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1939 alumni - Frank Scalenghe

Frank Paul Scalenghe, 83, of Shelton CT entered into everlasting life on February 22, 2009 at Griffin Hospital in Derby, CT. He was born in Brooklyn, NY on April 6, 1925 to Francesco and Ernesta Scalenghe, brother to Johanna DelGrosso and surviving sister Malvena Masiero.

He was the beloved husband of his late "bride and love of his life" Barbara Ann Wendell Scalenghe of nearly 50 years. Beloved father of three forever loving and blessed sons, Steven, Richard and Paul. Father-in-law to Diana and three beautiful granddaughters Alison, Olivia and Molly.

A veteran of WW II, he served in the 111th US Naval Construction Battalion (Seabees) in Scotland, England, France, the Philippines and Truk Island in the South Pacific. During the war in England, he participated in Exercise Tiger, an amphibiouis training exercise on the south coast of England where US forces assaulted the coast at Slapton Sands, which resembled the coast of Normandy in France. The exercise was attacked by German torpedo boats resulting in the death of 749 sailors and soldiers, the most costly training exercise for US forces in WW II. The 111th Seabees built the pontoons that were used during the Normandy invasion, and Frank participated in the second wave on the assualt of Omaha Beach.

Frank started his business career in the family bakery business and then became a sales executive in the food business, working for Wesson Oil, Hunt-Wesson, Serv-a-Portion, Chef Francisco and Don Pepino/Sclafani Foods.

Need 1974 Yearbook

Does anyone out there know how I can get a hold of a 1974 Yearbook???
If so,e mail me at JStryker@edd.ca.gov or call me at 510-873-6346.