Connecticut veterans commemorative booklet. Vol. 8, no.12. Connecticut men of the United States Army, demobilization, Fort Devens, Massachusetts. November 26 to 28, 1945

              CONNECTICUT MEN
of the United States Army
Demobilization, Fort Devens, Massachusetts
November 26 to 28, 1945 STATE OF CONNECTICUT EXECUTIVE CHAMBERS HARTFORD
To Connecticut Veterans of World War II:
Connecticut men have written brilliant pages in the military history of this nation since the days of Bunker Hill. Indeed, in days of peace Connecticut men prepared for war so well that they always have been among the first to fight.
In this, the greatest of all wars just ended, you, as a son of Connecticut, have courageously and faithfully main­tained
that tradition. In fact, you have raised it to new heights. You have added immortal names to the historic list of victories — New Georgia, Tunisia, Cassino, Anzio, Normandy, Ardennes Bulge, Hurtgen Forest, Leyte, Luzon, Ruhr Pocket, Apennines, Okinawa, and more.
Chance and talents assigned many of you to tasks along the supply routes, in hospitals and at bases, or to toil and sweat in such places as the Lido Road and along the Persian Gulf. All this made victory possible. Connecticut men, too, played a glorious role in that part of the victory which is credited in the ledgers of history for the Air Force.
Your fellow citizens in Connecticut are highly proud of your service. And they are very, very grateful.
Yours very sincerely,
Governor
HERE ARE THEIR STORIES
War correspondents of World War II frequently embellished and often overwrote the action stories of modest soldiers. The aggregate result pleased editors, made headlines, and, on occasion, embarrassed the soldiers. In retaliation, the correspondents and their victims were labelled, in characteristic G. I. language, " Joe Blow". Actually, the " Joe Blows" were few and far between in this Army. The purpose of these stories is to record without embellishment, the mood, the impressions, the exciting events, of the worst and best of the great days, before time blurs memories with resulting confusion as to events, dates and places. These are soldiers' stories, here recorded as near verbatim as possible in soldiers' words. — The Editor.
Albero, John J., Pfc, 45th Cav. Ren. Trp., 45th Div., Stamford.
" At Thiaville, France, the Jerries pulled a fast one on us by letting us come into the town and then started shooting with tanks and small arms fire. They had our troop surrounded with a battalion and we held them back for two hours before we broke their line to get to our sector. We lost one man when he caught a shell in the wrong place and one man was captured while we gave them a lot more to worry about then just two men. I was on Anzio for a short while but all the time was spent underground and I didn't get to see too much of the place. I do remember a shell landing close to me on Anzio, but it didn't hit me so I just forgot about it."
Anderson, Richard O., Pfc, Hq. Co., 59th Sig. Bn., New Haven.
" As a motor messenger between advance CPs and Division Headquarters, I managed to get into a lot of tight spots. Probably the worst was near the town of Eisenach in Germany when I was cut off for three days. It was the nearest to hell that I ever hope to get for I was under mortar fire, 88 shell­fire
and even had a couple of strafings. Some­how
or other I came through all right and managed to keep myself all in one piece for the rest of the war."
Bagnasco, Frank H., Pfc, 417th Ord. Evac. Co., 350th Ord. Bn., New Haven.
" I guess I was one of the first Americans to be fired upon by the Germans. It was on February 16, 1942 while my outfit was on the island of Aruba in the West Indies. That was
the place where German subs surfaced and shelled the oil storage tanks located there while we were camped practically next door. I hit the ground but fast when once I realized what was happening. My biggest thrill in all my Army career was meeting my two sisters in San Mauro Castelverde in Sicily. I re­ceived
a special furlough to fly down and visit them as it was over sixteen years since I had last seen them. It was a pretty wonder­ful
thirteen days for all of us and I am hoping to get them back here now."
Bestor, Richard C, T/ Sgt., Hq. Comm. Zone, Ord. Service, West Hartford.
" I married an English girl while I was in Chelenham on Oct. 6, 1945. I was attracted to her at a Red Cross dance. She was the prettiest brunette there and the best looking one I'd ever seen anywhere. After that we went together two years and I got to know her and her family real well. I liked them and they liked me, and I am sure my folks are going to like their daughter- in- law when she can come here. Her name was Jean Turner and she was a stenographer at the British Air Ministry office."
Bloniarz, Frank C, T/ 5, Co. A., 59th Sig. Bn., Rockville.
" After sweating through five campaigns with my outfit in Europe, I'd say the Battle of the Bulge gave me the roughest experi­ences.
At the time of the German drive I was in Bastogne driving a truck and had to get out of there fast. As I left, the 101st Airborne Battalion came in and I was plenty thankful that I didn't have to stay."
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Bole, Howard W., Sgt., 856th Sq., 492d Bmb. Grp., 8th Air Force, Chester.
" The base where I worked in England as a radar mechanic was so secret that half the time the fellows themselves didn't know what they were doing. It was an O. S. S. field and all our planes were used to transport supplies and agents to the occupied countries in the early part of the war. Most of the missions were at night and to all extent and purposes, our planes took off on night bombing missions. But many a night I saw the passengers come out and get into our black- painted B- 24s, sometimes women, with their camouflage suits and packages of special equipment. The planes came back with just the crews so I was one of the few who realized what went on. After all the security lectures we received though I knew enough to keep it all to myself."
Brozowski, Michael A., Pfc, 180th C. A. Bn., Manchester.
" My biggest thrill came at the first false report of V- J Day. I was driving a truck on Tinian when the first report came in. The men began shouting and singing and shots rang out all over the island. The men were so happy some even cried. To me after 42 months in the Pacific, just an everyday American girl is a wonderful sight to see. I think, after driving around on the small Pacific Islands, Connecticut will seem to me to be as large as Texas."
Cataldo, Joseph S., T/ 5, 3012th Q. M. Mobile Spec, Middletown.
" My biggest thrill overseas came on my birthday, the 25th of July, 1944. The going in France had slowed down and the German opposition was plenty tough. The town of St. Lo, which wasn't very far ahead of where my outfit was located at the time, was the bottleneck to our Army's progress. Well, on this particular day I looked up to see 2500 B- 24s flying toward St. Lo and never in my whole life had I ever seen or
do I ever expect to see such a sight. Hour after hour they came over in beautiful for­mation
and the next day our armies went ahead again. I guess they had bombed about every square inch of the town from what I saw of it later."
Chalmers, Thomas C, Sgt., Btry. B., 48th Coast Arty. Bn., New Haven.
" My job was a plotter in the range section of our battery of ' Long Toms.' Our outfit was supposed to have fired more rounds than any other outfit that existed as far as these big guns were concerned. We concen­trated
mostly on Jap positions in the islands of Palau group. As South Pacific islands go, our location wasn't too bad except for the heat and humidity. After a place was sup­posedly
cleared we still would find Japs hiding in caves in the mountains and then would have to make up a detail to go out and dynamite the place and bury them alive. They seemed to prefer this to surrendering for some insane reason or other."
Ciarciello, Mark A., Cpl., 474 Ftr. Sq., 429th Grp., 9th Air Force, Hartford.
" It was late in the evening in the middle of July when our P- 38 fighter squadron was just coming home. The last plane came down the strip when we noticed a 500 pound bomb was hanging from its bomb rack. As the plane taxied in, the bomb fell off, rolling within 50 feet from where I was standing and exploded. I was knocked to the ground, but otherwise unhurt. I'll always think of that July night as the luckiest night of my life."
Conklin, Percy W., Cpl., 3d Photo. Ren. Sq., 11th Photo. Grp., 20th Air Force, Sharon.
" My first mission was my roughest. It was in November 1944 and we took off from our base at Saipan about three in the morn­ing
and were over Tokyo about nine. For photo work it was necessary to criss- cross over the target several times and without escort protection the sweat really poured
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from us. I was waist gunner and had a good view of the flak that was reaching us way up at 30,000 feet. Four fighters came up, but after a few unaggressive passes they shied away. Guess the Japs were still pretty scared of the B- 29s then. We were over Tokyo for a full hour and it was the longest hour I shall ever spend in my life."
Cormier, Albert W., Cpl., Btry. A., A. W. Bn., 568th A. A. A., Thompsonville.
" The blackout in England was funny at times, and other times it could be damned annoying. It was really pitch black. You weren't able to see a thing, so you'd go groping your way along the street and bump into people you couldn't even see after you bumped into them. Sometimes you'd run into a dame and she'd giggle but you'd never know if she was 18 or 80. After all the old USA is the only country for me. I have a hunch I'm going to stay here for a long, long time."
