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Thursday, May 21, 2015

Ex-combat pilot Sandra Ennor

Military a smart choice

for women leaders
by Aaron G. Marsh
Times Associate Editor

For someone born July

4, 1976, the bicentennial
of the United States independence, it almost seems a
natural choice to serve in the
nations armed forces. Thats
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 service may have been there
right from the start. I think
from birth Ive always been
a little bit patriotic, Sandi
says. For my baby picture,
Im not wearing pink, Im
holding an American flag
its sort of a joke in my
family, she adds, grinning.
But it is very cool, being
a bicentennial baby. Ive
always been very patriotic.
When she left the Navy
as a lieutenant in 2007, her
service ranging from flying armed helicopter missions during wartime in
Iraq to working as assistant
operations officer back on
American shores at the
Naval Academy, she says she
didnt know where her life
would take her career-wise.
But her experience landed
her in maritime-related work
before long; shes 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 provider of marine fuels in ports
around the world.
So these days, its 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-grader at MMS, and a soon-to-be
sophomore at the University
of Maryland. Rounding
things out are the familys
killer Golden Retrievers
Sydney and Trooper, as
Sandi jokingly introduces
them, two of the best-natured
dogs youll ever meet.
Academy, and trial by fire
Her 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, didnt think I was

going to get in and got in.

So I went to the academy, 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, shed be based in San
Diego, and things would
change soon after.
In my very first deployment overseas, we left San
Diego in November of 2002
thinking we were going just
to a routine situation in the
Persian Gulf and then wed
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 missions in and out of Iraq,
she recalls. Sandi flew
SH-60B Seahawk antisubmarine and anti-surface 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 increasingly hostile because we
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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.

Pintauro is this years Memorial Day speaker

Darien native and former Naval
flight officer and mission commander, 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 years speaker is made by
Dariens 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 mens 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 commander, 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 firms Investment Management
Division. He advises foundations,
institutional clients, pension funds and
wealthy family groups on asset allocation, 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 nonprofit 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.

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Winners of third annual Memorial Day

coloring contest announced

Coyle to serve as
parade Grand Marshal
The Memorial Day parade is
honored to have retired Marine
Eugene Coyle as this years Grand
Marshall. By the time he was
16, Coyle enlisted in the Marine
Corps.
There wasnt a guy in our parish who wasnt enlisting, Coyle
recalled. By 1945 the war was
winding down, and Coyle was
eager to sign up so he wouldnt
miss the action. His time in the
military started with basic training
at Paris Island, followed by teaching small arms to newly commissioned 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. Coyles 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 fathers dying saved your
life, were his mothers words.
Coyles 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 family to Montreal where he helped
establish the companys Canadian
operations, and in 1993 retired as
the worldwide director of operations.
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.

Dariens Memorial Day

Parade Committee today
announced that the winners
of the third annual Memorial
Day Childrens Drawing
Contest are Caroline Ward,
7, and Julie McTigue, 10.
The contest encouraged
Dariens youth to show their
patriotism and reflect on the
significance of Memorial Day
by creating original drawings. The winning artwork
portrayed the childrens
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
Dariens Memorial Day
Parade means to them,
said First Selectman Jayme
Stevenson. On Memorial
Day, we remember the brave
men and women who sacriWinners of the third annual Memorial Day Parade Childrens Drawing Contest
ficed their lives for our great
showcase their artwork. From left, Julie McTigue, Selectman Jayme Stevenson, and
country. This contest and
Caroline Ward
our towns patriotic parade
give the entire community an
opportunity to show our suping both World War II and the Korean War, and worked
port and gratitude for their service.
at Time magazine for more than five decades has been
Caroline Ward is a first grade student at Hindley
named as the Grand Marshall of the 2015 Memorial Day
Elementary School. As her entry for the Memorial Day
Parade. During his time in the Marines, Coyle was a small
Parade Childrens Drawing Contest, Caroline drew a
arms expert, breaking a range record and earning a spot on
picture of a fire truck and people walking in the parade
the pistol team in Quantico, Va. By 1950, he was promoted
waving American Flags. Julie McTigue is in fourth grade
to tank commander and eventually served as a sergeant in
at Holmes Elementary School. Her drawing depicts the
the 8th Tank Battalion at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.
American Flag. When asked the significance of her draw- A longtime member of the Representative Town Meeting,
ing, Julie explained that she wanted to draw something
Coyles commitment to our community is legendary. For
that honored our countrys soldiers and the symbol of the more than 30 years, Coyle has helped raise money for
United States.
wounded veterans through the Marine Corps League.
In addition to hosting the drawing contest, this is the
Coyle also works as a Justice of the Peace, and served as a
third year the Memorial Day Parade Committee has
member of the Republican Town Committee and former
planned and executed the parade, which will be held on
president of the Republican Club of Darien.
Monday, May 25, at 10 a.m. The small, but dedicated, comImmediately following the parade festivities, please
mittee of Darien residents is led by Sara Franzese and
attend the Memorial Day Ceremony held at the state veterKate Kuras. The committee officially took the reins from
ans cemetery, Spring Grove.
Phil Kraft in 2013, who along with the Monuments &
If you would like more information or are interCeremonies Commission, had planned the parades for 12 ested in volunteering to assist the Memorial Day Parade
years.
Committee, please contact Sara Franzese at sara@franzese.
Eugene (Gene) Coyle, a retired Marine who served dur- net, or Kate Kuras at katekuras@optonline.net.

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Dariens fallen
World War I, 1917-1918

1st Lt. Bill Balentine

WWII Europe 1942-46
Awarded 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 Morehouse

First Infantry Division
World War II
Tunisia, Sicily, Normandy,
Northern France, Belgium,
Battle of the Bulge,
Rhineland

Ronald Heinbaugh
Staff Sgt. U.S. Army
13th Engineer Combat Bn.
7th Infantry Division
Korea, Pusan/Chun Chow
1950 Bronze Star

Herb Vernal
U.S. Navy
Entered Navy 1944. Was in
the Armed Guard on merchant ships in the North
Atlantic as a gunner.

S/Sgt. Fred L. Voelker

U.S. Army Air Corps
Enlisted right after attack on
Pearl Harbor in December
1941. Served in Panama with
the Ordnance Division.

1st Lt. Quintin Ford U.S.

