CONNECTICUT MEN 13th and 20th Armored Divisions AUGUST 1945 20th ARM. DIVISION FACTS

Combat Highlights—In April, 1945, island attack. Two combat commands the 20th Armored Division was an• "attacked" and captured the mythical nounced as part of the Seventh Army in Isle of Campbell, a part of the camp's , advancing in a drive on Munich. 105,000 acre range and training area. On May 4, practically the eve of peace, it While the water was simulated, there was was in an area north of Lake Chiem and nothing unreal about the combat problem in June, 1945, was at Traunstein, Ger• itself during the three days it lasted. many. One of the high spots of its brief Competent military observers called it combat career was the freeing of 50 Cana• one of the best maneuvers staged in the dian prisoners as the unit swept south middle west. of Munich to cut off German escape Commanding — Maj. Gen. routes from the Reich's third largest city. Orlando Ward, Sept. 1944 to present. Previously the 20th had bagged a banner crop of high ranking Nazi officers when it smashed into Salzburg just a few mo• ments behind the leading elements of the SERVICEMEN'S COMMEMORATIVE BOOKLET 3d Infantry Division. This prize catch of prisoners of war included three Nazi Vol. 1 August 26, 1945 No. 11 lieutenant generals and one general. CARLETON B. CLYMA, Editor

Shoulder Patch—Regular Armored This booklet on the return of the 13th patch of triangular design, divided into and 20th Armored Divisions from the European war was prepared by the Office three areas, one in red (representing Field of The Governor, as an addition to the ); one in yellow (representing souvenirs and memorabilia of those who Cavalry), and one in blue (representing participated in the defeat of the once great Infantry). Superimposed on the tri• German . The courtesies and assistance of public angles, in black, are the track of a relations officers, at the ports and at the and a cannon. A bolt of lightning, in red, Fort Devens' Reception Station greatly is superimposed on these. facilitated the gathering of the material for this booklet. Some of the group pictures Army Ground Forces Training— are from Signal Corps photographs. Ship During its entire stay in this country the pictures are from The New York Daily News and Press Association. The factual 20th Armored Division was at Camp materials herein were prepared by the Campbell, Ky. It was successively under Office of Technical Information, A.G.F. the IV Armored Corps, Armored Com• A limited number of copies are available mand, XX Corps, XXII Corps and for distribution, to Connecticut men of the Divisions only. They can be secured by Second Army. For some time this di• written request to the Office of the Governor, vision was a training unit and sent large State Capitol, Hartford. numbers of armored replacements over• Reproduction of original material is seas. Highlight of its training period permissible only with written authorization. came in Dec. 1944, when it simulated an

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Combat Highlights — The 13th Army Ground Force Training — Armored Division joined Gen. Patton's Division went into training at Camp Beale, Third Army on the battlefront to partici• Calif., coming under the Army Ground pate in the closing stages of the Allied Forces and the II Armored Corps. It par• drive in southern Germany, a surge that ticipated in maneuvers with the IV Corps by-passed Berchtesgaden in the push to in Oregon from Sept. 13 to Nov. 6, 1943, link up with the Russians. On April 28, returning to Camp Beale on completion of 1945, the 13th was at Aiterhofen and maneuvering. It was then placed under shortly afterwards the division was across the Fourth Army, XVIII Corps. In Dec, the Danube River, east of Regensburg, 1943, the division was transferred to Camp at a point two miles southeast of Strauberg. Bowie, Tex. On May 2—less than a week before the Nazi capitulation—the 13th had ham• Left This Country — January, 1945 mered its way to Braunau, five miles from for European Theater of Operations. the Inn River. Commanding General — Maj. Gen. Nickname—Black Cat Division. John Millikin, April, 1945 to present.

Shoulder Patch—Usual triangular Component Units — 496th, 497th, armored patch consisting of three small 498th Armored Field Artillery Battalions; triangles of red (representing Field 24th, 45th, 46th, Tank Battalions; 16th, Artillery), blue (representing Infantry), 59th, 67th Armored Infantry Battalions; and yellow (representing Cavalry). Super• Hq. & Hq. Battery; 124th Armored Eng. imposed are cannon, tracks and a bolt of Bn.; 135th Armored Ord. Mnt.; 13th lightning. In the upper yellow triangle M. P. Platoon; Hq. Co. Special Troops; is the number "13". 83rd Medical Bn.; and 193rd Ren. Sqd.

3 13th & 20th ARM. DIV. STORIES EDITOR'S NOTE: Memories of the European experience will blur with the passing of years. Accuracy will diminish. Details will become vague and half forgotten. To record, in black and white here and now, the mood, the impressions, the exciting events of the worst days, and the best is the purpose of these stories. Connecticut men of the 13th and 20th were asked for their own stories in their own words, and they are here so recorded:

Alibrio, Salvatore T/5, Trp. C, 93rd be able to apply the lessons and knowledge Cav. Ren. Mech. Sqd., Hartford learned in Europe when, after the war, we "Going to Paris is one of the pleasant take part in public affairs and politics at experiences. I saw all the sights we have home." heard and read so much about — the Arc Bertaccini, Lincoln C, Pfc, Co. A., de Triomphe, Notre Dame Cathedral, the 45th Tank Bn., Bantam Eiffel Tower. I only had a one day pass, "I have been over six months — and I would have liked to have been there a that is six months too long. When I used week." to read about what the Germans did in the Beers, Henry O., Pfc, Co. B., 135th concentration camps, I thought it was all Arm. Ord. Mnt. Bn., Westport greatly exaggerated. But, I saw the camp "As for my impressions, aside from the at Ebenssey in Austria where they had girls, I was startled by the low standard of thousands of Belgians, Poles and Russians living in the European countries. I had for use as slave-laborers. I found out then thought that those countries were on a and there that there was no exaggeration. level compared with stand• In order to believe how bad it was, you ards. As for the war and our participation have to actually see it. Was it rough! in it, I hope we, who took part in it, will They fed them little or nothing and worked

4 them 15 hours a day. When we got there, Carotenuti, Louis, Pfc, Co. A., 45th they were dying at the rate of 200 a day, Tank Bn., Torrington until the Americans took it over." "What impressed me most was the results of our Air Corps bombing. The Boldi, Louis F., Cpl., Ren. Plat. 45th destruction of the railroads, right through Tk. Bn., East Hartford the Ruhr and Rhine areas to Nurnberg "The day I got my bronze star was the must have tied things up for awhile. roughest of the war for me. It was near Another thing that impressed me was the Wahn, Germany and we were in the lead speed with which our engineers erected element of a five tank group. I don't want Bailey and Pontoon Bridges across the to tell you about it but you can take it off rivers." the citation." Chicoine, George L., Pfc, Co. A., 45th Editor's Note — The citation read in Tk. Bn., Waterbury part: "Awarded for heroic achievement "The people of Europe are far behind . . . with complete disregard for personal those of the U.S. in every way. Some of the safety to render immeasurable aid to people of France are nice I guess. Some of lead of a combat command ad• them welcomed us warmly but others were vance guard . . . overcoming sniper and out for the money." enemy machine guns and small arms fire, he displayed boldness and skill in Damiata, Sebastien E., Cpl., Hq. Co., preceding the drive of the combat com• 93rd Cav. Ren. Mech., Middletown mand and directing fire for the tanks." "When we got into it, we expected the

5 In the Ruhr Pocket we were advancing so fast with the Germans on the run ahead of us that we used to tell each other 'We will never be able to catch them to end the war'. When the war did end, we were at the Inn River. A couple of things I remember are the three days' celebration the French people of the Town of Dudeville put on, and Hitler's place at Berchtesgaden, where I sat up in his Crow's Nest and took pictures against the sky."

Germans would put up a stiff fight but Page, Alfred O., Pfc, Co. F., 93rd Cav. they came out with white flags marching Ren. Mech., Hartford in columns to surrender to us. I never saw "In the Ruhr pocket our tank was fired so many prisoners as we took out of the by a shell from a bazooka which was Ruhr pocket. It got to a point where we handled by a German kid twelve years old. didn't bother to put a guard on them, just We thought we were all Kaput for a few waved them to the rear. I never saw a minutes. I was knocked unconscious for German soldier with a steel helmet on. about ten minutes and wounded in the They always tossed them away before they knee and chest. Of the five men in our tank, surrendered. So, all the Germans I saw four were wounded, three badly enough to except the dead ones were coming in to go to the hospital. We thought our give up." Lieutenant would be blinded but one of Ingersoll, Charles V., T/5, Co., A., our tank crew who had served in the 135th Arm. Ord. Mnt., Hamden German Army up to 1935, and who later "The ruins of the French port cities, received a field commission as Second bombed by our Air Force and shelled by Lieutenant for this gave us first aid, which our artillery made a strong impression on probably saved some of us from death. I most of us when we landed in France. We was hospitalized for some time" thought it was bad in France, but as we Poulis, Theodore C, Pvt., Trp. C, went further on into Germany it got to 93rd Arm. Ren. Mech. Sqd., New London where there was nothing left at all of the "You never saw so much large scale towns. You can tell what happened to the destruction, as the ruins of the German German Army when you see its burned out cities. They were in sharp contrast to the and wrecked vehicles lining the roads." natural beauty of the Bavarian country• Mango, Anthony J., Cpl., Co. B., 135th side. We went through the cities of Mann• Arm. Ord. Mnt. Bn., Waterbury heim, Worms, and Frankfurt. The de• "After we arrived in France we spent struction was terrible. Those cities were two months waiting anxiously to leave for just leveled by bombs, fire and explosives. the battle areas. We were tired of staying in But, in the countryside there were few one place. We came overseas to do a job signs of war and we were impressed by the and we didn't want to hang around wait• beauty of the well-kept farm lands and ing. When we did get in we moved fast. villages."

6 Puncavage, Joseph J., Pfc., Trp. A., 88 MM, they got in first and I lost my 93rd Cav. Ren. Mech. Sqd., Hartford tank. One man of my tank crew was "Near Regensberg, Germany, we were killed and two were wounded. The tank driving ahead in a column when we ran was fired but the four of us including the into a heavy barrage. I was a peep driver, wounded managed to crawl out. Two of out in front. The peep ten or twelve feet us got away, two stayed near the tank and ahead of ours was struck by a shell which we picked them up two days later when killed both of the men in it. We got shook the infantry came through. I don't ever up in ours. That was the closest anything want to go through anything like that ever came to me." again."