Costa, Antone, Pfc, 3892d Q. M. Truck Co., V Corps, Danielson.
" I had my closest shave D- Day at Omaha Beach. I was driving a truck with the 16th Infantry Regiment then. The LST we came in on was under fire from the minute we glimpsed shore and as we touched the beach 88 shells were thicker than flies. There were 22 trucks on the ship and we had to drive down a ramp and up the beachhead to a dispersal area. I was the twentieth truck off the ship and just as the last truck rolled off the ramp, the ship was hit and blew up. Just to think of it now gives me a cold sweat for at the time I had planned to wait a few minutes before driving off as the beachhead looked like too hot a place to be driving around in a two and a half ton."
Costello, Kenneth J., S/ Sgt., Hq. Co., 358th Inf., 90th Div., Bridgeport.
" I was in a bayonet charge in Normandy. Facing us was the famous Herman Goering SS Division. We were supposed to take Forte
De Monte Caste near St. Jeane De Day. The Heinies were real tough and it was up to us to dig them out. For two bitter days we couldn't gain a yard. On the third day the order came down to fix bayonets and move out. I'll never forget coming up that hill with men falling all around me. We finally made it though it cost our battalion over 500 men. It was for this bit of action that we received a Presidential citation."
Cyr, Henry A., Jr., Pvt., 3d Bn., 22d Inf., 4th Div., Killingly.
" All the fighting I was in seemed to be as bad as the next but I guess in the Hurtgen Forest campaign it was a little more so. In February 1945 on the Siegfried line I was cut off and taken prisoner. We were taken to a camp near Coblenz and then to one at Lindberg which was pretty rough and as bad as the places you have read about in the papers. We were liberated by the Sixth Armored two months later and that was the happiest day of my life. At the time of our liberation most of the other POWs with me were in such bad shape that they couldn't even walk. Guess I was luckier than most of them."
DeRosa, Levy, T/ 5, 503d Rd. Ord. Maint. Co., 3d Armd. Div., 1st Army, West Haven.
" We repaired tanks for the Third Armored Division and plugged up the holes made by 88s and bazookas. It was not too unusual to find parts of an arm or leg in a burned- out tank. It did not take me long to realize that it was far healthier to be repairing tanks than it was to be driving one in combat."
Elias, Rudolph P., T/ 4, 221st Sig. Depot, Stratford.
" You can say I am all for the doughboy after my experience during the Battle of the Bulge. I was carpenter in my outfit when they drafted me as a rifleman and threw me into a replacement pool. For two months I was put through infantry training and then, luckily enough was taken out and put back
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into a signal outfit. Just the two months training period was enough to convince me that the doughboy's life is the toughest of any in the entire Army."
Fisher, Joseph B. Jr., S/ Sgt., Co. E., 365th Inf., 92d Div., New Haven.
" I saw action the first time at Sere Hi Valle, in Italy. One never gets used to being in combat but the first day seems to always be the toughest. My division spearheaded the crossing of the Arno River. Early in February I was wounded when a mortar shell hit outside our hole just when we were changing guard. It sent four other men and myself to the hospital. In the hospital we were treated well and six weeks later I was back to duty. I led my last patrol early in May and returned to find the war was all over."
Giannotti, Jack, Pfc, Hq. Co., 2d Bn., 357th Inf., 90th Div., New Haven.
" It was at Cherbourg that I was assigned to the 90th. I was with them from there until the war ended when we were in Czecho­slovakia.
In October 1944 near a place called Mazerries- La Metz our outpost was sur­rounded
and we were caught in the cellar of the house. While fighting our way out I was wounded but not enough to require hospitalization. My best day overseas came when I received permission to go to England to see my brother who was at a hospital there as a casualty from the fighting around St. Lo. I spent five and a half days with him and am now sweating out his getting dis­charged
from the Army along with myself."
Gomez, Julius B., Sgt., Co. G, 5th Regt., 1st Cav. Div., Waterbury.
" Of all the places I have been in the South Pacific, I guess combat in the Philippines was as tough as any. It was there on Christ­mas
Day in 1944 that I was wounded. We were going into the Ormoc Valley to meet up with the 77th Division and my squad was sent ahead to knock out a Jap machine gun position. The gun was set up under a
Filipino hut and it was a hard job to dis­lodge
them. Just as we got up to the position I was hit by a hail of machine gun bullets, but the other fellows in the squad took care of that machine gun and the four Japs with it about two minutes later."
Hagar, Burton F., S/ Sgt., 585th Sq., 394th Bmb. Grp., 9th Air Force, Branford.
" It wasn't too bad where I was on the Chelmsford airstrip in England. Once a buzz bomb dropped about a 1,000 yards away in an apple orchard owned by Henry Ford, but nothing happened except a few trees and unripe apples hit the ground. I was over there 21 months as a radio mechanic Later I went to Belgium. That's a country I liked. You wouldn't know there was a war on by the looks of some parts of it."
Harrington, Samuel W., M/ Sgt., 20th Cmbt. Mapping Sq., 6th Ren. Grp., 5th Air Force, Danbury.
" My most miserable experience took place on Okinawa when the place was hit by a typhoon. I didn't see one of our installations standing when it was all over. It did more damage to the island than the Japs who were trying to hold the place. As for combat, I got the scare of my life on Leyte when it was feared that Jap paratroopers were landing in our area. I didn't see any but I did see a Jap transport crash near us and only a small Jap captain come out alive, but he was shot as he tried to run into the jungle."
Hendry, Alexander V., Pfc, 390th R. R. Security Bn., ( Sep.), Hartford.
" I'm glad I missed the show that night at Antwerp. I was going to go but changed my mind and went ' pubbing' instead. That proved to be the luckiest decision of my life. That night a V- 2 scored a direct hit on that theater and hundreds of soldiers were killed and wounded. I like Antwerp despite the fact it was one of Europe's most buzz- bombed cities. There the people liked Ameri­cans
and many of them could speak English well."
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Hibbits, James J., Jr., Sgt., 40th Mobile Comd. Sq., 9th Air Force, Bridgeport.
" As a radio operator my job was to transmit in code the weather reports to all our European air fields. Code work in radio is a tedious and tiresome job, and a codeman doesn't have to be crazy, but after a while it will help. Later we were transferred to the Ninth Army where it was found accurate weather reports were beneficial to the ac­curacy
of field artillery. Our group was the first of our unit to cross the Rhine."
Kujawski, Bernard., Pfc, 374th Gen. Hosp., Middletown.
" Tinian had two seasons only- a rainy one and a wet one. There it seemed to rain— rain all the time, twenty- seven days out of every month, ten months a year. We had the most fun with the ' Gook' civilians. They were real island people, living by themselves and how they pleased. They had little use or care for clothes, and it was not unusual to see the women wearing those intimate inner garments on the outside. After a while that area was placed off limits, so our amuse­ment
was back to complaining about the weather."
Majauskas, John A., S/ Sgt., 820th Sq., 41st Bmb. Grp., Bethlehem.
" Okinawa will be one place 1 will never forget. When we first landed there an ammo dump blew up 100 yards from us and we were ducking our own shells the minute we hit the place. I didn't expect anything like that to happen right off the bat and I felt this place was going to bring me bad luck. When the typhoon hit I knew I was right, everything on the island was flying around and hitting things that were upright. It was just a mess of broken equipment crazily bouncing around in that wind."
Mazzarese, Joseph., T/ 5, Co. F., 395th Inf., 90th Div., Bridgeport.
" D- Day in Normandy was the toughest as far as I was concerned. It was wet and cold and the Germans threw the book at us. At St. Lo we joined the Third Army and fol­lowed
Patton's fast moving armor all the way. At the Belgium breakthrough, while flushing out some woods, I was wounded by a mortar shell and received fragments in the legs, face and stomach. After two months in the hospital, I was transferred to the air corps. That was the best deal I ever received in the Army for after being a ' dough' so long, the air corps seemed real ' soft' for you always had a bed to crawl into at night and lived pretty well." McFarland, Robert D., Cpl., Hq., 306th Bmb. Grp., 9th Air Force, Bridgeport.
" They call me ' Red Ball' because I made the trip up and down the famous Red Ball highway so many times in my semi- trailer. It was a non- stop run between Normandy and Germany and I liked it. It wasn't rough for me until they began the break­through.
Then things began to get hot. The toughest time I recall was when I was rush­ing
to load and evacuate a large supply of gasoline. But after that was over, I got into the old groove again."
McGuire, Thomas G., M/ Sgt., 820th Sq., 41st Bmb. Grp., Waterbury.
