Connecticut men of the Second Division, August 1945. Vol. 1, no.9

              CONNECTICUT MEN
of the Second Division
AUGUST 1945 OCT 1 1945 2nd DIVISION BATTLE LOG
D- Day Plus One — Division went into action D plus 1 — on June 7, 1944 at St. Laurent sur Mer, France. Liberated Trevieres. German defense line was struck June 11 in the Berigny- St. Georges d'Elle- Ivon sector. Here the division had its first encounter with the 3d Parachute Division of the Wehrmacht, took its first prisoners. It was the beginning of a grudge fight which was renewed many times with this unit of the German army.
Normandy — Fight for Hill 192 was a vital struggle on the way to St. Lo. One rifle company reached the crest on June 16, only to be driven back in the face of a withering counterattack. Hill was finally taken July 11. Division slammed through Normandy during the fighting around St. Lo and went as far as Tinchebray, captur­ing
that French town. General Gerow said it was largely through efforts of men of the 2d that the battle of the hedgerows had been won.
Brittany — Then the division began a 300 mile journey to battle for the strong­hold
of Brest. Hitler had demanded that the garrison hold out for 90 days. It fell to the 2d in 39 days, on Sept. 18, 1944. In October, 1944, the division had started to bite into the Siegfried Line. During this month it was fighting in the vicinity of Viesalm, Belgium. In December, the fighting was near St. Vith, Belgium, where the division occupied a defensive sector along the German border north of Luxem­bourg.
Germany — In January, 1945, the division was battling the snow and ice as well as the Germans during the break­through,
but by February the tide had turned and the 2d was inching forward
into Germany itself. Monschau and Ahrweiler were the key German towns taken by the division in February and March, 1945. By the end of April the division was at Pilsen, Czechoslovakia. The end of the war in Europe found it in Czechoslovakia.
Awards: Only American division in which every wartime unit is entitled to wear the fourragere of the Croix de Guerre, awarded by France for World War action. Distinguished Unit citation awarded 2nd Signal Company of the division for action in Belgium from Dec. 16 to 19, 1944.
SERVICEMEN'S COMMEMORATIVE BOOKLET
VOL. I August 25, 1945 No. 9
CARLETON B. CLYMA, Editor
This souvenir of the Indian Head's return from the European war was prepared for the men of the 2nd 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 the Fort Devens Reception Station, greatly facilitated the gathering of the material for this booklet. Some of the group pictures are from Signal Corps photographs. The cover picture is from The New York Daily News. The factual materials herein were prepared by the Office of Technical Infor­mation,
A. G. F.
A limited number of copies are available for distribution, to Connecticut men of the Division only. They can be secured by written request to the Office of the Gov­ernor,
State Capitol, Hartford.
Reproduction of original material is per­missible
only with written authorization.
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2nd DIVISION PICTURES
The Monticello — Docked at Pier 86, North River, New York, shortly after the picture shown on the cover was taken. In the foreground is a picture of the harbor craft, Sandy Hook, now a familiar sight to returning veterans from the ETO.
The Artillery — Twenty- one Con­necticut
men who served in the 2nd Division's artillery, photographed on July 23rd at Ft. Devens, picture Page 3.
The Infantry — Twenty- nine Con­necticut
men of the 23rd Infantry photo­graphed
at Ft. Devens, July 23rd, picture Page 4. Thirty- two men of the 38th In­fantry
photographed at Ft. Devens, July 23rd, picture Page 5. Thirty- four men of the 9th Infantry photographed at Ft. Devens, July 21st, picture Page 6.
Engineers — Twelve Connecticut men of the 2nd Engineers photographed at Ft.
Devens, July 21st, picture, left, page 7; six men of various smaller units of the Division, photographed July 23rd at Ft. Devens, picture, right, page 7.
Those Doughnuts — Cpl. Stanislaus Kurzeja, 2nd Sig. Co., New Haven, gets a welcome home doughnut from Mrs. Stanton Bubbin of the Boston Red Cross, on Com­monwealth
Pier July, 19th, picture, Page 8.
Souvenirs — Lt. Edgar S. Blackledge of Huntington, L. I., brought home a live one, a Great Dane, on the transport General Richardson, picture, Page 9.
On the Pier — Six Connecticut men photographed on Pier 86 New York, July 20th, picture Page 10. They are Berman, DePaola, and Lipschitz, all of New Haven area; Cinquemani, of Ansonia; Nacewicz, of Bridgeport and Higgins, of Cromwell.
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2nd DIVISION ON FURLOUGH
Slowed down by heavy weather and fog off Boston, the Navy Transport General Richardson, decked at Boston's Common­wealth
Pier on July 19, with the first units of the 2nd Division to see American shores since the outfit's embarkation in October 1943. Aboard were the 9th Infan­try,
the 15th Field Artillery, Medical, and Engineer Battalions and Signal Company.
