Small Arms Procurement By

The New York City Police Department

During World War Two: The Colt Commando Revolver

 

            The history of the Colt Commando revolver is well documented and known to collectors. Charles W. Pate’s work on the secondary handguns of WWII[1] is one of the better accounts of the genesis of this particular arm.

            The very short and overly simplified version of the origin of the Colt Commando is that the US government was looking for .38 Special revolvers for the war effort and wanted Colt Official Police (OP) revolvers but found the cost too high. After an initial purchase of 5,000 OP’s, the government prevailed upon Colt to come up with a more economical version.

            Colt responded with a revolver that was mechanically identical to the OP but lacked the finer finish, fit and polish. The checkered wood grips were replaced with plastic and simple unadorned craft boxes were the packaging medium. While aesthetically a step downward from the OP, the new offering was equal in lethality. The new revolver was christened the Colt Commando.

            The total number of Colt Commando revolvers produced is subject to debate. Pate observes serial numbers suggesting a figure of around 50,250. Wilson and Sapp maintain 50,617[2][3]. The true number will likely never be known as some Commandos are known to exist within the OP serial number range before being given their own range. The commonly accepted figure is approximately 51,000 revolvers produced.

            Many of the Colt Commando revolvers wound up going to non-military users via the Defense Supplies Corp. The DSC would arrange for small arms for users who needed them (police, factory guards, security forces, etc.) but were having difficulty in acquiring them from commercial sources due to the freeze on small arms sales to non-military users and military production priorities.

               Prior to the U.S. involvement in hostilities, the NYPD was already having difficulty in procuring needed small arms. This was due not to governmental fiat but simple economics; all the arms manufacturers were fulfilling military contracts, foreign and domestic. Small (relative to military sales) commercial orders were taking a backseat to large ‘cash & carry’ orders by the wars’ belligerents. This prompted a shortage of small arms even though there was no official restriction on their sale.
               When reporting about the police commissioner’s plans regarding draft eligibility for new Patrolmen, the press noted the difficulty of equipping newly trained bluecoats:

Obtain Pistols at Last

                …All the recruits have at last obtained regulation police revolvers, but for a time it looked as if the war orders on munitions factories might send them out unarmed. Police equipment stores were unable to fill the requests for revolvers because they were unable to get them from the factories. Finally, in response to the plea of emergency the orders were filled…

-----The New York Times. “VALENTINE TO END NEW APPOINTMENTS,” September 24, 1940.

This difficulty in procuring revolvers was an ominous harbinger of shortages to come.

Two and one-half months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt’s War Production Board (WPB), issued Limitation Order L-60, sometimes called the “Frozen Firearms Order”, that halted all sales of existing small arms on dealer shelves to non-government customers.

Two months after this order, dealers and jobbers who still had arms in inventory were required to report their holdings to the WPB in order that the Government could purchase them.

Dealers and wholesalers who have shotguns, pistols, and rifles in stock have been ordered to report to the Government on their inventories of such firearms, many of which will be bought by the Government through the Defense Supplies Corporation. Forms PD-382 and PD-383 have been sent to them for this purpose.

Sales of firearms have been restricted by the WPB in Limitation Order L-60, issued on February 27 (1942), except for sales for State, local, and Federal Government use, to Allied Governments, or for Lend-Lease purposes. Information on other permitted exceptions should be secured from the Governmental Requirements Bureau, which is administering the order.

- OFFICIAL WEEKLY BULLETIN OF THE AGENCIES IN THE OFFICE FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WASHINGTON, D. C. APRIL 7, 1942 VOLUME 3, NUMBER 14  ‘GUN INVENTORY UNDER WAY’

While the original order specified sales to “…State, local, and Federal Government…” could proceed, the reality was that by the time the order went into effect (27FEB42), the NYPD was already low on its revolver stock and having difficulty getting more.

Two days before the weekly bulletin shown above came out, the departments inability to equip new recruits was the subject of a newspaper article:

57 Police Lack Pistols Because Of Priorities

The Police Department was struggling yesterday to cut through a swathe of red tape and obtain revolvers for fifty-seven rookies who have been doing patrol with only a night stick because war priorities have blocked delivery of 250 of 300 weapons ordered and paid for in December (1941).

The weaponless men are part of the class of 197 appointed in February. They attend the Police Academy daytimes and perform two hours of patrol each night, except Sunday, accompanied by a seasoned member of the department. The 140 others have sidearms. Ninety brought them along from previous service as special patrolmen with the Board of Transportation.

Officials were hopeful that when the men are ready next month for full-time patrol they will be properly equipped, but seemed none too sure of that.

--The New York Times. “57 POLICE LACK PISTOLS BECAUSE OF PRIORITIES,” April 5, 1942.

The first recorded NYPD sales of S&W Victory revolvers was in November of 1942 and Colt Commando sales commenced the following February.

The U.S. started getting S&W Victory revolvers in July of 1941 and by November of 1942, the first ones were reaching the NYPD (a number of 5-digit V-series guns were received). Ultimately the NYPD wound up receiving approximately 1,000 S&W Victory revolvers; given that DSC Victory purchases totaled only 22,000 revolvers[4], it’s impressive that the NYPD wound up with nearly %5 of the total purchase!

            DSC Colt Commando shipments commenced in December of 1942 and by February 1943 they were in the hands of the NYPD.  Colt Commando DSC purchases totaled approximately 32,000 revolvers[5] with the NYPD accounting for almost %3.5 of the total purchase.

Interestingly, while NYPD sales occupied less than %0.15 of all Victory production, it accounted for almost %2 of all Commando production!

Guns were shipped directly to the Department’s Equipment Bureau at 400 Broome Street in Manhattan, across the street from Police Headquarters.

All Commando revolvers that went to NYPD were of the 4inch inch barrel variety and were parkerized. They bore no US Property stampings but did have an Ordnance logo and military inspector markings on the top rearmost corner of the left side of the frame.

            With the availability of the S&W Victory and Colt Commando, new police recruits did  not see a pre-war gun until just before V-J day, when the department started selling it’s reserve of pre-war guns alongside Commando and Victory revolvers.

Once the wartime expedient revolvers became available, the department took its remaining dwindling stock of pre-war guns and relegated them to storage.

A review of the surviving NYPD records shows that once the wartime guns became available the supply of existing pre-war revolvers, composed of Colt Official Police and S&W M&P revolvers, was doled out to new recruits most sparingly.

An examination of the Book 42-46 sales records showed an interesting trend in revolver sales by the department. Almost all the wartime new hires received either a Commando or Victory revolver, while the pre-war guns were reserved for Patrolmen already on the job who needed to replace their existing revolver.

During the time that the Victory and Commando revolvers were available, almost no newly hired officers received a pre-war gun. There were a handful of instances of pre-war guns going to one or two fellows in a class where everyone else received a wartime gun but these are almost certainly ‘legacy cops’; recruits who had a relative with some rank already on the job and who could make a discreet phone call and get a ‘nice gun’ for their son/nephew.

            The other exception to the new hires getting wartime guns seems to have been men who won Trophy Guns. There is no mention in the Book 42-46 records of Trophy Gun recipients, but period newspaper photos show a few such men and they all appear to have engraved pre-war guns as trophies.

            Each police recruit was required to purchase his revolver. Since the recruit purchased the revolver, it would have no NYPD property markings; it wasn’t the Departments, it was the Patrolman’s.

            The issue of personal property notwithstanding, the Department -did- require that every piece of equipment, including revolvers, be stamped with the shield number of the Patrolman. This was done by hand, usually at the firearms school when the recruit would bring his new revolver in for inspection. The numbers will often appear unevenly stamped as to depth and alignment, as the stamping was done by hand. The stampings were not factory applied.

            Unlike the S&W Victory, which remained on the Equipment Bureau shelves until 1951 (when ironically, they were sold to Colt’s 20 Vesey Street NY office), no Commando revolver remained after 1945.

           

The Records

            The records maintained by the NYPD-EB were remarkably intact. While post-war records were mostly intact with some gaps and pre-war records were almost entirely missing, the records for WW2 seemed to be complete.

            The WW2 records were contained in a single ledger labelled BOOK 42-46. The book was started 24MAR42 and closed 11SEP46. It contained approximately 2,956 handwritten entries spread across 165 pages. The first three months of war-era records were missing, however, this was not an issue as the Commando didn’t start shipping until well into 1942.

            Approximately 1,026 entries were for Colt Commando revolvers. Of these 1,026 entries, 1,004 were unique and 22 were duplicated (gun sold, returned, re-sold). Of the 1,004 unique entries, 43 could not be tied to an officer due the entry being illegible or the officers records not being found; the remaining 961 entries could be linked to a specific officer. Some entries were incomplete or the page damaged, so the actual number of guns shipped is almost certainly more than 1,004 but based on surviving records, likely not more than 1,050-1,100. All surviving entries are provided here, and ‘illegible’ entries are included.

