Connecticut veterans commemorative booklet. Vol. 6, no. 7. Connecticut Men of the United States Navy, demobilization, Lido Beach Separation Center. November 7 to 10, 1945

              CONNECTICUT MEN
of the United States Navy
Demobilization, Lido Beach Separation Center
November 7 to 10, 1945 STATE OF CONNECTICUT
EXECUTIVE CHAMBERS HARTFORD
RAYMOND E. BALDWIN
GOVERNOR
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
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.
Anderson, Fritz L. BM 2/ c, Cruiser Denver, East Hartford.
" I stayed on board and made grass skirts rather than go ashore on those islands. There was nothing to do on shore in the Pacific but draw your ration of two bottles of beer. We had a boatswain's mate who stayed on board at one stretch for 12 months. I didn't blame him because he didn't miss anything. The longest I was aboard was four months. I killed time making hula- hula skirts. I shredded the nylon shrouds from parachutes and braided the stuff together at the top. Sailors paid me $ 60 apiece for them. I sold $ 400 worth — that was better than going ashore where there wasn't anything to do."
Arbegast, Harry W., Jr., MM 1/ c, Repair Base, Wales, Bridgeport.
" My job was to make parts for LSTs which we were getting ready for the in­vasion.
We finished our work about three weeks before the big push into France took place and right after that they busted up the base. Then I went to Africa for a few months and after that came back to the States."
Attvater, Wallace E., Sr., CM 2/ c, Submarine Tender Otus, Hartford.
" A lot of guys in the Pacific wore gold earrings. A lot of the ' boots' wore ' em who weren't qualified. To qualify you had to be Asiatic- Pacific, anywhere from the west coast of Australia to Asiatic waters. Sometimes you see a real old salt with everything, earring, beard, and tattoos. Submarine men went big for earrings, one
quarter of the men in our sub tender had ' em, but there were submarines with a much higher percentage. You'd see men wearing everything in their ears, but the true sailor's earring is a little gold half- moon in the left ear."
Badalian, John, MM 1/ c, Carrier Bataan, Hartford.
" There was a time when we never thought we'd get to Tokyo Bay. I joined the Bataan off Okinawa when the Japs were coming at us all the time until you were in a daze. You got used to it. When I began in the Destroyer Black, Tokyo was a long way off. Everybody said we'd be lucky to reach it in ' 48. That was away back at Tarawa. I didn't see the wounded brought back from Tarawa; we were too far off. Later, at Guam, our fantail was full of American wounded and dead."
Baker, Israel, MM 2/ c, Transport Monticello, Bridgeport.
" I was with the Navy crew that seized the Europa. We first had the job of trans­lating
all the German instructions so that we would know how to run it. I did a lot of the translation work myself. Then we used the ship to carry men back to the States. I was in the Navy for 42 months, 41 of which was sea duty. You can bet I was glad to get back on land and stay there when it was over."
Barrett, John V., EM 1/ c, Cruiser Cleveland, New Haven.
" The Cleveland was a ship to be proud of for she went in there and fought with all the rest of them and took it like a major.
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In 1942 we went into the Solomon Group and bombarded the hell out of them. Bougainville took a terrific lacing from our big guns. In ' 43 it was Saipan and Guam that felt our wrath and then when the invasion party went ashore, we gave them our utmost support to insure as safe a landing as possible. Borneo, Corrigidor and Manila came next in 1945. We cut loose everything we had and that was plenty."
Beaudry, Robert J., CSK, Destroyer Han;( norm, Meriden.
" Water and more water is what I will always remember about the Navy. It was in November of ' 42 in Africa that we got a bit of a scare. We were in on the invasion of Africa and it seems a sub was picked up before he could fire at us by our radar. Well, we circled around dropping charges on it and to this day I'm not sure whether we got it or not. Everyone on the ship claimed we got the sub but there was nothing to prove it. Subs are something you want to stay away from; everytime we got an alarm for a sub I'd wish to myself that I could see him. It was hard not to know where the torpedo was com­ing
from. I guess we worried more about where the torpedo was fired from than what it would do if it ever hit us."
Brennan, Edward L., S 2/ c, Sampson Naval Training Base, Naugatuck.
" If I were back at 17, I would make a career out of the Navy. I thought that it was swell although I had no sea duty. I was at Sampson most of the time I was in, with duty as a swimming instructor. That was a good deal. About six weeks ago, I was sent to the San Diego Naval Repair Base. That trip across the States was wonderful, and I wouldn't have missed it for anything. I came back East for dis­charge.
I'll be back at work next week."
Buck, Gordon V., GM 2/ c, PT- 326, Hartford.
" We were snooping around and went ashore to have a look at this village on Los Negros Island, in the Admiralties. Our boat covered the five of us, going in armed on a rubber raft. A cavalry division was on the other end of the island. We did night patrol in the PTs all around the shore to keep Japs from escaping by submarine. We found rubber rafts loaded with Jap food the subs had set adrift to come in on the tide and be picked up. This village we came ashore to had been abandoned by natives. We found 30 outrigger canoes stacked under the huts, new canoes, so we knew the Japs made them to escape in because the natives had gone away. They'd carry five men apiece and maybe the high Jap officers and staff planned to escape. We saw no one though there was sniper fire somewhere. We brought five gallons of gas from off the boat and set fire to the village and it all burned in a good wind, the canoes with it. The Jap food supplies went up too. We found a Jap code book, full of call signs for Jap ships, and took it back with us. The book was flown to Australia and decoded."
Caron, Nelson T., GM 3/ c, Armed Guard, S. S. J. P. Dolliver, New Haven. " Our ship was being convoyed, along
THREE FIGHTING SHIPS
USS EDISON — Pre- war destroyer ( top), ot the Benson Class, with five 5- inch guns and ten tubes, quintupled, was commissioned in 1941. Light armor protects bridges and controls.
USS GEORGE W. INGRAM — Destroyer- Es­cort,
one of many 300- foot types authorized two months after Pearl Harbor. Built at Hingham, Mass., the Ingram has turbo- electric machinery and twin screws.
USS NEW YORK — One of the first super- dreadnaughts, and a veteran of two wars the " Old Lady" pounded Okinawa with 46,000 rounds of ammunition, and was slated for atomic bomb tests.
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with 59 others, from England when sud­denly
we took on engine trouble and were forced to drop behind the convoy. You can imagine what ran through our minds, lying out there alone waiting to be picked off. We finally completed repairs and after two days' sailing spotted our convoy. That was Christmas of ' 43 and what a gift it was. The convoy had lost 13 ships while we were behind so perhaps fate had a hand in it all."
Cetola, Orlando, CM 1/ c, Seabees, Bridgeport.
" Being a mason, I helped build Nimitz's headquarters at Guam. Having followed that line of work before I entered the service, I continued to be a mason in the Navy except that the work was being done in strange and far off places. Despite the fact that we were far away from sources of supply, we never seemed to be lacking the necessary material."
Dance, Chauncey B., CBM, Naval Air Station 27, Mauith, Darien.
" This is my second hitch in the Navy. I guess that's why as soon as I finished my training, I had a ten- day leave then Bingo! off to the West Coast for embarka­tion.
Didn't have much time in the States before I was on my way. As a matter of fact, I spent Thanksgiving on a train and Christmas on a boat. I spent 23 months overseas as CMA and Duty Officer and was on shore patrol for 10 months."
D'Andrea, Michael J., Y 2/ c, 78th Sea­bees,
Bridgeport.
" It seemed that wherever I went during my 28 months overseas, I ran into many of my former pals and acquaintances from my home town. One of my greatest thrills was when I walked into a first aid tent on Los Negros, Admiralty Island, one day and found to my surprise that Dr. Joe Dugas of Bridgeport was the attending physician there. Neither of us knew that
the other was on the island. We knew each other when he was the city ambulance doctor and I was a police reporter."
Davis, Lorin L., S 2/ c, Sampson Naval Training Base, Danbury.
" I was all ready to go on sea duty on the CV42, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, when the war with Japan ended and that is as close as I came to any active duty. However, I would much prefer it to shore duty. I'm a married man with three chil­dren
and it is no life for me, but I know that I would have enjoyed it if I were single. Still I've wasted a lot of time and am anxious to get back to civilian life. I'm going back and make lots of hats for these guys. They're going to need them."
Delewski, Zigmond J., S 1/ c, U. S. S. Henrico, Torrington.
