CONNECTICUT MEN of the 95th - Victory - Division July - 1945 THE 95th IN ACTION

The division's first offensive action was other regimental headquarters and service at on November 8, 1944. The 2nd company personnel. This jumbled force and 3rd battalions, 377th Infantry Regi• was assigned to cover an eight and a ment, attacking at night, wiped out the half mile front. They did a bang-up job, enemy pocket east of Maizeres to the with the aid of loud-speakers and other . The going was rough. It was deceptive means. trial by fire. Men who proved themselves The hidden ball play worked like a that night did a lot of the ball-carrying charm. The regiment jumped off at 0800 on the power drive down to Metz the and within three hours had captured the following week. town of Feves. Two hours later it swept Capture of Metz was a rich achieve• on to take Somecourt. The surge con• ment. The city had weathered many tinued and , Vigneulles, assaults. The 95th Division smacked up and Norroy le Beneur tumbled before the against the bristling forts ringing the city. avalanche. Still, the ring was broken, and this is the In the first five hours of the third day's way it was accomplished. operation the regiment had captured and The 378th Infantry Regiment got off occupied three Canrobert Forts. A few to a flying start with one of the most other forts were found to be deserted. daringly conceived and brilliantly exe• By this time the 378th's 3rd battalion cuted trick plays of the entire offensive. had forced its way to the west bank of the Col. Samuel L. Metcalfe, regimental com• Moselle. One platoon of Company K was mander, of Pearsall, Texas, dreamed it up. crossing a bridge into Metz when Germans Fronting the 378th zone was a series of touched off demolition charges. Casual• fortifications including Fort , ties were heavy. the three Canrobert forts and Fort de Next day the battalion crossed to the Feve. East of this line spread the extensive city in boats operated by Company B, Lorraine fortifications. Taking such an 320th Engineers, and joined the 377th area by an anticipated head-on drive Infantry Regiment in ferreting out the would have been suicide. Col. Metcalfe's snipers. The third arm of the main effort plan was to sweep around the northern tip was powered by the 379th Infantry Regi- of the fortifications and approach from the ment, which also had drawn a battering- rear, leaving behind a small task force to ram assignment against the forts flanking deceive the enemy into thinking the entire the road to Metz. At the very outset of regiment still fronted the forts. the division jump-off, the 379th ran into The job of providing the phony front stiff and bitter enemy resistance. The was assigned to Task Force St. Jacques, 1st and 3rd Battalions chipped away at composed of three platoons, one antitank one of the greatest and most impregnable platoon, a squad from an Intelligence and of all Metz forts — Jeanne d'Arc, guardian Reconnaissance platoon, cooks, clerks, and of the western approach.

2 Chipping was the word for it. The heav• was 25 miles to the east, and many in the iest demolition charges produced a lot of outfit were looking forward to the day concrete dust and not much else. With when it could write "inside " on various forts in the Jeanne d'Arc system letters home. The border into Germany linked by tunnels, the Germans employed was crossed on November 28. By the first a fire and run defense, and the 379th part of December the division was in the found it impossible to block all the . tunnels. Their first major prize on Nazi soil By November 21, however, the fall of was the exposed city of Saarlautern which Metz was something to write home about. lies like a goldfish bowl between the high The 95th Reconnaissance Troop had made ridges on either side of the . The contact with elements of the 5th Infantry entire division was brought up on line and Division, which had driven up from the a series of lightning blows ensued. Not south to complete the squeeze play on only was this city captured, but in a sur¬ the fortress city. prise night attack the only bridge across the Saar still intact was taken. So swift Capture of Metz was but one of the and well planned was this project that highlights in the 95th's combat history, not one man was lost. Though the enemy however. had mined the bridge well the 379th Task The 95th jumped off for the Saar on Force bayonetted the sentries on duty November 25, 1944. The German border before the alarm could be sounded. This

