Darien Times Memorial Day Special Section

by Aaron G. MarshTimes Associate Editor

For someone born July 4, 1976, the bicentennial of the United States’ inde-pendence, it almost seems a natural choice to serve in the nation’s armed forces. That’s what was in the cards for Darienite Sandra Ennor, and she says that for women like herself, the experience can be a source of great pride and additional confidence “in whatever you choose to do.”

The makings of her ser-vice may have been there right from the start. “I think from birth I’ve always been a little bit patriotic,” Sandi says. “For my baby picture, I’m not wearing pink, I’m holding an American flag — it’s sort of a joke in my family,” she adds, grinning. “But it is very cool, being a bicentennial baby. I’ve always been very patriotic.”

When she left the Navy as a lieutenant in 2007, her service ranging from fly-ing armed helicopter mis-sions during wartime in Iraq to working as assistant operations officer back on American shores at the Naval Academy, she says she didn’t know where her life would take her career-wise. But her experience landed her in maritime-related work before long; she’s spent the last nearly eight years in the marine fuel supply business, now as trading manager for New York and Connecticut at Peninsula Petroleum, a pro-vider of marine fuels in ports around the world.

So these days, it’s an active work life but a busy domestic one, too, at her home in Darien that includes a fourth-grader at Ox Ridge School, a junior at Darien High School, an eighth-grad-er at MMS, and a soon-to-be sophomore at the University of Maryland. Rounding things out are the family’s “killer” Golden Retrievers Sydney and Trooper, as Sandi jokingly introduces them, two of the best-natured dogs you’ll ever meet.

Academy, and trial by fireHer career began with

looking for a challenge. Growing up in Maryland, when it came time for Sandi to apply for colleges, “I wanted something that was going to be hard,” she says. “I applied for the Naval Academy, didn’t think I was

going to get in — and got in. “So I went to the acad-

emy, thankfully got through and did very well, and went to flight school. Then that took about two years,” she tells The Darien Times. From there, she’d be based in San Diego, and things would change soon after.

“In my very first deploy-ment overseas, we left San Diego in November of 2002 thinking we were going just to a routine situation in the Persian Gulf and then we’d come back,” Sandi says. “We were there, and things started to get more and more tense when we were in the region.

“Then the war started, and it was really sort of

crazy — there we were, flying armed helo mis-sions in and out of Iraq,” she recalls. Sandi flew SH-60B Seahawk anti-submarine and anti-sur-face helicopters with a detachment of six pilots, and she remembers what things were like in the lead-up to the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom in March 2003.

“Two days before the war started, we were out doing our normal mission. We knew things were tense or increas-ingly hostile because we

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Pintauro is this year’s Memorial Day speakerDarien native and former Naval

flight officer and mission com-mander, Christopher Pintauro will be the Memorial Day speaker, at Spring Grove Veterans’ Cemetery in Darien, on Monday, May 25, following the Memorial Day Parade. Announcement of this year’s speaker is made by Darien’s Monuments and Ceremonies Commission, the parent organization which oversees both the Memorial Day Parade Committee and the Cemetery ceremony.

Chris is a 1998 graduate of Darien High School and the United States Naval Academy, where he was a four year letter winner on the men’s varsity

lacrosse team. Chris graduated with merit from the USNA in 2002 and received his commissioning as a Naval Flight Officer. He reported to flight school at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida. Chris chose to fly the EA-6B Prowler and received orders to Naval Station Whidbey Island, Washington.

As a flight officer and mission com-mander, he led carrier jet squadron teams in high-profile operations in Japan, South Korea, and the Pacific Islands, Persian Gulf, Iraq and Afghanistan. He volunteered to return to combat in Baghdad with the Army Special Forces as a battalion electronic warfare officer and earned the Joint

Service Commendation Medal and two Air Medals.

Upon returning to the United States, Chris taught at Duke University as a visiting assistant professor and attended night classes at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School to earn his MBA. Chris was honorably discharged from the Navy in 2011 and joined Goldman, Sachs, &Co. in the firm’s Investment Management Division. He advises foundations, institutional clients, pension funds and wealthy family groups on asset allo-cation, investment management and cash flow planning in the Mid-Atlantic Region.

Chris currently serves in the Navy Ready Reserves and is active in USNA Alumni Association activities. He volunteers for Warrior Events, an organization, with the support of the Wounded Warrior Project, which provides opportunities for interaction, enjoyment and camaraderie among wounded veterans. He also volunteers with the Mission Continues, a non-profit focused on helping veterans transition from military life to the private sector. He is the son of Dr. William and Krysia Pintauro and lives in Falls Church, Virginia with his wife, Anna and three young children, Jack, Emery and Brendan.

going to get in — and got in. crazy — there we were, crazy — there we were,

sions in and out of Iraq,”

detachment of six pilots,

normal mission. We knew things were tense or increas-ingly hostile because we

At top, Sandra Ennor at her home in Darien — Aaron G. Marsh photo. Above, Ennor flies a helicopter during her time in the U.S. Navy.

Ex-combat pilot Sandra Ennor

Darien’s Memorial Day Parade Committee today announced that the winners of the third annual Memorial Day Children’s Drawing Contest are Caroline Ward, 7, and Julie McTigue, 10. The contest encouraged Darien’s youth to show their patriotism and reflect on the significance of Memorial Day by creating original draw-ings. The winning artwork portrayed the children’s spirit in an age appropriate manner. In recognition of their efforts, both children have been invited to march alongside town officials in the Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 25.

“Congratulations to Caroline and Julie for their patriotic drawings of what Darien’s Memorial Day Parade means to them,” said First Selectman Jayme Stevenson. “On Memorial Day, we remember the brave men and women who sacri-ficed their lives for our great country. This contest and our town’s patriotic parade give the entire community an opportunity to show our sup-port and gratitude for their service.”

Caroline Ward is a first grade student at Hindley Elementary School. As her entry for the Memorial Day Parade Children’s Drawing Contest, Caroline drew a picture of a fire truck and people walking in the parade waving American Flags. Julie McTigue is in fourth grade at Holmes Elementary School. Her drawing depicts the American Flag. When asked the significance of her draw-ing, Julie explained that she wanted to draw something that honored our country’s soldiers and the symbol of the United States.

In addition to hosting the drawing contest, this is the third year the Memorial Day Parade Committee has planned and executed the parade, which will be held on Monday, May 25, at 10 a.m. The small, but dedicated, com-mittee of Darien residents is led by Sara Franzese and Kate Kuras. The committee officially took the reins from Phil Kraft in 2013, who along with the Monuments & Ceremonies Commission, had planned the parades for 12 years.

Eugene (Gene) Coyle, a retired Marine who served dur-

ing both World War II and the Korean War, and worked at Time magazine for more than five decades has been named as the Grand Marshall of the 2015 Memorial Day Parade. During his time in the Marines, Coyle was a small arms expert, breaking a range record and earning a spot on the pistol team in Quantico, Va. By 1950, he was promoted to tank commander and eventually served as a sergeant in the 8th Tank Battalion at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. A longtime member of the Representative Town Meeting, Coyle’s commitment to our community is legendary. For more than 30 years, Coyle has helped raise money for wounded veterans through the Marine Corps League. Coyle also works as a Justice of the Peace, and served as a member of the Republican Town Committee and former president of the Republican Club of Darien.

Immediately following the parade festivities, please attend the Memorial Day Ceremony held at the state veter-ans cemetery, Spring Grove.

If you would like more information or are inter-ested in volunteering to assist the Memorial Day Parade Committee, please contact Sara Franzese at [email protected], or Kate Kuras at [email protected].

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The Memorial Day parade is honored to have retired Marine Eugene Coyle as this year’s Grand Marshall. By the time he was 16, Coyle enlisted in the Marine Corps.

“There wasn’t a guy in our par-ish who wasn’t enlisting,” Coyle recalled. By 1945 the war was winding down, and Coyle was eager to sign up so he wouldn’t miss the action. His time in the military started with basic training at Paris Island, followed by teach-ing small arms to newly commis-sioned second lieutenants at the Basic School in Quantico, Virginia, where Coyle was an expert with the pistol, breaking the range record and earning a spot on the pistol team.

By 1950 the United States was involved in the Korean War and Coyle was called back from the reserves. He was quickly promoted to corporal, then tank commander and finally sergeant in the 8th Tank Battalion at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. Before Coyle could be deployed overseas, trag-

edy struck. Coyle’s father died and since he was the eldest son, he was discharged before deployment.

The rest of his battalion went on to Korea and most did not come home alive.

“Your father’s dying saved your life,” were his mother’s words. Coyle’s five-decade career at Time magazine began at the age of 14, where he began as a copy boy. After 10 years of night school, Coyle graduated with a degree in history and journalism. Time then brought him and his fam-ily to Montreal where he helped establish the company’s Canadian operations, and in 1993 retired as the worldwide director of opera-tions.

For more than 30 years, Coyle has helped raise money for wounded marines through the Marine Corps League. Coyle also works as a Justice of the Peace, and was a long-time member of the Representative Town Meeting, the Republican Town Committee and former president of the Republican Club of Darien.

