CONNECTICUT BLACK HAWKS
On Redeployment Furloughs
June- July 1945
BLACK HAWKS ON FURLOUGH
The 86th ( Black Hawk) Infantry Division
was chosen as the first combat unit for redeployment from the European Theater of Operations to the Pacific. As the first unit in this vast troop movement involving more than 3,000,000 of the armed forces, the Division returned to the United States for furloughs, retraining
and eventual transfer to the Pacific theater on Sunday, June 17, 1945.
Preceded by a small advance detachment
the division arrived, with more than 14,000 men on its rosters, aboard the transports, James Parker, General Bliss, General Brooke, and Marine Fox, at the New York Port of Embarkation.
Welcome Home
The Bliss, Parker and Brooke passed through the submarine nets in the Narrows, off Staten Island, and dropped anchor after dark Saturday. Bright and early Sunday morning, accompanied by the harbor craft, Sandy Hook, and an army cutter carrying a WAC Band, they proceeded
slowly up the Harbor. Overhead a Navy dirigible hovered, sending down, with its amplifiers, martial music to compete with the popular airs played by the WACs.
Tugs, ferries and harbor craft added to the welcome home festivities with shrill blasts from their whistles, bringing answering
blasts from the throaty sirens on the transports.
In the lower bay, the procession was joined by an army cutter with Under- Secretary of War Robert Patterson, on hand to greet the Division and its commander,
Maj. Gen. Harris M. Melasky.
The men debarked at Piers 84, 86, and 90, North River, where Red Cross personnel
were waiting with coffee, lemonade and doughnuts. The Ferry trip across the river and entrainment for Camp Kilmer near New Brunswick, N. J., followed. The Marine Fox arrived Sunday afternoon.
It was mid- afternoon and later by the time all units had arrived at Camp Kilmer. The processing for reshipment to the Reception Center of Fort Devens, Mass., proceeded swiftly. Orientation at a camp theatre was first on the program. There were cheers on the promise of a start on the Devens trip within 24 hours. There were cheers on the promise of beefsteak, fresh milk and ice cream, within 30 minutes. But, the real cheers followed, the announcement that German prisoners of war would do the dish washing
and dirty work for them at Camp Kilmer.
Then came the " home- coming meal", up to all specifications; the opportunity for cleaning up, donning the new issue of sun tans, and finally, the time for phone calls home.
The first Connecticut men of the 86th reached their homes Tuesday evening.
Met by Newsmen
As the first combat unit enroute from the " ETO to Tokyo", as the ships' banners put it, the Black Hawks were met by more than 300 newspapermen including six from Connecticut.
At the conclusion of the furlough periods the Division is to be reassembled, via Fort Devens, at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma,
for a refresher training course, and eventual embarkation from a West Coast Port for the Pacific Theatre.
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BLACK HAWKS IN ACTION
The 86th ( Black Hawk) Infantry Division
is the first combat Division from the European Theater of Operations to be redeployed to the Pacific via the United States. It leaves the European Theater of Operations with the unique distinction of having served in four of the five Ameri ¬ can Armies on the Western Front — Lt. Gen. Gerew's Fifteenth in the Battle on the Rhine; Lt. Gen. Hodges' First in the Battle of the Ruhr Pocket; Gen. Patton's Third, and Lt. Gen. Patch's Seventh in the Battle of Bavaria. By V- E Day the Black Hawks had penetrated into Austria northeast of Berchtesgaden. It was here in Austria that the doughboys captured Premier Szellesi, Nazi prime minister of Hungary, and the famous Hungarian Crown Jewels.
The Black Hawk Division was activated in World War II at Camp Howze, Texas, in December, 1942. In World War I, the Black Hawks were an Illinois- Wisconsin Division and their name is that of a famous Indian chief of frontier days in the mid- west. In the present war the doughboys are from all parts of the United States.
With the critical turn of events on the Western Front late in 1944, the 86th was rushed to Europe and fought successively in the Battle on the Rhine, the Ruhr Pocket, where they split the Pocket in two at Hagen, and in the Battle of Bavaria, where, at Eichstatt, they liberated many prisoners from Dieppe and Dunkerque.
