Connecticut veterans commemorative booklet. Vol. 6, no. 8. Connecticut Men of the United States Navy, demobilization, Lido Beach Separation Center. November 11 to 16, 1945

              CONNECTICUT MEN
of the United States Navy
Demobilization Lido Beach Separation Center
November 11 to 16, 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.
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.
ing 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.
In this greatest of all wars just ended you, as a- son
To the lot of some of you fell the burden of the train-
Your fellow citizens in Connecticut are proud of your
service.
Yours very sincerely,
G o v e r n o r
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.
Adams, William J., S 1/ c, 108th Seabees, Branford.
" Helping to bring in those floating docks to Normandy on D- Day was about the toughest job I was ever involved in and it also turned out to be the most dangerous. Besides the under­water
mines we had air raids and on top of that was the danger from falling flak from our own AA batteries as they tried to shoot down the robot bombs that were sailing over our heads. I was a deckhand on one of the docks helping to unload our ships when a storm came that com­pletely
wrecked the entire floating dock. My closest shave though came one night when I was on gun watch at a 50mm. There were about three German planes in the attack and when one of them swung around and came in strafing, I and the three other fellows with me dove over­board
into the water. One of the fellows was hit and never did come up. Out in Okinawa when the typhoon struck the island, I lost all my gear and spent the night sleeping in a tomb."
Ambrosia, Albert G., SC 1/ c, 7th Div. Seabees, Stamford.
" It was during the invasion of the Philippines that my outfit really caught it. On D- Day we were on an Army trans­port
off shore waiting to go in when things had quieted down a bit. The Jap shore batteries and planes were having a field day with the ships anchored off the beachhead. I saw the ship next to us get hit and go down with a loss of 375, and
for a while it looked like ours would be next. That is one time, as a sailor, I wished I was on land."
Carpenter, Howard It., Cox, LCI- 745, Norwalk.
" Landing Aussie troops during the in­vasion
of Borneo provided me with all the action I ever want to see. It was a hundred per cent Allied operation for all the ships were ours and all the troops being landed were Australians. I was on a 20mm gun when just before dawn a lone Jap plane swooped out of the sky and made a pass at us. I didn't get too much of an op­portunity
to fire at him, but I did plenty of sweating while I watched that bomb come down. It landed and exploded off to our port fortunately so everything turned out okay. I had the chance to see and become acquainted with the Aussies while we were enroute to Borneo and thought them a bunch of good Joes. I didn't envy them their job either when we arrived there."
Day, Julian B., Jr., GM 2/ c, LCS- 108, Danbury.
" The one incident 1 shall remember is the night the typhoon struck Okinawa. Boy, what a night that was! We were all on the beach at a staging area when it really hit its hardest, taking with it my tent and all my gear. Everything went down before it and ships were blown up onto the beach like match sticks. I started running to find shelter in a cave nearby but found it flooded and full of Jap skeletons so decided the storm couldn't be
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any worse then laying in there and went out again. The rest of that night I spent laying in the mud trying to keep myself from getting blown away."
DeFilippo, Michael V., Mo MM 2/ c, U. S. S. Franklin, Shelton.
" My record is the history of the ship for I was on the U. S. S. Franklin from the day it was commissioned. I guess we have seen as much action as any other ship in this war and have had more tough luck than any other ship. ' Big Ben' participated in the majority of the ' hot' spots of the Pacific and I was serving on her during all the battles. Okinawa was probably as bad as any of them as far as I am concerned. On October 13th we had a suicide plane crash into our island and spread flames all over the deck before it slid off and toppled into the water. On October 15th three Jap aerial bombs landed on us. I was at my battle station operating two Diesel fire pumps and remained down there for nine continuous hours with all hell breaking loose on the rest of the ship. I was topsides when the first bomb struck but had to go below quickly when trouble started. On October 30th, another Jap crash- dived into us with its bombs exploding and most of the planes on the flight deck went up in flames. I was down in the same place I was during the last raid, in the seventh deck, but the fire never got below the third though that didn't make me feel any better at the time. On the 19th of March, two Jap bombs went off in the hangar deck just as I finished chow on the third deck. I went topside for it looked like ' this was it' and spent hours fighting the fire, throwing hot ammo overboard and helping out everywhere. When I went down to the pumps once, I had to step over a lot of dead bodies and the smoke was terrific. I'm a member of the ' Big Ben 704 Club' which means I was one of
the 704 members of the original crew of 3300 that was alive and unwounded and able to answer the roll call the day after the attack."
Derby, Vernon E., AM 3/ c, Combat Aircraft Service Unit ( F) 60, Danbury.
" My job took me all the way from Australia to Japan and all places in be­tween
where Naval Air Installations were located. It involved installation and maintenance of Navy jet- propulsion units on our aircraft. These units were used on planes that had to take off on strips or decks that were not long enough for a usual take- off run, and this jet- propulsion equipment sort of compensated for the short runway and assisted the plane in getting into the air quickly. It was very interesting work and in connection with it, I had to do quite a bit of flying which enabled me to see almost all the Pacific area from the air. It is pretty fascinating work and I should like to continue in it after I am out of the service."
Ferris, George P., S 1/ c GM, LCI- 561, Torrington.
" The ship I was on was a rocket ship and we operated all throughout the South Pacific. It was our job to move up to writhin 300 yards of the shore that was to be invaded and fire away, and then get the hell out of there before the first wave
CRUISER & BATTLEWAGONS
USS CLEVELAND — A light cruiser, ( top), first of the twenty three 10,000 toners of 1940, launched just six weeks before Pearl Harbor, and commissioned shortly thereafter.
USS SOUTH DAKOTA — A force flagship, which earned fame early in the war in the South Pacific by repulsing a series of severe air attacks, knocking down 32 Jap aircraft with her many light AAs.
USS WASHINGTON — One of the heaviest armored battlewagons of pre- war days, com­missioned
in 1941, and one of the first with air conditioned, gas- proof compartments.
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went in. I always wanted to see action and on this ship I saw plenty. At Leyte we were hit with a mortar shell but luckily I wasn't near it when it exploded. Okinawa was the hottest spot as far as I'm concerned. We were there for 41 days, right in the midst of everything the Japs threw at our fleet. The happiest day for me and the whole ship's crew was during the in­vasion
of Ie Shima. Up until then we were the only ship in our flotilla that hadn't knocked down a Jap plane. A Jap Betty tried a suicide dive on us and we got a beautiful hit on it with our AA guns. It crashed a few hundred feet from us and exploded. From then on we were in the ' select inner circle' of the flotilla with a plane to our credit."
Gaulden, C. F., QM 2/ c, U. S. S. San Clemente, Bristol.
" Just before arriving back in the U. S. A. for the last time, I was assigned to a flagship that operated in the Pacific near the Philippines in conjunction with the occupation forces. We were with the Seventh Fleet in a service squadron and I didn't get to see much action then. My two years in the Atlantic service were all right, especially the runs between here and England. We did patrol work, convoy escort, and submarine chasing. I was on the U. S. S. Marblehead then and between trips I was able to get off and see my wife. I'm glad to be getting out though for the Navy is too rank- conscious to suit me."
Gilbert, L. F., Jr., RM 2/ c, APA- 10, Norwalk.
" From Sicily to Saipan included a lot of landings, but to me Tarawa was the worst. My ship had more close shaves there in one day than we had in a usual month of action. The aerial attacks weren't as bad as the shore batteries. We were under fire almost all the time we were there and these shells landed so
close at times that you couldn't figure how they missed us. Guess luck was with us though for when we pulled out from there, we did so without a scratch."
Gorman, Harold V., Jr., FCS 3/ c, U. S. S. Flasher, Bridgeport.
" The biggest thrill I got out of the Navy was the celebration we put on in Pearl Harbor when the V- J Day news came out. It was about eight in the evening; and every ship in the harbor threw up all the flares and pyrotechnics it had aboard. What a sight that was! Another big day for me was on board our ship when she received the Presidential citation for taking part in the sinking of a greater part of some 22 Jap merchant ships, a cruiser, a destroyer, and five sampans. I don't feel like talking about any of the action I have seen but am mighty glad it's all over now."
Grace, John P., F 1/ c, U. S. S. Sassacus, Hartford.
" You can't have many exciting ex­periences
on a tug boat and that was the kind of ship I was on during my entire 19 months in the Navy. We operated out of New York harbor for several months helping to bring in and take out all kinds of naval ships. Later we were sent to San Francisco where we did the same thing, but were much busier. Every day was pretty much like all the rest, but I liked the Navy all right — now that I am getting out."
Hart, Ralph L., GM 3/ c, LST- 996, Stratford.
" Jap suicide- plane attacks off Okinawa gave me all the excitement I want to see for the rest of my life. I saw plenty of them shot down before they hit their target and I saw a lot of them hit and explode on their targets. My ship was one of the fortunate ones. Compared to being under a regular air raid, these suicide-
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plane attacks were five times as bad for their chances of making a hit on a ship was a lot better and the results usually much more destructive. I also went in on the landing of Southern France, but that was a ' pipe' compared to the Pacific."
