Connecticut veterans commemorative booklet. Vol. 9, no. 10. Connecticut men of the United States Army, demobilization, Fort Devens, Massachusetts. December 24 to 26, 1945

              CONNECTICUT MEN
of the United States Army
Demobilization, Fort Devens, Massachusetts
December 24 to 26, 1945 STATE OF CONNECTICUT
EXECUTIVE CHAMBERS HARTFORD
To Connecticut Veterans of World War II:
Connecticut men have written brilliant pages in the military history of this nation since the days of Bunker Hill. Indeed, in days of peace Connecticut men prepared for war so well that they always have been among the first to fight.
In this, the greatest of all wars 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.
Ambrosecchio, Dominic, T/ 5, 96th Sig. Bn., ( Sep.), Stamford.
" Once in the Burma jungle I nearly lost my buddy but not because of Jap action. We were with the 38th Chinese Division laying field wire when it became necessary to go back for a phone call to headquarters. We needed more wire. My buddy came with me, riding his horse right behind mine. All at once his horse galloped past me and he wasn't on it! I turned around and rode back over the route we came on for five miles. At last I found him trying to follow my trail. He told me his horse had stumbled in a hole and he had fallen off."
Angeloni, Tavo, Pfc, Med. Det., 147th Inf., ( Sep.), New Haven.
" A Jap air raid on Iwo in which daisy cutters were dropped about 40 yards away from my tent gave me the biggest scare I ever got. Those things were hitting all around and I still don't know how they missed my tent. I had a three- day pass in New Caledonia one time and a storm came up and marooned us on a little island for over a day. That's the kind of luck I had down there. I was just getting ready to get on a boat bound for Okinawa with my unit when the war ended. They called the trip off. I was in the Army for 35 months and saw enough chicken to last me the rest of my life. The whole deal stinks out loud."
Blaho, Paul J., Jr., T/ 5, 96th Sig. Bn., Shelton.
" My bit was done by the side of the
Chinese 38th and 22d Divisions. I helped lay field wire right alongside the Chink GIs. It was my experience with them that they are all right as long as you treat them okay, but once you have a come­down
of any sort with those babies they never seem to forget and they bear resentment for a long time. All our supplies had to be dropped to us by plane and at one time we nearly got it from the Japs. They broke through the platoon ahead of us and drove them back almost to where we were before they were checked. That was in and around Namkaw, Burma, during February of ' 45."
Bredice, Charles A., Cpl., 342d Sq., 348th Ftr. Grp., Waterbury.
" The best day I ever had in the Army was the day I hit a pay day crap game. That hit made up for a lot of discomfort I had to put up with in the Pacific. It was something I would have liked to have happened to me more often. Outside of that time, the other good break I got was getting a 15- day furlough to Sydney. I was a medical technician in our squadron which operated in New Guinea and the Philippines. The chow and the heat down there would turn anyone against the Army and that is one reason I am not re- enlisting. The other is that I had enough of Army life and I'll make no kicks out of being a civilian."
Case, Howard L., T/ 5, Co. A., 1880th Engr. Avn. Bn., C. B. I., Plainville.
" South of Lido in Assam, India, we set up camp on the 2d of July 1944, in a sea
3 of mud and swamp while it rained like hell all day. This was our initiation to the theater. We did as well as we could under these conditions, but as a cook I had to prepare food fur over 300 men in about one foot of mud with boots over my knees, in a kitchen that had no sides — only a canvas top. It was like this most of the time and it was no wonder that half of the men were in the hospital at one time. Of course as GIs do, we learned a few tricks after a while."
Chevallier, Jack P., Pfc, Co. D., 768th M. P. Bn., Norwich.
" Patrol duty in Puerto Rico wasn't very exciting, but one day in March 1944 I got orders to look for a GI in San Juan who had gone AWOL as soon as he hit the island. We knew pretty well where to look for ' em, but this one led us a merry chase and had been AWOL for three months when we got on his trail. After four weeks of searching we caught him living with a native girl. His only explanation was that he'd heard a lot about the island and the natives so he took off right away for a little sightseeing and a good time."
Conway, Harold L., T/ 4, Btry C., 350th A. A. A. Searchlight and Radar Bn., ( Sep.), Thompsonville.
" My furlough from Nadzab, New Guin­ea,
to Sydney, Australia, in August ' 44 is the only good thing about my overseas service I care to remember. Good beer, good women, good food and good living conditions was my fare for 25 days before I went back to that uncivilized country in New Guinea. When I hit the States I was flown from California to Boston in 17 hours and from now on the only way I'm going to travel is by air. I wish that I could fly to my home from here; any other way is too slow."
Daniels, Vincent C, Pfc, 526th Rail­head
Q. M. Co., ( Sep.), Milford.
" Omaha Beach on D- Day was a good place to be away from. I happened to be there, as my luck would have it, and I brought in supplies on my ' Duck'. I made quite a few trips from the beach to the supply ships and back under artillery fire until the ship was unloaded. I took cover in a foxhole on the beach and an 88 landed 60 feet from me, killing two men who were just a bit closer than I was. I heard the shrapnel flying over my hole and I felt like going AWOL by digging deeper. Right now it seems as if all I saw was only a dream, but there was too much blood spilled for it to be a dream."
DiLullo, Dominic A., T/ 5, Btry. C, 237th A. A. A. Searchlight Bn., 1st Cav. Div., Torrington.
" One day in November 1944 I had to drive the battery CO down to the search­light
section of our airstrip on Tacloban Airfield in Leyte, Philippines. Just as we hit the strip the Japs pulled a bombing raid in broad daylight and one of ' em tried for the radar and the searchlight which he could see reflected in the sun. A third guy was along with us for the ride and when we jumped out of the jeep for cover that other poor GI fell flat into an open latrine."
Evanoski, John J., T/ 5, Co. C, 96th Sig. Bn., ( Sep.), Ansonia.
" I don't mind swimming but when there are snipers around and wire to put up on trees by swimming to them, then it's out. In Myitkyina, Burma, I did do it but never again. We had to put up wire and the water was so deep in the swamp that I had to swim out to trees and put the wire up. While I did this there were six men covering me with rifles and once in a while a sniper would let fly with a shot my way. You'd be surprised to see how
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fast I could swim when I was a sniper target. The proof is that they never did hit me while I was in the water; in fact they never hit me even when I was on dry land, but then there isn't too much dry land in the part of Burma I saw."
Grenier, John H., T/ 5, Btry. C, 237th A. A. A. Searchlight Bn., 1st Cav. Div., North Windham.
" On a trip to Carigara, Leyte, in the Philippines one night in November 1944, the blackout made it impossible for us to see where we were going on a strange road which wasn't much better than a wagon- trail, so we stopped our trucks to wait for the moon to come out. We were carrying ammo for the 1st Cavalry Division. All of a sudden I was awakened from my nap by some pretty close shelling and I found that the Nips were shelling us with phosphorous bombs and one had already hit our truck. We got that out with no damage and shoved off, but fast."
Hand, Robert H., T/ 5, Med. Sec, 1880th Engr. Bn., Waterville.
" I ran a small first aid station handling any and all mishaps that happened to our men as they built the Burma Road. One of our bulldozers hit a mine and I remem��ber
treating the men and they kept asking me what hit them. It seemed as if the important thing was to find out what happened before they even would let me give first aid. Burma is a good place to read about but take it from me, it's not a place for sightseers."
Harelik, Harry, T/ 5, Btry. C, 237th A. A. A. Searchlight Bn., 1st Cav. Div., Hamden.
" We were moving our heavy equipment off the boats and up the beach to our positions on Leyte in November 1944 and were having a lot of trouble with the trucks in the loose dirt. A Filipino guer­rilla
came down to tip us off on 200 Japs
whom he said were only two kilometers away. It looked too damn close so we called for help from a couple of PT boats passing by but when our CO talked to them to explain the situation he seemed more worried about our ramp on the beach than the men so the Navy officers got sore and left. We made it anyway, with our nervous CO."
Houle, Gerard H., T/ 3, 993d Sig. Sv. Co., Chinese Cmbt. Comd., Bristol.