Army Counter Intelligence
Corps, World War II 194145; Served in Tuisia, Sicily,
Anzio, Southern France,
Rhineland

David E. Hughes
U.S. Navy 1966-70
Electricians Mate
2nd Class
Served on the USS
Intrepid, two cruises to the
Tonkin Gulf, Vietnam

David C. Bispham
Lawrence F. Callahan
Martin H. Gill
Wilford T. Lowndes
Murtagh C. McDonald
Edward G. Punzelt
Edward F. Sexton
George Straka

World War II, 1941-1945

Sanford Adams
Eric Allen
William A. Aycrigg II
Elton S. Barrett
Orrin K. Boice
James Butts
Joseph A. Chase
Peter T. Chester
Horace G. Cleveland III
Louis Cotaling
David O. Devlin
Anthony R. Frate
Donald Frothingham, Jr.
Raymond L. Howe
Pasquale G. Improta
Lawrence H. Isbell
Thomas W. Jenkins
Jefferson M. Johnson
John L. Masterson
George R. Miller

Alan R. Morehouse
Arthur L. Nielsen
William T. O'Neil, Jr.
Francis W. O'Toole
Otis Overton
Rosario F. Palumberi
Harold D. Parady
Kenneth C. Phillips
John Pyne
Louis E. Rayner
Thomas F. Pendler
David L. Rosenburg
Charles B. Rossi
Gordan S. Smith
Thomas S. Smith
Stephen J. Tansak
Torger D. Tokle
Julius W. Torok
Anthony Vitti
Clarence C. Walker

Korean War 1950-1953

George R. Broadhurst
James A. Dooley, Jr.
Eugene Murphy
Julius C. Nacci
Robert J. Perkinson

Vietnam War, 1958-75

Estelle Taylor Watson
Communications officer, U.S. Naval Reserve, WW II
Served in Washington, D.C., and San Francisco

1st Lt. Francis Nelson

Pilot, U.S. Army Air Corps
Alaska Division Air
Transport Command

Eric Falkenthal, Naval Reserve

1969-1971, USS Courtney, went
to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as data
processing technician in 1970.

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

Bill Ely
Joseph W. Whitney
Air radioman 2nd Class
U.S. Air Force
U.S. Navy, 1942-45
Officers Candidates School
Served in sub-hunting blimps
1953

Staff/Sgt. Robert A.
Newman
U.S. Air Force, 1951-54
Russian linguist in air
intelligence unit 12th
Radio Squadron Mobile

Lt. (j.g.) Irmgard LaForge

Port Director New York
3rd Naval District
Cryptography, 1943-44

Gary Falkenthal
Naval Reserve 1961-1966,
Two years in Greece, one
year on USS Coates.

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.

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

Alan L. Diedricksen
John B. Giesen, Jr.
James S. McArthur
David I. Mixter
William R. Patience, Jr.
John B. Sherman

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 aircraft carrier USS KittyHawk.
1965-1971

George Swisshelm at
Fort Bliss, Pfc, 597th
AntiAircraft Batallion,
later attached to 9th Army
for Rhineland and Central
European campaigns.

PFC John Brunelle, 333rd

Infantry regiment, 84th
Division, Germany, 1945

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.

Walter K. Skerrett
1st 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.

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MEMORIAL DAY 2015: Honoring Those Who Served

Manny Doc Gomes, South China Sea, Vietnam 1967

USS Firm-MSo444

Louis F. Jefferson
Before leaving Germany, c.1950
U.S. Army, Camp Pickett, Va., 192 Field Artillary

Donald L. Kiggins
Rocco A. Evola
2nd Lt., USAAF
Staff Sgt.
P-51 Mustang Fighter
U.S. Army Signal
Pilot, Iwo Jima Corps 803rd Battalion
Co. C
1943-45

Raymond Ely
Robert Zoubek
U.S. Army, HQ Co, 273 Seaman 1st Class,USN
Armed Guard, 1943Infantry Regiment,
46, Served aboard
69th Division, Fort Dix
tankers carrying oil
1954
from the Persian Gulf.

Sgt. Matt Marzano

15th Marine Expedition
Unit, Kuwait 2000

1st Lt. R.C. Wharton

Battalion Embarkation
Officer, Okinawa 196364; served 1961-1984;
Retired 1984 as major

Phillips Flip Terhune

First Guider Missile
Brigade, Fort Bliss 1958

Arthur F.
Broadhurst
Tech. 5, U.S. Army
Served during WW
II in the European/
African Middle
Eastern Theatre

Corporal Robert
Ely, U.S. Air Corps,
Served in England
and Belgium loading
ordnance on fighters
and bombers.

Lt. Peter Hovell

USMC 1958, 1st Marine Div.,
2nd Battalion, 11th Regiment
Camp Pendleton, Calif. 1958

Capt. Charles Penrose

Jr.
Adjutant 58th Fighter
Group, Army Air
Corps., WWII, S.
Pacific, 1940-46,
Captain, 108th Field
Artillary, Korean
Conflict 1950-52

George Brooks
U.S. Army
Basic Training,
Fort Knox, 1960

Oliver Parlette
WWI, 1917-18

Pfc Ken Ely

U.S. Combat Engineers 1943-46
Awarded Purple Heart for wounds
received in Battle of the Bulge.

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

Robert T. Belden
Private First Class,
served as rifleman in
occupied Germany
from May 1945 to
March 1947 with the
16th Infantry Division.

Henry Barzetti
U.S. Army Air
Force 20th Bomber
Command 55th
Weather Recon
Squadron 1943-46,
21 missions, South
Pacific

Lt. Sidney E.
Henderson
U.S. Navy 194346 Retired after
serving aboard the
U.S.Cobia a submarine in the Pacific.

Allan Bixler
Army, 1966-1969,
Vietnam, 1967-1968,
362 Signal Corps,
Rank of SP-5

1st Lt. F.J. Draper

USMC 1951
Camp Mathews, Calif.

Capt. Josephine
Velazquez
U.S. Air Force.
Served for eight years as
podiatrist at Andrews
Air Force Base.

First Lt. D. Blair

Noland
Pilot, Army Air
Corps., WWII,
57th Squadron,
357th Group,
Air Transport
Command, 5th
Air Force, South
Pacific, 1941-45

WALTER ERICSSON
Staff Sgt. WWII China,
Burma, India, USAF 4th
Combat Cargo Group
Joseph Tarnowsky
Tech. 5th grade, U.S. Army, Company
1, 359th Infantry, WWII

Lt. jg Cotton Rawls

Jr., supply officer,
U.S. Navy. Stationed
at Newport, R.I.,
Da Nang, Vietnam,
Nantucket Island,
Mass., 1964-68

Roland Ursone
U.S. Navy WWII
On aircraft carrier in
New Caledonia in
South Pacific

Dan Wood
On aircraft carrier
CV9 Squadron VC61
Korea, 1951-1952

Cpl. Frank G. Mason

Served 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.

