Connecticut veterans commemorative booklet. Vol. 9, no. 6. Connecticut men of the United States Army, demobilization, Fort Devens, Massachusetts. December 15 to 18, 1945

              CONNECTICUT MEN
of the United States Army
Demobilization, Fort Devens, Massachusetts
December 15 to 18, 1945 STATE OF CONNECTICUT
EXECUTIVE CHAMBERS HARTFORD
Yours very, sincerely,
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.
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.
Alfiero, Casper L., Pfc, Trans. Corps, New London.
" After going into the service with the Connecticut National Guard I spent five years and eight months in the regular Army. A good part of the time I was laid up in the hospital with a spinal cyst. It was a beautiful place in Palm Springs, California and I spent three years there. They gave me eight operations. When I wasn't in the hospital I was doing some special service work. I am an amateur tap dancer and so I had some fun doing entertainment programs and a bit of dramatics. I was all over the country and so much was doing, in little ways, that I can't even begin to recall it all now."
Bindner, William A., T/ 5, Co. G., 160th Inf., 40th Div., Bridgeport.
" The closest a bullet ever came to me was on Panay while I was on scout duty. It was shortly after I made the spearhead attack there and we were going through the jungle when a sniper bullet caught the man directly behind me in the chest. I hit the earth just in time to hear the second crack of that sniper's rifle and feel my helmet fly off my head with a bullet dent right on the top of it. That guy had a good eye but he didn't try anything more after that. He must have gotten scared and beat it."
Boly, Raymond C, Pfc, Hq. Btry., 44th Coast Arty. Bn., Groton.
" I was on Saipan and Iwo Jima. On the latter island I served as an observer for the artillery and I took part in the mop­ping
up. As far as I was concerned the whole thing was chicken and I'm glad to be getting the hell out of it."
Bonadies, Joseph, Jr., Pfc, 101st Sig. Bn., Hartford.
" The worst day I ever spent in the Army was the day I was scratched off the list to come home. That was in Korea and I was so mad and disappointed that I couldn't even see for a while. Then the guy told me that I would get on the next shipment to go out and it would leave in a day or so. I sweated that one out for 13 of the longest days of my life. All I did was sleep and worry. I tried to eat but anyone who could eat that food had to be starving or not too particular. I was in Hawaii for a long time and helped string communication lines all over the island. I'm going back there some day — like hell!"
Bratton, Ralph, Sgt., Co. A., 8lst Engr. Bn., Bridgeport.
" On December 22, 1944, I was taken prisoner at St. Vith and stayed one for four months. During that time I lost 50 pounds on a diet of soup and dry bread. They didn't treat me too badly, at least not as badly as I thought. I didn't have to do any work but they kept me behind the barbed wire of the compound. Several times I had to be moved with the rest from place to place as the Allies closed in. Finally, at a place between Bremen and Hamburg, 2,000 of us were liberated by the British after they came in with armored cars and disarmed the guards."
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Buccelli, Joseph A., Pfc., Allied Forces Hq., North Africa, North Branford.
" If it had not been for a couple of medics who came to my aid as quickly as they did after that jeep accident near Phillipsville in North Africa I might have lost my right leg. While I was driving three men and myself out of the area where the Germans were pasting us from the air, the jeep turned over down a hill and pinned me under. I was in bad shape with a compound fracture of my leg right in the upper part of the thigh. The other guys were hurt, too, one of them quite as badly. The medics from the town pulled me out and saw that I got to the hospital immediately before gangrene set in. I was in the hospital 27 months and came home in a body cast on a ship that was being chased by German subs despite the fact that it was full of Nazi prisoners. I can well say that I was plenty scared lying in that cast wondering if a torpedo would hit."
Bucholz, Leo F., T/ 5, Cmbt. Medics, 77th Div., Meriden.
" Shortly before Ernie Pyle was killed, he stopped and talked with a group of which I was a member. I was only ten yards away from him when he was hit. After we talked with him, we were sent up front and while there we saw a jeep come up the road. The Japs opened up on the car, the driver stopped and the oc­cupants
piled out in a hurry. Besides the driver, the jeep carried the colonel and Ernie. They all landed in a sort of ditch. Ernie poked his head up to see what was happening and a sniper got him dead center — and the Army and the country lost one of the best guys that ever lived. I remember he was smiling when he talked to us and I guess he died that way. Know­ing
him will remain the best memory I will always keep of the war."
Calandreli, Paul J., T/ 4, Co. D., 21st Inf., 24th Div., New Haven.
" We made five D- Days officially and two unofficially. I agree that Mindanao was about the worst, although things were mighty tough at Hill 15- 25 in Leyte. We ended up in Japan, and after the first four hours there I was ready to come home. We picked up two Japs one morning in the mess line. Things must have been pretty tough with them when they would take a chance for food like that. We came home in a Liberty ship which took 27 days for the trip from Japan to Portland. We ran into a storm and had three Saturdays in one week. That's no lie. We crossed and re- crossed the date line three times in the same day so that made it three Saturdays in that week for us. I'd like to go on record as saying that all of us on that ship were high point men having from 75- 80 points and it took us a long time to get home."
Cavrudatz, George T., T/ 3, 1913th Engr. Avn. Bn., New Haven.
" Of the four campaigns I was in — New Guinea, Cape Gloucester, New Brit­ain
and the northern Philippines, I think that the one at Gloucester was the toughest. The action there was harder than at any other place, the food seemed to be worse — if that was possible — and the weather was bad all the time. I was a heavy equipment operator and working under conditions like those was about the hardest thing I ever did. We put in air­strips
and the Japs tried to knock them out. Sometimes they would be able to blow up a strip, but we would always be back to do the job all over again."
Danielak, Stanley F., T/ 5, Co. H, 310th Inf., 78th Div., New Haven.
" During the counter- attack at the Bulge, what was left of our company had to give up. The whole battalion had been surrounded and at the time of surrender
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was almost cut to pieces. That was on December 16. Soon after that, I found myself at the prison camp at Moseburg where I worked hard and ate very little. In fact, I ate so little that I lost 45 pounds. When the American troops started to bang the Germans up and it looked as though we would be freed, the Krauts marched us to the Bavarian mountains. That is they started us on the way and we had covered 300 kilometers when we were freed by the 14th Armored. On the way we were bombed and strafed by English and American fighter planes and had to spend a lot of time hitting the dirt to get away from them. The best sight that I ever saw was that Armored company coming up to release us."
Filip, Leopold, Pfc, 99th Ord. ( HM) Field Army, Glastonbury.
" After two years in the Pacific, I was hospitalized at Luzon and then sent home. I went to the hospital on July 28 and after waiting my turn finally got on the hospital ship. I was with the ordnance attached to the field army during all the time I was over there. My duty was to repair and keep in maintainance ducks and tanks. It was hard work as those things took a terrible beating. I got to California and after treatment at the hospital there was sent to Devens where I received further treatment at Lovell. Now I am all better and ready to get out, and the sooner the better."
Fusco, Domenick T., Pvt., Hq. Sq., 5th Air Force, Waterbury.
" After I was grounded in June of ' 44, the Army lost all — if it ever had any — good points for me. All the time I put in at gunnery school went by the board when I was taken off flying and I even lost my rating. I even tried to get out of going overseas with that outfit but it didn't work. I went, and I went as a
general duty man. You guys who were in the Army know what that meant. All the lousy details went to me. I worked and worked plenty hard and the five o'clock whistle didn't mean anything to that duty sergeant. I can see that guy now, sitting under a tree with a bottle of beer in his hand and telling me to hurry up and dig the officers' latrine. I'd like to have stuck his head in it. As far as I am concerned, the Army stinks out loud."
Gelormino, Donald G., Pvt., Co. L., 339th Inf., 85th Div., Torrington.
" When we made the push for Rome I never thought that I would be one of the two men lucky enough to be the only ones left out of our company in half- way fighting shape. The Krauts counter­attacked
May 12, ' 44 at Monturna, Italy, killing and wounding everyone in my company and capturing me and another man. I caught a bullet in my hand trying to hold them off and when they captured me I was sent to a hospital in Italy and then transferred to a hospital in Germany. They treated me fair while I was in the hospital but when I recovered and got sent to a prison camp things became rough. April 29, ' 45 was my day of joy because the 99th Division liberated me and my long journey to the States start­ed."