The following statistical data was noted:

·         Lowest serial number:       #460 - sold 16JUN43

·         Highest serial number:      #33372 - sold 28NOV45[6]

·         First known sale:   18FEB43 - #2545

·         Last known sale:   28NOV45 - #15306

 

With few exceptions, most Patrolmen received their revolvers within a day or two of their appointment as Probationary Patrolman (also listed on the appointment list as Patrolman on Probation, Provisional Patrolman or in some instances Temporary Patrolman; Military Replacement). The pattern seemed to be that a man would receive his appointment and then, depending upon the size of the class, appear at the Equipment Bureau the first or second business day after his appointment and purchase his gear. In some rare instances, gear issue was held on a Saturday but the next business day was standard.

The range of information available for each revolver varies but, with the exception of the 43 guns for which no records were available, a name, shield number and date of sale can be attached to each revolver.

The names of officers that are provided are those that could be confirmed either through Police Academy graduation notes or through civil service appointment lists.

Where an entry reads Illegible/Not Confirmed, that indicates that either the name could not be read (and thus could not be compared to graduation/appointment lists) or the name was legible but did not appear in graduation/appointment lists.

Where a gun is listed multiple times it usually indicates a gun that was sold, returned and then re-sold.

A very few Patrolmen, under circumstances I have not figured out, managed to buy more than one gun; in those instances, their name will appear listed multiple times.

At least one gun, #1971, went to the same Patrolman twice but that particular Patrolman had a separate shield number for each transaction. There is no ready explanation for this although it is possible that he ‘rolled over’ from another department/agency and received a new shield.

Further information such as command, rank, date of appointment, date of graduation may be available. Collectors wishing more information or copies of the original records should contact me directly at robert@vivasandson.com.

Serial Number Data

Serial #

Date of Sale

Name of Purchasing Patrolman

Shield #

460

6/16/1943

Edward A. ENGEL

14850

1227

6/18/1943

John V. ATWELL

14027

1614

6/18/1943

Daniel A. COFONE

14551

1699

6/16/1943

Albert C. TRICOMI

16885

1831

2/19/1943

Morris LAZARUS

14494

1835

2/18/1943

Daniel J. MOORE

15453

1836

2/18/1943

Louis E. SULLIVAN

18893

1847

2/19/1943

Richard BOTHWELL

10493

1855

2/18/1943

Francis J. COX

10651

1899

2/18/1943

Melvin LOWENSTEIN

14362

1906

2/18/1943

William R. BRANNICK

10432

1971

6/17/1943

Thomas CIRINCIONE

14540

1971

10/9/1943

Thomas CIRINCIONE

649

2004

2/18/1943

William ROBBINS

17836

2096

6/18/1943

Edward J. DEEGAN

14736

2145

2/18/1943

Stanislav J. HRBEK

12053

2147

2/18/1943

Benjamin RUBIN

10800

2155

2/18/1943

Joel SCHUBERT

17928

2166

2/18/1943

David H. SEDACCA

17938

2168

2/19/1943

Albert T. TEMRUE

19710

2169

2/18/1943

George TRETAKIS

19686

2180

2/19/1943

George W. HERMANN

12262

2184

2/18/1943

Henry B. RITAYIK

17821

2193

2/19/1943

Irving BEGNER

10293

2194

2/19/1943

Adam SILAKOWSKI

18761

2195

2/18/1943

Anthony ULASEWICZ

18076

2205

2/18/1943

James E. CALLAHAN

10588

2207

2/18/1943

Fred E. VON DER HORST

18321

2209

6/18/1943

Peter BUSHEL

14321

2217

2/19/1943

Edward G. BROWER

10259

2220

2/18/1943

Henry FASBENDER

10949

2228

2/19/1943

Robert W. SCHMIDT

19291

2230

2/18/1943

William J. WETTEROTH

18417

2233

2/18/1943

Adrian H. RICHNER

17619

2235

2/18/1943

Joseph LONDON

14709

2242

2/18/1943

William J. THEIS

18046

2252

2/18/1943

Lawrence O. SODERLUND

19025

2255

2/18/1943

Anthony J. STRAUCH

19076

2258

2/19/1943

Francis W. BARRON

10235

2267

2/19/1943

Daniel J. KENEALLY

5730

2268

2/18/1943

Allan J. TOBIASSEN

19750

2284

2/19/1943

Frank R. GINSBERG

11859

2291

2/18/1943

George J. LINO

14545

2301

2/19/1943

Alfred FRONTERA

10990

2311

6/17/1943

Alfonso L. GIMMELLI

14996

2315

2/18/1943

Illegible/Not Confirmed

17048

2318

2/18/1943

John W. NORRIS

16154

2319

2/18/1943

Arthur E, VOLKMAN

18190

2341

2/19/1943

Anthony J. LOCASCIO

14457

2341

5/17/1944

Lewis GROSS

8531

2379

2/18/1943

Eugene MCINTYRE

14823

2382

2/19/1943

George I. ELLIOTT

10846

2387

2/18/1943

Thomas J. QUINLAN

13703

2394

2/19/1943

Thomas F. COYLE

10567

2396

2/18/1943

Herman WIESER

18348

2401

2/19/1943

James RIVELLO

17902

2402

2/18/1943

Ely LEVINE

13906

2414

2/18/1943

Harry ALBERT

10028

2423

2/18/1943

James F. MINOGUE

15476

2424

2/18/1943

Israel I. KORNFELD

13621

2426

2/19/1943

Robert J. SHEEHAN

19083

2434

2/19/1943

John G. SCHREIR

17953

2439

2/19/1943

Thomas W. SMITH

18601

2475

2/18/1943

Charles J. PETERSEN

16968

2483

2/18/1943

Max BASS

10088

2486

2/18/1943

Jack DEVINSKY

10804

2486

6/13/1944

Thomas THORNE

8947

2494

2/19/1943

Benjamin F. PAGE

19803

2496

2/18/1943

George J. PRYKE

16918

2512

2/18/1943

Charles A. MULLER

15362

2532

2/19/1943

Aldo G. TURI

19745

2535

2/18/1943

Angelo V. LIQUORI

14099

2539

2/18/1943

Roscoe W. PAZANT

17015

2542

2/19/1943

Vincent A. BRACCO

10360

2545

2/18/1943

Harold BLOOM

10347

2546

2/18/1943

Edward J. FORRESTER

11012

2548

2/18/1943

Jack STAMLER

17919

2551

2/18/1943

Vincent P. Van WESTERING

18455

2553

2/19/1943

Edwin C. BEINER

10170

2554

2/19/1943

Edward M. HANRATTY

12721

2562

2/19/1943

Leonard BROATMAN

10406

2568

2/19/1943

Richard G. DEAN

10727

2569

2/19/1943

Anton H. WIESER

18517

2590

2/19/1943

George J. SALAMON

19254

2593

2/18/1943

Francis L. MCDERMOTT

15087

2596

6/16/1943

Luke J. MCGRATH

15743

2621

6/16/1943

Louis F. RISSONE

16384

2633

6/18/1943

James B. FREEMAN

14940

2670

2/18/1943

George REIDY

17588

2675

2/18/1943

Charles S. PARNELL

16946

2680

2/18/1943

Leonard M. SCACALOSSI

19128

2681

2/18/1943

James  F. HYLAND

12081

2682

2/19/1943

Alvin B. MOORE

15207

2683

2/18/1943

Alfred PASSE

16604

2694

2/19/1943

Roger A. HORAN

12395

2708

2/19/1943

Fred INZERILLO

12854

2717

2/18/1943

John M. PETERS

16454

2754

2/18/1943

John C. GRANT

11588

2766

2/18/1943

James J. NAUGHTON

16156

2767

2/19/1943

Alberto C. DEGIORGIO

10723

2771

2/18/1943

Guy H. HIGHTOWER

12600

2772

2/19/1943

Edward P. PERRY

16575

2774

4/6/1944

Joseph CIFUNI

8066

2777

2/18/1943

Edward J. HARAN

12846

2780

2/18/1943

George P. MCMANUS

14837

2787

2/19/1943

Ralph R. CICCONE

10551

2794

2/18/1943

Charles COHEN

10539

2820

2/18/1943

Edward POTERAN

16696

2826

2/18/1943

Alois A. MARTE

15303

2833

2/19/1943

Charles H. ROBINSON

17844

2834

2/19/1943

Marcel LEHRER

14232

2837

2/19/1943

Walter D. BARBUCK

10346

2844

2/19/1943

Frank A. SACCO

19349

2849

2/18/1943

Francis W. OTTO

16398

2853

2/19/1943

Walter E. FREESE

10917

2856

2/18/1943

John CARROLL (two w/ name in class)

10670

2857

2/19/1943

Gerard R. HOLLERAN

12649

2859

2/19/1943

Edward J. BISTANY

10415

2863

2/19/1943

John CARROLL (two w/ name in class)

