., Pfc.
RFD 1, Lebanon CICALE, Patsy, T/ 4
47 Soundview Ave., Stamford CLARK, William R., Cpl.
25 Hewitt Court, Bridgeport CLARKE, Myron S., Pfc.
RFD 1, Monroe CLOCK, Ernest W., Sgt.
Box 22, Litchfield COHEN, Julius, Pfc.
112 Vine St., Hartford COLLER, John F., T/ 5
137 Washington Ave., West Haven COLLEY, Harry L., S/ Sgt.
4 Foster St., Danbury COLONNESE, Bonaventuro F., Sgt.
630 Capitol Ave., Bridgeport CONFREY, Joseph J., T/ 5
273 West Portsea St., New Haven COOK, Warren F., Jr., T/ 5
RFD 1, New Preston COPELAND, Russell E., Sgt.
169 Main St., Manchester CORACCI, Nicholas C, M/ Sgt.
8 Shawmet Road, West Hartford CORNEAU, Gaston E., S/ Sgt.
74 Merchants Ave., Taftville CORNWALL, Howard L., Cpl.
10 Pond St., Milford COX, John J., S/ Sgt.
46 Beardsley St., Bridgeport CRISPINO, Sam A., Sgt.
607 Zion St., Hartford CROHAN, Thomas, T/ 4
417 Poplar St., New Haven CSIZMAZIA, Joseph L., Sgt.
181 Pine St., Bridgeport CULLEN, Albert C, Cpl.
100 Hastings St., Bridgeport CURTIS, Joel S., Jr., Pfc.
47 Judson Ave., East Hartford CURTIS, Leeman R., Pfc.
55 Warwick St., Stratford
CWIKLA, Joseph C, Cpl.
166 Woodbridge St., Manchester D'AGNES, Carl, S/ Sgt.
130 Spring St., Windsor Locks DAWSON, Clayton M., T/ 5
370 Olive St., Bridgeport DAVIS, Ernest D., Sgt.
91 Cross St., Middletown DAVIDSON, George J., Sgt.
259 Grove St., Waterbury DAVY, Elwood A., T/ 4
Old Lyme DeCARO, Mario J., T/ 4
28 New King St., Thompsonville DelCIOPPO, Joseph, Sgt.
30 Ash St., Waterbury DeLUCIA, Clement, Sgt.
973 State St., New Haven DELTON, John, Jr., Pfc.
RFD, North Granby DESAULIELS, Lionel J., T/ 5
31 1/ 2 South Meadow St., Putnam DESMARAIS, Arthur, Cpl.
43 Lee Ave., Bridgeport DOBRESKI, Stephen H., 1st/ Sgt.
116 Curtiss St., Bristol DOBROWSKI, Thomas, T/ Sgt.
216 Washington Ave., New Haven D'ONOFRIO, Samuel J., Sgt.
184 Hamilton Ave., Stratford DOODY, Joseph T., T/ Sgt.
164 Grafton St., New Haven DOWNING, James E., T/ 5
36 Fairview St., Manchester DRAPP, John C., T/ 5
138 Calhoun Ave., Bridgeport DRAZAN, John C, S/ Sgt.
32 Edgewood Ave., Hamden DUGUAY, William F., T/ 5
322 Charter Oak Terrace, Hartford DUNNE, Edward F., Sgt.
184 Forest Road, West Haven DWIRE, Raymond J., Pvt.
25 Carver St., New Britain DZEN, Anthony A., Sgt.
RFD 44, Broad Brook EARL, Robert M., Pfc.
