Connecticut veterans commemorative booklet. Vol. 6, no. 3. Connecticut Men of the United States Navy, demobilization, Lido Beach Separation Center. October 10 to 18, 1945

              CONNECTICUT MEN
of the United States Navy
Demobilization, Lido Beach Separation Center
October 10 to 18, 1945 STATE OF CONNECTICUT EXECUTIVE CHAMBERS HARTFORD
RAYMOND E. BALDWIN
governor
To Connecticut Naval Veterans of World War II:
Connecticut has a great seafaring tradition. In every 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 sincerely,
Governor
HERE ARE THEIR STORIES
War correspondents of World War II frequently embellished and often overwrote the action stories of modest sailor's. 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.
Adorjan, Joseph, Jr., S 2/ c, Sampson Naval Training Station, South Norwalk.
" I just broke boot camp and became a seaman second when the Japs gave up and the Navy decided they could afford to let me go back to being a body and fender sprayer."
Atkins, Elmer A., SF 1/ c, LST's, Bridgeport.
" I was in on the Normandy and Riviera landings and helped carry 1,100 prisoners from the first wave invasion to England. While serving on LST- 47, I helped pick up survivors of LST- 282, hit by a Buzz bomb in neighboring waters."
Balocki, William C, S 2/ c, Sampson Naval Training Station, New Britain.
" When I got out of boot training at Sampson, I must have looked like a pretty fair product of the training system because they made me an instructor and put me in charge of a company of boots for drill, boat drill and such basic subjects. When I get home I'll try the system on my children."
Barber, Roger T., CM 1/ c, Waterbury.
" I was a stevedore through most of the war, although my rate doesn't sound it. The specialty of our outfit was unloading attack cargo ships either during the actual assault operation or in direct sup­port
of the landings. Once we stood up under a steady 17- day siege off the assault beaches in the Philippines, during which we absorbed a good pasting from 106 air raids, including aerial torpedoes. My biggest thrill will be when I report for
duty to my wife and baby daughter, Betty Jane, whom I've never seen."
Bate, Thomas C, Jr., BM 1/ c, Trans­port
President Adams, Bethlehem.
" In three and a half years in the South Pacific I had a hand in delivering Marines and troops to practically every hot spot in the theater, Guadalcanal, Bougainville, Rendova, the Admiralties, Marshalls, Guam, Iwo Jima and Lingayen Gulf."
Beebe, Maurice M., S 1/ c, Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, Groton.
" I was a depth gauge tester in the Electric Boat Company's submarine yards as a civilian. When I got in the Navy, they made me a cop and put me in charge of the brig. All I can say is that I learned you have to treat overseas sailors a little differently from shore- station men and that I was lucky enough not to have a jail break all the time I was a cop. Now that the war is over, I'll probably go back to the submarine business."
Bennett, Oscar H., MaM 3/ c, Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, Hartford.
" I worked in those gigantic post offices called FPO, New York and FPO, San Francisco, and all the time my seniority was piling up as a postal registry clerk in the Hartford Post Office, where I worked twelve years."
Boy a, Leonard E., HA 2/ c, Jackson­ville
Naval Hospital, Hartford.
" I got classified as a medico because I spent 16 years in the dental supply business. I was also the manager of a diner in Hartford, so a little thing like
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night work in the Navy didn't feaze me in the least."
Carlson, William A., GM 2/ c, Ship Salvage Unit, Milford.
" My job was treasure- hunter, like the guys you read about in adventure maga­zines,
with the important difference that all the loot was turned over to the govern­ment.
Using a diving suit and shallow water gear, I went below, swam through hatches and explored dozens of the hun­dreds
of Japanese and American ships sunk in Manila Harbor. There was plenty of muck and cadavers in addition to huge stores of minted and paper money and tons of movable loot off Corregidor. Before that I had served as gunner on a cruiser and seaplane tender, but my six months' underwater exploring was tops."
Clinton, Henry F., GM 3/ c, Seabees, New Haven.
" My outfit led a hectic existence in the Russells and Solomons constructing air strips. Our last assignment was rebuilding Neilson Field, outside Manila, which had taken an unmerciful blasting from our air forces."
Cooke, Thomas A., CM 3/ c, Seabees, Torrington.
" My last duty was with a battalion con­structing
a navy base and warehouses just outside Manila. The biggest re­sponsibility
I ever had was as a member of a reconnaissance party that went ashore at Manus Island in the Admiralties while things were still hot to pick a site for a camp. There was plenty of bomb activity and the ground surface was too hard to dig foxholes."
Currier, Edward J., EM 2/ c, Attack Cargo Vessel Lacerta, Bridgeport.
" I had 18 months in the Caribbean and a stretch off Okinawa, but my most in­teresting
assignment was on YDG- 1, a
degaussing ship equipped with apparatus that processed other ships to render them non- magnetic and thus invulnerable to magnetic mines."
Davignon, Roger R., PhM 2/ c, Nor­folk
Naval Hospital, Hartford.
" The Navy sent me to dental school, Medical Corps School and Dental Pros­thetics
School— that's false teeth, so in 39 months I became a big false tooth expert. When I get back to Hartford I want to sink my teeth— real teeth— in the women's wear business, where I belong."
DeNapoles, Louis A., GM 3/ c, LSTs, Stamford.
" After some pretty dull times in English and French waters, we were finally as­signed
to make the landing on the Island of Jersey in the English Channel. We picked up and transported 1,700 German prisoners taken in the first assault wave and 20 American airmen who had been shot down in earlier actions. Luck rode with me when I transferred off LST- 6. Two days after I carried my duffel off, she hit a mine in the Seine."
Dyer, Edward H., Jr., F 2/ c, S. S. Carlisle, Stamford.
" I had some happy days aboard a small transport running to Hawaii, Guam and the Philippines. The pleasantest job we had was running what we called excur­sions
for the Third and Fourth Marines, who were in a rest area on the Island of Maui in Hawaii. We'd run them over to Honolulu for five day liberties, wait for the time to expire, and then run them back."
Dzurilla, Joseph C, BM 2/ c, Mine­sweeper
Doran, Bridgeport.
" Our ship was a converted destroyer on minesweeping patrol in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. In four years it didn't get into one speck of trouble. I was a wire
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finisher at General Electric and I'm going to race right back there."
Esposito, Dominic F., S 1/ c, Com­munications
Unit 27, New Haven.
" I managed to get in on the big victory celebration in Hawaii after spending 28 months in the States. My ambition is to take it easy during my reconversion period."
Fatek, William H., SCB 2/ c, Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, Seymour.
" I was manager of a supermarket in civilian life and knew something about the butcher business. At Brooklyn, at Lambert Field, St. Louis and at an advance amphibious base where I did Navy style butchering, I learned that the Navy buys the top cuts of meat but doesn't give it the gentle wifely treat­ment
most men are accustomed to."
Fitzgerald, James L., RM 3/ c, Mer­chant
Ship Examiner, New Haven.
" I was in the armed guard on a cargo vessel that kept returning to the ports of Newport, Cardiff and Swansea and I got acquainted with a great many hospitable families there. After a few trips it was like visiting relatives to drop in on my Welch and English friends."
Goering, Richard H., Bkr 2/ c, Sampson Naval Training Station, New Haven.
" Nothing very adventurous on my service record. I was almost within com­muting
distance of home all the 42 months I was in service."
Graves, Raymond T., SC 3/ c, Heavy Cruiser Augusta, Waterbury.
" I'm mighty proud of the bluenose certificate I got for serving at the North Pole. Some other spots I made were Iceland, Ireland, Trinidad, Italy and North Africa. I was a butcher before en­listing
and relearned the trade the Navy way. Brother, what a difference!"
Hartigan, John L., SK 1/ c, Fleet Tanker Cossatot, Waterbury.
" In civilian life I work on the printing of funny paper comic sections and I must confess they are more thrilling than any adventures I had. First I was on the Destroyer Boyle at Casablanca and Fedala, and later, on a fleet tanker at I wo Jima and Okinawa. The last day of the war I was at Seattle awaiting orders which haven't arrived yet."
Howley, James M., CSKV, Miami Naval Air Station, Glenbrook.
" My war experience was strictly a pleasure from beginning to end. For 44 months I was stationed at Coco Sola and Miami, both nicknamed ' Navy Country Clubs.' After the last war, President Truman opened a haberdashery. I'm going to try the same thing and see if it leads to the White House."