Bouchard, Clifford, T/5, Co. C, 138th Conlon, James Jr., Sgt., Hdq. Co., Arm. Ord. Mnt. Bn., New Britain 27th Tank Bn., Danbury "Our outfit helped take Munich and I "I was cursed by having weak tracks on was in there right after that. The public my tank, and on account of them I buildings and railroad station were flat. traveled through Germany alone, that is People were swarming into the streets just my tank crew and me. I didn't know searching for food. They looked healthy then and I don't know to this day whether and well dressed, especially the children. many of the towns we went through were As far as I could see they hadn't suffered under German control. We had to forage much before the war actually reached for our food, chickens from the roadside, their city." potatoes from the cellars. We had ten days of this before we caught up with our Boucher, Walter A., S/Sgt., Med. Det., outfit near Rosenheim. We even liber• 220th Engs., Milford ated a stove from a German ordnance "What struck me was how completely depot to cook the chicken and potatoes bombed out the border cities of Germany on." were, completely destroyed. We had it nice in our bivouac area after the war was Daury, Vincent P., Pfc, Co. A., 138th over at Chiening, a Bavarian summer Arm. Ord. Mnt. Bn., Woodbury resort and we sure enjoyed the boating and "The people of Munich were well swimming there."

Cocchiaro, Jerry V., Pfc, Co. D., 27th Tank Bn., New Haven "I just called up my mother, the first time in months. It was a thrill to hear her voice. Everything was all right at home. I just can't wait—I am so anxious to get there."

Comunale, Thomas, Sgt., Co. C, 20th Tank Bn., Waterbury "We were inside German lines near Munich when I had a day, a hell of a bad day. I was trying to knock out a German

7 dressed and well fed, better than those of country. I don't know what they wanted most German cities we were in. By com• in France which has nothing as compared parison, France is a poor country. No• to Germany. In Germany every town where in Europe is there anything to com• and village had a camp of prisoner- pare with the United States. If those laborers. That probably explains why people could just come into New York Germany was in good shape. They used harbor and get one look at New York City, this slave labor to do it." they would know right then that they never had a chance to beat us." Hitchcock, Benjamin T., Pfc, Co. C, 8th Arm. Inf. Bn., Waterbury De Gregorio, Emil A., T/4 Hq. Co., "While I was attached to Combat Com• 220th Engs., New Haven mand A near Friedlofen we were going "Europe, it's a beat up place. It is forward in a half-track when we came beat up like hell, a regular ruin, especially upon a big Mercedes car. It was armor in Germany." plated. The windshield alone weighed DiPisa, Joseph A., T/4 Co. D., 20th about 200 lbs. It had 16 cylinders and Tank Bn., Norwalk 5 speeds forward. We turned it into "The German road system is darn good. ordnance maintenance for repair and it They have got that Autobahn which com• turned out that it was Hermann Goering's pares favorably with our Merritt Parkway. private car. Our General Cornelius M. Their secondary roads are all macadam. Daly turned it in as a war trophy." On the other hand, the German farming practices, particularly their source of Huestis, Edwin S., Pfc, Hq. Co., fertilizing material is disgusting by 138th Arm. Ord. Mnt., East Hartford American standards." "I am in Division Supply, part of the rear echelon, where it is all work and not Ebersold, Edward P., T/5 Co. A., much play. We were too busy to see very 138th Arm. Ord. Mnt. Bn., Hartford much of France but after the war was over "I was with the 14th Armored during we saw quite a bit of Germany. It is a the fighting before I was transferred to this beautiful country—I couldn't understand outfit. I thought Germany was a pretty why they wanted to go to war. They

8 won't try it again for a long long time if Lentocha, George V., Pfc, Serv. Co., the United States takes proper precau• 27th Tank Bn., Rockville tions against aggressor nations in the "We certainly appreciated the Army future." organization and the home front which had the right stuff at the right place when Keigwin, Norman W., Pvt., Btry A., we needed it, in spite of the fact that the 413th Arm. F.A., Mystic enemy did their best to keep us from "I joined the 413th after V-E day and getting it. I was in the battalion supply saw no combat. I enjoyed the trip to section and ammunition was my baby. Europe but I am glad to be back home." None of our tanks or our boys were ever lost because they didn't have the am• Kiman, William S., Pfc, Co. A., 8th munition." Arm. Inf. Bn., Bridgeport Lundin, Richard H., Pfc, Co. C, 65th "The best souvenir I got was a big Arm. Inf., Bn., Hartford automobile that belonged to an SS Major. It was an Austrian Adler. We took the "The show over there was pretty easy Major and I took his car, his pistol and for us, I mean our outfit, but we expect his binoculars. The pistol and binoculars tougher sailing in the C. B. I. area." are in my barracks bag right now but Majewicz, John, T/5, Serv. Co. 27th Third Army Headquarters said the car Tank Bn., West Cromwell was using too much gasoline and they "I was transferred to this outfit four made us turn it in." months ago, after twenty months' service Ruhr pocket. While we were in position about 300 yards from the Rhine River, the German artillery which was well placed in wooded positions were very quiet during the day but gave us a terrific going over at night. Our artillery could only fire dur• ing daylight hours because, in their ex• posed positions, the batteries could have been spotted by the flashes at night. We spent one exciting night over a report from Intelligence, which came to another fellow and me when we were on guard, that a German patrol had got through the forward lines and was working towards us. This outfit was alerted and the guard was doubled but later a report came in that seven of the patrol had been killed and the other two men captured."