John Geoghegan, USN
USNR. Served in WWII
1943-75
Pacific Iwo Jima was with CASU 23 as a safety
officer and was later in
my downfall. Got shot
in the leg July 4, 1944 charge of radiation safety
for the atomic bomb tests
Aviation radioman
in the Marianna Islands

Salvatore Mazzeo Sr.

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

PASQUALE IMPROTA

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.

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

R. Edward Heinbaugh,
U.S. Army
843rd Signal Battalion,
1942
Served on the Alaskan
Highway maintaining telephone 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.

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.
Corporal Agnes Frame
Womens Army Corp
Control tower operator, Randolph Field and
Burtonwood Air Base,
England with Signal Corp of
the 8th Air Force

Staff Sergeant and Medic

Robert Kroll World War II
with 293rd combat engineer battilion of 3rd Army
under Gen. George Patton

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

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

Master Sgt. Philip Randy

Kleinert, U.S. Air Force
1968 to 1972, stationed Clark
Air Force Base, Philippines,
Minot North Dakota Air
Force Base

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.

Master Sgt. William Dean

Kleinert
Stationed in Saigon,
Vietnam for two tours
1969 to 1973, Edwards Air
Force Base, California

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.

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 midshipmen.

William E. Harrington Jr.

was an aviation cadet in the
Army Air Corps from 194246. 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 Bauer

Graduated 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 survived 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.

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

Christian T. Holdt Sr.

U.S. Army Air Corps
Carrier 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

James H. Rand IV
U.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.

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Rick Gutowski, 12th

Finance
Fort Knox, Kentucky,
Served 1969-71

Maj. Christopher Collins

Top 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

Joseph H. Cullinan
Wiesbaden, Germany
1952-54

1st Lt. John Murdock

401st FA Group, Headquarters
Battery, Luxembourg 1945
1944-1946

Harry Graham
U.S. Third Army, Pattons,
14th Armored Division,
19th Armored Infantry
Batallion. Served 1942-48

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Lt. Col. Thomas J. Donalds

On 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.

Joseph H. Cullinan
Served in Germany with
40th Antiaircraft Artillary,
Gun Battalion 1952,
Weisbaden, Germany

Elwyn Chesley
Firing range, Cape Cod, 1943,.
572nd Antiaircraft Artillery. Unit shot down 63 German aircraft
in combat
in France and Austria

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.

Samuel A. Schreiner Jr.,

lst Lt. US Army; Enlisted
in l943 in India as a private
and rose to a field commission in OSS Detachment
101; Awarded the Bronze
Star for action behind
enemy lines in Burma

Lt. Michael Grogan USNR

Saigon 1965

Edward G. Lawrence
Medical Technician
U.S. Army 1943-1946

Capt. Joseph D'Arrigo

World 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

Frank Kofalk
Third Class, U.S.
Seabees, 1953 to 1957
Served on Kwajalein,
Guam, the Philippines

John M. Trimmer
US Army WWII

Captain Charles Forman U.S.

Air Force 1954-56

Alfred J. Andreoli
Cpl. William Van Loan
Pvt. U.S. Army
U.S. Marine Corps
Served as a demolition spe- Rifleman in South Vietnam
cialist for three years, eight in 1967 with Mike Company
months during WWII in
& Lima Company, 3rd
Battalion, 26th Marines
Europe and North Africa.

Lt. James L. Tyson

U.S. Navy, Office of Strategic
Services in London, Italy
1943-1945

Adrian Magnuson
LST 397
South Pacific
WWII

Earle Greenwood
Ensign, U.S. Navy
Pearl Harbor 1945
Mine sweeping, China

Lt. Philip King Meyer, U.S.

Navy, USS Camp, 1962-65

Henry G. Millet
Lieutenant JG, LST 295
U.S. Navy

Donald L. Coates
Army Sergeant, Battery
C, 607th Field Artillery
Battalion, 1942
WWII Rhineland/
Central Europe
Campaign

Rick Poccia
West Point Class of 1973

Cpl. Robert P. Price

Tank Corps., Army
1943-45

1st Lt. Thomas L. Dunn

First Infantry Division
Germany, 1954-57

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.

Vincent Rajczewski
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army
1964-67 Military
Journalist

Lewis N. Bly
Served 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.

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

T HANK Y OU F OR Y OUR S ERVICE ...

Heres to those who nd the courage to stand in the

face of danger.
Heres to those who sacrice everything for those
they do not know.
Heres to those who promise a future to the
United States of America.

The Depot Youth Center says thank you!

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Gordon F. Satterley
Radarman 3rd Class U.S.
Navy U.S.S. Weiss APD 135
World War II, 1944-46

John J. Ryan
Lt. jg Sandy McDonald
U.S. Navy Reserve, 1952-56, Staff Sgt., US.Army, WWII
28th Infantry l09 Field
U.S.S. Warrington DD843,
Artillery, Europe
1952-56

Robert R. Lindsey,
Captain, U.S. Army;
Manila, Philippines;
Served as staff officer after
the Japanese surrender.

William Doughman
World War II 1944-45

Capt. Cornelius Finnegan

USMC, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, Operation Iraqi Freedom, February 2008

World War II veteran Robert Alden with grandson Theo, a student

at Ox Ridge School.

Sgt. Rory Gutowski

1st Batallion 8th Marines
Three Mideast tours of duty, two in
Iraq
Currently stationed at Camp
Legeune

Gunnar Schonning
U.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.

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

Stamford

Jimmy Sparrow
1st Marine Provisional Rifle
Co.
Tam Ky, Vietnam 1967

Harry Earle
October, 1944, Foggia, Italy
B-17 Bomber

John A. Maul, U.S. Navy,

Served 1942-1945
A machinist mate 1st Class
on USS Satyr.