" I don't have very much to say except that I've got four mouths to feed back home, the wife and three kids. I guess that's the reason I'm getting out after only nine months' service. Just got to get going as from now on no more government allowances. Even with just nine months, I managed to see a bit of the South Pacific although our run was from Frisco to the Philippines on an attack transport. They tell me things aren't going too well on the outside, but I'll take my chances."
DeLoach, Oris L., S 1/ c, Supply Depot, New Caledonia, Hartford.
" Twenty of my 24 months in the Navy
THREE OLD TIMERS
USS PENNSYLVANIA — Pre- war flagship of the fleet, the 30 year old battleship was damaged slightly at Pearl Harbor, repaired soon afterwards, and rearmed in 1942.
USS SARATOGA — The 33,000 ton " Sara" once pride of the fleet, is now virtually obsolete. She distinguished herself in the early days of the war in the Pacific.
USS MARYLAND — Built during World War I, the Maryland escaped serious damage at Pearl Harbor, was given a thorough modernization in West Coast yards in 1942- 43.
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was spent at a naval supply depot in New Caledonia. I was assigned for duty in the Officer's Club, but spent plenty of time with Navy bands as a musician and entertainer. The biggest kick I got, and the thing that I will remember most, was entertaining the wounded from Saipan and Iwo Jima at Fleet Hospitals 105 and 107. I know these men got a big bang out of our troupe, which was composed of men from Naval Welfare and Recreation and Army Special Service, but it wasn't as big as the lift I got. Noumea, the capital of New Caledonia, was the scene of a terrific celebration on V- J Day. I enjoyed the hitch I did, but now, I am going to enjoy Hartford more."
Demers, R. A., PhoM 1/ c, U. S. S. Arcturus, K 18, Bristol.
" I got tired of cutting guys' hair, so I transferred to photo duty. I was on the Arcturus for 11 months. Then I went to the fleet photo squadron, Atlantic fleet, where we did coastal reconnaissance work from Greenland to Trinidad. Next stop was the Intrepid, also on photo work. After a break in cruise, I was transferred to blimp duty in Miami as an aerial photographer. What a deal! Long rides, plenty of sleep, no subs — that's the way to be in the service. We were on coastal patrol all of the time in Miami and I got plenty of time in the air. Then I was transferred to the naval air station in Saipan attached to a CASU outfit. After Miami, it was no go. It was too far from home and the beauty of the South Seas just wasn't. After being there I can really say that I am glad to get out."
Doucette, Silvio J., AOM 2/ c, Carrier Shangri- La, Hartford.
" I was sitting on a wheel chock on the flight deck when a Corsair landed. I guess her guns hadn't been locked. The jar of the tail hook sent her gun bolts forward.
First thing I knew I saw six guns winking at me, six .50 calibers. I dove to the deck trying to get between the planks if possible. The bullets went chuh! chuh! over my head — probably not more than six feet from me because the hook had pulled her tail up, depressing the guns."
Easton, Kenneth W., S 1/ c, Naval Air Station, Alameda, Calif., Willimantic.
" I'm getting out on a dependency dis­charge.
You see, I got three kiddies and a wife waiting for me and I just can't wait to see them. I've been in over a year and I guess I'm lucky as I stayed in the States all the time although out on the West Coast. My last assignment was on a crash boat patrolling the area around Alameda. The biggest plane that ever crashed into into the bay was a B- 29 and it didn't stay on the top very long. The four crew mem­bers
got out okay and we picked them up, but the B- 29 sank into some real deep water and I doubt if they'll ever be able to salvage it. The Navy's okay but I still don't think they ought to draft fathers with three kids."
Elovecky, Stanley J., AMMH 1/ c, Land station, Fleet Air Wing 14, Pacific Theater, Bridgeport.
" You can get a pretty good idea what my job was from my rank. I was in a carrier aircraft service unit in the Pacific and sent out groups, including Butch O'Hara Air Group 6 which hit the Marcus Island. That was shortly before Task Force 58 went out. I think it was during one of these trips that Butch got his."
Flyntz, Vincent A., WT 2/ c, Destroyer Edison, Bridgeport.
" I'm thankful that I never got into the Pacific to get any of that action. We operated mostly in the Mediterranean. Everyone had about the same experience that I did so there isn't much to say."
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Franco, Anthony, MM 2/ c, Destroyer Escort Durik, New Haven.
" While returning from Oran we ran into a heavy storm and my ship took a beating for three days. We tossed and rolled while the sea whipped at us from all quarters. On the second day we were rolling at a 55° angle and shipping plenty of water. Our mizzenmast was weakening and things in general looked pretty tough. Many a time we couldn't prevent broaching to. The storm finally abated after the third day and we made port okay. No, I didn't get seasick but most of my buddies weren't as fortunate."
Haggerty, Edward B., M 2/ c, 55th Seabees, Bridgeport.
" I was laying alongside of a strip waiting for an air raid to end and wanted a cigarette badly. When the raid was over I discovered that I lost my lighter. When I did find it, it was wet and muddy and I couldn't make it work. I made up my mind then that I'd make a lighter that would work but I never did and am still using the one I pulled out of the mud."
Haines, Albert E., BM 2/ c, 138th Seabees, Aleutians, Bridgeport.
" All I can think about is how good Frisco Bay looked after the Aleutians. My job was to take charge of the guard detail. I spent 18 months up there and it was about 19 months too long. I just don't like the Aleutians."
Hancock, William N., RM 1/ c, USS Ancon, ( Hq. Vessel), Meriden.
" Our ship was the headquarters for the invasion of Normandy. We were in radio contact with the landing craft that landed on Omaha Beach. It was nothing to get excited about because invasions were an old story by the time we hit Normandy. We had done the same thing at Salerno and at Sicily, without any trouble to speak of. I think we were worried the most before the Normandy invasion when the King of England inspected our ship. We were afraid of inspection by big ' wheels' because it meant so much work in cleaning the ship and we didn't care to stand at attention while someone looked us over. After I left the Ancon it went into the Pacific and broadcast the surrender of the Japs to the people in the States."
Harvey, Walter H., SF 1/ c, 13th PT Boats, New Haven.
" The places 1 have been and the places I have seen do not compare favorably with the United States in any respect. I was in the Pacific for 18 months and the only place where I was stationed that was any good was Brisbane, Australia. The tough­est
time that I spent was in the Admiralty Islands where we were exposed to almost continuous bombings. Our outfit went all the way from Australia to the Philippines and none of the way was easy." Hill, Raymond G., AOM 3/ c, CASV- 66, East Hartford.
" While en route from California, I became a father for the fourth time. Like Bing Crosby, I now have four boys and I am anxious to get home to see the new­comer.
I had 12 months in the service, five of them at the Naval Service School at Norman, Oklahoma. Then I was trans­ferred
to the training base at Baja, Cali­fornia
where I was attached to a fighter medium bomber outfit. We also serviced planes from the fleet. The conditions there were very good and the chow was excellent. I think that it is a very good life for a single man."
Jankowski, Peter F., SM 3/ c, Cruiser Denver, East Hartford.
" We were in three battles but the suicide planes were worse than any of those. Hundreds of suiciders came into our area — they'd come over all day long. On the bridge we had nothing to do but watch ' em come — sometimes so low you saw the Jap pilot When a Kamikaze came toward us my nerves were shot to hell. I often wondered, too, what the Jap felt like. When a sucide plane was hit in daylight it exploded in an orange flame. At night it was orange, but there was this difference — it turned white afterwards."
Kent, Perley L., F 2/ c, Sampson Naval Training Base, Groton.
" I spent six months as an instructor at Sampson. I instructed the boots in seaman­ship,
boat drill and gunnery. I didn't enjoy it too much as it was the same thing every day. Then, too, I. have a large family— 5 children — and I felt that my place was at home. But I guess that I should have been in, the same as the other guys. I don't regret it and at another time and under different circumstances, it would have been all right."
Lagano, Frank J., CPhM, APC- 98, Hartford.
" The only one speaking English on San Cristobal Island was an American Negro who went to the Pacific years before and married a native woman. They called him Dick America. When the Navy came in to build an air base they put a white hat on him, gave him a rifle, and asked him to help guard property. It made a new man out of Dick America. Before, he'd been just another native. With his white hat and rifle he strutted and saluted every­body
and the natives looked up to him. He became the unofficial chief of the island and the real chief was sunk into the background."
Lynch, James H., MoMM 3/ c, LCI- 190, Windsor Locks.
" Right after the landing in North Africa, it was suddenly decided that a landing craft was no place for a married man, so the three of us who were married were rather hurriedly shipped back to the States. I wasn't over there long enough to form any impression of any other place. I served the rest of my time as a Diesel instructor at the Naval Training Am­phibious
Base at Solomons, Md. The best day of my two year Navy career will be October 28, 1945, when I will get my dis­charge."
