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Above, John Geoghegan on right. At left, painting of one of his bombers.

After 93 years: World War II veteran has inspired a lifetime of service

by Susan Shultz needed papers signed by my Times Editor father to allow me to enlist, which I finally did on Feb. 3, Time spent flying is not 1943.” deducted from one’s lifespan. World War II took Geoghe- This saying, hanging on his gan to aviation radio school wall, has been never more in Jacksonville, Fla. Then “on true than for Darien’s John to Gunnery school at a place Geoghegan, 93, who is still called Yellow Water in Flor- going strong, and can still ida where I learned all about remember every detail of his the machine gun and how to service to his country despite it use it effectively,” he said. being seven decades ago. “On to further training with a Born in Memphis, Tenn., on newly commissioned torpedo Feb. 11, 1925, John Geoghe- squadron and eventually was gan, moved to Stratford with transferred to VT14 aboard his sister and family in 1927. the Essex class aircraft USS “The depression took the Wasp.” house, and sent us to Cos Geoghegan was shot in the Cob,” Geoghegan said. He leg serving as a radioman John Geoghegan in his Darien attended Greenwich High gunner on a Grumman TBF home. Above, shrapnel from his School. “My favorite study Avenger. He didn’t even real- was physics. We had a radio ize he had been shot until he gunshot wound in his leg. club and I soon learned how saw the blood. He initially — Susan Shultz photos to make radios, and went on to tried to use bandages as a tour- RCA Institute for Electronics niquet, but they broke. in .” In true radioman fashion, he “When German U boats used a microphone wire as a sank a or two in the tourniquet. Atlantic circa 1942, I want- Despite his serious leg ed to join the navy and be a radioman. Being just 17 I See SERVICE on page 3D

Senior veterans reflect on service and volunteering By Kevin Webb service, and they are glad to pay the ing in the aftermath of World War there is no denying the fear that Hollub credited his uncle, a fellow Times Assistant Editor complement forward to other veter- II during his deployment, Metayer comes with being involved with veteran, for sharing the wisdom that ans when they meet. said returning to Germany 25 years war. returning servicemen are often more Local veterans Albert Metayer and “No matter what our experiences later proved to be an enlightening “Good memories, bad memories aware of what they have waiting for Rollie Hollub have plenty of stories were, whether it was hard and fast experience. In places where people … those experiences have a place in them at home. Upon returning to his from their time serving overseas, combat, or being in a war zone or were once forced to used motorized your memory drum,” Hollub said. family Hollub felt a strong desire to but not all of them are for sharing. being in the military period, I think carts and wheelbarrows, just years “It’s an entirely different world that give back to his community. Hollub They prefer to spend their time it takes a certain character to be able prior, a new generation was sporting you’re leaving and you’re really moved to Darien in 1977 and is a volunteering and helping others in to do it,” Hollub told the Times in BMW cars. anxious, wanting to get back to your member of the town’s Monuments the woodshop at the Darien Senior an interview. Hollub was deployed to Vietnam family.” and Ceremonies Commission, which Center, where they continue contrib- Metayer is a veteran of the Korean in 1967 with the U.S. Air Force “You can’t talk to your grandson is responsible for organizing the uting to the community as they have War and was deployed to Germany after completing pilot’s school. He or your son about these experienc- Memorial Day Parade and other for decades. after enlisting in the Army in 1950. worked as an advisor to the Viet- es,” Metayer added. “It doesn’t town traditions. While military talk is not a pop- He described the ability to travel namese Air Force under the charge mean the same to them. We went “I was happy to do it then,” Hol- ular pastime for the pair, they are and explore new destinations as of South Vietnam President Nguyen through it and they didn’t.” lub said, looking back on his mili- always appreciative when people one of the benefits of his service. Van Thieu. He said that though he “So you keep that in the back,” tary service. “Just as happy as I am thank them for their time in the While the country was still rebuild- was quite proud to serve in Vietnam, Hollub said. See REFLECT on page 17D Page 2D MEMORIAL DAY 2018: Honoring Those Who Served THE DARIEN TIMES, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2018 Robert S. Mitchell is grand marshal of Darien’s Memorial Day Parade Longtime Darien resident Robert S. Mitch- Reserve Midshipmen School at Fort Schuy- minister, lector and financial assistant at St. ell, a World War II veteran who served as an ler, N.Y., and the Naval Training Center in Thomas More Church. Mitchell also served officer on the USS YMS-349 in the Atlantic Miami, Fla. Mitchell was awarded the Amer- two terms as a member of the Parish Coun- theater and on another minesweeper, USS ican Theater Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Theater cil. He coached Girls Travel Soccer and was YMS-117, in the Pacific and eventually ended Medal and the World War II Victory Medal. instrumental in making girls soccer a varsity his naval career as executive officer on the He and his family have lived locally since sport at Darien High School. USS YMS-117, will serve as grand mar- 1970. He and his wife, Mary, have three sons This year’s Memorial Day Parade will shal and lead Darien’s 2018 Memorial Day and four daughters, three of whom live in kick off at 10 a.m. from Goodwives Shop- Parade. Darien as do 11 of their 20 grandchildren. ping Center, where participants are asked to Lt. (j.g.) Mitchell was qualified as a navi- Mitchell was for many years a division man- assemble by 9:30. The parade continues from gator, gunnery, supply, commissary and com- ager for Union Carbide Corporation, after the shopping center down the Post Road to munications officer. Born in Richmond Hill, which he became an independent marketing Spring Grove Veterans Cemetery, where a N.Y., Mitchell graduated from the University consultant developing and producing various ceremony is conducted. Gold Star Mother of North Carolina with a bachelor’s degree in brands of antifreeze products. Mitchell has Patricia Parry is the guest speaker at this economics and spent two years at the USNTS served as past president of the Darien Men’s year’s ceremony. Robert S. Mitchell at Princeton, N.J., and attended the Naval Association and is active as a Eucharistic Post 53 to hold Darien Police issue advisory for Memorial Day Parade 30th annual Food Fair fund-raiser The town of Darien Memori- all vehicular traffic at 8 a.m. al Day Parade will be held on • All vehicles participating in Darien EMS-Post 53 will hold its Monday, May 28. Traffic detours the parade shall enter Good- 30th annual Memorial Day Food and restrictions will be in effect wives Shopping Center via Fair at Tilley Pond Park on May at some locations beginning at Sedgwick Avenue or Mechan- 28, following the Memorial Day 8 a.m. ic Street. Parade. The money raised at the fair The Darien Police Department • Persons dropping off parade supports training, provides supplies will be deploying additional participants shall use Sedg- for patient care, provides hands-only assets to the parade. As a safety wick Avenue or Mechanic CPR and Stop the Bleed classes and precaution, spectators are asked Street. maintains the ambulances. The fair, to avoid bringing backpacks or • No vehicles will be allowed a 30-year Darien tradition, begins large bags to the event. to travel on the Post Road immediately after the parade and The parade will step off from from Interstate-95 entrance continues until 2 p.m., featuring fun Goodwives Shopping Center on 13 westbound to Old Kings for the entire community. Old Kings Highway North at Highway South during the Admission tickets are $5 and can 10 a.m., proceed up Brookside parade. be purchased at the gate as well Road and turn left onto Post • Old Kings Highway South as outside select retail and non-re- Road. The parade will proceed from Goodwives River Road tail locations around town prior to westbound on Post Road and to Post Road will be posted a Memorial Day. end in the area of Spring Grove "no parking" area. As always, the fair will include “a Post 53’s Food Fair will follow the Memorial Day Parade. Cassidy Duffy, Cemetery. In order to provide a • Spectators are reminded to re- tasty and tempting food selection,” left, with Shane Ford, Hayden Edwards, Ellie Nelson, Grace Silsby and safe environment and to accom- main on sidewalks, curbsides, organizers say. Post members will Regan Keady. modate parade participants and or as close as practical to the be hard at work grilling hamburgers spectators, Darien Police advise roadway edge throughout the and bratwurst, and serving pulled 20-pack of classes at Joyride, a Car- members of Post 53 are committed the following: duration of the parade. This is pork, seafood salad and wraps, des- negie Pollak SAT/ACT course, Vine- to achieving and maintaining the • There will be no on-street necessary to ensure the safety serts and more. Suppliers include yard Vines apparel, restaurant gift highest level of training and skill parking on Sedgwick Ave- of viewers and marchers alike. Palmer’s Market, Michael Joseph’s, certificates, a Lanphier Day Spa gift in providing pre-hospital care and nue, Mechanic Street or Old • Motorists are advised to avoid Fisherman’s Net, The Goose, and certificate, a child's BMW bicycle transport to the citizens of Darien. Kings Highway North near the downtown area during the Smokey Joe’s. The Darien Commu- and other items. Post 53 is recognized locally and the entrance to Goodwives parade. A large contingent of nity Band will play at noon. Founded in 1970, Post 53 strives nationally as one of the finest emer- Shopping Center. Darien police officers will be The silent auction will feature an to provides emergency medical ser- gency ambulance services in the • The Brookside Road and Old assigned to traffic posts before array of items including a parking vices to the Darien community at , for its consistently Kings Highway North ap- and during the parade. spot near the Darien train station the highest level of excellence, using high quality of pre-hospital emer- proaches to Goodwives Shop- Thank you for your cooper- from June to December 2018, New Darien High School students, adult gency care. ping Center will be closed to ation. York Yankees skybox tickets, a volunteers and paramedics. The

Freedom is not Free I watched the flag pass by one day. It fluttered in the breeze A young Marine saluted it, and then He stood at ease.

I looked at him in uniform So young, so tall, so proud With hair cut square and eyes alert He'd stand out in any crowd.

I thought, how many men like him Had fallen through the years? How many died on foreign soil? How many mothers' tears?

How many Pilots' planes shot down? How many foxholes were soldiers' graves? No, Freedom is not free.

I heard the sound of taps one night, When everything was still. I listened to the bugler play And felt a sudden chill.

I wondered just how many times That taps had meant "Amen" When a flag had draped a coffin of a brother or a friend.

I thought of all the children, Of the mothers and the wives, Of fathers, sons and husbands With interrupted lives.

