CONNECTICUT MEN of the 87th - Acorn - Division AUGUST 1945 87th DIVISION FACTS Combat Highlights: In mid-November, imposed a golden acorn. The acorn is 1944, the 87th arrived on the continent symbolic of strength. and came into the area on the Overseas Training: Division left this Third Army front. Original plans had country November 4, 1944 for European been for the division to relieve another Theater of Operations and moved into unit here and receive its baptism of fire the combat area with great speed, being on this diminishing front. The Nazi in the Metz sector about November 20, offensive in December, however, 1944. changed these plans and the 87th was Component Units: 345th, 346th, 347th one of the divisions that Gen. Patton Infantry Regiments; 334th, 336th, took with him to help smash Von Rund- 912th (L) Field Artillery Battalions stedt's drive. and 335th (M) Field Artillery Battalion. In early February, 1945, the winter- Slogan: Stalwart and Strong. tried 87th helped to spearhead another smashing Third Army drive. Under heavy barrages of the enemy the divi• SERVICEMEN'S sion forced a crossing of the Our River COMMEMORATIVE BOOKLET and began the drive toward Luxem• VOL. I AUGUST 25, 1945 No. 7 bourg. During February the division CARLETON B. CLYMA, Editor fought well into Belgium and the follow• This booklet on the Acorn Division's ing month consolidated gains. In return from the European war was pre• pared for the men of the 87th by the Office March, 1945, the division prepared to of the Governor of Connecticut. It is land decisive blows against the German believed that it will make a welcome ad• Army. dition to the souvenirs and memorabilia of those who participated in the defeat of Early in April, 1945, the 87th crossed the once great German Wehrmacht. the River with great speed and The courtesies and assistance of public in a lightning move took Coblenz. relations officers, at the Ports and at Taking of Coblenz was the start of Fort Devens Reception Station, greatly facilitated the gathering of the material another great Third Army drive into for this booklet. Pictures are from U. S. the Rhineland. Crossing of the Rhine Army Signal Corps, Press Association and by the 87th was accomplished by sheer New York Daily News. The divisional grit and courage. As the first wave of facts were prepared by the Office of Tech• nical Information, A. G. F. The summary troops moved across the river the enemy of the Division in action was prepared by threw up flares. By that light the Ger• Lt. C. G. Davenport, Division P. R. O. mans brought to bear heavy and accu• A limited number of copies are avail• rate mortar fire. Despite the casualties, able for distribution, to members of the however, the 87th pressed ahead and by Division in Connecticut only. They can be secured by written request to the Office the war's end had blasted its way deep of the Governor, State Capitol, Hartford, into Germany. Connecticut. Reproduction of original material is per• Shoulder Patch: A circular patch with a missible only with written authorization. rich field of green on which is super•

2 87th DIVISION STORIES Editor's Note: Memories of the European war will blur with the pass• ing of years. Clarity, accuracy, and detail will diminish. To record, in black and white here and now, the mood, the impressions, the exciting events of those days is the purpose of these stories. Connecticut men of the 87th were asked for their own stories in their own words, and they are here so recorded:

Apuzzo, Louis P., Pfc, Hdq. Co., 2nd be amazed and stunned. As they realized Bn., 346th Inf., West Haven: what had happened their fear was obvious. "My closest shave was near Roth in After that they would start to loosen up Germany last January. We were sweeping and offer you anything they had. On one a road to clear out the mines when the occasion, when we went into a house a Germans opened up with a stiff barrage. man stood in the hallway and spoke in I took cover in a hole and one shell landed broken English. He told me to kill him if less than ten feet from the hole but I would leave his wife and children alone. nothing touched me." They took for granted the German propa• Beebe, Fred W., Pfc, Co. E, 345th Inf., ganda that the American soldiers would Groton: kill them. But, on the other hand, they "The race across Germany gave us the did not accept the propaganda that called opportunity to see the German people. upon civilians to fight the Americans, at The thing that sticks in my mind is their least not to the extent of doing anything reaction to their defeat. They appear to about that."

3 on the edges of the city still standing — they will never forget it."

Christophy, Paul, Pfc, Co. K, 347th Inf., Terryville: "When I saw the Germans they were on the run. They couldn't hold ground, and they were retreating faster than we could keep up with them."