York Hotel, New Haven ELLIAS, Stephen, T/ 5
32 Rose St., Stratford ENRIQUE, Justin G. F., T/ 5
423 Orchard St., New Haven ERICSON, Nils V., Pfc.
58 Fourth St., Norwich ESPOSITO, Joseph F., Pvt.
47 Hyatt Ave., Norwalk ESPOSITO, Pasquale, Sgt.
325 William St., Bridgeport FABRYCKI, Alex, Sgt.
293 Front St., Hartford FANALI, Louis A., Pvt.
53 Chester St., South Norwalk FARQUHAR, Thomas F., Pfc.
5 Prince St., New Haven FARRELL, Thomas V., Cpl.
31 Walnut St., Milford FAUST, Harold L., S/ Sgt.
42 Ashland St., Jewett City FIANO, Conolato, S/ Sgt.
764 Silver Lane, East Hartford FILTEAU, Lucien J., S/ Sgt.
47 Grove St., Wauregan FINDLEY, Melmouth T., Cpl.
1493 Main St., Bridgeport FINKLESTEIN, Herbert M., Pvt.
119 Henry St., Stamford FIORELLO, Joseph F., Sgt.
555 Howe Ave., Shelton FISHER, Frank, S/ Sgt.
311 Green St., New Haven FITTER, George W., Cpl.
243 Ferry St., New Haven FORAND, Francis H., Pfc.
11 Alden St., Hartford FORDE, William A., Pfc.
94 Spruce St., Manchester FORGACS, Louis M., S/ Sgt.
632 Bostwick Ave., Bridgeport FRANCO, Joseph, T/ 5
51 Thorn St., New Haven FRAY, Warren A., T/ 4
515 Williams St., Bridgeport FUCCI, Gabriel, T/ 5
91 Fourth Ave., West Haven FUGLIESE, Lawrence J., Jr., 1st/ Sgt.
Pullen Ave., Oakville FUSCO, Peter L., T/ 5
118 Orange St., Waterbury GAHERTY, Raymond F., S/ Sgt.
19 Melvin Road, West Hartford GAIER, Abraham, S/ Sgt.
163 Clark St., Hartford GANDY, Cecil, Pfc.
41 Water St., Ansonia GASKING, Harold S., T/ 5
94 Maplewood Ave., Milford GASSNER, Kurt F., S/ Sgt.
97 White St., Danbury GENTILE, John S., M/ Sgt.
150 Roselle St., Bridgeport GEORGE, John D., Pfc.
277 Holcomb St., Hartford GIANCARLO, Anthony D., S/ Sgt.
54 High St., Naugatuck GIANCOLA, Nicholas L., T/ 5
16 Fairfield Court, Stamford GILBERT, Thomas A., Pfc.
West Main St., Chester GILL, Owen J., T/ 5
7 Elizabeth St., Bethel GILLEN, Peter A., Pvt.
165 Park St., West Haven GIRASLOF, Anthony, Pfc.
334 St. John St., New Haven GIROURAR, Charles E., Sgt.
RFD 2, Waterbury GLEACHER, Donald J., S/ Sgt.
292 Riverside Drive, Fairfield GORDON, David H., Sgt.
42 Benton St., Hartford GOWAC, Stanley M., T/ 4
Box 296, Moodus GUCWA, John C, Sgt.
Main St., North Grosvenordale GUERTIN, George E., T/ 5
Box 91, Plainfield GUILLEMETTE, Ovila A., T/ 5
Jewett City GUNDERSON, Harold R., T/ 5
232 Main St., West Haven GRABOWSKI, Edward A., Pfc.
53 West St., Southington GRAY, William F., Pfc.
14 Terrace Ave., New London GRAZYNSKI, Bronislaw, Pfc.
95 Prince St., Bridgeport GREEN, Robert J., Sgt.
40 Loomis Ave., Windsor GREENOUGH, Basil R., Sgt.
62 Farmington Ave., Plainville GRIFFIN, John G., Cpl.
82 Walnut St., Waterbury GRISWOLD, Lewis L., Pfc.
157 Albert St., Torrington HALIBURTON, William H., Pfc.
1 Arthur Place, Hartford
HAMM, Vincent L., Sgt.
Oakwood Ave., Norwalk HANFORD, Leon F., Cpl.
12 Burtis Ave., New Canaan HARDWICKE, Joseph E., Pvt.
3 Palmieri Ave., New Haven HARKIN, Thomas J., T/ 4
134 Woodlawn St., Hamden HARPER, Preston S., Sgt.
13 Raymond St., Stamford HARVEY, James J., Pfc.
Box 301, Torrington HATKOFF, William A., Sgt.
161 South Main St., South Norwalk HAUGH, Raymond T., T/ 5
100 Spruce St., Manchester HAWKS, Theodore W., Pfc.
159 Howard Ave., Ansonia HEGEMAN, Cramer C, Pfc.
13 River Drive, East Norwalk HENEAULT, Thomas N., Pfc.
High St., Baltic HERLINGER, Ernest A., Cpl.