The men from the Richardson staged through Camp Myles Standish, near Taunton Massachusetts, and the Con­necticut
men came through to the Fort Devens reception station for pre- furlough processing about 24 hours later.
Three of the Division's Field Artillery Battalions the 12th, 37th and 38th, ar­rived
on the Marine Panther, which anchored off Piermont, 40 miles up the Hudson from New York City. The troops were transported to the staging camp by trucks after coming ashore from the Panther in small craft.
Other units of the Division, including the 23rd and 38th Infantry Regiments, Headquarters and smaller units including
the Reconnaissance, Quartermaster, and Counter Intelligence, arrived at New York on the Transport Monticello, formerly the Italian Luxury liner Conte Grande, on July 20. Docking at Pier 86, the Monti­cello
and her passengers were blanketed by the simultaneous arrival of the 44th In­fantry
Division aboard the Queen Eliza­beth.
The size of the Elizabeth plus the fact that the 44th included both New York and New Jersey infantry regiments of National Guard origin served to blackout the 2nd's arrival and the relative records of the 2nd and 44th were reversed in so far as news stories were concerned.
This group staged through Camp Kil­mer
near New Brunswick, New Jersey, and arrived at Fort Devens, near Ayer, Mas­sachusetts
for pre- furlough processing along with the 44th.
Connecticut men are due to report after furlough at Devens from August 22 to August 25, and soon thereafter with New Englanders of the 2nd Division, will entrain for the division's reassembling and retraining at Camp Swift, Texas.
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2nd DIVISION STORIES
Editor's Note: Memories of the European experience 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 the worst days and the best is the purpose of these stories. Connecticut men of the 2nd were asked for their own stories and in their own words they are here so recorded:
Blanchette, Eugene E., Pfc., Cannon
Co., 9th Inf., Waterbury.
" The part I remember most was when we were in our gun positions and were cut off. We had to join the doughboys and dig in. Just about the time the tracers started coming close, we moved out. I was plenty scared."
Daurio, Anthony F., T/ 5, Hdq. Co., 2nd Combat Engs., New Haven. " I'll always remember the day of the breakthrough. We were in the Town of Wuertzfeld. We looked out the window and two German tanks were coming right in on us when our fire knocked them out."
DeFerrari, Hector E., Pfc, Co. A.
2nd Combat Engs., New Haven.
" The worst thing I ran up against was Hill 92 near St. Lo, Normandy. During the breakthrough there, the Germans shelled
us steadily and snipers were well camou­flaged.
For one straight month we never had a bath and lived on K rations."
Fazekas, Gus J., Pfc, Co. B., 23rd Inf., Bridgeport.
" The best time I had was three weeks in Pilsen. The people are sociable, friendly, and civilized. The most cultivated people in all Europe are the Czechs."
Flynn, Joseph R., Cpl., Btry B., 37th F. A., Hamden.
" On the night of December 17th, the 37th got orders to go out and retreat 400 yards to the rear, but the doughboys need­ed
support so we stayed until next morn­ing.
Our B Battery turned its guns around in the opposite direction and fired on our own Cub airfield to destroy our own spot­ter
planes there, as the Germans were moving in. Late that night, all the other batteries except B had pulled out and the
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Colonel gave us up for lost. About mid­night
we got out through a 400 yard gap in the German lines."
Handleman, Nathan, Pvt., Co. I, 9th Inf., Norwich.
" I want to tell a little story about when I was in the 6th Ranger Battalion. This took place in the City of Brest. At that time I was on night patrol every night and had every day off. We were told that our mission was to find out how many Jerries were in a corner where the 23rd Infantry were held up. We started out and for awhile all looked good. Then one of our boys said ' Drop'. We all hit the ground and before we could look up Jerries were all around us. One boy said ' Let's run'. Another said ' Let's fight it out'; and so we did. I got hit with three machine gun slugs before the Jerries came out with that old familiar Kamerad. I was trying to get one before they came up to surrender but I was so weak from the loss of blood that I missed. We counted up the dead Jerries. There were 15 of them, 3 wounded and 15 surrendered. Then I was carried back to the hospital.
" People ask me how I feel about going to the Pacific. I have enough points to
stay in the States, but if it is left up to me I will stay with this outfit and go to the Pacific so that I can be with my brother Bill who has been there more than two years."
Harnden, Robert L., T/ 5, Hdq. Btry.,
12th F. A., East Haven.
" The breakthrough was our hotspot. We had just moved up and had recon­naissance
out to start a push of our own, when the Germans broke through the 99th and 106th Infantry Divisions. Remnants of those outfits were assigned to the com­mand
of the 2nd Division through the Battalion CP. My own closest scrape was on the 16th of December. They were shelling and I had my jeep parked and was in a foxhole about 25 yards away when a shell hit the jeep wrecking it completely. It made a believer out of me."