" When I entered the Army I thought that I would be separated from my buddy, John Majauskas, but we were sent to the same outfit and served together overseas. Now here we are three years later getting dis­charged
together. At Okinawa I was tying down planes so that they wouldn't get damaged from the typhoon but when it blew itself out only 4 planes out of 18 were flyable. I'd rather go through bombings and strafings than go through another typhoon because the bombings last only a few minutes."
Monde, Robert R., T/ 3, 505th Ord. Co., 3d Armd. Div., New Haven.
" Trying to steal a German tank from under their very noses is a sample of the kind of jobs we had to go out on. This experience occurred near a small town in France called Raeran. We had to retrieve this German tank which was to be sent back to the U. S. for experimental purposes. Fifty yards on the other side of the ditch where the tank lay, the Germans had dug in and kept us under fire the whole time we were working on it. We had to work for 15 minutes then crouch for 60 minutes. The stench of dead bodies both inside and around the tank was terrific and half of us were sick on the job besides being scared to
death. We finally got the tank through after working for 12 hours and I only hope they put it to good use after all the work and sweating we went through to get it."
Nazzaro, Mario T., Sgt., Hq. Btry., 48th Coast Arty. Bn., New Haven.
" About midnight on January 15, 1945 I was awakened along with the other fellows in my tent and told that our radar had picked up several Jap boats coming towards our shore. We were on Peleliu Island at the time. I got up and grabbed my forty- five and headed for the beach which was only a few yards away. Sure enough when our searchlights went on they picked out these barges loaded with Japs and that's when we let fly with everything we had. I fired every round of ammunition I had at them and it was an awful mess for they kept coming ashore no matter how many dropped around them. Then when they got a few yards from us, they committed hari- kari by blowing themselves up with hand gre­nades.
After it was all over, I was detailed to help bury them and had to take a truck with 18 bodies and bury them in a Jap cemetery on the island."
Nelson, Clarence E., S/ Sgt., 820th Sq., 41st Bmb. Grp., Guilford.
" My one and only experience that I will remember was the time I was on Okinawa when the typhoon hit. Everything in our area was knocked down and I stayed up all night trying to hold up the sides of our tent. Debris from the wreckage of the camp hit some of the men when it was blown into them. A foxhole would have been a safe place during the storm but I didn't have one to dive in. There isn't a good thing that I can say about those Atolls out there because there's nothing good about them. If we were able to get some good food once in a while it would have helped our morale a great deal."
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Nolin, Alphe H., T/ 4, Co. A., 53d Engr. Bn., 8th Armd. Div., Bridgeport.
" Planes were trying to knock out the bridge we were using to cross the Rhine and for a while I didn't think we were going to make it. Our ackack was shooting at them a mile a minute and it was a sight to see those Jerry planes hit the water and explode before our eyes. They tried hard to get that bridge and never did. The funniest thing was to see those supermen marching over to our lines looking for someone to take them prisoner and escort them to the cages. They didn't look like the guys that almost won the war but more like a little kid who just got a spanking for stealing from the cookie jar."
Nuzzo, Ralph, Cpl., Hq., 9th Air Force, New Haven.
" Maybe I didn't carry a gun and do some of the shooting, but I made a lot of noise just the same. And it was no snap job either. I was the drummer in the Ninth Air Force band and had to play two shows a day in the wards and then play for dancing each night at officers' clubs. We did this all over and let me say you get so tired of it after a while that you don't even listen to your own music. But we felt that we helped a lot with morale, giving out the way we did. There were a few guys in the band from
name orchestras and sometimes we'd ac­company
such stars as Jane Frohman. Once we made a newsreel."
Oberg, Leonard E., lst/ Sgt., 301st Sig. Opn. Bn., 3d Army, Fairfield.
" The early days of Normandy were the toughest. There we lived in foxholes and were bombed and strafed every night. The breakthrough was tough, too, and it was there a V- 2 dropped right in the heart of our CP. Luckily I wasn't there at the time. After 23 months of Europe, the States look awfully good to me."
Rizzio, Anthony J., Pfc, 1209th Engr. Firefighting Pin., Derby.
" In civilian life I was a volunteer fire­man
and the Army must have thought I was a veteran smoke- eater for I was assigned to a firefighting unit. Our first fire overseas was in the Cherbourg ' E' boat base. I had to wear a gas mask and descend 50 feet underground to fight that baby. In three days it was under control and completely out on the fourth. The toughest one came in September with a fire in an ammunition dump. No one could get too close to that fire as ammo was going off like firecrackers and occasionally there was a deeper boom as something bigger took off. All we could do there was to prevent it from spreading. Safron, William, T/ 5, M. D., 157th Inf., 45th Div., Derby.
" Nuremberg, Germany, may be in the news now but I remember it as the place I We lost 12 men in that blaze." hid under a tank to avoid getting hit. Ger­man
snipers opened up on us as we entered the town behind tanks and when the shoot­ing
started I went under a tank because it was the safest place to be. I was a litter bearer and when the tanks moved forward again I treated three men who were hit and took them to an aid station. In Wimenea, Germany, a shell hit the house I was in and part of the wall bounced off my arms. I was also shaken up by the concussion but I didn't leave the house because there was no other place that would have been any safer. I gave first aid to a lot of men who were hit during the war but I was lucky enough to miss any of the steel myself."
Savastino, Vincent J., T/ 5, 3892d Q. M. Co., 1st Army, Stamford.
" I landed in Normandy on the night of D- Day. The beach was still plenty hot, but firmly in our hands. We drove about two miles inland and all the way we could see stretchers bearing wounded moving back to the beach. We were later attached to the Third Armored Division. Keeping that fast- moving, hard- hitting outfit well supplied was tough enough a job for any trucker. After the war as occupation forces, our job was to police the Czech border. There it was a little ironic as our job was to prevent the Czechs from stealing from their erstwhile conquerors."
Savitsky, Nicholas, Pfc, 26th Mbl. Rpr. and Rclm. Grp., A. D., 9th Air Force, Ansonia.
" We assembled the gliders that brought the first airborne divisions to Europe. Gliders are pretty delicate things and you must be real good in assembling them. Shortly before the end of the war we moved to France. It seemed to me that once the war was over,
our relations with the French became some­what
strained and we didn't get along too well. For a country that holds so many American graves, I think they've forgotten too soon. The more I saw of Europe, the more I missed Ansonia."
Schepat, Harold J., Pfc, 587th Sq., 394th Bmb. Grp., 9th Air Force, Forestville.
" I drove a crash ambulance. It was my job to take wounded crew men from the planes and evacuate them to the nearest hospital. Before D- Day crew men from our Marauder group came in pretty badly shot up. After D- Day they ran into less opposi­tion.
One day in France I saw a plane coming in on fire. I drove my ambulance down the airstrip and was still some distance away when the plane landed and blew up with its entire bomb load- 85 hundred- pound bombs, There was just a tremendous noise, a cloud of smoke, and then nothing. That was a sight I'll never forget."
Semetas, Alfred E., T/ 5, 3018th Q. M. Bakery, ( Sep.), Waterbury.
" About the nearest to seeing action that I ever came was being in our bakery one day when the Jerries strafed the road only a few feet from where I was working. My outfit was at the Battle of the Bulge and had to move back when the Germans came too close for that wasn't any place for a bakery to be hanging around in December 1944. I guess we're the only bakery outfit in the whole United States Army with five battle stars which is something for a non- combat unit."
Sheppard, John L., Pvt., Co. C, 175th Inf., 29th Div., Southington.
" Early in October, north of Aachen, my company ran headlong into a German counter­attack.
With only 75 men, we were no match for over a thousand Germans sup­ported
by tanks. They overran the town we had just taken and captured us all. After being interrogated we were moved to a small
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concentration camp 30 miles inland. On the way there we were bombed and strafed by our own planes. After a few weeks we were again moved, and on the way had to spend three awful days in a Frankfort marshalling yard under constant air attack. When the block busters came screaming down we just huddled together and prayed. After seven days on this train without food or water we finally arrived at Stalag 5 near Munich. There I saw an American soldier shot and another torn apart by wild dogs for little or no reason. During an air attack it was their custom to send everyone to the main build­ing,
then they released fierce man- killing dogs to police the stockade. We were moved later to Stalag 12, and then to a farm where we were forced to work. The farm was the best deal because there we had more food. At the time of my capture I weighed over 160 pounds but under their starvation diet my weight dropped to only 90 pounds. On the 29th of April, a day I'll always remember, tanks from the 20th Armored Division broke through and liberated us."
Somma, George G., M/ Sgt., Hq. Btry., 48th Coast Arty. Bn., New Haven.