Geriova, Mario J., Pfc, 338th Inf., 85th Div., Bridgeport.
" On September 14, 1944, the Germans counter- attacked ten times during the battle above Florence and on the last time we were surrounded and forced to surrender. I was a PW for nine months and was released by the Americans at Munich. During the time I was a captive, I was first at Minterno and then at Augs­burg
and finally at Munich. At Augsburg, I was part of a detail that worked at clearing out the bombed buildings after
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the planes paid a visit. We had plenty to do as the American and British flyers were over day and night. At Munich I worked on the railroad, also clearing up after the bombings. I had to work hard but I didn't go hungry as there was always means to get food. It's funny, but I spent as much time in the air raid shelters as the Germans did. If a guy had a chocolate bar during one of the raids he was all set. You'd be surprised what a little candy could buy. I always had a bar handy and I never went short."
Goglia, Salvatore J., Sgt., 71st Air Sv. Grp., New Haven.
" After two years of eating that stuff they call food in the Army in the Pacific, I came back to the States, arrived at Camp Anzar and sat down to the best steak dinner I ever had in all my life. I've had steak before and I've had steak since, but that was about the best I ever tasted. But I was so glad to get home, I guess that anything would have tasted good. I was in the Pacific for two years too long. We were in on the invasion of Saipan for which we received battle credit. I'm not going to miss any part of the Pacific too much. I would like a little of the heat just now, but I'd rather freeze here than go back there."
Goldstein, Morris, Sgt., Trp. Carr., 2d Cmbt. Cargo Grp., Columbia.
" Ours was the first C- 46 outfit in the South Pacific and it wouldn't have made me mad if it was the last. The Pacific is a great place — from a distance of about 5000 miles. We carried supplies all the way through to the front lines from Biak right on to Japan. There were many fine days in the Pacific but I'm damned if I can remember any of them. We weren't bothered much from the Japs but our outfit was a pain in the neck to them. Of all the days of my life, I think that today is
about the best. I suppose all of the guys who are getting out say the same, but I'll bet there aren't many who mean it like I do."
Hamilton, Charles M., Jr., T/ 5, 132d Cmbt. Engr. Bn., Old Greenwich.
" Driving a tractor through Guam, Leyte and Ie Shima seems as though it is a hell of a way to fight a war, but that is what I did. Someone had to do it and I was chosen. Still it wasn't too bad a deal. Ie was about the worst place I was in because of the nightly bombings that were ours for two months. It seemed as though I would just get to sleep every night when I would have to get up and run for cover. Still one thing good about it was that it was warm down there. I would have hated to have to leave the sack last night and hit for cover."
Henderson, Walter, Pvt., 868th Engr., Avn. Bn., Greenwich.
" I drove a truck for my engineer outfit and that's all. There wasn't a thing doing outside of that as far as I was concerned. Life was at its dullest for me all through the war and that didn't change no matter where I was. I never got shot at and never shot at anybody else."
Henson, James G., Pvt., 251st A. A. Gun Bn., Hartford.
" After a few months on the Wallace Islands most of the men in our outfit contracted elephantiasis and we were sent home as patients. I still think I have traces of it in my system, but I didn't get laid up with that stuff until after I made the second wave onto the beach at Emirau in the Samoan group. The Marines, of course, went in first and then we piled over. It wasn't too hot as things like that are supposed to go but they did have frequent raids on the place. It was my job to be on the defense with a 90mm gun."
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Hilger, John, S/ Sgt., 94th Q. M. Co., ( Sep.), Hartford.
" As a baker supplying units with field bread I wasn't supposed to get wounded. At least that's what everyone including myself thought. It was June 16, ' 43 and I was aboard an LST going into Guadal­canal
to set up shop and go to work. As we were coming in to land a Jap plane came in and gave us a going- over with bullets and I got hit in the arm, Sixteen men in the group I was in also got hit when the Jap sprayed us. It just goes to show that the Japs must have known or heard of my baking and were out to put an end to it."
Incardona, Joseph J., T/ 5, 361st Inf., 91st Div., Waterbury.
" We went too far ahead on a patrol near Bologna and the Krauts cut us off, so as there was no way out we were forced to surrender. There were 12 of us in that patrol and one man, a medic, was killed in the fighting. The rest of us were sent to prison camps in Germany. I was at Moseburg for four months and then was sent to Munich where I spent my days working and my nights in an air raid shelter. The Germans were good to us. They billeted us near the railroad station which was the target for all the bombers.
I remember one time that 15 Russian prisoners were killed when a bomb hit a place I had just left. I'm still nervous from the effects of those bombings. The Krauts tried to get us knocked off by our own planes but we fooled them. They worked us hard and nearly starved us, but I'm still around and a lot of them are not. I was liberated by the 20th Armored Recon­naissance
group."
Jennings, George E., T/ 5, Co. C, Trans. Corps, East Haven.
" I was chief cook and garbage man at Camp Myles Standish all during the war. They figured that if I could be a diner chef in civilian life I ought to be one in the service — so I was. Besides pushing the KPs, German prisoners, for two years, I took care of the victims of two train wrecks they had out our way. I made coffee and sandwiches for them in the middle of the night and early in the day both times."
Kline, Melvin, T/ 5, 318th Sta. Hosp., Hartford.
" I didn't see much action until an air raid in Falmouth, England. It was while I was on detached service there and I pulled a boner that no experienced GI would ever think of. All the other guys in our detail rushed to the cellar of the house we were stationed in except three others and myself. We went to the second floor where we could get a good view of the ackack and the planes overhead. Bombs were dropping all over the place and the ackack was falling down like rain. But we, being very foolhardy, stood in a grandstand position where anything could have happened to us. We were just lucky, that's all."
Lombardo, Paul J., S/ Sgt., 3d Engr. Sp. Brigade, Hartford.
" Coming into Lingayen Gulf on D- Day was tough enough for me until I got on the beach and that was a lot tougher. When we were coming in the motor on the ship went on the bum, and the mortar fire started to come in hard just at that time. There we were with the motor stal­led,
the other ships passing us by, and the Jap mortar fire coming so close that we figured that here it was. The motor finally started and we hit the beach just in time to get strafed. There wasn't any place to run so I burrowed into the sand as deep as I could and prayed. Well I didn't get hit. The Pacific was so hot that I thought I would welcome the cold weather but one blast of that wind last night cured me. I don't wish I was back but I wish it was warmer."
Martin, Curtice E., T/ 5, 506th A. A. Bn., Bridgeport.
" I don't know how I ever escaped with my life when that hand grenade went off three feet in front of me. On I wo Jima shortly after I made the spearhead we were mopping up the Japs left in the caves. I happened to be standing right at the mouth of one of them looking in and the guy just behind me tried to toss a grenade in but he missed. The grenade hit the rocks at the entrance and bounced down at my feet not one yard away. I was too petrified to even hit the earth. I just put
my hands over my face and stood there frozen. The grenade went off. Shrapnel flew every which way . . . but not one bit even scraped me!"
Mattie, Joseph, S/ Sgt., 1913th Engr. Avn. Bn., New Haven.
" For two months I lived in and out of foxholes at Cape Gloucester due to the bombings that we got each and evsry day. If that wasn't enough, then there was the food, weather and disease to con­tend
with. There were lots of diseases there, especially typhus, and we lost a lot more men from that stuff than we ever did from the Jap raids. All the food we ever got there was Australian bully beef, and if you thing that's good then you're nuts. There was no recreation of any sort and even the crap and poker games weren't any fun. It was a hell of a place to be stationed."
McMellon, William, Cpl., 25th Depot Rpr. Sq., A. D. G., Devon.
" My heart skipped a few beats the time I was pulling an engine test in that C- 47 on Guam during June of ' 45. After we got our altitude we feathered the prop. Then when we tried to unfeather it, it wouldn't work so we tried for a landing. Then the landing gear wouldn't drop because there was no hydraulic power. By that time we had lost our altitude and with only one propeller working, it looked for a while as if we weren't going to make enough height to clear the trees at the far end of the strip. We just barely made it, taking some palm leaves off the tree tops there. We circled the field again, all the time wrestling with landing gear until it finally dropped. Then with the skin of our teeth gone, we came in for a safe landing — and my heart resumed normal beats."
