Connecticut men of the 4th - Ivy - Division, July 1945. Vol. 1, no.6

              CONNECTICUT MEN
of the 4th - lvy - Division
JULY - 1945 HOME FOR FURLOUGHS
Connecticut men of the famous 4th ( lvy) Division, which was the first to cross the Normandy beaches on historic D- Day last year, came home with their division in early July.
Preceded by an advance detachment on the transport, Sea Owl, which decked at Piermont, N. Y., July 1st, the Division crossed on three ships, James Parker, The Hermitage and The Sea Bass.
With their commanding officer, Major General Harold W. Blakeley, the 8th Infantry Regiment, the 20th, the 29th, 42nd, and 44th Field Artillery Battalions, along with the Headquarters and Special Troops, crossed on The Hermitage. The big ship docked at Pier 88, North River, N. Y., and the units aboard went to Camp Shanks, near Orangeburg, N. Y., where they were split up for distribution to the twenty- two reception centers throughout the nation. The New England group including the Connecticut men en­trained
for Fort Devens, near Ayer, Massachusetts, the following day.
The home- coming was marked by the welcome home ceremonies given the troops by the Port authorities and by the " home­coming"
meal at Camp Shanks, which featured steaks, milk and ice- cream on the menus.
The Sea Bass with the 12th Infantry Regiment aboard anchored off Piermont, N. Y. The regiment was taken ashore and went by truck to Camp Shanks.
The 22nd Infantry Regiment arrived on The James Parker on July 11th.
The routine of redeployment furloughs for the men of the 12th and 22nd was identical to that of the men who came in on
The Hermitage. Most of the men of the Division are due to report to Devens on August 13, or soon thereafter on com­pletion
of their furloughs, and with the other New Englanders of the Ivy Division, will be sent to the Division's reassembly point, Camp Butner, North Carolina.
As one of the veteran divisions with more than 18 months overseas service in­cluding
a year in action, the 4th will lose many of its men on point discharges prior to its embarkation to the Pacific Theatre of War.
SERVICEMEN'S COMMEMORATIVE BOOKLET
VOLUME I NUMBER 6
CARLETON B. CLYMA, Editor
This booklet on the Ivy Division's return from the European war was pre­pared
for the men of the 4th by the Office of the Governor. It is believed that it will make a welcome addition to the sou­venirs
and memorabilia of those who participated in the defeat of the once great German Wehrmacht.
The courtesies and assistance of public relations officers, at the Ports and at Fort Devens Reception Center, greatly facilitated the gathering of the material for this booklet. Some of the group pic ¬ tures are from Signal Corps photographs. The divisions! facts and historical sketch were prepared by the Office of Technical Information, A. G. F.
A limited number of copies are avail­able
for distribution, to members of the Division in Connecticut only. They can be secured by written request to the Office of the Governor, State Capitol, Hartford, Connecticut.
Reproduction of original material is per­missible
only with written authorization
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4th DIVISION STORIES
Editor's Note: Memories of the European War will blur with the pass­ing
of years. Accuracy will diminish. Details will become vague and half forgotten. To record, in black and white here and now, the mood, the im­pressions
the exciting events of those days is the purpose of these stories. Connecticut men of the 4th were asked for their own stories in their own words, and they are here so recorded:
Amenta, Sebastian Pfc, Cannoneer, Btry. C, 20th F. A., New Britain: " We fought for months through the mud and water. It rained all the time, making the fighting tougher. The best show our Division artillery put on was when we were backing up the 63rd and 70th Divisions when we threw in 80 rounds a minute."
Annes, William L., Pfc, Machine Gunner, Co. C, 8th Inf., Waterbury: " I had a real close one on Hill 5, just before we crossed the Rhine. A German mortar shell hit me on the head, scraped my helmet, and knocked me out, but it was a dud, and I wouldn't be here at Devens telling about it if it wasn't."
Barrille, Vincent J., Sgt., Co. B, 8th Inf., Bridgeport:
" There are two things that stick in my mind. One is that England, France and Germany are all twenty years behind the times. The other is what our Air Corps did to those towns in France."
Gasman, Edward T., Pfc, Military Policeman, Co. L, 8th Inf., Hartford: " Before the war my ambition was to go to Lithuania to see my grandparents. We haven't heard from them in eight years. I went to school to learn to speak Lithuanian with that in view. I didn't get to Lithuania, but when I met some Lithuanian refugees in Germany who were
from the same place my folks came from, I was as surprised as they had been when they heard me speak their language. They asked me for advice as to whether they should go home, saying that they had heard that the Russians would mistreat them. I told them that was a lot of Ger­man
propaganda and that they should go. I got them a place to sleep and they started off for home the next morning."