Winners of third annual Memorial Day coloring contest announced

Winners of the third annual Memorial Day Parade Children’s Drawing Contest showcase their artwork. From left, Julie McTigue, Selectman Jayme Stevenson, and Caroline Ward

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Estelle Taylor WatsonCommunications officer, U.S. Naval Reserve, WW II

Served in Washington, D.C., and San Francisco

World War I, 1917-1918David C. Bispham

Lawrence F. CallahanMartin H. Gill

Wilford T. LowndesMurtagh C. McDonald

Edward G. PunzeltEdward F. Sexton

George Straka

World War II, 1941-1945Sanford Adams

Eric AllenWilliam A. Aycrigg II

Elton S. BarrettOrrin K. Boice

James ButtsJoseph A. ChasePeter T. Chester

Horace G. Cleveland IIILouis Cotaling

David O. DevlinAnthony R. Frate

Donald Frothingham, Jr.Raymond L. Howe

Pasquale G. ImprotaLawrence H. IsbellThomas W. JenkinsJefferson M. JohnsonJohn L. MastersonGeorge R. Miller

Alan R. MorehouseArthur L. Nielsen

William T. O'Neil, Jr.Francis W. O'Toole

Otis OvertonRosario F. Palumberi

Harold D. ParadyKenneth C. Phillips

John PyneLouis E. Rayner

Thomas F. PendlerDavid L. Rosenburg

Charles B. RossiGordan S. SmithThomas S. SmithStephen J. TansakTorger D. TokleJulius W. TorokAnthony Vitti

Clarence C. Walker

Korean War 1950-1953George R. Broadhurst

James A. Dooley, Jr.Eugene MurphyJulius C. Nacci

Robert J. Perkinson

Vietnam War, 1958-75Alan L. Diedricksen

John B. Giesen, Jr.James S. McArthur

David I. MixterWilliam R. Patience, Jr.

John B. Sherman

Darien’s fallen

Ronald HeinbaughStaff Sgt. U.S. Army

13th Engineer Combat Bn.7th Infantry Division

Korea, Pusan/Chun Chow1950 Bronze Star

Eric Falkenthal, Naval Reserve 1969-1971, USS Courtney, went

to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as data processing technician in 1970.

1st Lt. Quintin Ford U.S. Army Counter Intelligence Corps, World War II 1941-45; Served in Tuisia, Sicily,

Anzio, Southern France, Rhineland

Joseph W. WhitneyU.S. Air Force

Officers Candidates School 1953

Bill ElyAir radioman 2nd Class

U.S. Navy, 1942-45Served in sub-hunting blimps

Captain Gilbert O. Backman, U.S. Army

Enlisted in 102nd infantry in 1940. Served in South Pacific,

European Theatre of Operation and China, Burma, India. A

member of the reserves until 1963, retiring as a Major

David E. Hughes U.S. Navy 1966-70 Electricians Mate

2nd Class Served on the USS

Intrepid, two cruises to the Tonkin Gulf, Vietnam

Edward “Ted” Hughes Jr., U.S. Navy 1943-46

Electricians Mate 3rd class

Sal Mazzeo, USMC corporal/sgt. of Ceremonial Guard.

White House, Camp David, Silent Drill Team 1958-60

DeWitt Peterkin Jr. Cmdr., USNR WWII

Was the first American Naval officer sent to Pearl Harbor

to report to Adm. Towers Nimitz. Won 12 Battle Stars.

PFC John Brunelle, 333rd Infantry regiment, 84th

Division, Germany, 1945

Gary Falkenthal Naval Reserve 1961-1966, Two years in Greece, one

year on USS Coates.

Staff/Sgt. Robert A. Newman

U.S. Air Force, 1951-54Russian linguist in air

intelligence unit — 12th Radio Squadron Mobile

Lt. (j.g.) Irmgard LaForgePort Director New York

3rd Naval District Cryptography, 1943-44

George Swisshelm at Fort Bliss, Pfc, 597th

AntiAircraft Batallion, later attached to 9th Army for Rhineland and Central

European campaigns.

1st Lt. Francis NelsonPilot, U.S. Army Air Corps

Alaska Division Air Transport Command

Herb VernalU.S. Navy

Entered Navy 1944. Was in the Armed Guard on mer-

chant ships in the North Atlantic as a gunner.

1st Lt. Bill BalentineWWII Europe 1942-46Awarded Bronze Star and Purple Heart, 3rd

Battalion Communication Officer, 273rd Regiment,

69 Division, 1st Army.

1st Lt. Basil Andriuk, Ft. Meade, Md., 1962

Rank: Lt. Col. (Intelligence)

Ret. '78 U.S. Army Reserves

Lt. Col. Philip MorehouseFirst Infantry Division

World War IITunisia, Sicily, Normandy,

Northern France, Belgium, Battle of the Bulge,

Rhineland

S/Sgt. Fred L. VoelkerU.S. Army Air Corps

Enlisted right after attack on Pearl Harbor in December

1941. Served in Panama with the Ordnance Division.

Norman Guimond in 1969 after his return from

Vietnam. Lieutenant in the Navy and a naval aviator. He flew 70 combat missions in

the A6 Intruder from the air-craft carrier USS KittyHawk.

1965-1971

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Walter K. Skerrett1st Lt., US Army Artillery Surface to Air Guided Missiles, 1957-1961, 1st Operational NATO Air Defense Unit in 7th Army in Germany. 3rd Missile Battalion 71st Artillery. Awarded Army Commendation Medal for developing operating procedures used throughout the Army Air Defense Command.

Sgt. Frederick P. Howe, U.S. Army, 1942-45, served with the 11th Airborne Division

in the Asiatic/Pacific Theater in New Guinea, Luzon,

Philippines and was among the first occupational forces to land in Japan a few days

before the Japanese surrender.

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Louis F. Jefferson Before leaving Germany, c.1950

U.S. Army, Camp Pickett, Va., 192 Field Artillary

Manny “Doc” Gomes, South China Sea, Vietnam 1967USS Firm-MSo444

Phillips “Flip” TerhuneFirst Guider Missile

Brigade, Fort Bliss 1958

Sgt. Matt Marzano15th Marine Expedition

Unit, Kuwait 2000 Allan Mitchell, 7th Div. l7th Inf. Regt., Korea, 1951

Lt. Peter HovellUSMC 1958, 1st Marine Div., 2nd Battalion, 11th RegimentCamp Pendleton, Calif. 1958

Pfc Ken ElyU.S. Combat Engineers 1943-46

Awarded Purple Heart for wounds received in Battle of the Bulge.

1st Lt. F.J. DraperUSMC 1951

Camp Mathews, Calif.

Oliver ParletteWWI, 1917-18

Salvatore Mazzeo Sr.Battery A 57th Artillery, St. Mihiel-Argonne Meuse, driver for General Pershing WWI 1918

Capt. Charles Penrose Jr.

Adjutant 58th Fighter Group, Army Air Corps., WWII, S. Pacific, 1940-46,

Captain, 108th Field Artillary, Korean Conflict 1950-52

First Lt. D. Blair Noland

Pilot, Army Air Corps., WWII, 57th Squadron,

357th Group, Air Transport

Command, 5th Air Force, South Pacific, 1941-45

Henry BarzettiU.S. Army Air

Force 20th Bomber Command 55th Weather Recon

Squadron 1943-46, 21 missions, South

Pacific

Robert T. BeldenPrivate First Class,

served as rifleman in occupied Germany from May 1945 to

March 1947 with the 16th Infantry Division.

Capt. Josephine Velazquez

U.S. Air Force.Served for eight years as

podiatrist at Andrews Air Force Base.

George BrooksU.S. Army

Basic Training, Fort Knox, 1960

Allan BixlerArmy, 1966-1969,

Vietnam, 1967-1968, 362 Signal Corps,

Rank of SP-5

Raymond Ely Seaman 1st Class,USN Armed Guard, 1943-

46, Served aboard tankers carrying oil

from the Persian Gulf.

Corporal Robert Ely, U.S. Air Corps, Served in England

and Belgium loading ordnance on fighters

and bombers.

Lt. jg Cotton Rawls Jr., supply officer,

U.S. Navy. Stationed at Newport, R.I.,

Da Nang, Vietnam, Nantucket Island,

Mass., 1964-68

Dan Wood On aircraft carrier

CV9 Squadron VC61Korea, 1951-1952

Roland UrsoneU.S. Navy WWII

On aircraft carrier in New Caledonia in

South Pacific

John Geoghegan, USN 1943-75

Pacific “Iwo Jima was my downfall. Got shot in the leg” July 4, 1944

Aviation radioman

Cpl. Frank G. MasonServed with the Aviation Engineers in Italy. Took part in the invasions of North Africa, Sicily and

Italy and won three bronze campaign stars. Entered

service in September 1941.

Ray H. Bartlett Jr.USNR. Served in WWII with CASU 23 as a safety

officer and was later in charge of radiation safety for the atomic bomb tests in the Marianna Islands

Robert ZoubekU.S. Army, HQ Co, 273

Infantry Regiment, 69th Division, Fort Dix

1954

Lt. Pasquale “Patsy” Improta U.S. Army Air Force, 63rd Air Force Reconaissance. Killed in a plane crash on May 31, 1943, returning from a mission in North

Africa. He graduated from the University of New Hampshire in June 1942, ROTC.