Molitierno, Fred A., T/ 5, 3763d Q. M. Bn., New Haven.
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" All that I want to do is to get the hell out of this uniform and get into some civilian clothes. I don't care what kind they are as long as they are civilian. I was in Oahu for two years as a truck driver and mail clerk. It wasn't a bad deal but there were too many pineapples there, and I don't mean the kind that grows on trees. I spent five days at a rest camp in Hilo for the only furlough that I had dur­ing
my time there. I didn't leave anything down there so I won't have to go back, and I'm not going back in the Army either."
Nott, Franklin A., III, Cpl, 91st Photo Ren. Wg., 5th Air Force, Hartford.
" No kidding, after being a cook in the army overseas for 21 months and listening to all that bitching about food, I should re- enlist? I fed those guys bully beef and sausage and spam so often that I was almost afraid to come back with them. Still, that's all the Army gave me to feed them with. Of all the places I saw, I like Hartford best. I'll go back there, but I'll never go back to the Pacific. I know when I've had enough."
Popowski, Alexander, Pfc, Co. G., 422d Inf., 106th Div., Seymour.
" No one knew what hit us the night the Bulge started. We were put into the line for the first time to hold what we thought was only a battalion of Germans. Then they came. We were surrounded in a matter of hours and the Germans just kept on going through us like water through a pipe. I was taken prisoner and while being transported back in box cars we were strafed by our own planes. They treated us like trash and many men will never forget the rough time the Jerries made for us. I was held for five and a half months until liberated by our own troops. After the Germans got through with our outfit there wasn't a division called the
106th left. I was luckier than a lot of our men because I lived to talk about it."
Reihl, Harold C, Pfc, Co. D., 21st Inf., 24th Div., Waterbury.
" During the battle of Hill 16- 25, I was wandering around in a daze suffering from a case of battle fatigue when a pal of mine from New Haven grabbed me and brought me to the rear. I was told after­wards
that if it wasn't for him, it might have been t. s. for me. That was at Leyte. I think that Mindanao was about the worst that we were in as we had to go 210 miles across country by foot and every inch of the way had to be taken from the Japs. There was very little sleep on that trip. When it was dark, the Japs used to slip in to the chow lines, get their mess gear filled and sneak off and eat on Uncle Sammy. That's how close they were to us on that trip. I'm glad that none of them got any ideas of being heroes when I was around. If they had, I wouldn't be here today."
Robarge, Arthur, 1st/ Sgt., 28th Ren. Trp., 28th Div., Norwich.
" There are guys who say they've never been scared but I'm not one of them. I learned what fright is during the Colmar Pocket battle. Eleven men and I were ordered to hold a town in France which had Germans on three sides of it. We came into the town and set up our positions as best we could as the rest of the Allied troops that were already in the town started to pull back. It was some sight to see our troops pulling out and leaving us alone to hold. Nothing spectacular happened but had the Germans known how easily they could have taken the town, they would have run over us like flies. The thought of this is what had us sitting on edge and worrying lest they did attack. I know every man in that group was scared and they admitted it."
Robbins, Edward, Pvt., Co. C, 38th Inf., 2d Div., 1st Army, New Haven.
" My left leg still has a piece of shrapnel in it. They can't seem to get it out right away because it is too near the bone or the nerve. I got it from one of our own 9th Armored tanks about 45 miles from Linsonberg, Germany, on March 27th of ' 45 at exactly 0715. I was on scout duty quite a way ahead of the tanks when a German opened up on me. He missed as I hit the earth, but at the same time this tank thought of letting go. They did, but their aim was short and the shell exploded right behind me."
Sas, Walter J., S/ Sgt., 470th Air Sv. Grp., 9th Air Force, Thompsonville.
" At Kitzengen, Germany, during the last three nights of the war, we were strafed by a German jet job which gave me the biggest scare I got in the 21 months I spent in the ETO. I was in charge of the message center in our group which was stationed at one time or another in Eng­land,
France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Hol­land
and Germany. The 9th really got around. Luxembourg was the best of any of the countries I was in. The women there were very nice and friendly to American soldiers. Nobody in the ground forces of
the air forces had a bad deal and that goes for me."
Schaveriahn, Henry A., Sgt., Trans. Corps, Old Lyme.
" I fed ' em coming and going at Camp Myles Standish. Going, they didn't like it — coming back they did. We could have given them anything then and they would have taken it and liked it because they were home again. But we didn't. They always got the best we had as soon as they landed from overseas — steaks and chops — the best."
Shatinsky, Joseph, T/ 4, 93d Gen. Hosp., Waterbury.
" I was in a pretty safe position for 18 months with the 93d Hospital Unit in England. There was only one air raid and that was in Bristol some 40 miles away from us. But let me say that the guys who came in to get our care and attention were not in such safe areas where they got theirs. Many of the ones I saw were in pretty rough shape. I Know because I was a surgical technician. Many celebs used to come to visit the hospital. I was there when Princess Mary and Joe Louis arrived and shook; hands with all the boys."
Straight, Charles F., T/ 5, 962d Ord. Ammo. Co., ( Sep.), Milford.
" After taking the full French course under the A. S. T. P., I graduated and was then sent into ordnance where I took my basic in that company. After that I went to Oahu where I spent a year doing ord­nance
work at the ammo base there. I didn't see any of the war but I got a lot of valuable experience in the Army. The French course I took was about the best college course that I could ever get. I took it at Georgetown University under French instructors who were unable to speak English. That fact alone made learning the language in a hurry a neces-
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sity as no English was spoken in the class­room,
and in order to understand what was going on hard and quick study was the rule. I studied all the dialects spoken in France and my only regret is that I couldn't have gone to that country in order to put my knowledge to test."
Swintlicki, Frank S., Pfc, Btry. D., A. W. Bn., 866th A. A. A., Bridgeport.
" I was in the service 45 months and I made the spearhead into the Philippines. Never in all that time did my luck fail me. Then five days after V- J Day I was trying to light a heater in a mess on Okinawa. The thing wouldn't work right so I put in some more gas, lit a match and it blew up. My clothes caught fire and my right arm and most of my back was severely burned. I was rushed to the hospital and sent home on the hospital ship Rescue. As soon as I got back, I got my first furlough in four years."
Vallera, Robert V., Cpl., 87th Chem. Mortar Bn., ( Sep.), Meriden.
" From 156 pounds to 86 pounds in six months at the hands of my German cap­tors
and now I hear we are going to feed them! My misery started last Christmas Eve and I find it hard to believe that this Christmas is going to be so different. I was beaten more than once for nothing by the Jerries and I spent nine months in Lovell General Hospital getting well from some of the rough treatment I received. I want nothing now but to forget all about the things I saw and try to live as a human being instead of as an animal."
Vasello, Frank, Pfc, Trans. Corps, Waterbury.
" I cooked on troop trains all over the country. I was a mess sergeant on the trains and that was okay but at times it was a little on the rough side. It's hard trying to cook when the train bumps and wobbles along and swings sharply around
curves. A lot of us got train sick and often couldn't work. I was head cook at the Waterbury Tool before I launched on my year and a half in the Army."
Williams, Raymond G., T/ 4, 868th Engr., Avn. Bn., New Haven.
" The biggest scare I had in the service was a rumor. It came to my ears while I was working my steam shovel on Nadzab, New Guinea, and it said 2,000 Japs have landed 30 miles away. Well, I wasn't the only guy who got apprehensive at the idea, but it turned out to be false. I liked Nadzab best of all the places I'd been because there we were working strictly for the air forces on their strips and I liked the idea. On the way to Australia we had a sub scare but that was all it amount­ed
to. I have been overseas 25 months out of the 38 I have been in the Army."
CONNECTICUT VETERANS COMMEMORATIVE BOOKLET
Vol. IX Dee. 18, 1946 No. 6
CARLETON B. CLYMA, Editor
This booklet is published by the State of Connecticut through the Office of the Governor, as an addition to the souvenirs and memorabilia of Connecticut men who served with the United States Army in World War II. The courtesies and as­sistance
of public relations personnel at the Ports and Separation Centers are herewith acknowledged.
