Connecticut veterans commemorative booklet. Vol. 9, no. 3. Connecticut men of the United States Army, demobilization, Fort Devens, Massachusetts. December 11 to 12, 1945

              CONNECTICUT MEN
of the United States Army
Demobilization, Fort Devens. Massachusetts
December 11 to 12, 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
Military history for the most part is written by non- combatants and the " brass" from official records, " edited" by commissioned officers. War memoirs, too, most frequently record the views and opinions of commissioned officers. Only on infrequent and exceptional occasions is war experience recorded by enlisted men, save for that by specialists or professionals. That combat looks different as between the foxhole and the regimental CP is universally agreed. These stories, without historical pretensions per se, may well be in fact unique source material for Connecticut history. These are enlisted men's stories in their own words and the GI substitutes therefor reported as near verbatim as possible. — The Editor.
Andrseicik, Edmund W., T/ 4, Btry. B., 171st F. A. Bn., Jewett City.
" I have a cluster on my Purple Heart for the second wound I got from the shrapnel of another mortar shell. Those things gave me trouble. The first time I was hit the shrapnel from the shell hit me in the right leg and the second one got me in the right arm. Both times was during an attack while I was a forward observer for the artillery. Destord and Bonnal, France, were my hard luck towns."
Bailey, Robert L., Pfc, Co. A., 385th Engr. Bn., ( Sep.), New Haven.
" My outfit was supplying ammo to units within our area. I supplied my outfit with food from Africa to Italy to Germany and I don't mind saying that my cooking was pretty good. I liked my overseas hitch and the only thing bad about it was the distance from home. I liked Germany because it was cleaner than any other country, I'd been to. I have 92 points and it's about time they got around to discharging me."
Baribault, Raymond M., Pfc, 284th Sig. Pigeon Co., 12th Army Grp., New Britain.
" On the 5th of October 1944 we were moving in a five truck convoy up to Metz, France, through a minefield. The two lead trucks had already cleared it and the next two were just about out when the fifth truck, carrying all the outfit's sup­plies
and equipment, hit one. The whole back of the truck was blown to pieces but the cab just kept right on rolling for a
bit and the driver and the assistant step­ped
out without a scratch."
Bethke, Leon J., S/ Sgt., Co C, 310th Inf., 78th Div., New Haven.
" Catching the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen intact was a godsend for us because we were scheduled to cross the Rhine by assault near that same point, but we got our share of the bloodshed when we reached the other side. We cros��sed
on the 8th of April, the day after it was taken, without any trouble and got halfway up the hill before we met any opposition from the Krauts dug in at the top, but our air support routed them out."
Bostwick, Emerson L., T/ 5, Btry. H., 242d Coast Arty. Regt,, Fort Michie, Bristol.
" In November 1943 we had practice maneuvers at Fort Michie on Long Island Sound. I was on guard the night they expected the opposing forces to make a commando raid on the island and we arranged for a special code word to be passed from one guard post to another in the event the raid came off. Some guy on his post thought he saw them hitting the beach and gave the alarm which came off well; so well that everyone on that island was awakened and at his defense post before it was discovered that all he had seen was the guard on another post."
Brancato, Salvatore S., Pfc, 421st Med. Coll. Co., 9th Army, Wallingford.
" We took two ambulances full of patients up beyond Julich, Germany, for
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the 2d Armored Division when they evacuated their aid station after jumping across the Roer River and on our way back to the outfit on February 24, 1945, we got caught in a German artillery bar­rage
in Julich. We took cover in a cellar but they kept right on shelling through the night, so we just holed up in that cellar and spent the night there and in the morning when it let up a little we made a dash for it and got the hell out of that town."
Capasso, Anthony J., T/ 5, 244th Orel. Co., 7th Army, Bridgeport,
" The destruction of Berlin was some­thing
I will never forget, I went into the city after the war was over and it was a sight to see people begging for food be­cause
they were starving to death. Berlin was once a beautiful and modern city but it will take years to repair the de­struction.
The German people acted very well towards us and seemed to want to make friends. Most of them were on the level because they were bitter about the SS troops who flooded the subways of Berlin and drowned so many of their close relatives and friends. The black market was going great until it was broken by the Army; prices are starting to come down a bit but they are still too high for the average German."
Colello, Louis P., T/ 5, 15th Gen. Hosp., Stamford.
" I nearly went to heaven, but instead I got home. A buzz bomb landed 60 feet from where I was chlorinating drinking water and shrapnel poured over me. Bits of it lodged in my legs and side and the medics evacuated me to Paris. From there I went to London . . . and then home. While I was in Paris I had a swell chance to see what I always had heard about ' gay Paree' . . . and it wasn't bad, wounded though I was. For a while after I got home
they had me here at Devens' Lovell hospital. They treated me really wonder­ful.
Sometimes I thought they wanted me to stay on and on even though I was well."
Concannon, Joseph P., T/ 4, Hq. Btry., 415th F. A. Grp., 1st Army, Torrington.
" The Battle of Spencerine, in the hills of Tennessee, was the closest I came to combat conditions. We took our training up there preparing to go to the Pacific with the 1st Army which had returned from the ETO. The invasion of Japan was to be our objective but fortunately for us and thousands like us, the war ended and put an end to our training. I was sent to Fort Jackson in August and sweated out time until I was to be discharged. I've been in the Army 48 months because I was one of the first to be drafted and the last to return to my home town."
DeFeo, James M., Pfc, Hq. Co., S. C. U.- 1458, P. W. Camp, Fort Jackson, S. C., New Haven.
" I went on the Louisiana maneuvers with the 43d Infantry Division in 1941 and in August we were heading down a road built up over the swamps near De- Ridder when a big hurricane came up and flooded those swamps. For two weeks we were stranded in there with our vehicles and when the water started to go down we had to pull those trucks out by man­power."
DeMatties, Daniel, Pfc, 421st Med. Coll. Co., 9th Army, Hamden.
" There are two incidents that I re­member
and they both took place in Germany. I was an ambulance driver and one night I got lost and was heading right for the German line until they took one shot at me and then I knew that I was off my course. I wasn't hit but that ambulance never was turned around so fast. It was hard driving over there because the roads
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were rough and most of the driving was done at night to avoid getting hit. I re­member
the second incident took place while I was at the clearing station. Our outfit was clearly marked with a red cross but some Jerry plane came over and strafed us. No one was hurt but we were damn sore about them not recognizing our markings. We were defenseless as no medic was allowed to carry weapons."
Driggs, Stanley A., Pfc, 51st Cmbt. Engr. Bn., Manchester.
" For two days enemy fire was so heavy that we were unable to take even the first steps necessary to build that bridge. It was while we were working with the 75th Division at Grand Halleaux, Belgium, dur­ing
January of 1945. We waited around under cover and under orders not to pro­ceed
until the barrage lifted. Then at last one evening, two days later, we were able to begin. From nine o'clock that night until dawn we worked like blazes. Every­thing
had to be done in a total blackout. We literally felt our way along. As the first light of day dawned the bridge was completed and the 75th marched across."
Feltenberger, Francis L., Pfc, Co. F., 5th Ranger Bn., Willimantic
" For ten days we held a road junction behind the German lines near the Saar River. Out of 600 men only 137 were able to come out of it in one piece. Things were looking bad for us and it was just a matter of time before we would all be driven back or captured. On the tenth day the 10th Armored Division was able to break through and relieve us. We got to the load junction by infiltrating through the German lines and at first it looked as if it were going to be just a routine opera­tion
but it didn't turn out that way."
Flood, John P., T/ 4, 29th M. R. U., Hq. E. T. O. U. S. A., New Haven.
" We were stationed in Paris on V- E
Day and at 3 o'clock when the official announcement was made everybody in or near that city — French, American, Brit­ish
and Russian — poured out into the streets for the wildest celebration I've ever seen. Everyone tried to grab onto an American vehicle and ride around the city; people danced in the streets; some pushed French vehicles that wouldn't run; American planes hedge- hopped over the Champs Elysees; and as the celebrating continued on into the night big flood lights were turned on the Opera and the whole Place d'Opera for the first time since 1940. That's when Paris really began to regain its old beauty."
Galko, Joseph, Sgt., 1219th S. C. U. Med. Det,, Wallingford.