3 feat caused Under Secretary of War Pat• Bulge. Towards the end of December the terson to write a special commendation Saar entered the holding phase with only for the "Iron Men of Metz." In continual the 95th and 94th left to keep Third Army combat for over a month, the Victory gains. Brilliant night combat, anticipating Division's valor under fire earned its Nazi dawn attacks, was the key to their men the title of "Bravest of the Brave" success. from Joseph Driscoll of the New York In January, after two months of suc• Herald Tribune. cessive combat action, even greater efforts Metz was tough, but the work now was were expended by rotating regiments on even more rugged. This was the thickest line in the Saar to reinforce the American part of the Siegfried Line. There were a 7th Army at St. Avoid. It was an exhaust• myriad of pillboxes and fortified houses. ing but highly successful activity. Progress became measured in square In January the 95th was assigned to blocks for the batallion objective. In Lt. Gen. Simpson's Ninth Army. Its first Fraulautern, just over the highly valued bridge, the 377th's 1st Battalion took part task was to join with British troops fight• in a "dance of death" when Americans and ing in the flooded area below Nijmegen. Krauts blazed away at each other over a This action was considered by the troops hotel ballroom floor. Then came the to be a rest, since the CG was able to

4 rotate his regiments on the line. In Feb• them to be relieved. It was not a rest; ruary the 9-V's were sent into Belgium for the division was sent back to the Erft a rest. It wasn't long afterwards that they Canal to practice river crossings in expec• were called upon to join in the smashing tation of future events. drive on the Rhine. The lead regiment, After the Ninth Army crossed the Rhine the 379th, drove so fast that when the the 95th was called upon to go into the Rhine was reached the inhabitants of the Harz Mountains and clean out all pockets town of Rhinehausen were caught quite of resistance. This was done expeditiously. unprepared. Telephone lines were intact Shortly before the termination of hostilities so that enterprising Joes attempted to the Victory Division was chosen by Gen. phone Hitler in Berlin. Factories were in Simpson to occupy and police the terri• operation, and the workers were dazed to tories that the Ninth Army had so find American troops taking over. The speedily over-run. To the men of the 95th doughs had intended to settle down here this was a welcome chance for well earned for a luxurious rest when orders came for rest.

PICTURES OF THE 95th

Home Again — The 377th Infantry (Page 4). The photograph was taken at crossed on the SS Monticello and disem• Ft. Devens on July 3rd. The Battalion's barked at Staten Island, New York, on experience in front of Ft. Jeanne d'Arc at June 26th. The photograph reproduced Metz, is described by Pfc. Henry R. on the cover was taken as the ship was Heitmann of Hartford on Page 10 of this headed for the docks. booklet.

Landing at Boston — The 378th In• Time Out at Devens — The pictures fantry, Division Artillery and Head• on pages 8 and 9 show Connecticut men quarters Personnel made the crossing on gathered in the bright July sun in one of the SS Mariposa (picture on Page 3), and those long waits between processing for• docked at Boston after a mations. The upper picture welcome home greeting by shows the men of the 378th Port authorities. Infantry Regiment. In the lower picture are men of "Lost" Battalion—Con• the 379th Infantry Regi• necticut men of the Second Battalion, 379th Infantry ment.

5 95th DIVISION FACTS

Nicknames: "Victory", and "O. K." Commanding General: Major General Division. H. L. Twaddle, an Ohioan, from April Shoulder Patch: Oval shaped, red 25, 1942, until present. numeral 9 and white Roman number V; Component Units as of Time of De• and V also standing for Victory; solid parture Overseas: 377th, 378th and blue background. 379th Inf. Regiments; 360th medium History: Organized for World War I in and 358th, 359th and 920th (L) FA Bn. September, 1918, at Camp Sherman, Served Overseas as Part of: Third Ohio; demobilized in December of 1918. Army, Oct. 1944; Ninth Army, approxi• Activation date: July, 1942. mately February of 1945. Army Ground Forces Training: Basic Combat Highlights: Participated in at Camp Swift, Texas, and upon com• capture of Metz; captured important pletion to Fort Sam Houston, San communications center of Boulais; led Antonio; to Louisiana in June, 1943, Third Army into Saar, attacking thick• for maneuvers and stationed at Camp est portion of Siegfried line, at Saar• Polk, Louisiana, before shipping to lautern. California Desert Training Center; after four months, transferred to Indian town Gap, Pennsylvania, for six NOTES AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS more months; then went into moun• This little souvenir of the 95th Divi• tain training in West Virginia maneuver sion's redeployment furloughs was pre• area; later to Boston for training while pared by the Office of the Governor of the awaiting embarkation. State of Connecticut. It is believed that it Departure Date: Left the United States will make a welcome addition to the sou• in July of 1944 for European Theater of venirs and memorabilia of the men who Operations. participated. A limited supply of copies Overseas Training: Further training in are available for distribution on request England; first duty on the continent from members of the Division from Con• on "Red Ball" highway, by part of the necticut. They may be secured by writing division. direct to the Office of the Governor, State Commendations, Unit Citations: Capitol Building, Hartford, Conn. In 378th Infantry Regiment given Presi• the preparation of this leaflet, Public dential Citation for action of November Relations Officers at the Ports of Debarka• 10-14, 1944; division described by tion and reception centers cooperated. Under-Secretary of War Patterson as The account of the Division's part in performing with distinction in taking the defeat of the German Army was pre• intact the Saarlautern bridge; unit pared by the Office of Technical Informa• described as "bravest of the brave" by tion of the Army Ground Forces. The Joe Driscoll in the New York Herald group pictures taken at Fort Devens are Tribune. Signal Corps photographs.

