Connecticut veterans commemorative booklet. Vol. 6, no. 9. Connecticut Men of the United States Navy, demobilization, Lido Beach Separation Center. November 17 to 23, 1945

              CONNECTICUT MEN
of the United States Navy
Demobilization, Lido Beach Separation Center
November 17 to 23, 1945 STATE OF CONNECTICUT
EXECUTIVE CHAMBERS HARTFORD
To Connecticut Naval Veterans of World War II:
Connecticut has a great seafaring tradition. In every war her men have fought gallantly for freedom. In days of peace her sons have officered and manned ships that have carried our American commerce everywhere in the world. Connecticut people are proud of that tradition.
In this greatest of all wars just ended you, as a- son of Connecticut, have courageously and faithfully maintained that tradition. Indeed, you have raised it to new glorious heights. You have added to that enduring list, started when Midshipman Nathaniel Fanning of Stonington took part in the historic encoun­ter
of John Paul Jones' Bon Homme Richard and HMS Serapis in 1779, immortal names - Macassar Straits, Java, Guadalcanal, Savo Island, Coral Sea, Santa Cruz, Midway and Lunga Point.
To the lot of some of you fell the burden of the train­ing
and supply services at home and in ports, great and obscure, the world over. In fact, there are now new ports for the air arm and for the fleet, some of which will endure as monuments to that new arm of the Navy, the Seabees.
Your fellow citizens in Connecticut are proud of your
service.
Yours very s i n c e r e l y,
Governor
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.
Alicki, John F., MM 3/ c, 136th Seabees, Bridgeport.
" The biggest job we worked on was the construction of a huge naval hospital at Guam. Many of the Marines and Navy men wounded at Iwo Jima and Okinawa were later treated there, and we felt pretty good about having helped make it possible for them to be given modern hospital facilities. We were in Japan for two months after V- J Day and I could never look at a Jap without almost getting sick to my stomach. When they'd scrape a bow, I'd say to myself, ' Remember Pearl Harbor' and I'd think of some of the terrible atrocities they'd committed. I had no use at all for the Japs out there and I haven't now. It's a big mistake if we treat them too easily. They should be made to pay for all that they've done."
Bardinelli, Sisto A., CM 1/ c, 106th Seabeesj Bridgeport.
" On Ie Shima, where Ernie Pyle was killed, the Japs threw an awful lot of stuff at us as we worked building airfields, water units and roads. There were just too many bombings. One Kamikaze plane crashed into one of our strips and de­stroyed
15 Mustangs parked there. An­other
evening a Jap bomber hit a plainly marked hospital, killing 23 men. In spite of the bombings and suicide attacks we finished all our jobs ahead of schedule, and it wasn't long after we started that Ie Shima was a strong base from which we could hit the Japs."
Boemmels, Clarence D., MM 3/ c, Seabees, Bridgeport.
" Building a base at Iwo Jima was one of the toughest assignments we had. The volcanic ash gave no support at all and when it rained, which was often, the whole place was a morass. We built a radio station, a hospital and warehouses on Iwo, but our biggest thrill came when we erected a radio tower on the top of Mount Suribachi. We felt mighty proud that an American installation was going up on top of the mountain which the Marines had captured after a bloody fight. I think of that radio tower every time I see one of the Mount Suribachi pictures or posters."
Bush, William E., BM 2/ c, Mine Sweeper 354, New Britain.
" On one of the little islands at Wotje, after V- J Day, we saw eight almost starved Japs. They'd been living like rats for months. Fish was about their only food because even most of the cocoanuts were gone. But after some of the things that had happened to our boys, I couldn't feel very sorry for them. After the main Jap force at Wotje had surrendered to the officers of another ship, we swept the harbor and got no less than nine mines. We'd spent seven months sweeping Boston harbor for possible mines and it was quite a contrast when we found ourselves in the Marshall Islands. Those Japs were a sorry lot when they surrend­ered
on those by- passed islands out there."
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Cable, Stanley H., PhM 2/ c, Attack Transport Bosque, Seymour.
" We had 20 hospital corpsmen aboard our APA and during an invasion some would go ashore with the assault troops while the rest would stay on the ship, ready to treat any casualties brought out to us. It was exciting to be in on the Okinawa show, the last big campaign of the war. Soon after that the Japs hollered ' uncle' and we landed troops in Japan without a shot being fired. We'd hardly ever dared to imagine that anything like that would be possible when the Japs were throwing hundreds of planes at Okinawa and fighting for every foot of ground there."
Capellaro, John J., S 1/ c, Carrier Bennington, Bethel.
" The Bennington was a lucky ship. For instance one time a Jap bomber came through and flew right across our flight deck. A direct hit was certain, but for some reason he didn't drop any of his bombs. We had some breaks that were almost as good and we almost began to believe that the Bennington couldn't be hit. I was a gun striker on a 40mm anti­aircraft
gun and we were ready whenever the Kamikaze planes or regular Jap bombers tried to come in to make a pass at us. Those typhoons out there placed us in more danger than the Japs did. We went through some terrific storms."
Casanelli, Joseph J., RM 2/ c, Fifth Amphibious Force, Hartford.
" We worked with the Fourth Marine Division on Saipan, setting up all shore communications, then went on to Tinian with the Second Marine Division. At Okinawa we were with Marine units of the 10th Army doing shore communications. Before going to the Pacific I'd been with the S. S. John R. Payne, a transport, and helped land troops at Sicily and Salerno.
The campaigns in the Pacific were really tough, and the weather gave us some bad moments too. In the October 1945 hurri­cane
at Okinawa our whole camp was demolished, everything being blown away or destroyed. That was the worst of three typhoons which we had during six months on Okinawa, and the first two hadn't been pleasant either. In those Pacific typhoons the wind just takes everything before it."
Coddington, Nelson J., FM 1/ c, Seabees, Bridgeport.
" Those huge airfields we built at Saipan and Tinian should be kept by the United States. When you think of all the lives lost to win the islands and the money and labor used to build them up, it would be a shame to give them back to Japan or let them fall into disuse. Working with the 121st Seabees, I helped build six big fields on Tinian and three on Saipan. Those fields are so big that nothing I've seen in the States can compare with them. Earlier in the war I'd been with the 100th Seabees in the Marshall Islands."
Colabello, Joseph R., MM 3/ c, Repair Ship Vulcan, Oakville.
" Our repair ship handled everything from the battleship New Mexico and a big aircraft carrier down to the smallest ships of the fleet. We worked all the way from Oran to the Pacific and were at
FIGHTING CRUISERS
USS ALASKA — A ship of battleship size, ( top) with the lean- cruiser lines, has been compared with the German battle cruisers, has a 750 over- all length, and displaces 27,000 tons.
USS DENVER — A light cruiser of the Cleveland class ( center), commissioned in 1942, has a wide train of mains and AAs, and carries a scouting place aft. A veteran of the Pacific, she chased Japs and made gunnery records.
USS VICKSBURG — Another cruiser of the Cleveland class, built at Newport News and launched just about two years after Pearl Harbor, saw action in the Pacific.
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Leyte in the Philippines when the Japs surrendered. In the Pacific we were on the move all the time, going from base to base. We handled a number of ships that had been hit by Jap suicide planes, and we had them back in action as quickly as possible."
Colasanto, Amedeo R., S 2/ c, Am­phibious
Force, Waterbury.
" We were going through stiff training for the invasion of the home islands when the Japs surrendered. After the surrender we went into Japan to work with the garrison forces at the Yokosuka naval base. One of our jobs was to guard Jap prisoners who were unloading ships for the Americans. I had a couple of liberties in Yokohama and Tokyo and I found that the greater part of both cities was burned or blasted right to the ground. In some areas there were blocks after blocks where not a single building was left standing. Our bombings had certainly caused some tremendous damage and it was easy to see why the Japs had decided it was time to give up."
Cotter, Donald B., Cox, Armed Guard, Say brook.
" I was on three different ships, a freighter and two cargo- transports. On the Tarleton Brown and the Wiggins we carried troops to Africa, Italy and France. The Tarleton Brown suffered some damage at Anzio, but we had our biggest thrill and mystery at San Rafael during the in­vasion
of Southern France. Everything seemed going well when suddenly there was a terrific explosion and the smokestack was blown apart. They never found out what caused it, though there were theories about a time bomb or mine. As far as I know, it's still a mystery."
Deamico, Vincent L., SC 2/ c, Sea Duty, Bridgeport.
" At Okinawa I went aboard the destroy­er
Cassin Young, on which I'd done duty, to visit some buddies of mine. Just a short time after I left, the Young was hit by a Kamikaze plane, with 16 of the crew killed and 16 wounded. I figured I had a lucky escape that time. I'd been on the Young for almost a year and a half, then was transferred to the Yokes, an APD. Finally I went to the Secota, a YTB. On one ship or another I was at the Marshalls, the Philippines, Okinawa and a lot of other places."
DeFinis, Michael A., SoM 2/ c, Battle­ship
Oregon, Danbury.
" The narrowest escape we had during the 21 months I was on the Oregon was at Hollandia in New Guinea when an ammunition ship, the Mount Hood, blew up not far away from us. The explosion wras so terrific that it seemed everything in the area would be blown up. It was a lucky escape for us. The Oregon was out there in the early days, fighting off the Solomons, and later we were in the Marshalls campaign. After leaving the Oregon, I went on minesweeper duty and we were the first vessel into Wakamura Bay, Japan. We cleared a channel through the minefields for the big wagons, the carriers and the other ships of the fleet, all of them depending for their safety on our little ship, the Vigilance. We got a big kick out of that."
DeMalta, Victor D., BM 1/ c, Mine­sweeper
153, Bridgeport.
" The damage at Manila was appalling. The Japs apparently decided to destroy everything before the Americans entered the city. Buildings of no military value were leveled to the ground and many thousands were left homeless. I went up to the Philippines after spending a lot of time in the waters around New Guinea and New Britain. I spent two years on YMS- 153, then did eight months on a
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sub- chaser. It was a ticklish job clearing mines out of some of those areas out there as the Japs had laid them by the hundreds. We had to work carefully to clear harbors and channels, and for more than a few minutes we did some cold sweating. If just one little thing goes wrong when you're fooling with one of those mines, it's too bad."
