The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-05-01

With the Fifth Army, Italy -
Staff Sergeant John j. Regain, litter
bearer platoon leader, was honored
recently when Major General Paul
w. Kendall commander of the 18th
Blue Devil" Division, presented
! the Meritorious Service Unit Plaque
| to his outfit, the 313th Medical bat
talon. The 313th is a unit of the
18th Division serving on the Fifth
Army Front in Italy. Sergeant Re-
gan is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. John
C. Regain, Grove street.
An East China Wing, Fourteenth
Air Force, China - Lieutenant Ste
phen x. Macinauskas, a former res
| ident of New Haven County, has
joined an East China Wing Of Ma
jor General C. L. Chennaults Four
tenth Air Force.
Lieutenant Macinauskas. a gradu-
ate of Crosby High school, Water
bury, Conn, was employed as a
Mill Supervisor prior to his enlist
mert. in February Of 1912
! He attended the officer candidate
School at the Aberdeen Proving
Ground, Md, and upon graduation
was commissioned second lieu
tenant. He then attended several
Ordnance schools before leaving the
U. S. for foreign service in Deem
Der of 1914
Arriving in China in February Of
1915. MacinauskaS was assigned to
an East China Fighter Wing COM
mand by Colonel Clayton B. Clas-
sen. Of Galveston, Texas, as a Wing
Ordnance Officer.
He is authorized to wear the
Asiatic Pacific Theater Ribbon with
one bronze battle star.
His wife, Mrs Stephen x. Macin-
auskas, lives at 173 Congress ave-
nue., Waterbury, Conn.
A brother, Charles MacinauSxas,
&c INNS, is on duty with the U. S.
Navy.
With the Seventh Army IN Ger
many. - Pfc. Edward NJ. Lawson,
son of Mrs. Mary E. Lawson, 1o5
Ridge street and Sgt. Harold E.
BaSSett Middlebury, are members
of the Booth Ordnance company Of
the Century Division cited by the
President for meritorious service.
The division has fought through the
Vosges mountains Of Eastern France
and seized French Maginot Line
cities before helping breach the
Siegfried line.
Coast Guard Seaman Francis w.
ESpelin, a veteran of European in
vasions, described the invasion of
Two Jima as one of the costliest he
has seen. In a letter to his wife,
Mrs. Catherine Espeln, 295 North
Main street, he wrote:
Il saw the cemetery that was
dedicated to the Marines who suf-
fered such heavy casualties trying
to take the island" Espelin took
part in the invasion of Normandy
and Southern France. During his
SO months of service he has also
seen action IN the Mediterranean,
Africa. Italy, England, Panama,
Hawaii and the Marshal Islands.
S.-Sgt. Richard Lombardo, son of
Mrs. Stella Lombardo, sc Locust ST,
escaped injury and possibly death
when huge pig walked past his
position just as an enemy 100 nm.
mortar shell burst 20 yards before
him. The pig caught and cushio.ed
the shrapnel burst, and Lombardo
escaped unframed. The waterbury
soldier is stationed in Germany
with the l4th Armored Division OF
the First Army.
Capt, Arthur Sullivan, Waterbury
physician, has been honorably dis
charged as an Army doctor at Ham,
mond General hospital, Modesto,
Calf. He entered the service in
August, l943, and was later sent
TO San Diego, Calf.
He will resume his practice here
soon. Mrs. Sullivan lives at 1876
Baldwin avenue,
Pvt Gordon Fow. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Fow. 268 Pine street.
is spending a furlough here. He
recently completed course IN
radio training at Scott Field, III.
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