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The Berkshire County Eagle, Pittsfield, Mass. Wednesday, July 5, 1944. Page Three With Berkshire County Boys on America's Fighting Fronts Sgt. Toomey Awarded DFC In England Local Youth Is Veteran of Many Bombing Raids (From Saturday's Eagle) Tech. Sgt Patrick C.

Toomey, veteran of many bombing missions over Germany and enemy occupied Europe, son of William J. Toomey, 119 Union Street, has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Is Killed In Action Three Killfoile Brothers Are in Overseas Service Former Employee Of Kelly Deitrich Dies in Italy NORTH ADAPTS--Pvt Andrew L. Williams 33, of 38 Bryant Street, brother of Frank Williams, 65 Hawthorne Avenue, Pittsfield, and a former salesman for Kelly- Dietrich of PKLsfteid, was killed in action in Italy June 4. His wife, the former Mary Haskins. was notified yesterday morning by telegram from the War Department Pvt Williams entered the scrv-1 ice in September, 1943, trained a Camp Craft, S.

and Fort i George C. Meade, and reached Italy in April of this year where he participated in the push at An- zlo beachhead. He was born in Hoosick, N. the son of Andrew L. Williams and the late Elizabeth Mngee Williams.

1 He attended Hoosick schools, and i after coming to North Adams was employed by a local bakery for a short tune. He was a member of the North Adams Lodge of Elks. Survivors are his wife, his father, his brother, Frank; a 19- month-old daughter, Suzanne; his step-mother; three other brothers, of New York, Staff Sgt. Charles Williams, now serving in New Guinea, and Sgt. George Wil- iliams, who is hospitalized in Italy I because of wounds.

SGT. PATRICK C. TOOMEY Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross Cross for "materially aiding in Ihe success of each of his missions." Radio operator-gunner on a B-17 Flying Fortress and stationed with the Eighth Air Force in Enslanrt. Toomey. according to the re- port of the commanding-general, skillfully and courageously ward- i ed off many attacking enemy i 1 ers while participating in raids I over Berlin, Frankfurt, Hannover.

I Scheinfurt and other enemy cities and installations. The 20-year-old Ireland-bom American has been acclaimed a "great credit to the Armed Forces of the United States." Only three months ago he was; awarded an Air Forces medal for I "exceptionally meritorious achieve- i ment while participating in i bomber combat missions over Europe." i He entered the service two years; ago and has been overstas since; January. He is a St. Joseph's High School graduate with the class 1942 and before i i was em-! ploved by the GE. He graduated i in May, 1943, from the radio school of the Air Forces Technical Training Command at Scott Fie'd, I where he qualified for duty as a member of a fighter bomber crew, i He was promoted from a to staff sergeant ir.

December, when he was stationed as a radio- gunner at Rapid City (S.D.) Army air base. ifc Edward M. Klllfoile Magadini Gets Commission Becomes Lieutenant at Stuttgart, Ark. (From Saturday's Eagle! GREAT BARRINGTON--Charles -R, Magadini, former employee the Great Harrington Post Office and ona of the first to take private Sea. Elliott Ends Ragic Training SIGNAL, CORPS RADIO OPERATORS in the European theatre who maintain ground-air liaison with the Invasion bombers and fighters at a Ninth Air Force service command unit In England commanded by Col.

Clyde C. Harris include, left to right. Tech. -IE Kenneth J. Sykes, 20, of Pitteflcld, and Pfc.

Arvid Hansen, 33, of Portland, Ore. Sgt. Sykes, son of Mrs. Mary Sykcs of 27 East Mill Street, was employed in the capacitor department of the Pittsfield General Electric Company before taWng up amis In November, 1942. A graduate of St.

Joseph's High School, he arrived in England in the summer of 1943. 1st. Sgt. Eugene E. Killfolle Robert Yulllemot In England Arthur Vuillemot I Robert F.

Vuillemot, electrician 1 mate third class, the son of Mr. and JMrs. Arthur Vuillemot of 127 'Plunkett Street, Is home on a 23-day furlough after two years i absence. While on a U. S.

battle- iship, which Is now undergoing re- jpairs, he has seen action both in i the Atlantic and Pacific. Seaman "Vuillemot attended St. Joseph's' Schools, enlisting in April 1942. A Vuillemot, aviation ma- mate second class, another ison of Mr. and Mrs.

Vuillemot, sta- 'tioned at Chincoteague Island, Virginia, was also home for the week end. Seaman Vuillemot attended Pittsfield High School and was employed by the GE before his enllst- corps in Europe, has been promoted ent into the Navy, October, 1942. to captain. He was commissioned in December, 1S42, and last August became a first lieutenant. Capt.