10599

2867

2/18/1943

Hugh B. COLLINS

10616

2868

2/19/1943

Russell MILES

16070

2874

2/18/1943

John J. GRANT -RETURNED

16835

2874

5/24/1943

Richard MOUNT

19760

2877

2/19/1943

Louis W. FOX

11125

2878

2/19/1943

Harold J. KEARNEY

13761

2884

2/19/1943

Edward J. PRUCHNICK

16838

2885

2/19/1943

Patrick F. CONNOLLY

10597

2887

2/18/1943

Peter J. LUKAS

13936

2888

2/19/1943

Arthur S. ANDERSON

10018

2893

2/19/1943

Chester H. BELL

10234

2900

2/18/1943

Richard FINN

10893

2917

2/18/1943

James F. TONER

19651

2918

2/19/1943

Clarence L. SUMMERHILL

19462

2924

2/19/1943

Robert B. MARSH

15536

2928

2/18/1943

Edward J. DUFFY

10717

2934

2/19/1943

Ralph C. RISPOLI

17118

2946

6/16/1943

Joseph L. GOLDBERG

15013

2948

2/18/1943

Walter J. WILLIS

18362

2950

2/19/1943

James P. HOPPER

18521

2954

2/18/1943

Michael T. MURPHY

15824

2960

2/18/1943

Norman P. REID

17845

2961

2/18/1943

Morris P. COHEN

10561

2962

3/29/1943

Herbert  CHRISTELMAN

10573

2962

2/19/1943

Leonard BAIN - Returned & Re-Sold

10461

2966

2/19/1943

Edward BRANCACCIO

10427

2970

2/19/1943

Bernard J. COYLE

10653

2975

2/19/1943

Joseph R. GROSSO

11418

2976

2/19/1943

Frederick MUSSENDEN

15421

2977

2/19/1943

Valentine PATTO

17007

2978

2/18/1943

Frank LEV

14094

2980

2/18/1943

James E. SLEVIN

19534

2983

2/18/1943

Joseph P. COOK

10566

2988

2/18/1943

Thomas HORAN

12125

2990

2/19/1943

George E. LEWIS

13870

2995

2/19/1943

Peter P. RECCHIA

17187

2999

2/19/1943

Michael J. MCARDLE

14761

3005

2/19/1943

Calogero A. BARTOLOTTA

10250

3011

2/18/1943

Morris REITER

17574

3013

2/18/1943

Herbert CANTOR

10519

3017

2/19/1943

Warren F. GODFREY

11635

3020

2/18/1943

Alexis STEPONANKO

18906

3022

2/18/1943

George T. VURNO

18247

3023

2/18/1943

Henry HEINSOHN

12334

3028

2/19/1943

Meyer WILEN

18420

3028

2/23/1943

Walter J. FOX

10956

3029

2/19/1943

Jack SPIEGEL

8206

3031

2/18/1943

William M. PEISNER

16916

3032

2/18/1943

George STEWART

19480

3037

2/19/1943

John P. ONDRAK

16416

3039

2/19/1943

Arthur J. RISDELL

17069

3041

2/18/1943

John F. HARRIS

12129

3043

2/18/1943

Thomas G. BRENNAN

10489

3044

2/18/1943

Frank MAGYAR

15241

3048

2/18/1943

William KOSOFSKY

13488

3054

2/19/1943

Joseph P. ARENA

10012

3058

2/19/1943

Alexander PISKUN

16708

3060

2/19/1943

Harry W. DORNAN

10781

3061

2/19/1943

Joseph STEIN

19094

3066

2/18/1943

Cornelius J. MAHONEY

15881

3072

2/19/1943

Robert H. MCHUGH

14956

3074

2/18/1943

John J. EGAN

10850

3078

6/13/1944

Carroll B. SCOTT

8906

3078

2/18/1943

Wyndham PARKER - Returned

16864

3086

2/19/1943

James S. MORROW

15390

3095

2/19/1943

William Robert MOHER

15971

3103

2/18/1943

Patrick T. COLLINS

10547

3104

2/19/1943

Ralph J. COHEN

10656

3105

2/18/1943

Richard A. KERWICK

13215

3134

2/19/1943

Abraham COOKE

10628

3136

2/18/1943

Edward P. LYNCH

14304

3139

2/19/1943

Jacob J. SZWEDOWSKI

17941

3144

2/18/1943

Harold J. EGAN

10891

3158

2/19/1943

Joseph KATCHER

13216

3159

2/19/1943

Dante GRASSI

11543

3161

2/18/1943

Mario L. DURANDO

10775

3163

6/16/1943

John C. BASHEN

14xxx

3167

2/19/1943

Samuel KELLNER

13234

3179

2/19/1943

Norman B. ROMNEY

17783

3224

2/19/1943

Edward Van VOLKENBURG

18135

3225

2/19/1943

Manuel G. SOFOUL

19571

3238

2/19/1943

Harry CRISCUOLO

10697

3247

2/19/1943

Abraham COHEN

10647

3256

2/19/1943

James J. OBRIEN

16406

3259

2/18/1943

Saul PALLET

16979

3270

2/19/1943

James W. BLAKE

10358

3274

2/18/1943

Phillip J. KELLY

13822

3284

2/19/1943

Joseph DIGIACOMO

11965

3289

2/19/1943

John A. PELLO

16507

3293

2/19/1943

James J. VALENTINO

18302

3294

2/19/1943

Albert SCHAEFFER

18995

3297

2/19/1943

John J. MCCARTHY

14801

3349

2/19/1943

Wilfred L. DAVIS

10770

3372

2/18/1943

Stephen JURIS

13020

3373

2/18/1943

William J, SZABLEWICZ Jr.

19561

3422

6/17/1943

William F. DROUGHT

14831

3448

2/18/1943

George MCINERNEY

14840

3448

10/9/1943

George MCINERNEY

658

3450

2/19/1943

Andrew J. EVANS

10833

3489

6/16/1943

George M. WHITE

17407

3504

2/19/1943

Herbert  CHRISTELMAN Multi entry see p.47

10573

3505

6/17/1943

Matthew P. O'BOYLE

16032

3519

2/19/1943

Stanley J. GEVEDIA

11554

3529

2/19/1943

Daniel F. HOWARD Jr.

12744

3550

2/19/1943

Joseph ILARDI

12939

3638

6/17/1943

Santo ROMANO

16445

3648

6/16/1943

Kenneth J. WEISS

17384

3669

2/18/1943

Frank ANDRESON

18531

3682

6/18/1943

James B. CORBETT

14594

3682

9/3/1943

James B. CORBETT

14594

3816

2/18/1943

Walter Joseph SELKAITIS

19167

3841

6/16/1943

John A. CRONIN

14629

3865

6/18/1943

Lloyd ZANE

17459

3929

2/19/1943

William STRAUSS

19171

4027

6/16/1943

Edward F. INNES

15197

4038

2/18/1943

Frank GODFREY

11193

4071

6/18/1943

Michael J. FOX

14909

4109

6/23/1943

Daniel J. QUINN

17780

4128

6/17/1943

Walter ROSE (likely ROSS, see comm. Program)

16485

4163

2/19/1943

Graham V. WORRELL

18334

4197

6/18/1943

Andrew P. HETZEL

17684

4422

2/19/1943

Albert B. COLE

10637

4436

2/19/1943

Walter TELEKY

19798

4460

6/18/1943

Charles R. KLEIN

15399

4503

6/16/1943

Joseph E. LEMERISE Jr.

15511

4554

2/19/1943

Richard LARKIN

14051

4582

2/18/1943

Harry POLCHE

16983

4593

2/18/1943

Louis R. MOLINI

15302

4651

6/18/1943

James G. KILLERIN

15365

4656

2/19/1943

GeorgeT. HUNTER

12387

4658

2/19/1943

Joseph W. WAGENHOFFER

18343

4670

4/7/1944

Frank J. RUDAS

831x

4712

6/18/1943

Samuel HERMAN

15152

4713

6/18/1943

Vincent A. TRIMINGHAM

16895

4769

6/16/1943

James B. QUINN

16268

4804

6/17/1943

Seymour COHEN

14559

4902

2/19/1943

Donald S. COLLINS

10584

4905

2/18/1943

Maurice P. QUINN

17045

4947

2/18/1943

Patrick V. KERINS

13702

4975

6/18/1943

William R. CASH

14495

4983

6/18/1943

John J. MCCRUDDEN

15715

5066

6/18/1943

Michael F. MONTEMARANO

15884

5072

2/19/1943

George V. PUCCIANO

16750

5115

2/19/1943

William A. MAZURKEWITZ

15387

5128

6/13/1944

Anselem RYBACKI

8894

5128

2/19/1943

John M. ROSINSKI - RETURNED

17898

5173

2/19/1943

Louis J. GALIERO

10587

5267

6/16/1943

Vincent G. MONACO

15860

5272

6/18/1943

Iver IVERSEN

15222

5286

6/17/1943

Albert J. OLSEN

16091

5302

6/16/1943

Michael W.F. VAIL

17000

5346

6/17/1943

James M. FIORE

14871

5391

6/17/1943

Louis J. FOX

14905

5399

6/17/1943

Francis E. POWERS

16220

5428

2/9/1944

Willard F. WHITNEY

3936

5434

6/17/1943

Stanley A. SOTINSKY

16808

5435

6/17/1943

Leslie S. MILLINGTON

15857

5443

6/23/1943

Casimir CZARNOWSKI

17635

5457

6/16/1943

Wolfred RUBE

16502

5504

6/16/1943

Stanley F. DOROSEWICZ

14808

5522

2/19/1943

Aage W. HOMESTEAD

12617

5567

2/19/1943

Charles F. SULLIVAN Jr.

