Connecticut men of the 87th - Acorn - Division, August 1945. Vol. 1, no. 7

              CONNECTICUT MEN
of the 87th - Acorn - Division
AUGUST 1945 87th DIVISION FACTS
Combat Highlights: In mid- November, 1944, the 87th arrived on the continent and came into the Metz area on the Third Army front. Original plans had been for the division to relieve another unit here and receive its baptism of fire on this diminishing front. The Nazi offensive in December, however, changed these plans and the 87th was one of the divisions that Gen. Patton took with him to help smash Von Rund- stedt's drive.
In early February, 1945, the winter- tried 87th helped to spearhead another smashing Third Army drive. Under heavy barrages of the enemy the divi­sion
forced a crossing of the Our River and began the drive toward Luxem­bourg.
During February the division fought well into Belgium and the follow­ing
month consolidated gains. In March, 1945, the division prepared to land decisive blows against the German Army.
Early in April, 1945, the 87th crossed the Moselle River with great speed and in a lightning move took Coblenz. Taking of Coblenz was the start of another great Third Army drive into the Rhineland. Crossing of the Rhine by the 87th was accomplished by sheer grit and courage. As the first wave of troops moved across the river the enemy threw up flares. By that light the Ger­mans
brought to bear heavy and accu­rate
mortar fire. Despite the casualties, however, the 87th pressed ahead and by the war's end had blasted its way deep into Germany.
Shoulder Patch: A circular patch with a rich field of green on which is super­imposed
a golden acorn. The acorn is symbolic of strength. Overseas Training: Division left this country November 4, 1944 for European Theater of Operations and moved into the combat area with great speed, being in the Metz sector about November 20, 1944.
Component Units: 345th, 346th, 347th Infantry Regiments; 334th, 336th, 912th ( L) Field Artillery Battalions and 335th ( M) Field Artillery Battalion.
Slogan: Stalwart and Strong.
SERVICEMEN'S COMMEMORATIVE BOOKLET
VOL. I AUGUST 25, 1945 No. 7
CARLETON B. CLYMA, Editor
This booklet on the Acorn Division's return from the European war was pre­pared
for the men of the 87th by the Office of the Governor of Connecticut. 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 Station, greatly facilitated the gathering of the material for this booklet. Pictures are from U. S. Army Signal Corps, Press Association and New York Daily News. The divisional facts were prepared by the Office of Tech­nical
Information, A. G. F. The summary of the Division in action was prepared by Lt. C. G. Davenport, Division P. R. O.
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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87th DIVISION STORIES
Editor's Note: Memories of the European war will blur with the pass­ing
of years. Clarity, accuracy, and detail will diminish. 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 87th were asked for their own stories in their own words, and they are here so recorded:
Apuzzo, Louis P., Pfc, Hdq. Co., 2nd Bn., 346th Inf., West Haven: " My closest shave was near Roth in Germany last January. We were sweeping a road to clear out the mines when the Germans opened up with a stiff barrage. I took cover in a hole and one shell landed less than ten feet from the hole but nothing touched me."
Beebe, Fred W., Pfc, Co. E, 345th Inf., Groton:
" The race across Germany gave us the opportunity to see the German people. The thing that sticks in my mind is their reaction to their defeat. They appear to
be amazed and stunned. As they realized what had happened their fear was obvious. After that they would start to loosen up and offer you anything they had. On one occasion, when we went into a house a man stood in the hallway and spoke in broken English. He told me to kill him if I would leave his wife and children alone. They took for granted the German propa­ganda
that the American soldiers would kill them. But, on the other hand, they did not accept the propaganda that called upon civilians to fight the Americans, at least not to the extent of doing anything about that."
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Berry, William T., Pfc, Co. I, 345th Inf., East Hartford:
" It took a letter from home to give me the news that one of my own close rela­tives
had been fighting for months in our own heavy weapons company. He was in the same combat team with me and he was wounded in an action we both took part in. After he was wounded, he walked right by the spot where I was, but I didn't know anything about it until I got a letter from home. Then, six weeks after­wards,
I saw him in the hospital."
