Connecticut men of the 44th Division, August 1945. Vol. 1, no. 10

              CONNECTICUT MEN
of the 44th Division
AUGUST 1945
44th DIVISION BATTLE LOG
First Action: The 44th first went into the line in an area east of Luneville, France, and took part in the Seventh Army drive to secure the Vosges passes. Six days after being in combat the division held back a counterattack by German forces after its front line had been pierced.
The Vosges: Quickly recovering from this blow, the 44th by mid- November, 1944, had broken through the vital Vosges Mountains in conjunction with the 2d French Armored Division. Ad­vance
in this area was slow, however, and the enemy was persistent in his defense of every inch of ground. It was
, during this period that the 2d Battalion, 114th Infantry Regiment, probably saved the entire division from elimina­tion
as an effective fighting force. The action took place Nov. 25, 1944, north of Schalbeck, France. Charged with the defense of a front approximately 4000 yards wide, the battalion held ground in the face of a German onslaught with numerically superior tank and Infantry units. The battalion' action was credited with having kept from jeopardy friendly troops east of the Vosges Mountains as well as protecting the division itself. December, 1944, found the division well able to cope with determined enemy thrusts in the Vosges Mountains area.
The Saar: On New Year's Day, 1945, the 44th attempted to cross the Saar River ten miles southeast of Saar ¬ brucken. Six attempts were made, but strong enemy counterattacks beat the
crossing back. Eventually, however, persistent effort resulted in a crossing and penetration of two miles. During the latter part of Jan. 1945, the division was holding lines below the Saar.
Austria: During the months which fol­lowed
the 44th cashed in on the general deterioration of the German Army and sped on into Austria. By the end of the war it had occupied large areas of German territory and finally pulled up at Imst, Austria.
SERVICEMEN'S COMMEMORATIVE BOOKLET
VOL. I August 24, 1945 No. 10
CARLETON B. CLYMA, Editor
This souvenir of the 44th Division' return from the European war was pre­pared
for the men 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 ship pictures are from Press Association. 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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HOME FOR FURLOUGHS
The 44th Division was the tenth combat division to come home for furloughs, in the course of the redeployment of 42 divisions from the European Theater of Operations to the Pacific.
It was the first to embark as a unit from England, and the first to make the At­lantic
crossing on one transport. The Queen Elizabeth, huge British Luxury liner, with the entire Division, save for the advanced detachments, docked on Friday, July 20, at Pier 90, North River, New York.
The Army's port authorities provided the standard welcome with the en­thusiastic
WAC band from Fort Hamilton serenading the men aboard the transport. To it was added the spontaneous welcome of the people of New York and New Jersey by the thousands, who lined the piers, buildings and other vantage points to greet the 44th because many of its units were originally of the National Guard of those states.
And the weather man cooperated, pro­viding
sunny skies, the first of a rainy week. Topping it all off Marlene Dietrich, film actress, who was once named a " daughter of the 71st Infantry Regiment," was on the pier waving her shapely legs at the thousands of 44th men who lined the piers of the great liner. Marlene got a thundering welcome from the troops.
First off the gangplank were Red Cross and USO personnel, and then came Major General William F. Dean, the Divisions' CO, and his staff. It took about twelve hours to disembark the division, with
the last units coming down the gang plank at 4 a. m. Saturday morning.
From the Pier after Red Cross doughnuts and coffee the men boarded ferries for the trip across the Hudson, to the Jersey shores, where trains for Camp Kilmer, the staging area near New Brunswick, New Jersey, were ready. On the average it was a two hour trip from gangplank to Kilmer Barracks.
Then came orientation for the next 48 hours at a camp theater, and the " home coming" meal, topped with steaks and ice cream with fresh milk as an added at­traction.
Clothing issues and baggage dis­posal
were on the program, and many men took the opportunity to make that long awaited phone call to the folks at home. The processing was completed when the units were divided by areas, the Con­necticut
men, with those of New England, boarding the trains for the trip to the Fort Devens Reception Station.
At Fort Devens a more involved pro­cessing,
including orientation, clothing issue, payroll call, and more, was handled speedily enough to meet the 24 hour limitation on length of stay there. Then, finally, came the special orders for fur­lough,
and the last leg of the trip home­ward.