Chiarello, Enrico J., Pfc, Rifleman,
Co. E, 8th Inf., Bristol:
" Hardest going I saw was near the Prum River in Germany, my first days in action. We fought our way across a creek, and got held up under heavy mortar fire. Our outfit was kind of mixed up there and I lost my buddy the second day. This was just after the breakthrough of the Siegfried Line. It was never as hard after that. The armor came through, we were in the clear, and we had them on the run."
Costello, George T., Pfc, Hdq. Co., 2nd Btn., 8th Inf., New Haven: " I was impressed with the way the German people acted toward us. They kept in line pretty well, trying to get on the good side of us. Did we trust them? Hell, no."
DeMeo, Samuel J., Pfc, Co. H, 8th Inf., West port:
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" After the shooting was over I got a bang out of working those German prison­ers
on the roads, and on cleaning up the bombed areas, after all the hardships they had brought on millions of people."
Dobzinski, Raymond C, Sgt., Hdq., 4th Inf. Div., East Hartford: " I was right there on D- Day on the headquarters' flag ship with the Corps Commander. I got an Admiral's view of the landing when the Americans broke through Hitler's impenetrable fortress Europa. Our ship drew plenty of fire from shore batteries. I could see the whole scene as the landing craft went ashore, how some were blown up by mines, sunk by planes and by the artillery of the shore batteries. I had a sweeping view of all the operations on Utah Beach.
" Another experience which I will always remember was the closeup view I had of a great mass bombing operation by our Air Forces which preceded the St. Lo breakthrough."
Donozych, Stanley, T/ 4, Ant- tank Co., 8th Inf., Seymour:
" Sure, D- Day was tough. We were too dumb to realize the score and we were green men in combat. I went ashore on a landing craft that was taking a lot of water and its pumps didn't work. We were in a sinking condition when we signaled to a destroyer that came along and bailed us out so when we went in on Utah Beach it had been secure for several hours. We caught up with the line companies about one- half mile inshore and it was tough going all the way from there to Cher­bourg."
Esposito, Joseph J., Pfc, Cook, Co. E, 8th Inf., Danbury:
" We hit the Normandy Beaches at D- Day plus six, after a channel crossing
in a convoy of LSTs. Two of the boats in our convoy were sunk when German planes strafed and torpedoed them, and another hit a mine and sank. It was a bad sight to see the men on those boats, wounded and dying, helpless in the water."
Filo, Peter J., T/ 5, Artillery Radio Operator, Hdqs. Btry., 44th F. A., Ansonia:
" The Army has been my home for four years and eight months. My job was to go forward with the infantry and we usually set up at infantry Battalion CPs. You have to be right in there to know what I mean by the determination of the American doughboy going in under ter­rific
fire against heavy resistance. When they have an objective to take, they take it. The rulers of any nation can learn a lesson from the future, if they will look at the wreckage of Montberg, Valogne, Cher­bourg,
Prum. The destruction of those towns is an object lesson on the way the Americans can concentrate artillery fire. But, the Germans can concentrate artillery fire pretty well too. I remember when I went along with the 22nd Infantry Regi­ment
to take their first high ground. The Germans concentrated on that hill and you can't understand how anyone can live through it when it is that heavy. And our Division suffered heavy casualties in the Hurtgen Forest fight, too; they strafed us, they bombed us, they shelled us for 72 straight hours. I learned to operate all types of radios in use in the Army but I liked best working with the fire direction center because you know exactly what is going on. The reports come in there first hand from the troops farthest out front and they give you the word on everything that is going on there or as to what is needed."
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Fittig, Stanley W., T/ 5, M. D. Det., 8th Inf., Hartford:
" People live differently in Europe. They work harder. In most of the coun­tries,
the people were friendly, even in Germany, but there, with the non- fraternization regulations, they didn't get very far. As for France, their idea of sani­tation
is not only obsolete, it is very poor. All the Russians I saw liked to have a good time. They just spent a lot of time eating and drinking."
Foote, Milton R., Pfc, Co. F, 8th Inf., New Haven:
" The liberated Russian slave labor didn't pay much attention to us. They were too busy. They took everything they could pry loose. They raided the German warehouse stores of food, clothes and liquor."
Gelinas, Roland L., Pfc, Rifleman, Co.
F, 8th Inf., Waterbury:
" The Hurtgen forest was a hell- hole. The weather was bad. The going was tough and the Germans were thick. We lived on K rations and slept in foxholes.
That was the hardest spot in the war for me."
Godfrey, Donald R., Pfc, Co. B, 8th Inf., Hamden:
" What I cannot understand is the way the German civilians refused to admit that their Army could be beaten. They seemed to believe that they couldn't lose the war. Even after we had taken and occupied their towns and cities they don't seem to realize that they had been beaten."