Janus, Joseph, RM 2/ c, Submarine Halibut, Bridgeport.
" In the big October naval engagements around Leyte and Samar the function of our sub was to intercept Japs trying to make a getaway. Our skipper claims a battleship on this deal but as yet the credit hasn't been granted. On other runs in the China Sea and off the Philippines we were credited with four merchantmen and two sampans and we took part in the surface shelling of Iwo Jima. By a lucky chance I was on liberty in Portsmouth, N. H., on V- J Day and it was the happiest event of the war for me."
Johnson, Wiley, MoMM 3/ c, Mine­sweeper
Kingbird, Bridgeport.
" I was in operations and repair on the Boston harbor defenses and later got switched to Quonset, R. I. If I can get the time, I want to go to night school after I get discharged."
Karagines, Peter, TMV 3/ c, Fort Lauderdale Naval Air Station, Stamford.
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" I spent three years knocking around the Pacific in destroyers and took part in the Solomons, Guadalcanal, Saipan, Tinian and Philippines deals. In the Kula Gulf assault I was on the Strong when a torpedo got it. Somebody threw me a line and I was hauled aboard the destroyer Chevalier, which was also sunk later."
Kerstetter, Lee R., QM 3/ c, Sub­marine
Tender Euryale, Stamford.
" After 26 months of commuting around the Admiralty Islands, New Guinea and Hawaii, my travel quota is all filled up for a while. I'm perfectly content to go back to managing the hardware depart­ment
of a Sears- Roebuck store."
Koplar, John J., Jr., SK 3/ c, Seabees, Torrington.
" I was in Construction Battalion 33, operating around New Caledonia, the Russell Islands and Peleliu. On the last deal we built an airstrip under inter­mittent
bombing that cost us 25 men. I used to be clerk in an A. & P. Now I'm going to buck for manager."
Lewis, Charles A.; QM 1/ c, LST 223, Norwich.
" Our ship took part in the initial land­ings
on Leyte, Mindoro and Luzon and was in support at Saipan. We also logged off New Guinea and the Marshall Islands. I was in school when I enlisted in the Navy six years ago, but my schooldays are over. I've got a family to support."
Lombardi, Pasquale J., MM 1/ c, Sub­marine
Tender Proteus, Ansonia.
" Our job was stocking, fueling and repairing the hot subs that made the sweep on the Japanese homeland. After spending many months around Guam and Midway we were in at the death of the Japanese Empire and our last anchorage was in Yokosuka Naval Base."
Lynch, Thomas, RdM 2/ c, Submarine Chaser 1051. Hamden.
" I was in the original crew of a 110- foot SC and stayed with it from the time of its commissioning through two years in Cuban, Panamanian, Florida and Pacific waters. Our longest run was to Canton Island in the Phoenix group, and long runs are not that baby's dish. A couple of days out you run short of chow, water and comfort and from there on it's straight misery."
Malec, Walter L., GM 2/ c, Mine Sweeper Butler, Shelton.
" My ship was a fast mine sweeper, a converted destroyer that took part in the Sicily and Normandy landings, came through them without a scratch but got considerably beat up at Okinawa by a Zeke suicide plane. But we took eight other Jap planes in retaliation."
Mas, Ralph, WT 3/ c, Destroyer Downes, Shelton.
" I got into the Marcus Island raid and the Battle of San Bernardino Strait and went to the Aleutians aboard the Cruiser Salt Lake City. That's enough knocking around to last me for a long time. I'm going to abandon the machinist trade and go into steam engineering."
Mayberry, Charles W., CMoMM 1/ c, Submarine Bluefish, New Haven.
" In my four years of service I was three and a half years on long- range patrols in Pacific waters. While I was out there I made a lot of plans about going into the appliance business, but the closer I get to home, the more I get uncertain about my ability to swing it."
McGuire, Thomas R., SM 2/ c, LCTs, Stamford.
" Our first job in the ETO was trailing with supplies while the troops were rolling the Germans back from Oran to Bizerte. We made the main Sicily landing and a sneak landing behind the enemy lines in Northern Sicily. This wasn't strategically
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important, but to me it seemed like more excitement than the major assault. We landed the French on Elba and went on to Southern France, where the craft I was on blew up. The sun touched off a round of defective ammunition and the whole kaboodle went up— 20mm ammunition, high- test gas and oil. Somehow we man­aged
to beach while the fireworks were still going off. Casualties— none."
Meronek, Michael, SF 3/ c, Destroyer Tender Denebola, Colchester.
" I was supposed to join a very hazard­ous
branch of the service, an underwater demolition squad, but I came up with a fractured leg in training at Ft. Pierce, Fla., and wound up doing surface duty in the Mediterranean and Southern France. I worked on submarine construc­tion
at the Electric Boat yards in Groton. But I don't know what the future of the submarine game is going to be, so I'm open for offers."
Miller, Ray R., GM 3/ c, S. S. David Johnson, Stratford.
" As a member of the armed guard on merchantmen, I was on runs to Asia and in the North and South Atlantic. In 1943, when I was on the Russian run to Molo ¬ tov and Archangel I got mighty sick of Stukas and subs. On a single run I saw the the U- boats get two merchants and two destroyer escorts."
Nosal, Stanley J., RdM 2/ c, Cruiser Savannah, Thompsonville.
" Before things got tough on our ship we had a lot of social high- life, enter­taining
big shot visitors like Churchill and the King of England. But when things got tough, they were really dismal. We took a German glider rocket- controlled bomb at Salerno and were knocked out for nine months, three at Malta, where they pasted the ship together so it could make an American yard. My family
hadn't heard from me in three months- When my sister saw a newsreel shot of the Savannah taking that hit, she assumed the ship was gone and I with it. Later, when I saw a picture of the hit in The Daily News, I almost believed I was gone myself."
Off en, James C, CRM, Attack Cargo Vessel Starr, Meriden.
" Our ship made the initial operations at Iwo and Okinawa. A Jap suicide boat took a crack at us at Okinawa and buckled some plates and caused internal damage. It was a frail little craft with an engine equivalent to a Chevrolet. After the blast we found two Jap army officers, alive, hanging on to the paravane cable."
Olander, Walter J., RT 3/ c, 1009th Seabees, Guilford.
" After 22 months overseas in which I got involved in some jobs on Saipan, the Russells and Gilberts with the Third Amphibious Force, I was transferred from the reserve to the regular navy and sent to radio materiel school. V- J Day overtook me before I finished the course."
Olsen, William A., S 1/ c, Cruiser Boise, Stamford.
" I was on the Boise in her historic en­gagement
at Cape Esperance in 1942 when she took hits by everything, including torpedoes, and limped across the Pacific and through the Canal to Philly for repairs, which took five months. I must be a good politician because although I'm still in uniform, I've already got a job lined up at LaGuardia Airport."
Ondusko, Charles J., SF 3/ c, South Atlantic Patrol, New Haven.
" We had a pet name for tricky little vessels we served on in England and the South Atlantic. It was ' suicide ship' and painfully accurate."
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Pantaleo, Eugene J., MM 3/ c, Mine Warfare Test Station, Solomons— Mary­land,
Ansonia.
" Early in the war while serving on tankers around Aruba and Curacao I was lucky to escape without injury in several submarine attacks. The last half of the war was pretty prosaic shore duty. My old job was as a helper on automatic screw ma­chines
and my navy experience was along the same line."
Pelletier, Roland H., MM 1/ c, MTBs, Hartford.
" Before the war I used to make machine guns in the High Standard shop in Hartford. In three years on motor tor­pedo
boats on the Atlantic and in the Solomon and Treasury Islands, I never once heard a machine gun fired at a live target. I don't have much faith in the future of such small weapons. I'm going to see whether the G. I. Bill of Rights will provide me with a course in refrigeration and air- conditioning."
Pillo, Joseph C, Jr., AOM 1/ c, V- J 17, Bridgeport.
" Guam was one of the pleasantest places I saw while serving with a utility flying squadron. We lived in Quonsets, the chow was acceptable and the people were clean, pleasant, attractive, friendly and well- educated. Guam has it all over the Marshalls and Iwo. I was lucky enough to run into an old hometown buddy, John Spillane, and Dr. Gulash from my neigh­borhood,
who was serving as a flight surgeon. I used to be a receiving clerk and they can warm up the old job for me."
