Connecticut veterans commemorative booklet. Vol. 6, no. 2. Connecticut Men of the United States Navy, demobilization, Lido Beach Separation Center. October 1 to 10, 1945

              CONNECTICUT MEN
of the United States Navy
Demobilization, Lido Beach Separation Center
October 1 to 10, 1945 STATE OF CONNECTICUT
EXECUTIVE CHAMBERS HARTFORD
To Connecticut Naval Veterans of World War II:
Connecticut has a great seafaring tradition. In every war her men have fought gallantly for freedom. In days of peace her sons have officered 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 when Midshipman Nathaniel Fanning of Stonington took part in the historic encoun­ter
of John Paul Jones' Bon Homme Richard and HMS Serapis in 1779, immortal names - Macassar Straits, Java, Guadalcanal, Savo Island, Coral Sea, Santa Cruz, Midway and Lunga Point.
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.
Yours very s i n c e r e l y,
Governor
RAYMOND E. BALDWIN
GOVERNOR HERE ARE THEIR STORIES
War correspondents of World War II frequently embellished and often overwrote the action stories of modest sailors. The aggregate result pleased editors, made headlines, and, on occasion, embarrassed the sailors. In retaliation, the correspondents and their victims were labelled, in characteristic service language, " Joe Blow". Actually, the " Joe Blows" were few and far between in this war. The purpose of these stories is to record without embellishment, the mood, the impressions, the exciting events, of the worst and best of the great days, before time blurs memories with resulting confusion as to events, dates and places. These are Navy men's stories, here recorded as near verbatim as possible in their own words. — The Editor.
Aldrich, Charles H., Jr., EM 2/ c, Submarine Carp, New Milford.
" It was pretty exciting in the last inning of the war when our submarine took part in the sweep for Halsey's Third Fleet in the assault on the Japanese homeland. On our final patrol we put out six ships— two men- of- war and four armed merchant­men.
We took a brace of near- misses while surfaced and sprung some pipes, but for me it was a terrific climax to three years in submarines, including many months in the South Atlantic spent in old, tired boats left over from the last war."
Allen, Richard S., ARM 2/ c, Cruiser Birmingham, New Haven.
" I was hurt when the Birmingham was alongside the Princeton in the First Battle of the Philippines in October of 1944. I beat the law of averages by about two minutes that time. I laid down on the deck to get a little rest just two minutes before the bomb magazine of the Princeton blew up and killed a lot of our men. I got some shrapnel in my leg. I had been helping fight the fire on the Princeton all day and it looked like things were under control, so I thought I'd lie down and rest a while. While we were fighting the fire and had it almost under control, we got a sub contact report and enemy planes were approaching. So we pulled away from the Princeton. The sub report proved false and the fighters took care of the planes outside. The wonderful thing about the whole thing was that you'd expect the guys to run around crazy, but everybody
was calm. It was an awful sight— guys laying around and screaming, half shot away. There was so much blood on the deck we had to throw sand on it so we could walk. I hate to think of it. After the sub report proved false and the planes had been taken care of, we were pulling alongside the Princeton again. Just as we were about 50 feet away and had only one more fire to fight, the bomb magazine blew up. At the same time we got word that the Jap fleet was heading our way. So they decided to sink the Princeton with our own torpedos. The only way I could describe that ship is that it looked like someone took a shot gun and shot it from stem to stern. There wasn't a piece of superstructure left on it."
Allendorf, Walter W., S 1/ c, Carrier San Jacinto, New Haven.
" We were off Tokyo with the Franklin last Spring. At condition 23 when torpedo defense sounded and right away General Alarm rang. I ran up to the boat deck and heard an explosion. I got to my gun and jumped into the pointer seat. The gun captain told me the Franklin was hit on our starboard quarter. I couldn't see her at the moment. When I did see it, she was afire. Then there was another explosion and I counted thirty explosions before the Franklin got over the horizon. Two cruisers were pulling her out of the way. We got word that the Pittsburgh got orders to sink her as soon as she was abandoned. Later on they told us they were going to try to save the Franklin and the task
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group would have to stay in the vicinity of Japan until the Franklin was taken into safe waters. We stayed there for two days and we were under attack during all that time. It was the Japs' best pilots, who had come up from China, who attacked us. I was glad to hear that they decided to save the Franklin."
Anastasia, Peter P., S 2/ c, Destroyer Davis, Norwalk.
" In 18 months of running convoys to England and France, I never encountered anything out of the ordinary. I'll probably go back to my old job."
Beatificato, Salvatore, SC 1/ c, Re­frigerated
Ship Polaris, New Haven.
" We sailed around the world seven and one- half times in distance traveled deliver­ing
supplies to Navy, Army and Marine personnel all over the world. We brought supplies to Sicily, Italy, Okinawa and other places. On Okinawa it seems as though we took food there and they didn't expect us. The food rotted and had to be thrown over the side— there was celery, cabbage, lettuce and things like that. The boys on the beach longed for it and we weren't discharging it. The system of un­loading
there was all wrong."
Bryant, Raymond J., Bkr. 3/ c, Carrier Commencement Bay, New Britain.
" I spent a lot of time in carriers and destroyers around Hollandia, Biak and the Marshalls and Gilberts, While stationed at Seattle, I was lucky enough to have my wife visit me. She discovered the climate there was a relief to her hay fever. The way things look now I'll be moving to Seattle after I'm discharged."
Cipriano, Anthony, Cox, S. S. Will Rogers, Bridgeport.
" We heard an aerial torpedo coming at our Liberty ship at Oran, Algeria, and the lucky ones, including me, jumped over­board
early. Four of my buddies in the
armed guard were in their quarters and didn't have a whisper. My preserver kept me afloat until I was picked up by a British corvette— the equivalent of our destroyer escorts. I had a varied ex­perience,
traveling to Saipan and Tinian and being stationed at Treasure Island, San Francisco. I went directly from school into the service, but I can't continue my education because of my family responsi­bilities."
Cosentino, John J., SC 1/ c, LST- 5, Stamford.
" When we came back we turned our ship over to the English on Lend- Lease. I hope it was as lucky for them as it was for us. In the softening- up process before the Salerno landing, we were sitting like a duck in Lake Bizerte. The Germans came over in strength six times in quick suc­cession
and never splashed a drop of water on us."
Cummings, Francis X., MM 3/ c, Battleship Alabama, Stamford.
" Just let me get back to the relaxed routine of a plumber and you can have that South Sea Island wonderland. We started out in the North Atlantic, then switched to the Pacific and supported an uncountable number of beach landings from the Gilberts to the Philippines. The deck watch tells me that twelve torpedoes were let fly at us and all missed by a mile. I guess I had a lot of adventures at sea, but from where I sat, it's all hearsay."
Dudas, John M., AMM 3/ c, Carrier Shenango, Bridgeport.
" After seeing the world from a baby flat- top, I'm not going to be satisfied any more with a factory job. I'll look around for a place where I can expand."
Gauggel, Paul J., AOM 2/ c, Carrier Princeton, Branford.
" I was up on the flight deck of the Princeton at the time she was hit in the
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Second Battle of the Philippines. The son- of- a- bitch just sneaked in, let us have it and shoved off. He dropped a 500 pound bomb and hit about 20 to 40 feet aft of the first elevator. It went through the hanger and exploded in the galley. I was forward to where the bomb hit. After it hit, the planes caught fire and everything else caught fire, too. We had to stay on the ship until the third major explosion. While the fires were going on, I was working taking bombs and ammunition out of the planes and shoving the planes over the side. The Cruiser Birmingham was alongside and she lost a lot of men by the third explosion on our ship which took place in the fantail. We abandoned ship about one- half hour after the first explosion by jumping onto a tin can which came alongside. Then they sank the Princeton.''
Gentile, Edward J., PhM 1/ c, Mine­sweeper
359, New Haven.
" Minesweeping is supposed to be so hazardous as to be classified as non- habit- forming, but I was fortunate enough to miss getting a scratch in 32 months of it in the Mediterranean, mostly around Italy, Sicily and Sardinia."
Gilbert, Edmond R., GM 2/ c, Liberty Ship Miolius, North Grosvenordale.
" While serving with the armed guard for three years on the run to England, sometimes carrying troops but mostly supplies, I've been dreaming about coming heme and getting a civil service job. I'll probably wind up washing dishes in a beanery."
Huskes, Arthur R., CBM, New London Underwater Sound Laboratory, Wallingford.