Ciraldi, Anthony L., Sgt., Co. E, 346th Inf., Waterbury: "We attacked up a steep hill in the Berry, William T., Pfc, Co. I, 345th heavy rain in April just across the Inf., East Hartford: Rhine. The Germans were in good posi• "It took a letter from home to give me tions on the hilltop. They had ack-ack the news that one of my own close rela• guns and used them just like small arms. tives had been fighting for months in our We were pinned down for long spells and own heavy weapons company. He was in it took us three hours before we took the the same combat team with me and he hill. Captured about thirty Germans and was wounded in an action we both took found twenty of them dead there. They part in. After he was wounded, he walked were the toughest hours I put in in Ger• right by the spot where I was, but I many." didn't know anything about it until I got a letter from home. Then, six weeks after• Cole, George A., Pfc, Co. I, 345th Inf., wards, I saw him in the hospital." Middletown: "The biggest kick I got out of the whole Brown, Edward E., T/4, Co. F, 345th show was when we went into a town to Inf., New Haven: take it. The civilians would come out, "Our outfit, I think, got over there at a crying, falling all over you, thinking that good time. The Jerries were about ready we were going to kill them. That must to give up; they knew it was a losing have showed how effective the German battle. We sweated out the Moselle propaganda was. I saw the Buchenwald crossing but we enjoyed Coblenz where, camps. You don't like Germans after when we got there, there was lots of that." champagne laying around loose. But, what I really got a kick out of, was watch• Connolly, John P., Pfc, Co. E, 346th ing those high German officers, the Jerry Inf., Bristol: 'brass-hats', surrendering." "For my money our Army of Occupation is treating the Germans too damned easy. Carrubba, Frank P., Pfc, Co. C, 347th One week they were shooting at us and Inf., Bridgeport: the next week trying to get on our good "What struck me going through Ger• side. We were in there when the German many was the way every building was soldiers who were our prisoners were living knocked down. Plaum, a city as big as in billets in barracks and the G. I.s were Boston, had only a few buildings away out out in the rain and mud in pup tents."

4 Corrado, Anthony J., Pfc, Co. M., sleep for a long time. The Germans used 345th Inf., Hartford: them like we use a rifle, they trained them "This whole war is no good." on a single man. They are as accurate as rifle fire. It seemed to me as if the Ger• Croft, Walter H., T/5, Co. E, 345th mans were sighting them from their Inf., West Hartford: shoulders." "I am a mail orderly. What continues to amaze me is the effect that a bundle of Dorso, Joseph A., Pfc, Co. A, 346th mail from home has on a man who has Inf., Waterbury: just rejoined his company after a month "I saw the real thing at Dachau. It was or six weeks in the hospital where he re• unbelievable. I mean you really have to ceived no mail. Another amazing thing is see it yourself to believe that such atroci• the number of times any one man can ask ties were committed. I saw 300 naked the mail orderly for mail in one day even bodies piled up in that camp like cord when he knows there is none." wood. They didn't look human. And the Germans who committed those atrocities Czarzasty, Walter J., Pfc, Co. A, 346th are not human either." Inf., Union City: "I was born in Union City and my father Duds, Theodore A., Pfc, Co. A, 346th took me back to Poland when I was five Inf., New Milford: years old, and I lived there almost twenty "Even around the time of the Battle of years coming back to this country in the Bulge we were billetted under cover 1938. In 1940 I was drafted into the U. S. and out of the rain. But, when we went Army. That's why I came home — I into Germany orders came down that we didn't want to serve in the Polish Army. had to sleep on the ground or in foxholes. I almost got back to Poland with the 87th Division. On V-E Day we were only 20 miles from Czechoslovakia and that wasn't very far from where I lived in Poland. I got married in Poland and I am hoping my people in Union City have heard from my wife. If I cannot bring her over before the war is over, I am going back to Poland to find her after the war."

DeCrosta, Joseph D., Pvt., Co. M, 347th Inf., Middletown: "There is nothing good in war. I am not interested in those countries over there. I want to be home — that's all."

