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NEWS OF MEN IN THE SERVICE
Serving With Connecticut’s 102nd Infantry
With V. S. Army Forces in the South Pacific.—Four officers with Connecticut’s own 102nd Infantry Reg
iment, which Is now going through an intensive advanced combat training course in the jungles of this is
land base. Captain Alderman (far left) of East Hartford is the Commanding Officer of Company “E”,
which was Waterbury's Chatfield Guards before its federalization in 1940. To the right are Captain Shel
drick, 45 Center street, Waterburv, Warrant Officer J. G. McFadden, 88 South street, and Captain John
Martin, 32 Cooke street, Waterburv, who is the present commander of Co. “E”. All four officers have been
with the regiment for nearly three years of overseas duty, serving as outpost security on various Islands in
the Pa cific.
15th AAF in Italy — Second Lieu
tenant Ernest C. Erickson, 310 Hill
Bide avenue, Naugatuck, Conn
bombardier on a B-24 Liberator ha.
been authorized to wear the distin
gulshed unit badge and one bronze
cluster as a member of a veteran
Liberator group which twice has
been cited by the President of the
United States for "outstanding per
formance of duty in armed conflict
with the enemy.”
Graduating from Naugatuck High
school, Erickson was employed as a
pattern maker for the Eastern Mal
leable Iron Company, Naugatuck
entring the Army on July 14. 1941
Lieutenant Erickson received his
bombardier training at San Angelo
Tex., where he tvas commissioned
a second Lieutenant on May 20, 1944
His parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. A.
Erickson, live at the Naugatuck ad
dress.
Corporal Alfred Pagano. son ol
Mr. and Mrs. Rocco Pagano of 2«
Englewood avenue, is spending e
two-week furlough hece.from Fres
no, Cali., where he served in the
Army band.
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15th AAF in Italy — Corporal
Philip D. Holihan, Waterbury,
Conn., has arrived at his B-24 Lib
erator base in southern Italy. A
radib-operator gunner, he will soon
be talcing part in combat missions
against the enemy. The veteran
heavy bombardment group of which
he Is a member has flown over 380
combat missions.
Corporal Holihan entered the army
January 23, 1942. He attended high
school in Waterbury. He received
his wings at Tyndall Field, July
1942.
Corporal Holihan's mother, Mrs.
Helen Holihan, lives at 37 Virginia
avenue, while his wife, Mrs. Martha
E. Holihan, resides at 2515 Centen
ary boulevard.
Staff Sgt. Ralph Miscavage of
71 Rosemount avenue, a veteran
of 32 months of service in the South
Pacific area, has been given a medi
cal discharge from the Army.
Corporal Thomas Perseo, nephew
of Mrs. Domenic Berardl of 52 Bur
ton street, has been identified by
his local relatives as a soldied in a
news film being shown at a local
theater. A resident of Port Chester,
N. Y., Corporal Perseo is the hus
band of the former Molly Tolla
of this city.
Corporal Prank Sc&mporlino and
his brother. Corporal Joseph Scam
porlino, met recently in Prance,
according to word received by their
mother. Mrs. James Salami of 27
River street. Prank is now with
an infantry unit in Germany, while
his brother is still in Prance with
a quartermaster unit.
Private Joseph G. S. Fontaine of
102 Bridge street is at Keesler Field
Miss., where he will be classified
for training as a pre-aviation cadet.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
P. Fontaine.
Staff Sergeant Joseph J. Canale,
son of Mrs. William Canale of 23.
Dikeman street, has been com
mended by Major General John K.
Cannon, commanding general of
the Mediterranean Allied Tactical
Air Force and the Twelfth Atr
Force, for his “extreme efficiency’’
as a member of a signal battalion
during the invasion of southern
France, according to a headquar
ters announcement.
Private P. Forbes McCance of
Mlddlebury has been transferred
from Camp Blanding, Fla., to Fort
Meade. Md. His father, Lieutenant
William H. McCance, former pas
tor of the Mlddlebury Congrega
tional church, is chaplain on an
Army transport in the Pacific area.
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Edward P. Claffey, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward P. Claffey of 3
Herkimer street, was promoted to
captain in the Marine Corps and
was presented the Silver Star by
President Roosevelt at Camp Le
Jeune, N. C., according to word re
ceived here. The ceremonies tcok
place during a two-hour inspection
tour by the President, who was on
his way to Washington from Warm
Springs, Qa.
Captain Claffey is a veteran of
28 months of service in the Pacific
area. He was wounded in action at
Guadalcanal two years ago and was
hospitalized in Australia for many
months.
Avon Park, Fla., Army Air Field,
Dec. 20.—Second Lieut. Beverly R.