19510

5569

6/18/1943

Jeffrey J. QUIN

16266

5574

6/18/1943

Edward C. CALLAHAN

14332

5587

2/19/1943

Fred A. VEIT

18187

5603

6/17/1943

Thomas P. WALSH

17181

5621

6/17/1943

Edward L. JANICKI

15224

5622

6/17/1943

Charles J. MURPHY

15954

5625

6/17/1943

John D. MCDERMOTT

15726

5627

6/18/1943

Charles J. LEONARD

15522

5653

2/19/1943

Walter S. STANKOWSKI

19359

5723

2/19/1943

Daniel A. COUGHLIN

10604

5729

2/19/1943

George A. HARTWELL

12233

5734

2/19/1943

Anthony CHIRICO

10687

5738

6/18/1943

Charles C. ZAMBRI

17448

5747

6/23/1943

Joseph W. HUGHES

17701

5749

6/18/1943

John J. LOGAN

15577

5752

6/17/1943

Irving J. KLEIN

15404

5783

6/23/1943

James J. ROONEY

17809

5810

6/18/1943

Willard L. ROSE

16446

5811

2/19/1943

John D. SULLIVAN

17923

5813

6/18/1943

John DUGGAN

14844

5840

6/18/1943

Sol BRENKER

14235

5853

6/18/1943

Albert M. MOSHER

15913

5863

2/19/1943

Edward J. CATALANO

10671

5880

6/17/1943

John T. O'NEIL

16130

5886

6/18/1943

Vincent SABINI

16544

5926

6/18/1943

Earl S. WADDELL

17144

5937

6/17/1943

Barnett GUTHARTZ

14884

5940

6/17/1943

John A. CLEVA

14548

5944

2/19/1943

Louis TANNEY

19786

5974

2/19/1943

Romolo J. IMUNDI

12948

5984

2/19/1943

Louis SCHMUKLER

19031

6026

6/18/1943

John L. MONTREUIL

15895

6029

6/17/1943

Joseph E. MCBRIDE

15678

6062

2/19/1943

Francis J. QUINN

16630

6067

6/18/1943

Neville B. PAYNE

16169

6101

6/16/1943

John BOESKAY

14219

6118

6/16/1943

James SAGAR

16559

6122

6/16/1943

Robert J. DORE

14794

6129

6/18/1943

Francis J. PILON

16204

6166

6/16/1943

William NEUNDORF

16011

6176

6/18/1943

Robert E. PELLETIER

16178

6180

6/16/1943

Roger LUCCHESE

15839

6181

2/19/1943

James P. GRIFFIN

11646

6197

6/18/1943

Peter ZACKA

17440

6236

6/18/1943

Charles F. METHE

17456

6246

2/19/1943

Fred J. HARPER

12703

6249

6/16/1943

Francis J. HAWLEY

15127

6252

6/16/1943

Joseph P. JORDAN

15243

6253

6/18/1943

Frank KOWALSKI

15478

6254

2/19/1943

William J. LOWERY

14718

6261

6/18/1943

Clifford F. HETZKO

15163

6267

6/16/1943

Raymond P. GRAY

15026

6270

2/19/1943

Donald K. HICKIE

12066

6271

6/16/1943

Robert E. REILLY

16273

6290

2/19/1943

Charles F. ROBINSON - RETURNED

17060

6295

6/16/1943

Michael BRIMBERG

14277

6297

6/16/1943

Henry SCHNECKE

16674

6299

2/19/1943

Harry GOFF

11685

6300

2/9/1944

Francis J. KELLY

970

6322

2/19/1943

Victor SHANLEY Jr.

19414

6326

6/18/1943

Leroy J. THOMAS

16851

6342

2/19/1943

Gerard J. SULLIVAN

17931

6358

2/19/1943

Stephen J. MCGRATH

14868

6390

2/19/1943

Harry L. PARCHEN

16847

6431

6/18/1943

Harold SCHAFFER

16661

6433

2/19/1943

Sidney BECKER

10194

6438

6/16/1943

Walter VERZYL

17117

6446

6/18/1943

John J. MCCAFFREY

15695

6453

6/18/1943

Carl N. BRENNER

14252

6470

6/16/1943

Michael J. KEILEY

15314

6472

2/19/1943

Charles E. MARKLIN

15641

6510

2/19/1943

Bernard JACOBS

13085

6517

2/19/1943

Michael MCLOUGHLIN

15198

6534

2/19/1943

Seymour SILVER

18750

6547

6/18/1943

John E. GILLESPIE

14994

6589

6/18/1943

Marion V. DACZYNSKI

14687

6590

6/18/1943

Anthony ANZALONE

14022

6595

6/17/1943

Michael E. CAVORLEY

14500

6610

6/18/1943

Harold GARBER

14971

6639

6/18/1943

Lester DORFMAN

14806

6671

6/17/1943

Frank VALENZA

17033

6671

6/17/1943

Royal C. GARDNER

14986

6673

2/19/1943

Peter R. SPERANZA

19117

6674

2/19/1943

Nilo MENGRONE

15850

6682

2/23/1943

Henry SILVERMAN

19599

6682

2/19/1943

Louis BAUM - RETURNED

10112

6689

6/17/1943

Gilbert H. RIGOULOT

16311

6692

6/18/1943

Thomas A. MAGUIRE

17744

6707

6/16/1943

Henry R. NASH

15972

6730

6/17/1943

Thomas NEWMAN

16015

6739

2/19/1943

Joseph S. SZARWAS

18582

6774

6/18/1943

Vincent J. LUCCA

15662

6780

2/23/1944

Dominic DISARIO

1680

6807

6/16/1943

Leo J. O'CONNER

16043

6808

9/17/1943

John C. LIGOURI

9420

6809

6/17/1943

Edward J. O'CONNOR

16037

6813

6/17/1943

Raymond E. SMITH

16754

6826

6/16/1943

Francis ROCKELEIN

16417

6826

9/3/1943

Francis ROCKELEIN

16417

6830

6/18/1943

Harry R. KLATT

15396

6831

6/23/1943

Hugh MASON

17753

6847

6/17/1943

Albert E. GUMBS

15073

6856

6/16/1943

Matthew OLIVER

16802

6858

6/17/1943

Michael J. CAMPBELL

14344

6865

6/18/1943

Meyer M. KNOBLOCK

15419

6869

6/18/1943

Saul BARNETT

14091

6871

6/16/1943

John F. DRISCOLL

14816

6888

6/18/1943

Abraham TICKNOR

16855

6889

6/17/1943

Martin ROSENFELD

16452

6890

6/18/1943

Paul LUBAWSKY

15623

6898

6/16/1943

Philip H. VOLZ

17142

6908

6/18/1943

Sidney WARSHAWSKY

17305

6922

6/17/1943

James F. FOUNTAIN

14904

6925

6/17/1943

Vincent J. NOVELLO

16019

6935

6/23/1943

Harold SHERMAN

17843

6936

6/17/1943

William F. KUTZING

15485

6937

6/17/1943

Walter A. RYAN

16526

6944

6/23/1943

Morros ABOLAFIA

17971

6946

6/18/1943

Henry KANE

15288

6955

6/17/1943

Leo J. MULVIHILL

15915

6963

6/17/1943

Michael L. KEHOE

15310

6965

6/17/1943

Peter J. WITKUS

17417

6973

6/16/1943

Joseph O. JOHNSON

15237

6976

6/17/1943

James W. MURPHY (see #7705)

