Connecticut men of the 97th (Trident) Division on redeployment furloughs, June-July 1945. [Vol. 1, no.2]

              CONNECTICUT MEN OF
THE 9 7 t h ( Trident) DIVISION
On Redeployment Furloughs
June- July 1945
ENROUTE TO TOKYO
The 97th ( Trident) Infantry Division, the second of the combat units enroute from the European Theater of Operations to the Pacific, arrived in the United States for redeployment furloughs late in June, 1945.
Preceded by a small group of division headquarters personnel, the three major contingents of the Division, with 14,184 officers and men on their rosters, crossed the ocean on the transports Marine Angel, Brazil, and Marine Panther.
The Marine Angel, with 1,463 members of the division aboard arrived at New York on June 23, 1945, and proceeded up the Hudson River to Piermont, New York. Men were debarked from the Angel to small craft, went ashore, and proceeded by truck to Camp Shanks, for processing preparatory to entraining for the Fort Devens, Massachusetts, reception center, in the case of New England men, with others going to twenty- one like centers throughout the United States.
The second contingent arrived in New York on Sunday, June 24, and included 6,520 men and officers, aboard the Brazil. Docking at Pier 84, North River, the men went by ferry and rail to Camp Shanks for processing and the trip to Devens.
The third group, comprising the 386th Infantry, came into the Port of Boston, aboard the Panther, on June 24. The regi­ment
with 3,199 men on its rosters, pro­ceeded
by truck to Camp Myles Standish, near Taunton, Massachusetts, and ar­rived
at Devens, Tuesday morning.
Delayed by hurricane winds for several days, the transport Marine Raven carry­ing
3,002 men of the 97th Division includ­ing
the 387th Infantry Regiment did not reach the port of New York until the night of June 28.
The men on the Brazil and the Angel received the standard welcome pre­pared
by the New York Port of Embar­kation
Army Service Forces. They were serenaded by WAC bands aboard small boats which cruised along side of the trans­ports
as they steamed up the bay, harbor and river at New York, and escorted by harbor craft carrying the press and pho­tographers.
Other ships in the harbor and harbor craft sounded their whistles as men crowded the decks and lined the rails to get the first good look of their homeland. At the Pier 86, Red Cross per­sonnel
were on hand to distribute coffee, lemonade and crullers. Similar welcome home ceremonies occurred at Boston Harbor for the Panther.
High spots at Camps Shanks and Myles Standish was the " homecoming meal", featured by steaks, ice cream and all the fresh milk the men wanted, all of which was greatly appreciated after five months of overseas rations — and the oppor­tunity
to phone the good news to the home folks.
Then the long, and frquently tedious, processing there and at Devens, and finally two or three days after debarka­tion,
leave orders,, the last long miles from Devens to Connecticut, and — home.
At the conclusion of the furlough periods the division is to be reassembled at Fort Bragg, N. C, for retraining and eventual embarkation from a West Coast Port for the Pacific Theater of Operations.
The original World War I 97th Division
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was in the process of organization at Camp Cody, New Mexico, at the time of the 1918 Armistice. In this war it was activ­ated
at Camp Swift, Texas, and trained there and at Fort Leonard Wood, Mis­souri.
It participated in the Louisiana Maneuvers in 1943.
The Division sailed for Europe in Feb­ruary.
1945, commanded by Brig. General Milton B. Halsey, an Alabaman and a West Pointer, who succeeded, on Jan­uary
1, Brig. General Louis A. Craig, who had organized and trained the outfit.
It was assigned to the 15th Army and subsequently to the First Army. It saw major action in the Battle of the Ruhr Pocket and at the time of the surrender of the German Armies was in Czechoslo­vakia.
In the course of its European experience most units of the Division saw parts of five countries: France, Belgium, Holland, Germany and Czechoslovakia. The component units of the Division in Europe were 303rd, 386th, 387th Infantry Regiments, and the 389th, 303rd, 365th, and 922nd Field Artillery Battalions.
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A 97th DIVISION DIARY
There are official resumes of the 97th's European itinerary, and there will be official histories of the Division after the war, replete with technical military terms and names of then long forgotten villages in Europe and Asia; but here and now, what tells the story better than the Doughfoot's Diary? Here is one com­piled
by a group of men of the 303rd In­fantry,
printed verbatim as it was drawn up in Europe after the firing ceased:
JANUARY 30th. Left Camp Cooke by troop train for somewhere on the East Coast; went through Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Penna., Maryland, Washington, D. C, and New Jersey, ar­riving
at Camp Kilmer, N. J.
FEBRUARY 18th. Left Camp Kilmer in a troop train to Jersey City, N. J. Crossed the Hudson River and New York Harbor to Staten Island on ferry. 97th Division Band played as we loaded on to the
USS Monticello, former Italian Luxury Liner, Conte Grande; received hot coffee and doughnuts from Red Cross. Morale was very low.
