NEW HAVEN,CT-053119JS18- –World War II veteran and Waterbury native Norm Feitelson holds a shadowbox containing his military awards and commendations, inside his New Haven apartment on Friday. Jim Shannon Republican-American
" data-medium-file="https://i1.wp.com/www.rep-am.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190605-224804-pic-81035465.jpg?fit=300%2C201&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i1.wp.com/www.rep-am.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190605-224804-pic-81035465.jpg?fit=640%2C429&ssl=1">Frederick David Smith was already a veteran of World War II’s Pacific Theater, or having fought at both the Battle of the Christmas Islands and the Battle of Guadalcanal when,in 1943, he volunteered with the 2nd Ranger Battalion. A year later, and just four years after he graduated from Waterburys Crosby tall School,the 22-year-venerable (respected because of age, distinguished) stormed […]
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