Connecticut veterans commemorative booklet. Vol. 6, no. 1. Connecticut men of the United States Navy, demobilization, Lido Beach Separation Center. September 17th to 30th 1945

              CONNECTICUT MEN
of the United States Navy
Demobilization, Lido Beach Separation Center
September 17th to 30th 1945 THE MEN ARE COMING HOME
• The Navy's demobilization program, which went into operation immediately after the Japanese agreed to surrender, moved quickly into high gear. Present plans call for discharge of one of every two men by March 1946, and for the Navy to be down to its regular post- war comple­ment
by September 1946. When overseas credit was granted, effective September 15, 1945, the number of Navy men eligible for discharge was doubled.
The Lido Beach Separation Center handles all discharges for enlisted men in Connecti­cut,
metropolitan New York and northern New Jersey. Headquarters of the center are established in the Lido Beach Hotel, which, until a few years ago, was an elaborate beach resort. Nearby, the Navy has constructed more than a score of huge barracks where men awaiting discharge are quartered.
From the fighting ships of the Fleet, from bases overseas, from shore stations and installations in this country, and from training schools Connecticut men eligible for separation from the Navy are routed to Lido. There they start the rapid " processing" that has them restored to civilian status within a few days.
Set up as a model separation center after long study, Lido's aim, the Navy says, is constant improvement in its system, to the end that each man eligible for discharge can be separated from the service as efficiently and as speedily as possible.
Official figures, as of July 1, show that Connecticut had a total of 44,302 en­listed
men in the Navy. Except for those electing the Navy as a career, all those men should be back home by next Septem­ber.
Each passing month will see, the Navy says, an increase in the number of those returning to their homes in this state.
During the period covered by this book­let
the average number of Connecticut men being discharged daily was more than thirty.
Under present schedules, approximately 20,000 Connecticut men will have com­pleted
their naval service and returned to civilian pursuits by next March.
A MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR TO CONNECTICUT
Connecticut has a great seafaring tradi­tion.
In every war her men have fought gallantly for freedom. In days of peace her sons have offered and manned ships that have carried our American commerce everywhere in the world. Connecticut people are proud of that tradition.
In this greatest of all wars just ended you, as a son of Connecticut, have coura­geously
and faithfully maintained that tradition. Indeed, you have raised it to new glorious heights. You have added to that enduring list, started by Captain Isaac Hull of Derby in 1812, immortal names— Macassar Straits, Java, Coral Sea, Savo Island, Santa Cruz, Midway, Lunga Point and Guadalcanal.
To the lot of some of you fell the burden of the training and supply services at home and in ports, great and obscure, the world over. In fact, there are now new ports for the air arm and for the fleet, some of which will endure as monuments to that new arm of the Navy, the Seabees.
Your fellow citizens in Connecticut are proud of your service.
Raymond E. Baldwin Governor
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HERE ARE THEIR STORIES
Editor's Note: It has been the experience of veterans of all wars that memory tends to fade with' the passing of the years. Details will grow vague, half forgotten. A tendency develops which makes for difficulty in distinguishing between personal experiences and those of shipmates. Events, dates and places become confused; thus, the references to " veteran's tales", with all the implications of that phrase. To record here and now the mood, the impressions, the exciting events, of the worst days and of the best days, is the purpose of these stories. Connecticut men were asked for their own stories and in their own words they are here recorded:
Barnes, Norman S., AMM 1/ c, Flight Test Units, West Hartford.
" I was on my way overseas, heading for duty at Guam, when I was ordered back East for discharge. I left Wesleyan University to enlist in February 1942, and then I started on a series of schools. Down at Jacksonville, Florida, we had the task of checking and re- checking dam­aged
planes which had been repaired and overhauled. Before I entered the Navy I thought that a propeller was just a piece of wood, but at Jacksonville I sometimes got in several hours of flight time a day. Now I like aviation so much that I'm thinking seriously of a civilian career in aeronautical engineering."
Blackington, A. L., CMoMM, Repair Ship Diomedes, West Granby.
" Anzio Beachhead was the toughest and Normandy was the most interesting. We were on the receiving end of the ' Anzio Express', the big railroad gun they were shelling us with. We never knew when they'd open up and that suspense made it tough at Anzio. At Normandy it was the size of the operation, and the number of ships— there was no end to it— that made it interesting. I spent 20 months over there."
Braunau, Edward J., MM 3/ c, De­stroyer
Stembel, Stamford.
" Our ship was in most of the battles in the Pacific with Task Forces 38, 58 and the Fifth and Third Fleets. We saw a great deal of action, but I'm glad it's all over and I'm going home."
Butler, John F., SK 1/ c, Pearl Harbor Sub Base, New London.
" Off Block Island, in July 1942, I was aboard the YP175, assigned to Atlantic sub patrol, when we thought we located a sub and dropped depth charges. We never got tangible proof that we hit it;
CONNECTICUT VETERANS COMMEMORATIVE BOOKLET
Vol. VI Sept, 30. 1945 No. 1
CARLETON B. CLYMA, Editor
This booklet is published by the State of Connecticut, through the Office of the Governor, as an addition to the souvenirs and memorabilia of the Connecticut men who served in the United States Navy during World War II.
The courtesies and assistance of public information officers of the 3rd Naval District and the Naval Separation Center, Lido Beach, L. I., N. Y., greatly facilitated the gathering of the material for this booklet. The group and ship pictures are from official U. S. Navy photographs. The illustration of the USS Saratoga is from a Press Association photograph.
Copies of this booklet are provided for the men whose names appear on the Final Muster Call, herein, and there are none available for general distribution. A copy is on file for reference purposes in each of the 200 public libraries in the State.
Reproduction of the material in this booklet is permissible only with written authorization.
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there was no wreckage surfaced, but it was probably my most exciting time in the Navy."
Campbell, Charles D., EM 2/ c, Sub- chasers, Milford.
" Just about five minutes more and I would have been an iceberg. Our ship, the SC- 1067, went down in a terrific storm in the North Pacific, off the Aleu­tians.
I was in the water about 15 or 20 minutes before a rescue ship picked me up. And that water was cold, believe me. Most of our crew came out of it all right, but it was an experience none of us will ever forget. When I left the Atlantic for duty in the Pacific, they told me the seas were nice and calm there; but I saw rougher weather in the Pacific than I ever had in the Atlantic. For my money, the Pacific, especially in the north, is a lot worse than the Atlantic."
Carson, Bert E., CSK, Fire Fighting Rescue Ship, South Coventry.
" July 29, off the Anzio beachhead, we had the worst day. One of our LST's, a hot Liberty ship and a British cruiser blew up after hits from German glider bombs— ' Chasing Charlies'. It was bad. The LST blew and sank and we could save only 21 out of about 500. The British Cruiser Spartan turned over and sank while we were fighting her fires, and we saved about 200 men from her. The Liberty ship got a second hit, while we were fighting fire along side of her, when, about an hour and a half later, the Germans made a return run over us. That bomb euchred us, too. Our power quit and we had to be towed off and beached. We were at General Quarters that day for 18 hours."
Ceccarelli, John, MM 2/ c, Minecraft, Bridgeport.
" After about three and a half years of duty in the States, they finally sent me over­seas.
I was at Pearl Harbor only two weeks
or so and they shipped me back home to make me a civilian. I had only one liberty at Honolulu and I can't say that I liked the place very much. Connecticut's the spot for me. Our family has been well represented in the services, with one brother in the Ma­rines,
one in the Army, a third one in the Army Air Force, and me in the Navy. I'm glad to say that we all came out of it all right."
Collins, Patrick J., MM 1/ c, Milne Bay, New Guinea, Naval Base, New Haven.
" I think New Guinea stinks! I saw a lot of places there I never want to see again. In a way, the Navy was a good ex­perience.
It teaches a fellow to appreciate his own home town."
Corneliuson, Edwin A., M 3/ c, Repair Crews, Rockville.
" I did a hitch in the old peace- time Navy, from 1926 to 1930, and I saw the world then, with a lot of duty in China and the Philippines. This time they kept me in the States. It seemed to me that discipline in the war- time Navy was a lot stricter than in the old days, but I suppose they had to have it when it got so big. One of my most interesting jobs in the war was helping to repair the Carrier Franklin. The crew of that ship did a wonderful job to get her home after all the damage she took."
Daly, John F., Sp( X) 2/ c, Office of Naval Attache, London, New Haven.
" My job with the office of the Naval Attache was extremely interesting. It had to do with the collection and evaluation of all of Germany's naval technical materiel and contemplated weapons. Most of the things we learned about German naval weapons are still on the secret list as far as I know, and I can't talk about them. Otherwise, I could really give you a story!"
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DeFilippo, Louis P., CSp ( A), 7th Fleet Naval Base, Philippines, Woodbridge.