The Connecticut men's furloughs expire on August 24, and soon thereafter, along with the New England men, they will entrain for Camp Chaffee, Arkansas. The Division had been scheduled for re­training
at Camp Chaffee and shipment to the Pacific theater of operations.
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44th DIVISION PICTURES
The Queen Elizabeth — Men of the 44th crowd the rails, portholes and every available inch of space on deck as the giant liner docks at Pier 90, North River on July 20th, pictured on the Cover.
At Bournemouth, England, — Hun­dreds
of men of the 44th had a chance to get in a little recreation, prior to their embarkation for home. Photograph on Page 4 shows a large contingent on their arrival at the Resort.
The Infantry — Eighteen Connecticut
men of the 71st Infantry photographed at Ft. Devens, July 23rd, picture Page 5. Nineteen men of the 324th Infantry at Ft. Devens, picture Page 6. Twelve men of the 114th Infantry at Ft. Devens, picture Page 7.
The Artillery — Nine men of the 44th Division's artillery at Ft. Devens, picture Page 8.
The Queen — The prow of the great ship looms large as tugs nudge her into the slip, picture Page 12.
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44th 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 44th were asked for their own impressions. In their own words they are here recorded:
Barrow, Charles A., Pvt., Co. G., 324th Inf., Ansonia.
" I made some very good French friends in Compiegne. I spent many evenings with them and it was just like being one of the family. They would go out of their way even with as little as they had, insist­ing
on serving refreshments. They went to great pains to show me all their historical sights. Most G. I. s meet a low type of the French and few G. I. s had an opportunity to meet others."
Finer, William H., S/ Sgt., Hdq. Btry., Div. Artillery, Shelton. " That Leihein deal near Saarebourg was
the toughest deal we had. The 17th SS Panzer hit our lines. They had us sur­rounded
until our 4th Armored came through and drove them back, saving the day for our outfit."
Farrenella, Ralph V., Pfc, Co. A., 324th Inf., Groton.
" On the way to taking the town we had to take the woods. They needed two men as guides and they picked on me. We went back to the edge of the woods and the Heinies started throwing a barrage. The first shell hit near us and we took to a ditch. The next one killed a man right in front of me and wounded two more.
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They were wiremen who were working there. We tried to get back to the Com­pany
but when we got out of the woods, we couldn't find them. We landed up in B Company and stopped with them near a building where the Germans had stored a lot of German 88MM shells. Just about that time, German tank fire set off the stored shells. We got away from there in a hurry, and out of the building came a Heinie about 40 years old. Was he sur­prised!
We took him prisoner and a little while later found our way back to our own company."
Godfrey, John F., Pfc, Co. K., 324th Inf., Danbury.
" I had a tough day when we crossed the Danube River near Ulm, in assault boats, spearheading the 10th Army. The Heinies gave us quite a reception. By luck we had no casualties but the Heinies had plenty."
Hudak, Peter, Pvt., Co. D., 324th Inf., Shelton.
" The best day I had over there was on a 33 hour pass in Bournemouth, a summer resort on the English coast. It was a good time, we went swimming, had a little beer and brandy, and you felt free for a day."
Insley, Williams S., Pvt., Btry B., 217th F. A., Old Lyme.
( Ed. Note: Here is a page from Private Insley's European diary).
Tomorrow, we leave this unforgetable, lovely Austrian valley. They tell us we are going back to the States and from there to the South Pacific. However even the prospect of a trip to the States is dimmed by a tinge of nostalgia on leav­ing
this place for this valley is now at peace and to me seems like home. It has given me more peace of mind than any other place I have ever been. Its myster­ious
mountains and its fields of wild flowers and grain give to me a sense of ease, charm, and security that no city anywhere can hold.
Tonight I took what may be my last walk down to the snow rivers in the middle of the valley. As I stood there on the high bank overlooking the swift little stream a thought came to me. Say a prayer for myself to remember:
Dear God, Peace has come again to this Austrian valley. From its Tyrolean hills and scornful peaks, austere in the evening sun, to the myriads of wild flowers which cover every earthen spot, no voice is heard except the voice of peace and happy thought. Please keep this peace, no more let these hills resound with other than the tinkle of a cowbell or the Hallo of a tyrol from the peaks. Keep safe within these walls all those sheltered thoughts and
loves of freedom, religion, music, flowers and laughter. Do not allow these righteous occupants of a newer faster- living race to despoil this land of rural living, and let me come again to this lovely place of age old rustic things, — Amen.
