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WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, APRIL S, 1945
PAGE NINE
NEWS OF MEN IN THE SERVICE
I.
JOHN F. O’DONNELL
i' Flight Officer
At a 12th AAF C-47 Base in Italy
—-For meritorious achievement as a
r\ navigator aboard a C-47 troop car
rier aircraft, while participating in
five re-supply missions into the
Balkan States and northern Italy,
Plight Officer John F. O’Donnell
K has been awarded the Air Medal,
according to an announcement from
the headquarters of Major General
John F. Cannon’s 12th Air Force.
f Mr. O’Donnell is the son of Mr.
' and Mrs. James O’Donnell of 28
Ellsworth avenue, Waterbury, Conn.
In addition to his newly award
ed Air Medal, Mr. O’Donnell wears
, the Distinguished Unit Badge
awarded to his group for the out
standing work that it performed
during two and a half months serv
i . ice in the Burma-India theater, and
* the European-African-Middle East
theater ribbon with one bronze cam
paign star for the northern Italian
campaign.
. Before joining the AAF, Mr.
O’Donnell worked for the U. S- Time
Oorp., Waterbury, Conn.
Frank Dost, 25, son of Max Dost,
“ president of Princeton Knitting
Mills, Watertown, lost his life in
action in the Philippines, the War
Department has informed his par
ents.
A graduate of Philadelphia Tex
tile school, the servicemen resides
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Max
.j Dost in Cedarhurst, N. Y. prior to
~ entering the service.
0-Sgt. Arthur R. Seidel, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Frederick F. Seidel, 192
/<, Monmouth avenue, has now flown
50 combat missions with the 15th
Air Force Liberator group. A grad
uate of Crosby High school in 1943,
, he entered the AAF In October of
w that year, training at Tyndall Field,
Fla., Sgt. Seidel, has been promoted
twice since his arrival in Italy, and
’ now wears the Air Medal with three
/» Oak Leaf Clusters.
Iwo Jima — (Delayed) — Marine
Private Pint Class Joseph M Fetu
ska landed twice here on D-Dey.
He first landed in the afternoon
with his field artillery battalion.
“We lost most of our equipment,”
said 23-year-old Petuska, who lives
at 87 Green street, Waterbury, Conn.
"All our DUKWs (amphibious
trucks) were blown up.”
Petuska and other communica
tions men tried to salvage their
equipment, but their efforts were
fruitless.
“I was sent back to the ship to
try to get more equipment,” added
the young Leatherneck, son of Mrs.
Petronella Petuska of Waterbury.
“I returned to the beach at mid
night with ammunition.’
All that night he worked keep
ing communications lines Intact.
Petuska had to repair one line
eight times.
15th AAF In Italy—John D. Cas
sidy, son of Mrs. J. J. Cassidy,
Woodbury, Conn., ball turret gunner
on a B-24 Liberator bomber of the
15th Air Force, has been promoted
to the grade of staff sergeant. The
announcement was made by Col.
Leroy L. Stefonowicz, Wildrose, N.
D„ the group commander.
Since arriving overseas last Sep
tember, Sergeant Cassidy has flown
16 combat missions against enemy
installations throughout Europe. He
wears the Air Medal with one bronze
cluster “for meritorious achievement
. . . while participating in sustained
operational activity against the en
emy” •
A former student of the University
of Connecticut, Sergeant Cassidy
entered the Army on March 26, 1943.
A Ninth Air Force Service Com
mand Base, France—Promotion of
Thomas F. Boiano, of Waterbury.
Conn., to corporal has been an
nounced by his Ninth Air Force
Service Command unit in France.
Assistant manager of a garage
prior to entering the Army in April,
1943, Opl. Boiano now is a radio
operator with an aviation signal
company depot attached to a Ninth
Air Force Service Command group.
He was graduated from Crosby high,
Waterbury, in 1942.
Mr. and Mrs. Salvatore Boiano,
his parents, live at 89 Woodward
avenue, Waterbury, Conn.
ATC Air Base, Casablanca—Corp
oral John J. Greguoli, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Paul E. Greguoli, 68 Meri
den road, Waterbury, Conn., is as
signed to the mail transfer section
at Cazes Air Base, Casablanca, in
the North African Division of the
Air Transport command.
Cazes Air Base, under the com
mand of Colonel Alexis B. McMullen
is known as the Hub because of its
direct routes to Europe, Russia, the
Middle and Far East. Aircraft from
five continents land there daily. The
receipt and dispatch of mail on
flights along these routes in Corp
oral Greguoli’s job.
A graduate of Leavenworth High
school, Waterbury, Corporal Gregu
oli was employed by the Bristol
Company, Waterbury, before enter
ing the service in April, 1943.
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STAFF SERGEANT
AMERICO PETTINICCI
A Ninth Air Force Bomber
Base, France—The promotion of
Amerlco Pettinicchl, 24, of Wa
terbary, Conn., to Staff Sergeant
has been announced at a U. S.
