The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-18


 Blum, has completed Q furlough here and has returned to Camp Mccoy, Wis.
 Raymond F. Tyler, son of the late Judge and Mrs. William Tyler of Middlebury, has been promoted to captain at Lakehurst, N. J., where he is commander of a flet airShip wing. He is veteran of the last war and is one of the country's out standing veterans of Naval lighter than.air service.
 Private George E. Joseph of 3l Meadow street is here on furlough from Camp Stewart, Ga. His broth- CT, Private William F. Joseph, is stationed at Columbia, B. 0. They are the sons of Mrs. Mary Joseph.
 Private First Glass Howard Sel- leck, former star pitcher for the Yale baseball team, has been award ed the Good Conduct Medal at New Caledonia in the South Pacific, ac- cording to word received here. He was employed by the Scovill Mfg. O., before entering the service in August, l943.
 Corporal Daniel Grassi, son of MT. and Mrs. Serafino GraSsi of 238 Syl- van avenue, is spending furlough here from Fort Bragg, N. c.
 Private First Class Robert D. McHugh of 325 Cooke street has completed a phase of training at Hatlingen, Texas, and has received his aerial gunnery wings.
 Daniel Blansfield of 19 Ludlow street is spending a furlough here from the Marine Corps station at Camp LeJeune, N. c.
 James J. Stango, son of MT. and Mrs. Carmine Stango of 230 Fair field avenue, has arrived in England with an amphibious force. accord ing to word received here. He enter ed the Navy in April, l943.
 Eugene Pizzuto, son of MT. and Mrs. Nicholas Pizzuto of Spring ave nue, Is spending a furlough here. He recently completed aviation ca- det pre-flight training at Syracuse University and will report next at @ station in California.
 Private First Glass Arthur R. Boucher of 34 Whittlesey avenue was graduated from the Army aerial gunnery school at Harrington, Texas.
 Aviation Radioman Eugene M. Robinson of 26 Orchard street is re- ceving further training at the Na- val Air station at Memphis, Tenn. The son of MT. and Mrs. Edward M. Robinson, he was an apprentice tool maker at the Scovin Manufacturing Company before entering the serv- ice last September A.
 John J. Maher of 257 North Main street has completed advanced training at the submarine base at Miami, Fla, and has been assigned to Solomon Islands. Md, for am- phibious training. He is an electri- clans mate, third class.
 Praise for the faith and loyalty of men and women in the Marine Corps and Navy is expressed by Navy Lieutenant John L.. Bonn. s. J., son of John L. Bonn, Sr., of 479 Willow street, in an article which appears in the May issue of the Readers Digest. Lieutenant Bonn, a native of this city, was professor of philosophy and litera- ture at Boston college graduate school before he entered the service. He is chaplain at the naval sta- ton at Great Lakes, III.
 Names of six Waterbury men are included in the missing in action" list released by the War Department today. The soldiers, all listed as missing in action in the European area, are:
 Staff Sergeant Charles c. Harpin of i5l South Elm street. Staff Ser geant Raymond A. LaBonte of l0S0 South Main street, Staff Sergeant James F. Shanahan of ll2 South street, all of Waterbury, Staff Ser geant Stanley A. Folcik of South ington, Technical Sergeant Robert V. Tompkins of Naugatuck. and Ser geant John Stastny of Bristol.
 The War Department also has an- nounced that Second Lieutenant Theodore c. Czarnecki of Bristol is a prisoner of war in Germany.
 Three sons of MT. and Mrs. Mar tin J. Egan of 32 Cooke street are in the service. Sergeant William J. Egan is stationed at Fort Sam Hous- ton, Texas. Private John Egan is with an anti-aircraft unit in Eng land. Private Martin Egan. whose wife is the former Marie Mitchell of 90 Laurel street. is with an infantry unit in the Pacific.
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