" After I get my discharge I'm going back to the Giants football team and expect to be in the line- up for their first game in October. I don't know whom they are playing, but I think I'll be in there. I'm in good shape because I've been doing a lot of athletics in the Navy, being in the Welfare and Recreation Office. I noticed a lot of young high school age kids playing various sports in the Navy, and I think the Navy has developed a lot of good material for colleges and high schools. They've been built up physically and it has also helped them mentally. They're more mature now in their thinking which I think makes for better athletes. As for me, I don't think the Navy has slowed me up any. As a matter of fact, it has done wonders for me."
Ehrhard, Milton R., SM 2/ c, Supply Ship Hyades, Danbury.
" Last September, enroute to Panama, and off Daytona Beach, Florida, the Hyades ran into one of the worst storms on the Atlantic, which was called the ' Great Atlantic Hurricane'. Our de­stroyer
escort went down. After a search, in the roughest kind of going, we picked up the survivors, about 60 out of the ship's crew of 300. The wind built up to 120 miles an hour, and it was just by luck we got through. I was more scared then than at any time during my four years' service in the Navy."
Evrard, Arthur F., CCS, Jacksonville Air Station, Cheshire.
" This is my second war and I was only a beachcomber this time. In World War I, I was in the submarine service, but in this tour of duty there was nothing I want to remember as I was disqualified for sea duty. I'll be glad to get back to good old Connecticut."
Ferber, John L., AMM 2/ c, Airplane Base, Brazil, Greenwich.
" Now this good- will business toward Brazil; it may have done some good to get our troops across there but that's about all. I think some Brazilians are not very friendly toward Americans. I don't think there is much democracy in Brazil. Some say Getulio Vargas is a dictator and as far as I could find out, the people have no say in the government. Many of the people are ignorant. There are hardly any schools for the greatest part of the population. It looked like the schools are for the wealthy. The poor people have nothing. A lot of them live in mud huts with dirt floors and exist on fish heads and rice. They walk around with old, dirty burlap bags wrapped around them and no shoes. They carry just about everything on their heads— radios, beds— well, just everything.
" The best spot in Brazil and the one which fools most foreigners about the country is Rio. It is beautiful. They have night clubs there which are just about as good as ours and their floor shows are equal to the ones we see in our night clubs. In short, I didn't enjoy my stay in Brazil. And, incidentally, this business about Latins being great lovers is the bunk! We did a lot better than they did with the women down there."
Gardner, Cleo M., SC 1/ c, Submarine Base, Pearl Harbor, Norwich.
" I think the Navy has improved me in many ways. I've learned to take orders. It's a good deal for anyone. I would join the regular Navy myself if I didn't have a family to take care of. During the forty- four months I spent in the Navy, I got to know men better than if I had spent that time in civilian life. Also, I did a lot of travelling and saw a lot more of the world than I would have seen otherwise.
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Adding it all up, I would say that the Navy made a better man of me. It has taught me, among other things, how to take on responsibilities. And I learned how to cook which I intend to do when I get out. Someday I hope to own my own business— in Norwich, maybe."
Glooman, Paul E., CCM, 86th and 27th Seabees, New Britain.
" For two years I did nothing but build roads and airports in that lousy hole, the Aleutians, and was transferred into the 27th for the Okinawa operations. We built more roads and more airfields there, under fire from snipers and artillery much of the time. You saw things on Okinawa— Japanese and Okinawan dead, piled ten deep after they had been herded into a mile square area, where we gave them everything we had from ship and shore, and still they wouldn't give up. And our Marine dead— truck loads of them. Then I was assigned to the job of rehabilitating the natives— an awful job, handling people who by our standards lived like savages with no conception of sanitation or cleanliness. Their condition was beyond description after they went through what civilians get in a battle area. I wouldn't take a million dollars for my experience and I wouldn't pay a cent for a repeat performance."
Graulich, Russell W., Jr., Av. Cad., NATTC, Memphis, Kensington.
" My twenty- seven months in the Navy were spent for the most part in training, aviation, gunnery and radio. I learned a lot besides that, like about how civilians treat you when you're in the Navy. Up North it was good; the South was enemy territory, and I'm a Damyankee myself. The Navy treated us well and I hope to put to use what I learned when I get to work as a civilian in a control tower."
Jakubczyk, Walter S., GM 3/ c, De­stroyer
Minesweeper Hobson, New Britain.
" At mid- morning one day in March 1943, on sub- patrol in the Bay of Biscay, we located a submarine. Battle stations were sounded. We manned the guns and made depth charge runs. The sub surfaced and we opened fire. Our first salvo struck the conning tower and six minutes after­wards
the sub sank. We picked up 17 Germans, including the sub captain. That was my most exciting day in the Navy."
Karasinski, Theophile A., SoM 3/ c, Destroyer Waldron, Naugatuck.
" Our ship was the first 2200 tin can to go into Sagabi Bay in the Japanese homewaters. We went in with the Mis­souri.
We had about six Japs aboard whom we brought to the British ship Yorktown in the bay. As they were coming aboard on the trolleys, most of the men were pretty quiet, but some were calling the
Japs ' yella b ' and thought we shouldn't
take them aboard. I guess they wanted to see them drown in the bay.
" What got me more than anything else while we were there was looking at Mount Fujiyama. When you see it after reading about it and everything, it gives you quite a thrill to actually see it— you feel as though you've really seen something. Something else which is thrilling to see is a Kamikaze diving into a flat top. It's a different kind of a thrill from seeing Fujiyama. It's the kind of a thrill that makes your heart come to your mouth. Those boys whose ship happens to be a target for Kamikaze planes have to be made of iron to stand that stuff. It's something, too, to see our five inch shells knocking off those pill boxes on shore at Iwo Jima. Our can also was in the show at Okinawa where we screened the in­vasion.
We travelled around for 80 days
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without dropping the hook.
" But I'm glad to be back in God's country— the U. S. A. I think we should always be prepared. Too many guys died for nothing. They tell the Boy Scouts to be prepared. How about those big shot politicians? Somebody should tell them about being prepared. It's a good motto for us to follow—' Be Prepared.' "
Kordorsky, Anthony P., EM 3/ c, Cruiser Brooklyn, East Haven.
" In the invasion of Southern France, I'll never forget the time the torpedo bombers came after us. I thought that was it! I was down about the fifth deck on the port side and that's where they were coming in— on the port side of the ship. I found that out through the intercom while the attack was going on. The attack lasted about ten minutes and I was scared the whole time. That happened for about three nights in a row and I was really sweating them out down there."
Leitkowsky, John N., SF 1/ c, Sub­marine
Base, Pearl Harbor, New London.
" The thing which impressed me most during my service in the Navy was the raising of the Battleship Oklahoma in Pearl Harbor. It was a masterpiece of work. The Oklahoma was an awful sight to see after she was raised. The damage on it was pretty awful. The Japs really did a good job in sinking her, but we did a better job in raising it."
Mariano, William J., GM 3/ c, Tanker Corinth, Waterbury.
" I was aboard the Freighter Arizpa, off Belgium, in December 1944, when the ship struck a mine at dawn. I was on deck duty at the time. There was a big flash, the ship shook and started to list. The Chief Mate and Chief Engineer went below and did a damn good job to save the ship. Two British destroyers towed us into the port of Antwerp, which had just
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been opened to traffic. That was the closest call I ever had."
Mazzucco, William, AMMP 3/ c, Air­craft
Carrier Service Unit, Atlantic City, New Haven.
" The Navy is okay, but it's the people in it who are no good. Especially the ninety- day wonders! An oldtimer working for an oldtimer is okay, but when an old- timer has to work for a ninety- day wonder, then it's no good."
McCullough, Frederick N., RdM 2/ c, Minesweeper Y. M. S. 79, New Haven.
" My draft number was the tenth one drawn in the lottery back in 1939 when the draft began. But at that time I was classified 4F because of having four ribs missing. I remained in 4F until I got into the Navy in July 1943. Since being in the Navy, every time I even as much as come near a doctor, he slaps me behind an X- ray machine. I've been in the hospital five times since I've been in the service. They took some more X- rays when I got here— now maybe they will hold up my discharge, just like they held up my induction back in 1939!"
McGhee, Laymond L., MM 2/ c, Tankers and Submarine Rescue- Salvage, East Haven.
" During five years and ten months in the Navy, I served in both the Atlantic and the Pacific. I was out in the Pacific from May of 1940 to November of 1942. Our tanker was with a carrier task force and we were in the Kiska and Attu in­vasions.
Sub rescue work in the Atlantic gave us many thrills. My biggest moment came when we raised a sub that had been sunk for days off the coast of Maine. When we got it to the surface we found that every single member of the crew was safe. It was a great feeling to be part of a rescue crew that saved 85 men." Metzger, Robert W., MM 1/ c, Air­craft
Carrier Bon Homme Richard, Bridgeport.
" I just got back from the Tokyo area where our ship took part in the strikes against the Japanese homeland as part of Task Force 38. Our ship stood off about 50 miles from shore to screen the landings and protect against any Nip trickery. A lot of Marines landed from our ship. But we never got close enough to the home islands to see any part of it."
Migliore, Charles L., BM 1/ c, Mine­layer
Terror, Meriden.