Fein, of Waterbury, is a dietitian
at Avon Park Army Air Field hos
pital, a final phase training base for
Flying Fortress combat crews.
The Avon Park dietitian is a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Morris
Fein, 75 Hill street, Waterbury. Lt.
Fein attended Wilby high school,
Waterbury, and received her B. S.
at University of Connecticut in
1942.
MASS REQUESTED
FOR SERVICEMEN
Members of North End
YMCA to Honor Former
‘Buddies’ Saturday
A solemn high Mass will be held
it St. Lucy's church Saturday, De
cember 23d at 8:30 a. m. for all
servicemen of the North End V and
North End Community club who
have lost their lives in the defense
of their country- Prayers will also
he said for those who are now in
service on the far flung battle
fronts.
The following list of names have
been sent into the North Branch
V. Any additional names may be
added to the list if friends or mem
bers of the family will call the Y.
Armand Massarelli, Angelo Jaco
vino, Bronislof Korowlotny,, Arthur
L. Grasso, Biago Ponolfo, Nicholas
C. Martinelli, Richard V. Corideo,
Kasmer Woloskinski. Thomas Lom
bardo. Martin Serlise. Jerry Pal
mento. Samuel J. Markese, Lieut
C. Edward Hine. 9
Michael Cocca. associate to Clay
ton S. Brown, executive secretary
of the North End Y talked to a
few members of the Y who liked
the idea and in a short time mem
bers at the Y and fellow employes
of Mr. Cocoa’s att he Case Shop in
the Waterbury Mfg. Co., requested
the offering of the liigh Mass and
a large frame in which pictures of
the young man can be shown, will
be placed in the Y lobby, If the
families have pictures they can
spare and will send them to the Y.
Relatives and friends are Invited
to attend this service for the ser
vice men.
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REPORTED WOUNDED
MICHAEL DeSOCIO
Private First Class Michael De
Socio, former emlpoye of the
Bristol company, is reported by
the War Department as having
been wounded in action "Some
where In France” on November
26. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Alexander DeSocio of 66 Tracy
avenue and is a former student of
the Hopeville and Leavenworth
High schools. He entered the serv
ice in February, 1943, and was
trained at Camp Polk, La. He went
overseas early in 1944.
Staff Sergeant Clayton L. Blick of
263 Willow street Is spending a fur
lough here. The son of Mr. and Mrs.
Bernard Blick, he is a veteran of
service in the Caribbean area.
HOME FOR XMAS
PETER PAVLIK
Peter Pavlik, petty officer third
clan son of Mrs. Ann Pavlik of
67 Burton street, is hone from
Algiers, La., until December 28. A
former employe of the Waterbury
Manufacturing Company he has
been in the service nine months.
He is a former Leavenworth High
student.
S-Sgt. Aygerem John Jonus. son
of Mrs. Mamudi Jonus. 264 Hamil
ton avenue, is home on furlough
after 30 combat missions in a B-24
Liberator bomber group with the
Eighth Air Force in England. The
former Scovill employe bears the
DFC, Air Medal and 3 Oak Leaf
Clusters.
Technical Sergeant Frank Santoro
husband of the former Betty Jane
Donahue, of 14 North Beacon street,
is now at Fort Benning, Ga. The son
of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Santoro of
North Beacon street, he is a veteran
of 18 months’ service in the South
west Pacific area.
OPA WARNS OIL !
DEALERS TO ACT
Inventory Settlement Must
Be Filed Within Next
Ten Days
With the deadline only ten days
away, the State OPA today declared
that it would take prompt steps to
suspend all fuel oil dealers in Con*
necticut who failed to file an inven
tory statement with the agency by
December 31.
The necessary foi^ns have been
mailed to all dealers registered in
the State, OPA said, asserting there
is no excuse for the 85 percent who
have not filed as yet for not com
plying with this requirement.
The agency also pointed to the
fact that the December 31 dead
line was substituted for a previous
filing date on December 15 "in or
der to give dealers plenty of time
to take a complete Inventory of
the fuel oil and the ration curren
cy they have on hand.”
The filing provision aplies to all
dealers with a storage capacity of
1,000 or more gallons, OPA added,
estimating that eproximately 1900
concerns are covered by it.
Particularly strong emphasis was
placed on a kindred regulation
which requires distributors to re
port to OPA all delinquent accounts
within seven days after they have
failed to make payment in rationing
currency for fuel oil received.
The same regulation sets 72 hours
as the time within which dealers
should report consumers who have
received an absentee delivery of fuel
oil and who have defaulted on ra
tion payment for it.
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a contest sponsored by Stars and Stripes, the Army newspaper, stands
the B-17 named for her. She’s from Long Beach, Calif., and was
honored by the 385th Bombardment Group of the 8th Air Force’s Third
I Bombardment Division.
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