The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-17
|NAZI COLONIES
 MADE PRISONERS
Private Joseph Gilfone of Waterbury Member of
 Patrol Making Capture

np Dy the DurgemelSter or Wupper- tai, Germany, revealed that two Nazi colonels were still hiding in the citys largest bank at the north end of the city. A four-man team of the 311th Infantry Regiment 46th Lightning Division, started on their trail
 In the searching party, headed by It. Ronald Gaiduk, among others, was Pfc. Joseph Gilfones, 491 Con- gress avenue, Waterbury.
 The four boldly drove down Adolph Hitler Strasse in a jeep They reached the bank where the two colonels were supposedly hid- ing.
 Hundreds of civilians lined the streets watching the Americans as the three entered the bank. Pic Gilfone remained with the vehicle
 Inside. the officials were only too obliging to tell how the Wehr- macht officers had dramatically fled on a motorcycle only short hour ago. However, It. Gaiduk de- cided to have a look for himself Along with Sgt. HirSch, he walked slowly up the stairway to the sec- ond floor as Sgt. Kelley guarded the entrance.
 It was a dramatic moment" It. Gaiduk said, "as opened this door to the main office. Inside were the twofull- ll-fledged colonels batting the breeze with four civilians. I told them this was it, and that they had better come with me"
 The officers. one a colonel in the infantry and the other with the ar tillery, handed over their lugers and walked out the door trailed by It. Gaiduk and Sgt. Hirsch. They explained that the situation was in- deed hopeless and that they might just as well give up.
 The civilians milled around and talked in whispers as the two col onels. mastering all their dignity, piled into the already crowded jeep for their last ride through Adolph Hitler StrasSe of Wuppertal.
 Four Waterbury soldiers re- gently liberated from German prison camps recently arrived at Camp Xiii meT, N. J., and are expected home within few days. They are:-
 Cpl. Francis Bresnahan, brother of Mrs. Margaret Powell, 260 Meri- den road. reported missing on Marct l5, six weeks after he left for over seas duty. He was liberated MarcE 29.
 T-Sgt. Samuel McGill, son of Mrs Margaret McGill. 163 Madison street. whose wife. Mrs. Annette Me Gill. lives at the same address. Cap tured in January three monhts af- ter arriving in the European the ater, the sergeant had also served for 15 months in the South Pa cllic area.
 Sgt Gagne. son of MT. and Mrs. Prudent Gagne, l9 West Liberty street. was liberated April 13 Ey a British Second Army artillery unit. he was beaten by the Gestapo, and placed in a camp in Pomer- ana.
 Pfc. Frank o. Buzzeli, son Of MT and Mrs Rocco G. Buzzelii, 66 Wood street, was reported miss ing March l9 but wrote April 13 that he had been released from a Nazi camp. He went overseas in November.
 Pvt. Kenneth Warren Benedict, son of Alexander Benedict. 47 Ma pie street. was slightly wounded in action while serving with the Can adian Army, according to word re- ceived here.
 Joseph P. Haggerty, Jr., Avia- ton Radioman Second Class, U. s, N. R., of GA John street. Waterbury, Connecticut, has returned from a tour of combat duty in the Pacific, flying aboard an AVENGER torpe- do bomber During his tour of duty he completed his 164th air combat miss on. having previously flown in the invasion of North Africa and on anti-submarine pa trol and convoy duty in the North Atlantic.
 The 23-year-old combat air crew. man was radioman and gunner aboard the AVENGER which scored a torpedo hit on Jap cruiser and a probable torpedo hit on Jap battleship
 Haggerty is the son of MT. and Mrs. Joseph P. Haggerty of GA John street, Waterbury. Connecticut.
 He was attached to Air Group 29, carrier-bas outfit that struck heavily at Jap targets throughout the combat area from the Philippines to Honshu. In their most recent raids, members of the group hit enemy installations in Tokyo and Kyushu helped smash enemy fleet units at Kure and Ill the East China sea, and pum- meled Jap defenses on Okinawa in advance of the American invasion force.