Pope, Warren F., MM 2/ c, Battleship Indiana, South Norwalk.
" The high spot of my 34 months in the Pacific was along toward the eighth inning of the war when we shelled the Japanese home islands. On V- J Day we were in Jap waters. After that hot duty with the Third
and Fifth Fleets, it'll be a relief to go back to my job with the State as a highway maintenance man."
Renkowsky, Alexander K., S 1/ c, Carrier Champlin, Bridgeport.
" Our flat- top was on patrol duty off Cuba and in the Atlantic and never ran into anything worth mentioning in a history book. It was just as uneventful when I served for 16 months in the armed guard of the Merchantman Aquar­ius
running to Uruguay, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande de Sol and Trinidad."
Reynolds, Edward L., Jr., RM 3/ c, Mine Sweeper Rodman, Putnam.
" No dull moments on our converted destroyer! Off Okinawa we merely got hit by three suicide planes, four bombs and a dud. I don't know which to blame my Purple Heart on. I was bounced up in the air and came down with a hole in my back. The Rodman's bow was half gone when the shooting stopped and we made the 11,000 miles to Charleston, S. C., steering aft. That was the most memorable adventure I'd had since 1942 when I was on the destroyer Emmons, one of the only three U. S. ships on the suicide run to Murmansk, Russia, when the convoy casualties were running from 50 per cent right up to the saturation point."
Rourke, Joseph M., CEM, Seabees, New Haven.
" Our battalion was a maintenance unit assigned to maintaining the finger piers replacing the ruined docks at Cherbourg and Le Havre and keeping the new instal­lations
at Omaha Beach in working order."
Russell, Robert L., MMR 3/ c, De­stroyer
Greer, Devon.
" In addition to sea duty I got some heavy and useful experience with new equipment in the refrigeration shop at the San Diego base. I was there on V- J Day, with town liberty in the hottest Navy
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town in the world. Maybe my division officer showed good sense when he recalled my liberty at the last minute.''
Saczyinski, Walter, AMM 1/ c, Fighter Squadron 2, New Haven.
" I'm proud to have been attached to Squadron 2, which staffed the Enterprise and the Hornet and was supplying fighter groups back in the days when Butch O'Hare was lost, winding up with one of the greatest records in air history. Except for the cut of the working clothes, my civilian job at Winchester is pretty much like the one I had in the Navy."
Seaberg, John C, TM 3/ c, Submarine Tender Pelias, Montville.
" Working around Midway, Australia and Pearl Harbor, our crew got a good second- hand idea of how tough the sub­marine
racket was when the ships came in for repair. Some of them were plenty busted up, with shot screws and the superstructure and conning tower full of holes."
Trumbull, George R., QM 3/ c, Naval Supply Operational Training Command, Bayonne, N. J., New Hartford.
" I took a business course at the Uni­versity
of Connecticut and was picked to attend Naval Supply Officers' Training School, where I spent most of my Navy career beyond boot camp."
Valko, Joseph M., MoMM 1/ c, De ¬ stroyer Greer, Bridgeport.
" Ours was a screening and convoy job in the Marshalls and Gilberts and the tough operation at Tarawa where the Marines were momentarily ground down to a standstill."
Van Strander, William H., Jr., S 1/ c, Hq., Commander of Submarines, Pacific, Hartford.
" I was on the Submarine Whale when she became the first sub in history to plant mines in an enemy harbor. That
was when we sneaked to within 600 yards of land at Kobe on the Inland Sea and sowed the channel. In addition to that I made four other submarine patrols lasting 14 months during which we got credit for 16 Japs sunk between the Marshalls and the Japanese home islands."
Victory, James J., S 1/ c, Naval Air Station, Pasco, Washington, West Norfolk.
" I always seemed to be right on the edge of big doings but never in them. At Pasco I was right next door to one of the atomic bomb plants. On the Cruiser Nashville, I was director operator on a quad 40.1 was transferred off at Hollandia, New Guinea. Three days later the Nash­ville
was in the big Battle of San Ber­nardino
Strait, where it was hit by a Jap crash- dive suicide plane and suffered heavy damage. My old battle station on the quad 40 was knocked right off the ship and four of my crew with it."
Wood, George P., MoMM 1/ c, De­stroyer
Escort Howard, Stamford.
" We made dozens of runs in 27 months' duty screening a carrier force in the Medi­terranean,
Caribbean, South Atlantic and off Okinawa. But no hits and no errors."
Zelesky, Anthony J., AM 2/ c, Hartford.
" I was on Guam but never got to see the populated parts, being stuck in a remote shore station ' way out in right field re­pairing
all kinds of aircraft that had re­ceived
operational or combat damage. For five months I was at Ulithi, the mammoth base whose very existence was one of the best- kept secrets of the war."
Zelich, Joseph A., F 1/ c, Submarine Tender Orion, Bridgeport.
" I served with Submarine Squadron 16 from Panama to Saipan and in the course of our travels we were credited with sinking a million tons of enemy shipping. It was normal for our subs to come in from patrols banged up from depth charges."
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STATE AIDS AND BENEFITS
The laws of the State of Connecticut provide for many forms of aid, benefits and preferences for veterans, and for their next of kin in varying degrees. The following digest is designed to inform of the aids, benefits and preferences, and to designate the local or state agency charged with providing full information to veterans. There are thirty- four full- time and eight part- time Veterans Centers operating which serve 86 of the 169 cities and towns in the State. In some smaller towns the Town Clerks act as a " Veterans Center".
Tax Exemptions — File discharge with your Town Clerk; notify local assessors and collector.
Local Taxes �� Any veteran is exempt from taxes on real or personal property up to $ 1,000 in valuation. Disabled veterans are exempt up to $ 3,000, according to disability ratings. This ex­emption
is in part valid for veterans' wives, and next of kin, as specified by the Statutes. See Local Tax Collector.
Local Business Taxes — ( Personal property) on stock, fixtures and equipment of new businesses established by veterans, for three years. See Local Tax Collector.
Old Age Assistance Taxes — Servicemen are exempt, during active service in armed forces, and veterans may secure refund if they paid while in active service. See Local Tax Collector.
State Unincorporated Business Taxes — On new businesses established by any veteran, good for three years. See Tax Commissioner, State Office Building, Hartford.
Free Business Licenses — Most licenses are free; renewals usually unnecessary for varying periods. See your Town Clerk.
Professional Licenses — Qualified veterans can be admitted to the practice of law or chiropractic without examination in most cases. Contact your county Bar Association, or the Board of Chiro­practic
Examiners, State Office Building, Hartford.
State Employment Preference — Veteran pas­sing
state civil service examination has five points added to score; ten, if he has a disability rating. Names placed on list of eligibles in the order of such augmented score.
The State's general policy on veteran's job preference, which has not the effect of law, was established by the 1945 General Assembly, with passage of the following:
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representa­tives
:
" 1. That it shall be the policy of the State, acting through the Connecticut Veterans Reemploy­ment
and Advisory Commission, to encourage Connecticut employers to voluntarily set aside a minimum of 25 per cent of post- war jobs for veter­ans
of World War II.
" 2. That it shall be the policy of the State until July 1, 1950, to give preference to veterans of World War II in all State positions outside the classified service of the merit system act and in all positions involving contractual services and part time services and in all cases where compensation is paid by the State whether on a fee basis or otherwise.
" 3. That until July 1, 1950, it shall also be the policy of the State that appointing officers of the State, as defined by Sec. 2049 of the General Statutes, shall, other conditions being equal, give preference to veterans of World War II in filling State positions from registers of eligible candidates furnished by the State Personnel Department."
Educational Aids — With satisfactory cre­dentials,
a veteran can secure free a grammar school or high school diploma from the State Board of Education, State Office Building, Hartford. '
Free instruction in secondary subjects ( high school courses) will be furnished by the State Board of Education if your town can't do it. See your local school officials.
Financial aid for college educations for children, 16 to 23, of servicemen killed in service. Consult the State Board of Education.
Aid for Needy Veterans — If you are being cared for under legal direction of the Veterans Home Commission, your children under 16, husband, wife or widowed mother can receive weekly finan­cial
assistance up to $ 10. for an adult and $ 6. for a child. Apply to the Commission, through the Veterans Home, Rocky Hill.
If you need temporary financial assistance because of a service disability, contact the Veterans Home Commission, Rocky Hill.
Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Fund — Many of the veterans' aid benefits set out above are pay­able
from the income produced by this fund which is to be augmented by a portion of the Connecticut tax on cigarettes until the principal of the fund reaches $ 15,000,000. Disbursements of these funds to carry out aid provisions to veterans, and certain relatives and next of kin of veterans pursuant to statute, are through the State Treasurer of the American Legion, State Office Building, Hartford.
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THE MUSTER OUT ROLL CALL
Names, ratings and addresses of Connecticut men discharged from October 10 to 18, 1945, inclusive, from official Navy records, Separation Center, Lido Beach, L. L, N. Y.
ADORJAN, Joseph, Jr., S 2/ c
125 South Main St., South Norwalk ALIANO, Sebastian, ACOM
16 Union St., Manchester ANDERSON, John E., MoMM 2/ c
37 Dora St., Stamford ANDERSON, Roy W., WT 3/ c
47 Morris St., Hartford ANDERSON, William G., BM 2/ c
Latham Lane, Noank ANDREADIS, Gus C, GM 2/ c
107 Farren Ave., New Haven ANGELICO, Anthony J., Cox
20 Penobscot St., Norwich ANTONAK, Edward L., SC 2/ c
39 Ochsner Place, Bridgeport ARMSTEAD, George B., Jr., A/ S
83 Stillwold Road, Wethersfield ARONSON, Gustave W., S 1/ c
33 Village St., Deep River ATKINS, Elmer A., SF 1/ c
219 Black Rock Ave., Bridgeport AVERY, James A., S 1/ c
34 East Meadow St., Stamford BABINEAU, Emile J., MoMM 3/ c
87 Crescent St., Hartford BAKER, James M., SoM ( H) 2/ c
87 Five Mile River Rd., Darien BALDWIN, Harold A., BM 2/ c
Norway St., Devon BALOCKI, William C, S 2/ c
60 Newfield Ave., New Britain BARBER, Roger T., CM 1/ c
57 Thorns St., Waterbury BARELLA, Ernest J., S 2/ c
Scoville Hill, Torrington BARRA, Dominick, Bkr 2/ c
80 Hamilton St., New Haven BARRON, William O., SC 2/ c
88 Rockledge Drive, Bristol BARRY, David J., CRM
14 Franklin St., Wallingford BARTLE, Joseph M., QM 2/ c
292 Tolland St., East Hartford BATE, Thomas C, Jr., BM 1/ c
Bethlehem BATOR, Joseph, SC 3/ c
149 Barbour St., Hartford 5 BEACH, Arthur S., CBM
42 Joseph St., Bridgeport BEAUCHEMIN, Raymond J., MM 3/ c
99 Allyndale Drive, Stratford BEAUSOLEIL, Paul R., RdM 2/ c
223 Providence St., Putnam BECKER, Arthur A., MoMM 2/ c
141 Linden St., New Britain BEEBE, Maurice M., S 1/ c
105 Mather Ave., Groton BENDELL, Henry W., S 2/ c
70 Lone Oak Ave., Waterbury BENDER, Robert V., PhM 1/ c
41 Bishop St., North Haven BENNETT, Oscar H., MaM 3/ c 70 Sanford St., Hartford BENNETT, Roy L., Sp ( X) 1/ c
1172 Townsend Ave., New Haven BENNETT, Walter E., AerM 1/ c
Johnson Ave., Meriden BESZCZAK, John J., CM 2/ c
138 Ashcraft Road, New London
B I B B I A N I , Trento D., R M 2/ c
Main St., Box 176, Chester
B I S K E , Edward S., S 1/ c
11 Vine St., Manchester
B L A C K , Stephen J . , S 2/ c
12 Fowler St., Stamford
B O I S V E R T , Philip J . , F C 3/ c
80 Quercus Ave., Willimantic
B O L O G N E S E , Marcus A . , C M M
231 Greene St., New Haven
B O R E A , Francis A . , S 1/ c
150 Alice St., Bridgeport
B O T T E O N , Alfred J . , A R M 2/ c
59 North St., Meriden
B O W K E R , Robert D . , P h M 2/ c
31 Sisson Ave., Hartford
BOYA, Leonard E . , H A 2/ c
37 Congress St., Hartford
B O Y C H U C K , Peter, Cox
47 Foxon St., New Haven
B R A D B U R Y , Arthur B . , A R M 2/ c
445 Nichols Ave., Stratford
B R A D F O R D , William J . , C M M
99 Williams St., Norwich
B R E N N A N , Vincent E . , S M 3/ c
126 Taft Ave., West Haven
B R I L L , A l v i n G., P h M 2/ c
127 Campbell Ave., West Haven
B R O W N , Charles, S 1/ c
118 Enfield St., Hartford
B R U N E A U , Raymond A., C Y
139 Union Ave., West Haven
B U L L A R D , Charles F., R M 1/ c
278 Noroton Ave., Noroton Heights
B U L L I S , Harvey C , S 1/ c
R F D 2, Waterbury
B U R K E , Henry L . , P h M 2/ c
10 Minor R d . , East Haven
B U R K E , James S., S M 2/ c
84 Farmington Ave., Kensington
B U R K E , John T., J r . , M o M M 1/ c
8 Strong Ave., Rockville
B U R N S , Harold J . , C M o M M
117 Hubbard Ave., Stamford
B U T L E R , Francis J . , S 1/ c
588 Park Ave., Bridgeport 4
B U T T O N , Theodore W., S M 3/ c
Olive St., R F D 2, New London
C A D I E U X , Harold F., A R M 2/ c
599 New Haven Ave., Milford
C A M A R I L L O , Trinidad T., C M 2/ c
Fifth Ave., Bayside, Waterford
C A M P B E L L , Alexander, M o M M 1/ c
369 Sherman Ave., New Haven
C A P P I E L L O , Michael A . , J r . , A R M 2/ c
262 Olive St., Bridgeport
C A P U A N O , Albert M . , C M 2/ c
25 Sedan Terrace, Bridgeport
C A R B O N E , Fred B., F 1/ c
137 Devens Road, East Hartford
C A R L S O N , William A . , G M 2/ c
25 Wood Ave., Milford
C A S A G R A N D E , Peter L . , Y 1/ c
9 West Lane, Ridgefield
C A U L F I E L D , Jean V . , C F C
451 Main St., Norwich
C E B U L S K I , Joseph J . , SF 1/ c
664 Park Ave., Bridgeport
C E R R I T E L L I , Frank J . , B M 2/ c
9 Arch St., Ansonia
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CHARBONNEAU, William R., RM 1/ c
RFD 2, Norwich CHABOT, Wilfred A., SM 2/ c
5 Elm St., Wethersfield CHAPMAN, William T., WT 1/ c
891 Main St., South Glastonbury CHATFIELD, Edward J. Jr., SF 1/ c
Box 206 RFD West Cheshire CHERNUCHKIN, Harry, SF 3/ c
14 Court St., Stamford CHOATE, Frank R., MoMM 1/ c
27 Thames St., Norwich CHRISTENSON, Frank, ACEM
188 Sheffield Ave., New Haven 11 CHRISTOPHER, Rocco J., F 1/ c
56 Hillside Ave., Plainville CHUDY, George E., PhM 3/ c
Spring Grove St., Darien CLARK, Thomas E., A/ S
86 River St., Bridgeport CLAYTON, William T., AMM 1/ c
206 Main St., Middletown CLEARY, Carl R., MM 1/ c
73 Race St., Bristol CLEVELAND, Clarence S., PR 1/ c
86 Lee Ave., Bridgeport CLINTON, Henry F., GM 3/ c
469 Orange St., New Haven COLAGIOVANNI, Michael D., MoMM 1/ c
28 Wayland St., Hartford COLLINS, Thomas C, AMM 1/ c