McGuire, Donald, S/Sgt., Co. B., 65th Arm. Inf. Bn., Guilford "There were so many tough and rough days I don't know which one to give you. overseas with the 3889th truck company. How is that day of the train wreck near That adds up to four battle stars—Nor• Wiergarten, Germany? Ten were killed mandy, Northern France, Ardennes, and and thirty were hospitalized. The crash Central Germany—and 82 points, but I came at 3:30 A. M.—it waked me out of a haven't the slightest idea when I will be sound sleep. What a bounce on the head discharged." I got! Another tough spot was near Markure, William J., Pvt., Co. C, Lohhof, Germany, where we took an SS 65th Arm. Inf. Bn., New Britain school. Our tank force was cited by "When the German soldier ran out of Army headquarters for that action. I ammunition, he was always ready to sur• made a hell of a mistake that day— render. These supposed supermen and shouldn't have been no place near there. die-hards would shoot at us as long as The told us it was no place for they had ammunition and then come out maintenance men. That gag about hav• with a ' Kamerad and expect to get away ing in any action, two squads looting, and with it—that's what puzzled me most. two squads shooting, wasn't always true." It isn't over for me yet, I have been over• Mennillo, Benedict J., T/5 Co. B., seas for 29 months but I have only got 65th Arm. Inf. Bn., Hartford 78 points, T. S." "What impressed me was the constant McGinty, Arthur F., Pvt., Assault travelling we did. We were continually Platoon, 8th Arm. Inf. Bn., Stamford on the move once we got going. And, "We saw some sharp fighting in the that's the way I like it. As for the C. B.

10 I., I am optimistic about an early end. "We freed 140,000 Allied personnel from In other words I don't plan to go there." German prisoner of war camps at New• market and Mossburg. The majority of O'Brien, Thomas J., Cpl., Co. B., them were British and American. We came 220th Engineers, Glenbrook up in half-tracks, dismounted on the out• "The battle of Munich in April was skirts of the towns, and the German artil• mostly tank warfare. We were in there lery pinned us down for about an hour and cleaning out roadblocks with demolition a half. The U.S. artillery came up about charges, and frequently we had to do it that time and the Germans didn't have a under machine gun fire. Luckily most of chance from there on in. When we got up it was over our heads. Only one platoon to the camps to free the prisoners there in our outfit got it bad there when they were only three German guards left. The ran into an ambush." first freed men I talked to, many of whom had been prisoners of war for a long time, Palmieri, Frank J., Pfc, Hdq. Co., wanted to know what the States were like. 8th Arm. Inf. Bn., New Haven They all told us to give the Germans hell "The toughest fight we had was at from there on in. This all happened when Munich. We just kept chasing them I was with the 14th Armored Division." right into and through the city. We hit about 2,000 SS troops, well dug in, there. Price, Robbin J., T/4, Co. C, 20th They put white flags out of the windows Tank Bn., Norwalk and kept shooting at us from behind the "The Heinies get respect from me for flags. It took us all day to clean out the one weapon, their 88 MM Anti-tank gun. town." They put so many holes in my tank it looked like a sieve. I remember well one Palumbo, Joseph J., S/Sgt. Hdq. Co., personal experience. In one village I was 8th Arm. Inf. Bn., Bridgeport about to toss a hand grenade into a cellar "Europe is plenty beat up—I saw it in to rout out a sniper hiding there when I Belgium, Holland and Bavaria. The de• discovered, just in time, that there were struction in Germany should learn them a fifty or sixty women and children in the lesson and it will take them quite a little same cellar — a strange feeling came over while to start up another war. That me. Luckily the sniper gave himself up. He should keep our kids at home for twenty or thirty years anyway. The best story in this outfit is about 'Bed-Check Charlie'. It's this way. There was a German flyer who was on our tail from the French border to Munich. He strafed the column every night regularly, just made us dig and keep digging every night. Why we dug a row of foxholes from France to Munich, near the end Bed-Check Charlie was shot down in flames."