Kutcher, Anthony J., Pfc, Co. G., 324th Inf., Hartford.
" There were a couple of days in southern Australia when we ran up against machine guns that I remember well. We were sup­posed
to take four towns that day but we were pinned down by these machine guns and lost 6 men killed and 26 wounded. It was the sharpest fight I was in."
Lennon, Eugene T., Pfc, Co. F., 324th Inf., Thomaston.
" I was over there 7 months. It don't seem that long now but it was. I remember best the Nectar River in South Germany.
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After we crossed the river and climbed the banks we came up against a company of Heinies counter- attacking. We opened up on them and our Artillery came in nice. It lasted about 40 minutes. Just what I did that 40 minutes, I don't remember, but I did plenty of shooting with my B. A. R."
Minto, Joseph A., Pfc, Co. M., 71st Inf., Bridgeport.
" I think the Eller River crossing was the toughest going I saw. First there was a canal to cross, with the bridge gone and then a wide open space. The bridge over the river was wired to blow and the dynamite was still in place. We sent a dozen riflemen across above it on a heavy wire and they made it hand over hand. Then came our machine gun section. We started across in assault boats and the swift current in the river turned our
boat over, we lost the machine gun, and had to swim for it. We were puled out by the infantry. We stayed over on the other side for awhile in our wet clothes then captured some Heinie prisoners and took their dry clothes to wear back. As we had lost our weapons we were told to go back across the river and we had to crawl along across this long bridge on two rails while they shelled us bad. After­wards
we got a couple of days rest."
Mayette, Francis W., Pfc, Co. M., 324th Inf., Stamford.
" Poverty and war conditions have made Italy a dirty place. The streets and many homes are dirty. Many of the people don't have what it takes to be clean. But, there are nice people there and I met some of them."
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McHugh, Donald J., S/ Sgt., Hdq. Btry.
Div. Artillery, Bristol.
" Once I got separated from our Divi­sion
and wound up in the 99th. I had to hitchhike back. They were way up north in the First Army and I had to go through the Third Army to the Seventh. It was about 350 miles the way I went, and it took me three days and three nights to make it. The first night I slept in a hotel in Liege and the next night on the floor of an ammunition warehouse in Verdun. I joined up with our outfit again just in time for the counterattack in the breakthrough. That trip was tougher than fighting.''
O'Brien, Norbert F., Pfc, Co. G., 324th
Inf., Windsor Locks.
" The best three days I had in Europe were the three days on leave in Paris. Oh! Boy!"
Perrotto, William, Pfc, MP, Div. Hdq., Bridgeport.
" I saw thousands of liberated Russians and D. P. s. The Russians had been through a hell of a lot. If you went into their camps you could see that. They had no clothes, no sanitary facilities and not much of anything else, but they all wanted to work. They were good workers. They worked harder than any other people I saw in Europe."
Pratt, John L., Pfc, Anti- tank Co.,
324th Inf., Rockville.
" The difference between France and Germany lays in what the Germans did to France. Even the small villages were battered terribly; the farmlands were ruined by foxholes, trenches and shellfire. When we got into Germany, the standards of living there as compared with those of ruined France, were so much better that it wasn't funny. German houses were better made and a lot of them looked like
those in the United States. Of course the German towns and farms didn't look so good when we got through with them."
Rauscher, Ludwig P., T/ 5, Hdq. Co., 2nd Battalion, 324th Inf., Milford. " Trying to lay wire across the Danube gave me a bad hour. They were throwing a lot of artillery at us and there were plenty of snipers. There were a lot of close ones. They even knocked off one of the Heinie prisoners we had picked up. It took us about 12 hours to get the wire across.
Rougeot, Maynard, E., T/ 5, Serv. Co.,
71st Inf., Torrington.
" Saarebourg was the worst. It is the first time I was under fire and it was never that bad again."
Russell, William N., T/ Sgt., Co. I.,
324th Inf., New Haven.
