Connecticut veterans commemorative booklet. Vol. 8, no.11. Connecticut men of the United States Army, demobilization, Fort Devens, Massachusetts. November 24 to 26, 1945

              CONNECTICUT MEN
of the United States Army
Demobilization, Fort Devens, Massachusetts
November 24 to 26, 1945 STATE OF CONNECTICUT EXECUTIVE CHAMBERS HARTFORD
To Connecticut Veterans of World War II:
Connecticut men have written brilliant pages in the military history of this nation since the days of Bunker Hill. Indeed, in days of peace Connecticut men prepared for war so well that they always have been among the first to fight.
In this, the greatest of all wars oust ended, you, as a son of Connecticut, have courageously and faithfully main­tained
that tradition. In fact, you have raised it to new heights. You have added immortal names to the historic list of victories — New Georgia, Tunisia, Cassino, Anzio, Normandy, Ardennes Bulge, Hurtgen Forest, Leyte, Luzon, Ruhr Pocket, Apennines, Okinawa, and more.
Chance and talents assigned many of you to tasks along the supply routes, in hospitals and at bases, or to toil and sweat in such places as the Lido Road and along the Persian Gulf. All this made victory possible. Connecticut men, too, played a glorious role in that part of the victory which is credited in the ledgers of history for the Air Force.
Your fellow citizens in Connecticut are highly proud of your service. And they are very, very grateful.
Yours very sincerely,
Governor
HERE ARE THEIR STORIES
War correspondents of World War II frequently embellished and often overwrote the action stories of modest soldiers. The aggregate result pleased editors, made headlines, and, on occasion, embarrassed the soldiers. In retaliation, the correspondents and their victims were labelled, in characteristic G. I. language, " Joe Blow". Actually, the " Joe Blows" were few and far between in this Army. The purpose of these stories is to record without embellishment, the mood, the impressions, the exciting events, of the worst and best of the great days, before time blurs memories with resulting confusion as to events, dates and places. These are soldiers' stories, here recorded as near verbatim as possible in soldiers' words. — The Editor.
Allison, Paul L., S/ Sgt., 995th Sig. Sv. Co., Stamford.
" My captain was a camera bug, which was okay— except when he started taking pictures in the line of enemy fire. A group of us went under him on D. S. to St. Malo, France, a beautiful spot right on the water. He couldn't resist the temptation until the Germans began shooting. Not that they were aiming at us personally, but their target was so close they might as well have been. The Jerries were still established in an island fort not far out and they decided to begin blast­ing
at our stronghold in the town just after he began taking camera shots. We all made double quick time getting off that beach and away in the car as soon as the shells began screaming overhead. It gave me quite a scare, not to mention an aversion to cameras."
Athington, William F., Cpl., 891st Chem. Air Opn., 313th Wing, 20th Air Force, Ansonia.
" I had my closest call coming home. The C- 47 that flew me and 20 of the others from Frisco hit heavy fog over Woodrum Field, Roanoke, Virginia. One engine went dead, and the other was going badly and at 0150 after circling the field dangerously low try­ing
to find an opening in the clouds, a mir­acle
happened and the clouds parted enough for the pilot to see the field lights. We thought we were goners and I know every guy said his prayers. Then we overshot the runway and slid to a stop about 250 yards in the mud, much to the relief of ourselves and some hundred spectators and emer­gency
crews gathered in the field. It was very close to a serious accident. Luck was with me all the way through the war and it never failed."
Balkun, Matthew P., T/ 5, 3112th Ord. Co., 612th Bn., Stamford.
" During March and April of ' 43 I spent the three longest most boring days of my life. It was during the heavy raids on Lon­don
and I'll always recall those endless hours that passed so slowly in that air raid shelter. It doesn't seem possible, but we were kept there three solid days."
Belbusti, Lando, Pfc, 476th Ord. Evac­uation
Co., New Haven.
" I am very glad that if the war had to happen it happened overseas and not in our country. The destruction I saw was terrible. I am willing to say that it was worth the three years I put in if it helped any to keep the war on the other side of the ocean. It was my biggest thrill to return home and find everything just as I left it. I certainly hope there is never another war."
Bobeck, Frank A., T/ 4, 3030th Co., 125th Ord. Bn., Columbia.
" I got some bad burns on my right arm because some Italian garage helper, used to horse wagons, didn't know that gas ex­plodes.
I was working on one side of a jeep engine trying to fix it so it would run and this Italian guy we pressed into service was wiping the other side with a gasoline soaked rag to get the grease off enough so you could see the block. The jeep had just come in and was still hot, but that didn't stop him. And
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I was in such a hurry I didn't have time to notice much what he was doing. Then all of a sudden, bango!— the gas flares up and burns the skin off my arm. I was laid up quite a time with painful third degree burns as a result."
Bonaiuto, Dominick, Sgt., Btry. C, 79th F. A. Bn. 3d Army, Bridgeport.
" About the nicest and homiest place I ever saw in Europe was the little town of Egels ¬ hoven, Holland. It was near Aachen and was a ringer for Connecticut. We set up a rest camp there and the folks were very hospit­able
and pleasant. Many of them spoke Eng­lish
and all you had to do was say ' hello' and they'd invite you to their house for supper and entertainment."
Bourque, Leodore J., T/ 4, Co. A., 750th Tank Bn., Moosup.
" I had three Sherman M- 4 tanks knocked out from under me but I never got wounded — just bruised. Boy, you really do get bruised up driving them. I was among the first tanks to enter Cologne with troops. All told, I drove from Normandy to Berlin in those contraptions."
Bovi, Joseph D., S/ Sgt., 9th Grp., 99th Bmb. Sq., 313th Wing, 20th Air Force, Norwalk.
" Once while I was watching a B- 29 take off from Tinian loaded with mines for Jap waters the plane exploded with the loss of 30 lives. Shrapnel from the mines blew all over and nearly got some of the men stand­ing
along side me. I wasn't hit either, but I could feel the metal bits whiz past. My job kept me occupied fixing up those big bomb­ers
for their telling raids on the Jap main­land.
The pilots took a great deal of interest in the work we did for them even though they knew more about flying than they did about the mechanical side. They helped a little, too, doing what they could. They were a swell bunch of men. It was satisfying
work to me but I am elated about the chance to get out and home."
Buturla, Stanley W., Pvt., 71st Light Pon. Engr., Stratford.
" Frank Cholewinski of Bridgeport was my buddy over in Burma. We were inducted together and served in the same outfit. To­gether
we helped build 144 bridges along the Lido road. I worked a bulldozer to bank the bridge approaches and had a close call when the planes of the 10th Air Force blew up one of our bridges thinking it was a Jap- held bridge. But we just rebuilt it, after we let them know a thing or two."
Cholewinski, Frank S., Pfc. 71st Light Pon. Engr., Bridgeport.
" I was in Burma for 28 months and there I helped to build the Lido road. I was at­tached
to a Chinese infantry outfit and there's many a rice dinner I ate with them in the jungles out there. Their food isn't anything like the Chink restaurants back home, but I never cared for those places anyway. I picked up a few words of Chinese and they picked up a few words of Ameri­can.
They aren't bad guys, but 20 of them die for every American. They don't seem to care whether they live or get killed. It's hard to believe."
Dinice, Paul, Cpl., Hq., 43d Bmb. Grp., Derby.
" I got my first taste of this war even be­fore
I landed on the old soil. It was while the convoy of troop ships was approaching Algiers at about 0300 and I was sleeping on deck with a few other fellows. The convoy must have been a prize for the Germans be­cause
it was one of the biggest to come over, I heard later. At any rate a German plane, one of many, dove right at us and opened up. The plane was carrying torpedoes and let loose with one which started through the water right at us but the skillful maneuver­ing
of the vessel by the man at the wheel
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caused the tin fish to miss us completely. Then the gun crew opened up on the planes and shot one down. I don't know what hap­pened
to the other ships because by that time I was way down below decks, but we never got hurt at all."
Fasano, Italo J., Cpl., Btry. A., 8th Coast Arty., Waterbury.
" I was talking to a guy who was pulling guard and as we talked we walked. Then all of a sudden there was an awful ex­plosion.
He had stepped on a mine and we both took a header. Later I heard from the hospital that he had lost his leg, but I was more fortunate and escaped with only a shaking up."
Figuly, Milan, T/ 4, 224th Q. M. Co., Stratford.
