The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-28
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rissey at l21 Park terrace is re- ceiving training ct the Army Fi- nance school at Wake Forest, N. 0.
 Lieutenant Alice M. Behan of 41 Wyman street has arrived in Aus tralia with an Army Nurse unit, ac- cording to latest word received by her parents, MT. and Mrs. Thomas ?. Behan.
 Sergeant Salvatore DiNatali, who is serving with an arti-aircraft searchlight battalion, has been awarded the Army Good Conduct Medal, according to word received by his parents, MT. and Mrs. Rosario DiNatali of Midland road.
 Peter Ginguis of s7 Railroad Hill street. has been promoted from private to corporal at North Camp Polk, La.
 Among thirteen 17-year old vest ern Connecticut youths who have enlisted as Army aviation cadet candidates are the following:
 James J. Conaghan, 2l3 Elm St., Thomaston; Stevenson L. Edwards, Taft school, Watertown; Michael Glowa, 24 w. Main St., Terryville; Francis E. Gosinski; 27 Hickory St., Terryville; Wilson R. Crime, At water Pl., w. Cheshire; Ray Harfi- son, Jr., Hotchkiss school, Lakeville; Anthony M. Roberts, 142 Porter St., Watertown: Warren B. Stanton, Taft school, Watertown: Eugene M. Young, 146 N. Main St., Thomaston; Gordon M. Cooper, ll6 Bunker Hill Ave-; John T. Kelley, 56 Wildwood Ave; Richard McQuire, 49 Mont gomery St.; John M. Riley, 246 Wood St.
 The Purple Heart has been awarded to two local soldiers wounded in the North Africa area last month, according to a report received yesterday. They are First Lieutenant John J. Luddy, son of Mrs. Elizabth Luddy of 89 Willow street and Private Nicholas J. Sol etti, son of John Soletu of Mid- dlebury. Lieutenant Luddy has written his mother that he was in- jured in the left arm on Aug. r. while a letter received from Pri- vate Soletti by his sister, Mrs. Anna DiDonato of 152 Savings street, an- nounced that he was wounded in Sicily on Aug. g.
 Private Irving Swirsky of l67 Fulton Park avenue, is at the Uni versity of Pittsburgh, where he is enrolled in an engineering course under the Army specialized pro gram,
 Local men who recently completed a phase of service in the South Pacific and are spending furloughs here include: Sergeant Anthony valletta of 10S Division street, Pri- vate First Glass Domenic Yezierski, of 87 Hil lavenue, Staff Sergeant Robert F. Byrne, of 12 Hopkins street, Corporal Alfred DelGobbo of 328 Orange street, Private First Glass Walter Podim of 110 Park Terrace, and Private First Class Carmen DiJoseph of IS Ward street. All are former National Guardmen.
 Kingman, Arizona, Sept. 28 Re cent graduate of the Kingman Army Air Field flexible gunnery school, situated a few miles outside of Kingman, Arizona, Victor c. Pet rauskas, 20, son of MT. and Mrs. Charles Petrauskas of l57 Congress avenue, Waterbury, Conn.
 Sergeant Petrauskas entered the army at Fort Devens, Mass, on February 26, l943. He attended Leavenworth High school.
 As student gunner at the King man school. Sergeant Petrauskas went through ground school course in which c was taught the principles of ballistics. sighting, tur- ret maintenance. range estimation and aircraft machine guns. Follow ing a protracted course on the gum nery range, where he shot the .22 rifle, shotgun and calibre 80 and so machine guns. he was given two weeks of air firing before being pre- sented with this gunneTy wings.
 James P. Marron Of i40 Cherry street, has been advanced to ser- geant. The son of Patrick Marron, he recently completed . course iEi aerial glnneFy at Las Vagas, Nev.
 Robert M. Ranslow Of % Citizen avenue. is at New London taking an advanced course in Diesel engine training. A fireman second class, he was recently tIanafeFred there from Chicago.
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