Black Hawks also captured the rail center of Ingelstadt and forced the Danube River at that point in the drive for Hitler's Redoubt. It was while the 86th was at Ingelstadt that the Free Action of Bavaria staged their April uprising in Munich and attempted to effect a junction with the 86th on the Danube. After the unsuccessful
revolt, some of the leaders of the FAB escaped to the 86th lines.
During the Battle of Bavaria, the Black Hawks averaged 10 to 12 miles per day in the lightning drive by the Third and Seventh Armies that collapsed the Redoubt Area before it could be organized. In the European Theater of Operations, the Black Hawks captured 77,698 prisoners
and liberated over 100,000 Allied Prisoners of War.
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BLACK HAWKS PICTURES
Home Again — The men who made the crossing on the army transport, General Brooke, disembarked at Pier 90, North River, New York. The photograph reproduced on the Cover features the ship's banners, bearing the Divisional Insignia.
Enroute, Kilmer to Devens — Three Connecticut officers of the 86th: ( Page 3, left to right) Capt. Joseph F. Rajtar, of Meriden, commanding Co. I, 343rd Infantry; 1st Lt. Franklin E. Murphy, of Ansonia, Assistant Regimental Adjutant, 343rd Infantry; and Capt. William G. Mahoney, of Ansonia, a Regimental Chaplain,
341st Infantry.
West Haveners All — Three men of the 343rd, and all Yale students when they entered the service on the same day: ( Page 4. left to right) Pfc. Robert H. Parker, Co. B; Pfc. Robert J. Wilkie, Co. H;
and Pfc. James E. Tierney, Co. A.
Waterbury Trio — Served in the same company, F, of the 343rd. Pictured on the Pier, with Red Cross refreshments in hand, ( Page 5, left to right) Pfc. William H. Keller, Pfc. Charles V. Gikis, and Pvt. Wendell L. Montrose.
Phoning Home — As the father of six children, Pfc. Steven H. Roberts, Jr., Co. E, 342nd Infantry, Guilford ( Page 6) had priority for the long awaited first phone call to the folks at home.
Steaks and Ice Cream — Featured the 24 hours in Camp Kilmer, and fresh milk, a treat for veterans of the European experience, was on the menu. At work on the homecoming meal: ( Page 7, left to right) Pfc. Francis K. Hayes, New Haven; Pfc. Richard M. Mapes, New Haven; and Pfc. Stephen H. Roberts, Guilford, all of Co. E, 342nd Infantry.
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BLACK HAWK STORIES
It has been the experience of all veterans that time brings a blurring of detail, that memories are less exact after events, and that first hand recordings in print on the spot serve best to put down in black and white what happened.
The following are brief interviews with men of the 86th Division, secured by reporters at distribution and reception centers, either for newspaper use, or for this leaflet. They are reproduced here without change.
O'Brien, Raymond J., Pfc, Bridgeport: " The Germans loved to get us out into the open or in the woods but they never could figure out what the Americans were going to do next and the first thing they knew there would be Americans on a hill where there shouldn't be according to German military strategy."
O'Brien, like many others, thinks the 86th is a " lucky Division; lucky to get
to Europe in time for the windup, and even more lucky to get back to the U. S. so quickly, and luckier still to be granted furloughs instead of moving straight on to the Pacific. We wouldn't have had a single kick coming if we were going right over but it seems we are just lucky — we have certainly been getting the breaks."
Swider, William C., Pvt., Hartford:
" At Berchtesgaden, under a door which had been blown off its hinges, I found a set of four keys to rooms in Hitler's house. A Major saw me take them and said, T would like those keys.' I said to him, T am sure you would, sir, but I am the one who found them."
Pandajis, Speriban, Sgt., New Haven:
" I like to see the way we blasted Germany.
I would like to see it all that way. I met two Greeks, liberated slave laborers, in Bavaria. They were crying, and they
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said, ' God has sent the Americans to save us.' I just didn't know what to say to that."
Pandajis had relatives in Greece who died during the occupation.
Rzeszutek, Stanley J., Pvt., Seymour:
" Europe seems to be a nice country. I don't see why those guys want to fight and bust it up all the time. I was in France, Belgium, Holland, Germany and Austria. I swam in an Alpine lake. The water was cold. We could look up and see the snow on the mountains and down across nice rolling farm country. It is open country, nice fields. I wish my father's rocky hillside
farm in Seymour was like that country.