" The night a couple of Jap barges loaded with suicide troops landed at our doorstep while we were on Peleliu Island was the worst experience I can remember. My outfit was located there with 155mm guns shelling Jap positions, and this particular night I was sergeant- of- the- guard. These Jap barges came loaded with troops expecting to wreck the air- strip and the planes on it, but instead they received an awful reception when they landed. I didn't get a chance to do any shooting at them as I had to be sure all the guards were alerted and at their posts. It was an exciting 48 hours though and one time I wish I had been anything but sergeant- of- the- guard."
Watson, Norman J., Pfc, Btry. A., 398th F. A., 8th Armd. Div., Waterbury.
" The banks of the Ruhr may be a pretty sight to a sightseer but to a GI it was a dangerous place. More shells landed on our side of the Ruhr than any other place. I was under a barrage for three hours and I just hugged a foxhole because if I got out to ask any questions, I'd have been a dead duck. We had to pull out of our positions and fall to the rear so that our own artillery could open up and give those Krauts a taste of their medicine. To add to the misery we had from shell fire, the weather took one turn for the cold and forgot to turn again for the better. It was so cold that we were los­ing
more men to the weather than to the Jerries."
CONNECTICUT VETERANS COMMEMORATIVE BOOKLET
Vol. VIII Nov. 28, 1945 No. 12 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 John L. Caillouette, Francis A. Stockwell Jr., George E. Allis and Hugh W. McCoy. The cover illustration of a staging area near Marseille, France, is from the Associated Press.
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THE MUSTER OUT ROLL CALL
Names, rank and addresses of Connecticut men discharged during the period from November 26 to 28, 1945, from the official Group Rosters, Fort Devens Separation Center, Mass.
ABRAHAMSON, Carl A., T/ 4
57 Pardee PL, East Haven ALBERO, John J., Pfc.
49 St. Johns PL, Stamford ALBERT, Augustin D., Pvt.
1424 Thompson Ave., Waterville ALBRYCHT, Adolph P., Pvt.
85 Park Ave., Meriden ALDERMAN, Herman R., Sgt.
35 Sylvan Ave., New Haven ALLAN, Norman R., S/ Sgt.
Lockwood Lane, Riverside ALLSOP, Jacob E., S/ Sgt.
79 Orange St., Bridgeport AMATO, Anthony, Pfc.
41 View St., New Haven AMBLER, Stanley W., Sgt.
76 Central Ave., Bridgeport ANDERSEN, Frank L, Pfc.
186 Clinton Ave., New Haven ANDERSON, Richard O., Pfc.
384 Huntington St., New Haven ANDREWS, Norris C, T/ 3
367 Elm St., New Haven ANTON, John, T/ Sgt.
9 Birch St., Shelton APPELL, Arthur C, M/ Sgt.
RFD 2, Bethel APRUZESE, Genaro E., Sgt.
342 Washington St., New Britain APUZZO, Pasquale, Sgt.
191 East St., New Haven APY, John B., Sgt.
Ponus Ridge, New Canaan ARMIDA, Charles A., Pfc.
128 Vanderbilt Ave., West Hartford ARNONE, Michael A., T/ 5 23 Patch St., Danbury ARSENAULT, Armand, Pfc.
449 Farmington Ave., Hartford ATWATER, Carleton W., T/ 4
72 Clinton Ave., Stamford AUBERT, Ovila E., Pvt.
A- 67 Newfield Ave., Hartford BADO, Minus A., S/ Sgt.
80 Mortimer St., Torrington BAGNASCO, Frank H., Pfc.
84 Exchange St., New Haven BARBEROGLOU, Vassilios T., Sgt.
Highland Ter., Stafford Springs BARRETTE, Julien A., T/ Sgt.
6 Carter St., Danielson BASSINGER, John M., Cpl.
Water St., Warehouse Point BASSO, Jacob F., Pfc.
935 Migeon Ave., Torrington BELDEN, Mason S., T/ 5
22 Hillside St., Newington BELLOS, William A., Sgt.
128 South St., Stamford BENOIT, Louis J., T/ Sgt.
125 Preston St., Hartford BERCIER, Ernest L., Cpl.
109 Sunnyside Ave., Waterbury BERES, William E., Pfc.
345 Howard Ave., Bridgeport BERGERON, Robert A., S/ Sgt.
30 Third St., Hamden BERICSON, Carl J., T/ 4
88 Canal St., New Haven BERNIER, Armand, Cpl.
165 Green Ave., Plainfield
BESTOR, Richard C, T/ Sgt.
147 Lawler Rd., West Hartford BIRMINGHAM, John K., Pfc.
17 Nepaug St., Hartford BLAIS, Edward E., Pfc.
53 Meadow St., Willimantic BLOCK, Milton, T/ 5
12 Coolidge St., Hartford BLONIARZ, Frank C, T/ 5
119 Brooklyn St., Rockville BOGACKI, Edward J., T/ 5
63 Orchard St., Stamford BOLE, Howard W., Sgt.
Chester BORELLO, Vincent F., Pfc.
123 Eldridge St., Manchester BOROWICZ, Alexander W., Pvt.
32 Loveland St., Middletown BOSCO, Gaetano T., T/ 5
730 State St., New Haven BOUFFARD, Albert B., Pfc.
RFD, South Coventry BOWERS, John, S/ Sgt.
28 Aiken St., Norwalk BOWLING, Elbert H., Pfc.
622 Bank St., Waterbury BOZUCHOWSKI, Steven, T/ 3
126 Pleasant St., Meriden BRENNAN, John K., Sgt.
44 Willow St., Waterbury BRINDAMOUR, Theodore A., Sgt.
179 Valley St., Willimantic BRODERICK, Ralph G., T/ Sgt.
22 New Haven Ave., Woodmont BROOKS, Allen H., Pfc.
Box 16, East Killingly BROWN, Douglas W., T/ 4
205 Clifton St., Wallingford BROWN, James E., Sgt.
17 Woodland St., New Haven BROWNSTEIN, Allen, Pfc.
22 Ellsworth Ave., New Haven BROZOWSKI, Michael A., Pfc.
70 Birch St., Manchester BRULE, Norman J., Cpl.
219 Ward St., Hartford BRYANT, Raymond J., Cpl.
165 Collden Rd., Stamford BURNESS, Irving L., T/ 4
119 Baltimore St., Hartford CACHUCHO, Joaquim, T/ 4
29 North Orchard St., Wallingford CALABRESE, Domenic, T/ 4
634 Highland Ave., Waterbury CALABRESE, Joseph, Pfc.
582 North Colony St., Wallingford CALCATERRA, John J., S/ Sgt.
186 Roger St., Hartford CALDWELL, William G., Pfc.
43 Lincoln Ave., South Norwalk CALISTRO, John B., T/ Sgt.
182 Hartford Ave., New Britain CALLAHAN, John J., M/ Sgt.
140 Adams St., Hartford CALLING, August, T/ 5
187 Fairfield Ave., New Haven CAMERATO, Joseph A., T/ 4
353 Front Ave., West Haven CAMILLO, Comodore, Sgt.
184 Lexington Ave., Bridgeport CAMMARATA, Louis A., Cpl.
234 High St., New Britain
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CAMPAGNA, James L., Pfc.
70 College St., Middletown CAPLAN, David, T/ 5
124 Irving St., Hartford CAPPELLA, Joseph P., Pfc.
28 Cain St., New Haven CAPONE, Joseph, T/ 5
651 Grand Ave., New Haven CARBERRY, Robert A., M/ Sgt.
39 Beecher PL, New Haven CARINI, Ernest J., T/ 5
362 Vernon St., Manchester CARMODY, Norman S., Pfc.
65 Summer St., Bridgeport CARPENTIER, Francis J., T/ 5
101 Chapel St., Hartford CARTER, Charles C, Cpl.
53 Abbott Ave., Waterbury CASEY, Anthony J., S/ Sgt.
East St., Litchfield CASHMAN, Thomas W., T/ Sgt.
108 Hungerford St., Hartford CATALDO, Joseph S., T/ 5
52 Center St., Middletown CAULFIELD, Charles S., Cpl.
451 Main St., Norwich CELEDINAS, Frank C, Sgt.
73 Madison St., Hartford CHALMERS, Thomas C, Sgt.
665 Whitney Ave., New Haven CHAPMAN, Herbert D., Pvt.
26 Enos St., New London CHARLOP, Sol, Cpl.
181 Main St., Danbury CHIZ, Teddy, Pfc.
12 Marshall St., Wallingford CIARCIELLO, Mark A., Cpl.
63 Madison St., Hartford CLIFFORD, Merton W., T/ 5
Uncasville, Conn. COLBERG, James J., Sgt.