Hill, John H., PhM 1/ c, Comnaveu, New Britain.
" England was my home for two years. As a pharmacist at the naval district headquarters stationed at Plymouth, I was plenty busy before the Normandy landings took place. We had to supply all the ships that came in or took off with medical supplies. We never saw any combat, but we were in a position to know plenty was going on. The people in Eng­land
and the country itself appealed to me very much and I have pretty nice memories of my stay there."
Joyce, Edward A., SM 1/ c, LST- 702, Stamford.
" Four years in the Navy for me — that's enough. I was two years in Cuba and the Atlantic, then we were sent to the Pacific. That was the wrong move to make as far as I was concerned for we were assigned to the invasion of Okinawa from the first day landings were made. After going through those suicide- plane attacks, I think I can stand anything now. I remember thinking, the day I saw two of those suicide ships crash into the U. S. S. Mexico, how I used to want an assignment to a large ship. I must have been crazy to even think of it. The smaller the ship the better after my experience at Okinawa."
Krause, Wilfred W., SC 2/ c, 78th Seabees, Terryville.
" New Guinea was about the most miserable place I was stationed, and that is saying a lot for I hit most of the spots in the South Pacific, including Okinawa. We had air raids there practically every
night and they made too many close hits to please me. Then there was malaria, scrub typhus and about every insect imaginable to contend with. Six of the fellows in my outfit alone died from this scrub typhus. It didn't take me long to realize that fighting to protect your health was just as bad as fighting the Japs. People over here don't realize how lucky they are not to have to worry about things like that."
Laraia, Frank A., CM 1/ c, U. S. S. Chepachet, Hartford.
" Of all the campaigns I have been in, I guess the one at Lingayen Gulf was the toughest. Not only did we have one air raid after the other, but the shore batteries threw plenty of stuff at us too. At Leyte we had a close escape when an ammunition ship blew up after getting hit. Guess it was just luck that we weren't nearer that ship than we were for it certainly took everything with it when it went up."
Larkum, Albert J., GM 3/ c, U. S. S. Mississippi, West Hartford.
" My worst experience and also the closest shave came while we were bom­barding
Makin Island. I don't know for sure but think we were probably firing too fast. Anyway, in the number two turret a fourteen- inch gun had a flare- back after the powder bag caught fire and the resulting explosion and smoke killed 48 men. I was between the number one and number two turret when I saw the flash of flame and the explosion and immediate­ly
dashed over to flood the magazine and sprinkle the rest of the powder. Then I helped bring out the wounded and dead. Most of the casualties I guess were killed by concussion or suffocation from the green heavy smoke that followed. It was a terrible mess and the strange thing was that the last time a flare- back in our fleet had occurred was 20 years ago. And
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at that time, it happened on our ship and in the same turret. All the fellows who were superstitious were sure from then on that we had a jinx on the ship."
Levesque, Edward C, AMM 1/ c, 33d Torpedo Sq. New Haven.
" Our squadron mission, the day my plane was shot down in flames, was to neutralize the air fields at Sakashima. I was a turret gunner on an Avenger and we took off that day from the Carrier Sangamon. It was while we were strafing the field that a piece of flak from an in­cendiary
shell hit our starboard gas tank which immediately burst into flames. Our altitude was only 500 feet so the pilot leveled off and headed out to sea to attempt a water landing. About three miles off shore we hit the water and I guess I never moved so fast in my life as I did in getting out of the plane and onto the life raft that was thrown clear. The radio­man
didn't make it and went down with the ship, but the pilot, though badly burned, managed to get out and the two of us stuck with the life raft until we were picked up about an hour later by a PBM. But that wasn't enough bad luck for me — two days later when I returned to my carrier, only two hours after I got aboard a Jap suicide plane hit us and ex­ploded
right between our ship's elevators. It took five hours to get the fire under control. It began to look as though mis­fortune
was dogging my footsteps. How­ever,
I guess I shook it off as I finished through the war okay from then on."
Lyke, Thomas J., S 1/ c, LST- 1056, New Haven.
" Of the four invasions in which I par­ticipated
— Sicily, Salerno, Anzio, and Southern France — I'd say that at Salerno we had the toughest time of it. We were supplying the beachhead at the beginning of the landings and shells
and bombs were dropping all over the place. One shell landed so close that shrapnel holed the ship in a dozen places but no one was hurt. I saw a lot of the amphibious ships get it and was mighty glad that I didn't have to go in with one of the landing parties. At times like that, I was glad I was in the Navy though we probably looked like a sitting duck in the harbor when the Germans raided the place with bombers. After 18 months in the Atlantic, we were sent to the Pacific but never saw any action out there."
Macaluso, Albert C, MM 1/ c, A. P. O. 120 — U. S. S. Kline, Hartford.
" I've seen many Americans play their parts gallantly. After our ship was com­missioned,
we picked up weak, dying, and nearly frozen survivors in the icy, stormy waters of the Atlantic. I've seen men and ships blown up in the miserable, terrifying Pacific shows. The Kamikazes were a constant nuisance, a threat, and a night­mare
at Okinawa. I've smelt the rotting flesh buried beneath the debris of Manila, and the burnt bodies of the ' atomized' Nagasaki. The rejoicing faces of the newly liberated Filipinos and the stone- faced expressions of the defeated Japanese speak for themselves. Everywhere there appears a silent and unmistakable plea for a universally accepted Christian brotherhood. Anyone viewing Nagasaki's remains must be spirited, alert, and in­telligent
enough to at least wish an active Christianity upon the entire world. Such a forceful union will make the A- Bomb destroy itself — render it useless — to make all peoples free from fear —- and free in their pursuit of earthly and eternal happiness."
Maselli, Ralph, S 1/ c, U. S. S. George A. Johnson, Torrington.
" Both in the Atlantic and Pacific we were doing convoy duty, anti- submarine
s patrol and escort work. The hottest spot of all was in Lingayen Gulf where we were under plane attacks and shellfire at the same time. One Jap suicide plane tried to dive into us one day and came over our bow so low you could reach out and practically touch the plane. He didn't make it though and went off to crash into the water. 1 never liked to be down below when things like that happened. All }^ ou can do is sweat and wait for the crash without being able to tell when or where it will hit."
Masterson, Harry, CM 1/ c, 627th and 628th Seabees Maint. Units, New Haven.
" Except for one night on Omaha Beach when the Germans made an air attack, I didn't see too much of the rough side of the war. 1 was stationed at Cherbourg Harbor and at Paris with my outfit, which was responsible for the maintenance of naval installations at those places. Paris in my opinion is a wonderful city. When we first entered the place, it looked pretty dismal and empty but towards the end the streets and shops filled up and the people looked prosperous and happ3r again."
McAleavy, James P., QM 2/ c, YMS- 106, Devon.
" Real action I never saw for I was on a minesweeper that operated from New York to Canada on the Atlantic seaboard. We did a lot of convoy duty in addition to minesweeping, neither of which was very exciting work. When we would con­tact
a submarine, the destroyers would be called and we pulled out and let them take over. People would be surprised to know the number of German mines that we picked up off our harbors, especially around the New York area. The happiest day of my life was V- J Day. I was in San Francisco at the time and we were pre­paring
to move out to the Pacific when
the news came. That was really something to celebrate."
McKenna, Raymond J., CM 2/ c, 42d Seabees, East Hartford.
" I certainly can't kick about what I went through during the war. My outfit was based on Samar Island in the Philip­pines
and except for the terribly hot weather we had, it was a pretty good life. I like sports and the Seabees had con­structed
the most wonderful recreational facilities on the island I have ever seen. We had night basketball games which drew crowds of five thousand and some of the players were the top notch players back in the U. S. A. So, after our day's work was finished we really had something to look forward to. It was a pretty nice way to fight a war."
McLaughlin, Francis E., MM 2/ c, 592d Seabees, Rockville.
" One close shave convinced me that a Seabee's life isn't worth any more to a Jap than the next fellow. On Okinawa one day I was driving a truck hauling coral down to an airstrip we were building for B- 24s. As I rounded one curve in the road, I heard a ping and( the next moment the windshield splintered as a sniper's bullet whistled right next to my head. I ducked and gave it the gas just in time to avoid another. I would have had it if the sniper had aimed just a little more to the right. Several months before that my outfit was working on another field on Einwetok Island. I was at the end of the runway when this B- 24 came roaring down for a take- off. I was filling a gasoline truck up about 75 feet away when, just as it was airborne, it swerved and started plowing through a mess of parked planes. I started on the run in the opposite direction just as it crashed and exploded, spraying the whole area with burning high- test gasoline and setting the parked planes on fire.
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When the bombs exploded, I had already hit the ground and was doing some fancy praying. When it was all over, 175 planes lay wrecked, but I was still alive."
Meade, Robert J., Bkr. 3/ c, U. S. S. Sangamon, Danbury.