" All I got to see was islands in the Pacific and hell, there's nothing there. One thing I've learned in the Navy and that is how to get along with people. In civilian life, if you don't like a person, you just shove off. In the Navy you live so close together you can't help but do things for each other. As a result you learn to get along with everybody. Under fire you can't figure out whether a guy is a good guy or not. The only thing which combat proves is whether a guy is level­headed.
Some of the best guys in the world crack up under fire."
Molleur, William J., SM 1/ c, Com­munications,
Waterbury.
" I was sent to the Pacific with an amphibious force in early 1943, but I was transferred and wound up at American Samoa. I worked on a signal tower in communications work. Samoa was pretty dull, but the natives are at least a lot more civilized there than on most Pacific islands. I liked British Samoa much more than American Samoa; it's a lot more modern and they even have some good- looking buildings. I'll tell you I was certainly glad to see the States after twenty- two months overseas."
Molnar, Gaze P., AM 2/ c, Coco Solo Air Station, Panama, Hamden.
" All I can say about Panama is that the whole damn place is one big hell­hole."
Moran, Frederick P., RdM 1/ c, De­stroyer
Minesweeper Hobson, New Haven.
" April 16, off Okinawa, was the most exciting day I spent in the service. At 8: 30 in the morning we heard over the interphone that suicide planes were diving at the Hobson. The suspense between that time and the moment the plane hit the Hobson made it seem like a lifetime. The 250 pound bomb landed in our engine room, and the plane's engine went through the deck house. We had four killed and six wounded. The Hobson got credit for shooting down five Jap planes."
Paulin, Aristed J., MoMM 1/ c, Mine­sweeper
Curlew, Bridgeport.
" I didn't think much about anything the time we hit a mine sometime in December 1943, in the Caribbean. I was on throttle watch at the time in the engine room. The ship was going along looking for mines and all of a sudden it found one— but not the way we usually find them. We struck it and it blew the bow off. There was not much I could do but stay down there in the engine room and wait for orders. I knew the minute I heard the ex­plosion
that we had struck a mine. Pretty soon we got our orders to pump out the bilges forward. We did."
Perzanowski, Theodore S., Cox, Air­craft
Carrier Monterey, Meriden.
" Our ship took part in every invasion from the Gilberts to the Philippines. That counted up to nine major engagements. The one invasion— or rather, engagement, which really scared me was the time we went up to Kavieng. The rest, after that, came easy. We went up to Kavieng on Christmas of 1943. There were about 200 Betty's after us down there and they were
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all after our carrier and the Carrier Bunker Hill. We were trapped in there for about three weeks by the Jap airforce. I counted 21 torpedos thrown at us in four days during that time. I was a gunner on a Quad 40. I don't know how many planes our ship or my particular gun knocked down that day, but one night I saw seven planes come down."
Poland, Noal E., CMoMM, Cruiser Pittsburgh, NewT London.
" I was aboard a destroyer escort on convoy duty off the Azores in August ' 44, when she was hit by a torpedo. I was in the forward motor room, and I went out like a light. I came to in the water, with the survivors, wounded and almost help­less.
The men who weren't wounded helped me keep afloat ' til they got me on to a raft. I spent about five hours in the water and on the raft before we were picked up, and was hospitalized for more than three months. That was my closest call in the Navy. The best tour of duty I remember in the Navy was aboard the Pittsburgh, in the Orient from 1927 to ' 30."
Pole, Frank N., SF 1/ c, APA Burleigh, Fifth Amphibious Fleet, So. Norwalk.
" Before I was transferred to the Bur­leigh,
I was on a sub chaser in the South Atlantic. The most thrilling experience I had during that time was in November of 1942 when we sank a German sub. About five o'clock one evening we received a message from shore radar station that a sub was in our area. We couldn't do anything about it for about one hour be­cause
our generators were out of order— we couldn't even tell the base we had received their message. Finally we got the genera­tors
working and went out after the sub. We spotted it and then let go with our ash cans. I was firing a K gun from the fantail and we dropped about nine cans. We saw the sub roll over, so we know we got that
one. We stayed around all night long try­ing
to find others, but we didn't have any luck."
Quimby, Edward J., S 1/ c, Battleship North Carolina, Bridgeport.
" We were in on the invasion of Guadal­canal
in August of 1942, but although we were there on D- Day, our ship didn't fire a shot. But after we left there and were patrolling in the waters around there, we were attacked by 88 planes. That's when we really did a lot of shoot­ing.
We didn't get hit ourselves, but the Aircraft Carrier Enterprise which was next to us got hit. I was on an antiair­craft
gun during the attack. I don't know if we brought down any planes but we sure did a lot of firing on that gun. The attack lasted about 12 minutes. We were on the Enterprise's quarter when she was hit and right after the rack of bombs struck, the whole ship became a mass of flames and smoke."
Sagor, Charles N., PhoM 2/ c, Aircraft Carrier Essex, New Haven.
" I travelled 200,000 miles— that's a conservative estimate— and 1 didn't see anything! We'd pass within fifty miles of Guam and somebody would say if you look out on the horizon you'll see Guam. As a Photographer's Mate I got some good pictures. My best one, I think, was the one I took over Roi Namur in the Mar ¬ shalls. It was a picture of oil dumps going up in flames which I took during an air strike from our carrier. I think it was the best I had taken because it was a spec­tacular
looking picture."
Schmid, Arthur A., M 1/ c, Submarine Tender Sperry, Waterbury.
" There wasn't any high spot in my Navy career. The nearest I got to combat was Guam, after the invasion. Guam was a damned hole, full of rats and lizards #
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But I've learned a lot in the Navy; the fellows are a swell bunch of eggs, and I ran across two good officers too."
Scionti, Anthony J., CCM, Navy Ship Salvage, Waterbury.
" I trained as a Navy diver on the French liner Normandie as she lay on the bottom of the slip at Pier 88, North River, New York, and a few months later went over­seas
where I spent two years. Most of our work was removing sunken ships for harbor clearance. We cleared the harbors at Casablanca, Bizerte, and in Sicily, Italy and France. Our biggest job was at Naples and it was one of the most cluttered harbors that we cleared. Before I entered the service I was on construction work and had done no diving. I like it, but I wouldn't do it as a civilian."
Smith, Robert L. SSML 2/ c, Tanker Kaweah, Windsor Locks.
" We were heading from the East Coast to North Africa with a load of high- octane gasoline, which is mighty dangerous stuff. We ran into a bad storm and during it we had a collision with another ship. It happened to be, of all things, an ammuni­tion
ship and it's a miracle that we weren't all blown sky- high. Our tanker was damaged but we were able to keep on and we reached Casablanca safely. Incident­ally,
Casablanca and the rest of North Africa impressed me a whole lot. One of the nicest stops we had on our trips over there was Gibraltar."
Soares, Antonio B., Ck 3/ c, Cruiser Brooklyn, Bridgeport.
" The attack on the Anzio beachhead was the scariest. We were fighting against shore batteries. We were firing at them and they were firing at us. It lasted for four days— mostly at night. I was glad when it was over and we got out of there."
Spalin, Robert G., AMM 2/ c, Jackson­ville
Naval Air Station, Cos Cob.
" During my four years in the Navy, I've learned considerable about planes. I've worked on almost all types of Navy planes, chiefly their engines. I hope to work on planes or automobiles when I'm returned to civilian life. I'm glad I volunteered before the war. My Navy experience was well worth it."
Streitwieser, Douglas W., MM 2/ c, Aircraft Carrier Monterey, New Haven.
" The Monterey while I was with it took part in everything from the Gilberts to the Philippines. We were lucky because they missed us every time. We were es­pecially
lucky in October of 1944 when our task force made an air strike against Formosa. The Nips sent out a hell of a lot of planes to attack us. They hit two of the cruisers— the Houston and the Can­berra—
but missed us! But what the Japs couldn't do in October, the typhoon did in December. We were on our way to the Philippines when it hit us. It damaged the ship a great deal. Many of the planes aboard caught fire. As a result of the damage, we had to come home for repairs."
Turley, John A., WT 2/ c, Cruiser Brooklyn, West Hartford.
" Of all the shows I was in with the Brooklyn in Casablanca, Sicily, Southern France and Anzio, the last one mentioned was, by far, the toughest because it lasted the longest. We got a lot of artillery fire from shore batteries, but mostly we were attacked by planes. One week of it was the toughest part of that whole show. They threw everything at us and we threw it right back. In Sicily, after the invasion, we were patrolling around the island when we hit two mines. There wasn't much dam­age
from them though and we were all set for the Anzio deal when it came off."
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Walters, George S., AMMH 2/ c, Jacksonville Air Station, Waterbury.
" I'm wondering if I came close to a record, with forty- four months in the Navy and all of that time spent in this country. Down at Jacksonville I helped repair fighter planes to get them ready for action again. We worked on carrier planes and some of them were pretty badly dam­aged.
