The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-10
Ensign

Ensign J. p Cronin. son of Mrs.
Margaret Cronin of Gil East
Main street. is studying at the
School Of Communications at Uar-
ward University in Cambridge,
Mass. He received his commits
SIGN last March after a years serv-
in the Navy. A graduate of Crosby
high school and the Wharton
school in the University of Penn
sylvania, he received his prelim-
mary Navy training at a radio
school in New York and was later
detailed for duty in Bermuda.
Pvt. Roy A. Prentiss, 10, of Win
sted was found guilty Of murder
by general court martial at Camp
Hood, Texas, on Thursday and has
ben sentenced to be hanged No
date has yet been set for the ex-
ecution.
Pvt. Prentiss was charged with
Staying Corporal Lloyd w. Knapp of
NorWalk, military guard, on April
5, while being taken to a stockade
as military prisoner. He is said
to have seized his keepers pistol
from its holster, shot him and then
turned the pistol on himself, in
flicting a head wound.
An older brother of Pvt. Prentiss,
Pvt. Kenneth Prentiss, is now serv-
ing overseas.
Masay Tiki Matsunaga, Hawaiian
ant in the United States army is
spelling for battle against the sons
of Nippon. Here on a visit to Sec
ond Lieut.. Angelo Anastasio, 564
Frost road, Lieut.. MatSunaga said,
I'VE have a score to even with the
JapS," and recalled that many of
his buddies lost brothers, sisters and
parents in the attack on Pearl Har-
Dor. He said that the infantry
battalion to which he is attached
consists entirely Of HaWaiians of
Japanese descent who had been in
service since before this country be-
came involved in active warfare.
Pfc. Elmer H. Gaylord, %, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold S. Gaylord,
46 West Clay street, was graduated
this week from the airplane me-
chanics school, Long Island, N. Y.
Pfc. Gaylord's wife, Frances, re-
sides at 126 Edison avenue.
Pfc. David O'Neill, son of Mrs. M.
O'Neill, 215 Lounsbury street, has
returned to the Army base at March
Field, California, after spending q
two weeks furlough with his mother.
Pfc. O'Neill has been with the army
since October 6, 1912.
Dr. Vincent M. Mastroianni, son
of MI. and Mrs. Joseph Mastroianni
of South Elm street, is lieutenant
in the U. S. Navy Reserve. Tis
wife resides at 149 Cooke street with
their son. DR.. Mastroianni is a
graduate of Crosby high school,
Rensselaer,, Harvard Dental school,
two years internship in oral
surgery at the John Adams Veteran
hospital Chelsea, Mass.
Pvt. William Miller, 25, son of
MI. and Mrs. William Miller, ST.,
373 WatertoWn avenue, has returned
to his post at Camp Claiborne, La,
after spending a furlough here. He
was formerly an employe of the
Eastern Malleable Iron Co., Union
City
Pfc. Joseph ]. Santalucia, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Santalucia, 806
West Main street, has returned to
Camp Swift, Texas, to continue adj
vanced infantry training, after fur
Laughing with his parents.
Corp. Edmund j. White, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony VaitkeVice,
81 North Leonard street, is now
with an Army Air Force unit at
the Syracuse, N. Y, Army base.
Anthony D. Dalimonte, 1870 Cit
liens avenue, is pre- aviation cadet
at the Army Air Forces Technical
Training Commands Basic Training
center.