Dubin, Herman A., AOMT 1/ c, Quonset Point, New Haven.
" We developed and experimented on new types of anti- submarine devices and our outfit got a citation for contributing greatly to reducing the submarine menace. One of the newest devices, which enabled patrol planes to locate subs under the water, was a buoy which contained special sound and radio devices. When a sub came into its area, a signal was given the plane and the crew was able to spot the submarine. We made many actual tests out over the Atlantic. I was an aerial gunner and bombardier and fired everything from a .30 caliber to a 75mm. All through the war we worked on improv­ing
standard anti- sub devices and testing and perfecting new ones. Just before the war ended I was shipped to the Pacific, but thanks to the surrender of the Japs I came home soon on a carrier."
Favreau, Elie A., SM 1/ c, Attack Transport Bosque, New Britain.
" I was with the Bosque at the end of the war and went into Japan with her, but before that I'd been on two aircraft carriers. In 1943 I was on anti- submarine patrol work with the Carrier Bogue and she did so well that the crew received a Presidential Citation. In 1944 I was on the Carrier Bataan, part of Task Force 58. We were in the First Battle of the Philippine Sea, one of the most important engagements of the war. At different times I was all over the Pacific, from the Volcano
Islands to Truk and New Guinea. There was plenty of excitement and I'll have plenty of memories to last me for many years."
Fox, Joseph J., RM 2/ c, Fifth Am­phibious
Force, Greenwich.
" Our big job was to handle communica­tions
from ship to shore and ship to ship during major landing operations. We worked at Angaur, Leyte, Lingayen Gulf and Okinawa. At Okinawa, even when you saw it, it seemed impossible to believe that there could be that many ships and small craft all in one place. It was a tremendous job to keep all those ships and boats in their proper places and to make sure that first the assault troops and then the supporting troops and supplies got in as quickly and as efficiently as possible. Our control boats did a great job and everything was kept in order."
Gemme, Richard M., CM 3/ c, Acorn 29, Rocky Hill.
" While building three airfields at Okinawa, we took 86 air attacks from the Japs. In addition we had 150 more air raid alerts, so there weren't many dull moments. Day after day the Japs sent over bombers, fighters and Kamikaze planes but just the same we completed the three fields well ahead of schedule. I was on Okinawa from April 1 to October 21 and in that time we had three typhoons. The last one, on October 9, was by far the worst, destroying about 90 per cent of the installations on the island. When the storm came I was on an emergency maintenance crew and it was our job to keep as many of our buildings standing as possible. We did our best, but the storm was too much for us and a lot of the buildings went down. The wind would lift whole structures from the ground and carry them away. I never saw anything like it and I never want to again."
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Goddu, Roger L., RM 1/ c, LST Group Staff 17, Windsor.
" The very first day we went into Lingayen Gulf in the Philippines aboard the LST- 1028, a Jap suicide torpedo made a direct hit, blasting a hole ten feet wide in the engine room. She began sinking so slowly that we were able to beach her. Then, at Ie Shima, our staff was on the LST- 573, and she took a 500- pound bomb from a Jap plane squarely in the middle. She was practically split in two. Lucky for us there were other ships and many small craft around because she sank quickly. Off Bolo Point at Okinawa we had the satisfaction of shooting down two Kamikaze planes from the LST- 576 during one of the most prolonged raids we had there. I went to the Pacific after 15 months in the European theater. I found it tougher in Europe because the Germans used heavy artillery as well as planes when we went in at such places as Gela and Salerno."
Gregoire, William H., EM 3/ c, Carrier Bennington, East Hartford.
" It was very interesting to make a tour of the Jap naval base at Yokosuka. It hadn't been damaged much and we were able to see how the Nips operated. They had a considerable amount of American equipment, which was good, but the cranes and machines they manufactured them­selves
couldn't compare with our stuff. Most of the equipment they made them­selves
was copied from ours, but the materials and the workmanship were nowhere near as good. The Jap prisoners that our forces had working there seemed very docile and quiet."
Guillemette, Joseph A., RdM 3/ c, Carrier Bennington, Long Hill.
" Even though the Jap government had surrendered, some of their crazy pilots didn't accept it and kept coming after us
with their planes as we stood off Japan. We must have shot down a half- dozen or more after V- J Day, and ships of the British fleet also knocked down some. Those pilots must have been just diehards who wouldn't admit that their nation had been licked. Besides the actual attacks, we had many calls to general quarters when there were signs that still more Jap planes might be on the way."
Haitko, John, WT 2/ c, Destroyer McCord, Shelton.
" One of the most important assign­ments
we had was to take part in a long- anti- submarine patrol off the big Jap base at Truk. During one exciting stretch of two or three days our task force got nine or ten Jap subs. We were on the assign­ment
for a couple of months, on the watch for subs trying to get supplies into Truk or trying to get some of our big ships. We had some more excitement when we went in close to take part in the bombardment of Kavieng, the Jap base on New Ireland. Our tin can was also in the Marshalls and Marianas campaigns. I left the Pacific in August 1944 and then went aboard the Dyess, which worked along the Atlantic coast."
Hine, William V., CPtrV, Transport Charles Carroll, Ansonia.
" Back in 1942 we were on our way to the Pacific when we hit a mine on the Atlantic side of the Panama Canal. I guess it's still a mystery about the mine but maybe we'll get the story some day. The fantail was pretty well ripped up and we had repairs made at Panama. Then our orders were changed, and we headed back into the Atlantic and Mediterranean. We hit most of them — North Africa, Sicily, Salerno, Normandy and Southern France, seeing a lot of action and having plenty of excitement."
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Horvath, Nicholas H., SK 1/ c, Seabees Maintenance Unit 541, Bridgeport.
" The job of our CBMU was to go in after regular Seabee battalions had made installations and then maintain them and keep them in operation. We went into Okinawa in August and took over docks, roads, prison camps and other military facilities. We were at sea when the Japs surrendered but there was no celebration. Most of us were wondering just how much sooner that meant we'd be on our way home to the States. Then when the point system was announced we spent much of our time checking and re- checking our point totals."
Hulick, Michael J., EM 3/ c, Carrier Bennington, Waterbury
" Our carrier was in its first action in the first raid on Tokyo in February 1945. From then on, we were in everything. We were in the Iwo and Okinawa cam­paigns
and went steaming into Tokyo Bay with the fleet when the Nips surrendered. When we were off Okinawa in June, we got caught in a typhoon that blew away part of our bow and part of our flight deck. We made it to the Philippines for repairs and then went back into action. We were in typhoon areas a couple of times after that, but each time we managed to escape the center of the storm."
Johnson, William R., SC 3/ c, Sub­marine
Tender Euryale, Greenwich.
" Judging from their Navy, the Japs must be about the filthiest people in the world. After V- J Day we were assigned to decommission a lot of Jap submarines. Even before going aboard we could smell the filth. Everything was covered with dirt and grease and there seemed to have been no effort made at sanitation at all. Those subs were like pigpens and I don't see how human beings could have lived inside them. It was good to see the
cleanliness of our ship in contrast. The equipment on the Jap subs also was a great deal poorer than ours, and you'd wonder how some of it ever worked."
Kelly, Francis J., BM 1/ c, 3205th Naval Supply Depot, Devon.
" Though people back home didn't know about it, we had one of the biggest naval shore establishments in the world at Manus in the Admiralties. I was beach- master at one of the islands and it was quite a responsibility, handling small craft, harbor boats, supplies and every­thing
else. Sometimes that harbor was so busy it reminded me of Times Square during a rush hour."
Kessler, Raymond H., CM 1/ c, 42d Seabees, Stamford.
" We were in the first landings at Formosa and the harbor was a complete mess of sunken ships. There seemed to be hundreds of vessels that had been hit by our planes and knocked out of commission, but the harbor town didn't seem to be very badly damaged. To get into the harbor we had to blow up many mines, then thread our way in through the rows of abandoned ships. When we went on to China, we found Shanghai the best liberty town that we'd ever hit. The people gave us a big welcome, there were many interesting sights to see, there were night clubs and bars, and all kinds of souvenirs and curios to buy. We had a wonderful time there for three weeks. Before we left though there was inflation everywhere and prices had gone sky- high. But I'll always re­member
Shanghai as a marvelous city."
Kupsche, Theodore, CM 1/ c, Ship's Repair Units, Derby.
" I understand they had celebrations all over the world when the Japs sur­rendered,
but there was nothing like that at Los Negros in the Admiralty Islands. We worked that day just like every other
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day, so it was pretty fiat for us. I started out with the Seabees, but was transferred and wound up with shop repair units in the Pacific. At Manus and Los Negros, we worked on a number of vessels that had been damaged by storms or hit by Jap planes. When the Kamikaze pilots got going we were kept busy all the time working on damaged ships."
Kurtyka, George A., RM 2/ c, Battle­ship
Massachusetts, Derby.
" I was a radioman on the Massachusetts from the day she was commissioned in May 1942 right up to the end of the war. The most nerve- wracking time for me wras when we were in action and 1 had to relay order after order about firing, targets, results, and everything else. The ship was in action so often that there were many times like that. I was glad to be on a ship bearing the name of one of the New
England states, and the Massachusetts really did a good job. She never tried to avoid trouble, whether it was in the Atlantic, Mediterranean or Pacific. The ' Mass' could really pour those big shells out when she got going."
Kycia, Frank W., GM 3/ c, Light Cruiser Vicksburg, New Haven.
" A tour of Tokyo showed me just how good our pilots and bombardiers had been. They took their time, picked their targets carefully and let go. You could see that from the buildings which had been leveled and those which had been left standing. Factories and key buildings had almost all been hit; buildings of little military value had been left alone. Tokyo is all done as an industrial city, unless they spend years and years in rebuilding it or are satisfied with straw and paper fac­tories.
It hadn't seemed possible only a couple of months before that soon I'd be having a liberty in Tokyo."
Lauhacher, Henry J., S 1/ c, Carrier Independence, East Hartford.