DiBella, John, T/4, Co. C, 345th Inf., Hartford: "The only thing I remember is the 88 mm's and I will be hearing them in my

5 wrecked. There were dead Germans everywhere." Macho, Robert F., Pfc, Co. E, 345th Inf., Bridgeport: "I got a surprise at Coblenz. These prisoners were giving up easily when we closed in and one of them was carrying a large heavy package. We made him drop it. We found he was carrying enough stuff to stock a store, whiskey, cigarettes, two boxes of cigars, two pounds of butter, a lot of sausage, some writing sets and a whole lot of knicknacks. We couldn't take all the stuff. We were pretty busy then and the area we were in was covered by snipers, so we just started in on the whiskey and ended up on the butter and sausage."

Martin, Robert, Pfc, Co. E, 345th Inf., West Hartford: It was colder than hell with rain and "When we were fighting in front of snow. I remember V-E Day too. We had Coblenz, I took time out with the fellow been given orders to move out at 3 A. M., I was with on our outpost to take a attacking ahead of the tanks when orders bite to eat. We had made up some cheese came down that the war had ended. Yeah! sandwiches and a little later I happened We celebrated — on water and K-rations." to look out our window of the building we Kahan, Robert F., Sgt., Cannon Co., were in and there were two Heinies walk• 345th Inf., Vernon: ing toward it. So I yelled and waved the "What I remember is our race across cheese I was eating at them. Then all of which ended with the total dis• a sudden, I realized I did not have any integration of the German army. Their gun with me as it was standing in a corner march down the autobahn to surrender across the room. Then I called to the was really a spectacle to remember. The fellow who was with me to cover them. Germans are totally defeated, and their But, they came over with their hands cities are destroyed." above their heads and surrendered. I got a P-38 automatic off of one of them." Lulis, Vincent, Pfc, Co. G, 347th Inf., Plantsville: Samojedny, John F., Pfc, Co. E, "On the day after we crossed the Rhine, 345th Inf., New Britain: the P-47's came in at dawn and con• "Crossing the Rhine was my toughest centrated on the Germans whose vehicles time. Jerry was firing from the other bank were strung along the road in columns. but we got across safely and it was quiet The day after we saw what they did. for an hour. Then, we went forward and Carts, wagons, vehicles were blown all Jerry opened up with his artillery. We over the picture. The whole town was got in behind a bank with the 88 mms landing both ahead of us and in back of my first scouting. We went about fifty us. In the excitement, we didn't know yards through the forest working our way at first what to do but we took cover. from tree to tree. The first Heinie we saw They had us zeroed in on the streets in this was a sniper. He got excited and jumped town. While we were hugging the bank, I up. We took him prisoner and sent him was saying a couple of good prayers. Quite back. About ten or fifteen yards further a few of our boys got hit right there." on we came upon two Heinies in a fox• hole. I almost stepped on the one that had Sciarra, Gerald, Pfc, Co. B, 347th Inf., a bazooka. They gave up when they Waterbury: saw we were right on top of them. We "As far as I know I was the only man crept along quietly through the woods and in the 1st Platoon of our Company who I spotted the smoke from a cigarette curl• stayed with it from the beginning in the ing up from another foxhole. After I got Saar Basin until the end, five months him, we drew some fire from the Germans later at the Czech border. I was pretty and I got so scared I jumped to shelter lucky, one man out of 36 to see it all." behind a tree and my helmet flew off." Szachana, Edward J,, Pfc, Co. H, 347th Wanamaker, Harold, Pfc, Co. I, 345th Inf., Uncasville: Inf., Stamford: "The best day I had was in Paris with "The Rhineland is one of the best drink• a bunch of fellows. We had a lot of fun. ing areas in Europe, because there were The worst day I had was at Saalfeldt lots of schnapps and champagne. In Bridge. We were going forward at night Coblenz, when we went in, you could and had been on the go all night when we just walk down in a cellar and take your ran into a German machine gun. We choice of champagnes and liquors." found out later that the Germans were only young kids. Some of them were only Ziolkowski, Zigmund J., Pfc, Co. L, 13 years old, and a lot of those among the 347th Inf., New Britain: 25 we picked out of the woods later were "It was pretty well over when I got no older. They came out and surrendered there but I saw quite a bit of action on after we banged them up with artillery the Rhine. After that it wasn't much. and we had one of our scouts wounded." The happiest day of my life was the day Thomas, Robert E., Pvt., Hdq. Co., the war ended." 347th Inf., Bridgeport: "Germany is such a nice country, I couldn't understand why they wanted to fight. I didn't think so much of Belgium and France. Germany has better lands, better farms, better buildings."

