The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-26
NEWS OF MEN IN THE SERVICE

mana untt Ne tnt& noEnnok etANoh 0N an alrnlAnO mechanic. He lnSpeota and repairs battle damaged aircraft rNkNrning from operations over enemy occupied territory, Damaged aircraft ArO quickly repaired SO that they can strike again At the enemy, Sergeant Fitzgerald Is the son ot Mir, and Mrs, N, EtSgerald, e6s Baldwin street, Waterbury, Conn, Prior to his entering the service In April, leAa, ho was graduated from Crosby High school and waa eynploy~ cd As StealMfltter by the M, !, pAly and Sons. Sergeant Fitzgerald TO- eeivOd army technical school tEain~ lng la aircraft mechanics at Keesler Field, Mississippi qualifying him for his present duties, Ho came overseAa in June, leAS, NN
 Am Elghth Ar Force Bomber Sta. tlon. England - Stan SergoAMe Jack EiMkNL whose wife is Mrs, Irene ElMkel, kS Ponham street. Wa. teFbury, Connecticut, ia NM aircraft lnstrumNNt specialist with an VllA Air Force Service Command sub. depot bomber repair unit stationed At this base. Mo is the son of Louis ElnkNl.
 stan SergNaMt FiMkOl Is A gradu- AtN 0e Crosby High School and At- tended Now York University. Prior to his entry lnte the army March lV, l0AA h0 was . restaurant manager, He has been stationed In th0 Euro- pean ThNAter of Operations two years. Stan Sergeant Nnkers brou ther, Ben, ia Q corporal and is sta toned In England,
 AAC Hq. Puerto Rico, oct, ae,-- Promotion of John Kalaeh, of Wa. atereury, Conn, to the rank of scr. geant la the Army Ar Forces, was announced hor0 today at Antilles Air Command headquarters,
 Entering tho Army July 20, lol9 at Fort DeVens, MaSSu Sgt, Ka, laeh was assigned to overseas duty May 90, l0AS and at present iS sta. toned In Puerto Rico,
 Sgt Kalaeh was born May 10, in Railway, N, jo and attended LeaV. enworth high school, Prior to en- terlng tho service he worked fol NoerR Manufacturing co, Hts par. ehtS, Mir, and Mrs, William kalaeh, reside at iS Robinson street, Wa aterbury, Conn,
 Private First Glass Carmen Man, glnl of 0lO Wilson street was serl. 0Wsly wounded In action tn Hol' land october (, according to . Wal Department telegram received by his wife, the former Edith Caslll0 He lS the son of MF. and Mrs, An. thony ManglMl Of 60 Russell street
 In the service since Dec. !, l0AS, he was sent overseas six months ago and served in France before talk. ing an assignment to Holland. Hts brother, Ad0lph, Is with Q Marine Corps unit ln the Pacific, while an. other brother, Anthony, X serving with Q submarine crew,
 The following Waterbury area men enlisted in the Navy recently therugh the local recruiting station David E, Gentle of 70 LounSbury avenue, Leonard N, Marano of ga Fuller street, Steve P, Marueei oi ee7 Bank street, Alban A, xhAFotte of ' Bishop street, stephen T, Kird, ylk of Union City, and Francis N Darnum of Torrlngton.
 A 18th AAF D.a0 Marauder Bomber Base-AlfFed M. FalHone of l7e Oak street, Waterbury, Conn.,, has been promoted Co technical ser. Eeant. A Fadl0sgunnor, he has been ln tho Mediterranean theater of ops eFatlons for lA months with thu AAF's eldest B-N8 Marauder group, and has flown 60 missions over on" emy territory.
 Sergeant FalHono has been award, cd the European Theater ribbon, and Air Medal. Ills was tho first B.s0 group In Major General John M. CannOn's 18th AAF Co complete 400 missions, and was recently cited by General Do Gaulle, chief of the French armies, for outstanding bombing support 0e the ground forces ln northern Italy,
 John BaFone Of A5 Calumet street has been advanced to sergeant at hlS post in Italy. HO ls the son of Mrs. John Dar0ne,
 George Reed son of Mrs, A, E Reed of ii30 Baldwin street, is spending leave here, after eom- pleting 20 months of overseas duty In the European area. He Is Q boat. sWain'S mate, second class in the Navy.
 Edward Welner of, 20 Hawkins street arrived here today after soFv. Ing for seven months on Q battlOs ship. A seaman, second class, he is q veteran of five major campaigns In the Pacific, He has been in Che seFv. Ice since NOW 2S, le43.
 
 Many children in England ara seeing beaohes for the first time be- cause war closed the shores before the youngsters were old enough to