" Liaison teams in the CBI drew all kinds of intelligence missions but ours were mainly for information and to establish contact with forced- down Allied airmen. I was a radio operator on one of these teams that worked with the OSS. Our longest mission lasted for 52 days and we covered 552 miles of the interior on foot, picking up a lot of information through the natives as well as a number of airmen, many of whom had been bayoneted to death by the Nips. There were plenty of Bronze Stars for this trip."
Jacksina, Bronislaw C, Pfc, Co. F., 475th Inf., Mars Task Force, New Britain.
" Our outfit was with Merrill's Maraud­ers
on June 25, 1944, when we were attacking Myitkyina, Burma. We were up against those damn Jap pillboxes that day and along about dusk four of us were crawling on our guts to try to knock out one pillbox with rifles and grenades. Sud­denly
a Jap knee- mortar dropped two fast shells about five to ten yards away. The other three men were all badly wounded but all I got was about a ton of dirt on me. I stayed around to help our medic — and a damn good medic he was too — pull out my three wounded buddies."
King, Phillip M., T/ 5, 96th Sig. Bn., ( Sep.), New London.
" I worked in heavy construction with the British 36th Division in Burma. We put in the poles for the long line between
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Lido and Lashio. It took us 18 months to install those poles over a route that lay 1,240 miles clean through the jungle. Many a time while we'd be up on the poles fastening the wires, hidden jungle snipers would take shots at us. Once when a bullet whizzed past my head while I was a perfect target up there, I made a leap right to the ground faster than any bullet could travel!"
Kish, William, S/ Sgt., Co. A., 96th Sig. Bn., ( Sep.), Norwalk.
" We built a telephone line from Lido to Lashio, a distance of over 2,000 miles, during the 18 months I was in the CBI, so you can see that we had lots of work and little time for play over there. The Japs tried to stop our operations, of course, but the nearest they ever came to me was one day when they bombed an airstrip we were just passing. I got one furlough over there and that was 15 days at the rest camp in Calcutta, but after being in the jungle for some time, I didn't get much rest when I hit the city. I saw Paulette Goddard in a USO show one time. It was a good experience being over there but I guess I will be able to do without it again."
Kisken, William A., T/ 4, 96th Sig. Bn., ( Sep.), New Canaan.
" You know down in Burma there's good hunting — and I don't mean Japs. They have a barking deer about the size of a big dog that makes real tender and delicious eating. Then there is peacock which is pretty darn good and lots of wild chickens. We did a lot of hunting when we weren't putting in poles for the Lido to Lashio phone line and for our efforts ( not the hunting) we got a unit citation."
Mangone, Nunzio D., Pfc, 96th Sig. Bn., ( Sep.), Norwalk.
" I was lost in the Burma jungle for a day within shouting distance of the post.
That's how thick it was down there, and for my predicament I had to spend three weeks in the hospital. Here's what hap­pened:
Two other guys and I were out on morning duty a little ways from where we were stationed near Kunming during September of ' 44. It came near noon chow time so we started back, but over what we thought was to be a short cut and an untried one at that. We trudged and trudged through the heavy underbrush till we began to wonder just how short it really was. Soon our wonder turned to the realization that we were lost and none of us had canteens. You get an awful thirst out there because it is so hot and muggy and the sweat comes out of you like a shower. The two guys were on the verge of passing out from thirst after a couple of hours and had to halt, so I thought I'd be a hero and go on looking for help or the right road. I could hear a bulldozer work­ing
in the distance, but of course my shout­ing
couldn't be heard over the sound of the engine. Soon, however, I heard someone calling. He heard me when I called back and that way we made contact. He was part of a searching party from the post and it was good to see him that evening, I can tell the world. It was T/ 5 Joseph Hotkowski of Deep River, Connecticut, and he rescued the three of us. In the course of my circular wandering through that awful jungle brush I got pricked on the head by a thorn and an infection started. Then besides that, I was all in so they put me in the hospital and kept me there for three weeks. It was the 20th General Hospital in Lido, and I want to go on record as saying that the nurses and everybody else connected with that place were really great."
McCarthy, James E., T/ 4, 96th Sig. Bn., ( Sep.), Greenwich.
" The folks in Burma went for the GIs
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in a big way. Every one of them seemed to like us, and not only that, but their little country was a lot cleaner and nicer than China and those other places in that part of the world. All of those Burmese are hard, thrifty workers — clean cut, too. While I was over there I operated the frequency carrier for telephone messages. That means that on a single wire several conversations could be carried on at one time. It is a good field and I'm going to look into it after I get out."
McPherson, John J., Pfc, Co. C., 96th Sig. Bn., ( Sep.), New London.
" The only real contact I had with the Japs in 27 months in the CBI was while I was on detached service with the Chinese Army which ran the enemy out of Bhamo. My outfit was with the Chinese as trouble shooters in communications and our part in the actual fighting was very small as we had our own work to do. The CBI is a tough place to serve as it is very hot and there isn't a great deal of recreation. The best time I had was at a rest camp in the Himalayan mountains. On V- J Day I was at Kunming, China, where one of the wildest celebrations I ever saw took place."
Miazga, Michael P., T/ 4, 96th Sig. Bn., ( Sep.), Glenville.
" There were only two guns between us,
a captured Jap rifle and an M- 1. We were about 20 miles out of Lashio, Burma, work­ing
on the communication line when it happened, and I had to be high atop a 30- foot pole connecting wires. All at once a Jap opened up on us with a sub­machine
gun of some sort from his easy concealment in the heavy jungle growth. The bullets whizzed all around me and each time he was getting a better range. There was nothing between me and the ground but a shaggy rope and that was my ' fire' escape. I nearly burned my hands to the bone sliding down but I made good time. I had to because the bullets began to snip off the top of that pole as soon as I had a chance to look up from safety."
Miceli, John J., T/ 5, 96th Sig. Bn., ( Sep.), New London.
" The whole thing as far as I was con­cerned
was just a bunch of guys in a bunch of trees in Burma. I had one furlough in Calcutta after nine months in the jungle. It lasted 15 days and the place is about the stinkinest I have ever seen or hope to see. I have traveled the Burma road and I have been overseas for 27 months out of my three years in the service." Milanese, Lawrence A., T/ Sgt., Co. C, 147th Inf., ( Sep.), Plainville.
" In March 1945 we got orders to start mopping up the Japs holding out on Iwo Jima. During those first days our tactics were to send out patrols and to set up ambushes. I. was leading one of those six- man patrols along a rocky beach one day when we ourselves got ambushed by about 35 Nips hiding behind those big jagged rocks. We hit the ground and took cover behind some of the bigger rocks and sent one man crawling and dodging down the beach for help. With only four rifles and a BAR we took ' em on and in the forty- five minutes before our help came and cleaned out most of them, we killed sixteen of the bastards while we had only one serious casualty."
Modugno, James V., T/ 4, Co. C, 96th Sig. Bn., ( Sep.), Stamford.
" China, Burma and India for 27 months maintaining communication lines was enough to sour me on any more traveling for a long time. There wasn't too much of a choice in the three places although the people in Burma didn't steal as much as the Chinese and Indians. I could have used some good chow in that place but never got it and I am going to make up for it as soon as I can. For my money the States would be the place to pull Army duty but if we had to serve in the States I guess they would have never put me in uniform."
Moore, Ralph R., Pfc, 96th Sig. Bn., ( Sep.), Glenville.
" Down in Burma I worked as a trouble shooter on the phone wires. Whenever anything would go wrong from termites in the poles to cut wires, they'd have me on the hoof. It was a 24- hour proposition because something in the way of trouble was forever happening. Seemed as though I was lucky because I never got ambushed
and I never got sniped at the entire while and it was all in dangerous country too. I was overseas for 27 months."
Orzech, Stanley, T/ 5, Btry. B., 532d F. A. Bn., Meriden.