Pitruzello, Joseph A., Cpl., Co. B., 65th Arm. Inf. Bn., Portland

11 had used the women and children for cover. "When we saw Berchtesgaden, the place We were fighting SS troops there and they was all bombed out and only the scenery even put Red Cross flags and painted the was left. We spent a lot of time in the heart word hospital on buildings which they of the Alps where scenery was plentiful." were actually holding as fortified strong- points." Stimpson, John W., Pvt., Co. A., 220th Engs., Hartford Voice, Carl J., T/5, Btry C., 414 Arm. "Sometimes it was bad and sometimes F.A., West Hartford it wasn't. Hation and Ritterschoffen where "Hitler's Berchtesgaden is strongly built I was with the 14th Armored was bad. We with thick heavy walls, all of it pretty well couldn't get through and had to withdraw. camouflaged. His underground shelter was We didn't have enough infantry and even well below the ground and had everything had to put our own Engineers in as infan• in it. Nobody could have ever got at him try. It was good at Tuffling, after V-E Day. there. When I visited it, it was pretty well We didn't have much to do, we were living ruined by bombing and some of the build• in a big castle and it was a nice setup. Our ings were burned out." Company was the only one stationed there. Reck, George J., S/Sgt., Hq. Btry., We had good food and no worries." 413th Arm. F.A., Bridgeport Tuozzo, Patsy, Cpl., Hq. Btry., 413th "I saw five countries and there is no place Arm. F.A., Torrington like home." "We saw Dachau. That was a horrible Robbins, Warren A., Pvt., Hdq. Co., sight. Carloads of dead men. Many of them 27th Tank Bn., Terryville stripped of all clothes. After we saw that "The Ericsson was so crowded on this we had no use for the Krauts." trip home we had to sleep on deck. We even had to pitch pup tents to keep dry Werth, William A., Cpl., Btry. C, when it rained. I am not crabbing — I 414th Arm. F.A., New Haven would have hung on to the smoke stack all "I saw a lot of Germany. I thought the the way over to get home." country itself was nice but it was pretty well beat up when we got there. We spent Rothwell, Charles E., T/5, Serv. Co., most of our time in Austria, near Ber• 65th Arm. Inf., Putnam chtesgaden. Just as we got to Salzburg, the "What impressed me? Not a hell of a Nazi General Von Kesselring surrendered lot. There wasn't much to see. It was all to our outfit. I saw him myself and he destroyed. But, I would like to see Europe really looked sharp, as far as officers go, again when it is rebuilt. Its natural beau• but I guess he didn't have much to say." ties are really something." Williams, James A., T/5, Hq. Co., 27th Russo, Ralph C, Pfc, Co. B., 65th Tank Bn., Glenville Arm. Inf., New Haven "As for good days and bad days, I had a "I was glad to see Germany wrecked the sickening day at Dachau Concentration way it was, and I hope we never let them Camp. There were starved bodies smashed get started again." heads and mangled corpses. Dead, hundreds Spooner, Robert J., Pfc, Co. C, 8th of them, boxcar loads, three hundred Arm., Inf., Bn., New Britain bodies to a car. I think the Germans stink."

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The Ships — The Noordam, docking Connecticut Men — Twenty-six men, at New York, July 23rd with the 67th Reconnaissance and Ordnance, 20th Div., Armored Inf., 46th Armored Tank, picture, Page 5. Twelve men, Reconnais• Engineers, Ordnance and other units of sance and Ordnance, 13th Div., picture, the 13th Armored is pictured on the Cover. Page 6. Fourteen men, 65th Inf., Page 7. The transport Hermitage, docking at New Nine men, 9th Tank, left, page 8. Eleven York, August 2, with 20th Armored Artil• men, 8th Inf., right, page 8. Lt. Kenneth lery, Ordnance, Signal, Reconnaissance, N. Ahlquist, 20th Div., left, page 9. Six and other units of the 20th pictured on men, 413th F.A., right, page 9. Four Page 3. The Ericsson, docking at New officers, 20th Division, page 10. Sixteen York, August 6, with the Infantry, Tanks, men, 20th and 27th Tanks, page 11, and smaller units of the 20th, picture Twelve men, Artillery and Engineers, 20th Page 4. Div., page 13.

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The 13th, first of the armored units to Shiras which reached Boston on August come home embarked at Le Havre in Mid- 7th. July on several ships including the Hol• The Hermitage docked at Pier 88, New land-American Motor Liner Noordam York City with the 412th, 413th, 414th and the S. S. Explorer. Two other trans• ports carrying elements of the Division Armored Field Artillery Battalions, 160th docked at Hampton Roads. Armored Signal Company, Combat Com• mands A & B, Divisional M.P., 138th

The Noordam carried the 67th Armored Ordnance Battalion, and 33rd Cavalry Infantry Battalion, 124th Armored Engi• Reconnaissance Troops. The John Erics• neer Battalion, 46th Tank Battalion. It son docked at Pier 84, North River, New docked at Pier 16 Staten Island on July York City, with the following units 23rd. The men entrained immediately aboard: 8th, 60th, 65th Armored Infantry thereafter for Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Battalions; 9th, 20th, 27th Tank Bat• talions; and Divisional Headquarters and The Explorer docking at Boston on Special Troops. July 27 brought the 45th Tank Battalion, 135th Armored Ordnance Battalion, and The men landing in New York staged the Division's M.P. Platoon. They through Camp Kilmer, New Jersey and staged through Camp Myles Standish Camp Shanks, New York, en route to the near Taunton, Massachusetts. Ft. Devens Reception Station, while those elements coming into Boston reached Ft. Elements of the Division's artillery Devens after 24 hours at Camp Myles battalions, the 24th Tank Battalion, and Standish. the Medical Battalion came through the Port of Hampton Roads and Camp The furloughs of most men of the 13th Patrick Henry, Virginia on July 22nd. expire on August 26 to August 30. Expi• ration dates for furloughs of the men of The 20th Armored embarked at Le the 20th Division are from September 6 Havre in late July on the Army trans• to September 9. Both Divisions are to ports, Hermitage and John Ericsson. be re-assembled at Camp Cooke in Cali• Smaller units of the Division arrived on fornia after completion of their furlough the S. S. Marine Robin which docked at periods, according to general redeploy• Boston, August 6th and the S.S. George ment plans made last spring.