" My most recent job after 14 years in the service was as a laboratory technician assigned to testing and shaking down ships before commissioning. Before that I was all over the Pacific in the Shasta, an ammunition boat. I'm really going to
become a landsman and you can mark me ' secured in Connecticut.' "
Jones, Julius L., St 2/ c, Carrier Croatan, New Haven.
" The most exciting action I saw was a sweep off Newfoundland, when our ship and three other carriers and eighty destroyer escorts participated in the operation that obliterated the enemy formation that was shaping up to attack New York with V- 2 bombs. I was at Casablanca and stood off other invasion ports, but the Newfoundland deal was an all- Navy show and gave me my biggest thrill."
Knapp, Albert S., S 1/ c, S. S. Exminster, Newtown.
" Mine was an army tanker assignment and we made runs to England, France, Belgium and India. On one run to England, our convoy lost two ships whose position was just abreast of us, one in the port column and one just to starboard. One was a tanker and went up in flames. The other was so badly crippled it had to be sunk by a destroyer escort."
THE SHIPS » >
USS WISCONSIN — with homeward bound pennant flying ( top picture) goes under the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. The Wisconsin returned with other units of the Third Fleet on October 15, 1945.
USS NEW YORK — The 31- year- old veteran of two wars ( center) was considered by many experts to be unfit for active combat in World War II, in spite of an impressive showing during the bombardment of Safi Harbor, North Africa. Her big guns spoke up at Iwo and Okinawa to answer all critics. The " Old Lady" pounded Okin­awa
with 46,000 rounds of ammunition, skillfully outran a torpedo and, although alerted 200 times, suffered only a scratch from one Kamikaze.
USS ALABAMA — Trim despite her enormous size, the giant battleship ( bottom) is portrayed as she rides at anchor in a quiet interlude in the war at sea. She represents the latest improvements and modifications in dreadnaughts. Bristling with guns of all calibres up to 16 inches, and formidable by reason of her numerous anti- aircraft guns against enemy aerial raiders, the Alabama, like our other battleships, throws missiles weighing up to a ton from her big guns, and throws them accurately for distances of more than 20 miles.
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Lawlor, Thomas M., AOM 1/ c, Car­rier
Yorktown, Naugatuck.
" I had my own private V- J Day when I was ordered from active duty to return to the States and go to school in Memphis, Tenn. It was a mighty sudden change of pace for me after three years in carriers, climaxed by a bad day off Okinawa when our vessel took a bomb hit. Riding home on a tanker was a rest cure after that."
Locke, William D., EM 2/ c, Seabees, Milford.
" Looking back on my travels, I think I ought to write an article for the National Geographic. I was installing telephones and cables in Trinidad, where the biggest industries are pitch, asphalt, rum and coca- cola. The Kraut submarines had a great batting average in our waters early in ' 43, knocking off eight out of every twelve Allied ships. Going back to my old job with the Telephone Company may seem a little placid at first, but I can stand a little placidity for a change."
Maltese, Pasquale P., CM 2/ c, Seabees, West Haven.
" It was a real satisfaction to me to have a hand in building the Seventh Fleet Headquarters at Talosa in Leyte. This installation was right next door to General Krueger's Eighth Army Headquarters and when those two outfits got to work on the Japs, it reminded my of my civilian job. I used to make folding boxes and the Japs looked like a collapsed box when we got through with them."
McCormick, Robert C, EM 2/ c, Cruiser Macon, Manchester.
" I was assigned to fitting this beautiful new ship for service. It's the most modern thing afloat, with every kind of up- to- the- minute armament and device. There was a feverish rush to get her in action against the collapsing Jap navy. We finally got
her commissioned— two weeks after V- J Day. What an anticlimax!"
Mrozinsky, Edwin L., CM 2/ c, Seabees, Stratford.
" I helped to build the big warehouses for naval stores on Leyte and Samar. Instead of going back to my old job at Vought- Sikorsky, I'm thinking of going in the chicken business— and I don't mean Hollywood."
Oakes, Hubert T., M 3/ c, Amphibian Repair Ship Gordius, New Haven.
" I was a dry land sailor, and you can say that twice. My beat was up and down the East Coast and for 19 months I never got out of sight of the shore line. The job was zero- zero for glamour, necessary but dull."
Ortseifer, Graton H., S 2/ c, Cruiser Macon, West Haven.
" In civilian life I was a butcher and had all the headaches resulting from rationing and shortages. But I never knew anything about the hardships of the butcher business until I become a Navy butcher. In nine
THE SHIPS- >
USS BIRMINGHAM— The light cruiser ( top picture) was commissioned in 1942, and is known as the " Mighty B". She saw action in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean before going to the Pacific. A story of action on the " Mighty B" appears on Page 3 of this booklet.
USS AUGUSTA— Called " glamour ship" ( center) because she has carried so much gold braid and played hostess to two Presidents and a Prime Minister, the heavy cruiser Augusta is nevertheless very much of a fighting ship. She took part in three invasions, North Africa, Normandy and Southern France, each time a flagship. The late President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill met under an awning on her deck and promulgated the " Atlantic Charter". The most recent mission of the " Augie" was to carry President Truman to Antwerp where he boarded a plane for the Potsdam Con­ference.
USS BOISE — The light cruiser ( bottom) they call " Task Force Boise" served in 17 operations in two oceans. After her famous action during the Battle of Cape Esperance when she sank or helped to sink three ships, a cruiser and two destroyers, in less than a half hour, she took part in the in­vasions
of Sicily and Salerno. She served in the Pacific again — with the Seventh Fleet from December 1943 to June 18, 1945.
S months I did as much work as in the previous nine years. The first time I stopped swinging a cleaver to catch my breath, a fellow told me the war was over."
Ouellette, Donald L., RM 1/ c, Tender Waxsaw, Bridgeport.
" Our ship was assigned to tend the anti- submarine net at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco Bay. Now that the war's over, I'd like to run down the yarn we kept hearing that a San Francisco city garbage scow rammed and damaged a Jap submarine early in the war. We kept hearing the tale so often we were convinced there must have been some basis for it. Before being assigned to duty on the net tender, I made eight invasions in 30 months."
Paukstis, Andrew G., S 1/ c, Armed Guard, Waterbury.
" We were on our way to England carry­ing
octane and planes when our convoy was attacked by a submarine. One of the ships in the convoy, the one ahead of our ship, was hit. That happened in March of 1944 sometime in the morning. The torpedo hit the peak of the bow. Thank God it hit there because the ship had octane on it and if it hit anywhere else, it would have blown her sky high. Our DEs had to sink it afterwards. Some of the guys told me later that our escorts got the sub."
Phelan, William A., AMM 1/ c, Carrier San Jacinto, Waterbury.
" The grandest bang I ever hope to have was participating in the operation off Saipan when we broke the back of Jap­anese
naval air power. Other actions off Wake and the Marshalls were full of salty incidents, but Saipan was the peak. Japs were making runs on us until we felt like a landing strip, but we came out of it with all our paint. When an English tanker blew up 500 yards away from us, we could feel the flash of the fire on our faces. My
buddy, Radioman Joe Bagley of Water­bury,
was with me on this deal."
Plunkett, Thomas S., AMM 2/ c, Fleet Air Wing 7, New London.
" Ever hear of the roast beef of Old England? I was quartered and rationed by the British for three months servicing B- 24 patrol bombers over the English Channel, and I'm the world's leading expert on English grub. It's all made out of lard and flannel. The only part of English rations that's any good is the rum— and they didn't issue that to Americans."
Reiss, Robert L., MM 1/ c, Naval Bases in ETO, Milford.
" The most interesting place I've been was the southwestern tip of England— a little town called Penzance. You've heard of the Pirates of Penzance? Other places down there were St. Ives, Falmouth and Lands End. They are a 1 very old and historic. The man who invented the miner's lamp came from Penzance and they have a statue of him in the center of the town. In Plymouth they have a rock which marks the spot from where the Pilgrims who came to this country left. It's just like the Plymouth Rock over here. The whole story of the Pilgrims is chiseled on the rock."
Rogovin, Samuel, FC 2/ c, AP Leeds- town, New London.
" Our ship was torpedoed off Algiers during the invasion over there. We had about three thousand troops aboard and they went over the side about 9: 30 in the morning and everything went okay until the next day when we were torpedoed by an aerial torpedo. We were disabled by that one which knocked off our propeller and rudder. The group of ships we were in went into the port of Algiers for safety but we couldn't move so we stayed out there about three miles off shore. That afternoon we were hit again, this time by
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a submarine. She fired two torpedoes at us and hit both times. The ship went down in about one- half hour. I abandoned ship twice. The first time I went over the side, I had a lot of clothing on and the tide was carrying me the whole length of the ship. So I decided I'd be better off getting back on the ship and taking the clothes off because I was sitting like a dead duck in the water. I climbed back on and took the clothes off to be free to swim. Then I climbed down the fantail. I swam to a raft which was waiting to pick up sur­vivors.