204 North Front St., New Haven COLBERG, John W., T/ 5
39 Victory Dr., New Haven COLE, Harold D., T/ Sgt.
17 Ash St., Fairfield COLE, James H., Cpl.
772 Washington Ave., Bridgeport COLLINS, Edwin H., S/ Sgt.
Hazardville COLLINS, Robert, Sgt.
1480 Albany Ave., Hartford COLWELL, Theodore R., T/ 4
88 Lockwood Ave., Stamford CONDON, James L., Pfc.
164 Lewis St., Bridgeport CONKLIN, Percy W., Cpl.
Sharon CONLIN, James J., Cpl.
17 Pulaski St., Norwalk CONSIGLIO, John, S/ Sgt.
4 Ailing St., New Haven CONTOLINI, John J., Sgt.
133 Ash St., Bridgeport COOK, James J., Pfc.
Paddock Ave., Meriden COOK, Walter, T/ 4
208 Magnolia St., Hartford COPIDA, Dominick, Cpl.
38 Sherman St., Bridgeport COPPOLA, Ralph J., Cpl.
80 Greyrock PL, Stamford CORMIER, Albert W., Cpl.
293 Enfield St., Thompsonville COSGROVE, George W., T/ 5
Mansfield Depot COSTA, Antone, Pfc.
45 Day St., Danielson
COSTELLO, Kenneth J., S/ Sgt.
2044 East Main St., Bridgeport COTTON, William A., Cpl.
383 Fairview Ave., Bridgeport COX, Henry E., T/ 4
596 1/ 2 Hilliard St., Manchester CREEM, Frederick W., T/ 4
45 Harrison St., Bristol CRISCO, Joseph A., Sgt.
21 Summer St., New Haven CROSS, Albert, T/ 5
991 East Main St., Stratford CROUSE, Bernard, Pfc.
52 1/ 2 Spring St., Rockville CULLEN, John B., Cpl.
Eox 406, Niantic CUMMINGS, Harold J., S/ Sgt.
77 West Town St., Norwichtown CURRAN, Joseph F., M/ Sgt.
54 Jaenicke Lane, Hamden CURTIN, David E., Jr., T/ 4
Station 40 1/ 2 Main St., So. Windsor CURTIN, Thomas C, S/ Sgt.
235 Connecticut Ave., New London CUSANO, James S., T/ 5
847 Quinnipiac Ave., New Haven CWALINSKI, Alexander R., Pvt.
108 Derby Ave., Derby CYR, Henry A., Jr., Pvt.
Attawaugan, RFD 1, Killingly CZYZ, Walter, T/ 5
104 Gold St., New Britain D'AGOSTINO, Ralph, Pfc.
287 West Water St., New Haven D'ALESANDRO, Dominick, S/ Sgt.
69 Donnelly Rd., New Britain DALESIO, Alphonse, Pvt.
605 North Riverside St., Waterbury D'ANGELO, Robert L., Cpl.
34 Wilcox St., New Britain DANIEL, Edward N., T/ 5
194 Vauxhall St., New London DANTE, Nicholas, T/ 4
536 Front St., Hartford D'ARGENTO, Robert J., Pvt.
149 Wallace St., New Haven DAVIS, Walter W., S/ Sgt.
Somers
DeCAPRIO, Modestino A., T/ 5
2506 State St., Hamden DEEGAN, Joseph C, Sgt.
280 Willow St., Waterbury DeGANGE, Joseph P., T/ 4
22 Ocean Ave., New London DELEO, Cesare F., Pfc.
16 Limerick St., Stamford D'ELIA, Rosario H., Pfc.
22 Soring St., New London DeMATTEIS, William A., T/ 5
362 Poplar St., New Haven DeROSA, Levy, T/ 5
31 Rangely St., West Haven DESCOTEAUX, Norman A., Pfc.
37 Happy St., Norwich DESKUS, Walter G., Pvt.
1389 Silver Lane, East Hartford D'ESOPO, Salvatore, Jr., T/ 4
269 Mountain Rd., West Hartford DEVONA, Nathan J., Pfc.
64 Belden St., New London DICKINSON, Charles, Pvt.
RFD 2, Stepney DIGALBO, Joseph J., Pfc.
72 South St., Hartford DILLON, Richard, T/ 5
808 North Main St., Waterbury DISTEFANO, Mario P., T/ Sgt.
159 Locust St., Waterbury
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DIXON, Lawrence J., T/ Sgt.
Box 65, Fitchville DODD, Frank E., Sgt.
Box 28, Wapping DOLE, Roderick A., Cpl.
Storrs
DONAHUE, Francis J., T/ 5
177 Hawthorne Ave., Derby DONARUM, Joseph F., T/ 5
294 Peck St., New Haven DOW, Arthur J., Pfc.
469 East Ave., Bridgeport DOZIER, Willis A., Pvt.
97 Railroad Ave., Bridgeport DREZEK, Walter, Sgt.
139 Cove Rd., Stamford DRUMM, Frederick G., Sgt.
8 Blackman Ave., Bethel DUELL, Louis C, S/ Sgt.
15 West Beacon St., Hartford DUNHAM, Arthur A., Sgt.
75 Pearl St., Waterbury EBSTEIN, Gerald, Pvt.
1136 Madison Ave., Bridgeport ECKSTEIN, Sydney, Sgt.
345 Garden St., Hartford EDGAR, Alexander W., Jr., Sgt.
88 Crescent St., Hartford EDWARDS, Calvin S., Cpl.
428 Porter St., Manchester EDWARDS, Oliver C, Jr., Sgt.
23 Hall St., New Haven EISENBERG, Joseph L., S/ Sgt.
675 West Taft Ave., Bridgeport ELIAS, Rudolph P., T/ 4
278 Reeds Lane, Stratford ELSDON, Norman, Pfc.
764 Asylum Ave., Hartford EMMERTHAL, Edward G., Pfc.
8 1/ 2 W. Rocks Ave., Norwalk EMONDS, Ralph S., S/ Sgt.
627 Broad St., Hartford FANTONE, Arnold, T/ 5
61 Brownell Ave., Hartford FARGNOLI, Daniel A., Cpl.
12 1/ 2 Gilman St., Hartford FARONE, Nicholas, Jr., T/ 5
327 North Cherry St., Wallingford FERREIRA, Joseph C, Cpl.
276 Cedar St., New Haven FINELLI, Michael, Pvt.
Warren St., West Cheshire FISHER, Joseph B., Jr., S/ Sgt.
184 Goffe St., New Haven FLYNN, George F., Pvt.
Olive St., RFD 2, New London FORAN, William P., Sgt.
13 Highland St., East Hartford FOREMAN, Arthur B., Jr., S/ Sgt.
Camp View Farm, Waterford FORGER, George M., Jr., Pfc.
2 Leuvine Ave., Norwalk FORMICA, Sebastian J., Pvt.
53 College St., Middletown FORTE, John H., Cpl.
352 Peck St., New Haven FORTIN, Francis G., T/ 5
39 Union St., Brunswick FOWLER, Leonard I., Sgt.
27 Nashville Rd., Bethel FOX, Henry C, Sgt.
260 Ridgefield Ave., Bridgeport FRANCE, Timothy B., Pfc.
33 Kingsbury Rd., Bridgeport FRAPPIER, Edward F., Sgt.
1250 East Main St., Waterbury FREEMAN, Clifford G., Jr., Pfc.
132 South Front St., New Haven
FUESSENICH, Frederick F., T/ 5
59 Holley PL, Torrington GAKELER, Jack A., Sgt.
40 Hart St., New Britain GAMBARDELLA, Anthony, T/ 5
71 Hamilton St., New Haven GAMBARDELLA, Vincent, T/ 3
26 Rosette St., New Haven GAUTHIER, Henry, M/ Sgt.
RFD 2, Rockville GIANNOTTI, Jack, Pfc,
28 Redfield St., New Haven GIORDANO, Frederick, T/ 4
126 Walnut St., Waterbury GLYNN, Patrick J., Pvt.
159 Lee Ave., Bridgeport GOLDENBERG, Benjamin L., Cpl.
44 1/ 2 Lenox St., Hartford GOMEZ, Julius B., Sgt.
65 Phoenix Ave., Waterbury GONCI, Anthony E., Cpl.
204 Hamilton St., Hartford GORDON, Leslie C, T/ 4
255 Main St., Wethersfield GORON, Henry, Pvt.
785 Hancock Ave., Bridgeport GOYETTE, Armand J., T/ 4
113 Seaside Ave., Stamford GRAHAM, David, Cpl.
Saugatuck Ave., Saugatuck GRECO, Frank A., Cpl.