Some of the Corsairs especially had taken a great deal of punishment. Florida may be all right for the people who live there, but Connecticut gets my vote."
Whitney, Nathan D., BM 2/ c, Trans­port
Duty, Devon.
" The time I was most excited was not the result of enemy action. On a foggy night in the Irish Sea just off the Isle of Man in July of 1943, we were hit twice by two different ships. We were forming a convoy to come back to the States when it happened. At 0252 a ship struck us in the fog. That one got us in the stern. We were just licking our wounds, so to speak, when we got hit again. This time we were hit amidship. The second one cut our ship
half in two and drove right through to the keel. It was worse than a torpedo hit— the whole ship came into us. All of us were up as a result of the first crash, which was lucky because none of the men were in their bunks which is where the ship hit. We were all in the mess hall at the time and the ship hit the quarters just forward of the mess hall. No one was hurt. They towed us into Bengal Bay, near Belfast, where we stayed for about six weeks while repairs were made on the ship."
Wolf, Frank H., CGM, Yale University NROTC, Hamden.
" On April 6 I finished my 29th year in the Navy, but I'll never finish the 30th. I served in the armed guard in World War I, and was aboard the SS Brazilian when she was torpedoed off Italy in November 1917. In that war I worked on laying the 16 inch guns at Verdun, and my sea duty in this war was Atlantic escort service. As an instructor later in ordnance and gunnery for naval reserve officers, I had a tour of duty in the Greenland- Iceland area, and I spent two years instructing cadets at Yale."
THE PICTURES
The Men — Pictured on Page 4. Connecticut men at Lido Beach Separa­tion
Center awaiting the final navy muster call. The top and center photographs were taken on September 21, the lower on September 24. Men at Lido are informed over the public address system at frequent intervals that group photographs will be taken for these booklets at a given time and place.
The Ships — Pictured on Page 10. Top: The USS John Pope, an army trans­port
named for an Army General, was the first of fourteen 600- foot P- 2 Transports
ordered from Federal. She displaces about 20,000 tons and has geared turbines driving twin screws. Center: The USS Hobson, a destroyer, was commissioned in 1942. Named for a hero of 1898, the Hob­son
is fitted for escort duties. She carries four 5- inch- 38' s, several twinned Bofors 40' s and smaller AA's. Bottom: The USS Brooklyn, a light cruiser, was commissioned in 1937. Her hangars house up to six folded seaplanes and parts equivalent to another and several spare engines, housed below decks, protected in all weathers. An eleva­tor
lifts them to main deck level.
13
THE FINAL MUSTER CALL
Names, ratings and addresses of Connecticut men discharged from September 17 to Sep­tember
30, 1945, inclusive, from official Navy records, Separation Center, Lido Beach, L. I., N. Y.
ADAMOWICZ, John T., TME 3/ c
106 Poplar St., Bridgeport ALBINO, Guerino, WT 1/ c
162 Hill Street, Waterbury ALHAGE, Louis J., RM 2/ c
40 Liberty St., Danbury ALLARA, Eugene, EM 1/ c
755 Orchard St., New Haven AMENDOLA, Salvatore N., SF 2/ c
71 Water St., New Haven ANDREWS, Richard H., AM 3/ c
10 Livingston St., So. Norwalk ARNOLD, Richard T., AvCad
11 Kellogg St., Windsor ASTON, Robert F., PhM 2/ c
366 Willow St., Waterbury ATTANASIE, Jerry E., MM 3/ c
RFD 3, Golden Hill Rd., Danbury AUGUSTINE, George J., MoMM 1/ c
44 Allen St., Bristol AVERY, Roosevelt, S 1/ c
89 Admiral St., New Haven BAILEY, Lawrence G., ACOM
Ingleside Contentment Island, Darien BAIN, Ralph C, AvCad
85 Albion St., Apt. 14, Bridgeport BAKER, Royal P., M 3/ c
261 Brewster St., Bridgeport BAMFORD, William B., CBM
84 Leete St., West Haven BANNON, James F., AMM 2/ c
676 Third Ave., West Haven BARNES, Norman S., AMM 1/ c
11 Pelham Rd., West Hartford BARRETT, William W., S 1/ c
High Ridge Road, Stamford BEACH, Walter H., BM 1/ c
172 1/ 2 Pratt St., Meriden BECHSTEDT, Norman R., AvCad
Terryville Rd., RFD 3, Bristol BEEBE, George H., CM 1/ c
Montowese Ave., North Haven BEHREND, Louis M., Jr., Cox
8 Cedarhill Ave., New Haven BENEDETTO, Patsy F., EM 3/ c
39 Meadow St., Wallingford BENEDICT, Charles B., AvCad
Belden Hill, Wilton BENNETT, Percy A., CM 2/ c
Huckleberry Hill, c/ o F. B. Root, Brookfield BENTLEY, Hudson M., AOMT 2/ c
157 Park Ave., Torrington BERKHART, Richard, GM 2/ c
P. O. Box 368, Stamford BILODEAU, Robert E., EM 1/ c
255 Vine St., Hartford 5 BINGEL, Louis J., S 2/ c
66 Beaver St., Danbury BISCHOFF, Willard R., AvCad
87 Winsted Rd., Torrington BLACKINGTON, Arlington L., CMoMM
West Granby BLAKESLEE, Dwight W., Jr., CPR ( AA)
Kings Highway, North Haven BLASKI, Henry J., TM 2/ c
Wallingford BLICKLE, Charles R., AvCad
Laydon Ave., North Haven BOCZAR, Adolphe J., RdM 2/ c
204 Franklin Ave., Hartford
BOGEN, Herbert L., FCO 2/ c
48 South St., Fairfield BOISE, Harry S., BM 2/ c
84 Burton St., Waterbury BOND, Leo J., Jr., AMM 2/ c
45 Brownell Ave., Hartford BONNER, Clarence M., CBM
220 Fairfield Ave., Hartford BONVILLE, Louis J., AMM 2/ c
2 Starr St., New London BORKOWSKI, Sigmund J., BM 2/ c
29 Grove St., Ansonia BOROWSKI, Edward J., AvCad
30 York St., Waterbury BOUTON, Harry W., RdM 2/ c
20 Fairfield Ave., So. Norwalk BOWER, Howard C, S 1/ c
67 Kensington Ave., Meriden BRADLEY, Robert W., S 1/ c
330 East Main St., Waterbury BRANNAN, Edward J., MM 3/ c
75 Maple Ave., Stamford BROOKS, Lester R., SoM 2/ c
125 Anderson St., West Haven BROWN, Robert C, AvCad
289 Bradley Ave., Meriden BRUCE, Wilbur A., Jr., AOM 2/ c
15 Ambrose Terrace, East Hartford BUCELLO, Sebastian N., SSML 3/ c
80 Edwards St., Hartford BUCK, Spiva L., Jr., CMoMM
114 Thames St., Norwich BUGNACKI, William J., GM 2/ c
55 Lyman St., New Britain BURDACKI, Edward J., WT 1/ c
View St., Meriden BURELLE, William J., AM 2/ c
28 Seventh St., Norwich BURKE, Robert D., SKV 1/ c
17 Grove St., Norwich BURNS, James S., SM 3/ c
Central Village BURTON, Donald B., AvCad
60 Whitman Ave., West Hartford BUTLER, Charles R., CSF
198 Wolcott St., Waterbury BUTLER, John F., SK 1/ c
50 Williams St., New London CAMPBELL, Charles D., EM 2/ c
103 New Haven Ave., Milford CARDEN, Leonidas J., EM 1/ c
46 River Ave., Norwich CAREY, James F., MM 2/ c