PASQUALE IMPROTA

WALTER ERICSSONStaff Sgt. WWII China,

Burma, India, USAF 4th Combat Cargo Group

Joseph TarnowskyTech. 5th grade, U.S. Army, Company

1, 359th Infantry, WWII


Arthur F. Broadhurst

Tech. 5, U.S. Army Served during WW II in the European/

African Middle Eastern Theatre

Lt. Sidney E. Henderson

U.S. Navy 1943-46 Retired after

serving aboard the U.S.Cobia a subma-rine in the Pacific.

Donald L. Kiggins2nd Lt., USAAF

P-51 Mustang Fighter Pilot, Iwo Jima -

1943-45

Rocco A. Evola Staff Sgt.

U.S. Army Signal Corps 803rd Battalion

Co. C

1st Lt. R.C. WhartonBattalion Embarkation Officer, Okinawa 1963-64; served 1961-1984; Retired 1984 as major

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Commander R.E.( Pete) Kenyon USNR (Retired)

Active duty service on the USS Bausell from l963-66 in

Formosa patrol and Vietnam. Reserve duty service

from 1966-86

Corporal Agnes Frame Womens’ Army Corp Control tower opera-

tor, Randolph Field and Burtonwood Air Base,

England with Signal Corp of the 8th Air Force

R. Edward Heinbaugh, U.S. Army

843rd Signal Battalion, 1942

Served on the Alaskan Highway maintaining tele-phone and weather service communications between U.S. and Russia for aircraft

flights under Lend Lease via the northern route.

Discharged January 1946 as a technical sergeant.

Staff Sergeant and Medic Robert Kroll World War II with 293rd combat engi-

neer battilion of 3rd Army under Gen. George Patton

The Four Rogers Brothers: Joe, left, Jimmy, Lou and Pat all served aboard The USS Juneau during World War II. Joe and Jimmy were transferred to the USS Antares two weeks before the Juneau was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. Lou and Pat Rogers, along with the Five Sullivan Brothers and almost the entire crew of over 700, perished when the Juneau sank in the battle of Guadalcanal.

Anthony T. Improta, U.S. Marines, left, Stephen Zangrillo, U.S. Army, Ralph Lionetti, U.S. Navy in the fall of 1944

William Andrew Thomas III U.S. Army Pilot, American Expeditionary Force, France in World War I. Grandfather of Heather Thomas and great grandfather of Connor , Hayden and Blair Nackley

James H. Rand IVU.S. Navy, active duty from 1966-69. Served as deck officer on board USS Chilton(APA-38), home port Norfolk, Va. Deployed twice with the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. Retired from Naval Reserves in 1973 as a lieutenant.

Christian T. Holdt Sr.U.S. Army Air CorpsCarrier Group 60 of the 12th Air Force. Flew 75 combat missions in World War II in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Greece, southern and northern France.Air Medal with Five Oak Leaf Clusters, European Theater Ribbon with seven Battle stars, two bronze stars, a silver star, presidential Unit Citation, Meritorious Unit Citation and the Distinguished Servie Cross

Chris HoldtU.S. ArmyActive and reserve duty, 1966-82Combat Engineer Battalion, taught float bridge construction.Volunteers for U.S. Army’s 5th Special Forces Group Airborne, specializing in demolition/engi-neering and as a light weapons expert on an operational A Detachment.Completed military assignments in Army’s CID and with Battalion S3 as a command sergeant major at JFK Special Warfare Center, Ft. Bragg, N.C.

Allen R. Coutermash, Staff Sgt., U.S. Air Force l950-54

97th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, Korean service

Medal, U.N. Service Medal, National Service Medal, Good

Conduct Medal, SO 5, Par 4 Picture taken in Guam.

Captain James L. Mazurek, Class of l998 U.S. Military

Academy Served in Bosnia, Kuwait and Iraq. Crossed into Iraq at the

start of the Iraqi war; was with the 3rd Infantry Division on the

first incursion into Baghdad during its Thunder Run to the airport. He was the battalion maintenance officer for the

second bridgade and received a Bronze Star for his service in

Iraq.

Lt. Rob Cassady Graduated from the U.S.

Naval Academy in 1989 and served as a Surface Warfare

Officer on a frigate, USS Knox, and a destroyer, USS Harry W. Hill. Served two

years at the Naval Academy, teaching navigation and naval science to the mid-

shipmen.

William E. Harrington Jr. was an aviation cadet in the Army Air Corps from 1942-

46. He was training to be a pilot when his plane crashed

while on night maneuvers in Moultrie, Ga. He suffered near-fatal injuries and spent

two years recovering at Finney General Hospital in

Thomasville, Ga.

Maj. Karol Anthony BauerGraduated West Point in 1936. Stationed in

Plattsburg, N.Y., Camp Perry, Ohio and Fort

Ord, Calif. Served with the Army 45th Infantry,

Philippine Scouts in 1939. Captured and sur-vived the Bataan Death

March. While a prisoner on Oryoku Maru, he was killed by U.S. Navy dive bomber attack Dec. 14,

1944, Subic Bay.

Master Sgt. Philip “Randy” Kleinert, U.S. Air Force

1968 to 1972, stationed Clark Air Force Base, Philippines,

Minot North Dakota Air Force Base

Master Sgt. William “Dean” Kleinert

Stationed in Saigon, Vietnam for two tours

1969 to 1973, Edwards Air Force Base, California

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Maj. Christopher CollinsTop Gun F-18 fighter pilot in the U.S. Marine Corps.

Currently serving as the No. 3 Left Wing pilot for the

Navy-Marine Blue Angels Flying Demonstration

Team

Elwyn ChesleyFiring range, Cape Cod, 1943,.

572nd Antiaircraft Artillery. Unit shot down 63 German aircraft in combat

in France and Austria

Rick Gutowski, 12th Finance

Fort Knox, Kentucky, Served 1969-71

Joseph H. CullinanWiesbaden, Germany

1952-54

Harry GrahamU.S. Third Army, Patton’s, 14th Armored Division, 19th Armored Infantry

Batallion. Served 1942-48

Edward G. LawrenceMedical Technician

U.S. Army 1943-1946

Henry G. MilletLieutenant JG, LST 295

U.S. Navy


Cpl. William Van LoanU.S. Marine Corps

Rifleman in South Vietnam in 1967 with Mike Company

& Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines

Alfred J. AndreoliPvt. U.S. Army

Served as a demolition spe-cialist for three years, eight

months during WWII in Europe and North Africa.

Vincent RajczewskiStaff Sergeant, U.S. Army

1964-67 Military Journalist

Joseph H. CullinanServed in Germany with

40th Antiaircraft Artillary, Gun Battalion 1952,

Weisbaden, Germany

Cpl. Robert P. PriceTank Corps., Army

1943-45

Lt. James L. TysonU.S. Navy, Office of Strategic

Services in London, Italy1943-1945

Capt. Joseph D'ArrigoWorld War II, Germany;

Korea, 1950. Lookout at 38th parallel. First American to see invasion by North Koreans.

Honored in Washington, D.C., during 50th anniversary

of Korean War

Earle GreenwoodEnsign, U.S. Navy

Pearl Harbor 1945Mine sweeping, China

Adrian MagnusonLST 397

South PacificWWII

1st Lt. Thomas L. DunnFirst Infantry Division

Germany, 1954-57

Lt. Col. Thomas J. DonaldsOn active duty with U.S.

Air Force for 16 years. Flew 28 bombing missions over

Iraq and Kuwait during Gulf War. Flew missions during Balkans conflict.

1st Lt. John Murdock401st FA Group, Headquarters

Battery, Luxembourg 19451944-1946

Sgt. Joseph Delle Fontane

Served in Italy with 88th Infantry Division.

Awarded Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Infantry

Pin with three battle stars, Presidential Unit

Citation.

Donald L. Coates Army Sergeant, Battery C, 607th Field Artillery

Battalion, 1942WWII Rhineland/

Central Europe Campaign

Frank KofalkThird Class, U.S.

Seabees, 1953 to 1957 Served on Kwajalein,

Guam, the Philippines

Sam TestaCorp. Tech, 5th grade US Army 3133rd Signal Corp. European Theater Trained at Pine Camp, Watertown, N.Y.

Samuel A. Schreiner Jr., lst Lt. US Army; Enlisted

in l943 in India as a private and rose to a field commis-

sion in OSS Detachment 101; Awarded the Bronze

Star for action behind enemy lines in Burma

Lt. Michael Grogan USNR Saigon 1965

Rick PocciaWest Point Class of 1973

John M. Trimmer US Army WWII

Captain Charles Forman U.S. Air Force 1954-56

Lt. Philip King Meyer, U.S. Navy, USS Camp, 1962-65

Lewis N. BlyServed with the 3rd

Army commanded by Gen. George Patton.

Fought in the Battle of the Bulge, then across

Europe and into Pilsen, Czechoslovakia.,

Stationed at Nuremberg during the

trials.