In The Convoy
FEBRUARY 19. Sailed from harbor while we slept. Company A quartered on F Deck, the bottom deck. Two meals a day, served at 6 A. M. and 4 P. M. Food was awful and sea generally calm throughout the trip. About 40 ships in convoy, largely transports, protected by destroyers and sub chasers, about 15 in all.
MARCH 2. Disembarked at Le Havre, France; loaded on trucks and went to Camp Lucky Strike, France, near Vitte ¬ fleur, Cany Barville, and Fecamp. Lived in tents; very little activity.
MARCH 30. Train trip on 40 and 8 cars ( 40 men and 8 horses). Straw used as bedding. Went through the following places in France: St. Valery, Dieppe,
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Abbeville, Amiens, Mamn, Nestle, St. Quentin, Bohain, Le Ceateau. In Bel­gium:
Charleroi, Namur, Liege. In Hol­land:
Maastricht. We finally ended up in the town of Bellinghoven, Germany.
APRIL 3. We crossed the Rhine River at 3 P. M. in trucks over a pontoon bridge at Bonn, a few miles north of the Remagen Bridge. There were 25 barrage baloons and plenty of AA batteries around. Bil- letted in Bueul.
Relieving the 78th
APRIL 4. Moved to Hanngelar to act as a reserve battalion.
APRIL 6. Moved to the outskirts of Neider Pleiss on the Seig River to take up a defensive position. 97th Division relieved the 78th Division.
APRIL 8. Shelling of Seigburg from us day and night; no return fire. Famous Hitler Autobahn was our right flank.
APRIL 9. Received the order to cross the Seig River at 6 P. M. Sure did feel strange for we were going under enemy fire
for the first time. Many a prayer was said. We crossed the river under fire from enemy 88s, 20 mm ack- ack guns and machine gun fire, since we were the assault company. We were pinned down by machine gun fire. It was here that we had our first casualties. Lt. Woods was hit in the leg and others were wounded including Ball, Brooks, Cummings, Wedeen, Prince, Lorusso and Jagielski. Continued to attack through the town despite mortar fire. Set up security in a house for the remainder of the night. All night long we were being fired on by the 88s. The 2nd Battalion crossed the river after us and had heavy casualties in the center of the town.
Attack Resumed
APRIL 10. Resumed the attack at 6: 30 A. M. with enemy apparently withdrawing to next town. Reached objective at 8 A. M. Pontoon Bridge was built across the river and the 13th Armored Division crossed. Slept all night in foxholes as 88s still shelled Siegburg. Seventy- three prisoners were taken.
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APRIL 11. Resumed attack at 6 A. M. Henry and Wyatt were run over by a tank during the night while sleeping in their foxholes. Both had to be evacuated. Met no resistance. Crossed Agger River in water chest deep, wet all day. Biv­ouacked
in the woods.
APRIL 12. Lots of mail came today. Many tanks came into our area and we were sure glad to see them. Jumped off in the attack, again at 4: 30 P. M. It was really raining. No Germans sighted as we followed the armor. Continued through low, swampy land until 8: 30 P. M. Slept under raincoats and froze all night long.
Attack With Armor
APRIL 13. Attack at 9 and what a drive! Led by Armor, we went about 12 miles into the Ruhr, much of the way on the Autobahn leading to Dell- Bruck. Flushed some Germans out of dug in positions; they had two multiple- barreled machine guns but didn't get a chance to use them. Spent the night in a factory under shell fire. ( Batallion in reserve.)
APRIL 14. Remained in reserve all day and didn't move as the 2nd Battalion was held up on our right.
APRIL 15. Again in reserve. At 1 P. M. we were committed to relieve the 2nd Battalion. Crossed the Dunne River, water knee deep, and pushed onto the outskirts of Opladen, where we met fierce fire from 88s, 20 mm, and small arms. We were pinned down in an open field by machine gun fire and then shelled heavily. Shrapnel was falling in our holes as if it were rain.
APRIL 16. Resumed the drive at 6: 30 A. M., flanked the railroad yards at Opladen. Held up twice by machine gun fire, flanked on both sides. Crossed the Wupper River, reached the Division objective, but pushed on and captured
three German 150 mm guns, with their crews of 28 men. We had quite a brisk battle for a while that resulted in killing three Germans and two horses, the others were all captured. Artillery was horse drawn and when first observed it was being fired. Marched on into Hilton, where we spent the night, slept on mattresses and beds for the first time.
APRIL 17. Started out in reserve, passed through Unkerath and beyond that we were held up by 20 mm flak guns. Flanked to the left and moved up to the western outskirts of Dusseldorf, where the com­pany
spent the night on straw mattresses in a Hitler Youth Camp. The 2nd and 3rd Battalions went on into Dusseldorf on tanks and met no resistance.
APRIL 18. Went into Eller and later in the day went back for temporary occupa­tion
duty. Ruhr Pocket officially closed. Lived in beautiful homes not touched by the war. What a treat!
APRIL 19. Called out about noon to run down Field Marshal Von Model, who was supposed to be in the area. No luck after a fruitless search. All we got were a bunch of drunken Russians and a lot of laughs. Rumors that we are to transfer from 1st to the 3rd Army.