" We landed at Okinawa on D- Day min­us
one and got shelled for six hours straight. I had a truck full of ammo and while I was driving off the LST, the shells were landing about 25 yards away and every­one
that landed scared the hell out of me. Then when we got on the beach it was just as bad as they really poured it on us there. I made the landings at Saipan and Leyte, too, but neither of them was as bad as Okinawa. There is nothing good I could say about the Pacific except that I am about the happiest guy in the world to leave it down there where it belongs."
Palacko, John A., T/ 5, Co. B., 1880th Engr. Avn. Bn., Stafford Springs.
" Bombings are routine things to be under but the first one is always the one I will remember. We were building an air­strip
in Warzp, Burma, and I had just knocked off for some shut- eye when they came over. I heard the first bomb fall and I ran out of my tent in a daze for the nearest foxhole. I don't remember hitting the hole because I did it as if I were being taken there in my sleep. When I did snap out of my stupor and wake up, there I was in a hole without clothes and scared as any man could be. After that first bombing the others just were a common occurrence and I didn't worry about them."
Piretti, Louis, S/ Sgt,, 456th Co., Amphi. Truck Bn., Fairfield.
" The best day I ever had while in the Pacific was the day I met my brother on Angnar Island. That was the first time I had seen him in 15 months and for the next week, we had a real old family get- together. We were attached to the First
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Marines during the invasion of Pelelieu. Our job was to carry in ammo and it was especially tough there as the island was small and we were exposed to all kinds of fire. We went into Okinawa on D- Day with the Sixth Marines. That wasn't so bad but the air raids that followed made up for what we missed in the landing. I hope my brother is out of the Army now so that we tie one on when I get home."
Polozzolo, Joseph A., Sgt., Btry. D., A. W. Bn., 834th A. A. A., 10th Army, Bridgeport.
" My section was attached to the Sixth Marine Division for the landings near Naha on Okinawa in June 1945. We were covering the beach when we got orders to cut through a rice paddy with our half­track
and take up a new position. One of our tracks got stuck in that muck and just wouldn't budge, just as two amphibious tanks rolled off and up the beach in our direction. The Jap artillery opened up on those tanks but the shells started to fall around us in bunches — the only thing that saved us were the high percentage of duds. Our mechanic became our hero when he made a dash for it and pulled us out with a ' dozer under fire.' "
Powers, George F., Pvt., Co. A., 1880th Engr. Bn., Norwich.
" Once I enlisted in the Army but no more of that stuff for me. That was four years ago and at that time it looked like a pretty good deal as I was sent to Puerto Rico after finishing my training. Down there I helped on building an airstrip and when that job was all done, 1 did my share of sitting around and enjoying the country. I came back to the States in ' 43, served as a platoon sergeant for almost a year and then went to the CBI. I was with the 12th Chinese Army on detached service for a while and drove a truck in the first convoy to go over the Burma Road after it was re- opened. As I said, once is enough for a man to enlist in the Army."
Purdy, Richard R., T/ 5, Hq. Co., 96th Sig. Bn., ( Sep.), New Canaan.
" When you go to a movie in Myitkyina, Burma, be sure to drag a foxhole along with you. Jap planes came over on a bomb run while the show was on and guys ran in all directions for cover. I ran around in the dark and jumped into a hole without knowing who or what was in it. It was a hole and I ran for it. When I jumped in I heard a machine gun start firing and I didn't know what the score was until I heard some Chinese jabbering coming from a Chinese gun crew whose hole I landed in. The crew had opened fire on the plane as I got to their hole and at first it seemed as if they were firing at me and the thought of bullets being directed at me wasn't to my liking."
Santella, Michael J., T/ 4, 96th Sig. Bn., ( Sep.), South Norwalk.
" While our outfit was on the way over to the Far East, our ship got bombed while in the Mediterranean Sea off Bengazi, North Africa. The ship next to us in the convoy went under the blue with a loss, I heard later, of 1,200. I shudder to think that it might have been us. In Burma, where we wound up, I worked on the big communication line and suffered with the rest of them from mosquitoes and the hot sticky weather."
Scinto, Michael, Pfc, Co. G., 475th Inf., Mars Task Force, New Haven.
" My number was almost up the day a Jap threw a hand grenade at me in Tonkwa, Burma. He was dug in behind a machine gun and the grenade exploded about 50 feet from me but I wasn't even scratched. I drew a bead on him and un­loaded
eight clips right at him. I guess the first clip got him but I was so sore that I kept on putting it to him. In June ' 44 we took an airstrip in Burma but because we were green troops and it was our first contact with the Japs, we had 65% casual­ties
in the company. The hardest thing for me to take was seeing my buddies getting hit and dropping."
Single, Richard G., T/ 4, Hq., Chinese Cmbt. Comd., U. S. F. China Theatre, Greenwich.
" Tokyo Rose, the famous dame with a voice, warned us to expect a bit of com­pany
from unwanted Japs on Christmas and New Years Eve of last year. I was in Kunming, China, at the time and as a result of her warning, I spent Christ­mas
and New Years Eve in a slit trench. It was a good thing I did because she kept
her word when a few Jap bombers came over to bomb us. It was a pain to see that her word was being kept and also damn uncomfortable. Most of the time though, things were pretty quiet in my administra­tive
clerk's job and I can say that I did enjoy listening to the music Tokyo Rose played for ' her boys.' "
Starzyk, Alfred, Pfc, 776th Amphi. Tank Bn., 7th Div., New Haven.
" The initial landing at Okinawa was tough on the tanks. A shell hit the cap­tain's
tank which was just in front of mine and another one of ours was also hit. Once we landed on the beach, it wasn't so bad and we started to go right across the island. On the fourth day of our trip, we ran into some indirect fire from the Japs and had to leave everything and take off for the mountains. That fire lasted for an hour and a half and was the worst I was ever under. When it was over we came back and dug foxholes for ourselves and got bulldozers to dig the tanks in and then stayed there until the Japs were knocked out a bit."
Stempien, Leonard A., Pfc, Co. C, 96th Sig. Bn., ( Sep.), Glenville.
" The nearest I ever came to getting hit, I guess, was one time while I was on a pole fixing a wire and a Jap sniper cut loose at me. He fired two shots and missed, but he never got a chance to take a third one as I got down off that pole in a hurry and took off like a guy on his first furlough. I don't know where that Jap was shooting from and I don't know how he missed, but I'm sure glad he did. On the Liberty ship that I went to the CBI on, the trip took 21 days to get to North Africa, and then 32 more to get to Bombay and if you don't think that isn't a long time to spend on one of those ships, then you're crazy. What a way to ship troops off to fight a war!"
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Sullo, Fiore P., Pfc, Hq. Co., 475th Inf., Mars Task Force, New Haven.
" Mud, rain, insects should spell Burma to anyone who's been there. The place is impossible to describe. The Jerries had an 88 but the Japs had a 77 and from per­sonal
experience the 77 is a mean toy to mess with. I know because a 77 landed by my hole and I caught a piece of it in my foot. It was only a slight wound but it taught me to have a healthy respect for that weapon. We did a lot of fighting along the Burma Road in Feb. ' 44 but why it's called a road I don't know. It seemed to me as if it were nothing more than a cow path. There's one satisfaction I have and that is knowing I don't have to ever go back to Burma."
Tawyea, Harry A., Pfc, Hq. Co., 3d Bn., 475th Inf., 5307th Composite Unit, Danbury.
" Just before Christmas last year, 1944, we were attacking Tonkwa in Burma because the Japs were using it as a base for raids on the Burma Road, and for the same reason they weren't going to let it go. We thought we'd have it soft when they didn't call for our 81mm mortars, but the fighting got so heavy that we were ordered to do a messier job. We had to carry small- arms ammo up to the forward positions and carry back the wounded. It was one whole day of that before the Nips started to fall back."
Vitale, Joseph R., Sgt., 152d Engr., Bn., 27th Div., Middletown.
" The campaigns I was in were Makin, Saipan and Okinawa, and the first one was the worst of the three. Those were all D- Days. At Makin, the living conditions were almost as bad as the fighting and that was much worse than at Saipan or Okin­awa
because of the bombing raids which never seemed to stop. I had a three- day pass to Honolulu after Makin, and those
days though quick in passing were about the best I spent in all the time that I was there. When you are with a shore party of combat engineers you get to see a lot of action, do a lot of work and go without a lot of sleep. After being in the Pacific for 31 months, there are a lot of things that a guy has to catch up with back in the States and I hope to do a lot of catching up in the next few weeks."