245 West Ave., Stamford GRILLO, John J., Pfc.
8 Peck St., Norwich GUALDUCCI, Armand, Pfc.
89 River St., Waterbury GUINIPERO, Frank J., T/ 5
41 Eldridge St., Manchester GUSENBURG, Charles R., Pfc.
269 Noble St., West Haven HAEUSSLER, Paul E., Pfc.
293 Union Ave., Bridgeport HAGAR, Burton F., S/ Sgt.
49 Bryan Rd., Branford HALL, George A., Sgt.
100 Hinman St., West Haven HANAWITT, Edward S., S/ Sgt.
193 Ward St., New Haven HANNABASS, James R., Pvt.
506 Brooks St., Bridgeport HARRINGTON, Samuel W., M/ Sgt.
Hospital Ave., RFD 5, Danbury HASKELL, Alonzo A., Pvt.
26 Colonial Ave., Devon HASKELL, John W., Pfc.
67 Woodruff St., Southington HATTER, Arthur E., Jr., Pfc.
87 Wardwell St., Stamford HAYES, Robert W., Cpl.
511 Main St., Southington HEALY, Joseph P., Pfc.
274 Farmington Ave., Hartford HEINE, William G., Pfc.
929 Iranistan Ave., Bridgeport HEITMANN, Henry R., Pfc.
127 Adelaide St., Hartford HELLANDBRAND, John J., T/ 5
551 Spring St., Manchester HENDRY, Alexander V., Pfc.
263 White St., Hartford HERBERT, John R., Sgt.
225 Laurel Ave., Norwich HEROCHIK, John J., Pvt.
12 Loomis Ave., Windsor HERRON, Edward D., T/ 5
Box 203, Lakeville HIBBITS, James J., Jr., Sgt.
420 Columbia St., Bridgeport
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HIPPOLITUS, Vincent P., S/ Sgt.
146 Foster St., New Haven HIZA, William E., S/ Sgt.
887 Riverside Dr., Fairfield HOBERMAN, Leo, Cpl.
17 Lincoln Ave., South Norwalk HOROWITZ, Oscar, Pvt.
93 Gibbs St., New Haven HOWEY, Robert L., T/ Sgt.
55 Curtis Pl., Stratford HUBERT, Charles J., Pfc.
Groveland Hotel, Danbury HULTGREN, Warren R., Pfc.
45 Harris St., Kensington IADAROLA, Fred, Sgt.
312 Oak St., New Haven INGARI, Frank A., Pfc.
137 George St., Hartford INSTONE, Lawrence, T/ 3
906 Hancock Ave., Bridgeport IVES, Chester B., Pfc.
RFD 2, Danbury IVON, Norman O., T/ 5
406 Mills St., Waterbury JAGELLO, Walter A., T/ 5
159 Spring St., Naugatuck JARROW, Stanley F., Sgt.
177 Lawrence St., Hartford JENCKS, Robert B., Sgt.
18 Dodge Ave., East Haven JOHNSON, Benjamin F., Cpl.
58 Harrison St., Hartford JOHNSON, Donald G., S/ Sgt.
282 Percival Ave., Kensington JOHNSON, Erland R., Sgt.
43 Locust St., Manchester JOHNSON, Henry J., 1st/ Sgt.
Bristol Rd., Farmington JOST, Frederick J., Pfc.
42 Daisy Ct., Bridgeport KAJACK, Cornelius W., Sgt.
61 Indian Field Rd., Greenwich KATZ, Hyman I., Pfc.
49 Westbourne Pkv., Hartford KEATING, Francis J., T/ 4
4 Rockridge Dr., South Norwalk KERR, William K., Pfc.
14 Lafayette Ct., Greenwich KING, Hugh W., Pfc.
158 Bellevue St., Hartford KING, John T., Sgt.
7 Brownell Ave., Hartford KNAPP, Henry H., T/ Sgt.
66 East Ave., Bridgeport KODZ, Stanley A., Pfc.
145 Sherman St., Bridgeport KOSINSKI, Bernard, T/ 5
47 Walnut St., Middletown KOWALEWSKI, Stanley J., Sgt.
195 Main St., Cromwell KOZLOWSKI, Joseph P., Pfc.
12 Armstrong PL, Bridgeport KRAMARCZYK, Lee E., T/ Sgt.
772 State St., New Haven KRANYAK, Andrew, Jr., Pfc.
Main St., Chester KRASANSKY, Martin, Pfc.
1952 Kings Highway, Fairfield KRZEMINSKY, Edward, S/ Sgt.
294 Oak St., New Haven KUJAWSKI, Bernard, Pfc.
Forest St., Middletown KUSIAN, Theodore E., Sgt.
31 Higbie Dr., East Hartford KUZDAL, Thomas R., Col.
582 North St. Ext., Willimantic
LaFLAMME, Robert A., Pvt.
27 Bunker Hill Ave., Waterbury LaFRANCE, John J., T/ 5
282 East St., New Haven LAGERGREN, Edwin I., S/ Sgt.
33 Olive St., Naugatuck LAMSON, Reginald A., T/ 5
Box 133, Salisbury LANDINO, Jerome, Cpl.
64 Hazel St., New Haven LANE, Elliott C., Cpl.
12 Hill St., Norwich LANG, George A., S/ Sgt.
67 Newtown Ave., Norwalk LANGO, Wiltold E., T/ Sgt.
68 Mountain Ave., Winsted LaPOINTE, Warren F., Pfc.
83 Fox St., Waterbury LARSON, John A., Pfc.
4 Division St., Stamford LASALA, Alfred, S/ Sgt.
168 Bradley St., New Haven LASKOVITCH, Walter W., Cpl.
Uncasville LATER, Marshall I., M/ Sgt.
502 Edgewood St., Hartford LAVALETTE, Gordon J., T/ 5
321 Greenwich Ave., Greenwich LAWRENCE, Frank W., Pvt.
169 Maple Ave., Hartford LePAGE, Albert J., Cpl.
40 Cedar St., Norwich LEPORE, James J., Sgt.
53 Central St., Thompsonville LEVINE, Irving, Cpl.
392 Washington Ave., West Haven LEWIS, Clayton H., Jr., Cpl.
Box 247, Saybrook LIEBERMAN, Harold, T/ 4
55 Broad St., Middletown LIPPS, Ralph E., T/ 4
106 Bentwood Rd., West Hartford LOBAN, Stanley, Pfc.
10 Monroe St., Branford LOMBARDI, John J., Sgt.
1231 State St., New Haven LOUNSBURY, Kenneth R., Pvt.
475 Atlantic St., Stamford LUPOLI, Fred R., Cpl.
161 James St., New Haven LYGA, Michael, Pfc.
54 South Eagle St., Terryville LYONS, Theodore, Pfc.
47 Slater Ave., Jewett City MACARI, Michael, T/ 5
334 State St., Stamford MACCIOCCA, Alfred A., S/ Sgt.
670 Grand St., Bridgeport MacDONALD, Robert B., Pvt.
Toll Gate Park, Groton MAGDA, Casimir J., T/ Sgt.
200 Franklin St., New Haven MAJAUSKAS, John A., S/ Sgt.
Bethlehem MALINOWSKI, Joseph, T/ 4
185 Main St., New London MANDLER, Felix, Sgt.
205 Shaw St., New London MANGINE, John J., Pfc.
20 Pearl St., Middletown MANNING, Raymond S., Cpl.
RFD, North Franklin MARINO, Anthony E., Pvt.
Overbrook Dr., Stamford MARKIS, Stanley J., T/ 5
1438 Seaview Ave., Bridgeport
17 MARKOVICS, Francis J., Pvt.
208 Oronoque Rd.# Milford MARKUNAS, Stanley J., Pfc.
186 Affleck St., Hartford MARTIN, Ellis M., Ptc.
28 Strong St., Manchester MARUT, Stephen E., S/ Sgt.
1072 Broad St., Hartford MASCOLA, Frank, Pfc.
98 Village St., Hartford MATTEI, Joseph P., Cpl.
129 Columbus Ave., New Haven MATTHEWS, Charles I., M/ Sgt.
Fairwood Rd., Bethany MATURO, Salvatore J., Sgt.
128 Ivy St., New Haven MAY, Raymond J., Pfc.
80 Woodbridge Ave., East Hartford MAYERAN, John S., T/ Sgt.
1261 Noble Ave., Bridgeport MAZZARESE, Joseph, T/ 5
552 Atlantic St., Bridgeport McCABE, Richard J., Sgt.
56 Great Hill Rd., East Hartford McFARLAND, Robert D., Cpl.
87 Alanson Rd., Bridgeport McGUIRE, Thomas G., M/ Sgt.
163 Essex Ave., Waterbury McINNIS, Oliver A., Cpl.
165 Rosette St., New Haven McKERNAN, Robert J., S/ Sgt.
383 Savin Ave., West Haven McMILLAN, Ralph A., Pfc.
22 1/ 2 Main St., Westport MENDILLO, Augustus A., Sgt.