15956

6980

6/17/1943

Norton BAXT

14109

6984

4/8/1944

Herbert K. NASH

8251

6996

6/17/1943

Herman L. ROBINS

16396

7007

6/18/1943

Hubert J. KELLAHER

15337

7008

6/17/1943

Patrick J. RYAN

16523

7012

6/16/1943

James M. SCOTT

16724

7039

6/17/1943

Lacey P. FLAGG

14895

7040

6/17/1943

Aaron SCHWARTZ

16716

7048

6/17/1943

Dominick J. BRUNETTI

14310

7056

6/17/1943

Elias REITER

16286

7120

6/17/1943

Albert J. LEVY

15541

7127

6/16/1943

David C. ENGEL

14848

7141

6/16/1943

Zachary SOSIS

16798

7162

6/16/1943

Angelo LIUZZI

15558

7186

6/17/1943

Cornelius H. COOPER

14591

7187

6/17/1943

David T. WALSH

17177

7192

6/18/1943

Ben MILLER

17765

7194

6/18/1943

Irving WEISS

17366

7202

6/16/1943

William P. CARBOY

14413

7214

6/16/1943

John J. MCPHERSON

15806

7229

6/18/1943

Irving E. BERGSTEIN

14177

7232

6/18/1943

David T. WALSH

17177

7233

6/16/1943

Joseph G. FUCCILLO

14946

7237

6/18/1943

Albert F. REHBERG

17808

7252

7/2/1944

Meyer M. FRIEDMAN

17946

7256

6/18/1943

Edward R. COLLINSON

14589

7258

6/16/1943

Joseph C. SCHROEDER

16707

7263

6/16/1943

Virgil C. SCHIPANO

16666

7272

6/16/1943

Thomas HERMAN

15161

7272

5/17/1944

Warren FARWARD

8300

7275

6/17/1943

Arthur A. BARRY

14096

7283

6/16/1943

Samuel L. SAND

16602

7289

6/18/1943

Sanford J. MOORE

15897

7292

6/18/1943

James A. GUISHARD

15065

7294

6/18/1943

William J. KELLY

15350

7296

6/21/1943

Joseph H. MCKEON

15784

7310

6/17/1943

Michael A. TRIOLO

16904

7312

6/17/1943

James J. KANE

15300

7328

6/16/1943

Isaac Arthur HUNERBERG

15165

7329

6/17/1943

Edward GLICKMAN

15003

7337

6/16/1943

Alexander SILVERSTEIN

16738

7339

6/22/1943

Earl J. CAMPAZZI

7319

7347

6/18/1943

Benjamin KOENIGSBERG

15460

7349

6/16/1943

Samuel A. RODGERS

16423

7358

6/16/1943

Herman LUSKIN

15668

7359

6/16/1943

Charles N. GRONEVELDT

15063

7361

6/18/1943

James R. BUCCINO

17632

7378

6/16/1943

James P. MCGEOUGH

15733

7383

6/18/1943

Martin T. MAGUIRE

17634

7384

6/16/1943

James J. CIKUTOVICH

14512

7387

6/16/1943

Arnold K. JONES

17462

7390

6/23/1943

Leon W. KATZ

17732

7405

6/16/1943

John J. CAREY

14420

7407

6/16/1943

Eedmund J. JOYCE

15277

7411

6/23/1943

Selwyn URBAND

17925

7412

6/18/1943

Martin H. LALLY

15490

7421

6/16/1943

James J. GILLIAMSEN

14995

7422

6/16/1943

Louis LIPSCHITZ

15557

7427

6/18/1943

Anthony R. SCELZO

17820

7440

6/16/1943

Herbert HOLLANDER

15166

7440

5/17/1944

Hugo L. DELLAVALLE

8530

7444

6/18/1943

Basil C. HACKETT

15088

7469

6/16/1943

John J. CANTWELL

143xx

7474

6/17/1943

John C. MANDEL

15814

7475

6/16/1943

Lewis KOSSOFF

15465

7481

6/17/1943

Daniel J. WIPPER

17432

7482

6/17/1943

Joseph SARDEGNA

16633

7486

6/16/1943

Phillip F. KEARNEY

15309

7496

6/16/1943

Charles J. TRACY

16870

7507

6/17/1943

William F. CHRISTMAN

14503

7511

6/17/1943

Murray SALZMAN

16584

7514

6/16/1943

Paul TOMASZEWSKI

16865

7516

6/17/1943

Charles H. DOEMER

14788

7529

6/16/1943

William V. SCARINGE

16652

7540

6/17/1943

Illegible/Not Confirmed

15016

7541

6/17/1943

Louis R. IANNUZZI

15176

7549

6/17/1943

Hildor E. OLSEN

16095

7551

6/18/1943

Richard L. BEALE Jr.

14114

7554

6/18/1943

William R. SCHWARTZ

16722

7562

6/17/1943

Francis J. DONOHUE

14792

7580

6/23/1943

Stanley SOTINSKY

16808

7582

6/16/1943

Daniel MCKAY

15751

7583

7/7/1943

Charles R. MATURO

16949

7590

6/17/1943

George J. BERBUCHLER

14161

7608

6/16/1943

Joseph J. HECK

15128

7614

6/17/1943

Rocco CORNETTA

14598

7617

6/17/1943

James F. FREELY

14938

7619

6/16/1943

Thomas M. PAYNE

16175

7624

6/22/1943

Joseph R. PRINZ

16241

7628

6/16/1943

Adolph KLOSKA

15415

7632

6/23/1943

Peter MILO

17768

7638

6/16/1943

Roy H. KRUSER Jr.

15482

7641

7/7/1943

Charles E. FEARON

10718

7641

7/21/1943

Ely LEVINE

13906

7650

6/16/1943

Michael J. MCCARRON

7731

7661

6/16/1943

Robert J. HURLEY

15168

7665

6/16/1943

Peter P. VERGANO

17110

7666

6/23/1943

Irving STERN

17874

7678

6/16/1943

Roy H. YOUNG

17437

7684

6/16/1943

Nicholas J. COTTER

14605

7693

6/16/1943

Leo FRANK

14928

7705

6/18/1943

James W. MURPHY

15956

7730

6/16/1943

Arthur P. MUNSON

15917

7731

6/16/1943

Harold R. QUIGG

16256

7747

6/16/1943

John S. ASHE

14025

7755

6/16/1943

George A. SANTIMAYS

16627

7780

6/23/1943

Michael O'SHAUGHNESSY

17770

7787

6/16/1943

Arthur J. KEYS

15357

7797

6/16/1943

Charles E. MORGAN

15903

7824

6/16/1943

James M. MUNSON

15927

7828

6/16/1943

George BOCKHOLD

14208

7831

6/16/1943

Victor M. BERSIN

14207

7912

6/16/1943

William J. STACOM

168xx

8019

6/16/1943

Edward R. CASEY

14484

8025

6/16/1943

John J. BARTUL

14101

8033

6/16/1943

Genuario N. CAMOIA

14336

8039

6/16/1943

Paul H. TAYLOR

16846

8046

6/16/1943

George F. COLLIGAN

14581

8053

6/16/1943

Robert R. STEWART

16823

8203

2/9/1944

Sidney LODGE

3757

8516

4/6/1944

Ben HOROWITZ

8154

9539

4/8/1944

Benjamin BRISKIN

8053

9685

9/17/1943

Albert E. BLEIL

9062

9984

9/17/1943

Arthur A. METZLER

9632

10556

4/6/1944

John L. MCGIRR Jr.

8241

10679

6/18/1943

Henry W. WETTJE

17970

11466

4/6/1944

Anthony MOLLICA

8242

11788

9/17/1943

Arthur E. NELSON

9665

11921

4/6/1944

Patrick H. LEE

8192

11968

4/7/1944

Walter FALENCKI

8106

12059

4/6/1944

Thomas J. BLAINE

8032

12296

4/11/1944

Carlos A. CABRERA

8064

12324

4/10/1944

Frank J. PARKER

8288

12393

4/8/1944

Joseph KATZ

8175

12451

4/8/1944

Samuel SPINOLA

8338

12487

4/8/1944

Calogero DIANGELO

8091

12570

4/10/1944

Charles SIMMONS

8331

12634

6/18/1943

Lester DENNY

17639

12736

4/10/1944

William LEVY

8215

12819

4/10/1944

Thomas W. MONK

8248

13035

4/10/1944

Francis MCCLOSKEY

8240

13049

6/18/1943

William J. BISHOP

17624

13061

4/8/1944

Albert J. GIORDANO

8134

13116

4/8/1944

Albert PALMER

8270

13201

4/7/1944

John DELGARDO

8089

13214

6/18/1943

Julius B. KINSLER

15392

13214

9/3/1943

Julius B. KINSLER

15392

13220

6/18/1943

Robert H. SCHWAM

16710

13244

4/8/1944

James A. HAREWOOD

8148

13310

4/8/1944

David WILSON

8358

13320

4/10/1944

John R. RENZ

8308

13332

6/18/1943

Stanley P. TOMASZEWICZ

16858

13454

4/10/1944

Ulysses F. LAWRENCE

8189

13462

4/10/1944

Arthur S. COSTELLO

8087

13464

6/18/1943

Peter S. GRECO

15031

13469

4/17/1944

Illegible/Not Confirmed

8388

13480

2/9/1944

Frederic J. SCHILL

3879

13487

4/15/1944

Illegible/Not Confirmed

8458

13500

2/9/1944

Barry T. SCHULMAN

8882

13507

6/18/1943

George W. SIMCOX

16746

13514

4/14/1944

Illegible/Not Confirmed

8412

13519

2/9/1944

James J. BYRNE

3524

13567

9/17/1943

Arthur G. O'KEEFE

9714

13621

2/9/1944

Thomas J. DEVINE

3593

13622

9/17/1943

Canton PAYNE

9724

13626

4/14/1944

Joseph K. KADIAN

8171

13649

4/14/1944

Illegible/Not Confirmed

8438

13662

6/18/1943

Miro J. KABAT

15286

13671

4/6/1944

Abraham COHEN

8069

13678

4/17/1944

Illegible/Not Confirmed

8435

13710

9/17/1943

Arthur A. METZLER

9632

13715

4/13/1944

Illegible/Not Confirmed

8465

13726

9/17/1943

Carney  KANDIES

9409

13731

9/17/1943

Howard E. STEPHAN

9797

13744

6/18/1943

Michael A. PAPARESTA

16157

13782

4/11/1944

Jack LEVINE

8207

13803

4/17/1944

William J. JOHNSON

8459

13852

6/18/1943

Archie C. TURNER

17879

13887

6/18/1943

Hobart W. CLARK

14542

13894

6/23/1943

Alfred E. SMITH

17872

13951

6/18/1943

Edward F. ERNY

14864

13957

5/12/1944

William SCHMIDT

8494

13986

2/9/1944

Alexander WARANOWITZ

3928

14013

5/18/1944

Joseph W. BROWN

8503

14025

5/12/1944

Lief ANDERSEN

8089

14036

6/18/1943

Daniel J. O'KEEFE

16066

14047

4/11/1944

James T. LOGAN

8223

14047

5/12/1944

Louis PERTUSIELLO

8460

14070

4/11/1944

Paul R. SILK

8320

14109

5/18/1944

Albert L. WINGFIELD Jr.

