Rescued from St Tomas Camp Sends American Pride Letter
Ellsworth Tuplin, among thousands freed from the St Thomas Internment Camp in Manila, writes home from captivity expressing pride in the American flag and a longing to reunite. He describes weight loss, hospital care, and hopes for repatriation for Ruth and Tonya, with strong anti Japan sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
J. Harry Tuplin
Ellsworth Tuplin
St. Thomas
Manila
States
St. Thomas Internment Camp
P.I
Florence
S Sgt A E Williams Awarded Purple Heart
Staff Sergeant Anthony E. Williams of Rhode Island was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds in action. He serves as Personnel Sergeant in the Admin Section of the 707th Railway Grand Division stationed at a major Belgian port after earlier training at Ft. Bragg and Fort Devens. He arrived overseas in December 1943 and took part in the Normandy and Northern France campaigns and is now in the German campaign. The award was presented by Lt Colonel G C White.
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U.S
Belgium
Anthony E. Williams
Anna Williams
Bay View Avenue
Rhode Island
707Th Railway Grand Division
Williams
Fort Devens
Massachusetts
Field Artillery Replacement Training Center
Ft. Bragg
North Carolina
Camp Harahan
New Orleans
Louisiana
Normandy
France
G. C. White
Sgt John F. Romano Wounded In Action On Western Front
Sgt John F Romano son of Mr and Mrs Luigi J Romano of 711 Hope Street was reported wounded in action on January 3 on the Western Front in Europe. A La Salle Academy graduate and former employee of Collins and Aikman Corporation, he has four brothers and a sister serving in the armed forces.
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John F. Romano
Luigi J. Romano
Hope Street
Europe
Romano
la Salle Academy
Collins and Aikman Corporation
Vincent Catalano Receives Navy Commendation for Valor
Vincenzo Catalano, U S N R, son of Mrs Josephine Catalano of 5 Coggeshall avenue, was commended by his commanding officer for outstanding service and meritorious conduct off the west coast of the Philippines aboard the U S Cabot during a 25 November 1944 attack by Japanese aircraft. He aided in damage repair and wounded treatment, helping restore the ship to peak efficiency.
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Vincenzo Catalano
U.S.N.R
Josephine Catalano
Coggeshall Avenue
Philippines
U.S. Cabot
United States Naval Service
Bristol High School graduate becomes Army Air Forces cadet
Pvt. Fred W. Cleaver son of Mr and Mrs Fred G Cleaver of 21 Monroe avenue has passed tests to become an aviation cadet at Keesler Field Mississippi where he trains in the Army Air Forces He is a 1944 Bristol Senior High School graduate who also spent a semester at Brown University and enlisted in the Air Corps Enlisted Reserve in August He was one of eight chosen from a class of sixty two.
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Fred W. Cleaver
Fred G. Cleaver
Monroe Avenue
Keesler Field
Miss
Army Air Forces
Bristol
Cleaver
Brown University
Brown
Air Corps
Pvt
Sgt Albert DelToro Reported Prisoner of War in Germany
Sgt Albert DelToro reported missing in Luxembourg on December 17 was confirmed prisoner of war by a telegram to his wife Mrs Virginia Massano DelToro. Inducted October 1941 he trained in Virginia Louisiana Texas and Florida and served with the First Army in France Belgium Luxembourg and Germany near Aachen. He refused a medical discharge due to an injury saying no to excuses would weaken the Army.
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Albert DelToro
Luxembourg
Virginia Massano DelToro
Woodstreet
Biagio del Toro
Catherine Street
Virginia
Louisiana
Texas
Florida
First Army
France
Belgium
Germany
Aachen
del Toro
Bristol pilot earns fame with 32nd Infantry in Philippines
Capt Peter J. Alfano air liaison pilot with the 32nd Division Artillery earns multiple awards for daring work directing artillery from a recon aircraft on Luzon. He holds the Soldiers Medal Air Medal with Oak Leaf, plus the Presidential Unit Citation for the Papuan Campaign. His wife Mrs Aileen W. Alfano lives in Bristol Rhode Island.