Brown, Edward E., T/ 4, Co. F, 345th Inf., New Haven:
" Our outfit, I think, got over there at a good time. The Jerries were about ready to give up; they knew it was a losing battle. We sweated out the Moselle crossing but we enjoyed Coblenz where, when we got there, there was lots of champagne laying around loose. But, what I really got a kick out of, was watch­ing
those high German officers, the Jerry ' brass- hats', surrendering."
Carrubba, Frank P., Pfc, Co. C, 347th Inf., Bridgeport:
" What struck me going through Ger­many
was the way every building was knocked down. Plaum, a city as big as Boston, had only a few buildings away out
on the edges of the city still standing — they will never forget it."
Christophy, Paul, Pfc, Co. K, 347th Inf., Terryville:
" When I saw the Germans they were on the run. They couldn't hold ground, and they were retreating faster than we could keep up with them."
Ciraldi, Anthony L., Sgt., Co. E, 346th Inf., Waterbury:
" We attacked up a steep hill in the heavy rain in April just across the Rhine. The Germans were in good posi­tions
on the hilltop. They had ack- ack guns and used them just like small arms. We were pinned down for long spells and it took us three hours before we took the hill. Captured about thirty Germans and found twenty of them dead there. They were the toughest hours I put in in Ger­many."
Cole, George A., Pfc, Co. I, 345th Inf., Middletown:
" The biggest kick I got out of the whole show was when we went into a town to take it. The civilians would come out, crying, falling all over you, thinking that we were going to kill them. That must have showed how effective the German propaganda was. I saw the Buchenwald camps. You don't like Germans after that."
Connolly, John P., Pfc, Co. E, 346th Inf., Bristol:
" For my money our Army of Occupation is treating the Germans too damned easy. One week they were shooting at us and the next week trying to get on our good side. We were in there when the German soldiers who were our prisoners were living in billets in barracks and the G. I. s were out in the rain and mud in pup tents."
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Corrado, Anthony J., Pfc, Co. M., 345th Inf., Hartford: " This whole war is no good."
Croft, Walter H., T/ 5, Co. E, 345th
Inf., West Hartford:
" I am a mail orderly. What continues to amaze me is the effect that a bundle of mail from home has on a man who has just rejoined his company after a month or six weeks in the hospital where he re­ceived
no mail. Another amazing thing is the number of times any one man can ask the mail orderly for mail in one day even when he knows there is none."
Czarzasty, Walter J., Pfc, Co. A, 346th Inf., Union City:
" I was born in Union City and my father took me back to Poland when I was five years old, and I lived there almost twenty years coming back to this country in 1938. In 1940 I was drafted into the U. S. Army. That's why I came home — I didn't want to serve in the Polish Army. I almost got back to Poland with the 87th Division. On V- E Day we were only 20 miles from Czechoslovakia and that wasn't very far from where I lived in Poland. I got married in Poland and I am hoping my people in Union City have heard from my wife. If I cannot bring her over before the war is over, I am going back to Poland to find her after the war."
DeCrosta, Joseph D., Pvt., Co. M, 347th Inf., Middletown:
" There is nothing good in war. I am not interested in those countries over there. I want to be home — that's all."
DiBella, John, T/ 4, Co. C, 345th Inf., Hartford:
" The only thing I remember is the 88 mm's and I will be hearing them in my
sleep for a long time. The Germans used them like we use a rifle, they trained them on a single man. They are as accurate as rifle fire. It seemed to me as if the Ger­mans
were sighting them from their shoulders."
Dorso, Joseph A., Pfc, Co. A, 346th Inf., Waterbury:
" I saw the real thing at Dachau. It was unbelievable. I mean you really have to see it yourself to believe that such atroci­ties
were committed. I saw 300 naked bodies piled up in that camp like cord wood. They didn't look human. And the Germans who committed those atrocities are not human either."
Duds, Theodore A., Pfc, Co. A, 346th Inf., New Milford:
" Even around the time of the Battle of the Bulge we were billetted under cover and out of the rain. But, when we went into Germany orders came down that we had to sleep on the ground or in foxholes.
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It was colder than hell with rain and snow. I remember V- E Day too. We had been given orders to move out at 3 A. M., attacking ahead of the tanks when orders came down that the war had ended. Yeah! We celebrated — on water and K- rations."