" On Christmas Eve of 1944 I was on patrol duty near Spa, Belgium, and all the while buzz bombs were pouring over us. My buddy was hit but I escaped. I was glad because that Christmas I sure celebrated on cognac, but in the middle of the celebration we were strafed. I held my own, I guess, because I was the only guy from Connecticut in the outfit."
Ford, Walter E., T/ 5, 476th Ord. Evacuation, Hamden.
" I learned how to be a kleptomaniac in this war. I was in supply and that is a place where you soon realize that if you need any­thing
from an auto part to a case of liquor you have to clip it from somewhere if you want it and haven't got it on hand. In Capua, Italy, an MIT looey and I made a still to reconvert vino into something stronger. We were all ready to go into pro­duction
when the CO made us put coils ( fuel lines) back in the cars we took ' em from."
Gentile, Vincent J., T/ 5, Sv. Btry. 1125th Armd. F. A. Bn., Meriden. " I got the Bronze Star for the action I
was in between April 15 and May 2 of 1945, in the Apennine Mountains and the Po Val­ley,
Italy. We had the tough problem of getting ration supplies flowing along to the men in that tough action and I was behind the wheel of a truck that was carrying a lot of the stuff. The advance was swift and so there wasn't much time for sleep. I had to keep awake for a long stretch, and let me say those mountain roads are tough enough when you are well rested. To add to the whole deal, the enemy kept bombing and shelling the route just to make it hard for us. However, we got there— and now the war is won and done."
Gerall, Charles J., Sgt., Mobile Sq., 3022d Q. M. Baking Co., ( Sep.), New Haven.
" I never thought I'd do it, and neither did my mother, especially the way it worked out, but I baked bread for hundreds of thou­sands
of Joes all through the years I was overseas. It wasn't just a quiet little bake shop job either. I had to turn out loaves under fire. The closest calls were had by the bread when ackack was going off overhead. The big problem was to keep the fragments out of the dough. I guess we managed because we never got a complaint about any broken teeth."
Gura, Otto K., T/ 4, Btry. C, 790th F. A. Bn., Bridgeport.
" A flaming truck tire nearly spelled ' fini' for all of us; and the ten minutes it took to get it off the ammo truck were hot in more ways than one. Shortly after our blacked out ammo convoy missed a hit from an .88, I smelled rubber burning. We were near Dusseldorf at the time and I was riding the rear in a jeep. I called ahead with my walkie talkie and we stopped to check. Apparently a bit of the .88' s shrapnel had flattened one of the end truck's back double wheel tires and the friction caused by its flapping ig­nited
the rubber. Anyway, as soon as we
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halted, the whole thing burst into flame. We sweated out ten solid minutes pulling that burning tire from the rim because we couldn't put out the fire. If it had kept on burning even a little longer, it would have set off the ammo in the truck."
Heinz, Paul W., S/ Sgt., 123d A. A. A. Sq., ( Sep.), New Haven.
" I was a control tower operator at the Nome, Alaska, air base. Nome was the last stopping place for lend lease planes Russia bound and so there was a lot of traffic. Most of the planes were flown by the Russian pilots who flew like jockies. So it kept me on the go in that tower all the time I was on duty. I recall the big hurricane they had there when the city was under martial law four days. It meant a hard time for the people of that place because all the food supplies are brought in by boat. The hurri­cane
blew in off the Arctic Ocean just as the port was about to freeze for the winter which meant no more food to replace the stocks lost unless the planes could fly some in; but their capacity is, of course, limited. Alaska is a hard, dismal place to live in. I know I wouldn't have been there if it hadn't been for the war."
Holmes, Edwin T., Pfc, Btry. A., 734th F. A., Greenwich.
" The armor was so far ahead of us and we were all so tired that they pulled us out of the lines near Kassel, Germany, for a rest. That ' rest' meant we pulled security guard on all the back roads in the area. There wasn't much rest because the Jerries strafed us each night, not once but many times— and you don't get much rest leaping into ditches every few minutes."
Holton, Booker, T/ 5, 561st Q. M. Bn., Hartford.
" So much was happening while I was tearing back and forth unloading supplies on Omaha Beach that it is hard to recall
anything singular. Besides, most of my mind was not concentrating on what was hap­pening
so much as: ' Am I going to get it?' It was some time after the initial landing, but those Jerries were still making things hot."
Izzo, Jerry, Pfc, O. M. G. for Berlin, Germany, New Haven.
" The German people were as friendly toward us as could be expected after the war. But those Russians were the ones they hated. I've never seen a people as a whole so frightened of any group in my life as the Germans were of the Russians. My job wasn't too tough. All I had to do was work in the supply room for one of the biggest motor pools in Europe. There were at least 3,000 cars needing attention daily."
Jones, Walter L., T/ 5, Hq. Btry., 578th F. A., VIII Corps, Stamford.
" Only one of our observation planes was left and it was my job to keep it in good running order after they knocked out our communication center Dec 16, 1944 at 0525 near St. Vith during the Bulge. It was the worst beating we ever took. Then after a few more hours the Germans began closing in so fast we lost that plane too. It made a forced landing in the snow right in front of the Jerry advance. There was barely time enough for me to salvage the motor and burn the fuselage before they got up to it. When that was done I left the skin of my teeth behind getting away."
Kelly, Raymond T., Cpl., 746th Tank Bn., Waterbury.
" Four tanks were shot up while I was in ' em but nothing happened to me during the first three episodes. But when the fourth tank was put out of commission, I got it. That was at St. Lo and I was the .75 gun­ner.
I guess my luck wasn't good enough to hold out from Normandy all the way through."
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Kelsey, Albert E., Pfc, Btry C, 995th F. A. Bn., Waterford.
" There's one meal that I'll never forget. It was the meal I never finished. The Jer­ries
interrupted it on Cassino with a direct hit on the mess. The walls caved in and nine were killed, right near me, too. What luck! All I lost was my appetite."
Klimak, Edward, T/ 4, Sv. Btry., 1125th Armd. F. A. Bn., Waterbury.
" I was washing the remains of my 1944 Christmas dinner off my mess kit outside of Porretta, Italy, when the Jerries began shell­ing
us. No one got hurt but it was too damn bad you couldn't sit down quietly after that swell meal. We had one of the best cooks in the outfit. It seemed that every holiday they'd blast us. On New Year's Day while we were supporting the 97th Division fur­ther
north we got it again. They tossed 170s at us. Those things sound like a freight train coming over a bridge, but many were duds; the result of sabotage on the Kraut home front, no doubt."
Krot, Nicholas, Cpl., Hq. Co., 2d Bn., 175th Inf. 29th Div., Seymour.
" For seven long, crowded days I waited with my company in our LST off the coast of Normandy for word to move in. At night as the guns and planes roared and blasted, I caught naps on top of the trucks. Then one night came the orders. Our sweating time was over and we made for the beach. No sooner had my feet touched the sand than a sniper bullet from somewhere whizzed by me so close I could feel the breeze and I began to sweat some more. But from then on it was just work, work and more work unloading and setting up. Now all I can say is that I'm darn glad to be where they speak American and I can talk with my own voice and not in sign language with my hands."
Lebeau, Homer O., Cpl., 768th F. A. Bn., Medics, Waterbury.
" My toughest day and my best day were one and the same. It was the day I got a long delayed letter telling me my wife was going to have a baby, and then right on top of that a telegram telling me she had it that day and all was well with both of them. Boy, too bad there weren't any cigars around! I might have even given some to the PWs I felt so elated."
LeVander, John I., Sgt., 417th Ord. Evacuation Co., Bridgeport.
" Faulty brakes on a 20 ton trailer carry­ing
a 40 ton tank gave me a close break. I was near Antwerp, Belgium, going down hill when the air brakes failed and the truck went amuck. I jumped clear just in time to avoid crashing with the damn thing into a building. The house was wrecked, the truck went clear through it, but no one was home. All I reported were a few scratches��� and, of course, the truck's destruction."
Novak, Pavel, Pvt., Co. I, 141st Inf., 36th Div., Danbury.
" I really haven't much to say— in fact, I don't want to say anything. I'm just glad it's all over. I talked to a lot of people while things were going on. I was a translator in four languages."
Novitzky, Zolton, Pvt., Co. F., 101st Inf., 26th Div., Bridgeport.
" For five months as a PW in Germany I ate nothing but a thin slice of bread and two bowls of soup a day and I had to labor seven days a week. They had me and a gang of others filling in bomb craters in Liechten­stein.
