The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-23

returned to this country last Octo- Der and has been stationed at Fort Meade, Md.
 Pvt. Robert Watterworth, who was recently liberated from a German prisoner camp by the Russians, is expected home on Wednesday, his mother, Mrs. Alice Watterworth, 466 Chipman street, said yesterday. Pvt. Watterworth arrived in this country last week with 700 hundred other American repatriates.
 Aviation Ordnance Machinist Donald Slator, formerly of this city, is completing his final training at San Diego, Calif, and will be sent to Hawaii shortly as turret gum ner on Navy bomber control. He enlisted in the service while a stude'?t at Syracuse university.
 He is the son of Major Richard Slator. stationed at Aberdeen Prov ing grounds, Md, and Mrs. Helen Slator, who resides in Pasadena, Calf.
 Raymond Fitzpatrick Marine com- bat correspondent, spent much time with Ernie Pyle, noted war core Spondent who was killed last week, during the invasion of Okinawa, the former Democrat reporter write in recent letter to his family. Tt was my job to introduce him around to our officers and men and serve as contact man." Fitzpatrick wrote.
 Two Waterbury Navy Seabee men, serving as motor machinist's s mates, are now stationed at Mare Island, Calf They are Arthur C.. Clementsen. whose parents, MT. and Mrs. c. R. Clementsen, reside at 79 Arden road, and William R. Farley, 266 Hauser street. Both servicemen were previously sta- tioned at Bainbridge, Maryland. They are former employees of the Waterbury Tcol, division of Wick CTS.
 Corporal Robert L. Wooding, son of Mrs. Ella E. Wooding of 268 Piedmont street, Waterbury is completing his training on a Leber- ator bomber at the Pueblo Army Air Base, Pueblo, Colo. He is the armorer gunner of his crew, and is being fitted as a valuable member of combat team that will soon thunder into enemy territory.
 He entered the service in Feb ruary 1943. Two Jima-A Connecticut Marine, wounded on D-Day here. couldn't stay out of the fight and volun- teered to return to duty six days later. He is Corporal David M. Switz 24. of 67 Highland avenue. Water bury.
 The young Marine received minor shrapnel wounds shortly after he hit the beach on the morning of February 19. He was evacuated to hospital ship. As the battle pro- gresSed and reports came back to the ship that the going was tough, SWitz decided his place was with his outfit and asked the doctor to re- turn him to duty. The permissian fi- nally was granted him.
 He is squad leader in a mortar section that lost II out of 19 men. He believes his section set some thing of 8 record on this island when its guns fired 1900 rounds of ammunition per gun in one day alone.
 His parents, MT. and Mrs. David M. Switz, lives at the Highland av- enue address.
 An Air Service Command Depot, England-The thousands of aerial sorties which helped defeat the German armies on both sides of the Rhine meant extra effort for Pfc. John T. Byrnes, son of MT. and Mrs. T. Frank Byrnes of B Ridgefield avenue, Waterbury, Conn.
 Working at top speed on the vast engine overheauling assembly line at this great Air Service Com mand repair and modification de- pot, he and his fellow Soldier-tech- nicians turned out 2,277 aircraft engines for front-line action dur ing one month.
 In commenting Pfc. Byrnes for the production feat, Brigadier Gen. eral Morris Berman of San Antonio disclosed that: This figure smash ed every existing record for engine repair for the third successive month and has been decisive factor in making an early victory possible"
 A soldier since March 1St, l943 he has been overseas IS months. He was formerly employed by Wa terbury Republican American, Wa terbury, Conn, and attended Cros- by High School. His brother En- sign Robert F. Byrnes, is in U. s. Naval Air Corps.
 It. Col. Will' J. Phelan, 62 Columbia boulevard, has returned from seven months overseas duty in the European theater of oper- ations on the U. s. Hospital ship, St. Michiel, and is being treated at Stark General hospital.
 An Air Service Command Sta tion, Somewhere in France"-1n one of the pioneer Red Ball High way trucking units on the conti- nent S-Sgt. Harold J. Perugini, son of Mrs. Jennie Perugini of 73 Giles street, Waterbury, Conn, is help ing to drive the Wehrmacht to de- feat.
 Working for the Central Air De- pot Area, the principle Air Corps supply organization in Europe Pe- rugini's outfit has delivered tons of vital materiel for the American cir offensive.
 Prior to entering the Service in