JOSEPH
DILUCIAN
Coram
Army
Master Sergeant Joseph Dilucian, son of
Mrs. Mary Dilucian of Coram has just returned to his home
base at Fort Totten in Bayside, after making the annual
general inspection of Division bases in Iceland,
Greenland, Labrador, Newfoundland, Canada, Bermuda and
the Azores.
Flying in a Douglas C-54 Skymaster, the
nine-man inspection crew made the trip in 40 days,
including a stopover at European Division Headquarters in
Paris. When the day's work was completed, Sgt. Dilucian
and his fellow travelers were free to enjoy the beauties
of the trip. In ad-dition to visiting the landmarks in
Paris, they were treated to extremes in beauty from the
austere beauty of Greenland glaciers to the lush foliage
of Bermuda.
Sgt. Dilucian made the trip as Assistant
Communications Inspector of the Atlantic Division of the
Air Transport command. It was his responsibility to
assist in the inspection of flight radio operation,
aircraft radio maintenance, radio briefing, plane to
plane communication, and the equipment and personnel
employed in the accomplishment of the Communications
mission.
Sgt. Dilucian entered active military
service in December 1940, and after attending Radio
school at Scottfield, Ill., was assigned to Grenier
field, NH, where he was the non-commissioned officer in
charge of the Radio Maintenance department. Later, he
served as radio operator on the North Atlantic route, a
post which he held for three years.
In October 1944, St. Dilucian was
transferred to Fort Totten and assigned to the 1378th Air
Inspector's office. Reenlisting in the Army in January
1946, the sergeant, following his reenlistment furlough,
reported to the Air Inspector Office of the Atlantic
Division - where he is still employed.
Sgt. Dilucian lives in quarters on the
post, with his wife, the former Kathleen McLoughlin of
Canada, and their daughter, Carol Ann, who is nine months
old.
A former student of the Cooper Union
Engineering school in New York City, Sgt. Dilucian is the
brother of Salvatore Dilucian who is now building the
Caanan Lake Real Estate Development in Patchogue.
Information
supplied by the,
Brookhaven Town Historians office