I was captured in Saarbrucken with the seven other guys in my company who were not killed when the Germans closed in on us. The mission we were on failed as far as we were concerned because the tank sup­port
we were scheduled to get never came. So how could we take the five villages they wanted us to line up?"
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Nystrom, Walter F., Jr., T/ 4, M. D., 734th F. A. Bn., Ansonia.
" Our outfit followed Patton all the way through. And I'm here to say he was a good guy, a prince. We never had to worry about any ' spit- and- polish' with him and he al­ways
looked out for the men. If you'd be on guard at night he'd come around to see if you were in warm clothing and had a chance for some coffee. Outside of that I have no comment on the war as I saw it."
Pastore, Joseph L., T/ 5, 108th Repl. Bn., ( Sep.), Bridgeport.
" My ' home' was a hole on Anzio Beach. A lot of the men got it there and I came close several times. Once a lieutenant and I were running for cover under a shower of ackack when a fragment caught him in the knee and he went down. Fragments kept dropping all around me and I just managed to get into a foxhole in time to avoid getting hit myself. It is nice to feel that you don't have to run for cover in the State of Connecticut."
Petrolite, James S., Pvt., Co. C, 320th Inf., 35th Div., Bridgeport.
" It was three days after Thanksgiving in 1944, right after the big push in Germany. I was lying in a foxhole with my buddy when a shell landed so close it blew us both right up into the air and out into the open. When I crawled over to see how my buddy was— he was dead. I got hurt a little but I was out of the hospital in Nancy, France, in a short time."
Rheaume, Arthur E., Pfc, 188th Ord. B. D. Co., Uncasville.
" From out of nowhere the Jerry plane zipped down over the truck I was driving between Southampton and Tidworth, England, and let go. Bullet holes aired the cab and dust flew on the bumpy road, but he didn't come in a second time to strafe me. Just a second later the ackack got him and I breathed easier with that load of ammo
behind me."
Sherman, Oscar L., Pfc, M. D., 1st Bn., 121st Inf., 8th Div., West Hartford.
" Just over the Siegfried line in the Hurt- gen Forest as I was making my way through the trees in my jeep, a shell blasted the car over and against the side of a tank. I wasn't hurt badly, just a broken leg. But it was, in a way, a freak accident. The shell landed directly in front of the jeep and I was going along so fast I couldn't stop; so I was right over it when it blew."
Sinclair, Andrew, Pvt., Co. C, 10th Inf., 5th Div., New Canaan.
" Iceland is a dreary, cold, monotonous place, I know. I was there two years. We were GI stevedores in my outfit, helping the civilian stevedores unload ships. After a while I became a hatch tender, the guy who directs the winch man so he can move the loads the right way. It is a tedious job and one wrong wave of the hand can cause a bad accident. We had a little enemy action up there, too, believe it or not. Every so often the Germans with their Norway based planes would come over and bomb us; but outside of that I was pretty safe."
Stankievitz, Joseph, S/ Sgt., 891st Chem. Co., A. O., 313th Wing, 20th Air Force, New Britain.
" Tinian Island was still pretty hot when I landed. It was on the Jap Emperor's birth­day
and they were trying to give a good showing, but it was their last stand. Al­though
I was on the island for ten months I didn't have any close calls. Things were pretty quiet there as far as enemy action was concerned. There wasn't a thing on the base except strips and planes and hangars. It was the biggest air base in the world."
Stevens, Francis J., T/ 5, 3326th S. I. A. M. Co., New Haven.
" While I was on my way via the belly route along the ground from our radio trans­mitter
to the CP, I got caught between Jerry fire and our own. I took a pot shot at one of the Jerries I could see, but I don't know if I got him. Anyway, that time in Modena, Italy, was close enough for me as far as scares are concerned."
Urmson, Frank A., Pvt., Co. F., 261st Inf., 65th Div., Hamden.
" The Russians had closed in to about three miles distance from the logger ( prison enclosure) I was guarding with 29 other men. That meant those Krauts were plenty scared. There were 8,000 of ' em and they begged us not to let the Russians get at them. Out of fear of the Russians they were surrendering in droves with all their equip­ment,
and everything went into that logger. Three cigarettes would buy anything from a watch to an expensive German- made cam­era
they were so hard up. We thought that the Russians would cross the Ens River and come for the Krauts and that if they did, those bums would break away and run— and they could have, too, with only 30 of us watching. Of course nothing ever happened, but I was plenty nervous during those hours I don't mind saying, especially when my CO gave orders to be sure to keep the Russians away and the Krauts in place. That was a tough assignment, and he knew it— and showed it. ' If either side makes a break for it,' I told him, ' I'll send you a post card from where I stop.' But he didn't hear me. He had hopped into a jeep and was on his own way."
Walters, William A., Pvt., 598th Ammo. Ord. Co., Stamford.
" We were behind the Third Army in St. Tames, France, in July of ' 44 when my feet saved me. The Germans had been bombing us and they had just begun strafing. The bullets were scattering the dust behind me and I ran like the devil was at my heels. My eye was on an empty foxhole, then a second later my body was in it. I got there just in time. It sure was hot around there for a
time. I am glad to be home where about the only thing you have to dodge is taxis and tax collectors."
Wheeler, Myron C, Sgt., 769th Sq., 462d Bmb. Grp., 56th Wing, 20th Air Force, Waterbury.
" The night one of the famous Hellbird missions was slated to take off was the night I got the scare of my life. It was on the island of Tinian and I was talking to some friends about 50 feet away from a B- 29. I looked over and the bombardier was climbing into the plane for a last minute check on his equipment. Then I gave a start and grabbed the guys next to me and we hit the ground. By accident the man had tripped the bomb release lever and a string of about eighteen 500 pound bombs came dropping out of the bay. They fell some ten feet from the plane to the ground— and none went off! But, boy, they sure could have. Every one was hot and their fuses were all set for the Jap earth. It was just luck, pure luck that's all, or I'd never be here to tell the tale. I heard that that joker bombardier got transferred to supply— any­thing
to keep him from another such blunder."
WhitlocK Wallace S., Sgt., 1st Sq., 9th Bmb. Grp., Danbury.
" I was an auto mechanic before I got into the service so they put me on airplane en­gines
and I learned a lot about them. I worked on many of the big B- 29s on Tinian Island to get them ready for the blitz raids over Japan. I am glad I had a chance to learn what I did about those plane engines because I figure it will help me get a better job out of the Army. Hope I get something after the time I spent in the service. During those heavy raids I worked practically night and day."
Whitmarsh, Norman K., T/ 5, 149th Bmb. Disposal Sq., Norwich. " You don't sweat so much digging out
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dud bombs at first, but after you see a few of them go off and kill a bunch of your buddies then it gets you. Those British two ton bombs with three fuses are tricky. First you dig all around them carefully so as not to hit the fuse; then you very gently un­screw
the fuses. Gently, if you can, because sometimes they get stuck and that's when I sweat it out. I am very happy to think that I don't have to do that any more."
Wialy, George J., Pfc, 440th A. A. A. Bn., Thompsonville.
" Those buzz bombs sure scare the stuffin' out of you. They made a hell of a racket as they passed through Buzz Bomb Alley near Ardennes. We got a few of them with our anti- aircraft gun which was mounted on a halftrack. I drove the thing and I maneu­vered
all over so we could get good shots. A few of them burst under our fire."
Williams, James A., Pfc, 64th Bn., 598th Ord. Ammo. Co., Stamford.
" Jerry always used to strafe us on Sun­days
and holidays. I suppose that was their way of being demoralizing, but it didn't help much. I was close to a few, but I never got scratched. Most of the time they had me unloading ammo. That's a job that doesn't give you much time to worry. And when you do have time, you're too tired."
Zembrowski, William F., Pvt., Btry. D., 376th A. A. Bn., Hartford.
" I'm here today because of the mud. They can kick all they want to about the stuff, but it is my conviction that mud saved my life. During the intensive German artillery duels before the Breakthrough, shells were dropping all around me. But it had been raining nearly steady for a month before and the ground was like a swamp; so when those shells would hit they'd sink in a ways before exploding and so a lot of their force was lost. Besides that, many didn't even go off, the ground was so soft. A lot of other guys around that part of St. Lo can thank the mud for their lives, too!"