Walter St., West Haven HERMANN, Martin A., T/ 4
70 Chatham St., New Haven HOBBY, Thornton E., Cpl.
RFD 1, Glastonbury HOGAN, Harold A., M/ Sgt.
RFD 1, Litchfield HOGAN, Thomas W., Cpl.
60 Arundel Ave., West Hartford HOUSTON, William W., Cpl.
503 Washington Village, South Norwalk HUBBELL, Frederick M., Pfc.
17 Commerce St., Portland HUBINA, Steven, T/ 4
268 Dayton Road, Bridgeport HUDAK, Charles J., T/ 5
126 Locust St., Waterbury HURD, Joseph H., S/ Sgt.
27 Townley St., Hartford HYMAN, Nathan, T/ Sgt.
542 George St., New Haven IDONE, Anthony D., T/ 5
49 St. John St., New Haven INGRAHAM, Arthur W., Pfc.
112 Main St., East Hampton JACKSON, Everett O., Pvt.
307 Enfield St., Hartford JACKSON, Samuel W., Pfc.
15 Winter St., New Haven JAGUN, Fred E., Pfc.
Box 288, RFD 1, Seymour JAMES, Winfield S., Jr., Pvt.
Walnut St., Ivoryton JANES, Ernest H., Pfc.
219 Cooke St., Waterbury JANUSZKO, Richard J., S/ Sgt.
64 East Main St., Jewett City JENKINS, Daniel D., Pfc.
76 High St., Norwich JENKINS, Brooks A., T/ 5
25 Washington Ave., Danbury JENNING, George R., Sgt.
396 Whitney Ave., New Haven JOHNDROW, George H., Pfc.
10 Jacobs St., Rockville JOHNSON, Arthur L., Jr., Pfc.
551 Russell St., New Haven JOHNSON, Robert B., T/ 5
29 Mill Creek Road, Branford JOSEPH, Robert S., Pfc.
4 Pine St., Plainville KANIA, Makaray A., S/ Sgt.
326 Cottage Grove Road, Bloomfield KAPITANCEK, Andrew F., T/ 5 430 Barnum Ave., Bridgeport KASHETA, Edward W., Cpl.
Box 98, South Windsor KEATING, Cornelius J., T/ 4
1986 Broadbridge Ave., Stamford KEEGAN, Harold J., Pfc.
15 Vermont Court, Southington KELLY, Thomas P., T/ Sgt.
159 Parrott Ave., Bridgeport KENNETH, George F., Cpl.
15 Willow St., Stamford KEREKES, Louis J., Sgt.
135 McKinley Ave., Stratford KERTENNIS, John P., S/ Sgt.
325 Boy's Ave., Goodyear KILLEEN, Joseph J., Cpl.
58 Wood St., Meriden KING, Prince A., Pfc.
RFD, Warehouse Point KNOFLA, Robert A., T/ 5
320 Tolland Turnpike, Manchester KONDRASIEWICZ, William J., Pfc.
91 Main St., Hartford KOVACS, George, Sgt.
RFD 16, Newtown KOZEK, Charles J., Pfc.
63 Woodrow Ave., Southport KRAMER, Nathaniel H., Pfc.
3235 Main St., Hartford KRAYNAK, Michael, Cpl.
667 Arctic St., Bridgeport KRILIVSKY, Alexander, Sgt.
9 Coram Ave., Shelton KUCEJKO, Edward J., S/ Sgt.
103 Jewett St., Ansonia KUDUC, Vincent E., Pfc.
186 Benton St., Hartford KUEHN, Wilbur E., Pfc.
Box 18, Long Hill KULMACZ, Edward S., Pfc.
76 Summer St., Middletown KUSZIK, Paul, Pfc.
3 Camp St., Plainville KUTSCHER, Ferdinand, Jr., T/ 5
34 South St., Stamford KUZIEL, Stanley J., S/ Sgt.
535 Quinnipiac Ave., New Haven KWIATOWSKI, Frank J., S/ Sgt.
29 Cypress St., Bristol LAMAIRE, Joseph A., T/ 4
240 Longhill Road, Andover LAMORE, Alfred J., Pfc.
501 Blue Hills Ave., Hartford LANDI, Romolo, T/ 4
17 Park Drive, Torrington LANG, Arthur F., Pfc.
37 Grove St., Clinton LANTIERI, Joseph U., Pfc.
191 Temple St., Hartford LaPLANTE, Adrian, Pfc.
41/ 2 Dyer St., Danielson LaROSE, John J., Pfc.