" I have the Silver Star, the Bronze Star with clusters and the Purple Heart with clusters. The Silver Star was for my part in taking three machine guns at Hageneau, near Bitche, in December. There were three of us all pinned down but I was firing in the off- hand position and knocked out two of the guns taking both of them back to our own lines from where I directed mortar fire to get the last gun. Death was surely near there every minute. Another bad spot was near Rinleu near the German border, with 17 men I hit the spearhead of a German attack. We killed seventeen, wounded four and took about a hundred prisoners."
Rybezyk, Anthony F., Pfc, QM Bn., Middletown.
" I spent most of my time in Europe as an MP in Brussels and I made out swell. The eats were good and there was plenty of beer. I was there four months. I got
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along well with the Belgians. They were okay — swell."
Scaheen, Joseph P., Pfc., Co. D., 71st Inf., Danbury.
" Germany impressed me most of all the countries we saw. The people were clean and hard working and living con­ditions
were better than those in France, England or Austria. The people, no — it is what they believe in, I didn't go for."
Senetcen, Alex, S/ Sgt., Hdq. Btry., 156th F. A., Forestville.
" At Goppegin, in Germany, I met a cousin of mine, Paul Senetcen. He had been a German prisoner of war for four years, and was in pretty bad shape, and had suffered bad wounds from machine gun fire. I got him into our dispensary where he was handled as an Allied prison­er.
He was certainly glad to see me after we got things untangled. We talked about our relatives and our war experiences."
Siegel, Julian A., Pfc, Co. G., 324th Inf. 1 New Haven.
" Our regiment was a task force at­tached
to the 10th Armored Division around Crailsheim, Germany. After we got through making an attack our squad ended up in a Heinie company by mistake about 600 yards out in front of our own lines. We just got mixed up in our direc­tions.
We thought they were our own men until we asked them what company they were from. They were about 20 yards away from us and when they answered in German, we took off much fast."
Spinato, John S., T/ 4, Co. C, 71st Inf., New Haven.
" Up in Alsace- Lorraine at Weisvillier we ran into some heavy shelling and with another fellow I took cover in a cellar with a family of four. I had to get out to
repair a jeep. I just got through with it and picked up my tools and headed for the cellar when a shell came in and smashed the jeep I had been working on. The same shell or part of it ricocheted into the cellar and killed the mother and two kids, 5 and 7 years old. That was the closest I ever had."
Stephens, Harry D., Pfc, Hdq. Co., 324th Inf., Bristol.
" There is no country in Europe which stands comparison with the United States, — in cleanliness, living conditions and standards or friendly people, but I would like to go back and see Paris some day."
Stevens, Gerald O., Pfc, Hdq. Btry.,
217th F. A., Hartford.
" I spent 11 months in England. That is where I met my wife in a little town in North Wales. We were married on the 12th of May and I don't expect to see her again until I get back from the Pacific. If she is not in the U. S. by then, I am going over to get her."
Summers, Raymond L., T/ 5, Btry. C,
156th F. A., Putnam.
" The best day I had at the front was when I helped cook our Christmas Dinner. We worked all night and it was the best meal we had overseas — Turkey and the whole works. Christmas Day was kind of quiet and we all enjoyed it."
Wilkos, Marshall A., Pvt., Co. A., 324th Inf., Hartford.
" Austria next to the U. S. is the most beautiful country I ever saw. In the Tyrol region, we were near Landeck located in a valley nestled among the mountains. The people were friendly, their homes were nice and they seemed to like Americans. When the war ended we had a swell time — just like a vacation."
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44th DIVISION FACTS
Slogan: Prepared In All Things.
Shoulder Patch: A circular patch con­taining
two Arabic 4' s, back to back. The 4' s are of blue, on a field of orange and the entire patch has a blue border. The colors are those of the House of Nassau, under which the Dutch settled what is now New York and New Jersey.
Source of Division: National Guard units from New York and New Jersey.
Training: Activated September, 1940, at Fort Dix, N. J., the division received its initial training at that post and moved in Nov. 1941, to First Army maneuvers which were conducted in the Carolinas. In Jan. 1942, the division moved to Camp Clai­borne,
La., and a short time thereafter to Fort Lewis, Washington. In Jan. 1943, it came under control of Army Ground Forces. From Feb. to April, 1944, it participated in maneuvers in Louisiana under the Third Army, and at conclusion of the ma­neuvers
moved to Camp Phillips, Kans.
Left this Country: September, 1944, for European Theater of Operations.
Overseas Training: Brief training on arrival in France.