Copies of this booklet are provided for the men whose names appear on the Muster Out Roll Call, herein. A copy is on file for reference purposes at each of the 200 public libraries in the State.
Reproduction of material from this booklet is permissible only on written authorization.
The personal experience stories were reported by Joseph O. Keating, Hugh W. McCoy and George E. Allis. The cover illustration of the U. S. S. West Virginia is from the Los Angeles Times.
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THE MUSTER OUT ROLL CALL
Names, rank and address of Connecticut men discharged during the period December 15 to 18, 1945, from the official Group Rosters, Fort Devens Separation Center, Mass.
ABARE, Lawrence L., Pfc.
220 East Lake St., Winsted ACETO, Peter L., Pfc.
195 Spruce St., Manchester ALBERT, Sam, T/ 4
126 Sherman Ave., New Haven ALBOM, Milton J., Sgt.
33 Windermere Ave., Rockville ALFIERO, Casper L., Pfc.
45 Grand St., New London ALLEN, Richard T., Pfc.
72 Union St., Middletown ANDERSON, John W., Pfc.
645 Burnside Ave., East Hartford ANDRYZECK, Walter, S/ Sgt.
Box 156, Tariffville ANNIS, Roy A., T/ 5
71 South Main St., Manchester ANTEDOMENICO, John H., Pfc.
11 Delaware St., Norwalk ARENA, Anthony A., Cpl.
405 South Main St., New Britain ASAL, Walter F., Pfc.
432 Pleasant St., New Britain ATWOOD, George C, T/ 5
177 Church Ave., Forestville AURELI, Mario A., Pfc.
107 Harpers Ferry, Waterbury BACEVIC, Anthony, Pvt.
1 Worcester Heights, Danbury BAKER, Earle F., Pfc.
16 Montowese St., Hartford BARLEY, William C, T/ 5
Grove St., New Milford BASHERVILLE, Granville E., Pfc.
RFD 3, Box 196, Bridgeport BEAUDIN, Leonard D., Pvt.
258 Linnmoore St., Hartford BECKER, Alvin H., Pfc.
470 Main St., Oakville BENNETT, Carl, T/ Sgt.
563 Steamboat Rd., Greenwich BERARDI, Fleno J., Cpl.
122 Penn Ave., Bridgeport BERARDINO, Edward W., Sgt.
17 School St., Fairfield BERNIER, Lucien L., Pfc.
29 Reynolds St., Danielson BICK, Paul, Pvt.
51 Warsaw St., Deep River BINDNER, William A., T/ 5
338 Pixlee Pl., Bridgeport BIRMINGHAM, William D., T/ 4
2 River Rd., Wethersfield BLAIS, Romeo L., Pfc.
39 W. Clay St., Waterbury BOLY, Raymond C, Pfc.
57 Round Hill Rd., Groton BONADIES, Joseph, Jr., Pfc.
52 Adelaide St., Hartford BONINI, Nicholas, Pfc.
122 Frank St., New Haven BOONE, John M., T/ 4
77 Connecticut Ave., Greenwich BORGES, Joseph, Pfc.
236 Walnut St., Waterbury BOROWICK, Alexander, Pfc.
54 Bridge St., New Milford
BOSCO, Frank P., T/ 5
103 Liberty St., New Haven BRADLEY, Vincent J., 1st/ Sgt.
337 Huntington Rd., Bridgeport BRADWAY, Charles P., Pfc.
RFD 1, Stafford Springs BRATTON, Ralph, Sgt.
Bldg. 39, Apt. 106, Y. M. V., Bridgeport BREWER, Francis N., Pfc.
231 Broad St., Norwich BREYAN, John, Pfc.
216 Fern St., Shelton BRIGHENTI, Benito A., T/ 4
34 Williams St., Hartford BROTHERTON, Arthur H., S/ Sgt.
27 Spring Hill, Norwalk BUCCELLI, Joseph A., Pfc.
RFD 2, North Branford BUCHOLZ, Leo F., T/ 5
32 Benjamin St., Meriden BURKE, Frank J., Pfc.
98 Maple Ave., Stamford BURNS, Lawrence F., T/ 5
523 Hillside Ave., Hartford BURNS, Walter A., Cpl.
135 Lordship Rd., Stratford CANCELLARO, Rocco J., Pfc.
32 Hillview Ave., Waterbury CALANDRELI, Paul J., T/ 4
190 Wallace St., New Haven CAPOBIANCO, Carlo A., Sgt.
61 South St., Hartford CAREY, Joseph T., T/ 4
318 Howard Ave., New Haven CARLONE, Joseph J., Cpl.
268 Plank Rd., Waterbury CARLSON, Francis B., Pfc.
42 Warsaw St., Deep River CARLSON, Ralph G., T/ 3
161 Hamilton St., Hartford CARPENTER, Darwin R., Cpl.
555 Sedgwick Ave., Stratford CARPENTIER, Charles A., Pfc.
51 Mohawk St., Waterbury CARRANO, Andrew A., Cpl.
1564 Chapel St., New Haven CARRANO, Anthony P., T/ 5
Court D, Apt. 203, Y. M. V., Bridgeport CARROLL, John H., T/ 5
69 Lee Ave., Wallingford CARTER, Samuel, Cpl.
186 Capen St., Hartford CASSETTA, Frank A., Pfc.
42 So. Elm St., Waterbury CAVAGNARO, Edward, Sgt.
103 Ridge St., Manchester CAVRUDATZ, George T., T/ 3
905 Grand Ave., New Haven CECI, Anthony, Pfc.
Seitz Lane, Cos Cob CESANA, Sylvan, Sgt,
New London Tpke., Glastonbury CHARAMUT, Eugene, Pfc.
1042 West Main St., Waterbury CHECK, Anthony L., T/ 5
225 Denver Ave., Bridgeport CHESTONE, Henry A., Sgt.
214 Oak St., Waterbury CHEVINSKY, John V., S/ Sgt.
Chapel Rd., South Windsor CHRIMES, James W., Pfc.
Plains Rd., Essex CIMINO, Marty M., Pvt.
260 Walnut St., Waterbury CIPRIANO, Ralph L., Pfc.
47 Temple St., Waterbury CIRAVOLO, Michael R., Pfc.
63 Gregory St., New Haven CLANCY, John P., Pfc.
22 Chapin Pl., Hartford CLARK, Parker, T/ 4
445 Ocean Ave., New London CLARKE, Arnold S., 1st/ Sgt.
34 North School St., Manchester CLAWSON, Fred F., Jr., T/ 5
Box 185, Georgetown COHN, Douglas M., T/ 4
18 Cross St., Norwalk COLE, Francis J., 1st/ Sgt.
2 Arlington St., West Haven COLEMAN, Francis J., T/ 5
14 Johnson St., Middletown COLEMAN, Julius, Jr., Pvt.
72 Gregory St., New Haven COLGAN, Neal M., Cpl
89 Clark St., Torrington COLLINS, Stephen J., T/ 4
94 Smith St., West Haven COLVANO, Christopher G., Pfc.
63 Webb St., Hamden COMBS, Raymond M., Sgt.
186 North Whittelsey Ave., Wallingford COMES, George, Pfc.
58 Sunnyside Ave., Norwich CONDON, Charles P., T/ 4
37 Turner Ave., Hamden CONGDON, William H., Pfc.
York Ave., Niantic CONKLIN, Donald E., Pfc.
23 Belmont St., Hamden CONNOLLY, Raymond A., T/ 5
133 West Rock Ave., New Haven COOLEY, Charles L., Cpl.
11 Hopmeadow St., Simsbury COOPER, Douglas P., T/ 4
1 Paris St., Woodmont COPPOLA, John, Pfc.
102 Olivia St., Derby COPPOLA, Joseph A., Pfc.
52 Pennell St., Waterbury COREY, Dwight A., Sgt.
Long Hill Rd., Groton CORMIER, Leo J., Pfc.
