The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-06

tore Muee0, father, LII HAuvAew
avenue, Waterbury.
Waahimgton, March 6 - The tenn
pOraFy promotion Of the following
COnnectclnut officers was an
announced Sunday By the War De-
partment:
First Lieutenant 70 Captain
Bridgeport - Donald wilbur Wa.
terman, eve, Is TnwO0d Road.
Torrlngton Harold Martel
Sloane, MAC, II HOlIey Place.
Yantic - Gustave FishbOne, TIC,
Box 152, Main street.
Second Lieutenant 10 First
Lieutenant
Hartford - Jack Gordon Phipps,
MAC, 62 Kent street.
Norwich - Wilbur Fisk Eastman,
Jr., ON, Route 4.
waterbury - Alfred BungardneF,
Cd, 20S Clover street.
Ordered 10 Active Duty
Waterbury - Richard Joseph RO.
land Beaulieu, I'd It., AUS.
West Hartford - Mortimer Clag.
gett Cooke, Jr., I'd It., AUS.
Marine Private First Glass Louis
A. Copes Of / Wilton street Is miss
ing in action in the Central Pacific
area. His parents MT. and Mrs. Ed.
ward CopeS, have received O Navy
Department telegram telling them
their son did not return to his post
after taking part Ia combat with
the enemy.
A graduate Of Ieavenworth High
school and former employe Of the
waterbury Mfg. Co., the local Mar
Inc enlisted In December, 1912 and
was sent overseas about month
ago, after completing phase Of
training at Camp Pendleton, Calf.
Corp. Frank J. Thyasher, Jr., son
OF Frank J. Thrasher, 124l East
Main street, has returned TO Spo-
kane, wash, after o ten day fur
Tough at home. Corp. Thrasher re-
Gently finished an intensive train.
Ing course for the army meteoro.
logical section Of the air force.
Seaman Joseph Bagley, son of Po-
lice Sergt. Joseph r. Bagley Of $50
| West Main strete was made captain
Of the gun crew Of his Coast Guard
landing craft after he shot down
Japanese plane In the New Britain
area last December.
A former Supernumerary police
man, Seaman Bagley joined the
Coast Guard on October 8. 1912
While at Crosby and wildly high,
Dean academ yand Kingsley Prep,
| he was star athlete, later playing
professionally for the Paterson, N.
J. Panthers Of the American Pro-
fessional Football league.
Mother Of two servicemen, Mrs,
Flora Delay has enlisted in the Wo-
mems Army Corps and reports for
training at Fort OSlethorpe, Ca,
In two weeks. One son, Howard
Knowles, 20, Is with an army air
corps unit In England. The toher
Don r. Knowles, 10, In the Navy Is q
recipient Of the Purple Heart for
injuries filtered off Guadalcanal.
One Of the first marines ashore
at Namur, in the Marshall islands
invasionS, was Pfc. George (TinJ)
Basset, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. George
@. BaSsett, Pomperaugh avenue,
woodbury.. Credited with killing s
Japanese, Pfc. Basset Is recuperat.
ing at O base hospital from minor
wounds. He is expected to be award
ed the Silver Star.
The first case of o husband and
wife Joining the Navy SifnultaI1.
eouSly has been recorded ct the
Once Of Naval Officer Procurement,
50 Pine street, New York City.
The newcomers to the Navy are
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Rails Of Tor
rington, Conn.,, the husband a new.
ly commissioned ensign In the Civil
Engineer Corps and the wife en- ap-
prentice seaman In the WAVES.
Seaman Rails, who was Miss
Rita Dufour Of Nashua, N. H., be-
fore her wedding In 1871, was sworn
in saturday, March A. ct the
once of Naval Oficcr Procurement
just O few minutes before her hus.
band took the oath as q naval ON.
Ger. A Woman's Reserve regulation
bars from enlistment women mar
ried to naval officers. and by being
sworn In first MRS. Rails was able
to qualify.
Ensign Rails. civil engineering
graduate OF Worcester Tech. has
been assistant superintendent at q
Torrington plant. Because Of his
professional background he has
been assigned TO the Seabees and
will report for training Monday at
Camp Peary, Va. His wife will
undergo training at the Naval
Training School wv. R) the Bronx.
N. Y.
Greensboro, N. c., March g.
Second Lieutenant Helen A. Ross, II
Tudor steret, Waterbury. Conn.,, has
arrived at Basic Training Center
No. 10 Of the Army Air Forces East
ern Technical Training Command.
where she will attend basic train.
ing school for nurses, one Of the six
set up by the AAF throughout the
country.
Lieutenant Ross, q graduate nurse
was selected for training as an ON
cer-rtrSe attached to the Air Forces
The training school includes lee
lures, drill, calisthenics. military IN.
struction and practical hospital
work IA specialized fields OF nurs-
ing.
with the Fifth Army. Italy :
Corporal Humbert Mucci. son Of
Mrs. Mary Mucci. who lives at 8
Grant street. waterbury, Connecti-
cut. has been promoted to sergeant.
He Is squad leader with the 45th
Infantry Division Of the Fifth Army
In italy.