In The Service Now-This Day In Norwood History-December 19, 1941

Private William Daniels said to be at Fort Armstrong, Hawaii, last week, is rather at Fort Kamehameha, Hawaii. Only recently be was awarded a Gunner’s Medal for excellence in marksmanship.

Private Daniels went to Hawaii last April. A letter received from him on December 3rd said he had just returned from a three-day alert call on guns at Pearl Harbor. Prior to his enlistment in the Army in February, he was employed by the Norwood Taxi.

Two Norwood men who were in school together here find themselves in the same outfit in the Army. Both were selective service volunteers. They are Corporal Francis B. Morrison, Douglas Circle, and Pvt. First Class John Pazniokas, Heaton Avenue.

Corporal Morrison is headquarters clerk of Headquarters Detachment, 3rd Battalion, 101st Infantry. Just now he’s in Norwood on leave.

He was with the personnel section of the rear echelon on Carolina maneuvers, in Ellerbe, North Carolina, and consequently saw none of the fighting. Ellerbe, he says, is just two hoots of the train whistle, a real jerk town. Corporal Morrison is not enthusiastic either about southern restaurant fare.

On time off while south, he saw a good deal of Dick McCormack, formerly of Norwood, and his wife who live in Aberdeen. North Carolina.

Pvt. First Class Pazniokas who was a Bird and Son worker before induction and is in the same outfit is in the Intelligence Section. An artist, he does a lot of map drawing in the Army.

Corporal Morrison, he was at the front all the time on maneuvers on flouting and patrol duty and map work.

Prom southern waters comes this information on P FC. Joseph J. Caruso of Lenox Street. Norwood, now stationed with the U. S. Marines at New River, North Caro- lina- Caruso enlisted in September, 1940. and shortly afterwards was sent to Quantico. Virginia, for recruit training

From there he went to the U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where he was attached to Company G, Fifth Mannes, Fleet Marine Force. Caruso was on maneuvers with the Fleet last winter in the Caribbean and along the Atlantic Coast this summer Before being sent to New River, he was at Quantico.

At New River since September of this year, he was due for a furlough this Christmas, but that’s * been called off for the present.

In Norwood on a ten-day leave, is Benny Piedzewich, Railroad Avenue. Leaving in the September Army call, he got his initial training at Camp Wheeler, Georgia. Just before this leave he was transferred to Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and the Old Hickory Division

It’s a Tennessee Infantry division which prides itself on being in the first line of every war since the Revolution. Piedzewick is in a company specializing in automatic rifles. He has a sharpshooter’s rating on a pistol. Piedzewick worked at Curity’s before entering the Army.

This is his first furlough and it took the troop train 28 hours coming up from the south, what with shifting around for other train traffic.

George Lee Feted Before Leaving For Air Corps

George Lee of 26 Rock street was tendered a farewell party by A 4 P fellow employees at the Four Hundred Club, Easton, on Monday evening He was presented a military brush set and a fountain pen and pencil set.

Leaving Boston yesterday morning, George will begin aviation cadet training at Maxwell Field, Montgomery, Alabama. He is a graduate of Norwood High and took a special course at M. I. T.

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(All articles originally published in the Norwood Messenger)