" But it was the shape that the people were in that got me. I speak Polish and enough Russian to get by. I talked to hundreds of liberated Poles and hundreds of liberated Russians. The Poles had a
hard time. They were starved and they were beaten. Some of them really had a rough life.
" The Russians were nice people. But they don't seem to get along with the Poles. We put them together in the same camps for liberated people and they don't get along. They don't even mix. I talked with lots of Russians. Some were prisoners
of war. Some were girls and older people.
" Some of them were only ten or eleven years old when the Germans made slaves of them. They don't know where their people are; some don't even remember where they lived. They told me what the Germans did to them. What I think about the Germans you wouldn't put in your paper."
Lee, Marvin E., Pfc, New Haven:
" The average American G. I. likes the average Russian G. I."
Kellert, Morton D., Pfc, New Haven:
" I was with the military government setup and so the non- fraternization ban didn't apply when I talked to many Germans
in line of duty. Most of them, probably
because they were so fearful, were ready to do anything to cooperate with the Americans. There may be good Germans
and I think among the older Germans,
those of pre- Nazi days are, but, the Nazis and the Nazi indoctrinated youth is something else again. I saw the evidence of what they did to the Russian and Pole slave laborers. They clubbed them, starved them, and they whipped them."
Zabodjancik, Charles J., Pfc, Derby:
" Serving with the artillery, I was in communications and it was my job to string wire along the roads. There were thousands of refugees and I talked with
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plenty of Poles. From what they told me, I'd say, give Germany to Russia to handle for awhile; Americans are too soft."
Flint, William A. Jr., Pvt., Hamden:
" I talked to one German who not only admitted he was a Nazi but he stood up for everything Hitler and the Nazis did. He was an elderly lumber dealer, apparently was well- to- do. He defended the original German attack on Poland; the Nazis policy which resulted in the death of millions of Jews and all the rest. When we were there at his house, three German soldiers came out of the woods and surrendered to us. This Nazi went over to them and bawled them out for surrendering."
Nicholas, Theodore G., Pvt., Milford:
" Hitler had a swell swimming pool at Berchtesgaden. I took a swim in it and was the water cold. I don't believe all this talk that Hitler had nothing to do with women. He had plenty of girls there at Berchtesgaden. They were still there when we got there. I saw them and they
were some stuff."
Guarino, Anthony, Pfc, New Haven:
" I hit my high spot and my low spot in Europe all in two weeks. In April. We were attacking a hill position and the Germans pinned us down with mortar and small arms fire. What did I do? I dug in as fast as I could with my helmet. It seemed like a long, long time before our heavy weapons came up to shell the Germans into another retreat — it might have been three or four hours. Just five days after that I was one of the lucky ones to get a fifteen day pass for a recreational center at Nice and there I was living like a king in a luxurious hotel."
Caputo, John D., Pfc, New Haven:
" When I remember how all those people in Europe suffered then I know how good it is here at home."
Wehner, Walter, Pfc, West Haven:
" We will take the Japanese part as it comes. What you have to do, you have to do."
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THE CONNECTICUT MEN
The following named men and officers of the 86th ( Black Hawk) Infantry Division went on redeployment furloughs from the Fort Devens, Massachusetts, reception center in June, 1945. The names are taken from divisional rosters provided at the center.