McQuillan, Thomas F., MM 1/ c, Oceanus, ARB 2, Stratford.
" Being on a repair ship is like being with the circus in that we were continually on the go. I guess that some time or other we hit most of the main islands in the Pacific. We repaired ships of all kinds except car­riers
and we never had to go looking for work. It was always there. I guess the most hectic day we had was at Okinawa when we were exposed to a big plane attack while working on a destroyer. There was plenty of noise and fireworks that
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day. The Pacific is no good because of the monotony and the lack of recreational facilities. Sydney, Australia, and Auck­land,
N. Z., were all right but we got only one visit at each of them. The other islands are lacking in everything."
Mazzotta, Fred, CQM, Gunboat San Bernardino, Hartford.
" The Doc said it was appendicitis. It got so bad the morphine no longer dead­ened
the pain. Doc decided he'd have to operate although he was not a surgeon and the San Bernardino wasn't set up for it. The nearest land was the Aleutians 300 miles north but that was no place to take me as the Japs were still being chased out of there. The 1500- tonner rolled so much the Doc was handicapped. He had no one to assist in sterile technique so before putting me on the table he had to brief the officers. They gave me a spinal an­esthetic
and pulled the ship head on into the seas to steady her; but the operation took so long, four and a half hours, that the anesthetic wore off and they started using ether. I had an internal hemorrhage and it was stopping that which took so long. I exhausted all the blood plasma on board. The skipper informed the com­mander
of the Hawaiian sea frontier that shipboard conditions were unfavor­able
for my recovery and the San Ber­nardino
got special permission to dis­continue
her weather patrol and proceed to Midway, the land of the gooney birds 1200 miles away, to discharge me. I spent a month there, took a transport back to Pearl, and when I went up the San Bernardino's gangplank the Doc says, ' Glad to see you alive.' "
O'Connell, Michael J., S 1/ c, PC- 550, New Haven.
" The invasion of Salerno was definite­ly
our toughest assignment. Our job was screening our ships in and the enemy subs
out. It was a ticklish job but the Krauts kept us busy enough not to be mindful of it. My craft suffered two dive bombings but we accounted for both planes. There were lots of ships sunk due to the heavy air attacks but we managed to keep their subs out, preventing further damage. I was a signal man and a very busy one at that during the fracas and I guess it was for the best for I had little chance to think of the danger involved."
Petrosemolo, Edward E., CSp( A), Sub Base, New London, Conn., New Haven.
" I was in charge of Morton Hall at the sub base in New London and coached the base football team. BM 2/ c Gene Thomp­son
of the Cincinnati Reds baseball team and Sp( A) Kenny Exel, captain of the University of Minnesota basketball team, were in my department so it is easy to see why the sub base had a well rounded out sports program. There were occasions when I met men whom I had taught physical education to when they were students in elementary school. Morton Hall was named after the late Commander Morton who went down with his sub­marine,
the Wahoo, near the Philippine Islands during the early stages of the war."
Pilcher, Ronald C, S 1/ c, ATR 29, East Port Chester.
" Although I was not in combat, I was on a job that provided plenty of thrills. I was on a salvage ship plying between Cuba and Tampa Bay. Don't let anyone tell you that the Gulf water isn't cold. I ought to know as I was doing quite a bit of diving using shallow water gear and believe me that water was cold. I won't ever forget my closest call. We were steaming out of New York headed for Staten Island when our boilers cut out and we started drifting. Before we knew it we had sideswiped two barges. Believe it or not, those barges were loaded to the gills
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with TNT and you should have heard those barge captains curse us. Picked up a few choice swear words, but I won't repeat them. They called the ATRs the ' ugly ducklings' and believe me they couldn't have chosen a better name; but for the type of work we were doing, they were okay."
Pronovost, John J., Y 3/ c, Cruiser Minneapolis, Meriden.
" We moved around so much in the Pacific that I don't remember what battles I picked up stars for. I have 12 battle stars but they don't mean a thing now that I'm out. Being away from home seemed as if I had gone away for a vaca­tion.
The only trouble with it was that I never want a vacation like that again."
Rosazza, Aldo M., S 2/ c, Torrington.
" I was stationed at Sampson Training Base for six months and at Newport for six weeks. Now I am stationed here for four days while waiting for my discharge. That is the extent of my service. I thought it was a great experience. I was a Master at Arms at Sampson and in charge of the transfer office at Newport. Like all the guys, I thought the food was good but the cooking lousy. Still, while I griped at it, I managed to put on a few pounds. I'm glad I chose the Navy."
Rosen, Max, Ptr 1/ c, 13th Special Seabees, Hartford.
" What kind of a sport crowd do I like best? Boy, I'll take Connecticut. Those Pacific audiences are tough. I had been state wrestling champ before the war and I took the all- services title in the 155- pound class for the Central Pacific area at Hawaii, but it was in the western Pacific attached to a stevedoring Seabee outfit that we put on exhibition matches in all sorts of places. I've seen the rocks fly — coral rocks — almost every night ashore and we had to run for shelter, sometimes
the shore patrols having to take charge. I've seen enough rocks in one ring to fill a wheelbarrow. Guys get excited and when we tried to put on a good show they'd let ' em fly. But wrestling in the Pacific was interesting because you met so many fellows from home. A guy in back of the crowd would yell, ' How's the State Theater?' After a match on the Battle­ship
New Jersey, the chaplain came up to me; he was a priest from St. Patrick's Church. We wrestled on the floating dry dock at Guam with a crowd of 1500 around, at all the Guam shore bases, and on board the tin- can Tilton — or was it the Lindsey — after her bow'd been blown off by a Kamikaze at Okinawa."
Samuels, Jesse W., AOM 2/ c, Squad VB- 106, New Haven.
" Our target for the night was Wedke, an island about 500 miles north of New Guinea. It was to be a ship bombing attack and we came in at 150 feet. The flames were licking our wing tips. We caught a little flak but the plane before us caught all the hell and arrived back with more than 200 holes. Tokyo Rose broadcasted the results the next day and they were good."
Sandler, Philip, FC 2/ c, Destroyer Fitch, Hartford.
" Destroyer life is the thing, even though a can is wet and dirty. From midships aft she's covered with dried salt. Many a time I took a shower and slid into clean clothes and the moment I got on deck I was all wet again. The record roll for the Fitch was 56 degrees in the North Atlantic. She took solid water over her flying bridge. A can in the squadron took water down the stack she rolled so deep, and water down a broken ventilator. The water went below and shorted the electrical control board in the after engine room and killed a man on watch. The cans are always doing
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the dirty work of the fleet. On the big ships there's routine but we never knew what was coming next. In destroyers men work together and fight together, and the fighting's not always against the enemy. There's more pull for a ship in a destroyer crew. The Fitch and Corry were in the same squadron and the men were coming back from liberty in Bangor, Ireland, when one of their guys said the Fitch had a rubber nut. That started the fight. Did I fight? No, I was a shore patrol so I held the coats. They battled on the pier for 20 minutes till the liberty launch arrived. All the townspeople came down to watch and people in the houses which are built on the side of the cliff in Bangor stuck their heads out the windows. On D- Day we were number one ship going in to Omaha Beach. The Corry, number two, right astern of us, bombarded the German shore batteries. They threw eight- inchers at us. Corry took two heavy hits and they rammed her on the beach in the surf where her back broke in two in the heavy weather. We requested and got per­mission
to proceed in to pick up Corry men. We went in pointblank, firing rapid fire at a concrete pillbox. Four fellows put off in the whaleboat and made the Corry — they took off one man actually hanging on her screws and one man dived for a Corry man drowning. By whaleboat and rafts and swimming more than 200 sur­vivors
got to us — they had many wounded but not many lost. They came aboard cold, wet and naked. Every Fitch man gave his gear to them. We broke open lockers; there wasn't time to ask the owners' permission. We cleaned out our clothes and used up our blankets. Ten months later when we hit Norfolk, some Corry men were in port and they came aboard to thank us; and once at Pearl
some Corry men were there, and they came aboard to thank us."
Shages, William V., Y 2/ c, Seabees, M. U. 602, Hartford.
" We were the first Seabees ashore in Tokyo Bay. Yokosuka Naval Base was like a haunted house when we came up to the seaplane ramp to make the landing. There wasn't a Jap in sight. That made us leery. All the crew was assigned to gun stations in the LST as we came up. We were afraid of mines, too, but not a shot was fired. Actually the securing of Yoko­suka
was a lark. It was an awful let- down after what we heard of Jap viciousness. The skipper was first ashore and we all got onto dry land in half an hour but still there was not a sign of a Jap any­where.