THEY ARE COMING HOME Connecticut men are coming home by the thousands from Europe and the Pacific. Estimates based on total troop shipment figures from the War Shipping Admin­istration
indicate that 6,000 arrived in the States in October, and the arrival of 8,500 in November was predicted.
There are now 551 transports, with a capacity of 585,000 men, operating; 393 in the Atlantic area and 155 in the Pacific. The men are coming home in every size and type of vessel that floats, with scores making the trip on little freighters that bring from 10 to 30.
Estimates indicate that between V- E Day and V- J Day about 6,000 Conn­ecticut
men were discharged at Devens. Including the 522 men whose names ap­pear
in this booklet, a total of 16,532 Conn­ecticut
men have been separated at Devens since V- J Day.
CONNECTICUT VETERANS COMMEMORATIVE BOOKLET
Vol. VIII Nov 26, 1945 No. 11
CARLETON B. CLYMA, Editor
This booklet is published by the State of Connecticut through the Off­ice
of the Governor, as an addition to the souvenirs and memorabilia of Conn­ecticut
men who served with the United States Army in World War II. The cour­tesies
and assistance of public relations personnel at the Ports and Separation Centers are herewith acknowledged.
Copies of this booklet are provided for the men whose names appear on the Muster Out Roll Call, herein. A copy is on file for reference purposes at each of the 200 public libraries in the State.
Reproduction of material from this booklet is permissible only on written authorization.
The personal experience stories were reported by Hugh W. McCoy. The cover illustration of the debarkation of troops at Seattle, Washington, is from the Press Association, Inc. THE MUSTER OUT ROLL CALL
Names, rank and addresses of Connecticut men discharged during the period from November 24 to 26, 1945, the official Group Rosters, Fort Devens Separation Center, Mass.
AHL Eric L., Cpl.
16 Page Ave., Bristol ALBERICO, Fred E., T/ 5
15 St. Regis Ave., Norwich ALCARAZ, Jose F., Jr., Pvt.
174 Vesper St., Bridgeport ALDRICH, Charles M., Jr., Sgt.
706 Prospect Ave., Hartford ALFARO, Calixto F., Pfc.
613 Main St., Manchester ALLISON, Paul L., S/ Sgt.
54 Frederick St., Stamford AMLAW, Roland L., Pfc.
38 Spring St., Hartford AMODIO, James L., T/ 5
3 Queen St., Hartford ANCONA, Nazzareno A., Pfc.
Georgetown ANGUS, Leroy H., Sgt.
Cut Spring Road, Stratford ARDITO, Philip J., Cpl.
22 Hamilton St., New Haven ARMITINO, Anthony R., T/ 5
199 Fitch St., New Haven ATHINGTON, William F., Cpl.
28 Clover St., Ansonia AUDETTE, John P., Pfc.
36 Charter Oak Place, Hartford AUGUSTINE, Joseph P., T/ 5
47 Water St., Middletown AVERY, Charles, T/ 4
925 East Main St., Waterbury BAGSHAW, William D., T/ Sgt.
460 Naubuc Ave., Glastonbury BAILEY, Oliver J., Pfc.
Wolcott St., RFD 2, Bristol BAKER, Raymond W., Jr., Pvt.
438 Cottage Grove Ave., Bloomfield BALKUN, Matthew P., T/ 5
705 Pacific St., Stamford BARNES, Roland E., S/ Sgt.
56 Garden St., New Haven BARRACO, Joseph, Pfc.
297 George St., New Haven BARTEL, Robert E., Pvt.
266 Brightwood St., Torrington BATTER, Irving R., T/ 4
776 Ocean Ave., West Haven BEAN, Otis C., T/ 4
17 Magnolia St., Hartford BEATIFICATO, Raymond F., T/ Sgt.
197 Washington Ave., West Haven BEATY, John A., T/ Sgt.
793 Laurel Ave., Bridgeport BEAUDRY, Romeo R., Pvt.
Bldg. 76, Success Park, Bridgeport BEHLER, James C, T/ 5
1185 Whalley Ave., New Haven BEIRPONCH, Michael, Pfc.
133 Brook St., Hartford BELBUSTI, Lando, Pfc.
197 Kimberly Ave., New Haven BELL, John H., Sgt.
219 South Main St., New Canaan BENOIT, Wilfred J., S/ Sgt.
292 Ocean St., New London BERGIN, Alvin F., S/ Sgt.
44 Bigelow Ave., Thompsonville BERRY, Paul A., T/ 5
11 Fales St., Hartford
BIRGE, Wesley V., T/ Sgt.
Front Ave., West Haven BLOMQUIST, Joseph, Jr., Cpl.
98 Ridgewood Ave., Springdale BLONDIN, Ronaldo R., Pfc.
50 Congress St., Hartford BOBECK, Frank A., T/ 4
Columbia BOLLING, Wilbur A., Sgt.
138 Dexter Ave., Meriden BOLOTIN, George L., T/ 4
29 Kensington St., New Haven BOLT, George W., S/ Sgt.
RFD 1, Durham BONAIUTO, Dominick, Sgt.
457 Wilmot Ave., Bridgeport BOOTHILLIER, Laurent A., T/ 5
38 South Main St., Danielson BOURN, Benjamin A., Pfc.
219 Sisson Ave., Hartford BOURQUE, Leodore J., T/ 4
RFD 1, Moosup BOVI, Joseph D., S/ Sgt.
Cliff View Drive, Norwalk BROSTEK, Adam W., Pfc.
6 Grove Place, Norwich BROWN, Harold H., 1st/ Sgt.
176 Ward St., New Haven BROWN, John R., Pfc.
66 Abbott Ave., Waterbury BROWN, Robert C, T/ 5
60 Starr St., New Haven BROZYNA, Charles A., Pfc.
65 Spruce St., Hartford BRUEY, Leon A., Pfc.
41 Stevens St., Danbury BRUNO, John, Cpl.
635 Congress Ave., New Haven BUCKLEY, Richard A., T/ Sgt.
61 Williams St., Norwich BUDZECK, Richard F., T/ 4
68 Division St., Norwich BULLARD, Winston M., Sgt.
Guilford BURKE, John J., T/ 5
285 Congress Ave., New Haven BURNS, John J., T/ Sgt.
2319 Albany Ave., West Hartford BUTURLA, Stanley W., Pvt.
5 Eleanor St., Stratford BYRNES, John L., T/ 5
88 New Park Ave., Hartford CALDER, Charles J., Pvt.
Spencer Hill Farm, Winsted CANTER, Daniel, Sgt.
50 Lilley Road, West Hartford CARLSON, Axel C, T/ 4
608 Laurel Ave., Bridgeport CARNEY, Thomas E., Pvt.
37 Bradley Ave., Hamden CARROTT, Richard, Pfc.
Belle Haven, Greenwich CARUSO, Joseph J., Pfc.
276 Cedar St., New Haven CAVANAUGH, Thomas W., Sgt.
31 Clearview Ave., West Hartford CHACO, John J., Pfc.
733 East Main St., Bridgeport CHALIFOUX, Gerard J., Pfc.
854 Main St., Willimantic
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CHAMBERLAIN, James T., Pfc.
6 St. Andrews Ave., East Haven CHARANIAN, John, T/ 4
634 Park St., Hartford CHIAPPETTA, Orlando M., T/ 5
83 Myrtle Ave., Stamford CHIATRONI, Romeo J., Pfc.
979 North Ave., Bridgeport CHIPELLO, Paul A., Pfc.
256 West Main St., Milford CHOLEWINSKI, Frank S., Pfc.
126 Arctic St., Bridgeport CIARMELLA, Arcangelo, T/ 5
137 Hillside Ave., Bridgeport CICCIO, Carmelo A., Pfc.
2355 Main St., Bridgeport CIMINO, Joseph P., Sgt.
13 High St., Derby CINOTTI, Americo, Pfc.
184 Goodwin St., East Hartford CIPARELLI, Francis J., T/ 5
29 North St., Windsor Locks CLARK, Arthur L., T/ 5
21 Marsh St., West Haven COIT, Charles A., 1st/ Sgt.
95 North Main St., Waterbury COLBATH, Joseph W., T/ Sgt.
229 North Main St., Bristol COLONESE, Frank P., Jr., T/ 5
630 Capitol Ave., Bridgeport CONNELLY, Peter J., Jr., Pvt.
40 Washington St., Waterbury CONNER, William J., Cpl.
361 Church St., New Britain CONWAY, Robert R., T/ 4
371 Garden St., Hartford CONYER, Clarence L., Sgt.
Apt. 203, 415 Main St., Bridgeport COOK, Raymond H., T/ 3
708 Park Ave., Bridgeport COOPER, Benjamin D., T/ 5
403 New Park Ave., West Hartford COOPER, Earl D., Pvt.
45 Aetna St., Naugatuck COPE, Edwin F., Pfc.
82 High St., Thompsonville COPELAND, Richard, Pfc.
2 East Dover St., Waterbury CORSO, Anthony S., Pfc.
7 Bradley Place, New Haven COSKER, Martin F., Cpl.
330 Tunxis Ave., Bloomfield COUGLE, James M., T/ 5
12 Dibble St., Danbury COULOMBE, Alphonse J., Sgt.
19 First St., Plainfield COWAN, Thomas L., Pvt.
236 Bloomfield Ave., Windsor CRISCUOLO, Anthony A., T/ 4
94 Carlisle St., New Haven CROLLA, Alfred J., T/ 5
101 Horton St., Stamford CROSS, William M., Pfc.
175 Magee Ave., Stamford CRUISE, John W. R., M/ Sgt.
Broad St., Ext., New London CURZI, Theodore, Pvt.