" In practically all the operations in the South Pacific, my ship was present. Some of them were tougher than others, but action is pretty much alike wherever you are located. The worst spot was near Okinawa when a Jap suicide plane dove into us and exploded. Twenty- nine of the men were killed and the resulting fire that broke out kept us working for five hours before it was brought under control. I was down below at the time, but it didn't take me long to get topsides when GQ sounded. We were able to get back to the U. S. A. under our own power for re­pairs
though."
Mindlin, Nathan, WT 1/ c, U. S. S. Pavlic, Stamford.
" A nightmare rather than an experience is what I would call the three months I spent at Okinawa. To make things worse, I was usually down below when things started to happen and not topsides where I could at least see what was going on. Our ship counted for one suicide plane which picked us for a target. It was headed straight for us when one of our guns picked it off and we saw it go crashing into the water about a half mile away. I think I would almost rather serve another 40 months in the service then go through another three months of the kind of days we had at Okinawa."
Mostowy, John, Cox, U. S. S. South Dakota, Stamford.
" My most exciting experience happened while I was on the Johnston when it was sunk with the ' Unlucky Thirteen' off Samar Island in the Battle of the Philip­pines.
That was the spot where the Japs
with six carriers, four battleships and three cruisers, plus escorts, ran into us. To put it more truthfully, our small force tried to stop the whole Jap fleet. We were overwhelmed from the start but managed to put up a good fight before they sunk us. We got a destroyer and cruiser and a hit on a battlewagon. Our little ship closed up to within 5,000 yards of the Japs' big ships and took everything they threw at us until, when all our guns were knocked out and our speed almost nil, the captain gave the abandon ship order. Just a matter of fifteen minutes or so after we jumped into the water, those who were able to do so, a Jap destroyer came alongside and shelled the ship until it sank. I was picked up two days later by the LCI- 337 about ten o'clock in the morning. That was an experience I never want to relive again even though it probably did make naval history."
Olisky, Edward J., WT 2/ c, U. S. S. Black, Hartford.
" If I am ever in the Navy again, which I am sure I won't be, I am going to make certain that I have a job that keeps me up on top when action starts and not down below. My mind was made up on that point while we were at Saipan. It was just before dusk when six Jap torpedo planes came in to attack our flotilla. We were the flagship of a flock of LCIs, and to protect them and draw the enemy planes to us, we pulled away from the rest and then started evasive tactics. I was down in the engineering room so had to remain there when the fight started for that was my battle station. It was plenty rough down there sweating out what was going on above, not knowing what was going to happen from second to second. Anyway the Japs dropped four ' fish' after making several runs and somehow by the grace of God they all missed us and the boats we
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were guarding. After this I want to be topsides so I know what the devil is happening when trouble starts."
Pellecchia, Joseph J., Cox, U. S. S. Corbesier, New Britain.
" Leyte and air raids mean the same thing to me. That's all we had when we were supporting the operations there. The Japs would come over in waves of 20 or 25 day and night. I saw a lot of cargo ships get it, but we were lucky. I was a pointer on a five- inch gun the day our ship re­ceived
credit for knocking down a plane, but think it was a 40mm gun that made the hit."
Pronovost, Robert P., MM 2/ c, U. S. S. Alcor, Waterbury.
" I was a land- based sailor for most of the time I was in the service. In the beginning I was stationed on the Alcor at Norfolk, which was a repair ship. The day after I was transferred off, it pulled out for foreign service. From then on until the end of the war I was assigned to the Office of Research and Inventions at Washington, D. C., serving under another Connecticut man, Admiral DeFlorenz, who comes from Pomfret. The work was mighty interesting and I liked it."
Rosano, Theodore R., MoMM 1/ c, LCI- 333, Meriden.
" I had my bad moments in Subic Bay where we were unloading infantrymen during the Philippine invasion. There was an air raid alert and we got ready to pull out so in case the planes came over we could at least be moving and help protect ourselves. But of all times for it to happen, the rudder on our ship jammed and there we were stuck while the planes came over and worked over the beachhead and the bay. They hit an ammunition dump that went up with a terrific ex­plosion,
but thank the Lord, they missed us."
Silk, Robert T., QM 1/ c, U. S. S. Leland E. Thomas, Stratford.
" Borneo is one spot I don't have many too fond memories of because we had more opposition from the Japs with their suicide planes and shore batteries there than any other place I have been. On top of enemy opposition, we were rammed by one of our own destroyers at three o'clock in the morning. I was in my bunk at the time and was awakened by GQ with just enough time to get topsides when this ship hit us. It gave us a pretty bad jolt and put a big hole in the number two fire room which filled with water quickly. Guess it was due to poor naviga­tion
for both of us were out on sub­marine
contact when it happened. I didn't get much sleep that night."
Tranchida, Salvatore P., SK 1/ c, Aviation Supply Depot, Samar, P. I., New Britain.
" Every night for the eleven days wo were anchored out in Leyte harbor waiting for the ground forces to clear the island so we could come in and start erecting our depot, we had an air raid. I was at a different spot on the ship every time GQ sounded so my places of shelter were picked in a hurry, but I always managed to find one. That was the toughest spot I was at in all my five and a half years in the service. In the beginning I liked it, but don't care too much for the Navy now and am glad it's all over."
Waiter, Walter W., MoMM 2/ c, U. S. S. Stewart, Hartford.
" Tied up alongside a blazing tanker holding six million gallons of gasoline is a hot spot to be in — in more ways than one. We were escorting a convoy when this occurred. Our ship was the first to get to the blazing tanker and as we drew up alongside we started to pour streams of water into her. We expected the damn
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thing to blow up any moment or else get ourselves surrounded by the gasoline which was spreading all over the place. After working for a while on her, it be­came
necessary for us to shove off for the heat was in danger of setting off our magazine hold. It was on April 10, 1944, that this happened and we received a citation for it, though at the time I thought it would be a posthumous one."
Wargo, James V., MoMM 2/ c, YO- 76, Bridgeport.
" My closest call came two days after the typhoon struck Okinawa, on Septem­ber
12th. Everything had been soaked because of the storm and the only clothes anyone had were the ones they wore. Some of the fellows near me decided to build a fire to dry their things out, but it got out of control and soon was blazing at the entrance to a nearby cave. Some­one
hollered, ' The cave is full of TNT', and two seconds later everybody in the area began to run away from it just as fast as their legs could carry them. There were just tons of the stuff stored in this cave for later use by the Army but no one knew it at the time the fire was - started. I never ran so fast in my life and was about a quarter of a mile away when it exploded. It was just like an earthquake and as far away as I was, the ground shook and trembled and the whole area was filled with flying boulders and dirt. I think I trembled myself for about half an hour after the explosion occurred — it had been such a close one."
Weise, Delmar L., PhM 3/ c, U. S. S. Sierra, Hamden.
" The one date I remember is November 10, 1944. Besides being my birthday, it was also the day when we were engaged in the Admiralty Islands campaign and the S. S. Mt. Hood, an ammunition ship, blew up when we were only a quarter of a
mile away. I was on deck when the ex­plosion
occurred and saw a big puff of black smoke, then everything, including our ship, shook and trembled as though a hundred- mile an hour gale suddenly struck it. When the smoke cleared away, there was nothing left at the spot where the Mt. Hood had been."
Wheaton, P. B., SK 1/ c, LSM- 256, Putnam.
" The 31 days off Okinawa added a lot of gray hairs to the heads of the fellows on my ship including my own. We brought in the troops to support the invasion and help with the seizure of the island. The first week was rough but nothing com­pared
to the following three weeks when the Japs really started to work on us. It seemed we were on GQ practically 24 hours a day, and even when you slept you never knew when a suicide plane was going to hit and make it a permanent nap. Each day that passed seemed just a postponement of the inevitable. We man­aged
to get through all right though and after 26 months of the Navy, I am ready to call it quits and forget all about it."
Wood, Jack E., AMM 2/ c, Weymouth Naval Air Station, Darien.
" You can call me the luckiest guy in the Navy. My entire service time was spent here in United States, some three years or so, as a mechanic on a blimp. I liked my job a lot too. They tell you never to volunteer for anything when you are in the service, but when I did for the lighter- than- air branch, I think I made a darn good deal. The work was interesting and exciting even if it wasn't combat. I was in the blimps when we did a lot of torpedo recovery work off Newport, and also later when we were on anti- submarine patrol. One day while off Bar Harbor, Maine, we spotted a submarine with the special equipment we had aboard. It was a
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German one all right and we radioed its position to the base for naval planes and then we cleared the area. That was the only disappointing part of our work — having to get out of the area when a ' kill' was going to be made. A blimp, though, is too juicy a target for a submarine's gun if it wants to surface. But it was a lot of satisfaction to know that we did fifty per cent of the work anyway."
Wynne, John, QM 1/ c, U. S. S. Satinleaf, New Haven.