6 THE 95th ON FURLOUGH

The 95th (Victory) Infantry Division, 238 New Englanders proceeded to Devens. third of the combat units enroute from the The Monticello docked at Staten Island, European Theater of Operations to the N. Y., on June 26 with the 377th In• Pacific, arrived in the United States for fantry. The regiment entrained in Jersey redeployment furloughs in late June for the staging center at Camp Kilmer, and early July, 1945. near New Brunswick, N. J. Preceded by a small advance detach• The Mariposa and Blatchford were ment, the three major contingents of the given the Boston Port welcome, with a Division crossed the Atlantic in the flag bedecked tug going down the harbor SS Mariposa, the SS Blatchford, and the to meet them. Monticello. High spots were the home coming meal, The Mariposa docked at Boston, on steak, ice cream and fresh milk, and the June 29, with 6,213 men aboard including first opportunities to phone the folks at the 378th Infantry, the 358th, 359th, home. Then the long and occasionally 360th, and 920th Field Artillery Bat• tedious waiting and processing — medi• talions, and headquarters and special cals, new clothes, orientation, pay rolls, troops of the division. The staging center and finally two to three days after de• at Camp Myles Standish, near Taunton, barking, furlough orders, and the last long Massachusetts, was the next stop, and miles from Devens to home. the New England men of the Division arrived at Fort Devens, on the following At the conclusion of the furlough day. periods the division will be reassembled at The Blatchford docked at Boston Sun• Camp Shelby, Mississippi, for retraining day morning, July 1, with 3,236 men in• and eventual embarkation from a west cluding the 379th Infantry Regiment, and coast port for the Pacific Theater of was staged at Myles Standish before the Operations.

95th DIVISION STORIES

It has been the experience of veterans Jordan, Frank A., Pfc, Hdq. Co., of all wars that time brings a blurring of 2nd Bn., 379th Infantry, New Haven. detail, that memories are less exact after Scout in Intelligence Section. events, and that first hand reporting "I was green when we moved up through serves best to get down in black and white the lines in front of Fort Jeanne d'Arc, just what happened. one of the defense points that ringed Metz. Here are stories by the men of the Vic• It was a murky night and you couldn't tory Division, told at Fort Devens, either see a thing. By the time we got into a for newspaper use or for this leaflet. concrete bunker that had been captured