I thought about a graveyard at the bottom of the sea Of unmarked graves in Arlington. No, Freedom isn't free! – Kelly Strong

The Palmer Family and the employees of Palmer’s would like to thank all of the men and women who have served our country and those who are currently protecting our freedom. THE DARIEN TIMES, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2018 MEMORIAL DAY 2018: Honoring Those Who Served Page 3D

Celebrating longtime town servant Phil Kraft Day declared in Darien in May by Kevin Webb ing Wreaths Across America to that.” choose to focus on veterans from Times Assistant Editor Spring Grove Veterans Ceme- Professionally, Kraft currently specific wars or those suffering from tery and was recently invited serves as executive director of a certain level of disability. Kraft Phil Kraft, past commander of by U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy to the HonorBound Foundation, said HonorBound’s willingness to Darien’s VFW Post #6933 and serve as a founding member of which has been based in Darien help veterans before they reach a former chairman of Darien’s Monu- the Veterans Advisory Council. since 1989. A nonprofit orga- true point of crisis is a part of pro- ments & Ceremonies Commission, Speaking to the Darien nization, HonorBound offers tecting their dignity. was honored at a party for him Times, Kraft said he came to veterans case-managed social “Our requirements are simple, we and his wife, Peach, at the VFW understand the different values services, emergency financial don’t restrict to post 9/11, we don’t on Saturday, May 5, when Darien reflected by each of the town’s relief, advocacy, and help with restrict to combat wounded…. On First Selectman Jayme Stevenson annual events and when speak- services and equipment. The a daily basis we help guys who just presented Phil with a proclamation ing to local residents he tried to organization’s stated goal is got out, we help guys from World declaring May 5 as Phil Kraft Day. channel the spirit of the occa- to restore the honor, dignity War II.” Kraft said. After years of local involvement sion. The somber procession of and self-respect of veterans in The organization helped a New the Krafts have decided to make a the Memorial Day parade was need, something Kraft, an army Haven veteran pay for repairs to transition to Tempe, Arizona, near one of the most challenging veteran himself, believes every his heating system, giving his home where Peach went to college. The ceremonies Kraft said, but also service member deserves. heat for the first time in six years town of Darien will need to make the most rewarding. In contrast, HonorBound will remain after a concern neighbor reached a transition of its own as it loses a Kraft said the unique nature of Phil Kraft was honored with a Phil Kraft based in Darien and Kraft will out. HonorBound also intervened familiar face, dedicated volunteer the town’s Push and Pull Parade Day proclamation from Darien’s First Select- stay on as Executive Director to help a 94-year-old veteran found and caring neighbor. during Fourth of July celebra- man Jayme Stevenson Saturday. in the coming years. Having a new home in Hartford after a rel- Darien is home to valuable town tions was one of the town’s rebranded from the National ative reported that a landlord was traditions and Kraft has been at most fun events. Veterans Service Fund in 2017, trying to force the senior veteran the center of them for more than Darien maintains a traditional the level of dignity with Memorial the organization is still growing and out. Even after the man was relocat- two decades. Phil volunteered and Memorial Day ceremony with a Day and Dave and Karen Pollet helped more than 2,300 veterans last ed, HonorBound worked to ensure served as a member of the Monu- parade led by the Darien VFW have taken over the lead on this,” year. Kraft described the organiza- that the state would review the land- ments & Ceremonies Commission Post and that tradition will con- Kraft said. tion as being focused on sustainable lord’s housing practices. for 22 years and as chairman for tinue under new leadership. Kraft He continued, “They made sure outcomes; HonorBound works to Though the Krafts in the process 12 years. He performed the duties said David and Karen Polett, the that we all maintained that level, make sure their contributions will of planning their move to Arizo- as master of ceremonies for all of new chairman and secretary of the it was the the three of us working have a permanent and lasting impact na, Phil said he will still return to Darien’s annual ceremonies includ- town’s Monuments & Ceremonies together to ensure that the parade on the lives of veterans. Darien on occasion for business ing the Memorial Day Parade Cere- Commission, are well-equipped and was, in spirit, a procession to the Kraft said HonorBound is willing with HonorBound. For more infor- mony, Flag Day, Veterans Day, and enthusiastic about the role. cemetery. That’s what it started as, to assist any veteran who can prove mation on the HonorBound Founda- the 9/11 ceremony. “Tradition is huge, because there’s and that’s what it is today. Other that they served honorably for at tion visit www.honorboundfounda- Kraft was instrumental in bring- so little of it left. We’ve maintained towns throw candy, we don’t do least one year. Some organizations tion.org. VFW, Wood Patricia Davis Parry is Darien’s sponsoring flag retirement Memorial Day speaker State Rep. Terrie Wood and Darien’s VFW The 2018 Memorial Day Pat lived in Massachusetts and cousins who all loved hearing Post #6933 are sponsoring a collection of speaker in Darien is Patricia worked at City Hos- his stories, the family said. worn American flags for proper retirement. Parry, a Gold Star mother. pital before returning in 1976 Currently, Parry is a mem- According to Scouting.org, under Title Her son, Navy SEAL Chief to Connecticut where she ber of the Health Commission 4, Chapter 1, § 8, paragraph k of the U.S. Brian Robert Bill, was killed continued her nursing career, and anti-blight committee Code (often referred to as the Flag Code) in action on Aug. 6, 2011, in working at St. Joseph Medical in Stamford; a member of states: The flag, when it is in such condition Afghanistan where the heli- Center, then in private duty Veterans Park Partnership, that it is no longer a fitting emblem for dis- copter, Call Sign Extortion nursing, dialysis, and research. Inc., working with the city of play, should be destroyed in a dignified way, 17, he was riding in was shot Brian was the youngest of Stamford to renovate Veterans preferably by burning. down. her three children from her Park; a member LZ 4 Vets; and The collection of worn flags runs from Parry, a Stamford native, is marriage to Scott Bill. In with her husband is working May 29 through Flag Day, June 14, and has the eldest of seven children of 1988, Pat married Dr. Michael to raise funds for scholarships three drop-off locations: Darien Town Hall, Betty Nagle and Tom Davis. Parry, and two stepsisters in Brian’s name at Norwich 2 Renshaw Road; Darien LIbrary, 1441 Post She graduated from SCHS and rounded out the family to five University and Trinity Catho- Road and VFW Post #6933, 205 Noroton St. Vincent’s Hospital School children. Brian also had a lic High School. Avenue. of Nursing in New York City. plethora of uncles, aunts, and Patricia Davis Parry

ended, and I was discharged US Navy reserves as a week- found it wise to close the U.S. The traveling also took While working Geoghegan in February 1946 as a first end warrior. I felt a strong store and pursue other inter- Geoghegan to Sweden, where continued flying light air- Service class PO. While there, I got reserve would be a deterrent ests,” he said. his grandmother was born. craft. He got a commercial my first flight instruction in a and would keep my children “I took my electronic skills “Two associates and I were pilot’s certificate for single Continued from 1A N2S by one of the squadron safe from military service.” to work in a development lab selected to study the concept and multi-engine instrument pilots! Stick and rudder, and The Geoghegans had two with Teleregister, renamed of establishing an assembly airplane, and also flight and wound, Geoghegan refused away we go!” more sons, Bob and Ed. “I Bunker Ramo developing line and finding sources to ground instructor certificates to be transferred to a hospital He went back to RCA retired from the reserves in computers and displays to fol- supply component parts here accumulating about 8,000 ship. Instead, he remained Institute for more electronics 1975 after years of weekends low the stock markets. While in the U.S. After the study hours “having a lot of fun in with his squadron and was study. “In 1946-47 I was in and cruises. My function was doing that, I taught funda- was submitted, Sweden decid- so doing.” reinstated to flight duty two Washington, D.C., where I aircrew, and I accumulated mentals of electricity in the ed to not proceed with the Geoghegan’s son, and his months later. rejoined the Navy as a station about 10,000 hours of crew evenings at the J.M. Wright program. grandson are both in the ser- Geoghegan said they hit keeper at Anacostia NAS as time, first in an ASW squad- Trade School after attaining “I relocated to Heim, a vice. When asked if he felt he many air strips, small coastal a AT1c. ron as aircrew training chief certification to teach from bearing manufacturer in Fair- was brave, Geoghegan seems sampans, did ASW patrols, “I met a beautiful gal on and crewman. Then I moved New Brittan State Teachers field as purchasing manager. unconvinced. assaulted the Japanese fleet, a blind date, and about five on to a VR squadron as air- College.” When business conditions “I did what I had to do,” he “received a DFC for that months later we were mar- crew communicator in C118 When Bunker Ramo relo- reduced demand for the bear- said. Asked to define bravery, flight, and went on to get a ried. Our No. 1 son, John, transports.” cated, Geoghegan went to ings, I moved on to Norden Geoghegan became visibly Purple Heart on July 4, 1944, was born in Bethesda Naval Geoghegan said he and his work with a Swedish sub- Systems Corporation locat- emotional. over Iwo Jima.” Hospital. I took flying lessons family came to Connecticut mersible pump U.S. facility. ed in Norwalk. The bomb “The guys on the ground He accumulated 204.9 at a small airport and got my where he joined his father He started in engineering, sight maker of World War II — with the bayonets. That’s flight hours, and 46 aircraft CAA pilot certificate on Jan. to operate a retail appliance working on the control panels fame was now into and bravery,” he said. carrier arrested landings. 20, 1948. store where his electronic for the pumping stations. This cockpit display, etc. I was He transferred to a CASU “In 1950 we left Virginia skills were put to work fix- took him to its distributors employed as a senior mate- at Ream Field in for Connecticut and I left ing radios and TVs. “As the to present seminars about rials administrator. I retired then to VB80. “The war active duty but stayed in the discount stores sprouted, we the products throughout the from Norden April 1, 1988.”

HONORING ALL THOSE WHO HAVE Proud to Support SERVED THEIR COUNTRY Our Troops and Veterans

In loving memory of Stephen F. Zangrillo “Mr. Z” (1923-2015)

Army Corporal, South Pacific World War II (1943-1945) Darien Republican Town

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Two Darien men lost their lives in Pearl Harbor Two Darien men lost their lives in the Japanese on Dec. 7, 1941. They were Ensign William T. O’Neill, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. William T. O’Neill of Stanley Road, and Lt. Eric Allen Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Eric Allen of Noroton Avenue, Noroton Heights. They were the town’s first losses in the second World War. Lt. Ernest F. Sexton, after whom the town’s American Legion Post is named, was the first Darien youth to die in the first World War.