Kahan, Robert F., Sgt., Cannon Co., 345th Inf., Vernon:
" What I remember is our race across France which ended with the total dis­integration
of the German army. Their march down the autobahn to surrender was really a spectacle to remember. The Germans are totally defeated, and their cities are destroyed."
Lulis, Vincent, Pfc, Co. G, 347th Inf., Plantsville:
" On the day after we crossed the Rhine, the P- 47' s came in at dawn and con­centrated
on the Germans whose vehicles were strung along the road in columns. The day after we saw what they did. Carts, wagons, vehicles were blown all over the picture. The whole town was
wrecked. There were dead Germans everywhere."
Macho, Robert F., Pfc, Co. E, 345th Inf., Bridgeport:
" I got a surprise at Coblenz. These prisoners were giving up easily when we closed in and one of them was carrying a large heavy package. We made him drop it. We found he was carrying enough stuff to stock a store, whiskey, cigarettes, two boxes of cigars, two pounds of butter, a lot of sausage, some writing sets and a whole lot of knicknacks. We couldn't take all the stuff. We were pretty busy then and the area we were in was covered by snipers, so we just started in on the whiskey and ended up on the butter and sausage."
Martin, Robert, Pfc, Co. E, 345th
Inf., West Hartford:
" When we were fighting in front of Coblenz, I took time out with the fellow I was with on our outpost to take a bite to eat. We had made up some cheese sandwiches and a little later I happened to look out our window of the building we were in and there were two Heinies walk­ing
toward it. So I yelled and waved the cheese I was eating at them. Then all of a sudden, I realized I did not have any gun with me as it was standing in a corner across the room. Then I called to the fellow who was with me to cover them. But, they came over with their hands above their heads and surrendered. I got a P- 38 automatic off of one of them."
Samojedny, John F., Pfc, Co. E,
345th Inf., New Britain:
" Crossing the Rhine was my toughest time. Jerry was firing from the other bank but we got across safely and it was quiet for an hour. Then, we went forward and Jerry opened up with his artillery. We got in behind a bank with the 88 mms landing both ahead of us and in back of us. In the excitement, we didn't know at first what to do but we took cover. They had us zeroed in on the streets in this town. While we were hugging the bank, I was saying a couple of good prayers. Quite a few of our boys got hit right there."
Sciarra, Gerald, Pfc, Co. B, 347th Inf., Waterbury:
" As far as I know I was the only man in the 1st Platoon of our Company who stayed with it from the beginning in the Saar Basin until the end, five months later at the Czech border. I was pretty lucky, one man out of 36 to see it all."
Szachana, Edward J,, Pfc, Co. H, 347th Inf., Uncasville:
" The best day I had was in Paris with a bunch of fellows. We had a lot of fun. The worst day I had was at Saalfeldt Bridge. We were going forward at night and had been on the go all night when we ran into a German machine gun. We found out later that the Germans were only young kids. Some of them were only 13 years old, and a lot of those among the 25 we picked out of the woods later were no older. They came out and surrendered after we banged them up with artillery and we had one of our scouts wounded."
Thomas, Robert E., Pvt., Hdq. Co.,
347th Inf., Bridgeport:
" Germany is such a nice country, I couldn't understand why they wanted to fight. I didn't think so much of Belgium and France. Germany has better lands, better farms, better buildings."
Tracy, Albert J., Pfc, Co. I, 345th Inf., West Hartford:
" With a patrol of 8 men in the Thyrin ¬ gen Forest I took part in an effort to locate a machine gun which was holding up the infantry company on our left. With another kid I went out as a scout. It was
my first scouting. We went about fifty yards through the forest working our way from tree to tree. The first Heinie we saw was a sniper. He got excited and jumped up. We took him prisoner and sent him back. About ten or fifteen yards further on we came upon two Heinies in a fox­hole.
I almost stepped on the one that had a bazooka. They gave up when they saw we were right on top of them. We crept along quietly through the woods and I spotted the smoke from a cigarette curl­ing
up from another foxhole. After I got him, we drew some fire from the Germans and I got so scared I jumped to shelter behind a tree and my helmet flew off."
Wanamaker, Harold, Pfc, Co. I, 345th Inf., Stamford:
" The Rhineland is one of the best drink­ing
areas in Europe, because there were lots of schnapps and champagne. In Coblenz, when we went in, you could just walk down in a cellar and take your choice of champagnes and liquors."