14 THE CONNECTICUT MEN

The names of the officers and men from the 13th Armored Division were compiled from available official records and by personal interview. Names of some of the men of the Division may have been omitted, regrettably, despite every effort made to secure complete rosters:

ALIBRIO, Salvatore T/5 42 Madison St., Hartford AMARA, Joseph S. Sgt. 23 Portland St., Middletown AMMON, Thomas J. S/Sgt. 212 Goddard Ave., Bridgeport

BASSETTI, George F. Pfc. 126 Taft Ave., West Haven BECKWITH, Russell G. T/5 South Windham BEERS, Henry O. Pfc. 55 W. State St., Westport BELLEROSE, Edward J. Pfc. 80 Union St., Willimantic BERTACCINI, Lincoln C. Pfc. Main St., Bantam BINETTE, John J. T/5 156 Hoodley St., Naugatuck BOLDI, Louis F. Cpl. 50 Lester St., East Hartford

CAMPBELL, Richard G. Pfc. 6 Lewis St., Milford CARDEGNO, Louis J. Pfc. 118 Ridge St., Winsted CAREY, John D. Pfc. 455 Litchfield St., Torrington CAROTENUTI, Louis Pfc. 176 Roosevelt Ave., Torrington CASEVECCHIA, Alteo Pvt. New St., Ridgefield CASTELLINI, Guido Pfc. 27 Kilbourne St., Hartford CHICOINE, George L. Pfc. 619 So. Main St., Waterbury CLARKE, Myron S. Pfc. RFD 1, Monroe DAMIATA, Sebastien Cpl. 209 Pearl St., Middletown DeFOREST, Revere C. Pfc. Bow Lane, Middletown DELESKI, Harry E. T/Sgt. 6 Tower Ave., Milford DeMARCO, Ignatius J. Pfc. 63 Meadow St., Willimantic

ECKLER, Warren C. Pfc. 19 Howard Ave., Ansonia EMANUELE, Joseph A. Pvt. 45 Charles St., Hartford

FAY, David W. Pfc. 162 Collins St., Hartford

GAAL, Joseph K. T/4 109 Birdseye St., Stratford GRAZIANI, Peter M. T/5 734 Norfolk Rd., Torrington

HAMBRICK, Russell F. Pfc. 43 Hemingway St., New Haven HODRICK, Walter H. T/Sgt. 47 Elm St., East Hartford HUNT, Myron W. Pfc. N. Compo Rd., Westport HURYK, Tony E. Pfc. Fox Lane PL, Greenwich

INGERSOLL, Charles V. T/5 20 Cromwell St., Hamden INMAN, Newton Pfc. 46 Madison St., Manchester IRONS, Jesse H. T/5 Box 84, Versailles

15 JOHNSON, Robert W. T/Sgt. 380 Woodstock Ave., Stratford KEEGAN, Richard J. Pfc. 1274 Whalley Ave., New Haven KIERMAN, Alfred M. S/Sgt. 215 Cooke St., Waterbury KLOSIEWICZ, Charles S. Pfc. 293 Atlantic St., Bridgeport KOZLAUSKI, Vincent F. Pfc. 197 Pixlee Place, Bridgeport KNIBBS, Donald M. Pfc. West District, Unionville KUSHA, Joseph E. T/4 2338 Barnum Ave., Stratford KUZMAN, Taras T. Pfc. 79 Vought PL, Stratford LABOSSIERE, Wilfred N. Pfc. 84 Water St., Danielson LUCAS, William J. S/Sgt. 32 Temple St., Stratford MANGLAFICO, Joseph V. Pfc. 43 Brooklawn St., New Britain MANGO Anthony J. T/5 36 Beacon St., Waterbury MARRA, Carl J. Cpl. 37 Washington Rd., Hamden MARTINO, Francis Pfc. 151 Geddes Terr., Waterbury MINTZER, Carl E. T/5 RFD 1, Middletown MORRIS, Lawrence T. Pvt. 215 Lounsbury St., Waterbury

ORZEL, Stanley S. Pfc. 3 Stillwell Ct., PACYNA, John Cpl. 1 Pequot Ave., Thompsonville PAGE, Alfred O. Pfc. 1587 Park St., Hartford PARSONS, Paul F. T/5 288 Farmington Ave., Unionville PAYER, Joseph R. Pfc. 19 Mahl Ave., Hartford PERILLO, Michael Pfc. 129 Cedar St., New Haven POLAND, Joseph A. Pfc. 33 Tobler Terrace, Wethersfield POULOS, Theodore C. Pvt. 597 Ocean Ave., New London PUNCAVAGE, Joseph J. Pfc. 133 Lawrence St., Hartford