318 Howard Ave., New Haven CAREY, James J., Cox
RFD, Bristol Rd., Burlington CARINI, John J., CM 1/ c
12 Danbury Rd., Ridgefield CARLSON, Axel A., SC 1/ c
Georgetown CARLSON, Ronald B., AvCad
RFD 1, Rockville CARNAL, Charles R., MM 2/ c
38 Hickory St., Norwich CARNEY, Arthur J., CGM
78 High St., Manchester CARR, Henry D., RM 1/ c
115 Sherwood Ave., Bridgeport 5 CARRINE, Norman C, EM 1/ c
80 Rose St., Danbury CARROLL, William J., QM 2/ c
131 Hanover St., Meriden CARSON, Bert E., CSK ( AA)( T)
Seagraves Road, South Coventry CARTA, Louis N., FC 2/ c
207 William St., Middletown CARTER, John H., AM 2/ c
92 Hilliard St., Manchester CARUSONE, Angelo A., CRM
Greens Farms Rd., Westport CARVAN, John M., CPtr
223 N. Bishop Ave., Bridgeport CARVER, James P., CBM
19 Tenth St., New London CARVILLE, Henry P., SC 1/ c
398 Silas Deane Hwy., Wethersfield CASE, Robert S., WT 3/ c
24 Westfield Rd., West Hartford CASEY, Martin K., EM 1/ c
154 Bunker Ave., Meriden CASSARINO, Anthony M., AM 1/ c
443 Albany Ave., Hartford 5 CAULFIELD, Charles J., CBM
333 North Main St., Naugatuck CECCARELLI, John, MM 2/ c ( T)
30 Pixlee Place, Bridgeport CECCOLINI, Harold A., BM 2/ c
Paved St., Branford CHALLONER, Phillip B., SF 2/ c
27 Mansfield Ave., Darien CHAMBERLAIN, Arthur G., EM 1/ c
115 Mason St., Greenwich CHAPMAN, Robert R., RM 1/ c
Box 36, Fitchville CHARNEY, John A., BM 1/ c
47 Broadway Ave., Bridgeport CHASE, Raymond F., AvCad
579 Dixwell Ave., New Haven CHIDESTER, James E., CMM ( T)
37 Avon St., New Haven CHINCHAK, Louis J., F 1/ c
260 Bruce St., Stratford CHOINSKI, Zigmond J., MoMM 2/ c
161 Maple Ave., Hartford CHOJNOWSKI, Joseph N., S 1/ c
20 Lafayette St., Stamford CHONKO, John J., CEM
10 Anderson St., Union City CHRZANOWSKI, Frank S., Jr., S 1/ c
62 Willow St., New Britain CLABBY, Joseph W., S 1/ c
320 Parrott Ave., Bridgeport CLAIRMONTE, Alfred F., EM 3/ c
Bldg. 40, Apt. 223, Success Park, Bridgeport COLELLA, Amerigo N., AMM 1/ c
64 Lawndale Ave., Bristol COLLINS, Arthur W., CMoMM
806 State St., New Haven COLLINS, Patrick J., MM 1/ c
93 Chatham St., New Haven COLLINS, Stephen A., RM 1/ c
8 McDermott St., Danbury COLTON, Herbert S., Jr., F 1/ c
4 Sunset Terr., West Hartford CONLEY, Howard H., SF 1/ c
36 Van Zant St., East Norwalk CONNOR, Robert C, AMM 1/ c
168 Westwood Road, c/ o J. B. Dick, New Haven CONWAY, Dermot P., ACRT
Broad Acres, West Cheshire COOPER, Landis S., AvCad V- 5
42 Harvard St., Hartford CORNELIUSON, Edwin A., M 3/ c
RFD 1, Rockville COSTEINES, Nicholas N., ACM ( T)
220 Sheridan St., Bridgeport COUSIN, Joseph S., CMoMM
8 Brook St., New Britain
COWELL, Fred N., MoMM 2/ c
97 Cleveland Ave., Hartford COYLE, James, SC 2/ c
RFD 1, Waterbury CRANE, William F., MoMM 1/ c
95 Elmwood Ave., Waterburv CRICHTON, Douglas R., CM 1/ c
563 Hope St., Springdale CROFTS, Alfred H., Jr., AvCad V- 5
RFD 2, North Stonington CROWLEY, Lawrence P., CEM
48 Willets Ave., New London CUDDY, Eugene B., MM 3/ c
60 Madison St., Waterbury CUOMO, Saverio J., ART 1/ c
69 Lyon St., New Haven CURRAN, John L., AvCad
109 Main St., South Meriden CUSANO, Anthony A., BM 2/ c
13 Castle St., New Haven DAKIN, Harold L., BM 2/ c
27 Hough St., Plainville DALY, Daniel E., RdM 1/ c
137 Preston St., Hartford DALY, John F., Sp ( X) ( ID) 2/ c
327 Willow St., c/ o Kohler, New Haven D'AMATO, Joseph F., BM 1/ c
25 Wolcott St., Hartford DANOWSKI, Walter J., QM 2/ c
663 Brewster St., Bridgeport DARROW, Harry W., BM 1/ c
25 Lewis St., Greenwich DAVENPORT, James A., MM 2/ c
511 Success Ave., Bridgeport DAVIS, Earl W., AM 2/ c
Box 176, Saybrook DAVIS, Lyle A., S 1/ c
197 Harriet St., Bridgeport DEEB, Joseph, CBM
66 Irion St., Waterbury DeFILIPPO, Louis P., CSp( A)
Litchfield Turnpike, Woodbridge DeLUCA, Francis A., S 1/ c
79 Dean St., Stamford DeMARIA, Peter D., BM 1/ c
88 Lewis Ave., Meriden DeNIGRIS, Anthony R., WT 3/ c
146 Greenwich Ave., New Haven DENNING, Charles J., Cox
96 Main St., Broad Brook DERAPS, Leon B., AvCad
RFD 1, Box 9, Sandy Hook DERRAH, Jack H., SoM 2/ c
94 Court F, Yellow Mill Village, Bridgeport DEVLIN, James H., ARM 2/ c
12 Elliott St., New Haven DIETTE, James F., WT 2/ c
515 Dixwell Ave., New Haven DIGGLES, Fred N., GM 1/ c
45 Chambers St., Waterbury DiLISIO, Louis R., EM 3/ c
45 Hull St., Ansonia DINTER, Randolph H., TM 2/ c
4 River Road, Cos Cob DOHERTY, Thomas P., SK 2/ c
67 Lake Place, New Haven DOMARECK, Myron J., SF 1/ c
38 Rimmon St., Seymour DORNFELD, William J., CMM
6 Rowe St., New Haven DOWLING, William H., S 1/ c
35 Washington St., Waterbury DOWNES, Peter W., CBM
99 Bennett St., Bridgeport DREWS, Joseph O., WT 1/ c
30 Holbrook St., Milford DUMLER, Ernest W., MMR 2/ c
34 Kellogg St., Waterbury DUNN, Paul K., TM 1/ c
High St., Canaan DUPONT, Clifford E., CRM
158 Hynes Ave., Groton DUZMATI, Michael P., CMoMM
258 Kent Ave., Bridgeport DYKE, Curtiss T., Jr., SoM 1/ c
14 Gilbert St., Ridgefield EDGERLEY, Kendall J., QM 2/ c
1145 Chapel St., New Haven EILER, Harold J., AMM 2/ c
432 Hope St., Stamford ELY, Frederick C, CRM
352 Bristol St., Southington ELY, William M., ARM 2/ c
Hilton St., Noroton Heights ENERY, Bert P., Cox
187 Spruce St., Bridgeport ENGLISH, John J., SC 3/ c
22 Burbank St., South Norwalk ENGLISH, William G., PhM 2/ c
52 Cedar St., Milford EVRARD, Arthur F., CCS
Jar vis St., Cheshire FEENEY, Thomas J., ACRT
342 King St., Stratford FEIMSTER, Jay H., Jr., GM 2/ c
38 McKinley Ave., Norwich FELLNER, John N., CRM
58 Robert St., Hamden FENTIMAN, Richard E., Bug 1/ c
637 Burnside Ave., East Hartford FERBER, John L., AMM 2/ c
312 Davis Ave., Greenwich FERET, Walter A., Jr., AM 1/ c
Belle Haven Ave., East Port Chester FERREE, Robert L., QM 1/ c
20 Brainard Ave., Middletown FERRESE, Anthony C, RdM 1/
58 Butler Ave., Bridgeport FERRIOLA, Peter N., SSMB 2/ c
683 Washington Ave., New Haven FESTA, Michael F., SK 2/ c
35 Mohegan Drive, West Hartford FINCHER, Sidney N., TM 1/ c
125 Read St., New Haven FITZGERALD, John L., CSF
5 Cedar Drive, Old Greenwich FITZPATRICK, John F., S 1/ c
102 Lamberton St., New Haven FLORCZYK, Stanley S., MoMM 1/ c
267 Spruce St., Bridgeport FOLS, Frank E.. SSMT 1/ c
Fols Ave., Meriden FOOTE, Proctor B., GM 3/ c
North Woodstock FORASTIERE, Anthony J., PhM 2/ c
117 Cambridge St., Elm wood FREEMAN, Thomas F., F 1/ c
P. O. Box 471, Avon FURMIN, Kenneth S., S 1/ c