RFD 1, Gales Ferry, New London CONNELLY, Charles E., EM 3/ c
22 Stoddard St., Seymour CONNOLLY, Benedict J., PhM 1/ c
13 Landry St., Bristol CONNOLLY, James T., Jr., FC 1/ c
132 Sturges Rd., Fairfield CONNOR, Francis C, RdM 3/ c
75 Park St., Willimantic CONNORS, Francis J., FCO 1/ c
77 Main St., Stonington COOKE, Thomas A., CM 3/ c
27 Whiting Ave., Torrington CORATELLA, Vincent R., MoMM 1/ c
262 South Colony St., Meriden CORCORAN, Thomas P., Jr., BM 2/ c
49 Silver St., Branford CRANSON, Richard M., AEM 1/ c
336 Highland Ave., Stratford CRAWFORD, Karl F., CM 2/ c
1 Johnson Place, Norwich CREAN, Martin F., SF 2/ c
849 Farmington Ave., West Hartford CROSBIE, Walter B., EM 3/ c
10 Pleasant St., New Milford CULLEY, Francis E., AOM 1/ c
2225 Main St., Bridgeport CULVER, Vivian W., Jr., SF 1/ c
Montowese St., North Haven CUMMINGS, William E., Av Cad
Hunt Lane, East Haven CURRIER, Edward J., EM 2/ c
966 Stratford Ave., Bridgeport CUSCO, Michael, CSp ( G)
Police Dept. Westport CWYNAR, Edward A., CBM
34 Salisbury Ave., Moosup CZAKO, Albert J., S 1/ c
35 Sound View Ave., South Norwalk CZYKOWSKI, Alexander, SC 1/ c
15 Hickory St., Waterbury DAKIN, Carl E., GM 1/ c
Red Stone St., Forestville DALTON, Arnold F., F 2/ c
Dr. 238, Apt, 206, Y. M. V., Bridgeport
DAMMLING, Frank W., SSML 3/ c
317 Bassett St., New Haven DANIELS, Joseph F., S 1/ c
164 Bond St., Hartford DANUSZAR, Joseph, GM 2/ c
6 Whitney Road, Bethel DARNA, Eugene S., SC 1/ c
Box 174, Manchester DAVIGNON, Roger R., PhM ( DP) 2/ c
174 Sigourney St., Hartford 5 DAVIS, Fred W., S 2/ c
60 Farrows St., Putnam DELANEY, Henry W., AM 2/ c
285 East Main St., Bridgeport DeLUCA, Joseph E., Jr., AMM 3/ c
12 Corbo Terrace, Stamford DeMARIA, Joseph F., F 1/ c
28 Charles St., Saugatuck DeMARIA, Peter D., BM 1/ c
88 Lewis Ave., Meriden DEMYAN, George J., MM 1/ c
104 Bell St., Bridgeport DeNAPOLES, Louis A., GM 3/ c
178 Washington Ave., Stamford DePOALA, Thomas B., MMR 2/ c
96 Maple Ave., Hartford DERRAH, Walter F., AOM 2/ c
443 William St., Bridgeport DeCIOCCIO, Harry A., S 1/ c
26 Warren Terrace, West Hartford DILELLA, Vincent A., S 1/ c
103 Taft Ave., New Haven DiNICOLA, Joseph, S 1/ c
24 Cherry St., Winsted DiNUZZO, Salvatore M., MMG 2/ c
51 Fillmore St., New Haven DIRGO, John B., SF 3/ c
97 Palisade Ave., Bridgeport DIXON, John J., SF 1/ c
428 Hollister Ave., Bridgeport DORNA, John F., CQM
189 Henry St., East Port Chester DOUGHERTY, Edward C, CPhM
31 Mechanics St., Putnam DOWLING, Joseph B., Y 1/ c
146 Greenwich Ave., New Haven DRAPCAK, Joseph B., SM 2/ c
1782 Seaview Ave., Bridgeport DUBOIS, Herbert M., SSML 3/ c
Fairport Drive, Southport DUEFRENE, Edward W., SM 1/ c
Box 85, Stepney Depot DUQUETTE, Louis L., EM 1/ c
96 Jennings Road, Bristol DYER, Edward H., Jr., F 2/ c
28 Hill St., Stamford DYLEWSKY, Nickolas, MoMM 3/ c
Geriak Road, Stamford DZURILLA, Joseph C, BM 2/ c
1267 Kossuth St., Bridgeport EDWARDS, Pierrepont L., CTM
365 Elm St., Stamford EISFELDT, Gustave, Jr., CRM ( T) SS
Angies Hotel, New London ELLIOTT, William L., EM 3/ c
63 Lincoln Ave., New London ELRICH, Harvey, CMoMM
72 1/ 2 East Main St., Meriden EMANUELSON, Clifford E., CMM ( AA- T)
34 Buckingham Place, Bridgeport ERLING, Herman E., MM 2/ c
93 Lawndale Ave., Bristol ESPOSITO, Dominic F., S 1/ c
242 James St., New Haven 13 ESPOSITO, Salvatore A., S 1/ c
301 Humphrey St., New Haven
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FAITH, Warren C, MM 2/ c
15 Center St., Bristol FAMIGLIETTI, Sebastian, S 1/ c
17 Commerce St., Norwalk FANCHER, Clarke H., CCM
21 Elizabeth St., Bethel FANCHER, Howard N., CTM
47 Laurel Ave., Milford FATEK, William H., SCB 2/ c
51 Derby Ave., Seymour FAUGNO, Louis J., SC 3/ c
356 Campbell Ave., West Haven FENTON, John R., MoMM 1/ c
65 Milne St., Bridgeport FIKE, Robert C, MoMM 1/ c
24 Coit St., Norwich FISHER, Earl, ST 2/ c
490 Broad St., Bridgeport FITCH, Elton F., TM 2/ c
352 Laurel St., Hartford FITZGERALD, James L., RM 3/ c
54 Foxon St., New Haven FORCIER, Louis P., SK 3/ c
77 Hillside Ave., Meriden FORTIN, William L., Jr., ARM 2/ c
650 Main St., Middletown FREEMAN, Robert M., PhM 2/ c
38 Elm St., Bristol FRENCH, Charles T., Jr., Y l/ c ( T)
474 Broad St., Meriden FREYMUTH, William A., SC 1/ c
6 School St., Stonington FRICKE, William J., Jr., CRM
2 Nichols Court, West Hartford FRIES, Donald B., S 1/ c ( SM)
110 Britannia St., Meriden FRITZSON, Stanley A., Y 2/ c
34 Beacon St., Hartford FRYE, Harold W., S 1/ c
15 Lewiston Court, Poquonock Bridge FUDJACK, Ivan J., MoMM 1/ c
254 Howe Ave., Shelton GALLAGHER, James J., AOM 2/ c
16 Amity St., Hartford GERICH, Stephen J., S 1/ c
369 Bunnell St., Bridgeport GIBSON, Henry T., RM 1/ c
Northville, New Milford GILBRIDE, Francis B., EM 1/ c
87 Olive St., New Haven GILROY, Francis M., GM 3/ c
74 Carroll St., Naugatuck GINSBERG, Harry N., S 2/ c
180 Gilbert Ave., New Haven GIORDANELLA, Matthew P., BM 2/ c
2857 Summer St., Stamford GIPSTEIN, Harry I., PhM 2/ c
20 Rockville St., Hartford GIRET, David, S 2/ c
90 South Cherry St., Wallingford GLADU, Joseph F., ARM 2/ c
38 South Walnut St., Wauregan GNUTTI, Benjamin F., AOM 3/ c
111 Park St., Stafford Springs GOERING, Richard H., Bkr 2/ c
210 Goffe St., New Haven GOLAS, Walter, SC 1/ c
95 Red Mt. Ave., Torrington GOODSTEIN, Benjamin, Y 1/ c
102 South Orchard St., Wallingford GRAVES, Raymond T., SC 3/ c
150 Bridge St., Waterbury GREEN, Clifford B., S 1/ c
Canterbury GREENSTEIN, Harry, Y 1/ c
RFD, Box 87, Canterbury
GRIEBEL, Charles K., MoMM 1/ c
12 Harriet St., Norwalk GRIFFIN, Chester W., CM 2/ c
659 Union Ave., Bridgeport 7 GRIFFITHS, Richard G., SF 2/ c
100 Saltonstall Parkway, East Haven GUIDITTA, Nicholas S., AS
97 Long Hill Road, Waterbury GRNOWSKI, Henry J., WT 1/ c
Cambria Ave., Newington GROVES, Russell, C, RM 1/ c
55 Sanford St., East Haven GUILE, Woodrow, W., CRM