Grip, Steve, Pfc, Rifleman, Co. K, 8th Inf., New Britain:
" My best day in France was the 20th of January — in the hospital — when I met my brother. We were both in there from the lines, and we hadn't seen each other in about a year."
Hickox, Sherman, Hdq. Co., 1st Bn.,
8th Inf., Waterbury:
" The Germans are one of the cleanest races in Europe but you could tell they were morally rotten. I didn't care too much for the French — they really did
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rook the G. I. s. As for the Russians, in Normandy we fought against a Russian outfit in the Germany Army. Our Bat­talion
captured 1,000 of them. Those Russians couldn't have too many brains or they wouldn't have been fighting for the Germans."
Javahirjian, Nashon, Pfc, Mortar Man,
Co. L, 8th Inf., Bridgeport:
" The liberation of Paris in August last year — that was something. All the French people were so excited, everybody, old and young, kissing the G. I.' s. We were excited too, but I'd say they were more excited than we were."
Laing, John S., S/ Sgt., Military Intelli­gence,
4th Inf., Ridgecrest, Greenwich: " Near St. Lo, France, just after the St. Lo breakthrough, my buddy and I took a jeep into a little nearby town one night to get a drink. While we were standing at the bar, we suddenly heard the sounds of a lot of armored vehicles approaching. We paid no attention, assuming that it was some of our armored units moving through town. When the armored column started moving past the place in which we were, we looked out. It was a shock to discover that they were Jerries, moving up for a counter- attack. Then we heard a lot of shooting a short distance up the road. We made speedy tracks out the back door of the bar, and scooted through the alley. For miles we alternately crawled, and ran, crouching low, through the fields, until we got back to our outfit."
Lucas, John T., T/ 5, Mechanic, 704th
Ordnance, Bridgeport:
" The toughest assignment in which I participated was given our outfit right after we came out of the Hurtgen Forest in Germany, where the 4th Division took
some terrific punishment. All of our Division's units had been badly battered, and we'd been withdrawn for a rest. And then the Germans staged their break­through
in the Ardennes. Immediately our rest orders were countermanded and all our units were hurried back into battle, to try to stop the Wehrmacht. It was tough going but we remained in the thick of it until the Third Army relieved us."
Marcus, Milton, Cpl., Btry. A, 44th F. A., East Haven:
" I got my biggest kick out of the wreck­age
in Germany. The destruction was the best sight any of us saw over there. There isn't an ounce of pity in our whole outfit for the Germans."
Matuskiewicz, Eugene F., Cpl., Btry. C, 42nd F. A. Bn., Wallingford: " We sweated out plenty of bad nights. One of them was at Mortain, in France, right after St. Lo breakthrough. They were bombing us heavily and we lost a lot of men. When you are in a spot like that you just get into a foxhole and you hear those things coming nearer and louder and it gets so you just don't know whether the next one is it or not."
Papp, Andrew J., Sgt., Co. Clerk, Co. B,
12th Inf., Noroton Heights:
" The most difficult problem I had in France was trying to make the French understand me. I finally gave up trying to talk their language and just used my own brand of sign language on them when I wanted something. For instance, when I wanted to hire a French woman to wash my clothes, I'd just point to the spots on my pants, and make motions like washing them in a tub. Usually they didn't want money as pay. Almost all of them knew enough English to say ' Chocolate for the
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babies! Cigarettes for papa!' Frequently, they'd end up the business transaction by inviting us to have a drink of wine with them."
Peck, Elliott N., S/ Sgt., Squad Leader,
Co. L, 8th Inf., Danbury:
" The Hurtgen Forest was pretty rugged and we took an awful beating there. To come out unhurt was a miracle."
Peretto, John J., Pfc, Anti- Tank Co.,
8th Inf., Manchester:
" The most exciting experience of mine was with a patrol of about fifteen or twenty men raiding behind the enemy lines. The purpose of the raid was to clear a hill position and the roads for the tanks to go through. We rounded up more than 20 German prisoners, swept all the roads for anti- tank mines and then the 11th Armor broke through for the long push into Germany."
Potts, William F., Pfc, Runner, Co. I, 8th Inf., Jewett City:
" We had our worst day on June 22, just outside Cherbourg. All our communica­tions
were cut. We couldn't get through to our artillery and we were getting heavy direct 88 fire. We had a lot of casualties and our units were getting mixed up, and we didn't know what to do. Finally, some of our tanks came through and we cleaned the Jerries out."
Rossi, John L., T/ 4, Hdq. Co., 8th Inf., Waterbury:
" Was I surprised at the speed the Army can show in getting replacements from the depots to the front lines. We were rushed up from Marseilles to Metz by plane in an emergency move at the time Von Rund­stedt
broke through in the Battle of the Bulge. We were in there fighting in less than four days after our ship docked at Marseilles."