Ziolkowski, Zigmund J., Pfc, Co. L,
347th Inf., New Britain:
" It was pretty well over when I got there but I saw quite a bit of action on the Rhine. After that it wasn't much. The happiest day of my life was the day the war ended."
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87th DIVISION ON FURLOUGH
The 87th ( Acorn) Division embarked for the United States at Le Havre in mid- July, after eight months overseas. The veterans of the Battle of the Bulge and the Crossing of the Rhine came in on several transports with the larger units aboard the transports West Point and Frederick Lykes.
The 345th and 347th Infantry Regi­ments,
along with smaller units, aboard the West Point, docked at New York on July 11, after the usual welcome home ceremonies in the harbor with perfect weather. The men debarked at Pier 88, North River, and were ferried across to the Jersey shore where they entrained for Camp Kilmer, the staging center near New Brunswick, New Jersey.
The second big group of the division,
including the 346th Infantry, reached Boston more than a week later on July 19 aboard the Lykes, after being delayed by fog and rain off Boston Harbor. This group staged through Camp Myles Standish, near Taunton, Massachusetts.
For the first time since its training days the units were split up at Camps Kilmer and Standish into groups for the 22 re­ception
centers throughout the country, with the Connecticut men going with the New England group to Fort Devens, near Ayer, Massachusetts.
Connecticut men of the division report, after furloughs, at Fort Devens on various dates from August 15 to 22. The division will be reassembled for retraining at Fort Benning, Georgia, preparatory for a tour of duty in the Pacific area.
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87th DIVISION PICTURES
Back Home — The 345th and 347th Infantry regiments arrived in New York aboard the 26,000 ton Navy Transport, The S. S. West Point on July 11. The ship, the former SS American, is the largest Merchant Ship ever constructed in American yards. Cover picture shows tugs easing her into North River slip at New York.
Looks Good — Men of the 87th line the rails for a close up view of New York City, as the West Point moves up the harbor and river to the Pier. Page 3.
346th Infantry — Connecticut men of the Regiment are pictured in two groups, Pages 4 and 7.
Milk and Crullers — Pvt. John P.
Berry, Anti- Tank Co., 346th Inf., Water­bury,
meets the Red Cross on Common­wealth
Pier, Boston, Page 6.
Officers — 1st. Lt. Joseph T. Roy, Co. H, 347th Infantry of West Haven, and 1st Lt. Donald H. Lee, Hdq. Battery, Division Artillery, of Norfolk, Page 5.
345th and 347th Infantry — Con­necticut
men of the 345th ( left) and 347th ( right) are pictured, Pages 8 and 9.
The Medics — Pfc. Vito J. De Vito, 45 Wilson Street, Stamford; Pfc. Sieg­mund
G. Cohn, John Street, Norwalk, and Pfc. George W. Clark, Suffield Street, Windsor Locks, of the Medical Company of the 346th Infantry, on the Boston docks* Page 10.
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87th DIVISION IN ACTION
Saar Region: Division Artillery and 345th Regiment committed to action December 6, 1944, as attached units of 5th Infantry Division, against the last four Metz, France, fortresses. Fortress Driant surrendered to 345th Regiment on December 8.
346th and 347th Regiments went into lines near Obergailbach and Gros Re ¬ dorching, France, in relief of the 26th " Yankee" Division. Relief began on December 9. 346th Regiment launched 87th Division's first attack on December 10, capturing high ground near Rimling, France. 347th first Division organization to fight on German soil when it crossed Saar- German frontier near Obergailbach.
87th Division officially committed to action on December 13th as a unit of the Third U. S. Army when General Culin assumed command over entire sector for­merly
held by 26th Division. During ten days �� from December 13 to December 23 — the 87th Division advanced more than ten miles in its initiation to battle.
Belgian Ardennes Campaign: 345th Regiment ( 1st Bn.) won Moircy, a few miles west of Bastogne, on December 30 after traveling over 350 miles from the Saar Region in open trucks through ex­treme
winter weather. 347th regiment won the " Battle of the Bloody Crossroads" — Pironpre, Jenneville, Bonnerue — in a terrific ten- day battle that began on Jan­uary
1, 1945 and terminated on January 10. 346th regiment won Tillet, east of the bloody crossroads, in a four- day battle from January 7 to January 11. 347th occupied St. Hubert on January 10. All these cities and towns were strategically located on the enemy's main supply road
from Houffalize to St. Hubert and the western end of the Ardennes salient. When Tillet and Bonnerue fell to the 87th Divi­sion,
the enemy was forced to withdraw from the western end of the bulge.