Vincent Cardamone, PFC, 871st Field Donald A. Scribner, Lt. Col., USMC Sgt. Bill Grega, 7th Air Force . Artillery, 1944-46, on left, with brother­ Designated a naval aviator in l991, then received CH-53E pilot June 1955 An­tho­ny Cardamone, staff ser­geant, U.S. training. Served in Operation Enduring Freedom at Camp Rhino Army, 375th Ord­nance Heavy Au­to­mo­tive in Afghanistan in 2001 and Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003 and Main­te­nance Co., 1942-46 2005. Currently stationed at the naval base in Norfolk, Va. Sgt. Anthony J. Augustus ERIC ALLEN JR. WILLIAM O’NEILL The oldest of the four Augustus broth- ers who served in the Armed Forces. Inducted into the Army in 1943. Shipped overseas to Belgium via England and France and participated in the Battle of the Bulge. The Joseph J. Augustus Nicholas P. John “Gus” Augustus unit won the Meritorious Service Unit Plaque Joined U.S. Army in Augustus Sr. William A. Frate Left DHS in 1944 Entered OCS after with a citation for superior performance. 1945 and served Served in the U.S. to join the U.S. Honorably discharged in 1945. in Naples and Army after grad- college to active Army. Served in the Nicholas P. duty, Ft. Bliss, . Rome, Italy, with uating from DHS European Theater Headquarters and in 1946. Shipped Augustus Jr. Returned to Army with the 1st and 3rd U.S. Army Reserve. Recalled Service Company. to Italy where he Army in England and Honorable discharge served as auto 1972-1974 to active duty during France. His unit was Stationed in the Berlin Crisis. as corporal in 1947. mechanic for the 339 heavy artillery and Field Platoon. He in the 2nd Division. Retired as lieutenant protected the famous He was in the 1st colonel of Civil received World War Remagen Bridge Occupation Medal. Division at Fort Affairs. 25 years and the Ludendorf Reilly, Kansas. Reserve. Bridge. Earned sever- Linc Bell, left, U.S. Marines, al medals. France and Leroy Bell of Port Chester, N.Y. World War I, France

Victor J. Dolcetti Corporal, 325th Tank Albert Dolcetti 1st Lt. Henry Sanders Batallion Served in the U.S. Army 1951-53 Served in Korea, Served in during the Korean War, stationed in 1953 1st Lt. W. Richard ANTHONY VITTI JOSEPH VITTI JAMES VITTI MICHAEL VITTI Fulljames U.S. Army Infantry. Enlisted 1943 basic training Four Vitti brothers left, three came home Mule Pack Artillery, Four brothers went into the ser- World War II broke out. He joined care for the grave in appreciation vice, three returned. the Army and was shipped overseas of Anthony Vitti’s contribution to Ft. Sill, Okla. Anthony “Tony” Vitti was killed in with the 405th Infantry. Holland’s “liberation.” Discharged 1946, action on Feb. 28, 1945. His broth- After his death, Tony was bur- Brother Joe Vitti of Darien served Allied Command, ers, Joe, James and Mike, survived. ied in a cemetery at Morgraten in the U.S. Marine Corps and saw Berlin Described by his brothers as easy Limburg, Holland, Plot 5, Row V, action in the Marshall Islands and going and very likable, Tony Vitti Grave 198, where his grave has been Okinawa in the Pacific. Brother was working for the Conservation attended by one of many Dutch Mike was a medic and brother Corps in Oregon doing fire pre- patriots, who told the Vitti family James was in the U.S. Army Corps vention work in the forests when on March 21, 1946, of his intent to of Engineers.

Franklin P. Bates Myrtle Bates Lt. Christopher W. Sgt. Carlos Arias U.S. Navy “Seabees,” Williams Pintauro, U.S. Navy Ochoa, U.S. Army and North Served in the Two tours in Kuwait, Iraq, 2003 Africa, 1949-1953. Women’s Army Corps Baghdad: first at Wright Field, flying off the USS , 1944-45, and Eisenhower as a the U.S. Army of Prowler naval officer Occupation in Paris and second as a and Germany, naval special opera- 1945-46. tions officer.

Private Jack Droney Bill Shepard Tom Bauder, July U.S. Army Lt. (jg) USNR 1969 508th Military 1968-71 Sgt. in Air Force, police, Korean War Vietnam Vietnam. 1950-52 River boat service Served May 1969 to May ’70 H. David Sevigny Adrian Magnuson Jr. Corporal Kevin U.S. Marine Corp. USMC, Vietnam Gilronan Lance Corporal 3rd Marine Div. U.S. Marines, 1981- Bob Marciano, U.S. Army 1952-54, Korean War 1965-1967 1967-69 84 in the Far East

Noroton Volunteer Fire Department Bingo Night! Thursday, June 28th, 6pm-10pm • Prizes Awarded • Food & Beverages • Families Welcome! ANNUAL NFD BLOCK PARTY! Saturday, June 30th, 5pm-12am Free Admission! • 2 Live Bands (The Highland • BBQ Rovers and Jump the Gunn) • Steak Sandwiches • Fire House Sausage & Peppers • Cold Beer, Soda, & Wine • Hot Dogs, Burgers, Pizza Fritta

Boat Raffl e Drawing at 10:30pm Location: Corner of Post Road and Nearwater Lane Please support the NFD, Raffl e Tickets on sale now! THE DARIEN TIMES, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2018 MEMORIAL DAY 2018: Honoring Those Who Served Page 5D

Dick Woods Joined the U.S. Marine Corps as competitive shooter in 1956. Commissioned in 1959. Member All-Marine Rifle & Pistol team. Helped re-establish Scouts- Snipers. Seconded the 40 Commando, First Lt. Clifford Preston W. McEwan Royal Marines out of Tallman Jr. 1st Lt. U.S. Air Force Malta for duties in 10th Special Forces Staff Sgt. Evans Kerrigan Aircraft observer John Visi, U.S. Navy, USS Boston, Vietnam 1967-68 North Africa. Later Group “E” Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Regiment, Intercept officer, commanded Co. K., Bad Tolz, Germany 1st Marine Division, Korea 1951-1952, instructor 3rd battalion, 2nd 1966-69 Three Purple Hearts 1954-59 Marines.

William Van Sciver Arthur Van Sciver Herbert Van Sciver 1944 1954 U.S. Army served Lt. jg John R. Hinrichs PFC Jack Hanley Lt. Henry Strauss Warren H. Slauson U.S. Army Air Force U.S. Air Force in England, France, U.S.Navy 1951-54 U.S.Marines World USNR Joined the U.S. Navy Served in South Served in Germany. Belgium and Destroyer duty, USS War II 1941-45 3rd North Atlantic after graduating from Pacific Germany, 1944 Cushing (DD797); Amphibious Corp Captain, Sub Chaser, DHS in 1944 and two Korean War com- Quam - 1st Brigade. Solomon Islands served until 1959. bat tours; around the Second man to leave World War II world deployment Darien for service. 1941-45

William McIntire, center USNR, World War II, Vietnam Donald Forbes McGill, Full com- mander, U.S. Navy, Motor Torpedo Boats; PT Boats, Lt. Col. Philip Kleinert South Pacific Civil Air Patrol, 1942-55 Theater, Squadrons 2nd Lt. Gladys Golden Costello Awarded National Commander’s Medal and 6, 8, 12, 4, 39; U.S. Army Air Force Nurse Corps at the mili- Wartime Service Medal for “meritorious ser- Active service 1942- tary hospital in Santa Ana, Calif. 1944-46 vice and devotion to his wartime duties” by 45; Presidential Unit Jeffrey R. Frate, U.S. Army, 39th Combat Brigadier Gen. Richard Anderson Citation from JFK Engineers, Specialist 4th class, served in the Daniel H. O’Brien Alice Westerberg during 1966-1967 USMC Corporal - England 1944 1958-1961 Lee Rossbach Don, Mary Jo, Kristen and Andrew Rossbach would like to honor all veterans for their service. They are very proud of their father/ father-in-law, grandfather, Lee Rossbach who was a Lieutenant, Junior Grade in the Navy and served on a destroyer in the Atlantic and Pacific during World War II. While he was navigating his ship, the USS Ericsson, it sunk a German U-boat The painting of the Ericksson Cpl. Raymond D. George W. Hill Sr. Paul J. Pacifico Marilyn M. Roper Leslie H. Roper Romer J. Myers near Point Judith, Rhode Slavin 38th Infantry 2nd Air Force, World War II World War II World War I Island one day before Germany surrendered on May 6, 1945, V-E Day. He was also 545th Signal Co. Division, World War II The US Marine Corps US Navy US Army on the Ericsson as it patrolled Japanese waters. It was the first US naval vessel to arrive Boblingen, at Sasebo Bay Naval Base in Japan in 1945 immediately after Japan surrendered on 04/18/1945 11/01/1943 – 08/05/1917 – Aug. 10, 1945. Germany 1954 – 06/12/1946 05/13/1946 02/03/1919 Rossbach has the watercolor painting of the Ericsson at his home in New Jersey. Corporal Chief Ship Fitter (AA) Wagoner, Battalion F, He was home on leave in New York City in 1945 as he was waiting for the 56th Artillery CAC Ericksson to be re-fitted with more guns for the war in the Pacific. He and his parents lived on E. 88th Street. They went to dinner at the Stork Club. In the dining room, Rossbach spotted the watercolor painting of his own ship hanging on the wall. The owner, hearing that Rossbach was heading to that ship shortly, pulled it off the wall and handed it to him. Rossbach brought the painting to the ship and gave it to the captain, who had it mounted in his cabin. After the war wound down, the ship was due for repair and possible de-commissioning. The captain made sure the painting got back to Rossbach, who has had it hanging in his study all these years.

Theodore Frederick Shaker Sr. Captain, Marine Naval Air Corps. Military Service 1942 – 1945 Awarded 2 Distinguished Flying Crosses (including Gold Star) Lt. (jg) John A. Van Loan Piloted B-25 Aircrafts USNR Pilot HA(L)-3 Marine Bombing Squadron 163 and Marine Alexander Garnett Donald Cavett Helicopter attack (light) Squadron 3 Aircraft Group 61 Completed 30+ missions 1st Lt. 1969-1971 U.S. Navy Det. 8 Rach Gia, Mekong Delta in the Bismarck Archipelago December 1956-1962 South Vietnam 1970-1971 1944 - June 1945

““The brave die never, though they sleep in dust: Their courage nerves a thousand living men.” Minot J. Savage

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Joseph Bonfiglio James D. Parker, Sgt. Staff Sergeant Bob Joseph, Lt. E.C. Prival, USNR William H. Lange U.S. Navy, 1943- U.S. Army 1943- Robert Alexander U.S. Army 1943-1946 U.S. Navy 1945 Pharmacist’s 1946 U.S. Army 868th Field Artillery South Pacific Hellcats Mate, 2nd class 47th Bomb World War II, The Germany 1955 Shot down over Sr. Dental Corpsman Squadron, 41st Philippines Japan in Navy fighter USS Tidewater bomb group plane

Private First Class Jeff Edelstein on patrol in Afghanistan with the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team.