33 Jacob St., Bristol COSTA, Richard S., Pfc.
2 Southwest Drive, New Haven CRANE, William F., Pfc.
120 Bridge St., Waterbury CRAWFORD, Robert F., Pfc.
73 Pearl St., Manchester CREAN, Thomas, Pfc.
107 Orange St., Waterbury CREEL, Paul H., Pvt.
58 Cherry St., Waterbury CRIFA, Edward M., Pfc.
23 Acorn St., Waterbury CROSTHWAITE, Clifton W., Sgt.
625 Arch St., New Britain CROVO, Raymond B., T/ 4
40 Main St., Torrington CSONKA, Joseph J., Cpl
395 Hancock Ave., Bridgeport CULVER, Harvey W., S/ Sgt.
Wethersfield Rd., Berlin CUMMINGS, Edward C, Sgt.
2067 Broadbridge Ave., Stratford
CZUPRINSKI, Chester J., S/ Sgt.
98 Grove St., New Britain DALY, David X., S/ Sgt.
29 Cliff St., New Britain DANIELAK, Stanley F., T/ 5
58 Edwards St., New Haven DAVIDSON, Robert A., Pfc.
552 E. Main St., Bridgeport DAWLEY, Everett L., T/ 5
Gallup St., Plainfield DAWSON, William T., Pfc.
53 York St., New Haven DeBOWES, James A., T/ 4
382 Yale Ave., New Haven DeFRANCESCO, Louis J., Cpl.
14 Easton Ave., Waterbury DeLAHUNTY, Edward J., Sgt.
Curtis St., Southington DeLUCIA, Vincent J., T/ 5
30 America St., Waterbury DEMSKE, Lawrence O., T/ 4
53 Downs St., Bristol DePAGLO, Charles L., T/ 5
318 Garden St., Hartford DeSANTIS, Ferdinand P., Pvt.
5 Carmen St., Waterbury DESSEREAU, John F., Pfc.
2548 East Main St., Waterbury DETMER, Walter J., Sgt.
45 Woodland Pl., Stamford DeYULIO, Anunzio J., T/ 5
254 Pacific St., Stamford DiFEDERICO, Leonard Pfc.
111 Easton Ave., Waterbury DILLISTIN, Howard F., Pfc.
765 Laurel Ave., Bridgeport DiPINTO, Salvatore R., Pvt.
75 Clark St., New Britain DIX, William R., Pvt.
14 Winter St., New Haven DOBSON, William H., S/ Sgt.
142 Franklin St., Meriden DONATELLI, Louis V., Cpl.
27 W. Avon St., Hartford DONEGAN, James F., Pvt.
36 Morgan St., Hartford DROZD, Frank E., T/ 3
Old Mill Rd., Middletown DUMAS, Lionell, T/ 5
RFD 1, Killingly DUPERRE, Donald R., Pfc.
49 Chestnut St., Bristol DYLEWSKI, Henry L., Jr., T/ 4
597 Palisado Ave., Windsor DZIAKIK, Stephen H., T/ 5
855 Howe Ave., Shelton EATON, Clifford A., Pfc.
122 Elm St., New Canaan EGAN, John J., Pfc.
32 Cook St., Waterbury EICK, Ellsworth, T/ 4
341 Broad St., Bridgeport ELIA, Samuel P., S/ Sgt.
198 South Main St., New Britain ENGLISH, Francis A., S/ Sgt.
62 Holabird Ave., Winsted FAIRLEY, Haywood L., T/ 5
20 Admiral St., New Haven FARACE, Edmund E., Sgt.
56 Chestnut St., New Haven FARRELL, Henry J., Pfc.
2 Fleet St., Waterbury FEELEY, Michael F., T/ Sgt.
Church St., Naugatuck FERRERO, Andrew G., S/ Sgt.
130 Spring St., Middletown FERRIS, Robert L., T/ 5
Hills Pt. Rd., Westport FERRY, Robert M., T/ 5
633 New Britain Ave., Hartford
FILINSKI, Walter, Cpl.
84 Cabot St., New Britain FILIP, Leopold, Pfc.
New London Tpke., Glastonbury FITZIMMONS, Arthur J., S/ Sgt.
4 Roberts Ave., Danbury FLADD, Lawrence E., Sgt.
38 Colonial Ave., Devon FLYNN, George A., T/ 5
53 Dayton St., New Haven FLYNN, William J., Pfc.
Great Hill Rd., Seymour FONTANELLA, John J., Sgt.
1199 E. Main St., Meriden FORD, Douglas, Jr., Pfc.
187 Ashmun St., New Haven FORTE, Frederick P., Jr., T/ 5
Valley Rd., Cos Cob FOWLER, Lawrence S., T/ 5
RFD 6, Norwich FREEDMAN, Alexander, T/ 4
79 Martin St., Hartford FREEMAN, Edward W., Pfc.
279 Legion Ave., New Haven FRIEDMAN, Edward H., T/ 5
22 Seyms St., Hartford FROST, Russell, III, S/ Sgt.
200 West Ave., South Norwalk FULLER, Zane L., Cpl.
461 Orchard St., New Haven FULLERTON, Howard K., S/ Sgt.
RFD 7, Thames Crest, Norwich FUSCO, Domenick T., Pvt.
17 Ayers St., Waterbury FUSE, Silvio E., T/ Sgt.
236 Judd St., Fairfield GAGLIARDI, Domenick, Pfc.
1450 Boulevard, New Haven GAGNE, Roland L., T/ 3
168 Ward St., Hartford GAIONO, Domenic J., T/ 5
Box 177, Avon GALLAGHER, Charles J., Cpl.
255 Whiting Lane, West Hartford GANNETTA, Amedeo V., S/ Sgt.
Crystal Lake Rd., Groton GARBOSKI, George, Cpl.
North Rd., Cromwell GARELLA, Ramo, T/ 4
Whisconier Hill, Brookfield GAUDETTE, Raymond F., Cpl.
363 South Main St., Torrington GAUDETTE, Rudolph R., Pfc.
73 Front St., Danielson GEE, Charles C, Pfc.
Main St., Watertown GELORMINO, Donald G., Pvt.
412 Hillside Ave., Torrington GENOVA, Mario J., Pfc.
141 Shelton St., Bridgeport GETT, Lawrence E., T/ 5
Coles Rd., Cromwell GIANNOTTI, Serafino, Pfc.
44 Hill St., New Haven GIGIO, Anthony S., T/ 5
88 Beechwood Ave., Torrington GILLIARD, Wilton, Pfc.
35 Columbus Pl., Bridgeport GILMAN, Ralph A., T/ 5
Box 133, Fitchville GIRARD, Ludger M., T/ 5
Thompson St., East Haven GIROMONTI, Andrew P., Sgt.
132 Mitchell St., New Britain GOGLIA, Salvatore J., Sgt.
14 Dickerman St., New Haven
GOLD, Sidney A., T/ 5
1359 Albany Ave., Hartford GOLDSTEIN, Morris, Sgt.
Columbia GOLLNICK, George E., Sgt.
1 Centennial Ave., Meriden GOODSELL, Hover P., T/ 4
79 Van St., Stratford GORSAIR, David D., T/ 4
37 Linden St., East Hartford GOUPIL, Camillien J., T/ 4
641 Park Ave., Windsor GOWEY, Nelson A., Pvt.
14 Pratt St., Winsted GRACIE, George E., Pfc.
95 Center St., Manchester GRACZYK, Henry, Pfc.
10 Morrison St., Rockville GRAILICH, Broncho J., T/ 5
118 Center St., Shelton GRANADY, James V., Pfc.
36 Underwood Court, Stratford GRANNISS, Russell B., Cpl.
39 Maltby St., New Haven GRASSO, Leonard A., Cpl.
33 Sunset Ave., Milford GREENBLATT, Solomon L., T/ 5
760 Garden St., Hartford GREY, Edward J., T/ Sgt.
127 Broad St., New Britain GRIFFIN, Albert A., T/ 5
Oakland Gardens, Farmington GRIFFITHS, Herbert H., T/ 4
70 Lockwood Ave., Stamford GRODSKE, Arthur W., Sgt.
16 Lettney Pl., West Haven GROSSMAN, Charles L., Pfc.
113 Oakland Ter., Hartford GUARINO, Joseph, Pfc.
119 Monroe St., New Haven GUCCIARDI, Frank P., Sgt.
941 Highland Ave., Waterbury HAAR, Henry P., T/ 5
291 Sherman Ave., New Haven HADDEY, Edward F., Pvt.
62 Clinton Ave., Norwalk HALL, Maurice R., T/ 4
16 Fremont St., Putnam HALLBERG, Roland E., T/ 5
42 Greenhurst Rd., West Hartford HALUCHAK, John, Pfc.
Dudley Town Rd., Windsor HAMILTON, Charles M., Jr., T/ 5
5 Park Ave., Old Greenwich HAPPY, Robert C, T/ 5
West Church St., Seymour HARLOW, Sidney K., Sgt.