Ninth Air Force A-26 medium
bomber base in France.
Sergeant Pettinicchl an Invad
er gunner, has flown more than
5 missions against supply and
communications centers in close
cooperation with the drives of
the U. S. ground forces in enemy
territory. His most recent mis
sions have been attacks made in
the Saar pocket just ahead of
General Patton’s troops pushing
across the Rhine.
He entered the Army on De
cember 19, 1942. He arrived
overseas on July 23, 1942, after
having attended a mechanics’
and gunnery school. He was as
sign d to the ‘‘Famous 416th”
Bomb Group to fly the Army’s
most versatile and destructive
bomber, the Invader, introduced
into combat in Europe by his
group.
Sergeant Pettinicchl, a ,gradu
ate of Leavenworth High School,
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. An
thony Pettinicchl of 442 Sylvan
avenue, Waterbury, Conn.
Pvt. Ralph Slleo, 19, a former
employe at Steiger’s Dental Labor
atory, is serving with the Fifth
Marine Division at Iwo Jima. He Is
the son of Vito Slleo, 55 Barnes
street, Extension.
Sgt. Stuart Mathes, a former
teacher at Post Junior College, this
city, now fighting In Italy, has of
fered a $20,000 reward for the cap
ture of Gen. Mario Roatta, through
the Army newspaper Stars and
S&dpeg. The Italian general escaped
while on trial as a prisoner of war.
Mathes, who has been serving in
Italy for the past eight months, de
clared that Roatta's escape was
made possible because “there are
too many Italians with Fascist sym
pathies still at large".
Hie former Waterbury teacher
said he would sell his war bonds, his
home In Terryville, and his car to
raise the money for the award “in
memory of nearly 20,000 American
soldiers who have been killed in the
Italian campaign.”
Two Waterbury soldiers, who were
wounded while serving in Germany,
have received the Purple Heart
Medal.
Cpl. Philip J. Hennessey, a vet
eran of three major campaigns with
the 81st Chemical battalion, was
wounded in action on March 2 and
is now hospitalized in Paris. Cpl.
Hennessey, who shipped overseas in
1943, participated in the invasion
of Normandy on D-Day, June 6,
1944, and for 12 successive days his
urfit supported the infantry.
His wife, the former Agnes Doran
resides at 35 Wyman street.
Pvt. Thomas J. Coakley, now hos
pitalized in England as a result of
wounds sustained March 3, also re
ceived the medal according to word
received by his sister, Mrs. Helen
Devine, 1209 South Main street.
Coakley was injured by concussion.
T-Sgt. Gaetano Dambrosi, was
wounded in action February 22 in
Germany and is now at an Army
hospital in England, according to
word received by his parents Mr.
and Mrs. Anthony Dambrosi, 64
Walnut street.
With the Fifth Army, Italy—Cor
poral Lawrence J. Chlucarellc, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Chlucarello,
who lives at 4 Court street, Water
bury, Connecticut, has been promot
ed to sergeant on the Fifth Army
front in Italy. He is a radio opera
tor with an engineer unit.
A Ninth Air Defense Command
Unit, France—Private Philip E.
Bertrand today received one of the
greatest rewards a soldier can earn
when Lieutenant General George
S. Patton, Commanding General of
the Third U. S. Army, commended
him and the men of his Battery in
a commendation which read in part:
These attacks were met by the
gup crews with typical American
fortitude; each man displaying con
spicuous bravery. Defending the
field with rapidly developed and
extremely effective fire, these units
destroyed fourteen enemy aircraft
and badly damaged four others. The
herole performance of these units
is in keeping with the highest tra
ditions of the service.”
His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Philip
Bertrand, reside at 26 Dougherty
street, Waterbury, Oonn.
15th AAF in Italy—S-Sgt. James
F. McDonald, 19, of 63 5th street,
Waterbury, Conn., veteran. Libera
tor bomber upper turret gunner, has
been awarded the Good Conduct
Medal, it has been announced at.
this base in Italy.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerojne
McDonald, he enlisted in the Air
Forces June 29, 1943, after his grad
uation from high school and won
hie gunner's wings at Kingman. Ariz.
Sgt. McDonald also holds the Air
Medal with two oak leaf clusters.
Lt. Prances Kerin, of this city,
and Lt. Lois Odell of Litchfield,
Army Nurse Corps, are with the
Roosevelt unit of the Ninth Evac
uation hospital which was awarded
a meritorious service plague for
"outstanding performance of duty
from Angust 28 to November 30 in
southern Prance campaign.”
Patrick R. Jamele, aerographer's
mate, third class, has returned from
duty on a patrol craft and Is spend
ing a leave with his parents, Mr
and Mrs. Prank Jamele, 477 Willow
street. He entered the service Oc
tober, 1943, and trained at Great
Lakes, 111., and Lakehurt, N. J.