" Discharge day is a happy anniversary for me. Just two years ago to the day from my date of discharge, the Independence was hit by Jap torpedoes off* Tarawa in the Gilberts. Three fish from Jap torpedo planes hit our carrier and the damage was bad enough for repairs to take six months. The Independence went back into the fight and was at the Philippines, Okinawa and Japan. Before it was over we had racked up 11 enemy ships and 118 enemy aircraft on our scoreboard. That more than paid back for those hits we took at Tarawa on November 20, 1943."
LeClair, Harold A., S 1/ c, Carrier Independence, West Hartford.
uWe felt mighty proud when we steamed right into Japan's home waters with our carrier because the Japs thought they'd knocked us out for good when they caught us with some torpedoes off* Tarawa late in 1943. The fighter planes from our carrier did a great job in the Philippines and at Okinawa and were all ready to help sup­port
the invasion of Japan if it had been necessary."
Levy, Henry, WT 3/ c, 123d Seabees, Derby.
" After our outfit left Pearl Harbor and before we got to the Philippines, we spent eight long months on Midway Island building a submarine base and other installations. The only entertainment on that forsaken island was watching the gooney birds. They're the ones that have to go into a long running take- off before they can fly. We'd often watch them by the hour. There was a good bit to see in the Philippines, but we spent most of our time constructing airstrips and erect­ing
buildings. The old 123d was decom­missioned
out there and I spent a month with the 93d Seabees before coming heme."
Mancini, Stephen B., RM 2/ c, Com­modore's
Convoy Staff, Danbury.
" I served on a flock of ships under Captain Woodruff, who was commodore of many convoys in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. He and his staff would go aboard one ship in the convoy and direct the convoy from there. My job was to radio instructions to the ships in the con­voy.
We had several worrisome crossings with many sub alerts, but we only had two ships damaged, those being in a collision. It was a pretty good record when you consider all the convoys that the staff handled."
Mann, Harold A., FC 3/ c, Destroyer Prichett, Hartford.
" Jap planes got our destroyer twice. The first time a bomber scored a hit on us and we had to go back to Guam for re­pairs
that took a month. The second time it was a suicide plane that hit us, crashing right into the ship. The damage this time was so great that we had to come all the way back to the States for repairs. We were in four engagements, including Iwo and Okinawa, and Jap planes seemed to like us as a target all the time. Those Kamikaze planes were really something; they just keep coming in as long as the pilot could keep control. The only way to stop them was a direct hit that smashed them to pieces or blew them up. I can't say I cared much for those Kamikazes."
McKeever, Maurice J., S 1/ c, De­stroyer
Escort Wiseman, Manchester.
" After 20 months on convoy duty in the Atlantic, during which time we brought troops to Bizerte, Italy, and other places, the Wiseman was converted into an auxiliary power ship and sent to the Pacific. We anchored at Manila in March
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and our power plant gave the city its only electric light and power. From then until the time I left in October, the Wiseman gave 27,000 volts of current. That made it possible for hospitals to have lights and power and there was also current for military use. The power plants at Manila had been so completely destroyed that they'd still be waiting for power if our ship hadn't been assigned there. The city was so badly damaged that when we pulled in to provide power we tied up at a charred mass that had been once a big pier."
McNeiece, Charles G., PhM 1/ c, Com­mander's
Service Force, Bridgeport.
" Our outfit made up the force medical office, handling logistics and personnel. One of our jobs was to plan and assign for all necessary medical facilities during a naval operation. When an invasion was planned, our office had to make all the medical arrangements months ahead of time. What it amounted to was a Bureau of Medicine for the Pacific, and there were thousands of major arrangements and little details that we had to work out long in advance."
Melillo, Michael J., F 1/ c, Submarine Mackerel, New Haven.
" Our sub was used as a training ship for submarine personnel, mainly officers, and we made training cruises all along the New England coast. Admiral Nimitz' son, who's in the sub service, was on the Mackerel once for a refresher course. For 11 months I was one of the instructors in the training course. Making their first dive was one of the great experiences for the new students; it's something that you'll never forget. At least I know I won't forget the first time I went down. Some of those who went through our school went on to take part in the sinking of hundreds of Jap ships out in the Pacific."
Murphy, Richard T., S 1/ c, Battleship Massachusetts, New Britain.
" The ' Mass' rates 13 battle stars for action from Africa right through to Tokyo. She was hit by shore batteries off Casablanca, the only damage she suffered in the 40 months while I was with her. We were in practically everything in the Pacific from the time we got there. The ' Mass' traveled from one end of the Pacific to another; I can't even guess at how many thousands of miles we covered. At surrender time we were right off the main Jap islands, ready to let them have some more punishment."
Nisotis, Peter E., MoMM 1/ c, Landing Ship Duty, Hartford.
" At Iwo Jima our LSM- 44 acted as a mercy ship, going right into the beach to take off wounded. We moved in under heavy enemy fire, taking a near miss from one of those huge Jap rocket mortars. We were the only ship in our group that wasn't hit and were recommended for a Presidential Citation. The seas were running very high when we began trans­ferring
casualties to hospital ships, and the 44 was so badly banged up that we had to come back to the States for repairs. It was quite a change seeing so much action at Iwo, after being with LST- 131 in a service squadron in the Caribbean Sea."
Novak, Adolph E., TMV 3/ c, De­stroyer
Ingersoll, Stratford.
" Our tin can had all kinds of assign­ments.
We started out in the Atlantic, then went to the Pacific. We did regular convoy duty, escorted crippled ships to repair bases, did picket duty, took part in bombardments, and were at different times with the Third, Fifth and Seventh Fleets. At the Philippines, Jap planes tried for us lots of times when we were on outpost picket duty. The Ingersoll was in most
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Pacific actions from the Marshalls on through, and she roamed far and wide out there."
O'Connor, William M., FC 1/ c, Light Cruiser Vicksburg, Naugatuck.
" The smell of Yokohama is something I don't think I'll ever forget. Even before we got into the city, we could get the smell of fire, ruins, dirt and death. It was an odd thing to walk around what had been once a busy city; one side of the street would have buildings standing all un­touched,
but on the other side there would be only ruins and rubble where once buildings had been. After the battles at Okinawa and Iwo Jima in which our ship took part, a view of Yokohama showed why it had been necessary to get island bases from which to hit the Jap home­land
with bombs."
Pirisky, Zolton J., EM 1/ c, ABSD- 2, Bridgeport.
" I was in charge of engine room work on ships we handled at the biggest floating drydock in the world at Manus in the Admiralty Islands. The drydock was big enough to handle battleships and carriers and one of the ships we worked on was the Iowa, which is one of the biggest fighting ships afloat. Part of our drydock was built on the West coast and part on the Mississippi. We took it across the Pacific in 10 huge sections and put it together in less than 90 days at Manus. That was record time. The drydock could handle six destroyers or destroyer escorts at one time. Floating drydocks like ours at Manus were one of the big reasons why we licked the Japs so much sooner than expected; they didn't believe it possible that we could service and repair our combat ships thousands of miles away from the nearest regular Navy base."
Pukas, Henry P., CM 1/ c, 42d Seabees, New London.
" At Samar in the Philippines we built a 3,000- bed naval hospital, one of the biggest in the Pacific. It gave us a feeling of pride to see that building grow and take form. I'd been on Navy construction jobs since 1942 in the Aleutians. When V- J Day came our outfit was in the Philip­pines,
ready to go to China to build up installations there. Whether it was an airfield, warehouse, dock or anything else, they called on the Seabees to do the job. We had a great bunch of workers in our outfit."
Quagliano, Charles T., S 1/ c, Battle­ship
Massachusetts, New Haven.
" The ' Old Fighting Mass' wasn't afraid to go right in there and at Casablanca we went in close enough to take two hits from big German shore guns. They were 8- inchers, but the damage wasn't enough to keep the ' Mass' from throwing steel. The Japs had a lot more chances at us than the Germans, but they weren't able to give us even a scratch even though they must have sent hundreds of planes after us at different times. Not even one of their suicide flyers was able to crash into the Massachusetts and we shot them down by the dozen, especially at Okinawa and in the Philippines."
Rajfino, Paul J., S 1/ c, Tanker Brook- field, Hartford.
" The Brookfield was a tanker which worked both in the Atlantic and the Pacific. In New York Harbor one time, we were carrying a full load of high- octane gasoline when another ship rammed into us in a fog. We had some worried minutes, wondering whether or not we'd all be blown into the sky. After the war we started back from Ulithi, went through the Panama Canal, then headed to South America for a load of oil. Then at last we were directly on our way to the US. I was with the armed guard on the
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Brookfield all through my tour of sea duty."
Riccitelli, Angelo S., CM 2/ c, 42d Seabees, Hamden.
" We went into Japan after the sur­render
but we didn't have much to do there. It was like the end of a long, long journey when we stepped ashore there because we'd built installations all across the Pacific and they'd helped the fighting- forces get right to Japan's doorstep and force them to surrender. When we saw how thoroughly beaten the Japs were, it made us feel a lot better about all the work we'd had to do. The Japs were completely licked and from what I saw of them, they knew it."
Scafariello, Anthony S., RM 3/ c, Armed Guard, New Haven.
" Working on tankers is a scary business. I was in the armed guard on two of them. It doesn't help you sleep well to know that you're carrying a load of highly explosive gas that almost any little accident will touch off. Whenever we had a sub alert it was one of those shaky thrills that you never want to go through again. I felt a lot safer after I was trans­ferred
to the armed guard on a Liberty ship."
Shashinka, Albert A., MoMM 1/ c, PT Boat Squadrons 22 and 27, Shelton.
" The PT Boats of Squadron 22 patrolled all over the Mediterranean, from Italy, Corsica and Elba to the Riviera and Southern France. It was all night work and very exciting because the Germans were always looking for us while we were looking for enemy targets. There weren't many chances to get bored. Later, in the Pacific, I was with Squadron 27 in the invasion of Balikpapan. That's some wild country around Borneo and the Japs tried air attacks against us night after night. The skipper of Squadron 22 was Lieuten­ant
Commander Taylor, one of the famous ' We Were Expendable' boys. He was a great leader."
Southergill, Lewis R., GM 3/ c, PT Boat Squadron 10, Manchester.