63 Whiting St., Torrington GADDY, Louis C, Ck 1/ c
39- A Bellevue Square, Bldg. 13, Hartford GALLI, Ferdinand A., CGM
14 Noank St., Groton GAMBLE, James R., SC 2/ c
41 Dubois St., Noroton Heights GARDNER, Cleo M., SC 1/ c
433 Main St., Norwich GARVEY, William A., GM 2/ c
68 Beach wood Ave., Milford GASPAR, Julius, GM 3/ c
267 Cove Rd., Stamford GAYINE, Desire J., SK 1/ c
Box 15, Somersville
GENTH, William R., CTM
North Rd., Jordan Village, Waterford GERJETS, Edward E., SF 2/ c
129 Palm St., Hartford GETTY, Malcom, WT 3/ c
Box 367, New London GHIRARDINI, Angelo F., S 1/ c
201 Chapel St., New Haven GILDEMEISTER, William N., CPhoM
52 Orchard St., Cos Cob GILL, Wilbur J., SoM 3/ c
22 Forest Lawn Ave., Stamford GILLEY, John P., CM 1/ c
718 Capitol Ave., Bridgeport GLADDEN, Theodore N., SC 2/ c
117 Carmel St., New Haven GLAZEWSKI, Henry J., AvCad
37 Holbrook PI., Ansonia GLEDHILL, Herbert N., Bkr 2/ c
210 North Oxford St., c/ o Ayres, Hartford GLOOMAN, Paul E. J., CCM
95 Griswold St., New Britain GLUNTS, Elliott N., AvCad
1286 Laurel Ave., Bridgeport GOERING, Russell I., ARM 2/ c
154 Putnam Ave., Hamden GOETZ, Clarence H., GM 2/ c
RFD 3, Rockville GOLBA, Julian J., AMM 3/ c
10 Hillside Ave., Middletown GOLDBLATT, Melvin N., AvCad
474 Woodland St., Hartford GOODENOUGH, James H., AvCad
Amity Rd., c/ o C. K. Thompson, Woodbridge GOODMAN, Arthur E., CMM
167 Orange St., New Haven GOODWIN, Henry S., CCM ( PA)
College Highway, Avon GORDON, Stanley P., AOM 1/ c
65 South St., Stamford GORMAN, Norman S., RdM 1/ c
2 Thompson St., Waterbury GORTON, Edwin T., M 1/ c
223 Laurel Hill Ave., Norwalk GRANT, David N., AvCad
Flat Rock Farm, Cornwall Bridge GRAULICH, Russell W., Jr., AvCad
200 Percival Ave., Kensington GRAVES, Robert B., BM 1/ c
Higganum GRAY, Joseph L., Y 1/ c
158 Mill Hill Ave., Bridgeport GREZEL, John E., CWT ( A)
165 Birch St., Manchester GRINDROD, Harvey N., F 1/ c
261 Lexington Ave., Bridgeport GROSSO, Anthony J., M 1/ c
19 Cottage Green, Thompsonville GRUTZ, Frederick W., MM 1/ c
1425 Stratford Ave., Bridgeport GUARINO, Frank N., MM 3/ c
130 Piatt St., Waterbury GUBICZA, William D., WT 1/ c
122 Lexington Ave., South Norwalk GUERIN, Edward G., MM 3/ c
23 North St., Torrington HALBRITTER, Walter H., MoMM 1/ c
31 Homestead St., c/ o Carl Weber, Danbury HALLIGAN, Frank S., CM 3/ c
Blakeslee Place, North Haven HANSEN, Lester L., TM 2/ c
42 Flagler St., Newington HARPER, Wilfred E., AMM 1/ c V- 6
7 Lee St., Putnam HARTLEY, Bernard J., GM 3/ c
305 Bellevue St., Hartford HAWKINS, George F., Y 2/ c
18 Elizabeth Court, Poquonock Bridge HAYNER, Russell V., TM 1/ c
218 Fairlawn Ave., Waterbury HEFFNER, August M., BM 1/ c
71 Sherman St., Stamford HEILPERN, George S., PhoM 1/ c
32 Robin Rd., West Hartford HEMINGWAY, Irving R., CMoMM
297 Lexington Ave., New Haven HENDLER, Louis H., ACRT
107 Blake St., New Haven HERBERT, John P., AvCad
Willow Point, West Mystic HERMES, Carl W., Jr., AvCad
50 Sedan Terrace, Bridgeport HODNETT, Thomas F., CBM
124 Arnold St., Hartford HOLMES, Lewis C, Jr., AvCad
23 Harrison St., Danbury HOLSTON, William E., S 1/ c
299 Washington Ave., West Haven HORNBECKER, John W., AvCad
RFD 1, Middlebury HOTCHKISS, George R., PhM 1/ c
P. O. Box 1, Farmington HOUGHTON, Curtiss E., CPrtr
151 Cherryan St., New Haven HRYSYZEN, John T., AM 1/ c
17 Burley Ave., Stamford HUMPHREY, Leon M., SK 2/ c
492 Main St., West Haven ISHAM, David N., CSF
172 Laurel Hill Ave., Norwich JACKMAN, Warren W., CWT
120 Rubber Ave., Naugatuck JAKUBCZYK, Walter S., GM 3/ c
74 Seymour St., New Britain JANECKO, Stephen J., MM 2/ c
13 Lasalle St., New Britain JANSSEN, Werner A., AvCad
33 Foster St., Danbury JOHN, Ernest W., CSK
72 Division St., Norwich JOHNSON, Gilbert C, ARM 1/ c
60 Laurel St., West Haven JONES, Mark F,., AvCad
38 Forest St., New Britain JONES, Roland K., Ptr 1/ c
381 Third Ave., West Haven JONSEN, William R., WT 3/ c
RFD 1, Stonington JUNE, Donald O., AvCad
45 Turn- Of- River Rd., Stamford KALECK, Edward G., S 1/ c
16 Oak Ave., Shelton KARASINSKI, Theophile A., SOM 3/ c
28 Carroll St., Naugatuck KASPER, Chester J., ACEM
59 Moreland Ave., Newington KATAJA, Raymond E., ARM 1/ c
55 Westover Rd., East Hartford KEEGAN, Edward T., S 1/ c
433 Blohn St., West Haven KELLEY, John F., MM 2/ c
42 Prospect St., Terryville KELLY, James H., M 1/ c
46 River Ave., Norwich KENNELLY, Patrick J., CM 3/ c
955 Baldwin St., Waterbury KERSTEN, Harold K., SSML 2/ c
411 Shelton Ave., New Haven KILROY, William C, AvCad
62 Winthrop Terr., Meriden KLOS, Matty W., RM 3/ c
495 High St., New Britain
KNIGHT, Charles E., RM 1/ c
Box 175, Versailles KNOTOWICZ, Aloysius E., AvCad
77 Hoffman St., Torrington KORDORSKY, Anthony P., EM 3/ c
7 Massachusetts Ave., East Haven KORNACKI, Sigmund W., WT 1/ c
211 Franklin St., New Haven KRIKSCIUN, Stanley A., WT 3/ c
Washington Depot KUCHY, John N., BM 2/ c
RFD 9, Norwichtown KUHNE, Albert H., S 1/ c
Curtiss Hill Rd., Sandy Hook KUHTA, Walter, AvCad
22 Billard St., Meriden KULMANN, Rudolph P., SKV 1/ c
Edge wood Rd., Oakville KUSHIGIAN, Jack P., Y 1/ c
98 Chapel St., New Haven KUSY, Martin J., F 1/ c
833 Hallett St., Bridgeport LACROIX, Joseph E., CMMR
Hill Ave., Yalesville LaFOGG, Nelson L., S 1/ c
Bailey Rd., North Haven LAMBERT, Normand M., AMM 1/ c
51 Imlay St., Hartford LANDA. Albert J., S 1/ c
121 Pleasant St., Meriden LAPORTE, John C, AvCad
1 Prospect Ct., West Hartford LaROCHELLE, William D., SAO 1/ c
1 South Second Ave., Taftville LAWRYNOVICZ, Stanley L., ACRM; ( T)
Wooster Heights, Danbury LAYTON, Urban H., Jr., AvCad
803 Clinton Ave., Bridgeport LEE, Kenneth R., TM 2/ c
34 Myrock Ave., New London LEINFELDER, Bernhard A., Jr., AvCad V- 5
Box 17, Route 1, Guilford LEITKOWSKY, John N., SF 1/ c
22 Lincoln Court, New London LESIAK, John N., EM 2/ c
805 East St., New Britain LESS, John J., Cox
Middletown Ave., North Haven LHUILLIER, Charles H., CM 1/ c
194 Connecticut Ave., Bridgeport LIBERA, Stanley N., RM 1/ c
110 Broad St., New Britain LINES, Henry G., SOM 2/ c
288 Bostwick Ave., Bridgeport LINK, Richard M., PhM 1/ c
234 Palisade Ave., Bridgeport LLOYD, Robert M., AvCad
Barnegat Rd., New Canaan LOE, Gunier A., MoMM 1/ c
Box 148, Jordan LOEBER, William P., GM 3/ c
Yellow Mill Village, Bridgeport LONICKI, Alfred J., SC 1/ c ( T)
146 Crown St., Meriden LORENZO, Joseph A., AvCad
13 Pershing St., Hartford LOUDEN, Arthur B., COM