35 Lafayette St., New Britain LASSEN, Richard H., Sgt.
87 Blakeman Place, Stratford LATA, Nicholas, Jr., Cpl.
670 Tolland St., East Hartford LAWTON, Herbert S., T/ 5
69 Scott St., Norwich LAYOK, John, T/ 5
10 Southwell Ave., Danbury LEGNANI, Louis J., Pfc.
14 Edson St., New Britain LENIHAN, James J., T/ 5
70 West Main St., Plantsville LERNER, Arnold, Sgt.
514 Elm St., New Haven LIBOWITZ, Morris, T/ Sgt.
17 Mohegan Ave., Stamford
LIVI, Gino A., T/ 4
34 Minor St., New Haven LOCOVITCH, Walter A., Pfc.
9 Ninth St., Norwich LOKITES, Joseph A., Pfc.
53 Spring St., Naugatuck LOWENSKI, Charles, Pfc.
105 Orange Ave., West Haven LUCZAIL, Emil C, Sgt.
Moody Road, Hazardville LUDLOW, Howard C, Pfc.
RFD 1, Lee Heights, Danbury LYNCH, John A., T/ 4
43 Rock Glen Road, Danbury MacDONALD, Lloyd G., Cpl.
525 Third Ave., West Haven MacDONALD, Roy M., Pfc.
167 Elm St., West Haven MAFFUCCI, John L., T/ 5
242 Riverside Ave., Torrington MAGEE, Douglas R., T/ 3
Woodside Circle, Middletown MAGGIO, Anthony D., Pfc.
1859 State St., New Haven MAHON, Frederick T., Sgt.
808 State St., New Haven MAJEWSKI, Joseph S., T/ 5
2160 Main St., Bridgeport MALLORY, James H., T/ 5
23 North St., Stamford MANCINONE, Alfred, Pfc.
200 Hill St., Waterbury MANDRAS, Peter J., T/ 5
33 Alexander St., Greenwich MANZI, Joseph J., T/ 5
17 Chapel St., Norwalk MARANTO, Angelo, Pvt.
30 Allview Ave., South Norwalk MARCHESSAULT, Jean E., S/ Sgt.
20 Church St., Moosup MARCHETTE, Warren N., S/ Sgt.
239 Newhall St., New Haven MARCONI, John J., Sgt.
7 Suffield St., Windsor Locks MARCOUX, Amedie R., Sgt.
10 Broad St., New Britain MARKEY, Edward F., Pvt.
108 Hampden St., Roxbury MARKS, John, T/ 5
226 Cedar St., New Haven MARKS, Warren D., Pfc.
250 Woodlawn Circle, East Hartford MARTUCCI, Henry P., Pfc.
748 Capitol Ave., Bridgeport MASKOWSKY, Sidney S., Pfc.
44 Beechwood Ave., Torrington MASTERGEORGE, Ralph A., Pfc.
560 High St., Middletown MASTRIANO, Lawrence, Pfc.
104 Mill River St., New Haven MASOTTA, Pasquale, T/ 5
322 Main St., East Haven MASTRIANNA, Michael R., 1st/ Sgt.
142 Fairfield Ave., Waterbury MATOS, Joseph J., Pfc.
54 Flower St., Hartford MATULIS, Joseph A., Pvt.
93 Broad St., New Britain MATZKO, Richard J., T/ 3
Box 42, New Hartford MAURIELLO, Dominic P., Pvt.