Wasilewski, Leo J., Pfc, 349th Engr. Regt., and Co. C, 147th Inf., 37th Div., North Grosvenordale.
" After being in the Aleutians for 26 months with the 349th, I came back to the States, landed on the West Coast and had a big party for myself. It cost me $ 150 that night but it was worth it as that was the first time in over two years I saw any white people except soldiers, and it wasn't soldiers I was with that night. We made that dry run on Kiska while I was up there. We expected to get a lot of opposition from the Japs on that island but when we got there we found we were all alone as the Japs had scrammed. After we broke up, I went with the 37th Division and was sent to the Pacific. I was on Okinawa with a casual outfit when the war ended."
Welti, Clarence W., Pfc, Co. G., 383d Inf., 96th Div., Rockville.
" The roughest initial invasion for me was Leyte, but the roughest fighting when once we had landed and gotten established was Okinawa. Both were places I don't have any fond memories of and for a while I wondered if I would ever leave the Pacific. On Okinawa I was wounded by a shell fragment when we were pinned down by Jap fire in the open and just a few days after that one early evening I was hit again by a shell fragment. It seemed we lived in holes the entire time we were on those places and I am glad it's nothing but history now."
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THE MUSTER OUT ROLL CALL
Names, ranks and addresses of Connecticut men discharged during the period December 24 to 26, 1945, from the official Group Rosters, Fort Devens Separation Center, Mass.
ADAMCIO, Stefan, Sgt.
131 West Putnam Ave., Greenwich ADAMS, Harry J., T/ Sgt.
121 Church St., Putnam ADILETTA, Joseph F., Pfc.
1223 North Ave., Bridgeport ALCOTT, Harry R., Pfc.
49 Hull St., Ansonia AMBROSECCHIO, Dominic, T/ 5
62 Stillwater Ave., Stamford AMENDOLA, Bartholomew, Cpl.
157 Olive St., New Haven AMORY, Edward P., S/ Sgt.
1065 Broad St., Meriden ANASTASIO, Giacomo, S/ Sgt.
925 Grand Ave., New Haven ANCTIL, Maurice J., T/ 4
56 Maple Ave., Thompsonville ANGELONI, Tavo, Pfc.
61 Liberty St., New Haven ARDERY, Alfred E., T/ 4
Edgewood Drive, Greenwich ASHLINE, Lewis F., Pfc.
30 Woodbine St., Bristol AULETTA, Fred A., Jr., T/ 4
38 Westminster St., Hamden AURIGEMMA, Martino C, Pfc.
172 Hill St., Waterbury BACCALIS, George, Pfc.
294 Oak St., New Haven BAILEY, Walter, S/ Sgt.
90 Gregory St., New Haven BAJCIERT, Walter A., Pfc.
63 Arch St., Meriden BALDWIN, Wesley E., M/ Sgt.
306 Naugatuck Ave., Devon BARAN, Leo J., Sgt.
223 Fairfield Ave., Stamford BARBER, Carl R., Cpl.
21 Harrison St., New London BARBIERO, Ralph J., T/ 4
110 Robin St., Bridgeport BARRA, Andrew J., Pfc.
54 High St., Waterbury BARRY, William J., T/ 5
16 Golden St., Norwich BARSALOW, Edla J., Jr., Pfc.
1947 Broad St., Hartford BARTIROMO, Thomas, Pfc.
9 Fillmore St., New Haven BASSO, Louis T., T/ 4
16 Summer St., Torrington BEAUCHENE, John T., Pfc.
86 Massachusetts Ave., New Britain BEAUTY, Raymond L., T/ 4
36 Hungerford Ave., Oakville BECK, Robert, T/ 3
34 Canterbury St., Hartford BEEBE, Kenneth L., Pfc.
69 Howard St., New London BEEMANDE, Max J., Sgt.
64 Elizabeth St., Norwich BELL, William K., S/ Sgt.
11 Main St., Danbury BENEDOSSO, Victor, T/ 5
928 Bridgeport Ave., Milford BERNIER, Alpherie J., Pvt.
27 Mechanic St., Danielson BEVACQUR, John W., Pfc.
65 Ann St., Bridgeport
BIANCHI, Albert, Pfc.
5 Chestnut Hill Rd., Waterbury BIANCHI, John, Jr., Pfc.
5 Chestnut Hill Rd., Waterbury BIASE, Michael E., T/ Sgt.
73 Melrose St., East Hartford BJORKLUND, Walter J., T/ 5
84 Linwood Ave., Newington BLAHO, Paul J., Jr., T/ 5
Long Hill Ave., Shelton BOHARA, Edward H., Pfc.
91 New London Tpke, Norwich BOWMAN, Frederick R., T/ 5
479 Elm St., New Haven BOYARSKY, Abraham, Pfc.
68 Farmington Ave., Hartford BRAZALOVICH, Harry, Pfc.
13 Pequot St., Hartford BREDICE, Charles A., Cpl.
723 Congress Ave., Waterbury BROCCOLI, Gesto C, T/ 5
23 Tread well St., West Haven BRUK, William, Pfc.
451 Kings Highway, Fairfield BRUSBLE, John W., S/ Sgt.
22 Woodside Ave., Seymour BUCK, Carl H., Pfc.
7 Ridge St., New Haven CADRIN, Charles, T/ 4
674 Howard Ave., Bridgeport CAIAFA, Dominic J., M/ Sgt.
247 County St., New Haven CAMPION, John T., T/ 4
1 Bretton Rd., West Hartford CANEPARI, Joseph, Sgt.
451 High St., East Haven CAPITAN, Bruno, T/ 5
133 Front St., Hartford CAPPELLI, James V., Cpl.
352 Poplar St., New Haven CAPPIELLO, John J., T/ 4
17 Tierney St., Norwalk CARELLI, Paul R., Pfc.
256 Yale Ave., New Haven CARINI, Edward F., Pfc.
807 Main St., South Glastonbury CARLSON, William A., T/ 3
33 Iroquois Rd., Stamford CAROTENUTO, Frank J., Sgt.
137 Park Ave., Derby CARRIERO, William, Pfc.
30 Bishop Lane, Stamford CARROLL, William E., T/ 5
161 Campfield Ave., Hartford CARROLL, William F., T/ 4
86 Bridgeport Ave., Devon CARUSO, Louis, T/ 4
18 Bouton St., South Norwalk CASE, Howard L., T/ 5
92 Park St., Plainville CASE, Russell E., Sgt.
210 North Quaker Lane, West Hartford CELLERINO, John A., T/ 4
69 Wadhams Ave., Torrington CERRUCIO, Walter, Pfc.
c/ o Joseph Rich, Hotel Garde, New Haven CHABEREK, Edward, Cpl.
38 Donahue St., Torrington CHENETTE, Joseph A., Pfc.
201 Central Ave., Norwich CHEVALLIER, Jack P., Pfc.
752 North Main St., Norwich CHILD, Theodore M. C, T/ 5
37 Goshen St., Hartford CHIPPS, Edward, Sgt.
101 Williams St., Stamford CHLEPOWSKI, Stanley P., Pfc.
35 Bank St., Derby CHRISTENSEN, Lawrence D., T/ Sgt.
West Hartford CHUNG, Yip H., T/ 5
25 Sheldon St., Hartford CLASSY, Edward M., Pfc.
12 Burr Court, Bridgeport CLAUSON, Robert F., Sgt.
313 Chestnut St., New Britain COFRANCESCO, George, T/ 5
433 Shelton Ave., New Haven COLANGELO, James P., Pfc.
22 Harbison Ave., Hartford COLLINS, Joseph F., S/ Sgt.
90 Taylor Ave., East Haven CONDON, Joseph L., T/ 4
106 Chelsea St., Stratford CONNERS, Stephen E., Cpl.
59 Harrison St., Hartford CONVERTITO, Paul J., Sgt.
220 Alice St., Bridgeport CONWAY, Harold L., T/ 4
89 Spring St., Thompsonville COPES, Joseph B., Pfc.
RFD, Box 15, Higganum CORALLO, John L., Cpl.