97 Harrison St., New London LUNDBERG, Charles R., SoM 1/ c
200 Harriet St., Bridgeport LYCZKOWSKI, Walter F., BM 2/ c
211 Hope St., Glenbrook LYNCH, James J., MoMM 2/ c
56 Chestnut St., Manchester LYONS, Clifford H., S 1/ c
140 Starr St., New Haven MacCREADY, Paul B., Jr., AvCad
156 East Rock Rd., New Haven MACY, Robert C, SC 1/ c
1176 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport MADDEN, Thomas J., SC 2/ c
20 John St., Putnam MAILHOT, Ernest A., GM 3/ c
26 Reynolds St., Danielson MAIN, Kenneth L., MM 1/ c
33 Starr St., New London MAIO, Anthony N., Cox
64 Prince St., New Haven MALBOEUF, William F., Jr., AOM 1/ c
277 Middletown Ave., New Haven MALLON, William J., SC 2/ c
RFD 8, Norwichtown MANGIONE, Salvatore, CM 1/ c
232 Gilbert Ave., Winsted MANWARING, Clyde, Jr., AvCad
Prospect Ave., Niantic MANZONE, Paul S., MM 1/ c
37 Winter St., Ansonia MARCANTONIO, Frank, BM 1/ c
3 Summer Place, Meriden MARIANO, William J., GM 3/ c
Waterbury MARKOWITZ, Charles W., MM 2/ c
212 Derby Ave., Derby MARKS, William, MM 1/ c
Madison MARONEY, Patrick F., SF 1/ c
44B Dutch Colony Lane, Hartford MARQUARDT, Richard H., BM 1/ c
280 Third Ave., West Haven MARSH, Arthur C, AvCad
131 Oakland St., Bristol MARTIN, John F., MoMM 2/ c
36 Alstrum St., Hamden MATLEY, Charles B., CRM
35 Mulberry St., Hartford MAURICE, Joseph F., SAI 2/ c
1224 Blue Hills Ave., Bloomfield MAZZUCCO, William, AM MP 3/ c
114 Columbus Ave., New Haven McCORMACK, Thomas N., MoMM 1/ c
33 Fairmount St., Waterbury McCULLOUGH, Frederick N., RdM 2/ c ( T)
591 Whalley Ave., New Haven McELANEY, John B., MMG 3/ c
1033 Lindley St., Bridgeport McGHEE, Laymond L., MM 2/ c
115 French Ave., East Haven McGUIRE, James M., SoM 2/ c
1203 Boulevard, New Haven McKEEN, James R., CM 2/ c 924 Broad St., Stratford
McLAUGHLIN, David W., AMM 2/ c
272 Jefferson St., Hartford McLAUGHLIN, Kenneth J., AvCad
476 Park Ave., Bloomfield McMEKEN, Raymond M., CCM
1427 Boulevard, New Haven McNEELY, John F., CM 1/ c
54 High St., Manchester MEEHAN, Ward E., MoMM 2/ c
956 East Main St., Stamford MEEHAN, William J., SF 2/ c
Lakeville MENNA, Sabatino J., CBMA
175 Caroline St., Derby MERTIN, Martin A., PR 2/ c
155 Graham St., Stratford MESSLER, Harold E., SF 2/ c
34 Cottage St., New London METZGER, Robert W., MM 1/ c
1407 East Main St., Bridgeport
MIDDENDORF, Edward F., EM 3/ c
78 Englewood Ave., Bridgeport 6 MIDLOCK, Bernard J., CRT ( AA) ( T)
326 Main St., Norwalk MIGLIORE, Charles L., BM 1/ c
110 Lewis Ave., Meriden MILLER, James P., SF 1/ c
6 1/ 2 Orchard St., Norwalk MILUTIS, Joseph W., AvCad
40 Starview Ave., Waterbury MISIORSKI, John S., Cox
326 High St., New Britain MOLA, Vincent J., Bkr 1/ c
14 Bartlett Manor, Norwalk MOLLEUR, William J., SM 1/ c
43 Raymond St., Waterbury MOLNAR, Gaze P., AM 2/ c
86 Concord St., Hamden MOODY, Merritt R., CCM ( T)
51 Catoonah St., Ridgefield MOONEY, Louis P., CSF
183 Broad St., Norwich MOORE, Joseph L., MoMM 2/ c
28 Laurel Rd., Hamden MORAN, Frederick P., RdM 1/ c
282 Exchange St., New Haven MORAN, Joseph J., SF 3/ c
74 Schuyler Ave., Stamford MORGAN, George F., RM 2/ c
104 West St., Danbury MOSCARIELLO, Fred J., WT 1/ c
77 Eighth St., Derby MOUGENOT, Marcel O., CSF
28 Jackson St., Torrington MOYNIHAN, Cornelius F., AM 1/ c
1485 East Main St., Bridgeport MUDRY, John N., EM 1/ c
21 Pine St., Seymour MULLINS, Joseph F., GM 2/ c
388 Waterville St., Waterbury MURPHY, Edward J., CRM ( T)
191 Cold Spring Rd., Stamford MURPHY, Gordon L., MoMM 3/ c
55 Fairview St., Waterbury MURPHY, Roger W., AMM 2/ c
Yellow Mill Village, Bridgeport NABSTEDT, Tracy S., CMMS
46 Hall St., Hamden NASH, Frank N., MM 2/ c
61 Pleasant St., Danbury NASH, Wallace R., S 1/ c
North St., Windsor Locks NASTU, Albert D., F 1/ c
58 Monroe St., Stratford NASZCYNIEC, Stanley J., GM 1/ c
140 North Orchard St., Wallingford NAVICKAS, Edmund J., RM 1/ c
94 Broad PL, Forestville NICHOLSON, William J., Jr., GM 2/ c
East St., East Granby NICKSE, Herbert T., AvCad
15 Clifton Place, Danbury NIEDERSCHMIDT, Orval H., MMR 1/ c
164 Fitch St., New Haven NIELSEN, Thomas D., SK 3/ c
47 Prospect St., Portland NOLAN, Daniel M., S 1/ c
30 Adams St., Waterbury NOREN, Robert E., AvCad
26 Roosevelt St., Manchester NORTHAM, Martin P., Jr., AMM 3/ c
Stony Creek NORTHROP, Donald V., WT 1/ c
100 Willetts Ave., New London NUZZO, Donado R., AvCad
45 Scofield PL, East Norwalk O'CONNOR, John R., BM 1/ c
49 Stearns St., Bristol OLBERT, Zigmond S., BM 2/ c
38 Summer St., Manchester O'LEARY, James R , SSML 2/ c
159 State St., Meriden OLIVER, Anthony F., EM 1/ c
109 Water St., Stonington OLSEN, Einer N., CWT ( AA)
187 Wilson St., Bridgeport OLSEN, Ray M., CRM
12 Euclid Ave., Stamford OLSON, Karl O., AvCad
Seir Hill , Norwalk OMAN, Benjamin G., Jr., RM 1/ c
16 Brook St., Darien ORDAZZO, Salvino N., SK 1/ c
74 North Place, West Haven 16 ORGOVAN, Frank N., CM
235 Flax Hill Rd., South Norwalk OTKA, Otto F., SF 3/ c
18 Fenwick St., Hartford PACKER, Stephen J., CCM
1483 Pembroke St., Bridgeport PAINE, William C, B 1/ c
86 Ensign St., East Hartford PARKES, Patrick E., AvCad V- 5
Pomfret School, Pomfret PATTON, Douglas C, AvCad
Route 2, Box 90, Riverside PAULIN, Aristed J., MoMM 1/ c
3 Buena Way, Bridgeport PAVIA, Michael A., CSK ( AA) ( T)
365 West Main St., Stamford PAVLICK, Joseph, MM 2/ c
26 Hayes St., Bridgeport PECK, Harry N., SKV 1/ c
338 West Rock Ave., New Haven PERKINS, Edwin N., CSp( R)
131 Elm St., West Haven PERRONE, Joseph M., EM 1/ c
15 Piatt Ave., Norwich PERRY, Albert A., AvCad
138 South Highland St., West Hartford PERZANOWSKI, Theodore S., Cox
17 Park Ave., Meriden PETERSON, Raymond W., CBM ( T)
96 Commonwealth Ave., New Britain PETRECCA, Michael, CMM
776 Orange Ave., West Haven PETROS, Walter P., RM 3/ c
42 Prospect St., Wallingford PICHE, Armand E., F 1/ c
67 Catherine St., Middletown PILLING, James A., Jr., AOM 2/ c
232 Main St., West Haven PITCHKO, Michael N., WT 2/ c
23 Henry St., Hartford POLAND, Noal E., CMoMM ( PA)
72 Jefferson Ave., New London PORTER, Albert C, WT 1/ c
121 Lamberton St., New Haven POST, Charles J., MoMM 1/ c
18 Springhill Ave., Norwalk POTE, Frank N., SF 1/ c
16 Novak St., South Norwalk POULIN, Ernest T., MM 3/ c
RFD Woodland Rd., Windsor POWERS, Earl R., MoMM 1/ c
283 Reservoir Ave., Bridgeport PRIESTER, Armound B., CWT
104 Burr St., New Haven PRITCHARD, Rodney W., WT 1/ c