" The atmosphere on one of those night PT Boat patrols along the jungle coasts of the Pacific is full of tension. Our boat, the 168, would slide up along the coasts looking for enemy ships or other targets, and all the while we'd have to be on the watch for Japs who were looking for us. The PTs could go like the wind when they had to and that speed helped us a lot more than once. Off Borneo we had some especially exciting patrols, but our skipper knew his stuff and got us out of trouble safely each time. The PTs are small, but they went looking for big targets."
Stoehr, Frederick E., EM 2/ c, 67th Seabees, Hamden.
" I can always say that I helped build the biggest airfields in the world. I'm speaking of the B- 29 strips which we built on Tinian in the Marianas. They're so huge that they could hold half a dozen or more ordinary airports. Building them wasn't so easy because besides the actual construction problems, we had to sweat through 19 Jap bombings in a period of about 11 months or so. The Jap bombings didn't do too much damage and the fields kept getting bigger all the time. And what those B- 29s did to Japan was really some­thing."
Tedford, Joseph, Jr., SM 3/ c, Armed Guard, Manchester.
" I spent 29 months at sea with the armed guard, first on a tanker, then on two Liberty ships. One of the Liberty ships, the Abiel Foster, went into Nor­mandy
on D plus one carrying the 90th Division. Two of the ships in our convoy were lost but we didn't have any damage though German dive bombers came after
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us for a good while. After 25 months in the Atlantic, I went to the Pacific for four months. Then came the good news that I was on my way home for discharge."
Webster, Lawrence G., MM 3/ c, Carrier Langley, Granby.
" Our new Langley, named after the great old carrier which had borne that name, lived up to her reputation. From the time she was commissioned in August 1943 until I left her in June she had been in a total of 11 engagements. We were hit once by a bomb from a Jap plane, in January of ' 45, but the damage wasn't too bad and the Langley stayed right in there pitching. She had her first action at the Marshalls and then was in practical­ly
everything, including the two battles of the Philippine Sea. Planes from the Langley were among those which de­stroyed
a good part of the Jap fleet in those two battles, and her planes were in on the early raids on Tokyo. She was a good ship."
Ziegra, Louis R., PhM 1/ c, Attack Transport Bosque, Deep River.
" Everyone aboard the Bosque got a big kick out of being assigned to carry part of the First Cavalry Division into Tokyo. We corpsmen especially got a thrill because we'd treated many Ameri­cans
who'd been wounded by Japs in actions far away from the home islands. When the Japs surrendered and our men went into Tokyo, it was a real happy ending of the war. We corpsmen on the Bosque had cared for casualties at the Philippines and Okinawa and we knew how hard our men had fought to push the Japs back across the Pacific."
CONNECTICUT AT WAR
Official figures on the number of Con­necticut
men in the armed services during
World War II are as yet unavailable. The best estimate, from the State Selective Service Headquarters, is 250,000. The same source reports 182,162 men from Connecticut were drafted prior to V- J Day.
The estimate on the total number in­dicates
that an additional 70,000 Con­necticut
men were members of the Con­necticut
National Guard, were com­missioned
from civilian life, or volunteered for the various branches of the armed services.
Official Navy figures as of June 30, 1945, list 61,915 Connecticut men serving in the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard.
CONNECTICUT VETERANS COMMEMORATIVE BOOKLET
Vol. VI Nov. 23, 1945 No. 9
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 Raymond J. Fitzpatrick. The group pictures are from official U. S. Navy photographs. The cover illustration of the Battleship Missouri is from an official U. S. Navy photograph.
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STATE AIDS- AND BENEFITS
The laws of the State of Connecticut provide for many forms of aid, benefits and preferences for veterans, and for their next of kin in varying degrees. The following digest is designed to inform of the aids, benefits and preferences, and to designate the local or state agency charged with providing full information to veterans. There are thirty- four full- time and eight part- time Veterans Centers operating which serve 86 of the 169 cities and towns in the State. In some smaller towns the Town Clerks act as a " Veterans Center".
Tax Exemptions — File discharge with your Town Clerk; notify local assessors and collector.
Local Taxes — Any veteran is exempt from taxes on real or personal property up to $ 1,000 in valuation. Disabled veterans are exempt up to $ 3,000, according to disability ratings. This ex­emption
is in part valid for veterans' wives, and next of kin, as specified by the Statutes. See Local Tax Collector.
Local Business Taxes — ( Personal property) on stock, fixtures and equipment of new businesses established by veterans, for three years. See Local Tax Collector.
Old Age Assistance Taxes — Servicemen are exempt, during active service in armed forces, and veterans may secure refund if they paid while in active service. See Local Tax Collector.
State Unincorporated Business Taxes — On new businesses established by any veteran, good for three years. See Tax Commissioner, State Office Building, Hartford.
Free Business Licenses — Most licenses are free; renewals usually unnecessary for varying periods. See your Town Clerk.
Professional Licenses — Qualified veterans can be admitted to the practice of law or chiropractic without examination in most cases. Contact your county Bar Association, or the Board of Chiro­practic
Examiners, State Office Building, Hartford.
State Employment Preference — Veteran pas­sing
state civil service examination has five points added to score; ten, if he has a disability rating. Names placed on list of eligibles in the order of such augmented score.
The State's general policy on veteran's job preference, which has not the effect of law, was established by the 1945 General Assembly, with passage of the following:
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representa­tives:
" 1. That it shall be the policy of the State, acting through the Connecticut Veterans Reemploy­ment
and Advisory Commission, to encourage Connecticut employers to voluntarily set aside a minimum of 25 per cent of post- war jobs for veter­ans
of World War II.
" 2. That it shall be the policy of the State until July 1, 1950, to give preference to veterans of World War II in all State positions outside the classified service of the merit system act and in all positions involving contractual services and part time services and in all cases where compensation is paid by the State whether on a fee basis or otherwise.
" 3. That until July 1, 1950, it shall also be the policy of the State that appointing officers of the State, as defined by Sec. 2049 of the General Statutes, shall, other conditions being equal, give preference to veterans of World War II in filling State positions from registers of eligible candidates furnished by the State Personnel Department."
Educational Aids — With satisfactory cre­dentials,
a veteran can secure free a grammar school or high school diploma from the State Board of Education, State Office Building, Hartford.
Free instruction in secondary subjects ( high school courses) will be furnished by the State Board of Education if your town can't do it. See your local school officials.
Financial aid for college educations for children, 16 to 23, of servicemen killed in service. Consult the State Board of Education.
Aid for Needy Veterans — If you are being cared for under legal direction of the Veterans Home Commission, your children under 16, husband, wife or widowed mother can receive weekly finan­cial
assistance up to $ 10. for an adult and $ 6. for a child. Apply to the Commission, through the Veterans Home, Rocky Hill.
If you need temporary financial assistance because of a service disability, contact the Veterans Home Commission, Rocky Hill.
Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Fund — Many of the veterans' aid benefits set out above are pay­able
from the income produced by this fund which is to be augmented by a portion of the Connecticut tax on cigarettes until the principal of the fund reaches $ 15,000,000. Disbursements of these funds to carry out aid provisions to veterans, and certain relatives and next of kin of veterans pursuant to statute, are through the State Treasurer of the American Legion, State Office Building, Hartford.
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THE MUSTER OUT ROLL CALL
Names, ratings and addresses of Connecticut men discharged from November 17 to 23, 1945, inclusive from official Navy records, Separation Center, Lido Beach, L. I., N. Y.