Tracy, Albert J., Pfc, Co. I, 345th Inf., West Hartford: "With a patrol of 8 men in the Thyrin¬ gen Forest I took part in an effort to locate a machine gun which was holding up the infantry company on our left. With another kid I went out as a scout. It was 7 87th DIVISION ON FURLOUGH 87th DIVISION PICTURES

The 87th (Acorn) Division embarked including the 346th Infantry, reached Back Home — The 345th and 347th Berry, Anti-Tank Co., 346th Inf., Water• for the United States at Le Havre in mid- Boston more than a week later on July 19 Infantry regiments arrived in New York bury, meets the Red Cross on Common• July, after eight months overseas. The aboard the Lykes, after being delayed by aboard the 26,000 ton Navy Transport, wealth Pier, Boston, Page 6. veterans of the Battle of the Bulge and fog and rain off Boston Harbor. This The S.S. West Point on July 11. The ship, Officers — 1st. Lt. Joseph T. Roy, Co. the Crossing of the Rhine came in on group staged through Camp Myles the former SS American, is the largest H, 347th Infantry of West Haven, and several transports with the larger units Standish, near Taunton, Massachusetts. Merchant Ship ever constructed in 1st Lt. Donald H. Lee, Hdq. Battery, aboard the transports West Point and For the first time since its training days American yards. Cover picture shows tugs Division Artillery, of Norfolk, Page 5. Frederick Lykes. the units were split up at Camps Kilmer easing her into North River slip at New and Standish into groups for the 22 re• The 345th and 347th Infantry Regi• York. 345th and 347th Infantry — Con• ments, along with smaller units, aboard ception centers throughout the country, necticut men of the 345th (left) and 347th Looks Good — Men of the 87th line the West Point, docked at New York on with the Connecticut men going with the (right) are pictured, Pages 8 and 9. July 11, after the usual welcome home New England group to Fort Devens, near the rails for a close up view of New York ceremonies in the harbor with perfect Ayer, Massachusetts. City, as the West Point moves up the The Medics — Pfc. Vito J. De Vito, weather. The men debarked at Pier 88, Connecticut men of the division report, harbor and river to the Pier. Page 3. 45 Wilson Street, Stamford; Pfc. Sieg• North River, and were ferried across to after furloughs, at Fort Devens on various mund G. Cohn, John Street, Norwalk, and 346th Infantry — Connecticut men of Pfc. George W. Clark, Suffield Street, the Jersey shore where they entrained dates from August 15 to 22. The division the Regiment are pictured in two groups, for Camp Kilmer, the staging center near will be reassembled for retraining at Fort Windsor Locks, of the Medical Company Pages 4 and 7. New Brunswick, New Jersey. Benning, Georgia, preparatory for a tour of the 346th Infantry, on the Boston The second big group of the division, of duty in the Pacific area. Milk and Crullers — Pvt. John P. docks* Page 10.