556 Harral Ave., Bridgeport CORIA, Frank, Pfc.
45 Harpers Ferry Rd., Waterbury COSGROVE, William J., T/ 5
30 Vernon St., Hartford COSSIDENTE, George B., Sgt.
272 Hamilton St., North Haven CULL, William R., S/ Sgt.
106 Gillies Rd., Hamden CURTIS, Glenn W., Pfc.
Box 103, Taconic CZAJKOWSKI, Henry J., Pfc.
1986 North Ave., Bridgeport DAHLMAN, Dexter E., S/ Sgt.
Niantic DALESSIO, Lawrence, T/ 3
19 Earle St., Hartford DALY, Charles W., Pfc.
21 Bedford Ave., Bridgeport DAMATO, Joseph A., Pfc.
11 York St., Norwalk DANIELS, Vincent C, Pfc.
160 Gulf St., Milford DANKS, Harland H., Pfc.
Box 10, Eagleville D'ANZI, Salvatore S., T/ 4
126 Village St., Hartford DARLING, Frank, T/ 4
47 Fern St., West Haven DAVIDS, Harold E., T/ Sgt.
285 Cooke St., Waterbury DAVIGNON, Norman A., S/ Sgt.
16 Spring St., Danielson DAVIS, Edward A., Pfc.
Farm Hill Rd., Middletown DeANGELIS, Donato J., S/ Sgt.
72 Webster St., Hartford DeCAPRIO, Angelo, S/ Sgt.
59 Main St., New Haven DEELEY, Joseph P., Pfc.
384 Lombard St., New Haven DeFILLIPO, Michael, Pfc.
153 East Ave., West Haven DeFRANZO, Albert M., Pfc. 421 Barbour St., Hartford
DeLEO, Francis, Pvt.
84 Hamden St., Waterbury D'ELIA, Cono P., Pfc.
2310 Main St., Bridgeport DelVECCHIO, Lawrence, Pfc.
97 Ward St., New Haven DeNEGRE, John M., Jr., Sgt.
120 Greene St., New Haven DeWITT, Fred L., Jr., Sgt.
44 Slocum St., Norwalk DiANGELO, Salvatore J., Pfc.
71 Alexander St., Greenwich DiBELLA, Dominic, Pfc.
188 Benton St., Hartford DICKAU, Paul C, Cpl.
28 Dudley St., Bristol DiLULLO, Dominie A., T/ 5
22 Craig St., Torrington DiMARTINO, Jerry V., Sgt.
373 Blatchley Ave., New Haven DINA, Stephen N., Cpl.
206 Ann St., Bridgeport DINEEN, Peter, Pvt.
84 Greenwich Ave., Greenwich DOERR, Albert G., Pfc.
491 Main St., Ansonia DONAHUE, George E., Sgt.
14 Clark St., Manchester DRUMMOND, Michael H., Sgt.
169 Hallock Ave., New Haven DUBESKI, John M., Pfc.
56 Ward Pl., Hartford DUNCAN, Stuart A., T/ 3
368 Edgewood St., Hartford DUSENBURY, James R., T/ 5
70 Suffolk St., Waterbury DUTIL, Frank J., T/ 5
15 Colley St., Waterbury DUZACK, Edmund D., Pfc.
31 Clay St., Thomaston DZIALO, Peter A., Cpl.
42 Kelsey St., Hartford DZIEWULSKI, Stanley J., Pfc.
83 Black Rock Ave., Bridgeport EARLY, Richard N., Pvt.
103 Oak Ave., Shelton EASTER, Eugene F., T/ 5
Somersville ELLSWORTH, Edward F., M/ Sgt.
106 Chestnut St., Norwich EVANOSKI, John J., T/ 5
15 High St., Ansonia EVANS, George L., Jr., Pfc.
20 Cleveland Ave., Hartford EVARTS, Seward B., T/ 4
45 Chidsey Ave., East Haven FALCIONI, Guido L., Sgt.
786 1/ 2 Hope St., Springdale FASANO, Henry, Pfc.
63 Wood St., Waterbury FASULA, Andrew J., Pfc.
361 Benham Ave., Bridgeport FAYNOR, Samuel P., T/ 4
2 Duck St., Danbury FEE, Joseph, Sgt.
186 Ferry St., New Haven FENICK, Andrew J., T/ 3
119 Columbia St., Meriden FERRETTI, James J., M/ Sgt.
269 Capitol Ave., Meriden FERRY, Chamberlain, T/ Sgt.
324 Hart St., New Britain FIEDEROWICZ, John P., T/ 5
184 Sheldon St., Hartford FIERMONTE, Anthony, Pfc.
43 Maynard Ave., Waterbury FILEK, Frederick J., Pfc.
2 Gordon Ave., Shelton FILLION, Raymond R., Pfc.
26 Cossett St., Waterbury FINCK, Harold L., Pvt.
94 Ward St., New Haven FINDLEY, Arnold L., Sgt.
138 Glenbrook Rd., Stamford FLOOD, Francis T., T/ 5
60 Center St., West Haven FOGIL, Arthur F., T/ 5
47 Kenneth St., Hartford FORBES, Thomas F., T/ 5
1 Fremont Pl., Norwalk FORD, Henry G., T/ Sgt.
79 Maple St., New Haven FRANGIONE, Luca T., Sgt. 121 Stillwater Ave., Stamford FRANCULLI, Joseph, T/ 5 367 High St., Torrington FRANK, Robert P., T/ 4
172 Field Point Rd., Greenwich FRANKEL, Hyman, T/ 5
Amston FRANKO, John, T/ 4
363 Catherine St., Bridgeport FRANZIS, Norman E., T/ 3
103 Division Ave., Shelton FREED, Lewis S., Cpl.
Box 178, Saybrook GAFFNEY, Frederick J., S/ Sgt.
43 Maplewood Ave., Bridgeport GAGON, Joseph W., Sgt,
71 East Ave., New Canaan GALLAGHER, Robert E., S/ Sgt,
61 Wheeler St., New Haven GARRETT, Robert B., T/ 5
260 Atwood Ave., Waterbury GAWLOWICZ, Felix J., T/ 4
344 Evers St., Bridgeport GAZLEY, George E., S/ Sgt.
45 Hillside Ter., Stratford GELLIN, Samuel, T/ 4
28 Blue Hills Ave., Hartford GENOVA, Michael A., M/ Sgt.
11 Bradley Ave., Waterbury GIANNITTI, William T., Sgt.
Box 94, Springdale GILES, James D., Pvt.
8 Webster St., New Haven GILLOTTI, Philip A., Sgt.
43 Clinton Ave., Bridgeport GITTINGS, William G., Jr., Pfc.
33 Holbrook St., Ansonia GOL, Andrew J., S/ Sgt.
17 Palmer Ave., Stamford GOLAS, William S., Sgt.
684 North Riverside St., Waterbury GOLDBERG, Gerald, Pfc.
142 West St., New Britain GORDON, Morris, T/ 3
1615 Stratford Ave., Bridgeport GORDON, Wallace R., Jr., Pvt.
25 Primrose St., Milford GRAVEL, Albert J., Cpl.
North Grosvenordale GRAYECK, Louis R., Cpl.
216 South Thames St., Norwich GREEN, Alec E., S/ Sgt.
RFD 5, Ridgefield GREENE, Clayton S., T/ 4
26 Cutler St., New London GREGORY, Wallace J., Pfc.
77 Phoenix Ave., Waterbury GRENIER, John H., T/ 5
RFD 1, Clarks Corners, North Windham GROSSMNA, Paul J., Pfc.
67 Lenox Ave., Bridgeport GUARINO, Carmen, Pvt.
15 Auburn St., New Haven
HAGGERTY, Lawrence J., T/ 5
6 Maple Ave., Willimantic HALL, William E., T/ 5
40 Grand St., New Britain HAND, Robert H., T/ 5
272 Boyden St., Waterville HANSEN, Peter, Sgt.
Box 412, Saybrook HARELIK, Harry, T/ 5
368 Morse St., Hamden HARRIS, Waverly A., Pfc.
4 Brook St., Stamford HARRISON, Albert C, Pfc.
North St., North Branford HART, James T., Sgt.