AMADEO, SALVATORE S. Pfc. 19 Dean St., Hartford
ANGELL, ERNEST L. T/ 5 23 Bain St., Willimantic
AUGER, GASTON R. Pfc. Riverview Ave., Shelton
BAILEY, MAHLON E. T/ 5 RFD 1, Voluntown
BALDONI, BASILIO Pvt. 23 Hill St., Waterbury
BALLARD, DONALD A. Pfc. 107 Washington Circle, West Hartford
BANKS, EDWARD A. Pfc. 28 Lawn Ave., Middletown
BARBARIO, DONALD J. T/ 4 18 Glenfield Ave., Stratford
BAUKUS, FRANCIS P. S/ Sgt. RFD 3, Whittermore Rd., Waterbury
BEDAT, ALBERT E. Pfc. RFD 1, Newtown
BEGG, THOMAS K. Pfc. 365 Mapledale Place, Bridgeport
BERGGREN, GEORGE E. Pfc. Torrington Ave., Collinsville
BEVACQUA, JOSEPH G. Pfc. 65 Ann St., Bridgeport
BEVERS, CHARLES H. T/ 5 Saw Mill Road, Norwalk
BIFIELD, GEORGE W. Pfc. 58 Bunnell St., Bridgeport
BLINDERMAN, SYDNEY P. Pfc. 220 Montauk Ave., New London
BLOOM, SEYMOUR Pfc. 1575 North Ave., Bridgeport
BOGDANYI, FRANK J. T/ 5 431 Carroll Ave., Bridgeport
BREINER, MICHAEL Cpl. 767 Hancock Ave., Bridgeport
BRENKER, CHARLES F. Capt. 20 Cook St., Torrington
BROWN, ALEXANDER Pvt. 967 New Britain Ave., West Hartford
BROWN, RAYMOND L. Cpl. 6 Blake St., Norwich
BROWN, RAYMOND T. JR. Pfc. Box 126, Lincoln Ave., Mystic
BULL, ALBERT P. Cpl. 102 Woodland Ave., Bloomfield
BURDO, PATRICK J. Pfc. 391 Catherine St., Bridgeport
CAMPOLUCCI, MARIO J. Sgt. Bridgeport
CAPUTO, JOHN D. Pfc. 12 Locust St., New Haven
CARBONE, PETER J. T/ 5 120 Federal St., Bridgeport
CASCELLA, ALEXANDER T. Pvt. 204 Alexander Ave., Bridgeport
CERUZZI, ROCCO M. Pfc. 104 Wallace St., New Haven
CHANDLER, RAYMOND B. Pfc. 10 Avery Place, Westport
CHERVENAK, STEPHEN J. Pfc. 34 Fairlawn Ave., Bridgeport
CHRISTENSEN, RANDOLPH N. Pfc. Shingle Mill Rd., West Simsbury
CIAFFONE, PETER A. Pfc. 292 Hollister St., Stratford
CIPRIANO, JOHN F. Pfc. 675 So. Main St., Waterbury
CLARK, ROLAND A. T/ 5 7 Hayward Ave., Colchester
CLOSE, PATRICK H. Pfc. 573 Farmington Ave., Hartford
COLE, STEWART B. Pvt. 34 Pendleton St., New Haven
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CONROY, GEORGE P. Sgt. 471 Seaview Ave., Bridgeport
CWIKLA, STANLEY J, Pfc. 307 Wells Rd., Wethersfield
DACHENHAUSEN, CHARLES T. Pvt. 20 2nd Ave., Danbury
DANIELS, BELA L. T/ 3 41 Prescott St., Bridgeport
DAVIS, THEODORE F. Pvt. 116 Blackrock Ave., New Britain
DE LAMORE, RALPH Pfc. 32 Franklin St., New Haven
DEMICCO, WILLIAM A. T/ 4 3 Ashland St., Jewett City
DEWEY, HOWARD F. T/ 3 RFD, Granby
DI GIOIA, MICHAEL Cpl. 52 Longmeadow Ave., Hamden
DONAHUE, THOMAS J. Pfc. 224 Wethersfield Ave., Hartford
DOWD, JOSEPH J. Cpl. 382 Warren St., Bridgeport
DUBLESTEIN, EDWARD J. Pfc. 44 Federal St., Bridgeport
DUCHARME, REGINALD R. Pfc. 108 McKinley Ave., Norwich
DUNN, JAMES P. Pfc. 37 Torwood St., Hartford
EAFANO, JOHN J. Pfc. 34 Standish St., Hartford
FAGER, WILLIAM A. Pfc. 253 Bradley Ave., Waterbury
FINCH, ROBERT L. Cpl. 7 Wilson St., Bridgeport
FISCHETTI, WILLIAM V. Pfc. 144 Bond St., Hartford