It took us about three and a half hours to drift to shore. The Army sent busses and trucks down from a captured airfield near Algiers to bring us to their camp."
Sanderson, Harry B., BM 1/ c, APA Elkhart, Waterbury.
" During the Okinawa campaign, we were the first transport to go closer to Japan than Okinawa. We took an Army outfit to relieve the marines who were holding Gumi, about 80 miles north of Okinawa. We could see and hear Jap planes going to bomb Okinawa, but they never bothered us. When we got back to Okinawa, we decided we were better off at Gumi. The Japs didn't want anyone on Okinawa to get any sleep."
Schmid, John G., S 2/ c, Heavy Cruiser Baltimore, Stamford.
" After serving practically everywhere in the Pacific, I was in Honolulu on V- J Day and had about as much fun as I ever had in my life. I had my own car, liberty, a bunch of bottles, a bunch of Waves— and had a roaring good time. On the dark side of the picture was the bad time in July when Halsey's Third Fleet ran into the Japanese typhoon. We were badly banged around and took a worse beating than we ever did at enemy hands, winding up with a sprung bow."
Sember, George S., WT 2/ c, Destroyer Haley, Ansonia.
" In the final phase of the war when the naval action was really getting hot, our ship was the only can in the squadron that escaped getting hit. While we were screening a carrier strike right off Tokyo, we came across one of the rarest animals in Asia, a Jap naval prisoner. He had been knocked off a scuttled picket boat and was a happy little yellow fellow when we yanked him in."
Shurko, Frank N., S 1/ c, Carrier Charger, Bridgeport.
" Our ship was the second tanker to be converted to escort carrier and we were assigned to duty that was interesting, if not adventurous. Our first job was training English pilots for heavy carrier duty. Later we went on the delivery run to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, hauling F6Fs, F4Fs and SB2Cs. You take the tropics— I'll take Bridgeport."
Spinnato, Michael A., RdM 2/ c, Aux. Repr. Ship Brant, Willimantic.
" There were quite a few ships hit and laying along the beach in Normandy forming a breakwater. They were LSTs and Liberty ships mostly. We were laying off about 300 yards from the beach and were ordered to stand by to rescue sur­vivors
of any ships that were hit. The Germans were firing star shells at the ships and 88s. For two weeks they shelled us every day— usually at night. Then we were ordered to Cherbourg and were the first American ship in the harbor. We went over mines to get into the harbor with 50 tons of ammunition in tow on a barge. A minesweeper followed us into the harbor and then started out again. On its way out, it hit a mine and blew up. Our ship got a citation for fighting a fire on an oil tanker at Le Havre. After the war was over, we went to Ireland and
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picked up a couple of German prize U- Boats. We escorted them to the New London submarine base."
Sultaire, Joseph H., MaM 2/ c, Naval Base, Newfoundland, Winsted.
" There wasn't much to see or do in Newfoundland. The wind was terrific up there. The climate is unhealthy and there's a lot of TB on account of the little sun they get up there. It's always foggy. Since the Americans got there, the people working for us gained about 20 pounds each. They were eating fresh vegetables and milk which was being imported from the States. Mostly they lived on fish and a little meat. But there's really not much interesting about it."
Summers, George H., SF 3/ c, Battle­ship
New York, Groton.
" I had it pretty easy, generally. At Okinawa on April 14 our ship was hit by one of those suicide planes. Around dusk, the plane came at us and hit the main mast. Lucky part about it was that the ship didn't catch fire. We had two planes on the catapult at the time of the attack. The suicide plane went in between the two planes and crashed over the side. When I saw the plane coming, I shoved off like a lot of other guys did. One guy got very scared. The suicide plane skimmed right over his head while he was firing a 20mm anti- aircraft gun. He was in sick bay for about two weeks. I had a repair party topside standing by in case of any damage. We didn't stand by long."
Szumkowski, Alec N., MM 2/ c, A K Almeda, Hartford.
" We covered 65,000 miles in the Pacific, touched about 65 different ports and hit every large island and a lot of small ones except the Admiralties and Japan. We moved all Seabees, Marines and Soldiers to the fronts in the Pacific and we were never hit."
Traver, Calvin A., Jr., S 1/ c, Destroyer Eberle, Waterbury.
" It was a nice tussle we had with three German E- boats 110 miles off the coast of Italy and 150 miles away from the nearest friendly ship. They were on our tail all night. We kept banging away at them, hitting and missing, until we expended $ 47,000 worth of ammunition. We were pretty sure we knocked one off because we could dimly see it go over on its side. The next day a recon plane saw it beached at the mouth of the Tiber. We were at general quarters for three days after that and got charley horses from standing to our positions."
Wallace, William S., BM 2/ c, Destroyer Sproston, Bridgeport.
" We went through both Battles of the Philippines. The one at Luzon was the toughest. We were anchored in the bay after the Army went ashore. One day we were attacked by suicide planes. They hit a transport and a tanker about a thousand yards away from us. I was on a 5 in. A A gun at the time of the attack. Things were so confused— ack ack was going up all over the sky— so I don't know who shot down the planes but I saw three of them go down. You get awfully scared when you see one of those suicide planes go into its dive and come, straight for you. But your job becomes automatic and you just stay there and fire at it and hope that the gun would fire faster."
Way, Albert H., ART 1/ c, Patrol Squadron 72, Torrington.
" My outfit flew PBY Patrol bombers in the Coral Sea, Midway, First and Second Cebu, Santa Cruz, Tulagi and Guadal­canal
operations. Operating out of Espiritu Santu, my plane was hit several times by bullets from a Mitsubishi 96 medium bomber and off Nauru Island, one of the bypassed islands south of Okinawa."
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STATE AIDS AND BENEFITS
The laws of the State of Connecticut provide for many forms of aid, benefits and preferences for veterans, and for their next of kin in varying degrees. The following digest is designed to inform of the aids, benefits and preferences, and to designate the local or state agency charged with providing full information to veterans. There are thirty- four full- time and eight part- time Veterans Centers operating which serve 86 of the 169 cities and towns in the State. In some smaller towns the Town Clerks act as a " Veterans Center".
Tax Exemptions — File discharge with your Town Clerk; notify local assessors and collector.
Local Taxes — Any veteran is exempt from taxes on real or personal property up to $ 1,000 in valuation. Disabled veterans are exempt up to $ 3,000, according to disability ratings. This ex­emption
is in part valid for veterans' wives, and next of kin, as specified by the Statutes. See Local Tax Collector.
Local Business Taxes — ( Personal property) on stock, fixtures and equipment of new businesses established by veterans, for three years. See Local Tax Collector.
Old Age Assistance Taxes — Servicemen are exempt, during active service in armed forces, and veterans may secure refund if they paid while in active service. See Local Tax Collector.
State Unincorporated Business Taxes — On new businesses established by any veteran, good for three years. See Tax Commissioner, State Office Building, Hartford.
Free Business Licenses — Most licenses are free; renewals usually unnecessary for varying periods. See your Town Clerk.
Professional Licenses — Qualified veterans can be admitted to the practice of law or chiropractic without examination in most cases. Contact your county Bar Association, or the Board of Chiro­practic
Examiners, State Office Building, Hartford.
State Employment Preference — Veteran pas­sing
state civil service examination has five points added to score; ten, if he has a disability rating. Names placed on list of eligibles in the order of such augmented score.
The State's general policy on veteran's job preference, which has not the effect of law, was established by the 1945 General Assembly, with passage of the following:
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representa­tives:
" 1. That it shall be the policy of the State, acting through the Connecticut Veterans Reemploy­ment
and Advisory Commission, to encourage Connecticut employers to voluntarily set aside a minimum of 25 per cent of post- war jobs for veter­ans
of World War II.
" 2. That it shall be the policy of the State until July 1, 1950, to give preference to veterans of World War II in all State positions outside the classified service of the merit system act and in all positions involving contractual services and part time services and in all cases where compensation is paid by the State whether on a fee basis or otherwise.
" 3. That until July 1, 1950, it shall also be the policy of the State that appointing officers of the State, as defined by Sec. 2049 of the General Statutes, shall, other conditions being equal, give preference to veterans of World War II in filling State positions from registers of eligible candidates furnished by the State Personnel Department."
