Connecticut veterans commemorative booklet. Vol. 8, no. 13. Connecticut men of the United States Army, demobilization, Fort Devens, Massachusetts. November 28 to 29, 1945

              CONNECTICUT MEN
of the United States Army
Demobilization, Fort Devens, Massachusetts
November 28 to 29, 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.
Allen, Leslie O., Pfc, 693d Sig. A. W. Co., 3d Air Force, Mystic.
" My best tour overseas was my two years' stay in Bermuda. The weather was ideal and it's a photographer's paradise with all the beautiful scenery to take pictures of. I operated a power plant on the island that supplied power for our field. In my spare time I got the bug and took up photography. Just before the war ended I was put into the infantry and sent to Saipan but when I got there all hostilities had stopped and I was sent back to God's country— the good old USA."
Burwell, Edward E., Sgt., 13th A. D. G., 335th Depot Rpr. Sq., New Haven.
" I got a lot of pleasure and satisfaction, believe it or not, out of working on planes. I guess it is just because I like any kind of mechanical work a lot. I was in 25 months and spent eight months in Biak which is in New Guinea. There wasn't much enemy action there while I was around. All we had was one air raid from the Japs and that was just a nuisance raid, nothing serious to it. I didn't mind the Army too much, but I don't think I'll reenlist."
Butcher, John G., T/ 5, Btry. B., 248th F. A., Hartford.
" It was on highway 6529 near Bologna, Italy. Heavy rains had flooded in our entire battalion and for four days we couldn't get any supplies whatever. The only contact we had with the outside were tractors and they were used to bring out our wounded men. At
any moment we expected the Germans to close in and force us to retreat. So all our stuff was piled up and ready to move as soon as we had to and could— but we never did. It was mighty tough but we held out until we were relieved by British heavy artillery. And let me say that that was RELIEF!"
Campbell, David D., T/ 4, 1125th Armd. Bn., ( Sep.), Milford.
" At times I never thought that we would get across the Rhine because we were forced to withdraw for a while because we were under heavy fire from the Jerries. When we pulled back we were able to find our range better and knock out most of the heavy resistance and then go across. One time there I didn't have a foxhole when shells were landing close to me and I was flat on the open ground hoping that I wouldn't get hit. I was lucky now that I think about it that I didn't catch any of that hot stuff flying around me."
Castiglione, Albert, Sgt., 1st Sq., 9th Bmb. Grp., 313th Bmb. Wg., 20th Air Force, New Haven.
" Thirty- two days out of San Francisco on a boat headed for the Pacific was one devil of a place to be when V- J Day news was broadcast. We didn't do much celebrating because we figured we would be out there for one heck of a long time. It wasn't so bad though for I was only on Tinian Island for four months when I was headed back here for discharge. My Army work and my civilian work were the same, both as cook, so I can't complain much."
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Charette, Melford, Pvt., Co., F., 3d Bn., 417th Inf., 76th Div., Waterbury.
" I was discharging German prisoners in Werdau, Germany, when word came through that I was slated to go home. I have three children so anyone can see how glad I was to have a chance to get back— especially when I hadn't seen one of them. Well, as soon as I got through the day's work with those Krauts I went out and found that some of the others got the same word. So off we went for one good celebration in the town. We didn't care what happened we were so happy."
Converse, George N., T/ 4, 467th Sig. Hv. Constr. Co., 5th Air Force, Manchester.
" One night at Finchaven in New Guinea I was writing a letter home when an air raid alert sounded. I was out of my tent like a shot and was curled up in a foxhole when the first Jap plane came over. We didn't get hardly any warning because the Japs had followed in our night fighters and the radar hadn't picked them up. They were after the air strip but didn't do much dam­age
there. One of the bombs struck a ship unloading in the harbor but not badly enough to sink it. After it was all over 1 went back to my tent and really had some­thing
to put into my letter I was writing home."
Crisafulli, Enrico, Pfc, Btry. B., 933d F. A., 13th Brigade, New Britain.
" We waited for 24 hours on an LST before we hit the beach at Anzio and the suspense and nervous tension almost drove me nuts. The waiting was the toughest part of the landing because when we hit there was very little opposition. When we pushed inland we got plenty of 88 fire and I spent the following three months as far underground as I could. The closest call I had at Anzio was when a Jerry plane dropped anti- per­sonnel
bombs on us. One of those bombs
landed right on the roof of my dugout but thank my lucky stars, it didn't go off."
Dayton, Aubrey E., Sgt., Co. H., 118th Inf., ( Sep.), Torrington.
" The lost regiment which I was in wasn't really lost, it was just one of those war department flukes. In ' 43 we were detached from the 30th Division and sent to Iceland. After a year there we went to England and later to France. We were used for school troops and cadre for a replacement depot. I spent a long time together with the men I started out with and it was a good deal all the way."
DiBella, Angelo N., T/ 4, 56th Sig. Bn., V Corps, Hartford.
" Circling around for 20 hours in the water off Omaha Beach on D- Day in a Rhino barge while waiting for permission from the Navy to come in was my stand- out experi­ence
of the war. About ten miles offshore we had transferred from our LST to this barge which was to bring us to the beach. When we arrived there the officer- in- charge of the beach sent us back as they wanted to bring in more infantry. What with the barge hold­ing
2800 gallons of gasoline and shells plop­ping
all around us in the water, it was any­thing
but a safe place to be around and all we could do was sweat and sweat plenty. The following day at noon we finally landed and even though the beach area was still pretty ' hot', it seemed good to have our feet on firm ground again anyway."
Downey, William J., T/ 4, Co. C, 504th M. P. Bn., West Haven.
" Keeping supply lines open and directing convoys was my job during the 35 months I served in Africa, Sicily, Italy and Germany. Anzio beachhead on D- Day provided me with my closest shave. I was at the docks directing traffic about a few yards away from an ammo dump which, on Anzio, was like sitting on a powder keg for the Germans
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had the whole area under continual shellfire. This one shell which I didn't hear hit about 15 feet away and knocked me right into my foxhole. Except for the surprise and shock of getting knocked off my feet, I was entirely unhurt and considered myself mighty lucky."
Driscoll, James G., Pfc, Co. C, 501st Para. Inf., 101st Airborne Div., Bridgeport.
" It was one tough deal after another. First I jumped in Normandy and later in Holland. In Normandy they were not only waiting for us but a little peeved because they figured we were a day late. In Holland it was more of a surprise but we spent 70 straight combat days there before we were relieved by the Canadian First Army. After that we thought we were due for a rest but the Army had other plans. It seems they were having a little trouble in a place called Bastogne. I guess everyone knows that story pretty well by now. I picked up a cluster there for my Purple Heart. Where was I wounded? Well, I couldn't sit down for al­most
six weeks."
Erisman, Erwin L., Pfc, 45th Gen. Hosp., Rockville.
" I saw the sad side of the war— the front line behind the lines— the lines of beds. I began my 32 months with the 45th General Hospital unit by helping to set it up in French Morocco; Rabat, to be exact. Then we moved to Naples, but Rabat was a most beautiful spot, if there is a chance to see beauty from a hospital. At any rate, there is one fellow I'll never forget, and neither will many of the others. He was Tommy Nolan, an infantryman from New Haven. A piece of shrapnel took the sight from one eye— and the doctors took his sight from the other. But even then Tommy was al­ways
the most cheerful guy any of us had ever seen. He was an inspiration to all of us. Somehow, he learned his way around and he used to go from bed to bed talking
to the others. They all looked forward to his visits. I wonder whom he is visiting now?"
Giannone, Frank M., Pfc, Co. E., 351st Inf., 88th Div., Ansonia.
" I was a rifleman at the start of the push into the north part of Italy on May 11th. Like the rest of the men I was sort of happy- go- lucky until I saw the guy in front of me one day topple over dead with a bullet through him. Then I began worrying a little, thinking maybe I'd get it. But I was in luck. The only thing that happened to me was trench foot and that kept me in the hospital just a short time. Then back to the lines again. The Germans kept retreating through the mountains and kept us on the go night and day. One time I sweated out a lot of hours in a mine field until an outfit could come along and clear it. I was way up in north Italy when word came that I was to go home. When they told me, I could hardly believe it, but here I am!"
Gladding, Louis E., T/ Sgt., 857th Engr. Avn. Bn., 5th Air Force, Watertown.