120 Palmer St., Norwich HACIA, Andrew J., AOM 2/ c
38 Foley St., West Hartford HADLOCK, Richard A., S 1/ c
Lost Acres Road, North Granby HAGSTROM, Donald E., MM 2/ c
739 Main St., Plantsville HALL, Albert P., FC 2/ c
Wall St., Madison HAMM, Robert W., AM 1/ c
38 High St., Norwalk HANDY, Perley E., Cox
90 Pardee St., New Haven HARAS, J. W., S 1/ c
79 Park St., Meriden HAYRE, Isaac, L, S 1/ c
6 Warner Place, Waterbury HARDENBERGH, Nathan W., Jr., SK 2/ c
Orchard St., Canaan HARTIGAN, John L., SK 1/ c
147 Savings St., Waterbury HARTLEY, Ernest E., RM 1/ c
41 River St., Baltic HASTINGS, Stewart G., S 1/ c
926 West Boulevard, Hartford 5 HAWKEN, Richard H., SK 2/ c
571 Evergreen Ave., Hamden 14 HENNESSEY, Edgar T., MM 1/ c
124 North Water St., East Port Chester HERTEL, Gerard F., SF 1/ c
271 Greenwich Ave., Greenwich HICKEY, Kenneth W., MoMM 1/ c
383 Orange St., New Haven HILL, George D., F 2/ c
9 New St., New London HOGAN, David F., ARM 3/ c
25 Lewis St., Greenwich HOSPOD, Peter P., MoMM 1/ c
RFD 8, Norwichtown HOUGHTALING, Norman E., SC 2/ c
RFD 1, Newfield Rd., Torrington HOUSE, Howard G., SC 1/ c
19 Concord Courts, Poquonock Bridge HOWLEY, James M., CSKV
329 Hope St., Glenbrook HUBBELL, Edward C, S 2/ c
18 Hull St., Shelton HUBBS, William W., PHoM 1/ c
47 DeKalb Ave., Bridgeport HUGGAN, Roderick C, GEM
28 Latham St., Groton HUTTON, Donald R., AM 3/ c
8 Bailey Ave., Darien HYDE, Charles H., CMM
427 Henry Ave., Stratford HYLER, Calvin H., S 1/ c
64 R. R. Hill St., Waterbury HYNES, James P., EM 3/ c
1020 Broad St., Hartford IBITZ, Louis C, Cox
234 East St., Plainville IOVINE, Giacomo, AMM 2/ c
143 Wooster St., New Haven
15 JACOBSEN, Frederick H., AMMH 2/ c
169 Laurel Ave., Bridgeport 5 JADERLUND, Alfred W., S 1/ c
Weston Road, Georgetown JANUS, Joseph, RM 2/ c
16 North Washington Ave., Bridgeport JASILUNAS, Ludwig J., BM 1/ c
88 Hungerford Ave., Oakville JAVIER, Conrado, S 1/ c
242 Post Road, Darien JESSUP, Russell F., CMOMM
38 Hillcrest Ave., Wethersfield JOHNSON, Kenneth O., AMM 3/ c
1075 Prospect Ave., West Hartford JOHNSON, Robert F., PhM 1/ c
126 Burnham St., Bridgeport JOHNSON, Wiley, MoMM 3/ c
1231 Howard Ave., Bridgeport JONES, Clifford E., S 2/ c
393 School St., Putnam JONES, Henry A., AMM 1/ c
RFD 1, Amston JONES, Jimmie, AMM 1/ c
106 Franklin St., Norwich KAIK, Edward S., AMM 2/ c
451 Huntington St., New Haven KAMENICKY, Joseph A., CBM
414 Thompson St., Stratford KARAGINES, Nicholas, GM 3/ c
217 Ludlow St., Stamford KARAGINES, Peter, TMV 3/ c
715 Atlantic St., Stamford KARJANIS, Peter J., Jr., Bkr 3/ c
237 Washington Ave., New Haven KARLOK, Michael, BM 1/ c
38 Star St., Ansonia KASPUTES, Michael F., MoMM 1/ c
Box 562, New London KASSIB, John G., TM 3/ c
699 Broad St., Bridgeport KELLEHER, Edward R., F 1/ c
73 Laurel St., Hartford KELLIHER, Daniel H., CWT
205 Lordship Road, Stratford KELLOGG, Shirley M., BM 2/ c
71 Garden Drive, Fairfield KERSTETTER, Lee R., QM 3/ c
115 Atlantic St., Stamford KETELHUT, Emil H., MoMM 1/ c
113 Horton Ave., Meriden KELLY, Leo L., M 1/ c
184 Bill Ave., Groton KIBBE, Herbert C, AMM 2/ c
958 Asylum Ave., Hartford KIELY, Donald L., SK 1/ c
79 Linden St., Torrington KING, Albert W., ACRM ( T)
171 Washington St., Hartford KING, Richard A., RdM 2/ c
21 Austin St., Danbury KIRKLAND, Theodore, BM 2/ c
5 Slocum St., Norwalk KIRKWOOD, Payson A., GM 3/ c
RFD 2, Boston Post Rd., Branford KIROUAC, Louis R., S 1/ c
237 No. Main St., Waterbury KIRSCHENHEITER, John F., AMM 1/ c
832 Bedford St., Stamford KOCAK, Edward S., S 1/ c
7 Waverly Place, Stamford KOPLAR, John J., Jr., SK 3/ c
125 Highland Ave., Torrington KOREIWO, Joseph A., AOM 3/ c
11 Edgewood Ave., Shelton KOZAKIEWICZ, Joseph J., AM 2/ c
19 Oak St., Jewett City
KRACINSKI, Vincent, Av Cad
50 Hubbell Place, Devon KRIVICHI, Leon M., S 1/ c
142 Dover St., Bridgeport KROM, Norman L., RM 2/ c
27 Holbrook St., Ansonia KRUZYK, Bruno V., Cox
540 Main St., Norwich KULIS, Anthony F., MoMM 2/ c
49 Ludlow St., Stamford KUZIAK, Steve, CWT
77 Kneen St., Shelton LABET, Michael, GM 3/ c
638 Goodwin St., East Hartford LABONTE, Germain E., S 1/ c
46 School St., Putnam LADEGARD, Harold H., TME 2/ c
RFD 1, Colchester LADOUCEUR, Henry W., S 1/ c
100 Pomfret St., Putnam LAILEY, Walter F., Cox
24 Harvard Road, Manchester LAJOIE, Frank G., BM 2/ c
RFD 1, Killingly LAKATOS, Louis E., SCB 3/ c
47 Anderson St., Union City LANDRY, Walter T., GM 2/ c
21 Park Ave., Thompsonville LaROSA, Joseph A., SC 1/ c
44 Ferry St., Middletown LaSALLE, Robert E., AFC 1/ c
204 Third Ave., Stratford LaVALLEE, Henry J., MoMM 2/ c
7 Howard Ave., Ansonia LAWLER, Edward D., PhM 1/ c
78 Whitmore St., Hartford LEACH, Clayton J., S 1/ c
51 Houston St., New Haven LECHOWICZ, Stanley, AEM 1/ c
42 Connerton St., New Britain LEINING, William, BM 2/ c
Deerfield Ave., Middletown LELAND, Robert M., BM 2/ c
66 Lincoln St., New Britain LEONAITIS, Albert J., RT 1/ c
66 Madison St., Hartford LeROSE, William S., MM 2/ c
301 Park St., Hartford LEWIS, Charles A., QM 1/ c
11 Rock St., Norwich LEWIS, James W., EM 3/ c
251 Main St., East Hartford LIGOURI, Louis P., S 1/ c
187 Federal St., Bridgeport LINDBERG, Arthur W., TM 2/ c
56 Ivy St., Stratford LIPIRA, Dominic R., FC 3/ c
1 Linden St., Norwalk LOMBARDI, Pasquale J., MM 1/ c
46 Root Ave., Ansonia LOMBARDO, James A., M 1/ c
12 Railroad Place, Stamford LOMBARDO, John S., MM 1/ c
23 Branford St., Hartford LUNDHOLM, Stig, BM 2/ c
944 Asylum Ave., Hartford LYNCH, Thomas, RdM 2/ c
233 Augur St., Hamden MacMILLEN, Edwin P., RM 2/ c
115 Campbell Ave., West Haven MACRI, William H., MoMM 1/ c
3 James St., Meriden MADIGAN, John B., EM 2/ c
11 Richard Road, East Hartford MADORE, Paul E., S 2/ c
1932 Main St., Hartford
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MALEC, Walter L., GM 2/ c
11 Carley St., Shelton MALONE, Thomas M., CCM