Educational Aids — With satisfactory cre­dentials,
a veteran can secure free a grammar school or high school diploma from the State Board of Education, State Office Building, Hartford.
Free instruction in secondary subjects ( high school courses) will be furnished by the State Board of Education if your town can't do it. See your local school officials.
Financial aid for college educations for children, 16 to 23, of servicemen killed in service. Consult the State Board of Education.
Aid for Needy Veterans — If you are being cared for under legal direction of the Veterans Home Commission, your children under 16, husband, wife or widowed mother can receive weekly finan­cial
assistance up to $ 10. for an adult and $ 6. for a child. Apply to the Commission, through the Veterans Home, Rocky Hill.
If you need temporary financial assistance because of a service disability, contact the Veterans Home Commission, Rocky Hill.
Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Fund — Many of the veterans' aid benefits set out above are pay­able
from the income produced by this fund which is to be augmented by a portion of the Connecticut tax on cigarettes until the principal of the fund reaches $ 15,000,000. Disbursements of these funds to carry out aid provisions to veterans, and certain relatives and next of kin of veterans pursuant to statute, are through the State Treasurer of the American Legion, State Office Building, Hartford.
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THE MUSTER OUT ROLL CALL
Names, ratings and addresses of Connecticut men discharged from October 1 to 10, 1945, inclusive, from official Navy records, Separation Center, Lido Beach, L. I., N. Y.
ACAMPORA, Michael, S 1/ c
63 Chamberlain St., New Haven ACCUOSTI, Carmen, S 1/ c
520 Walnut St., Ext., Waterbury ACQUAVITA, Joseph, S 1/ c
627 Legion Ave., New Haven ADAMS, George Leandre, AMM 1/ c
183 Jackson St., Willimantic AGACINSKI, Philip Jon, S 1/ c
419 Pratt St., Meriden AGOSTINO, Joseph Henry, PhM 2/ c
1 South Pine Creek Ct., Fairfield ALBERTA, Joseph Paul, Jr., BM 2/ c
Auburn St., South Norwalk ALBERTA, Paul John, MoMM 2/ c
3 Hudson St., Norwalk ALDRICH, Charles Henry, Jr., EM 2/ c
New Milford ALLEN, Frank Addison, BM 1/ c
193 Richard St., New Britain ALLEN, James Thomas, MoMM 1/ c
135 Gilbert St., West Haven ALLEN, Richard Stephen, ARM 2/ c
259 Alden Ave., New Haven ALLENDORF, Walter Willard, S 1/ c
270 West Ivy St., New Haven AMBLER, Frederick Charles, SK 2/ c
2225 Main St., Bridgeport ANASTASIA, Peter Paul, S 2/ c
1600 North Taylor St., Norwalk ANDERSON, Thomas James, CWT
26 Summit St., Stonington ANNINO, Carl A., RM 1/ c
25 North Main St., Middletown ARSENAULT, Maurice A., BM 1/ c
Crane Road, Stamford AUDETTE, George, Y 2/ c
23 Watertown Ave., Waterbury AUGER, Cyrille P., SC 2/ c
18 Asylum St., New Haven BACHELDER, Harry I., Jr., MM 2/ c
466 Burnsford Ave., Bridgeport BAJORINAS, Paul J., Cox
145 Main St., South Meriden BAKER, Ezra J., MoMM 1/ c
344 Washington St., Norwich BALDEWICZ, Leon T., SM 1/ c
235 Howe Ave., Shelton BALICK, Michael J., BM 1/ c
56 Silliman St., Fairfield BANCROFT, William H., RdM 2/ c
355 Carroll Ave., Bridgeport BARANOWSKY, John J., TM 2/ c
Lilac Ave., Oakville BARNES, Elwood W., SC 1/ c
53 Capitol Ave., Meriden BARONE, James J., S 1/ c
108 Spring St., Middletown BASSOLI, Henry F., Prtr 2/ c
2404 Whitney Ave., New Haven BATON, Arnold A., PhM 2/ c
Box 155, Moosup AYETTE, Robert A., SF 2/ c
388 East Main St., Torrington BEAN, Paul R., TM 3/ c
21 Happy St., Norwich BEARD, Albert O., AMMI 1/ c
94 Lone Oak Ave., Waterbury
B E A T I F I C A T O , Salvatore, SC 1/ c
79 Truman St., New Haven
B E A T O N , Vincent P., E M 3/ c
191 Park St., West Haven
B E C K , James D., SC 1/ c
210 North Bank St., New London
B E C K L E Y , George W., B M 1/ c
14 Ridge wood St., Waterbury
B E L A S K I , Chester T., B M 2/ c
202 Hillside Ave., Hartford
B E L L E V I L L E , Oswald J . , C P hM
8 Grand St., Hartford
B E N D E L , Adolph J . , A C M M ( AA) ( T)
1654 North Main St., Hartford
B E N S O N , Joseph A . , R M 2/ c
139 Downing St., New Haven
B E N T O N , Lowell L . , C M 2/ c
71 Town St., Norwich
B E R G A G N I N , Gino A . , C M 1/ c
43 Holmes Ave., New Britain
B E R N A Y , Stephen J . , C M 2/ c
Quinnipiac Ave., North Haven
B I A L O S K O W S K I , Carl, B M 2/ c
88 Booth Ave., Wethersfield
B I L T S , John R., M M 2/ c
West Willington
B I O N D I , Ralph C , S 1/ c
116 Wall St., Waterbury
B I R K S , George F . , M o M M 1/ c
4 Mills Ave., Milford
B L A I S , Gilles D . , Q M 3/ c
490 So. Leonard St., Waterbury
B L A N K , Frederick W., Y 2/ c
654 E . M a i n St., Middletown
B L A S C H I K , Felix, M o M M 2/ c
East Haddam
B L E C K E L , Louis J . , A M M 2/ c
37 Hollister St., Stratford
B L E E S , Gerrit, S M 3/ c
74 Charron St., Bridgeport
B L E V I N S , James A . , G M 2/ c
187 Main St., Hartford
BLOODGOOD, John Howland, B M 2/ c
60 Wilson St., Stamford
B O N A F O N T E , Dino B., W T 2/ c ( T)
37 Newfield St., Middletown
B O R T O L A N , Joseph L . , SC 1/ c
47 Northeast Drive, New Haven
B O U C H E R , Francis A . , Y 2/ c
23 Woodin St., Hamden
B R E N N A N , Charles A . , R d M 3/ c
239 Maple St., Naugatuck
B R O W N , Abbott, S K 2/ c
760 Ocean Ave., West Haven
B R O W N , John R., W T 2/ c
527 Burritt St., New Britain
BROWSER, Edward A . , Cox
2 Warren C t . , Bridgeport
B R Y A N T , Raymond J . , Bkr 3/ c
495 High St., New Britain
B U L L , Lewis B . , T M 1/ c
17 Burgoyne St., Elmwood
B U R G E S S , Roland E . , Sp ( Q) 1/ c
Rayfield R d . , Westport
B U R K E , Joseph E . , M M 1/ c
204 Newhall St., New Haven
B U R K E , William T . , M o M M 1/ c
30 Congress St., Hartford
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BURZLER, Richard E., F 1/ c
72 Anderson Ave., Forestville CANTORE, Erasmo E., MoMM 1/ c
34 Dewitt St., New Haven CAREY, George J., Jr., Bkr 3/ c
206 Davenport Ave., New Haven CARLIN, Samuel F., MM 1/ c