That night Jap interpreters came aboard. Three of them were in a cabin with me and I gave them some K- rations. They didn't know how to open them so I passed over my knife. For a moment I regretted doing that — alone with three Japs with a knife. But they were really the humblest people on earth — they even waited for us to say the first word."
Sirignano, Carmine C, SC 3/ c, Naval Air Stations, Fleet Air Wings, Waterbury.
" Expiration of enlistment is getting me out after 37 months, 14 of which were spent in New Guinea, the Admiralty Islands and the Philippines. I came home on July 4 to get on a new ship, the light Cruiser Juneau, and was waiting for assignment when the war ended. When I first went in, I was assigned as a cook and liked the deal I got. In fact I am thinking of staying in this business and eventually owning a restaurant of my own. I haven't any big tales to tell. I didn't like that part of the world enough to even say anything bad about it and am forgetting all that I ever saw of it. The Brass City for me!"
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THE MUSTER OUT ROLL CALL
Names, ratings and addresses of Connecticut men discharged from November 7 to 10, 1945 inclusive, from official Navy records, Separation Center, Lido Beach, L. I., N. Y.
ABERIZK, Michael, PhM 1/ c
9 Bank St., Danbury ABONDOLA, Joseph R., SC 2/ c
48 Dixie Ave., Waterbury ACCETURA, Michael J., RdM 2/ c
13 Charles St., Waterbury AGNEW, James J., GM 1/ c
2240 Madison Ave., Bridgeport ALBERT, Francis F., EM 3/ c
25 Golden Hill Ave., Danbury ALBIN, Stanley E., CM 2/ c
165 Bridge St., Stamford ALLEN, Harold R., St 3/ c
338 James St., Bridgeport ALLEN, Walter C, EM 2/ c
Crescent Rd., Westport ALT, Rodney B., QM 3/ c
326 Fountain St., New Haven AMMANN, Myron R., RdM 1/ c
12 Button St., New Haven ANASTASIO, Joseph F., SM 3/ c
164 Porter St., New Haven ANDERSON, Fritz L., BM 2/ c( T)
21 Goodwin Place, East Hartford APTER, Morris, RT 2/ c
49 Pearl St., Hartford ARBEGAST, Harry W., Jr., MM 1/ c
853 Wood Ave., Bridgeport ARRUZZA, Ralph D., S 1/ c
31 Mission St., Stamford ARTES, Daniel R., GM 2/ c
82 Grand Ave., New Haven ATKINSON, Arthur E., EM 2/ c
Box 234, Main St., Niantic ATWATER, Wallace E., Sr., CM 2/ c
71 Allen Place, Hartford AVALONE, John L., S 1/ c
9 Kossuth St., South Norwalk BADALIAN, John, MM 1/ c
26 Putnam Heights, Hartford BAFUMA, Louis S., AMM 2/ c
24 Park Place, Middletown BAKER, Israel, MM 2/ c
355 Prospect St., Bridgeport BAKER, James R., EM 1/ c
922 Corbin Ave., New Britain BARACCO, Joseph, BM 2/ c
163 Howard St., New London BARDELLI, Louis J., SC 2/ c
139 French St., Torrington BARRETT, John V., EM 1/ c
576 Ferry St., New Haven BARTEMY, Harrison C, S 1/ c
34 Concord St., Fairfield BAYETTE, Arthur E., SK 3/ c
104 Evergreen Ave., Hartford BEAUCHEMIN, George J., S 1/ c
Academy Hill, Derby BEAUDRY, Robert J., CSK( AA)( T)
131 Oak St., Meriden BEDNARCZYK, Edmund G., SF 1/ c
158 Plymouth St., New Haven BENEDICT, Jerry S., S 1/ c
Box 395, Norfolk BENKO, Andrew, S 1/ c
52 Organ St., Bridgeport BENNETT, Frederick E., Cox
55 Water St., Guilford BERES, Stephen W., AMM 2/ c
83 Harbor Ave., Bridgeport
BERGEN, William C, PhM 2/ c
Dogwood Rd., Orange BERGERON, Eugene F., GM 3/ c
C- 124 Charter Oak Terrace, Hartford BERGSTROM, Harry M., AMMF 2/ c
286 Simsbury Rd., Bloomfield BERNSTEIN, Simon, MaM 3/ c
197 Mather St., Hartford BESACK, Stanley, CM 1/ c
Box 52, Derby BESS, Thomas E., Cox
105 Winter St., New Haven BIGELOW, Robert G., CM 1/ c
East St., Litchfield BILLANE, Charles M., GM 2/ c
20 Henry St., Stamford BOGDANSKI, Alexander J., CM 2/ c
44 Washington St., Norwich BOHN, Henry J., PhM 1/ c
95 Fairview Ave., Hamden BOVA, Paul J., PM 1/ c
1 Harris Court, Stratford BRENZA, George J., Ptr 1/ c
15 Wadsworth St., Hartford BRESNAN, Robert W., SC 2/ c
953 Park St., Hartford BREWSTER, George A., CMM
Spring Road, Naugatuck BROWN, Andrew J., MoMM 1/ c
1491 Elm St., Stratford BROWN, Francis W., CM 1/ c
168 Broad St., Norwich BROWN, Frederick J., SF 2/ c
11 Armonk St., East Port Chester BROWN, Harry, Jr., MoMM 1/ c
51 Cottage Grove Rd., Bloomfield BUCK, Gordon V., GM 2/ c
374 Woodland St., Hartford BUGGIE, Richard A., S 1/ c
433 South Ave., Bridgeport BULBO, Walter P., Cox
79 Orange St., New Britain BURBA, Benjamin M., S 1/ c
54 Norwich Ave., Colchester BURKE, Walter, MM 1/ c
72 Spring St., Norwich BURAKOWSKI, Kasmir J., SF 2/ c
47 Johnson St., Torrington BURNETT, Andock A., S 1/ c
44 Smith St., New London BURT, Thomas R., MM 3/ c
181 So. Main St., Manchester BURWOOD, Norman C, S 1/ c
116 Retreat Ave., Hartford BYXBEE, Robert L., TM 2/ c
10 Mathews St., Stamford CAGGAINELLO, Lawrence, SC 2/ c
14 Stephen St., Stamford CAIN, Greely R., CPhM
U. S. M. T. S., Fort Prebble, New London CALABRIA, Samuel, S 1/ c
205 Franklin St., New Haven CAMP, Burton N., Cox
157 So. Main St., Naugatuck CAMPBELL, Johnny M., Cox
41 Riverside Ave., Norwalk CAPUTO, Patrick J., CSF
21 York Court, Poquonock CAREY, James F., Jr., FC 1/ c
260 Tower Ave., Hartford CARLSON, John A., AMMF 2/ c 916 Windsor Ave., Windsor
CARON, Nelson T., GM 3/ c
142 Chatham St., New Haven
CARROLL, James J., Jr., S 1/ c 34 Brighton St., New Britain
CASSERY, Gabriel P., SoMH 2/ c
49 Sterling Place, Springdale CASTIGLIONE, Joseph B., MoMM 3/ c
200 St. John St., New Haven CETOLA, Orrando, CM 1/ c
147 Oak St., Bridgeport CHAMBERS, John S., SAO 3/ c
50 Bilyard St., Milford CICHOWSKI, Walter S., CM 3/ e
97 Gale Ave., Meriden CIAFANI, Anthony J., F 1/ c
14 Chase Park Ave., Waterbury CIOLA, Konstantine J., EM 1/ c
Derby- Milford Rd., Orange CLARK, Chester W., Jr., GM 3/ c
73 Main St., Goodyear CLARK, George F., SoM 2/ c
118 Arnold St., Hartford CLAUSS, Fred W., Jr., MaM 1/ c
34 Ivy St., New Haven COFFEY, George F., TM 1/ c
45 Center St., Waterbury COFONE, Michael F., PhM 2/ c
33 Woodland Drive, Greenwich COLLAMORE, Paul R., CRM