Joseph J. Warren, Jr.Graduated from Kings

Point and went into the Merchant Marines and

was at sea when the U.S. entered World War II. He

was immediately assigned to the USNR where he served until the end of

the war. During the war served as Third Officer on

an export line merchant ship delivering military

equipment to both North Africa and Murmansk.

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Here’s to those who fi nd the courage to stand in the face of danger.

Here’s to those who sacrifi ce everything for those they do not know.

Here’s to those who promise a future to the United States of America.

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE...

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Robert R. Lindsey, Captain, U.S. Army; Manila, Philippines;

Served as staff officer after the Japanese surrender.

World War II veteran Robert Alden with grandson Theo, a student at Ox Ridge School.

Martin Flaherty, on right, 192nd Field Artillery, Memorial Day 1960, Stamford

Capt. Cornelius FinneganUSMC, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, Operation Iraqi Freedom, February 2008

Sgt. Rory Gutowski1st Batallion 8th Marines

Three Mideast tours of duty, two in Iraq

Currently stationed at Camp Legeune

Gordon F. SatterleyRadarman 3rd Class U.S.

Navy U.S.S. Weiss APD 135 World War II, 1944-46

Lt. jg Sandy McDonaldU.S. Navy Reserve, 1952-56, U.S.S. Warrington DD843,

1952-56

John J. Ryan Staff Sgt., US.Army, WWII

28th Infantry l09 Field Artillery, Europe

William DoughmanWorld War II 1944-45

Gunnar SchonningU.S. Navy during WWII

and Korean War. Served as water tender second class in the engine room of the USS Halligan during the battle of Okinawa. The Halligan was sunk after

striking an enemy mine on March 26, 1945.Wounded in action and received the

Purple Heart. John A. Maul, U.S. Navy, Served 1942-1945

A machinist mate 1st Class on USS Satyr.

Jimmy Sparrow1st Marine Provisional Rifle

Co.Tam Ky, Vietnam 1967

Harry EarleOctober, 1944, Foggia, Italy

B-17 Bomber

George Walsh, 1944, Lt. Commander USNR (Ret.) Aboard USS Ticonderoga in Pacific VB-80, a dive bombing squadron

“Bucky” Wiltshire82nd Airborne Div.

North of Fort Richardson, Alaska, 1961

Doug GerstenmaierU.S. Navy, WWII

Corporal Harry MusikasU.S. Army., 3rd Armored

Cavalry Regiment, 1st Platoon, Company H,

1953-1954

Richard S. DeverillU.S. Army, 1968-70Vietnam, 1968-69

Field artillary

Pfc. Edwin A. Gittleman39th Signal Co., Div. 1944-45

Ardennes, Rhineland, Central Europe

David BrownU.S. Army

European Theater1943-46

1st Lt. Clay Canning is currently serving in Afghanistan with the C Co., 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1/25th Stryker Brigade, of Ft. Wainwright, AK.


Capt. Richard Marvel Thomas, USCG as an ENS, Korean War Patrol, North Atlantic res-cue at sea.


Memorial Day ~ May 25, 2015

The Tokeneke Club remembers and honorsthe many men and women

who have served our country.

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Staff Sergeant John Beauchamp U.S. Army4th Armored Division Germany World War II

2nd Lt. Sidney Falkenthal, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1943-46, trained as salvage diver, served in Italy. Pictured by Bay of Naples.

Oliver ParletteWWII Army Air Corps,

European Theater, 52 mis-sions 1944-1946

Richard ParletteU.S. Marine Corps, Pacific

Theater, 1945-1947

Patricia Parlette, U.S. Cadet nurse, 1944

Carl W. Alberni U.S. Navy

Amphibious Forces 1945-46

Don Miller, 20Camp Gordon, Ga.U.S. Army, 1951-54

Georgia and France.Dental X-ray technician

Charlie SladeU.S. Navy

World War II

Lt. Col. Bey BrownUSAF 20th SOS

Vietnam

Russell J. FairbanksUS Army, European Theater

World War II

Winifred SlausonLab tech duties in Fitzsimmons Army Hospital 1951-54

William McIntire, centerUSNR, World War II, Vietnam

Corporal Robert A. MartellaSignal Corps., 5th Air Force, New Guinea, Philippines, Japan, 1943-1946

Seaman 1st Class Mark Isselee, U.S. NavySouth Pacific, and PFC Karel Isselee, US Army

John B. Rearden M.D.Commander USNR, M.C. (medi-

cal corps), 1942-1946Pacific Theatre, combat zone

1941-1945

Second Lieutentant Russell StanleyVietnam 1966

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Ralph Pleasic,11th Coast Artillery 1941

The saddest day of Patsy Palumberi’s life was the day he learned of his brother Bobby’s death.

Rosario (Bobby) Palumberi was a sergeant in the U.S. Army when he was killed in action on May 14, 1944.

Bobby was wounded in Africa and then again in Italy, where he died two days

later.Patsy was very close to

Bobby. He graduated from Darien High School in 1942, entered the U.S. Army Air Corps (ordnance support for the bombers) in February 1943, and served in England, France, Belgium and Germany as a sergeant.

Patsy had been to many combat areas, but he always wanted to go to Italy, not because he was of Italian

descent, but he hoped he would get to see Bobby, his older brother.

At a mail call on Mother’s Day, Patsy was eagerly await-ing a letter from Bobby. When his name was called, Patsy rushed forward to get his letter. It was his last let-ter to Bobby, returned and marked “Deceased.”

PATSY PALUMBERI

Palumberi brothers were close

ROSARIOPALUMBERI

Crpl. William C. Bell, U.S. Army, World War II; Letterkenny Ordinance Depot Chambersburg. Pa.

Sp. 4 Allan S. Bell U.S. Army 1967-69

24th Missile Detachment, Landsberg, Germany

Ores MesedahlU.S. Army, infantry

Europe and occupation of Japan,1943-45

William D. Peters Jr.Air Transport Command

World War II, 1943-46

Lt. (j.g.) Warren Brown USNRLanding Craft Tank Captain. Made D-Day Landings on Omaha Beach, Easy Red Sector, Fifth Wave. LCT Flotilla Command-er made first day landings in Japan

William E. RuscoeMachinist Mate 2nd Class

Service time, 1953-572 years on U.S.S. New Jersey BB 62

William E. Harrington Jr. was an aviation cadet in the Army Air Corps from 1942-46. He was train-ing to be a pilot when his plane crashed while on

night maneuvers in Moultrie, Ga. He suffered near-fatal injuries and spent two years recovering at Finney General Hospital in Thomasville, Ga.

He and his wife, Marge, moved to Darien in 1956, and raised their five children here. They are both

still in Darien and he continues to have his real estate business in town, Harrington Real Estate.

Loretta W. FairbanksCaptain

Women's Army Air CorpsWorld War II

Richard Reid CheswickCaptain, U.S. Army

Air Core, Lead Navigator England, World War II,

July 19, 1924 to Jan. 2006. Completed 29 missions

over Europe as navigator of a B-17 Flying Fortress. Guided up to 2,000 air-

crafts on daylight strategic bombing missions target-ing high-value industrial

sites. Achieved the rank of captain and was awarded the Distinguished Flying

Cross. Buried at Arlington Cemetery with full mili-

tary honors.

Sgt. Gene CoyleU.S. Marine Corps

WWII, Korean WarRifle Squad 22nd Marines

Tank Commander, 8th Tank Battalion

Judge Advocate, Marine Corps League

Frank WilcoxMedic, March Air Force

Base, CaliforniaServed 1954 to 1963

Gunnery Sgt. John Wilcox, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. 5th Fleet, Operation Enduring Freedom, 2001-02Served 1984-2004

Donald MacDonaldWorld War II Medic: 570th Ambulance Co.

Served 1942-45Battles: N. France, Rhineland Ardennes,

Central EuropeGood Conduct Medal, European African

Middle Eastern Theater Campaign Ribbon, American Theater Campaign Ribbon

Victory Medal


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Alan Kirk GrayCorporal USMC,

FLSG-Alpha, Vietnam 1967-68

William Flanagan Jr.Seaman, 2nd Class

Officer candidate, USN Construction (SeaBees)

South Pacific 1944-46

George W. Watson Lt., USNR. Served

during WWII in a sub-chaser, as commanding

officer on antisubmarine patrol craft, and in com-mand of a mine sweeper.

A. Vincent FalcioniCorporal,

USMC 1942-45In action Guam 1944,

Okinawa 1945 22 months with 111 Marine

Amphibious Corps

Don MillspaughAirman 2nd Class,

Texas 1966Gulf War and

National Guard

Ferd Trombini 1942-1946, 6th U.S. Army, New Guinea, Philippine Islands,

Japanese occupation

YN1 Gerald J. Pacelli Jr.Served 21 years

active duty and made deployments to the

Mediterranean/Adriatic seas and

Arabian Gulf

Paul HendricksonU.S. Navy, 1969-1978,

U.S. Naval Reserve, 1978 to the present.

Harry Street Jr.Musician 2nd Class,

U.S. Navy, Asiatic Pacific, Aircraft

Carrier Lexington, 2 Battle Stars1944-1946

Everett Gidley, a second lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Force

324th Fighter Group, was shot down in

enemy territory in October 1944.