Awards: 2d Battalion of the 114th Infantry Regiment awarded the Dis­tinguished
Unit Citation for action north of Schalbeck, France, Nov. 25, 1944.
Commanding General: Major Gen. William F. Dean was born in Carlyle, Illinois, Aug. 1, 1889. Was graduated from the University of California in 1921 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Officers' Reserve Corps. In July, 1923, he was. commissioned a second lieutenant
of Infantry in the Regular Army. Promoted to major general March 19, 1945. Between 1923 and 1929 he served with Infantry units in this country and the Panama Canal Zone. Was graduated from the In­fantry
School at Fort Benning in 1932 and in 1933 was assigned to Civilian Conserva­tion
Corps duty in Redding, Cal. In 1936 he was graduated from Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., and was then assigned to Hawaii where he remained until 1938. In 1939 he completed the course at the Army Indus­trial
College in Washington D. C. and was assigned to the Chemical Warfare School at Edgewood Arsenal, Md. He was graduated from that school in Sept. 1939 and from the Army War College in Wash­ington,
D. C. in June, 1940. He then was assigned to the War Department General Staff and in Jan. 1941 was appointed assistant to the secretary of the General Staff. In Aug. 1942 he became Assistant Chief, Requirements Section, at Head­quarters
Army Ground Forces, and in Oct. 1943 was named as Chief of the section. In Feb. 1944 he was named assistant division commander of the 44th Infantry Division and the following January assumed command of the division.
Heroes: PFC Jim Y. Tazoi of Garland Utah, was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for action in France on Oct. 28 and 29, 1944. Burdened with a 40 pound radio as well as other equipment he destroyed an enemy machine gun nest, charged six snipers and, with his comrades, killed or wounded all of them, and assisted in destroying a second machine gun nest. His efforts paved the way for relief of a " lost battalion".
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CITATION - 2 Bn., 114 Inf.
The official statement accompanying the citation:
" Charged with the defense of a front approximately 4,000 yards wide, against an enemy armored counter- attack, the 2d Battalion moved into position under cover of darkness and without the benefit of reconnaissance.
" Because of the width of the front and the fact that a large part of the division had been committed east of the Vosges Mountains, no defense in depth was pos­sible
and the line was necessarily thin. The nature of the terrain, moreover, pre­vented
the men from digging in deeply since foxholes would soon fill with water.
" The enemy launched its onslaught against the hastily prepared defensive positions with a numerically superior force of infantry and approximately twenty- two Mark IV and Mark V tanks.
" In the fierce fighting which followed, enemy tanks overran the battalion's positions and fired machine guns and 88- MM guns into the foxholes at pointblank range.
" Despite the ferocity of the attack, the men of the 2d Battalion held their ground. With rifle and automatic- weapons, they killed, dispersed, or routed the German infantry who were riding on top of the tanks or following immediately behind. Allowing tanks to pass over their foxholes, they immediately arose and continued to annihilate any Germans who tried to ac��company
the armor.
" Even when bazooka fire bounced off the heavy armor and the battalion's machine guns had been knocked out of action or had run out of ammunition, the
infantrymen clung to their positions, and with rifle fire forced the enemy to with­draw.
Not only did the men of the 2d Battalion refuse to give way in the face of this fierce onslaught, but they forced the attack at every opportunity.
" By its determined stand, the 2d Bat­talion
repulsed a counterattack which, if it had succeeded, would have eliminated the 44th Infantry Division as an effective fighting force and would have jeopardized all friendly troops east of the Vosges Mountains.
" The extraordinary heroism and devo­tion
to duty displayed by the men of the 2d Battalion, 114th Infantry Regiment, are in keeping with the finest traditions of the military service."