" My closest shave came in November 1944 while I was on Leyte. I was just getting up out of bed and was only half awake when a shell hit and exploded a little ways from my tent. The shrapnel pierced the side of the tent in about a dozen places and if I had been a few feet to the side would have received a few of the pieces myself. I hit the floor and stayed under a table until things quieted down. The Japs up in the hills evidently wanted to give us a before- break- fast surprise and certainly succeeded as far as I was concerned."
Godlewski, Charles T., T/ 5, Hq. Co., 2d Bn., 350th Inf., 88th Div., Bridgeport.
" The closest shave and roughest time I had happened in the Volturo sector near Fiumetto in Italy about the first week in December of last year. I was driving a truck
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with supplies for a forward mule pack when an air burst exploded directly over the cab of the vehicle. The steel fragments came showering all over and some of them wounded me. I wasn't hit badly enough to require hospitalization so went up ahead and delivered the supplies. Besides the weather around that area, the Germans had the road well covered with artillery and mortar fire so it was a pretty ' hot' trip in more ways than one."
Grindrod, John J., Pfc, Co. F., 411th Inf., 103d Div., Bridgeport.
" The time we were zeroed in near Ing ¬ weller, Germany, right near the Siegfried line in March of this year, I remember as the worst day of combat that I was ever in. We were pushing through between two hills when the Germans began dropping 88s all around us. We took to the hills for cover and started to pile into foxholes we found there which had been dug by the Germans. The one I jumped into was empty, but some of the fellows found them already occupied and ended up with several POWs. Then for 15 minutes I crouched in my hole while shells and mortars hit all around. It seemed like 15 hours before it let up and other units ahead cleared out the Germans."
Hurwit, Arthur O., T/ 5, 1093d Engr. Det., ( Sep.), West Hartford.
" Repairing ice boxes and seeing that the refrigeration equipment on the island of Espiritu Santo in New Hebrides was kept running made up all my Army experience overseas. I never saw any action in my 20 months overseas but I am not kicking be­cause
I didn't. Guess I have been pretty lucky."
Lambertson, James N., Pfc, Co. E., 18th Inf., 1st Div., New Haven.
" There were plenty of guys in this war who had narrow escapes— but how about this one ? It happened just outside of Aachen
around the middle of October 1944. Our outfit had called for air support but they did not put out the customary markers to tell the planes where to bomb and strafe. So they must have taken a certain line of pipes as their marker because that's where they began and that's where I happened to be. These big pipes were laid end to end in a long row through a field. I guess they were for water. Anyway a sergeant friend and I were sitting on one of the sections talking when the first plane came over. We looked up and saw that it was one of ours and so we went on talking. Then all of a sudden he opened up. A spray of bullets cut a dotted line along the field and severed the pipe exactly between us— and we were almost touching!"
Lane, George H., M/ Sgt., 15th A. A. F. Emer. Rescue Boat Sq., 13th Air Force, Torrington.
" As jobs go in the Army I guess I had as good a one as anybody. The most difficult thing I had to do was explain to people how come I was in the Air Force when I was a mate on a ship. It was a 104 foot rescue boat operating off places like Guadalcanal and the Philippines. It was our job to rescue pilots and airmen who had ditched their planes in the ocean. It was pretty routine work and I can't think of any one rescue we went on that provided any excitement. Once though we went out over 150 miles in a rough sea to pick up a downed fighter pilot and found him on a raft in pretty bad shape."
Limon, Arthur B., T/ 5, Obsn. Bn., II Corps, Meriden.
" I lived, or I should say existed, four months on the Anzio beachhead. There were so many close calls on that bit of Italian earth that I can't remember them all. Though there is one that stands out in my mind above them all. A German plane was
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dipping low just behind me. I looked around and up and began to run. Then the Jerry let go with a stick of bombs. Boom! boom! boom!— one right after the other they landed in a line right behind me. And I kept going like hell exactly far enough ahead of them to avoid getting hit."
Lorentzen, Henry J. C, T/ Sgt., Hq. Co., 295th Engr., XIX Corps, Hartford.
" I guess they expect the combat engineers to do everything but fly. We were Army trouble shooters and whenever there was a tough deal coming up we were assigned to do it. One of the roughest times of all was in Gaye, Germany, and our job there was to prevent Von Rundstedt from widening his wedge. We were detailed to sow mines on a stretch of the front. On this particular day I was in the building where the mines were stored waiting for our louie to come and give us instructions. The lieutenant didn't show up so I went out to look for him. When I returned a little later, not only the build­ing
and mines had disappeared, but all the 15 men. What caused the explosion, no one ever found out but that was one time I was glad the louie wasn't on time."
Maginnis, Walter D., T/ 4, Btry. H., 780th F. A., 3d Army, Monroe.
" In Cologne they almost got Maginnis. I heard a shell coming in and I dove behind a three- quarter ton truck. Luckily I picked the right side because the shell tore the other side of the truck off."
Maker, Thomas F., Pfc, Co. A., 30th Inf., 3d Div., New Haven.
" There are many things that I can tell you about but I'd rather forget about them. The roughest time was the invasion of Southern France because of the concentrated fire of 88s landing close to us. In August ' 44 while fighting in France we were pinned down by fire from a German patrol that had us for
targets all day until our tanks were able to come up to give us more support. I was in my hole trying not to draw fire on myself by any foolish moving around. I was a part of that hole and not just contented with being in it— I tried to dissolve into the dirt."
Malino, Peter, Pfc, 150th Engr. Combat Bn., Bridgeport.
" Looking back to our march from the beachhead at Normandy to Czechoslovakia, I'd say the Germans put up the most oppo­sition
when we tried to cross the Our River which formed the border of Luxembourg and Germany at the Siegfried line. As a 50mm machine gunner protecting the engi­neers
who were trying to get the infantry across, I had a perch up in the attic of a building right by the river bank and cov­ered
the Krauts in pill boxes on the other side. It was my job to keep them down in­side
so they couldn't pick off our men trying to get across. The foot bridge that was put across was knocked down in short order, so they called up assault boats and took the infantry across in them. The small arms fire together with shells and mortars knocked out a lot of the boats but after three days we managed to get enough men over to clear the other side."
Miller, Edward W., Pfc, 8th Gen. Hosp. Fairfield.
" I am the owner of a champion horse which I got from a captain in New Cala ¬ donia. No one was able to ride him and I am the only one who can get close to him. We won all the races and jumping events staged out there. Nine men have been hurt trying to ride him and I also have been a casualty when he threw me and I broke my arm and collar bone. I left him in New Cala ¬ donia with a French family and just as soon as I can, I intend to bring my one- man horse to this country."
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" The one thing I didn't like about the Jap air raids, of which we had more than our share, was the indiscriminate way in which they dropped their bombs. We were in Moratai when they came over one night. Our bivouac area was at least a mile from the airstrip which they were after, and still two bombs landed practically in the midst of the camp area. I was on duty at the switchboard at the time but had enough warning to get out and into a foxhole. One of the bombs hit the building I had just vacated and demolished the switchboard room. I'll say I felt lucky."
Nickel, Ewald F., T/ Sgt., Hq. Co., 265th Cmbt. Engr., Bn. 65th Div., New Haven.
" All my days in combat were bad. The worst was at the Danube River in April 1945 when we had to make an assault boat crossing. I was an observer while the rest of the outfit transported the infantrymen across. The Germans on the other side had the area zeroed in and from my position in a graveyard on our side I could see mortar shells and small arms fire covering our en­tire
bank. They caught a lot of our boats as they were mid- stream and for once I was mighty happy to be where I was and just look. Occupation duty in Linz, Austria, after the end of the war was all right and the natives seemed pretty friendly to us while we were stationed there."
Occhipinda, John J., T/ 5, Co. C, 295th Cmbt. Engr., XIX Corps, Bridgeport.
" Wurtzlen, Germany, was the toughest. There we were in an advance- holding posi­tion
for 17 tough days. I spent most of my time in the C. P. and every now and then the Germans seemed to like to zero in on it. They knocked most of the building down the first few days and after that just kept pegging away at what was left. Luckily for
us the German cellars were built to take it."
Pallotti, Vito A., T/ 5, 1718th Sig. Co., Wing, 5th Air Force, Hartford.