Luxembourg: On January 15 the Division moved to Luxembourg to take up positions that the doughboys called " a front- line rest area." Defending a sector between Echternach and Wasser ¬ billig along the Sauer and Moselle Rivers, the Division's important actions in Luxem­bourg
consisted of a river crossing " demon­stration"
that was successfully carried out to pull the enemy out of positions in front of the 4th and 5th Infantry Divisions, on the Division left flank, and allow these two 4th and 5th Infantry Divisions to cross the Sauer River in strength with a mini­mum
of opposition. Wasserbillig, a large Luxembourg city near Trier, Germany, was captured and held for eight days by two strong " Tiger" patrols from the 3rd Battalion, 346th regiment.
Siegfried Line Operations: On Janu­ary
27 the Division moved back into Bel­gium
to a sector north of Houffalize and
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southwest of St. Vith to have the privilege of finally chasing Von Rundstedt's armies out of Belgium over the original route he took in creating the " Belgian Bulge". Following a pace set by the 346th regi­ment
in capturing Schonberg and Andler and winning bridgeheads over the Our River, the Division advanced a total of over 25 miles in less than ten days to close the " Bulge" and begin operations to crash through the Siegfried Line in the Schnee Eifel Mountains. The 2nd Battalion, 345th, launched the first attack against the Line on February 6 and captured a crossroads between Kobscheid and Olz ¬ heim. The 3rd Battalion, 345th, captured another crossroads the following day while units of the 346th Regiment fought a covering attack on the left flank of the 345th's main drive. During the month of February all nine infantry battalions and all artillery battalions kept up a steady fight in the Siegfried Line. German towns captured during the period were: Olz ¬ heim, Neuendorf, Ormont, Neuenstein, Hallschlag, Stadtkyll ( where Nazi Gen­erals
Model and Von Rundstedt planned and directed the " Belgian Bulge"), Junkerath, Reuth, Schonfeld and Lissen­dorf.
Task Force Muir won a bridgehead over the Kyll River at Lissendorf, allow­ing
the division to advance up to the Ahr River 25 miles inside Germany.
Moselle and Rhine Rivers: Cob­lenz:
In the early morning hours of March 16 the 347th Regiment initiated two cross­ings
of the Moselle River south of Coblenz, the capital city of the Rhineland. The crossings, under moderate opposition, were successfully carried out and the regiment advanced east towards the Rhine River. Late that afternoon, the 345th, using the 347th bridgeheads, crossed the Moselle and advanced on Coblenz, a city of nearly 100,000 population. The 346th Regiment
held defensive positions along the Moselle River opposite the city. Coblenz was won after two days of street fighting and one day of mopping up operations and the 347th cleared the enemy out of the moun­tains
south of the city and advanced up to the Rhine River.
Fighting against stronger opposition than the Germans put up at any other point in the Rhine River crossing in the Third U. S. Army sector, the 1st Bat­talion,
347th, won a citation from the President of the United States for the fight it put up to win a bridgehead at Oberlahnstein. The crossings, by both the 345th and 347th Regiments were ini­tiated
one minute past midnight on the morning of March 23. The enemy em­ployed
20 mm antiaircraft guns in direct fire on the 347th assault boats that were plainly outlined on the river surface by enemy flares.
The Race Through Germany: From March 25 to V- E Day, the 87th Division advanced more than 230 miles through central Germany to the border of Czecho­slovakia.
Important cities that were cap­tured
in this drive were Oberlahnstein, Weilmunster, Oberhof, Tambach, Saal ¬ feld, Rudolstadt, Possneck, Plauen, Oel ¬ snitz, Treuen, Aurbach, Falkenstein.
During combat the 87th Division cap­tured
over 31,000 prisoners of war and after V- E Day accepted the surrender of an additional 35,000. Total combat days 154.