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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:
ANDERT, Irving I. Pvt. Eastford
ARCHACKI, Lucien S. T/ 5 264 Grove St., New Britain
AVROCH, Milton Pfc. 119 Plainfield St., Hartford
BARROW, Charles A. Pvt. New Haven Ave., Ansonia
BECIA, Andrew D. Pfc. 3 South Main St., Plainville
BELLERIVE, Marcel C. Pfc. 11 Battey St., Putnam
BISHOP, Woodrow W. Pfc. 17 Home Place, Winsted
BORJESON, George A. Pfc. 539 Fern St., West Hartford
BRANDT, John E., Jr. Pfc. 22 Baldwin St., Meriden
BROGALSKI, Frederick Pvt. 27 Hill St., Shelton
BUDNIK, Edward P. Pfc. 212 Curtis St., New Britain
BZAN, George Pfc. 117 Myrtle Ave., Stamford
CARGOS, Constantine S. Pfc. 1386 Chapel St., New Haven
CARLSON, Herbert E., Jr. Pfc. 69 East St., Plainville
CARSON, Vernon L. Pfc. 56 Beech St., Bristol
CATHCART, John G. Pfc. Main St., Sharon
CHERNOFF, Maxwell 2nd Lt. 80 2nd St., Hamden
CODIANNE, Francis H. Pvt. 44 East Liberty St., Waterbury
CREASER, Ray N. Pfc. 55 Pierpont St., New Haven
DAMBOWSKY, Victor R. Pfc. 80 Oak St., Waterbury
DELLA CAMERA, Angelo Pvt. 78 Hudson St., New Haven
DEMING, Herbert E. Pfc. 2 Marshall Rd., Hamden
DOWD, John H., Jr. Cpl. 147 Keeney Ave., West Hartford
DOWLING, Robert J. Sgt. 34 No. Hoadley St., Naugatuck
ENGLERT, Francis J. Pfc. 41 Conlin St, Bristol
FARINELLA, Ralph V. Pfc. 13 Ledyard Ave, Groton
FEDE, Vincenzo S. Pfc. 44 Tariff St, Thompsonville
FERRON, Daniel F. Pfc. 15 Maple St, Danielson
FINER, William H. S/ Sgt. 23 Forest Ave, Shelton
FLIS, Albert P, Jr. M/ Sgt. 215 Burritt St, New Britain
FONTENAULT, Paul E. Pfc. 68A Norwich St, Hartford
FORTE, Richard J. T/ 5 1767 Main St, Bridgeport 4
GINTY, Vincent T. Pfc. 5 Foster St, Danbury
GODFREY, John F. Pfc. 120 Rose Hill, Danbury
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GOLDFIELD, Jerome Pfc. 8 Florence St., Hartford
GRIFFIN, Gerald B. Pfc. 25 Edgewood Ave, Greenwich
GULYAS, Stephen G. Pfc. Marina Village, Bridgeport
HACK, Robert C. Pfc. 105 Albany Ave, Hartford
HAESCHE, William Capt. 27 Beverly Rd, Hamden
HAINS, Nelson T. Pfc. 4 Tolles St., West Hartford
HEWKO, Edward W. Pfc. P. O. Box 165, Thomaston
HICKEY, John J. Pfc. Stamford
HUDAK, Peter Pvt. 235 Mitchell St., Groton
INSLEY, William S. Pfc. Old Lyme Stables, Old Lyme
JOHNSON, Samuel G. Sgt. 363 Old Post Road, Fairfield
JOHNSON, Walter Pfc. 184 Harbor View Ave, Bridgeport
KARPIEJ, Stanley D. Pfc. 110 Broad St., New Britain
KOZAK, Henry H. Pfc. 155 Wells Road, Wethersfield
KRAGIEL, Lucian J. T/ 5 65 Biruta St., New Britain
KRAMER, William R. Capt. Danbury
KUTCHER, Anthony J. Pfc. 8 Olds Place, Hartford
KUZIELLO, Raffaelle Pvt. 9 Wooster Place, Hartford
LEAVITT, Walter D. Pfc. 118 Lyons St, New Britain
LEHN, Charles R. Pvt. 1804 State St., Bridgeport
LENHARD, Roy A. Pvt. RFD 3, Box 286, Bridgeport
LENNON, Eugene T. Pfc. Thomaston
LINKUS, Edward L. Pfc. 61 Pearl St., Norwich
LIVETEN, Benjamin D. Pfc. 54 Shelby St., Worcester