" While we were stationed in a place called Nadzab in New Guinea back in 1943, I guess I had the roughest time. The Japs raided that place regularly week after week and many a night while I was on duty I would pull off my earphones and make a dash for a foxhole. As a radio operator my job got tiresome at times but at least I am back here all in one piece and that is a lot to be said after 26 months in the Pacific."
Palmer, Raymond P., S/ Sgt., Hq., Island Command, Watertown.
" The closest call I had was when we were transferring gas from one tank to another and the fumes killed one of the men I was in charge of. I got my first taste of bombing raids during September ' 43 on the Florida Islands when the Japs gave us our first going over. Our ackack was trying to knock them down but they were out of range and all we could do was watch them and hope our name wasn't written on the bombs. The happiest day of my life was when I was told I was going back to the States. There are many things a GI remembers but he will never forget the feeling that comes over him when his turn comes to return."
Peters, Thomas F., T/ 5, 928th Sig. Bn., 5th Air Force, Stratford.
" On Bataan snipers picked off a lot of our boys as they strung telephone wire. I was up in a tree putting in wire when a sniper let me have it. I got down out of that tree so fast that I would have made Tarzan look sick. The man we left on the ground to cover us as we worked fired at the sniper but we never knew if he hit him. I was lucky a number of times because bullets hit too close for my comfort. We got a fine wel­come
as we came into the harbor at Leyte. We had just docked when Jap bombers
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came over and we had to go below and sweat it out. The ship 1 was on did not get hit but a number of others lying close by were hit."
Pietras, Walter C, T/ 4, 195th Gen. Hosp., Jewett City.
" I was a cook in a hospital where the men were taken for further treatment and I can honestly say that I never received any complaints about my cooking. Every­thing
that I made was eaten and they even asked for more. Of course they hadn't eaten food in such a long time that it may have had something to do with their appetites. I spent most of my time in France and they are experts in overcharging the GIs. They are in such a rut over there that it will take them a long time to catch up with the rest of the world."
Possidente, William, Pvt., Co. G., 119th Inf., 30th Div., New Haven.
" I didn't have any turkey last Thanks­giving.
As a matter of fact, I was almost a cooked goose myself. I was hiding in a po­tato
bin in a cellar in Newhausen, Germany, with a slug from a German machine gun in my thigh. The day before the Germans had retaken the town and my two buddies had helped me into the cellar. We remained there for two days until the town was retaken and I was evacuated to the hospital. Later I was transferred to the Air Corps but there was too much chicken in that outfit to suit me."
Proto, Venturo W., Pfc, 181st Hv. Pontoon Engr. Bn., VII Corps, East Haven.
" We built bridges from the Seine to the Weazzer River. After the Seine our trucks were going day and night hauling heavy bridge equipment from one river to another. At the Rhine a secret weapon helped keep the casualties down— screening smoke con­cealed
our entire operation. When the smoke lifted the Huns not only saw a bridge but half of the First Army on the other side of
the river. After building bridges for six combat months, I even hate the sight of an Erector set."
Randall, Harold W., T/ 4, 3d Bn., 346th Inf., 87th Div., West Haven.
" I'll always remember St. Vith in Bel­gium.
We were tied down there one night and spent most of the time ducking shells and praying. A couple of boys were hit right beside me. V- E Day we were deep in Germany and all set to take off for another attack so we were damn glad to hear the Heinies had had enough.
Reda, Louis J., T/ 5, Btry. B., 173d F. A., Norwalk.
" At Venefro, Italy, a pack of our own planes got Snafued and came over our out­fit
as though we were the enemy. We fired three shots, our signal to tell them that we were on the same side, but they came in anyway and strafed us. Fortunately, none of us were hit. Although I was driving a quarter ton truck at the moment, I cooked for two and a half years for the Army. In civilian life I was a cook, but the Army taught me a trick or two about preparing meals for a mob that I shall be able to take back with me when I go into the business again, if I do."
Ruderman, Sidney B., T/ 5, 2d Bn., 345th Engr. Regt., Middletown.
" Helping to discover and remove German booby traps in Naples, Italy, a day after we took the city was the most dangerous busi­ness
I had to do overseas. You could never tell where you would find the next one. They had put them in safes, behind doors, attached to generators and turbines, and about every conceivable place you could think of. The biggest one which we didn't discover until it blew up was the delayed action job in the city post- office. I was a couple of blocks away when that went off and killed over 50 soldiers and civilians."
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Salinsky, Stanley J., Cpl., 370th Sq., 307th Bmb. Grp., 13th Air Force, Willimantic.
" You can say that I led a monotonous life as a cook. It was the same thing day in and day out and I sometimes wished that I couldn't cook. The only thing that I won't forget happened to me on Moratai in Aug. ' 44. Jap bombers come over and dropped their load on us and a couple of heavys landed about 50 yards from me without wounding me. I was a little slow in getting to a hole that day but I can tell you now that if there had been a next time I wouldn't waste any time."
Satin, Nathaniel, M/ Sgt., 1252d A. A. F. Base Unit, NAFD- ATC, Stamford.
" My job as P. X. manager in Casablanca was strictly routine. I was in charge of 71 natives who worked for me and they were the only ones who did add a different touch of humor to my job. I had to have a good number of natives because it took three of them to do the job where only one American would be used. Some of them who spoke English after a fashion were put on the counter to sell different articles but they were so slow that I thought at times they were moving backwards. My biggest prob­lem
was trying to get supplies for sale be­cause
we had a big demand. Casablanca was okay but I think that I had too much of it and I wouldn't care to return."
Shortman, Edwin R., Sgt., 424th Sq., 307th Bmb. Grp., 13th Air Force, Pawcatuck.
" My 21 months overseas was spent in places like the Admiralty Islands and the Philippines. Half the time I was a B- 24 me­chanic
and the rest of the time an aerial engineer. I flew quite a bit but was never on a combat mission. I did a lot of sweating though in the early days when the Japs used to raid us every other night. The closest a bomb ever dropped to where I was around was a couple of hundred yards away, which was near enough for me."
Stasolla, Nicholas C, Cpl., 44th M. R. Sq., 7th Army, Bridgeport.
" During the bulge at Metz it was really tough. The Germans came in and bombed us at will and we couldn't tell when they were coming. That was because we had no radar on account of the surrounding hills which would have kept it from working right. I had to service the Piper cubs which we used for observation when they could take the air. And one time after I had fin­ished
working on the flock of them they were lined up in the field when a German plane came out of the clouds and knocked out nearly every one of them. I, myself, was bombed and strafed so many times it almost looked as though the Jerries had it in for me personally. I never want to see any more of it."
Swan, Walter F. Jr., Pvt., Sv. and Sup. Hq. Grp., E. T. O. Hq., West Mystic.
" I directed the A. S. F. band. I had a few name musicians in my band but most were just better than average. However we worked together well. My band was on the air frequently alternating with Glenn Miller's Besides playing in the Rainbow Corner in London we supported all visiting Holly­wood
stars. I liked Bob Hope and Ben Lyon best because they were natural people and really sincere about the job they were do­ing.
As director of this band, there was lots of work and plenty of headaches but it was a wonderful experience and I enjoyed my work immensely. Some time in the future I would like to have a band of my own but at the present I haven't enough money to get started."
Tardiff, Leon P., Cpl., 794th Sq., 468th Bmb. Grp., 58th Bmb. Wg., 20th Air Force, Elmwood.
" As a rule my job as bomb handler wasn't very exciting but I can remember back to the night of June 4, 1944, when it really seemed important. That was the night we
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' bombed up' the B- 29s in Salua Airfield in India for the first B- 29 raid in the war. Everyone was as excited as the pilots and I was extra careful that the bombs I put in the planes would not snafu- up. We sweated those planes back from that mission just as much as any of the crewmen in them. We really hit the headlines on that raid and all of us were pretty proud around the field after that."
Thurrott, Richard V., Sgt., 7th Re­placement
Depot, Wallingford.
" The Sth Army called us replacements their allies and I guess we were. But the first day we arrived at the front ( it was the start of my 15 months overseas) we were bombed and strafed very heavily and steadily for one half hour. Then Jerry closed in and half the outfit was captured. I was a truck driver officially, but before I got through I drove everything but a B- 29."
White, Frederick C, Pfc, Hq. Co., 194th Glider Inf., 17th Airborne Div., New Haven.