7 8 9 with heavy casualties, I got to singing Saarlautern. We were taking 13 German 'My Buddy'. It didn't go very well with prisoners back across an open field. Every• the men in the bunker, many of whose thing was quiet and then all hell broke buddies had been killed or wounded dur• loose, with mortar shells falling thick ing the attack. It was the week in the and fast all around us. I jumped into a line before the attack on the fort's bunkers fox hole, and it was a good spot even if that I will remember longest of those we there was three feet of water in it. The spent at the front in Europe." prisoners flopped on the road, but none of them made a break. When it slowed up Zuraw, Walter J., Pfc, Co. L, 379th a little I took off in the lead and we all Infantry, Seymour. got across the open space safely." "One thing I'll never forget is when the Germans blew up the Adolph Hitler Jones, David J., Hdq. Co., 379th In• bridge at Verdingen, across the Rhine. fantry, Shelton. We'd been in there for four days and "I can't remember anything that was nights with no sleep. I was on guard that too tough to take, but there was many a night. They had pinned us down near the night I would rather have stayed in the bridge, which was about fifty yards ahead blankets. Especially up around Frau¬ of our position, and stuff from German lautern, across the river from Saar• bazookas was coming over regularly. All lautern, where the Germans had the high at once there was a terrific explosion and ground and gave us the works, screaming the bridge crumpled up and dropped meemies and everything." into the river. Was I relieved, that we didn't have to try crossing it. The Ger• Heitmann, Henry R., Pfc, Rifleman, mans had the high ground and would have Co. F, 379th Infantry, Hartford. mowed us down if we had tried. "The most miserable six days I ever spent were stranded with what was left — "I joined the outfit on Thanksgiving about 150 out of 800 men — of the 2nd Day before Saarlautern, where we at• Battalion in front of Fort Jeanne d'Arc at tacked into the Siegfried Line concrete Metz. We were cut off from our supply bunkers. The Germans had camouflaged lines. What we got to eat was parachuted the bunkers, which were made of concrete from the planes. One bar of chocolate for 12 feet thick by building the shells of every two men and to last a whole day. houses over them. Going in there was a We made coffee out of melted snow. There lot of stuff from snipers and some of the were many wounded with us and some first shots got one of my best friends." dead. The thing that was really hard was Schlitter, Earl H., Pfc, Co. C, New that we couldn't send out our wounded." Haven. A Gunner in a mortar crew. Miller, William H., Pvt., Co. B, 379th "We've been across about a year, but if Infantry, Bridgeport. you want to know my hardest day in the "It was in that attack, up across the army, it was Jan. 18, 1943, my first day tracks toward the bunkers at Saarlautern in the army, right here at Devens." where they got most of us. We moved up Auckland, Arthur R., Pfc, Co. C, across a wide open space swept by ma• 379th Infantry, Plainville. chine gun and small arms fire. I reached "The hottest spot I was in was near the place about twenty feet from the

10 Germans when I got hit with a machine Hdq. Co., 1st Battalion, 379th In• gun slug in the thigh. It knocked me flat fantry, Jewett City. and I lay there more than 32 hours in the "One of our toughest spots was when we cold rain. Our support couldn't get up and were taking a 57mm tank gun up with a we were isolated, but the first-aid men took weasel. The trucks couldn't make it. They care of it and I didn't seem to feel any had us zeroed in with mortars and 88 mms pain after the first shock. I did a lot of and shells were landing all around. It praying lying there watching the Heinies took us at least fifteen minutes to cross twenty feet away. this river on a bridge and the bridge was "There were seven of us hit and we lay knocked out right afterwards." there cut off from our lines. That night the Germans picked up four of them and Mantlec, Andrew J., Pfc, Jeep Driver, I never heard of them again. The next Hdq. Co., 1st Battalion, 379th In• night under the cover of darkness our fantry, South Norwalk. stretcher bearers got to me and I went "I went out on a line with our communi• back by stretcher, jeep and ambulance cations Sergeant after it had been cut by for a four months stay in the hospital." enemy artillery fire. We were on the hill without any cover when the 88's started Ek, Edward H., Sgt., Co. A, 379th In• dropping around us and we just had to fantry, Branford. keep on working with the shrapnel "When I was transferred after three whizzing." years in the army to the 95th, I joined them in April just after the Battle of the Farnham, Woodrow, Pfc, Rifleman, Co. Ruhr Pocket so about all I saw with this E, 379th Infantry, Rockville. outfit was guard duty." "The one thing I want to forget is the first five minutes in battle just outside of Tolla, Angelo M., Pfc, Bazookaman, Fellsberg, in the Saar Basin. You can Co. A, 379th Infantry, Stamford. lay it on the line, we got hit with every "The closest fighting I did was in clean• 88 mm in the Saarlautern area and every ing out the Town of Krefeld in the Ruhr. one of them was right on the button and We got into the edge of the town after the we had quite a few casualties there. artillery worked over it and called in some Nothing in all the rest was as bad as that tanks to help us out. We worked from first five minutes. house to house through cellars and back yards keeping away from the streets which Haeschak, Edward N., Pfc, Rifleman, the Germans had covered. When we Co. C, 379th Infantry, Bridgeport. struck a blank wall and couldn't get "I want to forget all about Europe but through, we would get back and give it a I do remember one time in the Battle of couple of shots from the bazooka. That the Ruhr Pocket when our own planes by would open up a hole in any wall for us. mistake strafed us and we had several "In three hours we took 150 prisoners men wounded in our own unit." but it would have taken much longer if Horoat, John J., Sgt., Message Center the Germans had not been pretty well Chief, Hdq. Co., 2nd Battalion, 379th softened up by that time." Infantry, Fairfield.