After V- E Day the Division was en­gaged
for about one month in processing " Displaced Persons" of all Allied national­ities
and processing and discharging Ger­man
prisoners of war.
Early in June the Division was ordered to be redeployed to the Pacific, via the U. S. A.
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THE CONNECTICUT MEN
The names of the following officers and men from the 87th Division were com­piled
from available official records and by personal interview. Omissions of the names of some of the men of the Division is, regretably possible, despite every effort made to secure complete rosters of Connecticut men.
APUZZO, Louis P. Pfc. 855 First Ave., West Haven
ARENA, Louis L. Pfc. 36 Norton St., Waterbury 74
AYRES, Donald H. Pvt. Shippan Ave., Stamford
BAILEY, James A. Cpl. 3 Omo St., Middletown
BAILLARGEON, Roland Pfc. 483 Boswell Ave., Norwich
BAMBAUER, John J. Pfc. 266 Wells St., Bridgeport
BARTKOVICH, George A. Sgt. Levine St., Norwalk
BEACH, Edward R. Pfc. 1185 Whalley Ave., New Haven
BEEBE, Fred W. Pfc. 185 Branford Ave., Groton
BERRY, John P. Pvt. 31 Rose St., Waterbury
BERRY, William T. Pfc. 444 Main St., East Hartford 8
BERTHIAUME, Lionel J. Pfc. 436 So. Main St., Waterbury
BILIDES, Philip Pfc. 358 Orchard St., New Haven
BINGSTON, Philip B. Pfc. 1214 Chapel St., New Haven
BOROCZKY, John Pfc. 739 Warden Ave., Bridgeport
BRADBURY, Henry W. Pfc. 169 Goddard Ave., Bridgeport
BROOKS, Franklin R. Sgt. 171 No. Bank St., New London
BROWN, Edward E. T/ 4 102 Auburn Rd., New Haven
BRYDA, Benedict F. Pfc. 108 Oak St., Meriden
BUDNICK, Chester J. Pfc. 34 Smith St., New Britain
BURGHOFF, Robert O. Pfc. Hanover St., Yalesville
CAPARULO, Ralph Pfc. 48 Worcester St., New Haven
CARLIS, Salvatore Cpl. 806 Grand Ave., New Haven
CARLSON, Henry W. Jr. Sgt. 160 Prospect St., Waterbury
CARRUBBA, Frank I. Pfc. 457 E. Main St., Bridgeport
CARTY, William B. Pfc. 608 Second Ave., West Haven
CHRISTOPHY, Paul Pfc. Chidsey Ter., Terryville
CIRALDI, Anthony L. Sgt. 324 Congress Ave., Waterbury
CLARK, Edward O. Pfc. 442 Main St., Winsted
CLARK, George W. Pfc. Suffield St., Windsor Locks
COHEN, Norman A. Pfc. 147 Magnolia St., Hartford
COHN, Siegmund G. Pfc. Box 344, John St., Norwalk
COLE, George A. Pfc. 632 High St., Middletown
COLUCCI, Victor M. Pfc. 675 Pembroke Ave., Bridgeport 8
COMAN, Merlin F. Pvt. 71 Dunham St., Norwich
CONNOLLY, John P. Pfc. 13 Landry St., Bristol
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CORRADO, Anthony J. Pfc. 441 Wethersfield Ave., Hartford 6
CORRIS, Alfred L. Pfc. 2266 E. Main St., Bridgeport
COUTURE, Earl F. Pfc. 21 Tracy Ave., Jewett City
CROFT, Walter H. T/ 5 34 Audabon Rd., West Hartford
CZARZASTY, Walter J. Pfc. 73 Shepfield Lane, Union City
DECKER, Jack E. Pfc. 487 Colorado Ave., Bridgeport
DE CROSTA, Joseph D. Pvt. 36 Miller St., Middletown
DESJARLAIS, Armand J. Pfc. 9 W. Park St., Willimantic