8597

14121

4/10/1944

William HERSHKOWITZ

8152

14139

4/10/1944

Joseph L. BROWN

8062

14181

9/17/1943

Charles J. OLSEN Jr.

9486

14187

2/9/1944

Joseph MENDELSON

3825

14195

5/12/1944

Fred J. REYNOLDS

8469

14227

2/23/1944

Carl RAVENS

7261

14255

5/12/1944

John J. BAILEY

8125

14260

9/17/1943

Desiderius A. FRIES

9216

14263

4/6/1944

Sidney G. BOND

8038

14278

4/7/1944

Harry SALB

8316

14293

4/7/1944

Sterling SAUNDERS

8319

14312

2/9/1944

Joseph E. MIKTCHELL

3836

14317

2/9/1944

Ralph V. NEAL

3875

14320

2/9/1944

Joseph W. DOYLE

3607

14325

4/7/1944

Michael J. DILLON

8092

14355

2/23/1944

Vincent MAZZEO

6426

14358

6/18/1943

Vito T. DESERIO

14770

14411

4/6/1944

Michael DIYORIO

8100

14413

4/6/1944

Joseph CIRRINCIONE

8068

14420

6/18/1943

Kenneth M. BROWN

17609

14455

4/6/1944

Illegible/Not Confirmed

8165

14481

6/18/1943

Morton BLUM

17625

14503

4/8/1944

John V. PYKE

8302

14510

6/18/1943

George W. KNOCKEL

15438

14524

4/8/1944

Dominick N. SANTISE

8318

14529

6/18/1943

John J. CRONIN

14645

14562

2/9/1944

Henry J. LORCH

3735

14570

2/9/1944

John CRAMER

3x92

14573

6/18/1943

William H. MAYS

15842

14573

9/3/1943

William H. MAYS

15842

14575

2/9/1944

Morris J. FOX

3631

14592

10/11/1943

Patrick J. MULHEARN Jr.

9960

14601

6/18/1943

William D. ALLEN

14009

14625

4/7/1944

James OROURKE

8253

14627

4/7/1944

Maurice J. POWERS

8294

14648

4/7/1944

William BAUMGARDT

8026

14650

6/18/1943

Anthony N. GASPARINO

14993

14662

2/9/1944

Charles HAMILTON

3666

14665

2/9/1944

Walter J. CARLSON

3544

14675

6/18/1943

Frank ARGENZIANO

14024

14677

2/9/1944

John J. MAYNARD

3804

14687

2/9/1944

Michael J. HICKEY

3679

14691

6/18/1943

Joseph H. BROWN

14295

14692

4/13/1944

Clarence Bell (not confirmed)

8361

14704

6/18/1943

Raymond J. DAWKINS

14722

14706

4/13/1944

Illegible/Not Confirmed

8353

14711

6/18/1943

Albert W. BROPHY

14290

14727

6/18/1943

Raymond J. CULLEN

14669

14769

2/23/1944

James J. HURSON

2324

14783

4/8/1944

Frederick ILLIUM

8161

14805

6/18/1943

Thomas J. PRETORIUS

16230

14817

4/6/1944

Michael STELLA

8347

14822

4/13/1944

Illegible/Not Confirmed

8413

14823

4/6/1944

John R. PTICHAR

8399

14837

4/13/1944

Illegible/Not Confirmed

8460

14840

4/7/1944

William MAYNARD

8237

14867

4/8/1944

Valentine G. BROCHON Jr.

8055

14868

4/6/1944

Alfred S. GALLO

8128

14884

9/17/1943

Dominick NICASTRI

9297

14887

5/18/1944

Michael T. SOTTOSANTI

8592

14900

4/6/1944

Morris J. MANNES

8226

14909

6/18/1943

Thomas J. HEIM

15141

14912

4/6/1944

John R. ARCULEO

8002

14937

9/17/1943

Rubin FISHER

9154

14940

2/23/1944

William J. RYAN

8911

14953

2/9/1944

John E. CONNORS Jr.

5590

14957

2/9/1944

Louis A. TORNABENE

3884

14959

4/13/1944

Illegible/Not Confirmed

8394

14994

4/13/1944

Illegible/Not Confirmed

8405

14999

6/18/1943

Anthony W. SALOMONE

16574

15003

4/6/1944

Joseph M. FRUNZI

8124

15006

2/14/1944

Illegible/Not Confirmed

2582

15016

9/24/1943

Joseph J. WALL

9607

15019

9/24/1943

Illegible/Not Confirmed

9070

15021

9/24/1943

George MCVETTY

9147

15048

2/9/1944

Henry J. BENCAL

3516

15049

10/9/1943

Dwight A. RICHARDS

9692

15058

9/17/1943

Donald GEASOR

9294

15063

6/18/1943

Arthur I. PITCHENICK

16205

15077

10/11/1943

Francis J. DALY

9903

15080

4/6/1944

Thomas P. PENDLETON

8292

15095

4/13/1944

Illegible/Not Confirmed

8376

15100

4/13/1944

Illegible/Not Confirmed

8364

15101

6/18/1943

Sam LEVENTHAL

15525

15103

4/7/1944

Mario PAMPOLLA

8303

15112

4/14/1944

Illegible/Not Confirmed

8390

15116

4/14/1944

Prestley L. HARRIS Jr.

8150

15117

4/6/1944

Homer A. BYRD

8063

15119

2/23/1944

Arthur D. LAINO

5814

15138

9/17/1943

Dwight A. RICHARDS

9692

15151

8/18/1943

Benjamin Schulman (not confirmed)

18617

15168

6/18/1943

Michael CINQUEMANI

14513

15169

4/14/1944

Illegible/Not Confirmed

8383

15170

4/7/1944

Harry FOUER

8115

15172

6/18/1943

Edwin P. TANCREL

16839

15174

6/18/1943

Francis M. DUGGAN

14841

15175

6/18/1943

Thomas F. MURPHY

15968

15177

9/13/1943

Chas. Robinson (not confirmed)

17060

15194

9/17/1943

Jesse R. PETERMAN

9728

15201

4/7/1944

John DELGARDO

8088

15205

6/18/1943

Julius J. ROUGE

16488

15206

4/8/1944

Fred MONGE

8245

15208

9/17/1943

Joseph P. WOODS

9831

15215

9/17/1943

Edward J. DUFFY

9111

15216

4/7/1944

Paul TRAISTER

8340

15218

9/24/1943

Albert E. BLEIL

9062

15227

6/18/1943

Alexander MARAZ

15821

15230

9/24/1943

James J. Coleman (not confirmed)

883

15243

9/17/1943

John J. DENNIS

9940

15273

9/17/1943

James J. O'CONNOR

9986

15282

4/10/1944

Frank J. JACOBIAK

8164

15286

9/17/1943

Edward M.F. BROSNAN

9007

15290

6/18/1943

Matthew MARCAZZOLO

15822

15302

10/11/1943

Robert M. SLAVIN

9685

15306

11/28/1945

Robert J. ONEIL

9722

15317

9/17/1943

Edward O. HEARD

9308

15324

4/8/1944

Genaro SIRAVO

8333

15326

2/9/1944

Andrew G. WAGNER

3915

15332

6/18/1943

John COVELLO

14627

15360

4/7/1944

Frank C. SIMUNEK

8323

15376

4/10/1944

Philip BRACHFELD

8043

15381

4/6/1944

William E. HAGEY

8146

15382

4/6/1944

Richard OSSER

8267

15397

9/17/1943

Harold CASSEL

9023

15403

4/8/1944

Joseph V.NORTON

8252

15407

5/12/1944

Alphonso DRAKES

8253

15418

4/11/1944

Alex PALMENTERI

8269

15420

9/17/1943

Emilio SINISCALCHI

9770

15434

4/6/1944

Conrad MANDEL

8224

15437

9/17/1943

Eugene R. LONG

9474

15442

4/6/1944

Raymond BLAIR

8037

15444

4/6/1944

Hugh F. BACOM

8005

15447

4/8/1944

Louis VENTURELLO

8350

15456

5/12/1944

Angelo PENNACCHIA

8374

15456

4/6/1944

Robert C. MONTGOMERY

8249

15489

4/6/1944

John BASSANO

8012

15501

2/23/1944

Frank TURCHIANO

9534

15520

9/17/1943

Floyd R. MOORE

9642

15540

9/17/1943

Francis J. DALY

9903

15564

9/17/1943

Frank SABINO

4753

15569

4/6/1944

James E. WOLFE

8059

15604

9/17/1943

Oscar W.Nordstrum

9692

15604

9/20/1943

Thomas F. FAGEN Jr.

9117

15607

7/8/1943

Nathan JAEGER

16742

15623

2/9/1944

Jay CHARLES

3685

15631

9/17/1943

Frederick H. DOUGHERTY

9076

15650

9/17/1943

Carney KANDIES

9409

15658

2/9/1944

Joseph J. MILLER

3835

15674

9/24/1943

Charles J. OLSEN Jr.

