JOSEPH SORBELLO

Wing And Boots

   Pfc Joseph Sorbello son of Mr. and Mrs. John Sorbello of Hart Street has completed his training as a paratrooper and has won the right to wear wings and boots of that division in the armed forces. He has successfully made the required number of jumps from s plane In flight

[The Journal, Meriden, CT, 17 Apr 1944, Mon, Page 7l]

Re-enlists

T-5 Joseph Sorbello who enlisted in the Army shortly after his 17th birthday and who served as a paratrooper with the U. 8. Army in Europe has re-enlisted as a paratrooper. He is now two months short of his 20th birthday He served with the 513 and 515 Paratroop Infantry and was In the famed Battle of The Bulge.

[The Journal, Meriden, CT, 05 Apr 1946, Fri, Page 6]

SERGEANT JOSEPH SORBELLO of the Heavy Mortar Company of the Connecticut National Guard has been advanced to sergeant first class on orders from the regimental headquarters in New Haven He is a veteran of World War II being the youngest paratrooper In the 506th Parachute Regiment
   Members of the Heavy Mortar unit will drill Thursday evening Preparations will be made for the training period at Pine Camp N Y July 21 through August 6

[Record-Journal, Meriden, CT, 05, Jul 1950, Wed, Page 6]

[Jumpmaster Note: Pine Camp was renamed twice; first as Camp Drum in 1951 and then as Fort Drum in 1974.]

Joseph Sorbello, 74; Of Southington

   Joseph Sorbello of Hart Street, Southington, died Friday at the Plainville Heath Care Center. He was 74.
   He was born in Southington and retired 12 years ago from I2S in Wallingford. He also owned and operated the J & S Sorbello Farms with his wife. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War n, serving with the 101st Airborne in the Battle of the Bulge. He was a member of the American Legion Kiltonic Post 72 and had been a parishioner of St. Thomas Church.
   He is survived by a son, Joseph Sorbello of Southington; two grand-children, Michael and Nicole Sorbello; five brothers, Sabastiano Sorbello, Salvatore Sorbello, and Rocco Sorbello, all of Southington, Giovanni Sorbello Jr. of Torrington, and Amelio Sorbello of Meriden; five sisters, Rose Franco of Manchester, Barbara DiNicola of Wolcott, Consetta Commesso of Florida, Margaret Dorsey of Wallingford, and Rachel Sorbello of Southington; and several nieces and nephews. His wife, Shirley H. (Musczynski) Sorbello, died previously.
   The funeral will be held Tuesday at 9:15 a.m. from the DellaVecchia Funeral Home, 211 North Main St., Southington, to St. Thomas Church, 99 Bristol St., Southington, at 10 a.m.

[Hartford Courant, Hartford, CT, 10 Jul 2000, Mon, Page 112]

Joseph registered for the draft in Middletown, Middlesex, CT on 6 May 1943.

Joseph was apparently transferred from the 101st Airborne division to the 508th PIR in late 1945 or early 1946.