Jones, Benjamin L., Pfc, Hdq. Co., 2nd Bn., 9th Inf., New London. " The absolute lack of sanitary facilities and the way the Germans make no dis­tinction
regarding sex was amazing. We accepted surrender of a group of German WACs, about 300 of them, a little while after we got them located most of them
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stripped naked to take a sun bath. The German men ignored it, we couldn't."
Kowalonek, Frank L., Pfc, Co. C,
9th Inf., Bridgeport.
" My best time was in Czechoslovakia. I had a job lining up billets for the com­pany
and the Czechs were more than glad to have us. They treated us like cousins. We were the first Americans they had seen. The old women were glad to see us. They met us with tears of joy. They are the best people in Europe."
Leonzi, Larry J., Pvt., Co. G., 23rd Inf., Bridgeport.
" I had a good time while I was in the hospital in England near Birmingham, where we got a pass every day and Bir­mingham
was a good town to be on pass in."
Lesniewski, Peter, Pfc, Co. M., 23rd Inf., Stonington.
" I am lucky to be alive. In the first at­tack
we had a Tiger Tank dug in front of us trying to blast our machine guns out of position. For an hour and a half it was throwing 88' s at us and we lost 34 men in our company. We got into a crossfire and got badly cut up. Our Artillery finally
blasted the Tank out. Give the Artillery some credit. If they hadn't got that tank we wouldn't have gotten out of there alive."
Lupoli, Anthony M., Pfc, Co. C, 2nd
Combat Engs., New Haven.
" What happened to you reporters from Connecticut? Over in France, every other State had reporters who came around to our outfit. What makes me proud is that I was in the same platoon and on the same job with T/ 4 Trubee Kimbro, from Texas, who got a Congressional Medal of Honor for holding off Tiger Tanks near Krinkeet, in Germany, at the start of the German breakthrough in the Bulge. Disregarding direct orders he laid mines in front of our line making three trips for that purpose. I was doing the same thing. On the third trip in he was killed."
Lynch, James F., T/ 5, Btry A., 15th
F. A., West Hartford.
" The breakthrough was the worst. It is awful when you are going backwards. It came when I was sweating out for a relief. And, we had to put in an extra week at the front, that made it ten straight days, no sleep, no chow, and it rained and snowed."
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Marks, Fred J., Pfc., Hdq. Btry., 15th
F. A., West Hartford.
" After the show had ended I believe the full realization of the outcome came when I attended the Victory- Thanksgiving Ser­vice
at St. Bartholomew's Cathedral in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia. A most inspiring spectacle, celebrated by three divisional chaplains and a few words of thanks by a Czech Monsignor, this tribute to the Allied Armies rang down the curtain on a job well done."
Mascolo, Daniel J., T/ 5, Btry B., 38th
F. A., West Hartford.
" The day of the breakthrough which began the Battle of the Bulge found us starting a new attack. We were going pretty good and although it was rough, we had taken a lot of ground. All of a sudden, the Germans broke through on our flanks, and on the verge of being
trapped, we fought our way out and pulled back under continuous shelling. We set a new record for the number of rounds fired. Often our guns heated and jammed. We were under continuous shellfire for thirty days in the center of the Bulge."
Michaud, Aurele J., Pfc, Co. A., 9th Inf., New Britain.
" The hardest fighting the division had was when we met the German paratroops in front of Brest. Those paratroopers were really tough. They had concrete pillboxes, stationary guns in concrete em­placements,
a trench system, all of it protected by hedgerows. But, we had the most casualties in the Battle of the Bulge holding a defensive line for two months. Then we moved to the left at ' Heartbreak Crossroad' where we lost half the battalion in an attack. The Krauts had their barbed wire laced with booby traps and it was the best position I ever saw. I learned more in one week of combat than I did in seventeen weeks of basic training."
Papp, Edward W., Pfc, Co. I., 23rd Inf., Fairfield.
" The thing I like to remember best is the welcome we got from the Czechs. I'd been overseas ten months and that was the only time I felt like a liberator. I liked Pilsen. The people really seemed to appreciate the Americans more than the French and Belgians did."
Parnoff, Richard L., Pfc, Hdq. Co., 2nd Bn., 9th Inf., Bridgeport. " Europe is away behind the times com­pared
to the U. S. Their homes are not as nice. Their highway system is not com­parable
to ours. In fact there is nothing in Europe that you can compare with the U. S. It certainly gave me a new apprecia­tion
of this country."
s Spinnato, Joseph J., Sgt., Co. K., 9th Inf., New London.
" German living conditions and stand­ards
are much lower than ours. Luxuries are fewer and they get along with less than we do. Their women work harder than ours and they do a man- sized job in the fields."
Squires, Raymond E., Pfc, Co. A., 23rd Inf., Hartford.