14 North Spring St., Meriden HART, William D., Pfc.
1028 Boston Ave., Bridgeport HASAK, Stephen W., S/ Sgt.
269 Clinton Ave., Bridgeport HAWES, Robert H., T/ 5
19 Maple Rd., West Haven HAWLEY, Charles M., Sgt.
31 Reservoir St., Bethel HAYDEN, Thomas F., Pfc.
67 Wright Rd., Wethersfield HEATH, Vernon A., T/ 3
10 Division St., Stamford HECHT, Fred C, Pfc.
Milldale Rd., Cheshire HELD, Bruno, Pfc.
58 Edwin St., Bridgeport HENDRICKS, William R., Sgt.
282 View St., New Haven HERMAN, Irving J., Sgt,
58 Manhattan Ave., Bridgeport HIRSCHAUT, Sanford, T/ 5
15 Ardmore Rd., West Hartford HODGDON, Harold S., Jr., Pfc.
27 Shelburne Rd., Stamford HOEPFNER, Otto F., T/ 5
310 Bassett St., New Haven HOFFMAN, Frank M., Jr., T/ 5
93 Munson Ave., Waterbury HOGAN, Thomas P., S/ Sgt.
495 Howe Ave., Shelton HOHIMER, Ernest L., Pvt.
57 E. Liberty St., Waterbury HOLLEY, John E., Pfc.
68 Bishop St., Waterbury HORN, Milton, T/ 5
915 North Ave., Bridgeport HOTCHKISS, William C, S/ Sgt.
57 Ridgewood Rd., New Britain HOULE, Gerard H., T/ 3
421 North Main St., Bristol HOWARD, Arthur C, T/ 4
Red Stone Hill Rd., Forest ville HUBE, Lawrence J., Pfc.
27 Avon St., Hartford INGHAM, Samuel K., T/ 5
52 Stuart St., Newington ISLOVITZ, John I., Pfc.
1192 Success Ave., Stratford JABS, Paul L., T/ Sgt.
14 Fourth St., Bristol JACKOWITZ, Charles, Pfc.
741 Quinnipiac Ave., New Haven JACKSINA, Bronislaw C, Pfc.
179 Broad St., New Britain JACKSON, George A., T/ 5
35 Greene St., New Haven JACKSON, William F., Jr., S/ Sgt.
6 Renwick St., Stamford JACOB, Joseph S., T/ 4
825 Ellsworth St., Bridgeport JENNINGS, Myron C, Pfc.
Wellesville Ave., New Milford JOHNSON, Frederick W., S/ Sgt.
Washington Depot JOHNSON, Martin T., Pvt.
16 Wilfred St., West Hartford JONES, Samuel L., Pfc.
119 Stillwater Ave., Stamford JOYCE, Jeremiah F., T/ 4
35 Bellevue St., Waterbury KALINOWSKI, Antoni P., Pfc.
79 Crystal Ave., New London KALLAY, George W., T/ 5
973 Kings Highway, Bridgeport KASAKOWSKI, Stanley J., Pfc.
149 Hamilton St., Hartford KAUFMAN, Joseph M., S/ Sgt.
196 Brooks St., Bridgeport KEARNEY, Austin W., Pfc.
140 Benton St., Manchester KEARNEY, Richard C, T/ 5
31 Winthrop St., Meriden KEENAN, Charles F. J., T/ 4
220 Collins St., Hartford KICHAR, Paul, T/ 5
RFD 2, Bridgeport Ave., Shelton KING, Philip M., T/ 5
34 Maple Ave., New London KISH, William, S/ Sgt.
12 Prospect Ave., Norwalk KISKEN, William A., T/ 4
Frogtown Rd., New Canaan KLEINMAN, Albert M., Pfc.
129 Kent St., Hartford KNOX, Robert S., T/ Sgt.
295 Shore Rd., Greenwich KOBUS, Ignatius S., T/ 5
85 Booth St., New Britain KOKOSZKA, John F., Cpl.
Box 60, Rockfall KOLOS, John S., T/ 5
345 Main Ave., Norwalk KOSKOWSKI, Joseph A., Jr., Sgt.
475 Commonwealth Ave., New Britain KOZMA, Louis J., S/ Sgt.
62 Alfred St., Bridgeport KRACHENFELS, William J., T/ 4
14 St. James St., Hamden KRAJKEMAN, Stefan, Pfc.
175 North Main St., West Hartford KRASNIEWICZ, Michael J., T/ 4
275 South St., Stamford KRAUSE, Eric P., Jr., T/ 5
14 Bank St., New London KUKLIK, John, T/ 5
Mansfield Depot KULISH, Stanley T., T/ 5
81 Marvin St., Stamford KUNZ, William R., T/ 5
16 Comet St., Stamford LACKUPS, Joseph F., 1st/ Sgt.
122 Hough Ave., Bridgeport LANGELIER, Albert E., T/ 4
Box 185, Wilsonville LANOUETTE, Edward E., T/ Sgt.
207 Morse Ave., Waterbury LAUZIER, Rene R., T/ 4
22 Addison St., Bristol LEAVY, Francis R., Pfc.
RFD 1, Valley Rd., Bridgeport LeBLANC, August R., Pfc.
1363 State St., Bridgeport LECH, Valentine J., T/ 4
87 Silver St., New Britain LECLERC, Henry J., Pfc.
Box 84, Quinebaug LENKY, Walter B., Sgt.
Box 4, Fabyan LEONE, Albert R., Pfc.
568 Stanley St., New Britain
LEROY, Felix M., T/ 5
184 Deerfield Rd., Windsor LEVIN, Joseph, Pfc.
195 Dyer St., New Haven LEVINE, Jacob H., Cpl.
265 Salem St., Bridgeport LEWANDOWSKI, Louis A., Pfc.
58 Scoville St., Torrington LEWIS, Robert L., Cpl.
35 Curtiss Ave., Wallingford LILIENTHAL, Edward A., Sgt.
213 1/ 2 State St., Meriden LINDGREN, Ernest C, T/ 4
117 Church St., Hamden LIPPOLD, Walter F., T/ 5
53 Capitol Ave., Meriden LIS, Walter J., Cpl.
7 Wheatley St., Danielson LITTLE, Frank, Pfc.
482 Columbus Ave., New Haven LOMBARDO, Santo J., T/ 5
1403 Corbin Ave., New Britain LOOMIS, George A., Jr., S/ Sgt.
198 South Marshall St., Hartford LOPEZ, John L., Pfc.
Torrington Ave., Collinsville LOUIS, Howard H., Pfc.
604 Brook St., Bridgeport LUBUS, Louis A., T/ 5
15 Harding Place, Danbury LUDDY, James A., S/ Sgt.
89 Willow St., Waterbury LYON, Frederick L., T/ 4
65 Sterling Pl., Springdale MAJESKI, Stanley, Pfc.
240 South Orchard St., Wallingford MALYSKO, Julius J., Sgt.
Simsbury MANGONE, Nunzio D., Pfc.
3 Godfrey St., Norwalk MANNING, John M., T/ 5
78 Truman St., New Haven MARAKINNI, Fred, T/ 4
11 Melbourne St., Naugatuck MARTINSEN, Eveard J., T/ 3
6 Harwich St., Hartford MAZZAMURRO, Joseph, Pfc.
209 Windsor St., Hartford McBRIDE, George R., T/ 4
Bldg. 21, Apt. 107, Y. M. V., Bridgeport McBRIDE, James M., Pfc.
1608 West Main St., Milford McCARTHY, James E., T/ 4
27 William St., Greenwich MCKINNEY, Frank R., Pfc.
35 Cliff St., Norwich McLAUGHLIN, Charles J., Sgt.
91 Harrison St., Bristol McMANUS, William M., Cpl.
381 Winthrop Ave., New Haven
McPHERSON, John J., Pfc.