101 Fuller St., Waterbury CUTICELLO, Peter J., T/ 5
681 Woodward Ave., New Haven D'ABATE, Rocco, Pfc.
24 Homestead St., Manchester DAMESIMO, Armando, T/ 5
337 White Plains Road, Bridgeport DAY, Elmore M., Jr., S/ Sgt.
93 Oakland St., Bristol DEMAS, Nicholas M., Pfc.
1306 State St., Bridgeport
DAMATO, William J., T/ 5
30 Erin St., Middletown DeMEGLIO, Frank P., Jr., T/ 4
72 Peck Ave., West Haven DEMORAT, Joseph A., Pfc.
270 High St., New Britain DeSANTIS, Albert A., T/ 4
46 Wilson St., Waterbury DESHAIES, Marcel E., Pvt.
471 North Main St., Waterbury DICKERSON, Warren T., S/ Sgt.
476 Logan St., Bridgeport DiMODICA, Sebastian J., Pfc.
19 Green Place, Middletown DiMUZIO, Albert J., T/ 4
1470 Baldwin St., Waterbury DINICE, Paul, Cpl.
3 Sixth St., Derby DiPALMA, Anthony L., T/ 5
557 Winchester Ave., New Haven DOROCAK, Joseph F., Pfc.
278 Thompson St., Stratford DREW, Ralph J., T/ 4
37 Acorn St., New Britain DUGAN, Edward F., Cpl.
93 Main St., New Haven DUKE, Kenneth F., Pfc.
56 Sylvan Ave., Meriden DuPEE, Stuart G., T/ 4
316 Orange St., New Haven DZUL, Frank J., Cpl.
Padanaram Road, Danbury EDDY, George W., Pfc.
345 Success Ave., Bridgeport EGAN, John T., Pfc.
7 Maple St., Ansonia ELOVETSKY, Joseph S., T/ 5
15 Murray St., Bristol EMOND, Albert R., S/ Sgt.
55 Austin St., New Britain ERRICO, Anthony C, T/ 4
Nolan St., Norwalk EVANS, William F., T/ 5
52 Main St., West Haven FARACE, Frank V., Pfc.
50 Fair St., New Haven FASANO, Italo J., Cpl.
Kipling St., Waterbury FATTIBENE, Arthur T., T/ Sgt.
1480 East Main St., Bridgeport FELICIANO, Joseph W., T/ 4
43 Bradley St., New Haven FELLER, Harry J., T/ 4
RFD 3, Box 245, Bridgeport FERGUSON, Edward B., S/ Sgt.
76 Fourth St., Bridgeport FERRAIOLO, Thomas, T/ 4
48 Pond St., East Haven FERRIS, Harold W., T/ 4
25 Orchard St., Cos Cob FESTA, Alexander, T/ 5
54 Ann St., New Haven FIEDOROWICZ, Frank, T/ 5
Box 85, Uncasville FIGULY. Milan, T/ 4
50 Williams St., Stratford FILLEY, Robert E., T/ 4
588 Baldwin St., Waterbury FITZGERALD, John W., T/ 4
87 Patterson St., Torrington FITZGERALD, Robert D., Cpl.
297 Westland St., Hartford FITZPATRICK, Herbert E., Cpl.
RFD 1, Box 19, Shelton FLETCHER, Leroy J., Pfc.
753 Quinnipiac Ave., New Haven FORD, Walter E., T/ 5
3352 Whitney Ave., Hamden
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FOURNIER, Henry J., T/ 5
104 North Main St., Jewett City
FOX, Eli S., Pfc.
Box 294, Granby
FRADE, Joseph A., Sgt.
15 Chappelle St., Danbury FRANKOVITCH, Justin P., Jr., T/ Sgt.
14 Delmont Road, East Hartford FREDERICKS, Edward G., T/ 5
23 Dunn Ave., Naugatuck FREIDMAN, Jack, T/ 4
Buddington Road, Groton FRINK, Everett E., T/ 3
Payson St., Plainfield GADBOIS, Lincoln S., T/ 4
84 Maple Ave., New London GAETA, Tony J., Pfc.
Ivy Hill Road, Ridgefield GAIEWSKI, Stephen E., T/ 4
Mountain Road, Tariffville GAMBINI, Frank J., Sgt.
16 Essex St., Deep River GAUTHIER, Donat A., Pfc.
A- 31 Walk F., Charter Oak Ter., Hartford GENTILE, Vincent J., T/ 5
40 Warren St., Meriden GERACI, Joseph G., T/ 5
145 Albany Ave., Hartford GERALL, Charles J., Sgt.
42 Vernon St., New Haven GIBB, Francis J., T/ 4
62 Main St., Terryville GILMORE, John J., Pfc.
17 West Raymond St., Hartford GINTHER, Louis M., T/ 4
179 South Elm St., Wallingford GITTINGS, Roy K., Pfc.
33 Holbrook St., Ansonia GLADUE, Omer F., Cpl.
58 Hunters Ave., Taftville GLANCY, Richard P., Pfc.
83 Priscilla St., Bridgeport GLYNN, Richard J., T/ 5
180 Arundel Ave., West Hartford GOEBEL, Gregory, Sgt.
145 East Lawn St., Fairfield GOLDRICK, Bernard V., Pfc.
16 Admiral St., New Haven GOLDSCHINSKY, Joseph J., T/ 4
132 Sheffield Ave., New Haven GORDEN, Charles H., Pfc.
1 Barnard St., Hartford GORRY, Thomas P., Pfc.
718 Maple Ave., Hartford GOSSELIN, Edmond J., T/ Sgt.
Pleasant St., Plainfield GOURLEY, Vincent E., Pfc.
1425 Stratford Ave., Bridgeport GRANOFF, Leonard, T/ Sgt.
55 Brownell St., New Haven GRASSO, Vito J., T/ 5
103 Lexington Ave., Bridgeport GRAVES, William G., 1st/ Sgt.
Woodville- Westover Park, Stamford GRAY, Ralph E., Pfc.
7 Prest St., New London GREEN, Robert, T/ Sgt.
50 Vernon St., New Haven GREENBERG, Adolph, Pfc.
C- 219, Charter Oak Terrace, Hartford GRILLO, Samuel, Pfc.
14 Florence St., Hartford GULLO, Michael L., Sgt.
31 New Hanover Ave., Meriden GURA, Otto K., T/ 4
1036 Central Ave., Bridgeport
GWOZDIEWICZ, Stanley P., T/ 4
21 Remington St., Stamford HALKO, Nicholas, S/ Sgt.
2 Shelton Ave., Seymour HAMILTON, Robert G., Sgt.
87 Garden St., Manchester HANCOCK, Harold B., S/ Sgt.
Broad Brook Road, Warehouse Point HANKINS, Johnnie L., T/ 5
221 Goffe St., New Haven HANSEN, Ralph E., Pfc.
Mansfield Center HARRIS, William V., T/ 4
Berlin
HARTNETT, James F., T/ 5
101 Greenwich Ave., Stamford HARTNETT, Robert J., Pvt.
36 Burr Ave., Middletown HAWES, Frank M., Jr., Sgt.
19 Davis St., Danbury HAWLEY, Frederick A., T/ 5
Box 233, Northfield HAWTHORNE, Edgar R., T/ 5
189 North Whitney St., Hartford HAYES, John F., T/ 3
33 Mountford St., Hartford HAYES, Matthew J., Jr., Sgt.
199 Stratford Road, New Britain HEARN, Alan G., T/ Sgt.
Washington Green, Washington HEIDER, John J., Cpl.