" Three Jap suicide planes picking your ship out for a target in one day causes action enough to make you remember the most exciting day ever spent. We were off Leyte at the time with anti- submarine equipment aboard to guard Leyte Bay. In a matter of 12 hours three different Jap suicide planes went into a dive and came down for us. Everything happens so quickly during an attack like that, it is difficult to remember just what you your­self
did during the excitement. I know 1 was on the bridge during all three attacks and prayed like I never did before. Our evasive action was effective for we were able to avoid making a good target and the Japs crashed into the sea. I counted eight suicide ships crashing into the water around us that day and saw one hit the fan- tail of a destroyer and explode. There was a time when I thought I would stay in the Navy, but now after seven years' service with the action I have seen, I have decided to get out. It wasn't too bad at times, but I have had enough."
Zimmerman, Joseph F., WT 2/ c, U. S. S. Houston, Hartford.
" October 14th and 16th in 1944 are the two days of my Navy career that will stay in my memory for a long while to come. We were supporting a task force off the island of Formosa in connection with aerial attacks around that area. Our
ship took a Jap aerial torpedo on each one of those days. On the 14th, I was down in the engineering room when the torpedo struck. There was a terrific explosion that rocked the whole ship and everything breakable in the compartment was really broken and smashed to pieces. When the water started pouring in and flooding the section, I went topside but quick. The torpedo that struck us on the 16th caught me down below again, but it didn't damage our section. That same day we had orders to abandon ship and about three o'clock in the afternoon I went overboard and was in the water only fifteen minutes ' til I was picked up."
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CONNECTICUT VETERANS COMMEMORATIVE BOOKLET
Vol. VI Nov. 10, 19 15 No. 8
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 Call, 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 Francis A. Stockwell, Jr. The cover illustration of the Battleship Tennes­see
and the ship pictures on Page 5 are from official U. S. Navy photographs. The deck shot on the Transport General McCrea on Page 15 is from the New York Daily News.
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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 109 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.
Slate 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 November 11 to 16, 1945, inclusive, from official Navy records, Separation Center, Lido Beach, L. I., N. Y.
AABYE, Christian N., BM 2/ c
89 Naugatuck Ave., Milford ABAD, Luciano M., MoMM 3/ c
94 Fourth St., Stamford ACABCHUK, Carrol, GM 3/ c
284 South Spring St., Meriden ACKLEY, Harry W., SF 3/ c
806 Boston Ave., Bridgeport ADAMS, Walter R., Jr., SoMH 2/ c
46 Park St., West Haven ADAMS, William J., S 1/ c
Branford AILLEO, Louis P., SSMT 2/ c
33 Woodland Drive, Greenwich AKOSEYICH, Steve, RdM 3/ c
133 South Orchard St., Wallingford ALEXANDER, William E., SF 2/ c
7 Thames St., Groton ALVAREX, Mike P., BM 1/ c ( T) ( CB)
226 Hewitt St., Bridgeport AMBROSIA, Albert G., SC 1/ c
27 Park St., Stamford ANDERSON, George C, PhM 1/ c
5 Fox St., Bridgeport ANDERSON, William R., GM 3/ c
19 Highland Ave., Danbury ANTONSON, Alvar W., SC 1/ c
25 Baggott St., West Haven ARABOLOS, John P., SK 3/ c
29 Olive St., New Britain ARMSTEAD, Ernest J., GM 3/ c
26 Charles St., New Haven ASTION, Phillip N., RM 2/ c
76 Cleveland Ave., Bridgeport AZARO, Joseph S., SK 3/ c
68 Black Rock Ave., New Britain BAJOREK, Julius G., MMR 2/ c
68 College St., Middletown BAKER, Everett W., Cox
202 Main St., Westport BALCERSKI, John N., MM 1/ c
24 Anderson St., Union City BARANAUSKY, Joseph F., GM 2/ c
19 Howard St., East Hartford BARTLETT, Laurier E., SF 2/ c
27 South A St., Taftville BATCHELDER, David L., CBM
89 Broad St., New London BEACH, Donald L., CM 3/ c
458 Litchfield St., Torrington BEATTIE, David P., S 1/ c
40 Higbie Drive, East Hartford BECK, Herbert G., F 2/ c
523 Winthrop Ave., New Haven BELMONT, James, BM 2/ c
604 Dewey St., Bridgeport BENNETT, Robert L., RM 3/ c
Mountain Ave., Box 210, Georgetown BEY, Forrest G., SM 2/ c
General Delivery, Waterbury BERNARD, George J., TM 3/ c
15 Fairview St., Willimantic BERNARD, Lionel W., F 2/ c
355 Wethersfield Ave., Hartford BERNARD, Richard, CM 2/ c
432 Hope St., Stamford
BERTOLINI, Eugene J., SoM 2/ c
2 Frank St., New Haven BEVERIDGE, Ralph F., PhM 3/ c
57 Court St., New Britain BIALOBRZEWSKI, Stanley J., BM 1/ c
365 Huntington St., New Haven BILLINGTON, Charles S., CM 2/ c
113 Oakland Road, Southington BIRKS, Edmund H., QM 2/ c ( T)
13 Willow St., New Haven BISCAGLIO, Ganio J., S 1/ c
98 Stillwater Ave., Stamford BIVONA, Michael D., S 1/ c
92 Lafayette St., Stamford BJORNBERG, Walter O., EM 3/ c
Elizabeth St., New Haven BLACK, Richard J., S 1/ c
1298 Pembroke St., Bridgeport BLAKESLEE, William J., MoMM 1/ c
B 28 Newfield Ave., Hartford BLANCHARD, Robert N., S 1/ c
47 Alfred St., Bridgeport BONTEMPO, Albert E., SK 2/ c
Box 337, Naugatuck BOULANGER, George, SM 2/ c
81 Wheeler St., Waterville BOTELHO, Alfred J., CM 3/ c
50 Fort Hill Ave. Waterville BOURGEOIS, Norman A., S 2/ c
248 Howard Ave., New Haven BOYCE, Robert M., MaM 2/ c
148 Westminster St., Hamden BREDENBERG, Stanley N., MoMM 2/ c
548 Winthrop Ave., New Haven BROWN, Walter C, GM 2/ c
418 Hawley Ave., Bridgeport BRUCE, James W.,
111 Milwaukee Ave., Bethel BRUGGEMAN, Albert A., PhM 2/ c
403 Union Ave., West Haven BRUGGEN, William C, SC 3/ c
69 Union St., Middletown BRUMBLE, Amos L., Jr., RM 3/ c
RFD 4, Norwich BRUSH, Harold F., AOM 2/ c
1633 North Ave., Stratford BUCHANAN, Joseph F., S 1/ c
56 Lancaster Road, West Hartford BUCKLEY, John H., SM 3/ c
807 Clinton Ave., Bridgeport BUCKLEY, Willian G., Y 3/ c
Box 135, Durham BUNDY, William J., SF 3/ c
100 North Main St., Norwich BUNNELL, Floyd E., F 2/ c
RFD 2, Torrington BURKE, Charles J., SF 2/ c
48 Hollister St., Manchester BURLAND, Francis L., SM 2/ c
19 Concord St., Hamden BURLANDI, Amalio E., RdM 2/ c
1214 North Ave., Bridgeport BUTCHER, Samuel C, EM 2/ c
22 Byron St., Waterville BUTTS, Joseph F., MM 3/ c