" I jumped in the middle of a Mardi Gras when I jumped in Southern France. There the people were delighted to see us and were in a holiday mood. Corks from bottles and small arms fire rang out in unison. When I jumped over the Rhine our reception was batteries of 88s and real stiff opposition. However, we took our objective, the town of Munster, despite heavy losses. I volun­teered
to be a ' trooper' because I wanted thrills. After two combat jumps I've had my share."
Wilcox, Russell H., T/ 5, Hq. Det, 378th Port Bn., T. C, Stafford Springs.
" Of all the time I spent in Iran which was two and a half years, I never saw the tem­perature
go below 110°. I've seen it as hot as 160° and that's what you call hot weather. I was in charge of 1500 men who were working on the docks in the Port of Kharramshahr. In Basra I saw the only bridge in the world that sinks in order to
allow ships to pass. I also took a trip to Teheran when the big three met there and I saw the place where they had their talks. The table that they used in the conference room was built in 36 hours by a Czechoslo ¬ vakian carpenter. It's hard to believe that people live as poorly as they do in Iran unless you can see it with your own eyes."
Williams, William B., Pfc, 1322d Engr. Regt. ( Sep.), Hartford.
" We hit the beach September ' 44 at An ¬ guar in the Palaus Islands to build an air­strip
but the Japs had a different idea and gave us some trouble before we did any work. I'll be honest and say that I was scared because I didn't know what to expect. We were to build airstrips and I thought that was all I had to do but I learned fast that I also had to keep my eyes open for Japs. We were bombed and strafed often but I did the only thing that was possible and that was find a hole on the double."
CONNECTICUT VETERANS COMMEMORATIVE BOOKLET
Vol. VIII Nov. 29, 1945 No. 13 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 Francis A. Stockwell, Jr., George E. Allis, John L. Caillouette and Hugh W. McCoy. The cover illustration of the U. S. S. Bunker Hill is from the U. S. Navy.
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THE MUSTER OUT ROLL CALL
Names, rank and addresses of Connecticut men discharged during the period November 28 to 29, 1945, from the official Group Rosters, Fort Devens Separation Center, Mass.
ADAMS, Elliott, T/ 5
186 West Main St., Stamford ADDESSI, John J., Pvt.
11 Clifton Place, Danbury ALBINI, Angelo, Cpl.
2784 East Main St., Waterbury ALEXANDER, Robert L., S/ Sgt.
130 West Ave., Stamford ALLEN, Clarence K., S/ Sgt.
712 Howard Ave., Bridgeport ALLEN, Leslie O., Pfc.
30 Pearl St., Mystic ALLEN, Willis H., Pfc.
56 Atwood St., Hartford AMSTEAD, Vernon A., T/ 5
RFD 1, Canaan ANDREOLI, Marino, Sgt.
123 Main St., Stafford Springs ANDREWS, Charles F., Pfc.
41 Cherry St., New Britain ANTON, Casmir S., Pfc.
16 Minerva St., Derby ARCHACKI, Frank, T/ 5
69 Vernon Ave., Rockville AUSTIN, Chester A., T/ Sgt.
22 North Second St., Meriden BAIRD, James, Pfc.
RFD 3, Bridgeport BALCERWSKI, John, Cpl.
129 Alberta St., Bridgeport BALLOS, Theodore, Pfc.
198 South Ave., Bridgeport BANNING, Gilbert P., T/ 5
Ivoryton BARBARET, Gene J., T/ Sgt.
184 Morro St., Oakville BARRY, Thomas F., Sgt.
16 Glenwood Ave., South Norwalk BAZATA, William H., Pfc.
33 Myrtle St., East Norwalk BEALS, Robert G., S/ Sgt.
273 Liberty St., Meriden BEAUDOIN, William J., Pvt.
264 Mt. Grove St., Bridgeport BEAUMONT, Harvey E., T/ Sgt.
RFD 1, Wallingford BEDELL, Ellsworth E., T/ 5
276 East Ave., Norwalk BEEBE, Harold K., T/ 4
Falls Village BEGLEY, Raymond K., Jr., T/ Sgt.
719 East St., New Britain BELASCO, Walter, Pfc.
26- A Nelson St., Hartford BELCHER, John J., S/ Sgt.
Apt. 105, 162 Wethersfield Ave., Hartford BELLEMORE, Henry J., S/ Sgt.
4 West Helen St., Hamden BELOUS, Emil J., Pfc.
15 Grant St., New Haven BENDER, Edward I., S/ Sgt.
2980 Fairfield St., Bridgeport BERICSON, Carl J., T/ 4
88 Canal St., New Haven BERRON, Victor W., Sgt.
370 North Front St., New Haven BLESSING, Henry R., Cpl.
15 Linden St., New Britain
BOGACKI, Julius J., Pfc.
RFD, Alps Road, Branford BOGANSKI, Thaddeus S., T/ 5
99 Veteran St., Meriden BOLES, David E., T/ 5
86 Mason St., Greenwich BOLDYSH, Dimatry, Cpl.
14 Branch St., Waterbury BOWMAN, Kenneth A., Pfc.
154 Governor St., Hartford BORIS, Vincent E., T/ 5
85 Hendrixsen St., Hartford BORRIELLO, John, Pfc.
43 1/ 2 Lowe St., South Norwalk BOWDY, Henry E., T/ 5
65 Worcester St., Bethel BRADANINI, John P., T/ 5
Nettleton St., North Haven BRADLEY, Eugene D., Pfc.
191 Butternut St., Middletown BRECHLIN, Herbert W., Pfc.
Spruce Brook Road, Berlin BREHANT, Harold E., Sgt.
338 Prospect St., Norwich BRESLIN, Edward, T/ 5
RFD 1, Lebanon BROWN, James W., Sgt.
27 Main St., Essex BUCCHIERI, Fred J., Pvt.
143 Cook Ave., Meriden BULAKITES, George J., S/ Sgt.
27 Church St., Glenbrook BURAKOWSKI, Edward A., T/ 4
47 Johnson St., Torrington BURBANK, Clark W., S/ Sgt.
85 Morse Ave., Groton BURKE, Lawrence R., T/ 4
61 Riverside St., Oakville BURLEIGH, George B., T/ 4
14 Hazel St., New Haven BURWELL, Edward E., Sgt.
705 Quinnipiac Ave., New Haven BUTCHER, John G., Jr., T/ 5
74 Van Block Ave., Hartford BUTENAS, John J., Pfc.
Main St., Warehouse Point BUTLER, Thomas K., Pfc.
1934 Broad St., Hartford CALIA, Anthony J., Cpl.
187 Exchange St., New Haven CAMPBELL, David D., T/ 4
40 Prospect St., Milford CAMPBELL, Richard B., Sgt.
Box 301, Greenwich CANORA, William A., T/ 3
60 Tredeau St., Hartford CAPUANO, Anthony D., Pvt.
80 Commercial St., Bridgeport CARDINI, James T., Jr., T/ 4
Glastonbury Road, Portland CAREY, Thomas F., T/ 5
6 Olds Place, Hartford CARLSON, Woodrow E., Pfc.
Box 15, Georgetown CARR, George A., S/ Sgt.
Battle St., Somers CARRINGTON, Elisha E., Jr., Pvt.
233 Bellevue St., Hartford
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CASCIARI. Joseph D., T/ 5
154 Forest St., New Canaan CASTIGLIONE, Albert, Sgt.
374 Oak St., New Haven CAYA, Robert R., Sgt.
63 Federal St., Bristol CECCARELLI, Michael A., T/ 4
21 Merchants Ave., Taftville CENTRELLA, Anthony L., T/ Sgt.
55 Cottage St., Winsted CERNAK, John J., Pfc.
12 Tresser Ave., Stamford CESARE, Julius, S/ Sgt.
74 West Prospect St., New Haven CHARETTE, Melford, Pvt.
7 Bishop St., Waterbury CHAVES, Charles C, Pfc.
1427 Palisade Ave., Windsor Locks CHIAPPETTA, Douglas E., T/ Sgt.
7 Lisso Ave., Old Greenwich CHIARELLA, Frank J., Pvt.
101 East Liberty St., Danbury CHRISTENSEN, Raymond G., Pfc.
26 Bruce Park, Greenwich CIARLO, Thomas J., Pfc.
14 Division St., Waterbury CICIRELLI, Vincent A., T/ 5
172 Jefferson Ave., New London CINICOLA, John, T/ Sgt.
672 Legion Ave., New Haven CIRIGLIANO, Vito M., Pfc.
69 Tredeau St., Hartford CLARK, Leroy, Pfc.
c/ o K. A. Brewer, Box 99, Riverside COBB, Hubbard H., S/ Sgt.