APRIL 20. Quiet day in Benrath.
The Cold, The Rain
APRIL 21. Being transferred to the 3rd Army is no more rumor as we are now in the 3rd Army. We started out at 5: 30 A. M. and at 6: 30 we were rolling across the Reich. It rained all day and we nearly froze to death riding in the trucks. So instead of continuing on we spent the night in a farm house.
APRIL 22. Arrived at Rahau ( seven miles east of Hoff), in the southeastern part of Germany.
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APRIL 25. Moved in a regimental con­voy
to Mitterteich. Acted as a flank guard at Tirschenreuth for the 3rd Army. Our home for the next week was a farmer's large hay barn.
APRIL 26. Took up a defensive position guarding the 3rd Army's right flank. Dur­ing
the day we slept in the barn; but at night we had to stand guard in our fox holes just in case enemy's patrols did get through. We spent a whole week here in a defensive position.
MAY 2. Started an attack to the east at 8 A. M., toward Czechoslovakia border with plans to patrol. No enemy! At 5: 30 P. M. we let up in the woods but because of intense cold and sleet, we moved into a nearby town for the night.
MAY 3. Up at 5: 30 and into our posi­tions
in the woods. Hung around all day and at 7 P. M. we moved up 2000 yards to the Czech border. Spent the night in the woods and froze all night long.
MAY 4. Sent patrols into Czechoslo­vakia.
MAY 5. Plans changed; moved out at 9: 30 A. M., through Malmemy and into Czech. Took town of Drmanl after 15 mile match. 75 prisoners were taken by surprise.
MAY 6. Jumped off at 8 A. M. and after taking one small town moved into Marienbad without firing a shot. A lovely resort city turned into Nazi Hospitals. Moved on to take three towns on tanks. Spent the night in an old farm house, in Hirschau.
MAY 7. Up at 6 A. M. and ready to move out when the order came to cease all forward movement. Germany had sur­rendered!
Rode back to Marienbad and into luxurious hotels.
MAY 10. We left Marienbad for Lieb ¬ renstein, Germany, where we lived in farm houses.
MAY 17. We moved in a truck convoy to Bamberg, Germany, to a bivouac area in the woods.
Two days later we moved into the field.
Next move is the STATES!!!
PICTURES OF THE 97th
Home Again ��� The men who made the crossing on the transport, Brazil, dis­embarked
at Pier 84, North River, New York. The photograph reproduced on the cover was taken as the Brazil lay at the Pier on June 24th.
At Camp Shanks — Two men of the 97th ( P. 2) indulge in a little horseplay with one of those long to be remembered steaks which featured the " Home- coming Meal", at Champ Shanks soon after the transport, SS Marine Angel docked on June 23rd.
Docking at Boston — Two views of 97th men as they line the rails ( Pages 4 and 5) of the Army transport Marine
Panther with the 386th Infantry aboard preceding the trip to Camp Myles Stan­dish
and Fort Devens.
Riding the Trucks — 97th men who came in on the Marine Angel were trans­ported
( Page 8) from Piermont, New York, to Camp Shanks by trucks.
Toting Barracks Bags — Transporta­tion
was also provided between Piermont and Camp Shanks ( Page 9) for the heavy duffle bags.
Welcome Home — An Army Cutter with a WAC Band aboard is shown ( Back Cover) as it serenades the men of the 97th as they steamed up New York Harbor aboard the Transport Marine Angel.
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97th DIVISION 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 97th Division, secured by reporters at distribution and reception centers, either for newspaper use, or for this leaflet. They are reproduced here without change.
MONIZ, JOHN A., Pvt., Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 303rd Infan­try,
Naugatuck:
" There were six of us moving up in a truck through East Cologne, when we were fired at from a building, and the truck started to burn. The ' whistling Betties' ( German 88s) were dropping all
around. We pulled out our driver who was wounded, just before the truck exploded. Then we strung out in a line of skirmishers, surrounding the house. I fired two rounds from my bazooka and 36 Germans came out with their hands up."
JIULIANO, ARMOND, Cpl., Battery C, 389th Field Artillery, East Haven: " You had to watch the German civilians more than the German soldiers. Every one of them has a gun, a pistol or a re­volver.
The houses were full of guns and swords, particularly in the Sudeten Area in Czechoslovakia."
Where Women Work DEMARTINO, LEWIS P., Cpl., Battery A, 303rd Field Artillery, Bridgeport: " Working conditions in those European countries are certainly different from ours, especially for women. Over there, the women do all the heavy work even the plowing in the fields."
KAHRMANN, ARTHUR R., Pfc, Battery A, 303rd Field Artillery, New Britain: " Germany is one big mess of rubble. Aachen is really flattened and Julich is even worse. We talked to a lot of the liberated Russians. Some of them had been slaves for five years. The Russians are good people. They are a lot like Americans."
D'AMICO, JOSEPH J., Pvt., Company L,
387th Infantry, Bridgeport:
" We haven't got much use with Ger­mans.
We don't like the way they act or the way they treated the slave laborers."