Private Anthony J. Piccolo, 19
son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pic
colo, Como avenue, is a prisoner of
war in Germany. He was previously
reported missing in Prance since
November 14. A student at Leaven
worth high school, he entered the
service February 12, 1944.
Private William M. Allen, 21,‘ who
was wounded in action In Germany
February 24, is now hospitalized
somewhere in Holland, according to
a War Department dispatch re
ceived by his wife, Mrs. Rosanna
(King) Allen, 77 Savings street,
who has received the Purple Heart
medal awarded the soldier.
The Infantryman entered the
service July 13, 1944, and trained
at Camp Blandlng, Fla., and Fort
Meade, Md. He attended Wilby High
school and was employed by the
Benrus Watch Company. The sol
dier is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Allen, also of Savings street.
Private Luclen Fortier, who lost
his left hand in November, 1944.
while serving with a Ninth Army
Infantry unit near the Ruhr river,
is spending a furlough here with his
wife, Mrs. Annette (LaMadeliene)
Fortier, 204 Edin street, and their
two daughters, Ceclle and Theresa.
Wounded when an anti-aircraft
shell exploded, amputation was nec
essary and Private Fortier spent
several months at Army hospitals in
Holland, France and England.
He is a former employe of the
Princeton Knitting Mills, Water
town, previous to entering the serv
ice February 1, 1944. Upon com
pleting his. 16-day furlough here,
he will return to England General
hospital, AWantic City, N. J.
His brother, Private Emile For
tier is reported missing in action
in Germany since March 7. Another
brother, Alfred, was recently grant
ed a medical discharge. They are
the sons of Mrs. Blandine Delpe,
852 South Main street.
First Lieutenant Robert James
Coyle, 28, son of Mr. and Mrs.
James Coyle, 95 Lexington avenue,
recently returned to this country
after serving 22 months as platoon
leader in the Europefh-Aslatic
theater of operations. TM. is a re
cipient of the Europe«t-African
Middle Eastern campaign ribbon
American Defense Medal, Asiatic
Pacific campaign ribbon.
Before entering the service, Lieu
tenant Coyle attended Northeastern
University and was employed by the
Park Department of the City of
Waterbury.
Dr. and Mrs. William M. Good,
219 Columbia Blvd., are visiting
their son, Capt. Robert C. Good at
Orlando, Fla., where he was recent
ly assigned. The officer, who has
served in the Pacific area, recently
received his wings as a flight sur
geon of the AAF Medical Corps at
Randolph Field, Texas.
SERGEANT DOYON
KILLED IN ACTION
Sergeant Gerard Doyon, who re
cently received a battlefield promo
tion after he and other soldiers in
his unit captured 32 German officers
and men in Prance, was killed in
combat March 16 in Germany, the
War Department has notified his
wife, Mrs. Irene (Sullivan) Doyon,
144 East Liberty street. He is the
father oT two sons, Gerard, two and
Eugene, one.
A native of Thetfordmine, Que
bec, Canada, the soldier was a res
ident of this city for 20 years prior
to entering the service, and was
employed at the American Brass
Company.
After his basic infantry training
at Camp McClellan, Ala., he spent
a Christmas furlough with his
family and the following week he
left for England. He served in
Prance and Belgium before going
to Germany.
Besides his wife and children,
Sergeant Doyon is survived by his
mother, Mrs. Olivine Doyon, 18 East
Dover street; five brothers, Ulric,
Emile, Patrick, Noel and Jean Paul,
all of Waterbury; four sisters, Mrs.
Anna Lamay, Canada; Mrs. Aurora
Hebert, Mrs. Anita Clark and Mrs.
Amelia Robert, all of Waterbury.
War Department
Lists Casualties
The Army department has is
sued the following list of casaul
ties with next of kin from this
area. In case of divergence be
tween this list and information
sent to the next of kin, the last
War Department telegram of let
ter to the next of kin is to be
considered the final authority.
ARMY WOUNDED — European
Regions:
TRIPP, John W., S/Sgt., son
of Harley W. Tripp, 145 Concord
Street, Waterbury.
ARMY WOUNDED — Pacific
Regions:
PERRY. Robert L., Pfc., son of
Mrs. Elizabeth Perry, 101414 So.
Main street, Waterbury.
PRISONERS OF WAR —Ger
many:
PETROSKY, Joseph J., Pvt.,
friend of Miss Norene Simmons,
119 Draher avenue, Waterbury.
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MARGARET TRACY
Set. Margaret Tracy, Women's
Army Corps, is stationed at the
Municipal Airport, Memphis,
Tenn. Cpon entering the service
January 31, 1944, Sgt. Tracy
trained at Oglethorpe, Ga. Sgt.
Tracy, who is a former office em
ployee of the Waterbury Tool,
division of Vickers, has received
the Good Conduct metal. Her
mother, Mrs. Belinda (McCoy)
Tracy, 81 Coniston avenue, is a
member of the staff in the town
clerk's office, City Hail.
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