Wilbur S. Duncan John S. Durland Jr. Captain Andrew Peter Wells Sgt. Jeff Green, U.S. Frank D. Rich Jr. Master Sergeant, 1st Lt., Army Signal Frame U.S. Army Captain, USNR Marine Corps (Ret.) 1st Lt., US Marine 69th Infantry Corps. Served as Served in Africa 1960-1992 Special Operations Corps Served as Division, 1942 radar officer in the and Europe with the When he retired after Kabul, Afghanistan. a 1st Engineer in The first to meet the South Pacific 192nd Field Artillery 32 years, Capt. Wells Standing guard during WWII Russians east of Oct. 1942-Dec. of the Connecticut was the senior bomb outside Afghanistan and in the Shore Leipzig, Germany, in 1943 National Guard disposal officer in president’s house. Party Battalion from WWII during World War II. the Navy l951-52 Sgt. Richard Larry McClellan Coxswain Kenneth Constable WWII, Europe, Co, S. Weeks U.S.N.R Military Police C 171st Combat Salerno, Italy Platoon Engineer, Served in the 4th 70th Infantry 2nd Armored Di­vi­ Beach Battalion of Division sion, U.S. Army Amphibious Forces, France & Germany shown in Paris July Mediterranean 1944-46 1945 Theatre, World War II 1943-46

1st Lt. Raymond H. Gross James Baker, John A. Stuart Wilfred T. Lowndes Jimmy Stolfi Anthony Improta Orlando Francesconi WWII Europe Sonor Petty Officer Senior Master Mechanic US Army WWII Europe, U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. U.S. Army Landed on Normandy beach two lst Class Sergeant, USAF (ret) WWI Recon Co. 1943 1941-44 days after D-Day, joined 2nd U.S Navy, 1942-45 1955-1989 4th Armored Division Armored "Hell on Wheels" Di­vi­ Anti- duty U.S. and worldwide sion. Fought through France, in Atlantic fleet Belgium, first American occupy- ing forces in Berlin. Recalled to active duty as Cap­tain in Korean War. Lt. Col. Third Infantry Div.

Corporal R.D. Brown Fred Millspaugh Jr. Ed Carabillo Larry Magnuson Fred Poccia Jack Wood U.S.M.C 1942-1946 Private, Germany 82nd Airborne Sgt., Air Corps, 14th U.S Third Army, AMM 3/C blimps 1965 Division Air Force, China 1943-1945 U.S. Navy 1942-44

Frank Olsson Tech Sgt., 20th Air Force, 509th Composite Group Erik Valentzas, Lt. Col., U.S. Army Special Forces 1983 DHS graduate, West Point class of l988. Has spent most of his career in South America and is now in Bogota, Colombia assigned as chief of Special Forces (PATT). He also served as a platoon leader with Sgt. John Barston Ray Street Morris O’Brien Lloyd Plehaty Capt. Edmond the 101st airborne division during U.S. Army Signal Seaman 1st Class, U.S. Navy Lt. Commander “Ted” Morse, USMC the first Gulf War. Corps, France/ U.S Navy, Pensacola, Pacific Theater, U.S. Navy, Pacific Iwo Jima Feb. 1945 Germany, 1942-46 Fla., 1944-46. 1943-1945

Edmund Fountaine Louis D'Aquila, USN Ken Lord U.S. Army Peter Ham Lt. (j.g.) Bill Donalds Albert W. Hanson, Private First Class, U.S. U.S. Army, Gunnery 1942-47 Seoul, Korea 1946 U.S. Navy SFM 3, U.S. Navy, 1953-56 Army; Served in Korea 1955-56; in charge of Instructor (stateside) 1963 Officers Club in Signal Corps. Received Good S/Sgt. Joseph A. Chase, U.S.A.A.F., 389th Conduct Medal Bomb Squadron. 1918-1944 Semper Fidelis “Army strong.” Steadfast and faithful to his family, country, the Marines, fellow servicemen, Honoring Our Veterans… God and his community– Supporting Our Troops. his contributions Paid for by HonorBound Foundation and sacrifices will never be forgotten. The Darien Times wishes to honor the memory of Eugene F. Coyle, who helped Baywater Properties make this special section what it has Honoring All Those Who Have Served become.

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Parents of Rosey and Joe Costello

PFC Sam R. Bob Mitchell Beaumont Lt. JG, U.S. Navy 4th Squadron, Pacific Fleet 4th U.S. Cavalry Anthony Marciano, left.192nd F.A. 43rd Div. Minesweeper during Lt. Commander Thomas Regiment. Army of the Occupation Germany 1950-52 WWII Costello Served in Armed U.S. Navy 1941 to John L. Molloy Sr. Combat in 1945 Lieutenant, US Navy WWII Afghanistan, 2011. USS Woodford Received Purple William Peters participant in the battle of Okinawa Heart for wounds U.S.M.C. great grandfather to Caroline, received in action. P.F.C, Purple Heart Casey and Clare Molloy

Pete Kenyon Albert F. Lynch Jr. Douglas G. Campbell USS Bausell (DD- U.S. Military U.S. Navy, Air 845) Academy Intellegence. Vietnam: 8/64 to 1962 Vietnam, 1950-54 2/65, 1/66 to 7/66 1965-19672 Retired as bronze stars Commander, USNR John J. Tymon Richard Tymon Pieter J. Hoets Donald Bishop, PFC Walter Bates, Sgt. Elwood Bates U.S. Army, WWII, U.S. Army, Vietnam, WWII Europe Seaman 1st Class U.S. Army, coast U.S. Army Air Corps 1942-46, Staff Sgt., 1968-69 1940-45 U.S. Navy 1944-46, artillery, 1942-45. 1943-46, B29 Motor Pool, Seved Helicopter mechanic, 2nd Lt., Special Atlantic The­a aterter Scanner with Patton E-5 Forces Royal Rhineland, Central Netherlands-Indies Europe. Army Good Conduct Medal, Victory Medal

Dick Redican 2nd Lt. USMC 1st Marine division, Vietnam 1967-68

Technician 5th Grade PFC Eugene G. Charles A. Maher Maher. Jr U.S.Army ETO Served in World War Captain Paul J. Gallo Fort Riley, Kansas II at Clark Air Force Awarded Army WWII. Served in Base and in Luzon, Commendation Headquarters Philippines Medal for outstand- Service Troop ing oral surgeon at 116th Cavalry John Roth Ft. Wolters Reconnaissance U.S. Army, 622nd Ordnance­ BaBattalionttalion Bach Army Hospital squadron WWII Europe

Jim Long of Darien, right, on board U.S.S. Meredith (DD-890) during a deployment to the Mediterranean in 1967. Stayed on board and Connor Tracey Don Millspaugh Paul Hendrickson Pieter Hoets served was deployed to Vietnam in 1968/1969. Presently serving in Airman 2nd Class, U.S. Navy, 1969- the Netherlands U.S. Navy Tex­as 1966 1978, U.S. Naval during World War II DHS Class of ‘04 Gulf War and Reserve, 1978 in the Intelligence John Driscoll National Guard to the present. Service of the Dutch Vietnam, 1966 Army. and 1967. Truck driver in the 444th Co. 27th Transportation Bn. and the 523rd Co. Jim Long of Darien, right, on board U.S.S. Meredith54th Transportation (DD-890) during Bn. a deployment to the Mediterranean in 1967.1st Stayed Logistical on board Command and was deployed to Vietnam in 1968/1969.Supported the 1st Gunnar Edelstein Calvary and 4th Infantry manning an A-10 mostly operating along Thunderbolt with Robert C. Owen, Korean War 1951, U.S. the mid-coast and the the 131st Tactical Army, Corporal central highlands of Fighter Squadron Vietnam. Roland Gallo during a NATO Army PFC deployment to the Korean War Middle East.

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1st Lt. William L Rogers WW II, Army Air Force Pilot B-17 Flying Fortress. Completed 36 bombing missions Clay Canning, USMA 2009 over Germany, re-upped w/ Fighting Scouts 3rd Battalion 21st Infantry of the Eighth Air Force completing an Fort Wainright, Alaska unknown number of missions as P-51 pilot. Forced to bail-out over Berlin in April 1945. Sgt. David Rogers, USMC, with brother 1st Lt. Eric Rogers, USMC in An Nasiriyah, Iraq in Captured and remained a POW until end of 2003. Lt. Rogers is a 2003 Iraq veteran, currently piloting Huey helicopters and will deploy the war. to the Middle East in September 2008. Sgt. Rogers completed service in 2007.

Wayne Karl, USN William Plank James Isselee James J. Lechak Daniel Poccia Lawrence P. Story Served on the E Co. 351st Infantry U.S. Navy Seaman-1 Served on U.S. Lt. U.S. Navy, destroyer escort 1946-47 Aviation Radioman U.S. Coast Guard Dewey in the 1959-1964 - Pacific “USS Hilger” as a lst German Occupation WWII U.S. Navy Sgt. Richard Cudney, Airman 1st Class class Gunners Mate, K-2, Korea 1954, 310th Fighter Bomber Squadron (F86) Quantanamo Bay, Cuba

Capt. Vincent Warrant Officer Lt. Frank OToole S/Sgt. James O’Toole Pfc Eileen Lindborg Fred Calve Martin Skala O’Toole, pilot, Army Thomas O’Toole World War II WW II, Army Air O’Toole U.S. Army Engineers Basic training, Air Corps WW II, U.S. Army U.S. Army 106th Corps WWII, U.S. Marine World War II Fort Dix, 1960 World War II, Pacific, Field Artillery Field Artillery Air Transport Corps Korean War N.Y.S. National Berlin Air Lift, Korea African-Italy Killed in action Command Guard Campaign Battle of the Bulge

Oliver Summerton, Nelson Summerton, left, Staff Sergeant, right, Master U.S. Army Served in Sergeant, U.S. Army South Pacific and 200 Field Artillery Europe Battalion Alonzo Maffucci, Harry Street Jr. Everett Gidley, A. Vincent Falcioni George W. Watson YN1 Gerald J. Alexander Gifford Staff Sgt. 47th Musician 2nd Class, a second lieutenant, Corporal, Lt., USNR. Served Pacelli Jr. 20th Bomb Sq. WWII HQ Company, 9th U.S. Navy, Asiatic U.S. Army Air Force USMC 1942-45 during WWII in a Served 21 years U.S. Army Air Force Infantry Div. WWII, Pacific, Aircraft 324th Fighter Group, In action Guam subchaser, as com- active duty and made 1943 Sea Africa, Sicily, France, Carrier Lexington, 2 was shot down in 1944, Okinawa 1945 manding officer deployments to the American Theater 6 battle stars Battle Stars enemy territory in 22 months with 111 on antisubmarine Mediterranean/ 1944-1946 October 1944. Marine patrol craft, and in Adriatic seas and Amphibious Corps command of a mine Arabian Gulf sweeper.