Benjamin BrunoWWII, Europe

719Bomb Squadron449th Bomb Group

15th Army Air Force

Alonzo Maffucci, Staff Sgt. 47th HQ

Company, 9th Infantry Div. WWII, Africa,

Sicily, France, 6 battle stars

Capt. Vincent O’Toole, pilot, Army

Air CorpsWorld War II, Pacific, Berlin Air Lift, Korea

S/Sgt. James O’TooleWW II, Army Air

CorpsAir Transport

Command

Lt. Frank OToole World War II

U.S. Army 106th Field Artillery

Killed in action Battle of the Bulge

Warrant Officer Thomas O’Toole

WW II, U.S. Army Field ArtilleryAfrican-Italy

Campaign

Wayne Karl, USN Served on the destroyer escort “USS Hilger” as a lst class Gunners Mate,

Quantanamo Bay, Cuba

William H. LangeU.S. NavyHellcats

Shot down over Japan in Navy fighter plane

Alexander Gifford20th Bomb Sq. WWIIU.S. Army Air Force1943 Caribbean SeaAmerican Theater

Sgt. Richard Cudney, Airman 1st Class K-2, Korea 1954, 310th Fighter Bomber Squadron (F86)

Clay Canning, USMA 20093rd Battalion 21st Infantry

Fort Wainright, AlaskaSgt. David Rogers, USMC, with brother 1st Lt. Eric Rogers, USMC in An Nasiriyah, Iraq in 2003. Lt. Rogers is a 2003 Iraq veteran, currently piloting Huey helicopters and will deploy to the Middle East

in September 2008. Sgt. Rogers completed service in 2007.

1st Lt. William L RogersWW II, Army Air Force

Pilot B-17 Flying Fortress. Completed 36 bombing mis-

sions over Germany, re-upped w/ Fighting Scouts of the

Eighth Air Force completing an unknown number of mis-sions as P-51 pilot. Forced to bail-out over Berlin in April

1945. Captured and remained a POW until end of the war.

James IsseleeU.S. Navy

Aviation Radioman

William PlankE Co. 351st Infantry

1946-47German Occupation

James J. LechakSeaman-1

U.S. Coast GuardWWII

Daniel PocciaServed on U.S. Dewey

in the U.S. Navy

Lawrence P. StoryLt. U.S. Navy, 1959-

1964 - Pacific

Fred CalveU.S. Army Engineers

World War IIKorean War

Martin SkalaBasic training, Fort Dix, 1960

N.Y.S. National Guard

Louis M. Canto Jr.U. S. Army 3053

Ordinance Service Co. Occupation of Japan

Oliver Summerton, left, Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army Served in

South Pacific and Europe

Nelson Summerton, right, Master Sergeant, U.S. Army 200 Field

Artillery Battalion

PFC U.S. Army William F. Moore

Served with the 63rd Tank Battalion

Station in Frankfurt, Germany - 1954 - Feb. 1955

Second Lieutentant Russell Stanley

Vietnam 1966


Connor TraceyPresently serving in U.S. Navy

DHS Class of ‘04

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��Salutes those who have served our country in the

armed services, as well as those who wear theuniform and defend our country today!Please come to our upcoming exci� ng events!

Wednesday, June 24th Karen Wagner Sings Broadway - Vocal Entertainer

Wednesday, July 1st Independence Day Celebra� on with Touch of Sinatra

Tuesday, August 4th The Patsy and Tony Duo

Lunch served at noon ($4.00) • Performance begins at 12:30 Please call the center for details! 203 656-7490

Robert Perske, RM3CThe Manila Port Direction Crew, 1945

S 1/c George M. MasonU.S. Naval Reserve.

Entered Navy in August 1944 and was stationed

in Hawaii.

George Mason37th N.C.B.

U.S. Navy Seabees, WWII, Pacific

S/Sgt. Vincent W. MasonUpper turret gunner on a B-24 Liberator Bomber, based in the Philippines.

Asiatic Theatre riboon, the Philippiine campaign rib-bon, Air Medal and good conduct ribbon. He com-pleted 34 missions after entering the Army Air

Forces in September 1942.

George TirpackNaval Armed Guard

1942

Robert MillerU.S. Air Force, 1950-54, Sergeant, three Stripes.

Paul MillerU.S. Army, 1954-57, Specialist 2nd Class.

Sgt. Peter ZangrilloUSMC, WWII, 4th

Marine Raiders Division. Guadacanal, Bouganville,

Guam, Okinawa

Gunnery Sgt. William Scott Taubl with wife,

Catherine, at USMC ballU.S. Marine Corps.

1984-2004Served with Valor

Operation: Desert Shield/Desert Storm and in N.C., Cuba, Calfornia and S.C. VFW Post 6933 life-time member, son of Ruth Tait

Taubl of Darien.

HT Tony Hill Taubl, U.S. Navy

Deployed to Mediter-ranean, Horn of Africa

and Arabian Gulf Cruise in 2007. Aboard U.S.S.

Bataan LHD 5, Norfolk, Va. After Aviation Ordinance

“A’ School in Pensacola, Fla., will be at HM-14

(squadron) at Naval Station Norfolk. Grandson of Ruth

Tait Taubl of Darien.

PFC Kevin Michael Taubl, USMC July 2008

to presentCurrently serving with 3rd Bn, 10th Marines,

Camp Lejune, N.C., as a Howitzer crewman pre-

paring for deployment to Afghanistan. Grandson

of Ruth Tait Taubl of Darien.

2nd Lt. Edward Clarke

U.S. Army Air Corps1943-45

Kent HaydockUSNR 1943-46 WWII Commissioned Naval

Aviator

Major Gerry GilliganU.S. Army Field Artillery, New Guinea, Philippines

1941-46

1st Lt. Ralph "Pete" Sickels

1951-53, Japan, Korea

Sgt. Bud Gerstenmaier1942-45

Army Air CorpsChina, Burma, India

Charles and Harold ScribnerChina-Burma-India, WW II

Albert L. Scribner, U.S. Army Air Corps

S. Pacific, WWII

Samuel StevensonCorporal

3rd Army MP Co. Fort Benning, Ga.

Sanford KaynorU.S. Army 1945-46

77th Infantry Div., 11th Airborne Div. paratroop-

er in Sendai, Japan

Richard KeaneWWII, New Guinea-

Philippines292nd Ordnance

1942-46

Capt. John F. Welsh, U.S. Army, WWII, five

Battle Stars in European Theater, Bronze Star,

Legion of Merit, Croix de Guerre

Joseph GrossmanNaval Reserve 1947-1951, U.S. Army occupation of

Germany 1952-54

Louis VenezioWW II 1942-45

Sq. B 4268th AFF11th Army Air Force

Aleutian Islands

Mike HardingVietnam

USS Valley Forge

Rhoda Tirpack4th Air Force Unit 499th

1944

Lt. Charles AndrewUSNR 1943

Stuart Duffield Aviation Radioman

VJ Day 1945 Naval Air Transport

Service, squadron VR-11 Honolulu, Hawaii

Asiatic-Pacific Theatre

Frank ValenteU.S. Army Company A175 Infantry, 29th Div.D-Day (D-1) Omaha

Beach, Purple Heart, Oak Leaf Cluster, 1943-45

Alice WesterbergEngland 1944

George W. Hill Sr.38th Infantry 2nd

Division, World War II

Daniel H. O’BrienUSMC Corporal - 1958-

1961

Jay Wood1st Lt., 1st battalion, 81st

armor, 1st cavalry div. Ft. Hood, Texas 1969-72.

ALAN MOREHOUSE

In February 1942, Alan Randolph Morehouse, a lifelong resident and teach-er in Darien, was called to active duty. He was wounded during fierce battles with the German Afrika Korps in Tunisia, served with the First Infantry Division in Sicily and, after promotion to captain, he was at the head of the First Infantry Division for the landing on “Omaha” Beach. He was among the first to fall under intense fire on the morning of D-Day, June 6, 1944.

Major Sarah M. Howell, MDU.S. Army

Chief of Dermatology Ireland Army

Community HospitalFort Knox, Ky.

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Donald CavettU.S. Navy 1956-1962


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Vincent Cardamone, PFC, 871st Field Artillery, 1944-46, on left,

with brother Anthony Cardamone, staff sergeant, U.S. Army, 375th

Ordnance Heavy Automotive Maintenance Co., 1942-46

Donald A. Scribner, Lt. Col., USMCDesignated a naval aviator in l991, then received CH-53E pilot training. Served in

Operation Enduring Freedom at Camp Rhino in Afghanistan in 2001 and Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003 and 2005. Currently stationed at the naval base in Norfolk, Va.

Two Darien men lost their lives in

Pearl HarborTwo Darien men lost their

lives in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. They were Ensign William T. O’Neill, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. William T. O’Neill of Stanley Road, and Lt. Eric Allen Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Eric Allen of Noroton Avenue, Noroton Heights. They were the town’s first losses in the second World War. Lt. Ernest F. Sexton, after whom the town’s American Legion Post is named, was the first Darien youth to die in the first World War.