29 Mechanic St., Danielson
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CALLAHAN, Matthew T., MM 1/ c
151 South Elm St., Waterbury CAMERON, Duncan B., CM 1/ c
65 Bedford St., Stamford CANNON, Joseph T., GM 3/ c
188 Goffe Terrace, New Haven CANTIN, Norman, S 1/ c
15 Hamilton St., Hartford CA RITA, Charles R., Cox
21 Main St., Grosvenordale CARLSON, Harold E., MI 3/ c Ownhome Ave., Georgetown CARPENTER, Howard R., Cox
1 Sniffen St., Norwalk CARTER, John J., Jr., S 1/ c
13 Birch Road, Rockv Hill CARVUTTO, Anthony, CCM
83 Gregory Blvd., South Norwalk CASTILLO, Herman D., SC 1/ c
457 Summer St., Stamford CANTANZARO, Paul A., GM 2/ c
82 Lawlor St., New Britain CERRONE, Frank L., MM 3/ c
183 Columbus Ave., New Haven CESSARIO, Joseph A., WT 3/ c ( T)
99 Foster St., Meriden CHAMBERS, George L., F 1/ c
40 East Barber St., Wilson CHAPUT, Conrad F., S 2/ c
43 South B St., Taftville CHARRON, Elmer J., Jr., Sp ( X) 2/ c
Windham Road, Willimantic CHENOSH, John, Jr., GM 2/ c
1917 Seaview Ave., Bridgeport CHERNUCHKIN, Edward R., MoMM 2/ c
14 Court St., Stamford CHERRY, James L., S 1/ c
32 Cottage St., Stamford CHESLEY, Levi J., F 1/ c
c/ o Harrv Overend, 32 Asylum St., Hartford CHEZAKO, William, MM 2/ c
2044 East Main St., Bridgeport CIANCI, Joseph R., Mus 2/ c
72 North St., New Britain CIANCIOLO, Philip, S 1/ c
585 Prospect St., Torrington CICCHETTI, Leonard F., SSMC 2/ c
279 South Leonard St., Waterbury CIESIELSKI, Albin J., S 1/ c
Apt. 110, Bldg. 20, YMV, Bridgeport CLARK, Philip J., Cox
770 Washington Ave., Bridgeport COLEMAN, Henry J., St 2/ c
248 Congress Ave., New Haven CONKLIN, Robert W., SF 1/ c
28 Maplewood Place, Stamford CONNOLLY, John G., Sp ( O) 3/ c
22 Willowbrook Place, East Hartford CONWAY, Edward F., SM 2/ c
64 Spring St., Naugatuck CONWAY, William F., GM 3/ c
Naugatuck Savings Bank, Naugatuck CORBIN, John J., S 1/ c
13 Washington St., Bristol CORCORAN, Stephen, S 1/ c
74 Parrott Ave., Bridgeport CORNELL, Edward F., Jr., PhM 1/ c
214 Main St., West Haven CORRIS, Charles E., Cox
53 Sixth St., Bridgeport COSTANTINO, Frank J., AFC 1/ c
3 Park Drive, Torrington COVELL, Willis W., ARM 1/ c
Andover COX, Berkley P., Ck 3/ c
233 Beardsley St., Bridgeport CROOKSHANKS, Okley D., BMl/ c
65 Center St., Meriden
CSELLAR, Albert S., CM 3/ c
590 Wilmot Ave., Bridgeport CURRAN, Leo P., SC 3/ c
30 Center St., Bridgeport CURTIS, Howard A., MoMM 1/ c
93 Atwood St., Hartford CZERWTNSKI, Henry F., ABM 1/ c
44 1/ 2 Orange St., New Britain D ADA MO, Louis, Ptr 3/ c
56 Yought Place, Stratford DALY, Donald M., SAO 1/ c
RFD 3, Winsted D'ANDREA, Salvatore J., S 1/ c
68 Mill River St., Stamford DANULEVICH, Joseph G., GM 3/ c
128 Bedford St., Hartford D'ATRI, Leo J., MM 2/ c
57 Grand St., Hartford DAURIA, Frank P., SSML 3/ c
283 James St., New Haven DAWSON, Edward A., MM 1/ c
Old Bedford Road, Greenwich DAY, Julian B., Jr., GM 2/ c
RFD 3, Danbury DeCARLO, Henry F., RdM 3/ c
49 Holmes St., West Haven DeCARMINE, Anthony, CM 2/ c
298 Westport Ave., Norwalk DeFILIPPO, Michael V., MoMM 2/ c
63 Jane St., Shelton DeGENNARO, John, MM 3/ c
19 Alabama Ave., New Haven DeKOVEN, Richard D., MM 1/ c
14 Alexander St., Norwich D'ELIA, Daniel E., F 1/ c
4 Martin St., West Haven DeLUCA, George G., F 1/ c
13 Cleveland St., Danbury DelVECCHIO, Sam J., AM 1/ c
458 Beechmont Ave., Bridgeport DeNICOLA, Libero W., TM 3/ c
31- D Dutch Point Colony, Hartford DEPEW, Allen G., GM 2/ c
6 Ivy St., West Haven DERBY, Vernon E., AM 3/ c
84 Townhill Ave., Danbury DeROSE, John J., S 1/ c
165 Franklin St., New Haven DESMOND, John E., RT 2/ c
Box 208, Simsbury D'ESOPO, Rocco L., S 1/ c
26 May St., Hartford DEWrEY, Wells L., CM 2/ c
Lovely St., Unionville DiCAPUA, Charles G., MM 3/ c
278 Coram Ave., Shelton DIDSBURY, Erwin L., S 1/ c
246 Gilbert Ave., Winsted DISHAROON, Walter F., Jr., S 1/ c
46 Sylvan Ave., Meriden DIX, George F., F 1/ c
86 Hallock St., New Haven DLUZNIEWSKI, Joseph S., SC 3/ c
28 North A St., Taftville DONARUM, William P., GM 3/ c
294 Peck St., New Haven DOOLEY, Calvin B., PhM 2/ c
129 Fairview Ave., Bridgeport DUMAIS, Albert L., SF 2/ c
329 Tolland St., East Hartford DYNDERSKI, Joseph S., SF 1/ c
69 View St., New Haven ECKERT, Allen K., CM 3/ c
Mills St., Norwalk EDELL, John M., MM 2/ c
North Elm St., Wallingford EDWARDS, George H., SC 3/ c
484 Shelton Ave., New Haven EDWARDS, William J., GM 2/ c
18 Sunset Ave., Devon ELMS, Alfred H., FC 1/ c
301 Hope St., Glenbrook ENO, Chester L., F 1/ c
Main St., Simsbury ESPOSITO, Pasquale A., S 1/ c
203 Wallace St., New Haven FAHAN, Edward W., AMM 2/ c
39 Wilton Ave., Norwalk FARRELL, Joseph C, MMS 1/ c
116 Newhall St., New Haven FERLA, Salvatore, SSMB 3/ c
140 George St., Hartford FERRARO, Louis, Cox
52 Hudson St., New Haven FERREIRA, Leandro, SSMT 3/ c
32 Lawrence St., Waterbury FERRIS, George P., S 1/ c ( GM)
41 Alt. Pleasant Terrace, Torrington FINKBEIN, Paul E., RdM 1/ c
117 East Middle Turnpike, Manchester FISCHEL, Joseph, S 1/ c
334 Warren St., New Britain FITCH, Luin P., CCM
15 Stanley Road, Glenbrook FEATHER, Lorin F., BM 1/ c
674 Iranistan Ave., Bridgeport FLIEGEL, Joseph T., MM 1/ c
West Willington FLOOD, Francis W., Sp ( F) 1/ c
420 Broad St., Bridgeport FOGARTY, Charles T., RdM 3/ c
191 Spring St., Naugatuck FOSTER, Richard T., SF 2/ c
RFD 1, Long Hill Road, Groton FOSTER, Robert H., MM 2/ c
47 Gunn St., Milford FOWLE, James R., CM 2/ c
9 Harvey St., Bridgeport FRANCOIS, Dim P., MM 3/ c
Bowhay Hill, Stony Creek FREY, Carl R., Cox
118 B Stonington St., Hartford FRIEDMAN, Howard, Y 2/ c
585 Dixwell Ave., New Haven FROMHARTZ, Harry F., Jr., S 2/ c
104 Saltonstall Pkwy., East Haven FURTAK, Edward J., S 1/ c
207 Foster St., New Haven GABRIELLI, Nicholas A., M 3/ c
32 Adeline St., New Haven GAUER, Carl J., CM 1/ c
Woodland Road, Madison GAULDEN, Corbett F., QM 2/ c
433 King St., Bristol GELMINI, Alexander A., MoMM 3/ c
782 Farmington Ave., Kensington GERVAIS, Joseph E., S 1/ c
192 Warner St., Waterbury GIANNOTTI, Michael, S 2/ c
127 Silver St., New Haven GILBERT, Leland F., Jr., RM 2/ c ( T)
21 Prospect Ave., Apt. 3, Norwalk GILL, John N., Y 1/ c
55 Garden St., Thompsonville GILLAN, John T., S 1/ c
100 Oaklawn Ave., Stamford GLAHN, Karl G., QM 1/ c
Little City Road, Higganum GODUTO, Paul M., SF 3/ c
196 Park St., Bridgeport GOLDYS, William M., MoMM 3/ c
89 Bristol St., New Haven GORDON, Robert S., AS