ABBOTT, Carl D., Jr., S 2/ c
125 California St., West Haven
ADAMS, Gerald J., MM 2/ c
425 Brightwood Ave., Torrington
ADAMSKI, Michael J., RT 1/ c
18 No. Prospect St., Ansonia AHEARN, Joseph D., MM 1/ c
67 Wheeler St., Winsted ALEXANDER, Courtland D., MM 2/ c
45 Willets Ave., New London ALIBRIO, John, S 2/ c
45 Walnut St., Waterbury ALICKI, John F., MM 3/ c
716 E. Main St., Bridgeport ALLARD, Napoleon G., CSF
4 East St., Rockville ALLEN, Ronald Q., Bkr 2/ c
371 Granfield Ave., Bridgeport AMBRO, Ferdinand, AMM 2/ c
109 Hawkins St., Derby AMENTO, Frank J., SC 2/ c
492 Allen St., New Britain ANDERSON, George E., Rdm 2/ c
West Main St., Plymouth ANDERSON, Henry T., GM 1/ c
1765 Dixwell Ave., Hamden ANDERSON, Robert G., S 1/ c
193 Main St., New Britain ANDREWS, Martin L., Jr., SF 2/ c
RFD 2, Bristol ANSCHUTZ, Bradley S., SM 1/ c
28 William St., Ansonia ARNOLD, James I., Rdm 2/ c
615 Washington Ave., New Haven ASSELIN, Oliver J., F 2/ c
30 Taylor Court, Willimantic AUGERI, Joseph, F 2/ c
140 Church St., Middletown BACKUS, Raymond W., SSMT 2/ c
146 Humphrey St., New Haven BADELA, Stephen E., Cox
300 Main St., Derby BAKER, Frederick J., GM 3/ c
14 Anderson St., New Haven BAKER, Stanley J., Cox
381 North Main St., Union City BAKER, William H., MaM 2/ c
19 Edlie Ave., Norwalk BAKSTON, Edward W., S 1/ c
64 John St., Hartford BANORES, George, SF 3/ c
737 South Ave., Bridgeport BARANAUSKAS, Joseph S., S 2/ c
22 Pemberton St., Waterbury BARDINELLI, Sisto A., CM 1/ c
500 Bostwick Ave., Bridgeport BARGNESI, Ralph H., SF 1/ c
42 Thames St., Norwich BECKWITH, Leland M., BM 1/ c
78 Ivy St., West Haven BEHUNCIK, Andrew M., CM 2/ c
61 Garden St., Bridgeport BELLEMORE, Lawrence M., GM 3/ c
4 West Helen St., Hamden BERTOLINI, Hugo R., CM 1/ c
Box 6, Pine Meadow BLACKBURN, John W., Jr., GM 2/ c
36 Caya Ave., West Hartford BLAIS, James J., CM 2/ c
76 Gorman St., Naugatuck
BLOCK, Albert P., CMoMM
210 West Main St., Plainville BOEMMELS, Clarence D., MM 3/ c
275 Soundview Ave., Bridgeport BOGACZ, Walter J., SF 1/ c
28 Madison St., Hartford BOMBARDIER, Alcide E., S 1/ c
10 Putnam Heights, Hartford BOTHA, Samuel A., SK 3/ c
75 Overhill Rd., Fairfield BOWKER, Alan M., QM 1/ c
Southbury BRAMHALL, Paul E., CSF
Long Hill Rd., Andover BRANNIGAN, George T., BM 2/ c
547 Arctic St., Bridgeport BRAUN, William J., Cox
21 Cleveland St., Danbury BRAYFIELD, Alfred M., CRM
Main St., So. Meriden BRENNAN, William E., EM 1/ c
22 Lyon St., New Haven BRILLHART, Harry E., SC 2/ c
63 Cove Rd., Stamford BRINCKERHOFF, Derek, AMM 3/ c
Redding BROPHY, Raymond J., S 2/ c
Box 102, Middlebury BROUILLETTE, Rudolph G., AMMH 1/ c
502 Winchester Ave., New Haven BRUCE, Henry L., StM 1/ c
34 Kennedy St., Hartford BRUNDAGE, John E., M 1/ c
20 Senate Ave., Milford BRUNELL, Arthur C, RM 2/ c
945 Wethersfield, Ave., Hartford BUDREJKO, Stanley J., MM 2/ o
37 Allen St., New Britain BURNETTE, William D., Cox
285 Middle St., Bridgeport BUNDOCK, Henry J., AMM 1/ c
65 Center St., Meriden BURR, Norman W., EM 2/ c
133 Downing St., New Haven BUSH, William E., BM 2/ c
53 City Ave., New Britain BUSHMAN, Carlton W., EM 3/ c
354 Thompson Ave., East Haven CABLE, Stanley H., PhM 2/ c
163 West St., Seymour CACACE, Ralph F., GM 3/ c
683 Woodward Ave., New Haven CALVI, Raymond F., GM 3/ c
93 Centennial Ave., Meriden CAMERA, Pasquale M., WT 3/ c
273 Exchange St., New Haven CAPELLARO, John J., S 1/ c
6 Henry St., Bethel CAPRANI, Perry J., MoMM 2/ c
Hayestown Heights, Danbury CAROLLA, John G., SK 3/ c
1032 Whalley Ave., New Haven, 15 CARTA, Rosario, J., MoMM 1/ c
226 William St., Middletown CARY, Ralph M., PhM 2/ c
Gen. Del., Waterbury CASANELLI, Joseph J., RM 2/ c
2976 Main St., Hartford CASTRUCCIO, Patrick J., MoMM 1/ c
10 Thorpe St. Ext., Danbury CHAPMAN, Adelbert F., MM 3/ c
21 Acadia St., West Hartford CHENKUS, John S., S 1/ c
66 Ross St., Waterbury CHINOWTH, Harry W., M 1/ c
Box 521, New Canaan CHOP, Walter, MM 3/ c
Montville CHOTINER, William C, PhM 3/ c
307 Greenfield St., Hartford CHUDY, John S., GM 3/ c
9 Curcombe St., Hartford, 6 CHURNEY, Joseph A., FC 2/ c
RFD 2, Colchester CIOFFI, Louis A., F 1/ c
308 Poplar St., New Haven C1SERO, James R., SC 3/ c
167 Dewey St., Stratford CLARK, Burgess M., SF 3/ c
38 Garvan St., East Hartford CODDINGTON, Nelson J., FM 1/ c
437 Maplewood Ave., Bridgeport COLABELLO, Joseph R., MM 3/ c
57 Van Orman St., Oakville COLASANTO, Amedeo R., S 2/ c
17 Fairview St., Waterbury COLE, Lester D., EM 3/ c
17 High St., Killingly COLLINS, Conley J., CK 2/ c
34 Pliny St., Hartford COLLINS, Walter F., CM 3/ c
216 Campbell Ave., West Haven COLOMBO, Joseph L., SC 3/ c
225 Magee St., Stamford COLOPOLULOS, William, SM 3/ c
254 Ocean Ave., New London CONNOLLY, Joseph J., BM 2/ c
13 Briggs St., New London CONNOLLY, William J., PhM 3/ c
13 Landry St., Bristol CONSIDINE, Francis A., EM 2/ c
16 MacArthur Rd., North Haven COOPER, Donald E., MoMM 2/ c
49 Cherry St., New Canaan CORRIEA, Raymond E., MM 1/ c
41 Indian Ave., Bridgeport CORRIVEAU, Charles E., F 1/ c
15 Christian St., Wallingford COTTER, Donald B., Cox
Boston Post Rd., Saybrook COTTRELL, Franklin P., GM 3/ c
37 Miller St., Stamford CRAVEN, Walter W„ GM 2/ c
68 Liberty St., Ansonia CROCKER, William G., AM 3/ c
309 Crystal Ave., New London CRUMB, William, S 1/ c
425 North Main St., Norwich CUDDY, John F., F 2/ c
984 Baldwin St., Waterbury CUNNINGHAM, John P., SoM 1/ c
172 Thomas St., West Haven DAYTON, Harold T., S 1/ c
265 East Ave., Norwalk DAYTON, LeRoy E., S 1/ c
77 Lake St., Stratford DEAMICO, Vincent L., SC 2/ c
Bridgeport DEANE, John R., SF 3/ c
26 Franklin St., So. Norwalk DeBASTIANI, William M., MM 2/ c
448 Main St., Wethersfield DeFILLIPPO, Michael, Cox
410 Ash St., Willimantic DeFINIS, Michael A., SoM 2/ c
4 Raymond PL, Danbury DeMALTA, Victor D., BM 1/ c
1183 Stratford Ave., Bridgeport
DEMERS, Albert E., Bkr 1/ c
5 Park Hill Ave., Norwalk DENT, Arthur E., Jr., MoMM 1/ c
12 Harrison PL, East Hartford DERI, George S., EM 1/ c
883 Black Rock Turnpike, Bridgeport DESCHAMPS, Roland M., Cox
2 Dudley Town Rd., Windsor D'EUGENIO, Rocco, AMM 3/ c
77 Wooster St., New Haven DESLAURIER, Romeo A., MM 2/ c
97 Madison Ave., Hartford DIAMONTE, Salvatore F., SC 1/ c
181 Hamilton St., New Haven DiMODICA, Harry E., SF 2/ c
4 Erin St., Middletown D'INZEO, Anthony A., S 1/ c
88 Finney Lane, Stamford DIRTON, Lewis, St 3/ c
37 Spruce St., New Haven DOMKOWSKI, Joseph F., S 1/ c
1274 East St., New Britain DONOVAN, Michael J., SF 2/ c
7 Beaconview Drive, Fairfield DOOLAN, Ward S., AMMH 2/ c
32 Sanford Ave., Bridgeport DOYLE, John F., MM 2/ c
35 Myrtle St., Meriden DRONZEK, Francis J., MoMM 3/ c
644 Lafayette St., Bridgeport DUBIN, Herman, AOMT 1/ c
155 Colony Rd., New Haven DUBOURG, John W., WT 3/ c
105 Lincoln Ave., Torrington DUFF, Wilfred E., CCM
RFD 6, Norwich DUTTON, Charles C, RdM 1/ c
1178 Boulevard, West Hartford ECCLES, Joseph E., Jr., RM 1/ c
142 Washington St., Norwich EDMONDSON, Richard H., RdM 1/ c
314 Orange St., New Haven EDWARDS, Vivian, SSMB 3/ c
31 East Ave., Norwalk ELLIS, Louis R., PhM 2/ c
15 Oak St., Ansonia EMACK, Warren E., S 1/ c
Clinton
ENZOR, William H., TM 2/ c
182 Front St., Hartford ESPOSTI, Lino L., SK 3/ c
11 Prospect St., Essex FAIRBANKS, Theodore L., MM£ 2/ c
82 West St., Manchester FALLIS, Steven J., S 1/ c