BLACKER, WILLIAM J., Pfc, Company A, 303rd Infantry, Thomaston:
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" What I remember most is the time we were billetted in a beautiful German resi­dence.
It was a big house built of stone with more than twenty rooms. Our ma­chine
gun squad ( Blacker is a machine gunner) was quartered in a nice big bed­room
with two swell beds. It felt darn good to really sleep in a bed after those long cold nights in those foxholes."
Concentration Camps
ULATOWSKI, RAYMOND H., Pfc, Com­pany
D, 303rd Infantry, New Britain: " You have to see one of those Con­centration
Camps where they kept the political prisoners and the Jews, Poles, and Russians, to really know the Germans. You have to see Europe to know what it is the Germans did. Conditions there are terrible. France is in ruins and in most of the places we saw it was the same story — ruins, hungry, starving people. All over Europe there are breadlines, espec­ially
in the countries occupied by the Germans. The people don't even have the ordinary things and luxuries are out of the question. I don't see how Germany is going to survive either, but I wouldn't give them a nickel's worth of anything. They brought the war on. They brought all that on themselves."
CAPPELLA, GEORGE R., Pfc, Company M,
387th Infantry, New Haven:
" In the countries of Europe nothing is worth as much as a cake of soap. In Ger­many
and France we could trade a cake of soap for two good loaves of bread any time. We did a lot of swapping. A can of ' C Ration is good for a dozen eggs any­where.
One thing got me was that lots of Germans had on G. I. ( U. S. Army Issue) clothing and many of them had American cigarettes."
MUSKATELLO, MICHAEL E., T/ 4, Service Company, 303rd Infantry, Portland: " Holland and the Dutch were not so good. As far as I could see about one- half of them that I met were for the Germans."
WASILEWSKI, STANLEY T., Cpl., Company F, 303rd Infantry, Norwich: In every army there are recruits and replacements who often get a kick out of being greeted as a soldier back from the wars, whereas as a matter of fact they have yet to hear a gun fired in anger. One such case was Wasilewski. CCR him D Day was also V- E Day. For after 34 months in the Air Corps in the United States he landed in France on the day the surrender of the German Army was offi­cially
announced.
Likes The Czechs
LOMBARDI, FRANK, Cpl., Battery B, 389th
Field Artillery, Hamden:
" Put in a good word for the Czechs, they really tried to help us out. On the
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outskirts of Pilsen the women offered us food and even offered to wash our clothes. We couldn't take them up on it, because the anti- fraternization rules were in force. The way those people work — why even on V- E Day they started to plow and plant the ground right around the guns of our battalion."
CUMMINGS, WILLIAM T. Cpl., Battery C, 303rd Field Artillery, New Haven: " What got me was the way the German people, nearly every one of them, claimed they weren't Nazis. The Germans we saw were all healthy and well fed, as com­pared
with the French who had nothing left after the occupation."
Cummings was disgusted with the way the Germans starved and beat the slave laborers and prisoners of war.
GORSKI, BENJAMIN J., T/ 5, Battery C, 303rd Field Artillery, New Haven: " Those Germans had a wonderful coun­try,
rich farms and no wasteland. I don't see what they were fighting for."
He told how good the champagne was and he has a good story about a liberated Pole who set himself up as Burgomeister at Hermannsreuth, Germany, as soon as the Americans drove the Germans out. NELSON, ANDREW C, JR., Pfc, Battery C, 303rd Field Artillery, Hamden: " Maybe some of those Germans are decent but most of them put on a good act. They pat you on the back with one hand and you know they were ready to stab you in the back with the other — if they had a chance. I'll tell you what I mean. We were taking some German soldiers back as prisoners of war and the German women were crying and waving to them. We came back on the same road later without the prisoners and the same women were waving and smiling at us."
ESPOSITIO, CARLO, Pfc, Battery C, 389th
Field Artillery, New Haven:
" I'll take Belgium; the people are nice and handed out coffee and sandwiches as we went along."
DACUNTO, ALFRED W., Cpl., Battery B, 389th Field Artillery, New Haven: " What got me was the ten and twelve
year old kids in the German Army. It's
a hell of a thing to have to fight kids like
that."
SKOLNICK, GEORGE, Pfc, Company M, 387th Infantry, New Haven: " We saw and talked to hundreds of liberated Russians. They were very friendly and very appreciative."
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NOTES AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This little souvenir of the 97th 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 by writing direct to the Office of the Governor, State Capitol Building, Hartford, Conn.
In the preparation of this leaflet, Public Relations Officers at the distribution and reception centers cooperated. The Dough- foot's European Diary was loaned for re­production
herein by Pfc. William J. Blacker, Company A, 303rd Infantry.
