AUTHOR NOTE: Mrs. Douglas E. Nash, referred to in the article below, was a YMCA employee during World War I and had assignments in France and Germany in 1918. She is Enid Capwell Allen Nash, and her bio can be read HERE. From The Norwalk Hour November 24, 1945 RED CROSS WAR PRISONER HEAD REPORTSContinue reading “NORWALK’S 45 RESIDENTS RELEASED FROM NAZI POW CAMPS”
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SECOND LIEUTENANT MILTON STEUER; U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE
DOB/DOD: February 15, 1918 (New York, NY) – January 2, 1944; 25 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: 26 Fairfield AvenueENLISTMENT: February 14, 1941SERVICE NUMBER: Enlisted: 32006967; Officer: O-803113UNIT: Air Transport Command FAMILY: Born to Nathan “Nat” O. (1895-1973) [born in Austria] and Diana Deutsch Steuer (1898-1995) [born in Russia]. One brother, Bernard “Buddy” (1922-1935). CIRCUMSTANCES:Continue reading “SECOND LIEUTENANT MILTON STEUER; U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE”
WATERTENDER FIRST CLASS CHARLES PHILIP MCCARTHY; U.S. NAVY
DOB/DOD: October 21, 1917 (New Rochelle, NY) – October 27, 1942; 26 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married to Ruth Pfeil (1915-2013). Ruth remarried and lived to be 98 years old.LOCAL ADDRESS: Connecticut Avenue, NorwalkENLISTMENT: September 14, 1936SERVICE NUMBER: 2233366SHIP ASSIGNED TO: USS Porter (DD-356) FAMILY: Born to Charles (1893-1972) and Theresa Foy McCarthy (1892-?). CIRCUMSTANCES: TheContinue reading “WATERTENDER FIRST CLASS CHARLES PHILIP MCCARTHY; U.S. NAVY”
MAJOR EVERETT WILFRED KING, U.S. ARMY
DOB/DOD: February 20, 1894 (Brooklyn, NY) – March 2, 1944; 50 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married to Frances Mercedes Schang (1897-1985) on March 4, 1922, in New York CityCHILDREN: One son, Everett Lincoln King (1925-2009). One daughter, Mary E. “Liz” King Wilson (1923-2005).LOCAL ADDRESS: Chestnut Hill Road, NorwalkSERVICE NUMBER: O-185107UNIT: 5th Army Air Force Fighter CommandContinue reading “MAJOR EVERETT WILFRED KING, U.S. ARMY”
A celebrity connection
It’s been more than 6 months since I completed research on the list of 180+ World War II heroes for this site. I decided it was time to go back through and fix minor formatting mistakes, missing information, and most of all, check NewsBank for any additional information. Recently, 12 more years of my hometownContinue reading “A celebrity connection”
The Collings’
While cleaning up some older posts on the site, I came across something that I discovered a year or more ago. The father of Herbert Turner Collings Jr. was a POW in World War One. I never dug in enough to do some of the background on Senior, and now have. My number one hopeContinue reading “The Collings’”
PRIVATE HERBERT TURNER COLLINGS SR., U.S. ARMY
DOB/DOD: September 10, 1893 (Danbury, CT) – November 13, 1961 (Norwalk, CT); 68 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married Olivia Bliss on October 6, 1921, in NorwalkCHILDREN: One son, Herbert T. Collings Jr. who served in the U.S. Army’s 1st Cavalry Division and was killed in the Philippines during World War II.LOCAL ADDRESS: Rowayton Avenue (1910), 19Continue reading “PRIVATE HERBERT TURNER COLLINGS SR., U.S. ARMY”
PRIVATE JOHN YOUNGS
Unknown DOB – November 18, 1862 (unknown location); unknown age Enlisted October 18, 1861 Mustered in November 19, 1861 Unit: 12th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, Company E Died November 18, 1862 of dysentery. Burial information not found. END
PRIVATE HENRY F. WILLIAMS
Unknown DOB – July 7, 1864 (unknown location); unknown age Enlisted on October 1, 1861 Mustered in November 22, 1861 Unit #1: 12th Infantry, Connecticut Volunteers, Company E Discharged for disability June 27, 1862 Mustered in again on December 3, 1863 Unit #2: Connecticut 1st Heavy Artillery, Company D Wounded in the chest at Petersburg,Continue reading “PRIVATE HENRY F. WILLIAMS”
LIEUTENANT COLONEL ALBERT H. WILCOXSON
DOB/DOD: January 29, 1834 (Norwalk, CT) – March 6, 1865 (Tallahassee, FL); 31 years old MARITAL STATUS: Married to Martha Guion Wilcoxson (1839-1872) ENLISTMENT: July 16, 1862. Commissioned on August 29, 1862 UNIT: 17th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers OTHER: Promoted to Captain on November 15, 1862, while assigned to Company I, 17th CT Infantry CAPTURE: WoundedContinue reading “LIEUTENANT COLONEL ALBERT H. WILCOXSON”
Honor Norwalk CT veterans 