Westport COLAPIETRO, Nicholas F., Sgt.
26 Hull St., Bristol COMMESSO, Vincent J., Pfc.
49 Andrew St., Meriden CONE, Robert L., T/ 3
90 Le May St., West Hartford CONSIGLIO, Guido, Pfc.
4 Bradley Place, New Haven CONVERSE, George N., T/ 4
61 Phelps Road, Manchester COTRONE, Dominick W., Pfc.
75 Victoria St., Greenwich COSTELLO, Frederick W., Pvt.
9 South Leonard St., New London CRISAFULLI, Enrico, Pfc.
1682 Corbin Ave., New Britain CRONIN, William G., S/ Sgt.
13 William St., Waterbury CROMARTIE, Lloyd, Cpl.
102 Winter St., Bridgeport CROSSLEY, Robert E., Pvt.
198 North Front St., New Haven CROWTHER, Raymond D., Pfc.
397 Main St., Ansonia CURTIS, James C, Sgt.
20 Fountain St., New Haven CUSANNO, Michael, T/ 5
63 Seymour St., Hartford CYBUL, Peter D., Cpl.
246 Cedar St., Bridgeport CZARNESKI, Mitchell J., T/ 4
55 Church St., Collinsville D'ACUNTO, John A., T/ 4
32 South St., South Norwalk DALEB, Edward A., T/ 4
121 Bloomfield Ave., Windsor DAWID, Andrew D., Pfc.
4 Knapp Park Drive, Fairfield
DAYTON, Aubrey E., Sgt.
25 Eggleston St., Torrington DeFOREST, Donald S., Sgt.
Woodbine St., Stamford DELANEY, George T., M/ Sgt.
370 Alden Ave., New Haven DELEKTA, Stanley W., T/ 3
320 Barbour St., Hartford DELEPPO, Dante, Pvt.
18 Henry St., Waterbury DELISA, Mathew J., T/ 5
69 Morris St., Hartford DelVECCHIO, Anthony P., T/ 5
65 Railroad Ave., Beacon Falls DelVECCHIO, Edward E., S/ Sgt.
91 Lorraine St., Bridgeport DEMAS, Alexander C, Cpl.
325 Fairview Ave., Bridgeport DEMBICZAK, Bruno V., Pfc.
62 Cedar St., Bridgeport DeROSA, Donald, Sgt.
241 Davenport Ave., New Haven DERRICK, George F., Pfc.
998 State St., Bridgeport DESCHAINE, Fortuna J., Pvt.
30 Traverse St., Waterbury DesLAURIER, Francis E., T/ 5
106 Francis Ave., Hartford DeVINCENT, Daniel F., Pvt.
118 Maple Ave., Stamford DiBELLA, Angelo N., T/ 4
188 Benton St., Hartford DICERO, Dominic J., M/ Sgt.
246 Bank St., New London DiNAPOLI, Daniel E., Pfc.
66 Taft Ave., Bridgeport DITORE, Theodore, Sgt.
378 High St., Torrington DLUGOKECKI, Edward S., Pfc.
71 Brennan St., Naugatuck DOBRINSKI, Henry G., Pfc.
123 Butternut St., Middletown DOWLING, Martin J., T/ 4
180 Burnside Ave., East Hartford DOWNEY, William J., T/ 4
205 White St., West Haven DRESSIER, Karl R., Cpl.
234 Brocks St., Bridgeport DRISCOLL, Gerard A., Pfc.
88 Roosevelt Ave., Norwich DRISCOLL, James G., Pfc.
161 Spring St., Bridgeport DUBEREX, Walter A., Pfc.
74 Grove St., Meriden DUNTZ, Kenneth A., Sgt.
RFD 1, Batterson Park Road, New Britain DUQUETTE, William J., M/ Sgt.
169 Woodland St., Bristol DURRIGAN, John T., Pfc.
6 Lincoln Ave., Pawcatuck DZIURGOT, Benjamin J., Pfc.
444 South Curtis St., Meriden ELI A, Manuel J., T/ 5
218 Pleasant St., New Britain ELLIS, Nathaniel H., Cpl.
288 Eagle St., Bridgeport ELLSWORTH, Herbert M., S/ Sgt.
67 Homestead Ave., Portland EMERY, Leo H., T/ 5
76 Crescent St., Hartford ERISMAN, Erwin L., Pfc.
29 Franklin St., Rockville EVERLITH, George P., S/ Sgt.
171 Denver Ave., Bridgeport
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FABRIZIO, Walter J., Pfc.
70 Beacon St., Norwalk FACCADIO. Samuel A., Pfc.
20 Bungalow Lane, West Haven FALSEY, David P., T/ 5
233 Quinnipiac Ave., New Haven FARACE, Nicholas, Pfc.
1028 Campbell Ave., West Haven FARRELL, James F., Pvt.
176 French St., Bridgeport FENTON, Charles H., T/ 5
32 Helen St., Fairfield FERRARA, Nelson L., Sgt.
35 Merrill St., Hartford FITCHER, Samuel H., Pfc.
116 Constitution St., Wallingford FOLLO, Louis, Pfc.
71 Edwards St., Hartford FONTANELLA, Alfred A., T/ 4
West St., Stafford Springs FORIS, Stephen, T/ 4
125 South Main St., South Norwalk FORTIN, Normand F., S/ Sgt.
Bailey St., Danielson FRIEDMAN, Norman, Sgt.
591 Atlantic St., Bridgeport FRUNCEK, Joseph, Pfc.
119 School St., Fairfield GAFFNEY, James E., T/ Sgt.
54 Turn of River Road, Stamford GAJ, Theodore J., Pfc.
39 Akron St., Meriden GALL, Stephen, Pfc.
373 Kings Highway, Southport GARAMELLA, Emilio P., Cpl.
563 West Taft Ave., Bridgeport GAROFOLO, Anthony J., S/ Sgt.
537 Pembroke St., Bridgeport GAROFOLO, Joseph F., T/ 3
401 Front St., Hartford GAULD, Vincent, Sgt.
484 Shelton Ave., Hamden GEIER, Fred K., S/ Sgt.
154 Foster St., New Haven GERLANDER, Eric G., Jr., T/ 5
565 East Main St., Bridgeport GESNALDO, Rocco W., S/ Sgt.
288 Maple Ave., Hartford GETTINGS, James J., Pfc.
40 Webster St., New Haven GIANNONE, Frank M., Pfc.
13 Forest Ave., Ansonia GIBILISCO, Paul M., T/ 4
122 Franklin Ave., Hartford GIFFORD, Richard C, Pvt.
98 Winter St., New Haven GINSZANSKI, Edward L., Cpl.
30 Lisbon St., Hartford GIROUX, Armand P., Pfc.
17 Hill St., Milford GLADDING, Louis E., T/ Sgt.
28 Atwood St., Watertown GLADSTONE, Frank L., Cpl.
201 Franklin St., Stamford GLYNN, Vincent E., T/ 4
66 Winter St., New Britain GODLEWSKI, Charles T., T/ 5
22 Harvey St., Bridgeport GOLARZ, Carl E., S/ Sgt.
Clair Hill, Collinsville GOLDEN, Arthur V., Pfc.
874 Elm St., New Haven GOLDSTEIN, George, Cpl.
99 Church St., Hartford
GONSALVES, Charles, Sgt.
92 Tolman St., Norwich GONSALVES, John, Pfc.
92 Tolman St., Norwich GOODREAU, Joseph E., Sgt.
133 Berlin St., Middletown GRANGER, Alfred S., Cpl.
Route 1, Willimantic GRAVES, Harold E. F., Pfc.
Randolph Road, Middletown GRINDROD, Harold W., Pvt.