WILLIAM O’NEILL

ERIC ALLEN JR.

Nicholas P. Augustus Sr.Served in the U.S. Army after

graduating from DHS in 1946. Shipped to Italy where he served

as auto mechanic for the 339 Field Platoon. He received

World War Occupation Medal.

Joseph J. AugustusJoined U.S. Army in 1945 and

served in Naples and Rome, Italy, with Headquarters and Service Company. Honorable discharge as corporal in 1947.

John “Gus” AugustusLeft DHS in 1944 to join the U.S. Army. Served

in the European Theater with the 1st and 3rd Army in England and France. His unit

was heavy artillery and protected the famous Remagen Bridge and the Ludendorf Bridge.

Earned several medals.

Sgt. Anthony J. AugustusThe oldest of the four Augustus brothers who served

in the Armed Forces. Inducted into the Army in 1943. Shipped overseas to Belgium via England and France

and participated in the Battle of the Bulge. The unit won the Meritorious Service Unit Plaque with a citation for superior performance. Honorably discharged in 1945.

Nicholas P. Augustus Jr.U.S. Army 1972-1974

Stationed in Korea in the 2nd Division. He was in the 1st

Division at Fort Reilly, Kansas.

Albert DolcettiServed in the U.S. Army 1951-53 during the Korean War, sta-

tioned in Japan

Victor J. DolcettiCorporal, 325th Tank

BatallionServed in Korean War

Myrtle Bates Williams Served in the Women’s Army Corps at Wright

Field, Ohio, 1944-45, and the U.S. Army of Occupation in Paris and Germany, 1945-46.

Franklin P. BatesU.S. Navy “Seabees,” Cuba and

North Africa, 1949-1953.

Sgt. Bill Grega, 7th Air Force Guam. June 1955

Sgt. Carlos Arias Ochoa, U.S. Army Kuwait, Iraq, 2003

Linc Bell, left, U.S. Marines, World War I France and Leroy Bell of Port Chester, N.Y.

World War I, France

1st Lt. Henry SandersServed in Korea, 1953

William A. FrateEntered OCS after col-lege to active duty, Ft.

Bliss, Texas. Returned to Army Reserve. Recalled to active duty during the Berlin Crisis. Retired as

lieutenant colonel of Civil Affairs. 25 years Reserve.

H. David SevignyU.S. Marine Corp.

Lance Corporal1965-1967

Lt. Christopher W. Pintauro, U.S. NavyTwo tours in Baghdad: first flying off the USS

Eisenhower as a Prowler naval officer and second as a naval special operations officer.


Gunnar Edelstein manning an A-10 Thunderbolt with the

131st Tactical Fighter Squadron during a NATO deployment to

the Middle East.

Paul J. PacificoAir Force, The Philippines

Captain Paul J. GalloAwarded Army Commendation

Medal for outstanding oral surgeon at Ft. Wolters

Bach Army HospitalAlexander Garnett1st Lt. 1969-1971

Cpl. Raymond D. Slavin545th Signal Co.

Boblingen, Germany 1954

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Bob Marciano, U.S. Army 1952-54, Korean War

Four brothers went into the service, three returned.

Anthony “Tony” Vitti was killed in action on Feb. 28, 1945. His brothers, Joe, James and Mike, survived.

Described by his brothers as easy going and very likable, Tony Vitti was working for the Conservation Corps in Oregon doing fire prevention work in the forests when World War II

broke out. He joined the Army and was shipped overseas with the 405th Infantry.

After his death, Tony was bur-ied in a cemetery at Morgraten Limburg, Holland, Plot 5, Row V, Grave 198, where his grave has been attended by one of many Dutch patriots, who told the Vitti family on March 21, 1946, of his intent to care for the grave in appreciation of Anthony

Vitti’s contribution to Holland’s “liberation.”

Brother Joe Vitti of Darien served in the U.S. Marine Corps and saw action in the Marshall Islands and Okinawa in the Pacific. Brother Mike was a medic and brother James was in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

ANTHONY VITTI JOSEPH VITTI JAMES VITTI

Four Vitti brothers left, three came home

MICHAEL VITTI

Dick WoodsJoined the U.S. Marine Corps as competitive

shooter in 1956. Commissioned

in 1959. Member All-Marine Rifle &

Pistol team. Helped re-establish Scouts-

Snipers. Seconded the 40 Commando,

Royal Marines out of Malta for duties in

North Africa. Later commanded Co. K.,

3rd battalion, 2nd Marines.

Preston W. McEwan1st Lt. U.S. Air Force

Aircraft observerIntercept officer, instructor

1954-59

PFC Jack Hanley U.S.Marines World War II 1941-45 3rd Amphibious Corp Quam - 1st Brigade.

Second man to leave Darien for service.

1st Lt. W. Richard Fulljames U.S. Army Infantry. Enlisted 1943 basic training Mule

Pack Artillery, Ft. Sill, Okla. Discharged 1946, Allied Command, Berlin

2nd Lt. Gladys Golden CostelloU.S. Army Air Force Nurse

Corps at the military hospital in Santa Ana, Calif. 1944-46

Lt. Henry Strauss USNRNorth Atlantic Captain,

Sub Chaser, Solomon Islands World War II

1941-45

Bill ShepardLt. (jg) USNR 1968-71

Vietnam River boat service

Private Jack Droney U.S. Army

508th Military police, Korean War 1950-52

William Van Sciver1944

U.S. Army Air ForceServed in South Pacific

Herbert Van SciverU.S. Army served in

England, France, Belgium and Germany, 1944

Arthur Van Sciver1954

U.S. Air ForceServed in Germany.

Corporal Kevin GilronanU.S. Marines, 1981-84 in

the Far East

Tom Bauder, July 1969Sgt. in Air Force, Vietnam.

Served May 1969 to May ’70

Warren H. SlausonJoined the U.S. Navy after graduating from DHS in

1944 and served until 1959.

Adrian Magnuson Jr.USMC, Vietnam3rd Marine Div.

1967-69

First Lt. Clifford Tallman Jr.10th Special Forces Group

Bad Tolz, Germany1966-69

John Visi, U.S. Navy, USS Boston, Vietnam 1967-68

Donald Forbes McGill, Full com-mander, U.S. Navy, Motor Torpedo

Boats; PT Boats, South Pacific Theater, Squadrons 6, 8, 12, 4, 39;

Active service 1942-45; Presidential Unit Citation from JFK

Lt. jg John R. Hinrichs U.S.Navy 1951-54

Destroyer duty, USS Cushing (DD797);

two Korean War combat tours; around the world

deployment

Staff Sgt. Evans Kerrigan “E” Company, 2nd

Battalion, 5th Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Korea

1951-1952, Three Purple Hearts

Lt. Col. Philip KleinertCivil Air Patrol, 1942-55

Awarded National Commander’s Medal and Wartime Service Medal for “meritorious service and devotion

to his wartime duties” by Brigadier Gen. Richard Anderson


Pieter Hoets served the Netherlands dur-

ing World War II in the Intelligence Service of

the Dutch Army.

Romer J. MyersWorld War I

U.S. Army08/05/1917

– 02/03/1919Wagoner, Battalion F, 56th Artillery CAC

Marilyn M. RoperWorld War II

U.S. Marine Corps04/18/1945 – 06/12/1946

Corporal

Leslie H. RoperWorld War II

U.S. Navy11/01/1943 – 05/13/1946

Chief Ship Fitter (AA)

Philip T. Hesli, Jr.1st lieutenant in the US Army, Infantry branch

Served in Vietnam with the 5th Division,

Mechanized, 61st Infantry Battalion

Awarded two Purple Hearts and two Silver

Stars Grandfather of Flip, Jay and Annie Franzese

Captain Raymond H. Noble served four years with the U.S. Army Air

Corps during World War II as a lead bombardier aboard a B-17 based in

Rattlesden, England. He had a reputation for always getting his target.

Lt. (jg) John A. Van LoanUSNR Pilot HA(L)-3

Helicopter attack (light) Squadron 3

Det. 8 Rach Gia, Mekong Delta

South Vietnam 1970-1971


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The Darien Board of SelectmenJayme Stevenson • Kip Hall • Susan Marks • Jerry Nielsen • Reilly Tierney

Sgt. Jeff Green, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.)

Special Operations Kabul, Afghanistan. Standing

guard outside Afghanistan president’s house.

Captain Andrew Frame U.S. Army

Served in Africa and Europe with the 192nd

Field Artillery of the Connecticut National

Guard during World War II.

Wilfred T. Lowndes Mechanic US Army

WWI

Joseph BonfiglioU.S. Navy, 1943-1945

Pharmacist’s Mate, 2nd class Sr. Dental Corpsman

USS Tidewater

John S. Durland Jr.1st Lt., Army Signal Corps.

Served as radar officer in the South Pacific

Oct. 1942-Dec. 1943

Wilbur S. Duncan Master Sergeant, 69th

Infantry Division, 1942 The first to meet the

Russians east of Leipzig, Germany, in WWII

John A. StuartSenior Master Sergeant, USAF (ret) 1955-1989

U.S. and worldwide

James D. Parker, Sgt. U.S. Army 1943-1946

47th Bomb Squadron, 41st bomb group

Erik Valentzas, Lt. Col., U.S. Army Special Forces1983 DHS graduate, West Point class of l988. Has spent most of his career in South America and is now in Bogota, Colombia assigned as chief of Special Forces (PATT). He also served as a platoon leader with the 101st airborne division during the first Gulf War.