Sabatini, Pat, Pfc, Rifleman, Co. L, 8th Inf., Stamford:
" June 6, that was a day I thought I'd never live to see the States again. I can't
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explain it, I just had the feeling when we hit the beach at Normandy. I sure am glad to be home."
Tommaso, John A., lst/ Sgt., Co. F,
8th Inf., New Haven:
" I have spent four years in the army and don't anticipate much more as I have close to 85 points. I think those four years were well spent. I have learned a lot and seen a lot. The experience makes me more than ever want to be an American and I am hoping never to leave these shores again. To me it was a long hard fight — 11 months — sometimes you would think you would never see home
again but the doughboys finally got going and there was no stopping them."
Van Ess, Leo A., Pfc, Mortar Man, Co. I, 8th Inf., Bristol:
" Don't call me soldier, call me mister. I've got 90 points, after three and one- half years in the army. Of all of it, I'll remem­ber
' 88 Lane,' near Cherbourg, because so many of our fellows got wounded there — more than 60 in our company alone. That action crippled half the battalion. It was a bad sight, as you moved along that ' lane' with the wounded thick and many of our men dead."
THE 4th IN ACTION
First Allied unit to cross the bloody Normandy beaches on D- Day, the " Famous Fourth" Infantry Division won the cheers of such seasoned Army leaders as General Patton for its nine months of brilliant fighting across France and Bel­gium
and into Germany.
For saving the city of Luxembourg after the German breakthrough, the Fourth won this praise from Patton:
" No American division in France has excelled the magnificent record of the 4th Infantry Division."
Built around three of the oldest In­fantry
regiments in the United States Army — the 12th, 8th and 22nd, the Fourth has a fighting spirit backed by great tradition, including a stellar role in the defeat of Germany in World War I.
After storming the Normandy coast on D- Day, the Fourth smashed coastal forti­fications,
relieved the beleaguered 82nd Airborne Division and went on with two
other divisions to capture Cherbourg after 23 days of fighting without rest.
Next came the job of clearing swamps and marshes of Germans for the Allied breakthrough south of Carentan. Ten days of fierce hedgerow fighting against crack Panzer and parachute troops, backed by large numbers of Panther tanks, took a heavy toll of the Famous Fourth before it was relieved and moved to St. Lo for its next mission.
The Doughboys ripped through Nazi lines west of St. Lo to shoulder the Wehr ¬ macht into a trap between Patton's Third Army and the British. After a short rest, the Fourth raced to Paris and beyond as the First Army's drive to the Belgian border picked up speed. Riding hellbent for election, the Fourth sped into and through Belgium to liberate hundreds of towns before its patrols crossed the German border on September 11, followed the next day by the entire 22nd Regiment.
s Setting out to crack the Siegfried Line, the division assaulted the barrier east of St. Vith, climbed the strongly- defended ridge, Schnee Eifel, and sent the Germans into headlong retreat. After establishing a stable, 15- mile front, the Fourth moved to Hurtgen Forest on November 5 for the bitter duel in rain, snow and near- freezing temperatures. Sheer guts of the American Doughboys drove the Germans from the forest and the Fourth was relieved and sent to Luxembourg.
At dawn, December 16, the Germans plunged into the Fourth's 35- mile sector, in which each platoon covered about a mile. American platoons battled whole German battalions before withdrawing to a solid line of resistance. Too slow in following, the Nazis attacked continu­ously
for three days, only to have three battalions wiped out by the determined
Doughboys. The Fourth continued to cut off chunks of the bulge as Von Rund­stedt's
big gamble folded in mid- January.
On the loose again, the Fourth ripped back into the Siegfried Line to recover in two days all that segment of the line it had won in September. Still pursuing the re­treating
enemy in March, the Fourth dashed 20 miles in 24 hours to capture Adenau and Reifferscheid before the division was ordered to move 200 miles to the south to join General Patch's Seventh Army.
Major General Raymond O. Burton commanded the Famous Fourth for two and a half years, leading it through nine successful operations before relinquishing command to Brigadier General H. W. Blakeley on December 27 during the de­fense
of Luxembourg.
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4th DIVISION FACTS
Normandy: On D- Day, June 6, 1944, the 8th Infantry Regiment of the 4th In­fantry
Division became the first Allied unit to battle Germans on the Nor­mandy
beaches. For this achievement the regiment received a Distinguished Unit citation. After landing the division took ground rapidly. It broke through to the vital road center of Ste. Mere Eglist to relieve part of the 82nd Air­borne
Division which had been isolated for 36 hours. By D plus 4 the division was pushing on to Le Theil.
Cherbourg: on June 25, 1944, after taking Tourlaville, a suburb, the division swept on to the coast. One week after starting their drive, the 4th occupied the entire city of Cherbourg except a few forts along the waterfront and in the harbor. Between July 1 and 20, the 4th was in the area around Periers, France, waiting for the tremendous Third Army smash which was to be launched. Between July 24 and Aug. 18, 1944, the 4th was in the thick of this drive across France and by the end of August had helped liberate the city of Paris.