842 Wells Rd., Wethersfield HARMON, Thomas D., Pfc.
445 Greenwich Ave., New Haven HARRICK, George A., Sgt.
57 Sidney St., East Haven HARRINGTON, John F., Cpl
349 South Main St., Torrington HARRISON, John B., T/ 5
RFD 1, Northford HAWKINS, Franklin C, Sgt.
4 Oak St., Danielson HAYES, George B., Pfc.
4 Bellevue Sq., Hartford HEDGES, Stephen L., Jr., M/ Sgt.
919 Elm St., New Haven HENDERSON, Walter, Pvt.
280 Davis Ave., Greenwich HENSON, James G., Pvt.
83 Ward St., Hartford HERMAN, Frank C, Pfc.
76 Knickerbocker Ave., Springdale HIBBERT, John A., Pfc.
105 East Pearl St., Fair Haven HIGGINS, Paul C, S/ Sgt.
90 Smith St., West Haven HIGGS, Joseph A., Pvt.
90 Canal St., New Haven HILGER, John, S/ Sgt.
65 Hillside Ave., Hartford HITCHENER, Alvin G., T/ 5
54 Fountain St., Norwich HOBART, Raymond H., S/ Sgt,
43 Sherman St., Bristol HOBSON, Harry S., Pfc.
99 Nettleton Ave., Milford HOFFMAN, Donald E., T/ Sgt.
Hampton HOGAN, John P., Pfc.
32 Judson Ave., East Hartford HOLLACK, Frank C, S/ Sgt.
335 Capen St., Windsor HOLLIS, David W., Jr., Pfc.
Box 37, Poquonock Bridge HORACE, James B., Jr., Cpl.
7 Roosevelt St., Hartford HOUSER, Nathaniel M., T/ 5
11 Rose Park Ave., Stamford HOUSTON, Arthur W., T/ 5
64 Spring St., New Haven HUARD, Francis H., T/ 4
15 Broadway, Mystic HUNTER, Douglas B., T/ 3
236B Sigourney St., Hartford INCARDONA, Joseph J., T/ 5
9 Chase Pk. Ave., Waterbury JACKSON, Frederick T., Cpl.
Silvermine Ave., Norwalk JACKSON, Stephen J., S/ Sgt.
125 Melrose St., Bristol JAMES, Elton S., Pfc.
6 Winter St., Hartford JANISZEWSKI, Henry, T/ 4
525 East St., New Haven JARVIS, Alfred R., Pfc.
42 Gregory St., New Haven JENNINGS, Clarence F., T/ 4
Crescent Rd., Westport JENNINGS, George E., T/ 5
Wheaton Rd., East Haven JOBST, Kurt K., Pfc.
963 East Main St., Stamford JOELL, Wilfred A., Sgt.
3 Mahl Ave., Hartford JOHNSON, Arnold C, S/ Sgt.
509 Hopewell Rd., South Glastonbury JOHNSON, Clarence R., Pfc.
72 Bellevue Sq., Hartford JOHNSON, Elton M., Cpl.
15 Walnut St., Naugatuck JOHNSON, Wilbur T., T/ 4
1288 Boulevard, West Hartford JONES, Charles F., Pfc.
95 Hillside Ave., Shelton JONES, Willie A., Pfc.
Apt. 214, Y. M. V., Bridgeport JORDAN, Leroy W., Pfc.
16 Rufus St., Ansonia JURCZAK, Frank, Pvt.
39 Main St., Deep River KANE, John S., S/ Sgt.
247 Washington St., Norwich KANTOR, Joseph F., T/ 5
169 Park Pl., Bridgeport KASHUBA, Vladislaw, T/ 3
40 Mill St., Ansonia KAUFMAN, Royal B., Pvt.
2482 Main St., Bridgeport KELLEY, Earl D., Pfc.
Madison Ave., Bridgeport
KENYON, Roger W., T/ 5
Willowmere Rd., Riverside KEOWN, Hamilton W., T/ 5
406 Franklin Ave., Hartford KILMAS, Joseph J., Sgt.
700 Broad St., Hartford KING, Theodore F., T/ Sgt.
11 Perry Ridge Rd., Greenwich KLINE, Melvin, T/ 5
71 Lenox St., Hartford KOLSKY, Charles, Cpl.
35 Winchester Ave., Milford KONOPKA, Chester H., Pfc.
18 Allen St., Terryville KOSYRA, Julius F., Sgt.
11 Curcombe St., Hartford KOVACS, Frank W., Cpl.
36 Bryant St., Bridgeport KRAFCHIK, George W., T/ 5
114 Roosevelt St., Bridgeport KRAJEWSKI, Henry H., T/ 5
Box 48, Montville KRAUS, Kirk R., T/ 5
134 Foster St., New Haven KUCHARSKI, Kasimer J., S/ Sgt.
87 E. Main St., Terryville KULAS, Joseph, Pfc.
70 Texas Drive, New Britain KULAS, Stephen J., Sgt.
Rimmon Hill, Seymour KUNDEL, Matheus J., T/ 5
107 Rose St., Waterbury KURECZKA, Arthur G., T/ 5
31 Seymour St., Hartford KWASNIEWSKI, Joseph J., Cpl.
36 Riverview Ave., Groton KYRCA, Frank S., Pfc.
Swain Ave., Meriden LaBELLE, Jay S., Pvt.
64 High St., Seymour LALLY, John E., T/ 5
140 South St., Waterbury LANCASTER, James H., Pfc.
33 Freeman St., Bridgeport LANDOW, Harold, T/ 4
48 Taff Ave., Stamford LANZANO, Louis, Pfc.
39 Chestnut St., Manchester LaROE, Edward G., Pvt.
321 Broad St., Hartford LaROSA, Santo J., Pvt.
275 Franklin Ave., Hartford LATHROP, Charles W., Pfc.
131 Dixwell Ave., New Haven LATOURNES, Robert, Pfc.
405 South Main St., Wallingford LAURO, Peter, Pfc.
57 Webster St., New Haven LEMANSKI, Edward J., Cpl.
Box 259, New Britain LENT, Howard C, S/ Sgt.
26 Griffing Ave., Danbury LEONE, Amedeo C, S/ Sgt.
230 Franklin St., Norwich LESNIEWSKI, Alex B., T/ 3
12 Bradley St., Stonington LETIZIO, William J., Pfc.
8 Winter St., Hartford LEVESQUE, Andrew, T/ 5
8 Park Lane, Glenbrook LEWENSOHN, Louis, Pvt.
Rt. 1, North Windham LEWIS, L. C, S/ Sgt.
57 Loomis St., Hartford LIGUORI, Alphonse M., T/ 5
14 Westfield St., West Haven LOCKE, Edward A., T/ 5
Spring Rd., North Haven LODGE, Malcolm E., Pfc.
40 Bridgeport Ave., Devon LOMBARDI, Dominic J., T/ 5
20 Charles St., Hartford LOMBARDO, Paul J., S/ Sgt.
74 Eaton St., Hartford LONGO, Paul, Pfc.
47 Amity Rd., Bethany LONGOBARDI, Angelo H., Pfc.
180 Peck St., New Haven LORUSSO, Canio V., Pfc.
68 Pilgrim Ave., Waterbury LOWE, James, T/ 4
401 Bellevue St., Hartford LUSAS, Alphonse B., Sgt.
670 N. Riverside St., Waterbury LYNCH, Thomas J., Pfc.
1432 Dixwell Ave., Hamden MacDONALD, Charles E., T/ Sgt.
90 Addison Rd., Glastonbury MACK, John E., Pfc.
241 East St., New Britain MAGLIERI, Angelo N., Sgt.
2 Warner St., Hartford MAGOVENY, Harry W., Jr., Sgt.
228 View St., New Haven MAJESKY, Walter E., Pfc.
1348 Jackson Ave., Stratford MALIK, Michael J., Pvt.
500 Hallett St., Bridgeport MALLY, James, T/ 5
534 Maple Ave., Hartford MANDELL, Lawrence C, Pfc.
196 Beardsley St., Bridgeport MANESS, Alfred H., Pfc.
45 East Hawkins St., Waterbury MANFREDI, Anthony V., T/ 4
98 Liberty St., Middletown MARAUCCI, James A., Pfc.
109 Lloyd St., New Haven MARCUCIO, Louis J., Pfc.
987 Bank St., Waterbury MARINO, Sandy E., Pfc.
RFD 2, Terryville MARKOYA, John J., Cpl.