29 Bentley Ave., Norwich COLLINS, John J., CSp( C)
34 Hall St., Wallingford COOKE, Charles H., S 2/ c
RFD 1, Willimantic CORBAN, Earle W., AMMF 3/ c
West Cornwall CORSON, James, Jr., BM 1/ c
Box 957, New Canaan COSTELLO, John J., MoMM 1/ c
24 New St., West Haven COTE, Amedee E., S 1/ c
18 So. Whitney St., Hartford COURTNEY, Edward J., Mus 2/ c
46 West Clay St., Waterbury COVELLI, Nicholas, CM 2/ c
58 Hill St., Waterbury COWLES, Clifton L., MaM 1/ c
7 May St., Hartford COYLE, Francis J., MaM 2/ c
229 Hemingway Ave., East Haven CRAIG, Edward C, CM 1/ c
11 Summer St., New Canaan CRAIG, Lawrence A., Cox
35 Liberty Ave., Danbury CRAIG, William R., CRM
West Willington CREIGHTON, John T., S 1/ c
35 Washington Ave., East Hartford CRETELLA, Victor E., EM 3/ c
80 Townsend Ave., New Haven CROTTY, Charles J., SC 2/ c
180 Victoria Rd., Hartford CROUSE, Jay W., MM 2/ c
807 Broad St., Bridgeport CROWLEY, Frederick, PhM 1/ c
510 Shelton St., Bridgeport CURTIS, Arnold B., PhM 2/ c
140 Vine St., Hartford CURTIS, William L., Ck 3/ c
31 Spring St., So. Norwalk CUTARELLI, Thomas F., RM 1/ c
112 Liberty St., Ansonia DALEY, Thomas J., MoMM 2/ c
29 Vernon St., Hartford DAMBROSI, Dominic J., SC 3/ c
369 West Grove St., Waterbury
DAMMASSA, Frank, MM 2/ c
77 Dean St., Stamford D'ANDREA, Michael J., Y 2/ c
125 Linen Ave., Bridgeport DANIELS, James H., S 1/ c
966 East Main St., Stamford DAUGELAS, Frank A., S 1/ c
25 Ells St., Ansonia DAVIS, William N., EM 1/ c
4 Fairview Ave., Norwalk DAY, Luther W., BM 1/ c
84 Grove St., New Milford DEAN, Alfred A., MoMM 1/ c
137 Main St., East Hampton DeCOLA, Richard, CMM
Quinnipiac Ave., Montowese, No. Haven DELANEY, Thomas F., EM 2/ c
624 Orange St., New Haven DeLUCA, Joseph D., RM 2/ c
49 Russell St., East Norwalk DeMATTIA, James, CM 3/ c
856 Mill Hill Terrace, Southport DEMERS, Richard J., PhM 2/ c
5 Parker St., Waterbury DENESHA, Raymond J., RdM 3/ c
26 Clinton Ave., Bridgeport DENNIS, Robert R., RM 3/ c
1254 East Main St., Meriden DENTON, Stanley, Jr., BM 1/ c
1176 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport DESIDERIO, Perry, PhM 2/ c
119 Cloven St., Waterbury DETRIK, John, Ptr 2/ c
489 Kings Highway, Bridgeport DILLON, Michael J., CM 1/ c
643 Congress Ave., New Haven DIPPLE, Charles G., S 1/ c
16 Girard St., Norwalk DOERRER, John J., GM 1/ c
Liberty St., Clinton, DOLAN, James P., MM 3/ c
123 Laval St., Waterbury DOLAN, James R., MoMM 1/ c
Box 41, Gaylordsville DOMBROSKAS, Stanley G., SF 2/ c
125 Pleasant St., New Britain DONATELLO, Patsy, SF 1/ c
14 Viets St., New London DORMAN, Arthur, MM 2/ c
31 Vineland Terrace, Hartford DOWLING, John R., Y 1/ c
17 Willard St., Hartford DREW, George A., SM 3/ c
68 Franklin St., Ansonia DUERR, Eben, MoMM 1/ c
Godfrey St., Mystic DUDA, Edward R., QM 1/ c
57 Granfield Ave., Bridgeport DUDZINSKI, Raymond, HA 1/ c
265 Bunnell St., Bridgeport DUPREY, Herbert R., MM 2/ c
34 Birch St., Waterbury EAGER, Forrest J., EM 3/ c
75 Bayberry Drive, Bristol EGE, Richard A., SM 2/ c
Lake Ave., Bristol EGGLESTON, Gaylord R., MoMM 2/ c
Box 121, Canaan ELLMERS, George F., MoMM 3/ c
392 Stanley St., New Britain ELOVECKY, Stanley J., AMMH 1/ c
127 Adelaide St., Bridgeport EUBANKS, William T., TM 3/ c
Box 72, Torrington EVANKO, Joseph F., Cox
160 Avon St., Stratford FAITA, Anthony L., AMM 1/ c
917 Cooke St., Waterbury FARBER, Richard X., AMM 3/ c
71 Earle St., Hartford FARDY, Francis J., BM 1/ c
96 Glenbrook Rd., Bridgeport FARRELL, John F., FC 2/ c
127 Farmington Ave., New Britain FAVOLISE, Peter E., EM 2/ c
96 Colman St., New London FELECHNER, Theodore, GM 2/ c
38 Brown St., New Britain FELSTED, Harry L., CY ( T)
160 Nicoll St., New Haven FERNANDES, Anthony, Cox
604 Broad St., Bridgeport FERRIS, Ford A., RT 2/ c
13 Green Hill St., Manchester FIELDING, Henry J., EM 1/ c
9 MacArthur Ct., Middletown FINDORAK, Andrew J., Cox
486 Noble Ave., Bridgeport FISCHETTI, Salvatore, S 1/ c
192 Nichols St., Bridgeport FLYNTZ, Vincent A., WT 2/ c
322 Beechmont Ave., Bridgeport FOSTER, Calvin C, MM 2/ c
Jackson St., Thomaston FRANCO, Anthonv, MM 2/ c
10 Hedge St., New Haven FREDERICKS, Charles P., F 1/ c
132 Wood St., West Haven FREDERICKSON, Oscar, CSF
Old Lyme FRIEDLANDER, Jack, M 2/ c
31 Hallock St., New Haven FRITZ, James G., S 1/ c
24G Dutch Point, Hartford GAGNE, Theodore A., PhM 1/ c
4 High St., Mechanicsville GANSECKI, Stanley K., AMM 2/ c
383 Center St., Meriden GAWRONSKI, Walter J., BM 1/ c
155 Wethersfield Ave., Hartford GELOZIN, John J., BM 2/ c
192 Atlantic St., Bridgeport GEREMIA, Isadore, S 1/ c
27 Waverly St., New Haven GIANNINI, Paul, AMM 1/ c
44 Ledgecrest Ave., New Britain GILLOTTI, Louis, F 2/ c
56 Midland St., Bridgeport GILMAN, Albert T., GM 1/ c
349 West Main St., Norwich GOLAS, Stanley J., MM 3/ c
40 West St., Shelton GOODWIN, Morton H., EM 2/ c
26 Tavlor Ave., East Haven GORAL, Robert, EM 1/ c
93 Waterman St., Bridgeport GREENBERG, Rhinehart A., CM 3/ c
133 Grand St., Seymour GREENE, Robert M., AMM 2/ c
56 Woodlawn St., Elm wood GREGER, Ernest O., MMS 1/ c
Walk 1Y, Charter Oak Ter., Hartford GREISNER, John E., BM 2/ c
67 Barnes St., Bristol GRIFFIN, James C, RT 1/ c
13 Clifton Ave., Waterbury GROSSO, George, Cox
49 Marine St., Thomaston HADDEN, John J., SF 1/ c
24 Huntington St., Manchester HAGGERTY, Edward B., M 2/ c
414 Dover St., Bridgeport HAINES, Albert E., BM 2/ c
974 E. Main St., Bridgeport HANCOCK, William N., RM 1/ c
33 Akron St., Meriden
HANDFIELD, Raymond N., RM 1/ c
90 Birch St., Willimantic HANSEN, Philip E., MoMM 2/ c
Turner Ave., Oakville HARRINGTON, George M., PhM 1/ c
89 Windham Rd., Willimantic HATTON, James P., MaM 3/ c
227 James St., Fairfield HAWKINS, Robert H., SF 2/ c
196 Beers St., Bridgeport HAWLEY, Robert W., SSML 2/ c
55 Sikorsky Place, Fairfield HAYES, Thomas A., GM 3/ c
33 Mountford St., Hartford HAYES, Thomas C, WT 3/ c
30 New St., Danbury HEAPHY, Jeremiah S., MaM 3/ c