Sandy Hook HEINZ, Paul W., S/ Sgt.
423 Valley St., New Haven HEMENWAY, Donald H., Pfc.
303 Ferry St., Fair Haven HENDEL, Stanley, T/ 3
166 Ocean Ave., New London HERSHFELD, Samuel R., T/ 3
58 Belden St., Hartford HOLDORF, Fred, Jr., Pfc.
72 Ashland St., Jewett City HOLMES, Edwin T., Pfc.
1 Old Church Road, Greenwich HOLTON, Booker, T/ 5
15 Bellevue Square, Hartford HUTCHINSON, Thomas H., T/ 4
198 Noble St., West Haven HYJEK, Stanley T., T/ 4
229 Clinton St., New Britain IAMONACO, Guerino J., Pfc.
174 Oak St., Manchester ISKRA, Henry J., S/ Sgt.
24 Carmody St., New Britain IZZO, Jerry, Pfc.
523 Columbus Ave., New Haven JABLONSKI, Chester E., T/ 5
31 Fairland St., Stamford JACOBS, John E., Pvt.
275 Silver Lane, East Hartford JAMES, William E., Pfc.
Box 1902, Hartford JANSON, Gerald W., T/ 5
314 Mechanic St., Forestville JASMIN, Felix S., S/ Sgt.
Sandybrook Road, Winsted JERMAN, Leroy U., Jr., Cpl.
Bay Berry Lane, Westport JOHNSON, Arnold F., Pfc.
Box 31, Yantic JOHNSON, Clarence E., Pfc.
294 Stanley St., New Britain JOHNSON, Gordon, T/ 4
835 Boswell Ave., Norwich JOHNSON, Raymond F., S/ Sgt.
94 High St., Manchester
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JOHNSON, Roger B., S/ Sgt.
Box 167, Quaker Hill JONES, George E., T/ 5
Old Wood Road, Norwalk JONES, Ronald E., Cpl.
40 Earle St., Hartford JONES, Walter L., T/ 5
11 Wall St., Stamford JONES, William T., S/ Sgt.
9 Walbridge Road, West Hartford JURDY, George A., T/ 5
19 Well Ave., Danbury JUSTIN, James H., Jr., T/ Sgt.
175 Hamilton St., Hartford KAESER, Edward F., T/ 3
91 Hillcrest Ave., Wethersfield KAPLOWITZ, Morris, S/ Sgt.
1652 Chapel St., New Haven KARBONIC, John H., Pfc.
30 Star St., New Britain KARPUS, Albert C, T/ 5
34 Hare St., Stratford KASKA, Edward A., T/ 4
108 Elm St., Meriden KAWCZYNSKI, Chester H., T/ 4
104 Wilson St., Hartford KEANE, John J., Jr., 1st/ Sgt.
1385 Main St., Stratford KELLY, George W., T/ 5
May Ave., Quaker Hill KELLY, Raymond T., Cpl.
40 Spencer Ave., Waterbury KELSEY, Albert E., Pfc.
Station 16, Waterford KENDALL, Harry E., T/ 5
121 Grand Ave., New Haven KIESEL, Roger H., T/ 4
Guilford KING, Malcolm L., Jr., Pvt.
68 Pearl St., Meriden KLIMAK, Edward, T/ 4
32 Winthrop Ave., Waterbury KLIMANOWSKI, Waddic J., Pfc.
28 Riverside Ave., Terryville KNOWLTON, Donald E., T/ 5
Anderson Ave., Woodmont KOCHIS, Gus P., T/ 4
42 Anderson St., Naugatuck KONOPKA, Joseph F., T/ 4
Fowler Ave., Middletown KOZIATEK, Alexander A., S/ Sgt.
17 Horace St., New Britain KRAWIEC, Stanley J., T/ 5
209 North St., New Britain KRIVI, Stephen, Sgt.
122 Orland St., Bridgeport KROT, Nicholas, Cpl.
38 Second St., Seymour KUDZMA, John J., S/ Sgt.
108 Edgewood Ave., Waterbury KUZMYCZ, Leo W., Pvt.
144 Minor St., New Haven KWASNIEWSKI, Joseph A., T/ Sgt.
Box 392, New Milford LACUESTA, Henry, Pfc.
c/ o Postmaster, Hartford LaFOGG, John S., Pfc.
Bailey Road, North Haven LaPALME, Normand H., T/ 5
Box 32, Three Rows, North Grosvenordale LASCALA, John J., T/ 3
124 Burrough St., Bridgeport LAUS, Edward, T/ 4
157 Brightwood Ave., Torrington LAVINIO, Thomas, T/ 5
10 Frederick St., Hartford
LAWRENCE, Joseph P., T/ Sgt.
456 Broad St., Hartford LEBEAU, Homer O., Cpl.
15 Barnes St., Waterbury LeBLANC, Roland J., T/ 4
143 Willow St., Waterbury LECUYER, Henry, T/ 5
757 Goodwin St., East Hartford LEGERE, Joseph G., Sgt.
20 George St., Waterbury LELAND, Webster W., Pfc.
49 Holmes St., West Haven LESOCKE, Joseph, Pfc.
31 Hall Ave., Wallingford LEV, Isadore E., T/ 4
120 Clifford St., Bridgeport LeVANDER, John I., Sgt.
45 Beardsley St., Bridgeport LEVINE, Paul, Sgt.
28 Sherman Ave., Meriden LEVY, Robert B., Pfc.
347 Sherman Ave., New Haven LIEBMAN, Jack T., Sgt.
11 Garden Court, Fairfield LIPPMAN, Eli T., T/ 5
12 South Herkimer St., Bridgeport LIPKA, Walter J., Cpl.
90 Broad St., New Britain LODARSKI, Stanley F., T/ 5
3 Brook St., Waterbury LONGLEY, Bert E., Pfc.
38 Chauncy St., West Haven LORENSON, Ralph O., T/ 4
52 Morris Ave., Bristol LUCCA, Rosario S., Cpl.
113 Franklin Ave., Hartford LYNCH, David J., Pfc.
King St., South Windsor MAGDALENSKI, Joseph J., Cpl.
Box 115, Lower Lane, Simsbury MAGGI, Andrew J., Jr., T/ 4
107 Wells St., Bridgeport MAGLIETTO, Nicholas J., S/ Sgt.
99 Brookfield Drive, East Hartford MAGLIOLA, Raymond B., T/ 4
40 Fairland St., Stamford MANNING, Bruce E., M/ Sgt.
395 South Ave., Bridgeport MANOS, Charles P., T/ 5
92 Grafton St., New Haven MARCHOK, John, Pvt.
12 Water St., Derby MARINELLI, John A., T/ 4
40 Ranney St., East Hartford MARSHALL, James W., Sgt.
237 North St., Watertown MARTINO, Rinaldo A., Pfc.
32 Garden St., New Haven MASALSKY, Bruno J., T/ 4
7 Summer St., Plainville MASCOLO, Peter J., T/ 4
123 Bedford St., Hartford MASTRONATO, John, Pfc.
124 Easton Ave., Waterbury MATTHIAS, Edgar M., Sgt.
70 Russell St., Middletown MATTLESON, Reuben, Pfc.
184 Main St., West Hartfcrd MAURICZ, Louis S., Sgt.
460 Bostwick Ave., Bridgeport MAURO, Edward, T/ 5
263 Elm St., West Haven MAYER, George C, Cpl.
Belle Island, South Norwalk MAYS, Irving C, Sgt.
Box 154, Darien
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MAZZARELLA, John J., Sgt.
1635 South Main St., Waterbury McBRIDE, Austin W., Pfc.
Fenn Road, Thomaston MCCARTHY, John P., Pfc.
155 Derby Ave., Derby McCONVILLE, Joseph J., T/ 5
16 Union St., Manchester McDOUGALL, Alastair R., T/ 5
366 Laurel St., Hartford McGRATH, James P., T/ 4
Box 156, Elberta Ave., Trumbull McGUINESS, John J., Cpl.