9486

15695

9/24/1943

Dominick NICASTRI

9297

15809

9/17/1943

Franklyn W. MCGRATH

9536

15814

9/17/1943

Leroy J. MEIDINGER

9604

15861

9/17/1943

Frederick H. DOUGHERTY

9076

15911

9/17/1943

Maurice P. DOYLE

9083

15994

6/18/1943

Albert NASTASI

15985

16013

9/17/1943

George H. LOCKHART

9469

16061

9/17/1943

John A. FLECKENSTEIN

9189

16068

6/18/1943

Simon P. NELSON

15998

16079

9/17/1943

George LOCKHART

9469

16087

9/17/1943

George MCVETTY

9147

16097

9/17/1943

Gerard G. HUGHES

9313

16136

9/17/1943

Arthur E. NELSON

9665

16144

9/17/1943

Daniel H. ROAKE

9731

16144

6/13/1944

John A. FACCI

8649

16174

6/13/1944

Anthony TRIMBOLI

8952

16174

9/17/1943

Gerard VAN COSTROM

9806

16186

9/17/1943

Emilio SINISCALCHI

9770

16216

9/17/1943

Franklyn W. MCGRATH

9536

16222

4/7/1944

John M. KOPAL

8187

16241

6/18/1943

Louis ROMANICK

16442

16304

6/18/1943

Edward BEHR

14126

16320

2/9/1944

Frank J. MURRAY

3840

16340

9/17/1943

Harold CASSEL

9023

16391

6/18/1943

Edward J. O'BRIEN

16033

16392

4/7/1944

Jack KINSLER

8183

16427

6/18/1943

Solomon BORIS

14221

16435

9/17/1943

Henry LIPSTEIN

9455

16456

6/18/1943

William S. RUSSO (likely typo in book)

1652X

29801

9/30/1944

George A. WARNER

8039

29983

8/18/1944

Thomas F. BARRETT

8027

30571

5/18/1944

Robert C. BRENNAN

8169

30824

6/13/1944

Alfred E. CAREY

8575

30892

8/18/1944

Edward J. HARRISON

8499

31239

8/18/1944

Thomas M. MCCORMACK Jr

8528

31372

8/19/1944

John J. LYONS

8171

31386

8/19/1944

John M. MCLAUGHLIN

8519

31464

11/28/1945

James H. TAMMANY

9756

31776

8/18/1944

Thomas R. MESSINA

8249

31862

9/30/1944

Dominick MOLETA

8687

32141

11/18/1944

Richard C. MORRISSEY

9016

32158

8/18/1944

Clarence A. BELL

8035

32178

8/18/1944

Biagio CERBELLI

8375

32272

8/18/1944

Frank D. CITERA

8483

32300

6/13/1944

Audley W.D. HUTSON

8705

32300

8/29/1944

Charles P. GUST

8128

32327

11/28/1945

Bernard P. MARTIN

9594

32444

6/13/1944

Earl W. JONES

8738

32445

11/18/1944

Alfred N. TOWE

32445

32480

8/18/1944

Oscar S. AJELLO

8659

32508

6/13/1944

Michael GRASSO

8696

32578

8/18/1944

Frank P. BUCARIA

8086

32602

6/13/1944

George W. PERKINS

8864

32617

6/13/1944

Frank FUSCO

8654

32624

6/13/1944

Charles J. STEPHENSON

8938

32632

6/15/1944

Ralph A. BOSWELL

8509

32633

11/28/1945

William L. GIBBS

9490

32634

6/13/1944

Edward B. MOORE Jr.

8809

32652

6/13/1944

Victor M. RACANO

8871

32669

6/15/1944

Willy LEGETTE

8775

32692

6/13/1944

Charles ROMANOLO

8882

32705

6/13/1944

Ralph DELLECAVE

8613

32706

6/13/1944

Michael CALABRESE

8536

32713

9/29/1944

Daniel DONOVAN

8314

32713

9/29/1944

John F. LITTLE

8562

32714

9/22/1944

Bernard HENDLER

12085

32730

11/28/1945

Daniel J. LEAHY

9583

32749

6/13/1944

Jack GELBER

8680

32764

6/13/1944

Joseph M. CALLAHAN

8561

32765

10/2/1944

Illegible/Not Confirmed

15546

32772

5/20/1944

Leroy COLES

8511

32782

5/11/1945

William Walsh (not confirmed)

8179

32788

5/20/1944

Edward E. BELLE

8499

32792

6/13/1944

John LAPCHAK

8743

32793

9/29/1944

Cecil E. PEMDAS

8862

32799

5/19/1944

Frederick L. MARCUS

8573

32801

6/13/1944

Howard W. PATTERSON

8856

32807

6/13/1944

Louis J. FRANCONE

8653

32808

9/29/1944

Clarence GREEN

8354

32834

9/29/1944

George E. HENDRICKS

8778

32849

12/26/1944

Thomas B. WALKER

9269

32850

11/27/1944

Charles A. COLEMAN

8703

32868

6/19/1944

Benjamin RUFF

8889

32869

6/13/1944

Joseph J. AMBROSIO

8504

32879

9/30/1944

Robert L. WASHINGTON

8957

32895

6/13/1944

Enrico Henry LEONARDO

8780

32896

6/13/1944

Leborio B. COLLETTI

8600

32910

11/18/1944

Nicholas RICCIONE

9021

32924

6/13/1944

Angelius PAULHILL

8862

32930

6/13/1944

Vito J. CETTA

8577

32933

6/15/1944

Joseph F. COLOTTA

8601

32944

6/15/1944

Alfred A. HOE

8698

32954

11/20/1944

Louis FILOSA

8856

32960

6/15/1944

James F. MULLEN

8830

32963

6/15/1944

James J. SALLIE

8901

32966

11/20/1944

Illegible/Not Confirmed

8309

32977

11/20/1944

Thomas J. GIBSON

8885

32978

6/13/1944

John C, CASAZZA

8576

32994

8/18/1944

Clinton H. SULLIVAN

8760

32994

8/22/1944

Vincent SANSONE

8316

33000

12/26/1944

Joseph L. GREEN

9237

33011

11/20/1944

David L. BARROW

8292

33014

5/12/1944

Irving ROHRLICK

8489

33023

4/15/1944

Illegible/Not Confirmed

8393

33028

5/19/1944

Jacob A. MORTON

8583

33044

11/17/1944

Dominick A. DICARLO

8811

33056

6/15/1944

Anthony J. SFERLAZZO

8907

33066

12/26/1944

Yale J. COHEN

9200

33071

11/28/1945

Valentine HUFNAGEL

9531

33077

5/17/1944

Charles H. ISLES

8545

33078

9/29/1944

Edward CANFORA

8997

33081

9/29/1944

George E. SEMIGRAM

8908

33084

6/15/1944

Evans BIRCH

8507

33085

9/29/1944

Leroy D. GOVAN

8337

33088

11/28/1945

Harry G. SPIEGEL

9747

33097

9/22/1944

Fred ROTHE

12110

33103

5/17/1944

William SCHMIDT

8494

33105

9/30/1944

Henry JOHNSON

8451

33109

11/28/1945

Thomas M. CAGNEY

9443

33111

11/28/1945

Felix T. MCKENDRY

9694

33113

11/21/1944

James J. CONWAY

9081

33114

9/29/1944

Charles LEWIS

8988

33116

9/29/1944

Jeon J. DELOSCH

8294

33123

11/28/1945

James E. DUNKIN

9467

33124

12/26/1944

John T. CONDON

9222

33132

11/21/1944

Salvatore MONTE

9105

33133

8/18/1944

Steven L. FICSOR

8486

33140

8/21/1944

Stanley L. SMELLIE

8605

33141

1/15/1945

Illegible/Not Confirmed

8472

33147

9/30/1944

Osmond P. PAXTON

8848

33150

5/12/1944

Vito R. CASAMASSINA

8199

33151

9/30/1944

Anthony J. VISCO

8954

33154

9/29/1944

Ira M. DAVID

8269

33163

4/13/1944

Illegible/Not Confirmed

8436

33165

12/26/1944

Peter T. SCAVUZZO

9267

33167

9/29/1944

Robert TOMA

8951

33170

11/28/1945

Gilbert M. GERSTEIN

9489

33173

11/17/1944

Ange A. RICHARDSON

9110

33176

11/18/1944

Thomas J. LENNON

8960

33181

11/18/1944

Eugene H. WILLIAMS

8493

33183

11/18/1944

Jerry VALENTE

9191

33184

11/21/1944

Vincent J. PALMER

9019

33185

11/20/1944

Louis H. TSCHAN

8467

33191

6/15/1944

Frank MOREA

8987

33192

11/28/1945

James P. KAVANAUGH

9544

33194

8/18/1944

Alfred E. BASILE

8356

33198

11/18/1944

George J. THORENSEN

8445

33203

4/13/1944

Raymond MURRAY

8250

33204

5/12/1944

Pedro M. RIVERO

8484

33209

10/3/1944

Francis W. STEERS

12150

33210

11/22/1944

Donald Frick (not confirmed)