Klick, Stanley J., Pfc; Jeep Driver, "It was tense in our message center in

11 that first real battle in front of Metz. Like feet away from me. My knees were knock• most everyone I was scared and I remem• ing plenty." ber well how shocked I was when early re• Ladyko, Walter E., Pfc, Co. G, 379th ports came in telling of the first casualties in our outfit." Infantry, Bridgeport. "In March at Oberkasser, on the Rhine, Wiegman, Paul W., Pfc, Co. C, 379th we were on outpost duty about fifty yards Infantry, Springdale. from the River when German planes came "The time that sticks in my mind is the over and strafed us. I dove for a shell-hole crossing of the Saar River which we made and found a sergeant ahead of me. You under heavy enemy fire. We went across just keep praying and sweat it out." in assault boats and there were 12 or 15 men in each boat all paddling like hell. Slonski, William B., Pfc, Co. F, 379th There sure was a lot of 88 mm in the air. Infantry, Wallingford. When I hit the other side, when I dug in "It was on Friday, the 13th of April for the night, I thanked God for getting us we were riding over a hill on some tanks across." towards Kremberg when we spotted a handful of Krauts awaiting to surrender in Falasca, Frank D,, Pfc, First Aid Man, front of a farm. After taking them in we Medical Detachment, 1st Battalion, prowled around and found a battery of 379th Infantry, South Norwalk. 88's, a battery of 20 mm ack-ack and nine "They gave me the Bronze Star for ad• more Germans walked out of the woods to ministering first aid under fire on an attack surrender. One of them who spoke good on a fortified mill at Saarlautern. I car• English told us that the German gun ried out a wounded man, victim of a crews were in a railroad tunnel through a booby trap, on my shoulders, through the hill nearby. They made a stand there and open for about fifty yards with plenty of we got 60 prisoners more. Then we gave mortar and small arms fire around." the farm another going over and found Kosturko, Lawrence G., Pfc, Rifleman, hundreds of rifles and hand grenades, Co. C, 379th Infantry, Bridgeport. dozens of machine guns, a hundred "I was surprised how quickly you could bazookas, and enough TNT to blow up reach the front and get the sniper fire. almost anything. It was Friday, the 13th, That first day I was running across a road for the Germans all right but we got 126 and one of our men was killed only fifty prisoners without firing a shot. THE CONNECTICUT MEN The following named officers and men of the 95th (Victory) Infantry Division went on redeployment furloughs from the Fort Devens, Massachusetts Reception Center in the last week of June, 1945. These names are taken from ships' rosters and furlough orders: ADAMS, HAROLD S. Pfc. RFD 1, Hampton ADAMS, WILLIAM H. Pfc. 650 Newhall St., Hamden ADLEY, RICHARD J. T/5 194 Overland Ave., Bridgeport