18 Bennett Ave., Waterbury MAZZOTTA, Celestino V., T/ 5
8 Erin St., Middletown McBRIDE, Richard J., T/ 5
168 Beechwood Ave., Bridgeport MCCARTHY, Charles J., M/ Sgt.
997 Howard Ave., Bridgeport McCLURE, William, T/ 4
29 Bedford Place, Stamford McCULLOUGH, Arthur J., Jr., T/ 5
79 Franklin Ave., Hartford McEVOY, Peter H., S/ Sgt.
116 Chatfield St., Derby McFARLAND, James M., T/ 4
47 Harmon St., Hamden McKENNA, George R., Sgt.
9 Elm Place, Mystic MCLAUGHLIN, Christopher, 1st/ Sgt.
30 Elmer St., East Hartford McNAMARA, James J., Pfc.
17 East Pearl St., Danbury MEIER, Harold A., Pfc.
Hulls Highway, Southport MELLA, Raymond G., Pfc.
154 Park St., Bristol MELLOR, Lawrence P., Cpl.
27 Harriet St., Norwalk MENNONE, Angelo, Cpl.
129 Harrington Ave., New Haven MERMIN, Alvin A., Sgt.
801 Orange St., New Haven MERRITT, Eli R., Pfc.
76 Hudson St., New Haven MIKLASZEWSKI, Edward T., Pfc.
17 Osborne St., Danbury MILLER, Charles R., S/ Sgt.
38 Main St., Deep River MINTIE, Stuart L., Sgt.
579 Cooke St., Waterbury MONTGOMERY, Robert L., Sgt.
133 Worth St., Stamford MORAN, Robert E., Cpl.
922 New Britain Ave., West Hartford MOREHOUSE, Henry G., T/ 5
311 Migeon Ave., Torrington MORGAN, Richard W., Sgt.
30 Lambert St., West Haven MORKIN, Joseph W., Sgt.
818 Woodward Ave., New Haven MORRELL, Oliver E., T/ 5
Nash Place, South Norwalk MORSICATO, Thomas, T/ 5
27 Asylum St., New Haven MOTEKAITIS, Adam G., Pfc.
19 Morris St., Hartford MOZZICATO, John J., Pfc.
52 Ward Place, Hartford MREZWA, Martin, Pfc.
18 Euclid St., Hartford MURCEK, John, Pfc.
16 William St., East Port Chester MURPHY, John W., Pvt.
17 Grand Ave., New Haven MURPHY, Joseph E., Jr., 1st/ Sgt.
55 North Third St., Meriden MUT, Joseph C, Pfc.
46 Gilbert St., New Britain NEMERGUT, John W., Pfc.
183 Wigwam Lane, Stratford NESTICO, Salvy, T/ 5
81 Seymour St., Bristol NEWTON, Herbert W., Sgt.
2 Pearl St., Guilford NEWMAN, William E., Pfc.
49 Liberty St., Hartford NIELSEN, Olfert V., Pfc.
451 Stillman St., Bridgeport NOBREGA, Antonio, T/ 4
37 Dougherty St., Waterbury NOLAN, George F., Sgt.
88 Capen St., Windsor NOLAN, James E., Pfc.
108 Edwards St., New Haven NOLAN, James F., T/ 5
73 Eisenhower Drive, New Britain
NOLAN, Joseph P., T/ 5
295 North Main St., Waterbury NOONAN, Thomas D., Pfc.
204 South Leonard St., Waterbury O'BRIEN, Michael J., Sgt.
88 Whiting St., New Britain OBERG, Milton O., Sgt.
133 Woodrow St., West Hartford O'CONNELL, Donald T., Pfc.
4 St. Mary St., Hamden O'CONNELL, James J., Sgt.
4 St. Mary St., Hamden O'LEARY, Donald J., Sgt.
1764 East Main St., Waterbury O'LEARY, Harry M., Pfc.
51 Crescent St., Hartford OLINSKI, John F., T/ 4
28 Lisbon St., Hartford OLMSTEAD, Harry C, Jr., Sgt.
5 Oakland St., Bristol ORLOWSKI, Charles L., T/ 5
44 North School St., Manchester OTTO, Albert A., T/ 4
95 Gale Ave., Meriden PACKARD, Joseph L. J., Cpl.
83 Bridge St., Manchester PALMER, Harry E., S/ Sgt.
79 Sherman Ave., Meriden PALMER, Howard, Pfc.
35 Oeneke Place, Springdale PANDOLFO, Peter J., Sgt.
33 Walnut St., Hartford PARKER, George M., Jr., T/ Sgt.
40 Benham Road, Groton PARKER, Henderson O., Pfc.
24 Admiral St., New Haven PARKINGTON, Harry, T/ 5
38 East Ave., New Canaan PASSELL, Samuel, S/ Sgt.
705 Orange St., New Haven PATELLA, Tristine, T/ 4
Beaver Brook Heights, Danbury PEARL, Robert W., S/ Sgt.