Belgium: in September, 1944, the divi­sion
fought its way into Belgium and by mid- month had bitten into the Sieg­fried
Line. A 22nd Infantry Regiment patrol is credited with being one of the first American units to cross the border of the Reich, filtering through German lines on September 11, 1944. By Sep­tember
14, the 4th had breached the line in four places. During October, 1944, the division inched ahead into Germany, and by December was fight­ing
in the hell of the Hurtgen Forest. Here one regiment of the 4th claimed the destruction of five German regi­ments
in meeting 19 days of constant attack. After Hurtgen, Luxembourg was heaven. But it didn't last.
Luxembourg: Germans began their final big attack of the war on December 16, but the 4th held firm at Dickweiler and Ostweiler and helped blunt the enemy drive. On Jan. 18, 1945, the 4th crossed the Sauer River. Quickly the division overran Fuhren and Vianden and by January 21 had captured all of its objectives. Five days later the 4th moved in pursuit of fleeing Germans,
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now in headlong flight. By Febru­ary
9, 1945 the 4th had crossed the vital Prum River and later took Prum. Pausing long enough at Prum for other divisions to draw abreast, the 4th, along with the 11th Armored Division, pushed on to cross the Kyll River at the beginning of March, 1945. A task force made a dramatic 24 hour dash which carried it more than 20 miles, capturing Adenau and Reiffer ¬ scheid. By the war's end the 4th had rolled ahead well into the vital heart­land
of Germany. During its combat the division had suffered 21,550 casual­ties.
Behind it lay distinct achieve­ments
such as the drive through the Ardennes Forest and the penetrations of the Siegfried Line.
Shoulder Patch: Entire patch is in green. Four leaves of ivy extending north, south, east and west, the stems extending from a circle. The leaves rep­resent
its number, while the word i- vy, as pronounced, suggests the characters used in the Roman Numeral IV.
History: Division was organized at Camp Greene, N. C, under Maj. Gen. George H. Cameron in 1917. It arrived in France by June 5, 1918 but the first casualties had occurred at sea on May 23, 1918, at a point near Land's End and the Isle of Wight, when The Maldovia, a refitted British liner, was torpedoed and sunk by German sub­marines
and 56 men of the division were lost. Participated in the Aisne- Marne, St. Mihiel and Meuse- Argonne cam­paigns,
and occupied Germany for seven months after the Armistice. On its return to the United States the division was demobilized.
Training: Started June 1, 1940. After
completing training at Fort Benning, the division moved to Camp Gordon, Ga., on November 15, 1941, and came under the Second Army's control. On March 9, 1942, the division was as­signed
to Army Ground Forces. In April, 1943, the unit was transferred to Fort Dix, N. J. It continued training there until September, 1943, at which time it was sent to Camp Gordon Johnston, Fla., for amphibious training. In December, 1943, the 4th went to Fort Jackson, S. C, and at the end of the year left A. G. F. control.
Departure: January, 1944, for the Euro ¬ pean Theater of Operations.
Overseas Training: Continuous training at Devon in England for amphibious operations. Every effort was made to simulate in training the landings which were to come on the Normandy coast.
Awards: 8th Infantry Regiment received Distinguished Unit citation for action on June 6, 1944; 22nd Infantry Regi­ment
received Distinguished Unit cita­tion
for action July 26 to August 1, 1944; 3rd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment received Distinguished Unit citation for action June 6 to June 9, 1944. All of these citations were for service of the units in Normandy.
Component Units: ( as of date of de­parture
from U. S.): 8th, 12th and 22nd Infantry Regiments; 29th Self- pro­pelled,
42nd Self- propelled and 44th Self- propelled ( L) Field Artillery Bat­talions;
20th ( M) Field Artillery Bat­talion.
Its 12th Infantry Regiment was organized in 1798 and took part in the defense of Fort McHenry in 1812. The 8th Infantry Regiment was activated in 1838 and fought in many campaigns.
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4th DIVISION PICTURES
Home Again — The Fourth — Ivy — Division after 18 months overseas re­turned
to the United States in early July. The first large unit of the Division arrived on the transport Hermitage docking at Pier 88, North River, New York, with the 8th Infantry and the four Artillery Battalions aboard. The Hermitage's arrival is pictured on the Cover, on Page 9, and Page 10, the scenes showing WACs
waving from the docks and troops lining the rails.
At Fort Devens — Pictured on Page 5 are 36 men of the 8th Infantry and Artil­lery
Battalions who made the crossing on the Hermitage.
22nd Infantry — The picture on Page 7 shows 30 men of the 22nd Infantry at Fort Devens two days after their arrival on the transport James Parker.