136 New Britain Rd., Kensington FAMIGLIETTI, Anthony, MMS 3/ c
64 Railroad Hill St., Waterbury FAVREAU, Elie A., SM 1/ c
148 Cherry St., New Britain FERGUSON, Homer, S 1/ c
362 Windsor St., Hartford FERRY, Henry J., SC 1/ c
107 Sachem St., Norwich FETTERMAN, Douglas H., F 1/ c
Boston Post Rd., Milford FIELD, Robert D., GM 2/ c
RFD 4, Box 155, Bridgeport FILIPPONE, Robert, EM 2/ c
Colonial St., Oakville FINNEGAN, William F., BM 2/ c
33 Bryan Rd., Branford FLAHERTY, John H., MoMM 2/ c
315 Coram Ave., Shelton FOGARTY, John L., ART 2/ c
6 Sherman Ave., East Port Chester FONTAINE, John P., TM 3/ c
282 Fairmont Ave., New Haven FORD, Edward L., S 1/ c
4 Water St., Danielson FORNAL, Stanley F., MoMM 2/ c
19 West St., Wallingford FORSYTHE, John E., QM 2/ c
4 Cedric Ave., Derby FOX, John E., AMM 1/ c
151 White St., West Haven FOX, Joseph J., RM 2/ c
444 Riversville Rd., RFD 4, Greenwich FRANZ, Edward S., CM 2/ c
South Coventry FRAUHAM, Charles R., MoMM 1/ c
52 Meadow St., Wallingford FRANCZAK, Thaddeus T., Cox
32 Lawlor St., New Britain FRAWLEY, James A., S 1/ c
71 Mill St., New Britain FYLER, Harold A., RM 3/ c
Gilead, RFD 2, Andover GALLUP, Perry M., RM 1/ c
846 Burnside Ave., East Hartford GALWARDI, Edward, S 1/ c
40 Leonard St., Stamford GARAMELLA, Daniel A., CSp ( A)
1674 Iranistan Ave., Bridgeport GELMINI, Louis M., RM 2/ c
Box 33, Versailles GEMME, Richard M., CM 3/ c
Evans Rd., Rocky Hill GENTILE, Mario, SSMB 2/ c
104 Haynes St., Manchester GIANA, Aldo J., CSK
Christian Hill Rd., Cromwell GIDZINSKI, Edward H., AMM 3/ c
438 Main St., Hartford GIGUERE, Ernest A., MaM 3/ c
10 Ames Ave., Terryville GILBERT, Lawrence W„ WT 3/ c
292 Rockwell St., Winsted GILBERT, Leonard E., Sp( X) 3/ c
258 Fairview Ave., Fairfield GILL, Alfred J., MMS 3/ c
332 West Center St., Manchester GIORDANO, John J., MM 1/ c
35 Rose Ave., West Hartford GODDU, Roger L., RM 1/ c
20 Drake St., Windsor GOGLIETTINO, Joseph, BM 2/ c
700 Legion Ave., New Haven GOODRICH, Arthur O., Cox
809 East Main St., Meriden GOULET, Morris P., MoMM 2/ c
152 Quebec Sq., Danielson GRADY, Francis P., Y 1/ c
31 Washington Ave., North Haven GREGOIRE, William H., EM 3/ c
118 Milbrook Dr., E. Hartford GRIZEY, Edward W., CEM
32 Prentice St., Plainville GROTTO, Dominic F., Bkr 1/ c
Box 529, Danbury GRUBER, Hubert V., CM 1/ c
147 Sherwood Ave., Bridgeport GUARINI, Peter L., CM 2/ c
205 South Leonard St., Waterbury GUDZ, Edmund J., S 1/ c
19 Pulaski St., Stamford GUILLEMETTE, Joseph A., RdM 3/ c
RFD 4, Stone House Rd., Bridgeport GUINAN, Daniel J., SK 2/ c
808 Farmington Ave., West Hartford GUSTON, Oscar A., S 1/ c
Box 35, Clinton HAITKO, John, WT 2/ c
Sound View Ave., Shelton HALL, Gerald B., CMoMM
155 Huntington Rd., Bridgeport
HANSON, James H., CCM
RFD, Haddam HARDY, Raymond M., GM 2/ c
185 Tunxis Ave., Bloomfield HART, William C, CM 3/ c
Box 28, Canaan HEDRICK, Joseph S., CM 2/ c
58 Bryant St., Bridgeport HEILER, Robert E., S 1/ c
17 Oakland Ave., Farmington HEMOND, Henry A., S 1/ c
107 South St., Bristol HEMSTOCK, Clifford H., WT 1/ c
370 Blatchley Ave., New Haven HENRIQUES, Anibal A., F 1/ c
713 Myrtle Ave., Bridgeport HEPPELL, Emile J., CPhM
New Britain Rd., Plainville HEWES, Thomas C, SoM 3/ c
RFD 1, Old Lyme HEUSEY, Homer E., EM 2/ c
Pine Rock Park, Shelton HICKEY, Edward G., SK 1/ c
44 Summer St., New London HINE, William V., CPtrV
32 North State St., Ansonia HINES, Elwood T., SF 1/ c
277 Garden St., Wethersfield HOLT, Howard, CM 3/ c
216 Chestnut St., Bridgeport HOOD, Julius C, MoMM 2/ c
15 Marjorie St., Bristol HORNKOHL, Edward W., RdM 3/ c
144 Pleasant St., New Britain HORVATH, Nicholas H., SK 1/ c
400 Bostwick Ave., Bridgeport, 5 HOWE, Albert C, MM 3/ c
Box 63, Centerbrook HULICK, Michael J., EM 3/ c
114 Garden Circle, Waterbury HUMPHREY, John D., QM 1/ c
126 Boswell Ave., Norwich HUNTER, Carroll H., S 1/ c
17 Asnuntuck St., Thompsonville HVIZDAK, Paul, CM 2/ c
37 Henry St., E. Port Chester ILIFF, William E., Ptr 3/ c
Valley Rd., New Canaan ISENTOL, Irving S., S 1/ c
50 Mead St., Springdale JACOBS, Edward L., Cox
2454 Whitney Ave., Hamden JACOBSEN, Donald A., MoMM 1/ c
101 Chestnut St., Norwich JAMELE, Primo M., GM 3/ c
45 Yale Ave., Waterbury JENKS, Edward N., Sp( X) ( MC) 1/ c
Nod Hill Rd., Wilton JOHNS, Daniel, WT 1/ c
318 High Ridge Dr., Bridgeport JOHNSON, Carl, Cox
87 Dodge Ave., East Haven, 12 JOHNSON, Charles H., MoMM 1/ c
365 Whitfield St., Guilford JOHNSON, William R., SC 3/ c
Greenwich JOINER, Erener E., S 1/ c
88 Tenth St., E. New London JOLY, Alphonse A., SoM 2/ c
24 Bolivia St., Willimantic JONES, John R., Jr., EM 2/ c
15 Ripley PI., Norwich JONES, Thomas P., Jr., AMM 2/ c
76 Stillwater Ave., Stamford JORDAN, Thomas F., Jr., AMM 3/ c
66 Parrott Ave., Bridgeport JORDEN, Freddie B., StM 2/ c
67 Bellevue Sq., Hartford JUDD, Burton F., AMMI 2/ c
78 Ralston Ave., Hamden JUDD, Robert I., WT 3/ c
1398 Boulevard, West Hartford KABACK, Norman G., SM 2/ c
94 West St., Danbury KAMPFE, Frederick K., SC 1/ c
10 Clairemont Ave., Norwich KAPLAN, Otto, MMS 1/ c
Woodlawn Ave., So. Norwalk KAPOTSY, Charles J., RM 2/ c
165 Gilbert Ave., New Haven KARBOWSKI, Victor A., MoMM 2/ c
101 John St., East Haven KEGELES, Irving S., SKV 1/ c
536 Orange St., New Haven KELLY, Francis J., BM 1/ c
590 Milford Rd., Devon KENNEN, William R., MoMM 1/ c
Beaver Brook Heights, Danbury KERN, Robert E., WT 2/ c
138 Perry Ave., Norwalk KESSLER, Raymond H., CM 1/ c
64 Dean St., Stamford KEYSER, Albert J., SM 3/ c
62 Coolidge Ave., Waterbury KIPPERMAN, Oscar, SF 2/ c
18 Harding PL, New Haven KLUPZAK, George, MMS 3/ c
234 Sixth St., Bridgeport KNAPP, William B., Jr., BM 1/ c
67 Highland Ave., Watertown KOENIG, William, AMM 2/ c
878 Madison Ave., Bridgeport KONDRATIW, Michael, CM 1/ c
82 Beacon St., Bridgeport KONITSHEK, Robert E., S 1/ c 104 Seaside Ave., Stamford KOPLOWSKI, Andrew H., AOM 3/ c
274 Spruce St., Bridgeport KOTELES, Stephen J., S 1/ c
74 Waldorf Ave., Bridgeport KOVACH, Alex, Cox
29 South St., Wallingford KRANKOTA, Andrew J., Ptr 2/ c
71 Ct. I, Apt. 102, Y. M. V., Bridgeport KRASINSKI, Walter E., SF 1/ c
177 Lamberton St., New Haven KRAWITZ, Stephen M., SK 1/ c
15 Lawlor St., New Britain KRESSU, Vasil W., Bkr 2/ c
485 Howard Ave., Bridgeport KRIEGER, Julius C, M 2/ c
204 Hill St., Waterbury KROHA, John J., BM 1/ c
78 Laurel St., Danbury KROSKY, George T., S 1/ c
RFD 3, Koger Rd., Bridgeport KUCINSKAS, Charles L., CEM
12 Main St., Terryville KULBEIDA, Stephen, MaM 2/ c
122 Elmcroft Rd., Stamford KULIS, Henry S., F 1/ c
72 Booth St., New Britain KUPSCHE, Theodore, CM 1/ c
112 1/ 2 Seymour Ave., Derby KURAN, John F., SC( B) 1/ c
2 Givens Ave., Stamford KURTYKA, George A., RM 2/ c
63 Fifth St., Derby KUZENSKY, Stanley W., CM 1/ c
25 Colonial Rd., Stamford KYCIA, Frank W., GM 3/ c
97 Avon St., New Haven LACOMBE, Harvey P., CMoMM
32 Peck St., Norwich LaCONTE, Vincent N., S 1/ c
362 Funston Ave., Bridgeport
LaCOSS, Kenneth J., F 1/ c
22 Foster St., Manchester LaFLAMME, Albert J., CM 3/ c
115 Main St., No. Grosvenordale LAMIRANDE, Joseph A., AMM 1/ c
25 Hill St., Jewett City LANE, Kenneth F., SK 2/ c
397 Pine Rock Ave., Hamden LANTZ, Helmer A., MoMM 1/ c 103 Hooker Rd., Bridgeport LAPIENE, Norman S., Cox
Box 53, Moodus LaPINE, Edward F., AOM 2/ c