" The contrast between our arrival in France at Le Havre and coming into New York day before yesterday is what struck me. Le Havre is just a mass of rock, rub��ble
and ruin. There is no place like America."
Sym, Joseph, Pfc, Btry C, 15th F. A., Shelton.
" Sometimes it really was rough. Those Krauts had damn good artillery and they knew how to use it."
Tetu, Edward J., Pfc, Hdq. Co., 9th Inf., Bridgeport.
" Germany is a country of farming vil­lages
and big cities and the cities were more like our own than any others we saw. The Rhineland is really beautiful. The people there were not starving, as a matter of fact they had plenty of food. There were no signs of discontent while we were there. The people must be religious. There were signs of religion everywhere in the valley, many churches and cathedrals. Why, some Germans even claimed that we were liberators and it was hard to forget that there was no kidding like that from German soldiers. They were really tough. One of the big sights was the surrender of the famous 11th German Panzer Army. We even had to give them gas so they could bring their vehicles in to surrender.
" But, we could hardly believe it when we got to Boston. It seemed like there was
a silence — nobody crying, no kids begging chocolate, no wrecked buildings, and the people friendly. We were pretty quiet just thinking about it."
Torrizzo, John T/ 5, Co. C, 2nd Combat Engs., West Hartford. '] " It is all together different than I thought. It's tougher than I thought and there is nothing easy about it. We see some things that are more than mind and body can take."
Vendetti, Anthony M., Pfc, Btry B.,
15th F. A., Waterbury.
" We had it rough around Eisenborn near the Belgian border and a German center for German artillery officers. We found out quick we couldn't be caught outside our gun positions when we had a firing mission and the snow was deep. When you hit the snow without gloves
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and had to stay there for 15 to 20 minutes you could lose a hand by freezing very easy. The Germans were throwing heavy stuff in there for four days straight and it was heaviest at night."
Whitmore, Real B., Pfc, Med., 15th F. A., Willimantic.
" Leuna near Leipzig is a place I won't forget. We set up our guns under mean shelling. They were using flak guns for direct fire. We just had to dig in when it started. There were a few buildings for cover left. They knocked hell out of those. You couldn't move or raise your head without getting it. Two men got hit on the way back from bringing up break­fast
and I had to go out to fix them up. The shelling kept up and another man was hit — seriously, face, chest and belly. I crawled out of my hole and fixed him up. All the time I was praying and hoping
they wouldn't hit me. We were evacuating the wounded under fire. About that time one of our guns was knocked out and later we got the order to move out. There is where I sweated it out right. I had to wait until the last man in the battery had left the old position. Our battalion commander, finally got observation on the flak guns from a spotter plane and our divisional artillery knocked them out. There was a lot of praying done in there. The Captain said later that four hundred to five hundred rounds fell on our area."
2nd DIVISION HISTORY
Organized for World War I at Bourmont, France, in Aug. 1917. Par­ticipated
in five major World War bat­tles
at Chatteau Thierry, St. Mihiel, the Meuse- Argonne, Blanc Mont and Sois ¬ sons. Effectiveness of the 2nd Division in the Meuse- Argonne battle brought from Germans their first admission that the Hindenberg Line was broken. The 2nd moved into Germany with the Army of Occupation, taking position in the Coblenz bridgehead area, where it remained until July, 1919. Returning to this country, the division was assigned to Fort Travis at Galveston, Tex. It continued in existence during peace time and beginning in 1937 and continuing up until the present war, with but brief interruption, was used to conduct field tests to supply the War Department with factual data on which to base the organization of the Infantry Division. The knowledge gained resulted in forma­tion
of the triangular division, as op­posed
to the old square division.
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THE 2nd IN ACTION
At the outbreak of World War II the Second was assigned to Fort Sam Houston, Texas, under VIII Corps of Third Army and there completed airborne training. Early in November, 1942, the division moved to Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, where it received rigorous winter training and in September sailed for England.
The Second began its World War II fighting on D plus one, June 7, 1944, when it went ashore on Omaha Beach and start­ed
to batter its way inland. Trevieres, the first important town to come into Allied hands and a major obstacle in the expan­sion
of the first army bridgehead, was quickly taken by the Division and Cerisy la Foret fell soon afterward. On July 11 the Second smashed its way over Hill 192, the heavily fortified slope holding up the advance on St. Lo.
In the breakthrough south that fol­lowed,
the Second took a spearheading role, pushing through St. Jean des Bai ¬ sants, Vire and Tinchebray. It was then withdrawn from the drive on Paris and transferred 300 miles to the Brittany peninsula to join two other divisions and help take the important seaport of Brest. Hitler demanded that the city hold out for three months but on September 18, just 39 days after the siege began, it sur­rendered
formally to Major General Walter M. Robertson, the Division's commander.