George Walsh, 1944, Lt. Commander USNR (Ret.) Aboard

USS Ticonderoga in Pacific VB-80, a dive bombing squadron

Corporal Harry Musikas

U.S. Army., 3rd Armored
Cavalry Regiment, 1st
Platoon, Company H,
1953-1954
Richard S. Deverill
U.S. Army, 1968-70
Vietnam, 1968-69
Field artillary

Bucky Wiltshire
82nd Airborne Div.
North of Fort Richardson, Alaska,
1961

Doug Gerstenmaier
U.S. Navy, WWII

Pfc. Edwin A. Gittleman

39th Signal Co., Div. 1944-45
Ardennes, Rhineland,
Central Europe

David Brown
U.S. Army
European Theater
1943-46

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 rescue at sea.

Memorial Day ~ May 25, 2015

The Tokeneke Club remembers and honors

the many men and women
who have served our country.

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Richard Parlette
U.S. Marine Corps, Pacific
Theater,
1945-1947

Oliver Parlette
WWII Army Air Corps,
European Theater, 52 missions 1944-1946

Charlie Slade
U.S. Navy
World War II

Don Miller, 20
Camp Gordon, Ga.
U.S. Army, 1951-54
Georgia and France.
Dental X-ray technician

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Patricia Parlette, U.S. Cadet

nurse, 1944

Carl W. Alberni
U.S. Navy
Amphibious Forces
1945-46

Lt. Col. Bey Brown

USAF 20th SOS
Vietnam

Russell J. Fairbanks
US Army, European Theater
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.

Winifred Slauson
Lab tech duties in Fitzsimmons Army Hospital 1951-54

William McIntire, center

USNR, World War II, Vietnam

Corporal Robert A. Martella

Signal Corps., 5th Air Force, New Guinea, Philippines, Japan, 1943-1946

John B. Rearden M.D.

Commander USNR, M.C. (medical corps), 1942-1946
Pacific Theatre, combat zone
1941-1945

Second Lieutentant Russell Stanley

Vietnam 1966

Staff Sergeant John Beauchamp U.S. Army

4th Armored Division Germany World War II

Seaman 1st Class Mark Isselee, U.S. Navy

South Pacific, and PFC Karel Isselee, US Army

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Palumberi brothers were close

The saddest day of Patsy
Palumberis life was the day
he learned of his brother
Bobbys 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

Sp. 4 Allan S. Bell U.S.

Army 1967-69
24th Missile Detachment,
Landsberg, Germany

ROSARIO
PALUMBERI

PATSY PALUMBERI

later.
Patsy was very close to

Ores Mesedahl
U.S. Army, infantry
Europe and occupation of
Japan,1943-45

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 Mothers
Day, Patsy was eagerly awaiting a letter from Bobby.
When his name was called,
Patsy rushed forward to get
his letter. It was his last letter to Bobby, returned and
marked Deceased.

William D. Peters Jr.

Air Transport Command
World War II, 1943-46

Lt. (j.g.) Warren Brown USNR

Landing Craft Tank Captain. Made DDay Landings on Omaha Beach, Easy Red
Sector, Fifth Wave. LCT Flotilla Commander made first day landings in Japan

Frank Wilcox
Medic, March Air Force
Base, California
Served 1954 to 1963

Gunnery Sgt. John Wilcox, U.S. Marine

Corps, U.S. 5th Fleet, Operation
Enduring Freedom, 2001-02
Served 1984-2004

Crpl. William C. Bell, U.S. Army, World War II;

Letterkenny Ordinance Depot Chambersburg. Pa.

William E. Ruscoe
Machinist Mate 2nd Class
Service time, 1953-57
2 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 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.
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.

Donald MacDonald
World War II Medic: 570th Ambulance Co.
Served 1942-45
Battles: N. France, Rhineland Ardennes,
Central Europe
Good Conduct Medal, European African
Middle Eastern Theater Campaign Ribbon,
American Theater Campaign Ribbon
Victory Medal

Loretta W. Fairbanks
Captain
Women's Army Air Corps
World War II

Sgt. Gene Coyle

U.S. Marine Corps
WWII, Korean War
Rifle Squad 22nd Marines
Tank Commander, 8th Tank
Battalion
Judge Advocate, Marine Corps
League

Richard Reid Cheswick

Captain, 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 aircrafts on daylight strategic
bombing missions targeting high-value industrial
sites. Achieved the rank of
captain and was awarded
the Distinguished Flying
Cross. Buried at Arlington
Cemetery with full military honors.

Ralph Pleasic,11th Coast Artillery 1941

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Clay Canning, USMA 2009

3rd Battalion 21st Infantry
Fort Wainright, Alaska

Sgt. Richard Cudney, Airman 1st Class

K-2, Korea 1954, 310th Fighter Bomber Squadron (F86)

Warrant Officer
Thomas OToole
WW II, U.S. Army
Field Artillery
African-Italy
Campaign

Lt. Frank OToole

World War II
U.S. Army 106th Field
Artillery
Killed in action
Battle of the Bulge

Alonzo Maffucci,
Staff Sgt. 47th HQ
Company, 9th Infantry
Div. WWII, Africa,
Sicily, France,
6 battle stars

Harry Street Jr.

Musician 2nd Class,
U.S. Navy, Asiatic
Pacific, Aircraft
Carrier Lexington, 2
Battle Stars
1944-1946

Everett Gidley,
a second lieutenant,
U.S. Army Air Force
324th Fighter Group,
was shot down in
enemy territory in
October 1944.

Alan Kirk Gray

Corporal USMC,
FLSG-Alpha, Vietnam
1967-68

William Flanagan Jr.

Seaman, 2nd Class
Officer candidate, USN
Construction (SeaBees)
South Pacific 1944-46

Benjamin Bruno
WWII, Europe
719Bomb Squadron
449th Bomb Group
15th Army Air Force

Capt. Vincent
OToole, pilot, Army
Air Corps
World War II, Pacific,
Berlin Air Lift, Korea

1st Lt. William L Rogers

WW II, Army Air Force
Pilot B-17 Flying Fortress.
Completed 36 bombing missions over Germany, re-upped
w/ Fighting Scouts of the
Eighth Air Force completing
an unknown number of missions as P-51 pilot. Forced to
bail-out over Berlin in April
1945. Captured and remained
a POW until end of the war.

THE DARIEN TIMES, THURSDAY, MAY 21, 2015

Sgt. 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.