9178

33212

11/22/1944

Samuel C. BRUCE

8697

33216

5/12/1944

John D. BALSAMO

8183

33219

11/18/1944

Arnold Z. KAUFMAN

8939

33220

11/17/1944

Edward J. STEVENSON

9063

33222

11/17/1944

Frederick W. SEALE

9046

33225

8/19/1944

Luco ZANFARDINO

8338

33230

4/17/1944

James W. MCNEELY

8467

33235

5/19/1944

Charles L. MITCHELL

8580

33237

12/26/1944

James A. DEFEO

9233

33241

12/26/1944

Daniel E. LAMBERT

9248

33242

6/20/1944

Chester Wilkins (not confirmed)

8059

33243

11/28/1945

Leonard WRONIESKI

9771

33244

10/4/1944

Joseph P. FIERRO

8316

33250

5/15/1944

Clifford J. WARNER

8495

33254

5/22/1945

Peter Fogli (not confirmed)

8600

33255

10/4/1944

Wilbert C. COLBERT

8787

33257

6/19/1944

Alfred MCCARTHY

8834

33261

5/22/1945

Illegible/Not Confirmed

8820

33264

6/15/1944

Albert PICERNO

8869

33265

10/3/1944

Thomas W. CULLEN

8248

33270

11/28/1945

John A. CAMERON

9832

33271

4/17/1944

Jerome H. GROBE

8456

33272

10/2/1944

Thomas F. PAYTON

8855

33273

9/22/1944

Oldrich TERC

12078

33277

9/22/1944

Louis SILBERMAN

12141

33279

9/22/1944

John C. WARD

12058

33280

6/13/1944

Warren D. HOLLEY

8699

33281

11/28/1945

Francis W. COSTELLO

9838

33285

8/21/1944

Leroy J. WILLIAMS

8658

33286

9/22/1944

John  DAMELIO

12013

33289

9/22/1944

Thomas F. FRANZ

12056

33292

11/28/1945

Gerard A. DAWSON

9780

33293

6/14/1944

Richard MORRA

8820

33294

8/18/1944

Fortunato TRUPIA

8327

33295

9/22/1944

Jack ENGEL

12158

33296

9/22/1944

Michael J. DIGIOIA

12153

33299

11/20/1944

Harold J. GETTING

8383

33301

4/17/1944

John KENNEDY

8463

33303

8/18/1944

Daniel A. COX Jr.

8124

33304

9/22/1944

Leon I. GLACHMAN

12079

33306

8/18/1944

William P. GATES

8493

33307

8/30/1944

Frank CAVACINI

8703

33309

11/28/1945

Thaddeus W. KUGLENT

9570

33311

8/18/1944

Joseph F. ROHAN

8770

33312

8/18/1944

Moe BENDER

8370

33314

4/13/1944

James T. CARMODY

8065

33317

8/24/1944

William T. EDWARDS Jr.

8484

33318

8/18/1944

Peter B. BIGGINS

8425

33319

4/13/1944

Illegible/Not Confirmed

8366

33321

8/24/1944

Ferdinand J DAGOSTINO

8252

33323

8/18/1944

Vincent J. PERRATTA

8310

33324

8/23/1944

Eugene F. DOWNEY

8125

33325

6/15/1944

John ROMAN

8872

33327

4/19/1944

Illegible/Not Confirmed

8451

33328

9/30/1944

Allan WILLIAMS

8975

33329

9/30/1944

Silvium W. GERLO

8179

33330

9/30/1944

Woodrow E. MULHAN

8382

33331

6/15/1944

Anthony J. DEAMARA

8609

33332

9/30/1944

Albert P. MASON

8646

33336

11/28/1945

Thomas P. KELLY

9567

33337

9/30/1944

Harold NORTON

8810

33340

11/28/1945

Martin W. CURRY

9839

33341

9/30/1944

Hotley MCDONALD

8598

33343

11/28/1945

Thomas G. CAROLAN

9834

33344

6/20/1944

Gus G. SARGENT

8902

33345

6/20/1944

John W. SHAFER

8908

33346

6/20/1944

Joseph I. SMITH

8930

33352

12/26/1944

Joe LILLARD

9252

33354

12/26/1944

Joseph MAYS

9257

33357

6/20/1944

Robert N. DIGISE

8641

33359

4/18/1944

Illegible/Not Confirmed

8375

33360

9/30/1944

George S. GAINES

8120

33364

6/29/1944

Joseph P. CILLUFFO

8593

33366

6/28/1944

Fred WAGNER

8960

33367

6/15/1944

Howard J. LAUBEN

8751

33368

5/12/1944

Woodrow W. MORGAN

8343

33370

10/2/1944

Elmer WHITTAKER

8963

33372

11/28/1945

John J. OREGAN

9810

33374

11/18/1944

Albert J. SCAVELLI

9112

33375

9/30/1944

Arturo DEROCHO

8313

33377

11/17/1944

Joseph G. GONSALVES

8933

33379

6/15/1944

George WATSON

8979

33390

12/27/1944

Karsten WETTELAND

9268

33391

6/15/1944

William F. GRIPPO

8697

33393

9/22/1944

Roland J. PRELESNICK

12154

33403

12/27/1944

Timothy TREADWAY

9289

33405

9/30/1944

Illegible/Not Confirmed

12183

33406

9/22/1944

Michael J. ELHARDT Jr.

12120

33409

8/23/1944

Charles L. MIKOLASKI

8207

33411

8/18/1944

Thomas A. CASORIA

8472

33413

6/15/1944

Ettore C. SACERDOTE

8899

33416

6/22/1944

Illegible/Not Confirmed

8835

33417

8/23/1944

Michael A. CALIENDO

8119

33419

6/14/1944

Earl E. WHITFELD

8985

33420

9/22/1944

James H. DOWELL

12089

33426

6/14/1944

Samuel KERSHON

8740

33427

11/17/1944

Harry SCHEMAN

9038

33428

12/26/1944

Edward C. WILLIAMS

9282

33431

6/14/1944

Illegible/Not Confirmed

8366

33434

6/13/1944

Anthony MILONE

8806

33436

6/14/1944

Bernard J. DUFFY

8646

33437

6/14/1944

Salvatore MARCHESI

8801

33438

6/15/1944

Bernard M. DELANEY

8611

33439

6/15/1944

Reaves M. PADEN

8848

33442

11/13/1944

Illegible/Not Confirmed

8313

33446

6/14/1944

Herbert LEIBROCK

8754

33448

10/14/1944

John P. CASSIDY

8124

33450

6/15/1944

Joseph D. GAMBELLA

8661

33451

6/15/1944

Arthur J. SULLIVAN

8941

33455

6/15/1944

Gustave F. CHAPPORY

8579

33456

6/14/1944

Michael OLEARY

8842

33457

9/1/1944

Anthony BAGLEY

8005

33459

6/14/1944

Frederick G. CHIELLOT

8590

33460

8/19/1944

Michael C. TOSCANO

8323

33465

9/22/1944

Roland E. CHATTAWAY

12157

33471

12/26/1944

George W. BURNETT

9278

33472

7/6/1944

Timothy DILLON

8615

33474

6/15/1944

George FEDDOR

8650

33475

8/19/1944

William V. CASCIO

8437

33477

9/22/1944

Benjamin J. FIORE

12071

33478

6/15/1944

Illegible/Not Confirmed

8916

33485

9/22/1944

Pasquale SABINO

12096

33492

6/15/1944

Gerard PANZELLA

8852

33498

8/19/1944

Morris M. HOFFLER

8144

33508

10/2/1944

Andrew J. REA

8873

33512

6/21/1944

Joseph P. WALKER

8971

33536

6/14/1944

Max WALDO

8968

33537

6/14/1944

Arthur R. LAKE

8742

33591

6/14/1944

Anthony SIMONELLI

8928

33611

6/14/1944

Mesach GILL

8686

33732

4/13/1944

Illegible/Not Confirmed

8401

 

               

 
 

 



[1] Charles W. Pate. U.S. Handguns of World War II The Secondary Pistols And Revolvers. Lincoln, RI: Andrew Mowbray Publishers, 1998.

 

[2] R.L. Wilson. The Book Of Colt Firearms. 2nd ed. Minneapolis, MN: Blue Book Publications, 1993.

 

[3] Rick Sapp. Standard Catalog Of Colt Firearms. Iola, WI: Gun Digest Books, 2007. Undoubtedly Sapp was using Wilson as a reference for this sum. Interestingly period writers like Severn don’t mention the Commando in their works.

 

[4] Charles W. Pate. U.S. Handguns of World War II The Secondary Pistols And Revolvers. Lincoln, RI: Andrew Mowbray Publishers, 1998, p. 146

 

[5] Charles W. Pate. U.S. Handguns of World War II The Secondary Pistols And Revolvers. Lincoln, RI: Andrew Mowbray Publishers, 1998, p. 165

 

[6] An unidentified revolver with the serial number 35647 was written into an entry for a pre-war S&W M&P sale in such a manner as to suggest the purchasing officer bought two guns. There was nothing indicating what gun the serial number referenced. The timing and number suggest that the unidentified gun was a Colt Commando, however, that is conjecture. If the gun was in fact a Colt Commando then it would be the highest known serial number to appear in NYPD records.