The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-28

make their home on Deering Lane,
 Naugatuck.
 The local recruiting station Is open from 500 a. m., to 4:3O D. m. daily. Applications and interviews for voluntary IT year old classified tions are given by Sgt. Simons, Malcolm E. Sgt. Home, Ralph B., Sgt. Cyga, Frank J.
 The Non-Comm issioned Officer in charge of the U. s. Marine Corps, induction and recruiting sta- tion, Post Office Building, rooms 2-3, New Haven, Connecticut. An- nounced today that an extra large quota for the months of July, Aug ust and September, for volunteers who have reached their 17th birth day but not their 18th.
 Young men who successfully pass the physical examination, will be assigned to active duty immediate ly.
 Paul E. Boinay, son of MT. and Mrs. George c. Boinay, 12O Cham oers street, was recently promoted to first lieutenant. He has esrved at Baguio, Northern Luzon, Philip pines and was commissioned in January, 1943. It. Boinay attend ed Officers Candidate school, Camp Davis, N. c. A graduate of Crosby and former employe of the Mat tatuck Mfg. Co.,, he entered the service January 20, 1941. Pfc. John H. Powell, 32 State street, and Pfc. Michael A. Assenza 4G Union street, have been con- mended for their "close and con- scientious cooperation at an Air Service command depot in England.
 Sgt. Bonnie Troy of the New Hav- en Recruiting office will be at Vic- tory House Friday afternoon to in terview applicants for service in the Women's Army Corps, it has been announced. It is expected that the WAC recruiter will be at Victory House every Friday for the next wv AiASAAV4Ao.
 Edward F. Du1n, Jr., seaman sec- ond class, has completed his re- cruit training at the Naval Train ing Center, Sampson, N. Y. He is currently spending leave at his home, 12 Wall street.
 First It. Vincent S. Ray, pilot of a PAY Thunderbolt fighter bomber, has been awarded the fifth Oak Leaf Cluster to his Air Medal. He has been serving with the Eighth Air force in England, and is now undergoing intensive training for future operations. A graduate of Wilby High School, he enlisted in the AAF February 24, 1943. His wife, the former Shirley Woodworth lives at 153 Willow street.
 It. John F. Humphrey, 31 Fair view street, has been presented the Distinguished Flying Cross, for damaging Jap seaplane tender, shooting down an enemy plane and participating in 50 day and night long-range search missions over en- emy territory. The Waterbury of ficer. attended Northeastern Uni- versity, Boston, before joining the Navy February IT, 1941. He also holds the Air Medal and President ial Unit Badge. The Navy flyer is the son of MT. and Mrs. John w. Humphrey of the Fairview street address and the husband of the former Bette Ann Briggs, Pensa- cola, Fla.
 U. S. Naval Advanced Base, Cher bourg, France, (Delayed-Edward J. Machiewicz, 19, Seaman, first class, USNR, son of Mrs. Lucy Machiewicz, 255 Fairlawn avenue, Waterbury, Conn.,. together with other sailors from this base, joined American and French Army units on June 6, the first anniversary of D-day, to observe a new memorial day on the Normandy invasion beaches.
 The Navy men paraded past monument to the 1st Special Engin- eering Brigade, erected on Utah beach by German prisoners of war. The monument was decorated for the occasion with wild flowers and flags.
 On the same day. a brief religious ceremony was held on Omaha beach. Representatives of the Allied forces stood in front of the monument to the 9th Special Engineering Brigade while Is U S. Naval escort vessels passed by to seaward, honoring shipmates who died on the beaches in history's great amphibious oper- ation.
 Only a few rusting derelicts re- on the beaches where, year before, landing craft and Rhine barges had discharged thous- ands of tanks and troops.
 Machiewicz, who entered the Navy in April, 1943, took part in the ini- tial assault in the invasion of Nor mandy.