LYNCH, Eugene T, Jr. Pfc. 148 Plymouth St., New Haven
MAYETTE, Francis W. Pfc. 44 Tommuck Lane, Stamford
McDONOUGH, John J. Pfc. 35 Stanley St., New Haven
McHUGH, Donald J. S/ Sgt. 43 Boardman Rd, Bristol
McLAUGHLIN, James Pvt. 294 Coleman St., Bridgeport
MCNAMARA, James F. Pfc. 317 Conn. Ave, Bridgeport
MENZE, Ramon S. Pvt. 192 Hamilton St, New Haven
MESHAM, Robert J. Pfc. 178 Church St., West Haven
MIHACIK, Steven, Jr. Pfc. 90 Bryson Ave, Seymour
MINTO, Joseph A. Pfc. Box 36, Madison Ave, Bridgeport
MURDOCK, Henry G. Pfc. Pomfret Center
O'BRIEN, Norbert F. Pfc. 68 Cabot St., Windsor Locks
PARSONS, Clifton L. Pfc. 71 Central Ave, East Hartford
PATTERSON, Franklin E. Pfc. Brook St, Noank
PATTI, Dominic C. Pvt. 20 Pratt St, New London
PERROTTO, William Pfc. 1089 Barnum Ave, Bridgeport
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PIOTROWSKI, Stanley Pfc. 25B Williams St, Shelton
PRATT, John L. Pfc. Rockville
RAUSCHLER, Ludwig P. T/ 5 33 Center St, Milford
REICHLIN, Saul Pfc. 195 Holcomb St, Hartford
ROMANIELLO, Frank Pvt. 37 Hillside Ave, Torrington
ROSE, Vasco Pvt. 1002 E. Main St, Bridgeport
ROUGEOT, Maynard E. T/ 5 RFD 3, Box 585, Torrington
RUSSELL, William N. T/ Sgt. 216 Franklin St, New Haven
RYAN, Clement J. Sgt. 23 Merriam St, Meriden
RYBEZYK, Anthony F. Pfc. 52 Walnut St, Middletown
RYCHLIK, Edward S. Pfc. 46 Sherman St, Bridgeport
SAZANOWICZ, Joseph A. Sgt. 181 Prospect St, Plantsville
SCHAFFHAUSER, Steve Pfc. Pitcher St, Norwich
SCHWALLER, William C. Pfc. RFD 1, Shelton
SENETCEN, Alex S/ Sgt. 93 Artisan St, Forestville
SHAINNIE, Joseph Pfc. 43 Stone St, Danbury
SHINDER, Bernard P. S/ Sgt. 675 Wethersfield Ave, Hartford
SIBILIO, Tony T/ 5 40 Wright St, Stamford
SIEGEL, Julian A. Pfc. 179 Ellsworth Ave, New Haven
SKAWINSKI, John C. Pfc. 588 Berkshire Ave, Bridgeport
SMITH, Frederick K. Pfc. Box 27, Ballouville
SPAK, Alex, Jr. T/ 5 RFD 2, Andover
SPINATO, John S. T/ 4 22 Arm St, New Haven
STEPHENS, Gerald O. Pfc. 76 Madison Ave, Hartford
STEPHENS, Larry D. Pfc. Bristol
STEUCEK, Julius M. T/ Sgt. 5 Ezra St, Bridgeport
SUMMERS, Raymond L. T/ 5 44 Lincoln St, Putnam
SUMMERTON, Nelson L. 1st Sgt. LeRoy Ave, Darien
SUOZZO, John D. Sgt. 204 Walnut St, Waterbury
SWEENEY, John J. Pfc. 23 Fairlawn Ave, Hazardville
SZELUGA, Robert Pvt. 86 Sisson Ave, Hartford
TEIKA, Ernest S/ Sgt. 183 Mapleton Ave, Suffield
TETRAULT, Ernest J. Pfc. 116 Main St, Norwich
TIMKO, Frank J. Pfc. 284 Farmington Ave, Kensington
TOMCZYK, Stanley C. Pfc. 83 Mill River St, New Haven
TRACY, Leonard G. Pfc. 42 Wells Farm Drive, Wethersfield
WADDY, William S. Jr. 2nd Lt. 1842 Blvd., West Hartford
WILKOS, Marshall A. Pvt. 599 Capital Ave, Hartford
WIRKUS, Lawrence A. T/ 5 122 So. Front St, New Haven
WOLFE, George C. Pfc. Main St, Broad Brook
WOODS, Edward J. 2nd Lt. Kensington
WORDEN, William J. Pvt. 17 Bridge St, New Milford
WOZDUSIEWICZ, Peter J. Pfc. 66 Stone St, Stamford
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