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THE CONNECTICUT MEN
The following named men and officers of the 97th ( Trident) 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:
ABESHOUSE, JORDAN T/ Sgt. 506 Elm St., New Haven
ALPERT, LEONARD T/ 5 173 Bronx Ave., Bridgeport
ALTIERI, VICTOR E. T/ 5 63 Orchard St., New Haven
ANDERSON, JOSEPH J. Cpl. 38 Sylvan Ave., Unionville
ANDRECHUK, JOHN Pfc. Ansonia
APPLEGATE, ASHER T. T/ 5 308 No. Quaker Lane, West Hartford
BACKOFEN, EDWIN F. Pfc. 8 Cherry Lane, Rockville
BAGNALL, CHARLES I. T/ 5 58 Mountain St., Rockville
BANGO, JOSEPH E. S/ Sgt. 727 3d Ave., West Haven
BARTON, ROBERT E. Pfc. Ferry St., Orange
BASKOWSKI, ANTHONY S. Pfc. 96 High St., Rockville
BELBUSTI, ORLANDO G. Sgt. 158 Frank St., New Haven
BELLIS, CHARLES E. Cpl. 366 Hartford Rd., Manchester
BERGLUND, KENNETH R. T/ 4 15 14th St., Norwich
BIELAWA, JOHN J. T/ 5 72 Clinton St., New Britain
BILL, FRANK H. 1st Lt. 19 Frederick St., Hartford
BLACKER, WILLIAM J. Pfc. 94 E. Main St., Thomaston
BOOTH, JOSEPH H. T/ 4 West Hartford
BOUTIN, WILBUR H. Pfc. 81 High Lawn Rd., Bridgeport
BREUER, WILLIAM E. Pfc. 89 LeMay St., West Hartford
BUONERBA, RICHARD W. T/ 5 39 Meadow St., So. Norwalk
BUSS, EARL R. 2nd Lt. 57 Yale St., Stratford
CAFALDI, DOMONIC A. Pvt. 76 Perry St., Unionville
CALO, UMBERTO V. T/ 5 45 Ward St., Waterbury
CAPPELLA, GEORGE R. Pfc. 20 Cain St., New Haven
CATANIA, CARMELO J. Pfc. 19 New King, Thompsonville
CHARBONNEAU, HOWARD R. Cpl. 33 White Ave., West Hartford
CHAVES, JOHN A. Cpl. 281 Flatbush Ave., Hartford
CHIPELLO, SAMUEL S. Pvt. 256 West Main St., Milford
CHRISTENSEN, LLOYD C. Sgt. 2559 Albany Ave., West Hartford
CIABURRI, ALFRED A. Pfc. 52 Elliott St., New Haven
CIARLELLI, MICHAEL A. Sgt. 321 Blatchley Ave., New Haven
CLARK, ALFRED E. S/ Sgt. 8 Park Hollow, Ansonia
CLARK, RICHARD J. Pfc. Box 734, Windsor Locks
CLARK, WILBUR F. Pfc. 79 Woodbridge Ave., Ansonia
COLLINS, THOMAS R. Pfc. 106 Hopkins St., Hartford
CUMMINGS, WILLIAM T. Cpl. 105 Downing St., New Haven
CWIRKA, JOSEPH F. T/ 4 RFD 1, Wallingford
CZAJKA, VICTOR L. S/ Sgt. 80 Chapman St., Willimantic
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CZUPRYNA, STEPHEN F. Pfc. 61 Hopkins St., Danielson
DACUNTO, ALFRED W. Cpl. 309 Exchange St., New Haven
DALY, JAMES A. Pfc. 42 Shultas Pl., Hartford
DALY, RAYMOND D. T/ 5 RFD 1, Putnam
DAMATO, COSMO J. T/ 5 196 Greene St., New Haven
D'AMATO, PATSY G. Cpl. 7 Prospect Place, Middletown
D'AMICO, JOSEPH J. Pfc. 106 Johnson St., Bridgeport
DARRAH, ELLIOTT W. Pfc. 80 Hillcrest Ave., Wethersfield
DECKELMAN, ROBERT C. Capt. North Granby
DEFONZA, ROCCO Pfc. 106 Bradley St., New Haven
DE GREGORIO, JOSEPH T/ Sgt. 9 Cairn St., New Haven
DELEO, JOHN P. T/ 4 103 Herriam St., Bridgeport
DE MAR, LAWRENCE T. Pfc. 63 Lincoln St., New Britain
DE MARCO, FRANK P. Pvt. 212 Clark St., New Britain
DE MARCO, JOSEPH L. Pvt. 212 Clark St., New Britain
DEMARTINO, LEWIS P. Cpl. 155 Hurd Ave., Bridgeport
DEMMA, JOSEPH Pfc. 110 Park St., Hartford
DEPEIO, FRANK A. T/ 5 1031 State St., New Haven
DE ROSA, NICHOLAS Pfc. 1 Frost St., Norwalk
DIASIO, MARIO J. Pfc. 259 Grove St., New Britain