A 700 mile motor and train trek across France and Belgium then carried the Second to Germany's Schnee- Eifel forest where it held a 27- mile front in the Sieg­fried
Line until December, when it moved north and successfully attacked in the Wahlerscheid pillbox area of the Siegfried Line.
It was while the Division was in the midst of this important advance to the Roer River dams and after 24 pillboxes had been seized that the Germans launched their winter offensive. The Second, finding its flanks exposed when enemy troops cut into a neighboring division, gave up the pillboxes and moved to the flank.
With the resumption of the American attack the Division smashed into Hellen- thal, key to the second line of the Sieg­fried
defenses, and then rushed to the Rhine which was crossed on March 21 of this year. The dash into the heart of Germany that followed saw the division sometimes spearheading and sometimes mopping up behind an armored unit. After playing a vital role in the encircle­ment
of the Ruhr it captured the famous university city of Gottingen and the rich prizes of Marseburg, near which Ger­many's
largest rubber plant was located, and Leuna, the Nazi's biggest producer of synthetic gasoline. The Second also was the first American division to enter Leipzig and shared with the 69th Division the glory of taking that city.
The division next held a defensive line on the Mulde river for several weeks and then swung south to drive into Czecho­slovakia.
It had just arrived in Pilsen when V- E day was announced.
The division saw 320 days of fighting, battling 71 days without a break in Normandy, and after reaching Germany it fought 217 straight days until the end of the war without a break.
It had 2,999 of its members killed, 10,924 wounded and 109 were listed as missing while captured totaled 1,034. Total replacements during the European cam­paign
were 21,373.
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THE CONNECTICUT MEN
The names of the officers and men from the Division were compiled from available official records and by personal interview. Omission of the names of some men is, re- gretably, possible despite every effort made to secure complete rosters:
AKUMBAK, Stanley J. Cpl. 52 Merrimac Ave., Oakville
ALCOTT, Wesley F. T/ 5 31 Holbrook Place, Ansonia
ALLING, Roger L. Cpl. 94 Hawthorne Ave., Hamden
ANDERSON, Harry M. Pfc. 26 Maple St., Manchester
AUGER, Normand A. Pfc. 45 Maynard St., Putnam
BAIGERT, Edward A. T/ 5 148 Sherman Ave., Meriden
BARBER, George W. Pfc. 35 Morningside St., West Hartford
BEERS, Edward H. Pfc. 320 Housatonic Ave., Stratford
BELASCO, Robert J. Pfc. 422 Shippan Ave., Stamford
BELIETTO, Vincent J. Pvt. 214 James St., Bridgeport
BELLIZZI, John E. Pfc. 1817 South St., Stratford
BELMONT, Richard E. Pfc. 55 Valley Rd., Greenwich
BENJAMIN, Robert Pfc. 822 Noble Ave., Bridgeport
BERMAN, Samuel Pfc. 42 White St., West Haven
BETTERS, Joseph L. Pfc. 11 Sisson Ave., Hartford
BIRDSALL, Irving C. Pfc. Thomaston Rd., Watertown
BLACK, Edward A. Pfc. 116 Beach Rd., Fairfield
BLAIN, Rene A. T/ 4 North Grosvenordale
BLANCHETTE, Eugene E. Pfc. 106 Yale Ave., Rt. 3, Waterbury
BLANCO, Louis J. Pvt. 11 Plymouth St., Hartford
BOUDREAU, Robert J. S/ Sgt. 27 Walnut St., Thompsonville
BOWEN, Harry W. Pfc. 41 Portman St., Windsor
BOYER, Joseph Pfc. P. O. Box 31, Canaan
BRAULT, Paul R. Pfc. 31 Gridley St., Bristol