3 Mountain Ave., New London MEAD, Aubrey E., S/ Sgt.
93 Lewis St., Greenwich MEEK, Daniel, Jr., Pfc.
187 Academy Ave., Waterbury MELLA, Louis J., T/ 5
154 Park St., Bristol MERZ, Albert R., Pfc.
6 Devon St., Woodmont MIAZGA, Michael P., T/ 4
Box 255, Glenville MICELI, John J., T/ 5
862 Bank St., New London MIELE, Vincent C, T/ 5
367 New Park Ave., Hartford MILANESE, Lawrence A., T/ Sgt.
53 Lewis St., Plainville MILLER, Frank J., T/ 5
352 Ezra St., Bridgeport MIOUSKI, Stephen, Pfc.
1213 Iranistan Ave., Bridgeport MIZIL, Albert P., S/ Sgt.
138 New Haven Ave., Derby MODUNGO, James V., T/ 4
7 Nurney St., Stamford MONIUK, Stephen, Pvt.
63 Beacon View Dr., Fairfield MONOFF, Mitchell, Pfc.
c/ o George Norman, New Canaan MONTGOMERY, Hardon, Pfc.
50 Country Club Rd., Waterbury MOORE, Ralph R., Pfc.
Box 197, Glenville MORAN, Francis J., 1st/ Sgt.
Box 84, Danielson MORAN, John T., T/ 5
143 Willow St., Waterbury MORETTI, Michael, T/ 5
285 Waterview Ave., Bridgeport MORRISSEY, Declan J., S/ Sgt,
203 Flanders St., Bridgeport MORRISSEY, John E., Sgt.
390 Wood Ave., Bridgeport MORRISSEY, Peter, Pfc.
Box 404, Georgetown MORSE, William L., T/ 4
183 Ann St., Hartford MOTTO, Vincent A., Cpl.
100 Clark St., New Britain MUDRY, John, Pvt.
154 Wall St., Meriden MULLEN, Donald W., Sgt.
266 West Main St., Avon MURPHY, George E., T/ 4
48 Taff Ave., Stamford MURPHY, Joseph P., Pfc.
28 Tilley St., New London MURPHY, John S., Cpl.
52 Fox St., Waterbury MURPHY, Thomas N., Pfc.
37 Maple St., Branford MURRAY, Carl, T/ 4
53 Hubbard St., Bloomfield MUSANTE, John L., Cpl.
954 Stratford Ave., Bridgeport MYERS, William, Jr., T/ 5
89 Broad St., Ansonia NAOUM, George M., Pfc.
260 Bridge St., North Grosvenordale NARUS, Simon J., Pfc.
124 Willow St., New Britain NELLER, William J., T/ 4
Woodruff St., Litchfield NEWELL, William F., Pfc.
173 South Main St., Middletown NODINE, Howard J., T/ 5
RFD 1, Sharon NOLAN, James P., Cpl.
217 Flax Hill Rd., So. Norwalk NOONAN, Charles A., Pvt.
795 Center St., Manchester NORCROSS, Cyril D., Cpl.
57 Grace St., Hartford NORTON, Frank E., Pfc.
117 South Orchard St., Wallingford NORTON, John P., Sgt.
87 Judd St., Bristol NOWAKOWSKI, Henry R., T/ 5
396 Blatchley Ave., New Haven OBREMSKI, Chester T., T/ 5
37 1/ 2 Woodbridge St., Hartford O'BRIEN, Vincent J., Pvt.
3 Raymond St., New Britain OBUCHOWSKI, Chester W., T/ 4
70 Wells St., Manchester
O'CONNER, James J., T/ 5 228 Main St., West Haven
ONASTI, Anthony S., Cpl.
349 Harral Ave., Bridgeport
O'NEILL, John A., Cpl.
74 Henry St., Stamford ORLANDO, Vincent J., S/ Sgt.
72 John St., East Haven O'ROURKE, Peter J., T/ 3
218 Bruce Park Ave., Greenwich ORZECH, Stanley, T/ 5
855 North Colony St., Meriden OSLAI, Stephen L., T/ 5
266 Spruce St., Bridgeport OTTAVIANO, Louie A., T/ 4
26 Madison St., Hartford PALACKO, John A., T/ 5
Box 20, Stafford Springs PALLARINO, Anthony J., T/ 5
222 Ely Ave., South Norwalk PARAHUS, Peter, T/ 5
13 East Walnut St., Stamford PARDEE, Alfred H., Sgt.
28 Putnam Lane, Stamford PARRISH, Joseph L., T/ 4
37 Vincent Rd., East Hartford PECCO, Mario, T/ 5
377 East Main St., Thomaston PEEBLES, Clarence D., Cpl.
75 Lafayette St., Bridgeport PELLETIER, Joseph D., T/ 5
Box 6, Wauregan PELLETIER, Raoul M., T/ 5
58 Rockledge Dr., Bristol PERKINS, Charles H., Sgt,
Fogg Plain Rd., New London PETERS, William T., Jr., S/ Sgt.
636 Howe Ave., Shelton PETERSON, Francis J., Pvt.
26 Prospect St., Essex PETERSON, John G., Sgt.
Dublin Rd., Greenwich PETERSON, Raymond S., Pfc.
34 Vincent St., West Hartford PIERCE, Glen R., Cpl.
172 Main St., East Hartford PINKERTON, Lloyd G., Sgt.
108 Judd St., Bristol PIRETTI, Louis, S/ Sgt.
32 Berwick Ave., Fairfield PIRRE, Salvatore J., T/ 5
56 Beaver St., New Britain PLANTE, Edward E., T/ 5
40 South A St., Taftville POBUDA, Robert, Jr., S/ Sgt.
51 Curtiss St., Hartford POLOZZOLO, Joseph A., Sgt.
140 North Ave., Bridgeport POREDA, Edward F., Sgt.
273 Garden St., Hartford POWERS, George F., Pvt.
37 Hamilton Ave., Norwich POWERS, John J., Cpl.
Norwich Inn, Norwich PREISSNER, Victor E., T/ 4
65 Elliott St., Hartford PRESS, Norman H., Pfc.
660 West Jackson Ave., Bridgeport PRESSMAR, John H., Jr., T/ 5
13 Prospect St., East Port Chester PREVOST, Aime F., Pfc.
1621 Park St., Hartford PROBERT, Robert W., S/ Sgt.
462 Housatonic Ave., Stratford PROTO, Thomas, Sgt.
63 Hemingway Ave., East Haven PROULX, George A., T/ Sgt.
West Shepherd Ave., Hamden PUADZIUNAS, Joseph G., Cpl.
68 Morris St., Hartford PURDY, Richard R., T/ 5
South Main St., New Canaan PYCH, John A., Pfc.
50 Woodbridge St., Hartford RADKA, Reinhard J., T/ 4
24 Williams St., New Britain RAHHAL, Emile J., T/ 5
443 Pearl Lake Rd., Waterbury RICCI, Alterio, T/ 4
74 Morris St., New Haven RICE, Marion I., S/ Sgt.
Leetes Island Rd., Stony Creek RICE, Raymond F., Pvt.
68 Farren Ave., New Haven RICH, George, Sgt.
402 Post Rd., Cos Cob RICHARDS, David P., S/ Sgt,
34 Mechanic St., Jewett City RICHARDSON, James H., T/ 5
Box 252, Bantam RICHKOWSKI, William A., T/ 5
130 West Main St., Branford RILEY, Thomas M., T/ Sgt.
12 Barnard St., Hartford RIPA, Sebastian A., T/ 5
184 Washington St., New Britain ROBILLARD, Arthur E., Pfc.
25 South Meadow St., Putnam ROBINSON, Walter L., Cpl.
30 Bellevue Sq., Hartford ROGOZINSKI, Henry P., Cpl.
61 Center St., Thomaston ROMANO, Frank R., T/ 4
9 Summit St., Norwich RONDINONE, James P., Pvt.
17 Nelson St., Hartford ROSATI, Amalio J., Pfc.
Colton Court, Farmington ROTH, Donald C, T/ 5
34 Spring St., Danbury ROTH, Robert F., T/ 4
175 Park St., New Britain ROVEGNO, Louis J., T/ 4
15 Hanover St., Stamford ROVINSKY, Isadore, Cpl.
176 1/ 2 West Main St., Meriden ROWE, Francis G., T/ Sgt.