DICAPRIO, JAMES P. Sgt. 45 Hamilton St., New Haven
DI PIETRO, PASQUALE T. Pfc. 21 Laura St., So. Norwalk
DI STEFANO, ALFRED Pfc. 200 Forrest St., Rocky Hill
DOMAIS, RAYMOND C. Pfc. 256 Main St., Putnam
DRAKE, CHARLES E. T/ 5 RFD 1, Gaylordsville
DRUCE, BURTON W. T/ 5 764 Grand Ave., New Haven
DUDA, HENRY L. Pfc. 32 1/ 2 Pulaski St., New Haven
DUPERRY, ARMAND J. Pfc. 15 Elliott St., Hartford
DUNN, JOSEPH F. Cpl. 96 5th St., Norwich
DYNOWSKI, HENRY G. Pfc. 14 Elbow Lane, Plainville
EDEN, EDGAR L. T/ Sgt. 32 No. Riverside Ave., Terryville
ESPOSITO, CARLO Pfc. 243 Hamilton St., New Haven
FERENCZ, ALBERT J. Pfc. 107 Harbor View Ave., Bridgeport
FIMBEL, THOMAS F. Sgt. 282 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport
FREIMUTH, EDWARD E. T/ 4 237 Bayberry Drive, Bristol
FRISKETTI, ANTHONY J. Pfc. 33 St. John St., New Haven
FRIZZELL, CHARLES W. T/ 4 Roxbury
FUSCO, LOUIS T/ 4 Box 28, Yellow Mill Village, Bridgeport
GAFFNEY, ROBERT E. Pfc. 270 Brooklawn Terrace, Bridgeport
GALLEHER, JAMES P. Pfc. 179 Chapel St., New Haven
GARRETT, FRANCIS J. T/ 5 220 Huntington St., New London
GARTMAN, ARTHUR A. T/ 4 87 School St., Bristol
GAUGHAN, PETER J. S/ Sgt. 40 Davis St., Bristol
GERMANO, SAMUEL T/ 5 418 Burritt St., New Britain
GIACCO, SEBASTIAN A. Pfc. 29 Hotchkiss St., Middletown
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GILBERT, FRANKLIN H. Pvt. 112 Harold Ave., Bridgeport
GIOCO, MARIO S. Pvt. 5 Green Place, Middletown
GLOTZER, WILLIAM B. Pfc. 47 Brace Rd., West Hartford
GOLDEN, JOSEPH E. Cpl. 1837 No. Main St., Bridgeport
GORSKI, BENJAMIN J. T/ 5 209 Chapel St., New Haven
GRZYB, FRANK J. T/ 4 28 William St., New Britain
GUALTIERI, ALBERT T/ Sgt. 24 Elizabeth Ave., Norwich
HARRINGTON, EARL V. S/ Sgt. 60 Fair St., Forestville
HAYDUK, EDWARD Cpl. 124 Hillcrest Rd., Bridgeport
HEWITT, PRESTON G. T/ 4 23 High St., Danielson
HOAGLAND, LEONARD P. S/ Sgt. 34 Beckwith St., Norwich
HOGAN, MATTHEW J. JR. Pvt. 175 Coe Ave., East Haven
HOLKO, PAUL Sgt. 34 Euclid Ave., Stamford
HOUSE, GEORGE V. Pfc. 231 Oakwood Ave., West Hartford
HOYNAK, HARRY Pfc. 72 Douglas Road, Forestville
HUDOCK, JOHN G. Pfc. 228 Dunnlea, Fairfield
IMPIOMBATO, SAM T. Pfc. 125 So. Main St., So. Norwalk
JACOBSON, ARTHUR L. Pfc. 179 Benton St., Hartford
JAGIELSKI, JOSEPH S/ Sgt. 37 Broad St., Forestville
JIULIANO, ARMOND Cpl. 20 Michael St., East Haven
JOHNSON, WALTER J. S/ Sgt. 81 Center St., West Haven
KAHRMANN, ARTHUR R. Pfc. 129 Leahy St., New Britain
KAPLENSKI, JULIUS T. T/ 5 31 Roberts Ave., Bristol
LABRECHE, ROLAND G. Pfc. 44 Edgewood St., Stafford Springs
LANGHANS, JOSEPH J. Sgt. 817 Capitol Ave., Bridgeport
LAP SON, THEODORE R. T/ 5 RFD 9, Norwich
LAWSON, KENNETH E. S/ Sgt. 6 Niles St., East Hampton
LEVEGNALE, MICHAEL G. T/ 5 157 Eastern Ave., Waterbury
LIPPMAN, HAROLD C. Pfc. 64 Vine Hill Rd., West Hartford
LISCE K, GEORGE J. S/ Sgt. 25 Allyn Place, Stamford
LODZINSKI, STANLEY J. T/ 5 106 Silver St., New Britain
LOMBARDI, FRANK Cpl. 305 Morse St., Hamden
LORENZETTI, RAYMOND W. Pfc. 171 Prospect St., Bristol
LOUGHMAN, JACK P. 1st Lt. 116 Ashcroft Rd., New London
LUSSIER, ROMEO J. Pfc. 102 Greenwood St., Willimantic