REIDY, James J. Pvt. 215 Derby Ave., Derby ROGERS, Walter F. Pfc. Dewey Ave., Meriden SABOL, Victor T/4 359 Bostwick Ave., Bridgeport SABONIS, Frank J. T/5 Hazardville SCIRE, Richard L. Pfc. 1 Cottage St., Norwalk SHEPARDSON, John W. Sgt. 78 Canal St., New Haven SOLTIS, Michael Pvt. 181 Bradford St., Bridgeport SOROTA, Stanley P. T/4 49 Brook St., Willimantic SOULE, David E. Pfc. 8 Elmrest Terrace, Norwalk SWEENEY, Charles W. Sgt. 3 Grand view Ave., Wallingford SYBLE, Chester J. Pfc. 235 Campfield Ave., Hartford

TAMAS, Michael C. S/Sgt. 100 Ellsworth St., Bridgeport TRIFFON, Christopher Pfc. 792 Savin Ave., West Haven

WARREN, Francis A. Pfc. 353 Center St., Manchester WYSOCKI, Henry J. Pfc. 50 Hick St., Meriden

16 The names of the following officers and men of the 20th Armored Division were com• piled from available official records and by personal interview. Names of some of the men of the Division may have been omitted, regretably, despite every effort made to secure complete rosters:

ACCARDI, Edward A. Sgt. 11 Hickory St., Milford AHLQUIST, Kenneth N. 1st. Lt. 35 New Lane, Cromwell AIUDI, Alfred L. WOJG 20 Belmont St., New Britain ALAGNO, Dominic J. Pfc. 336 Norman St., Bridgeport ALFREDSON, John P. Pvt. 11 Railroad St., New Milford ARDERY, Frederick H., Jr. 1st. Lt. Cornfield Pt., Saybrook AVALLONE, Nicholas Cpl. 117 Poplar St., New Haven BAEHR, George B. Jr. Pfc. 40 Stiles St., Waterbury BENKOSKI, John S. Sgt. RFD 2, Thomaston BLUMENFELD, George Pfc. 67 Monroe St., New Britain BOUCHARD, Clifford T/5 24 Grand St., New Britain BOUCHER, Walter A. S/Sgt. 24 Whitney Ave., Milford BRANCATI, Rocco J. Pvt. 247 Franklin Ave., Hartford BRENNAN, Dennis P. T/4 173 Winthrop St., Torrington BROCHU, Joseph W. T/5 60 Cottage St., Winsted CASELLA, Richard F. Pvt. 193 South St., Hartford CASSO, Allie J. Pvt. Box 100, Cheshire CATLIN, Edgar N. Pfc. River Rd., Shelton CHAGNON, Ernest D. Sgt. 675 Bloomfield Ave., Windsor CHAPPEL, Anthony B. T/5 134 Grand St., Middletown COCCHIARO, Jerry V. Pfc. 789 Quinnipiac Ave., New Haven COMUNALE, Thomas Sgt. 227 Jersey St., Waterbury CONLON, James, Jr. Sgt. 5 Union Ave., Danbury COONEY, William O. Pvt. 25 Bissell St., East Hartford CROFTS, Lyman H. T/5 RFD 2, West Redding CURTIS, Joel S., Jr. Pfc. 47 Judson Ave., East Hartford DAURY, Vincent Pfc. Main St., Woodbury DEFUSCO, Pasquale E. T/3 RFD 1, Lakeview Inn, Putnam DEGREGORIO, Emil A. T/4 39 Lyon St., New Haven DIMOW, Joseph T/5 17 Asylum St., New Haven DIPISA, Joseph A. T/4 53 Spring St., So. Norwalk DONOVAN, William T. T/5 338 Central Ave., Norwick EBERSOLD, Edward P. T/5 525 New Britain Ave., Hartford EDGE, John P. Pfc. 81 Washington St., So. Norwalk ELISEO, Ralph Pfc. 29 Mead St., New Haven EUSTACE, Junior E. Sgt. Canton Center FETCHKO, John P. Pfc. 579 Putnam St., Bridgeport FLAHERTY, Morgan V. 1st. Lt. 2308 Albany Ave., West Hartford FLASKO, Andrew J. 2nd. Lt. 71 Roanoke Ave., Fairfield FORTUNA, Salvatore P. Pfc. 21 Olmstead St., East Hartford 17 GAGNIER, Alfred W. Pfc. West Cornwall GAILIUSIS, Bronislaw 1st. Sgt. 35 Torrington Ave., Collinsville GAYLORD, William N. Pfc. 964 Laurel Ave., Bridgeport GEMMELL, Allen T. Pfc. Route 1, Southington GENTILE, Louis A. Pfc. 46 Liberty St., Stamford GIROLA, Albert J. Pfc. 955 1st. Ave., West Haven GODFREY, Clarence L. T/5 8 Elmwood Place, Danbury GORFAIN, Perry M. T/5 9 West Pearl St., New Britain HERMAN, Reinhold W. Capt. 84 Iowa St., Torrington HERY, Joseph E. Cpl. RFD 2, Stafford Springs HIRSH, Edward T/4 45 Perkins St., Bristol HITCHCOCK, Benjamin T. Pfc. 267 Monroe Ave., Waterbury HOLMAN, Francis E. S/Sgt. 756 Woodward Ave., New Haven HUESTIS, Edwin S. Pfc. 47 Bissell St., East Hartford HULL, Julius W. Sgt. 631 Bostwick Ave., Bridgeport INNES, Donald T/4 94 New Litchfield St., Torrington JAKUBOWSKI, Frank T/5 92 Roath St., Norwich KASCHE, William T. T/4 44 Cheney Lane, Newington KATA, August A. T/5 70 Osgood Ave., New Britain KEIGWIN, Norman W. Pvt. Edgecomb St., Mystic KENNEDY, William S. S/Sgt. 54 Eaton St., Stratford KIMAN, William S. Pfc. 175 Harriet St., Bridgeport KISH, Edmund Pfc. 2011 King's Highway, Fairfield KUMP, August A. Pfc. 235 Wilson St., Bridgeport LeBUIS, Marion W. 1st. Lt. RFD 1, Norwich LEMAIRE, Joseph A. T/4 240 Long Hill Rd., Andover LENT, Raymond F. Pfc. Park Lane, Milford LENTOCHA, George V. Pfc. 96 High St., Rockville LOCOVITCH, Walter A. Pfc. 9 Ninth St., Norwich LOWENSKI, Charles Pfc. 105 Orange Ave., West Haven LUNDIN, Richard Pfc. 169 Euclid St., Hartford MAJEWICZ, John T/5 Evergreen Rd., Cromwell MALLORY, James H. T/5 27 North St., Stamford MARKURE, William J. Pvt. 652 W. Main St., New Britain MASCOLO, Charles Pfc. 140 Preston St., Hartford MASON, Richard W. T/5 87 West Ave., Darien McGINTY, Arthur F. Pvt. 81 Givens Ave., Stamford McGUIRE, Donald S/Sgt. Oak St., Guilford MENNILLO, Benedict J. T/5 48 Morgan St., Hartford MINTZ, Murray C. S/Sgt. 62 No. Main St., Essex NACCA, Fred T/3 95 Meloy Road, West Haven NICHOLS, William G., Jr. Pfc. 382 Albany Ave., Hartford NIELSEN, Olfert V. Pfc. 451 Stillman St., Bridgeport