DE VITO, Vito J. Pfc. 45 Wilson St., Stamford
DIBELLA, John T/ 4 31 Vernon St., Hartford
DIGALBO, Daniel D. Pfc. 72 South St., Hartford
DORSO, Joseph A. Pfc. Hill Ave., Waterbury
DUDS, Theodore A. Pfc. 12 Nicholas Square, New Milford
DZIENGIELOWSKI, Joseph S. Pfc. 42 Goodyear Ave., Naugatuck
FABRIZIO, Ralph S. T/ 4 290 Hollister St., Stratford
FERRIS, Kenneth C. T/ 5 RDF 2, Shelton
FITCH, Fred K. 2nd Lt. 114 Vanderbilt Ave., Hartford
FITTING, George E. Pfc. Main St., Salisbury
FOARN, Charles F. Cpl. 57 Franklin St., Danbury
FOX, Lawrence A. Sgt. 441 Greenwich Ave., New Haven
GALLUP, Robert L. T/ 4 115 York St., New Haven
GOLDMAN, Louis G. Sgt. 92 Colebrook St., Hartford
GORRY, Frank J. Pfc. 718 Maple Ave., Hartford
GRAY, Brenis J. Pfc. 49 Green St., Waterbury
GROVES, Raymond P. Sgt. Hendrie Ave., Riverside
HAYES, John R. Pfc. 69 So. Whittelsey St., Wallingford
HOLLOWAY, Keith A. Pfc. 45 Mather Ave., Groton
HOSTAGE, Basil A., Jr. Pfc. 60 Briarcliff Rd., Hamden
HOZUBIN, Edward Pfc. Grove St., West Cheshire
HUNTER, William J. T/ 5 6 Marlboro St., Portland
KAHAN Robert F. Sgt. Box 75, Vernon
KLICHOWSKI, Walter J. Cpl. 101 Gold St., New Britain
KOLODZIEJ, Edwin Pfc. 740 Enfield St., Thompsonville
KORKOBECZ, Michael J. S/ Sgt. 42 Texas Dr., New Britain
KORTE, Frederick W. Jr. Pfc. 51 Pratt St., Winsted
KRAHL, Albert E. Jr. Sgt. Vera St., East Haven
KREMMEL, William A. Pfc. 45 Evers Place, Bridgeport
LA FONTAINE, Lewis F. Sgt. 204 So. Park St., Willimantic
LA MADELEINE, Joseph A. Pfc. 204 Edin St., Waterbury
LAMADELEINE, Roland J. T/ 5 204 Edin St., Waterbury
LEE, Donald H. 1st Lt. Greenwoods Road East, Norfolk
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LEVINE, Morris Pfc. 20 Falcott St., New Britain
LEWIS, Hollis O. Capt. 69 Lebanon Ave., Willimantic
LIEBERMAN, Herman J. Pfc. 35 Boswell Ave., Norwich
LIKASIK, Adolph J. S/ Sgt. 63 Hanover St., Bridgeport
LUCEY, John E. Pfc. 46 Durant Ter., Middletown
LULIS, Vincent Pfc. 137 Milldale St., Plantsville
MACKO, Robert Pfc. 42 Elizabeth St., Bridgeport
MALODZIEJKO, Casimer F. Pvt. 105 Cleveland St., New Britain
MARTIN, Robert Pfc. 59 Ringgold St., West Hartford
MAY, William H. Pfc. 29 Wharton St., West Haven
MCDONALD, Dale A. T/ 5 New Road, Collinsville
MILCO, Walter L. S/ Sgt. 16 Baldwin St., Hartford
MISCIUCH, Frank W. Pfc. 433 Helen St. Bridgeport
MORTON, Raymond T. Pfc. RFD 3, Torringford St., Torrington
MUCKLE, Edward F. Pfc. RFD 3, Box 675, Torrington
NALEWAJK, Chester P. Sgt. 270 Oakwood St., Bridgeport
NELSON, Charles G. Pfc. 47 Cedar Ave., Waterbury
NEUMANN, George E. Pfc. 246 Terryville Rd., Bristol
NORTHROP, Walter W. T/ 4 23 Ann St., New Haven
O'CALLAGHAN, John D. Sgt. 47 Church St., Ansonia
O'CONNELL, Robert F. Pfc. 101 Bentwood Rd., West Hartford
PACKER, Arnold Pfc. 17 Maxson St., West Mystic
PACZOSA, Edwin S. Pfc. 127 Main St., Suffield