Louis M. Canto Jr. U. S. Army 3053 Ordinance Service Co. Lt. Charles Andrew Mike Harding Rhoda Tirpack Occupation of Japan USNR 1943 Vietnam 4th Air Force Unit USS Valley Forge 499th 1944

PFC U.S. Army William F. Moore Served with the 63rd Tank Battalion Station in Frankfurt, Germany - 1954 - Feb. 1955 To all our brothers and sisters THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE... who served our nation: Welcome Home and Thanks We’ll see you at the Members of Darien Post 6933 Veterans of Foreign Wars

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Sgt. Peter Zangrillo Louis Venezio USMC, WWII, WW II 1942-45 4th Marine Sq. B 4268th AFF Raiders Division. 11th Army Air Force Guadacanal, Aleutian Islands Bouganville, Guam, Okinawa Gunnery Sgt. William Scott Taubl with wife, Catherine, at USMC ball U.S. Marine Corps. 1984-2004 Robert Perske, RM3C Served with Valor Operation: Desert Shield/ The Manila Port Direction Crew, 1945 Desert Storm and in N.C., Cuba, Calfornia Major Sarah M. Howell, MD and S.C. VFW Post 6933 life-time member, U.S. Army son of Ruth Tait Taubl of Darien. In February 1942, Alan Randolph Chief of Dermatology Morehouse, a lifelong resident and teach- Ireland Army Community Hospital er in Darien, was called to active duty. He Fort Knox, Ky. was wounded during fierce battles with the German Afrika Korps in , served with the First Infantry Division in Sicily and, after promotion to captain, he was at the head of the First Infantry Division for the landing on “Omaha” S 1/c George M. S/Sgt. Vincent W. Beach. He was among the first to fall Mason Mason under intense fire on the morning of U.S. Naval Reserve. Upper turret gunner ALAN MOREHOUSE D-Day, June 6, 1944. Entered Navy in on a B-24 Liberator PFC Kevin Michael HT Tony Hill Taubl, August 1944 and Bomber, based in the Taubl, USMC July U.S. Navy was stationed in Philippines. Asiatic 2008 to present Deployed to . Theatre riboon, the George Tirpack Currently serving Mediter-ranean, Philippiine campaign Naval Armed Guard with 3rd Bn, 10th Horn of Africa and ribbon, Air Medal 1942 Marines, Camp Arabian Gulf Cruise and good conduct Lejune, N.C., as a in 2007. Aboard ribbon. He complet- Howitzer crewman U.S.S. Bataan LHD ed 34 missions after preparing for deploy- 5, Norfolk, Va. After entering the Army Air ment to Afghanistan. Aviation Ordinance Forces in September Grandson of Ruth “A’ School in 1942. Tait Taubl of Darien. Pensacola, Fla., will be at HM-14 (squad- ron) at Naval Station Norfolk. Grandson of Ruth Tait Taubl of Darien. 1st Lt. George Mason Ralph "Pete" Sickels 37th N.C.B. 1951-53, Japan, U.S. Navy Seabees, Korea WWII, Pacific

Samuel Stevenson Sgt. Bud Corporal Gerstenmaier 3rd Army MP Co. 1942-45 Fort Benning, Ga. Army Air Corps Joseph Grossman China, Burma, India Naval Reserve 1947-1951, Charles and Harold Scribner U.S. Army occupation of Germany 1952-54 China-Burma-India, WW II

Major Gerry Gilligan Kent Haydock 2nd Lt. Sanford Kaynor Albert L. Scribner, Jay Wood Robert Miller Paul Miller U.S. Army USNR 1943-46 WWII Edward Clarke U.S. Army 1945-46 U.S. Army Air Corps 1st Lt., 1st battalion, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, 1954-57, Field Ar­til­lery, Commissioned Naval U.S. Army Air Corps 77th Infantry Div., S. Pacific, WWII 81st armor, 1950-54, Sergeant, Specialist 2nd Class. New Guinea, Aviator 1943-45 11th Airborne Div. 1st cavalry div. three Stripes. Philippines 1941-46 para ­troop­er in Ft. Hood, Texas Sendai, Japan 1969-72.

Honoring All Veterans and Current Military… Thank You For Your Service.

This Memorial Day The Members of The Darien, Noroton, and Noroton Heights Volunteer Fire Departments Salute all those Men and Women of Darien Who set aside their own lives to Serve Our Country We take time on this Special Day to thank those we can And to remember those who are no longer with us.

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Gordon F. Satterley Lt. jg Sandy John J. Ryan Robert R. Lindsey, William Doughman Radarman 3rd Class McDonald Staff Sgt., US.Army, Captain, U.S. Army; World War II U.S. Navy U.S.S. U.S. Navy Reserve, WWII Manila, Philippines; 1944-45 Weiss APD 135 1952-56, U.S.S. 28th Infantry l09 Served as staff World War II, Warrington DD843, Field Artillery, Europe officer after the 1944-46 1952-56 Japanese surrender.

Capt. Cornelius Finnegan USMC, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, Operation Iraqi Freedom, February 2008 Martin Flaherty, on right, 192nd Field Artillery, Memorial Day 1960, Stamford

Jimmy Sparrow Harry Earle John A. Maul, 1st Marine Pro­vi­sion­ October, 1944, U.S. Navy, al Rifle Co. Foggia,y It­a­l Served 1942-1945 Tam Ky, Vietnam B-17 Bomber A machinist mate 1st 1967 Class on USS Satyr.

World War II veteran Robert Alden with grandson Theo, a student at Ox Ridge School. George Walsh, 1944, Lt. Commander USNR (Ret.) Aboard USS Ticonderoga in Pacific VB-80, a dive bombing­ squad­ron

Sgt. Rory Gutowski 1st Batallion 8th Marines Three Mideast tours of duty, two in Iraq Currently stationed at Camp Legeune Richard S. Deverill Pfc. Edwin A. David Brown U.S. Army, 1968-70 Gittleman U.S. Army Vietnam, 1968-69 39th Signal Co., Div. European Theater Field artillary 1944-45 1943-46 Ardennes, Rhineland, Central Europe

Capt. Richard Marvel Thomas, Doug Gerstenmaier Corporal Harry USCG as an ENS, Korean War Patrol, North Atlantic rescue at sea. U.S. Navy, WWII Musikas 1st Lt. Clay Canning is currently serving in U.S. Army., 3rd Afghanistan with the C Co., 3rd Battalion, Armored Cavalry 21st Infantry Regiment, 1/25th Stryker Regiment, 1st Brigade, of Ft. Wainwright, AK. Platoon, Company H, Charlie Slade Don Miller, 20 Lt. Col. Bey Brown 1953-1954 U.S. Navy Camp Gordon, Ga. USAF 20th SOS World War II U.S. Army, 1951-54 Vietnam Georgia and France. Dental X-ray tech- nician

Gunnar Schonning John B. Rearden M.D. U.S. Navy during Commander USNR, WWII and Korean M.C. (medical corps) War. Served as 1942-1946 water tender second Pacific Theatre, class in the engine combat zone Russell J. Fairbanks Carl W. Alberni William E. Harrington Jr. was an aviation room of the USS 1941-1945 US Army, European U.S. Navy cadet in the Army Air Corps from 1942- Halligan during the Theater Amphibious Forces John M. Trimmer 46. He was training to be a pilot when his battle of Okinawa. World War II 1945-46 US Army WWII plane crashed while on night maneuvers in The Halligan was Moultrie, Ga. He suffered near-fatal injuries sunk after striking and spent two years recovering at Finney an enemy mine on General Hospital in Thomasville, Ga. He and March 26, 1945. his wife, Marge, moved to Darien in 1956, “Bucky” Wiltshire Wounded in action and raised their five children here. They are 82nd Airborne Div. and received the both still in Darien and he continues to have North of Fort Richardson, Alaska, 1961 Purple Heart. his real estate business in town, Harrington Real Estate. Captain James L. Mazurek, Class of l998 U.S. Military Academy Served in Bosnia, Kuwait and Iraq. Crossed into Iraq at the start of the Iraqi war; was with the 3rd Infantry Division on the first incursion into Baghdad during its Thunder Run to the airport. He was the battalion mainte- James H. Swiggart, LT USN, Naval Aviator. nance officer for the (1984-2015) USNA 2007. second bridgade and Deployed with VAW-117 “Wallbangers” received a Bronze Star aboard USS Nimitz (2013). for his service in Iraq. Jet pilot instructor, VT-7 “Eagles” (2014-2015). ��������������������� ��������������������������������� “In peace and war” ��������������������������������������� ���������������

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Ferd Trombini Alan Kirk Gray William Flanagan Jr. Richard Parlette Oliver Parlette Patricia Parlette, U.S. Oliver Parlette 1942-1946, 6th U.S. Corporal USMC, Seaman, 2nd Class U.S. Marine Corps, WWII Army Air Corps, Cadet nurse, 1944 WWI, 1917-18 Army, New Guinea, FLSG-Alpha, Vietnam Officer candidate, Pacific Theater, European Theater, Philippine Islands, 1967-68 USN Construction 1945-1947 52 missions Japanese (SeaBees) 1944-1946 occupation South Pacific 1944-46

2nd Lt. Sidney Falkenthal, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1943-46, trained as salvage diver, served in Italy. Pictured by Bay of Naples.

Second Lieutentant Benjamin Bruno Staff Sergeant John Russell Stanley WWII, Europe Beauchamp Vietnam 1966 719Bomb Squadron U.S. Army 449th Bomb Group 4th Armored Division 15th Army Air Force Germany World War II

ROSARIO PATSY PALUMBERI Winifred Slauson Corporal Robert A. Martella PALUMBERI Lab tech duties in Fitzsimmons Army Signal Corps., 5th Air Force, New Guinea, Hospital 1951-54 Philippines, Japan, 1943-1946 Palumberi brothers were close The saddest day of Patsy Palumberi’s Frank Wilcox Gunnery Sgt. John William E. Ruscoe life was the day he learned of his brother Medic, March Wilcox, U.S. Marine Machinist Mate Bobby’s death. Air Force Base, Corps, U.S. 5th Fleet, 2nd Class Rosario (Bobby) Palumberi was a sergeant California Operation Enduring Service time, in the U.S. Army when he was killed in Served 1954 to Freedom, 2001-02 1953-57 action on May 14, 1944. 1963 Served 1984-2004 2 years on U.S.S. Bobby was wounded in Africa and then New Jersey BB 62 again in Italy, where he died two days later. Patsy was very close to Bobby. He grad- uated from Darien High School in 1942, entered the U.S. Army Air Corps (ordnance support for the bombers) in February 1943, and served in England, France, Belgium and Seaman 1st Class Mark Isselee, Germany as a sergeant. U.S. Navy, South Pacific, Patsy had been to many combat areas, but and PFC Karel Isselee, US Army he always wanted to go to Italy, not because he was of Italian descent, but he hoped he would get to see Bobby, his older brother. Loretta W. Fairbanks At a mail call on Mother’s Day, Patsy was Captain eagerly awaiting a letter from Bobby. When Sp. 4 Allan S. Bell Ores Mesedahl Lt. (j.g.) Warren Women's Army Air Corps his name was called, Patsy rushed forward U.S. Army 1967-69 U.S. Army, Brown USNR World War II to get his letter. It was his last letter to Bobby, 24th Missile infantry Europe Landing Craft Tank returned and marked “Deceased.” Detachment, and occupation of Captain. Made Landsberg, Germany Japan,1943-45 D-Day Land­ings on Omaha Beach, Easy Red Sector, Fifth Wave. LCT Flotilla Com­mand­er made first day landing­ s in Donald MacDonald Richard Reid Japan World War II Medic: Cheswick 570th Ambulance Captain, U.S. Army Co. Air Core, Lead Served 1942-45 Navigator England, Battles: N. France, World War II, July Rhineland Ardennes, 19, 1924 to Jan. Central Europe 2006. Completed 29 Good Conduct missions over Europe Medal, European as navigator of a African Middle B-17 Flying Fortress. Eastern Theater Guided up to 2,000 Campaign Ribbon, aircrafts on daylight Sgt. Gene Coyle American Theater U.S. Marine Corps Campaign Ribbon missions targeting Ralph Pleasic, WWII, Korean War Victory Medal high-value industrial 11th Coast Artillery Rifle Squad 22nd sites. Achieved the Crpl. William C. Bell, 1941 Marines rank of captain and U.S. Army, World War II; Tank Commander, was awarded the Letterkenny Ordinance Depot 8th Tank Battalion Distinguished Flying Chambersburg. Pa. Judge Advocate, Cross. Buried at William D. Peters Jr. Marine Corps League Arlington Cemetery Air Transport Command with full military World War II, 1943-46 honors.

