Deerfield Globe World War II Memorial: Windsor, Connecticut
History and Location
From the Windsor Historical Society:
The globe shaped monument located at the intersection of Deerfield Rd and Windsor Ave is a World War II monument that was dedicated on June 18, 1944. The horizontal panel circling the globe was originally covered in bronze lettering listing an honor roll that included the names of 115 Deerfield residents then serving in the war. It was designed by Walter Hanna, a wood-working instructor at the, then existent, Deerfield School.
By the early 1990s many of the names had fallen off the monument. In 1993 the corner that the monument stands on was renovated, the monument was restored and the remaining lettering was removed from the globe, replaced by a plaque added to the front of it listing the names of those who served and those who built the monument. In 2004 there were renewed concerns about the monument’s deterioration, although it still stands today.
Transcription
Across the top the inscription reads:
BUILT BY THE RESIDENTS OF THE DEERFIELD SECTION OF WINDSOR CONNECTICUT TO HONOR THOSE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHO SERVED DURING WORLD WAR II
Across the bottom the inscription reads:
*THEY MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE A-ARMY CG- COAST GUARD M-MARINE CORPS MM- MERCHANT MARINE N-NAVY W-WOMEN’S ARMY CORP
First Column
Anacleto Alberti – N
Charles Allen – MM
Max Allen – N
George Bill – N
Paul Bleu – A
Frank Bolasevich – A
John Bolasevich – A
Leon Bolasevich – N
Michael Bolasevich – A
Walter Bolasevich – N
Wendell Burgess – M
Raymond Butryman – A
Ralph Capasso – A
John Carlson – A
Vincent Carlson – A
Theodore Ceberek – A
Second Column
John Ceraldi – A
Joseph Cezus – N
Nicholas Chiarizio – A
George Clark – A
Irving Clarke – A
William Clifford – N
Victor Clifford – A
Donald Coleman – A
George Collette – A
Robert Collins – A
John Corso – N
Michael Corso – N
Nicholas Crussano – A
Richard Daley – N
Robert Dawes – A
William Dawes – A
Third Column
Samuel Decarlo – A
Albert Dinallo – A
Roger Dinallo – A
Russell Dinallo – A
Eleanora Dochakal – W
Harold Dooley – A
James Edwards – A
Carl Engelmann Jr. – N
Arthur Emerick – N
James Ferranti – M
Albert Fisher – A
Arthur Gelinas – M
Robert Gelinas – A
Joseph Gherard – A
Howard Gleason – A
Ernest Gray – A
Fourth Column
Robert Hills – N
Frank House – A
William House – A
Winchester Hubbard – A
Frederick Hube – A
Basset Hunt – A
James Hunt – A
Theodore Jenewski – A
James Jensen – N
William Johnson – A
Spencer King – N
William King – CG
Robert Krans – N
John Kurlick – N
Michael Kurlick – A
Fifth Column
Paul Kurlick – A
Edgar Laquerre – A
Albert Lauridsen – A
Felix Leroy – A
Francis Leroy – A
James Mason – A
Walter Mason – N
Gardner Maurice – A
Howard McGee – N
Thornton McGee – A
Helen Misky – W
Nicholas Misky – A
Robert Monte – N
William Morell – MM
Howard Morley – A
Philip Mucha – M
Sixth Column
Harry Nolf – N
Arnold Palmer – N
Eugene Paquette – N
Carrol Parry – N
John Parry – A
William Parry – A
*Michael E. Peters – N
Michael J. Peters – A
Michael R. Peters – A
*Sylvester J. Peters – A
Richard Phelps – N
Edward Popovitch – N
John Provost – A
Louis Provost – A
Harold Randall – N
Seventh Column
Theodore Roncaioli – MM
Albert Saya – A
Donald Saya – A
Murray Saya – A
Francis Schillinger – M
*John Schillinger – A
Joseph Schillinger -A
Richard Senger – A
Robert Senger – A
Carl Setterberg -N
Robert Sherman – A
Michael Shick – A
Charles Sherman – A
Robert Sherman – A
Thomas Speakman – A
Carl Stenman – A
Herbert Stone – A
Robert Synnott – A
Arthur Tischenback – A
Arnold Trenn – N
Nicholas Trivigno – N
Peter Trudeau – A
John Vannie – A
Leroy Warner – N
Paul Weiman – A
John Weiman – A
Charles Wittenzellner – A
Arthur Woods – M
John Woods – N
William Woods – A
I am participating in the Honor Roll Project of Heather Wilkinson Rojo – the purpose is to photograph and transcribe Veteran names for family research. Heather’s Blog can be found at Honor Roll Project.