12 ALBYCHT, JOSEPH Pfc. Arch St., Collinsville ANDERSON, WESLEY R. Pvt. South St., Bantam ARCAND, WALTER A. Pfc. 80 Wellington St., Hartford ASH, NORMAN JR. Pfc. 600 Woodbridge St., Manchester AUKLAND, ARTHUR R. JR. Pfc. 70 Bohemia St., Plainville AVERY, IRVING E. Pfc. 9 Purnell PL, Manchester BADGER, CARLTON M. Pfc. 235 Maple Ave., Greenwich BANAS, MICHAEL J. Pfc. 4 Union St., Hartford BARTOS, FRANCIS H. Pvt. 33 Worthington Ridge, Berlin BAYLEY, THOMAS A. Pfc. 423 Main St., Portland BEAUREGARD, LIONEL J. Pfc. 29 So. Walnut St., Wauregan BENFANTI, JOSEPH F. T/4 218 Washington Ave., Bridgeport BLASCHIKE, ALBERT J. Pfc. 33 Wall St., Middletown BODNAR, JOSEPH L. T/5 27 Neptune Ave., South Norwalk BOLIEAU, FRED R. Pfc. 100 Willington Ave., Stafford Springs BOOKER, LORA A. Pfc. Winnicut Rd., North Hampton BRAHENEY, THOMAS J. Pfc. 66 Foster St., Meriden BUNN, DONALD I. Pvt. Mineroad, Bristol BURNS, JOHN J. Pfc. 2405 Main St., Bridgeport BUSCH, FRANK J. Pfc. Box 179, Versailles BUTKUS, ALBERT F. Pfc. Millville Dist., Naugatuck CALLAHAN, JOHN F. Cpl. 50 Hinckley Ave., Stamford CARPENTER, ALFRED H. T/5 25 Washington St., Vernon CARPENTIER, OLIVIER A. Pfc. 260 Main St., Waterbury CASPER, ROBERT J. Pfc. 13 Hathkiss St., Naugatuck CAVIOLA, JOHN P. Pfc. 139 Ely Ave., South Norwalk CAZZETTA, VINCENT C. Pfc. 101 Hatch St., New Britain CHALECKI, BERNARD W. Pfc. 50 Church St., Plantsville CHISNALL, DAVID L. Pfc. 1125 Forest Rd., New Haven CIRISHIOLI, GEORGIO 1st Lt. 112 Liberty St., Ansonia CLARK, THEODORE S. Pfc. 44 Ives Ave., Meriden COFFIN, ROBERT W. Pfc. 132 Flax Hill Rd., South Norwalk COHEN, PHILIP Pfc. 170 Fairfield Ave., Stamford CORCORAN, EDMUND J. Pfc. 18 Stillwold Rd., Wethersfield CRANZ, FERDINAND E. T/Sgt. 19 Nameaug Ave., New London CROCAMO, JOSEPH C. Pfc. 6 Summit St., Derby DAVIS, RALPH Pfc. Nashville Rd. Ext., Bethel DEBLOIS, ALEXANDER J. Pfc. 15 Mill St., Willimantic DE KAY, ECKFORD J. T/5 Hoyt St., Darien DE LUCIA, RAYMOND H. Capt. 75 Osborn Ave., New Haven DE MARS, CARL F. T/4 17 Margery St, Bristol DESCHENE, HENRY J. Sgt. 98 Summit St., Willimantic DESOCIO, MICHAEL Pvt. 66 Tracy Ave.., Waterbury DINIGLIO, LOUIS Pfc. 127 Lexington Ave., South Norwalk DONAHUE, JAMES P. Sgt. 29 Maple Ave., Waterbury