" In a way I felt pretty lucky that Uncle Sam didn't decide to send me overseas because I saw the way some of the fellows came back. I was stationed at Flushing, L. I., where they had me unloading stretch­er
cases from the hospital ships. Boy, you sure see some tragic sights there. It was hard to ever get use to it — and I never felt that I did. After four years in the service I had enough points to get out."
Gerardi, William J., Pfc, Hq. Co., 812th Tank Bn., 15th Armd. Grp., Stamford.
" I'm getting out on points after being in for 20 months. I have three children and they mean 36 points which gives me a total of 56. I couldn't do my best in the Army as I had to worry about my family. It's hard on a married man in the Army because his mind is not on his work and I think he makes a poor soldier."
Goroshko, John, T/ 5, 1055th Engr. Port Const, Repair Spec Co., ( Sep.), New London.
" Our job was to open the port at Isiney, France, as soon as possible after D- Day. I landed in Normandy with the invasion
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fleet and started to work on the port so that coastal steamers and harbor craft could bring supplies in. I was a diver and had to go down to survey the bottom for mines and other obstacles that were placed there. I de- activated mines underwater at Isiney and many times I thought that if I made a wrong move I would be blown up. The toughest job I had was at Caren ¬ tan along the Vire River. We were pinned down by fire for 15 days at a spot where we were trying to raise a bridge. I was never underwater when shells landed close, but one diver was working under­neath
a spot where a shell landed and al­most
killed him. We got him up fast and he had to make a run of about 25 yards with 300 pounds of equipment still cling­ing
to him. We were the first outfit to have divers working on the continent after D- Day."
Hahn, Henry F., Cpl, 2076th Truck Co., 9th Air Force, New Britain. " If I couldn't be good I was at least always careful and so I enter civilian life unharmed. I saw plenty of Europe, just about every country there except Spain, and most of them I saw through the windshield of my truck, I was overseas two years and just about four flours short of 11 days. You can see how my mind worked when I kept such an accurate check on that period of time."
Hunt, Edward E., Jr., S/ Sgt,, Hq. Co., C. W. S. Trng. Grp., Camp Siebert, Ala., West Hartford.
" I was setting up FM radio sets for a smoke problem at Camp Siebert, Alabama, on about June 5, 1943, and a brigadier general came up to me and insisted that I tune my sets to the AM sets in five B- 25s which were going to fly overhead as ob­servation.
This was absolutely impossible but when I tried to tell the old b— so, he as much as ordered me to do it; so I
had to take time out to give his nibs a brief course in radio to explain the impossibility."
Johancsik, Lawrence R., Pfc, Co. C, 376th Inf., 94th Div., Stratford.
" A BAR man and I were out moseying around near a little village east of Trier on the 8th of December 1944 when we spotted a Kraut Volkswagen racing down the road. We opened up on them and killed three right away and wounded the fourth officer, but not before they had stuck a burp- gun out of the window and squeezed off a few. I found two bullet holes through my right pant's leg and one through my left, not a single wound. Incidentally, I got a Lueger and a P- 38 out of it."
Kmicinsky, Alexander, T/ 5, 34th Portable Surg. Hosp., South Norwalk.
" Our surgical hospital unit did most of its work for the Chinese troops although we had many American soldiers on the tables. Most of the Americans, however, were victims of jeep accidents while the Chinese were wounded men. I was an anaesthetist and frequently we had to perform operations under fire of the Japs. At one time we had to move up into the mountains with all our equipment on the backs of pack horses. Believe it or not, after we got up into those mountains some of our surgical work was done for Jap prisoners of war."
Losi, Raymond H., Sgt., 717th Air Material Sq., 475th Sv. Grp., Hamden.
" A bunch of Purple Hearts were given out that day. The guys were suckers for them. They just stood around and watched that dog fight as though it were a football game. It was at Asch, Belgium, on New Years Day ' 45. Fifty Jerries rushed over and strafed the field but they were met by three squadrons of our P- 47s. Thirty- four of the enemy planes were knocked out and we lost only one in that one and
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a half dog battle. If some of those 5,000 guys who strained their necks didn't get the Heart, they got cricks in their necks, but it was quite a sight — just like those old war movies."
Luistro, Salvatore A., Pfc, 171st Cmbt. Engr., Cromwell.
" For nearly a week at Liege, Belgium, a buzz bomb came over and into our area every five minutes. They dropped all over but many just blew up the earth. Of course we were under a total blackout each night and when I had to drive my truck through that it was really tough. I had no accidents, I'm glad to report, but plenty of times I had to jump out from behind the wheel and hit the ditch or just the dirt to avoid shrapnel."
McGrath, John J., S/ Sgt., 382d Sq., 84th Sv. Grp., 9th Air Force, Stamford.
" Later I was an E & D clerk and that was quiet. But the months I spent on Omaha Beach after D plus 10 were not so quiet. Our unit got a citation and I'll never forget a certain part of the time we spent getting it. That was while we were being bombed and strafed on that damn beach as we tried to unload our equipment and haul it across the shore. Those Jerry planes never got tired of letting us have their fire. A lot of them thought they were going to be heroes for what they did to us, I guess."
McLaughlin, William M., S/ Sgt., Co. F., 504th Pcht. Regt., 82d Airborne Div., Warehouse Point.
" When I was training with the 82d Airborne in and around Fort Benning we made our first night jump in September 1942. It was quite a sensation, exciting yet serene, when at first I had no feeling of falling and the ground looked as if it were illuminated by giant spotlights from above giving me a false sense of security. When I got about 100 feet from the ground, however, everything suddenly looked black and it was tough to pick a spot to steer for and I landed in a swamp. When I got back I found one guy had landed right on top of our packing shed and was out cold."
Mineri, Louis E., T/ 5, 256th Ord. Co., 5th Div., 3d Army, New Haven.
" I had a narrow escape while I was on my way to visit a friend, Cpl. Peter Nuzzo of New Haven, who was in the lines at the time. On my way to see him I passed over a bridge which was blown up just a few minutes after I went across it. There were quite a few of the boys who were wounded when the shell, a direct hit, blasted the bridge. It was the first shell of the barrage, too. My work in the Army was to repair instruments."
Modena, Joseph, Pvt., Co. K., 112th Inf., 28th Div., 1st Army, New Haven. " It happened just over the Rhine while I was in the lines crouching in a foxhole. An 88 dropped almost on the rim of my hole and pieces of shrapnel caught me in both knees. The wounds weren't too bad and my knees are okay now, but I got the Purple Heart for it. That happened March 31, 1945 and it is something which will never occur again in my experience — I'm almost willing to bet on that,"
Nocera, Sylvester W., Pfc, Co. B., 90th Chem. Mortar Bn., 1st Div., New Britain.
" One night near Epps, Germany, we moved up to take new positions but had to wait all night in the rain before we could occupy them as Germans were still in the area. While we were waiting one of our ammo trucks caught fire accidentally and five men were burnt so badly that they were evacuated by medics. I helped put the fire out before the ammo blew up, but the Germans saw the fire and started to lay fire on us. We didn't have any holes dug as we didn't intend to stay in that position long and many of the men were on open ground but luckily didn't get hit. I've had too much traveling to suit me and the faster I get home the better I'll like it."
Olson, Allen A., Cpl., 16th Sq., 51st Ftr. Grp., Stratford.
" The night the false V- J Day news came through was the busiest, most con­fused
time that ever was for me and all of us out in Kunming, China. Every line in the communication center where I worked was jammed with messages, orders and counter- orders. All missions and flights, every maneuver had to be either cancelled or revised. Attacks had to be stopped. The whole course of every­thing
• had to be changed, and without warning. Then when we heard that the V- J information was false, and everything had to be turned around again."
Ray, Frederick, S/ Sgt., 484th Sq., 505th Bmb. Grp., 20th Air Force, Rock ¬ ville.
" We were on a bombing mission to the Jap homeland and failed to meet the rest of our B- 29 formation. The pilot decided to go in alone and we dropped our bombs on a chemical plant with good results. After we finished our bomb run and headed home we saw our formation coming in to bomb the same target after it was de­stroyed
by us. For going in alone we re­ceived
the DFC. I have one Jap Zeke to my credit which I shot down as he came in to knock us down. I thought I was a goner when we hit a spot in the air that is called turbulance. It is a haze of smoke and gases from a bombed- out target thousands of feet in the air. When we hit turbulance our plane was shot straight up into the air for a thousand feet and I thought that my gunner's days on a plane were over for good."