1171 West Main St., Waterburv CARLSON, Raymond H., S 1/ c
9 Fales St., Hartford CASCIO, Rosario, S 1/ c
327 Jefferson Ave., New London CATES, Don B., FC 1/ c
RFD 1, Baltic CAWTHORNE, George L., MM 1/ c
3 Glendale St., Cos Cob CHATFIELD, Elmer H., S 1/ c
West St., Simsbury CHAVES, Joseph A., CWT
1180 New Britain Ave., Hartford CHERNIKOFF, Harold L., SM 2/ c
24 Webster St., New Haven CHMIELECKI, Walter J., GM 3/ c
33 Harding PL, New Haven CHMIELNICKI, Joseph, Cox
13 Pemberton St., Waterbury CHRISTENSON, Henry O., Jr., MM 1/ c
107 Shelton St., Bridgeport CIOCHETTI, Pasquale V., QM 2/ c
14 Bradley Ave., Waterbury CIPRIANO, Anthony, Cox
1828 Main St., Bridgeport CLARK, Albert C, GM 2/ c
Ponus Ave., Norwalk CLARK, Charlton C, GM 2/ c
Parmelee Hill Road, Durham CLARKSON, James T., WT 2/ c
92 Grassy Plain St., Bethel COLE, Russell E., Jr., MM 1/ c
Box 202, Seymour COLLI, John R., Jr., EM 1/ c
14 Center St., Windsor Locks CONNORS, Alton S., CWT
457 Greenwich Ave., New Haven CONNORS, Dennis J., S 1/ c
324 South St., Stamford CONWAY, Allen W., SK 2/ c
441 Second Ave., West Haven COOK, Anthony J., S 1/ c
341 West Thames St., Norwich COOK, Robert W., BM 1/ c
20 Gregory St., Stamford COPPOLA, Paul, BM 2/ c
136 Taft Ave., West Haven CORCORAN, George W., Jr., S 2/ c
133 Lockwood Ave., Stamford CORDNER, John R., BM 2/ c
6 Burwell Ave., Woodmont CORRENTE, Emilio, M 1/ c
22 Ceretta St., Springdale CORRIDINO, Thomas L., PhoM 3/ c
61 Brown St., Hartford COSENTINO, John J., SC 1/ c
245 West Ave., Stamford COSGROVE, John J., MoMM 1/ c
1088 Capitol Ave., Hartford COWPERTHWAIT, Merwin, MM 1/ c
61 Cedar St., South Norwalk CRANE, Harold E., ARM 2/ c
32 Westland St., Hartford CROWTHER, Walter J., S 1/ c
382 Norton St., New Haven CSINSI, Louis G., S 1/ c
33 Buckingham St., Newington CULLEN, James J., CM 1/ c
487 Wilmot Ave., Bridgeport
CUMMINGS, Francis X., MM 3/ c
39 Sherman St., Stamford CYGANIK, John, MoMM 1/ c
226 South Colony St., Wallingford CYPHERS, William H., Jr., MoMM 1/ c
Cheshire St., West Cheshire DAMBOISE, Austin J., SF 3/ c
Box 32, East Haven DANIS, Alfred J., BM 1/ c
27 Oak St., Danielson DeBARTLO, Michael J., AMM 3/ c
285 Franklin St., Norwich DeFLORIA, John, Jr., SK 3/ c
26 James St., Waterbury DELLAPIANO, Serafino J., S 1/ c
Mansfield St., Derby DEMERS, William T., GM 3/ c
485 Neispic Road, Glastonbury DERRAH, Robert E., BM 2/ c
537 Park St., Bridgeport DeRUSSO, Anthony, QM 2/ c
407 Quinnipiac Ave., New Haven DESHAIES, George A., AMM 2/ c
10 Hamilton St., Hartford DEUBEL, Paul A., AOM 1/ c
Handel Court, East Hartford DEWELL, Leroy A., CBM
103 Hazel St., New Haven DINA, Roger J., MM 1/ c
1363 Worden Ave., Bridgeport DITERS, George R., MoMM 2/ c
Old Canton Rd., Collinsville DODD, Harold M., MoMM 2/ c
10 Arch St., New Haven DODGE, John H., SM 1/ c
27 Cottrell St., Mystic DOMBROWSKI, Michael, WT 3/ c
105 Nash St., New Haven DONOVAN, Joseph E., MM 2/ c
280 Caroline St., Derby DORAN, Matthew P., EM 2/ c
422 Lafayette St., Bridgeport DORAN, Tyler T., EM 3/ c
574 So. Main St., Torrington DORSEY, Leonard W., RM 1/ c( T)
14 Broad St., New Britain DOWNES, Peter W., CBM
99 Bennett St., Bridgeport DUDAS, John M., AMM 3/ c
593 Bostwick Ave., Bridgeport DUDZIK, John J., S 1/ c
118 Bristol St., Southington DUNN, Louis, EM 3/ c
49 South Water St., Greenwich DUNSHEE, Erwin R., GM 3/ c
364 South St., Bristol DURKIN, Richard K., SC 2/ c
24 Wildwood Ave., Waterbury DURSTEIN, George L., CCM
90 Dewitt St., New Haven DZIEDZIC, John J., F 2/ c
Box 695, Torrington EASTWOOD, George B., BM 1/ c
17 Park St., Manchester EDDY, William W., RM 3/ c
143 So. Water St., E. Port Chester EGERSSY, Stephen, CM 1/ c
69 Edison St., Stratford ELLIS, Joseph F., QM 1/ c
300 Hanover St., Meriden FACTO, Raymond A., S 1/ c
33 Beardsley Pkwy, Nichols FASANO, Alphonse, PhM 3/ c
126 Richards PL, West Haven FA VALE, John P., CSK
104 Edison Ave., Bridgeport
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FENSTERER, Robert, SM 1/ c
Route 1, Box 243, Old Lyme FIELDING, Elmer M., CSK
11 York Ct., Poquonock Bridge, Groton FILLIPELLI, John B., CCM
81 Collis St., West Haven FISHER, Abe, GM 2/ c
10 Day St., So. Norwalk FITZGERALD, Thomas F., MMS 2/ c
124 Henry St., Stamford FLANAGAN, Luke A., CM 1/ c
1138 Park Ave., Bridgeport FRANCOEUR, Philip E., M 2/ c
210 West Main St., Plainville FRENZA, Leonard A., SM 2/ c
268 Baldwin St., Waterbury FROSCENO, Daniel J., GM 1/ c
6 New Haven Ave., Derby FROST, Alexander H., CM 2/ c
320 Colony St., Meriden GAGNON, Joseph F., GM 3/ c
6 Park Terrace, Hartford GAMBLE, John G., PhM 2/ c
33 Lincoln Rd., Wethersfield GARDNER, Everett O., FC 2/ c
RFD 1, Rockville GAUGGEL, Paul J., AOM 2/ c
Grove St., Branford GAWLAK, Stanley A., S 1/ c
36 Union St., Middletown GAWLIK, Stanley A., GM 2/ c
233 Boys Ave., Goodyear GAWRON, Paul, CAerM
225 Saltonstall Ave., New Haven GELAZIN, Theodore, AMM 1/ c
590 Lafayette St., Bridgeport GENTILE, Dominic, F 1/ c
158 New Haven Ave., Derby GENTILE, Edward J., PhM 1/ c
171 Oakley St., New Haven GERVASONI, John D., AMM 2/ c
353 Willow St., Waterbury GILBERT, Edmond R., GM 2/ c
Box 274, North Grosvenordale GILLIGAN, Francis H., FCO 3/ c
19 Donald Terrace, Waterbury GILPATRICK, Harold G., SC 2/ c
138 Broad St., Milford GLOVER, Frank N., CM 3/ c
10 Parallel St., Norwalk GOLUB, Joseph J., EM 1/ c
Box 296, Moodus GORSKI, Henry J., S 1/ c
132 Wolcott St., Bristol GOSS, Edward B., EM 1/ c
117 Pine St., Waterbury GOULET, Leo, MM 1/ c
12 East View St., Bristol GRAVITCH, Abraham A., SC 2/ c
25 Edson St., New Britain GRGACH, John J., GM 3/ c
40 Main St., Danbury GRIFFITH, Richard C, SF 3/ c
78 City Hill St., Union City GRUDZINSKI, Walter L., GM 3/ c
121 Whitney Ave., New Haven GUARDIANO, Paul J., AOM 1/ c
1305 North Ave., Bridgeport GUILE, Charles H., BM 2/ c
154 South Main St., Putnam GUNTHER, William F., SK 1/ c
21 Hall St., West Haven GURTOWSKI, John L., SC 1/ c
72 Akron St., Meriden GUSTAFSON, Gustof H., SK 1/ c
230 Pequot Ave., New London
HABERSHON, Kenneth, S 1/ c