Halperin attended Pittsfield High School and Williston Academy, and was formerly associated with the Berkshire i Company. Sgt L. Dudley Killfoilo (From Saturday's Eagle) STOCKBRIDGE--Mrs. Edward L. Klllfoile of South Street, has three sons hi service, nil members of the Army and all overseas.

Capt. Edward M. Klllfoile Is stationed somewhere in England with the Eighth Army Air Force. Capt. Killfolla is an engineering officer and has been overseas since No-j vember, 1943.

Sgt. L. Dudley Killfolle is lita- tloned In New Guinea i the Signal Corps. Sgt, Killfolle married the former Miss Lucy Smith of Lenox and has been overseas since October, 1943. 1st Sgt.

Eugene E. Killfoile Is stationed somewhere in England with the medical corps, and has been overseas sinca November, 1943. Sgt. Marguerite St. Pallsy Sgt.

Marguerite St. Palley, WAC, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Zalton St. Palley of 454 Hubbard Avenue, is home on furlough from Brooks Field, Tt'xas.

Previous to her enlistment in December, 1942, Sgt. St. Palley was employed by the Office of War Information in Washington, D. C. She Is a graduate of Pittsfield High School and attended i Business College.

Sgt. St. Palley received her basic training, attended administrative school and the non-commissioned; officers school in Daytona Beach. and also teletype school at Randolph. Field, Texas.

She has two brothers in service, Cpl. Stephen, stationed at Orlando, and Aviation Cadet Theodore, who is at Harlingen, Texas. She is now awaiting training for overseas duty. Sea. John 8.

Elliott Lieut. Charles R. 'From Saturday's Eflgle) GREAT BARRINGTON Sea. John S. Elliott, second claw, Is homo on leave, visiting his father, James Elliott, alter the i lion of his boot training at Sampson, N.

Y. Elliott roturns next ar.l will be assigned for ttudics in a specialized branch or bo transferred fo- sea duty. He attended i Scarlcj High prior to enlistment. in England Cpl. DiSimoni Visits Pope Received Rosary With Other Soldiers From Pontiff (From Fri'lny'" Eagle) LEE--I dated Jjr.o 14.

in Italy, C' Anthcr.y DiSimoni, of Mri. P.ose iSlmoni 'jf Cans! Street. of a i the of w.r, i 'o have been or.e the A a er. ence by piuf. tnj the dlen rerc'vcd the '-I the Pontiff each i a ruary.

Cpl. a'so 'visited the cs'acomhi janri Coliseum. j.t of a In on! of the St. Pei-r. The pr.est a jto i given the pr.v;g* 'of the trot's In of action "We h.tvcn't topped rrrj-h We a placer.

arc bct'er." scout 'he sr' :1 ry a i to and up of I a He nri'ive her. iVil'. 1 He his Fort N. over- Prf. Brnicn Is in lessons when the Lufbery Flying School opened, graduated in exercises at Stuttgart Army Air Field Wednesday, receiving his lieutenant's commission and wlngj.

Lieut. Magadini Is a graduate of Searlcs High and was employed as clerk -carrier In Post Office before enlistment. His wife and mother and son live here. Lieut Magadini was also active in the Great Barrington StaU Guard. Pfo.

George Overlook (From Thursday's Eagle) NEW LEBANON, N. George Overlock, the former ASfrt- da Reynolds, has been notified hen husband, Pfc. George Overlock, has, arrived in England. Pfc. son of Mrs.

Alice Overlock of We-stj Street, is in the infantry. Ho Inducted Feb. 13, 1943, and received; basic training at Camp Miss. He was also stationed at Jackson, S. before going overseas.

He was employed in the distribution transformer winding department of the Pittefleld GE before entering the service. Capt. Henry L. Hajperln Henry L. Halperin, with a mobile battalion of the quartermaster Robert J.

Goodrich Robert J. Goodrich, seaman second class, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold S. Goodrich of 89'4 Firit Street, is attending signal school at Sampson, N.

Y. Seaman Goodrich enlisted in the Navy in April and received his boot training ac Sampson. He is a member of this year's graduating class of Piltsileld High School. Francis T. Eddy Francis T.

Eddy, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Eddy of 131 Appleton Avenue, has recently been commissioned an ensign in the United Stales Naval Reserve.

He Is a graduate of Plttsfleld High School and of Brown University where he majored in chemistry. Before entering the service he was employed by the Radio Condenser Company of Camden, N. J. He has been spending the past 10 days with his parents and is reporting this week tor a period of Indoctrination at Port Schuyler, N. Y.