MAC LEOD, GEORGE A. Pfc. 25 Quaker Lane, Bristol
MALERBA, GUIDO S. T/ 5 210 Rosette St., New Haven
MALINOWSKI, CHESTER J. Pfc. 266 Jefferson St., Hartford
MALINSKI, EDWARD J. Sgt. 14 Crown St., New Britain
MALY, EMIL J. Pfc. Box 125, East Haddam
MANCHESTER, LESLIE S. T/ 5 16 Judd St., Bristol
MANN, WILLIAM H. Pfc. 8 Longworth Ave., Middletown
MARSHALL, ALEXANDER Sgt. 29 Warren Terrace, West Hartford
MATULUNAS, PAUL R. Pfc. 38 Populan St., Waterbury
MAZZERA, JOSEPH A. Pfc. 36 West Center St., Southington
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MC NAMARA, RICHARD T. Cpl. Quinebaug
MC NAMARA, THOMAS J. Sgt. 60 Ashland St., New Haven
MC WEENEY, ROBERT E. Sgt, 121 Campbell Ave., West Haven
MELVIN, GEORGE E. Pfc. 84 North Main St., Terryville
MENDONCA, MANUEL J. Pfc. 237 So. Cherry St., Wallingford
MESSIER, PHILLIPPE L. Pfc. 17 Mt. View Ave., Forestville
MESSINO, SIMONE F. Pfc. 362 Sylvan Ave., Waterbury
MEUSEL, REINHARDT W. T/ 4 43 Jacob St., Bristol
MIELE, PETER J. Pfc. 198 Maple St., Naugatuck
MILLER, ARVINE S. JR. Pfc. 3 Porter St., Quaker Hill
MONAHAN, JAMES B. T/ 5 754 Campbell Ave., West Haven
MONIZ, JOHN A. Pfc. 34 Tolles Square, Naugatuck
MOREASH, RAYMOND E. Pvt. 75 10th St., New London
MORGAN, WILLIAM R. Pfc. 22 Way Hill Rd., Route 1, Oakdale
MULLIGAN, THOMAS F. S/ Sgt. 22 Cypress Ave., Waterbury
MURPHY, GEORGE J. Cpl. 329 Willow St., Bridgeport
MURPHY, MICHAEL J. T/ 4 28 Ray St., Waterbury
MURRAY, DANIEL E. T/ 5 1684 Post Rd., Fairfield
MUSKATELLO, MICHAEL E. T/ 4 3 Cross St., Portland
MUSTO, DOMINIC T/ 5 83 Chestnut St., New Haven
NAJAM, GEORGE E. Pvt. 103 Elm St., Danbury
NALEPA, EDWARD Pfc. 55 Oak St., Hartford
NELSON, ANDREW C. JR. Pfc. 2559 Dixwell Ave., Hamden
NESDALE FRANK E. Pfc. 33 Lakeshore Drive, North Guilford
NETTI, DOMINICK P. S/ Sgt. 41 Gridley St., Bristol
NOWELL, HAROLD G. T/ 4 204 Mt. Grove St., Bridgeport
NOVIASKY, JOSEPH E. Pfc. 20 Vernon St., Hartford
NURCZYK, JOHN S. S/ Sgt. 15 Pulaski St., New Haven
O'BRIEN, DONALD E. Capt. 247 Campfield Ave., Hartford
O'CONNELL, JAMES F. T/ 5 23 Garden St., Wethersfield
ODAYNIK, AVON J. Cpl. 182 Sheffield Ave., East Haven
OLSEN, WILBURT A. T/ 5 223 Brennan St., New Haven
OZAJKA, VICTOR L. S/ Sgt. 80 Chapman St., Willimantic
PALAZZO, RALPH R. Pfc. 651 E. Washington St., Bridgeport
PEARSON, RICHARD W. Pfc. Hillside Terrace, Deep River
PEASE, CHARLES A. Pfc. Stafford Springs
PEHR, FRANK S. S/ Sgt. Moss Farm Rd., Cheshire
PERNO, ANTHONY J. Cpl. 25 Wooster Place, New Haven
PERROTTI, NICHOLAS J. Pfc. 67 Woodvine Ave., Oakville
PLOURDE, LAWRENCE H. T/ Sgt. 60 Jewelry St., Waterbury
POGLITSCH, CARL J. JR. T/ 5 46 Pearl St., New Britain
PURINTON, CHARLES N. Pfc. 10 Murray St., Waterbury
RADAVITCH, ANTHONY F. Pfc. 62 Smalley St., New Britain
RADWAY, ALLYN L. T/ 4 18 Union St., Deep River
RAINES, FEROL B. Pfc. Box 36, Glenville
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RAYDENBOW, ROY D. Pfc. Winsted
REYNOLDS, GEORGE J. Cpl. 23 Atwater St., West Haven
REYNOLDS, HARRY N. JR. Pfc. RFD Box 57, Danielson
RICHARDS, WARREN H. Pfc. 74 West Main St., Clinton
RIGGS, JOHN J. T/ 5 127 George St., Bristol
RINGWOOD, MAURICE A. Pfc. 540 Main St., Winsted