William Plank
E Co. 351st Infantry
1946-47
German Occupation

James Isselee
U.S. Navy
Aviation Radioman

James J. Lechak
Seaman-1
U.S. Coast Guard
WWII

Daniel Poccia
Served on U.S. Dewey
in the U.S. Navy

S/Sgt. James OToole

WW II, Army Air
Corps
Air Transport
Command

Wayne Karl, USN

Served on the destroyer
escort USS Hilger as a
lst class Gunners Mate,
Quantanamo Bay, Cuba

William H. Lange
U.S. Navy
Hellcats
Shot down over Japan
in Navy fighter plane

Fred Calve
U.S. Army Engineers
World War II
Korean War

Martin Skala
Basic training,
Fort Dix, 1960
N.Y.S. National Guard

George W. Watson
YN1 Gerald J. Pacelli Jr. Alexander Gifford
A. Vincent Falcioni
Lt., USNR. Served
Served 21 years
Corporal,
20th Bomb Sq. WWII
during WWII in a subactive duty and made U.S. Army Air Force
USMC 1942-45
deployments to the
chaser, as commanding
In action Guam 1944,
1943 Caribbean Sea
Mediterranean/
officer on antisubmarine
Okinawa 1945 22
American Theater
Adriatic seas and
months with 111 Marine patrol craft, and in comArabian Gulf
mand of a mine sweeper.
Amphibious Corps

Louis M. Canto Jr.

U. S. Army 3053
Ordinance Service Co.
Occupation of Japan

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

Don Millspaugh
Airman 2nd Class,
Texas 1966
Gulf War and
National Guard

Lawrence P. Story
Lt. U.S. Navy, 19591964 - Pacific

Paul Hendrickson
U.S. Navy, 1969-1978,
U.S. Naval Reserve,
1978 to the present.

Oliver Summerton, left, Staff

Sergeant, U.S. Army Served in
South Pacific and Europe

PFC U.S. Army William F.

Moore
Served with the 63rd Tank
Battalion
Station in Frankfurt, Germany
- 1954 - Feb. 1955

Salutes those who have served our country in the

armed services, as well as those who wear the
uniform and defend our country today!
Please come to our upcoming excing events!
Wednesday, June 24th Karen Wagner Sings Broadway - Vocal Entertainer
Wednesday, July 1st

Independence Day Celebraon 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

Second Lieutentant Russell

Stanley
Vietnam 1966

Nelson Summerton, right, Master

Sergeant, U.S. Army 200 Field
Artillery Battalion

Connor Tracey
Presently serving in U.S. Navy
DHS Class of 04

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MEMORIAL DAY 2015: Honoring Those Who Served

PFC Kevin Michael

HT Tony Hill Taubl,
Taubl, USMC July 2008
U.S. Navy
to present
Deployed to MediterCurrently serving with
ranean, Horn of Africa
3rd Bn, 10th Marines,
and Arabian Gulf Cruise
Camp Lejune, N.C., as a
in 2007. Aboard U.S.S.
Howitzer crewman pre- Bataan LHD 5, Norfolk, Va.
paring for deployment to After Aviation Ordinance
A School in Pensacola,
Afghanistan. Grandson
Fla., will be at HM-14
of Ruth Tait Taubl of
(squadron) at Naval Station
Darien.
Norfolk. Grandson of Ruth
Tait Taubl of Darien.

S/Sgt. Vincent W. Mason

Upper turret gunner on a
B-24 Liberator Bomber,
based in the Philippines.
Asiatic Theatre riboon, the
Philippiine campaign ribbon, Air Medal and good
conduct ribbon. He completed 34 missions after
entering the Army Air
Forces in September 1942.

Major Sarah M. Howell, MD

U.S. Army
Chief of Dermatology
Ireland Army
Community Hospital
Fort Knox, Ky.

S 1/c George M. Mason

U.S. Naval Reserve.
Entered Navy in August
1944 and was stationed
in Hawaii.

Major Gerry Gilligan

Sgt. Peter Zangrillo
U.S. Army Field Artillery,
USMC, WWII, 4th
Marine Raiders Division. New Guinea, Philippines
1941-46
Guadacanal, Bouganville,
Guam, Okinawa

Gunnery Sgt. William

Scott Taubl with wife,
Catherine, at USMC ball
U.S. Marine Corps.
1984-2004
Served 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.

Robert Perske, RM3C

The Manila Port Direction Crew, 1945
In February 1942, Alan Randolph
Morehouse, a lifelong resident and teacher 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 DDay, June 6, 1944.

ALAN MOREHOUSE

Lt. Charles Andrew

USNR 1943

Mike Harding
Vietnam
USS Valley Forge

Rhoda Tirpack
4th Air Force Unit 499th
1944

Daniel H. OBrien
USMC Corporal - 19581961

Alice Westerberg
England 1944

George W. Hill Sr.

38th Infantry 2nd
Division, World War II

George Mason
37th N.C.B.
U.S. Navy Seabees, WWII,
Pacific

George Tirpack
Naval Armed Guard
1942

Charles and Harold Scribner

China-Burma-India, WW II

Sanford Kaynor
U.S. Army 1945-46
77th Infantry Div., 11th
Airborne Div. paratrooper in Sendai, Japan

Richard Keane
WWII, New GuineaPhilippines
292nd Ordnance
1942-46

Donald Cavett
U.S. Navy 1956-1962

IN REMEMBERANCE OF MY
RELATIVES THAT SERVED IN WWII
James Gartrell US Army
Samuel Gartrell US Army Air Force
Oliver Summerton US Army
Nelson Summerton US Army
(Sincerely, Bob Montlick)

Since 1951

In Business Since 1951

429 POST ROAD, DARIEN 655-4480

Kent Haydock
USNR 1943-46 WWII
Commissioned Naval
Aviator

2nd Lt.
Edward Clarke
U.S. Army Air Corps
1943-45

1st Lt.
Ralph "Pete" Sickels
1951-53, Japan, Korea

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

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

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

Samuel Stevenson
Corporal
3rd Army MP Co.
Fort Benning, Ga.

Sgt. Bud Gerstenmaier

1942-45
Army Air Corps
China, Burma, India

Joseph Grossman
Naval Reserve 1947-1951,
U.S. Army occupation of
Germany 1952-54

Louis Venezio
WW II 1942-45
Sq. B 4268th AFF
11th Army Air Force
Aleutian Islands

Jay Wood
1st Lt., 1st battalion, 81st
armor, 1st cavalry div.
Ft. Hood, Texas 1969-72.