Jimmy StolfiWWII Europe, Recon Co.

4th Armored Division

Fred Millspaugh Jr.Private, Germany 1965

Anthony ImprotaU.S. Marine Corps

1943 1st Lt. Raymond H. GrossWWII EuropeLanded on Normandy beach two days after D-Day, joined 2nd Armored "Hell on Wheels" Division. Fought through France, Belgium, first American occupying forces in Berlin. Recalled to active duty as Captain in Korean War. Lt. Col. Third Infantry Div.

Ed Carabillo82nd Airborne Division

Peter HamU.S. Navy SFM 3, 1963

Lt. (j.g.) Bill DonaldsU.S. Navy, 1953-56

Fred PocciaU.S Third Army, 1943-1945

Orlando Francesconi2nd Lt. U.S. Army

1941-44

Louis D'Aquila, USN1942-47

Jack Wood AMM 3/C blimps U.S. Navy 1942-44

Corporal R.D. Brown U.S.M.C 1942-1946

Sgt. Doug Ely, USMC, 1946-48, recalled during

Korean War

Morris O’BrienU.S. Navy

Pacific Theater, 1943-1945

Lloyd PlehatyLt. CommanderU.S. Navy, Pacific

Peter Wells Captain, USNR 1960-1992

When he retired after 32 years, Capt. Wells was the

senior bomb disposal offi-cer in the Navy

Frank D. Rich Jr. 1st Lt., US Marine Corps Served as a 1st Engineer in China during WWII and in the Shore Party Battalion from l951-52

James Baker, Sonor Petty Officer

lst Class U.S Navy, 1942-45

Anti-submarine duty in Atlantic fleet

Lt. E.C. Prival, USNR1943-1946

South Pacific

Bob Joseph, U.S. Army868th Field Artillery

Germany 1955

Pfc Eileen Lindborg O’Toole

WWII, U.S. Marine Corps

Staff Sergeant Robert Alexander U.S. Army

World War II, The Philippines

Private First Class Jeff Edelstein on patrol in Afghanistan with the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team.

Sgt. Richard ConstableMilitary Police Platoon70th Infantry Division

France & Germany1944-46

Ken Lord U.S. Army Seoul, Korea 1946

Larry McClellanWWII, Europe, Co, C

171st Combat Engineer, 2nd Armored Division,

U.S. Army shown in Paris July 1945

Coxswain Kenneth S. Weeks U.S.N.R Salerno, Italy Served in the 4th Beach Battalion of Amphibious Forces, Mediterranean Theatre, World War II 1943-46

Sgt. John BarstonU.S. Army Signal Corps,

France/Germany, 1942-46

Edmund Fountaine U.S. Army, Gunnery

Instructor (stateside)

Frank OlssonTech Sgt., 20th Air Force, 509th Composite Group

Ray StreetSeaman 1st Class, U.S Navy,

Pensacola, Fla., 1944-46.

Larry MagnusonSgt., Air Corps, 14th Air

Force, China

Capt. Edmond “Ted” Morse, USMCIwo Jima Feb. 1945

Albert W. Hanson, Private First Class, U.S. Army; Served in Korea 1955-56; in charge of Officers Club in Signal Corps. Received Good Conduct Medal

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Albert F. Lynch Jr. U.S. Military Academy 1962 Vietnam, 1965-

19672 bronze stars

PFC Sam R. Beaumont4th Squadron, 4th U.S.

Cavalry Regiment.Served in Armed

Combat in Afghanistan, 2011.

Received Purple Heart for wounds received in

action.

Bob Mitchell Lt. JG, U.S. Navy

Pacific Fleet Minesweeper dur-

ing WWII

Dougless G. CampbellU.S. Navy, Air Intellegence.

1950-54

John L. Molloy Sr. Lieutenant, US Navy WWII

USS Woodford participant in the battle of Okinawa

great grandfather to Caroline, Casey and Clare Molloy

Jim Long of Darien, right, on board U.S.S. Meredith (DD-890) during a deployment to the Mediterranean in 1967. Stayed on board and was deployed to Vietnam in 1968/1969.

Robert C. Owen, Korean War 1951, U.S. Army, Corporal

Theodore Frederick Shaker Sr.Captain, Marine Naval Air Corps.Military Service 1942 – 1945Awarded 2 Distinguished Flying Crosses (including Gold Star)Piloted B-25 AircraftsMarine Bombing Squadron 163 and Marine Aircraft Group 61Completed 30+ missions in the Bismarck Archipelago December 1944 - June 1945

Roland GalloArmy PFC Korean War

S/Sgt. Joseph A. Chase, U.S.A.A.F., 389th Bomb Squadron. 1918-1944

John J. TymonU.S. Army, WWII, 1942-46, Staff Sgt.,

Motor Pool, Seved with PattonRhineland, Central Europe.

Good Conduct Medal, Victory Medal

RichardTymonU.S. Army, Vietnam, 1968-69

Helicopter mechanic, E-5

PFC Walter Bates, U.S. Army, coast artillery, 1942-45.

Sgt. Elwood BatesU.S. Army Air Corps

1943-46, B29 Scanner

Donald Bishop, Seaman 1st Class

U.S. Navy 1944-46, Atlantic Theater

John RothU.S. Army, 622nd Ordnance Battalion

WWII Europe

Pieter J. HoetsWWII Europe 1940-45

2nd Lt., Special Forces Royal Netherlands-Indies Army


Anthony Marciano, left.192nd F.A. 43rd Div. Army of the Occupation

Germany 1950-52Dick Redican 2nd Lt. USMC 1st Marine division, Vietnam 1967-68

Technician 5th Grade Charles A. Maher Jr U.S.Army ETO Fort Riley, Kansas WWII. Served in Headquarters Service Troop 116th Cavalry Reconnaissance squadron

PFC Eugene G. Maher. Served in World War II at Clark Air

Force Base and in Luzon, Philippines

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Pete KenyonUSS Bausell (DD-845)Vietnam: 8/64 to 2/65,

1/66 to 7/66Retired as Commander,

USNR


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started flying with full body armor, Hellfire missiles in the air-craft and two 9mm [pistols], one strapped to each leg,” Sandi says.

To warThe situation came to a turn-

ing point. “We came back to land one night after we’d been flying for about 8 or 10 hours, and they said, ‘Hey, we need you to launch again,’” Sandi says, after reports had come in of the U.N.’s Oil for Food workers being taken off Iraqi oil platforms. “Normally, we couldn’t get within a mile of the oil terminals,” she tells The Times.

“This time, they said to get as close as we want.”

The helicopters hovered near an oil terminal, complete with “a huge painting of Saddam Hussein on the side.” Coalition forces took control of the terminal to prevent it from being set on fire or other-wise crippled. Ships leaving Iraq were being stopped and searched for mines.

“Then at some point during the night, they stopped all the helo operations and we started launch-ing Tomahawk [long-range mis-siles],” Sandi says. “The captain came up and said a prayer, and everybody was silent on the ship.

“It was a very somber, quiet moment, and that was sort of when everything got started,” she says.

During her 10-month tour, Sandi flew missions like protect-ing oil terminals or commercial ships as ports in Iraq began to reopen following the start of the war. “We had to make sure that those [ships] were safe as they were moving goods and services back in,” she says.

Her detachment also flew mis-sions protecting ships and aircraft searching for water mines, which Sandi says requires the mine-sweepers to move very slowly and deliberately, focused on the poten-tial explosives in their path rather than possible incoming attacks.

Women standing outSandi describes her time flying

combat missions as “interesting” for a few different reasons. For one thing, for some of the equip-ment and technology the pilots used, it was its first time seeing duty in an actual wartime scenario.

Military personnel, she says, often “train and train and train, and they may never actually use anything — but in this case, we trained on many things that we then implemented in use.”

Also, Sandi’s particular detach-ment was somewhat out of the ordinary. “Out of six pilots, four of us were women, and I’m not sure if that’s ever happened before,” she says. “It was a unique group, and I’m still friends with all of them.”

And although times have long been changing in the military, Sandi said she did run into a few

“naysayers” as a woman working her way to flying with that detach-ment. At one ceremony while in San Diego, for instance, one attendee seemed surprised to see a female helicopter pilot.

“I’m there in my Navy uni-form, all dressed up like all the men. One of the older gentlemen there comes up to me and says, ‘Oh, what do you do?’ And I said, ‘Well, sir, I’m a pilot,’” Sandi recalls. “And he says, ‘Oh, you fly in the back?’ And I say, ‘No, sir, I’m a pilot; I fly a helicopter.’ And he was so confused.

“I still don’t know if he believed me or not,” Sandi laughs.

“In those situations, to me, the only approach is to do it,” she advises other women. “Let it be a matter of fact; tell people that this is what we do, and this is how it is. Some people may be oblivious about what women are doing, but that’s their choice. I would say to speak the truth, and do it.”