FLINT, WILLIAM A. JR. Pvt. 55 Old Farm Road, Hamden
FOX, JOHN P. Pfc. 160 High St., New Britain
FRANCO, CHARLES A. Cpl. Peach Orchard Rd., Waterbury
GALLIVAN, DENNIS J. Pfc. 8 Warner St., Hartford
GAMBARDELLA, ANTHONY Pfc. 159 Calhoun Ave., Bridgeport
GELLATLY, JOHN R. S/ Sgt. Success Park, Bridgeport
GIKIS, CHARLES V. Pfc. 2084 No. Main St., Waterbury
GLOSS, STANLEY F. Cpl. Yellowmill Village, Bridgeport
GOMBIESKI, B. E. Pfc. 43 Hotchkiss St., Middletown
GOODRICH, IRVING E. Pfc. 110 Court St., Meriden
GRIGGS, HENRY L. Pfc. 453 Farmington Ave., Waterbury
GROMKO, WALTER W. Pfc. 214 Shaw St., New London
GUARINO, ANTHONY Pfc. 39 Auburn St., New Haven
HACKETT, JOSEPH F. Pfc. 152 Grant St., Bridgeport
HALEN, ROLAND S. T/ 4 Bristol
HANLEY, EUGENE Pfc. Weed St., New Canaan
HASCHAK, THEODORE Cpl. 600 Putnam St., Bridgeport
HAUG, KENNETH F. T/ 5 243 Bronx Ave., Bridgeport
HAUTA, TAISETA A. T/ 5 69 Virginia Ave., Groton
HAYES, FRANCIS K. Pfc. 1610 Boulevard, New Haven
HAYES, ROBERT J. T/ 5 8 Hillside Ct., Middletown
HELD, ROBERT L. Pfc. 13 Little Brook Rd., East Hartford
HELLMANN, VICTOR L. Pfc. 205 No. Oxford St., Hartford
HODGE, AUSTIN H. Pfc. 18 Farview Ave., Danbury
HOLLAND, HUDSON H. 1st Sgt. 900 West Main St., Meriden
HORTON, JAMES D. Pvt. 221 Main St., Stamford
HROZSER, JOHN A. S/ Sgt. 107 Johnson St., Bridgeport
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JOHNSON, GILBERT B. Pfc. 14 John St., Winsted
KALISZ, JOHN J. Pvt. 90 Broad St., New Britain
KAMIERZIA, MICHAEL M. Pfc. 114 No. Bank St., New London
KAPLAN, HOWARD B. Pfc. 104 School St., New London
KAPLAVKA, MICHAEL T/ 5 246 Beardsley St., Bridgeport
KATZ, MERRILL Pfc. 166 Westland St., Hartford
KELLERT, MORTON D. Pfc. 105 Carmel St., New Haven
KELLER, WILLIAM H. Pfc. 14 Hickory St., Waterbury
KENT, HENRY M. Pfc. Box 373, Simsbury
KETCHAM, FRANK H. Capt. 56 Ocean Drive, East Stamford
KOMINSKY, BORLICK F. T/ 5 Old Mystic
KOSKO, JOHN JR. S/ Sgt. 30 White St., Bridgeport
KOVAR, JOHN C. S/ Sgt. 537 Central Ave., Bridgeport
KURNETA, CHARLES K. Cpl. 101 Hotchkiss St., Middletown
LAFLASH, REDMOND C. Pfc. Red Hill, Tariffville
LAPOSKA, WILLIAM M. T/ 5 54 Bryant St., Bridgeport
LEE, MARVIN E. Pfc. 249 Central Ave., New Haven
LEFKOWITZ, EUGENE T/ 4 49 Norwich Ave., Colchester
LOMBARDO, RALPH Pfc. 223 Cold Spring Rd., Stamford
LUKNOS, EMIL L Cpl. 183 Nichols Ave., Stratford
LUNDBORG, ROBERT C. Pfc. 50 Pacific St., New London
MAHONEY, WILLIAM G. Capt. 99 Jewett St., Ansonia
MAIMONE, SAMUEL B. Pfc. 175 Helen St., Bridgeport
MANIAGO, PIETRO Pfc. 184 Main St., Cromwell
MAPES, RICHARD M. Pfc. 236 West Rock Ave., New Haven
MC GUINESS, JOSEPH T/ 5 584 Stanley St., New Britain
MC MICHEN, RUSSEL D. T/ 5 252 High St., Milford
MC NELLIS, WILLIAM L. Cpl. 100 Colony St., Bridgeport
METZERMACHER, CHARLES A. Pvt. Old Mystic
MICHAUD, LIONEL E. S/ Sgt. Pearl St., Noank