99 Williams St., Bridgeport GRINDROD, John J., Pfc.
102 Miles St., Bridgeport GROHOSKI, Benedict C, Pfc.
72 Pleasant St., Thomaston GRUCCIO, James M., T/ 5
658 Elm St., Stamford GUERTIN, Eudore O., T/ 5
90 Vandernorth St., Putnam HADDEN, Walter F., Pfc.
44 Bannister St., Hartford HALE, Sherman B., Pfc.
Hale's Road, Westport HANCOCK, Arthur E., S/ Sgt.
112 French St., Watertown HANDY, Courtland F., S/ Sgt.
42 North Court, New Haven HANUSOVSKY, Nicholas V., Cpl.
52 Lee Ave., Bridgeport HARKINS, James G., T/ Sgt.
7 Maple St., Norwalk HAYNES, William C, T/ 5
62 Harbor St., Stamford HEERY, Francis P., T/ 5
396 North Front St., New Haven HENDRICKSON, Edward P., Pfc.
Skinner St., East Hampton HENRY, John F., T/ 5
57 Thompson St., New Haven HERRMANN, David H., T/ 4
24 Westminster St., Hamden HIBBERT, Hopeton S., S/ Sgt.
38 Gill St., New Haven HICKS, Robert A., Pfc.
123 Vine St., New Britain HILL, Jack L., Pfc.
33 West Main St., Norwalk HIMMELSTEIN, Sidney, Pfc.
276 Edgewood St., Hartford HINTZ, Theodore W., Cpl.
168 Greene St., Bristol HIRCZY, William F., Sgt.
370 East Main St., New Britain HOLMSTROM, Bruce A., S/ Sgt.
RFD 2, Rockville HOPPE, Robert T., T/ 4
76 Lincoln St., Meriden HOULE, Walter P., Pfc.
80 Hopkins St., Hartford HOWARD, Jewel J., T/ 5
515 Lindley St., Bridgeport HOWELL, Walter, T/ 3
67 Thompson St., Milford HUBBARD, Winchester L., S/ Sgt.
916 Windsor Ave., Windsor HULL, William B., Cpl.
37 Quinard Terrace, Stamford HUNNICUTT, Elzie J., T/ Sgt.
623 Broad St., Bridgeport HURAN, Alexander J., Pfc.
Colchester
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HURWIT, Arthur O., T/ 5
102 Dover Road, West Hartford IHNAT, John, Sgt.
269 Washington St., New Britain INGRAM, Willie J., Pvt.
634 Bank St., Waterbury JACKSON, Lawrence, Sgt.
New Milford JACKSON, Russell W., Pfc.
49 Cherry St., New Britain JACOBSON, Oscar A., Cpl.
457 Middletown Ave., New Haven JOHNSON, Earl R., Pfc.
306 Terryville Ave., Bristol JOHNSON, Peter M., S/ Sgt.
9 Crest Ave., West Haven JONES, Irving D., Pfc.
906 State St., New Haven JORICK, John J., T/ 5
29 Nichols St., Stamford JURCSO, Joseph S., Jr., S/ Sgt.
1052 Maplewood Ave., Bridgeport JURENKA, John V., Sgt.
23 Starr Ave., Danbury JURGELAS, Walter S., T/ 5
Chapel Road, South Windsor KAIRIS, Julius, S/ Sgt.
97 Court St., Middletown KAVAN, Victor A., Sgt.
74 Wellington St., Hartford KEEGAN, George E., Cpl.
RFD 1, Terryville KELLET, Christopher T., T/ 4
4 Windward Ave., Middletown KELLY, John F., T/ 4
49 Merriman St., Unionville KELLY, John H., T/ 5
17 Lincoln St., New Britain KELLY, Joseph J., Pfc.
C- 381, Walk P, Charter Oak Ter., Hartford KEYES, Thomas A., Cpl.
18 Sidney St., East Haven KLEIN, Harold D., T/ 4
5 Cherry Lane, Bethel KLIENSCHMAGER, Heinz, T/ 3
89 Nashville Road, Bethel KOLODNICKI, Walter, Sgt.
Box 94, Oakdale KOMISAR, Harry, S/ Sgt.
172 Rosette St., New Haven KOSICKI, Edward C, T/ 5
13 Flower St., Middletown KOVALSKI, Walter J., T/ 5
18 Mechanic St., New Haven KOWALSKY, Charles W., T/ 3
315 Naubuc Ave., Lisbon KRAWIEC, Joseph J., Pfc.
209 North St., New Britain KRYSIEWICZ, Teddy T., Pfc.
100 Seymour St., Hartford KUSEK, Mitchell J., Sgt.
RFD 5, Norwich KUSHA, Joseph E., T/ 4
2338 Barnum Ave., Stratford LaCHANCE, Valdor J., S/ Sgt.
691 South Main St., Waterbury LADNER, Gerald R., Pfc.
43 Sherman St., Stamford LADUTKO, Peter, T/ 5
250 York St., West Haven LAGOWNIK, Alphonse V., T/ Sgt.
123 Quinn St., Naugatuck LAIRD, James S., T/ 4
401 Sigourney St., Hartford
LAKE, William A., S/ Sgt.
96 Center St., Thomaston LAMARRE, Edwin J., Pvt.
264 Lawrence St., Hartford LAMBERTSON, James N., Pfc.
131 Stiles St., New Haven LANE, George H., M/ Sgt.
77 Church St., Torrington LAURENDEAU, Albert H., S/ Sgt.
534 North Main St., Bristol LEENEY, Robert J., S/ Sgt.
81 Edwards St., New Haven LEMIRE, Raymond V., Cpl.
North Franklin LENIART, Anthony, Sgt.
7 Everett St., Norwich LIKWALA, Joseph J., Pvt.
495 South Main St., New Britain LIMON, Arthur B., T/ 5
202 Liberty St., Meriden LINDSAY, Wells B., Pfc.
32 Matson Hill Road, Glastonbury LIS, Stanley P., T/ 4
163 Main St., Willimantic LISIEWSKI, Peter J., T/ 5
493 North Main St., Norwich LONGANO, James V., T/ 5
280 Hillside Ave., Hartford LORENTZEN, Henry J. C, T/ Sgt.
98 Whitmore St., Hartford LOVRINOVICZ, John G., T/ 5
Fern Hill Road, Watertown LUCAS, Zolton, Pvt.
117 Rhode Island Ave., Fairfield LUCE, Otis A., T/ 4
Box 534, Meriden LUTTERS, Robert, T/ Sgt.
331 Seymour Ave., Derby MAGINNIS, Walter D., T/ 4
Elm St., Monroe MAGNUSON, Arthur G., Pfc.
95 Russwin Road, New Britain MAHER, Thomas F., Pfc.
42 East Pearl St., New Haven MAJEWSKI, Fabian R., Sgt.
163 Greenwood Ave., Waterbury MALINO, Peter, Pfc.
Apt. 301, Bldg. 29, Y. M. V., Bridgeport MALLOY, William H., Pvt.
1444 Broad St., Hartford MANCINI, Thomas C, Cpl.
279 Canaan Road, Stratford MANSELL, William R., Sgt.
46 Suffield St., Hartford MANULLA, Rocco T., S/ Sgt.
1041 Stanley St., New Britain MARCH, Daniel S., Jr., Pfc.
Jordan Cove, Waterford MARK, Evan, T/ 5
346 West Portsea St., New Haven MARKEVICIUS, Stanley P., T/ 4
921 Highland Ave., Waterbury MARKS, John P., Sgt.
c/ o Marks Ins. Agency, Norwich MARTIN, John F., Jr., T/ 5
67 Hale Terrace, Bridgeport MARTINO, Joseph A., Cpl.
24 Peck St., New Haven MAULTSBY, Joseph, Pfc.
243 Dixwell Ave., New Haven MAZZARELLA, Bartholomew S., Pfc.
77 Wheeler St., Winsted McCAIN, Mack, Pfc.
16 Jefferson St., New Haven
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McCARTHY, Jeremiah M., T/ 5
11 Cottage St., New Haven McCARTHY, John F., T/ 5
17 Allendale Road, Hartford McGILL, Michael, Jr., T/ Sgt.
38 Twining St., Forestville McKAY, John E., Jr., T/ 3
336 Humphrey St., New Haven McKENNA, James P., Pfc.
20 Kirkham St., Newington McLOUGHLIN, Vincent A., S/ Sgt.
Bell Island, South Norwalk McNEE, Peter, Pfc.