177 Spruce St., Bridgeport MARONE, Victor S., T/ 4
32 House St., Glastonbury MARTIN, Curtice E., T/ 5
23 Homestead Ave., Bridgeport MARTOCCI, Daniel J., T/ 5
340 Flatbush Ave., Hartford MASTRIANO, Frank, Pfc.
147 Greene St., New Haven MASTRONI, Joseph A., Pfc.
1023 Brookline Ave., Bridgeport MATTIE, Joseph, S/ Sgt.
115 Tyler St., New Haven MAYBO, John, T/ 3
730 South Pacific St., Stamford MAYER, Frank R., T/ 4
263 Main St., Kensington McCABE, Daniel F., Pfc.
50 Church St., Ansonia McCARTHY, Charles W., Pfc.
Route 77, North Guilford McCARTHY, Edmund F., Pfc.
19 Darlin St., East Hartford McKEE, John J., Pfc.
72 Wheeler St., Winsted McKENNEY, Wilfred S., Cpl.
59 Woodruff St., Southington McKIERNAN, John M., Pfc.
118 Cupheag Crescent, Stratford McMELLON, William, Cpl.
342 Naugatuck Ave., Devon McSHANE, John J., Pfc.
751 Iranistan Ave., Bridgeport
MEADE, James R., Sgt.
79 Elm St., Ansonia MEADE, Robert J., Pfc.
37 Spruce St., New Haven MEDO, Albert W., Sgt.
8 Fenwick Pl., East Norwalk MERRILL, Charles R., T/ 4
67 Leroy Ave., Darien METESKY, John H., Pfc.
13 Colley St., Waterbury MICHAUD, Henry E., T/ 5
1880 Broad St., Hartford MIHAILOFF, Adam, Pvt.
93 Robbins St., Waterbury MILICI, Salvatore F., Pfc.
9 Parmelee Ave., New Haven MINK, Samuel R., Jr., T/ Sgt.
29 Carleton Pl., Bristol MOLITIERNO, Fred A., T/ 5
66 Beech St., New Haven MONACO, Pasquale, Pfc.
268 Park St., West Haven MORANTE, William P., T/ 4
48 Hillside Ave., Plainville MORGANSON, Frank H., Sgt.
RFD 2, Rockville MORLEY, John F., Pfc.
365 Center St., Manchester MOYNIHAN, John F., Pfc.
142 King St., East Hartford MROZ, Stanley J., T/ 4
8 Beardsley St., Shelton MURPHY, Francis P., Pfc.
108 Butler St., New Haven MURRAY, William T., T/ 4
26 Flower St., Manchester NADEAU, Philip I., Sgt.
429 Church St., New Britain NAPOLITANO, Ralph E., T/ 5
188 Edgewood Ave., Waterbury NAYLOR, Matthew A., T/ 4
16 Walnut St., Waterbury NELLER, John J., Sgt,
Litchfield NICHOLAS, Sebastian, Sgt.
Red Stone Hill, Plainville NICHOLSON, Charles W., Pvt.
923 Pearl Harbor St., Bridgeport NOLAN, George H., T/ 5
1393 Stratford Ave., Bridgeport NORTON, Jasper, Cpl.
209 Dixon Ave., New Haven NOTT, Franklin A., 111, Cpl
44 Ashley St., Hartford O'BRIEN, Edward J., Pfc.
337 Connecticut Ave., Bridgeport O'CONNELL, Donald J., Cpl.
Booth Rd., Thompsonville OINDEL, Zoltan J., Pvt.
106 South Cherry St., Wallingford ORANOVITCH, John T., Pfc.
36 Pine St., New Haven O'SHEA, Edward J., M/ Sgt.
34 Daniel St., East Hartford OTT, Edward L., T/ 4
Sand Hill Rd., Ellington OUTING, Hilliard, Jr., T/ 5
47 Winter St., New Haven OWEN, Massie K., S/ Sgt.
10 Forest St., Hartford OWENS, Wilbur W., Pfc.
Ivoryton PACZKOWSKI, Henry, Sgt.
165 Smith St., New Britain PARISE, Paul F., T/ Sgt.
955 Elm St., New Haven PARSONS, Elmer F., Pfc.
Box 85, Riverview PARSONS, Lloyd A., Pfc.
15 Stone St., Milford PASQUARELLI, Louis L., Pfc.
Box 284, Riverside PASQUERELL, Thomas C, Pfc.
224 Whiting St., New Britain PASZEL, John P., Pfc.
224 Prospect St., Union City PAVLIK, Joseph M., T/ 5
379 Thompson St., Stratford PEDEMONTI, Guido, T/ 5
C- 433 Charter Oak Ter., Hartford PELLETIER, Paul A., Pfc.
7 High St., Danielson PELLICCI, Anthony, Sgt.
17 Osborne Ave., East Norwalk PERUGINI, Harold J., S/ Sgt.
73 Giles St., Waterbury PFAU, Harold T., T/ 5
120 Tryon St., So. Glastonbury PIEKOS, Joseph P., Cpl.
237 N. Elm St., Torrington PITCHER, George M., T/ 5
Box 218, Sharon POINELLI, Leslie, T/ 4
220 Pansy Rd., Fairfield POLLIO, Seraphen, Pfc.
56 Park St., Rockville POMMER, Ernest J., Pfc.
42 Admiral St., West Haven POPOWSKI, Alexander, Pfc.
17 Hill St., Seymour POWERS, Parker L., Jr., Sgt,
93 Hockanum Dr., East Hartford PROFFITT, William E., Pfc.
39 Brook St., Hartford PRATHER, Ernest L., Sgt.
697 Garden St., Hartford PRATT, Ernest E., Pfc.
39 Eisenhower Dr., New Britain PROSPERT, Albert L., T/ 5
6 Main St., Glasgo PROTO, Louis J., Pfc.
110 Peck St., New Haven RABINOVITZ, David M., T/ 4
1295 Broad St., Hartford RAIMO, Jerry M., S/ Sgt.
39 Addison St., Waterbury RALLIS, James D., Pfc.
328 Howe Ave., Shelton RAPERTO, Joseph, T/ 5
14 Magnolia Ave., Norwalk RAYMOND, Roger C, Sgt.
13 DuBois St., Stamford REALE, Paul M., Cpl.
126 Wilson St., Hartford REESE, Julius C, Cpl.
1530 Seaview Ave., Bridgeport REIHL, Harold C, Pfc.
20 Myrtle Ave., Waterbury RILEY, Arthur H., Cpl.
915 Hallett St., Bridgeport RINGEL, Leon H., T/ 4
162 Division St., Shelton RISBY, Albert, Pfc.
253 Capen St., Hartford ROBARGE, Arthur, 1st/ Sgt.
8 Church St., Norwich ROBBINS, Edward, Pvt.
New Haven ROBERT, Paul J., S/ Sgt.
46 Norwich Ave., Taftville ROMANO, Robert J., Pfc.
49 Brook St., Shelton ROMPRE, Robert K., Sgt.
1759 South Main St., Waterbury RORABACK, Raymond F., Pfc.
657 No. Riverside St., Waterbury
ROTH, Andrew M., T/ 5
690 East Main St., New Britain ROYSTER, James M., T/ 5
82 Cherry Ann St., New Haven RUBINO, Rocco, T/ 5
22 Ferris Ave., South Norwalk RYAN, Francis W., T/ 5
178 Oakland St., Bristol RZEPKO, John, Cpl.
5 W. State St., Westport SABETTA, William A., T/ 5
3 Ayer St., Waterbury SACHARKO, Frank S., S/ Sgt.
662 West Main St., New Britain SAKOWICH, Benjamin W., Cpl.
62 Grand St., Wallingford SANTIANA, Albert J., T/ 5
47 Hurd Ave., Bridgeport SANTOS, Francis A., Pvt.
172 Woodside Ave., Norwich SARTINSKY, Michael, Pfc.
49 Maple Hill Ave., Newington SAS, Walter J., S/ Sgt.
University Pl., Thompsonville SATTERTHWAITE, Henry, Pfc.