Renza, John L., Sgt,, 9th Chem. Depot Co., Winsted.
" I was on Omaha Beach when they had that gas scare. Word got around after we had been there more than two months that the Krauts were going to throw gas at us. So on went everybody's mask and on went the work of unloading. When night came I fell asleep with my mask still on and then in the darkness I woke up almost smothering. I was afraid to take the mask off for fear that gas might be around and there was no telling in the blackness. Of course all the time we were on the beach we were subject to constant, bombing and strafing. There was no way of getting away from it,"
Rosadini, Guido, Pfc, 421st Med. Coll. Co., 9th Army, New Haven.
" After evacuating some patients back to their unit aid station at Simpeville, we were driving our ambulance back to
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Terwinseln on the 8th of March 1945 when a two and a half ton GI truck hit us from the rear and we turned over as he knocked us off the road. We hit two Ger­man
civilians on bicycles and crashed through two piles of 75mm ammunition before coming to a stop. Not one of us three was hurt beyond a few bruises, but we had to get the ambulance towed back."
Roscoe, Howard S., T/ 5, Co. F., 109th Inf., 28th Div., New Milford.
" It could have been a lot worse, not just because of that truck accident, but because we were in the zone of fire. There were 25 of us in a truck headed up a hill in Southern France during January of ' 45. The engine stalled and when the driver tried to put on the brakes they failed. We rolled back and crashed over a 15- foot embankment and splashed into a brook. Not one of the fellows suffered any serious injuries, but of course as would be expect­ed,
the truck was badly damaged. The enemy could have blasted us to bits but apparently they didn't see us and so we were safe on that score."
Schevola, Fiore P., Pfc, Co. E., 302d Inf., 94th Div., Glastonbury.
'' Four of us were manning an outpost near Baldringen, Germany, on the 4th of March 1945, when at five o'clock in the
morning an American ambulance came up the road and I halted him and let him pass after he had given the password. But that was all the Jerries needed to register on our position and immediately mortar shells began to drop on our post, One landed about five feet from my hole and that was the last I remember. How­ever
it wasn't too bad because when I had been evacuated and recovered at a general hospital and returned to my outfit, the war had ended."
Sherlock, Peter J., T/ 4, Sv. Co., 772d Tank Bn., 44th Div., Manchester.
" Near Kempten, Germany, on April 30, 1945, we were in position on top of a hill overlooking a bridge when a Jerry plane trying to knock out the bridge was picked up by the ackack batteries guard­ing
that point, He came down low to avoid their fire and as he approached our hill the 50 calibres were still following him. I had been standing up watching it through my field glasses and suddenly found myself caught in the line of fire. I dropped to the ground damn fast and as I heard those 50 calibre shells clipping the leaves all around me thought how awful it would be to be killed by our own guns. I got out without a scratch and con­sidered
it a miracle." Shippee, Harold E., lst/ Sgt,, Co. D., 4th Engr. Trng. Regt., A. S. F. P. R. D., Fort Jackson, S. C., Woodbury.
" We were training engineer units for overseas duty and used to see some strange attempts to beat the shipment. The most sensational one occurred early in Septemb­er
1945 at Fort Jackson, S. C. On that occasion about 60 men were riding a trailer truck to the train that would take them to the boat and by rocking the trailer and suddenly jumping to one side, they hoped to tip it over and sustain some minor injury. They were successful in tipping it over but not a single man was injured, ex­cept
the driver, and every one of them made the shipment on schedule."
Stasiunas, Anthony J., Jr., Pfc, Div. Hq., 7th Armd. Div., Waterbury.
" Besides my dispatching duties I led a number of gasoline convoys into areas where there was plenty of action. At one time a buzz bomb hit the building I was working in and although I was lucky enough to escape about 12 others got Purple Hearts for that hit. During the 46 months I spent in the service the time I was stationed in Paris was when I felt 1 had the best deal. I slept in a decent bed and had clean sheets. Altogether I was overseas 18 months."
Streeter, William F., T/ Sgt., Hq. Btry., 9th Coast Arty. Bn., Waterbury.
" Deer Island in Boston Harbor was my battle station during the war and I admit it wasn't too dangerous and exciting. I operated a signal light which was used to contact all ships. We had to clear all Navy and Merchant ships that were enter­ing
or leaving Boston Harbor. A Navy signal man misread my shorthand notes on where to signal a Navy tanker to berth and he sent it to the wrong place where it almost touched bottom in the shallow water. I entered the Army in February ' 41 to serve my year and I've been in since then. My year lasted for 60 months."
Swick, Walter H., Sgt., 495th Air Sq., 32d Air Sv. Grp., 9th Air Force, New Haven.
" A week of heavy fog had grounded all our planes at La Bruyere, Belgium. The breakthrough was going strong and there wasn't a single thing we could do from the air to help stem the advance. Then the day before Christmas ' 44 the fog began to lift. I want to say that that was the happiest day any of us could remember. It meant that at last we could support the ground forces. I think all of us choked a little as we stood there on that field and watched the P- 47s taking off."
Zvonkovic, Michael M., Cpl., 10th Weather Sq., CBI, Branford.
" The only rest we had from our battle with the weather in the middle of the Indian, or Thar, desert was on Christmas of ' 43. The Maharaja of Jodhpur threw a big party. There were 1,000 guests and all of us were among them. It was one of the most elaborate shindigs a person could imagine. He had everything, including dancing girls and all kinds of fancy eats and drinks. The party lasted from eight o'clock in the evening to five o'clock the next morning, and after it was over he gave each of us an autographed photo of himself and a souvenir wallet," STATE AIDS AND BENEFITS
The laws of the State of Connecticut provide for many forms of aid, benefits and preferences for veterans, and for their next of kin in varying degrees. The following digest is designed to inform of the aids, benefits and preferences, and to designate the local or state agency charged with providing full information to veterans. There are thirty- four full- time and eight part- time Veterans Centers operating which serve 86 of the 169 cities and towns in the State. In some smaller towns the Town Clerks act as a " Veterans Center".
Tax Exemptions — File discharge with your Town Clerk; notify local assessors and collector.
Local Taxes — Any veteran is exempt from taxes on real or personal property up to $ 1,000 in valuation. Disabled veterans are exempt up to $ 3,000, according to disability ratings. This ex­emption
is in part valid for veterans' wives, and next of kin, as specified by the Statutes. See Local Tax Collector.
Local Business Taxes — ( Personal property) on stock, fixtures and equipment of new businesses established by veterans, for three years. See Local Tax Collector.
Old Age Assistance Taxes — Servicemen are exempt, during active service in armed forces, and veterans may secure refund if they paid while in active service. See Local Tax Collector.
State Unincorporated Business Taxes — On new businesses established by any veteran, good for three years. See Tax Commissioner, State Office Building, Hartford.
Free Business Licenses — Most licenses are free; renewals usually unnecessary for varying periods. See your Town Clerk.
Professional Licenses — Qualified veterans can be admitted to the practice of Jaw or chiropractic without examination in most cases. Contact your county Bar Association, or the Board of Chiro­practic
Examiners, State Office Building, Hartford.
State Employment Preference — Veteran pas­sing
state civil service examination has five points added to score; ten, if he has a disability rating. Names placed on list of eligibles in the order of such augmented score.
The State's general policy on veteran's job preference, which has not the effect of law, was established by the 1945 General Assembly, with passage of the following:
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representa­tives:
" 1. That it shall be the policy of the State, acting through the Connecticut Veterans Reemploy­ment
and Advisory Commission, to encourage Connecticut employers to voluntarily set aside a minimum of 25 per cent of post- war jobs for veter­ans
of World War II.
" 2. That it shall be the policy of the State until July 1, 1950, to give preference to veterans of World War II in all State positions outside the classified service of the merit system act and in all positions involving contractual services and part time services and in all cases where compensation is paid by the State whether on a fee basis or otherwise.
" 3. That until July 1, 1950, it shall also be the policy of the State that appointing officers of the State, as defined by Sec. 2049 of the General Statutes, shall, other conditions being equal, give preference to veterans of World War II in filling State positions from registers of eligible candidates furnished by the State Personnel Department."