280 Mason St., Greenwich McSWEENEY, Vincent J., Cpl.
319 Valley St., Willimantic MELANSON, George E., T/ 4
373 Asylum St., Hartford MELESKEY, John S., Cpl.
129 Water St., Southington MELILLO, Frank, Pvt.
109 Wintergreen Ave., Hamden MERCHANT, William A., Sgt.
Old Farm Road, Darien MERONEK, William, T/ 3
RFD 45, Colchester MERRELL, Shepherd C, S/ Sgt.
97 North Main St., Southington MERRITT, George E., T/ 5
265 Hebron Ave., Glastonbury MERWIN, Stuart S., T/ Sgt.
Northford Road, Wallingford MICALI, Ralph F., T/ 4
150 Campfield Ave., Hartford MILLER, Edward W., Pfc.
916 Oldfield Road, Fairfield MILLER, Victor C, S/ Sgt.
Talmadge Hill, New Canaan MIRTO, Armando D., T/ 5
72 Minor St., New Haven MOLLEUR, Marcel D., T/ 5
38 Whalley Ave., New Haven MONGILLO, Harry V., Cpl.
36 West St., New Haven MONTANARO, Alfonso L., T/ 5
43 Stevens St., New Haven MONTIGY, Ronald E., T/ 5
39 Putnam Heights, Hartford MORRISSEY, Charles R., T/ 5
Box 404, Georgetown MORRISSEY, William J., T/ 4
84 Beechwood Ave., Bridgeport MORRONE, Vincent M., Pfc.
47 Wacona Ave., Waterbury MOSCA, Frank R., Pfc.
1097 North Ave., Bridgeport MOSER, Robert L., T/ 5
323 Washington St., Hartford MOSESSON, Malcolm, Cpl.
107 Manchester St., Hartford MOSHINSKI, Anthony J., S/ Sgt.
105 Governor St., Hartford MUCHA, John S., Pfc.
126 Smith St., New Britain MURPHY, Jerry, Jr., T/ 5
2064 Main St., Hartford MURPHY, Thomas S. B., Pfc.
RFD 1, Ridgefield MURPHY, Timothy M., T/ 5
54 Wells St., Hartford MURRAY, Charles W., Cpl.
58 Hammond St., Rockville MYERS, William, Cpl.
2 Leon Place, Stamford
NAI, Francis J., T/ 5
104 Main St., Windsor Locks NATALE, Rocco P., Pfc.
296 Hamilton Ave., Greenwich NICKEL, Ewald F., T/ Sgt.
236 Nicoll St., New Haven NIESIOBEDSKI, Henry W., Sgt.
18 Main St., Terryville OBLEN, Joseph, T/ 4
18 Merriam St., Meriden O'BRIEN, Francis E., T/ 5
108 Hawkins St., Derby OCCHIPINDA, John J., T/ 5
1017 Madison Ave., Bridgeport OPOLACZ, Anthony F., T/ 4
112 Wolcott Ave., Wethersfield OSOWSKI, Edward E., T/ 5
30 Winthrop St., New London PALEMBAS, Joseph, Sgt.
711 Washington Ave., New Haven PALLOTTI, Vito A., T/ 5
1582 Main St., Hartford PALMER, Raymond D., S/ Sgt.
So. Litchfield Road, Watertown PARE, Albert J., T/ 4
21 Wilfred St., Hartford PASQUALINI, Blasco, Sgt.
90 East Ave., West Haven PASQUARELLI, Samuel J., S/ Sgt.
116 Marlboro St., Portland PASSAUR, John S., T/ 5
Box 22, Canton PAWLIKOWSKI, Joseph T., Pfc.
Clintonville, RFD, New Haven PEARSON, Ernest H., T/ Sgt.
38 Kingston St., West Hartford PEARSON, James E., Cpl.
Box 82, Woodbury PEDROLINI, Albert F., Sgt.
321 Springdale Ave., Meriden PENN, Henry A., T/ Sgt.
249 Franklin St., New Haven PERKINS, Julius, T/ 5
28 Beaver St., Danbury PERLINGER, Frank J., Pfc.
18 Sanford St., Hartford PERRONE, Steven J., T/ 4
12 Lee St., Hamden PETERS, Thomas F., T/ 5
2 Hickey St., Stratford PETROWSKI, Stephen, S/ Sgt.
19 Locust St., West Haven PETTIT, Joseph F., T/ 5
311 Stillson Road, Waterbury PIETRAS, Walter C, T/ 4
51 Soule St., Jewett City PIZZOFERRATO, Modesto, T/ 5
81 Green St., Hartford PIZZONI, Joseph W., Cpl.
12 1/ 2 Kilbourne St., Hartford PLOCHARCZYK, Walter S., S/ Sgt.
150 Gold St., New Britain POPPA, Leonard, Jr., T/ 5
73 Ives Court, Bridgeport POPPENDIECK, William, Pvt.
168 Greenwich Ave., New Haven PORTER, Charles R., Cpl.
351 Farmington Ave., Unionville POSSIDENTE, William, Pvt.
160 Frank St., New Haven POTANOVICH, Andrew R., T/ Sgt.
108 Philips St., Stratford POWELL, Leroy I., S/ Sgt.
374 Pleasant St., Willimantic
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PRATT, Edward L., T/ 4
Box 56, East Hampton PRONOVOST, Edgar L., T/ 5
13 South Third St., Meriden PROTO, Venturo W., Pfc.
654 Main St., East Haven PROVAN, John, Sgt.
629 East Middle Turnpike, Manchester PUGLIESE, Saverio, Pvt.
146 Charles St., Waterbury PURDY, Clayton W., Sgt.
1331 Hamilton Ave., Waterbury PYRDOL, Joseph, Pfc.
11 Brewster St., New Haven QUAMILY, Robert, T/ Sgt.
176 Hamilton Ave., Greenwich RANDALL, Harold W., T/ 4
84 Noble St., West Haven RANDALL, John, T/ 5
38 Stafford St., Hartford REBECCO, Russell J., Pfc.
109 Jones Ave., Bridgeport REDA, Louis J., T/ 5
14 Spruce St., Norwalk REDIN, Gunnar S., T/ 5
55 Lafayette St., Stamford RENZULLI, Lester M., T/ 5
Narrow Rocks Road, Westport REYNOLDS, George G., Cpl.
107 Wynola Ave., New Britain RICCIARDI, Joseph W., Sgt.
50 South Main St., Wallingford RICCIO, Daniel D., T/ 5
674 Shelton St., Bridgeport RIGGS, Richard J., Pfc.
808 East Main St., Torrington RILEY, Joseph W., S/ Sgt.
87 Summit St., Norwich RITCH, Howard A., T/ 5
Riversville Road, Greenwich ROCCO, John J., Pfc.
303 Hillside Ave., Hartford RODRIGUES, John B., Pvt.
165 Talman St., Norwich ROMANO, Philip E., T/ 5
270 Federal St., Bridgeport ROMANOTT, August, T/ 5
Beacon Road, Bethany ROODE, Raymond G., T/ 5
Jewett City ROSA, Michael A., T/ 4
267 Moran St., Waterbury ROSENBERG, Norman D., Pfc.
281 Whalley Ave., New Haven ROSENFIELD, Louis, T/ Sgt.
9 Bayview Ave., South Norwalk ROSSO, Russell, Pfc.
383 Lexington St., Bridgeport ROUSU, Raymond R., T/ 5
Collinsville ROWELL, Alan K., T/ Sgt.
71 Center St., Wethersfield RUDERMAN, Sidney B., T/ 5
650 Main St., Middletown RUSSO, Anthony R., T/ 4
502 Cote St., Torrington ST. GEORGE, Stephen, Jr., T/ 5
7 Talmadge Place, South Norwalk ST. THOMAS, Robert L., T/ 4
17 Spruce St., Plainville SALERNO, Anthony V., Pfc.
60 Scovill St., Waterbury SALINSKY, Stanley J., Cpl.
381 Pleasant St., Willimantic
SAMELA, Marco, T/ 5
105 Wood St., Waterbury SANDERS, James L., Sgt.
12 Factory St., Ansonia SANTERRE, Johnny, Cpl.
RFD 2, Kenyon St., New London SANTO, Anthony A., Pvt.