100 Woodland St., Manchester PENNONE, Francis, Sgt.
175 Plymouth St., New Haven PERPENTE, Arthur E., Cpl.
102 Thompson St., New Haven PERRY, Hiram M., S/ Sgt.
RFD 1, Sandy Hook, Newtown PETKIS, Bernard W., Pfc.
562 Zion St., Hartford PHELAN, William J., S/ Sgt.
102 Bridge St., Waterbury PHILBRICK, Jackson E., Pvt.
53 Victory Drive, New Haven PHILLIPS, Adolph, Pfc.
51 Park Terrace, Bridgeport PHILLIPS, John, S/ Sgt.
Box 91, Utica St., Devon PICONE, James F., Pfc.
1767 South Ave., Stratford PIOTROWSKI, Walter H., Pfc.
RFD 1, Oakdale PISCITELLI, Joseph, Sgt.
23 Willard St., New Haven POLASKI, Leo C, Pfc.
131 King St., Bristol POLAUSKI, Roman J., T/ 5
7 South Main St., Danielson POLTORAK, Walter V., Pfc.
334 Wethersfield Ave., Hartford POPE, Howard L., S/ Sgt.
399 Jefferson Ave., New London POTONIEC, Edward W., S/ Sgt.
832 State St., New Haven POTSIADLO, Mitchell P., T/ 5
221 Derby Ave., Derby POWERS, James A., Jr., T/ 4 95 Poplar St., New Haven
PRIORE, Filippe, Pfc.
74 Westfield St., West Haven
PRECOURT, Frederick O., Pfc. 148 Park Terrace, Hartford
PRESTON, Joseph M., T/ 5
27 Gilman St., Bridgeport PUGLISI, Salvatore, Cpl.
82 Eaton St., Hartford PURCELL, James E., S/ Sgt.
21 Leonard St., Stamford PURCELLA, Joseph F., Sgt.
Race Brook Road, Orange RAGUSEO, Frank, Pfc.
76 Lexington Ave., South Norwalk RAKIEC, Joseph, Sgt.
771 State St., New Haven REALE, Thomas F., T/ 5
28 Grigg Ave., Greenwich REYNOLDS, Francis J., Pfc.
1874 Stratford Ave., Bridgeport RICE, Edward H., Sgt.
126 Porter St., Watertown RICHARDSON, Wilbur H., Pfc.
10 Mallory St., Danbury RIESKE, Bernard M., Cpl.
RFD 3, Wallingford RITTENHOUSE, James R., T/ Sgt.
14 Denison Ave., Stonington ROBBIATI, Joseph P., T/ Sgt.
38 Carroll St., Naugatuck ROBERTS, William M., Pfc.
34 Washington Terrace, Bridgeport ROLLO, George T., Sgt.
101 Oak St., Waterbury ROOK, Walter A., Pfc.
Westfield Road, Meriden RONDEAU, Albert, Pfc.
17 North Chestnut St., Wauregan ROPP, John E., Pfc.
19 Church St., South Norwalk ROSE, Howard J., S/ Sgt.
17 Suburban Ave., Stamford ROVACH, Ernest, Sgt.
Pine Rock Park, Shelton RUBIN, Phillip, Pfc.
49 Sachem St., Norwich RUGGIERO, Dominic F., Pfc.
49 Federal St., Bridgeport RUSSELL, George H., Sgt.
Falls Village RUSSELL, James F., Pfc.
95 Timber Hill Road, Cromwell RUTMAN, Charles, Cpl.
46 Linden St., New London RYAN, Paul V., Sgt.
State St., North Haven SACHETTI, Fonze J., Pfc.
Ridgefield SADLOWSKI, Joseph F., Pfc.
17 Airline Ave., Portland SADOWSKY, Stanley J., Sgt.
23 Horace St., New Britain ST. LAWRENCE, Leon E., Cpl.
23 Willington Rd., Manchester SANFORD, Howard R., M/ Sgt.
RFD 4, Box 138, Danbury SANTOS, Edward, Pvt.