Tech. Sgt. William Knight Tech. Sgt. William Knight Is now crew chief mechanic of a B-29 at a bomber school in Seattle, Wash.

He has been stationed at many camps in this country, among them Langley Field, in Now Mexico, 'Oregon, Arizona, Maine, El Paso, Texas, and Westover Field, Sgt. Knight enlisted In December, 1939, and had been employed by E. D. Jones Company. He Is the son of Mrs.

Robert Knight of 23 Richmond Avenue. Sgt. Joseph B. Coughlln Jr. Is sepnding a seven-day furlough with his parents, Mr.

and Mrs, Coughlln ol 22 Bay State Road. Ho Is a gunnery instructor at Panama City, Fla. Sgt. Coughlln has been in the service two years Pvt, Robert R. Miller is spending a 12-day furlough with his parents, Mr.

Henry Miller of 58 Taylor Street. He Is with an tn- fttntry unit at Camp Carson, Colorado Springs, Col. He has been In the service 16 months. Vlnoent Gero Sgt. Vincent Gero, stationed at Fort Bragg, N.

Is spending a 14- day furlough with his mother, Mra. Mary Gero of 33 Pecks Road. Prior to his enlistment, Dec. 9, 1942, ho was employed by the Wyandotta Worsted Company. Sgt.

Gero attended St. Joseph's High School where ho played football. Another son of Mrs. Gero, Pfc. Robert, in a ranger division somewhere In Italy, enlisted Dec.

7, 1942 and been overseas since December 1943. He received training at Camp Gruber, Okla. and Fort Sam Huston, Texas. His wile, l.ho former Blanche Lysonskl, and daughter, Roberta, live on Erwin Street, Pontoosue Lake. Pfc.

Gero was also employed by the Wyandotte Worsted Company. Sgt. Peter Pannesco, son of Mr. and Mrs. Angalb Pannesco of 242 Onota Street, was recently promoted to the rank of staff sergeant.

He was Inducted in September, 1943, and received' basic training at Fort Devens. He is stationed at Camp Vnn Dorn, and is attached to the antitank company of the 63d Infantry division. His wife, the former Carolyn Vargatl and their six-months- old daughter art In Mississippi with him Sgt. Fapnesco is a graduate of Ptttstleld High School and was employed In the east plant of the GE, Cpl Alfred Grizey, son of Joseph Grizey, 92 Lyman Street, Is stationed at a hospital in England lor wounded soldiers from France. Be fora shipping overseas ho was tioned at Camp Grubeiy Okla.

Pvt. W. Adanu (From Thursday's Eagle) Pvt. Jairut W. Adams, who Inducted Oct.

8, 1943, is with the Pvt. Henry F. Brown (From Saturday's LENOX DALE-Pvt. r.ry armored forces somewhere In Ea Browr He received his basic train- In the ir.vesion if France jr.e lings at Fort Riley. and acconilrj to word re-eivcd tralnlng In mechanized cavalr)' v-iv hv r.a-v« v- Ia i wife, the former Miss Ma recently received birthday and o.iv niversary greetings by cable.

HJ mother, Margaret L. Adams, and his wife live et Old Windsor Road, w. 1 Pvt. Brown in Ih? rsi draft Dalton. Pvt.

Adams 2d Lt. Legnnd O. Steeelo Second Lt Legrend Guild Steele, son of Mr. and Mrs. L.

G. Steele, 81 Howard Street, graduated Thursday from the Columbus (Miss,) Air Field and received his flying officer wings and commission as a second lieutenant He entered the Army as an aviation cadet In August, 1943, and was first stationed at Nashville, Tenn. He attended flying schools at Americus, and Greenwood, Miss. He graduated from Adams High School and served two years in the local National Guard unit Promoted to the petty offlcar rate ot yeoman third class woman reservist. Olga Suhlnskl, 23, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Samuel Suhln- skl, 25 Calumet Street, was gradu ated recently from the naval train ing school (Yeoman-W) on the Iowa Stale Teachers College campus, Cedar Falls, Iowa. She was selected for her specialty training on the basis of her boot training aptitude tests and past civilian ex- peri once, The completed course of study included shorthand, typing, naval correspondence, records and forms, end current events. Two Plttsfleld men, one a second lieutenant, the other a ser geant, recently won their paratrooper's wings and boots at Fort Bennlng, after completion of a four weeks' jumping course. They are: 2d Lt.

Richard T. Hanley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Newton F. Hanley of 38 ArltnKton Street and Sgt.

Walter Majchrowikl, son ot Mrs. Anna Majchrowikl of 933 North Street Felice Delmolino has been promoted from private to sergeant In a special service force with Gen. Mark Clark's Fifth Army, which was the first force to enter Rome. His wife. former Shirley Lc- Bleu and son, Philip Allen, '1, live at 1240 North Stroat.