100 Bradley St., New Haven HEATLEY, Charles E., CEM
149 Highland Ave., Groton HEIGHT, Doran S., Y 2/ c
195 Summit St., Plantsville HEIN, Louis, GM 3/ c
49 Coolidge St., Bridgeport HIGGINS, Mahlon, Jr., GM 3/ c
673 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport HINE, Nicholas P., Cox
76 Westford Ave., Stafford Springs HITCHCOCK, Charles E., FC 3/ c
59 Francis St., East Haven HODER, John P., MM 2/ c
4 Hanover St., Stamford HOLCOMB, Albert L., MM 3/ c
Route 77, Guilford HOLDRIDGE, Lawrence M., AMM 3/
199 East Main St., Waterbury HOLMES, Samuel H., StM 1/ c
101 Suffield St., Hartford HOLMGREN, Harold C, MM 3/ c
Oswegatchie Rd., Waterford HONAN, William L., SC 3/ c
354 Buena Vista Rd., Bridgeport HOVLEY, Paul A., WT 1/ c
137 Beach Ave., Milford HUBER, Stephen W., S 1/ c
190 Park St., Bridgeport HUGICK, Stanley P., MoMM 1/ c
130 No. Main St., Waterbury HURTUK, Stephen H., M 2/ c
548 Imperial Ave., Saugatuck HYLAND, Everett J., RM 3/ c
58 Lafayette St., Stamford IZZO, Louis, SM 3/ c
110 Wheeler Ave., Bridgeport JACARUSO, Nunzio J., EM 1/ c
8 Eleventh St., Norwich JACKTER, Jack, EM 1/ c
Box 153, Colchester JAKUBOWSKI, Stanley J., GM 2/ c
94 Grove St., New Britain JANKOWSKI, Peter F., SM 3/ c
101 Pleasant St., East Hartford JAY, Leslie R., S 1/ c
57 Turner St., Willimantic JOHNSON, Louis E., CM 1/ c
Warsaw St., Deep River JOHNSTON, William F., SoM 2/ c
183 Lydall St., Manchester JONES, Harold E., Jr., AMM 3/ c
Guilford Lakes, Guilford JONES, John, Jr., MoMM 3/ c
2688 Broadbridge Ave., Fairfield JONES, Vincent F., SF 1/ c
288 Highland Ave., So. Norwalk KAINE, Richard A., EM 2/ c
215 Windham Rd., Willimantic KAMINSKY, Edward J., F 1/ c
Box 489, Waterbury KAMUDA, Walter L., S 1/ c
107 Franklin St., Danielson KAPLAN, Judah, BM 2/ c
612 Capitol Ave., Bridgeport KARVELIS, William A., Jr., F 1/ c
RFD Box 67, Broad Brook KAUNAS, William C, EM 3/ c
1452 Wood Ave., Bridgeport KATZMAN, Michael, SF 2/ c
84 Drake St., Windsor KEATING, Francis P., Cox
268 West Ivy St., New Haven KELLY, Joseph J., CMoMM
109 Porter Brook Ave., East Hartford KEMENT, William B., MM 2/ c
Bridge St., Suffield KEREKES, James F., TM 2/ c
1 Hawkins Ave., East Norwalk KEROUACK, Omer D., AMM 2/ c
10 Buck St., Danielson KIERNAN, Raymond W., S 1/ c
30 Giles St., Waterbury KIRK, William S., Ptr 3/ c
172 Lloyd St., New Haven KISH, Louis, S 3/ c
3 Naples St., So. Norwalk KLECZKOWSKI, Bruno F., Y 3/ c
Box 92, Main St., Rockfall KLOSIEWSKI, Francis, WT 2/ c
Box 115, Montville KNOPF, Bertram L., AMM 2/ c
33 Rogers Ave., Milford KNOTTS, Charles G., CM 2/ c
Quinnipiac Ave., North Haven KOLAR, John F., CM 2/ c
63 Lebanon St., Willimantie KOLPINSKI, Joseph W., GM 3/ c
115 So. Highland St., West Hartford KOZLAK, Jacob A., CMM
39 High St., Torrington KRAVITZ, Hyman J., SSMC 3/ c
139 Clinton St., Waterbury KRISKO, John, CMoMM
12A Golden Hill, Danbury KUCZO, Joseph J., PhM 1/ c
54 Lee Ave., Wallingford KYDER, Edward F., CCM
240 Quinnipiac Ave., New Haven LaCROIX, Lester E., SK 3/ c
110 So. Whittelsey Ave., Wallingford LADRIGAN, Daniel L., MM 2/ c
Wilson Ave., Rowayton LAGANO, Frank J., CPhM
87 Burnham St., Hartford LALLY, Edward T., Jr., RdM 3/ c
41 Kenneth St., Hartford LAMB, William H., MM 2/ c
North Franklin St., New London LAMETTO, Antonio, BM 2/ c
47 Wall St., Norwalk LARKIN, Daniel P., Jr., SC 2/ c
Sharon
LaROCHE, Joseph A., CM 2/ c
Main St., North Grosvenordale LARSON, Harry M., M 1/ c
RFD 1, Box 276, Seymour LASPINO, John P., TM 2/ c
182 Liberty St., New Haven LASSEN, Howard L., MoMM 3/ c
293 Division St., New Haven LAWLEY, Daniel J., Cox
75 Idyl wood Ave., Waterbury LAYTON, Wesley H., SM 3/ c
48 Green St., Hartford LEARY, Francis J., AOM 2/ c
66 Florence St., Manchester LeBLANC, Joseph A., EM 3/ c
Bldg. 40, Y. M. V., Bridgeport
LeBLANC, Joseph C, SM 1/ c
649 New Park Ave., Elm wood LeBLANC, Joseph E., AMM 1/ c
92 North St., Danielson LEONARD, Paul R., S 1/ c
B107 Overlook Terrace, Hartford LESNIKOWSKI, Edmund W., Cox
23 Clinton Ave., Stamford LINCOLN, Harry R., Bkr 3/ c
Golden Hill, Danbury LINSLEY, Robert C, EM 3/ c
Leetes- Island Rd., Guilford LINSLEY, Walter J., F 1/ c
124 Sylvan Ave., New Haven LISKA, Joseph J., Jr., CM 1/ c
19 Dean St., Hartford LOCKWOOD, John K., Cox
19 York St., Waterbury LOSI, Angelo P., SF 1/ c
RFD 1, Box 66, Wallingford LOVELAND, Ralph H., GM 3/ c
Stevenson St., Fairfield LUCAS, James W., AMM 1/ c
603 Bostwick Ave., Bridgeport LUCE, Charles J., S 1/ c
Grassy Hill Rd., Orange LUKAS, Casimir E., Cox
7 Stillman Ave., Danbury LUMB, George H., CSF( T)
Middle River Dist., Danbury LYNCH, Joseph P., MM 2/ c
107 Chapel St., New Haven LYNDERS, William F., ART 2/ c
Elm St., Monroe LYKE, John F., EM 1/ c
265 Putnam St., New Haven LYONS, Albert W., MoMM 3/ c
799 Elm St., New Haven MACK, John M., QM 2/ c
C- 307, Walk- N, Charter Oak Ter., Hartford MACKEY, Rollin J., TM 1/ c
Buckland and Mulberry Sts./ Plantsville MAHER, George J., CEM
885 Blue Hills Ave., Bloomfield MAHONEY, Francis M., Jr., AM 1/ c
176 Hallock Ave., New Haven MAISTRELIS, John G., S 1/ c
168 North Main St., Norwich MALLOY, James J., CBM ( PA)
550 Willard Ave., RFD 5, Newington MANCHESTER, Edward W., SM 2/ c
171 Spencer St., Winsted MARAK, Andrew A., S 1/ c
702 King's Highway, Bridgeport MARCHETTI, Albert J., GM 2/ c 149 Broadway St., Bridgeport MARGIOTTA, Joseph, S 1/ c
46 Webb St., Waterbury MARSH, Wallace, MoMM 1/ c
59 Main St., Terryville MARTIN, Edward W., ARM 1/ c
65 Dixie Ave., Waterbury MARTIN, George W., MM 3/ c
Box 237, Cheshire MARTI NIK, Stephen R., BM 1/ c
58 West Washington Ave., Stamford MASNICKAS, John I., MM 2/ c
28 Third St., Waterbury MASON, Walter L., AMM 1/ c
82 Colton St., Windsor MASSARIA, Vito, S 2/ c
257 Hough Ave., Bridgeport MASSO, Joseph F., CM 2/ c
315 Hollister St., Stratford MAZULIS, Joseph P., AMM 3/ c
174 Sheldon St., Hartford • MAZZEI, Emil M., RM 2/ c 18 Summit St., Danbury MAZZOTTA, Fred, CQM
