Local American Legion Post is seeking participation from WW II C. Company 169 members, families

Members of the American Legion Dept. of Connecticut Color Guard present at the recent Veterans Day Ceremony at Bristol Arts and Innovation Arts Magnet School. | Neal Supranovich

Posted By: Staff December 4, 2023

Every year American Legion, Post 2 in Bristol Honors World War II Veterans on Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. This year to post is hoping to honor a group of Veterans who were overlooked over the years. The post is asking for the veterans or their families to contact post historian Neal Supranovich.

In Feb. 1941, C. Company 169 out of the Bristol Armory, a National Guard unit, was federalized by President Roosevelt to begin a one-year training program at Camp Blanding. The members of C Company put their lives on hold. They packed up and traveled south to begin their training leaving their family and friends behind.

They began training in case war broke out, and on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, it did. The guardsmen were activated into the regular Army. They continued to train and in August 1942 they boarded ships to the Pacific front. Those not killed or wounded were unable to return to Bristol until after the war ended.

 Members of C. Company 169th fought in New Caledonia, Guadalcanal, and Rendova and on to Luzon.

 The post would like to know about these individuals, what they did before the war and after the war but also to be part of the Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremonies that are being planned later this week.

Please contact Neal Supranovich at neals1910@gmail.com.

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