Educational Aids — With satisfactory cre­dentials,
a veteran can secure free a grammar school or high school diploma from the State Board of Education, State Office Building, Hartford.
Free instruction in secondary subjects ( high school courses) will be furnished by the State Board of Education if your town can't do it. See your local school officials.
Financial aid for college educations for children, 16 to 23, of servicemen killed in service. Consult the State Board of Education.
Aid for Needy Veterans — If you are being cared for under legal direction of the Veterans Home Commission, your children under 16, husband, wife or widowed mother can receive weekly finan­cial
assistance up to $ 10. for an adult and $ 6. for a child. Apply to the Commission, through the Veterans Home, Rocky Hill.
If you need temporary financial assistance because of a service disability, contact the Veterans Home Commission, Rocky Hill.
Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Fund — Many of the veterans' aid benefits set out above are pay­able
from the income produced by this fund which is to be augmented by a portion of the Connecticut tax on cigarettes until the principal of the fund reaches $ 15,000,000. Disbursements of these funds to carry out aid provisions to veterans, and certain relatives and next of kin of veterans pursuant to statute, are through the State Treasurer of the American Legion, State Office Building, Hartford.
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THE MUSTER OUT ROLL CALL
Names, rank and addresses of Connecticut men discharged during the period December 11 to 12, 1945, from the official Group Rosters, Fort Devens Separation Center, Mass.
ACKERMAN, Robert E., Cpl.
16 Hurlburt St., New Britain AHEARN, John W., Pvt.
97 Summit St., Norwich AHERN, Cornelius M., Jr., Sgt.
193 Spring St., New Haven ALTIERI, Ralph T., S/ Sgt.
24 Orchard St., Bridgeport AMICO, Thomas, T/ 3
55 Derby Ave., Seymour ANDRASH, Michael, Pfc.
39 West Main St., Terryville ANDRZEICIK, Edmund W., T/ 4
16 Anthony St., Jewett City ANGIOLLO, Frank, Pfc.
102 Bradley St., New Haven ARAKELIAN, Jack, Sgt.
114 Ray Road, New Haven ARTHUR, George H., Sgt.
411 Horn Ave., Winsted BAILEY, James A., Cpl.
3 Omo St., Middletown BAILEY, Robert L., Pfc.
New Haven BAILEY, Walter J., T/ 5
59 West Center St., Southington BAKER, Frederick N., Pfc.
315 First Ave., West Haven BALESTRACCI, Louis S., Pfc.
Rogers Rd., Stony Creek BARBASH, George M., Cpl.
962 Winchester Ave., New Haven BARDINI, George L., Pfc.
West St., Stafford Springs BARIBAULT, Raymond M., Pfc.
6 Talcott St., New Britain BARILLARO, Frank L., T/ 4
464 Capitol Ave., Meriden BARLOW, Augustus R., Pfc.
349 Bellevue St., Hartford BARTHOLMEI, George K., T/ 5
415 Golden Hill St., Bridgeport BEAL, Vincent C, M/ Sgt,
RFD 1, Salisbury BEDARD, Andrew H., T/ 5
27 North B St., Taftville BELKNAP, Charles S., Pfc.
Box 181, Sterling BELOIN, Donald G., Sgt.
2 Robert St., Devon BELZEK, Frank C, S/ Sgt,
58 Armistice St., New Britain BEMENT, James L., Pfc.
335 East Elm St., Torrington BENEFICO, Anthony L., T/ 4
14 Cleveland Ave., Devon BENEVENTO, Ralph, Pvt.
24 Olive St., New Haven BERTONE, Philip R., T/ 5
367 Sedgwick Ave., Stratford BETHKE, Leon J., S/ Sgt.
1268 Whalley Ave., New Haven BIATOWA, Raymond S., S/ Sgt.
177 Newhall St., New Haven BIEMAN, Walter A., S/ Sgt.
35 Edgewood Ave., Waterbury BIETTE, Frank H., Pfc.
498 Osgood Ave., New Britain BISHOP, Philip R., T/ 5
45 Sylvan Ave., Meriden
BLASCHINSKI, Edward, T/ Sgt.
960 Broad St., Hartford BONDY, Ferdinand D., S/ Sgt.
62 Clinton Ave., South Norwalk BONENFANT, Paul E., Cpl.
8 Haviland St., South Norwalk BONITO, Frank, Pfc.
107 Wooster St., New Haven BORS, Walter A., T/ 5
East Granby BOSTWICK, Emerson L., T/ 5
96 Curtiss St., Bristol BRANCAIO, Salvatore S., Pfc.
16 Wallace Ave., Wallingford BRAZIEL, James J., Pfc.
Box 63, City Hill St., Union City BREW, Horace R., T/ 5
751 Wilcoxon Ave., Stratford BRIGNOLO, Joseph B., T/ 4
632 Kossuth St., Bridgeport BROCKAMER, Charles P., Jr., Cpl.
147 Union Ave., West Haven BROWN, Frank A., Cpl.
211 Fairview St., New Britain BROWN, Harold A., Jr., S/ Sgt,
739 Boston Ave., Bridgeport BUCHERI, Angelo J., T/ 4
172 Temple St., Hartford BUNDOCK, Howard G., Cpl.
94 Franklin St., Wallingford BURBANK, Raymond M., T/ 4
175 Brown St., Hartford BURNS, Paul F., T/ 4
158 Triangle St., Danbury BURTON, Donald F., Pfc.
Box 182, Sterling BURZINSKI, John V., T/ 4
716 Prospect St., Torrington BUTLER, Robert J., Pfc.
8 Fern St., Hartford CALECHMAN, Joseph A., S/ Sgt.
1781 Boulevard, New Haven CALKO, Joseph, Sgt.
Parker Farms, Wallingford CAMP, George N., Jr., Pfc.
14 George St., Milford CAMPBELL, William, Pvt.
78 Canal St., Stamford CAMPOLI, Thomas P., T/ 4
278 Dayton Road, Bridgeport CAPASSO, Anthony J., T/ 5
56 Crescent Place, Bridgeport CAPITAN, Peter, Pfc.
16 Hopkins St., Hartford CAPORASO, Allessio P., T/ 4
24 Webb St., Waterbury CAPPELLA, Lewis P., Cpl.
35 Ward St., Waterbury CAPUTO, William F., Pfc.
52 Frank St., New Haven CARELLA, Daniel J., Cpl.
98 Alden St., Stamford CARLIS, Salvatore, Cpl.
806 Grand Ave., New Haven CARMODY, Winford J., T/ 4
Newtown CASCIARI, Thomas, T/ 5
154 Forest St., New Canaan CASTONGUAY, Thomas J., Pfc.
836 Park St., Hartford CASTRICONE, Michael, Pfc.
81 Mechanic St., New Haven CAVE, John T., T/ 5
1974 Whitney Ave., Hamden CECCHERINI, Andrew R., Pfc.
152 Savings St., Waterbury CEWE, Anthony P., T/ 3
396 Poplar St., New Haven CHALIFOUX, Joseph A., T/ 4
122 Cook Ave., Meriden CHAPPA, Benjamin R., Pfc.
Jones St., New Canaan CHAPRON, Albert J., Pfc.
Box 19- A, Dividend Rd., Rocky Hill CHASE, Chan H., Sgt,
150 Waterville St., Waterbury CHIAPETTA, Anthony F., T/ 4
156 River Rd., Cos Cob CIRIELLO, Louis, Pfc.
137 East Pearl St., Torrington CLARK, David, T/ 4
Moodus COGSWELL, John, T/ 5
14 Donnelly Place, New Haven COLELLO, Louis P., T/ 5
40 Hawthorne St., Stamford COLLINS, Robert J., Pfc.
87 Seymour St., Windsor CONCANNON, Joseph P., T/ 4
478 Prospect St., Torrington CONNELLY, John W., Jr., Pvt.
75 Davis St., New Haven CONNOLLY, Robert H., Pfc.
1234 Summer St., Stamford COOPER, Morris, Sgt,
102 Lorraine St., Bridgeport CORBO, Michael R., Pfc.
22 Rose St., Waterbury CORMIER, Harold T., S/ Sgt.
10 Keller Court, Thompsonville CORSINO, Sebastian J., T/ 5
33 Yale St., Meriden COTE, Joseph J., T/ 4
Hampton CRISTOFANO, Ernest A., T/ 3 • 110 Sperry St., Waterbury CRUZ, Alfredo, Pfc.