21 Edge water Drive, Old Greenwich HAGIST, Charles J., AMM 2/ c
52 Camp St., New Britain HALL, Albert P., FC 2/ c
Wall St., Madison HALL, John I., Cox
81 Waterbury St., New Haven HAMILL, Herbert J., MM 2/ c
4 Johnson Place, Norwich HAMILTON, John G., CEM
12 Riverview Ave., New London HANNAN, Joseph K., RM 2/ c
1668 Broad St., Hartford HARPER, Raymond E., Sp ( x) 1/ c
Box G, West Cheshire HAVENS, Charles R., RM 1/ c
19 Fillow St., Norwalk HAVEY, David H., Y 1/ c
47 Mountford St., Hartford HAVLICEK, Frank B., CSF
417 Main Ave., Norwalk HAZUKA, George E., Jr., GM 2/ c
5 Grove St., Essex HEADFORD, Fred H., MoMM 2/ c
306 Judson Ave., Bridgeport HENK, Karl E., SF 1/ c
Center Road, Woodbridge HENNESSEY, John S., S 1/ c
88 James St., Hartford HERESKO, Norman W., GM 2/ c
RFD 1, Box 45, Terryville HIGGINS, John H., QM 1/ c ( t)
966 First Ave., West Haven HILL, Alfred H., MM 1/ c
RFD 1, Norwich HILTON, Theophilus B., Av Cad
Peartree Point Rd., Noroton HINCKLEY, Donald V., GM 3/ c
4 Pleasant St., Windsor Locks HIPP, William J., MoMM 1/ c
RFD No. 6, Norwich HOLMES, Howard W., SoMH 1/ c
351 Hillside Ave., Hartford HOLMES, William E., MoMM 3/ c
108 White Ave., West Hartford HOTCHKISS, Edmond J., SoM 3/ c
185 Sutton Ave., Stratford HUBBARD, Richard G., Jr. , CRM
Highwood Ave., Southington HULTEN, Raymond V., EM 3/ c
17 Roberts St., New Britain HUSKES, Arthur R., CBM
8 Rembert St., Wallingford HUTCHINSON, Stanley R., SK 1/ c
93 Knapp St., Springdale HYNES, William F., ARM 1/ c
71 Hazel St., Hartford IANNETTI, Frank V., S 2/ c
207 Henry St., New Haven JACKMAN, William R., FC 1/ c
139 Lewis St., Naugatuck JACKSON, William E., ARM 2/ c
161 Edgewood St., Hartford JOHNSON, Edward O., ACRT
18 Vincent St., West Hartford JOHNSON, Frank W., EM 1/ c
19 Pleasant St., Cromwell JONES, Julius L., St 2/ c
124 Leigon Ave., New Haven JONES, Robert A., F 1/ c
17 Augur St., Hamden JUNNO, Tatu S., MoMM 1/ c
139 Broad St., Middletown KANDOLIN, Richard A., Cox
74 Park St., Willimantic
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KAWCZAK, Raymond, RdM 1/ c
44 Capen St., Hartford KAZELUNAS, Clement J., MoMM 1/ c
Marion Ave., Marion KENNEDY, John F., CSK
25 Park PL, Meriden KETTLES, Jack, CBM
108 Highland St., New Haven KILLEEN, Dennis H., CQM
18 West Pearl St., New Britain KING, Alfred W., SF 3/ c
47 Miller St., New Haven KINGSTON, Kenneth W., MM 2/ c
1 Remer St., Ansonia KINMONTH, Earl M., CM 2/ c
RFD 6, Norwich KITSON, Richard F., S 2/ c
21 Colonial St., Hartford KITTLE, David L., MM 1/ c
82 Spruce St., Manchester KLAUS, Walter T., MM 2/ c
81 West St., Thompsonville KLINE, James H., Jr., RM 2/ c
54 Maple St., Norwalk KNAPP, Albert S., S 1/ c
South Main St., Newtown KOBUS, Stanley, ACMM
295 Victoria Rd., Hartford KOCH, Ralph, BM 1/ c
89 Sisson St., East Hartford KOHLBERG, Victor S., MoMM 2/ c
34 Yale St., Bridgeport KOLODEJ, Anthony, GM 1/ c
57 White St., New Haven KOVALESKI, Edmund, BM 2/ c
50 Prospect St., Thomaston KRITZMAN, John, MM 2/ c
80 Tiffany St., Danielson KUKANSKIS, Peter M., CSF
79 Montgomery St., Waterbury LAMIRAND, Napoleon P., GM 3/ c
Hawkins St., Danielson LaHAYE, Judson A., Sp( W) 2/ c
1512 North Ave., Bridgeport LANE, Elvey E., CCM
Box 298, RFD, Bridgeport LaPONTE, Louis J., CRM
36 Gridley St., Bristol LAPORTE, Peter F., MM 2/ c
57 Lois St., Forestville LaROSA, Paul P., MoMM 1/ c
253 Cottage Grove Rd., Bloomfield LASPROGATA, Ralph P., BM 2/ c
243 Walnut St., Waterbury LAWLER, Francis W., AMM 3/ c
39 Shore Front, Milford LAWLOR, George F., Jr., MM 1/ c
190 Hamilton St., New Haven LAWLOR, Thomas M., AOM 1/ c
45 Phoenix Ave., Naugatuck LAWRENCE, Donald E., EM 1/ c
3 Clark St., Danbury LEIBE, William H., SM 2/ c
11 Hilltop Place, New Haven LENART, Andrew J., ARM 2/ c
130 Powe St., Ansonia LILLIBRIDGE, Edward C, PhM 3/ c
155 Maple St., Seymour LINSLEY, Ernest J., WT 3/ c
869 Dixwell Ave., Hamden LOCKE, William D., EM 2/ c
37 James St., Milford LOCKWOOD, Robert F., SC 3/ c
6 Richards Ave., Stamford LONG, John A., CPhM
117 Pendleton St., Apt. D- 32, New Haven LOSO, Hubert F., CY
80 Fifth St., Bridgeport
LOWDEN, Charles E., Jr., GM 1/ c Upper King St., Greenwich
LUCASCIO, Angelo J., MoMM 3/ c 45 Earle St., Hartford
LUCASON, James, CGM
180 Lenox St., New Haven 13
LUCIER, Roland R., SOM 2/ c
81 Battey St., Putnam LYHNE, Egon, RM 2/ c
545 Hillside Ave., Hartford LYNN, Mahlon A., BM 2/ c
Main St., Bethlehem MACIEJEWSKI, Walter E., CM 3/ c
63 Otrobando Ave., Norwich MADEUX, Louis H., WT 2/ c
132 Beech wood Ave., Torrington MAGUDER, Rudolph T., MoMM 2/ c
149 Elm St., Meriden MAGUIRE, Earl J., SF 1/ c
RFD Lake St., Manchester MAHLENDORF, Erid P., MoMM 2/ c
2555 Whitney Ave., Hamden MAILLOUX, Adrien W., GM 2/ c
6 Fifth Ave., Danbury MALAGUTTI, Albert, Bkr. 2/ c ( T)
115 Bishop St., Waterbury MALIZIA, Amedio J., SF 2/ c
43 Tuttle St., Stamford MALTESE, Pasquale P., CM 2/ c
54 Lambert St., West Haven MALTESE, Thomas A., S 1/ c
127 Liberty St., Middletown MANNA, Albert, S 1/ c
643 Highland Ave., Waterbury MAPP, Robert B., RdM 2/ c
10 Mills Ave., Pond Point, Milford MARCHITTO, Rocco, MM 2/ c
84 Griggs St., Waterbury MARTOCCHIO, Albert R., SD 3/ c
75 John St., Hartford MAURIELLO, Louis, M 1/ c
95 1/ 2 Hill St., New Haven MAYEUX, Joseph W., CCS
159 W. Main St., Norwich MAYO, Harold D., WT 2/ c
Box 117, Grosvenordale MCCARTHY, George F., SD 2/ c
12 Vine St., Hartford McCLELLAN, Joseph H., MM 1/ c
83 Franklin St., Ansonia McCLINCH, Clayton H., MoMM 1/ c
Box 244, RFD 3, Bridgeport McCLURE, Farrell, CM 2/ c
1 North Ave., Norwalk McCORMICK, Robert C, EM 2/ c
154 New Bolton Road, Manchester McCUSKER, James P., S 1/ c
72 Deerfield Ave., Hartford McGEORGE, Melfred W., CBM
15 Gravel St., Mystic McGRATH, Francis, EM 2/ c
57 Alder St., Waterbury McHUGH, Harold R., GM 3/ c
60 So. Main St., Norwalk McKISSICK, Ambrose D., BM 2/ c
Webster St., Unionville MEARS, Berley A., SC 1/ c
87 Stuart Ave., Norwalk MEEGAN, Raymond J., ARM 1/ c
69 Julius St., Hartford MELMAN, Abraham J., WT 2/ c