111 Westville Ave., Danbury LASSE, Charles, S 1/ c
31 Gardners Lane, Ansonia LAUHACHER, Henry J., S 1/ c 9 Village St., East Hartford LAWLESS, Thomas R., MM 2/ c
Box 90, Moosup LeCLAIR, Harold A., S 1/ c
55 North Highland St., West Hartford LEE, Paul F., S 1/ c
A86, Charter Oak Ter., Hartford LEITKOWSKI, Edward T., S 1/ c
28 New St., New London LEONARD, Rick A., GM 2/ c
63 Ivy St., West Haven LESINSKY, John J., GM 3/ c
72 Court F, Apt, 303, Y. M. V., Bridgeport LEVANDOSKI, William J., S 1/ c
7 Roosevelt Ave., Terryville LEVY, Henry, WT 3/ c
120 Camptown Rd., Derby LEY, Kenneth F., ACOM
86 Dover St., Stratford LIBBEY, Dwight B., Cox
17 Westfield Rd., West Hartford LINGLE, John W., MM 3/ c
156 Mayflower St., Elmwood LITTLE, John E., PhM 2/ c
1 Porter St., RFD, Quaker Hill LITTLEFIELD, Merton, BM 1/ c
Box 82, Essex LIVINGSTONE, David, CRT( AA) ( T)
143 Fifth St., Bridgeport LIZOTTE, Guy P., S 1/ c
641 Park St., Hartford LLOYD, Sidney G., AMM 2/ c
RFD 1, Northford LOMAS, John R., SAD 2/ c
367 Huntington Rd., Bridgeport LOVALLO, Daniel T., F 2/ c
185 Park Ave., Torrington LUCAS, James T., S 1/ c
90 French St., Bridgeport LUKIENCHUK Paul, SK 2/ c
1468 Pembroke St., Bridgeport LYNCH, Robert F., ACOM
368 Shelton Ave., New Haven LYNCH, William C, S 2/ c
36 No. Cherry St., Wallingford LYNN, James, CMM
Bldg. 39, Apt. 308, Y. M. V., Bridgeport LYONS, Robert J., RM 2/ c
Ingleside Rd., Stamford MACALUSO, Albert C, MM 1/ c
14 Imlay St., Hartford MACY, Kenneth P., Y 1/ c
1234 Iranistan Ave., Bridgeport MALATESTA, John T., MMR 3/ c
37 Mix Ave., West Haven MANACEK, Paul, CRM
19 Davis St., Danbury MANCINI, Stephen B., RM 2/ c
17 Henry St., Danbury MANGINO, Anthony, AMMP 2/ c
112 High St., Rockville MANN, Harold A., FC 3/ c
124 Hillside Ave., Hartford MANSFIELD, William H., GM 3/ c
RFD 6, Norwich MANTON, William J., CMaM
28 Cleveland St., Danbury MARCELINE, James A., SK 2/ c
63 Belmont St., New Britain MARCELLA, Victor, BM 1/ c
30 Linwood St., Waterbury MARE, Joseph R., S 1/ c
General Electric Co., Bridgeport MARINO, George E., SC 3/ c
585 Pine St., Bridgeport MARKEY, Albert A., SF 2/ c
39 Alma St., Naugatuck MAROTTO, George J., ART 1/ c
16 Helen St., Hamden, MARSHALL, Frank W., SK 1/ c
131 Revere St., Waterbury MARTIN, Manuel C, RT 2/ c
1388 Chapel St., New Haven MASTERSON, Harry V., CM 1/ c
53 Lake PL, New Haven MATEIKA, Edwin J., SK 3/ c
309 Coram Ave., Shelton MATHER, James A., RdM 3/ c
Bragg St.. Canaan MATTFELD, Alexander, S 1/ c
617 Main St., Oakville MATTSON, John V., CM 3/ c
84 Wallace St., New Haven MATZ, Stanley, CM 2/ c
56 Daggett St., New Haven MAURO, Salvatore, WT 2/ c
217 Orchard St., New Haven MAZZO, Antonio, WT 3/ c
35 Atwater St., West Haven McCANN, James V., SM 3/ c
309 Queen St., Bristol McGARRY, John J., CM 2/ c
121 Downing St., New Haven McGOVERN, Thomas F., PhM 1/ c
575 Atlantic St., Bridgeport McGRATH, William P., S 1/ c
285 Brooks St., Bridgeport McGUIRK, Clayton G., MM 3/ c
Box 81, Canaan McKEE, John F., Jr., SC 2/ c
39 Winchester Ave., New Haven McKEEVER, Maurice J., S 1/ c
295 No. Main St., Manchester McLEAN, Hugh, Jr., CM 3/ c
102 Read St., New Haven McNEIECE, Charles G., PhM 1/ c
117 Northfield Ave., Bridgeport MEACHAM, James D., CM 3/ c
18 Plainfield St., Hartford, 5 MEAD, Newcomb H., BM 2/ c
422 West Putnam Ave., Greenwich MELILLO, Michael J., F 1/ c
25 Frank St., New Haven MENDELLO, Angelo J., S 1/ c
164 Main St., Portland MEYER, Wesley B., WT 2/ c
364 Oak St., New Haven MICHELE, Dominic A., RM 2/ c
51 Hull St., Bristol MICHELSON, Benjamin, CSF
425 Garden St., Hartford MIERZEJEWSKI, Wallace E., AMMH 3/ c
56 Twiss St., Meriden MILES, Horace L., EM 1/ c
16 Coe Ave., Portland MILLER, Arthur, Cox
146 Grove St., Bridgeport MILLER, Morris A., F 1/ c
16 Roy St., Moosup
MILLETTE, LeRoy F., RM 3/ c
358 Bond St., Bridgeport MIRONICK, Carl Jr., MM 3/ c
106 Shelton Ave., New Haven MISKE, Joseph, Bkr 2/ c
132 Alfred St., Bridgeport MITCHELL, Urion C, F 1/ c
93 Anderson Ave., New Haven MOHR, John A., CPtr
359 Ellsworth Ave., New Haven MONAHAN, Frederick L., RdM 2/ c
212 Spring St., New Haven MONGILLO, Joseph, S 1/ c
14 St. John St., New Haven MONROE, David I., MM 1/ c
Park Lane, New Milford MOORE, Allyn R., SK 1/ c
28 George St., West Haven MORGAN, Edward G., S 2/ c
125 Thames St., Groton MORTON, Madison S., StM 1/ c
14 Third St., East Norwalk MOSCA, Dominick J., S 1/ c
31 High St., Stamford MOTASKY, Lewis M., BM 2/ c
290 Willow St., Bridgeport MURPHY, Richard T., S 1/ c
63 Vine St., New Britain NAUMANN, John H., S l/ c( AOM)
250 West Ivy St., New Haven NELSON, Clarence R., AMM 1/ c
15 Park Ave., Bloomfield NELSON, Robert H., AM MP 3/ c
902 Broad St., Hartford NETOPSKI, John J., CM 3/ c
31 Park Ave., Thompsonville NICHOLLS, Clarence L., S 1/ c
168 Mine Rd., Bristol NISOTIS, Peter E., MoMM 1/ c
184 Victoria Rd., Hartford NOCERA, Joseph C, MM 3/ c
RFD 2, Summit Rd., Waterbury NORCROSS, Warren F., CSF
76 School St., Norwich NOVAK, Adolph E., TMV 3/ c
170 Bruce Ave., Stratford NOVELLO, John P., MoMM 3/ c
766 Tower Ave., Hartford NOVICK, Tonv A., BM 2/ c
62 Starr St., Norwich NYFELT, Henry S., F 2/ c
73 Booth St., New Britain O'BRIEN, George E., Jr., MoMM 1/ c
16 Cottage PL, New Britain O'CONNELL, Jeremiah F., F 1/ c
390 North Front St., New Haven O'CONNELL, John B., CM 2/ c
82 Avon St., Devon O'CONNOR, William M., FC 1/ c
542 High St., Naugatuck ODLE, James L., RM 1/ c
39 Vassar Ave., Stamford O'HARA, James J., SF 3/ c
134 Jefferson St., Stamford OKONIEWSKI, Theodore J., EM 2/ c
108 Bradley St., New Haven OLSON, George E., MM 3/ c
185 Patterson St., Torrington OLSON, John A., RM 2/ c
33 Bryan Rd., Branford OLSON, Lester P., CM 3/ c
911 Asylum Ave., Hartford OROS, Louis, CM 2/ c
53 Disbrow St., Stratford OSTASIEWSKI, Leonard F., MoMM 1/
3 Jackson St., Meriden PARK, William A., AMMF 1/ c
327 Woodbridge St., Manchester PA SCALE, Ralph, S 1/ c
28 Asylum St., New Haven PATENAUDE, Frank E., GM 3/ c 145 Second Ave., West Haven PAUL, Irving F., EM 1/ c
288 Bridgeport Ave., Devon PAYNE, George S., Jr., SC 1/ c
Bldg. 52, Apt, 557, Sucess Park, Bridgeport PAZERA, Bernard C, S 1/ c
121 Anderson Ave., Waterbury PERRELLI, Andrew B., Ptr 2/ c
123 Water St., New Haven PERRIER, Earl H., SK 3/ c
86 Birge Rd., Bristol PETER, John H., EM 1/ c
38 Silver Lane, East Hartford PETERSON, Henry, Ptr 2/ c
30 Burlington Ave., Bristol PHILLIPS, Lawrence I., B 1/ c
Box 115, Jewett City PICARD, Joseph A., SC 1/ c
53 Hungerford St., Hartford PICCONE, John A., SC 2/ c 200 South St., Hartford PIOLUNEK, Joseph S., GM 1/ c
RFD Box 24, Moosup PIRISKY, Zolton J., EM 1/ c
763 Capitol Ave., Bridgeport PISARSKI, Alfonse J., S 1/ c 8 Rockledge Dr., Bristol PITTS, Lawrence W., Y 3/ c 1731 Main St., Hartford PLOURDE, Patrick J., S 1/ c
228 Clinton Ave., Bridgeport POLANSKY, Michael, MM 3/ c
195 So. Colonv St., Wallingford POPE, Gerald C, CCM( PA)
Box 142, New Preston PORWITZKI, Theodore W., S 2/ c
Gavlordsville POUGH, Harry C, EM 2/ c
160 1/ 2 Providence St., Putnam POWELL, George A., Y 3/ c
Box 694, Sandy Hook PRATA, Joseph A., RM 3/ c
305 Main St., Kensington PROCTOR, Peter G., CM 2/ c
50 Dodge Ave., East Haven PUKAS, Henry P., CM 1/ c
645 Main St., New London QUAGLIANO, Charles T., S 1/ c 119 Poplar St., New Haven QUINN, John M., TM 2/ c