Raymond Ely Pfc Ken Ely Bill Ely Corporal Robert Sgt. Doug Ely, USMC, James H. Rand IV Seaman 1st U.S. Combat Air radioman Ely, U.S. Air Corps, 1946-48, recalled U.S. Navy, active duty from Class,USN Armed Engineers 2nd Class Served in England during Korean War 1966-69. Served as deck officer Guard, 1943-46, 1943-46 U.S. Navy, 1942-45 and Belgium loading on board USS Chilton(APA-38), Served aboard tank- Awarded Purple Served in ordnance on fighters home port Norfolk, Va. Deployed ers carrying oil from Heart for wounds sub-hunting blimps and bombers. twice with the Sixth Fleet in the the Persian Gulf. received in Battle of Mediterranean. Retired from Naval the Bulge. Reserves in 1973 as a lieutenant.

The Dolcetti family thanks all those who have served our country and remembers our family members

Albert and Victor Dolcetti, who served in the Korean War. Page 12D MEMORIAL DAY 2018: Honoring Those Who Served THE DARIEN TIMES, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2018

Ronald Heinbaugh 1st Lt. Quintin David E. Hughes Staff Sgt. U.S. Army Ford U.S. Army U.S. Navy 1966-70 13th Engineer Counter Intelligence Electricians Mate Captain Raymond H. Noble served four years Combat Bn. Corps, World War II 2nd Class with the U.S. Army Air Corps during World 7th Infantry Division 1941-45; Served in Served on the USS War II as a lead bombardier aboard a B-17 Korea, Pusan/Chun Tuisia, Sicily, Anzio, Intrepid, two cruises based in Rattlesden, England. He had a rep- Chow Southern France, to the Tonkin Gulf, utation for always getting his target. 1950 Bronze Star Rhineland Vietnam

John W. Lasko Frigate USS Gulfport Philip T. Hesli, Jr. South Pacific 1st lieutenant in the US Army, Infantry branch Served in Vietnam with the 5th Division, Mechanized, 61st Infantry Battalion Awarded two Purple Hearts and two Silver Stars Grandfather of William Andrew Thomas III U.S. Army Pilot, American Expeditionary Force, Flip, Jay and Annie France in World War I. Grandfather of Heather Thomas and great grandfather of Connor, Franzese Hayden and Blair Nackley

Lt. Raymond B. Ryan, U.S. Army, First of the Fifth Infantry, Mechanized I Corps, Adjacent to DMZ and near city of Quang Tri, Vietnam Platoon leader for 43rd Infantry Scout Dog S/Sgt. Fred L. 1st Lt. Bill Balentine 1st Lt. Basil Andriuk, Lt. Col. Philip Herb Vernal Platoon. Unit consisted of more than 25 men, Voelker WWII Europe Ft. Meade, Md., Morehouse U.S. Navy 50 war dogs. Dog handler and scout dog U.S. Army Air Corps 1942-46 1962 First Infantry Division Entered Navy 1944. made up one team. Teams were detached to Enlisted right after Awarded Bronze Star Rank: Lt. Col. World War II Was in the Armed infantry units to walk point and provide silent attack on Pearl and Purple Heart, (Intelligence) Tunisia, Sicily, Guard on merchant early warning of enemy personnel and booby Harbor in December 3rd Battalion Ret. '78 Normandy, North­ern ships in the North traps. Due to effectiveness, U.S. infantry 1941. Served in Communication U.S. Army Re­serves France, Belgium, Atlantic as a gunner. Estelle Taylor Watson units were able to avoid enemy ambushes Panama with the Officer, 273rd Battle of the Bulge, Communications officer, U.S. Naval Reserve, and injury for anti-personnel devices. Of the Ordnance Division. Regiment, 69 Rhineland WW II Served in Washington, D.C., 10,000 war dogs deployed to Vietnam, only Division, 1st Army. and 204 made it back to the U.S.

Lyle Grant Construction Driver 2nd Class U.S.Navy, 1951-55 As a Seabee built a parking apron on airport runway Fred “Bud” and Elizabeth “Betty” Nelson in Argentia, New on their wedding day, May 25, 1945. Bud Foundland. In in U.S. Marine Corps, serving in American Naples, Italy, was Samoa, Guadalcanal, Guam and Iiwo Jima Lt. Denis Campbell personal driver for from 1942-1945, then called back for Korea, US Army Brig. Gen. Earle 1950-1952. Betty in U.S. Navy WAVES, Afghanistan Wheeler 1944-45 at Naval Air Station in . Washburn, MD, father of Joan Washburn Coyle of Darien, is greeted by King George V. The Harvard Medical School graduate was a U.S. Army Reserves Medical Corps officer interning at Edenbourough City Hospital 1918 when World War I began. As the first American to arrive in theater, he was officially greeted by the Britain’s king.

Elwin E. Smith Richard Leinert Corporal Joseph Phil Kraft Larry Maul William “Buster” Richard Sanford, World War II Army Air Force DeCarlo U.S. Army Special 486th AAA, Hughes AX3, US Navy, 511th Parachute 1944 Paris U.S. Army World Services 3rd Armored Div. Aviation Machinists Vietnam, Air Crew, Infantry, 11th War II Long Binh, 1970 WWII Europe, Mate Enlisted in U.S. 1967 Airborne Division. 66th infantry 1944-45 Navy l943 Served in Pacific division, 1943-44 Theater

IN REMEMBERANCE OF MY RELATIVES THAT SERVED IN WWII James Gartrell US Army Samuel Gartrell US Army Air Force Oliver Summerton US Army Nelson Summerton US Army (Sincerely, Bob Montlick) Furniture BOB’S Since 1951 BOB’S GUN EXCHANGE Unfinished In Business Since 1951 429 POST ROAD, DARIEN • 655-4480 THE DARIEN TIMES, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2018 MEMORIAL DAY 2018: Honoring Those Who Served Page 13D

1st Lt. John Murdock Harry Graham Maj. Christopher Lt. Col. Thomas J. Rick Gutowski, 12th Cpl. Robert P. Price 401st FA Group, U.S. Third Army, Collins Donalds Finance Tank Corps., Army Headquarters Patton’s, 14th Top Gun F-18 On active duty with Fort Knox, , 1943-45 Battery, Luxembourg Armored Division, fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force for Served 1969-71 1945 19th Armored U.S. Marine Corps. 16 years. Flew 28 1944-1946 Infantry Batallion. Currently serving as bombing missions Served 1942-48 the No. 3 Left Wing over Iraq and Kuwait pilot for the Navy- during Gulf War. Marine Blue Angels Flew missions during Flying Demonstration Balkans conflict. Team

Elwyn Chesley Firing range, Cape Cod, 1943,. 572nd Antiaircraft Ar­til­lery. Unit shot down 63 German air­craft in combat in France and Aus­tria

Edward G. Lawrence Adrian Magnuson Lt. James L. Tyson Joseph H. Cullinan Medical Technician LST 397 U.S. Navy, Office of Served in Germany Joseph J. Warren, Jr. U.S. Army 1943- South Pacific Strae ­t ­gic Services in with 40th Antiaircraft Graduated from Kings 1946 WWII London, Italy Artillary, Gun Point and went into Vincent Rajczewski 1943-1945 Battalion 1952, Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army the Merchant Marines Weisbaden, Germany and was at sea when 1964-67 Military Journalist the U.S. entered World War II. He was immediately assigned to the USNR where he served until the end of the war. During the war served as Third Officer on an export line merchant ship delivering military equipment to both North Africa and Murmansk. Cpl. William Samuel A. Schreiner Donald L. Coates Sgt. Joseph Delle Lewis N. Bly Capt. Joseph Van Loan Jr., 1st Lt. US Army; Army Sergeant, Fontane Served with the 3rd D'Arrigo U.S. Marine Corps Enlisted in l943 in Battery C, 607th Served in Italy Army commanded World War II, Rifleman in South India as a private Field Artillery with 88th Infantry by Gen. George Germany; Korea, Vietnam in 1967 and rose to a field Battalion, 1942 Division. Patton. Fought in the 1950. Lookout at with Mike Company commission in OSS WWII Rhineland/ Awarded Bronze Star, Battle of the Bulge, 38th parallel. First & Lima Company, Detachment 101; Central Europe Purple Heart, Infantry then across Europe American to see 3rd Battalion, 26th Awarded the Bronze Campaign Pin with three battle and into Pilsen, invasion by North Marines Star for action stars, Presidential Czechoslovakia., Koreans. Honored behind enemy lines Unit Citation. Stationed at in Washington, D.C., in Burma Nuremberg during during 50th anniver- the trials. sary of Kore­ ­an War

Earle Greenwood Alfred J. Andreoli 1st Lt. Thomas L. Ensign, U.S. Navy Pvt. U.S. Army Dunn Pearl Harbor 1945 Served as a demo- First Infantry Division Mine sweeping, lition specialist for Germany, 1954-57 three years, eight China months during WWII in Europe and North Africa.