50 Tierney St., Norwalk SATIN, Nathaniel, M/ Sgt.
125 Lafayette St., Stamford SATKO, Stanley J., Pfc.
101 Sheldon St., Hartford SATMARY, Berty, Pvt.
94 Coolidge St., Bridgeport SAUSE, James M., T/ 5
1 Wilcox Place, New Haven SAVASTINO, Louis J., T/ 5
41 Manor St., Stamford SCHMALING, Merle R., S/ Sgt.
King St., Greenwich SCHRAFT, Francis P., S/ Sgt.
23 Wall St., Middletown SCHREINER, Stephen W., Pfc.
636 East Main St., Meriden SCINTO, Patrick M., Pfc.
452 Nichols St., Bridgeport SCOFIELD, Milton E., T/ 5
290 Helen St., Hamden SCOTT, Benjamin R., Sgt.
Cook Hill Road, Windsor SEBBEN, Angel M., S/ Sgt.
Box 122, East Canaan SHEEHAN, Austin V., Pfc.
66 Beacon St., Hartford SHEFER, Roland V., T/ 5
River Drive, Versailles SHEPARD, Frederick C, Jr., Pvt.
70 Griswold Road, Wethersfield SHERWINSKY, Gustave L., Sgt.
73 West St., Seymour SHORTMAN, Edwin R., Sgt.
37 Stillman Ave., Pawcatuck SHUKIS, Peter J., Pfc.
37 John St., Hartford SILVERMAN, Jack, Pfc.
130 Myrtle Ave., Stamford SIMONS, Kenneth M., Pvt.
127 Winter St., New Haven SIWY, Louis C., Cpl.
586 New London Turnpike, Glastonbury SKOWRONEK, Julius J., S/ Sgt.
232 Franklin Ave., Hartford SLAUSON, Fletcher J., T/ 5
36 Osborne Ave., East Norwalk SLOCUM, Charles H., Pfc.
West Main St., Niantic SMITH, Edward J., Sgt.
38 Buddies Terrace, Derby SMITH, Herman, Cpl.
322 Hamilton Ave., Greenwich SMITH, John, T/ 5
1201 Pembroke St., Bridgeport SMITH, Joseph A., S/ Sgt.
94 Liberty St., Stamford SMITH, Louis R., Pfc.
Collinsville SMITH, Robert H., Pfc.
Grumman Ave., Norwalk SMITH, Robert E., Pfc.
82 Williams St., Norwich SMITH, Thomas, Pfc.
13 Sunrise Ave., New Canaan SOBOLEWSKI, Stanley J., S/ Sgt.
101 Edna Ave., Bridgeport
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SOFIA, Peter P., Pfc.
40 Railroad Hill St., Waterbury SOMERS, John F., Pvt.
201 Maple St., Naugatuck SPENCER, William H., Sgt.
29 Grove St., Portland SROKA, Rudolph J., Pfc.
67 Forest St., Unionville STASNY, Paul G., Pfc.
Lee Heights, Danbury STASOLLA, Nicholas C, Cpl.
697 Tunxis Hill Road, Bridgeport STASSOLA, Nicholas F., Pfc.
384 Tunxis Hill Road, Bridgeport STEBBINS, Carlton, Sgt.
RFD, Box 89, Somers STEINBACH, Sidney, T/ 5
251 Highland St., New Haven STEINMACHER, John G., Pfc.
569 Middletown Ave., New Haven STRACQUADANIO, Michael D., Pfc.
Bldg. 43, Apt. 205, Y. M. V., Bridgeport STRAWTHER, Leonard H., 1st/ Sgt.
53 Wooster St., Hartford STROGOFF, Adam, Pfc.
377 Woodland St., Hartford STRONG, James K., Cpl.
76 Beebe St., Naugatuck SUROVY, Andrew, Pfc.
10 Southwell Ave., Danbury SVAB, Joseph J., Pfc.
219 Howard Ave., Bridgeport SWAN, Walter F., Pvt.
14 Maxson St., West Mystic SYLVIA, Anthony R., Pfc.
206 George St., Bridgeport SYMONDS, Norman L., Pfc.
RFD 2, River Road, Shelton SYNNOTT, Francis X., Pfc.
27 Camp St., Waterbury SZCZESNIAK, Stanley, T/ 5
72 Grove St., New Britain TAGG, John, 1st/ Sgt.
360 Harral Ave., Bridgeport TALAR, Joseph S., T/ 5
101 Pine St., Greenwich TARDIFF, Leon P., Cpl.
19 Willard Ave., Elmwood TEMPLE, Carlton R., Pfc.
300 Wethersfield Ave., Hartford THIBODEAU, Leo J., T/ 5
29 Niles St., Hartford THURROTT, Richard V., Sgt.
North Farms, Wallingford TIBBALS, Leon F., Pfc.
RFD 8, Norwich TILLERT, Emil A., T/ 5
Oronoque Road, Milford TINARI, John A., T/ 5
175 Charter Oak Ave., East Haven TISKO, Stanley B., Pfc.
59 West Main St., Branford TOIFL, Clarence E., Pfc.
45 1/ 2 Stone St., Meriden TOLISANO, Salvatore, Pvt.
310 Garden St., Hartford TOMCZUK, Stanley J., Sgt.
151 View St., Meriden TRZCINSKI, Frank, Pfc.
157 Wilcox St., New Britain TWARDA, John, Sgt.
Sturgis Highway, Westport UHLIK, Thomas F., T/ 4
182 Woodtick Road, Waterbury UPRIGHT, Arthur F., Cpl. West Ave., Noroton Heights
VEITS, William J., T/ 5
Station 41, Burnside Ave., East Hartford VERZARO, Frank J., Cpl.
447 Center St., Bridgeport VICK, Eric A., Sgt.
38 Cambridge St., New Britain VILLANE, Albert, Pfc.
23 Wellsville Ave., New Milford VITALETTI, Arnold, Cpl.
23 Lydia St., West Haven VITKUS, Peter P., T/ 4
Wheeler Ave., Waterbury VITONE, Francis J., T/ Sgt.
58 Beverly Ave., Waterbury VonFRISCH, Alvin W., Sgt.
38 Meriden Ave., Southington WAGNER, Morris, S/ Sgt.
58 Dixon St., Bridgeport WAKEMAN, Edward, Pfc.
Hills Point Road, Westport WALSH, Charles E., Pvt.
Hanover Ave., South Meriden WASHENKO, Andrew, Cpl.
835 Meriden Road, c/ o H. Cooke, Waterbury WEINSTOCK, Sidney, T/ 4
206 Nelson St., Hartford WELCH, William F., Sgt.
40 Sexton St., New Britain WHITE, Frederick C, Pfc.
8 Willow St., New Haven WHITE, William K., Sgt.
95 Starkweather St., Manchester WILCOX, Russell H., T/ 5
Box 287, Stafford Springs WILLARD, Richard G., S/ Sgt.
65 Broad St., Wethersfield WILLIAMS, Charles A., T/ 5
119 Laurel St., East Haven WILLIAMS, Earl A., Pvt.
85 Pliny St., Hartford WILLIAMS, Gerald C, Pfc.
Box 217, Warehouse Point WILLIAMS, Harold C, Pfc.
52 Cherry St., Meriden WILLIAMS, William B., Pfc.
37 Brook St., Hartford WIMBISH, Moses F., T/ Sgt.
56 Greenwood Ave., Bloomfield WINNER, Harry W., T/ Sgt.
Terry Plains Road, Bloomfield WISSMAN, John E., T/ 5
1 Hobbie St., Stamford WOLF, Harold J., T/ 4
169 Winthrop St., New Britain WOOD, Douglas A., T/ 3
22 West Main St., Norwalk WYANT, Harry W., Sgt.
Washington Depot YATES, John H., Pvt.
South Coventry YURIS, Felix A., T/ 5
RFD 1, North Farms Rd., Wallingford ZABOROWSKI, Joseph L., Sgt.
63 North First St., Meriden ZAK, Amiel P., T/ 4
51 Faneuil St., Wilson ZANZAL, Michael, Cpl.
91 Grove St., Danbury ZAVRAS, Charles J., Cpl.
28 Garden St., Stamford ZICUS, Chester M., T/ 5
89 Funston Ave., Torrington ZORENA, John J., T/ 4
174 Cedar Hill Ave., New Haven ZOZZORA, Martin, Pfc.
65 Woodbridge St., New London
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