22 Warner St., Hartford RADEL, Frederick P., MaM 3/ c
Bldg. 33, Apt. 125, Success Park, Bridgeport RAFFING, Paul J., S 1/ c 7 Acton St., Hartford RASMUSSEN, Edward J., S 1/ c
1069 West Main St., Waterbury RATHBUN, Harvev L., Jr., MoMM 2/ c
163 West Town St., Norwichtown REAR DON, Henrv L., SF 1/ c
129 West Thames St., Norwich REAR DON, Timothv J., Jr., MN 1/ c ( MD)
Box 495, New Milford REDDINGTON, Thomas B., CCM
494 Chapel St., New Haven REYNOLDS, Raymond E., PhM 1/ c
21 Kings Highway, Westport RIBACK, Morris, MoMM 1/ c
470 Wethersfield Ave., Hartford RICCITELLI, Angelo S., CM 2/ c
355 Goodrich St., Hamden RICHARD, Roger, S 1/ c
4 Walnut St., Torrington ROBINSON, Henrv R., GM 3/ c 21 Tracy Ave., Jewett City
ROBINSON, Stanley E., AOM 1/ c
9 Willard St., Hartford ROCHE, Edward G., CM 1/ c
401 Glen St., New Britain ROGERS, Carl R., SC 1/ c
123 Maple St., Norwich ROOT, Wesley G., MM 3/ c
225 Willard Ave., Newington RORABACK, William J., AMM 2/ c
16 Magnolia St., Hartford ROSE, George J., Bkr 1/ c
Cedar St., Hazardville ROSSITER, Jonathan, AMM 1/ c
Redding Ridge RUGGIERO, Arthur G., CGM
443 Valley St., Westville RULE, Hubert D., S 1/ c
35 Pratt St., Meriden RUSSO, Frank V., GM 3/ c
66 Victory St., Stamford RUSSO, Niel, PhM 1/ c
55 East Dover St., Waterbury RYAN, Philip P., S 1/ c
386 Vine St., Hartford SABOL, George, Jr., MM 2/ c
91 Mary Ave., Stratford SADLOWSKI, Stanley J., AM 3/ c
18 Shuttle Meadow Rd., Plainville ST. JACQUES, Richard C, TM 3/ c
287 Derby Ave., West Haven ST. ONGE, Joseph F. W., EM 3/ c
9 Providence St., Putnam SAKO, Michael, S 1/ c
6 Warren Court, Bridgeport SALIK, William J., SF 3/ c
340 Pequot Rd., Southport SALLEY, Harry L., Jr., MoMM 2/ c
c/ o Cardinal, 15 Terrace Ave., Taftville SALZER, Andre E., MM 3/ c
257 Willow St., Bridgeport SANHEIN, Earl W., MM 3/ c
1917 Seaview Ave., Bridgeport SATKIEWICZ, Edmund J., GM 3/ c
175 Russ St., Hartford SCAFARIELLO, Anthony S., RM 3/ c
229 Exchange St., New Haven SCAVETTA, Vincent J., PhM 3/ c
45 Franklin Ave., Hartford SCHULZE, Frank W., AMM 3/ c
73 Lake PI., New Haven SCHWANK, Michael L., AMM 3/ c
Box 553, Plainfield SCIESSERE, John D., EM 3/ c
46 Treet St., Torrington SELLEW, Philip C, EM 1/ c
52 Barnard St., Hartford SEYMOUR, Donald R., S 1/ c
44 Wallins Ave., Winsted SHALKOWSKI, Frank J., Cox
50 Fairmount St., Norwich SHARPE, William D., Y 1/ c
25 Woodland St., New Haven SHASHINKA, Albert A., MoMM 1/ c
18 Wheeler St., Shelton SHAW, Marsdin K., F 1/ c
31 Elizabeth St., Bet H SHEAFF, Harold K., R VI 2/ c
Barnum Ave., Norwalk SHEPA, Albert J., RM 2/ c
67 Hood Ter., West Haven SHERIDAN, John B., SI L/ c
159 Elm St., New Canaan SHROBAR, Lawrence .1., GM 2/ c
119 East Ave., Norwalk SIMEONE, William, S 1/ c
10 Wolcott St., New Haven SIROIS, George P., S 1/ c
93 Chestnut St., Hartford, 5 SKINNER, Arthur W., CM 1/ c
431 Allyndale Dr., Stratford SMITH, Charles J., BM 2/ c
1165 Noble Ave., Bridgeport SMITH, Vernon G., RM 2/ c
342 N. High St., East Haven SMITH, William J., MoMM 2/ c
5 Prospect St., Milford SOLKOSKE, Edward J., WT 2/ c
29 Ward St., Wallingford SPARANO, Frank, MM 2/ c
28 Ives Court, Bridgeport SPENCER, Edwin W., F 1/ c
RFD 2, Middletown SPRATT, Stewart T., AMM 3/ c
Yost St., So. Norwalk SOUTHERGILL, Lewis R., GM 3/ c
16 Mintz Ct., Manchester SOWIK, Steve, MoMM 3/ c
Long Lots Rd., Southport STARK, Robert K., S 2/ c
1 W. High St., East Hampton STARODOMSKY, John J., CM 2/ c
167 Scofield Ave., Bridgeport STEVENS, Nicholas C, MM 1/ c
1023 Campbell Ave., West Haven STINSON, Lewis J., Jr., EM 1/ c
1250 Enfield St., Thompsonville STOEHR, Frederick E., EM 2/ c
197 Circular Ave., Hamden STOHL, Ernest E., SF 1/ c
RFD 3, Waterbury STOUGHTON, Robert N., S 1/ c
99 Orchard St., East Hartford, 8 STRATFORD, James V., S 1/ c
26 Vine St., Bridgeport STRUBELL, Paul S., SF 1/ c
444 Wethersfield Ave., Hartford SULLIVAN, John M., F 1/ c
162 Walnut St., Hartford SULLIVAN, John R., SK 2/ c
14 Indian Hill St., East Hartford SUNDERLAND, George R., ACOM
118 Bunker Hill Ave., Waterbury SUTHERLAND, Chester A., QM 1/ c
11 Sheriden Ct., East Mt. Ter., Plainville SWEET, Albert K., MM 1/ c -
Box 25, Ballouville SWETZ, John, S 1/ c
91 Smith St., Derby SWIFT, Frank A., GM 3/ c
Hunters Hill, Naugatuck SZABO, William, CM 2/ c
90 Ardmore PL, Fairfield TAIT, Frank, SC 2/ c
8 Myrtle Ave., Stamford TAYLOR, Warner H., MoMM 2/ c
Black Point Rd., Niantic TEDFORD, Joseph, Jr., SM 3/ c
48 Academy St., Manchester TELEP, George, AOM 1/ c
123 Prince St., Bridgeport TESTA, Robert, SK 3/ c
340 Pearl Harbor St., Bridgeport TIEDMANN, Conrad J., AMM 2/ c
95 Davis St., New Haven TILLEY, Mansfield T., EM 3/ c
48- C Bellevue Sq., Hartford TISCHOFER, Richard, MoMM 1/ c
8 Locust Ct., East Hartford TKACH, Boris P., MaM 2/ c
126 Tulip St., Bristol TORONI, Emil M., S 2/ c
Bldg. 3- 238, Apt. 105, Y. M. V., Bridgeport TOTTEN, Felix M., HA 1/ c
30 Nelson Ter., Bridgeport TRASK, Charles H., Jr., MoMM 3/ c
Library Lane, Old Lyme TUCCI, Frank J., BM 2/ c
3760 Main St., Bridgeport TUR, Joseph J., S 1/ c
283 Coram Ave., Shelton
TUTTLE, George E., S 1/ c
2 Shepherd St., Norwalk UNDERWOOD, Ralfred L., M 1/ c
663 N. Main St., Norwich VALENTINE, Edwin H., AEM 2/ c
202 Maple Street, Naugatuck VALLARIO, Peter D., QM 2/ c
11 Grandview Ter., Hartford VAN WAGNER, William C, SC 1/ c
Box 65, So. Norwalk VERTEFEUILLE, Gilbert J., BM 2/ c
752 North Main St., Norwich VIDOU, Julian J., BM 1/ c
High St. Ext., Thomaston VIGNALI, Joseph R., BM 2/ c
689 No. Main St., Waterbury VODOLA, Benjamin F., ARM 3/ c
1129 Essex Place, Stratford WACH, Martin F., BM 2/ c
353 1/ 2 Weaver St., Greenwich WADSWORTH, Revilo O., CSF
406 Jackson St., Willimantic WALENDZIAK, Edward C, Ptr( V) 2/ c
Box 10, Georgetown WALSH, Robert B., S 1/ c
52 Stonington St., Hartford WARNER, Clinton H., Jr., CRM( T)
91 Front St., Middletown WARREN, Charles C, CPhM( PA)
42 Coburn Rd., Manchester WARREN, Sherwood, QM 2/ c
24 Grand St., Norwalk WASSOY, Louis, PhM 1/ c
8 Baldwin St., Watertown WATT, Wilbur C, GMl/ c( T)
46 Frank St., Stamford WEATHERS, William A., CM( T)
48 Hicks St., Meriden WEBSTER, Lawrence G., MM 3/ c
West Granby Rd., Granby WEBSTER, Willard C, Sp( O) 1/ c
West Cedar St., So. Norwalk WHITE, Clifford C, RdM 3/ c
785 Wolcott Hill Rd., Wethersfield WHITNEY, George L., SC 2/ c
52 Hicks St., Meriden WHYTE, James, MoMM 2/ c
28 Hill St., Stamford WIALBUT, Robert M., RM 3/ c
346 Railroad Ave., Bridgeport WIELAND, Louis E., F 2/ c
138 Loomis St., Manchester WILCHINSKY, William K., GM 3/ c
87 Olive St., Bridgeport WILDE, William W., QM 2/ c
47 Ledyard Rd., West Hartford WINTON, Roger D., PhM 1/ c
389 Hartford Rd., Manchester WOCOSKI, Joseph E., WT 2/ c
13 Union St., Manchester WOITYSIAK, Stanley P., SC 3/ c
31 Cutler St., New London WOJICK, John S., SM 1/ c
93 Booth St., New Britain WOJTILLA, Michael S., S 1/ c
38 Forest St., Unionville WOLFE, George A., MM 1/ c
16 South Front St., Middletown WOODWARD, Ralph J., QM 3/ c
67 Sixth St., Bridgeport, 7 WOZNICK, Joseph A., MoMM 3/ c
395 William St., Bridgeport WRIGHT, Allen S., EM 3/ c
Salisbury YOUNG, Robert T., CM 3/ c
269 Rockwell Ave., Winsted Z AH ABA, Leon R., SoMH 3/ c
16 Yantic St., Norwich ZEMBRUSKI, Henry K., MoMM 1/ c
326 South St., Hartford ZIEGRA, Louis R., PhM 1/ c
7 Elm St., Deep River