104 Wentworth St., Bridgeport GORMAN, Harold V., Jr., FCS 3/ c
Bridgeport
GORMLEY, Howard F., Jr., BM 2/ c
South End Road, Southington GOUETTE, Chester A., EM 1/ c
632 Bank St., New London GOULDING, Robert W., MoMM 3/ c
309 Wilmot Ave., Bridgeport GRACE, John P., F 1/ c
41 Winship St., Hartford GRAN ATA, Virgilio J., S 1/ c
5 Fitch Ave., Noroton Heights GREATOREX, Stephen F., MM 1/ c
RFD 2, Terryville GREGGS, Frank D., S 1/ c
15 Rogers St., Branford GRILLO, Samuel J., S 1/ c
35 Fairmount St., Norwich GROSS, Frank J., QM 3/ c
2 Marshall St., Wallingford GROSS, Harold G., SC 2/ c
Box 916, Stamford GUZOWSKI, Edward M., WT 1/ c
154 Park St., Bristol HARDY, Donald S., BM 2/ c
1551 West Broad St., Stratford HARKINS, Edwin R., ARM 1/ c
RFD 1, Bridgeport HART, Ralph L., GM 3/ c
732 Surf Ave., Stratford HARTHON, Irving G., S 1/ c
148 Harold St., Hartford HAYEE, William G., Jr., MoMM 3/ c
RFD 3, Dunn Ave., Stamford HELLER, Richard L., S 2/ c
16 Hunters Rd., RFD 4, Norwich HEMINGWAY, Ernest H., Cox
RFD 8, Norwichtown HENDERSON, Donald A., MM 2/ c
94 Norman Circle, Stratford HERRMANN, Frederick G., AMM 2/ c
5 Hillcrest Road, Glastonbury HILL, John H., PhM 1/ c
Box 203, New Britain HILL, Morgan S., TM 1/ c
149 Bonner St., Hartford HINCKLEY, George E., MoMM 2/ c
34 Mills St., Bristol HOFFMAN, Ludwig, MM 3/ c
290 Washington St., Hartford HOGAN, John J., TM 3/ c
70 Northfield St., Greenwich HOLLADAY, Roderick T., Jr., MoMM 1/ c
62 Blinman St., New London HOLLISTER, John G., S 2/ c
24 Middle St., New Milford HOLMES, Howard L., PhM 2/ c
28 Woodbridge St., Manchester HOPKINS, Francis T., RdM 2/ c
422 Shippan Ave., Stamford HORAN, Frank P., CQM
28 Curtiss St., Hartford HORBAL, Myron, S 1/ c
291 Elizabeth St., Derbv HULL, Ernest M., CBM ( T)
Saybrook HUNTER, Lester W., SF 2/ c
485 Yalley St., New Haven HUSKES, Richard W., MoMM 1/ c
1190 Sylvan Ave., Bridgeport IANNOTTI, Dominick D., Cox
207 Henry St., New Haven IMRE, Joseph, GM 3/ c
124 East Main St., Bridgeport IPBACH, Henry E., EM 2/ c
251 Thomas St., West Haven JABLONSKI, John T., S 1/ c
102 Center St., Shelton JACOBSON, Howard A., CM 1/ c
175 Circular Ave., Hamden JANULIS, Joseph P., AMM 3/ c
1276 Barnum Ave., Bridgeport JENKINS, George R., AOM 1/ c
240 Brooks Ave., Bridgeport JENSEN, Edwin F., AMM 1/ c
4 Division St., Danbury JOHANSON, Axel F., MoMM 1/ c
50 River Road, Cos Cob JOYCE, Edward A., SM 1/ c
64 Henrv St., Stamford JUDD, Ross B., BM 2/ c
Washington Ave., North Haven KABAKOFF, Harry, SF 2/ c
31 Sylvan Ave., New Haven KARPINSKI, Joseph C, SC 2/ c
17 Maltby Place, New Haven KAYANAUGH, William J., PhM 1/ c
633 Arch St., New Britain KENNEDY, Joseph E., S 2/ c ( RdM)
105 Avon St., New Haven KENNEDY, William F., PhoM 2/ c
79 Bristol St., Southington KENNEY, Joseph B., EM 2/ c
20 Prospect St., Oakville KENT, Bennie J., PhM 2/ c
Cook Hill Road, Wallingford KERNAN, John, AMM 3/ c
19 West View St., Waterbury KILCOLLUM, Thomas F., SK 3/ c
May Ave., New London KILLIAN, Edward G., RdM 3/ c
29 Molzon Place, Bristol KIMAN, Joseph P., RdM 3/ c ( T)
279 Pulaski St., Bridgeport KINSKI, Paul M., Bkr 2/ c
245 West Hazel St., New Haven KOPEC, Albert J., MoMM 2/ c
3 Hawthorne St., Glenville KOSHKO, Walter J., F 1/ c
RFD 3, Colchester KOSTUK, Gregor, AMM 2/ c
33 Redfield St., New Haven KOSTYK, Henry J., WT 3/ c
Box 117, Williams St., Jewett City KOVI, Charles J., S 1/ c
278 South Orchard St., Wallingford KOWALKER, Arthur R., MMS 2/ c
12 Frederick St., Hartford KRAUSE, Wilfred W., SC 2/ c
120 Mail St., Terryville KRYNITZKY, Joseph M., RM 1/ c
Sound View Ave., Shelton KUCHY, John M., CM 1/ c
Box 112, Brooklyn KULIS, Walter S., S 1/ c
49 Ludlow St., Stamford LABUTIS, John A., S 1/ c
32 Starview Ave., Waterbury LAKING, Earl W., RdM 3/ c
44 McKinley St., Manchester LAMBERT, George J., CM 1/ c
4 Washington Place, Norwich LANCASTER, Robert L., AOM 3/ c
41 Maiden Lane, Bridgeport LANE, Dwight M., PhM 3/ c
52 Main St., East Hampton LARAIA, Frank A., CM 1/ c
175 Maple Ave., Hartford LARKUM, Albert J., GM 3/ c
99 St. Augustine St., West Hartford LASKO, William J., TM 2/ c
60 Jennings Road, Bridgeport LEAKE, Charles M., QM 2/ c
455 Main St., West Haven LEARY, James S., CM 1/ c
North Main St., Ridgefield LEGEN, Joseph M., MMS 2/ c
171 Spruce St., Bridgeport
LEGGE, Howard A., MM 3/ c
5 Ellsworth Road, Waterbury LEISSNER, John J., PhM 2/ c
14 Francis St., East Haven LePAGE, Stephen E., PhM 2/ c
120 Crestwood Road, Fairfield LESNIEWSKI, Victor, F 1/ c
29 Guilford St., Torrington LESTED, Charles A., GM 3/ c
Sylvester Court, East Norwalk LeVARN, Frederick W., BM 2/ c
135 Rogers Ave., Milford LEVESQUE, Edward C, AMM 1/ c
22 Willard St., New Haven LEWTS, Leroy W., PhM 1/ c
219 Broad St., Meriden LEWIS, Walter S., S 1/ c
36 Chatham St., New Haven LISITANO, Fred L. RM 2/ c
57 Center St., Middletown LITVINSKAS, John A., Ptr 2/ c
155 Main St., Manchester LOFSTROM, William A., GM 3/ c
60 Capen St., Windsor LONDON, Fred P., Y 3/ c
61 South Main St., Colchester LORENSON, Paul E., S 1/ c
16 Hawkins Ave., East Norwalk LOSO, Richard A., ARM 1/ c
80 Fifth St., Bridgeport LOVELAND, Ralph H., GM 3/ c
Stevenson St., Fairfield LOWTHER, Frederick, CM 3/ c
151 East Main St., Thomaston LOZIER, Amie, GM 2/ c
34 Highland Court, Bristol LUCIA, Leonard A., S 1/ c
314 East Main St., Meriden LUSH, Walter D., SF 2/ c
108 Stillman St., Bridgeport LYKE, Thomas J., S 1/ c
11 Clover Place, New Haven LYON, Frank E., Bkr 3/ c
46 Frank St., New Haven MACALUSO, Albert C, MM 1/ c
191 Sigourney St., Hartford MADISON, Daniel J., S 1/ c
5 Main St., Hartford MAGERA, Paul, CMoMM
94 Sunnybank Ave., Stratford MAGNUSON, Knute A., AMM 1/ c
19 Kent St., Hartford MAHER, John M., Cox
55 Thompson St., New Haven MAHONEY, Francis M., Jr., AM 1/ c
176 Hallock Ave., New Haven MAKOWIECKI, Edward J., MM 2/ c
14 North St., Norwich MAKULIS, Anthony T., AerM 3/ c
113 Wells St., Manchester MALINOWSKI, Sigmond F., MM 1/ c
c/ o John Servid, Washington Depot MALVEZZI, Henry, CBMA
48 Meadow St., Bristol MANGAN, John J., CSp( A) ( T)
41 Emmons Place, New Britain MANYAK, Richard J., RM 1/ c
21 Forest St., Unionville MARIAS, Walter, MoMM 2/ c
165 Frank St., New Haven MARKSTALLER, Gustave, Jr., AMM 3/ c
3 Whitlock St., Danbury MARSH, Ernest C, Jr., QM 3/ c
390 Sound Beach Ave., Old Greenwich MARTIN, Milo G., Jr., EM 2/ c
Grove St., Salisbury MARTINDALE, John F., Cox