32 Hawkins St., Waterbury MEREDITH, Kenneth A., AMM 3/ c
10 Grove St., Cos Cob MERRILL, Roger J., EM 1/ c
82 Saltonstall Pkwy., East Haven MICHAUD, Joseph L., BM 2/ c
171 Laurel St., Bristol MICKIAVICH, Vincent W., S 2/ c
Box 213, East Granby MIESSAU, Allen P., BM 2/ c
123 Farren Ave., New Haven MIHALEC, John, AMMH 1/ c
110 North Water St., East Port Chester MILLER, Eugene G., S 1/ c
20 Crane St., Danbury MILLER, George, RM 3/ c
251 Swanson Ave., Stratford MILLER, Richard E., SM 2/ c
690 Main St., Torrington MILLER, Warren A., MM 2/ c
52 Bristol St., New Haven MINCHIN, Charles R., BM 2/ c
Greenwich Towers, Greenwich MINSKI, Stanley J., S 1/ c
26 Brown Ave., Jewett City MISAK, Walton J., S 1/ c
57 Elm St., Willimantic MOLLICA, Dennis S., AMM 1/ c
731 S. Main St., Waterbury MONAHAN, Donald F., QM 2/ c
244 Whalley Ave., New Haven MONGILLO, Joseph J., CSF
26 East Pearl St., Danbury MONTGOMERY, William T., SoM 2/ c ( T)
8 Bishop St., East Haven MOORE, Edward M., SK 2/ c
11 Valley Road, Hamden MORAN, Arthur F., S 1/ c
14 Charter Oak PL, Hartford MORLEY, John O., Y 1/ c
264 Broad St., Norwich MOROSINI, Joseph C, Cox
RFD 1, Stonington MORRIS, James R., S 1/ c
24 Broadway, Norwich MOSES, Samuel, ST 3/ c
42 Center St., Middletown MROZINSKY, Edwin L., CM 2/ c
378 Surf Ave., Stratford MULDOON, Bernard F., BM 1/ c
27 Orange St., Bridgeport MULDOON, James W., CM 1/ c
Main St., Plainfield MULLANEY, William T., M 2/ c
189 Dewey Ave., Milford MUOIO, Frank J., SF 3/ c
150 Belmont Terrace, Danbury MURPHY, Edward F., GM 1/ c
110 Bridge St., Waterbury MURPHY, Ernest J., QM 2/ c
226 Colorado Ave., Bridgeport MURPHY, James F., CGM
44 Albert St., Torrington MYERS, Harold E., SC 1/ c
211 Denver Ave., Bridgeport MYSKA, Constant W., PhM 1/ c
105 Hayes St., New Britain NAINBY, Frank G., RM 1/ c
Chester St., Norwalk NOLAN, James K., MM 2/ c
Washington Road, Woodbury NOLAN, Philip M., RM 1/ c
52 Wilton Ave., Norwalk NORMAN, Russell H., GM 2/ c
97 Rochford Ave., Hamden OAKES, Hubert T., M 3/ c
15 Norton St., New Haven OATES, Frederick H., CY ( T)
134 Washington Ave., Bridgeport 4 OBLON, Alfred E., MoMM 2/ c
163 State St., Meriden O'CONNOR, Thomas P., S 1/ c ( F)
494 Riverside Ave., Westport O'DONOVAN, John R., QM 2/ c
Scott St., Norwalk
O'HARE, Donald J., Av Cad
26 Mozart St., West Hartford OLANDER, Walter J., Cox
50 Woodbridge St., Hartford OLANDER, Walter J., EM 3/ c
c/ o Mrs. Hugo Reff, Watrus Ave., Stony Creek O'LEARY, John T., BM 1/ c
215 Summerfield Ave., Bridgeport OLEYER, Michael, MM 2/ c
184 Tremont St., New Britain OLINS, Bennett S., PhoM 2/ c
17 Howe St., New Haven OLIVER, James C, WT 1/ c
34 Melrose Ave., Waterbury O'MEARA, William P., Cox
68 Grove St., Ansonia ORTSEIFER, Graton H., S 2/ c
9 Abner St., West Haven OSBORN, Walter W., MM 2/ c
Colebrook River, Riverton PO, Colebrook OUELLETTE, Donald L., RM 1/ c
155 Colorado Ave., Bridgeport OWSIANY, Stanley, Cox
Bldg. 24, D- 7 Apt. 302 Y. M. V., Bridgeport PALOMBA, Louis W., CMoMM
30 Prospect Ave., Greenwich PAPE, Warren F., MM 2/ c
33 Lincoln Ave., South Norwalk PARSON, Wilson F., RM 2/ c
279 Greenwood Ave., Bethel PASKIEWICH, Peter, MoMM 1/ c
145 Central Ave., Norwich PATO, Frank, EM 1/ c
Box 4, Long Hill PATRIA, Peter P., MoMM 3/ c
53 Hamilton St., Bridgeport PATZKOSKI, Stanley T., GM 1/ c
92 North Cherry St., Wallingford PAUKSTIS, Andrew G., S 1/ c
198 Clover St., Waterbury PAZDA, Alexander S., F 1/ c
50 Woodbridge St., Hartford PEASE, Kenneth C, RDM 3/ c
66 Jefferson St., New London PERETTI, Valentine J., GM 3/ c
22 Davis St., Norwalk PERRY, Arthur A., Cox
225 Dodge Ave., East Haven PHELAN, William A., AMM 1/ c
68 Marlboro St., Waterbury PHILBRICK, Herbert M., CMM
93 Atwood St., Hartford PINKIEWICZ, Paul J., CWT
138 Union St., Willimantic PIPER, Marion L., RM l/ c( SS)
68 Church St., Groton PIRITZKY, Edward E., Cox
305 Ocean PL, Bridgeport PITCHETTE, Eugene L., CCS
18 Marion St., Hartford PLUNKETT, Thomas S., AMM 2/ c
99 Union St., New. London. POMEROY, George P., AMM 3/ c
48 Annapolis Dr., West Hartford POEHNERT, William E., WT 2/ c
186 Union St., Rockville POTASKY, Edward C, CBM
40 Stonington St., Hartford POWELL, Franklin F., Y 2/ c
Southbury Training School, Southbury POZUCEK, Ignatius J., RdM 2/ c
12 Water St., Derby PRATESI, Elio, QM 1/ c
85 Hamilton St., New Haven PRENTICE, Frank K., CSF
39 Roosevelt St., Bridgeport PRENTICE, Leonard C, Jr., Av Cad
113 Forth St., Norwich QUICK, Russell D., RdM 2/ c
25 St. John St., East Norwalk QUINN, Joseph P., MoMM 2/ c
150 Blue Hills Ave., Hartford RADECKI, Stanley E., CMM
56 Gunn St., Milford RADIN, Michael, SK 1/ c
1975 Park St., Hartford RATHBURN, Howard E., EM 2/ c
563 Ash St., Willimantic REISS, Robert L., MM 1/ c
47 Independence Rd., Milford REYNOLDS, John J., CCM
135 Montowese St., Branford ROARK, Milton W., CM 1/ c
RFD 2 Grumann Hill Rd., Wilton ROBINSON, James W., SC 1/ c
6 David St., West Haven ROCKWELL, Edwin J., Jr., AerM 3/ c
1376 West Main St., Waterbury ROGOVIN, Samuel, FC 2/ c
Box 62, New London ROMANO, Raffaels, CCS
130 No. Main St., Waterbury ROSS, Frank S., S 1/ c
47 Pulver St., Torrington ROUSSEAU, Arthur E., S 1/ c
613 Marina Village, Bridgeport RUBINOWICZ, Edward J., EM 1/ c
42 Beaver St., New Britain RUDNICK, Max, RM 3/ c
151 Crown St., Meriden RUNDE, Ralph J., AOM 2/ c
118 Walnut St., Manchester RUTLEDGE, Vincent B., AOM 3/ c
26 Stowe Ave., Middletown RYAN, Edward J., Av Cad
14 Pleasant St., Thompsonville RYAN, Robert E., EM 1/ c
403 Washington Village, So. Norwalk ST. ARNAULD, Raymond A., BM 1/ c
24 Arch St., Meriden SACSYNSKI, Walter, AMM 1/ c
205 Lombard St., New Haven SANDERSON, Harry B., BM 1/ c
42 Arbor St., Waterbury SANTINI, Cleveland J., SF 2/ c
193 Ann St., Bridgeport SANTORO, Joseph L., MoMM 2/ c
77 Burr St., Waterbury SCHAEFER, Dwight E., MM 1/ c
6 Branford St., Hartford SCHETZEL, Charles, SC 1/ c
40 Douglas Ave., New Haven SCHLACHTER, Herman, CRM
211 Merriam St., Bridgeport SCHMID, John G., S 2/ c