13 DUNN, RICHARD E. Pfc. 325 So. Pine Creek Rd., Fairfield DUNNE, DOMINICK J. Pvt. 1820 Albany Ave., West Hartford EK, ARTHUR H. Sgt. 42 Hopson Ave., Branford ESPOSITO, VINCENT A. Sgt. 215 Peck Ave., West Haven EVANS, RONALD H. T/5 East Granby FALASCO, FRANK D. Pfc. Sound View Ave., South Norwalk FARNHAM, WOODROW Pfc. Mile Hill Rd., Rockville FARRELL, EUGENE F, Pfc. 47 Seavier Ave., West Haven FAVA, COLESTINO D. Pfc. 3018 Dixwell Ave., Hamden FAZZINA, PAUL E. T/5 Wanx Spring St., Plantsville FENN, RICHARD H. Pfc. 104 Cottage St., Meriden FERGUSON, FRANK J. JR. Pfc. 105 West St., Danbury FERLA, SALVATORE Pfc. 46 No. Spring, Ansonia FEUERBACKER, FRED J. Pfc. 103 Prince St., Bridgeport FISHER, HENRY JR. Lt. Col. 404 Yale Ave., New Haven FITTIG, WALTER Pfc. 265 Old Town Rd., Bridgeport FORNITO, LOUIS J. Pfc. 57 America St., Waterbury FOWLER, EUGENE S. Pfc. RFD 2, North Stonington FOWLER, WILLIAM H. Pfc. RFD 3, Maple Knoll Farms, Ellington GAGNON, WILBERT R. Pfc. 1930 Broad St., Hartford GARVEY, JOSEPH P. S/Sgt. 381 Broad St., New London GLEY, HAROLD R. Pfc. 33 Greenmanville Ave., Mystic GORI, JOSEPH Pfc. 196 Jones Ave., Bridgeport GREGA, METHOD P. T/4 137 Light St., Stratford GRONAU, HEINZ O. S/Sgt. 2397 East Main St., Bridgeport GUERRERA, ROCCO Pfc. 15 Ennery St., Waterbury GUGLIOTTI, LOUIS Pfc. 89 Byinside Ave., Waterbury HALL, LESLIE L. Pfc. Sterling HANSON, NORMAN P. Pfc. 36 Coe Ave., Portland HARRINGTON, FRANCIS P. Pfc. 11 Hemlock St., Waterbury HARVEY, NORMAN E. Pfc. 316 Hills St., East Hartford HAYDEN, FRANCIS J. Pfc. 20 Union St., Thompsonville HEFFERN, HAROLD J. Pfc. 86 Caroline St., Bridgeport HEITMAN, HENRY R. Pfc. 127 Adelaide St., Hartford HEWES, PETER B. T/5 High St., Farmington HORVAT, JOHN J. Sgt. 70 Redfield Rd., Fairfield HRESCHAK, EDWARD M. Pfc. 1989 E. Main St., Bridgeport HUNTER, KENNETH S/Sgt. Middletown HUNZIKER, ROBERT N. Pfc. 39 Stiles St., Stratford HYDE, ALFRED F. Pfc. 121 Grandview Ter., Hartford JEROME, ROBERT E., JR. Pvt. 1922 Main St., Hartford JOHNSON, BYRON T. 1st Lt. 9 Wooster Heights, Danbury JOHNSON, ERIC G. T/5 RFD 3, Weston Rd., Georgetown JOHNSON, RICHARD R. T/5 37 Colonial St., Hartford JONES, DAVID W. Pfc. 74 Hill St., Shelton JORDAN, FRANK Pfc. 121 Maple St., New Haven 14 JORDAN, JOHN F. Pfc. 389 High Ridge Dr., Bridgeport KALKOWSKI, EDWARD O. Pfc. 184 Eddy Glover Blvd., New Britain KATKAVECK, GEORGE J. Pfc. 74 Starkweather St., Manchester KILBRIDE, SIDNEY V. 1st Lt. 13 Thomas Ave., Norwalk KING, ARTHUR A. Pfc. 14 Elm St., Seymour KLICK, STANLEY J. Pfc. Russell St., Jewett City KLIMASZEWSKI, JOHN Pfc. 3 George St., Ansonia KOSTURKO, LAWRENCE G. Pfc. 116 Brandley St., Bridgeport KOZCAK, GEORGE D. Capt. 8 Farnham Ave., Torrington KRISTON, JOHN Pfc. 49 Columbia Court, Bridgeport KULICK, PAUL G. Pfc. 146 Pine St., East Port Chester KUZMA, STANLEY J. Pfc. 13 Division St., Ansonia LABORE, ANTHONY C. Pfc. Bldg. 43, Apt. 312, Y. M. Village, Bridgeport LADYKO, WALTER E. Pfc. 433 Kossuth St., Bridgeport LAPORTE, GEORGE A. Pfc. 300 Brown St., Hartford LAWLOR, THOMAS J., JR. Pfc. New Preston LEE, NICKOLAS Pfc. 61 Myrtle Ave., Bridgeport LESNIAK, LEO J. Cpl. 27 High St., Willimantic LITKE, WALTER A. Pfc. Box 23, Danielson LIVINGSTON, CHARLES Y. Pfc. 106 Groves St., Meriden LOCKER, EDWARD T. Pfc. 8 Kennedy Ave., Killingly LOGAN, DONALD T. Pfc. 60 Tomlinson Ave., Plainville MAC DONALD, THOMAS JR. Sgt. 49 Laurel St., Hartford