46 Carlisle St., New Haven MASELLI, Ralph, S 1/ c
244 Hawthorne Terrace, Torrington MASLOWSKI, John W., BM 2/ c
319 Greenwich Ave., Stamford MASTERSON, Harry, CM 1/ c
275 Sheffield Ave., New Haven MATHER, Melvin H., TM 2/ c
441 Main St., East Hartford MAYO, George F., MaM 2/ c
387 Dover St., Bridgeport McALEAVY, James P., QM 2/ c
9 Ridge St., Devon MCCARTHY, John J., FC 3/ c
40 Woodland Drive, Greenwich McGUIRE, Douglas W., QM 1/ c
22 Barton Circle, North Haven McGUIRE, Edward S., F 1/ c
14 Courtland St., Manchester McGUIRE, Francis D., FCO 2/ c
177 Hawley Ave., Bridgeport McKEAN, Leland M., Cox
16 Groton St., Hartford McKENNA, Raymond J., CM 2/ c
71 Hanmer St., East Hartford MCLAUGHLIN, Francis E., MM 2/ c
33 School St., Rockville McNAMARA, Joseph, MM 2/ c
19 Golden Hill, Danbury McNIERNEY, John A., CCM
160 Augur St., Hamden MEADE, Robert J., Bkr 3/ c
29 Spring St., Danbury MEEHAN, Francis W., GM 3/ c
Fairfield Court, Apt. 162, Stamford MEEHAN, Frank P., MM 2/ c
120 Rockwell St., Winsted MELUGONIS, George, S 1/ c
Box 164, Kensington MESSEK, John M., SC 2/ c
19 High St., Wallingford METCALFE, George A., MM 2/ c
78 Beacon St., Hartford MIETELSKI, Francis V., GM 1/ c
Hayestown District, Danbury MIKLOS, Frank A., SC 3/ c
16 Brook St., Torrington MILESI, Joseph, MM 2/ c
257 Boston St., Guilford MILLER, Harold J., SF 2/ c
1321 Chapel St., New Haven MILLER, Theodore P., BM 2/ c
32 Benjamin St., Meriden MINDLIN, Nathan, WT 1/ c
18 Crandall St., Stamford MINGRONE, Joseph A., SC 2/ c
222 Seymour Ave., Derby MITCHELL, Lincoln B., ACM
Boulevard, Newtown MONTAGUE, Lawrence E., EM 3/ c
16 Stanners St., New London MOORE, Francis J., SC 2/ c
3599 Main St., Bridgeport MORETTI, Michael A., CM 2/ c
33 Sixth St., Norwich MORGAN, Raymond J., StM 2/ c
76 High St., Norwich MORINGO, James J., MM 1/ c
2578 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport MORRIS, Frederick W., GM 3/ c
190 Yauxhall St., New London MOSTOWY, John, Cox
760 High Ridge Road, Stamford MULYANE, John M., CSF
53 Canaan Court, Bridgeport MURPHY, Charles J., SSML 2/ c
74 Reservoir St., Bethel MURPHY, John F., S 1/ c
173 Camp St., Meriden
MUSCO, Gabriel J., MM 2/ c
84 South Riverside St., Waterbury NAEDELE, John F., QM 3/ c
25 Homestead Ave., Bridgeport NATALE, William S., Cox
1297 Pembroke St., Bridgeport NEWMAN, Willard L., RT 1/ c
52 Marshall St., Milford NICOLL, William R., TM 2/ c
16 Stevens St., New Haven NOLF, Harry L., SC 1/ c
Ridge St., Windsor NOLTING, Charles F., BM 1/ c
6 Campfield Drive, Fairfield NOONAN, James F., Y 2/ c
82 Truman St., New Haven NOVAK, John A., SoM 2/ c
68 Grove St., Ansonia O'BRIEN, James G., RdM 2/ c
19 Maplewood St., Waterbury OFFEN, Brooks B., S 1/ c
458 Broad St., Meriden OLAH, Joseph, S 1/ c
751 Kossuth St., Bridgeport OLBRIAS, Alexander G., GM 3/ c
38 William St., Hartford OLBRYS, Henry L., GM 2/ c
26 Richards St., New London OLISKY, Edward J., WT 2/ c
35 1/ 2 Putnam St., Hartford OLIVIERI, Frank T., PhM 1/ c
71 Sea St., New Haven OLSON, John T., MM 3/ c
14 1/ 2 Lester St., Ansonia OSIAS, Zack, SF 2/ c
115 Collins St., Hartford OSKINS, Wiltse T., GM 3/ c
21 Pardee Place, East Haven OTTANIO, Joseph W., M 1/ c
44 Chapel St., Stamford PACENTI, Nicola R., SF 3/ c
6 Garden Court, Bridgeport PALEN, Cornelius, CSp ( R)
Birch & Post Road, Darien PARE, Arthur G., SF 2/ c
355 Garden St., Hartford PARENT, Joseph A., Cox
24 Reynolds St., Danielson PARENTE, George L., CM 2/ c
50 Wilmont Road, Hamden PARRELLA, Vincent J., Bkr 2/ c
29 Minturn Road, Bridgeport PARRELLO, Fiore J., MM 2/ c
147 South Main St., South Norwalk PASINSKI, Joseph W., SoM 2/ c
100 Willow St., Meriden PATENAUDE, Alfred J., MM 3/ c
14 Harrison Ave., Branford PEHL, Edmund C, RT 1/ c
26 Cumberland St., Manchester PELLECCHIA, Joseph J., Cox
240 MacArthur Drive, New Britain PENNELLA, Charles W., MM 3/ c
39 Valley Road, Cos Cob PePOY, William, MM 1/ c
26 Driggs St., Waterville PETRUSHUNIS, William G., CSK
97 Myrtle Ave., Bridgeport PHILLIPS, Philip L., QM 3/ c
2096 East Main St., Waterbury PHILLIPS, William E., GM 2/ c
42 Orange Ave., Milford PIETRINI, Arturo, BM 2/ c
210 Shaw St., New London POMINVILLE, Arthur J., SKD 2/ c
RFD 2, Putnam PONTON, Paul E., MoMM 3/ c
14 Henry St., Windsor POTOSKY, William P., Cox
32 Dwight St., Ansonia POTTER, Lloyd A., ART 1/ c
40 Hobart Ave., Norwich POTZ, Ernest W., AMM 2/ c
187 Goldenrod Ave., Bridgeport POWERS, Lacey J., CK 2/ c
223 Dixwell Ave., New Haven PRACHNIAK, Frank E., ML 3/ c
Box 166, Stonington PRICE, George A., MoMM 3/ c
78 Webster St., Hartford PRONOVOST, Robert P., MM 2/ c
162 Waterville St., Waterburv PUDEM, Arthur H., CM 1/ c
Alma St., Naugatuck PUNZO, Gennaro, EM 2/ c
201 Franklin St., New Haven PURZYCKI, Edmund D., MM 2/ c
173 Oak St., Hartford QUINN, Francis P., MM 2/ c
4 Thompson Court, Thompsonville R ADAS, Manuel P., Bkr 3/ c
582 Greenfield Ave., Stratford RAPANOVICH, Felix J., MM 2/ c
190 Homestead Ave., Hartford RAYMOND, Eugene IX, AM 2/ c
Box 864, New Canaan RE, Peter, SC 1/ c
321 Chapel St., RFD 4, Greenwich REDD, Clarence, StM 2/ c
46 Bellevue Square, Hartford R LILLY, Earl J., S 1/ c
340 North Main St., Waterbury RENO, Milton R., RdM 3/ c
32 Walkley Road, West Hartford REYNOLDS, Robert L., SK 2/ c
29 Center St., Rockville RHODES, William R., MoMM 3/ c
318 Noble St., West Haven RICHO, Dominick A., Jr., MoMM 2/ c
536 Evergreen Ave., Hamden RILEY, Melvin R„ MaM 1/ c
RFD, Barnum Ave., Norwalk RINALDI, Arthur, M 1/ c
131 Lee St., West Haven RIOS, Louis R., Y 1/ c
c/ o Larsen, 1848 Mill Plain Road, Fairfield ROBINSON. Frederick A., CM 2/ c
Old Mill Road, Middletown ROCHETTE, John J., MM 2/ c
65 Sherman Ave., Meriden ROCKS, Robert F., BM 2/ c
60 Wilbar Ave., Milford ROLLBAND, Samuel, CM 2/ c
Baltic
ROLLINSON, Alfred, EM 3/ c
RFD 2, Shelton ROMAN, Joseph H., CM 1/ c
317 Clinton St., New Britain ROME, Merrill A., RM 1/ c
RFD 9, Norwichtown ROSANO, Theodore R., MoMM 1/ c
238 Springdale St., Meriden HOSE, Morris, CSF
156 Cornwall St., Hartford ROSE, Shelton F., WT 1/ c
46 Pacific St., Bridgeport ROSS, Martin J., SC 2/ c
310 Success Ave., Bridgeport RUBERA, John J., Mus 2/ c
34 South St., Hartford RUSSAK, Alex, S 1/ c
37 Cherry St., East Hartford RYAN, Harold J., F 1/ c
5 Staple St., Danbury SACHS, Henry, MM 3/ c
Lakeside
St. CARTIER, Eugene J., ARM 3/ c
286 South Elm St., Wallingford SALTOJANES. Peter, AM 2/ c