Lt. Philip King Meyer, Rick Poccia Sam Testa Frank Kofalk U.S. Navy, USS West Point Corp. Tech, 5th Third Class, U.S. Camp, 1962-65 Class of 1973 grade Seabees, 1953 to US Army 1957 Served on 3133rd Signal Corp. Kwajalein, Guam, the European Theater Philippines Trained at Pine Camp, Watertown, Allen R. Coutermash, Staff Sgt., N.Y. U.S. Air Force l950-54 97th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, Korean service Medal, U.N. Service Medal, National Lt. Michael Grogan Henry G. Millet Captain Charles Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal, SO 5, USNR Saigon 1965 Lieutenant JG, Forman U.S. Air Par 4 Picture taken in Guam. LST 295 Force 1954-56 U.S. Navy

Eric Falkenthal, Naval Reserve 1st Lt. Francis Nelson Lt. (j.g.) Irmgard LaForge Sal Mazzeo, USMC corporal/ Norman Guimond in 1969 George Swisshelm at Fort 1969-1971, USS Courtney, Pilot, U.S. Army Air Corps Port Director New York sgt. of Cer­e­mo­ni­al Guard. White after his return from Vietnam. Bliss, Pfc, 597th AntiAircraft went to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Alaska Division Air Transport 3rd Naval District House, Camp David, Silent Drill Lieutenant in the Navy and a Batallion, later attached to 9th as data processing technician Command a Cryp­tog­r ­phy, 1943-44 Team 1958-60 naval aviator. He flew 70 com- Army for Rhineland and Central in 1970. bat missions in the A6 Intruder European campaigns. from the USS KittyHawk. 1965-1971

The Darien Senior Programs Salutes those who have served our country in the armed services, as well as those who wear the “A global force uniform and defend our country today! for good.” Please come to our upcoming exciti ng events! Thursday, June 7th Bob Mel – Vocal Entertainer Thursday, June 21st Touch of Sinatra – Vocal Entertainer Wednesday, June 27th Alumni Swing Band Honoring Our Veterans… Tuesday, July 10th CT Entertainment - Island Music Lunch served at noon ($5.00) • Performances begin at 12:30 Supporting Our Troops. Please call the center for details! 203 656-7490 Paid for by HonorBound Foundation Page 14D MEMORIAL DAY 2018: Honoring Those Who Served THE DARIEN TIMES, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2018

Lt. Peter Hovell 1st Lt. F.J. Draper Sgt. Matt Marzano Phillips “Flip” Manny “Doc” Gomes, Donald L. Kiggins Rocco A. Evola USMC 1958, 1st USMC 1951 15th Marine Terhune , 2nd Lt., USAAF Staff Sgt. Marine Div., 2nd Camp Mathews, Expedition Unit, First Guider Missile Viet ­nam 1967 P-51 Mustang U.S. Army Signal Battalion, 11th Calif. Kuwait 2000 Brigade, Fort Bliss USS Firm-MSo444 Fighter Pilot, Iwo Corps 803rd Regiment 1958 Jima - 1943-45 Battalion Co. C Camp Pendleton, Ca­lif. 1958

1st Lt. R.C. Wharton Arthur F. Broadhurst Robert Zoubek Lt. Sidney E. Battalion Tech. 5, U.S. Army U.S. Army, HQ Henderson Embarkation Officer, Served during WW Co, 273 Infantry U.S. Navy 1943- Okinawa 1963-64; II in the European/ Regiment, 69th 46 Retired after Louis F. Jefferson served 1961-1984; African Middle Division, Fort Dix serving aboard the Before leaving Germany, c.1950 Allan Mitchell, 7th Div. l7th Inf. Regt., Korea, 1951 Retired 1984 as Eastern Theatre 1954 U.S.Cobia a subma- U.S. Army, Camp Pickett, Va., 192 Field major rine in the Pacific. Artillary

George Brooks Allan Bixler Capt. Josephine Walter Ericsson Joseph Tarnowsky Lt. jg Cotton Rawls U.S. Army Army, 1966-1969, Velazquez Staff Sgt. WWII Chi­ Tech. 5th grade, U.S. Jr., supply officer, Salvatore Mazzeo Sr. Battery A 57th Ar­til­lery, St. Mihiel-Argonne Basic Training, Vietnam, 1967- U.S. Air Force. na, Bur­ma, India, Army, Company 1, U.S. Navy. Stationed Meuse, driver for General Pershing WWI 1918 Fort Knox, 1960 1968, Served for eight USAF 4th Combat 359th Infantry, WWII at Newport, R.I., 362 Signal Corps, years as podiatrist at Cargo Group Da Nang, Vietnam, Rank of SP-5 Andrews Nantucket Island, Air Force Base. Mass., 1964-68

Roland Ursone Lt. Rob Cassady U.S. Navy WWII Graduated from the On aircraft carrier in U.S. Naval Academy New Caledonia in Dan Wood in 1989 and served South Pacific On aircraft carrier, CV9 Squadron VC61, Korea, 1951-1952 as a Surface Warfare Officer on a frigate, USS Knox, and a destroyer, USS Harry W. Hill. Served two years at the Naval Academy, teaching navigation and naval PASQUALE IMPROTA R. Edward Heinbaugh, U.S. Army science to the mid- Lt. Pasquale “Pat­sy” Improta U.S. Army Air 843rd Signal Battalion, 1942 shipmen. Force, 63rd Air Force Reconaissance. Killed Served on the Alaskan Highway maintaining in a plane crash on May 31, 1943, returning telephone and weather service communica- from a mission in North Afri­ ­ca. He graduated tions between U.S. and Russia for aircraft from the University of New Hampshire in flights under Lend Lease via the northern June 1942, ROTC. route. Discharged January 1946 as a technical sergeant.

Cpl. Frank G. Mason John Geoghegan, Ray H. Bartlett Jr. Capt. Charles Served with the USN 1943-75 USNR. Served in Penrose Jr. Aviation Engineers Pacific “Iwo Jima WWII with CASU 23 Adjutant 58th in Italy. Took part was my downfall. Got as a safety officer Fighter Group, Army in the invasions of shot in the leg” July and was later in Air Corps., WWII, S. North Africa, Sicily 4, 1944 charge of radiation Pacific, 1940-46, and Italy and won Aviation radioman safety for the atomic Captain, 108th Field three bronze cam- bomb tests in the Artillary, Korean paign stars. Entered Marianna Islands Conflict 1950-52 service in September 1941. First Lt. D. Blair Henry Barzetti Robert T. Belden Noland U.S. Army Air Force Private First Class, Pilot, Army Air 20th Bomber served as rifleman in Corps., WWII, 57th Command 55th occupied Germany Squadron, 357th Weather Recon from May 1945 to Group, Air Transport Squadron 1943-46, March 1947 with Command, 5th Air 21 missions, South the 16th Infantry Force, South Pacific, Pacific Division. 1941-45

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Staff/Sgt. Robert A. Newman Gary Falkenthal DeWitt Peterkin Jr. PFC John Brunelle, 333rd Sgt. Frederick P. Howe, Walter K. Skerrett U.S. Air Force, 1951-54 Naval Reserve 1961-1966, Cmdr., USNR WWII Infantry regiment, 84th Division, U.S. Army, 1942-45, served with 1st Lt., US Army Artillery Surface Russian linguist in air intel- Two years in Greece, Was the first American Naval Germany, 1945 the 11th Airborne Division in the to Air Guided Missiles, 1957- ligence unit — 12th Radio one year on USS Coates. officer sent to Pearl Harbor to Asiatic/Pacific Theater in New 1961, 1st Operational NATO Squadron Mobile report to Adm. Towers Nimitz. Guinea, Luzon, Philippines and Air Defense Unit in 7th Army in Won 12 Battle Stars. was among the first Germany. 3rd Missile Battalion occupational forces to land in 71st Artillery. Awarded Army Japan a few days before the Commendation Medal for devel- Japanese surrender. oping operating procedures used throughout the Army Air Defense Command.

The Four Rogers Brothers: Joe, left, Jimmy, Lou and Pat all served aboard The USS Juneau during World War II. Joe and Jimmy were transferred to the USS Antares two weeks before the Juneau was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. Lou and Pat Rogers, along with the Five Sullivan Brothers and almost the entire crew of over 700, perished when the Juneau sank in the battle of Guadalcanal.

Christian T. Holdt Sr. Chris Holdt U.S. Army Air Corps U.S. Army Carrier Group 60 of the 12th Air Force. Active and reserve duty, 1966-82 Flew 75 combat missions in World War II Combat Engineer Battalion, taught float bridge in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Greece, construction. Volunteers for U.S. Army’s 5th southern and northern France. Special Forces Group Airborne, specializing in Air Medal with Five Oak Leaf Clusters, European demolition/engineering and as a light weapons Theater Ribbon with seven Battle stars, two expert on an operational A Detachment. bronze stars, a silver star, presidential Unit Completed military assignments in Army’s CID and Citation, Meritorious Unit Citation and the with Battalion S3 as a command sergeant major Distinguished Servie Cross at JFK Special Warfare Center, Ft. Bragg, N.C.

Captain Gilbert O. Backman, Joseph W. Whitney Edward “Ted” Hughes Jr., U.S. U.S. Army U.S. Air Force Navy 1943-46 Enlisted in 102nd infantry in Officers Candidates School Electricians Mate 3rd class 1940. Served in South Pacific, 1953 European Theatre of Operation and China, Burma, India. A member of the reserves until 1963, retiring as a Major Capt. James Garvin and Lt. Betsy Garvin Capt. Garvin is an air liai- son officer in the U.S. Air Force, 712th Air Support, Operations Squadron at Ford Hood, Texas. He graduated from Darien High School in 1999. Lt. Garvin of the U.S. Navy Reserve is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 2001, and Darien High School Class of 1996.

Anthony T. Improta, U.S. Marines, left, Stephen Zangrillo, U.S. Army, Ralph Lionetti, U.S. Navy in the fall of 1944

Maj. Karol Anthony Bauer Master Sgt. Philip “Randy” Master Sgt. William “Dean” Graduated West Point in 1936. Kleinert, U.S. Air Force Kleinert Stationed in Plattsburg, N.Y., 1968 to 1972, stationed Clark Stationed in Saigon, Vietnam Camp Perry, Ohio and Fort Ord, Air Force Base, Philippines, for two tours 1969 to 1973, Calif. Served with the Army 45th Minot North Dakota Air Force Edwards Air Force Base, Infantry, Philippine Scouts in Base California Corporal Agnes Frame Womens’ Commander R.E.( Pete) Kenyon Staff Sergeant and Medic 1939. Captured and survived Army Corp Control tower USNR (Retired) Robert Kroll World War II with the Bataan Death March. While operator, Randolph Field Active duty service on the 293rd combat engineer bat- a prisoner on Oryoku Maru, he and Burtonwood Air Base, USS Bausell from l963-66 in tilion of 3rd Army under Gen. was killed by U.S. Navy dive England with Signal Corp of the Formosa patrol and Vietnam. George Patton bomber attack Dec. 14, 1944, 8th Air Force Reserve duty service . from 1966-86

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Fred Conze U.S. Navy, Vietnam, Lt. J.G., 1966-69 Assualt Craft Division. Navy Commendation Medal with James B. Nickel First Lieutenant, a Combat V. U.S. Marine Corps, 1952-54 (Valor). Two tours Served as a senior air controller with of Vietnam. ‘68 the First Marine Air Wing, K-3, Korea. Tet Offensive. Responsible for air defense and air sea rescue for the southern half of South Korea. Was privileged to work with several captains who had flown for the Marines in World War II.