MILLER, CHARLES Pvt. 306 Spruce St., Bridgeport
MINDELL, HAROLD L. Pfc. 173 Westland St., Hartford
MITCHELL, EDWARD E. S/ Sgt. 43 School St., Danielson
MIZAK, WILLIAM A. S/ Sgt. 297 Putnam St., Bridgeport
MOLESKI, MICHAEL J. JR. Cpl. 552 State St., Bridgeport
MONES, CARL A. O. Pfc. 5595 Main St., Bridgeport
MONTROSE, WENDELL L. Pvt. 1005 Baldwin St., Waterbury
MOORE, ROBERT P. Pvt. 55 Imlay St., Hartford
MURPHY, FRANKLIN E. 1st Lt. 148 Jackson St., Ansonia
MURRAY, JAMES F. Pfc. 143 Curtis St., Meriden
NAVIN, JOSEPH E. Pfc. 203 Brightwood Ave., Torrington
NICHOLAS, THEODORE G. Pvt. Milford
NOONAN, PETER S/ Sgt. 173 6th St., Bridgeport
NORCROSS, NORMAN E. T/ 4 92 Burnham St., Hartford
NYLEN, OLIVER E. Pfc. Oxhill Road, Norwich
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O'BRIEN, RAYMOND J. Pfc. 34 Arch St., Bridgeport
OSTROWSKI, PETER F. Cpl. 69 Wilson Ave., Newington
PALMER, AUGUST A. JR. Cpl. 4018 Main St., Stratford
PANDAJIS, SPERIBAN Sgt. 66 Hubinger St., New Haven
PARKER, ROBERT H. Pfc. 107 Richards Place, West Haven
PARTRIDGE, EDWARD S. JR. Pfc 40 Center St.; Hartford
PARULSKI, CARL V. T/ 5 10 Yale St., New Britain
PATERNOSTER, JOSEPH F. Pfc. 484 Charles St., Bridgeport
PAWLIKOWSKI, STANLEY JR. Pfc. Clintonville Rd., Clintonville
PERBECK, WALTER J. Pfc. Chapel St., Thomaston
PESTER, FRANK W. Pfc. 4 Spring St., Danielson
PETRASKI, LUCIEN J. Pfc. 175 Hillcrest Ave., Newington
PIKE, ALLEN H. JR. 2nd Lt. 14 Lincoln Ave., Danbury
PITKAT, CHARLES A. Pvt. Pillsbury Hill, Rockville
POL, ALFRED E. Pfc. South St., Bantam
POLLANDER, ALDEI J. Pfc. 4 Chelsea St., New London
POSTER, JOSEPH A. S/ Sgt. 2959 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport
PROBST, CHARLES E. Capt. 30 Oakwood Manor, Cromwell
QUBECK, CHARLES H. Pfc. 4 Rippowan Village, Stamford
RAJTAR, JOSEPH F. Capt. 114 Hall Ave., Meriden
REGINA, SANTI S. Pfc. 68 Judson St., Hartford
RILEY, JOHN J. S/ Sgt. 61 Columbia St., New Britain
RINALDI, WILLIAM L. Pvt. 76 Jackson St., Torrington
RIVARD, JOHN R. Pfc. 51 Maple St., Waterbury
ROBERTS, STEPHEN H. JR. Pfc. 19 Fair St., Guilford
ROBINETTE, WILLIAM E. Pfc. 20B Orchard St., Hartford
ROCCO, ANDREW J. Pvt. 65 Hamilton St., New Haven
ROSE, REVERE L. Sgt. RFD 1, Oakdale
ROSENBERG, HARVEY A. Pfc. 194 Cooke St., Waterbury
ROTONDO, DANTE A. T/ 5 18 Pleasant St., Bristol
ROUND, ARTHUR H. Pfc. Lake Drive, Riverside
RUDAK, CHARLES J. 2nd Lt. Box 243, Versailles
RUFFO, LEWIS J. Pfc. 37 Grove St., Norwich
RUKAN, JOHN Pfc. 900 Boston Ave., Bridgeport
RZESZUTEK, STANLEY JR. Pvt. 242 Maple St., Seymour
SADONIS, JOHN E. Pfc. RFD, Brookfield
SANDBERG, JOSEPH W. T/ 5 RFD 7, Norwich
SANFORD, BURTON L. Pfc. RFD 2, Thomaston
SANFORD, JONATHAN B. JR. Pfc. Redding Center
SALTENSTALL, CHARLES Pfc. East Woodstock
SARKIN, IRWIN Pfc. 549 Orchard St., New Haven
SCALISE, JOSEPH J. Pvt. 188 McClintrock Rd., New Britain