92 Hoffman St., West Haven SCALZO, Frank J., Cpl
154 Osborne St., Danbury SCHAEFER, Howard C, T/ 5
8 Hobart St., Meriden SCHAPERJAHN, Henry A., Sgt.
RFD 1, Box 296, Old Lyme SCHREINDORFER, Frank S., S/ Sgt.
Great Swamp Rd., Glastonbury SCHWARM, Leonard L., Sgt,
117 Main St., Wethersfield SCIRPO, Anthony P., Pfc.
590 High St., Middletown SCOZZAFAVA, Vincent R., Pfc.
41 Locust Ave., Danbury SEKULSKI, Robert J., Cpl
240 Winthrop St., Torrington SHATINSKY, Joseph, T/ 4
44 Piedmont St., Waterbury SHEA, James F., Cpl.
13 Easton Ave., Waterbury SILANO, Alphonse L., Sgt.
114 Harwinton Ave., Torrington SILVIA, Arthur, T/ 5
129 James St., Bridgeport SIMMONS, Renald J., Pfc.
122 Woodland Circle, East Hartford SIMPKINS, Harry F., Sgt.
235 Clinton St., New Britain SIMS, Frank, T/ 5
39 Squire St., Hartford SKINNER, Harvey P., T/ 5
484 Huntington Rd., Stratford SMITH, Albert C, T/ 5
100 Chestnut St., Bristol SMITH, Barney J., S/ Sgt.
Box 171, Moodus SNOW, Harold, T/ 4
93 Jackson Ave., Bridgeport SOBIENSKI, Joseph E., Pfc.
US. Main St., Thomaston SOBOSLAI, Frank J., Sgt.
29 North Orchard St., Wallingford SOBOTKA, John J., Pfc.
182 South Main St., Bridgeport SPALL, James J., Jr., T/ 4
56 Grasmere Ave., Fairfield SPIEGEL, George A., Pfc.
491 West St., Bristol SREDNICKI, Stanley, T/ 4
155 West Ave., Stratford STEBBINS, Howard A., S/ Sgt.
46 Smith Ave., Norwich STEELE, Clifford G., Cpl
60 Hawley Ave., Woodmont
STEEVES, Roy C, Pfc.
27 Pierpont St., New Haven
STEFANOWICZ, Walter E., S/ Sgt.
8 Akron St., Meriden STENDER, Clifton E., Cpl.
40 Ivy St., New Haven STOCKLOSA, Stanley R., Pfc.
13 Terrace Ave., Taftville STONE, Earl B., T/ 4
7 Leroy Ave., Darien STRAIGHT, Charles F., T/ 5
Milford
STRIGOWSKY, Edmund P., Pfc.
13 Edwards St., Waterbury SUTAK, Michael, S/ Sgt.
27 Beatty St., New Britain SWIFT, George A., T/ 4
9 Montowese St., Branford SWINTLICKI, Frank S., Pfc.
542 East Main St., Bridgeport SZLOSEK, Stanley J., T/ 5
95 Chapel St., New Haven TANNER, James A., Sgt.
RFD 2, Putnam TARASEWICZ, Henry V., Pfc.
152 Orange St., Waterbury TARNO, John P., Pfc.
44 E. Grand Ave., New Haven TARQUINIO, William F., Pvt.
94 Gilbert St., East Hartford TARTAGLIA, William, Sgt.
466 Hamilton Ave., Waterbury TAYLOR, George E., S/ Sgt.
1618 North Main St., Waterbury TAYLOR, John, Pfc.
624 State St., Bridgeport TERCYAK, Lucian W., S/ Sgt.
135 West St., New Britain TERRY, Raymond T., Sgt.
287 High St., Willimantic THIBAULT, Alvin H., Cpl.
52 Southmayd Rd., Waterbury THOMAS, Harold R., T/ 4
118 Depot St., Broad Brook THOMPSON, Laurence J., Pfc.
Cornwall Bridge THORNTON, Clarence E., Pfc.
67 Main St., Danielson TICOTSKY, Samuel, Pfc.
598 George St., New Haven TISO, Anthony F., Pfc.
66 Branch St., Waterbury TORRE, Nicholas D., T/ 5
559 Grand St., Bridgeport TUREK, John S., Pfc.
7 Cottage Pl., Greenwich VALLERA, Robert V., Cpl.
43 Vine St., Meriden VANDETTI, Philip A., Pfc.
15 Prospect St., Danbury VanGORDEN, Donald J., Cpl.
Riverside Ave., Riverside VanKIERSBILCK, Warren J., Sgt.
19 Gillette St., West Hartford VanWYE, Eugene G., T/ 4
160 Williams Ave., Winsted VARGO, Joseph S., T/ 4
128 Alfred St., Bridgeport VASELLO, Frank, Pfc.
27 River St., Waterbury VAUGHAN, Raymond W., Sgt.
101 Wolcott St., Waterbury VIOLA, Gino L., Pvt.
248 Congress Ave., Waterbury
VITRELLA, Guido, T/ 5
288 George St., Bridgeport VOGHEL, Raymond J., Pvt.
136 Auburn Ave., Waterbury VOLINSKY, Joseph P., Pfc.
215 Morgan St., Hartford VOLPE, Leo C, T/ 4
30 Kenyon St., Waterbury VOYCIK, Stanley J., T/ 5
124 Derby Ave., Seymour WAITE, Allan H., Cpl
31 George St., Bristol WALKER, Asa E., Jr., S/ Sgt.
439 Colony St., Meriden WALKER, James N., Pvt.
44 Elliott St., Hartford WALLACE, Jasper F., Pvt.
254 Main St., Hartford WAWRZENIAK, Peter, Pfc.
Bee St., Meriden WEED, Lorin H., Jr., T/ 4
Birchwood Dr., Orange WELCH, George R., T/ 5
1014 Lindley St., Bridgeport WELLS, Bruce S., Sgt.
2668 Albany Ave., West Hartford WEST, Robert F., Jr., S/ Sgt.
112 1/ 2 Grand Ave., New Haven WETSTONE, Richard J., Cpl.
814 Farmington Ave., West Hartford WHEATON, Francis X., Jr., Pfc.
200 West Church St., Seymour WHEELER, Eugene D., Sgt.
152 East Main St., Waterbury WHITNEY, Donald E., Pfc.
49 Fair St., Norwalk WILDER, John H., Pfc.
147 North Elm St., Waterbury WILKE, Otto R., S/ Sgt.
108 Geddes Ter., Waterbury WILKINS, Ernest F., T/ 4
8 School House Lane, New London WILKINSON, Anthony J., T/ 5
Buff- Cap, RFD 1, West Willington WILKINSON, Henry B., Sgt.
60 Shell St., Milford WILLIAMS, Raymond G., T/ 4
63 Grant St., New Haven WILSON, Russell B., T/ 5
61 Mather St., Manchester WITSIL, Earl W., Pfc.
226 Main St., Norwalk WOJCIK, Stanley F., T/ 4
79 Marvin St., Stamford WORROLL, Daniel W., Pvt.
Box 145, Milford WRINN, Edward C, Jr., T/ 5
327 Colony St., Meriden WUNSCH, William F., Jr., Sgt.
71 So. Elm St., Bristol YACABOVITCH, Joseph R., T/ 5
29 Orchard St., New Haven YESTER, Joseph W., Pfc.
36 Bradley St., Branford ZAKHAR, Joseph, Pfc.
373 Arctic St., Bridgeport ZANIEWSKI, Felix, Sgt.
RFD 1, North Franklin ZDANUK, Stanley P., Pvt.
79 Orange St., New Britain ZIMA, Stanley, Sgt.
356 East Road, Bristol ZYJEWSKI, Joseph W., Pfc.
274 Broad St., New Britain