49 William St., Greenwich McGUIRE, Harold J., Pfc.
198 Newfield Ave., Bridgeport MCLAUGHLIN, Charles R., S/ Sgt.
111 Hicks St., Meriden McLUCAS, Clemence A., Pfc.
14 South Governor St., Hartford MEAD, Henry D., T/ 5
45 Hill St., Milford MECTEAU, Leon R., Sgt.
Windsor Ave., Plainfield MELZEN, Joseph J., S/ Sgt.
217 Hebron Ave., Glastonbury MERTENS, William A., T/ 5
72 Phelps St., East Hartford METIVIER, Joseph P., T/ 5
1056 South Main St., Waterbury MICHAUD, Erick J., T/ 4
17 1/ 2 Pearl St., Noank MILLER, Charles S., T/ 5
864 Congress Ave., New Haven MILLER, Donald E., Pfc.
23 State St., Danbury MILLER, Stanley W., Jr., T/ Sgt.
116 Scofield Ave., Stamford MISERENDINO, Benjamin, Pfc.
78 Wolcott St., New Haven MONACO, Sebastian A., Sgt.
220 Dover St., New Haven MONAHAN, James B., T/ 5
754 Campbell Ave., West Haven MONTANARO, Fred V., Pfc.
51 Diaz St., Stamford MONTOATI, Romeo A., S/ Sgt.
66 Olga Ave., Wilson MOORE, William H., Jr., T/ 4
262 Bristol St., Southington MORAN, Dennis J., Pfc.
70 Thorpe St., Fairfield MORAN, Joseph B., S/ Sgt.
109 North Hoadley St., Naugatuck MORELLI, Daniel A., T/ 5
111 Orange St., Waterbury MORIARTY, Walter D., Sgt.
303 Washington St., Hartford MORIMOTO, James N., T/ 3
229 Main St., Stamford MORRIS, Bruce T., T/ 5
86 Woodward Ave., New Haven MORRIS, William B., Pfc.
53 Thompson St., West Haven MOSHER, George R., Pvt.
New Preston MOSHIER, William E., S/ Sgt.
60 West Center St., Manchester MOTOLA, Frank P., T/ Sgt.
29 Kennedy St., Hartford MOYLE, William G., S/ Sgt.
8 Blaine St., Danbury MROWKA, Stanley J., Pfc.
Box 4, Oakdale MROZOWSKI, Peter V., T/ 3
Jackson Hill Road, Rockfall
MUSKA, Joseph A., S/ Sgt.
Box 137, Church St., East Windsor NELSON, Charles A., Sgt.
1276 Corbin Ave., New Britain NERI, Eno, Pfc.
28 Andrew St., New Britain NICKERSON, Harold J., T/ Sgt.
660 Farmington Ave., Hartford NIELSEN, William J., T/ 4
37 Sixth St., Bridgeport NORTON, Eugene R., T/ 4
18 Graves Ave., Guilford NOVAK, Pavel, Pvt.
24 Homestead Ave., Danbury NOVITZKY, Zolton, Pvt.
139 Alfred St., Bridgeport NYIRI, John J., T/ Sgt.
50 North Ave., Meriden NYSTROM, Walter F., Jr., T/ 4
50 Locke St., Ansonia O'BRIEN, Albert F., T/ 5
639 Wayne St., Bridgeport O'CONNELL, John D., Pfc.
15 Leonard St., Stamford O'DEA, Joseph M., Pfc.
213 Howard Ave., New Haven OPALACH, Henry J., T/ 5
22 Cottage St., Manchester O'SHEA, John J., T/ 3
Box 255, Higganum OSTRAVAGE, Andrew J., Pfc.
37 Garden Drive, Fairfield OZDARWIN, William J., S/ Sgt.
Marshall St., Windsor PAGLIARO, Anthony J., T/ 4
Whitmore Lane, Stamford PALMER, Benjamin, T/ 4
257 Main St., Westport PALMIERI, John, S/ Sgt.
97 Oak St., Waterbury PALUMBO, Pasquale, T/ 5
415 Columbus Ave., New Haven PAOLITTO, Peter J., Sgt.
76 Wilfred St., West Hartford PAPACODA, Andrew, Pfc.
207 Grand Ave., New Haven PARCUN, George O., Sgt.
57 Richland Road, East Port Chester PASCALE, Philip E., T/ 5
47 Spring St., New Haven PASQUALE, John J., T/ 4
10 Walnut St., Middletown PASTORE, Joseph L., T/ 5
377 Park St., Bridgeport PATERNA, Louis J., T/ 5
111 Orange Ave., West Haven PAWLIK, Conrad E., T/ Sgt.
724 Congress Ave., New Haven PAYNE Herman A., T/ 5
60 Middle St., Putnam PECKENHAM, Thomas F., 1st/ Sgt.
33 Elro St., Manchester PELEGANO, Anthony P., Pfc.
2 Winchester St., Waterbury PERHAM, Stanton J., Sgt.
63 Boston Terrace, Bridgeport PERIN, Geno, Pfc.
Box 72, Middlebury PETIG, Otto S., Sgt.
49 Pawtucket St., Hartford PETROLITE, James S., Pvt.
255 Catherine St., Bridgeport PETRUZELLI, Vito, Pfc.
1113 Townsend Ave., New Haven PETRUZZI, Leonard R., Jr., Pfc.
418 Pine St., Waterbury
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PETTENGILL, Roy M., Pfc.
RFD 2, East Hampton PIANKA, Edward L., T/ 5
126 Sargeant St., Hartford PICCOLO, Louis F., Pvt.
286 Humphrey St., New Haven PIKOR, Frank J., S/ Sgt.
25 South St., Wallingford PINA, Louis A., Pvt.
Hickory St., Suffield PISANI, Anthony P., T/ 4
225 Blohm St., West Haven PISTORIO, Salvatore A., Cpl.
Box 1964, Hartford PITCHER, Everett S., T/ 5
RFD 1, Sharon PLATT, Edmund C, T/ Sgt.
75 Ten Acre Road, New Britain POLINO, Thomas, Cpl.
66 Putnam St., New Haven POSADAS, Joseph, Pvt.
32 Canal St., Plainville POTTER, Edwin A., Pfc.
27 Tait Road, Old Greenwich PRICE, Russell E., Cpl.
316 Elm St., Stamford PRILL, Fred V., Pfc.
4 Bushnell St., Pequabuck PRILL, George F., T/ 5
4 Bushnell St., Pequabuck PRIOR, Thomas J., Cpl.
8 Grace St., New Haven PROTASEVICH, John, Pfc.
27 Baltic St., Hartford PRZETAK, Sigmund J., T/ 4
52 Norfolk St., Torrington PUGLIESE, Harry M., Pvt.
146 Charles St., Waterbury RADMAN, Clifford W., T/ 5
28 Haviland St., South Norwalk RAGOZA, Dmitri, T/ 4
24 Rosette St., New Haven RALLIS, Michael, Pfc.
66 Colony St., Ansonia RASMUSSEN, Thomas W., Sgt.
1540 Iranistan Ave., Bridgeport RAWOLLE, Charles B., S/ Sgt.
RFD 1, Oakdale RECHTSCHAFER, Paul P., T/ Sgt.
128 Greenfield St., Hartford REGINA, Joseph L., T/ Sgt.
7 Horace St., Bridgeport REYNOLDS, Robert J., Cpl.
1072 Capitol Ave., Hartford RHEAUME, Arthur E., Pfc.
Box 175, Uncasville RICHARDS, George A., T/ 5
Box 516, New Britain RIZZO, Anthony J., Pvt.