131 Brook St., Hartford MCCARTHY, John T., S 1/ c
2 Bailey St., New Haven McCOMBS, William L., CEM
Box 14, RFD 3, Bridgeport McCORMACK, George M., Cox
60 High St., Rockville McCUE, William R., HA 1/ c
39 Indian Hill, East Hartford McDONALD, Warren J., SF 2/ c
69 Fifth St., Bridgeport McINTOSH, Roy J., St 3/ c
1470 Linden Ave., Stratford McNAMARA, Gerald T., MM 1/ c
146 Patterson Ave., Stratford McNEIL, John J., QM 3/ c
Dyer Ave., Collinsville MELILLO, William V., Cox
93 Avon St., Hartford MELLUZZO, Michael A., MoMM 2/ c
58 Pliny St., Hartford MERTZ, Paul H., CM 2/ c
Hickory Drive, Greenwich MESSIER, Emile J., CM 1/ c
36 1/ 2 Morin Ave., Danielson MEYER, Fred J., MoMM 3/ c
96 George St., Bridgeport MEYERS, Hudson R., MM 3/ c
2 Ives St., Mt. Carmel MIAZGA, Paul J., CM 2/ c
1000 Maple wood Ave., Bridgeport MIDDLEBROOK, David B., S 1/ c
14 Dover Rd., Manchester MILEWSKI, John J., GM 3/ c
171 Culvert St., Torrington MILLER, Charles J., MoMM 3/ c
944 Iranistan Ave., Bridgeport MILLER, Richard C, MM 2/ c
10 Orchard St., West Haven MILLER, Walter E., AMM 2/ c
34 Ellsworth St., Newington MILLS, Alton R., PhM 1/ c
145 Bank St., New London MINTON, David, PhM 1/ c
Lime Rock MITCHELL, Allen L., CCM
843 Farmington Ave., West Hartford MITCHELLI, Michael A., M 3/ c
339 Atlantic St., Stamford MOCHON, Harry H., CTM
35 Cleveland St., New London MONTRO, Frank F., F 1/ c
101 Maple Ave., Hartford MORAN, George R., EM 3/ c
35 Bassett St., New Haven MORAN, James K., SC 1/ c
85 Broadway, Milford MORASSINI, Joseph E., Bkr 2/ c
574 High St., Middletown MORELLO, Sebastian J., SF 2/ c
3 Main St., Cromwell MORGAN, Kenneth C, GM 3/ c
26 Pleasant Ave., Forestville MORGAN, Robert G., Jr., EM 3/ c
410 First Ave., West Haven MORRIS, Arthur E., SK 2/ c
50 Park Ave., Danbury MORRIS, Robert A., EM 1/ c
Box 65, Centerbrook MORRISON, Robert L., FC 2/ c
43 Cottage St., Danielson MORSEY, Ellery H. t GM 3/ c
390 Main St., Danbury MOTTO, Anthony J., PhM 3/ c
354 Benham Ave., Bridgeport MOZESKY, Joseph, AMM 2/ c
435 Light St., Stratford
MUIR, William S., Bkr 3/ c
405 Main St., West Haven MULDOON, James P., S 1/ c
27 Orange St., Bridgeport MUTHIG, John T., CBM
65 Robinson St., Waterbury NATHAN, Leo, S 1/ c
16 Lowe St., go. Norwalk NAVIKAUSKIS, John A., SM 3/ c
22 Summer St., New Canaan NELESKI, Paul, CM 2/ c
123 Downing St., New Haven NELSON, Montrose W., GM 3/ c
102 Griggs St., Waterbury NEWBAUER, William E., RT 2/ c
796 Williams St., Bridgeport NICHOLS, Burton C, GM 3/ c
Christian Hill Rd., Higganum NORBUT, Boleslaus W., WT 2/ c
36 Seymour St., New Britain OAKES, Gilbert I., AOM 3/ c
580 East Main St., New Britain OAKLEAF, Richard G., GM 3/ c
1229 Pembroke St., Bridgeport OCCHIONERO, Alexander, EM 3/ c
37 Lee Ave., New London O'CONNELL, Jeremiah D., PhM 2/ c
63 Carlisle St., New Haven O'CONNELL, Michael J., S 1/ c
119 Putnam St., New Haven ODELL, Robert C, MM 1/ c
Cornwall Bridge, Litchfield O'DONNELL, John J., SC 2/ c
253 Wolcott St., Waterbury O'HARA, Justin G., S 1/ c
60 Lincoln Ave., Danbury OKUN, Morris J., SKV 3/ c
136 Magnolia St., Hartford ONDAYKO, Michael, SF 3/ c
294 Byram Rd., East Port Chester ORLANDO, Eugene, GM 2/ c
52 Crown St., Union City O'ROURKE, Francis J., Jr., PhM 1/ c
513 Third Ave., West Haven OSBORN, Henry M., CBM
81 Morgan Ave., East Haven OSTERGREN, Walter W., TM 3/ c
30 Bartlett St., Portland OVERBAUGH, Theodore H., EM 1/ c
340 Washington St., Hartford PANAZZA, Armand, M 1/ c
131 Newfield Ave., Hartford PAQUIN, Alexander Z., BM 2/ c
12 Larson St., So. Norwalk PARKER, William H., WT 3/ c
27 Fairfield Ave., Danbury PATNODE, Raymond C, MM 1/ c
225 Spring St., Bridgeport PAULIK, Charles J., S 1/ c
40 Orchard St., Stamford PEARL, Arthur B., S 1/ c
Hampton PEARSON, Richard A., FC 2/ c
Uncas Ave., Quaker Hill PELLIS, Raymond C, GM 3/ c
953 Hancock Ave., Bridgeport PENNA, Joseph A., MM 3/ c
457 Grand St., Bridgeport PERISI, Louis S., GM 3/ c
1891 State St., Hamden PERODEAU, Roland J., EM 2/ c
24 Bonner St., Hartford PERRINO, Anthony F., EM 1/ c
6 Washington Ave., Niantic PETONITO, James P., SSMB 3/ c
75 Fulton St., New Haven PETROSEMOLO, Edward E., CSp ( A)
55 Morris St., New Haven PETRUCELLI, Fred L., GM 3/ c
29 Pratt St., Meriden PHELAN, Harold W., S 1/ c
132 Oak St., Waterbury PHELAN, John E., S 1/ c
98 Edwards St., New Haven PIERSON, Leslie E., AMM 3/ c
12 Evensen Place, Cromwell PIZZARELLO, Samuel A., EM 2/ c
4 Grange St., Greenwich PLATT, Harold E., MoMM 1/ c
Lewis Ave., Waterbury PORVCZNIK, Charles S., EM 2/ c
215 W. Town St., Norwich POSITANO, Michael W., SC 3/ c
54 Locust St., Bristol POVILAITIS, Edward J., WT 2/ c
110 Park Terrace, Waterbury PRATO, Alfred F., RT 2/ c
1105 North Ave., Bridgeport PRONOVOST, John J., Y 3/ c
55 Bartlett St., Meriden PROTO, Alphonso A., SSMT 3/ c
29 Gibbs St., New Haven PRUSINSKI, Philip F., AM 3/ c
108 Lloyd St., New Haven RASULIS, Joseph C, S 1/ c
19 Franklin St., Rockville RAWTJNSON, Edward, RT 1/ c
319 Wayne St., Bridgeport RAYHO, John F., Y 2/ c
102 Liberty St., Stamford REED, Erwin A., GM 2/ c
122 Main St., Ridgefield REYNOLDS, Richard J., S 1/ c
42 Tulip St., New Britain RHODES, Harry T., PhoM 1/ c
Cromwell Ave., Rocky Hill RICCIARDI, John S., SC 2/ c
110 Park Road, Waterbury RICHARDS, George J., EM 2/ c
327 Greenwich Ave., New Haven RICHICHI, Paul J., GM 3/ c
271 White St., Danbury RING, George P., SK 1/ c
433 Housatonic Drive, Devon RITCHIE, Mervin L., MoMM 3/ c
344 Marina Village, Bridgeport RIZZO, Angelo, S 1/ c
229 West Main St., Milford ROBINSON, Herman, MoMM 2/ c
540 Harvard Ave., Stratford ROCK, Gerard J., Y 1/ c
30 Prospect St., Rockville ROONEY, Harold A., RdM 3/ c
754 Cannon Rd., Bridgeport ROOS, Francis L., WT 1/ c
32 Bridge St., Deep River ROSEN, Max, Ptr. 1/ c
1245 Albany Ave., Hartford SAMUELS, Jesse W., AOM 2/ c
310 Howard Ave., New Haven SAMUELSON, Carl F., MM 2/ c
75 Pearl St., Torrington SANCHIONE, Anthony, Cox