8 9 87th DIVISION IN ACTION

Saar Region: Division Artillery and from Houffalize to St. Hubert and the 345th Regiment committed to action western end of the Ardennes salient. When December 6, 1944, as attached units of Tillet and Bonnerue fell to the 87th Divi• 5th Infantry Division, against the last sion, the enemy was forced to withdraw four Metz, France, fortresses. Fortress from the western end of the bulge. Driant surrendered to 345th Regiment on Luxembourg: On January 15 the December 8. Division moved to Luxembourg to take 346th and 347th Regiments went into up positions that the doughboys called lines near and Gros Re¬ "a front-line rest area." Defending a dorching, France, in relief of the 26th sector between Echternach and Wasser¬ "Yankee" Division. Relief began on billig along the Sauer and Moselle Rivers, December 9. 346th Regiment launched the Division's important actions in Luxem• 87th Division's first attack on December bourg consisted of a river crossing "demon• 10, capturing high ground near Rimling, stration" that was successfully carried out France. 347th first Division organization to pull the enemy out of positions in front to fight on German soil when it crossed of the 4th and 5th Infantry Divisions, on Saar-German frontier near Obergailbach. the Division left flank, and allow these two 87th Division officially committed to 4th and 5th Infantry Divisions to cross action on December 13th as a unit of the the Sauer River in strength with a mini• Third U. S. Army when General Culin mum of opposition. Wasserbillig, a large assumed command over entire sector for• Luxembourg city near Trier, Germany, merly held by 26th Division. During ten was captured and held for eight days by days — from December 13 to December two strong "Tiger" patrols from the 3rd 23 — the 87th Division advanced more Battalion, 346th regiment. than ten miles in its initiation to battle. Siegfried Line Operations: On Janu• Belgian Ardennes Campaign: 345th ary 27 the Division moved back into Bel• Regiment (1st Bn.) won Moircy, a few gium to a sector north of Houffalize and miles west of Bastogne, on December 30 after traveling over 350 miles from the Saar Region in open trucks through ex• treme winter weather. 347th regiment won the "Battle of the Bloody Crossroads" — Pironpre, Jenneville, Bonnerue — in a terrific ten-day battle that began on Jan• uary 1, 1945 and terminated on January 10. 346th regiment won Tillet, east of the bloody crossroads, in a four-day battle from January 7 to January 11. 347th occupied St. Hubert on January 10. All these cities and towns were strategically located on the enemy's main supply road

10 southwest of St. Vith to have the privilege held defensive positions along the Moselle of finally chasing Von Rundstedt's armies River opposite the city. Coblenz was won out of Belgium over the original route he after two days of street fighting and one took in creating the "Belgian Bulge". day of mopping up operations and the Following a pace set by the 346th regi• 347th cleared the enemy out of the moun• ment in capturing Schonberg and Andler tains south of the city and advanced up to and winning bridgeheads over the Our the Rhine River. River, the Division advanced a total of Fighting against stronger opposition over 25 miles in less than ten days to close than the Germans put up at any other the "Bulge" and begin operations to crash point in the Rhine River crossing in the through the Siegfried Line in the Schnee Third U. S. Army sector, the 1st Bat• Eifel Mountains. The 2nd Battalion, talion, 347th, won a citation from the 345th, launched the first attack against President of the United States for the the Line on February 6 and captured a fight it put up to win a bridgehead at crossroads between Kobscheid and Olz¬ Oberlahnstein. The crossings, by both the heim. The 3rd Battalion, 345th, captured 345th and 347th Regiments were ini• another crossroads the following day while tiated one minute past midnight on the units of the 346th Regiment fought a morning of March 23. The enemy em• covering attack on the left flank of the ployed 20 mm antiaircraft guns in direct 345th's main drive. During the month of fire on the 347th assault boats that were February all nine infantry battalions and plainly outlined on the river surface by all artillery battalions kept up a steady enemy flares. fight in the Siegfried Line. German towns captured during the period were: Olz¬ The Race Through Germany: From heim, Neuendorf, Ormont, Neuenstein, March 25 to V-E Day, the 87th Division Hallschlag, Stadtkyll (where Nazi Gen• advanced more than 230 miles through erals Model and Von Rundstedt planned central Germany to the border of Czecho• and directed the "Belgian Bulge"), slovakia. Important cities that were cap• Junkerath, Reuth, Schonfeld and Lissen• tured in this drive were Oberlahnstein, dorf. Task Force Muir won a bridgehead Weilmunster, Oberhof, Tambach, Saal¬ over the Kyll River at Lissendorf, allow• feld, Rudolstadt, Possneck, Plauen, Oel¬ ing the division to advance up to the Ahr snitz, Treuen, Aurbach, Falkenstein. River 25 miles inside Germany. During combat the 87th Division cap• tured over 31,000 prisoners of war and Moselle and Rhine Rivers: Cob• after V-E Day accepted the surrender of lenz: In the early morning hours of March an additional 35,000. Total combat days 16 the 347th Regiment initiated two cross• 154. ings of the Moselle River south of Coblenz, the capital city of the Rhineland. The After V-E Day the Division was en• crossings, under moderate opposition, were gaged for about one month in processing successfully carried out and the regiment "Displaced Persons" of all Allied national• advanced east towards the Rhine River. ities and processing and discharging Ger• Late that afternoon, the 345th, using the man prisoners of war. 347th bridgeheads, crossed the Moselle Early in June the Division was ordered and advanced on Coblenz, a city of nearly to be redeployed to the Pacific, via the 100,000 population. The 346th Regiment U. S. A. 11 THE CONNECTICUT MEN The names of the following officers and men from the 87th Division were com• piled from available official records and by personal interview. Omissions of the names of some of the men of the Division is, regretably possible, despite every effort made to secure complete rosters of Connecticut men.

