The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-22

relatives of three Waterbury ser vicemen, who have been interned in German prison camps, stating that they have been liberated. They are:
 Lieut.. Joseph G. Cosgrove, "A, liberated from Stalag Luft l, ac- cording to word received by his mother, Mrs. Emma Cosgrove, 776 Troad road. The B-24 Llberator pilot who holds the Air Medal was held prisoner since September l2, le44, when he was reported miss ing over Germany. He went overseas last June. A graduate of Leaven- worth high school, he was formerly employed as machine operator at the American Brass Go.
 Pfc. Maurice Harmon, 32 taken prisoner last December during the counter offensive around the Bel gian Bulge, Is now awaiting ship ment back home, cablegram to his parents, MT. and Mrs. Maurice Har- mon p Vermont street, stated. liar mon entered the service In July, l942, and went overseas last Mo- vember.
 S-Sgt George R. Freedo, who was freed April P, by Russian forces, Is now in England and hopes to return to this country soon, he has cabled his wife, Mrs. Josephine (Synko- wicz) Freedo, 85 Griggs street. Freedo was liberated April p by Russian forces, and was held tenn porarily at Teildeshein, 30 miles from Hanover, before being sent to repatriation port.
 With the tooth Division of Seventh Army in Germany - Tech. nician Grade 5, James w. Berrie of 132 Kelsey street, Waterbury, Conn. has recently been assigned to the Tooth Savalry Recon Troop Of the tooth Infantry Division and Is now serving with that organization on the Seventh Army front in southern Germany.
 Sixth Army Group, Germany - Several soldiers from this area are members of the 143rd Infantry Regiment which recently marked its second anniversary overseas with drive into German soil, through the Siegfried Line and to the Rhine river. In a few days time they cap tured 2,886 German soldiers. The men are: Private First Class Norman B. Gregoir, 1891 South Main street; Private First Class Bernard J. Shulkin, 324 Orange street. and Private First Class AL phone Petro Roy. Sperry street. all of Waterbury; Private First Class Leroy P. Lewis, Jr.. A Knowl- ton street; and Sergeant Anthony Gelormino, 326 Riverside avenue, and Private First Class Ellsworth R. Boucher of Torrington. Part of the 36th Texas" Division one of the veteran divisions in General Jacob L. Devers' 9th Army Group - these infantrymen slashed through the rugged terrain of Northern Alsace as right wing of a U. s. Seventh Army squeeze maneu- yer on German troops caught in the Saar Basin. They knifed through Maginot and Siegfried fortresSes, then cut eastward to the Rhine to be the first Seventh Army Groups to reach the historic river on Ger man soil.
 S/Sgt. Robert Fitzgerald, who has served overseas for the past 32 months with an AAF medical unit in the Mediterranean and European theaters, is spending furlo ugh with his parents, MT. and Mrs. William Fitzgerald, Il Railroad Hill street.
 Capt. Sidney B. Luria, battalion medical officer, now serving in the Philippines attended 262 casualties alone in three days and nights of fighting north of Daveo, a dispatch reported last night.
 The Waterbury doctor, whose unit is attached to the Army amphibious engineers, is the son of MT and Mrs. Nathan Luria, A Woodlawn terrace.
 A graduate of Crosby high school, Middlebury college. Mid dlebury, Vt., and Harvard Medi- cal cOllege, CdHlDTloSe, MdSS., Ie interned at Peter Bent Brigham hospital. Boston. before active duty, Jan. IT, 1944.
 Luria trained at Carlisle Bar racks, Pa. Northington General hospital in Alabama, Camp Bland ing, Fla. and Camp Gordon John- son, Fla.
 Pvt. Joseph G. Bouffard, who was
 seriously wounded in both legs in
 action in Germany March 24. has
 been awarded the Purple Heart at
 an Army hospital in England, ac-
 cording to word received by his wife,
 Mrs. Sue (Paulella) Bouffard, 70
 Wood street. Bouffard will be hos-
 pitalized in the states soon. At the
 time of joining the service, Bouf-
 fard was an employee of the Amer
 ican Brass Go. His mother, Mrs.
 Blanche Bouffard, resides at (
 Granite street.