8 Bond St., Naugatuck CUNN, Anderson, S/ Sgt.
737 Pearl Harbor St., Bridgeport CURLEY, Joseph J., M/ Sgt.
62 Stonington St., Hartford CUSTER, Howard C, T/ 4
218 North Elm St., Manchester CUTLER, Jack L., M/ Sgt
380 Fairfield Woods Rd., Bridgeport D'ACUNTO, Joseph G., T/ 5
38 Dean St., Stamford D'AMATO, Henry L., T/ 4
51 Catherine Ave., Waterbury D'ANNA, Harold, T/ 5
Box 134, New Milford DAPKUS, John G., Sgt,
329 Capitol Ave., Hartford D'ATRI, Louis A., T/ 5
945 Broad St., Hartford DeBARTOLOMEO, Frank A., Pfc.
80 Stillwater Ave., Stamford DeBIASI, Millard J., M/ Sgt.
20 Column St., New London DeCERBO, Alfred, T/ 5
68 Pearl St., New Haven DeFEO, James M., Pfc.
624 Ferry St., New Haven DelGAUDIO, John, Sgt,
58 Congress St., Hartford DELL A, Francis G., Pfc. 24 Pine St., Manchester
DelROSSO, Anthony C, Pfc.
355 Highland Ave., Waterbury DeLUKE, Otto, Pfc.
59 Holly Place, Stamford DeMARCO, Angelo C, Pfc.
71 Camp Ave., Springdale DeMATTIES, Daniel, Pfc.
234 Butler St., Hamden DEPEAU, Clarence H., T/ 5 RFD 1, Stafford Springs DESJARLAIS, Armand J., Pfc.
9 West Park St., Willimantic DEROSIER, Gerard, T/ 3
135 Lawrence St., Hartford DEVINE, Joseph D., S/ Sgt.
RFD 6, Norwich DeVITO, Anthony M., Pfc.
535 Congress Ave., Waterbury DeZINNO, Julius M., S/ Sgt.
162 Charles St., Waterbury DICKENS, James, Pvt.
Apt. F, 72 Bellevue Sq., Hartford DiDONATO, Mauro V., Pfc.
11 Emerald St., Waterbury DILL, Howard H., Pfc.
51 Exchange St., New Haven DILLON, John J., Sgt.
28 First St., Stamford DiPOLLINA, John, Sgt.
34 Jefferson Ave., New London DiSTASI, Matthew J., S/ Sgt.
117 Smith St., Derby DIXON, Lester R., T/ 5
144 Central Ave., East Hartford DORTA, Charles J., T/ 5
37 Davenport Ave., Naugatuck DOWDEN, Andrew F., Jr., T/ 5
915 Burnside Ave., East Hartford DOYLE, James J., T/ 5
5 Stowe Ave., Middletown DRIGGS, Stanley A., Pfc.
99 Walnut St., Manchester DUBREL, Paul N., T/ 5
c/ o Clark, Meadow St., East Haven EGAN, John T., Pfc.
168 Peck St., New Haven EHLERT, Paul P., Pfc.
72 View St., Bristol ERCOLI, Gino L., Pfc.
5 Carmen St., Waterbury ERRICO, Daniel, Pfc.
55 Davenport St., Stamford ESPOSITO, Lawrence E., Pvt.
28 Peck St., New Haven FALCONE, Joseph, Jr., Cpl.
30 Wilton Ave., Norwalk FALCONE, Nicholas M., Sgt.
30 Wilton Ave., Norwalk FAROTTI, Louis C, T/ 4
23 West Read St., New Haven FIENSTEIN, Abraham H., Pfc.
645 Garden St., Hartford FELTENBERGER, Francis L., Pfc.
27 Center St., Willimantic FERRARIS, Andrew N., T/ 5
57 Indian Hill Ave., Gildersleeve FICARO, Mario, Pfc.
148 Front St., Hartford FIDAO, Maxime C, T/ 5
8 Harding Rd., Old Greenwich FIELD, Joel R., Jr., M/ Sgt.
750 Orange Ave., West Haven FIONDELLA, Peter A., Pfc.
229 Portsea St., New Haven FISHER, Howard S., Pvt.
Box 65, Quinebaug FLAGG, William H., Pfc.
Yellow Mill Village, Bridgeport FLOOD, John P., T/ 4
90 Fillmore St., New Haven FLYNN, Howard J., Pfc.
53 Foote Rd., East Haven FORSLUND, Frederick H., T/ 3
1271 State St., New Haven FORSYTH, Allan A., Pfc.
17 Grand St., New London FORSYTH, Stuart A., T/ 4
Granby FRANCE, Walter E., Pfc
335 State St., Meriden FREDERICKSEN, Walter E., T/ 4
610 New Hall St., Hamden FREEBURG, Arthur E., Pfc.
64 Hall St., Manchester FREEDMAN, Jacob L., Sgt.
22 Seyms St., Hartford FURBER, Allan C, T/ 4
Box 104, Montville FURLONG, Emerson D., Pfc.
16 Main St., Westport GABCO, George, Pfc.
33 Carroll Court, Bridgeport GABRIEL, Joseph T., T/ 5
1151 Ogden St. Ext., Bridgeport GAFFNEY, Russell J., Pfc.
200 Pembroke St., Bridgeport GAGNE, Raymond G., T/ 5
401 Center St., Meriden GALAT, Stanley, S/ Sgt.
43 Hollister Ave., Bridgeport GALKO, Joseph, Sgt.
Parkers Farm, Wallingford GALLAGHER, James E., T/ 4
2 Cross St., Danbury GALYAS, Joseph, Pfc.
52 Woodward Ave., South Norwalk GANS, Norman, Pfc.
380 Main St., Ansonia GARDNER, Carey, Jr., Pvt.
16 Warner Pl., Waterbury GARLAND, John T., T/ 5
33 Lewis St., Naugatuck GARTHWAIT, Lewis P., Pfc.
191 Davis St., Oakville GAUDET, Louis P., T/ 4
785 Wethersfield Ave., Hartford GAUGLER, George H., Pfc.
34 West Main St., Norwalk GEANURACOS, George L., Pvt.
302 Stratfield Rd., Bridgeport GERARDI, William J., Pfc.
40 Liberty St., Stamford GERDA, John A., T/ 4
907 Capitol Ave., Bridgeport GEREMIA, Frank P., T/ 4
Redstone St., Plainville GEROMIN, Arkady O., Pfc.
19 South Front St., Middletown GESS, George N., T/ 5
28 Whiting St., New Britain GINSBERG, Jacob I., Cpl.
368 Sigourney St., Hartford GIONFRIDDO, Patsy J., Pfc.
92 Beaver St., New Britain GIROUARD, Walter R., Pfc.
16 Union St., Willimantic GLEASON, William F., Cpl.
909 Howard Ave., New Haven GOLINSKY, Bruno, Pfc.
801 Capitol Ave., Bridgeport GOODMAN, Milton B., T/ 4
29 Hawthorne St., Hartford GOROSHKO, John, T/ 5
114 North Bank St., New London GOROWSKY, Maurice, Pfc. 208 White St., Danbury
GREENE, William D., T/ 5
15 Washington Ave., Seymour GREER, William E., T/ 5
280 View St., New Haven GREGORCZYK, Steve J., Pfc.
57 Sexton St., New Britain GRUHUSKAS, Michael A., T/ 5
93 Westbury Park Rd., Watertown HAHN, Henry F., Cpl.
554 Ellis St., New Britain HAMPSHIRE, Raymond F., Pfc.
991 East Main St., Stratford HARRIS, Rowland D., T/ 5
85 Valley Wood Rd., Cos Cob HARVEY, George E., Jr., S/ Sgt.
4 Pleasant St., Windsor Locks HAYES, Samuel, Jr., Pfc.
1005 Washington Village, South Norwalk HEATH, Linwood, Pfc.
423 Housatonic Drive, Devon HEINZ, Albert E., Pfc.
Andover HEJNA, Frank J., Pfc.
