The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-18

OtclHEeu A4AUubDAAhft MNtebAAenub "jRpanese. Americans are fighting oyorseaS by the thousands. Many have been crippled in action and hundreds are dying for America, the country they love. And it hurts when we hear suspicion Of our Joy. alty."
 Private First Glass Leo Sombuco of i0T Merline avenue has completed a course at the flexible gunnery school at Kingman Field, Aris,
 Private John Perazella of Grassy Hill road, Bucks Hill, has completed 0 furlough here and has reported to Fort Mead, Md. The son of Mrs. Marie Perazella of IF Division street and the husband of the former Rosette Cofrancesco, he was stationed previously as Camp Croft, 6. Q.
 Richard |. Montesi of Si6 Willow street has been discharged from Q Naval hospital in Hawai- and hes returned to active duty. A seaman, first class, he served with Q Navy unit in the invasion of the 0ilhertS, MarshallS, and Truk.
 Private Douglas Hatch, husband of the former Mary Corbett of 2o7 North Main street, has arrived in France, according to word received here, lie is serving as Q pharTnAs cist with on Army Medical Corps unit,
 18th Air Force in Italy-seeond Lieut., Calvin K. Hubbard, son of Mir. and Mrs. L. R. Hubbard of 100 Plank road, Waterbury, Conn, has been awarded the Air Medal recently for "meritorlous achieve ment while participating in sustain cd operAtional activities against the enemy" He Is navigator on 6 B.24 Liberator bomber, and IS . member of Q veteran group that has taken an active part In the aerial assault on NaZi industrial and communication centers in the Bale kAns, northern Italy, France, and southern Germany.
 A graduate of Crosby high school In Waterbury where he was active in football and . student at Colby College in Maine, Lieut.. Hubbard was in the Shoe Hardware business prior to entering the armed forces In July, l042. He received his trains ing in navigation at selman Field, La, and was commissioned in Jans uary, le44,
 since arriving at his present over. seas station, Lieut.. Hubbard has flown numerous missions over en. emy occupied territory, including attacks on enemy gun eInplaeements and coastal installations in southern France which prefaeed the success fui Allied landings.
 Captain Robert II. Neumann of the Air Force, son of Mir. and Mrs. Harry Neumann of Cornwall avenue, Cheshire, recently led the 3e-bomb- or formation which scored direct hits on the French battleShip, StraS- bourgh, at Toulon, France. He now has 72 missions in the European sector,
 Ho is married and has Q child, Q year and Q half old who he has not yet seen.
 Private First Glass Charles ]. Konavage of Union City has been advanced to technician, fifth grade at the Bermuda Command base, where he has been serving for the past two years with . coast artillery unit.
 WAC Private Florence M. Dumais of 328 Baldwin street. has been transferred from Fort Oglethorpe, 0a., to Columbia. s. O., where she is assigned to an Army Air Force base unit.
 Private First Glass Ethel A. Hedges of 22l Willow street is spending Q furlough here from San Diego, Calf, where she has been stationed with 6 Marine Corps Women's Reserve unit. She has been serving as Q battalion messenger.
 Anthony Jacovich of i3 Wood street, c member of the famous Black Cats" Navy unit, has re- turned here with the unit after completing a phase of duty in the Pacifis area. The unit used Catalina flying boats painted black for its artillery spotting at night, anti submarine work, and rescue work The local serviceman, an aviation ordinanceman second class, was one of three V-l2 members from Con- necticut in the unit.
 White flags of surrender were noted by Colonel Benjamin S. Kel- sey of Waterbury and another Army Air Force colonel in reconnaissance flight over the Isle of Cezembre off St. Malo, Sept. l, but they were un- able to land their craft and take over, 1t was revealed in a European Theater of Operations release today.
 After the island had been smashed by naval smelling and bombers of the RAF and the Eighth and Ninth Air Forces of the U. S., the two col- onels were sent over 1t to deter mine what further technique should be used to bomb the island into submission.
 we were flying back and forth casing the place and taking pictures from an altitude of about 100 feet, " Col. Kesey explained. After we had been over the island about ten minutes a fellow poked his head out of a hole and waved a white rag. We flew around again and this time there were two fellows way ing white flags"
 The colonels dipped their wings in recognition and flew home to report the incident. Next day Ce- zsmbre capitulated officially.
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