22 Vista St., Stamford SAPIER, George J., Jr., M/ Sgt.
430 Success Ave., Bridgeport SASLOW, Harold, Pvt.
175 Ellsworth Ave., New Haven SAWICKI, Anthony R., T/ 5
568 North Main St., Norwich SAXTON, George E., Cpl.
29 Forest Ave., Old Greenwich
SCHMIDT, Walter W.. T/ 3
2087 Main St., Hartford SCHREMMER, William H., Pfc.
311 Wethersfield Ave., Hartford SCHWARTZ, Abraham, Sgt.
237 Davenport Ave., New Haven SCRANTON, Charles M., Sgt.
503 Savin Ave., West Haven SCUTHARD, Russell R., Pfc.
104 Williston St., Bridgeport SEBAS, John L., Sgt.
83 Lawrence St., Hartford SEDGWICK, Victor P., Cpl.
52 Boston Terrace, Bridgeport SELIG, William J., T/ Sgt.
225 Retreat Ave., Hartford SELSKI, Anthony P., S/ Sgt.
39 Beaver St., Ansonia SHAFER, William H., Jr., T/ Sgt.
409 East Ave., Bridgeport SHERMAN, Richard M., T/ 4
Oneco
SIBBACH, Charles F., Pvt.
C- 67 Cotswold St., Hartford SIEGEL, William W., Pfc.
36 Burr Ave., Middletown SILVERSTEIN, Solon B., Sgt.
1065 Ocean Ave., New London SIMMON, John J., Pfc.
42 Lafayette St., Derby SINGER, Kaly E., Pfc.
12 Bank St., Seymour SINNOTT, George B., Sgt.
158 Collins St., Hartford SIRIANNI, Paul, T/ Sgt.
15 Seymour St., Hartford SKIBA, John S., Pvt.
51 William St., Middletown SKINNION, Edward J., S/ Sgt.
28 Barry St., Meriden SLIMAK, William J., Pfc.
484 Central Ave., Bridgeport SMITH, Alfred E., T/ 4
208 North Main St., Meriden SMITH, George W., Pfc.
179 Selleck St., Stamford SNYDER, Lucius W., Pfc.
286 North St., Watertown SMITH, Joseph F., Jr., T/ Sgt.
63 Charlotte St., Hartford SOARES, John, T/ 5
36 May St., Bridgeport SOLENSKI, Joseph, Pvt.
High St., South Coventry SPANGENBERG, Frank F., T/ 5
20 Orange Terrace, West Haven SPEARS, Robert E., Cpl.
217 West Main St., Meriden SPENCER, Walter R., Pvt.
125 Spring St., Glastonbury STACEY, Arthur R., Cpl.
RFD 3, Rockville STAMATAKIS, Steve A., Pfc.
112- C Stonington St., Hartford STEVENS, Alden G., Jr., Sgt.
839 Farmington Ave., West Hartford STILLMAN, George, T/ 4
49 Wessels Ave., Bridgeport STIMPSON, John W., Pvt.
2977 Main St., Hartford STOLER, William Z., Sgt.
22 Glenbrook Road, Stamford STURGES, Albert L., Pfc.
900 Hope St., Springdale SUPRYNOWICZ, Edward S., Pfc.
32 Leo St., New Britain SUSCA, Vincent, Pvt.
808- A Maple Ave., Hartford SUTTON, Robert H., Pfc.
416 North Elm St., Torrington SWEENEY, Edward, T/ 5
7 Maple St., Norwalk SZEREJKO, James I., T/ Sgt.
39 York St., Hartford TABER, Lewis N., Jr., 1st/ Sgt.
446 Laurel Hill Ave., Norwich TANSEY, James M., T/ Sgt.
21 Alden Ave., Thompsonville TAYLOR, Arthur E., T/ 5
Orlando Ave., Stamford TEDESCO, Arthur N., Sgt.
919 North Main St., Waterbury TERCYAK, Joseph P., T/ 5
North Grand St., West Suffield TESSIER, Lionel S., T/ 5
93 Vincent Road, Bristol THOMA, Edward J., T/ 4
RFD 4, Norwich THOMAS, George A., Pfc.