38 McKinley Ave., Bridgeport ROBERTS, Donald B., Pfc.
28 Westford Ave., Stafford Springs RODDI, Eugene A., T/ 4
479 Winthrop Ave., New Haven RODIA, Anthony J., Pfc.
1501 Boston Ave., Bridgeport ROHR, William G., T/ 5
67 Cedar Hill Ave., New Haven ROMAN, Chester C, T/ 4
202 Pratt St., Meriden ROMO, Frederick B., Sgt.
218 Hamilton St., Bridgeport RONDEAU, Joseph A., T/ 5
19 Jackson Place, Willimantic ROOS, Leonard H., Sgt.
32 Bridge St., Deep River
ROOT, Eugene S., T/ 5
140 Thomas St., West Haven ROSANIA, John V., Pfc.
19 Summer Place, Meriden ROSTOCK, John, T/ 3
61 Collins St., New Britain ROUSSEAU, Joseph B., Pfc.
168 Grove St., Meriden ROWE, Charles R., M/ Sgt.
92 Bassick Ave., Bridgeport RUDNICKI, William S., Sgt.
63 Pulaski St., New Haven RUDY, Morris, T/ 4
75 Winchester St., Hartford RUGGIERO, Albert R., T/ 5
34 Main St., New Haven RUSCITTO, Oridio G., Pfc.
29 Branch St., Waterbury RUSSELL, John A., Pfc.
Grumman Ave., Norwalk RUSSO, Eugene J., Jr., T/ 5
1403 Boulevard Ave., New Haven RUSSO, Michael D., T/ 4
34 Rutland Ave., Waterbury RYAN, Donald, Pvt.
108 Seymour St., New Britain SAGAL, Benjamin R., T/ 4
560 Jackson St., Willimantic ST. MARIE, Norman L., T/ 5
156 Furnace Ave., Stafford Springs SALVATORE, Alsantre, Pfc.
Oak Ave., West Cheshire SANTAMAURO, Salvatore E., T/ 4
219 Poplar St., New Haven SANZO, Peter S., T/ 5
139 Glenn St., New Britain SAUVAGE, Roland J., T/ 5
2 Cedar Hill Ave., New Haven SBARDELLATI, Hugo, S/ Sgt.
10 Griswold St., Torrington SCHIETINGER, Joseph S., T/ 3
695 Wilcoxon Ave., Stratford SCHMIDT, Sidney, Sgt.
4 Hobson St., Stamford SEARS, Elmer J., Pvt.
RFD 3, Box 77, Redding Ridge SENA, Louis, T/ 5
737 Wethersfield Ave., Hartford SHAMPAIN, Bert, Pfc.
97 Vine St., Hartford SHERMAN, Oscar L., Pfc.
276 Quaker Lane, West Hartford SIBLEY, Frank E., S/ Sgt.
RFD 2, Torrington SIKORSKI, Walter J., 1st/ Sgt.
11 Bristol St.. New Haven SILVA, Louis, Pfc.
Cohanziu Road, New London SIMON, William, M/ Sgt.
Hartford Ave., Granby SIMONE, Patsy, T/ 5
624 Lincoln Ave., Bridgeport SINCLAIR, Andrew, Pvt.
Reed St., New Canaan SKLODOWSKI, James A., Pfc.
48 Norfolk St., Torrington SLIVA, Frank G., S/ Sgt.
165 Francis Ave., Newington SMITH, Calvin A., Cpl.
36 Charles St., Milford SMITH, John H., Cpl.
63 Town Hill Ave., Danbury SMITH, John J., Pfc.
16 Liberty St., Southington SODERQUIST, Walter G., Sgt.
84 Berwyn St., Devon
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SOUCY, Alfred F., S/ Sgt.
43 Heath St., Hartford SPAFFORD, Carl C., Jr., Pvt.
58 Weils Ave., East Hartford SPALDING, Charles B., T/ 4
107 Clifton Ave., West Hartford SPILLANE, John A., Sgt.
1081 Stratford Ave., Bridgeport SROKA, Chester J., T/ 5
125 Willow St., Meriden STABIERSKI, John, T/ 4
180 Franklin St., New Haven STANKIEVITZ, Joseph, S/ Sgt.
29 West Pearl St., New Britain STERN, Abner J., S/ Sgt.
20 Elm St., Norwalk STERN, Donald E., T/ 5
156 Main St., West Haven STEVENS, Francis J., T/ 5
16 Tilton St., New Haven STEVENS, George D., Pfc.
66 South Elm St., Wallingford STOKES, James E., Cpl.
Box 192, Chopsy Hill Road, Bridgeport STONE, Harry A., T/ Sgt.
83 Forest St., Bridgeport STOPERA, Victor, Sgt.
266 Newhall St., New Haven STOVERCHY, John, Jr., T/ 5
757 Hallett St., Bridgeport STRONESKY, Frank J., T/ 5
9 Evelyn St., New London STROUCH, Charles O., T/ 4
370 Cornwall St., Hartford SUDANO, Fred J., Pfc.
80 College St., Middletown SULLIVAN, Gerold A., T/ 4
425 River St., Guilford SULLIVAN, Matthew F., Pfc.
9 Prospect St., Stafford Springs SURACI, Andrew D., T/ 5
175 St. John St., New Haven SVETLIK, Albert D., Sgt.
Route 10, Westport Road, Fairfield SYLVESTER, Fred A., Pfc.
497 Wethersfield Ave., Hartford SZOTAK, Albert Z., T/ 5
28 Oxford St., South Norwalk TALBOT, Robert W., Pfc.
20 Montgomery St., Danbury TAYLOR, Rollin W., Pfc.
9 Agney Ave., Terryville TETREAULT, Edward L., T/ 3
241 County St., New Haven THOMPSON, Arthur J., Jr., Cpl.
43 Grove St., Windsor Locks THOMPSON, Charles A., Pfc.
17 Walter St., West Haven TIMPANELLI, Patsy J., S/ Sgt.
100 Roosevelt St., Bridgeport TIPPING, Leroy G., T/ 3
125 Short Beach Road, East Haven TIPPING, Leslie, T/ 4
125 Short Beach Road, East Haven TKACIK, Joseph G., Pfc.
33 Hallett St., Bridgeport TOMASUNAS, Alexander P., T/ 5
Box 393, New Milford TOMLINSON, William S., T/ 5
314 Bruce Ave., Stratford TORPEY, John W., Pfc.
56 East Harold St., Hartford TOWNER, Arthur R., T/ 5
27 Wall St., Middletown TRANKA, Anton T., T/ 5
Box 21, Mansfield Depot
TURNER, Allen J., T/ 3
165 Piatt St., Ansonia URBAN, Paul, T/ 5
2 Walnut St., Seymour URMSON, Frank A., Pvt.
1217 Whitney Ave., Hamden VAGNINI, Rudolph J., T/ 5
253 Caroline St., Derby VanWART, Henry W., Sgt.
610 Black Rock Turnpike, Bridgeport VARRETT, Robert J., Pvt.
847 Stratford Ave., Bridgeport VOILAND, Arthur L., Pfc.
40 Hazel Meadow, Simsbury WALLACE, William H., S/ Sgt.
26 Lynwood Place, New Haven WALTERS, William A., Pvt.
5 Indian Lane, Southfield Village, Stamford WALZER, David N., Pfc.
252 Hillside Ave., Waterbury WASOKA, John, T/ 5
546 South Main St., Naugatuck WATTS, Charles S., Pfc.
55 Hinsdale Ave., Waterbury WEIR, Kenneth C, Pfc.
RFD 1, Salisbury WELCH, Gregory P., M/ Sgt.
76 Brookdale Lane, Waterbury WELLER, Charles C, T/ Sgt.
131 Henderson Road, Fairfield WHEELER, Myron C, Sgt.
304 North Harker Ave., Waterbury WHITLOCK, Wallace S., Sgt.
11 James St., Danbury WHITMARSH, Norman K., T/ 5
6 Town St., Norwich WIALY, George J., Pfc.
O'Hare Ave., Thompsonville WILK, Edward W., 1st/ Sgt.
Spruce Brook Road, Berlin WILK, Joseph G., Pfc.
Oak St., Glastonbury WILKINSON, Roy A., 1st/ Sgt.
154 Concord St., New Haven WILLIAMS, James A., Pfc.
110 West Main St., Stamford WILLIS, Charles L., Sgt.
RFD 3, Golden Hill, Danbury WILSON, Alton A., Sgt.
60 Green St., Milford WILSON, Edward J., S/ Sgt.
134 Maple St., Manchester WISNIEWSKI, Matthew, T/ 5
163 Wood St., Waterbury WOJTOWICZ, Walter A., T/ 5
63 Middlefield St., Middletown WOLF, Albert, T/ 5
200 Orchard St., New Haven WRIGHT, Frank, T/ 4
380 Curtis St., Meriden YOUNG, Charles M., Pfc.
RFD 4, Danbury ZASTKO, Thomas A., Jr., T/ 4
46 Winter St., Willimantic ZEHALL, Edward G., Pfc.
229 Huntington Road, Stratford ZEMBROWSKI, William F., Pvt.
260 Sisson Ave., Hartford ZIEMS, Otto A., T/ 4
479 South Colony St., Meriden ZOSS, Harold W., Sgt.
6 Emerald St., Waterbury ZYJEWSKI, Walter, Pvt.
70 Prince St., New Haven