MAGERA, STEPHEN Pfc. 64 Longfellow Ave., Bridgeport MANTLIK, ANDREW J. Pfc. Auburn St., So. Norwalk MC DONOUGH, THOMAS G. Pfc. 36 Foster St., Danbury MERRILL, CLIFFORD T. JR. Pfc. 17 Highland Ave., Thompsonville MIKOLAJCZYK, EDW. J. T/4 Mountain Rd., Suffield MILLER, HERMAN L. Pvt. 105 French St., Bridgeport MILLER, WILLIAM H. Pvt. 2066 Main St., Bridgeport MONTAGNA, JOHN C. Pfc. 3 Brown St., New Haven MOORE, ADOLPH Pfc. 225 Greenfield St., Hartford MORAN, LAWRENCE J. Cpl. 46 Lincoln St., Putnam MULDOON, JOHN C. * Pfc. 799 Lipton St., Stamford NISTO, ANTONIO F. Pfc. 50 Daisy St., New Haven NUNN, DUFFEY L. Pvt. 34 Seaview Ave., West Haven OBUCHOWSKI, ALPHONSE 1st Lt. 70 Wells St., Manchester O'DONNELL, WILLIAM Pvt. 19 Beach Ave., Milford OTTO, WILBUR W. Pfc. 7 Spruce St., Rockville PAGERINO, FRANK J. Pfc. 2164 Main St., Bridgeport PAGLIARO, FRANK A. Pfc. 82 Oak St., Bridgeport PARKER, CLIFFORD W. Pfc. Sterling PASCARELLA, ALFONSO J. Cpl. 1995 Main St., Bridgeport PASSERINO, RAYMOND M. Pfc. 119 Williams St., Wallingford PATRIDGE, CHARLES J. JR. Pfc. Plain Hill, RFD 8, Norwich Town 15 PEARSON, CRAIG M. Pfc. 78 East Ridge Rd., Middletown PEDENSKI, FELIX J. Pfc. 240 Bridgeport Ave., Shelton PINCHIN, GEORGE H. Pfc. 118 Oxford PL, Southport POPYLISEN, EDWARD F. Sgt. 263 Quinnipiac Ave., New Haven PUDNEY, WILLIAM F. Pfc. 646 Stafford Ave., Bristol QUINN, JOHN J. Pfc. 18 Meadow St., Stamford QURNACK, JOHN T/5 RFD 1, Willimantic RAPPORT, MARTIN B. Sgt. 375 Sigourney St., Hartford RENN, ERVIN G. Sgt. 110 Front St., Middletown RIEDER, ROBERT W. Pfc. 49 Riverside Dr., Manchester ROMANO, JOSEPH Pfc. 193 North Ave., Bridgeport RYAN, WM. J. Pfc. 7 King St., Hartford SALVATORE, ANTHONY J. Pfc. 53 Greenwich Ave., Stamford SAMARAJCZYK, FELIX Q. Pfc. 148 Burroughs St., Bridgeport SANFORD, FREDERICK F. T/5 Box 323, Macktown Road., Windsor SCHLEIN, ROBERT R. Pfc. 14 Sheldon Terrace, New Haven SCHLITTER, EARL H. Pfc. 410 Grand Ave., New Haven SHERMAN, EDWARD M. Pfc. 1737 Noble Ave., Bridgeport SLONSKI, WM. B. Pfc 27 Geneva Ave., Wallingford SONNTAG, WILLIAM W. Pfc. Huckleberry Rd., New Canaan STANTON, PAUL R. Pfc. 57 Fremont St., Putnam STARK, EVERETT L. 1st Lt. RFD 1, Putnam SUSCO, ANTHONY J. Sgt. 42 Crown St., Bristol SZABO, ALEX Pfc. 579 Oldfield Rd., Fairfield TAFT, ROBERT E. Pfc. 187 Zion St., Hartford THORNTON, FRED A., JR. T/5 Abington TOLLA, ANGELO M. Pfc. 36 Greenwood Hill, Stamford TOMALA, JOHN J. Pfc. 17 Center St., Torrington TOOMEY, JOHN F. Pfc. 262 Palm St., Hartford VALENTE, JOSEPH N. Pfc. 112 Preston St., Hartford VALL, OSWALD P. Pfc. 54 Stone St., Stamford VAVREK, ANDREW W. Pfc. Kellen Ave., South Norwalk VELASCO, LOUIS Cpl. 6 Kelley Ave., Wetherfield VINCENT, ROGER E. Pfc. 9 Broad St., Stonington WARD, GEORGE A. Pfc. 130 Chapman St., Willimantic WARNER, GEORGE A. Pfc. 262 Market St., Hartford WASIELEWSKI, ZIGMUND W. Pfc. 247 Washington St., New Britain WAUPOTIC, VALENTINE L. Pfc. 68 Beaver St., Danbury WELLS, FREDERICK J. Pfc. 48 Wordin Ave., Bridgeport WIEGMAN, PAUL W. JR. Pfc. 174 Knickerbocker Ave., Springdale WILSON, JACK R. Pfc. Central Fire Hdqtrs., Greenwich WOOD, ROLAND A. Pfc. 23 Yellow Row, Willimantic YUROKOWSKI, STANLEY J. Pfc. 11 Main St., Glasgow ZALEWSKY, JOSEPH W. Pfc. 35 Division St., Stamford ZIEROTH, ALFRED P. Pfc. Durham Center ZMISTOWSKI, MATCHIE J. 1st Lt. Bartram Inn, Sharon ZURAW, WALTER J. Pfc. 14 Broad St., Seymour