BREWSTER, Arthur J. Pfc. 767 Maple St., Bridgeport
BRIDE, William M. 2nd Lt. 34 Condon Rd., Bristol
BROOKS, Raymond J. Pfc. 121 Layton St., West Hartford
BUSHLEY, Kenneth E. Cpl. 24 Whalley Ave., New Haven
BUSHNELL, Robert C. Pfc. 30 Hillside Ave., Plantsville
CARBO, Joseph J., Jr. Sgt. 117 Percival Ave., Kensington
CARLSON, Robert H. 1st Lt. 36 High St., Apt. 31, New Haven
CARLSON, Russell I. 1st Lt. 19 Wall St., Middletown
CARUTE, Salvatore J. Pfc. 218 Lloyd St., New Haven
CASAVANT, Roderick R. S/ Sgt. 35 Soule St., Jewett City
CASSARINO, Paul Pvt. Station 35, South Windsor
CAVO, Joseph S. Pfc. 22 Trumbull St., New Haven
CERASO, Matteo Sgt. 35 William St., New Haven
CEWE, Edward J. Pfc. 377 Poplar St., New Haven
CHRISTOFANI, Donald D. Pfc. 542 Frank St., New Haven
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CIARLO, Dante M. T/ 4 1030 No. Main St., Waterbury
CINQUEMANI, Rosario J. Pfc. 20 Platt St., Ansonia
COHEN, Leonard A. Pfc. 465 So. Main St., Torrington
CORMIER, Albert B. Pfc. 59 Cedar St., Norwich
CORRENTI, Maurice P. Pfc. 88 Birch St., Manchester
COYLE, Harold D. Pfc. 560 Huntington Rd., Bridgeport
CRABTREE, Wendell Pfc. 204 Hewitt St., Bridgeport
CROWLEY, John M. S/ Sgt. 83 Hawkins Rd., Southport
CULLINA, William R. T/ 5 21 Wethersfield Ave., Hartford
CZERNICKI, Bernard J. 1st Lt. 60 Arnold St., Hartford
D'AMATO, Oscar A. Cpl. 42 Oak St., New Britain
D'AMATO, Richard H. Pfc. 102 Prospect St., New Britain
DAURIO, Anthony F. T/ 5 110 Peck St., New Haven
DEFERRARI, Hector E. Pfc. 557 State St., New Haven
DEGREGORIO, Louis A. Pfc. 39 Lyon St., New Haven
DEPAOLO, John L. Pfc. 1891 State St., Hamden
DESIATO, Louis F. Pfc. R. F. D 1, Willimantic
DOHERTY, Daniel P., Jr. Pfc. 42 James St., Hartford
DOLAN, Raymond J. Pfc. 520 Highland Ave., Waterbury
DRAGUNOFF, George P. T/ 5 271 Cedar St., New Haven
DUFF, William P. 1st Lt. 27 Beverly Road, Hamden
DURSO, Daniel Pvt. Hamilton St., New Haven
ESBORN, Norman R. Sgt. 22 Stannard Ave., Branford
FANZZIE, Leo J. Pvt. 122 Mitchell St., New Britain
FARIOLY, Edward L. T/ 4 Box 8, Golden Hill, Danbury
FAZEKAS, Gus J. Pfc. 53 Butter Ave., Bridgeport
FERLA, Michael Pfc. 90 Jewett St., Ansonia
FLETCHER, Clayton E. Pfc. 117 First Ave., West Haven
FLYNN, Joseph R. Cpl. 79 Killdeer Rd., Hamden
FOGLIA, Charles Pfc. 167 Maplewood Ave., Torrington
FRENCH, Dwight S. Pfc. East Windsorville
FRIEDBERG, Martin Pfc. 17 Grand St., New London
FRONCAK, John M. Pfc. 117 Main St., So. Glastonbury
FRULLA, George J. T/ 5 Ramapo Rd., Ridgefield
GADD, Walter H. Pfc. 406 Skiff St., Hamden
GADOURY, Robert L. Pfc. 67 Milk St., Willimantic
GALLAGHER, William F. T/ 4 435 Prospect Ave., West Hartford
GAWLAK, William J. Pfc Box 120- 1, South Coventry
GENTILE, Salvatore J. Pfc. 96 Jackson Ave., Bridgeport
GOERGEN, Siegfried C. T/ 4 Darien
GRANT, James H. Pfc. Steele Rd., New Hartford
HANDLEMAN, Nathan Pvt. Norwich
HARNDEN, Robert L. T/ 5 92 Kimberly Ave., East Haven
HARRIANDER, Vincent T/ 5 222 East Main St., New Britain
HARRIS, William R. 1st Lt. Salisbury
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HEROLD, Frederick W. Pfc. Moose Hill, Guilford
HEROLD, John C., Jr. Sgt. 9 Woodland Ave., Stamford
HILL, Earl P. Pfc. 34 Fountaine St., Middletown
ISTONA, Andrew J. Pfc. Leigh Avenue, Thomaston
IZZARELLI, Anthony W. Pfc. 201 Park St., Bridgeport