THE CONNECTICUT MEN
The names of the following officers and men from the 4th Division were compiled from available official records and by personal interview. Omissions of the names of some of the men of the Division is regretabiy, possible, despite every effort made to secure complete rosters of Connecticut men:
ALEXANDER, Augustus T/ 4
ALIN, Paul E. Pfc.
AMENTA, Sebastian J. Pfc.
ANNES, William L. Pfc.
ANTALIK, Zole J. Pfc.
APANASCHIK, George Pvt.
BAILEY, Alfred M. Cpl.
BARRILLE, Vincent Sgt.
BASILICATO, Stephen J. Pfc.
BELINA, Leopold P. Pfc.
BELKE, George J. Pfc.
BENOIT, Kenneth A. Pvt.
BLAISDELL, Walter G. Pfc.
BLAKESLEE, Donald W. T/ 4
BLANCE, Lugio O. Cpl.
BORS, Walter A. Pfc.
BRAEMER, Hugo H. Pfc.
BRAZEE, Ralph Pfc.
BREDEAU, Arthur J. S/ Sgt.
BRIGGS, Ralph D. Jr. S/ Sgt.
BROWN, Jesse L. Pfc.
BROWN, Robert E. Pvt.
BUSETTI, Vincent L. Pfc.
CANETTI, Adam L. Pfc.
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CARANGELO, John J. Pfc. 621 Quinnipiac Ave., New Haven
CARRANO, Anthony S. Pfc. 41 Wolcott St., New Haven
CARR, George A. Pfc. Oneco
CARUSO, Gabriel A. Pfc. 2078 Boston Ave., Bridgeport
CASMAN, Edward T. Pvt. 143 Lawrence St., Hartford
CATALAN, Albert E. Pfc. 26 Henry St., Manchester
CHAPOOTIAN, Samuel J. S/ Sgt. 1384 Boston Ave., Bridgeport
CHELSTOWSKI, Edward J. Pfc. 205 Lombard St., New Haven
CHERNAK, John Jr. T/ 5 469 Hanley Ave., Bridgeport
CHIARILLO, Enrico J. Pfc. 330 Park St., Bristol
CHIKLA, Albert E. T/ 5 65 Lamberton St., New Haven
CHIPMAN, Edward T/ 5 69 Marine St., Thomaston
CLIFFORD, James Cpl. 47 No. Spring St., Ansonia
COHEN, Herman Pfc. 287 Stanley St., New Britain
COHEN, Louis J. S/ Sgt. 182 Pleasant St., Willimantic
COLAGIOVANNI, Mario A. Pfc. 497 Front St., Hartford
COLLIER, Edwin J. Pfc. 98 Water St., West Haven
CORTIGIANO, Frank Pfc. 666 Ogen St., Bridgeport
COSTELLO, George T. Pfc. 392 Grand Ave., New Haven
D'AGOSTA, Frank A. Jr. Pfc. 24 Madison St., New Haven
D'ANTONA, Liberato Sgt. 59 Fern St., West Haven
D'ARENA, Salvatore Pvt. 138 High St., New Britain
DAVID, William Sgt. 756 Stanley St., New Britain
DECKER, Walter E. Jr. Pfc. Ruggles Row, Milldale
DE MEO, Samuel J. Pfc. 55 Saugatuck Ave., Westport
DEMING, John M. Sgt. 244 Bradley St., New Haven
DENBEK, Frank D. Pfc. 368 Broad St., New London
DOBZINSKI, Raymond C. Sgt. 18 Pine St., East Hartford
DONNELLY, James J. Cpl. 680 Howard Ave., New Haven
DONOZYCH, Stanley T/ 4 106 Maple St., Seymour
DOWDS, Francis J. S/ Sgt. 7 Ford St., Manchester
DOWNING, Robert E. Pfc. 179 Cottage St., Devon
DRUDE, Henry A. Pfc. 177 Ashley St., Hartford
DUBE, Alfred Pfc. 159 Meadow St., Willimantic
DUNFORD, Robert F. T/ 5 11 Granview Ave., Norwalk
DUNN, Daniel H. Pfc. 22 St. John St., Middletown
ELINSKY, Samuel M. Pfc. 52 Vine St., Hartford
EMARD, Richard J. Pfc. 116 1/ 2 East Ave., Norwalk
ERAMO, Vito T. D. Pfc. 163 Lake Ave., Bristol
ERHART, Cyril L. Sgt. 179 LaSalle St., New Britain
ESPOSITO, Joseph J. Pfc. 5 Cross St., Danbury, Conn.