Capt. John F. Welsh,

Frank Valente
Stuart Duffield
U.S. Army, WWII, five
U.S. Army Company A
Aviation Radioman
Battle Stars in European
175 Infantry, 29th Div.
VJ Day 1945
Theater, Bronze Star,
D-Day (D-1) Omaha
Naval Air Transport
Legion of Merit, Croix de Beach, Purple Heart, Oak Service, squadron VR-11
Guerre
Leaf Cluster, 1943-45
Honolulu, Hawaii
Asiatic-Pacific Theatre

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Two Darien men

lost their lives in
Pearl Harbor
Two Darien men lost their
lives in the Japanese attack on
Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
They were Ensign William T.
ONeill, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs.
William T. ONeill of Stanley
Road, and Lt. Eric Allen Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Eric Allen
of Noroton Avenue, Noroton
Heights. They were the towns
first losses in the second World
War. Lt. Ernest F. Sexton, after
whom the towns American
Legion Post is named, was the
first Darien youth to die in the
first World War.

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

Sgt. Anthony J. Augustus

The 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.

Joseph J. Augustus
Joined U.S. Army in 1945 and
served in Naples and Rome,
Italy, with Headquarters and
Service Company. Honorable
discharge as corporal in 1947.

Donald A. Scribner, Lt. Col., USMC

Designated 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.

WILLIAM ONEILL

ERIC ALLEN JR.

Nicholas P. Augustus Sr.

John Gus Augustus
Served in the U.S. Army after
Left DHS in 1944 to join the U.S. Army. Served
in the European Theater with the 1st and graduating from DHS in 1946.
3rd Army in England and France. His unit Shipped to Italy where he served
as auto mechanic for the 339
was heavy artillery and protected the famous
Field Platoon. He received
Remagen Bridge and the Ludendorf Bridge.
Earned several medals. World War Occupation Medal.

Lt. Christopher W. Pintauro, U.S. Navy

Two tours in Baghdad: first flying off the USS
Eisenhower as a Prowler naval officer
and second as a naval special operations officer.

Myrtle Bates Williams

Served in the Womens Army Corps at Wright
Field, Ohio, 1944-45, and the U.S. Army of
Occupation in Paris and Germany, 1945-46.

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.

Franklin P. Bates
U.S. Navy Seabees, Cuba and
North Africa, 1949-1953.

Victor J. Dolcetti
Corporal, 325th Tank
Batallion
Served in Korean War

1st Lt. Henry Sanders

Served in Korea, 1953

Sgt. Carlos Arias Ochoa, U.S.

Army Kuwait, Iraq, 2003

Albert Dolcetti
Served in the U.S. Army 1951-53 during the Korean War, stationed in Japan

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

William A. Frate
Entered OCS after college 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.

Linc Bell, left, U.S. Marines, World War I France and Leroy Bell of Port
Chester, N.Y.
World War I, France
H. David Sevigny
U.S. Marine Corp.
Lance Corporal
1965-1967

Alexander Garnett
1st Lt. 1969-1971

Captain Paul J. Gallo

Awarded Army Commendation
Medal for outstanding
oral surgeon at Ft. Wolters
Bach Army Hospital

Gunnar Edelstein manning

an A-10 Thunderbolt with the
131st Tactical Fighter Squadron
during a NATO deployment to
the Middle East.

Paul J. Pacifico
Air Force, The Philippines

Cpl. Raymond D. Slavin

545th Signal Co.
Boblingen, Germany 1954

Honoring and Supporting Veterans and Troops

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MEMORIAL DAY 2015: Honoring Those Who Served

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

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

Four Vitti brothers left, three came home

Dick Woods
Joined the U.S.
Marine Corps
as competitive
shooter in 1956.
Commissioned
in 1959. Member
All-Marine Rifle &
Pistol team. Helped
re-establish ScoutsSnipers. Seconded
the 40 Commando,
Royal Marines out of
Malta for duties in
North Africa. Later
commanded Co. K.,
3rd battalion, 2nd
Marines.

Donald Forbes McGill, Full commander, 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

1st Lt. W. Richard Fulljames U.S. Army

Infantry. Enlisted 1943 basic training Mule
Pack Artillery, Ft. Sill, Okla. Discharged
1946, Allied Command, Berlin

Lt. Henry Strauss USNR

North Atlantic Captain,
Sub Chaser, Solomon
Islands World War II
1941-45

PFC Jack Hanley

U.S.Marines World War II
1941-45 3rd Amphibious
Corp Quam - 1st Brigade.
Second man to leave
Darien for service.

Private Jack Droney

U.S. Army
508th Military police,
Korean War 1950-52

Bill Shepard
Lt. (jg) USNR 1968-71
Vietnam
River boat service

2nd Lt. Gladys Golden Costello

U.S.Army Air Force Nurse
Corps at the military hospital
in Santa Ana, Calif. 1944-46

William Van Sciver

1944
U.S. Army Air Force
Served in South Pacific

Arthur Van Sciver

1954
U.S. Air Force
Served in Germany.

Herbert Van Sciver

U.S. Army served in
England, France, Belgium
and Germany, 1944

Corporal Kevin Gilronan

U.S. Marines, 1981-84 in
the Far East

First Lt. Clifford Tallman Jr.

10th Special Forces Group
Bad Tolz, Germany
1966-69

Pieter Hoets served

the Netherlands during World War II in the
Intelligence Service of
the Dutch Army.

Leslie H. Roper
World War II
U.S. Navy
11/01/1943 05/13/1946
Chief Ship Fitter (AA)

Lt. Col. Philip Kleinert

Civil Air Patrol, 1942-55
Awarded National Commanders Medal and Wartime
Service Medal for meritorious service and devotion
to his wartime duties by Brigadier Gen. Richard
Anderson

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.

Preston W. McEwan
JAMES VITTI
JOSEPH VITTI
1st Lt. U.S. Air Force
ANTHONY VITTI
MICHAEL VITTI
Aircraft observer
Four brothers went into the
broke out. He joined the Army
Vittis contribution to Hollands
Intercept officer, instructor
service, three returned.
and was shipped overseas with
liberation.
1954-59
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

the 405th Infantry.

After his death, Tony was buried 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

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.

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

Tom Bauder, July 1969

Sgt. in Air Force, Vietnam.
Served May 1969 to May 70

Romer J. Myers
World War I
U.S. Army
08/05/1917
02/03/1919
Wagoner, Battalion F,
56th Artillery CAC

Warren H. Slauson
Joined the U.S. Navy after
graduating from DHS in
1944 and served until 1959.

Adrian Magnuson Jr.