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32Nd
Philippines
Peter J. Alfano
Woodstreet
Bristol
Rhode Island
Red Arrow
Alfano
Luzon
Australia
Saidor
New Guinea
Yami Point
Aileen W. Alfano
Brelsford Promoted to First Lieutenant in Army Air Forces
Henry A. Brelsford, son of Mr and Mrs Thomas F Brelsford of 183 Wood Street, has been promoted to first lieutenant while in an Italian hospital. A holder of the Air Medal and co pilot of a night fighter he was injured when his plane crashed two days before Christmas and will likely be moved to a U S hospital. Class C Play off in Basketball pits Colt versus South Kingstown at Marvel Gym Providence tonight at 7 30.
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Henry A. Brelsford
Thomas F. Brelsford
Wood Street
Army Air Forces
Italy
Brelsford
Marvel Gym
Providence
Colt
South Kingstown
Red Cross War Fund Campaign Opens Monday Evening
The Rhode Island Red Cross War Fund launches Monday at 8:30 pm in Rockwell Hall YMCA with Fred R. Ripley as speaker and a March of Time wartime film. Roswell S. Bosworth chairs the drive as campaign workers gather, posters roll out by Boy Scouts, and headquarters open at Holmes House Hope Street. The 1945 goal is 1 150 900 to aid 95 000 Rhode Islanders in service, at about 12 dollars per man for a year. The list of residential divisions and a large executive committee accompany the note.
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Red Cross War Fund
Rockwell Hall
Y.M.C
Fred R. Ripley
WPRO
Red Cross
Roswell S. Bosworth
Carl T. Carlson
Bosworth
Boy Scouts
Holmes House
Hope Street
Gladys M. Brightman
Rhode Island
Bronze Star awarded to Pfc Henry R Brazil in Normandy
Private First Class Henry R Brazil 31182632 of Company I 26th Infantry earned the Bronze Star for heroic action near Tour-en-Bessin Normandy on 8 June 1944. He attacked and neutralized enemy troops while laying communications wires and completed the mission despite heavy danger. Brazil is listed as from Bristol Rhode Island and is married to Arlene Brazil of 19 Rock Street.
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Pfc
Henry R. Brazil
Normandy
Brazil
Arlene Brazil
Rock Street
Francisco Brazil
26Th Infantry
Tour-en-Bessin
France
Bristol
Rhode Island
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Jack Oakie
Turhan Bey
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Donald Cook
Elyse Knox
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Charles D. Jencks
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Frank Perry
Nancy D. Bosworth
Earl P. Mathewson
Fred M. Tanner
Joseph T. Brogden
Norman J. Vermette
George H. Murray
Harry Jodrey
Jeanne Moren
Elizabeth Perry
Eleanor Perry
Harry Dew. Allen
Philip Clark
John W. Church
Leroy L. Doan
Marguerite Stone
Robert Newbold
Wilda Brownell
Margaret Dupont
Nancy Ferrara
Mary Pacheco
Marion Maisano
J. Howard Paull
Herbert B. Burnham
James A. McKenna
Marjorie Magee
Emilia Bucolo
Caroline Squatrito
John D. Moore
Charles L. Pendleton
Mabel Belanger
Victor Formisano
Carmella Russo
Margaret Callan
Walter E. Briggs
Dorothy Morris
Frances Bullock
Dorothy McPherson
Charles M. Connery
Earl G. Sturdevant
Frank Pardee
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Maurice C. Smith
Sally A. Mapes
William Liscomb
Charles Burke
Kenneth Olson
Herbert Coleman
Norton M. Zinderstein
Thomas D. Adams
Clark Taylor
Gordon B. Small
Spencer C. Hilton
Malcolm Clark
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George E. Felix
George E. Magee
Alicia B. Connery
Margaret Traynor
Elsie St. Angelo
Nancy T. Sisson
Winifred Aiello
Hortense
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Patricia Nunes
Ida Puya
Harvey Gladue
Ida Sousa
Josephine Alfano
Frank J. Sylvia
Marion C. Sousa
Sally Sylvia
Agnes J. Perreira
Howard R. Newman
Henry Wood
Wallis E. Howe
Fred Alger
D. V. A. Capone
Robert L. Cragan
Frank M. Dimond
V. J. deRaccha
Ruth Graham
Vernon A. Gray
H. F. Hill
George F. Leighton
Jos. J. Marshall
Arthur W. McCaw
Paul C. Millimaggi
Salvatore Massano
E. S. Mapes
Paul A. Herzig
Robert F. Nelson
Salvador Nunes
Joseph Pannone
John Ruggiero
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Bronze
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Florence Maxwell
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