The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-29

William A. Amelung, 156 Columbia Blvd, has been promoted from lieutenant colonel to colonel in Washington, D. C., where he IS serving as chief of Metals and Min erals Branch, Production Division, Army Service Forces.
 Before being commissioned in De- cember, 1942, Amelung was Eastern District sales manager of the Chase Brass and Copper Go.
 Andrew Kushwara, 51 Birch Place, has been promoted to staff sergeant with an infantry training battalion at Camp Croft, s. C..
 Cpl. Donald w. MacNiven, 50 Over street, has been serving as chief fire controlman on BPS bombing missions over Nagoya and other sections of Japan, it has been learned.
 He trained at Shepard Field, Tex as; Lowry Field, Colo, and Pratt Field, Kas. previous to going over- seas in January. His wife is the former Florence Read. They have an eight-year-old daughter, Bon- nie.
 Private Thomas Coakley who has been overseas since February was slightly wounded in combat in Ger many on March 3, according to a War Department telegram received by his sister, Mrs. John Devine, 1909 South Main street. He is now hos pitalized in England where he re- gently received the Purple Heart medal
 He has been in service for the past three years. The infantryman is a former employe of the Chase Brass and Copper Company.
 Richard w. Wood, son of MT. and Mrs. Richard s. Wood, 89 Ridge wood street, has been transferred from Hutchinson airfield Kansas to the Naval Air Field, Miami, Fla.
 sergeant Joseph J. Lusas of Wa terbury, Connecticut has been awarded the Good Conduct Medal for exemplary behavior, efficiency and fidelity, it was announced here today by Headquarters Portland Army Air Base.
 The Good Conduct Medal is awarded exclusively to enlisted men who achieve an efficiency and char acter rating of excellent" for a period Of not less than one year on active duty in the United States Army.
 A Ninth Air Force Bomber Base, France Anthony J. Delcioppo, Waterbury, has been promoted to staff sergeant.
 Staff Sergeant Delcioppo is a radio operator gunner with a Ninth Air Force medium bombardment group now operating in coordination with ground forces on the Western Front. His group has been com- mended by It. General George s. Patton, commanding the American Third Army in France, for excel lent bombing on the German town of Merzig.
 His parents are Mir and Mrs. Pat Delcioppo, 30 Ash street, Waterbury, Conn.
 Lake Placid Club, New York, March 27, 1945. = Sgt. Domenic A. Vendetti of 520 Baldwin street, Wa terbury, Conn, who has recently re- turned from overseas duty, has re- ported to this redistribution station at Lake Placid, New York. Sgt. Ven- detti entered service on March IA, 1941, and was overseas 37 months with an infantry unit in the ASiatic- Pacific theatre of operation.
 Donald Slator, aviation Ordnance man 2/c son of Major William J. Slator, historical officer at Aber- deen Proving Ground, Md, has been assigned to a Navy bomber crew at San Diego, Calf.
 Sgt. Willis N. Knickerbocker, now stationed in France after spending two years in Iran with the Persian Gulf command, QuartermaSter trucking unit, has received the Ex- pert Driver certificate for safely driving 8 government vehicle over 10000 miles of Persian road to de- liver aid to Russia. His wife, Ber- nice, and his two sons reside at sos Washington avenue.
 Pvt. Paul A. Bobbin is spending furlough with his parents, MT. and Mrs. Edward G. Bobbin, 71 Clifton avenue. He was recently transferred as bombsight me chanic from Midland, Texas, to Shreveport, La.
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