USMC, Vietnam
3rd Marine Div.
1967-69

Lt. (jg) John A. Van Loan

Marilyn M. Roper
USNR Pilot HA(L)-3
World War II
Helicopter attack (light)
U.S. Marine Corps
Squadron 3
04/18/1945 06/12/1946
Det. 8 Rach Gia, Mekong
Corporal
Delta
South Vietnam 19701971

The Darien Board of Selectmen

Jayme Stevenson Kip Hall Susan Marks Jerry Nielsen Reilly Tierney

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Staff Sergeant Robert

Alexander U.S. Army
World War II, The
Philippines

Bob Joseph, U.S. Army

868th Field Artillery
Germany 1955

Lt. E.C. Prival, USNR

1943-1946
South Pacific

Pfc Eileen Lindborg

OToole
WWII, U.S. Marine Corps

Sgt. Jeff Green, U.S. Marine

Corps (Ret.)
Special Operations Kabul,
Afghanistan. Standing
guard outside Afghanistan
presidents house.

John A. Stuart
Senior Master Sergeant,
USAF (ret) 1955-1989
U.S. and worldwide

Joseph Bonfiglio
James D. Parker, Sgt. U.S.
U.S. Navy, 1943-1945
Army 1943-1946
Pharmacists Mate, 2nd class 47th Bomb Squadron, 41st
Sr. Dental Corpsman
bomb group
USS Tidewater

Wilfred T. Lowndes
Mechanic US Army
WWI

Wilbur S. Duncan
Master Sergeant, 69th
Infantry Division, 1942
The first to meet the
Russians east of Leipzig,
Germany, in WWII

John S. Durland Jr.

1st Lt., Army Signal Corps.
Served as radar officer in
the South Pacific
Oct. 1942-Dec. 1943

James Baker,
Sonor Petty Officer
lst Class
U.S Navy, 1942-45
Anti-submarine duty in
Atlantic fleet

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

Peter Wells
Captain, USNR 1960-1992
When he retired after 32
years, Capt. Wells was the
senior bomb disposal officer in the Navy

Corporal R.D. Brown

U.S.M.C 1942-1946

Fred Millspaugh Jr.

Private, Germany 1965

Ken Lord U.S. Army

Seoul, Korea 1946

Edmund Fountaine
U.S. Army, Gunnery
Instructor (stateside)

Peter Ham
U.S. Navy SFM 3, 1963

Ed Carabillo
82nd Airborne Division

Sgt. Doug Ely, USMC,

1946-48, recalled during
Korean War

Sgt. John Barston

Ray Street
Seaman 1st Class, U.S Navy, U.S. Army Signal Corps,
France/Germany, 1942-46
Pensacola, Fla., 1944-46.

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Private First Class Jeff Edelstein on patrol in Afghanistan

with the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team.

Sgt. Richard Constable

Military Police Platoon
70th Infantry Division
France & Germany
1944-46

Larry McClellan
WWII, Europe, Co, C
171st Combat Engineer,
2nd Armored Division,
U.S. Army shown in Paris
July 1945

Jimmy Stolfi
WWII Europe, Recon Co.
4th Armored Division

Anthony Improta
U.S. Marine Corps
1943

Orlando Francesconi
2nd Lt. U.S. Army
1941-44

Lt. (j.g.) Bill Donalds

U.S. Navy, 1953-56

Fred Poccia
U.S Third Army, 1943-1945

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.

1st Lt. Raymond H. Gross

WWII Europe
Landed 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.

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

Morris OBrien
U.S. Navy
Pacific Theater, 1943-1945

Lloyd Plehaty
Lt. Commander

Louis D'Aquila, USN

1942-47

Larry Magnuson
Sgt., Air Corps, 14th Air
Force, China

Frank Olsson
Tech Sgt., 20th Air Force,
509th Composite Group

Capt. Edmond
Ted Morse, USMC
Iwo Jima Feb. 1945

U.S. Navy, Pacific

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

Erik Valentzas, Lt. Col.,

U.S. Army Special Forces
1983 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.

AlbertW.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, 196519672 bronze stars

MEMORIAL DAY 2015: Honoring Those Who Served

Bob Mitchell
Lt. JG, U.S. Navy
Pacific Fleet
Minesweeper during WWII

PFC Sam R. Beaumont

4th Squadron, 4th U.S.
Cavalry Regiment.
Served in Armed
Combat in
Afghanistan, 2011.
Received Purple Heart
for wounds received in
action.

Anthony Marciano, left.192nd F.A.

43rd Div. Army of the Occupation
Germany 1950-52

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

Theodore Frederick Shaker Sr.

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

Roland Gallo
Army PFC Korean War
Dougless G. Campbell
U.S. Navy, Air Intellegence.
1950-54

PFC Eugene G. Maher.

Served in World War II at Clark Air
Force Base and in Luzon, Philippines

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.

John J. Tymon
U.S. Army, WWII, 1942-46, Staff Sgt.,
Motor Pool, Seved with Patton
Rhineland, Central Europe.
Good Conduct Medal, Victory
Medal

Technician 5th Grade Charles

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

John L. Molloy Sr.

Lieutenant, US Navy WWII
USS Woodford
participant in the battle of Okinawa
great grandfather to Caroline, Casey and
Clare Molloy
Robert C. Owen, Korean War 1951, U.S. Army, Corporal

Pete Kenyon
USS Bausell (DD-845)
Vietnam: 8/64 to 2/65,
1/66 to 7/66
Retired as Commander,
USNR

PFC Walter Bates, U.S. Army,

coast artillery, 1942-45.

Sgt. Elwood Bates

U.S. Army Air Corps
1943-46, B29 Scanner

RichardTymon
U.S. Army, Vietnam, 1968-69
Helicopter mechanic, E-5

John Roth
U.S. Army, 622nd Ordnance Battalion
WWII Europe

2015

S/Sgt. Joseph A. Chase, U.S.A.A.F.,

389th Bomb Squadron. 1918-1944

Pieter J. Hoets
WWII Europe 1940-45
2nd Lt., Special Forces Royal
Netherlands-Indies Army

Donald Bishop, Seaman 1st

Class
U.S. Navy 1944-46, Atlantic
Theater

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Military a smart choice for women leaders

Continued from 1D
started flying with full body
armor, Hellfire missiles in the aircraft and two 9mm [pistols], one
strapped to each leg, Sandi says.
To war
The situation came to a turning point. We came back to land
one night after wed 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
couldnt 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 otherwise 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 launching Tomahawk [long-range missiles], 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 protecting 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 missions protecting ships and aircraft
searching for water mines, which
Sandi says requires the minesweepers to move very slowly and
deliberately, focused on the potential explosives in their path rather
than possible incoming attacks.