RIQUIER, LAURENT J. Pfc. 268 South St., Bristol
ROBBINS, JOHN H. Pfc. 124 West Town St., Norwich
ROGALA, JOSEPH F. T/ 4 81 William St., Middletown
ROMAN, DANIEL P. Pfc. Quarry Lane, Portland
ROSA, FRANK Sgt. 4 Hazel St., Waterbury
ROSSINI, ELIO Pfc. 43 Abbott Ave., Ridgefield
ROSSINI, JOHN J. Sgt. 250 Terryville Ave., Bristol
ROTHROCK, JAMES W. T/ 4 288 Roosevelt Drive, Derby
SALAMON, WALTER J. S/ Sgt. 60 Biruta Ave., New Britain
SALES, PAUL A. Pfc. 103 Grove St., New Britain
SANDLER, BENJAMIN WOJG 375 Sigourney St., Hartford
SARAFIN, DONALD W. T/ 5 23 East St., Wallingford
SCHOWISKY, RICHARD Pfc. 21 Bainbridge Rd., West Hartford
SCOLLIN, VICTOR E. JR. Pfc. 223 Bronx Ave., Bridgeport
SEGAR, EARL D. Cpl. Windham Center
SERIO, DOMINIC T/ 4 175 Hemingway Ave., East Haven
SERRA, JOHN Pfc. 374 Broad St., Forestville
SEVIGNY, GERARD A. Pfc. 915 So. Main St., Waterbury
SHORKEY, OREN F. Pfc. 57 Hemingway Ave., East Haven
SILLS, ROBERT J. Pfc. 18 Maple Ave., Meriden
SIMMONS, JAMES T. 2nd Lt. RFD 3 Colchester, Salem
SKOLNICK, GEORGE Pfc. 115 Beers St., New Haven
SMITH, RAYMOND A. Pfc. Overlook Rd., Woodbridge
SMYZER, EARL M. Pvt. 7 Rutledge St., Waterbury
SPINELLI, ADAM P. Pfc. 261 Orland St., Bridgeport
STANGE, RICHARD H. Cpl. 105 Kenny St., Forestville
STERLING, NORMAN L. T/ 3 103 Hamlin St., Manchester
STRZELEWICZ, JOSEPH J. T/ 4 North Grosvenordale
SUNDGREN, ROBERT L. T/ 3 49 Batterson Park Rd., New Britain
SWANSON, FREDERICK C. JR. Pfc. 666 E St., New Britain
SYMONDS, NORMAN L. Pfc. Shelton
SZCZESIUL, STANLEY H. T/ 4 17 Pond St., Naugatuck
TANGUAY, ALFRED A. JR. T/ 5 5 Commonwealth, New Britain
TENCZA, JOSEPH S. T/ 3 Box 115, New Milford
TENCZA, LOUIS F. T/ 3 Box 115, New Milford
TERWILLEGER, ROBERT E. Pfc. Route 1, Killingly
TESTANI, SANTE Pfc. 693 Madison Ave., Bridgeport
TIRENDI, FRANCIS S/ Sgt. 42 Duane Rd., Hamden
TRAVERS, ALEXANDER L. S/ Sgt. Curtis St., Southington
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TREMBLAY, FERNAND A. Sgt. 21 Montgomery St., Meriden
TRESCHUK, JOHN W. Pfc. Manchester
ULATOWSKI, RAYMOND H. Pfc. 45 Silver St., New Britain
VITALI, BARTHOLOMEW Pfc. 247 Hamilton St., New Haven
WALSH, THOMAS F. S/ Sgt. 89 Nicoll St., New Haven
WASILEWSKI, STANLEY T. Cpl. 72 Roath St., Norwich
WASILEK, HENRY A. Pfc. 13 Feldspar Ave., Beacon Falls
WAZ, FRANK S. Pfc. 338 Wadsworth St., Middletown
WEISBERG, HAROLD Pfc. 26 Woodrow St., Stamford
WELSH, GEORGE B. Maj. 60 Willowbrook Rd., East Hartford
WHITNEY, DONALD R. Pfc. 307 Washington Ter., Middletown
WILLIAMS, EUGENE S. T/ 5 21 Academy St., Forestville
WITHAM, CHESTER L. Pvt. 9 East Long St., New Britain
WOJENSKI, VICTOR Pfc. 81 Lawndale Ave., Bristol
WOODWARD, ALBERT C. Pfc. RFD 1, Thomaston
WORROLL, HARRY E. Pfc. 238 West Main St., Milford
WOZNIKAITIS, PETER T. Pfc. 162 So. Leonard St., Waterbury
YORKER, DONALD J. Sgt. 430 Main St., Winsted
ZACE, FRANCIS J. T/ 4 860 Enfield St., Thompsonville
ZADROZNY, CHESTER W. Pvt. 557 Strong St., East Haven
ZEKSEWICZ, STANLEY M. Pfc. 65 Broad St., Ansonia
ZICHICHI, NICHOLAS Pvt. 994 1/ 2 Ocean Ave., Prospect Beach,
West Haven
ZYSK, LUCIAN J. Cpl. 64 Booth St., New Britain