APUZZO, Louis P. Pfc. 855 First Ave., West Haven ARENA, Louis L. Pfc. 36 Norton St., Waterbury 74 AYRES, Donald H. Pvt. Shippan Ave., Stamford

BAILEY, James A. Cpl. 3 Omo St., Middletown BAILLARGEON, Roland Pfc. 483 Boswell Ave., Norwich BAMBAUER, John J. Pfc. 266 Wells St., Bridgeport BARTKOVICH, George A. Sgt. Levine St., Norwalk BEACH, Edward R. Pfc. 1185 Whalley Ave., New Haven BEEBE, Fred W. Pfc. 185 Branford Ave., Groton BERRY, John P. Pvt. 31 Rose St., Waterbury BERRY, William T. Pfc. 444 Main St., East Hartford 8 BERTHIAUME, Lionel J. Pfc. 436 So. Main St., Waterbury BILIDES, Philip Pfc. 358 Orchard St., New Haven BINGSTON, Philip B. Pfc. 1214 Chapel St., New Haven BOROCZKY, John Pfc. 739 Warden Ave., Bridgeport BRADBURY, Henry W. Pfc. 169 Goddard Ave., Bridgeport BROOKS, Franklin R. Sgt. 171 No. Bank St., New London BROWN, Edward E. T/4 102 Auburn Rd., New Haven BRYDA, Benedict F. Pfc. 108 Oak St., Meriden BUDNICK, Chester J. Pfc. 34 Smith St., New Britain BURGHOFF, Robert O. Pfc. Hanover St., Yalesville

CAPARULO, Ralph Pfc. 48 Worcester St., New Haven CARLIS, Salvatore Cpl. 806 Grand Ave., New Haven CARLSON, Henry W. Jr. Sgt. 160 Prospect St., Waterbury CARRUBBA, Frank I. Pfc. 457 E. Main St., Bridgeport CARTY, William B. Pfc. 608 Second Ave., West Haven CHRISTOPHY, Paul Pfc. Chidsey Ter., Terryville CIRALDI, Anthony L. Sgt. 324 Congress Ave., Waterbury CLARK, Edward O. Pfc. 442 Main St., Winsted CLARK, George W. Pfc. Suffield St., Windsor Locks COHEN, Norman A. Pfc. 147 Magnolia St., Hartford COHN, Siegmund G. Pfc. Box 344, John St., Norwalk COLE, George A. Pfc. 632 High St., Middletown COLUCCI, Victor M. Pfc. 675 Pembroke Ave., Bridgeport 8 COMAN, Merlin F. Pvt. 71 Dunham St., Norwich CONNOLLY, John P. Pfc. 13 Landry St., Bristol

12 CORRADO, Anthony J. Pfc. 441 Wethersfield Ave., Hartford 6 CORRIS, Alfred L. Pfc. 2266 E. Main St., Bridgeport COUTURE, Earl F. Pfc. 21 Tracy Ave., Jewett City CROFT, Walter H. T/5 34 Audabon Rd., West Hartford CZARZASTY, Walter J. Pfc. 73 Shepfield Lane, Union City

DECKER, Jack E. Pfc. 487 Colorado Ave., Bridgeport DE CROSTA, Joseph D. Pvt. 36 Miller St., Middletown DESJARLAIS, Armand J. Pfc. 9 W. Park St., Willimantic DE VITO, Vito J. Pfc. 45 Wilson St., Stamford DIBELLA, John T/4 31 Vernon St., Hartford DIGALBO, Daniel D. Pfc. 72 South St., Hartford DORSO, Joseph A. Pfc. Hill Ave., Waterbury DUDS, Theodore A. Pfc. 12 Nicholas Square, New Milford DZIENGIELOWSKI, Joseph S. Pfc. 42 Goodyear Ave., Naugatuck