naysayers as a woman working

her way to flying with that detachment. At one ceremony while
in San Diego, for instance, one
attendee seemed surprised to see a
female helicopter pilot.
Im there in my Navy uniform, 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, Im a pilot, Sandi
recalls. And he says, Oh, you fly
in the back? And I say, No, sir,
Im a pilot; I fly a helicopter. And
he was so confused.
I still dont know if he
believed me or not, Sandi laughs.
Women standing out
In those situations, to me, the
Sandi describes her time flying only approach is to do it, she
combat missions as interesting
advises other women. Let it be a At top, the familys Darien home includes Golden Retrievers Sydney and Trooper Aaron G. Marsh photo.
for a few different reasons. For
matter of fact; tell people that this Above, left, Ennor with a helicopter during her time in the U.S. Navy. Above, right, Ennor graduating from
one thing, for some of the equipis what we do, and this is how it
the Naval Academy
ment and technology the pilots
is. Some people may be oblivious
used, it was its first time seeing
about what women are doing, but
duty in an actual wartime scenario. thats their choice. I would say to
to research it, look into it, ask
be going to Iraq, going to
what aircraft they wanted to fly,
Military personnel, she says,
speak the truth, and do it.
questions and figure out whats
Afghanistan, Sandi continues. I where theyd be stationed. And
often train and train and train,
had already been there, so I want- theyd ask me, Hey, what do you best for you, she continues. I
and they may never actually use
An advocate
think thats what I really enjoyed
ed to be an advocate and be pres- think about this? What should I
anything but in this case, we
While shell remember plenty
about my service is this great netent for them.
do?
trained on many things that we
about the combat missions and her
As for the women shed conwork of support of very talented,
Sandis advice then might be
then implemented in use.
initial service, Sandi says she also
nect with working at the academy, taken as good sense by any young very driven people.
Also, Sandis particular detach- found much significance in her
Sandi says theyre now all over
adults forging their way into their
ment was somewhat out of the
time working in operations for the
Whatever life brings
the world, with some still in
lives and careers. Id tell them
ordinary. Out of six pilots, four of Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.
In 2015, its more and more
the Navy serving in places like
to
really
explore,
Sandi
says.
us were women, and Im not sure When I went back to Annapolis,
common in the United States to
Afghanistan and others having
People love to talk about their
if thats ever happened before,
I felt like it was really important
see women in executive and leadreturned to civilian life. The girls careers and what they do; ask
she says. It was a unique group,
to get involved with the midshipare awesome, Sandi says.
ership
roles, both in the private
people to tell you more about it,
and Im still friends with all of
men, she says. Thats really why
She notes that she helped guide and itll help you make a decision and public sectors. For women
them.
I was also the assistant womens
many of them as they made their
looking to build their experiabout whats best for your life.
And although times have long
lacrosse coach.
own way through their time at the
There
are
so
many
different
been changing in the military,
It was about these women
academy. They didnt always
See Ennor on page 17D
opportunities that, really, you have
Sandi said she did run into a few
who were graduating and would
know what they wanted to do,

women in the service of our country can

never be repaid. They have earned our
undying gratitude. America will never

President Harry S. Truman

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Ennor
Continued from 16D
ence and get into such
careers, the military can be a
great choice, Sandi says, and
its 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, youre
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
theres also a really great
sense of pride in what you
do, the time you spend serving the country, she points
out, and I think many people dont 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 successful civilian life.
Thats partly why Sandi
says she was always happy
to share her own experiences 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 thats
not some kind of conflict of
interest, she says.
Changing face of veterans
Since moving to Darien
a year and a half ago, Sandi
says that in addition to getting involved in town and
school life, shes continued
helping represent women
in the military in this community, which is known for
honoring its veterans and the
men and women now serving the nation.
When I got settled in, it
was important for me to join
the Darien VFW, Sandi
says. She encourages residents to stop by the Darien
Veterans of Foreign Wars
post on Noroton Avenue and
check out what the place has
to offer.
Its great to go to veterans 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.
amarsh@darientimes.com

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

Fire Departments to honor Memorial Day

at the towns Firefighters Memorial
The Darien Fire Department,
Noroton Fire Department and Noroton on the Post Road near Spring Grove
Cemetery to honor Memorial Day.
Heights Fire Department will gather

They will gather for an annual

prayer and remembrance at 9 a.m. on
Monday, May 25.

Memorial Day poetry contest winner announced

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,
Andrews work best exemplified the true meaning
of Memorial Day said
Phil Kraft, chairman of the
committee.
Andrew has been
invited to read his poem
at Memorial Days dedication ceremony at Spring
Grove Veterans Cemetery
immediately following the
Memorial Day Parade.
Everyone is welcome
and encouraged to attend
this brief ceremony to
honor our fallen servicemen and women.

The Truth Be Told

by Andrew Donovan
Nowadays,
nothing is the same.

and the wrong action.

We are wrong.

Fast cars, cell phones,

and most of all,
no time for heroes.
Unless those heroes
throw a ball,
catch a ball,
or run fast.
Thats not a true hero.

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

We sing the praises

of the brave.
Those who have
jumped from a plane,
surfed a colossal wave,
or swam with a shark.
Thats not true bravery.
We honor
the wrong person,
the wrong idea,

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.

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 by
US 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 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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Traffic detours and restrictions will be in effect beginning at 8 a.m. on Memorial Day.
In order to provide a safe environment and to accommodate parade participants and spectators, Darien
Police advise the following:
There will be no on-street parking 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.
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 Kings
Highway South during the parade.
Old Kings 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
officers will be assigned to traffic posts before and during the parade.

Memorial Day
parade advisory
The Town of Darien Memorial
Day Parade will be held on Monday,
May 25. Traffic detours and restrictions will be in effect at some locations beginning at 8 a.m.
The Darien Police Department will
be deploying additional officers to the
parade. As a safety precaution, spectators are asked to avoid bringing backpacks or large bags to the event.
The parade will step off from
Goodwives Shopping Center on Old
Kings Highway North at 10 a.m., proceeding up Brookside Road and turning 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 environment and to accommodate parade
participants and spectators, Darien
Police advise the following:
There will be no on-street parking 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 participants 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 officers 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 performances 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 Stamfords
Memorial Day parade beginning at
12 noon at Hoyt and Summer Streets,
Stamford.

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