PALIMAN, William E. Pfc. 172 Laurel St., East Haven
PARENTI, Olindo A. Pfc. 202 South St., Bristol
PAUL, Gus Pfc. 17 Cabot St., Hartford 5
PAVLEK, John Pfc. 1521 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport
PELLETIER, Jean P. Pfc. 8 Water St., Danielson
PENTA, Angelo A. Pfc. 141 Division St., Waterbury
PERRY, Lawrence B. S/ Sgt. 48 School St., Manchester
PICKOWITZ, Henry A. Pfc. 262 Huntington St., New London
PIERSON, Roger C. Jr. Pfc. Sill Lane Rd., Old Lyme
PLANINSEK, Frank J. Pfc. 91 Flatbush Ave., Hartford
POULIOT, Joseph E. Pfc. 168 Glen Brook Rd., Bridgeport
PRENTICE, Albert B. Pfc. 139 Ct. F, Yellow Mill Village, Bridgeport
PREZIOSO, Paul F. Pfc. 33 Bell St., Bridgeport
ROSENFELD, Elkin H. Pfc. 16 Thomas Rd., West Hartford
ROY, Joseph T. 1st Lt. West Haven
RULNICK, Norman T/ 5 36 Vine St., Hartford
SAMOJEDNY, John F. Pfc. 272 Broad St., New Britain
SANFORD, Van H. Pfc. Box 286, Uncasville
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SANNA, John A. Pfc. 175 Hamilton Ave., Greenwich
SATTERWAITHE, Arthur 1st Lt. 242 Starr St., New Haven
SCHWOLSKY, Murray A. Pfc. 16 Thomas Rd., West Hartford
SCIARRA, Gerald Pfc. 71 Beach St., Waterbury
SCOTT, Irving R. Sgt. Northfield Farms, Northfield
SEIPEL, Norman Pfc. 50 Smith St., New London
SHAW, John D. Pfc. 19 Curtiss Ave., West Haven
SHEA, Robert H. Pfc. 59 Summit St., New London
SHIND, Hyman J. Pfc. 1287 Albany Ave., Hartford
SHUMBO, John Pvt. Box 16, Ivoryton
SIRKO, John P. Sgt. 99 Vibberts Ave., New Britain
SKOREK, Anthony T/ 4 125 Mather St., Hartford
SMITH, Daniel M. Pfc. 3 Van Zanti St., East Norwalk
SOLESKY, Walter Pfc. 103 Governor St., Hartford
STEIBER, Alfred J. Pfc. 215 Orland St., Bridgeport
STRONG, Clarence R. Cpl. 3 Maher Ct., Greenwich
SZACHANA, Edward J. Pfc. RFD 1, Uncasville
TARZIA, Lawrence J. Pfc. 65 Virgil St., Stamford
TAYLOR, Neil T/ 4 141 Oakland Ter., Hartford
TENCZA, Edward F. T/ 5 11 Twist St., Northfield
THOMAS, Robert E. Pvt. 66 Tom Thumb St., Bridgeport
THOMPSON, John E. Jr. Pfc. 2824 Bedford St., Stamford
TODRIFF, Kenneth R. Pfc. Box 103, Maple St., Kent
TRACY, Albert J. Pfc. 72 Oakwood Ave., West Hartford
TUCKER, Albert R. T/ 5 28 Milford Ave., Branford
TWITCHELL, Albert J. Sgt. Academy St., Salisbury
USOWSKI, Joseph F. Sgt. 152 Pleasant St., Thompsonville
VAN HORSTEN, Harry E. Pfc. Manchester Ave., Waterbury
WANAMAKER, Harold Pfc. 57 Brooklawn Ave., Stamford
WELLS, Bradford S. Pfc. 224 Cornwall St., Hartford
WIND, Thomas E., Jr. Pfc. RFD River Rd., Essex
WUJTEWITZ, Henry S. Cpl. 152 Crystal Ave., New London
YARINCIK, Peter Pfc. 17 West St., New Britain
YINSHANIS, John F. Pfc. 32 Willow St., New Britain
YUCKIENUZ, Leo P. Pfc. 934 Hancock Ave., Bridgeport
ZANYCKI, Peter Pfc. 19 Grant St., New Haven
ZEMKO, John Pfc. Route 1, Colchester
ZIOLKOWSKI, Zigmund J. Pfc. 61 Albany Ave., New Britain
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