18 O'BRIEN, Thomas J. Cpl. 16 Park Lane, Glenbrook PALMIERI, Frank J. Pfc. 92 Woolsey St., New Haven PALUMBO, Joseph J. S/Sgt. 181 Englewood Ave., Bridgeport PATRAW, John N. Cpl. 41 Reservoir Ave., Meriden PENSKI, Stanley J. S/Sgt. 84 Maple St., Bridgeport PERONI, Augustus V. T/Sgt. Thames St. Ext., New London PITRUZELLO, Joseph A. T/5 184 Main St., Portland PLIS, Stephen J. T/5 96 Lincoln St., Hartford POLCE, Carl J. T/5 89 Griswold Drive, West Hartford PRICE, Robin J. T/4 Glen Ave., Norwalk

QUINN, Joseph E. Cpl. 309 Garden St., Hartford

RECK, George J., Jr. S/Sgt. 2 Lawrence St., Bridgeport ROBBIATI, Joseph P. T/Sgt. 38 Carroll St., Naugatuck ROBBINS, Warren A. Pvt. E. Church St., Terryville ROMANO, Terry L. Pfc. 306 Berkshire Ave., Bridgeport ROMANOVSKY, John T/Sgt. 35 Ann St., New Haven ROOK, Seymour T/5 19 Seneca St., New Britain ROSSOMANDO Albert Pfc. 83 Thomas St., West Haven ROTHWELL, Charles E., Jr. T/5 18 Bolles St., Putnam RUSSO, Ralph C. Pfc. 74 Clinton Ave., New Haven SHEFFIELD, George T. Pvt. Meadow Ave., Stonington SPOONER, Robert J. Pfc. 347 Stanley St., New Britain STANFORD, James J. S/Sgt. 4 Peck Avenue, West Haven STANKOWSKI, Anton F. Pfc. 18 Union St., Hartford STIMPSON, John W. Pvt. 2977 Main St., Hartford SYSKOWSKI, Joseph S. T/5 1403 Corbin Ave., New Haven

TILLINGHAST, Robert A. Cpl. 270 North Main St., Danielson TROMBLEY, Charles N. Pfc. 30 Camp St., Waterbury TUCCINARDI, Jerome F. T/5 53 Franklin St., Saugatuck TUOZZO, Pasquale T/5 33 Harrison Ave., Torrington TWILLEY, John W. T/5 89 Squire St., New London VARGOSHE, William Sgt. 73 Bedford Ave., Bridgeport VISCIGLIA, Franklin Pvt. 80 Sherman St., Bridgeport VON DIETSCH, Joseph F. Pvt. 1393 Stratford Ave., Bridgeport WAXMAN, Felix H. Cpl. 295 Westland St., Hartford WERTH, William A. Cpl. 119 Bassett St., New Haven WESSELS, William F. Pfc. Weston Rd., Georgetown WILLIAMS, James A. T/5 Box 156, Prospect St., Glenville WODARSKI, John P. Capt. 123 Standish St., Hartford YASEVAC, Frank E. Pvt. 83 Bradley St., Branford ZSAMPER, Anthony C. Cpl. 96 Rhode Island Ave., Fairfield

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