150 Norton St., New Haven MALONEY, John J., PTR ( V) 2/ c
108 Putnam St., Hartford MANKUS, Joseph A., TM 2/ c
Tumble Brook C. C., West Hartford MARSHALL, Daniel, CM 3/ c
24 Britton Ave., Torrington MARTIN, Edward R. D., CSK ( T)
109 Dover Road, West Hartford MARTINEAU, George E., S 1/ c
48 Grant St., Hartford MAS, Ralph, WT 3/ c
332 Coram Ave., Shelton MASOTTA, Aglino, A., PhM 2/ c
88 East Pearl St., New Haven MATURO, James A., SK 2/ c
877 Elm St., New Haven 11 MAYBERRY, Charles W., CMoMM 1/ c
1366 Chapel St., New Haven MAZZUCO, Joseph J., SSMB 1/ c
21 Perth St., Bridgeport McCAUL, Edward B., RT 2/ c
70 South Whitney St., Hartford McCONNELL, John J., CCM ( PA)
1880 Broad St., Hartford McDERMOTT, Raymond G., BM 2/ c
Box 1, Uncasville McDONALD, Thomas M., MM 3/ c
48 Saugatuck Ave., Westport McGRATH, Roady P., ART 1/ c
Seminary Road, Simsbury McGUIRE, Thomas R., SM 2/ c
51 Davenport St., Stamford McKEARIN, Paul G., TM 3/ c ( SS)
25 Clarkson St., Ansonia McLEAN, Sheridan A., S 2/ c
572 Main St., Gildersleeve McMAHON, Robert P., AMM 2/ c
113 Benton St., Hartford MEEHAN, Frank G., PhM 1/ c
3561 Main St., Bridgeport MENZEL, Howard L., CM 1/ c
West District Road, Farmington MERONEK, Michael, SF 3/ c
Rt. 4, Colchester MIDDLETON, Richard H., S 2/ c
133 Berlin St., Southington MIKLOVICH, William E., S 1/ c
48 Morton St., South Norwalk MIKOLSKY, William F., ARM 1/ c
256 Willow St., Waterbury MIKOSKY, Joseph J., BM 2/ c
21 Pratt St., Rocky Hill MILLER, Edward D., AMM 1/ c
2 French St., Danbury MILLER, Irwin B., SM 1/ c
55 Wells St., Manchester MILLER, Ray R., GM 3/ c
45 Patterson Ave., Stratford MITCHELL, Alfred, RM 1/ c
35 Norfolk St., Torrington MONGON, Frederick V., PhM 2/ c
23 William St., Greenwich MONROE, Harold J., F 1/ c
82 Sargeant St., Hartford MORELLI, Arthur J., GM 3/ c
421 Park St., Hartford MORGAN, Frederick G., Sp ( T) 1/ c
Box 246, Beacon Falls MORIN, Harry J., Bkr 2/ c
58 Ward Place, Hartford MUSANTI, Donald C, ARM 2/ c
16 Allen St., Groton
NEILAN, Harry J., EM 2/ c
10 North St., Groton NEUMANN, Harry J., S 1/ c
Bldg. 24, 17 Court E, Y. M. V., Bridgeport NICHOLSON, Charles N., CM 1/ c
528 Old Field Rd., Fairfield NOGIEC, Edward, SP ( T) 2/ c
Box 466, New Hartford NORTH, Andrew H., SC 1/ c
49 Jackson St., Ansonia NOSAL, Stanley J., RdM 2/ c
9 New St., Thompsonville NOVAJOSKY, Edward W., S 1/ c
54 Riverside Ave., Torrington O'BRIEN, William J., Av Cad
108 Oakland Terrace, Hartford OCKULACKI, John, Cox
33 Chambers St., Bridgeport O'DONNELL, Robert C, S 1/ c
1465 Dixwell Ave., Hamden OFFEN, James C, CRM ( T)
458 Broad St., Meriden OLAH, Alexander, SAO 1/ c
77 Waldorf Ave., Bridgeport OLANDER, Walter J., RT 3/ c
54 Boston St., Guilford OLSEN, William A., S 1/ c
126 Henry St., Stamford OLSON, Donald G., AOM 1/ c
88 Park Road, West Hartford OLSON, Harry F., MM 2/ c
328 Oak St., New Britain ONDUSKO, Charles J., SF 3/ c
726 George St., New Haven O'REILLY, Frank S., CCS
19 Grand St., New London ORTOWSKI, Joseph S., S 1/ c
86 Hamilton St., New Haven OVERSON, Charles E., MoMM 1/ c
72 Lexington Ave., New Haven PALMER, Kenneth F., CM 1/ c
642 Broad St., Meriden PALMER, Raymond S., AOM 2/ c
RFD 1, Colchester PANTALEO, Eugene J., MM 3/ c
177 Beaver St., Ansonia PAUL, Henry R., SK 2/ c
481 Park St., New Britain PAUL, Wilfred J., RdM 1/ c
96 Elder St., Milford PEARSON, Ernest R., CCS
29 Conn. Ave., New London PELLETIER, Roland H., MM 1/ c
86 Seymour St., Hartford PERRY, Edward B., CSK
Brushy Plain Rd., Branford PETRETTO, Allan, Cox
534 Washington Ave., New Haven PETROSKY, Thomas, PhM 2/ c
192 North Water St., East Port Chester PETRUCCI, Michael F., S 1/ c
291 Bank St., Waterbury 8 PEUGH, Milton M., SK 2/ c
c/ o Registrars Office, Conn. College, New London PILBIN, Joseph L., S 2/ c
West Washington St., Forestville PILLO, Joseph C, Jr., AOM 1/ c
600 Putnam St., Bridgeport POPE, Warren F., MM 2/ c
33 Lincoln Ave., So. Norwalk PRENDERGAST, Daniel P., EM 3/ c
15 Sumac St., West Haven PRICHARD, Howard E., RM 1/ c
159 Broadway, Milford PROBST, Kenneth E., MM 1/ c
205 Andrew Ave., Naugatuck
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PROSIO, Romolo, CEM
Raymond St., New Canaan PUGH, John W., Jr., S 1/ c
38 Martin St., Hartford PUTNAM, George F., EM 3/ c
47 Briarwood Rd., Newington 11 QUINLEY, William J., MoMM 2/ c
168 West Town St., Norwich QUINT, Carleton L., FC 3/ c
North Woodbury RAAB, Louis F., CCM
51 Stoehrs Place, Bridgeport RACZ, Stephen E., Cox
177 Seaside Ave., Milford RAMSTEDT, Lawrence E., RM 1/ c
196 Greenwich Ave., New Haven REARDON, Lawrence A., RdM 3/ c
17 Haynes St., Hartford REICHERT, Andrew J., CEM ( AA) T
Box 279, Montville REILLY, James F., S 1/ c
50 Sherwood Road, New Britain REIMAN, William J., AFC 2/ c
62 Airline Ave., Portland REMMERT, Eli G., CEM
RFD 2, Mine Ave., Waterford RENKOWSKY, Alexander K., S 1/ c
31 Evers Place, Bridgeport RENTZ, Arthur E., BM 1/ c
44 Jardon St., Torrington REOPELL, Felix A., MM 2/ c
Downs Road, Bethany REYNOLDS, Edward C, Jr., GM 2/ c
59 Oak St., West Haven REYNOLDS, Edward L., Jr., RM 3/ c
393 School St., Putnam REYNOLDS, James E., SK 3/ c
1342 Bedford St., Stamford REYNOLDS, Vincent F., SP ( R) 1/ c
Prospect Ave., Norwalk RICH, Richard, Av Cad
RFD 3, Stamford RICZU, Stephen J., SC 1/ c
6 Woodbury Ave., Norwalk RIEDELL, George D., RdM 1/ c
3 Leuvine St., Norwalk RILEY, Floyd G., GM 2/ c
17 West Main St., Norwich RILEY, John W., F 1/ c
173 1/ 2 Pratt St., Meriden ROACH, David T., EM 2/ c
157 Bishop St., Waterbury ROBERG, William D., CSK
181 Laurel St., Hartford ROGERS, John W., M 1/ c
Danbury Rd., RFD 2, Ridgefield ROGOZ, Theodore J., AMM 3/ c
40 Cass St., Meriden ROMANIK, Victor J., BM 2/ c
84 Nicoll St., New Haven ROURKE, Joseph M., CEM
65 Spring St., New Haven RUSSELL, Robert L., MMR 3/ c
152 Housatonic Drive, Devon RYAN, William J., MoMM 3/ c