649 East Main St., Middletown HERMAN, James W., T/ 4
3989 Main St., Bridgeport HICKMAN, Harold A., Sgt.
59 Maple Ave., Derby HILLARD, John J., T/ 5
26 May St., New Haven HOBSON, Louis E., Sgt.
South End Rd., Plantsville HOFFMAN, Wesley E., T/ 4
Pattagansett Road, Niantic HOGAN, Edward J., T/ 5
107 Monroe St., New Haven HOLLY, Gilbert M., T/ 3
Mansfield Ave., Darien HOOKS, Samuel L., Pfc.
213 Goffe St., New Haven HOPKINS, Paul D., T/ 5
1487 Albany Ave., Hartford HOPKINS, Ralph E., Pfc.
68 Cross St., Danbury HOTKOWSKI, Edward H., T/ 4
14 Stanrod Ave., Waterbury HUCK, Lawrence R., T/ 5
10 Wallace St., New Britain HUDOBENKO, Nicholas, Sgt.
172 Easton Ave., Waterbury HUGHES, Robert E., Pfc.
75 Winter St., New Haven HUGHES, Stanley C, Pvt.
Box 317, New Hartford HUNT, Edward E., Jr., S/ Sgt.
41 Brookline Drive, West Hartford HUNT, Harry E., T/ 3
124 Saltonstall Parkway, East Haven HUNTINGTON, Robert R., Cpl.
22 Peck St., Norwich HUNYADI, Matthew J., Cpl.
2036 East Main St., Bridgeport HYNDMAN, Robert J., Jr., T/ 5
742 Brewster St., Bridgeport IMPRONTO, Louis J., T/ 4
193 South Colony St., Meriden IZZO, Pasquale L., Jr., Sgt.
220 Morse St., Hamden JARVIS, Edward G., T/ 5
440 North Main St., Norwich JOHANCSIK, Lawrence R., Pfc.
90 Winfield Drive, Stratford JOHNSON, Austin S., T/ Sgt.
19 Ford St., Manchester JOHNSON, George E., T/ 4
RFD 2, Box 75, Terryville JOHNSON, Joseph W., Sgt.
66 View St., New Haven JORDAN, Paul S., T/ Sgt.
Lower Pawcatuck, Stonington JUDD, William R., T/ Sgt.
77 Chestnut St., Bethel JURMAN, Samuel A., Sgt.
13 Westbourne Pky., Hartford JURZYK, Stanley R., Pfc.
189 Orange St., Waterbury JUTILA, Onni F., T/ 5
Black Point Rd., Niantic KACYNSKI, Frank J., S/ Sgt.
23 Lincoln St., Bristol KARAKUSKA, William S., Pfc.
176 Adrian Ave., Newington KATZ, Joseph P., T/ Sgt.
238 Sigourney St., Hartford KEATING, Edward D., Jr., S/ Sgt.
11 Cottage St., Danbury KEBART, Victor W., Pfc.
133 Union St., Manchester KELLY, George E., Pfc.
167 Leahy Court, New Britain KELLY, Robert W., Sgt,
57 Aberdeen Ter., Stamford KIELAR, Stanislaus J., Cpl.
43 View St., New Haven KING, John W., Pvt.
7 Hazel St., Stamford KLIMASZEWSKI, Richard A., S/ Sgt.
231 Saltonstall Ave., New Haven KLOTZ, Henry F., Sgt,
6 Home St., Mystic KMICINSKY, Alexander, T/ 5
61 Ely Ave., South Norwalk KOVACIK, Emil W., S/ Sgt,
11 Division St., East Port Chester KOVAL, Nicholas M,. Cpl.
55 North Spring St., Ansonia KOWALSKY, Richard E., T/ 4
349 Naubuc Ave., Glastonbury KOZLOWSKI, Adam V., Pvt.
16 Morrison St., Rockville KRAMER, Edward L., T/ 5
27 Catoonah St., Ridgefield KRAVITZ, Bernard S., Cpl.
68 Inman Ave., Waterbury KROGULSKI, Edward J., Pfc.
210 Bridgeport Ave., Shelton KROHLEY, William B., Pfc.
318 Greenwich Ave., Stamford KUBIK, Martin J., Jr., T/ 5
138 Quarry St., Bridgeport KUSHNER, Ralph, Pfc.
426 Harral Ave., Bridgeport LABAN, John, Cpl.
3 Crescent St., Ansonia LADD, Clinton I., T/ 5
76 Francis St., Willimantic LaFLAMME, Lee J., T/ 5
567 South Quaker Lane, West Hartford LAKE, James I., Jr., Pfc.
93 Nash St., New Haven LAMOTHE, Rene L., T/ 5
110 Green St., Bristol LAMOUREUX, Ovide J., Pfc.
249 Providence St., Putnam LANDINO, Louis J., Pvt.
108 Irvington St., New Haven LANE, Harold F., S/ Sgt,
20 Chapel St., Waterbury LANE, Marvin W., Pfc.
108 Curtis St., Bristol LAPAN, Bernard, Pvt.
8 Triangle St., Danbury LARKIN, Frank J., T/ 5
14 George St., Seymour LASLO, Stephen J., Pfc.
26 Victory St., Stamford
LAVENSKI, Henrv A., Pfc.
17 Eagle St., f Terryville LEMIRE, Roland A., Pfc.
74 Church St., Willimantic LEVASSEUR, Albert E., T/ 5
89 West Main St., Meriden LEVESQUE, Joseph R., T/ Sgt
405 Washington St., Hartford LINSTROM, Roy Y., T/ 4
4 Page St., New London LOIN, Peter, S/ Sgt
57 Wallace Row, Wallingford LOMBARDI, William M., Cpl.
Garabaldi St., Oakville LORENTI, Joseph, Sgt.
58 Chapel St., Stamford LOSI, Raymond H., Sgt.
107 School St., Hamden LOSTOCCO, Paul R., Sgt.
25 Garden St., Farmington LUCIAN, Rocco B., Pfc.
641 Watertown Ave., Waterbury LUISTRO, Salvatore A., Pfc.
Main St., Cromwell LUSH, Joseph C, Pvt.
West Cornwall MACE, Daniel, T/ 5
143 New Spruce St., Stamford MacKENZIE, Ward P., S/ Sgt,
123 Martin St., Hartford MAMRUS, Joseph J., S/ Sgt.
432 Fairview Ave., Bridgeport MAMUSZKA, Edward S., T/ 3
88 West Main St., Rockville MANDES, Spiro A., Pfc.
Olive St., RFD 2, Waterford MANZO, Anthony, Pfc.
254 Hough Ave., Bridgeport MARCELLE, Robert P., Pfc.
13 Jerome Ave., Bristol MARCILE, Norman J., Sgt,
30 Meadow St., Bristol MARCISOVSKY, Stephen J., T/ 4
142 Prince St., Bridgeport MARINO, Anthony P., Pfc.
55 Elliott St., New Haven MARINNICCIO, Francis, Pfc.
20 Hillcrest Ave., Bloomfield MARKHAM, Chauncey A., S/ Sgt.
Box 294, East Hampton MARKS, William E., Pfc.
Riverside Ave., Riverside MARLOWE, Clement J., Pfc.
76 Ivy St., New Haven MAROLA, John M., T/ 5
53 Highland Ave., Torrington MARSLAND, Arthur J., T/ 5
162 Atkins St., Meriden MARTIN, Robert W., Pfc.
59 Ringgold St., West Hartford MARZULLO, Joseph P., T/ Sgt.
71 LeGrand Ave., Greenwich MASSEY, Alfred, Pfc.
529 Dixwell Ave., New Haven MATRO, Phillip J., Pfc.
32 Chester St., South Norwalk MATTHEWS, Miles A., Jr., T/ 4
1 Fairwood Rd., Bethany MAURICE, Arthur J., Pvt.
76 Washington St., Norwich MAYNARD, Lawrence, T/ Sgt.
20 Riggs Ave., West Hartford McCARTHY, John D., Pfc.
Box 51, Shelton McCARTHY, John F., Pfc.
Eighth Ave., Branford McCLELLAN, Lawrence R., Sgt.