Sgt. Delmolino the. ion of Fells Delmolino of Cheshire. has four in jervlce, Staff Sft. John E.

McDonough Jr. Staff Sgt. John E. McDonough Jr. has been awarded two oak leaf clusters, having recently received the Air Medal.

He is the i son of Mr. and Mrs. John E. McDonough Sr. of 4 Myrtle Street and stationed with the 8th Air Forces heavy bombardment group omewhere in England.

On June 20 he had completed 34 combat mu- ilons. In a recent letter to his parents, Sgt. McDonough said he had met and talked with Generals Marshall. Arnold and Doolittle, before tak- ng off on a mission. Enlisting Oct.

15, 1942, the local soldier received his basic training it Miami Beach, Fla. and xvas graduated from radio mechanics train- ng at Truax Field, Madison, Wis. He obtained his advanced training radio mechanics at Boca Raton, graduating as a radar mechanic, April 24, 1943. Sgt. McDonough was stationed at Salt Lake City, Utah, Dalbert, Texas, and Pyota, Texas, where he received his wings after complet- ng gunnery school.

Receiving his final training at Dycrsburg, he was assigned, as tall gunner, to a B-17 and left for overseas in November 1943. the orcar.iie^, division, he was the to attended of a he schools and before his inductioni 0 Kor Bonnir.s. Ga for ha was employed by Crane Com-; rr Rrv rfv-cive-l nv wings. His w-a-s obtfiir.rd nt Fort C. trooper Brown was to a rrt ir.

invas.or.. Unooln B. 'Wilejr Apprentice Sea. Lincoln B. son of Rev.

and Mrs. Walter Wiley, 36 Russell Tenaw. has completed his course In Navy V-ll' program at Dartmouth Collegi-. Hanover, N. H.

He is on a seven- day Icai-e after which he will lenve for Michigan University Ann Arbor, to study aeronautical en-, glneerlng. Sea. Wiley graduated from Pittsfield High in 1W3. Second Gertie T. of Mr.

nr.d Mrs. C.va:gt rS Lieut. Harry Rappapnrt of 3j A vcd Prospect Street, mptiiber ot a bmnber i' 1 0 oonun-x'Un: 20lh Bomber Commtmd. played active part In making the B-23 Cpl. Frauds J.

Dougherty Cpl. Francis Dougherty, son of Cora Dougherty of 31 Springside Avenue, who enlisted Into the Army June 14, 1943, has been assigned to the medlcdl corps at Camp Lewis, Tacoma, Wash. Cpl. Dougherty, formerly employed in the production dtpartment of the Columbus Avenue GE, was attached to ttie military police prior to his transfer. fiue to tin rtrm ship- de)ayei ur.ti: I Af.fn.

Lenox Schoel. as emrlcyp by Smith Paper Ir.c. A tor, c' Mr. Mrs. Thcrrju la yeoman Jlrat class at Ncw- port.

I. Jd Lt. E. Grovrr II! He rrV.Hrii 1943. and took bavo ralds on Japan possible.

The B-DB at A a i i J. He was still In Us experimental state Bight a i i he Joined the command, i helped build, experiment, when which and modify the superfortress. At present Lieut. Rappaport Instructing crew members on maintenance and functional operations. He was graduated from Tn- State College In Angola, with a bachelor of science degree In mechanical engineering, and prior to entering service WHS employed by the GE.

Lieut. Ruppaport'i parents are Mr. and Mrs. Morris Rappaport Aviation Student Robert A. Petell, son ot Mr.

tad MM. E. Petell, 407 Tyler Street, has reported at the primary flight school. Burr Aero Tech, Albany, He was station at the pre-fllght school receive- 1 Field. MIS.V, Msxwei: and Gi''rge FicV, He a fornur CiK power trans- 'f former tank thcp Awarded Medal For Action Over Etiemv Territory (From Monday's LEBANON SPRINGS, N.

Kenneth H. Hunt notllUM that her brother. Tech. Sji. John N.

Sonrlcr. ha it been awarded the Air Modal for meritorious and courageous achievement over my territory. Terh. Sgt. Sonrler a radic- Maxwell Field, before on a Flying unrt fer.

He hns been In the service iSt In He rr.tc-.ci1 almost two years Petell attended Mho wrvicc In 1942 xnci received PlttsHeld Hlgil and graduated from) training at SVott Field. Cranwell School, Lenox. was employed 'as an apprentice toolmaker by May Engineering Company before joining the Army. Lake City, ami Texas Is a former employee of the GE. His father.

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