The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-01

FRANCIS X. MURPHY
 Flight Officer Homer V. Bernier, son of MT. and Mrs. Homer R. Ber- nier, has been awarded an Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal at an Eighth Air Force base in England. A navigator on a B-17 Flying For tress, Bernier won the distinction | for courage, coolness and Skill'' and for his performance of duty during number of attacks no Ger many. The airman was a student at North Carolina State College, Raleigh, N c. at the time he en- listed in service in April, 1943. He won his wings at Selman Field. La. last October.
 It Robert w. Jensen, a former prisoner of war at Stalag Luft "A, Mossburg, will return to Waterbury today. His wife, the former Jane Ryan, 121 Waterville street, will meet him in New York city. The officer has seven-month-old daughter whom he has never seen. Pfc. Carl GuStavson has been as- signed to serve with the 18th Army of Occupation in Germany, accord ing to word received by his wife, the former Dorothy KlinaszeWski, 203 Newberry street.
 A former employe of the Water bury Tool, division Of Vickers, Gus lawson entered the Army in De- cember, 1942. and shipped overseas four months ago.
 Sgt. Harry E. Stewart has re- turned to his unit in Germany after recovering from wounded received | two months ago, it has been learned He has sent his Purple Heart medal to his parents, MT. and Mrs. Harry G. Stewart, H Peach street, Platts Mills.
 At the time of entering the serV- ice in November, l943, Stewart was an employe of the Plume and At wood Mfg. Go.
 Edward R. Pagan. son of MT and Mrs. Paul Pagan, 63 Union street, has been promoted to sergeant with Marine Corps unit at OklnaWa. Cpl Roger T. Thibault, son of MT. and Mrs. William J. Thibault, is now at the Army Redistribution station at Lake Placid, N. Y. Over- seas for 66 months with an infan- try and field artillery unit, Thl- bault served at Pearl Harbor, Gua- dalcanal New Georgia and the Philippines, Thibault entered the army in September, 1889.
 Marine Pic. Oliver Cappelli, now stationed at Cherry Point, N. C., is spending a two-week furlough With his parents, MT. and Mrs. Daniel Cappelli, 133 Bradley avenue. An Eighth Air Force ReconnaS- sance Wing Headquarters, England Private James E. Mackin, 199 Chip man strete, Waterbury, Conn.,, IS cook for an Engineer Battalion al this station commanded by Brig adler General Elliott Roosevelt.
 Pvt. Mackin assists in prepar- ing hundreds of rationS daily from dehydrated foods. One of the most important contributions to good morale, well prepared food is stand ard in this mess hall. It is his lm- portant job to see that at chow is palatable and he is carrying on the factt hat the American army Is the best fed army in the world
 Entering the Army in August, 1942, Pvt. Mackin has been serving overseas snce March, 1943. He is the husband of the former Miss Helen Poplis.
 l St. Germain En Lave, France S-Sgt. Stanley B. Balcauskas of 122 Sunnyside avenue, Waterbury, 66, Conn, was given only short time to celebrate Victory in Europe be- fore he and his unit were back cn the job helping with the gi- gantic task of deploying Air Forces personnel and supplies to the Pa cific.
 S-Sgt. Balcauskas is one of those key personnel needed in the Air Technical Service Command to re- distribute the thousands of aircraft, motors, and replacement parts which had poured into Europe for tine Eighth and Ninth Air Forces.
 When the urgent job of trans ferring our European Air Forces to new theaters is completed, S-Sgt. Balcauskas himself will be trans ferred to new job or discharged, depending upon the number of points he has accrued on his Ad- justed Service Rating Card.
 His wife. Mrs. Adele S. Balcau- skas lives at the same address.
 w. Hugh Gilman, Al Prospect street. who has served in India with an Army unit for. the past 21 months, has been granted dis charge under the point system.
 Second It. Richard ziello, son of MT. and Mrs. John Ziello, 81 Mer- rimac street, Oakville. Conn.,. is completing his training on Liber- ator Bomber at the Pueblo Army Air Base, Pueblo, Colo. He Is the bombarder of his crew. and is be- ing fitted as an essential member ..ta onssnhnt aa mt that urin fly into enemy territory.
 His instruction at Pueblo cul- inmates many months of intensive training in the U. s. Army Air Forces. He entered the service tl October, l942.
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