Noroton Ave., Noroton Heights McDADE, Harrv C, T/ 5
RFD 2, Stepney McGANN, John F., T/ 4
66 South Prospect St., East Hartford McGEE, Herman E., T/ 5
64 Park St., Meriden McGRATH, John J., S/ Sgt.
28 Daly St., Stamford McGUIGAN, William A., Jr., Pfc.
16 Paramount Ave., Hamden
MCLAUGHLIN, William M., s/ Sgt.
RFD, Warehouse Point McNALLY, William D., Jr., Pfc.
Lincoln Ave. Ext., Mystic McOMBER, Francis M., Cpl.
61 French St., Watertown MELCHIONNA, Joseph P., Pvt.
58 Third St., Waterbury MEROLA, Anthony M., S/ Sgt.
94 Hamilton St., Bridgeport MEYER, Frank H., T/ 5
22 Spring St., Devon MICHAELIS, Walter F., Sgt.
36 Center St., Bristol MIELE, Frank J., Pvt.
4 Ann St., Waterbury MIKALSON, Joseph W., Jr., Pfc.
RFD 1, Warehouse Point MILANO, Nicola, Cpl.
212 Greene St., New Haven MILLER, Donald V., Pvt.
10 Seeley St., Waterbury MINERI, Louis E., T/ 5
283 Hamilton St., New Haven MINUKAS, Joseph A., S/ Sgt.
56 Wellington St., Hartford MITCHELL, Francis C, M/ Sgt.
Woodtick Rd., Wolcott MODENA, Joseph, Pvt.
95 West St., New Haven MONGILLO, Francis J., Pfc.
11 Division St., Danbury MOORE, Adolph, T/ 5
225 Greenfield St., Hartford MOORE, Raymond W., Pfc.
584 Shippan Ave., Stamford MORAN, Edward J., Pfc.
35 Willow St., Waterbury MORAN, Raymond E., Sgt.
568 Connecticut Ave., Bridgeport MORRELL, Edward A., Jr., T/ 5
103 Valley Rd., Cos Cob MORYTKO, Theodore P., T/ 5
243 Hope St., Waterbury MOSELEY, Everett S., Pfc.
41 High St., Willimantic MOYLE, Wallace A., Jr., S/ Sgt.
15 Highland Ave., Darien MUCCI, Raymond J., Cpl.
34 Young St., Waterbury MULLERY, Harry A., T/ 5
Stonington MULREADY, William A., Pfc.
540 Howe Ave., Shelton MUNNELLY, John G., Pfc.
203 Sellect St., Stamford MURPHY, Edward J., Pfc.
208 Crvstal Ave., New London MUSKUS, Andrew, T/ 4
9 Curcombe St., Hartford NADEAU, George D., Pvt.
c/ o Mrs. Hine, RFD 2, Madison NADEAU, Henry J., T/ 5
28 Mortson St., Hartford NAGY, Ernest H., T/ 5
38 Relihan Rd., Noroton Heights NAPOLEONE, Salvatore, Pfc.
48 Wilton Ave., Norwalk
NARCISO, Joseph S., Pfc.
46 Webb St., Waterbury NASH, Herbert E., Pvt.
67 Church St., East Hartford NEGRI, Edward E., T/ Sgt.
612 South Main St., Torrington NETTLETON, Marvin R., T/ 3
141 Eastwood Rd., Torrington NEVICO, Anthony P., T/ 3
227 Main St., Rocky Hill NOCERA, Sylvester W., Pfc.
24 Wilcox St., New Britain NORTON, Homer G., T/ 4
181 Elm St., Thomaston NOVICKI, Francis J., T/ 4
973 State St., New Haven O'HALLORAN, John W., Pfc.
120 Pressprich St., Stamford OISZEWSKI, Henry J., Pfc.
95 Ridge Ave., Bridgeport O'LOUGHLIN, John R., T/ Sgt.
117 Atkins St., Meriden OLSEN, Theodore O., T/ 5
196 Main St., Norwalk OLSON, Allen A., Cpl.
205 Placid Ave., Stratford OLSON, George G., Jr., Pfc.
142 Franklin Ave., Hartford OLSON, Norman R., Sgt,
41 Vera St., West Hartford O'NEIL, William H., Pfc.
377 Dover St., Bridgeport OSGA, Robert W., Pfc.
Box 10, Voluntown PACKO, Edward C, Pfc.
230 Milford Ave., Stratford PAGE, Franklin N., Cpl.
332 Bird St., Bridgeport PAGEAU, Rene, T/ 5
149 Bridge St., Willimantic PALLACOVITCH, Anthony A., S/ Sgt.
89 Spring St., Union City PALMA, Nello J., Pfc.
150 Belmont Terrace, Danbury PALMIFRI, Anthony A., Pfc.
107 West Center St., Southington PANSETTI, Mendes, Sgt,
2874 Dixwell Ave., Hamden PAOLINO, John L., S/ Sgt,
65 Greene St., New Haven PAPINI, Thomas D., T/ 5
1225 North Ave., Bridgeport PAQUETTE, Robert F., T/ 5
84 Prospect Ave., Hartford PARADIS, Camile, T/ 5
73 Westbrook St., Hartford PECK, Eliot N., S/ Sgt.
14 Main St., Danbury PEROPAT, John, T/ 5
57 Hamilton Ave., Groton PERROTTA, Anthony F., Pfc.
Box 118, Grosvenordale PETERSON, Wilbur R., Sgt.
RFD 3, Putnam PHILLIPS, Newton B., Cpl.
145 South St., Hartford PIAZZA, Joseph A., Sgt.
77 North Elm St., Wallingford PIERSON, Robert A., T/ 5
165 Grand View Ave., Bridgeport PIKE, Floyd L., Pfc.
33 Alden St., Hartford PINCIKOWSKI, Leopold S., Pvt.
15 Roberts St., Bristol PODPOSKI, Stanley J., M/ Sgt.
159- A Lake Ave., Greenwich POLIZZO, Albert J., Sgt.
72 Booth St., Bridgeport POILASTRO, Dominick A., T/ 5
14 1/ 2 Blake St., Norwalk POPRAWA, John S., Cpl.
75 Main St., Goodyear PORTO, Carl H., T/ 4
2810 East Main St., Waterbury POULIOT, Tancrede J., T/ 4
43 Alden St., Hartford PRENDERGAST, John J., T/ 5
11 Ailing St., Kensington PRENTIS, Eugene B., Pfc.
75 Kenyon St., Hartford PROCKO, Peter M., S/ Sgt.
47 Willow St., New Britain PROCOPIO, Guidone, T/ 5
158 Arch St., New Britain PRUZINSKY, George E., Sgt.
282 Logan St., Bridgeport PRZECH, Stanley P., T/ 4
Box 116, Bristol Rd., Farmington RABOTTI, Francis, Pfc.
23 First St., Stamford RADDALS, Earl N., M/ Sgt,
262 Selleck St., Stamford RAJCULA, Joseph A., Sgt,
Longmeadow Hill, Brookfield RAMBIS, Albert, T/ 5
Meadow Lane, Berlin RAPKIN, Edward, T/ 3
118 Irving St., Hartford RAWSON, Nathan A., Pfc.
RFD 1, Putnam RAY, Frederick, S/ Sgt.
Grand Ave., Rockville READY, Edward J., T/ 5
94 Seminary St., New Canaan REDFIELD, Harold E., T/ Sgt.
8 Koury Court, West Haven REHN, Gustaf O., Sgt.
Roxbury REHNBERT, James B., T/ Sgt.
86 Nichols Ave., Bridgeport REINHARD, Robert W., T/ 5
84 Hawthorne Ave., Hamden RENZA, John L., Sgt.
75 Prospect St., Winsted RESCOTT, Lyle L., M/ Sgt,
164 Adelaide St., Hartford REYNOLDS, Walter F., Sgt.
30 Clark St., Woodmont RIACH, Francis G., Sgt,
25 Wildemere Ave., Waterbury RICHARDSON, Donald G., T/ 5
c/ o Mrs. Russell Bush, Goshen RINGLAND, Henry J., Cpl.
Sheldon St., West Suffield RITCHIE, Frederick N., Pvt.