FABRIZIO, Ralph S. T/4 290 Hollister St., Stratford FERRIS, Kenneth C. T/5 RDF 2, Shelton FITCH, Fred K. 2nd Lt. 114 Vanderbilt Ave., Hartford FITTING, George E. Pfc. Main St., Salisbury FOARN, Charles F. Cpl. 57 Franklin St., Danbury FOX, Lawrence A. Sgt. 441 Greenwich Ave., New Haven

GALLUP, Robert L. T/4 115 York St., New Haven GOLDMAN, Louis G. Sgt. 92 Colebrook St., Hartford GORRY, Frank J. Pfc. 718 Maple Ave., Hartford GRAY, Brenis J. Pfc. 49 Green St., Waterbury GROVES, Raymond P. Sgt. Hendrie Ave., Riverside

HAYES, John R. Pfc. 69 So. Whittelsey St., Wallingford HOLLOWAY, Keith A. Pfc. 45 Mather Ave., Groton HOSTAGE, Basil A., Jr. Pfc. 60 Briarcliff Rd., Hamden HOZUBIN, Edward Pfc. Grove St., West Cheshire HUNTER, William J. T/5 6 Marlboro St., Portland

KAHAN Robert F. Sgt. Box 75, Vernon KLICHOWSKI, Walter J. Cpl. 101 Gold St., New Britain KOLODZIEJ, Edwin Pfc. 740 Enfield St., Thompsonville KORKOBECZ, Michael J. S/Sgt. 42 Texas Dr., New Britain KORTE, Frederick W. Jr. Pfc. 51 Pratt St., Winsted KRAHL, Albert E. Jr. Sgt. Vera St., East Haven KREMMEL, William A. Pfc. 45 Evers Place, Bridgeport

LA FONTAINE, Lewis F. Sgt. 204 So. Park St., Willimantic LA MADELEINE, Joseph A. Pfc. 204 Edin St., Waterbury LAMADELEINE, Roland J. T/5 204 Edin St., Waterbury LEE, Donald H. 1st Lt. Greenwoods Road East, Norfolk

13 LEVINE, Morris Pfc. 20 Falcott St., New Britain LEWIS, Hollis O. Capt. 69 Lebanon Ave., Willimantic LIEBERMAN, Herman J. Pfc. 35 Boswell Ave., Norwich LIKASIK, Adolph J. S/Sgt. 63 Hanover St., Bridgeport LUCEY, John E. Pfc. 46 Durant Ter., Middletown LULIS, Vincent Pfc. 137 Milldale St., Plantsville

MACKO, Robert Pfc. 42 Elizabeth St., Bridgeport MALODZIEJKO, Casimer F. Pvt. 105 Cleveland St., New Britain MARTIN, Robert Pfc. 59 Ringgold St., West Hartford MAY, William H. Pfc. 29 Wharton St., West Haven MCDONALD, Dale A. T/5 New Road, Collinsville MILCO, Walter L. S/Sgt. 16 Baldwin St., Hartford MISCIUCH, Frank W. Pfc. 433 Helen St. Bridgeport MORTON, Raymond T. Pfc. RFD 3, Torringford St., Torrington MUCKLE, Edward F. Pfc. RFD 3, Box 675, Torrington

NALEWAJK, Chester P. Sgt. 270 Oakwood St., Bridgeport NELSON, Charles G. Pfc. 47 Cedar Ave., Waterbury NEUMANN, George E. Pfc. 246 Terryville Rd., Bristol NORTHROP, Walter W. T/4 23 Ann St., New Haven

O'CALLAGHAN, John D. Sgt. 47 Church St., Ansonia O'CONNELL, Robert F. Pfc. 101 Bentwood Rd., West Hartford