JIACCHINE, Anthony P. Pfc. 71 Milk St., Willimantic
JOLY, Roland W. Pfc. 43 Morin Ave., Danielson
JONES, Benjamin L. Pfc. 23 Sharaf St., New London
JOURNALIST, Joseph J. Pfc. 333 West Ave., Noroton Heights
KARPOWITZ, Joseph P. Pfc. River Road, Shelton
KEITH, Philip G. Pfc. 51 Cambridge St., Manchester
KRUPSKI, Joseph Pfc. 213 Saltonstall Ave., New Haven
KURZEJA, Stanislaus T/ 5 76 Minor St., New Haven
KWASNIK, Anthony G. Pfc. 98 Miller St., New Britain
KOWALONEK, Frank L. Pfc. 447 Burnell St., Bridgeport
LAMBERT, Roland G. T/ 4 85 Morris St., Hartford
LAMPERTA, Joseph P. Pfc. 60 Allen St., Bridgeport
LANGELLO, Mark V. Pfc. 21 Cottage St., Derby
LARIBEE, Wesley D. Cpl. RFD, Plantsville
LEITE, Leonel Pfc. 1577 Main St., Hartford
LELAS, John P. Pfc. 14 Spencer Ct., Milford
LEMEK, Stanley J. Pfc. 107 Brooklyn St., Rockville
LEONZI, Larry J. Pvt. 765 Grand St., Bridgeport
LESNZIEWSKI, Peter Pfc. 3 Trumbull St., Stonington
LICHWIARZ, Joseph A. Pfc. 371 Broad St., New Britain
LIPCHITZ, Robert M. Pfc. 98 Scranton St., New Haven
LUBA, Chester J. Pfc. 369 Sound View Ave., Stratford
LUPOLI, Anthony M. Pfc. 2 Lyon St., New Haven
LUSAS, Joseph J. Sgt. 479 Wilson St., Waterbury
LYNCH, James F., Jr. T/ 5 42 Fairview St., West Hartford
MACHES, Tommy T. Pvt. 234 Harwinton Ave., Torrington
MACLACHLAN, William Pfc. 9 Talmadge St., East Haven
MADDEN, Edward F. Pfc. 39 Bretton Rd., West Hartford
MALKOWSKI, Stanley W. Pfc. 776 Quinniapiac Ave., New Haven
MANJONEY, Vincent P. Pfc. 1443 Stratford Ave., Bridgeport
MARKS, Frederick J. Pfc. 18 Lockwood Terrace, West Hartford
MARTORELLI, Anthony Pvt. 720 Grand Ave., New Haven
MASCALO, Daniel J. T/ 5 223 So. Quaker Lane, West Hartford
MASTERGEORGE, Dominic Pfc. 200 Prospect St., Middletown
MATIE, Frank J. Pfc. 13 Gilman St., Bridgeport
MCGUINNESS, Joseph E. Pfc. 300 Fairfield Ave., Stamford
MCHUGH, Robert D. Pfc. 325 Cooke St., Waterbury
MCLAIN, David R. Pfc. Salisbury
MERANTE, Raphael Pfc. 41 Linden St., New Britain
MICHAUD, Aurele J. Pfc. 73 Russell St., New Britain
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MIKOLIKE, Leon Pvt. 67 Hallack St., New Haven
MULDOON, William F. Pfc. 82 Hamilton St., Hartford
MUNSON, Chester H. Pfc. 52 Curtis St., Hartford
NACEWICZ, William J. Pfc. 663 Ivanston Ave., Bridgeport
NAGY, William Pfc. 25 Garner St., So. Norwalk
NEWBURY, Edward J. Pfc. 13 Drive G., Manchester
NIELSEN, John W. T/ 5 Worthington Ridge, Berlin
O'CONNOR, Raymond J. S/ Sgt. 28 Winchester Ave., New Haven
OLSON, Eric A. Pfc. Yellow Mill Village, Bridgeport
O'NEIL, Vincent D. Capt. 237 Providence St., Putnam
ORCUTT, Richard C. Sgt. Mill Road, Stamford
PAPP, Edward W. Pfc. 127 Paul Place, Fairfield
PARNOFF, Richard L. Pfc. 401 Capitol Ave., Bridgeport
PATTERSON, John J., Jr. Pvt. Yellow Mill Village, Bridgeport
PAULONE, Samuel R. Pfc. 561 Baldwin St., Waterbury
PEPE, Carl J. Pfc. 422 Allen St., New Britain
PERNA, Alfred R. Pfc. 245 No. Sound Beach Ave., Riverside
PERRINI, Americo F. Pfc. 307 Madison Ave., Bridgeport
PERRY, Angelo T/ 5 92 Asylum St., Bridgeport
PETERSON, William S. Pfc. 49 Richard St., West Hartford
PICCIRILLO, Michael E. Cpl. 100 Minor St., New Haven
PICHNARCIK, Anthony J. Pfc. 82 So. Broad St., Meriden
PISK, Stanley L. Pfc. 14 Judd St., Bristol
PLAVNICKY, William F. Pfc. 107 Berkeley Place, Bridgeport
PROTA, Frank A. Pvt. 215 Henry St., New Haven
PROTO, James T/ 5 113 So. Montowese St., Branford