77 Glenbrook Rd., Stamford SEDLAK, Cyril C, S 1/ c
35 Kinney St., Torrington SEMBER, George S., WT 2/ c
8 Parker St., Ansonia SERENCHA, Michael J., AMMF 2/ c
1358 Pembroke St., Bridgeport SERIA, Sebastian J., S 1/ c
22 Miller St., Middletown SHANNON, John F., PhM 1/ c
410 Midland St., Bridgeport SHAW, Howard G., Mus
8 West Ave., Bridgeport SHEA, Charles J., Cox
Box 966, Terryville SHEEHAN, Eugene A., CBM
19 Auburn Rd., Manchester SHEEHAN, Thomas A., EM 2/ c
83 Peck St., Norwich SHELNITZ, Samuel H., S 2/ c
339 Winthrop Ave., New Haven
SHURKO, Frank N., S 1/ c
50 Grace St., Bridgeport SIECIENSKI, Edward J., BM 1/ c
8 Omo St., Middletown SIMS, Charles S., RM 1/ c
84 Howe St., New Haven SINANIS, John, S 2/ c
219 Warren St., Bridgeport SIPPERLEY, Edward F., WT 1/ c
279 William St., West Haven SIRENO, Joseph L., CCM
171 Springdale Ave., Meriden SJOBLAD, Ralph E., CEM
Wintonbury Rd., Simsbury SMITH, Harold M., BM 1/ c
208 MacArthur Dr., New Britain SMITH, Thomas, MM 2/ c
26 St. John PL, Stamford SMITH, William H., EM 2/ c
" The Ridges", Willimantic SOCHA, Edward A., Cox
81 William St., Wallingford SOLTES, Andrew R., EM 3/ c
37 Sound View Ave., So. Norwalk SOPELAK, Edward F., SF 2/ c
North Rd., Cromwell SPECKMAN, Thomas H., SK 2/ c
70 Howe St., New Haven SPENCER, Arthur T., MM 1/ c
20 Hayes Ave., E. Norwalk SPENCER, Granville E., MM 1/ c
Park St., Cheshire SPINNATO, Michael A., RdM 2/ c
14 Mansfield Ave., Willimantic STANSBURY, Rufus O., BM 1/ c
691 Howard Ave., Bridgeport STANTON, Leonard H., CM 3/ c
Box 102, So. Lyme STEBBINS, William J., MM 3/ c
Dewey St., Middletown STEFANELLI, Gerardo, RM 1/ c
2518 E., Main St., Waterbury STEPHENSON, Joseph F., GM 3/ c
41 Laurel St., Hartford STONE. Ralph B., AOM 1/ c
RFD 2, Rockville STROLIS, Alfred M., GM 2/ c
RFD 1, Box 15, Shelton STRONG, James L., SM 3/ c
16 Crockett St., So. Norwalk SUDOL, Edmund J., WT 1/ c
228 Saltonstall Ave., New Haven SULTAIRE, Joseph H., MaM 2/ c
89 Stanton Ave., Winsted SUMMERS, George H., SF 3/ c
RFD, Crystal Lake Road, Groton SWEENEY, Edward F., ARM 2/ c
528 Bank St., New London SWEET, Joseph G., PhM 2/ c
230 Boyd St., Winsted SZOST, John M., SF 2/ c
398 East Ave.: Bridgeport SZUMKOWSKI, Alec, MM 2/ c
96 Mather St., Hartford 5 TANASE, Nicholas R., PhoM 2/ c
1387 State St., Bridgeport TATTAR, John M., RDM 2/ c
92 Henry St., East Port Chester TATE, Lloyd, SSML 3/ c
238 Day St., New Haven 11 TAYLOR, Elmer, Jr., SCB 2/ c
23 Cherry St., New Canaan TAYLOR, Russell L., EM 2/ c
Railroad St., Canaan TAYLOR, William M., SM 1/ c
81 South Main St., Danielson TEED, George A., Jr., MoMM 2/ c
27 Priscilla Circle, Bridgeport TERLECKI, Nikaner, CSF
38 Enfield St., Hartford THOMAS, James W., ST 3/ c
1231 Howard Ave., Bridgeport THOMAS, William, MoMM 2/ c
Vista Road, Wilton THOMPSON, Irving E., BM 2/ c
51 Pratt St., East Hartford TILLMAN, Everett L., S 1/ c
394 North Front St., New Haven TIMS, Howard M., CBM
180 Newington Road, Elmwood TKACZ, John, SF 2/ c
91 Bank St., Seymour TOBIN, James M., SC 3/ c
102 Prospect St., New Britain TOTHILL, Charles E. B., Av Cad
4 Middle Road, Old Greenwich TOTZ, Henry A., GM 1/ c
109 South Cherry St., Wallingford TRAVER, Alfred M., Jr. Av Cad
Shelter Hill Ave., Oakville TRAVER, Calvin A., Jr., S 1/ c
35 Orange St., Waterburv TULLY, Maurice W., Y 1/ c
16 Franklin St., Wallingford TURSKI, Joseph L., CBM
22 Middle St., Ansonia UPSON, Robert A., AM 2/ c
14 Campfield Drive, Fairfield USHER, Robert H., CMoMM
RFD 1, Box 367, Rockville VANECH, Albert, BM 1/ c
153 Fairfield Ave., Stamford VANSICKLE, James, EM 3/ c
52 Lindale St., Stamford VARGA, Joseph C, SM 2/ c
500 Hallett St., Bridgeport VICCHINO, Carl J., TM 2/ c
107 Portsea St., New Haven VICKERS, Thomas H., AMM 1/ c
282 Hallock Ave., New Haven VIRSHUP, William S., ARM 2/ c
330 Sherman Ave., New Haven VITA, Joseph, S 1/ c
20 Elliott St. New Haven 11 VITKA, Michael S., BM 1/ c
1358 Stratford Ave., Bridgeport VITKAUSKAS, Edward W., SCB 2/ c
1041 Watertown Ave., Waterbury WAITE, John P., AMM 1/ c
First Ave., Mago Point, Waterford WAKEMAN, Burritt N., CM 1/ c
Compo Road, Westport WALELONIS, Joseph P., S 1/ c
540 East St., New Haven WALLACE, William S., BM 2/ c
48 Whalburn Ave., Bridgeport WARD, James R., MM 1/ c
4 Liberty Place, Middletown WARD, Robert T., Cox
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85 Scott St., Naugatuck WATTS, Irving H., EM 2/ c
8 Stone St., Danbury WAY, Albert H., ART 1/ c
542 Prospect St., Torrington WEEDIN, Donald K., RM 2/ c
44 Center St., Hartford WELCH, William F., S 1/ c
Roxbury Road, Niantic WESNIESKI, Edwin A., MoMM 3/ c
42 Prospect St., East Hartford WESTBERG, Herbert A., MM 2/ c
14 Union Park, Nor walk WEYMER, William T., CMMS
167 Pembroke Ave., Waterbury
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180 Park St., Hartford WILCZYNSKI, Walter, M 1/ c
209 Saltonstall Ave.. New Haven 13 WILDER, Leoin, CTM
142 Meriden St., Groton WILLIAMS, Ernest W., CM 3/ c
RFD 1, Bethel WILLIAMS, James R., SM 3/ c
270 Wakelee Ave., Ansonia WILLOX, Alexander, MMS 2/ c
2 Heusted Drive, Old Greenwich WINSLOW, Joseph F., CSP ( F)
8 Fales St., Hartford WOOD, William H., AMMH 2/ c
179 Wakelee Ave., Ansonia WORDEN, Lloyd I., MM 1/ c
224 Bruce Park Ave., Greenwich WUNSCH, Gerhardt A., S 1/ c
Box 237, Pequabuck WYNINGS, David H., QM 1/ c
1812 Park St., Hartford YELINSKI, Michael J., AMM 1/ c
Moodus YOUNG, James L., QM 2/ c
15 West St., Shelton ZELINSKI, Stanley J., Y 1/ c
761 Hallett St., Bridgeport ZEMKE, Joseph J., SoM 2/ c
61 North First St., Meriden ZSCHIEGNER, Eugene W., MoMM 2/ c
35 Barraclough Ave., Hamden
CONNECTICUT VETERANS COMMEMORATIVE BOOKLET
Vol. VI Oct. 10, 1945 No. 2
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 personal experience stories were reported by Duncan R. Underhill and Alphonse Migliaro. The group and ship pictures are from official U. S. Navy photo­graphs.
The cover illustration of the USS Mississippi is from the Press Associa­tion.
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.