PACKER, Arnold Pfc. 17 Maxson St., West Mystic PACZOSA, Edwin S. Pfc. 127 Main St., Suffield PALIMAN, William E. Pfc. 172 Laurel St., East Haven PARENTI, Olindo A. Pfc. 202 South St., Bristol PAUL, Gus Pfc. 17 Cabot St., Hartford 5 PAVLEK, John Pfc. 1521 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport PELLETIER, Jean P. Pfc. 8 Water St., Danielson PENTA, Angelo A. Pfc. 141 Division St., Waterbury PERRY, Lawrence B. S/Sgt. 48 School St., Manchester PICKOWITZ, Henry A. Pfc. 262 Huntington St., New London PIERSON, Roger C. Jr. Pfc. Sill Lane Rd., Old Lyme PLANINSEK, Frank J. Pfc. 91 Flatbush Ave., Hartford POULIOT, Joseph E. Pfc. 168 Glen Brook Rd., Bridgeport PRENTICE, Albert B. Pfc. 139 Ct. F, Yellow Mill Village, Bridgeport PREZIOSO, Paul F. Pfc. 33 Bell St., Bridgeport

ROSENFELD, Elkin H. Pfc. 16 Thomas Rd., West Hartford ROY, Joseph T. 1st Lt. West Haven RULNICK, Norman T/5 36 Vine St., Hartford

SAMOJEDNY, John F. Pfc. 272 Broad St., New Britain SANFORD, Van H. Pfc. Box 286, Uncasville

14 SANNA, John A. Pfc. 175 Hamilton Ave., Greenwich SATTERWAITHE, Arthur 1st Lt. 242 Starr St., New Haven SCHWOLSKY, Murray A. Pfc. 16 Thomas Rd., West Hartford SCIARRA, Gerald Pfc. 71 Beach St., Waterbury SCOTT, Irving R. Sgt. Northfield Farms, Northfield SEIPEL, Norman Pfc. 50 Smith St., New London SHAW, John D. Pfc. 19 Curtiss Ave., West Haven SHEA, Robert H. Pfc. 59 Summit St., New London SHIND, Hyman J. Pfc. 1287 Albany Ave., Hartford SHUMBO, John Pvt. Box 16, Ivoryton SIRKO, John P. Sgt. 99 Vibberts Ave., New Britain SKOREK, Anthony T/4 125 Mather St., Hartford SMITH, Daniel M. Pfc. 3 Van Zanti St., East Norwalk SOLESKY, Walter Pfc. 103 Governor St., Hartford STEIBER, Alfred J. Pfc. 215 Orland St., Bridgeport STRONG, Clarence R. Cpl. 3 Maher Ct., Greenwich SZACHANA, Edward J. Pfc. RFD 1, Uncasville

TARZIA, Lawrence J. Pfc. 65 Virgil St., Stamford TAYLOR, Neil T/4 141 Oakland Ter., Hartford TENCZA, Edward F. T/5 11 Twist St., Northfield THOMAS, Robert E. Pvt. 66 Tom Thumb St., Bridgeport THOMPSON, John E. Jr. Pfc. 2824 Bedford St., Stamford TODRIFF, Kenneth R. Pfc. Box 103, Maple St., Kent TRACY, Albert J. Pfc. 72 Oakwood Ave., West Hartford TUCKER, Albert R. T/5 28 Milford Ave., Branford TWITCHELL, Albert J. Sgt. Academy St., Salisbury

USOWSKI, Joseph F. Sgt. 152 Pleasant St., Thompsonville

VAN HORSTEN, Harry E. Pfc. Manchester Ave., Waterbury

WANAMAKER, Harold Pfc. 57 Brooklawn Ave., Stamford WELLS, Bradford S. Pfc. 224 Cornwall St., Hartford WIND, Thomas E., Jr. Pfc. RFD River Rd., Essex WUJTEWITZ, Henry S. Cpl. 152 Crystal Ave., New London

YARINCIK, Peter Pfc. 17 West St., New Britain YINSHANIS, John F. Pfc. 32 Willow St., New Britain YUCKIENUZ, Leo P. Pfc. 934 Hancock Ave., Bridgeport

ZANYCKI, Peter Pfc. 19 Grant St., New Haven ZEMKO, John Pfc. Route 1, Colchester ZIOLKOWSKI, Zigmund J. Pfc. 61 Albany Ave., New Britain

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