48 Capen St., Hartford MEYER, Raymond B., T/ 5
Danbury Rd., Wilton MICHALEK, Walter F., Pfc.
RFD 2, Grove St., New Milford MIKO, Andrew, Pfc.
306 Pine St., Bridgeport MILLSPAUGH, George M., Sgt.
55 Stoughton St., Thompson MINNEHAN, Joseph J., T/ Sgt.
35 Chase Park Ave., Waterbury MINOR, Robinson A., Sgt.
258 Starr St., New Haven MIZINSKI, Frank R., T/ 5
7 1/ 2 Armstrong PL, Bridgeport MOCEK, Edmund, T/ 5
570 Boswell Ave., Norwich MODENA, Frank C, T/ 5
54 Wilbur Ave., Hartford MODUGNO, George B., Pvt.
7 Nurney St., Stamford MOEHL, Charles H., Pfc.
RFD 3, Waterbury MONDE, Robert R., T/ 3
17 Lamberton St., New Haven MONTVILLE, George R., Cpl.
10 Lawrence St., East Hartford MOORE, Ralph T., T/ 3
41 Grove St., New Milford MORAN, Edward J., Pfc.
219 Orchard St., Bridgeport MOREY, Edward L., Cpl.
18 Cleveland Ave., Devon MORLEY, Michael, Sgt.
68 West Ave., Bridgeport MOTYL, Edward J., Pfc.
Main St., Scitico MULICA, Victor G., T/ Sgt.
410 Main St., Ansonia MUNRO, James A., Jr., S/ Sgt.
10 Edgewood Ave., New Haven MUNSON, John W., Cpl.
15 Pond St., Milford
MURPHY, Joseph M., T/ Sgt.
25 Orchard St., Terryville MURRATTl, Edward T., T/ 5
15 Coin St., New Haven MURRAY, William C, Jr., Pfc.
22 McKinley St., Hartford MUSNICKI, Edward A., Sgt.
361 Main St., Danbury NAZZARO, Mario T., Sgt.
402 Lexington Ave., New Haven NEAR, Raymond W., T/ 5
494 Elm St., New Haven NELSON, Clarence E., S/ Sgt.
Boston Post Rd., Guilford NIEDBAIA, William C, T/ 5
113 Miller St., New Britain NIEDZWIECKI, Walter B., S/ Sgt.
732 Howard Ave., Bridgeport NIWINSKI, Frank J., Cpl.
23 Squire St., Hartford NOLIN, Alphe H., T/ 4
RFD 3, Box 196, Bridgeport NUTHMANN, Conrad A., Pfc.
85 Brookfield Dr., East Hartford NUZZO, Ralph, Cpl.
61 James St., New Haven OBERG, Leonard E., 1st/ Sgt.
224 Homeland Ave., Fairfield OHANESIAN, Haig, T/ Sgt.
54 Somerset St., Elmwood OLSON, Laurence W., T/ Sgt.
RFD 2, Willimantic O'NEIL, George F., Cpl.
2 Cedar Dr., Old Greenwich ONKEY, William E., Pvt.
131 Fairview Ave., Bridgeport ORZECHOWSKI, Emil K., Pfc.
228 Saltonstall Ave., New Haven OSBORNE, Robert L., Pfc.
41 Myrtle St., New Haven OSTERGREN, Gustaf E., Cpl.
Penfield Hill, Portland OWENS, Christopher B., Pfc.
866 So. Main St., Waterbury PACELLI, John M. G., Pfc.
1463 Dixwell Ave., Hamden PAGE, Roland A., Cpl.
Ponemah House, Taftville PALMER, Russell C, Pvt.
c/ o Rose O'Leary, RFD 1, Willimantic PALMIERI, Daniel F., T/ 5
22 Morgan Ave., Norwalk PARDEE, Lee B., Cpl.
Short Beach PARISE, James V., S/ Sgt.
3 Veno Ct., South Norwalk PAROSKIE, Metro, Pfc.
632 Broad St., Bridgeport PASSARO, Arden N., Pfc.
277 Barbour St., Hartford PAVLIK, Paul, Pfc.
67 Burton St., Waterbury PAZNOKAS, Zavier M., Sgt.
93 Munson Ave., Waterbury PECORELLI, Carmen P., T/ 5
134 West Main St., Plainville PELLEGATTO, John, Cpl.
107 Fenwood Ave., West Hartford PELLETIER, Arthur A., Pfc.
Box 129, North Grosvenordale PERRY, Roy F., Pvt.
Uncas Ave. Ext., RFD, Quaker Hill PERRY, William L., T/ 5
9 Divining St., Stonington PESCARMONA, Charles, Sgt.
Graystone Rd., Terryville PETERSEN, Earl C, Sgt.
37 Blue Hills Ave., Hartford
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PETERSON, Rolf T., Sgt.
132 Alice St., Bridgeport PETRACCARO, Anthony J., T/ 5
172 Harbor Ave., Bridgeport PETROSKI, Edward J., Cpl.
49 Fifth St., Ansonia PETRUS, George P., Sgt.
186 Marion St., Bridgeport PIERGROSSI, Arthur A., Pvt.
217 Retreat Ave., Hartford PILKIN, Anthony, T/ 5
So. Windsor PIOTROWSKI, John S., S/ Sgt.
348 Hudson St., Hartford POOR, Joseph, Pfc.
365 Brewster St., Bridgeport POST, Wallace A., Cpl.
36 Saunders St., East Hartford POWELL, Donald M., M/ Sgt.
South Ave., New Canaan POWERS, Joseph L., Sgt.
95 Poplar St., New Haven PROTO, Anthony, Pfc.
147 Saltonstall Ave., New Haven PTERIZZI, Jerome, T/ Sgt.
3 View St., Greenwich PULASKI, Sigmund S., T/ Sgt.
34 North George St., Meriden QUINLIVAN, Frederick, Cpl.
39 Franklin Ave., Hartford RADACSI, Bertie, T/ 5
55 Davis Ave., Bridgeport RAKIEC, Stephen, T/ 3
771 State St., New Haven RAYNOR, Albert J., Jr., Pfc.
Bldg. 37, Apt. 167, Success Park, Bridgeport READING, Harry E., S/ Sgt.
c/ o Curtin, 184 Main St., Farmington REARDON, John F., Sgt.
104 Catherine St., Bridgeport REGAN, Walter J., Pfc.
20 North Main St., Essex REVERE, George W., Pvt.
1022 Boston Ave., Bridgeport RICHARDS, Norman M., Sgt.
1 Brown Ave., Willimantic RICUPERO, Sebastian N., Pfc.
53 Victoria Rd., Hartford RIENDEAU, Irving F., Cpl.
29 Main St., Terryville RIGGIONE, Salvatore A., Pvt.
165 Scranton St., New Haven RITACCO, Ralph J., Cpl.
541 Main St., Norwich RIVERS, Charles, Cpl.
54 Mahl Ave., Hartford RIZZIO, Anthony J., Pfc.
26 Bank St., Derby ROBERTS, Gerald J., Pfc.
723 Norfolk Rd., Torrington ROBERTS, Joseph W., Jr., 1st/ Sgt.
1013 Maple Ave., Hartford ROBINSON, George W., Sgt.
98 Orchard St., Bridgeport ROCCO, Joseph A., T/ 5
39 Burr St., East Haven ROKOWSKI, Harold J., Pfc.
18 Slater Ave., Jewett City ROTHMAN, Paul J., Pvt.
85 Newbury St., Hartford RUCKI, Walter J., Sgt.
239 School St., Putnam RUDOLPH, Samuel, Cpl.
139 Lincoln Ave., Bridgeport RUESICKY, Joseph P., S/ Sgt.
189 Oak St., New Britain RUSSELL, William, Pfc.
36 Russell St., Hartford
RYDER, Charles F., Pvt.