RFD 3, Norwichtown ROCH, Gordon W., T/ 3
175 Lovely St., Unionville ROCK, George R., T/ 5
432 Windsor Ave., Stratford ROMANO, Frank R., T/ 5
299 Housatonic Ave., Derby ROSADINI, Guido, Pfc.
181 Haurelton St., New Haven ROSANO, Carmelo L., Pfc.
75 Center St., Middletown ROSCOE, Howard S., T/ 5
4 High St., New Milford ROSENTHAL, Robert N., S/ Sgt,
59 Love Lane, Hartford ROSSI, John L., T/ Sgt,
62 Wilkenda Ave., Waterbury RUSSELL, Frank E., Pfc.
58 School St., Danielson RUTIGLIANO, Felix, Pfc.
60 School St., Norwich
SALZO, Michael E., Jr., Pfc.
124 Atwater St., New Haven SAMOLIO, Paul J., Jr., S/ Sgt.
531 Allen St., New Britain SANDFORD, Kenneth, Pfc.
47 Maple St., Thomaston SARACENO, Nicholas A., S/ Sgt.
80 Crescent St., Middletown SAVITSKY, Jack, Pvt.
24 Kent St., Hartford SCARBOROUGH, William H., Cpl.
43 Granite St., New London SCHEVOLA, Fiore P., Pfc,
2289 Main St., Glastonbury SCHLITTER, Frederick R., Pfc.
138 Howard Ave., Ansonia SCHLOSSER, Raymond F., T/ 5
4 Goodwin Lane, East Hartford SCHUCKIE, Albert J., Pfc.
Montville SCOTT, Edward J., Sgt.
36 Hull Drive, Plantsville SHERLOCK, Peter J., T/ 4
280 Woodbridge St., Manchester SHIPPEE, Harold E., lst/ Sgt.
Pomerraug Ave., Woodbury SHUMWAY, Theodore D., T/ Sgt.
291 Norton St., New Haven SILION, Michael, Pfc.
16 Dow St., New Haven SILVER, Joseph, Cpl.
22 Day St., South Norwalk SIMMONS, Burnes A., T/ 5
208 Beardsley St., Bridgeport SIMULEVICS, Stanley J., Pfc.
9 Poplar St., Waterbury SISBARRO, Lebro, Pfc.
56 Randall Ave., Bridgeport SIVEK, Eugene A., T/ 5
95 Avon St., New Haven SIZER, Kenneth E., Cpl.
RFD 1, Long Hill Road, Groton SKLODOWSKI, Stanley J., Pfc.
23 Henry St., Hartford SMART, Richard E., Cpl.
Simsbury SMITH, Donald M., Pfc.
Madison SMITH, Henry J., T/ 5
3 Fowler Ave., Middletown SMITH, Russell M., Pfc.
69 Hamlin St., Manchester SOBEK, Edward, T/ 4
121 Halstead Ave., East Port Chester SOLESKI, Edward A., T/ 4
9 Boxford St., East Haven SOLOMON, George L., T/ 4
155 Magnolia St., Hartford SOUTHOUSE, Paul K., Pfc.
31 West Town St., Norwich STALSBURG, Robert R., T/ 4
South Main St., Deep River STANTON, Samuel H., T/ 5
Box 414, Canaan STASCHKE, Roy E., Pfc.
107 Foster St., Meriden STASIUNAS, Anthony J., Jr., Pfc.
180 Geddes Ter., Waterbury STASSUN, Raymond E., Pfc.
245 High Ridge Drive, Bridgeport STEINBERG, Norman E., Sgt.
176 Reservoir Rd., New Britain STELLA, Kirdy C, Pfc.
474 Blue Hills Ave., Hartford STREETER, William F., T/ Sgt.
717 Frost Road, Waterbury STRENGOWSKI, Charles, T/ 4
355 Highland Ave., Stratford STRENGOWSKI, Stanley J., Pvt.
355 Highland Ave., Stratford STRYESKI, William, T/ 4
RFD 2, Bristol STYGA, Walter S/ Sgt.
Station 19, Boston Post Rd., Waterford SULLO, John J., Pfc.
147 Stillwater Ave., Stamford SUSEN, Alfred L., T/ 4
31 Lafayette St., Hartford SWEEZY, Robert E., 1st/ Sgt.
24 Glastonbury Ave., Rocky Hill SWICK, Walter H., Sgt.
271 Hamilton St., New Haven SYCH, John J., Sgt.
Greens Farm Rd., Southport SZABO, James E., T/ 4
104 Scoville St., Torrington SZRAMONSKI, Dominick J., Pvt.
15 West Read St., New Haven SZYMKUC, Edward J., T/ 5
231 Ogden St., Bridgeport TARCHINI, John L., T/ 5
205 Bayberry Drive, Bristol TARLOV, Malcolm A., S/ Sgt.
59 Fairfield Ave., South Norwalk THIBODEAU, Lucien P., Sgt.
85 Judd St., Bristol TIBBALS, Charles A., T/ Sgt,
Canterbury Turnpike, Norwich TODD, Richard B., T/ 5
38 Ford Pl., Bridgeport TOROSIAN, Peter, Pfc.
23 York St., Hartford TOTH, Julius R., Sgt,
136 Pine St., New Haven TRAHAN, Eliodore, Pfc.
135 Mechanic St., Danielson TRICHKA, Frank W., Sgt.
10 Mount Pleasant St., Derby TUOZZO, Richard K., Pfc.
38 Harrison Ave., Torrington TURNER, Thomas W., T/ 5
Box 142, Warehouse Point UMAN, Ernest, S/ Sgt,
43 Blue Hills Ave., Hartford URICCHIO, Joseph J., Pfc.
19 Brown Ave., Windsor VALENTINE, James L., Pfc.
13 Main St., Pequabuck VIRELLI, Dominic A., Sgt,
18 Williams St., Hartford VITALE, Ignacio J., Pfc.
59 Court St., Middletown VIVEROS, Ernest, T/ 4
154 Pearl St., Middletown VIVIANO, John, T/ 4
12 Lafayette St., Stamford VOSBURGH, Vernon R., S/ Sgt.
Whitford Court, Canaan VOSS, Robert W., Pvt.
315 York St., West Haven WALLACE, Anthony E., T/ Sgt.
4 Bruce Park Ave., Greenwich WANDA, John, Pfc.
68 Main St., Broad Brook WARD, William J., T/ 5
6 Emerald St., Waterbury WARNER, John H., T/ 4
146 Carpenter Ave., Meriden WARREN, Francis A., Jr., Pfc.
24 Grand St., Norwalk WATERS, John W., Sgt.
39 Center St., Thomaston WAY, Harry, Jr., Sgt,
20 Mechanic St., Norwich WEBER, Walter L., T/ 5
2628 North Ave., Bridgeport
WEEKS, James H., T/ 4
New Preston WHITE, David, Pfc.
89 Lexington Ave., Bridgeport WIELGOS, Felix, Pvt.
55 Factory Square, Southington WILLETTE, Lionel, Sgt,
427 Wood Ave., Bridgeport WILSON, Wheaton J., S/ Sgt,
1304 Iranistan Ave., Bridgeport WIRTH, Lewis A., Cpl.
384 Compo Rd., Westport WITTMAN, Edward C, Pfc.
42 Roberts Lane, West Hartford WOOD, Vernon T., Sgt.
Old Lyme WORTHINGTON, Vernon L., Pvt.
763 Washington Ave., North Haven YANUSITUS, Anthony A., Pvt.
East Windsor Hill, Broad Brook YELLEN, Julius, S/ Sgt,
6 Acton St., Hartford YOUNG, Joseph E., S/ Sgt.
501 West St., Bristol YOVINO, Ernest W., Cpl
RFD 1, Norwich ZALOSKI, Bernard, T/ 4
32 Poplar St., New Milford ZAREMBA, Anthony, T/ 5
Deep River ZAWADSKI, Alfred J., Pfc.
21 Chase St., Bridgeport ZURLO, Joseph T., T/ 5
22 Brewster Place, Waterbury ZVONKOVIC, Michael M., Cpl
23 Lincoln Ave., Branford ZYSKOWSKI, Stanley E., Pfc.
86 Wooster St., Shelton
CONNECTICUT VETERANS COMMEMORATIVE BOOKLET
Vol, IX Dec, 12, 1945 No. 3
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 autho ¬ ization.
The personal experience stories were re­ported
by Hugh W. McCoy, Morris R. Gelbum and George E. Allis. The cover illustration of the U. S. S. Greeley is from Acme Newspictures, Inc.