Y. M. V., Bldg. 43, Apt. 114, Bridgeport SANDLER, Philip, FC 2/ c
53 Congress St., Hartford SANFORD, Richard M., RdM 3/ c
29 Dennison St., Hartford SATTANEO, Leonard F., S 1/ c
285 Catherine St., Bridgeport SCHIAVONE, Dominick, Cox
1150 Howard Ave., Bridgeport SCHNABEL, Erwin A., SF 2/ c
1031 East Main St., Meriden SCHACHT, Frederick J., EM 1/ c
89 West Ave., Stamford
SCHROEDER, Charles, F 1/ c
18 Savings St., Waterbury SEDGWICK, Edward T., FC 3/ c
570 South Compo Rd., Westport SEDLOCK, Cyril E., Ptr 1/ c
97 Ridge Ave., Bridgeport SERAFIN, John, S 1/ c
Everett St., RFD 7, Norwich SHAFFER, Raymond C, CM 2/ c
North St., Box 381, Plainville SHAGES, William V., Y 2/ c
60 Curtiss St., Hartford SHASHA, Michael A., SK 3/ c
565 Bank St., New London SHAW, Robert H., MoMM 1/ c
300 Beach St., Bridgeport SIANI, Nicholas F., CM 2/ c
123 Baldwin St., Waterbury SIMONE, Joseph, SC 1/ c
122 Cherry Ann St., New Haven SINNOTT, James R., F 1/ c
87 Lincoln St., Hartford SMITH, Clarence V., StM 1/ c
313 Village St., Hartford SMITH, Ralph T., BM 2/ c
58 Talcott St., New Britain SMITH, Raymond, EM 2/ c
787 Maple Ave., Hartford SMITH, Richard G., BM 2/ c
32 Mason St., Bridgeport SNOW, Robert C, MM 2/ c
103 Waterville St., Waterbury SNYDAL, Stanley J., SF 2/ c
32 North St., Manchester SORRENTINO, Patsy, CSF
634 Wood End Road, Stratford SORTLAND, Kristoffer D., CM 2/ c
966 East Main St., Stamford SOUKUP, Joseph G., S 1/ c
74 Long Hill Ave., Shelton SPEARS, Joseph M., QM 2/ c
49 Washington Terrace, Bridgeport SPRAGUE, John R., MMG 2/ c
48 Rock St., Winsted STAGE, Richard R., Cox
15 Evergreen Ave., New London STANISZEWSKI, Stanley C, S 1/ c
52 Greenwich Ave., Stamford STIGLIANI, Anthony, CM 2/ c
13 Cedar St., Stamford STEELE, David, CCM
314 Sherman Ave., New Haven STEVENS, Lester F., AOM 1/ c
23 Market St., New Britain STRONG, Andrew C, CCM
1 Curtiss Rd., New Preston SULLIVAN, Eugene P., MaM 2/ c
63 Lawrence St., New Haven SULLIVAN, John F., CRM
Ox Hill Road, Norwichtown SUTHERLAND, Chester A., QM 1/ c
11 Sheridan Ct., E. Mountain Ter., Plainville SWETCKY, Joseph J., S 1/ c
50 Fairfield Place, Fairfield TAKACS, William J., MM 1/ c
RFD 1, Soundview Ave., South Norwalk TEETER, James R., Jr., S 1/ c
73 Maple Ave., Glenbrook TOMASINI, Balilo J., MM 2/ c
22 Stone St., Danbury TOMLINSON, James H., S 1/ c
Box 103, Woodbury TONUCCI, Arthur J., MoMM 3/ c
Foley Ave., Shelton TORA, Armand J., S 1/ c
44 Wyman St., Waterbury TORELLO, Harold E., SC 2/ c
56 Hudson St., New Haven TOTH, Gaza S., F 1/ c
2 Raycroft St., Milford TOURIGNY, Alfred E., CM 3/ c
30 High St., Norwalk TRAPASSO, Arthur T., S 2/ c
350 Grand St., Bridgeport TRAVIS, Walter D., SM 1/ c
254 High St., Milford TREMBLAY, Philip J., CPhM
469 Pleasant St., Willimantic TRICARICO, Andrew P., AerM 3/ c
363 New Park Ave., Hartford TROVATO, Anthony J., S 1/ c
Box 18, East Main St., Wallingford TRUHN, John J., SC 1/ c
296 Bunnell St., Bridgeport TUCK, Robert M., AMM 3/ c
2 Jewell Court, Hartford TULLAR, Earl F., CSF
Box 323, Simsbury TURBETT, Patrick, BM 1/ c
Montowese Ave., North Haven VACHON, Rosario J., MMS 2/ c
17 Oak St., New Britain VELKY, Andrew F., GM 2/ c
969 Wordin Ave., Bridgeport VIERNIERIS, Aldo, SSML 2/ c
2858 Dixwell Ave., Hamden VIOLANO, Vincent P., SM ( AA) ( T)
134 New Spruce St., Stamford VonDECK, Frederick J., Jr., GM 2/ c
Friendship St., Willimantic WAGNER, Theodore F., Cox
Kohanza St., Danbury WALLACE, William C, BM 1/ c
96 Guilford Drive, Fairfield WALSH, Robert N., EM 3/ c
19 Maplewood Ave., Westport WALTERS, Frederick L., MMS 3/ c
18 Rockfield St., Milford WARD, William, S 1/ c
7- B Bellevue Square, Hartford WARR, Francis E., Cox
1038 West Middle Turnpike, East Hartford WARSAWSKI, Theodore J., SF 2/ c
20 Truman St., New Haven WASHBURN, Donald C, AMM 2/ c
260 Willow St., Bridgeport WASHBURN, Henry D., S 2/ c
34 Woodbridge Ave., East Hartford WATERBURY, Arthur M., MoMM 2/ c
82 Gregory Blvd., East Norwalk WATSON, Harold Q., MM 1/ c
1212 Post Road, Fairfield WATSON, Wilbur S., PhM 1/ c
411 Main St., Danbury WEBB, James E., Ptr 3/ c
59 Fairfield Ave., Stamford WELCH, Luke A., RM 3/ c
45 Connerton St., New Britain WHEELER, Edward H., PhM 2/ c
29 Cooke St., Waterbury WHITE, Leo J., AMM 2/ c
86 Vibberts Ave., New Britain WILCOX, Earl C, CM 2/ c
Saybrook Road, Essex WILSON, David T., MaM 1/ c
254 Bassett St., New Haven WILSON, Francis J., SK 3/ c
18 Birchwood Rd., Springdale WORKMAN, Robert L., EM 1/ c
Quaker Hill, Waterford
WORTHING, Bert T., PhoM 1/ c
82 Britton Ave., Bridgeport YANOTT, Lawrence E., AEM 1/ c
109 Avon St., Stratford YATKIN, Alvin L., RM 1/ c
43 Bedford St., Hartford YORZINSKI, Henry J., S 1/ c
31 Gregory Blvd., Norwalk YOUNG, Robert B., MoMM 3/ c
25 St. James St., West Hartford ZAINO, Vincent, S 1/ c
615 North Ave., Bridgeport ZAHORNACKY, Cyril M., TM 1/ c
424 West Rietter St., Stratford ZALESKI, John C, PhM 2/ c
138 Wilcox St., New Britain ZDANIS, William G., RdM 3/ c
274 Chapman St., New Britain ZMACHINSKI, Henry J., BM 1/ c
484 Park St., Bridgeport ZURAWSKI, Michael, CM 3/ c
129 Putnam St., New Britain
CONNECTICUT VETERANS COMMEMORATIVE BOOKLET
Vol. VI Nov. 10, 1945 No. 7
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 at the Ports, the Third Naval District and the Naval Separation Center, Lido Beach, Long Island, N. Y., are acknowledged herewith.
Copies of this booklet are provided for the men whose names appear on the Final Muster Ca| l, herein. A copy is on file for reference purposes at each of the 200 public libraries in the State.
Reproduction of the material in this booklet is permissible only with written authorization.
The personal experience stories were reported by William M. Roth, George W. Bragdon, Benjamin D. Kornfield, Joseph O. Keating, George E. Allis and Andrew Patterson. The cover illustration of the U. S. S. Patterson at San Diego and the ship pictures are from official U. S. Navy photo­graphs.