430 Wilmot Ave., Bridgeport SACK, Kenneth C, Pfc.
14 Kennedy St., Hartford SAFRON, William, T/ 5
22 New Haven Ave., Derby SAGE, John B., Cpl.
58 Edgewood Ave., New Britain SALVATI, Michael F., Pvt.
144 Oakley St., New Haven SAMSON, Eugene L., S/ Sgt.
141 Oak St., Willimantic SANFORD, Edwin E., Pfc.
18 Clearview Ave., East Haven SANOFSKY, Nathan, Cpl.
266 Capen St., Hartford SANTORO, Louis A., Pvt.
18 Simsbury St., Waterbury SANTORO, Vito A., T/ 4
52 Scoville St., Waterbury SARACINO, Marco, T/ 4
15 Cottage PL, Greenwich SAUNDERS, Rudolph L., S/ Sgt.
42 Townsend St., New haven SAUNDERS, William H., T/ 4
Cannondale SAVASTINO, Vincent J., T/ 5
41 Manor St., Stamford SAVITSKY, Nicholas, Pfc.
15 Elizabeth St., Ansonia SCHADLICH, Louis F., Jr., T/ Sgt.
4 Fairfield St., Manchester SCHANZ, Frank J., T/ 5
1476 Hope St., Stamford SCHEPAT, Harold R., Pfc.
294 West Washington St., Forestville SCHMECKER, Joseph W., Cpl.
3 High St.. Ansonia SCHNEIDER, Francis R., Pfc.
3195 Main St., Bridgeport SCHWARTZ, Max, Pfc.
237 Davenport Ave., New Haven SEIOL, Robert C, S/ Sgt.
905 East Main St., Stamford SEMETAS, Alfred E., T/ 5
818 Bank St., Waterbury SERBASCEWICZ, Custer, T/ 3
41 Whittington Ave., Norwich SERES, Joseph A., Cpl.
296 Boston Ave., Stratford SHAFFER, Henry B., Sgt.
101 Suffield St., Hartford SHEARN, Elmer C, S/ Sgt.
20 Dean St., Stamford SHEPPARD, John L., Pvt.
440 North Main St., Southington SHULTZ, Vaslaz, S/ Sgt.
10 Millport Ave., New Canaan SHUSTER, Bronislaus J., T/ Sgt.
6 Fairmont PL, Shelton SIMONEAU, Armand L., Pfc.
21 North A St., Taftville SIMPSON, William H., T/ 5
234 Tunxis Hill Rd., Bridgeport SINGER, Louis, Sgt.
869 Madison Ave., Bridgeport SINNETT, Robert S., Cpl.
19 Prospect St., New London SKARUPA, Edward R., T/ 5
Torrington St., Torrington SKINGER, Theodore F., Pvt.
73 Miller St., New Britain SLASON, Frederick C, Pfc.
151 Porter St., Watertown SLESINSKI, Edward C, T/ 4
198 Otis St., Hartford SOBOCINSKI, Charles J., Pfc.
9 Greenlawn Rd., Fairfield
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SOLOVE, Thomas A., Jr., Cpl.
486 Columbus Ave., New Haven SOLTIS, John, Jr., T/ 5
811 Wordin Ave., Bridgeport SOMMA, George G., M/ Sgt.
376 Ferry St., New Haven SOULE, Robert M., S/ Sgt.
24 East Ave., West Haven SPENCER, Roscoe, T/ 5
28 Blake St., Hartford SQUEGLIA, Francis S., Pfc.
551 East St., New Haven SQUIRES, Robert P., Sgt.
878 Enfield St., Thompsonville SMART, Harold E., Pfc.
1388 Thomaston Ave., Waterville SMITH, Floyd A., Jr., M/ Sgt.
98 Edin Ave., Waterbury SMITH, Gordon M., Pfc.
835 Main St., South Glastonbury SMITH, Grant, Jr., Pfc.
102 Hartford Ave., New Britain SMITH, Reginald W., Pvt.
21 South Elm St., Bristol SMITHAUSER, Frederick G., Pfc.
670 Atlantic St., Stamford SMYKAL, Frank, Pfc.
88 Ashland St., Jewett City SMYKLA, Stanley E., T/ 4
Roseleah Ave., Plainville SNOW, William A., T/ Sgt.
715 William St., Bridgeport STELZEL, Edward C, Pfc.
38 Highland Ave., Bethel STRAUCH, Albert, T/ 4
64 Madison Ave., Hartford STOLECK, Stanislaw, T/ 5
101 Grant St., Bridgeport STAPLES, John A., S/ Sgt.
Mulberry St., Springdale SUNDAY, Benny S., S/ Sgt.
137 East Main St., Middletown SULLO, Alfred J., Pfc.
58 Hinckley Ave., Stamford SULLIVAN, John J., S/ Sgt.
121 Central Ave., Waterbury SUPRANOVICH, Peter, S/ Sgt.
Shelton SWIRSKY, Dominick, Sgt.
51 Bradley St., Branford SWETT, Walter R., Pfc.
5 Warner PL, Waterbury TALBOT, Robert F., T/ 5
15 Pearl St., New London TANAKA, James J., Pfc.
c/ o Stephan, North Ave., Westport TANENBAUM, Charles N., Pfc.
2508 Main St., Hartford TEWKSBURY, William, S/ Sgt.
64 Connecticut Ave., New London THERRIEN, Edward M., T/ 5
1002 Capitol Ave., Hartford THORP, Wilton H., Pfc.
RFD, South Coventry THORSEN, Raymond K., T/ 4
170 West Ave., Bridgeport THIBAULT, Walter F., T/ Sgt.
Long Hill Ave., Pine Rock Park, Shelton TINNEY, Clarence B., Pvt.
58 Clifton Ave., Ansonia TOCZKO, Stanley P., Cpl.
133 Broad St., New Britain TOFIL, Leon S., Pvt.
28 Essex St., Hartford TOLMEI, Andrew P., Pfc.
873 Townsend Aye., New Haven TOMAIUOLO, Dominic, Sgt.
2 Winthrop St., Hartford
TRACANNA, William, Sgt.
6 Cedar Hill Ave., New Haven TRACY, Milton W., T/ 5
36 Laurel St., Hartford TRIPP, Grant M., Sgt.
16 Deering Lane, Bristol TURNQUIST, Robert E., Sgt.
60 Hawthorne St., Stamford TYRRELL, Clifford A., T/ 5
303 Broad St., Bridgeport VALLILLO, Albert L., Pfc.
565 Maple St., Bridgeport VANACORE, Albert J., T/ 5
660 Woodward Ave., New Haven VAN FLATERN, Leon R., Pvt.
Box 3, Putnam VAN OSTRAND, John, T/ 5
Box 157, Centerbrook VARS, Harold A., Cpl.
242 Franklin St., Norwich VEILETTE, Robert E., Pfc.
99 Cole St., Waterbury VETRE, Carmen M., Pvt.
149 Highland Ave., Bridgeport VIGNEAU, Arthur E., T/ 5
374 Oakland St., Manchester VITELLO, John, Sgt.
178 Butler St., New Haven VITULANO, Anthony, Pvt.
1464 Iranistan Ave., Bridgeport WALENDA, Stanley W., Pvt.
50 Fairmount St., Norwich WALKER, Joseph A., Cpl.
17 Granite St., New London WALKER, Willie C, T/ 4
67 Wooster St., Hartford WALTHER, John, Cpl.
183 Pequonnock St., Bridgeport WATROUS, Kenneth M., S/ Sgt.
Killingworth, RFD, Clinton WATSON, Norman J., Pfc.
2 Camp Ter., Waterbury WEED, Edward E., T/ 5
66 Richmond Hill, New Canaan WEED, Wilson M., T/ 3
1926 Bedford St., Stamford WHITAKER, Robert A., Sgt.
22 Adams St., Hartford WILKLOW, Albert W., T/ 5
233 East Main St., Torrington WILLIAMS, Frederick E., Pvt.
42 Congress St., Hartford WILLIAMS, Gordon E., S/ Sgt.
329 South Main St., New Britain WILLIAMS, Homer, Sgt.
260 Capen St., Hartford WILLIS, Herbert C, S/ Sgt.
RFD 1, Mystic WILSON, Russell T., Pvt.
141 Dixwell Ave., New Haven WOODS, David E., Pvt.
126 Shepard St., New Haven WRIGHT, Theodore R., T/ 5
RFD 1, Box 50, Collinsville WYSOCKI, Walter J., T/ 5
95 Ct. I, Bldg. 10, Y. M. V., Bridgeport YUKNA, Frank S., Sgt.
236 Bassett St., New Britain YURCZYK, Thaddeus, T/ 3
237 Davenport Ave., New Haven YURGALEWICZ, Walter J., M/ Sgt.
60 Jordan St., Torrington ZAREMSKI, Stephen S., Sgt.
64 Williams St., Bristol ZIMOWSKI, Thaddeus J., Pfc.
14 Webb St., Windsor Locks ZLOTNICK, Peter, Sgt.
27 Leonard St., New Haven
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