The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-21

Asr. ana alrs. Peter General of
 9as Bank street have received
 woua thns their son Pfc. Edmund
 e. Generali has arrived ln Eng
 land. Pfc. General graduated
 frum EIaagenwerah hziEh school
 and was employed by the Aposhe. carries Han company. lle entered
 the service March. a9a3.
 Three local men have been hos pitalized in Italy. according to a report received recently. They are Private Raymond ]. Boccacino. son of Mir. and Mrs. Pietro Boccacino Of 95l North Main street: Lieutenant Raymond ?. Howard, son of Mr. and Mrs. John !. Howard of IS Taylor street and Private Robert Kunde. sclI Of Mir. and Mrs. William Kunde Of g Vine street
 Private Boccacino was a sales- man for the Waterbury Store Fix ture company before entering the Army. He was sent to Italy last February. The nature Of his ingur- ies was not revealed.
 Lieutenant Howard is being treat cd for a leg Shrapnel wound suf- feIed May @. He began service in September. ieai. and arrived over- seas in May. i9s3. He served tE North African and Sicilian caEn- paigns.
 Private Kunde is recovering from a leg and foot injury suffered May sl. Eze began service in September of last year.
 The Purple Heart has been award. cd posthumorsly to Private First Class Clement F. Etaneyich. who was stationed with an Army unit in the Philippines when the islands were attacked in December. i9si. Mrs. Ron Valuckas of IS Wheeler street, brother of the soldier. has received the award from the War Depart ment. Besides Mrs. Valuckas. Pri- vaie First Glass Stanevich is sur" vived by two brothers. John Of Wa teEbury and Frank of Oakvilie.
 Mrs. Dorothy Wilhelm FaDeg ct Middlcbury has received word that her husband. Sergeant Harry ". Faber. son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry P. Faber Of Faber avenue. who was wounded in action in France on yune a, has returned to active duty wath an Army chemical unit. Ser~ geant Faber was awarded the Pur- pie Heart for shrapnel wounds 50 the shoulder. A former employe Of Ledefle Laboratories. Ind. Detroit. he attended Crosby high school. Post Junior College Of Commerce ana Connecticut College Of Pharsn. acy.
 After spending a furl0ugh at the home of his parents. Private Amer. ico Andy VeDtreaca, son ot Mr. and Mrs. Ereoli ventEesea of Baldwin street, has departed for Sioux Falls South Dakota, where he will begin ilis studies at a radio school Two twin brothers are also iD the service. Private Joseph, stationed al FoTt Lewis, Washington. gttb a medical unit and TechnieiaD Sergeant Mt- c,anel, who is reported missing iD action n Hungary since ApFb iS. l0ss,
 With the 37tb Division on Bou. gafpyille-F0r exemplary conduct iD combat, Private First Class Sobp PetEone. husband of Mrs. Jean Pe- trope Of 20 Ward street, has been presented the AFfDy's newest award for ilfaptrymeps the Combat ED- fantTynaen Badge.
 Awarded for outstanding merit iD combat 0r for combat action iD a maJ0r operation, the new medal is 6 Ellyer rifle on a blue field witb a silver border. imposed on e EiIgey elipttcal wreath. Since Etertlng his tour Of overseas service on May 26, Private PetE0pe has been slatl0ned on the Fy5l Islands and Oaaadaiea- nal. aDd is 2 veteran Of uae New Georgia campaign.