216 Pembroke Ave., Waterbury QUIMBY, Edward J., S 1/ c
38 Lesbia St., Bridgeport
QUINN, Francis H., MM 1/ c
RFD 7, Norwich RACANIELLO, Anthony N., S 1/ c
47 Liberty St., Stamford RACKSTRAW, Andrew L., AMM 1/ c
69 Spring St., Middletown RAIMONDI, Adam M., WT 2/ c
2483 Main St., Hartford RAKSTEL, William R., AMM 2/ c
New Haven RAU, Russell H., CTM
15 Tocoma Court, Poquonock Bridge REICHE, Karl A., Jr., AvCad
81 Oakland St., Bristol RENFROE, Linton B., SM 2/ c
10 Carroll Court, Naugatuck REVELLA, Joseph, AMM 3/ c
50 Mead Ave., East Port Chester RICCIO, Anthony E., QM 2/ c
Burritt Place, Naugatuck RIDEG, Frank N., AMMF 2/ c
254 Soundview Ave., Fairfield ROBUSTELLI, William F., BM 1/ c
96 Lewis St., Greenwich ROCHON, Clement M., CPhM
Race Brook Rd., Woodbridge ROGERS, Henry J., GM 2/ c
42 Hotchkiss St., Middletown ROHLMAN, Frank M., BM 2/ c
297 Arbor Drive, Southport ROLLO, Angus L., CWT ( T)
56 Bradley Ave., East Haven ROLLO, Joseph, CMoMM
131 Shelton Ave., New Haven ROMAN, Theodore N., RM 3/ c
Kenyon Rd., Branford ROMANELLI, Eugene S., GM 3/ c
89 Dikeman St., Waterbury ROMANO, Frank N., CTM
85 Highland Ave., Groton ROOD, Louis N., SF 2/ c
195 Bunnell St., Bridgeport ROOT, Ralph E., SK 1/ c
Box 201, Cromwell ROWLEY, Donald W., EM 3/ c
38 Mather St., Hamden RUBINO, Philip P., AMM 1/ c
4 Winfield Court, East Norwalk RUTKOWSKI, Sigmund A., TM 2/ c
87 Summerfield Ave., Bridgeport SABIA, Nicholas N., S 1/ c
79 Dean St., Stamford SABO, John, Jr., CWT
174 Clifton St., Wallingford SAGOR, Charles N., PhoM 2/ c
59 Colony Rd., New Haven SALISBURY, Leland C, BM 1/ c
160 Yale Ave., Waterbury SAMBYCO, Felix N., AMM 1/ c
238 Merline Ave., Waterbury SANTORO, Ernest N., CMoMM
308 Hawthorne Ave., Derby SASSANO, Felix J., TM 3/ c
242 Cleveland Ave., Hartford SCHAEFFER, William J., CM 1/ c
185 Otrokando Ave., Norwich SCHMID, Arthur A., M 1/ c
30 Lounsbury St., Waterbury SCHMITT, George T., SSML 2/ c
100 Washington Ave., West Haven SCHNEIDER, Dalton H., CSK
51 Lincoln St., Thompsonville SCHNEIDER, Philip E., AvCad
46 Blue Hills Ave., Hartford SCHULTZ, Raymond J., SM 1/ c
394 North Masonic Ave., Wallingford SCHUTTE, George W., GM 1/ c
179 Elm St., New Canaan SCIONTI, Anthony J., CCM
87 Baldwin Ave., Waterburv SCIORTINO, Frank N., SC 2/ c
2045 Main St., Bridgeport SCOTT, Howard A., RM 1/ c
149 Cold Spring Rd., Stamford SEABERG, Louis J., MoMM 1/ c
Box 133, Montville SEDLAK, John J., EM 1/ c
1916 Post Rd., Fairfield SETCHELL, Clarence E., CRT
179 Blake St., New Haven 15 SHEASBY, George E., MoMM 1/ c
18 Forest Ave., Ansonia SHEEHAN, Daniel J., SM 2/ c
485 Hartford Rd., Manchester SHELLMAN, Curtis B., CQM ( T)
19 Cottage St., New London SHONECK, John J., FC 2/ c
545 North Elm St., Wallingford SICKMUND, Gordon B., CSK
36 Moorland Ave., Waterbury SIMMONS, Norman R., CRT
45 Oakland St., Bristol SKANE, Matthew A., CSp ( A)
652 Atlantic St., Bridgeport 4 SLEPSKI, Casimir N., EM 1/ c
101 Hayes St., New Britain SMITH, Albert W., Jr., Y 2/ c
20 Arden St., New Haven SMITH, Robert L., SSML 2/ c
Pearl St., Windsor Locks SMITH, Truman M., MM 2/ c
448 Atlantic St., Stamford SOARES, Antonio B., Ck 3/ c
36 May St., Bridgeport SOMERS, Thomas J., Y 1/ c
261 Huntington St., New London SPALIN, Robert G., AMM 2/ c
Stanwich Rd., Cos Cob SPICER, Herbert F., GM 2/ c
Box 92, Uncasville SPIEVOK, Henry V., GM 2/ c
22 Burley Ave., Stamford SPRINGER, George P., Y 1/ c
31 Soundview Ave*., Stamford STANSFIELD, Raymond R., AvCad
104 West St., Manchester STEBBINS, Frank L., Jr., CQM
14 Harding Place, New Haven STEINBERG, Harry L , PhM 2/ c
33 Prescott St., Meriden STEINREICH, Richard V., MM 1/ c
159 Summer St., Meriden STEVEN, John M., Prtr. 1/ c
80 Elmwood Ave., Bridgeport SULLIVAN, John J., BM 1/ c
219 South Thames St., Norwich SULLIVAN, Wilbert G., MoMM 2/ c
396 Hartford Rd., Manchester SWATT, Andrew J., EM 2/ c
192 Burritt Ave., Stratford SYPECK, Frank M , MM 1/ c
52 West St., Thompsonville SZOST, Anthony J., CM 2/ c
RFD 6, 57 Silliman St., Fairfield TACINELLI, Howard J., MM 2/ c
1160 Dixwell Ave., Hamden TAYLOR, Wendell B., S 1/ c
349 Ocean Ave., New London TENEDINE, Albert H., BM 1/ c
RFD 2, Great Hill, Seymour TESTA, Peter J., MM 2/ c
500 West Main St., Waterbury 35 TETRO, Frederick H., PhM 1/ c
Box 244, New Milford
THAYER, Frank J., CCS
150 Church St., Hamden 14 TINKER, Curtis F., CSF
46 York St., West Haven TOBIAS, Theodore H., MN 1/ c
45 May St., Hartford TOOKER, Russell L., CRM
56 Claremont Ave., Bristol TOTZ, Henry A., GM 1/ c
109 South Cherry St., Wallingford TOULOTTE, Bertin J., CRM
17 Edgerton St., Noroton Heights TRAUTNER, Helmut O., CM 1/ c
564 Forest St., East Hartford TREICHEL, Herman A., CY
278 High St., Naugatuck TROMBLEY, Edmund W., Cox
3 Ives St., Waterburv TROTTA, Arthur O., CTM
44 George St., East Haven TURLEY, John A., WT 2/ c
546 South Quaker Lane, West Hartford VALES, Henry C, PhoM 1/ c
106 East Elm St., Greenwich VASILE, Louis J., PhM 2/ c
280 Washington St., New Britain VOGT, Joseph E., AM 2/ c
1636 Main St., Bridgeport WALTERS, George S., AMMH 2/ c
38 Hallock St., Waterbury WALTERS, Joseph E., Y 1/ c
70 Yale St., Hartford WARD, Edward P., AvCad
Saybrook WARREN, Francis H., GM 1/ c
40 Colton St., Farmington WEBSTER, Cleveland A., EM 1/ c
78 River Rd., Cos Cob WELCH, Merton E., SSML 1/ c
74 Holley Place, Torrington WHITEFIELD, Napoleon, CMM
Bldg. 335, 47 Success Park, Bridgeport WHITFIELD, Orial, ST 3/ c
360 Main St., New London WHITNEY, Nathan D., BM 2/ c
26 River Cliff Drive, Devon WILCOX, Rodney S., MoMM 3/ c
Cornwall
WOCHOMURKA, Charles F., Jr., AvCad
West Willington WOLF, Frank H., CGM
67 Gorham Ave., Hamden WOOD, Alva V., Jr., RM 1/ c
1516 Quinnipiac Ave., New Haven WOODING, Francis A., SpX 2/ c
216 Washington Ave., West Haven WRICE, Arthur J., Jr., ST 1/ c
312 Elm St., New Britain YOUNG, John C, RM 3/ c
161 Alice St., Bridgeport ZACHAR, John N., Cox
28 Myrtle St., East Norwalk ZANIEWSKI, Anthony J., CQM
27 Blake St., New Haven ZASTAURY, Raymond P., MM 2/ c
8 Emerald St., Waterbury ZAWACKI, Raymond W., AMM 1/ c
36 Avery St., Norwich ZEFFIRO, Anthony N., BM 2/ c
226 Hamilton St., Bridgeport ZEZIMA, Michael D., RM 1/ c
37 Liberty St., Stamford ZIMMER, Ramon P., AvCad
6 Lawncrest St., Danbury ZUFFELATO, John H., BM 1/ c
59 Park Ave., Torrington ZUILKOWSKI, Walter T., Cox
113 Veteran St., Meriden