SCELZA, PASQUALE D. Pvt. 252A So. Whitney St., Hartford
SEAMAN, EUGENE J. Pfc. 2 Ridge St., South Norwalk
SHERMAN, MILTON B. Pfc. 25 Factory Lane, Milford
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SHIRSHAC, MICHAEL P. Cpl. South St., South Coventry
SLOAN, JOHN H. T/ 5 70 West St., New London
SONSKI, ALEXANDER B. T/ 5 School St., Somersville
SORGE, MARIO M. Pfc. 1030 Pembroke St., Bridgeport
SOUKUP, JOHN Pvt. RFD 1, Stafford Springs
SMITH, GEORGE A. Pfc. RFD 7, Norwich
SNIFFEN, ARTHUR Pfc. Woodbine Road, Stamford
SPEER, THOMAS F. 2nd Lt. 358 Park Ave., Bridgeport
STEWARD, JAMES C. JR. Pfc. Stamford Hall, Stamford
STRATFORD, FRANCIS E. T/ 4 26 Vine St., Bridgeport
SWEENEY, JOHN R. Pfc. 27 J St., New London
SWIDER, WILLIAM C. Pvt. 579 Maple Ave., Hartford
THERRIEN, ROLAND W. Cpl. 110 Mathewson St., Jewett City
TIERNEY, JAMES E., JR. Pfc. 21 Wood St., West Haven
TODARE, JOSEPH J. Pvt. 550 Nott St., Wethersfield
TOUGAS, YVANT J. Pvt. 1896 Howard St., Bridgeport
TOZZOLI, VINCENT Pfc. 93 Avon St., Hartford
TRANQUILLI, ANNIO C. Pfc. 257 Spring St., West Haven
TRECINA, JOSEPH F. Pfc. 41 Vine St., Meriden
TUROSKY, EDWARD B. Pfc. 59 Padananan Road, Danbury
WALCH, ALLAN P. Pfc. 86 Hartland St., Hartford
WEAVER, CHARLES F. Pfc. 41 Sharon St., Hartford
WEBB, EARLE W. S/ Sgt. 17 Grove St., South Norwalk
WEBB, HENRY E. S/ Sgt. 17 Grove St., South Norwalk
WEHNER, WALTER J. Pfc. 156 Atwater St., West Haven
WILCOX, ROLAND A. Pfc. 10 1/ 2 Converse St., Stafford Springs
WILKE, ROBERT J. Pfc. 2 Colonial Circle, West Haven
WILL, FRITZ E. T/ 5 575 Hollister Ave., Bridgeport
WILSON, WALTER W. Pfc. 84 Boston Post Road, New London
WINNEWISSER, EDWARD L. Pfc. 103 Mulberry St., Springdale
WITKINS, JAMES E. Pfc. 354 Windsor Ave., Wilson
VANDETTI, PHILIP A. Pfc. 15 Prospect St., Danbury
ZABODJANCIK, CHARLES J. Pfc. 25 Park Ave., Derby
ZACCAGNINO, ANTHONY Sgt. 20 Anthony Place, Stamford
ZENKUS, BERNARD Pfc. 175 No. Main St., Ansonia
NOTES AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This little souvenir of the 86th Division's
redeployment furloughs was prepared
by the Office of the Governor of the State of Connecticut. It is believed that it will make a welcome addition to the souvenirs and memorabilia of the men who participated. A limited supply of copies are available for distribution on request from members of the Division from Connecticut. They may be secured as long as the supply lasts by writing
direct to the Office of the Governor, State Capitol, Hartford, Connecticut.
In the preparation of this leaflet, Public Relation Officers at Distribution and Reception
Centers cooperated. The Account of the Black Hawks in Action was prepared for general distribution by Captain Charles E. Probst, Cromwell, Public Relations Officer of the Division. Photographs are reproduced here by courtesy of the New Haven Register.