William P. Keane John Keane Richard Keane Louis Russo Elvin B. Howe Seaman 1st Class, WWII Europe, WWII, New Guinea- Corporal, heavy U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, WWII, USS 1944-45 Philippines weapons, ordnance, 1948-1951, Flora Lee Guadalcanal 9th U.S. Army 292nd Ordnance 8th Army, 1952-54 43rd Infantry Army Nurse Corps American Theater Air Force 1942-46 Division, Germany World War II and Victory medals occupation forces

David Holmes Joseph Bruno USN Charlie Adcock SM3 BatteryA 209th American Theater USS Brooklyn AAA Bn. ribbon, Asiatic Palermo, Italy 1944 Army of Occupation Pacific Rib­bon, Japan 1945-46 Victo­ry Ribbon

Dominick V. Sestito 1st Lt. Robert Harrel Ens. Michael 1st Lt Peter Siciliano receiving Army U.S. Army, European 2nd Armored Division Cunningham Commendation Medal Theater Company U.S. Navy Navigator, US Army 1970-1972 World War II Commander U.S.S. Aludra AF-55, Project MASSTER Fort Hood, Texas 7th Fleet, 1960 West Ft. Hood, Texas

Charles G. Adcock (right), USN Machinist’s Mate, 1st Class and Percy Oldrin (left), U.S. Navy sailor home on leave on Locust Hill Road during WWI

William F. Sgt. David M. Corporal Joseph Keeshan Jr. Sinclair Gallucci First Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps U.S. Army Air Force U.S. Army Signal 1951-53 Served in U.K. Corps, 972nd Signal Sea School and 6th motor pool John K. Davidson Battalion, systems Fleet, Norfolk, Va., USAAF 8th AF Bomb First Lt., company engineering officer. 3rd Marine Division, Group B17 during commander, US Army Active duty, June Camp Pendleton, World War II. Home artillery, 1966-69 1958 to June 1960. Calif. of Memphis Belle. Fort Sill, Okla.; Fort Completed 25 Dix, N.J. missions over ETO

Capt. John F. Welsh, U.S. Army, WWII, five Battle Stars in European Theater, Richard J. Dawson Bronze Star, Legion Reservist, 1964-70 of Merit, Croix de Private Charles A. Maher Sr. Connecticut National Activated, 1968-69, Vietnam Louis Canto, U.S. Navy, World War I Guerre Guard and corporal of the New York National E5- Sargeant Guard. 1899-1910

In Memory of Many, In Honor of All, In loving memory of Thank You. E.T. Geary Captain USMC Guadalcanal, Okinawa, Korea Alphonsus J. Donahue Captain US Air Force B-17 Pilot/Instructor Alphonsus J. Donahue III Captain USMC The Darien Board of Selectmen Helicopter Pilot, Viet Nam Jayme Stevenson • Kip Koons • Susan Marks • Pam Sparkman • Marc Thorne GEARY GALLERY 203-655-6633 THE DARIEN TIMES, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2018 MEMORIAL DAY 2018: Honoring Those Who Served Page 17D

Major James H. Cloud (Ret.) Frank Valente Stuart Duffield Cmdr. Select Deborah Loomis, Jim Benham 670th Field Artillary Batallian, U.S. U.S. Army Company A Aviation Radioman JAGC, USN Ensign, U.S. Navy, was communications Army Reserve. Served in Korea on 175 Infantry, VJ Day 1945 Deputy, Fleet Environmental Counsel officer on destroyer USS Farragut and active duty 1953-54 in 5th Ordinance 29th Div. Naval Air Transport Service, squadron U.S. Fleet Forces Command was present at Pearl Harbor bomb- Direct Support Company. D-Day (D-1) Omaha Beach, Purple VR-11 Honolulu, Hawaii Norfolk, Va. ing on Dec. 7, 1941. Farragut crew Heart, Oak Leaf Cluster, 1943-45 Asiatic-Pacific Theatre also saw action on Wake Island, the Marshall Islands and , a turn- ing point in sea war with Japan.

2018 Memorial Day Pa- Monument of the Month: rade Participant List Monuments Name/Organization Order Gettysburg Address & Ceremonies *Division 1: First announces Darien Police Department & Color Guard First Grand Marshal First monument winner of student By Karen K. Polett ans Affairs Commissioner Linda Speaker First Schwartz secured the plaque for Town & State Officials First The bronze Gettysburg Address Darien explaining that the cemetery writing contest Darien High School Band First plaque, dedicated on July 1, 2012, has great historical significance for The town of Darien's Monuments and honors the 150th anniversary in 2013 both the veterans and the town, which Ceremonies Commission has chosen VFW Post 6933 Color Guard First of that famous speech delivered at the housed the first home in the nation the poem written by Middlesex Middle VFW Post 6933 + Veterans First dedication of Soldiers’ National Cem- for veterans. Schwartz explained School student Patrick Finnegan as the American Legion Post 3 First etery in Gettysburg, Pa., on Nov. 19, that she is a fan of Lincoln and she top entry in this year’s Memorial Day 1863, by President Lincoln. The Get- was pleased when the opportunity Poem and Essay Contest. HonorBound Foundation First tysburg Address Monument is located came up to order the plaque and get The commissioners extend their con- CT Patriot Guard First to the right of the Karl Lang Statue it installed. Darien’s Fitch Home for gratulations to Patrick and their thanks in Darien’s Spring Grove Veterans Civil War veterans and later their to all the students who submitted so Connecticut National Guard First Cemetery. orphans was built by philanthropist many fine pieces. *Division 2: Second “Four score and seven years ago Benjamin Fitch in 1864, and eventu- The commission acknowledges all the our fathers brought forth on this con- ally relocated to Rocky Hill, Conn., efforts made by Lucy Sandor, Kathryn Darien EMS–Post 53 Second tinent, a new nation, conceived in in 1940. Lindquist, and the many fine teachers *Darien Post 53 (vehicles) Second Liberty, and dedicated to the propo- The present Darien Post #6933 at Middlesex Middle School that helped sition that all men are created equal.” VFW building, which was moved make this possible. Darien Historical Society Second Lincoln refers to the Declaration of across the street, is the original chapel Patrick will be invite to read his poem Masonic Lodge, Darien–Ivanhoe #107 Second Independence signed 87 years earlier from the Fitch Home. It is the only aloud at the Dedication Ceremony at Darien Chamber of Commerce Second and reminds listeners of the danger to remaining building from the Fitch Spring Grove Veterans Cemetery imme- those ideals posed by the Civil War. Home which in 1910 housed 500 diately following the Memorial Day Community Fund of Darien Second Lincoln urges "that these dead shall resident veterans and covered over Parade on Monday. Darien Foundation for Tech & Community Second not have died in vain — that this 12 acres on Noroton Avenue and an Darien Men’s Association Second nation, under God, shall have a new additional two acres at Spring Grove Memorial Day birth of freedom — and that govern- Cemetery. The Fitch Home was Patrick Finnegan PIVOT Second ment of the people, by the people, for located where the Darien Housing Darien Sail & Power Squadron Second the people, shall not perish from the Authority has built The Heights At Sacrifice earth." Darien on the former site of the Allen They gave up everything Darien YMCA Gymnastics Team Second Then Department of Veter- O’Neill Homes. Noroton Fire Dept. Second gave their lives *Noroton Fire Dept. Apparatus Second to protect Freedom *Division 3: Third To uphold the Constitution Of the United States of America Girl Scouts of America Third Fire departments to gather People forget Cub Scouts Third What it means Boy Scouts of America Third To be American Darien School of Dance (YWD) Third on Memorial Day The Darien Fire Department, Noro- May 28, at the firefighters monument They didn’t Darien Senior Activities Ctr. Third ton Heights Fire Department and on the Post Road. The departments do What if they gave up Atria Third Noroton Fire Departments will gather this annually for their annual Memo- Like many people do today at approximately 9 a.m. on Monday, rial Day prayer and remembrance. Maplewood Sr Living Third What would have happened to America At Home in Darien Third To the world D.A.R. Good Wife’s River Chapter Third But they didn’t forget Darien Library Third arrived with his family in 1960. For People take the freedom more than 20 years he served as a Darien Fire Dept. Third Reflect volunteer at the Kiwanis Club, work- in America *Darien Fire Dept. Apparatus Third ing to raise scholarship funds for For granted Continued from 1A Darien students. He continues to fly They forget *Division 4: Fourth his flag at home each day, and watch- Tens of Thousands of men and women Antique Vehicle (Williams) Second to help people in this place who are es the town’s Memorial Day parade older or maybe don’t have enough every year with his family. Gave their lives 39 Jag (Lefferts) Second money to do things,” “It’s been a tradition, ever since To uphold this freedom The Green Team Fourth In addition to their duties at the I’ve been in Darien.” Metayer said. senior center, both Hollub and Meta- “I’ve been at the same spot to see the Memorial Day is about remembering Pender-Keady Irish Arts Fndtn Fourth yer have also volunteered with the parade with my children and I still do Remembering the men and women Darien YMCA Guides/Princesses Fourth Darien Men’s Association and Hollub that, wouldn’t miss it for the world.” Who gave the ultimate sacrifice Darien Nature Center Fourth is also a member of the organization’s From dedicated service to humble Senior Songsters. volunteering, Darien appears to be To protect the world from tyranny Noroton Heights Fire Dept. Fourth Metayer has been a Darien resident lucky to be home to such proud spir- I remember *Noroton Heights Fire Dept. Apparatus Fourth for more than half a century, having its. Do you?

DAF Media to live stream Memorial Day Parade DAF Media will live stream this the Darien Library, close to the offi- an Andrew. local youths who rotate weekly to Community members 15 and older year’s Darien Memorial Day Parade. cial viewing stand. First Selectman Like all DAF Media broadcasts, produce live stream events. The who are interested in volunteering This will be the first time the parade Jayme Stevenson will be among the parade will be free to view live students learn to use broadcast for the production team should has been broadcast live in its entire- the guests interviewed. Four Darien or on demand via its YouTube chan- cameras, computers, software, email damian.andrew@darienaf. ty. high school students will operate the nel: https://youtu.be/xJBbWglqOx4 microphones, mixers and lights, in com. DAF Media will station three cutting-edge cameras and computer With Andrew at the helm, DAF addition to gaining valuable team- DAF Media is a joint venture cameras near the end of the parade technology, overseen by DAF Media Media is comprised of a volun- work and logistical skills required to between the Darien Athletic Foun- route between Nielsen’s Florist and director of video production, Dami- teer team of approximately 30 produce a high-quality live stream. dation and the Darien Foundation.

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On this Memorial Day, St. John Parish of Darien prayerfully remembers all those valiant men and women who gave their lives to defend our freedom and the security of the United States.

We also salute all veterans and those who are still serving.

Parishioners of St. John Parish Father Frank Hoffman Pastor Rev. Frank Gomez Parochial Vicar

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