27 Beach St., Hartford RUSSO, Michael, T/ 5
18 Burr Ave., Middletown RYAN, Edward J., S/ Sgt.
90 Worth St., Bridgeport SAHLEY, Louis, Pvt.
23 Terrace Pl., Danbury SALTONSTALL, Charles W., Pfc.
East Woodstock SALVATI, Salvatore, Pfc.
144 Oakley St., New Haven SANTELLA, Michael J., T/ 4
199 Ely Ave., South Norwalk SARGENT, Edward P., Pfc.
12 Academy St., Norwalk SAS, Theodore J., Jr., T/ 5
Russell St., Jewett City SCHEWCZKY, Walter, Pfc.
113 Center St., Shelton SCINTO, Michael, Pfc.
69 Hill St., New Haven SELING, Joseph L., Pvt.
92 Franklin St., New Britain SEYMOUR, Lucien R., T/ 5
756 Park St., Hartford SHAILER, Malcolm H., T/ 5
301 High St., Middletown SHAW, William J., S/ Sgt.
Yale Ave., RFD 1, Wallingford
SHEA, Patrick J., Jr., Sgt.
68 Walnut Ave., Waterbury SHERIDAN, Francis J., T/ 5
165 Lake Ave., Greenwich SHERMAN, John S., Sgt.
253 Barbour St., Hartford SHIVER, Lemuel C, Pvt.
141 Dixwell Ave., New Haven SILVA, David M., Pfc.
115 Laurel St., Hartford SIMON, Israel H., T/ Sgt.
485 School St., Putnam SITTNICK, Clarence A., Cpl.
32 Clifton St., Wallingford SLAGLE, Richard G., T/ 4
269 Greenwich Ave., Greenwich SLEDZIK, Frank S., Sgt.
34 Richard St., New Britain SMART, Douglas W., Pfc.
85 West St., Litchfield SMAZER, Shinie G., Pvt.
51 Frisbie St., Middletown SMEDBERG, Henry B., 1st/ Sgt.
40 Rose St., Hartford SMITH, John, Cpl.
238 Broad St., Wethersfield SMITH, Stoddard M., S/ Sgt.
55 Park St., Guilford SMITH, Wesley R., T/ Sgt.
728 East Broadway, Stratford SMITHSON, Frederic, T/ 5
1144 West Broad St., Stratford SOKOLNICKI, Walter, T/ Sgt.
243 Atlantic St., Bridgeport SOLIEWICZ, Michael, T/ 4
Box 115, North Grosvenordale SPEDDING, William H., T/ 4
74 Madison Ave., Hartford SPINO, Domenic A., Pfc.
42 Bishop St., Waterbury SPIRITI, Joseph A., T/ 5
141 Frank St., Bridgeport SQUIRES, David D., T/ 4
94 West Ave., South Norwalk STARZYK, Alfred, Pfc.
56 Ellsworth Ave., New Haven STEINER, Howard G., Sgt.
Cook St., Plainville STEMPIEN, Leonard A., Pfc.
Highview Rd., Glenville STOLLMAN, John A., S/ Sgt.
93 Merchant St., Bridgeport STONE, Raymond L., T/ 5
6 Welton St., New Haven SULLO, Fiore P., Pfc.
12 Alton St., New Haven SURGALIS, Stanley J., Pfc.
225 Pond Point Ave., Milford SUSCO, Nicholas J., T/ 4
42 Crown St., Bristol SWEETEN, Howard C, Pfc.
758 Howard Ave., New Haven SYLVESTER, Ralph C, T/ 5
Willoughby Rd., Shelton SYMONCELLI, John W., Jr., Pfc.
Russell St., Litchfield SZCZESNIAK, George A., T/ 4
RFD 1, Box 55, Terryville TACOVACCI, Anthony W., T/ 4
193 Fairfield Ave., Stamford TANGUAY, Gilbert M., Cpl.
12 Cedarcrest Rd., RFD 3, Bridgeport TANTIMONACO, Anthony P., Pvt.
24 McKinley Ave., Bridgeport TARASEWICZ, Frank S., Pfc.
152 Orange St., Waterbury TAWYEA, Harry A., Pfc.
10 South Ave., Danbury TESTA, Salvatore A., Pfc.
34 Walnut St. Ext., Waterbury THIEL, Wilbur D., T/ 4
877 Park Ave., Bridgeport THOMPSON, Henry, Pfc.
39 Elm St., Danielson TILESTON, Thomas N., S/ Sgt,
15 Edgehill Rd., New Haven TONAS, John F., T/ 5
5 Alden Rd., West Haven TOPAR, Victor J., Pvt.
247 Howard Ave., Bridgeport TOSCANO, Joseph A., T/ 5
127 Alice St., Bridgeport TOTH, Julius, T/ 4
33 Fifth St., East Norwalk TRACCHIO, Phillip E., Sgt.
11 Alden St., Hartford TRAVIS, Dwight C, Sgt.
12 Triangle St., Danbury TRERICE, Edward C, Cpl.
West Main St., Westbrook TUTTLE, George H., Jr., Cpl.
Thames St., Rowayton UHELSKY, Stephen, Pfc.
20 Rosko St., Seymour UVA, Anthony F., T/ 5
230 West Main St., Stamford VALENA, Stanley J., S/ Sgt.
Box 131, Glenville VARRICCHIONE, Nicholas, Cpl.
550 Ellis St., New Britain VASQUEZ, Rinaldo J., S/ Sgt,
14 Wintonbury Ave., Bloomfield VAUTRAIN, Robert C, S/ Sgt,
25 Sanford Pl., Bridgeport VELTHEIM, Gerard D., T/ 5
73 Mill St., Putnam VICKERELLI, Peter M., Pvt.
72 Edgemont Rd., Devon VIEIRA, Manuel E., Sgt,
35 Boswell Ave., Norwich VIGLIOTTI, Alfred V., T/ 4
117 View St., New Haven VITALE, Joseph R., Sgt,
142 Lincoln St., Middletown VOJTEK, Joseph J., T/ 4
1402 Boston Ave., Bridgeport WALENDZIK, Henry S., T/ 4
RFD 5, Melrose Ave., Danbury WARACKS, Vincent C, T/ Sgt.
Clapboard Ridge, Danbury WARD, Everett G., Pfc.
251 Goffe St., New Haven WASILEWSKI, Leo J., Pfc.
North Grosvenordale WASILEWSKI, Nicholas J., T/ 3
245 Quinnipiac St., Wallingford WEBSTER, Lloyd G., Sgt.
Mulberry St., Stamford WHITE, William H., T/ 5
35 Selleck St., Stamford WILLIS, Stanley, Pvt.
43 Bellevue Sq., Hartford
WIND, Charles R., Cpl.
A- 77 River Rd., Essex WINTON, John, Cpl.
39 Gorham Ave., Westport WIRTALLA, Edwin W., T/ 5
73 Chestnut St., Manchester WOJDYL, Edward, T/ 5
15 Natalie St., Hartford WOODWARD, Paul M., Pvt.
57 Stevens St., New Haven YANTORNO, Harry, Pfc.
77 Victoria St., Greenwich YEOMANS, Clinton B., S/ Sgt.
20 Sycamore Rd., West Hartford ZAVORSKAS, Albin E., Cpl.
175 Nicoll St., New Haven ZIELINSKI, John E., Pvt.
35 Dupont Pl., Bridgeport ZOLLUCCIO, Angelo C, T/ 4
Alvord Lane, Stamford ZYTOWSKI, Alexander, Sgt.
181 Center St., Meriden
CONNECTICUT VETERANS COMMEMORATIVE BOOKLET
Vol. IX Dec. 26, 1945 No. 10
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, George E. Allis and Morris R. Gelblum. The cover illustration of the S. S. Sea Pike is from the New York Daily News.