FETTIG, Stanley T/ 5 164 Sheldon St., Hartford
FILIP, Charles J. Pfc. 63 Hammond St., Rockville
FILO, Peter J. T/ 5 22 York St., Ansonia
FINNI, Lawrence Pfc. 138 Windsor St., Hartford
FLANAGAN, Bernard E. Pfc. 8 Jacques St., Moosup
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FOOTE, Milton R. Jr. Pfc.
FOWLER, Raymond H. T/ 4
FULTON, Chester W. Pfc.
GARSTKA, Frank J. Pfc.
GELINAS, Roland L. Pfc.
GEORGE, Frank Pfc.
GIGLIOTTI, Vito J. Sgt.
GODFREY, Donald R. Pfc.
GOLD, Morris I. Pfc.
GOODWIN, William E. Cpl.
GRANDPRE, Aurelien J. T/ 5
GREEN, Norris W. Pfc.
GREGORY, William H. Pfc.
GRIBINAS, Anthony A. Pfc.
GRIP, Steve Pfc.
GRISWOLD, William F. Pfc.
GUARINO, Michael T. Sgt.
GUZIK, Mickey Pfc.
GUTHRIE, Harry D. Pfc. HABRUKOVICH, William A. Pfc.
HALE, Gordon Pfc.
HARAY, John M. Pfc.
HARGER, Keith M. Pfc.
HARTHON, Carl D. T/ 4
HICKOX, Sherman Sgt.
HIPPOLITUS, Edward F. Pfc.
HIRCHAK, Nicholas Pfc.
HIRSCHMANN, Hans Pfc.
HOLCOMBE, Leland G. Pfc.
HUNT, Russell E. Pfc.
INGLIS, James L. Pfc.
JACOBSON, Edward J. Pfc.
JACOBSON, Isadore L. Pfc.
JACQUES, Irving L. Jr. Pfc.
JEANS, Stephen Pfc.
JEVAHIRJIEN, Neshon Pfc.
JOLY, Lucien N. Pvt.
KATKAUSKAS, Frank J. Pvt.
KELLEY, Edward W. Pfc.
KNAPP, Earl L. T/ 5
KNAZEWICZ, John M. Pfc.
KOLAKOWSKI, Leon J. Pfc.
KOWALSKI, Stanley A. Cpl.
KOVACIK, Emil W. S/ Sgt.
KRAJEWSKI, Thaddeus F. Pfc.
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KURZAWA, Francis J. Pfc. 120 Mill River St., New Haven
KURZAWA, Matthew T. Pfc. 350 Front St., West Haven
KUSHUBAR, Paul T/ 3 299 Cove Rd., Stamford
LANDUCCI, Frank F. Pfc. 12 Patterson St., Torrington
LAPLANTE, Joseph A. Pfc. RFD 1, New Hartford
LAWRENCE, Alfred T. Pfc. 769 Cranistan Ave., Bridgeport
LEARY, John S. Sgt. 2132 Stratford Ave., Bridgeport
LEVIN, Benjamin Pfc. 26 Cleveland Ave., Bridgeport
LUCAS, John T. T/ 5 1028 Maplewood Ave., Bridgeport
LYONS, Robert F. T/ 5 192 Nichols St., Bridgeport 9
MACHA, George H. Sgt. 7 Main St., Willimantic
MACLACHLAN, William A. Pfc. Baynott St., New London
MALONE, John A. T/ 5 481 So. Main St., Torrington
MARCUS, Milton Cpl. 46 Frank St., New Haven
MARINO, Louis C. S/ Sgt. 238 William St., Middletown
MARSH, Ernst H. Pfc. Colchester
MARVIN, Chester T. 2nd Lt. 79 So. Cliff St., Ansonia
MATUSKIEWICZ, Eugene F. Cpl. Kondracki Lane, Wallingford
MAZZEI, Patrick Pfc. 31 Westville Ave., Danbury
MAZZUCHI, Robert L. Pfc. 131 Adams St., Hartford
MC CARTHY, Charles F. Pfc. Upland Ct., South Norwalk
MEOLI, Luco F. Pfc. 192 Coe Ave., East Haven
MERESCHUK, John T/ 5 7 Mt. View Ave., Avon
MICHAUD, Bertram T. Pfc. 100 Main St., South Glastonbury
MISKAVITCH, Joseph J. Pfc. 62 West St., Poquonock
MITCHELL, Lester A. Pfc. 13 Janet St., Devon
MITCHELL, William L. Sgt. 62 Jay St., New London
MONAHAN, William R. Pfc. 563 Hollister Ave., Bridgeport
NACCA, Francis Pfc. 70 Toxon St., East Haven
NILES, Henry R. Pfc. Box 84, Thompson
NYILIS, Steven Pvt. 84 Fourth St., Bridgeport
O'BRIEN, John J. T/ 5 4 Somerset St., Wethersfield
O'BRIEN, William F. Pfc. 249 Woodside Ave., Bridgeport