PRZYBOROWSKI, John F. Pfc. E. Main St., Jewett City
PUGLISE, Joseph R. Pfc. 35 Elmer St., Hartford
PUGELISE, Louis Pfc. 73 Dixwell Ave., New Haven
RAGNO, Charles J. T/ Sgt. 109 Church St., Thompsonville
RANDINO, James V. Pfc. 67 Court St., Middletown
RAUCKIS, William J. Cpl. 20 Woodland St., New Britain
READING, Joseph F. Pvt. R. F. D 1, Litchfield
RICE, John P. Pfc. 16 John St., New Britain
RICHARDSON, Edward A. Pfc. 203 Highland St., Manchester
RICHARDSON, Robert R. Pfc. Southport
RISSO, Charles L. Cpl. 911 Asylum Ave., Hartford
ROACH, William J. T/ 5 438 Beacon St., Hartford
ROGERS, Gordon D. Pfc. 36 Magnolia St., Hartford
ROMANIELLO, Daniel Pfc. 37 Hillside Ave., Torrington
ROSENFIELD, Leo 1st Lt. 228 Ellsworth Ave., New Haven
RUGGIERO, Vincent L. Pfc. 18 Hudson St., New Haven
RUSSELL, Thomas H., Jr. Pfc. 1069 Boulevard, West Hartford
RUSSO, John H. Pfc. 315 Riverside Ave., Torrington
RUSSO, Leonard L. Pfc. 24 Jefferson St., Norwalk
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RUTH, Lester H. Cpl. 555 Arch St., New Britain
SAGADES, Stephen Pvt. 192 Pine St., Bridgeport
SALEH, Joseph Pfc. 115 W. Helen St., Hamden
SALVIO, Angelo R. T/ 5 16 Cronin St., Waterbury
SALVO, Joseph E. Pvt. 207 Main St., Southport
SAPOLIS, Edward J. Pfc. 67 Pleasant St., Windsor
SAVINO, Henry J. Pfc. 61 Yale Parkway, Meriden
SCHOTT, Donald E. Pfc. 78 Clinton St., Meriden
SCOFIELD, Gilbert H. T/ 5 36 Lakeview Drive, Norwalk
SEMANSKY, Nicholas M. Pfc. 48 Hull St., Ansonia
SHEMO, Joseph S. Pfc. 46 Lisbon St., Hartford
SHOLANICH, William Pfc. 616 Porter St., Stratford
SILVERTSEN, Olaf R., Jr. Pfc. 85 Fifth St., Stamford
SKELLY, George F., Jr. Pvt. 25 Niles St., Hartford
SMART, Roy T. Sgt. 31 Earle St., Hartford
SMITH, Hanford W. Pfc. 13 Center Ave, Norwalk
SOBODY, John F. Pfc. 13 Burrett Ave., So. Norwalk
SPATA, James R. Pfc. 434 East Main St., Bridgeport
SPENCE, Patrick E. Pfc. Box 39, Mystic
SPINNATO, Joseph J. Sgt. 17 Shaw St., New London
SQUIRES, Raymond E. Pfc. 32 Benton St., Hartford
ST. GERMAINE, Aldor H. Pfc. 26 Market St., Grosvenordale
ST. JEAN, Maurice J. Pfc. 32 1/ 2 So. Main St., Danielson
STUMPF, Richard A. Cpl. 92 Kimberly Ave., East Haven
SUCKLEY, Raymond H. Sgt. 6 Short St., Waterbury
SYLVESTER, John M. Pfc. 59 Darling St., East Hartford
SYLVESTER, Joseph J. Sgt. 17 Shaw St., New London
SYM, Joseph Pfc. 10 Coram Ave., Shelton
TAMOSAITIS, Bronis J. Pfc. RFD 3, Box 52, Southbury
TAYLOR, George Sgt. 230 Concord St., New Haven
TERWILLIGER, Harold I. Pfc. 59 Maple St., Branford
TETU, Edward J. Pfc. 1461 State St., Bridgeport
THIBEAULT, Henry A. Pfc. 12 Maxon St., Mystic
TORIZZO, John T/ 5 42 White Ave., West Hartford
TURNER, Joseph Cpl. 228 Westland St., Hartford
UNGHIRE, Felix F. Pvt. 147 Broad St., New Britain
VENDETTI, Anthony M. Pfc. 257 Congress Ave., Waterbury
VISNOSKY, Frank S. Pfc. 102 Liberty St., Stamford
VZATEK, Stanley T/ 5 Box 71, Gales Ferry
WALAJTYS, Theodore J. Pfc. 27 Walnut St., Stamford
WHITMORE, Real B. Pfc. 83 Walnut St., Willimantic
WHITTLE, Donald G. Pfc. R. F. D 1, Newtown
WILTON, Francis W. Pfc. 186 Pennover St., Rowayton
WOLFE, Carl G. Pfc. 333 Park Ave., Bridgeport
WOOD, Bramwell C. Pfc. 40 Ferris Ave., So. Norwalk
WORDEN, Lawrence J. Sgt. 300 No. Bishop Ave., Bridgeport
YOUNG, Carmen D. Pfc. 33 Coleman St., Bridgeport
ZARONZY, Henry Pfc. 578 Brook St., Bridgeport