100 Fairview Ave., West Haven RYMUT, Henry F., WT 2/ c
233 Crown St., Meriden SACZYNSKI, Walter, AMM 1/ c
205 Lombard St., New Haven SANIECKI, Victor P., F 1/ c
438 Columbus Ave., New Haven SAN JUAN, Joseph E., S 2/ c
11 Cliff St., New London SANSONE, Neal S., MM 2/ c
1496 Seaview Ave., Bridgeport
SAYBALL, William H., SAI 3/ c
246 Warren St., Bridgeport SCARROZZO, James A., Cox
280 Washington St., New Britain SCHEYD, Louis A., QM 2/ c
62 Ash St., New Britain SEABERG, John C, TM 3/ c
Box 87, Montville SEABOURNE, George D., MM 2/ c
71 Grove St., Thomaston SEGO, John, Jr., GM 2/ c
187 Spruce St., Bridgeport 5 SEREDINSKAS, Bronislaw C, CM 3/ c
593 North Riverside St., Waterbury SHANAHAN, William P., S 1/ c
51 Edson Ave., Waterbury SHARP, Charles V., AMM 1/ c
502 Carroll Ave., Bridgeport 7 SHEA, Francis C, PhM 1/ c
59 Thomas Rd., Westport SHEA, Melvin E., CQM
5 Hawthorne Place, Milford SHERWOOD, Henry L., S 2/ c
406 North Benson Rd., Fairfield SHOLANICH, Thomas, MoMM 1/ c
352 Stony Brook Road, Stratford SICSICO, Bernard L., Bkr 2/ c
132 Osborne St., Bridgeport SILENGO, George C, EM 2/ c
Stoddard Ave., North Haven SILVER, John F., EM 1/ c
Box 102, Avon SILVERSTEIN, Nathan M., Av Cad
1118 Albany Ave., Hartford SIMPSON, Dorville P., SAO 1/ c
Chester
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SINKO, George, GM 3/ c
323 Roosevelt Ave., Stratford SLATER, Harold W., BM 2/ c
51 Ridgewood St., New Britain SLINN, Otis W., M 2/ c
Roxbury SMALL, Thomas, CTM
2057 Broadbridge Ave., Stratford SMITH, John E., CM 1/ c
200 Preston St., Hartford 6 SMITHWICK, Henry E., Jr., CEM ( T)
12 Elmwood Ave., Waterbury SONNICHSEN, John W., CM 1/ c
Wall St., Madison SORENSEN, Alvin F., CEM
50 Union St., Norwich SOTAK, Joseph, SF 2/ c
101 South Whittelsey Ave., Wallingford SOUTHERGILL, Rockwell M., GM 3/ c
60 Cromwell St., Hartford SOWA, Louis C, BM 1/ c
1273 Howard Ave., Bridgeport SPAETH, Herbert F., AOM 2/ c
2572 Whitney Ave., Hamden SPARKS, Russell I., CEM
16 Pearl St., Mystic SPEARMAN, Robert F., BM 2/ c
24 Broad St., Danielson STAIB, Clinton J., RM 1/ c
33 Grassy Plain St., Bethel STANISH, Frank A., SC 1/ c
63 Market St., New Haven STERBACK, Michael E., BM 2/ c
403 Helen St., Bridgeport STEVENS, Harry W., S 2/ c
RFD 5, Beaver Brook, Danbury STONE, Elmer E., AMMF 3/ c
Box 26, Vernon STONE, Frederick C, Cox
889 Main St., Manchester STRUTT, Warren R., S 1/ c
49 Denison Ave., New London STUART, Charles H., S 1/ c
119 Fairmont Ave., New Haven SUCHOCKI, Edward J., SF 3/ c
RFD 5, Norwich SZRUBA, John J., SC 3/ c
4 Elm St., Jewett City SZYJKA, Rudolph, CCS
28 Legion Ave., New Haven TEAL, William C, EM 2/ c
Comstock Ave., Ivoryton TARPOUSKI, Edward J., S 2/ c
748 North Benson Road, Fairfield TESSAR, Joseph, Jr., SSMB 3/ c
Box 152, Moodus THAYER, Robert E., BM 2/ c
82 Homesdale Ave., Southington THOMPSON, Milford C, Cox
222 Westfield Ave., Ansonia THOMPSON, Verne A., MoMM 1/ c
302 Norwich Ave., Taftville TILBE, George R. L., PhM 2/ c
11 Center St., Danbury TOMALONIS, Charles J., MoMM 2/ c
Tariffville TOMASIEWICZ, John J., S 2/ c
95 Proctor St., Waterbury TORELLO, Vito A., S 1/ c
35 Burke St., Hamden 14 TOTTENHAM, Edwin T., SF 1/ c
97 Myrtle St., Shelton TRUMBULL, George R., QM 3/ c
Town Hill, New Hartford TULINSKI, Joseph J., PhM 1/ c
15 St. Mary St., Stamford VAKA, Peter G., BM 1/ c
24 Circular Ave., Bridgeport VALKO, John P., WT 2/ c
1000 Maplewood Ave., Bridgeport VALKO, Joseph M., MoMM 1/ c
67 William St., Bridgeport Van STRANDER, William H., Jr., S 1/ c
179 Church St., Hartford VICTORY, James J., S 1/ c
Box 412, West Norfolk VOZZOLO, Louis F., BM 2/ c
113 Morningside St., Hartford WAUGH, William B., SC 2/ c
46 Portland St., Hartford WALLACE, Gray W., SK 3/ c
10 Lester St., West Haven WARD, Chester, StM 2/ c
19 Vine St., Waterbury WASKO, Gabriel L., Cox
112 William St., Wallingford WEARNE, John H., TMV 3/ c
12 Welles Drive North, Newington 11 WEBBER, Charles, SC 1/ c
266 Charles St., New Britain WEBSTER, George E., S 1/ c
37 Mill Lane, Putnam WELCH, John M., M 1/ c
368 Pine Rock Ave., Hamden WENZEL, Edward P., S 1/ c
Rock Road, North Haven WESSON, Daniel S., F 2/ c
275 North Front St., New Haven WESTON, George, AMM 2/ c
11 Alanson Road, Bridgeport WHITE, Charles W., EM 2/ c
12 Stanton Ave., Norwich WIDINGHOFF, Richard R., ARM 2/ c
20 Colonial Ave., Devon WILLIAMS, Leon M., CBM ( PA)
77 West Main St., Clinton
WILLIS, Thomas H., F 2/ c
807 North Colony Road, Meriden WINGH, William J., Cox
725 Grand Ave., New Haven WISNIEWSKI, Stanley, Cox
42 Prospect St., East Hartford WOOD, Duncan W., ART 1/ c
45 Edgewater Drive, Old Greenwich WOOD, George P., MoMM 1/ c
27 Woodrow St., Stamford WOOD, John F., QM 1/ c
9 North Road, Butler's Island, Darien WOODBURY, Richard E., M 1/ c
Totoket Road, Northford WOODWARD, Alan J., SK 1/ c
Main St., Bethlehem WOODWORTH, Frank W., Jr., SK 2/ c
RFD 4, Colchester WYNKOOP, Cleland M., ABM 1/ c
101 Prospect Ave., West Haven 16 WYNN, Raphael L., Y 2/ c ( T)
Bond St., East Norwalk YACCARINO, Robert P., Cox
39 Onyx St., New Haven YACONE, Girolmo A., SC 3/ c
47 Enfield St., Hartford YUTKSAITIS, Joseph A., CM 2/ c
Apt. 314, Marina Village, Bridgeport ZAMBRELLA, Nicholas J., WT 1/ c ( T)
85 Sigourney St., Hartford ZELESKY, Anthony J., AM 2/ c
Overlook Rd., C- 435, Charter Oak Ter., Hartford ZELICH, Joseph A., F 1/ c
75- H 301, Bldg. 14, Y. M. V., Bridgeport ZOLNIK, Joseph A., Y 2/ c 34 Brookdale Road, Meriden
CONNECTICUT VETERANS COMMEMORATIVE BOOKLET
Vol. VI Oct. 18, 1945 No. 3
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 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 Duncan R. Underhill. The cover illustration of Navy Curtiss Helldivers, at embattled Iwo Jima, is from an official U. S. Navy photograph.
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