An advocateWhile she’ll remember plenty

about the combat missions and her initial service, Sandi says she also found much significance in her time working in operations for the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. “When I went back to Annapolis, I felt like it was really important to get involved with the midship-men,” she says. “That’s really why I was also the assistant women’s lacrosse coach.

“It was about these women who were graduating and would

be going to Iraq, going to Afghanistan,” Sandi continues. “I had already been there, so I want-ed to be an advocate and be pres-ent for them.”

As for the women she’d con-nect with working at the academy, Sandi says they’re now “all over the world,” with some still in the Navy serving in places like Afghanistan and others having returned to civilian life. “The girls are awesome,” Sandi says.

She notes that she helped guide many of them as they made their own way through their time at the academy. “They didn’t always know what they wanted to do,

what aircraft they wanted to fly, where they’d be stationed. And they’d ask me, ‘Hey, what do you think about this? What should I do?’”

Sandi’s advice then might be taken as good sense by any young adults forging their way into their lives and careers. “I’d tell them to really explore,” Sandi says. “People love to talk about their careers and what they do; ask people to tell you more about it, and it’ll help you make a decision about what’s best for your life.”

“There are so many different opportunities that, really, you have

to research it, look into it, ask questions and figure out what’s best for you,” she continues. “I think that’s what I really enjoyed about my service is this great net-work of support of very talented, very driven people.”

Whatever life bringsIn 2015, it’s more and more

common in the United States to see women in executive and lead-ership roles, both in the private and public sectors. For women looking to build their experi-

Military a smart choice for women leaders

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ence and get into such careers, the military can be a great choice, Sandi says, and it’s a job in which they can take great pride.

“Would I recommend it? Absolutely,” she tells The Times. “For me, all of the women I went to school with and flew with, you’re really trained to go out there, work really hard, not be intimidated by naysayers and be forward-leaning into whatever the rest of your life brings you.

“Whatever you choose to do, this brings you extra confidence,” Sandi says of her time in the Navy. Among those serving in the armed forces, “I think there’s also a really great sense of pride in what you do, the time you spend serv-ing the country,” she points out, “and I think many peo-ple don’t know about that.” Speaking particularly for the Navy, she notes that the U.S. military has been placing a bigger emphasis on helping exiting personnel translate their experience into suc-cessful civilian life.

That’s partly why Sandi says she was always happy to share her own experienc-es and advice with women getting started in the Navy. “I liked to show them that you can have a normal life outside of this job. You can be a woman and you can be in the military, and that’s not some kind of conflict of interest,” she says.

Changing face of veteransSince moving to Darien

a year and a half ago, Sandi says that in addition to get-ting involved in town and school life, she’s continued helping represent women in the military in this com-munity, which is known for honoring its veterans and the men and women now serv-ing the nation.

“When I got settled in, it was important for me to join the Darien VFW,” Sandi says. She encourages resi-dents to stop by the Darien Veterans of Foreign Wars post on Noroton Avenue and check out what the place has to offer.

“It’s great to go to veter-ans ceremonies,” she adds, where there are always the older, male veterans one would expect but also more and more younger ones, including mid-career women like her.

“All their service is just as important,” Sandi notes. “But the face of veterans out there is changing.”

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Middlesex Middle School student Andrew Donovan was named as author of the best poem for the 2015 Memorial Day Poetry Contest sponsored by the Monuments and Ceremonies Commission of the Town of Darien.

“Among the many notable pieces submitted by our students this year, Andrew’s work best exem-plified the true meaning of Memorial Day” said Phil Kraft, chairman of the committee.

Andrew has been invited to read his poem at Memorial Day’s dedica-tion ceremony at Spring Grove Veteran’s Cemetery immediately following the Memorial Day Parade.

Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend this brief ceremony to honor our fallen service-men and women.

Memorial Day poetry contest winner announced

The Truth Be Told by Andrew Donovan

Nowadays, nothing is the same.

Fast cars, cell phones, and most of all, no time for heroes. Unless those heroes throw a ball, catch a ball, or run fast. That’s not a true hero.

We sing the praises of the brave. Those who have jumped from a plane, surfed a colossal wave, or swam with a shark. That’s not true bravery.

We honorthe wrong person, the wrong idea,

and the wrong action. We are wrong.

Today, too many think Memorial Day is simply, a joyful 3 day weekend. The truth is not told.

Days long ago, everything was different.

The honored tradition of Memorial Day was sacred and solemn. A fallen soldier who had given the ultimate sacrifice to his country was honored as a hero.

Boys and men waved good-bye to their families not knowing their outcome but ready to serve. They were brave.

Some returned and some had fallen, yet all were willing to defend their country. They were honored.

Today, we should, like back then, give thanks to those who have given everything to us.

Fire Departments to honor Memorial DayThe Darien Fire Department,

Noroton Fire Department and Noroton Heights Fire Department will gather

at the town’s Firefighters’ Memorial on the Post Road near Spring Grove Cemetery to honor Memorial Day.

They will gather for an annual prayer and remembrance at 9 a.m. on Monday, May 25.

Grayson Smith, left, Bill Peters, Will Rooney and Peter Del Col of the Noroton Fire Department

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Major Karol A. Bauer, West Point Class of 1936 Army, Philippine Scouts 45th Inf.

Maj. Bauer survived the Bataan Death March. While a prisoner, he was transported by a Japanese “Hell Ship” Oryoku Maru, and killed during an attack byUS dive bombers from the USS Hornet on Dec. 15, 1944, Subic Bay.Our dear Karol is missed every day of the year by his daughter Nancy Earnest, many nephews, nieces, grand and great-grand children. Maj. Bauer sent money to a friend in Darien to pay for fl owers, a gift for his wife and daughter on their return to the states prior to the attacks on the Philippines and Pearl Harbor.His nephew Creighton Demarest and his sister, the late Antoinette Bauer McIntyre have been Darien residents since 1949.

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ning at 8 a.m. on Memorial Day.

In order to provide a safe environment and to accom-

modate parade participants and spectators, Darien

Police advise the following:

• There will be no on-street parking on Sedgwick Avenue,

Mechanic Street or Old King’s Highway North near the

entrance to Goodwives Shopping Center.

• The Brookside Road and Old King’s Highway North

approaches to Goodwives Shopping Center will be

closed to all vehicular traffic at 8.

• All vehicles participating in the parade shall enter

Goodwives Shopping Center via Sedgwick Avenue or

Mechanic Street.

• Persons dropping off parade participants shall use

Sedgwick Avenue or Mechanic Street.

• No vehicles will be allowed to travel on the Post Road

from I-95 entrance 13 westbound to Old King’s

Highway South during the parade.

• Old King’s Highway South from Goodwives River Road

to the Post Road will be posted a “No Parking” area.

Motorists are advised to avoid the downtown area

during the parade. A large contingent of Darien police

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Memorial Day parade advisory

The Town of Darien Memorial Day Parade will be held on Monday, May 25. Traffic detours and restric-tions will be in effect at some loca-tions beginning at 8 a.m.

The Darien Police Department will be deploying additional officers to the parade. As a safety precaution, specta-tors are asked to avoid bringing back-packs or large bags to the event.

The parade will step off from Goodwives Shopping Center on Old Kings Highway North at 10 a.m., pro-ceeding up Brookside Road and turn-ing left onto Post road. The parade will proceed westbound on Post Road and end in the area of Spring Grove Cemetery.

• In order to provide a safe envi-ronment and to accommodate parade participants and spectators, Darien Police advise the following:

• There will be no on-street park-ing on Sedgwick Avenue, Mechanic Street or Old Kings Highway North near the entrance to Goodwives Shopping Center.

• The Brookside Road and Old

Kings Highway North approaches to Goodwives Shopping Center will be closed to all vehicular traffic at 8 a.m.

• All vehicles participating in the parade shall enter Goodwives Shopping Center via Sedgwick Avenue or Mechanic Street.

• Persons dropping off parade par-ticipants shall use Sedgwick Avenue or Mechanic Street.

• No vehicles will be allowed to travel on Post Road from Interstate-95 entrance 13 westbound to Old Kings Highway South during the parade.

• Old Kings Highway South from Goodwives River Road to Post Road will be posted a “no parking” area.

• Spectators are reminded to remain on sidewalks, curbsides, or as close as practical to the roadway edge throughout the duration of the parade. This is necessary to ensure the safety of viewers and marchers alike.

• Motorists are advised to avoid the downtown area during the parade. A large contingent of Darien police offi-cers will be assigned to traffic posts before and during the parade.

U.S. Marine Corps Band to play locally May 23, 24

The United States Marine Corps Band from Parris Island, South Carolina will be playing two local per-formances for Memorial Day.

On Saturday, May 23 the band will hold a free concert at Westhill High School at 125 Roxbury Road,

Stamford.On Sunday, May 24, the band

will march and play in Stamford’s Memorial Day parade beginning at 12 noon at Hoyt and Summer Streets, Stamford.


This year’s Memorial Day Parade Grand Marshal, Gene Coyle, talks with a little girl following the Memorial Day ceremony in 2010 — Laureen Vellante photo

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