O'LOUGHLIN, Edward C. Pfc. 4 Foster Ct., Meriden
O'TOOLE, Donald L. T/ 5 42 May St., Naugatuck
PALMA, Nello J. Pfc. 150 Belmont Ter., Danbury
PAPP, Andrew J. Sgt. 17 Park Place, Noroton Heights
PARMALEE, Howard Pvt. West River St., RFD 2, Milford
PARSON, Argyll R. Pfc. 191 Euclid Ave., Bridgeport
PECK, Elliott N. S/ Sgt. 224 White St., Danbury
PERETTO, John J. Pfc. 139 Maple St., Manchester
PESAPANE, Joseph Cpl. 81 Center St., West Haven
PESCE, Gennaro E. Pfc. RFD 2, Middlebury
PIETROWICH, Carl Pfc. RFD 3, Box 39, Stafford Springs
PLOURDE, Ludgie J. Pvt. 163 Main St., Stafford Springs
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POGASNIK, Robert F. Pfc. 1842 Barnum Ave., Bridgeport
POTTS, William D. Pfc. 4 River Rd., Jewett City
RAJCHEL, Stanley P. Sgt. Bucktop Rd., Willimantic
RICCARDINO, Louis P. Pfc. 20 Penobscot St., Norwich
RICHASON, 1 heron A. Pvt. 120 Ogden St., Bridgeport
RIISKA, William T. Pfc. 111 Wallens St., Winsted
RIST, Walter A. Sgt. 106 Reid Rd., Fairfield
ROSCOE, Jack W. 2nd Lt. 53 Laurel Ave., Bridgeport
ROSSI, John L. T/ 4 62 Wilkenda Ave., Waterbury
ROVERO, Dominic J. T/ 4 112 Pratt St., Winsted
RUSSO, Angelo J. Pfc. 405 Wayne St., Bridgeport
SABATINI, Pasquale F. Pfc. 678 Elm St., Stamford
SALITO, Ralph J. Pfc. 95 Commercial St., New Britain
SAVIN, Robert S. Pfc. 695 Wayne St., Bridgeport
SCRIVIO, Angelo P. Pfc. 187 Main St., Portland
SERINO, Victor J. Pvt. 222 Federal St., Bridgeport
SHARRETTO, Dominick Pfc. 52 Front Ave., West Haven
SINISGALLI, Joseph S- Sgt. 12 Hollywood Ave., Hartford 6
SISKO, Michael J. Sgt. 34 Dean Place, Bridgeport
SLATER, Charles W. Jr. Pfc. 350 Main St., Winsted
SMILEY, Charles B. Pfc. 18 Kellogg St., Windsor
SMITH, Edward E. T/ 5 RFD 1, East Haddam
SMITH, LeRoy R. Pfc. 4 Stanley St., Stamford
SOLGOVIC, Michael H. Pfc. 64 Mt. Pleasant Ter., Torrington
SOPPELSA, Guido Pfc. W. Main St., West Cheshire
STANULIS, Albin S. Pfc. 11 Congress St., Waterbury
STOKES, George D. Jr. Pfc. Elmwood District, Bethel
STRANG, John P. Pfc. 130 Four Mile Rd., West Hartford
STRUK, Peter Cpl. 32 Lisbon St., Hartford
SUGHUE, Michael R. T/ Sgt. 54 Prospect St., Willimantic
SULLIVAN, Edward S. T/ 4 79 Fairmount Ave., Hartford
SURRETTE, William T/ 5 Chestnut Hill Ave., Norwalk
SZYMANSKI, Walter S. Pfc. Yellow Mill Village, Bridgeport
TAYLOR, John V. Pfc. Beacon Falls, Conn.
TESTA, Dominic J. Pfc. 48 Beecher St., Southington
THORNTON, William E. Pfc. 68 Cook St., Plainville
TODD, James R. Pfc. 594 Prospect St., New Haven
TODD, Sanford W. T/ Sgt. 30 Atwater St., Milford
TOMMASO, John 1st Sgt. 12 Stevens St., New Haven
TORRE, Louis A. Pfc. 270 Lennox St., New Haven
VANESSE, Leo A. Pfc. 32 Conlon St., Bristol
VECCHITTO, Mario P. Pfc. 21 Hickory St., Meriden
VERSACE, Andrew Pfc. 50 Greenwich Ave., Greenwich
WHIPPLE, Geo. H. Cpl. RFD 2, North Stonington
WHITE, George P. Pfc. Willowbrook Rd., Storrs
ZAGORODNY, John S. T/ 5 166 Village St., Hartford
ZAWACKI, Chester E. Pvt. East St., Rockfall
ZIMMERMAN, Edward K. Pfc. RFD 1, Canaan
ZOLDAK, Joseph S. T/ 5 65 Lorraine St., New Britain