The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-27

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 | Harold P. Heating, Jr. of 40
 Park Place, Signalman, second
 class, has arrived here for a 3O-
 day leave after serving for IS
 months in the Pacific area with a
 Navy amphibious unit. The second
 class petty officer, the son of MT.
 and Mrs. Harold Heating, ST., en-
 tered the service 26 months ago
 while he was student at Crosby
 High School.
 During his overseas service he
 saw action at Kwaajalein, Roe,
 Namur, Saipan, and Guam. He
 was at Guam four days before the
 D-Day invasion started. He re-
 ceived Navy training at Sampson,
 N. Y., and the University of Chi
 cago, and on completion of his
 leave'will report to base in Vir-
 ginia.
 An Eighth Air Force Bomber Sta tion, England-F1ight Officer Harold c. Martin, Jr., of Waterbury, 27- year-old co-pilot of a B-17 lying Fortress, has recently been awarded the air medal. He won the decora- ton for "meritorious achievement while participating in heavy bom- bardment missions in hte Eighth Air Force offensive against the enemy over continental Europe.
 Before entering the. army air forces in February, 1941, he was em- i ployed by the Scovill Mfg. Go. of Waterbury, as a personnel clerk. F-O Martin is the son of MT. and Mrs H. c. Martin of Cheshire road, Waterbury
 The flyer won his wings at Stutt- gart Field, Ark, in February. 1924. He is now a member of the 488th bomb Group, a unit of the Third Bombardment division, the division cited by the president for its his toric shuttle bombing of the Mes serschmitt plant at Regensburg.
 Four Waterbury area men are members of the 18th Armored En- gineer Battalion, veteran unit of Lieutenant General Mark w. Clark's Fifth Army. currently in the drive toward the Pc Valley in Italy, according to headquarters release.
 The servicemen are: Corporal Leo J. Raymond of 318 Willow street, truck driver; Corporal Nicholas Morea of 58 Sperry street, rigger; Corporal Joseph J. Santa Maria of 2783 East Main street, construction foreman, and Corporal Marian Chmielewski of Union City, special ist.
 Six men from Waterbury and surrounding towns are serving with the 397th infantry regiment of the Tooth Century, division on the 7th Army front in eastern France, &C., cording to an Army announcement. They are: Private John J. OlShef- ski and Private Edward J. Druan of Waterbury; Staff Sergeant Roland E. Fecteau and Corporal Richard J. Wallace of Bristol, Staff Sergeant Edward Lysakowski of Thomaston, and Sergeant Victor P. Refs of Tor rington.
 Private Joseph P. Bolger, brother of Mrs. Luke Flaherty of 15 State street, has been awarded the com bat infantryman's badge for service in France, according to word receiv- ed here.
 Staff Sergeant Henry J. Houle Of 234 Meriden road was wounded re- gently in action in the European area, according to War Depart ment announcement. He is the son of MT. and Mrs. Euclid Houle and is one of four brothers in the serv- ice. Sergeant Houle was wounded last February in Italy, and was awarded the Silver Star for gall lantry ill action.
 | The latest War Department ca sualty list includes the names Of the following men, reported wound ed in action: Private Domenic Rosa of 94 Barnes street extension, and Private First Class Carmen Man gini of 6lO Wilson street. Both were wounded in action in the European area.
 Corporal Camil H. Graveline Of lO74 South Main street is now re- ceiving rehabilitation training at an Army hospital in England. The son of MT. and Mrs. Albert Crave line. he was wounded by sniper's bullet while on an observation as- signment for a combat patrol at Wephal, Holland. He also was wounded in action during the Nor mandy campaign.
 John w. McGurk, Jr, seaman 1-c, 25 Welton Place, has been gradu- ated from torpedomen's school at Great Lakes, III. He is the son or MT. and Mrs. John w. McGurk. and the husband of Kathleen McGurk, all oi Welton Place.
 Pvt John T. Moriarty, 19, son of MT. and Mrs John T Moriarty, of Bridge street, Naugatuck, has been granted medical discharge. He has been in Army service since Aug. 4, l94S. His brother Cpl. Robert Nor iarty IS, is a gunner with 18th Air Force crew in Italy.
 Captain John F. Culliton of Bris- tol, who has served for the past 27 months as . chaplain in the South Pacific area. has arrived on the west coast and is expected to arrive at his home for a furlough shortly.