89 Hawley Ave., Woodmont THOMSON, John B., Sgt.
Old Lyme TICKEY, Stanley P., 1st/ Sgt.
200 Adams St., Bridgeport TIMBRELL, Ernest S., Sgt.
85 West Main St., Meriden TOBER, John J., T/ 4
611 Old Town Road, Bridgeport TRAGAKES, Peter N., Pfc.
369 Freeman St., Hartford TRASK, Donald R., T/ 4
165 New London Turnpike, Glastonbury TUDAN, Victor, S/ Sgt.
71 Rosemont Ave., Wilson UHRUM, Anthony A., Cpl.
694 Union Ave., Bridgeport VALENTE, Frank A., Pfc.
18 William St., Noroton Heights VANDALE, Camille A., T/ 4
15 Martin Circle, East Hartford VASQUEZ, Manuel, Pfc.
902 Broad St., Hartford VIMER, Raymond O., S/ Sgt.
RFD 1, Oxford St., Seymour VISHNO, Abraham M., T/ 4
32 High St., New Haven VOGELSON, George H., T/ Sgt.
22 Bridge St., New Milford VREDENBURGH, Eugene I., T/ 5
69 Winfield St., East Norwalk WALKER, Clarence E., T/ 5
172 Bellevue St., Hartford WASHEVICH, Charles F., Pfc.
80 Church St., Branford WAYTYSH, Edwin H., Pfc.
18 Read St., New Haven WEAVER, Llewellyn M., Pfc.
21 Linden St., East Hartford WEEDELL, Kenneth A., S/ Sgt.
452 Hillside Ave., Hartford WEIMAN, Austin A., S/ Sgt.
47 Lilac St., Manchester WEINER, Leonard, Sgt.
17 Judwin Ave., New Haven WEISLO, Joseph J., T/ 4
956 Mill Plain Road, Fairfield WELCH, William J., Sgt.
167 Madison St., Hartford WELL, Edward P., Pfc.
30 Cherry St., Waterbury WEST, Russell, Cpl.
47 Elm St., Danbury WHEWAY, Philo C., T/ 3
42 West Ave., Bridgeport WHITTLESEY, David L., T/ 4
83 South St., Elmwood
WIEDNER, Irving A., T/ 4
Box 154, Darien WIETECHA, Joseph J., Pfc.
111 Church St., Thompsonville WILLIAMS, Donald W., 1st/ Sgt.
297 Lincoln St., Waterbury WILLIAMS, Frank, T/ 5
40 Harrison St., Hartford WILLIAMS, Norman J., Cpl.
Hospital Ave., Danbury WILLIAMS, Oliver F., Pfc.
503 Liberty St., Meriden WILSON, Frederick A., Cpl.
Vollmer Ave., Norwalk WINTERS, George C, Cpl.
32 Whitmore St., Hartford WISBISKY, Leo L., T/ 5
221 Woodrow Ave., Southport WITEK, Charles A., Jr., T/ Sgt.
24 Sound View Drive, Greenwich WOJCECHOWICZ, Stephen J., Sgt.
561 Old Town Road, Bridgeport WOOD, Norman H., S/ Sgt.
Camp View Farm, Waterford YAROSKY, Frederick F., Pfc.
62 Webster St., Bridgeport YOUNGS, Earle W., S/ Sgt.
1065 Hillside Ave., Stratford ZABEL, Herbert E., Cpl.
47 Rowe Place, Forestville ZEZIMA, Lawrence S., T/ 3
226 West Main St., Stamford ZIMA, John S., Pfc.
72 Chalmers Ave., Bridgeport ZIEMBA, Alphonse H., Cpl.
61 Cedar St., Meriden ZIMMERMAN, Henry O., Cpl.
Meriden Ave., Southington ZIOBRO, Raymond J., Sgt.
125 Woodrow Ave., Southport ZURAWSKI, Edward W., S/ Sgt.
43 South Governor St., Hartford
CONNECTICUT VETERANS COMMEMORATIVE BOOKLET
Vol. VIII Nov. 21, 1945 No. 9
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, John L. Caillouette, George E. Allis and Hugh W. McCoy. The cover illustration of the S. S. Hermitage is from the New York Daily News.
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