28 Durfey St., Norwich SALYATORE, Francis T., S 1/ c
384 Granby Road, Windsor SANTINI, Peter J., S 1/ c
36 Sherman St., Bridgeport SASSANO, George J., S 1/ c
123 Martin St., Hartford SAVAGE, James R., BM 1/ c
855 South Main St., Plantsville SCALIA, Charles J., WT 2/ c
55 1/ 2 Tariff St., Thompsonville SCHALLER, David R., SF 2/ c
50 Garfield St., Torrington SCHIPKE, Raymond E., AS
38 Queen St., Meriden SCHRADER, George F., MMS 2/ c
1 Curtiss Ave., West Haven SCHULZE, Walter T., EM 1/ c
102 Elm St., Danbury SCHWALBENDORF, Harry, SC 2/ c
526 Garden St., Hartford SCHWEITZER, Alfred E., CM 1/ c
Mill St., Broad Brook SCOVILLE, Edwin W., BM 2/ c
55 Forest St., East Hartford SEDLOCK, Joseph P., S 1/ c
67 Cliff St., Shelton SEIDEL, George W., Jr., AMM 1/ c
15 Dermania St., Taftville SELMQUIST, Gunnar F., S 1/ c
155 Cranston St., New Haven SESTERO, Natale A., SoM 2/ c
26 School St., Glastonbury SETTE, Mario, SC 1/ c
35 Elliott St., New Haven SEYMOUR, Eugene R., CM 2/ c
10 Dover St., Norwalk SHAFFER, Harold R„ CK 2/ c
101 Suffield St., Hartford SHANAHAN, Thomas J., Jr., BM 1/ c
20 Cedar St., Meriden SHEA, John J., Y 3/ c
78 Tom Thumb St., Bridgeport SHINE, James H., MoMM 2/ c
335 Peck Ave., West Haven SHOPLICK, Stephen, PhM 3/ c
182 Affleck St., Hartford SHURMINSKY, John, S 1/ c
172 Walnut St., Bridgeport SILK, Robert T., QM l/ c
456 Light St., Stratford SILVA, John M., Cox
729 Grand Ave., New Haven SIMIONE, John G., SSMB 2/ c
135 Dover St., New Haven SIMONS, Edward J., CSF ( T)
49 Greenlawn Road, Fairfield SIRRE, Peter R., ARM 1/ c
527 Congress Ave., New Haven SKOUZYLAS, Louis T., MM 2/ c
3 Ashland St., Jewett City SKOWRONEK, Stanley J., S 1/ c
215 Buckingham St., Hartford SLEDESKY, Edward F., SSML 3/ c
88 Franklin Ave., Hartford SLOCUM, Joel R., S 1/ c
Roxbury Road, Stamford SMIGELSKI, John, SF 1/ c
64 Northfield St., Greenwich SMITH, Charles J., MM 3/ c
46 Truman St., New Haven SMITH, Chester M., S 1/ c
Great Plain District, Danbury SMITH, Frank C, QM 3/ c
20 Court F. Yellow Mill Village, Bridgeport SMITH, George P., Cox
18 Laura St., South Norwalk SMITH, James L., CMM
Box 1084, Waterbury SMITH, Maynard E., MM 1/ c
314 Front St., New Haven SMYTH, Henry B., Y 1/ c
897 Albany Ave., Hartford SNOWDEN, David F., CM 2/ c
RFD 1, Cheshire Road, Waterbury SOJKA, Joseph, SC 2/ c
4 Canal St., New Haven SOLDAN, Harold H., AMM 2/ c
Box 25, Winsted STABELL, Thorsten O., QM 1/ c
Maxwell Road, Norwalk STACEY, Donald P., CM 1/ c
2 Arch Place, Meriden STAMOS, Thomas R., S 1/ c
6 Grove Place, Norwich STAUSS, Louis J., CCM
153 Brown St., West Haven STEARNS, Clayton E., Cox
18 West Park Place, Stamford STEINHARDT, Manuel, AEM 1/ c
756 Hancock Ave., Bridgeport STEVENS, Charles F., S 1/ c
Linden Ave, Noroton Heights STOKES, John N., S 1/ c
4 Read St., Deep River STRAIN, James W., MoMM 1/ c
1490 Dixwell Ave., Hamden SULLIVAN, Frederick J., MaM 1/ c
305 Fountain St., New Haven SUTHERLAND, Eugene B., CSK
39 Waterside Lane, Clinton TAFT, William H., SM 3/ c
87 Woodland St., Manchester TALBOT, Thomas F., S 1/ c
904 Pearl Lake Road, Waterbury TAPPER, Abraham, M 1/ c
280 Sherman Ave., New Haven TARASO VIC, Nicholas, M 3/ c
759 Hallett St., Bridgeport TARTAGLIA, Anthony P., CM 3/ c
204 Fairfield Ave., Stamford TERIFAY, John E., EM 1/ c
493 Brooks St., Bridgeport TETREAULT, Charles E., Jr., Cox
87 Thames St., Norwich THOMAS, George E., MM 3/ c
RFD 2, Danbury TOBIN, John W., CCS
4 Lincoln St., Branford TORIELLI, John T., MM 2/ c
RFD 3, Danbury TRANCHIDA, Salvatore P., SK 1/ c
82 Pennsylvania Ave., New Britain TREMBLAY, Ramon E., WT 3/ c
469 Pleasant St., Willimantic TRIVIGNO, James G., SSMB 2/ c
74 East Center St., Manchester TRUDEAU, Roland J., AMM 2/ c
249 Valley St., Willimantic TRUTNAN, Frederick O., F 1/ c
7 Shepard St., New Haven TUREK, Frank J., RM 3/ c
7 Cottage Place, Greenwich TUTTLE, Sherman C, PhM 2/ c
553 Quinnipiac Ave., New Haven VANDERBURGH, James F., BM 2/ c
73 Ward Place, Hartford VanHOFF, Noel G., SC 3/ c
810 Madison Ave., Bridgeport VAUGHN, Leo P., AMMF 2/ c
98 Elmwood Ave., Waterbury VAUGHN, Leslie J., AMM 1/ c
20 Tilton St., New Haven VENTRES, George E., PhM 1/ c 18 Park Place, New Canaan
VERVERIS, George P., AMM 2/ c
8 Central Ave., Norwich VOZZOLO, John J., EM 3/ c 331 Capen St., Hartford WAILER, Walter W., MoMM 2/ c 49 1/ 2 Pawtucket St., Hartford WALSH, Richard J., PhM 1/ c
432 Park St., Hartford WARGO, James V., MoMM 2/ c
248 Roger William Rd., Bridgeport WARNER, Frank G., GM 2/ c
East Ridge Road, Middletown WARREN, William J., BM 1/ c 62 Sinawoy Road, Cos Cob WASHINGTON, Herman, Jr., StM 1/ c
177 Capen St., Hartford WEAVER, John C, PhM 1/ c
43 Whalley Ave., New Haven WEHRLY, James H., MoMM 2/ c
147 Putnam St., Hartford WEISE, Delmar L., PhM 3/ c
119 Bradley Ave., Hamden WHEATON, P. B., SK 1/ c
Putnam WHITE, Walter T., SM 2/ c 35 Selleck St., Stamford WHYTE, William S., EM 3/ c
RFD 2, Willimantic WILLIAMS, James A., GM 2/ c
45 Cottage St., Stamford WILLIAMS, William E., AS
37 Mountain Spring Road, Farmington WILLIAMS, William J., GM 3/ c
86 Richards Place, West Haven WILLIS, Harlowe G., CMoMM
84 Henry St., Manchester WILLMOTT, George E., RdM 1/ c
10 Leroy Ave., Darien WINKELMANN, Lester E., TME 2/ G
559 Elm St., New Haven WITKASKI, Edmund J., MM 3/ c
115 Clay St., Thomaston WOLFINGER, Frank R., S 1/ c
Boston Post Road, Old Saybrook WOOD, Jack E., AMM 2/ c 313 Post Road, Darien WOOD, Phillip R., SF 1/ c
Box 476, Niantic WOODIN, Douglas H., MM 1/ c
199 Second Ave., West Haven WOODING, Eugene M., M 1/ c
493 Winchester Ave., New Haven WOODS, Edward W., FC ( O) 3/ c
Cross Highway, Westport WYNNE, John, QM 1/ c
3 May St., New Haven WYSOCKI, Stanley S., CM 3/ c
461 Pratt St., Meriden YANICKY, John F., EM 2/ c 224 Cove Road, Stamford YOLEN, Harry B., Ptr 2/ c
1517 Capitol Ave., Bridgeport YOSKOVICH, Francis, CM 2/ c
Woodstock Valley, Windham ZAFFIS, Constantine, F 1/ c
276 Lindley St., Bridgeport ZELENAK, Edward P., CM 1/ c 69 Ferndale Ave., Stratford ZEMINA, Harry A., MM 1/ c
Pawson Park, Branford ZIELINSKI, Stephen J., MoMM 1/ c
49 Reservoir Ave., Bridgeport ZIMMERMAN, Joseph F., WT 2/ c
59 Evergreen Ave., Hartford ZIOMKIEWICZ, Anthony M., MM 3/ c
33 Perry Hill Road, Shelton ZMIJEWSKI, Walter R., MoMM 1/ c
331 Saybrooke St., Hartford ZUKOWSKY, William F., CMaM
356 Deerfield Road, Windsor ZWIRKO, Albert V., AMMF 2/ c 35 Vernon St., New Haven